Trump’s Cuba Crackdown: Sanctions, Trade, and the Regime Change Trap

Trump’s Cuba Crackdown: Sanctions, Trade, and the Regime Change Trap

Washington says it is targeting dictators. But when sanctions squeeze trade, travel, energy, and basic goods, who actually pays the price? In Episode 74 of Liberty Lens, Big John and Mike ter Maat take on Cuba, Trump, Marco Rubio, sanctions, oil pressure, and the familiar promise that if Washington squeezes hard enough, liberty will somehow […]

Todd Blanche’s DOJ Settles Trump IRS Case With $1.776B Unaccountable Slush Fund

Todd Blanche’s DOJ has settled Donald Trump’s IRS case through a proposed $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund — but who controls the money, who qualifies for it, and where is the oversight? Donald Trump sued the IRS after his private tax records were leaked. That abuse was real. But the settlement raises a new liberty question: […]

Trump Sold China Chips He Owned Stock In

Trump called it historic. Xi called it a landmark. Neither explained why Trump’s family owned NVIDIA stock before he reversed the national security red line on chip sales to China. The May 2026 Trump-Xi summit produced a Boeing aircraft order, renewed NVIDIA chip access to China, and carefully managed diplomatic optics — but the underlying […]

Vice President Selection: Why Delegates Should Decide

The person next in line to run this country is chosen by one person in private. No delegates. No vote. No accountability. The vice presidency is constitutionally the only position in the executive branch a president cannot remove, yet the selection process gives total control to a single nominee operating largely out of public view. […]

US Iran War: The Economic Cost Nobody’s Counting

The war was launched to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The war closed the Strait of Hormuz. That’s not irony — that’s a $400 billion institutional failure hiding in plain sight. Big John and Mike ter Maat put the full ledger on the table: the economic damage, the alliance collapse, and the geopolitical realignment Washington […]