The Inevitable Campaign

Why America Will Invade Venezuela

“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.” DJT

Zero Day Attack

World War III (A Scenario)

As the nation memorializes Veterans Day, Charlatan follows a magnificent misalliance to the prospect of World War III.

We Own the Future!

The Democratic Socialists of America

As a political schism unfolds across the nation, Charlatan follows the cost of living crisis to the practical reality of a post-capitalist, socialist democracy.

U.S. War Coup de d'etat

"The Warrior Ethos"

Why is the U.S. Military deploying to American cities? Clues lie in a government shutdown, nation building exercise in Gaza, and a new wildcard in Washington called the Department of War.

A Higher Loyalty

The Comey Conspiracy

As former FBI director James Comey is indicted, his true crime novels are flying off the shelves. Charlatan follows the roman à clef to he who laughs last in Washington.

Pursuing Peace

Alaska 2025

They met to discuss peace. What may've went down was an unspoken agreement to carve up the world between them.

A Magnificent Catastrophe

One Big Beautiful Bill

U.S. signs a massive spending bill, and hands an ominous promissory note to its posterity.

Juneteenth

Black Independence Day

Immigration protests, federalizing the National Guard, and Flag Day unfurl on Black Independence Day.

Deep State

Benjamin Netanyahu's Private War

Israel’s prime minister admonishes the world, “Israel has a deep state.” Charlatan follows the signal to a private war.

Slapgate

The Fall of Atlanticism

Their king and queen saw the guillotine, but the president can take one for the team. Charlatan follows France’s shrewd improv from the Fall of Atlanticism, to the rise of a savvy new global Sovereign Citizen.

U.S. $hadow Wars

Memorial Day 2025

It’s Memorial Day, so let the world beware of a deep state of patriots along the way. Charlatan follows the smoke to a new world order.

Three Wise Monkeys

The Primrose Path to Damascus

An historic agreement between Syria, Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia has created an unprecedented alliance between the U.S. and Middle East. Charlatan follows a trio of crown princes who played deaf, dumb and blind to American Exceptionalism.

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid

U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Legacy

Redemption isn’t a gift. It’s an opportunity for renewal.

Alien Enemies

U.S. Constitutional Crisis

It’s when the branches of government collide. If and when co-equal, it’s called a republic.

The Split Butterfly

Canada Strong v. America First

The new Canadian PMs stunning power play blocks U.S. market volatility, recession, and imperialism.

Army of Europe

Army of Europe

It’s week two for the Pope in ICU as the new guard pinch hits for peace.

How Fascism Works

The Politics of Us and Them.

The ten pillars from democracy to fascism begin with normalizing the intolerable. Charlatan talks with Jason Stanley about “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them.”

Defender of Faiths

The Coronation of Charles III

Head of State or Protector of Faith? Can anyone serve both Church and State? Charlatan attends the coronation of His Majesty Charles III.

Confessions from Economic Hitmen

The Gaza Summit

"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” Charlatan unpacks the Gaza Summit, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and Saudi Arabia's role in the ‘Riviera of the Middle East.’ 

DeepSeek

Open-Source AI

Favoritism has always been the American Way, but AI has an eye on the long game.

The King's Word

Interview with Denmark's King Frederik X

Power is where power goes. Charlatan sits down with Frederik X and his Ministers at Christiansborg Palace

Promised Land

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Power is where power goes. Charlatan sits down with Frederik X and his Ministers at Christiansborg Palace

Year of the Lord 2024

Christmas Eve

The son of God and Abraham. Some serve God, others man. Charlatan chronicles the most significant world events since the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.

Fall of Damascus

The Fall of Assad's Syria

A fête, coup and pretender auger tour de force during Advent.

Sins of the Fathers

Presidential Pardons

What doth it profit a man if he gain the world but lose his soul? Charlatan explores the Presidential Pardon.

Trump 2.0

Trump Wins Historic Second Term

It's no longer a question of what to expect, but rather where and how far we're willing to go.

Election Night

U.S. Election Night

Donald Trump wins historic second term.

Master of the House

Interview with Congressman Barney Frank

Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee in 2008, Rep. Barney Frank sits down with DAVE LANDY to explain Washington’s role, lack of oversight, and complicity in the Global Financial Crisis.

Counting the Vote

U.S. Electoral College

More than two centuries after it was designed to empower southern white voters, the system continues to do just that.

The Platinum Queen

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth logged 70 years on the throne with a reign and warning for the Information Age.

Poppy Day

Remembrance Day

Lest we forget the armed forces members who died in the line of duty.

Bamboozled

Double Consciousness

Mimicking the dominant group leads to a split self-perception, a duality of nature, and alienation. Charlatan explores the ethos of double consciousness.

Agnostic I

Pope Francis Legacy

Why it's time for the Holy See to part the ether.

The Zone of Interest

The Holocaust and the Idyllic life

National defense is a policy. Ethnic Cleansing a paradigm. Deliverance a prophecy and promise.

MAGA Mike

Truth be Told

How evangelical Mike Johnson keeps gavel and U.S. House in hand.

Prince of Peace

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Politicians, policymakers, and peacekeepers file off at the United Nations' International Peace Day.

Lost Stars

North Korea-Russia Relations

Fires, earthquakes and floods are natural occurrences. Human conflict and comets a natural phenomenon.

Weaponizing Justice

Trump v. United States

Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution presumptively extends to all of a president's "official acts."

Woke Capitalism

Disney v. DeSantis

Disney, Gay Pride, and Ron DeSantis collide on Main Street USA.

Weaponizing the FBI

The Espionage Act

Catastrophes and well laid schemes can look and seem like the very same thing.

Sins of Omission

Clarence Thomas

It’s tax time and money talks. Even if you’re a liar.

The Tennessee Three

House Floor Protest

Southern lawmakers trigger national roll call for gun violence in America.

A Man For All Seasons

Pope Benedict XVI:

Holy whistleblower of the Vatican City state.

Dynasty 2.0

Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

How the Marcos's reclaimed the Republic of the Philippines in the esprit de corps of dynasty.

United States Capitol Attack

January 6, 2021

The U.S. Congress certifies a president; the People affirm their republic, and Donald Trump concedes following a historic coup at the U.S. Capitol.