No, Mandelson is NOT “The Biggest Scandal of the Century”
Keir Starmer’s appointment of Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States, despite his known links to Jeffrey Epstein, is the “biggest political scandal of the century”.
According to Nigel Farage, anyway.
Sky News at least has the sense to phrase it as a question…
To which the obvious, facetious answer is “Which one?”
And the more honest answer is “No, obviously not.”
I don’t care if Lord Mandelson was passing sensitive information, I don’t care if Sir …...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/06/no-mandelson-is-not-the-biggest-scandal-of-the-century/
Keir Starmer’s appointment of Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States, despite his known links to Jeffrey Epstein, is the “biggest political scandal of the century”.
According to Nigel Farage, anyway.
Sky News at least has the sense to phrase it as a question…
Could Peter Mandelson be the biggest political scandal of the century?
To which the obvious, facetious answer is “Which one?”
And the more honest answer is “No, obviously not.”
I don’t care if Lord Mandelson was passing sensitive information, I don’t care if Sir …...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/06/no-mandelson-is-not-the-biggest-scandal-of-the-century/
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The Monopoly Stage of Human Misery
It’s fairly clear to many non-corporate observers that neoliberal capitalism has accelerated over the last 50 years.
Declines in GDP growth, investment, productivity, wages, and rising inequality are de rigeur. One can read various critiques of the rise of the consolidation of capital over the last several decades, creating monopolies that privilege elite capital at the expense of small businesses and consumers.
It stands to reason that neoliberalism, a recipe for capitalism that stresses deregulation and privatization, should accelerate the growth of monopolies.
The neoliberal path to monopoly has been underway ever since the…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/07/the-monopoly-stage-of-human-misery/
It’s fairly clear to many non-corporate observers that neoliberal capitalism has accelerated over the last 50 years.
Declines in GDP growth, investment, productivity, wages, and rising inequality are de rigeur. One can read various critiques of the rise of the consolidation of capital over the last several decades, creating monopolies that privilege elite capital at the expense of small businesses and consumers.
It stands to reason that neoliberalism, a recipe for capitalism that stresses deregulation and privatization, should accelerate the growth of monopolies.
The neoliberal path to monopoly has been underway ever since the…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/07/the-monopoly-stage-of-human-misery/
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Should critical thinkers be discussing the ‘Epstein files’?
After years of patchy coverage, the mainstream media are all over the ‘Epstein files’. I put that in inverted commas, because there is a sceptical view that if politicians and newspapers are talking about something, it must be a distortion of the truth, perhaps to divert the masses from more important developments, or for the old tactic of divide and rule.
Should critical thinkers know better than to be sucked into such sensationalism?
Let us consider three sceptical perspectives on Epstein and the latest release of three million documents, beginning with the most cynical.
A hoax
Former investigative journalist…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/07/should-critical-thinkers-be-discussing-the-epstein-files/
After years of patchy coverage, the mainstream media are all over the ‘Epstein files’. I put that in inverted commas, because there is a sceptical view that if politicians and newspapers are talking about something, it must be a distortion of the truth, perhaps to divert the masses from more important developments, or for the old tactic of divide and rule.
Should critical thinkers know better than to be sucked into such sensationalism?
Let us consider three sceptical perspectives on Epstein and the latest release of three million documents, beginning with the most cynical.
A hoax
Former investigative journalist…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/07/should-critical-thinkers-be-discussing-the-epstein-files/
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The Epstein Files are making us “conspiracy theorists” look bad.
The entire focus of the alternate media has been consumed with picking over the Epstein files looking for breadcrumbs of evidence to support mental pictures of Satanic Zionist Demonic blood rituals and turning toddlers into jerky.
It’s gotten to the point where it’s actually making us “conspiracy theorists” – who have an almost unblemished record of being on the right side of history – look rather hysterical. It’s discrediting anti-establishment thinkers.
You’d be forgiven for thinking the files been constructed to serve that exact purpose.
There’s the now infamous quote, “as you know I represent the Rothschilds”.…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/10/the-epstein-files-are-making-us-conspiracy-theorists-look-bad/
The entire focus of the alternate media has been consumed with picking over the Epstein files looking for breadcrumbs of evidence to support mental pictures of Satanic Zionist Demonic blood rituals and turning toddlers into jerky.
It’s gotten to the point where it’s actually making us “conspiracy theorists” – who have an almost unblemished record of being on the right side of history – look rather hysterical. It’s discrediting anti-establishment thinkers.
You’d be forgiven for thinking the files been constructed to serve that exact purpose.
There’s the now infamous quote, “as you know I represent the Rothschilds”.…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/10/the-epstein-files-are-making-us-conspiracy-theorists-look-bad/
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The Filton Six: The People Rule, OK? – Part 1
Over this article and the next (published in a few days), we will explore the true significance of the ruling in the case of the Filton Six. Mainstream media propagandists, the government and the Establishment, their favoured social media commentator partners—whose reach is amplified by the algorithms, and the corrupted echelons of the judiciary, are desperate to deny reality.
The jury’s ruling in the trial of the Filton Six—six of the Filton Twenty Four—reaffirms the jury’s constitutional right to judge the application of the law of the land, in accordance with their conscience,…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/12/the-filton-six-the-people-rule-ok-part-1/
Over this article and the next (published in a few days), we will explore the true significance of the ruling in the case of the Filton Six. Mainstream media propagandists, the government and the Establishment, their favoured social media commentator partners—whose reach is amplified by the algorithms, and the corrupted echelons of the judiciary, are desperate to deny reality.
The jury’s ruling in the trial of the Filton Six—six of the Filton Twenty Four—reaffirms the jury’s constitutional right to judge the application of the law of the land, in accordance with their conscience,…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/12/the-filton-six-the-people-rule-ok-part-1/
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The Work That Remains
When the furnace falls quiet, the wind becomes audible. It pushes snow into brief, blind spirals against the dark. It is cold. It is strong. It comes from the northwest and moves through my old house, which creaks and shifts and makes sounds I cannot name.
I tolerate the roof’s chatter, the trees’ low complaint, but the sound unsettles me. I make tea—not out of comfort so much as habit—and hold the cup. Warmth is a small fact. Familiarity, a thin defense.
They say it is an Arctic wind, carried down from the far north, bringing air that will…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/13/the-work-that-remains/
When the furnace falls quiet, the wind becomes audible. It pushes snow into brief, blind spirals against the dark. It is cold. It is strong. It comes from the northwest and moves through my old house, which creaks and shifts and makes sounds I cannot name.
I tolerate the roof’s chatter, the trees’ low complaint, but the sound unsettles me. I make tea—not out of comfort so much as habit—and hold the cup. Warmth is a small fact. Familiarity, a thin defense.
They say it is an Arctic wind, carried down from the far north, bringing air that will…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/13/the-work-that-remains/
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WATCH: The Great Reject is Upon Us! – #SolutionsWatch
Rejoice! The Great Reset is yesterday’s news, and the great reject is upon us! What does it mean that the US is withdrawing from the IPCC? That the UN is on the ropes? That Davos was as big of a flop as last year’s COP? Marc Morano of ClimateDepot.com joins us to discuss these issues and the sea change that has taken place in public opinion on global warming and globalism in the past year.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/13/watch-the-great-reject-is-upon-us-solutionswatch/
Rejoice! The Great Reset is yesterday’s news, and the great reject is upon us! What does it mean that the US is withdrawing from the IPCC? That the UN is on the ropes? That Davos was as big of a flop as last year’s COP? Marc Morano of ClimateDepot.com joins us to discuss these issues and the sea change that has taken place in public opinion on global warming and globalism in the past year.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/13/watch-the-great-reject-is-upon-us-solutionswatch/
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Autistic Barbie
Mattel has launched Autistic Barbie. Because children with autism should be visible, including to themselves.
‘Every child deserves to see themselves in Barbie.’ So goes Mattel’s blurb.
It is a theme of our times: being visible, seeing ourselves, coming-out into the light. Launched in the domain of what is called ‘sexuality,’ it is now a general possibility with multiple pathways.
And everything gives way before it. There can be no objection to coming-out. It can only add to the supply of what is good.
In is a lie, destructive of health and happiness. Out is…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/14/autistic-barbie/
Mattel has launched Autistic Barbie. Because children with autism should be visible, including to themselves.
‘Every child deserves to see themselves in Barbie.’ So goes Mattel’s blurb.
It is a theme of our times: being visible, seeing ourselves, coming-out into the light. Launched in the domain of what is called ‘sexuality,’ it is now a general possibility with multiple pathways.
And everything gives way before it. There can be no objection to coming-out. It can only add to the supply of what is good.
In is a lie, destructive of health and happiness. Out is…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/14/autistic-barbie/
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The Filton Six: The People Rule, OK? – Part 2
As we discussed in Part 1, the ruling in the case of the Filton Six demonstrates that a lawfully convened jury of the people is sovereign. The jury serves justice—the Rule of Law. Government legislation and directions issued by judges are nothing more than advisory.
Parliament’s claim, that it is sovereign, that it can “create or end any law,” and that this is “a principle of the UK constitution” is self-evidently false. Parliament can create administrative law—legislation—but it is the people, through trial by jury, who decide upon enforcement of the law…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/14/the-filton-six-the-people-rule-ok-part-2/
As we discussed in Part 1, the ruling in the case of the Filton Six demonstrates that a lawfully convened jury of the people is sovereign. The jury serves justice—the Rule of Law. Government legislation and directions issued by judges are nothing more than advisory.
Parliament’s claim, that it is sovereign, that it can “create or end any law,” and that this is “a principle of the UK constitution” is self-evidently false. Parliament can create administrative law—legislation—but it is the people, through trial by jury, who decide upon enforcement of the law…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/14/the-filton-six-the-people-rule-ok-part-2/
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This Week in the New Normal #112: “What we’re not talking about when we talk about Epstein”
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. Facial Recognition Rollout hits London
The British Transport Police are launching trials of Live Facial Recognition tech in underground stations in London:
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/15/this-week-in-the-new-normal-112-what-were-not-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-epstein/
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. Facial Recognition Rollout hits London
The British Transport Police are launching trials of Live Facial Recognition tech in underground stations in London:
…...
Today we’re launching our trial of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology in London.
Watch Chief Superindendent Chris Casey explain the LFR pilot in more detail 🗣️ 📹
Read more: https://t.co/Mh21Et1a0x pic.twitter.com/8mRhxrughD
— British Transport Police (@BTP) February
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/15/this-week-in-the-new-normal-112-what-were-not-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-epstein/
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This Week in the New Normal #112: “What we’re not talking about when we talk about Epstein”
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. Facial Recognition Rollout hits London
The British Transport Police are launching trials of Live Facial Recognition tech in underground stations in London:
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/15/this-week-in-the-new-normal-112-what-were-not-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-epstein/
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. Facial Recognition Rollout hits London
The British Transport Police are launching trials of Live Facial Recognition tech in underground stations in London:
…...
Today we’re launching our trial of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology in London.
Watch Chief Superindendent Chris Casey explain the LFR pilot in more detail 🗣️ 📹
Read more: https://t.co/Mh21Et1a0x pic.twitter.com/8mRhxrughD
— British Transport Police (@BTP) February
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/15/this-week-in-the-new-normal-112-what-were-not-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-epstein/
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Starmer to add VPNs to UK’s “social media ban”
In a statement yesterday, the office of the British Prime Minister announced plans to broaden the scope of the “social media ban” for minors that would see virtual private networks (VPNs) included in the future.
Speaking to “parents and carers” today, Sir Keir Starmer is expected to “make clear this government will act at pace to keep kids safe online as they navigate a digital world that did not exist a generation ago, and one that is shaped by powerful platforms, addictive design and fast-moving technologies.”
He will also be announcing potential “new powers” which will come into…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/16/starmer-to-add-vpns-to-uks-social-media-ban/
In a statement yesterday, the office of the British Prime Minister announced plans to broaden the scope of the “social media ban” for minors that would see virtual private networks (VPNs) included in the future.
Speaking to “parents and carers” today, Sir Keir Starmer is expected to “make clear this government will act at pace to keep kids safe online as they navigate a digital world that did not exist a generation ago, and one that is shaped by powerful platforms, addictive design and fast-moving technologies.”
He will also be announcing potential “new powers” which will come into…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/16/starmer-to-add-vpns-to-uks-social-media-ban/
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The Carefully Contrived Spontaneity of the “Shocking” Epstein Files Release
Whenever a “scandal” like the Epstein files dominates the news, we can be certain that it is meant as a distraction from something more sinister on the horizon.
The Epstein files have been in the hands of the F.B.I. for eight years or more. Then why have redacted files been released just recently? Cui bono?
And who is behind the release that did not occur over the course of the first Trump and the Biden administrations? Cui bono?
Does the genocide in Gaza and the U.S. proxy war against Russia, both supported by Biden and…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/18/the-carefully-contrived-spontaneity-of-the-shocking-epstein-files-release/
Whenever a “scandal” like the Epstein files dominates the news, we can be certain that it is meant as a distraction from something more sinister on the horizon.
The Epstein files have been in the hands of the F.B.I. for eight years or more. Then why have redacted files been released just recently? Cui bono?
And who is behind the release that did not occur over the course of the first Trump and the Biden administrations? Cui bono?
Does the genocide in Gaza and the U.S. proxy war against Russia, both supported by Biden and…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/18/the-carefully-contrived-spontaneity-of-the-shocking-epstein-files-release/
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From Germany to Brazil – The “social media ban” craze continues.
The list of countries that want to “ban social media for children” (read: identity-gate internet access) just continues to grow and grow.
There’s Germany…
At least Merz is being somewhat honest about the intention – ending anonymity.
Meanwhile,Greece is doing it to “protect democracy”…
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/19/from-germany-to-brazil-the-social-media-ban-craze-continues/
The list of countries that want to “ban social media for children” (read: identity-gate internet access) just continues to grow and grow.
There’s Germany…
NEW – Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), a former BlackRock chairman, wants to end the anonymity on the Internet: "I want to see real names." pic.twitter.com/sUjG7XIdrd
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 18, 2026
At least Merz is being somewhat honest about the intention – ending anonymity.
Meanwhile,Greece is doing it to “protect democracy”…
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NOW – Greece's PM says banning social media for minors and adolescents "goes hand
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/19/from-germany-to-brazil-the-social-media-ban-craze-continues/
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From Germany to Brazil – The “social media ban” craze continues.
The list of countries that want to “ban social media for children” (read: identity-gate internet access) just continues to grow and grow.
There’s Germany…
At least Merz is being somewhat honest about the intention – ending anonymity.
Meanwhile,Greece is doing it to “protect democracy”…
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/19/from-germany-to-brazil-the-social-media-ban-craze-continues/
The list of countries that want to “ban social media for children” (read: identity-gate internet access) just continues to grow and grow.
There’s Germany…
NEW – Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), a former BlackRock chairman, wants to end the anonymity on the Internet: “I want to see real names.” pic.twitter.com/sUjG7XIdrd
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 18, 2026
At least Merz is being somewhat honest about the intention – ending anonymity.
Meanwhile,Greece is doing it to “protect democracy”…
…...
NOW – Greece’s PM says banning social media for minors and adolescents “goes hand
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/19/from-germany-to-brazil-the-social-media-ban-craze-continues/
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Let’s talk about…Trump releasing the UFO files
Last night the Trump Whitehouse announced he was commanding the Pentagon to release all their classified files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs), unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs) and extra-terrestrials:
Yes, we’re going there. Apparently.
It’s been on the cards since at least 2023…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/20/lets-talk-about-trump-releasing-the-ufo-files/
Last night the Trump Whitehouse announced he was commanding the Pentagon to release all their classified files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs), unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs) and extra-terrestrials:
“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and… pic.twitter.com/3fKQ7wrSvi
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 20, 2026
Yes, we’re going there. Apparently.
It’s been on the cards since at least 2023…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/20/lets-talk-about-trump-releasing-the-ufo-files/
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This Week in the New Normal #113
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. AI will save lives if we let it
“ChatGTP could have prevented a mass shooting event, if only we listened to automatic flags!” That’s the story. Months before the shooting allegedly carried out by trans-woman Jesse Van Rootselaar, interactions with ChatGPT were flagged up by an automatic warning system but the silly humans didn’t tell anyone.
From the Wall Street Journal…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/22/this-week-in-the-new-normal-113/
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. AI will save lives if we let it
“ChatGTP could have prevented a mass shooting event, if only we listened to automatic flags!” That’s the story. Months before the shooting allegedly carried out by trans-woman Jesse Van Rootselaar, interactions with ChatGPT were flagged up by an automatic warning system but the silly humans didn’t tell anyone.
From the Wall Street Journal…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/22/this-week-in-the-new-normal-113/
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The Politics of Hate: Weaponized Discord Is the Deep State’s Most Effective Tool
“We the people” once expected more from our government—and demanded more of ourselves. What has changed is not the makeup…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/23/the-politics-of-hate-weaponized-discord-is-the-deep-states-most-effective-tool/
“Love your enemies.”
Jesus Christ
“I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them.”
President Trump
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend… Love has within it a redemptive power…and this is why Jesus says love. There’s something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.”
Martin Luther King Jr
“We the people” once expected more from our government—and demanded more of ourselves. What has changed is not the makeup…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/23/the-politics-of-hate-weaponized-discord-is-the-deep-states-most-effective-tool/
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Conscription is coming
Are you Army-fit? Advertisements everywhere, on the internet, on the sides of buses, on the radio and in cinemas, implore people to contact an armed forces recruitment office. And they don’t only want young people. The government intends to extend the age of conscription – should that be needed – to 65. Recent retirees on company or public sector pensions will be expected to don khaki, perhaps joining a reformed brigade at Walmington-on-Sea.
If this sounds ludicrous, and if you believe that the British public would refuse to step into line as cannon fodder, think again. European leaders are…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/24/conscription-is-coming/
Are you Army-fit? Advertisements everywhere, on the internet, on the sides of buses, on the radio and in cinemas, implore people to contact an armed forces recruitment office. And they don’t only want young people. The government intends to extend the age of conscription – should that be needed – to 65. Recent retirees on company or public sector pensions will be expected to don khaki, perhaps joining a reformed brigade at Walmington-on-Sea.
If this sounds ludicrous, and if you believe that the British public would refuse to step into line as cannon fodder, think again. European leaders are…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/24/conscription-is-coming/
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The REAL agenda behind the release of “secret files”
Fresh off the Epstein files and Donald Trump’s announcement of the Pentagon releasing the UFO files, “leaked” CIA files are revealing “chilling blueprint to manipulate Americans’ minds through covert drugging with vaccines”, according to the Daily Mail.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, of the Oversight Committee, has taken to Twitter to claim that MK Ultra is next:
This won’t stop.
They’re gonna keep releasing “the truth” for a while, they’re gonna tell you…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/25/the-real-agenda-behind-the-release-of-secret-files/
Fresh off the Epstein files and Donald Trump’s announcement of the Pentagon releasing the UFO files, “leaked” CIA files are revealing “chilling blueprint to manipulate Americans’ minds through covert drugging with vaccines”, according to the Daily Mail.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, of the Oversight Committee, has taken to Twitter to claim that MK Ultra is next:
I think our next task force hearing will be on MK Ultra. https://t.co/wuDJ8kgbjt
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) February 24, 2026
This won’t stop.
They’re gonna keep releasing “the truth” for a while, they’re gonna tell you…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/02/25/the-real-agenda-behind-the-release-of-secret-files/
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