politics

Politics does not dictate our collective cultural mindset as much as it simply reflects it; We've got to look in the mirror sometimes, and we've got one.

G7 released 100 million barrels of oil. Diesel is still the problem.
The first 20 days are diesel. The next four months are a political countdown. One line in the G7 statement is easy to miss: during the first 20 days, the group will release diesel reserves in a concentrated way.
By Jinabout 2 hours ago in The Swamp
A Restaurant Named “Xi Jinping” Was Attacked in South Korea. Then the Name Became the Story.
At about 2:40 a.m. on September 24, four masked men entered a Chinese restaurant in Seongnam, just south of Seoul. Surveillance footage shows them moving through the premises, spraying lacquer and paint and damaging equipment. Investigators also found a substance believed to be pesticide on food ingredients.
By Jinabout 9 hours ago in The Swamp
The Trump-Xi Summit
By September 28, Beijing had released more details about the agreements reached during Xi Jinping’s meeting with Donald Trump the previous week. The White House fact sheet had already been online for three days.
By Jinabout 9 hours ago in The Swamp
The Trump-Xi Summit: What They Left Unsaid Matters Most
The most revealing document from the Trump-Xi summit may be the one neither side published. There was no joint communiqué.
By Jinabout 9 hours ago in The Swamp
Spain Is Moving Closer to China. What It Reveals About Europe’s Strategic Divide
Barcelona offers the first clue Barcelona spent five days in September doing something that would have been unusual in an earlier phase of Europe-China relations.
By Jinabout 9 hours ago in The Swamp
The 6:1 Ratio: Inside the Cabinet Room Where Praise Replaced Policy
One in Six I January 29, 2026. The White House Cabinet Room. The cameras were already in place. Reporters had been allowed into a space that would normally be used for closed-door discussions of sensitive matters. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said to the camera: "What happened in Afghanistan, the war in Ukraine, under President Trump, they would never happen. The tragedy of October 7 in Israel would never have happened either."
By Jinabout 9 hours ago in The Swamp
The US Left Iraq After 23 Years. Here’s What It Left Behind.
The last US troops left Iraq on a Wednesday. The date was September 30, 2026. The military presence that began with the March 2003 invasion had lasted 23 years.
By Jinabout 18 hours ago in The Swamp
Marina Oswald Deserves an Apology and Compensation
By Elliott J. Schuchardt For more than six decades, the United States government has loudly and officially claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin of President John F. Kennedy. This narrative has stood as a monument to governmental convenience over historical truth.
By Elliott Schuchardt3 days ago in The Swamp
Europe Is Building the Weapon It Once Called Illegal
I In 1987, the United States launched a Section 301 investigation into the European Community. In 1989, based on that investigation, Washington imposed retaliatory tariffs on the EC. In December 1998, the United States again invoked Section 301 to impose unilateral sanctions totaling $520 million on imports from the EU, including handbags and cashmere wool products.
By Jin3 days ago in The Swamp
Trump Just Renamed AI “Super Intelligence.” Here’s What That Actually Does.
On September 29, 2026, Trump signed an executive order called Launching the Super Intelligence Era . It tells federal agencies to replace “artificial intelligence” with “Super Intelligence” in official communications. The same day, he signed the White House Super Intelligence Accord: Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibility with the CEOs of Anthropic, Google, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, and xAI. The accord hands regulatory leadership to the companies themselves.
By Jin3 days ago in The Swamp
76% of Experts Say a Global War Could Start Within Seven Years. The Map Already Shows Where.
On September 15, 2026, the United Nations released its third Global Risks Report . Fewer than thirty journalists came to the press room in Geneva. That number told its own story. Talk about global war had moved from “if” to “when.”
By Jin3 days ago in The Swamp
Fewer Small Boats Are Still Too Many
Introduction When a government announces that small boat arrivals are down, it expects the public to applaud. A reduction is welcome, but it is not the same as solving the problem. People are still paying smugglers to cross the Channel in dangerous boats, while communities are still being asked to accommodate arrivals in hotels, shared houses and other temporary sites.
By Alan Spencer4 days ago in The Swamp