From key remarks offered by the Conspirators as we gathered, to the excellent reports by journalist whose work we got to discuss, we had a blast night on the program, digging into the Bessent economic terrorism, the insane Trump Tariff impositions, and the 35th anniversary of Ukraine splitting away from the USSR, only to become the pawn of NATO and US/UK-nazi forces, to the ICE goon squads... Many thanks to the journalists we got to mention. I hope many folks get to discover their work and follow them, and join us, m-f 6 PM on Rumble or on X. Audio Pod always shortly after the live show, via Spotify and here at Substack! - Here is the link to the live stream as stored at Rumble: Liberty Conspiracy LIVE 82426 Economic Doomsday, Beef, Ukraine, ICE Disaster https://rumble.com/v7elxho-liberty-conspiracy-live-82426-economic-doomsday-beef-ukraine-ice-disaster.html
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launched “Operation Economic Outcast” today (August 24, 2026), calling it the single greatest financial offensive ever against Iran.
DD Geopolitics@DD_Geopolitics
🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Trump is making phone calls to world leaders with specific requests to cease their interactions with the Iranian regime.” This is what total loss and desperation looks like folks. Once you start secondary and tertiary sanctions, it’s
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Beginning immediately, Treasury is blocking every mapped “oil-smuggling and sanctions-evasion network” as the US pirates call them, with a zero-leakage approach. New sectoral sanctions determinations issued today target five key lifelines Iran exploits abroad—digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping—broadening secondary-sanctions risk for any entity or country that continues business with Tehran. Simultaneously, OFAC is designating more than 60 entities, individuals, and vessels linked to nuclear/missile procurement, cyber operations, and oil revenue. Countries have been given defined compliance timelines to shut down identified activities (e.g., Bank Melli branches); non-compliance triggers unilateral Treasury action, including removal from the U.S. dollar system. The goal is to sever every economic lifeline until the regime stands alone. The volume on the CNBC YT vid is low, so we will take cuts and amplify them for tonight’s Liberty Conspiracy LIVE… Here is the official Treasury Dept Press Release: LINK
Notice the claims Bessent makes in the first 3 minutes. Not only is the US economy NOT strong, any attempt he makes to “isolate” Iran and others trading with Iranian businesses or with its government will see the US isolate its citizens, not the US harming the foreigners trading with Iran. China’s government already has prohibited banks from complying with any sanctions Trump places on Iranian exports or trade. The Chinese have decreased their holdings of US treasuries, of course, and they can dump more, any time, and then there are the key Rare Earth minerals that the Chinese provide US interests.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇨🇳🇺🇸 One little-known metal is becoming a pretty big headache for the U.S. It’s tungsten, and the Pentagon wants more of it for weapons and its strategic stockpile. But when the U.S. recently went looking, it ran into an awkward problem: there’s barely any non-Chinese supply
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The US economy is a mess, and Bessent’s attempt to use short-term US bonds to buy long-term bonds, thus keeping the long term rate lower saw no palliative effect for his lovely long-term rates. It DID see people starting to recognize that the US debt is unsustainable, and that the Dollar will be devalued even more. This chart tells us a great deal.
The Kobeissi Letter@KobeissiLetter
Treasuries now offer more income than almost every S&P 500 stock: Just ~3% of S&P 500 stocks now have dividend yields higher than the 10Y Treasury Note yield, the lowest proportion since May 2007. This marks one of the lowest readings on record in data going back to the early
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Acyn@Acyn
Reporter: You said the President is calling world leaders with specific asks… who is he calling? Bessent: We’re not going to name names.
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Key articles
Official remarks: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/remarks-from-secretary-of-the-treasury-scott-bessent-on-operation-economic-outcast-against-iran
𝕊𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕻𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤@SprinterPress
U.S. Treasury Announces Largest Financial Attack in History Against Iran, Iran Promises a Strong Response 🇺🇸 The U.S. Secretary of the Treasury announced the launch of a large-scale financial operation against Iran, aimed at cutting off Tehran's economic and financial channels.
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Acyn@Acyn
Reporter: You described this as an economic D-Day, but D-Day wasn't a threat of an invasion and the US didn't give a timeline to Germany. So why not impose the sanctions today? Bessent: Why would I want to blow up the global financial system?
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Last week, Bessent claimed that the US was in good economic shape. He tried to deceive people by implying that the Trump admin brought down the US debt to GDP ratio, when the opposite has occurred.
When Biden left office (January 2025): Total (gross) federal debt was about $36.2 trillion. Using contemporaneous nominal GDP figures (around $29.8–30.0 trillion annualized), the total public debt-to-GDP ratio stood at approximately 121% (FRED quarterly series GFDEGDQ188S shows ~121.4% for Q4 2024 and ~120.5% for Q1 2025). LINK
Now (as of August 2026): Total public debt recently exceeded $40 trillion (around $40.03 trillion as of August 20). The most recent official FRED quarterly figure is 122.6% for Q1 2026. More recent estimates, reflecting the higher debt level and ongoing GDP growth, put the ratio in the 124% range (some analyses cite ~126%).
MEANWHILE, Iran condemned the measures as “economic terrorism” and a sign of U.S. desperation after military efforts. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said they would fail like past sanctions. Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei warned that continued “economic war” means “not a single drop of oil” will leave the Persian Gulf or Strait of Hormuz, and any country’s participation would be treated as an act of war, with threats of “earthquake-like” retaliation. Officials stressed impacts on ordinary Iranians. LINK
“US Claimed 40 Tankers Exited Strait on Single Day, Tracking Agency Recorded Zero - News From Antiwar.com” LINK
BEEF “President Trump announces plan to lower beef prices” LINK As we noted, Trump announced Friday that he will allow the importation of 300,000 metric tons of beef without a tariff, implicitly admitting that tariffs increase costs for consumers. This is a temporary 90-day easing of out-of-quota tariffs on the imported product for ground beef, aiming to lower consumer prices amid record-high beef costs and the smallest U.S. cattle herd in roughly 75 years.
The “plan” would allow the beef (primarily lean trimmings used for grinding) to enter duty-free beyond standard tariff-rate quotas, with a claimed commitment from foreign exporters that it would be sold at 25% below the then-current market price of about $6.89 per pound for ground beef. A White House official indicated an executive order would formalize this within two weeks. Specific source countries were not named in the announcement, though major suppliers historically include Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay, and (in prior expanded quotas) Argentina; Canada and Mexico already face limited barriers under existing trade agreements. LINK
The measure responds to elevated retail prices—ground beef up roughly 9% year-over-year in July data and substantially higher since early 2025—driven by tight domestic supplies after high input costs for feed (due to US “sanctions” over foreign fuel to grow and harvest feed). The administration framed it as short-term relief that would buy time for U.S. ranchers to rebuild inventories while addressing affordability ahead of midterms. LINK
American ranchers and industry groups reacted with sharp criticism, viewing the imports as direct competition that undercuts their prices and discourages herd expansion just when high cattle values should incentivize retaining heifers. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association called flooding the market with below-market foreign beef “not the way to rebuild the American cattle herd,” arguing it sacrifices long-term stability for short-term messaging and could worsen profitability. The United States Cattlemen’s Association and individual producers described it as a “betrayal” or “slap in the face,” warning it weakens domestic markets during a critical recovery period. Cattle futures dropped after the news. Republican senators from cattle states, including those from Nebraska and Montana, publicly expressed disappointment, stressing that lower grocery prices should not come at the expense of U.S. producers. Some people might think that mentioning their criticism buys into some non-free-market thinking, but the mixture is complex. LINK
Ranchers have faced sustained pressure from rising production costs. Cattle feed represents a major expense (often 60%+ of finishing costs). Producer Price Index data for feed indicated an estimated 3.4% increase in 2026 from the prior year, influenced by soybean, fertilizer, energy, and transportation pressures; some 2025 analyses of specific components like corn, soybean meal, and alfalfa showed double-digit year-over-year rises in the 10–13% range amid drought and global factors. These elevated costs, combined with earlier drought-driven forage shortfalls, have made operations harder to sustain even as cattle prices rose. LINK
Trump’s broader tariffs and trade tensions, particularly with China, compounded export challenges. U.S. beef exports to China fell sharply—from peaks near $1.7–2 billion earlier in the decade to around $500 million in 2025—due to retaliatory measures, expired plant registrations affecting hundreds of facilities, and reduced access. This drop accounted for a large share of overall U.S. beef export declines that year, removing a key high-value market and adding economic strain for producers already navigating domestic supply constraints. Some recovery steps occurred later via summit commitments, but the earlier contraction contributed to industry pressure. LINK
What about the loss of ranchers since 2025? How about going back to 2020?
Precise public figures isolating bankruptcies solely among independent cattle ranchers since Trump’s January 2025 return are limited. Broader Chapter 12 family farm bankruptcies (which include significant numbers of beef cattle operations) rose to 315 in 2025 (a 46% increase from 216 in 2024). Earlier years showed: approximately 560 in 2020, 276 in 2021, 169 in 2022, 139 in 2023, and 216 in 2024, with partial 2026 data continuing elevated levels relative to the early-2020s trough. ** Remember, FSA-related farm bankruptcies rose 46% in 2025 “315 Farms Filed Bankruptcy in 2025. 160,000 Just Disappeared. — Beef News” LINK
From a free-market perspective, the arrangement itself invites pointed criticism. Trump secured the 25% price cut from foreign sellers essentially by leveraging the threat of (or temporary relief from) the higher out-of-quota tariff—the very punitive barrier his administration and predecessors maintained. This is not free trade; it is managed, coercive deal-making in which government power extracts a discount that private buyers could not reliably obtain through ordinary market negotiation. Foreign exporters accept lower margins in exchange for volume access that the tariff would otherwise block. U.S. ranchers, by contrast, face rigid cost structures—feed, land, labor, veterinary care, regulatory compliance, and capital—that cannot be magically reduced by presidential fiat. Feed costs alone have risen in recent years (Producer Price Index estimates around 3.4% higher in 2026, with earlier component increases of 10–13% for corn, soybean meal, and alfalfa), leaving domestic producers unable to match an artificially discounted import price without further eroding already thin margins. LINK
The product type intensifies the competitive pressure. Lean trimmings for ground beef flow heavily into high-volume industrial channels, including the processors that supply fast-food chains. Critics have noted the scale (equivalent to billions of quarter-pound patties) and questioned whether the discounted volume functions in practice as relief for major restaurant buyers squeezed by elevated beef costs. In a free market, competition is welcomed when it reflects genuine comparative advantage and cost efficiency. Here, the imports arrive under a government-engineered price commitment, competing directly against domestic cattle that cannot shed costs at will. This tilts the field against U.S. ranchers precisely in the commodity segment where scale buyers operate, without addressing the underlying supply constraints of a multi-year herd rebuild. LINK
And I want to reiterate that Trump’s 2025 tariffs, particularly against China, had already compounded export challenges. U.S. beef exports to China fell sharply—from peaks near $1.7–2 billion earlier in the decade to around $500 million in 2025—due to retaliatory measures and expired plant registrations. This removed a high-value outlet and added strain for producers navigating domestic tightness. LINK
-And…
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
a reporter notes that Bessent is talking a big game but still exempting China from any consequences for helping Iran (note the stunned look on Bessent's face as the question wraps up)
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Victorious 🇪🇺🇲🇩🇷🇴🇺🇦✌️@punclizme
@atrupar You can literally google Iran's main trading partners and China accounts for 80-90% of sanctioned oil exports 😂 all talk, no game.
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This is a powerful chart
unusual_whales@unusual_whales
"This Congress has dramatically worsened America's fiscal trajectory," per Bloomberg:
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Mr. Pakman errs in not mentioning that the fuel supply decrease that occurred when Russia invaded Ukraine came not because of the invasion, but because of US and EU sanctions against Russian fuel (and he neglects to mention that the NATO-US forces encroached into the former Iron Curtain/Soviet-Block nations that James Baker promised would not be incorporated into NATO, and that the US overthrew Yanukovych in Ukraine, late 2013, early 2014, buuuut, his points about the Trump Rhetoric(TM) are correct. “My take on Stephen Miller’s $4 gas defense - “Trump is bringing the price of gas down”” LINK
The centrally-planned “oil reserves”
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸🇮🇷 The U.S. is down to just 41 days of crude oil, the thinnest cushion its had in 50 years... The reason isn't a mystery. Nearly 6 months into the Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz is still effectively shut, choking off up to 1/5 of the world's oil supply. To fill the gap, Trump
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Yep.
Steve Rattner@SteveRattner
President Trump decided to dip into the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve after his Iran War crashed global oil supply. Now the strategic reserve is at its lowest level since 1982.
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When a nation-state controls the money supply, or creates a proxy to do it, as is the case of the Federal Reserve, the money-creation spigot pours cash into the cronies, seeing their margins increase, even as the money supply eventually bids up prices for the average consumer. Steve Rattner is a leftie, and his answers do not see an end to the central bank or monopoly of power claimed by the central government, but his observation here is worthwhile.
Steve Rattner@SteveRattner
Wages grew in step with the stock market for the first decades of the postwar boom. Since Reagan, stocks have skyrocketed while wages stayed on the same trajectory: +9,686% vs. +1,196%. That gap is a big driver of inequality — and a case for taxing capital more like work.
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Ray Dalio outlined in his book, “How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle,” that, to paraphrase Hemingway, it’s “Gradually, then suddenly.” We’ve been watching the gradual, each time the US or any other government body claims your dicision-making power is not your own. Dalio estimates US government’s revenue at about five and a half trillion this year against seven and a half trillion in spending. Leaving a $2 trillion shortfall. Interest rate costs alone will be about $1 trillion this year, while about $10 trillion worth of debt needs to be refinanced. Without a change in course, a U.S. debt crisis could arrive in three years, he said. He advocates for reducing the budget deficit to 3% of GDP from the current level of about 6% through a combination of spending cuts, higher tax revenue, and lower interest rates. He said similar fiscal constraints are confronting countries including the UK, China, and Japan. Again, we’re looking at a global currency crisis, I think a global depression, and Trump is doing everything he can to exacerbate and to accelerate that. Gold, meanwhile, jumped to its highest since May on Friday while Bitcoin surged to over 77,000, heading for its biggest weekly rally since 2023. he has added one third, actually it’s 30%, let’s just call it a third, of all the government debt, of all that $40 trillion of cumulative debt over the last 250 years.Here’s the way you look at the 250-year celebration. Trump has made Americans debtors again. Yeah, and he has done that by adding 30% of the debt over the last 250 years has been done under Donald Trump and his regimes.
But, remember, it’s “IRAN” that is the “nation led my religious zealots” who care not about human life — right?
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel’s Chief Rabbi just called for God to “destroy all of Gaza.” David Yosef said Gaza, Nablus, and Jenin ALL belong to Israel, and denied that Palestinians are a people or have ANY rights. He went further, saying God should “destroy all of Gaza” so Israelis can return
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MintPress News@MintPressNews
🚨Israel Bombs Two Mosques In Gaza & Kills 8 Civilians, Including A Child The Abu Salim Mosque in Deir al-Balah & Asqalan Prayer Hall in Shati Refugee Camp were both bombed. As a result of Israel’s escalating strikes across Gaza, 8 civilians have been killed so far today, with
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Suppressed News.@SuppressedNws1
This is pure insanity and 100% real, children flying kites are a target for Israel. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the military to treat any kite flown from Gaza as an “act of war,” even without explosives, and to attack anyone flying them. Flying kites has long
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courtneybonneauimages@cbonneauimages
New illegal Israeli base in Maroun al Ras, Lebanon
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This probably is not good. “(100) Trump-Appointed Judge: ‘To Be American Is to Be a Zionist’” LINK
The actor, Mark Ruffalo, is among a good number of entertainers who have decried the Israeli-US-inflicted genocide in Gaza (and the ethnic cleansing in Lebanon and the West Bank). He has given up sizeable contracts with Paramount (where I once worked at Star Trek) and lost friends over his principled position. On domestic US economic issues, he is not even close to abiding by the US Constitution or adhering to the non-aggression principle that stresses real charity cannot be conducted through statism. Here are some key notes in defense of his work to defend the Palestinian people.
Irlandarra@irlandarra2019
Mark Ruffalo has fired back after Paramount slammed his recent merger attack as "antisemitic": If you say they should do something to stop the extermination of the Palestinians, you're antisemitic, but if you applaud the Holocaust of children in Gaza, you're really cool.
Variety @Variety
Mark Ruffalo has fired back after Paramount slammed his recent merger attack as "antisemitic": “Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and
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GBC@GBC_Press
🚨 BREAKING: While most celebrities avoid speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza for fear of losing million-dollar contracts, Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo continues to support Palestine.
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In the above video from the X post, Ruffalo refers to the “fellow storyteller, who is, Motaz Azaiza.” Azaiza is a well-known Gazan photojournalist who documented the early months of the Israel-Hamas war (starting October 2023) via social media, gaining a large following for his images and videos of the conflict’s impact on civilians. He survived roughly 107–108 days of reporting amid intense fighting, during which many of his relatives and colleagues were killed. In late January 2024, he evacuated Gaza (via the Rafah crossing into Egypt, then a flight to Doha, Qatar) with family members. He has since lived and traveled outside Gaza—initially in Qatar, later including time in the US (New York area)—while continuing advocacy, fundraising (including through a foundation), public appearances, and media work.
Ounka@OunkaOnX
Eve Barlow: "You hate Jews" because Mark Ruffalo said killing innocents is wrong. So let me get this straight—pointing out mass death means I hate your religion? Or maybe you just love the killing so much that any objection feels like a personal attack.
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Yeah. No kidding. “ICE violated court orders by spying on churchgoers, judge says” LINK
-AND This injustice “Judge holds former Baltimore ICE office deputy in contempt” LINK
-AND “Trump’s immigration policies impose an ‘ICE tax’ on food, housing and healthcare, report suggests — but White House blames something else” LINK
-AND - As usual, we note that “visa” is not a word in the US Constitution. Even if it were, no gang of thugs has a moral prerogative to tell you to pay for their “immigration” police array. “Trump administration proposes $100,000 fee on H-1B visa workers already residing in the US” LINK VISAS were a WWI imposition, and stuck around, ever since, because they give politicians more POWER over people.
-AND… “California ICE arrests surge among Asian communities as Fresno feels the impact” LINK
Yep. “Undercover Trump DHS agents caught trying to goad activists into violence” LINK
Craig Mokhiber@CraigMokhiber
The US announcement of further unilateral sanctions against Iran is yet another blatant act of lawlessness by the Trump administration. These unilateral sanctions are a direct breach of the UN Charter, the rules of sovereignty and non-interference, human rights law, and the
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Several UN instruments and General Assembly (GA) resolutions contain language that aligns with Craig Mokhiber’s characterization of unilateral sanctions as conflicting with the UN Charter, sovereignty/non-interference principles, and human rights norms.
These include foundational Charter principles, the 1970 Friendly Relations Declaration, and repeated GA resolutions on “unilateral coercive measures” (UCMs—the UN term for unilateral economic sanctions or similar pressure). Note that GA resolutions express the positions of voting majorities and are not binding treaty obligations in the same way as the Charter itself or Security Council decisions under Chapter VII; the legality of unilateral sanctions remains contested in state practice and scholarship (some states view them as lawful exercises of sovereign control over their own trade and financial systems, or as retorsion/countermeasures).UN Charter (Chapter I, Article 2)
Article 2(1): “The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.”
un.org
Article 2(4): “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
Article 2(7): “Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.”
Sanctions authorized by the Security Council under Chapter VII (especially Article 41, which explicitly contemplates interruption of economic relations) are a recognized collective mechanism. Unilateral measures lack that authorization.Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States (GA Resolution 2625 (XXV), 1970)This widely cited declaration elaborates Charter principles and states, under the duty of non-intervention:“No State may use or encourage the use of economic, political or any other type of measures to coerce another State in order to obtain from it the subordination of the exercise of its sovereign rights and to secure from it advantages of any kind.”
Similar language appears in the earlier Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention (GA Resolution 2131 (XX), 1965) and the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States (GA Resolution 3281 (XXIX), 1974).GA resolutions on human rights and unilateral coercive measures. The GA has adopted repeated resolutions (often annually or biennially) declaring that UCMs conflict with the Charter and international law and harm human rights. A recent example is A/RES/80/209 (adopted December 2025):
It stresses “that unilateral coercive measures and legislation are contrary to international law, international humanitarian law, the Charter of the United Nations and the norms and principles governing peaceful relations among States.”
Operative paragraph 1 urges all States “to cease adopting or implementing any unilateral measures not in accordance with international law, international humanitarian law, the Charter of the United Nations and the norms and principles governing peaceful relations among States, in particular those of a coercive nature, with all their extraterritorial effects,” which impede rights under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other instruments, including the right to development.
It further urges States to refrain from unilateral economic, financial or trade measures inconsistent with the Charter that impede sustainable development, and objects to their extraterritorial application as threatening sovereignty.
Earlier resolutions contain nearly identical core language. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights describe UCMs as economic measures taken by one State to compel policy change in another (including embargoes, financial interruptions, and targeted measures) and note their adverse effects on rights in the UDHR, particularly Article 25 (adequate standard of living, including food, medical care, housing, and social services).
Collective punishment and related claims.
The prohibition of collective punishment is most explicitly found in international humanitarian law (e.g., Geneva Convention IV, Article 33, applicable in situations of armed conflict or occupation). Some UN experts, Special Rapporteurs, and GA debates have characterized broad economic sanctions as having collective-punishment effects on civilian populations through their impact on food, health, and livelihoods. “Economic terrorism” is not a defined legal term in core UN instruments; it is a descriptive or rhetorical characterization used in some political statements and by certain advocates. Mokhiber’s references to sanctions affecting international judges, prosecutors, UN monitors, and human-rights organizations draw on specific past cases (such as U.S. measures targeting International Criminal Court personnel) and broader concerns about interference with independent institutions, which engage principles of judicial independence and non-interference under human-rights law and the Charter. In short, the Charter’s sovereignty and non-intervention principles, the Friendly Relations Declaration’s explicit language on economic coercion, and the consistent line of GA resolutions on UCMs provide the primary textual bases that Mokhiber invokes when describing unilateral sanctions as breaches of the Charter, sovereignty/non-interference rules, and human-rights norms.
ON THE OVERALL PRINCIPLE OF FREE TRADE
Ron Paul makes the key points here that TRADE is trade between PEOPLE, willing buyers, and it always BALANCES. Tariffs are taxes, and they always are immoral.
BONUS!
It’s the 35th Anniversary of Ukraine being split off of the USSR. SO, let’s recall the Ukraine-meddler Vindman’s loss in the Dem Primary for Senate in FLA, thanks to Katie Halper and Aaron Mate - who amplify on the dark background of Alexander V, and more…
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