Day: February 11, 2026

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Newly Released Epstein Records Renew Scrutiny Over Possible Involvement Of Powerful Third Parties

The release of more than three million documents connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has reignited long-standing questions about whether his sex-trafficking operation extended beyond him and his convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. The newly disclosed materials, made public by the US Department of Justice, contain allegations suggesting that Epstein […]

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Bad Beginnings: The End Of New START

How awful could it get?  The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expired on February 5, terminating an era of arms control and imposed limits on lunatically contrived nuclear weapons programs of the United States and Russia.  The New START Treaty entered into force on February 5, 2011 and […]

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Vance’s Trip To The South Caucasus Tightens The West’s Encirclement Of Russia

The timing amidst continued US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine suggests that the US expects this ramped-up pressure to raise the chances of coercing concessions from Russia. Vice President JD Vance’s trips to Armenia and Azerbaijan were aimed at advancing several interconnected strategic goals. The most immediate was making progress on implementing the “Trump […]