A. Mercer
Articles
The Rightsizing Racket: How Bureaucracy Replaces Benefits
A look at how Trump's OBBBA reshapes Medicaid access, burdens the poor, and exposes the quiet dismantling of public services.
Tariffs, Threats, and Transatlantic Tensions • Projekt 2029: Leaked Plans of Germany’s Far-Right AfD to Grasp Power • The Rightsizing Racket: How Bureaucracy Replaces Benefits • Who’s in Charge? Trump’s Ukraine Whiplash Leaves Europe Guessing • Blood in the Hills: Settler Violence in the West Bank • Executive Order Report: Week of 06/30/2025
Seeing What You Want to See: RFK, Vaccines, and the Media Mirror
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s overhaul of the CDC vaccine panel sparks debate over trust in public health.
Rising Lion: An Opening Salvo • The Stage is Yours (Part 3) • Seeing What You Want to See: RFK, Vaccines, and the Media Mirror • New Chapter, Old Wounds: South Korea's Political Crossroads • The many faces of Karol Nawrocki, the new polish president • One Million and Counting • Executive Order Weekly Report - Week of June 02, 2025
The Storm was Natural, the Disaster will be Political
FEMA faces deep cuts as hurricane season looms
The Big Beautiful Trap • Slam The Brakes: Universal Injunctions in the Trump Admin • The Storm was Natural, the Disaster will be Political • Systemic Orthodoxy • Fool Me Once • Overnight Attacks on Ukraine and the Looming Summer Offensive • Gideon's Chariots • Executive Order Weekly Report - Week of May 12, 2025
The Battle For the Ivory Tower
The Trump administration is punishing Harvard—freezing billions in grants and blocking international students—over claims of campus antisemitism and ties to a sanctioned Chinese group. Left-wing media calls it an attack on academic freedom; right-wing media sees it as holding elites accountable. Both sides spin the story, but the real loss may be honest inquiry.
Famine: The Gaza Humanitarian Catastrophe and the Erosion of Aid Principles • Pathfinder • Istanbul or Bust • The Battle For the Ivory Tower • Stand Up! Fighting Illiberalism: Protests in Slovakia and Hungary • Argentina • The Illusion of Cool: Unmasking Nayib Bukele's Authoritarian Rule in El Salvador (Part 1) • Ruff Considerations • Executive Order Weekly Report - Week of June 1, 2025
Unlawful Assemblies and Unfinished Arguments
The clash between ICE raids and protesters in Los Angeles reveals the complex intersection of immigration policy, civil disobedience, and government response in sanctuary cities.
Unclean Hands, Unchecked Power: Supreme Court Greenlights 'Third Country' Deportations • Aid Under Fire - The Collapse of Humanitarian Credibility in Gaza • Unlawful Assemblies and Unfinished Arguments • Ukraine's War Effort from Kursk to Kostiantynivka (June 22–28) • Debt Brakes and Austerity: When Fiscal Rules Ignore Returns • Executive Order Weekly Report - Week of June 09, 2025 • Executive Order Weekly Report - Week of June 16, 2025