Ben Bartee

BEWARE!!! Ben Bartee never minces words, so read at your own risk. Ben is a Bangkok-based American journalist, grant writer, political essayist, researcher, travel blogger, and amateur philosopher -- with opposable thumbs. He is the author of Broken English Teacher: Notes From Exile.

Beijing and Moscow Double Down on Propping Up Tehran, Threaten to Give It Nukes

As anyone who understands how these things unfold could have foreseen, the president over the weekend shifted the goalposts...

Groundhog Day came late this year to the Land of Smiles.

it’s the same rigmarole, on whatever pretext, the army commandeers the Thai state with vague promises to restore democracy at some unspecified future date.

Expansionist CCP Runs Amok in Pacific After U.S. Relocates Naval Assets to Mid-East

Caveat established, China’s been going bananas on the high seas as the eyes of the world, and U.S. military assets, hone in on Iran.

Vampires of Southeast Asia

Ladies of South Asia are covered head to foot, but it’s not about religion. it's about keeping skin tone as light so as not to misconstrued as a peasant.

Senate Duo Pushes Total Pharma Ad Ban Bill

Will MAHA cede the moral and political high ground to Sanders and Dem party and allow them to lead on vanquishing the pharma-media industrial complex?

Geopolitical Fallout: China and Russia React to Middle East Conflagration

Given Iran’s accession to BRICS, it's no surprise that Russia and China express indignation that their ally in the Middle East, Iran, faces existential peril.
MAGA Business Central

MAGA Influencer Calls to Deploy Palantir on LA Streets

Federal govt. expanded partnership with surveillance behemoth Palantir to the tune by hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts across multiple agencies.

Legacy Media Meltdown as RFK Jr. Nukes ENTIRE CDC Vaccine Committee

If one admin can appoint every single CDC Vaccine Committee member, what is the scandal when the next admin fires and replaces them all?

‘Plan B’: This Is America

Rap artist member of African diaspora in America, stands in front of a mic with ultrasound photos in hand, against backdrop of govt-subsidized housing.

Bioterror Roundup: ‘An Apple a Day Keeps the Robot White-Coats Away’

Handing responsibility over to literal AI instead of de facto AI in a human skinsuit removes all morality and human empathy from the equation.

‘This One Time, at Groomer Camp’

All Camp Brave Trails programs focus on helping LGBTQ+ youth find what they need most to thrive: their people, their place, and their passion.

John Bolton Laments USAID Demise, Pledges Its Revival Post-Trump

Barring a 9/11-style false flag that corporate state media could blame on Iran, the GOP base is not going to swing ideologically back to the neoconservatives anytime soon.