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GUSTAVO MARANGES—The political situation in Peru appears to be spinning out of control with no end in sight as violent repression on an angry population, who feel their democracy has been pulled out from under them, escalates. A jailed president now imprisoned, the military and the police swarming on the streets, road blockades, increasing protests against Dina Boluarte and the Congress, and 25 deaths have been the balance of a parliamentary coup d’état, whose gestation began even before Pedro Castillo won the elections just 17 months ago.

ANDREI MARTYANOV—Somebody explain to him what this is and what, actually, defends those silos, before he spews the next portion of geopolitical delirium. But Henry’s desperate attempts to save NATO from what is coming to it are just another manifestation of what is highlighted in yellow in Larry’s quote from his Western Hysteria piece.  Yes, losing hurts. Especially against this news which underscores my point of many years–Dollar economic figures are meaningless when measuring against real, physical economies and real militaries and their actual combat capabilities. Absolutely meaningless and, in fact, nothing more than a propaganda shtick to represent Western economies as the largest ones in the world. 

JIMMY DORE—Elon Musk – you either love him or hate him, but probably for all the wrong reasons. Despite his reputation as a genius entrepreneur, free speech warrior and opponent of all things woke, Musk is, above all, a rapacious billionaire oligarch who made his money thanks to connections to the military-industrial complex and the deep state. It’s no wonder he’s repeatedly confirmed in tweets his love for the FBI.

PATRICK LAWRENCE—The war, the de-oligarchization law, and public discontent have oligarchs on the run, The Post reports, but I couldn’t find a single oligarch on the run in this story. Ihor Kolomoisky doesn’t live in Ukraine anymore and comes over as indifferent to the allegations against him in reports I have read. Of the other oligarchs mentioned, Serhiy Taruta co-founded and runs a metals-industry group based on privatized state assets, has held several political offices, has had a seat in the Rada since 2014, and seems to entertain presidential ambitions. Not exactly a man on the run.

An important discussion by expert observers about the significance of Bakhmut, and what its fall may represent. Observers include Gonzalo Lira (host), Brian Berletic (The New Atlas), HistoryLegends, and Military Summary.