Author: Scott Ortkiese

Trump Prices, Trump Lies

U.S. strikes on Iran, a closed Hormuz Strait, and depleted stockpiles leave oil markets propped up by reserves Washington cannot replace.

The Fall

The largest IPO in history was six weeks old when the sky began to fail. Every fact is real. The only thing I invented was the day.

A Lying Bastard’s Ledger: A Hundred Days of Donald Trump, Convicted by His Own Truth Social Account

A Blistering Indictment of Donald Trump’s Non-Negotiating, Bold-Faced Lying, and Commander-in-Chief Screw-Ups Since February 28, 2026.

Two Russias, One Reality: There is Only One Truth, and It Isn’t The West’s (or Trump’s)

What Alexander Mercouris Sees on the Ground, and What the Western Press Refuses to See

What American Media Won’t Tell You About the Iran War and the End of the American Century in Asia

A deep dive into a remarkable conversation between Warwick Powell and Glenn Diesen, and why its insights are nowhere to be found on cable news.

AI IPOs: Lost in Space

How Three Trillion-Dollar IPOs Are Extracting the Retirement Savings of a U.S. Population Too Indebted, Too Illiterate, and Too Conscripted to Refuse

An Open Letter to Every Incumbent Republican and Democrat: A Call to Arms for Every American Who Is Sick of the War Uniparty; We Want a Third Party!

Incumbents who backed war with Iran, economic damage, and White House corruption face an electoral revolt and political ruin in November.

Gone Pecans: How three firms, twenty-three banks, and one sovereign fund engineered the end of the American individual

Going, going, gone. . .

Why Russia’s Future Looks Less Precarious Than Washington’s

A polemic on media capture, imperial overreach, and the per-capita math the West cannot afford its citizens to do.

Private Credit Is the New Subprime, and the Fed Is Watching the Door

Private Credit Is the New Subprime, and the Fed Is Watching the Door