Author: Mitchell A. Sobieski

Unlike Trump, no one elected the Spanish Flu or cheered as it dismantled American society

Unlike Trump, no one elected the Spanish Flu or cheered as it dismantled American society

Posted by | Jul 25, 2025

By the time an American born in 1900 turned 45, they had witnessed two world wars, a global economic collapse, and a pandemic that killed more people than the Great War itself. The arc of their life is often invoked in a viral social media post that resurfaces during moments of crisis. It is a reminder, we’re told, that “perspective” matters. And it does. But in 2025, perspective alone is no match for the level of intentional destruction we are living through. The post, often incorrectly credited to Heavy D, was about the rhythm of history, and the relentless...

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Crimea and the war for identity: From the Mongol siege of Kiev to Putin’s campaign to erase Ukraine

Crimea and the war for identity: From the Mongol siege of Kiev to Putin’s campaign to erase Ukraine

Posted by | Jul 24, 2025

In December of 1240, the Mongol Empire unleashed hell upon the capital of Kievan Rus’. Under the command of Batu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, the Mongol horde breached the fortified city of Kiev after a ten-week siege. What followed was a calculated massacre. Chroniclers of the time recorded that the Dnieper ran thick with blood, and that scarcely two thousand of the city’s once-flourishing population survived. It was a military defeat and cultural devastation, designed to obliterate the heart of a regional power. The Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus’ was a historical wound, marking the fragmentation of Eastern...

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Western intelligence warns Putin is already preparing for a large-scale conflict with NATO by 2030

Western intelligence warns Putin is already preparing for a large-scale conflict with NATO by 2030

Posted by | Jul 24, 2025

The return of Donald Trump to the White House has accelerated a widening strategic breach between the United States and its European allies, particularly over the war in Ukraine. Public appearances by Vice President JD Vance and policy shifts by the administration have dismantled long-held assumptions about U.S. leadership in NATO and the West’s unified support for Ukraine’s sovereignty. At the Munich Security Conference in February, Vance delivered a confrontational message toward European leadership, denouncing their domestic restrictions on political expression and criticizing their continued dependence on American military power. The address broke from decades of diplomatic tone and...

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Sin placas ni órdenes: cómo hombres enmascarados y sin identificar secuestran personas en EE. UU. con impunidad

Sin placas ni órdenes: cómo hombres enmascarados y sin identificar secuestran personas en EE. UU. con impunidad

Posted by | Jul 23, 2025

Agentes federales con uniformes sin distintivos, cubiertos con mascarillas y sin ninguna forma visible de identificación, están deteniendo a civiles en ciudades estadounidenses bajo justificaciones legales que no resisten el escrutinio constitucional. Estas operaciones, cada vez más comunes en zonas urbanas, involucran a hombres enmascarados que capturan a personas en espacios públicos sin presentar órdenes judiciales, identificar su agencia, ni explicar la base legal de la detención. Aunque las autoridades citan órdenes administrativas o poderes no especificados, su negativa a identificarse y el incumplimiento de los procedimientos normales despojan a estas detenciones de legitimidad. En principio, cualquier persona que...

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Russia’s slave labor pact with North Korea exposes brutal alliance built on fear and repressive control

Russia’s slave labor pact with North Korea exposes brutal alliance built on fear and repressive control

Posted by | Jul 23, 2025

While Russia is waging an undeclared war on Ukraine, it is outsourcing reconstruction of its destroyed infrastructure and battlefield logistics to one of the world’s most brutally oppressed populations. In a June agreement emblematic of both desperation and disregard for human rights, North Korea dispatched 5,000 military construction workers and 1,000 deminers to Russia’s Kursk region. Described by Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu as “brotherly aid” from Kim Jong Un’s regime, the reality is something darker and more incriminating. The strategic export of slave labor by a nuclear-armed dictatorship to support another autocracy’s illegal war of aggression. Kim...

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Army of Drones: Why Ukraine turned some battlefield operations into a point-based video game

Army of Drones: Why Ukraine turned some battlefield operations into a point-based video game

Posted by | Jul 23, 2025

More than three years into a war that was expected to last just days, Ukraine has continued to rewrite the modern military playbook. Facing a vastly larger and better equipped adversary in Russia, Ukrainian forces have leaned into technological adaptation not simply as a matter of innovation, but of national survival. Among its most startling efforts is the Army of Drones program. It is a nationwide initiative that transforms combat drone operations into a gamified, point-driven system designed to both optimize performance and incentivize lethal precision. On paper, the premise resembles a multiplayer video game. Ukrainian drone operators are...

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