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We had a great time tonight, digging into the news and reading a lost/recovered short story by legendary Twilight Zone writer Charles Beaumont! Thanks, to all the Conspirators who joined us, and to all the journalists and musicians whose work we got to cover! - Join us, m-f 6 pm on Rumble or on X! You can get the audio pod shortly after each show, via Spotify and here at Substack! Be Seeing You! - Here are some of the stories we got to explore, tonight!
WAR
US WAR SPENDING
US Draft Registration…
I have seen some X posts reflecting confusion about the status of “automatic registration for Selective Service”. For the record, here is where things stand. Automatic Selective Service (draft) registration for eligible men is no longer under active legislative debate in Congress—it has already been enacted into what the statists call “law.”
In December, last year, Congress included a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 (e.g., S. 1071 and the final conference version) that amends the Military Selective Service Act to require automatic registration. President Donald Trump signed the NDAA into law on December 18, 2025. LINK
**Key Details of the Mandate Included in last year’s NDAA: LINK
It shifts responsibility for registration from individual men (who currently must self-register within 30 days of turning 18) to the Selective Service System (SSS). The SSS automatically will register eligible individuals using data from other federal agencies/databases.
Whom it affects: Male U.S. citizens and most male residents (immigrants/residents subject to registration requirements, generally ages 18–25/26). It does not apply to women or lawful non-immigrants on certain visas. Exemptions and contest processes remain available; registrants will receive notice.
Timeline: The change takes effect one year after enactment (by December 18, 2026). The SSS submitted a proposed rule for the “roll-out” to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on March 30, 2026, which is currently under review. Some states/territories already use partial automatic registration (e.g., via DMV), but this is a nationwide federal system.
Rationale: Lawmakers and the SSS cited cost savings (the agency costs ~$30 million/year), improved compliance, and streamlining. It does not reinstate the draft itself—that would require separate congressional and presidential action in a national emergency.
There is no ongoing congressional debate or new legislation on automatic registration—it passed with bipartisan support in the 2025 NDAA process and is now in the implementation phase. Recent news coverage (April 2026) focuses on the SSS’s proposed rule and upcoming rollout, not new bills. Some critics oppose it on privacy, anti-draft, or policy grounds, but the statute passed as part of the NDAA. LINK
US-ISRAEL-IRAN
-The US has not directly attacked Iran for 36 Hours. BUT…
Headline, from Antiwar: “US-Israeli Strikes Killed More Than 3,000 Iranians - News From Antiwar.com” LINK
Among the dead… The Iranian man who was deeply involved with trying to broker peace btwn the US and Iran, the man whose wife was killed by Israeli bombs last week and who survived, but was badly injured? He has died. RIP, Dr. Kamal Kharazi.
-People wonder why Hezbollah is supported by so many people in Lebanon, especially in the south, where Israel keeps moving outward to take more land.
This occurred late last night here, early morning in Lebanon.
And that Gaza-fication of Lebanon has displaced more than 1 MILLION people
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NATO-RUTTE - SHOW NO CONCERN RE TRUMP THREATENING IRANIANS
In fact, Mark R (aka, Mr. “Starve Holland of Fuel and Fertilizer, and Kill Cattle”) flipped everything, blaming Iran, claiming Iran was intimately involved with supporting RUSSIA in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, even though Rutte now heads the org which expanded into former Iron Curtain nations and sparked much of the long-simmering Russian concern over western expansion. This is a bit low in volume, so our mighty team here has recorded it and will present a “Positive V” version tonight on Liberty Conspiracy LIVE at 6 on Rumble and X
This, also, reflects desperation (atop the classic Starmer perspiration). And this, too, is low vol, so we have recorded it and will amp up the vol on the show, tonight.
US-IRAN “NEGOTIATIONS”
Translated properly, that should be, “US trying to shake-down Iran, while US aggression backfires and Iran holds firm on ten-point proposal”… JD Vance is on his way to star in another Lego-AI video, surely, and arrive in Islamabad, and he offered more bullying and gaslighting. He had the gall to talk about wanting the Iranians to negotiate “in good faith”, as if the US is the “good faith” party.
This morning, the Iranian govt issued information that its delegation would not renew talks unless two key points of what they THOUGHT Trump had accepted are secured. That also meant that the Strait would not be reopened, in a wide way.
Here is the status of the Strait of Hormuz atm
Here is more, from Drop Site:
-Some of the latest, reported, is that the Iranian contingent just landed in Pakistan. Does that mean that the US has given Iran assurances that Israel will stop the aggression against Lebanon? How about the frozen Iranian assets?
And, of course, while the US sees the backfire for attacking Iran, warmongers on Fox push for the US to create its own blockade of the Persian Gulf (in the southeastern neck) to… open up trade. See how that works?
AND people in Ireland are protesting the fuel costs.
Fetterman shows his ugly mentality, again. Headline “Fetterman says he won’t support Iran war powers resolution” LINK
Annnnd, Netanyahu just threatened to invade Iran if the Iranians don’t give up their uranium. Healine: “Fetterman says he won’t support Iran war powers resolution” LINK
expelled the Spanish ministry
US AGGRESSION HURTING US ECONOMY
With US attacks on energy imports, attacks brought by tariffs and outright blocks on fuel coming from Russia, is anyone surprised about this?
This low degree of “Consumer Confidence” not only reflects the sentiment of those surveyed (if one trusts the poll/survey), it warns people who recall history, because the survey results, THEMSELVES, tend to drive down future consumer confidence and investment.
And prices are rising, atop the money-printed price increases we’ve seen each year. This will inspire Trump to push harder for lower Fed rates, which, in turn will make it less attractive for people to purchase US long-term debt because that repayment will be in valueless bucks, which, of course, will push the US to offer higher rates of return for longer bonds, whiiiiiiich, of course will increase the debt the US has to pay — unless the Fed buys the bulk of the bonds.
Let’s recall this, from September, as McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski described a “two-tier economy” in a CNBC interview, noting upper-income households over $100k are confident with strong stock markets while middle and lower-income consumers face pressure, cutting back on fast food with traffic down double digits. It has gotten worse, and soon, people with incomes over $100K per year will be very reluctant to invest in stocks. The burdens on US businesses (tariffs, energy, lack of interest from the world economy as its participants spiral into economic depression), will see those 100K-ers pull back their own spending and investment, leading to even more trouble for cash-strapped startups or other investment-seekers.
Whoops
Pothole Pete tries to make a valid point here, which is that Trump actively is making prices higher, but his setup, about other Presidents (implying Biden) tried to make prices LOWER assumes that government subsidies and welfarism somehow reduce prices, which they do not, they increase demand and see more govt borrowing, causing more money-printing, inflating the currency and harming the buying power of the currency.
IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE - SUPREME COURT
SOME background on the different views of Kavanaugh and Sotomayor, the latter of whom understands at least the fact that cops are not supposed to stop people without warrants and they are not supposed to be MASKED. Headline: “Supreme Court’s Sotomayor slams colleague Kavanaugh for ICE ruling” LINK
Headline: “Deported and returned to the US: Trump administration forced to backtrack after expelling ‘Dreamers’“ LINK
Mahmoud Kalil still under attack: “Immigration board denies Mahmoud Khalil’s appeal, bringing activist one step closer to deportation” LINK
More problems with DUE PROCESS LINK
EDUCATION - FEDERALISM
This is informative. Headline: “The Department of Education: Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead? – The Future of Freedom Foundation” LINK
FINALLY
This, from Sheldon Richman, on Trump’s megalomania, is excellent “TGIF: Trump’s Words Cannot Be Unseen” LINK
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