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They've chopped down cherry trees and waged full-on war. Riding the highs and lows of the leaders who've tried to Make America Great Again.

TACO Calling PACO - 15
This conversation happened on October 7, 2026, when Putin turned 74. "Hello, Vlad?" "Hi Donnie, did someone tell you to call me?"
By Lana V Lynx8 minutes ago in The Swamp
Trump Put Taiwan’s Weapons on the Bargaining Table
1. The signature that never came In May 2026, Donald Trump returned to Washington after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping.
By Jina day ago in The Swamp
I Remember Y2K. I Think We’re Doing It Again With AI.
I think about Y2K a lot lately. I remember people genuinely panicking as 1999 came to an end. Computers supposedly was not going to understand that the year had changed from 1999 to 2000. Systems would crash! Banks could fail! Everything connected to a computer might suddenly stop working!
By Cadma3 days ago in The Swamp
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 Jin5 days 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 Jin5 days 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 Jin5 days 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 Schuchardt7 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 Jin8 days ago in The Swamp
Vučić Quit the Presidency to Run for Prime Minister. The Office He Wants Has More Power.
September 27, 2026, Belgrade. Aleksandar Vučić stands in front of the presidency, addressing supporters, announcing that he is resigning as President of Serbia. After the speech, he signs his resignation and transfers presidential duties to National Assembly Speaker Ana Brnabić. The next day, Brnabić becomes acting president.
By Jin10 days ago in The Swamp
$30 Billion in Tariff Cuts Is the Small Part. The New Trade Machinery Matters More
On September 25, Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his state visit to Washington. China and the United States subsequently released their respective accounts of the meetings, including eight agreed outcomes and understandings.
By Jin10 days ago in The Swamp
What Trump's TIME Interview Revealed
What Trump's TIME Interview Revealed In a 2017 interview with TIME, Donald Trump repeatedly returned to the same defense of his record: his instincts had proved right, disputed claims were often justified by something someone else had said, and electoral victory itself was evidence that he understood politics better than his critics.
By Jin10 days ago in The Swamp
Why Taiwan Is Missing From the Eight U.S.-China Summit Outcomes
Why Taiwan Is Missing From the Eight U.S.-China Summit Outcomes The omission does not mean Taiwan was absent from the leaders' talks. It shows where Beijing and Washington were able to publish concrete understandings, and where their differences remained outside the joint outcome list.
By Jin10 days ago in The Swamp