Daily News Digest - Summary for January 15, 2026

Etienne de la Boetie² on Geopolitics & Empire - The Scam of Statism & Nationalism

Daily News Digest - Summary for January 15, 2026

Etienne de la Boetie² on Geopolitics & Empire - The Scam of Statism & Nationalism

Etienne Breaks Down the Sneaky and Unethically Manipulative Techniques the Federal “Government” is using on the Population

Hrvoje Morić:

Welcome to another edition of geopolitics. And returning to the podcast, it’s been quite a while. Is Etienne de la Boetie2. You can check out his sub stack, again, ArtofLibertyFoundation. He’s got a bunch of publications there.

He’s got a new book as well To See the Cage Is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many. You can get it through his website in digital format, paperback or hardcover. Welcome back to the podcast…


More fool you: 10 modus operandi of the mass manipulators

We are immersed in a behavioural psychology programme. The global elite is manipulating everything from incidents to information, in the process of building an authoritarian technocracy.

by Niall McCrae, off-guardian.org

The powerful do not wait for events such as a pandemic to happen and then exploit; instead, they create the events, which are scripted for a predetermined outcome. But the masses must be kept in the dark about the real motives, while being steered into supporting policies that are against their interests. The modus operandi features the following means of deception…


Surging “Education” Spending Squeezing Homeowners Out

This massive tax hike follows a stunning 41 percent increase over just five years, according to local officials and analysts, and it isn’t occurring in a vacuum.

By Alex Newman

With government spending on “public education” ballooning, surging property tax rates to fund it in some states are forcing homeowners to cut back on living expenses or even to sell their homes — especially those on fixed incomes such as retirees. Vermont is ground zero but it is hardly alone.

Government “education” is by far the largest driver of increased property taxes each year. With the whole national system costing over $1 trillion per year, almost half of that in most states is coming from local property taxes. And as costs of government “education” skyrocket, so do property taxes…


Ron Manners at 90

On January 8, my friend Ron Manners will celebrate the achievement of reaching 90 years. A hero of liberty, it’s been my honor to know him for 40 of them. One

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Etienne Note: Ron Manners is a hero of Liberty who founded the Australian equivalent of the Foundation for Economic Education and is indicative of the impact that just one single individual can have on an entire country. Happy Birthday Ron!

by Lawrence W. Reed

Happy 90th Birthday to Australia’s most illustrious advocate of freedom and free markets.

On January 8, my friend Ron Manners will celebrate the achievement of reaching 90 years. A hero of liberty, it’s been my honor to know him for 40 of them. One of the three titles I carry proudly with FEE is “Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty…


UPDATE: The Saudi payback [To Trump]

Trump Organization announces partnership with Dar Global to build a $7 billion “Trump-branded hotel and golf course” in Saudi Arabia

A rendering of Trump International Golf Club, Wadi Safar (Dar Global)
Etienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scams

by Judd Legum

On November 18, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) visited President Trump at the White House. During his meeting with MBS, Trump agreed to provide Saudi Arabia with unprecedented levels of cooperation and support.

Trump named Saudi Arabia a “major non-NATO ally,” a coveted designation that comes with “defense trade and security cooperation benefits, including access to joint research and development programs with the Pentagon and privileged access to US weaponry, training and loans…


U.S. Freezes Visas to 75 Countries

Read the leaked diplomatic cable

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump

By Ken Klippenstein

In the latest sign of the sheer scale of the administration’s war on immigration, the State Department has moved to pause all immigrant visa issuances for applicants from 75 different of countries, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable leaked to me.

That’s over one-third of the total number of countries in existence (193)!

Effective January 21, the directive was signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier today. Citing the Immigration and Nationality Act, the order claims concerns over immigrants being “financially self-sufficient” as the supposed reason for the freeze…


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