If the us gov did 5% of what the mex gov does for their country as far as capital investment and social services, the us wouldn't be circling in the toilet.
What's the betting those 55 'extradited' cartel guys were part of some sort of spy swap?
Why the CIA deserve federal funding I don't know. They must be rolling in it. (not just money).
Do they still have the global monopoly on LSD? Or has that become the Old Kent Road of Drug Monopoly (I'm sure the Monopoly Man had, like, seven monocles last time I checked out that version of the game; and eight tentacles).
Given Trump seems to have been allowed to win in 2024 because he successfully ran on being the best candidate for Israel, I can't help wondering if Mexico, under Sheinbaum, having recognized the Palestinian state and voted each time in the UN in support of the Palestinians isn't a big factor.
Can you address the fact that BRICS is bullshit as they left Venezuela out in the cold? The excuse- Brazil somehow was able to stop it. That sounds like the rigged single veto power of the UN security council.
If only China and Russia could help.... But then they just went along with genocide and when it came to Libya Russia "abstained" and didn't use their power to stop the US pillaging!
Fake opposition in the East, just like in 1984.
As for the claims of drug trafficking....
Fentanyl is a bullshit reason.
They could care less about the messed up people who are addicted to opioids.
If they were serious about addressing the issue, they would adopt safe use clinics that various European countries and Canada has.
THE WAR ON DRUGS ONLY FEEDS THE MILITARY AND SPY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
tRump's Monroe Doctrine 2.0 in steroids is running into a Bolivarian Wall. Fox is slimy and the Oligarchs are American stooges. The oligarch network is a cartel.
We were in Mexico last year and there was widespread positivity about the current president's expected victory. It was felt she would be good for the country, the economy and anti corruption. Many people said this. And suddenly.....
'Stop Drugs' is such a euphemism for the US isn't it?
Many thanks for that Kit.
Meanwhile, I'd just like to remind people that I am not just a libertarian think tank I am also a pro freedom organisation (what a busy bee!) so if anyone would like to dole out significant amounts of dosh I'll just have to accept it won't I?
A lot of people in the West judge BRICS against their model of say NATO or the EU. Its not correct. BRICS operates as a collection of like minded countries who develop by unanimity. no member is regarded as superior to another. So whilst Russia and China wanted Venezuela to join BRICS, Brazil did not as they were concerned about the effect across other S American countries. Of course that does not stop Russia and China strengthening bilateral relations with Venezuela. Whilst there is now a new defence arrangement in place with Russia it does depend on Venezuela actually asking for support which they seem reluctant to do probably fearing even more US immediate reactions.
You're parroting BRICS marketing rhetoric. BRICS is cosmetically consensus-based, but the balance of power is highly uneven. China dominates economically and diplomatically; India is the only member capable of push back; Russia uses the platform mainly for geopolitical signaling; and the newer members (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia) have limited agenda-setting capacity. Decisions are framed as "unanimous" only because no binding mechanism exists. Every major initiative survives only if the biggest players tolerate it.
The bloc isn’t an alliance with formal hierarchy, but in practice its trajectory is shaped by China-India rivalry, China’s weight in global trade and finance, and Russia’s need for political cover. Smaller members adjust to those pressures rather than equally steering collective strategy.
People with good memories will be able to recall that after Claudia Sheinbaum's successfull election western media went into meltdown, especially progressive media, over proposals to introduce elections for supreme Court justice's. Of course in Mexico, Judges being in cahoots with powerful cartels and oligarchs is a prime mechanism to control the state and stymie reform.
These hysterics were ironic because the US was just in the middle of the gifts and perks scandals involving supreme Court justice's and proposals from the progressive side of politics was to have elections for judges!
After Trump was elected Sheinbaum enjoyed the boost in western media all foreign leaders get by simply not being Trump but that soon turned once again to rage, her party now being denounced as just another cartel or something like that.
I do think that without mentioning the recent assassination of Mayor Carlos Manzo you leave out an important piece of the puzzle. Whether there is foreign funding or CIA involvement, the youth are indeed sick of the cartel violence.
no, I wasn't. I haven't seen any evidence of such a thing. Obviously, it could be the case because of the incestuous relationships between the two but Manzo was openly opposing and calling out the cartels and calling out Sheinbaum for not helping in Uruapan. Then he was assassinated.
That played a major role in these protests, even with the other influences.
Why do Kit and The Grayzone crew devote enormous energy to dissecting alleged Western influence operations, intelligence cut-outs, and democracy-promotion networks, but remain conspicuously silent when it comes to the Kremlin and CCP doing the same? That
iinvestigative zeal simply stops where Moscow and Beijing begin.
They never mention, much less seriously engage with the well documented track records of Russian and Chinese interference in Western politics, civil society, think-tanks, diaspora groups, online spaces, and media ecosystems.
Explore Moscow and Beijing's massive covert funding pipelines, soft-power fronts, and state-linked institutions used abroad. Apply some of that conjectural, motive-probing scrutiny to Moscow and Beijing.
If you see it, report on it. And I am sure you quite easily can get lots of western funding for such work. Lucrative business
As for explaining as to why the named reporters don't ... Put any focus on that is probably because none of it is violent regimechange and pro war interference? Where there already is democracy.
Where was lots of socialist and communist, including military support againat a government for example? Against US supported south African white supremacy apartheid. You want to condemn that?
And even there it was Cuba that played the big role. Not Russia or china
How much help does china or Russia give the Palestinians against genocidal Israel? I hope you can tell me a lot because I just don't see any. They still fully trade with Israel
... Seriously, show us where Russia and china do what you say. Many of us would appreciate knowing they do more or anything at all. We don't see it. And often are dissapointed because of that
Oh yeah some hopeful examples Throwing out exploitative french occupation. Ah central African republic really part of it? I was not aware. Chad also not yet. I thought it's a so far just in mali, Burkina Faso and Niger movement
What makes you think that was so much thanks to Russia and china on the ground work, manipulation? I known the Malians asked for Russian help and celebrated their resistance to western empire. And some help by rusisa maybe after the successful coup in protecting the new president. Maybe.
People appear to be shortsighted in all of this, or forgetful of U.S. history going back to the 1980's, when the U.S. needed South America for their drugs in order to fund the wars in the middle east. Or even before that going all the way back to the turn of the 20th century when Teddy Roosevelt decided to meddle into south and central American affairs.
The U.S. has a long history of trying to become the lord and master of the America's and Trump is just repeating history once again.
He doesn't like it when anyone, anywhere, dares to stand up to him. He can't do much about China, except flail his little pudgy hands around, Russia owns him, so what does he do? He works at bullying smaller countries like Japan, South Korea and the other countries on the American continent. While he's blustering about, he's sending his mafia foot soldiers (the CIA members who use spy language to tell people "Such a nice country, it would be a shame if some accident happened here") into these countries to try and set the stage for coups, so himself and his cronies can install someone they know will give Trump what he wants. And nothing he wants offers any benefits to the average U.S. citizen. The Special Operations soldiers carrying out these 'special missions' must be asking themselves, "Why are we here? What's our real mission south of the border?"
I hope the countries in central and south America come together and successfully stand up to the United States. Canada is doing so, at great growing pains for their economy in the short term but they're actually making headway.
Japanese leadership is grumbling like they want to make a move away from the U.S., despite what their new PM wants. If Japan stands up and decides to seriously reduce the American military footprint on their soil, so will the South Koreans. Which will make North Korea breathe a little easier. Which would make all of east Asia breathe a little easier.
Europe is also looking to make some moves away from the U.S., although they seem to be moving in the wrong direction for now but maybe things will turn themselves around soon. I hope so for their sakes as the EU economic situation is becoming dire.
The bottom line, is that Trump is making the United States into an aggressive pariah state and a large majority of the world sees this now. This siding unequivocally with Israel in the last couple of years has definitely exacerbated the shift. It's only a matter of time before the U.S. becomes so isolated that their economy contracts to the point of creating a global recession in the west, taking western Europe with it.
This is where the U.S. becomes the most dangerous as Trump would try and send in his military (and I mean his loyal to him military members) to try and force less wealthier countries into submission. Only to allow his loyal corporate donors to pillage the sovereign resources for themselves, of which Trump Corp. will take their cut off the top.
If the U.S. repeats its history, we can expect Trump to send in troops to Mexico and Venezuela soon. First Venezuela, then Mexico. If they are successful in bringing down those governments, more will fall until they reach the Brazilian border. They already own Argentina so Brazil would be forced to capitulate because they would be surrounded. That's the long term goal of the U.S. military industrial complex and Rubio's state department. Trump doesn't care as long as these countries swear allegiance to him or his hand picked successor.
I doubt this will succeed but it will be interesting to see if they try. There are several factors that could stop all of this, which includes foreign support (Russia and China), the will of the American people. Mostly, the U.S. doesn't have the treasure anymore to start a war anywhere, much less in their backyard. But that might not be enough to stop Trump until a few coffins start coming back to the U.S. Once dead military start returning home for burials, the protests will be huge. That might be enough to put a stop to this madness of global domination.
I'm reasonably sure that the old KGB, and now the FSB, have Kompromat on Trump from long before 2016. Trump is only beholden to the Israelis due to the huge campaign donations they gave him, and the Mossad likely also has that same intel on Trump that the Russians do. Once those personal threats go away, he could very well throw everyone under a bus if there was enough financial incentive to do so. Trump only cares about one thing. Himself and to lesser extent, his family legacy. His progeny are definitely not living up to his expectations but they do seem to have learned to do as they're told lately though. Trump is owned by his personal appetites for excesses. The desire to live in a fantasy world where no one, and I mean no one, will tell him no, no matter how depraved that desire might be. The Epstein files are a perfect example of personal desires not being thwarted by laws and consequences. Trump has no idea how to run a business, much less a country like the U.S. But he does know how to set up a mafia style enterprise within the federal government, Which will continue until enough people stand up and say no. Which is starting to happen, both at home and abroad.
Wow. Have you ever heard of a guy named Jeffrey Epstein? I don’t think he is Russian. Mossad has the goods on every important politician in the U.S. Thats why we are forced to do their dirty work.
Without going too-far down the rabbit-hole, the debate over Trump’s replacement is similar to Putin’s potential replacement. Who would replace them? Is it possible their successors would be even worse? Democracy is messy…
Kit, when Kiki Camarena was killed. His DEA partner vowed to find his killers. In the process of looking he came upon a recording of CIA interrogating and torturing Kiki (yes, down there in Mexico) . Asking him what does he know about operation such and such, what does he know about this and that?!?! These scumbags are World Notorious Terrorist Criminals. They are the ones who tortured to death Enrique Kiki Salazar.
The US is the cause of drug problems in this country because they get their cut and let shit through. NOT Venezuela, not Mexico, NOT China or any other country, But the US and the US only‼️‼️ If they really wanted to fight it, they would have deployed everything they got & the drug problem will be exterminated in 12 months flat maximum. But given that every scumbag who claim to be A Public servant get his/her cut, this problem is not about to ever die off, especially when the trampe is masquerading as the good doer when if anything he is one of them.
IF the supply stops either coming in or being made here, some of the drug addicts will survive and some won't. And then this land will be free from that crap, once and for all. But because for example, among many, of one of the DA's who were after the trampe get their cuts, this is not going to go anywhere or any soon. The sac of garbage makes about 100K $ yet they found no less than 15 million $ at one of her bank accounts. How did she accumulate that much from 100K salary if she didn't have a hand in this type of filth. Yet no one is looking into her schemes or investigating. Likely because they are dirty as well.
If the us gov did 5% of what the mex gov does for their country as far as capital investment and social services, the us wouldn't be circling in the toilet.
What's the betting those 55 'extradited' cartel guys were part of some sort of spy swap?
Why the CIA deserve federal funding I don't know. They must be rolling in it. (not just money).
Do they still have the global monopoly on LSD? Or has that become the Old Kent Road of Drug Monopoly (I'm sure the Monopoly Man had, like, seven monocles last time I checked out that version of the game; and eight tentacles).
Given Trump seems to have been allowed to win in 2024 because he successfully ran on being the best candidate for Israel, I can't help wondering if Mexico, under Sheinbaum, having recognized the Palestinian state and voted each time in the UN in support of the Palestinians isn't a big factor.
Can you address the fact that BRICS is bullshit as they left Venezuela out in the cold? The excuse- Brazil somehow was able to stop it. That sounds like the rigged single veto power of the UN security council.
If only China and Russia could help.... But then they just went along with genocide and when it came to Libya Russia "abstained" and didn't use their power to stop the US pillaging!
Fake opposition in the East, just like in 1984.
As for the claims of drug trafficking....
Fentanyl is a bullshit reason.
They could care less about the messed up people who are addicted to opioids.
If they were serious about addressing the issue, they would adopt safe use clinics that various European countries and Canada has.
THE WAR ON DRUGS ONLY FEEDS THE MILITARY AND SPY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
tRump's Monroe Doctrine 2.0 in steroids is running into a Bolivarian Wall. Fox is slimy and the Oligarchs are American stooges. The oligarch network is a cartel.
Agree
Charles Bowden once said, "Mexico is a Cartel"
We were in Mexico last year and there was widespread positivity about the current president's expected victory. It was felt she would be good for the country, the economy and anti corruption. Many people said this. And suddenly.....
'Stop Drugs' is such a euphemism for the US isn't it?
Many thanks for that Kit.
Meanwhile, I'd just like to remind people that I am not just a libertarian think tank I am also a pro freedom organisation (what a busy bee!) so if anyone would like to dole out significant amounts of dosh I'll just have to accept it won't I?
A lot of people in the West judge BRICS against their model of say NATO or the EU. Its not correct. BRICS operates as a collection of like minded countries who develop by unanimity. no member is regarded as superior to another. So whilst Russia and China wanted Venezuela to join BRICS, Brazil did not as they were concerned about the effect across other S American countries. Of course that does not stop Russia and China strengthening bilateral relations with Venezuela. Whilst there is now a new defence arrangement in place with Russia it does depend on Venezuela actually asking for support which they seem reluctant to do probably fearing even more US immediate reactions.
You're parroting BRICS marketing rhetoric. BRICS is cosmetically consensus-based, but the balance of power is highly uneven. China dominates economically and diplomatically; India is the only member capable of push back; Russia uses the platform mainly for geopolitical signaling; and the newer members (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia) have limited agenda-setting capacity. Decisions are framed as "unanimous" only because no binding mechanism exists. Every major initiative survives only if the biggest players tolerate it.
The bloc isn’t an alliance with formal hierarchy, but in practice its trajectory is shaped by China-India rivalry, China’s weight in global trade and finance, and Russia’s need for political cover. Smaller members adjust to those pressures rather than equally steering collective strategy.
People with good memories will be able to recall that after Claudia Sheinbaum's successfull election western media went into meltdown, especially progressive media, over proposals to introduce elections for supreme Court justice's. Of course in Mexico, Judges being in cahoots with powerful cartels and oligarchs is a prime mechanism to control the state and stymie reform.
These hysterics were ironic because the US was just in the middle of the gifts and perks scandals involving supreme Court justice's and proposals from the progressive side of politics was to have elections for judges!
After Trump was elected Sheinbaum enjoyed the boost in western media all foreign leaders get by simply not being Trump but that soon turned once again to rage, her party now being denounced as just another cartel or something like that.
And now here we are, on the brink of a coup!
Thank You Kit
The world is full of monsters, the worst ones are in charge of 3 letter organizations in the US and Israel.
Yes well. Curdie said about the goblins, If you're not afraid of them, they're afraid of you.
Good work, Kit.
I do think that without mentioning the recent assassination of Mayor Carlos Manzo you leave out an important piece of the puzzle. Whether there is foreign funding or CIA involvement, the youth are indeed sick of the cartel violence.
Here's a report I filed from Morelia, where I live, two hours away from where Manzo was assassinated on the 1st of November: https://derrickbroze.substack.com/p/morelia-mexico-stands-against-violence
Are you talking about CIA involvement or foreign funding in relation to his murder? ;)
no, I wasn't. I haven't seen any evidence of such a thing. Obviously, it could be the case because of the incestuous relationships between the two but Manzo was openly opposing and calling out the cartels and calling out Sheinbaum for not helping in Uruapan. Then he was assassinated.
That played a major role in these protests, even with the other influences.
I really appreciate your journalism Kit!
Why do Kit and The Grayzone crew devote enormous energy to dissecting alleged Western influence operations, intelligence cut-outs, and democracy-promotion networks, but remain conspicuously silent when it comes to the Kremlin and CCP doing the same? That
iinvestigative zeal simply stops where Moscow and Beijing begin.
They never mention, much less seriously engage with the well documented track records of Russian and Chinese interference in Western politics, civil society, think-tanks, diaspora groups, online spaces, and media ecosystems.
Explore Moscow and Beijing's massive covert funding pipelines, soft-power fronts, and state-linked institutions used abroad. Apply some of that conjectural, motive-probing scrutiny to Moscow and Beijing.
You are full of crap.
Bugger off.
Impotent response.
KK and the Grayzone can't do everything. But what a compliment you think they could.
If you see it, report on it. And I am sure you quite easily can get lots of western funding for such work. Lucrative business
As for explaining as to why the named reporters don't ... Put any focus on that is probably because none of it is violent regimechange and pro war interference? Where there already is democracy.
Where was lots of socialist and communist, including military support againat a government for example? Against US supported south African white supremacy apartheid. You want to condemn that?
And even there it was Cuba that played the big role. Not Russia or china
How much help does china or Russia give the Palestinians against genocidal Israel? I hope you can tell me a lot because I just don't see any. They still fully trade with Israel
... Seriously, show us where Russia and china do what you say. Many of us would appreciate knowing they do more or anything at all. We don't see it. And often are dissapointed because of that
Absolute bullshit.Tell it to Chad, Mali, Central African Republic, Niger, etc.
ruZZia is the violent imperial empire. And you're a feckless dunce.
Easy there little fella, you're overheating your one brain cell.
Oh yeah some hopeful examples Throwing out exploitative french occupation. Ah central African republic really part of it? I was not aware. Chad also not yet. I thought it's a so far just in mali, Burkina Faso and Niger movement
What makes you think that was so much thanks to Russia and china on the ground work, manipulation? I known the Malians asked for Russian help and celebrated their resistance to western empire. And some help by rusisa maybe after the successful coup in protecting the new president. Maybe.
You are hilarious
Of course, They all do It!
Eli Cohen
Perhaps you could help me find some of that crack reporting ...
People appear to be shortsighted in all of this, or forgetful of U.S. history going back to the 1980's, when the U.S. needed South America for their drugs in order to fund the wars in the middle east. Or even before that going all the way back to the turn of the 20th century when Teddy Roosevelt decided to meddle into south and central American affairs.
The U.S. has a long history of trying to become the lord and master of the America's and Trump is just repeating history once again.
He doesn't like it when anyone, anywhere, dares to stand up to him. He can't do much about China, except flail his little pudgy hands around, Russia owns him, so what does he do? He works at bullying smaller countries like Japan, South Korea and the other countries on the American continent. While he's blustering about, he's sending his mafia foot soldiers (the CIA members who use spy language to tell people "Such a nice country, it would be a shame if some accident happened here") into these countries to try and set the stage for coups, so himself and his cronies can install someone they know will give Trump what he wants. And nothing he wants offers any benefits to the average U.S. citizen. The Special Operations soldiers carrying out these 'special missions' must be asking themselves, "Why are we here? What's our real mission south of the border?"
I hope the countries in central and south America come together and successfully stand up to the United States. Canada is doing so, at great growing pains for their economy in the short term but they're actually making headway.
Japanese leadership is grumbling like they want to make a move away from the U.S., despite what their new PM wants. If Japan stands up and decides to seriously reduce the American military footprint on their soil, so will the South Koreans. Which will make North Korea breathe a little easier. Which would make all of east Asia breathe a little easier.
Europe is also looking to make some moves away from the U.S., although they seem to be moving in the wrong direction for now but maybe things will turn themselves around soon. I hope so for their sakes as the EU economic situation is becoming dire.
The bottom line, is that Trump is making the United States into an aggressive pariah state and a large majority of the world sees this now. This siding unequivocally with Israel in the last couple of years has definitely exacerbated the shift. It's only a matter of time before the U.S. becomes so isolated that their economy contracts to the point of creating a global recession in the west, taking western Europe with it.
This is where the U.S. becomes the most dangerous as Trump would try and send in his military (and I mean his loyal to him military members) to try and force less wealthier countries into submission. Only to allow his loyal corporate donors to pillage the sovereign resources for themselves, of which Trump Corp. will take their cut off the top.
If the U.S. repeats its history, we can expect Trump to send in troops to Mexico and Venezuela soon. First Venezuela, then Mexico. If they are successful in bringing down those governments, more will fall until they reach the Brazilian border. They already own Argentina so Brazil would be forced to capitulate because they would be surrounded. That's the long term goal of the U.S. military industrial complex and Rubio's state department. Trump doesn't care as long as these countries swear allegiance to him or his hand picked successor.
I doubt this will succeed but it will be interesting to see if they try. There are several factors that could stop all of this, which includes foreign support (Russia and China), the will of the American people. Mostly, the U.S. doesn't have the treasure anymore to start a war anywhere, much less in their backyard. But that might not be enough to stop Trump until a few coffins start coming back to the U.S. Once dead military start returning home for burials, the protests will be huge. That might be enough to put a stop to this madness of global domination.
Agreed, except for: “Russia owns him” (I think you meant Israel…)
I'm reasonably sure that the old KGB, and now the FSB, have Kompromat on Trump from long before 2016. Trump is only beholden to the Israelis due to the huge campaign donations they gave him, and the Mossad likely also has that same intel on Trump that the Russians do. Once those personal threats go away, he could very well throw everyone under a bus if there was enough financial incentive to do so. Trump only cares about one thing. Himself and to lesser extent, his family legacy. His progeny are definitely not living up to his expectations but they do seem to have learned to do as they're told lately though. Trump is owned by his personal appetites for excesses. The desire to live in a fantasy world where no one, and I mean no one, will tell him no, no matter how depraved that desire might be. The Epstein files are a perfect example of personal desires not being thwarted by laws and consequences. Trump has no idea how to run a business, much less a country like the U.S. But he does know how to set up a mafia style enterprise within the federal government, Which will continue until enough people stand up and say no. Which is starting to happen, both at home and abroad.
Wow. Have you ever heard of a guy named Jeffrey Epstein? I don’t think he is Russian. Mossad has the goods on every important politician in the U.S. Thats why we are forced to do their dirty work.
Without going too-far down the rabbit-hole, the debate over Trump’s replacement is similar to Putin’s potential replacement. Who would replace them? Is it possible their successors would be even worse? Democracy is messy…
Kit, when Kiki Camarena was killed. His DEA partner vowed to find his killers. In the process of looking he came upon a recording of CIA interrogating and torturing Kiki (yes, down there in Mexico) . Asking him what does he know about operation such and such, what does he know about this and that?!?! These scumbags are World Notorious Terrorist Criminals. They are the ones who tortured to death Enrique Kiki Salazar.
The US is the cause of drug problems in this country because they get their cut and let shit through. NOT Venezuela, not Mexico, NOT China or any other country, But the US and the US only‼️‼️ If they really wanted to fight it, they would have deployed everything they got & the drug problem will be exterminated in 12 months flat maximum. But given that every scumbag who claim to be A Public servant get his/her cut, this problem is not about to ever die off, especially when the trampe is masquerading as the good doer when if anything he is one of them.
IF the supply stops either coming in or being made here, some of the drug addicts will survive and some won't. And then this land will be free from that crap, once and for all. But because for example, among many, of one of the DA's who were after the trampe get their cuts, this is not going to go anywhere or any soon. The sac of garbage makes about 100K $ yet they found no less than 15 million $ at one of her bank accounts. How did she accumulate that much from 100K salary if she didn't have a hand in this type of filth. Yet no one is looking into her schemes or investigating. Likely because they are dirty as well.