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UK/France Tripwire Force; Kiev Military Secret Exposed; Trump "No Rush" Bomb Iran

UK/France Tripwire Force; Kiev Military Secret Exposed; Trump "No Rush" Bomb Iran

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Russia Mega Strike Smashes Ukraine Energy; 5 Power Plants Hit; Detention Centre Scandal Azov Exposed

Russia Mega Strike Smashes Ukraine Energy; 5 Power Plants Hit; Detention Centre Scandal Azov Exposed

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November 03, 2026
Black Sea Desperation, Zelensky Runs to Erdogan; Russia 1400 Drone Strike

Black Sea Desperation, Zelensky Runs to Erdogan; Russia 1400 Drone Strike

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Join Alexander Mercouris Live Stream Today 4th November 2026 at 14:00 EST, 19:00 London time

The news which is making the headlines is of course the results of the midterms in the United States. I would point out that these were very accurately predicted by Robert Barnes and Rich Baris in a programme we did with them on The Duran which you can see here (

How much actual difference this is all going to make in terms of US foreign policy is another matter. Trump of course is still there, but putting that aside, it looks to me as if all that has happened is that one neocon pro-war party in Congress has replaced another.

As to US domestic policy, here we probably will see significant changes. Trump's economic policy based on tariffs is now almost certainly dead (or so it seems to me) and there may be significant battles over immigration and data centres. My guess is that it won't take very long before Americans sour on the Democrats again. But ultimately all this is a purely internal issue.

Much more important is whether any of ...

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- Danny Citrinowicz, Ex Israeli Military Intel advises: ‘Sacrifice the Queen (Hormuz) to Protect the King (the Nuclear Issue)

  • Danny -That Queen is already taken AND That King was always safe if you left them alone

    - Netanyahu (& Hegseth)advises: * Resume combat since Iran can’t be trusted to abide by a deal and that Trump should finish the job militarily.

    -US reneged on the memo deal(& JCPOA), not Iran AND there is less left than before they failed the last 2 times

    - Secretary Bessent, CIA Dir. Ratcliffe and Rubio are advising Trump to maintain the “no war, no deal” status quo plus continue economic pressure campaign

    -***They survived 40+ years of sanctions; 2x Super-powers will not stop trading with them; The West will go into a depression soon.
    Ref at- https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/netanyahus-covert-dealings-with-trump

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A quick commentary on the "Piss Summit"
I might not be able to upload much more or do lives for a while

My Fellow Duranianss.

Yes, it's happened again. I have been assaulted by a vicious Malware Bot Virus or whatever 911 Socks is and this thing is bad ! 

However I wanted to give you a "peace" of my mind concerning the "Piece" or piss, as Elensky calls it, as this thing fell to pieces before it even happened.

Coincidentally on the very SAME DAY  this crap happened Saudi Arabia DROPPED the US Petrodollar as a buying currency and NO ONE absolutely NO ONE is talking about this fact anywhere !!!

 

Hope to see you all asap.

 

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September 29, 2023
Locals Community Private Telegram Messaging

Locals will be sunsetting the private messaging feature throughout the Locals website. In order to keep our private messaging active we have created a private Telegram messaging group called 'The Duran Locals.'

This is a private channel open only to our Locals subscriber community. In the private Telegram group you can send a message to the group or a private message to Alex or Alexander via a direct Telegram message. 

You can access Telegram for web, desktop or mobile here: https://telegram.org/

The link for this Telegram group is below (can be viewed by community subscribers).

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