• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Martin Armstrong
The United States has crossed a milestone that Washington has spent decades pretending would never arrive. Federal debt held by the public has now exceeded 100% of GDP for the first time since the aftermath of the Second World War.
The conversation focused on the looming crisis of the U.S. national debt, which recently surpassed $39 trillion, and examined how political and financial leaders might address this challenge.
Catherine Austin Fitts, former U.S. government official and investment banker, warns that rapidly developing technologies - from programmable money to AI surveillance - could fundamentally reshape personal freedom.
She explores how digital systems
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Karen Kwiatkowski
On Tuesday, Peter appeared on Kiko News to warn that markets and the public are underestimating how costly the United States' borrowing binge will become.
Great nations are rarely destroyed in the way Hollywood imagines. Most people still think empires collapse under missile strikes, invasions, assassinations, revolutions, or dramatic military defeats broadcast live across television screens.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is investigating more than 120 biological laboratories abroad that were funded by US taxpayer dollars for decades...
Although the original DOGE program by all measures failed to cut government spending in any significant way, its influence was strongly felt by one agency: the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
To say that the U.S. federal government is a little less than truthful would be the understatement of the century. It's expected that politicians bend the truth. When it comes to power and money, the incentive to lie is always there; and it's very of
Global government debt has crossed a new milestone. Gross public debt worldwide reached $111 trillion in 2025, more than five times the $19.7 trillion recorded in 2000.
Ruler of the United States, Donald Trump, has proposed a $1.5 trillion "defense" budget in order to fund the war with Iran. On Friday, the ruler also requested a 10% cut in non-defense spending for the 2027 fiscal year.
It's important to note that these projections rest on the ridiculous assumption that there will be no wars, recessions, or other events that drive additional federal spending. That assumption is already out the window with the Iran war: the Pentago
The U.S. government is insolvent. That's not hyperbole - it's the conclusion drawn directly from the Treasury Department's own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, released last week to near-total media silence.