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The Firebrand Report Live 2/18/26:Tech Billionaires Flood to India for AI Conference, Japan is at a Crossroads,Chinese Justice Minister Gets Life in Prison, and more!

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The MTN Is in Crisis: Lev Parnas and Exclusive Shady Messages from Meidas.

Dec 24, 2025 • Shane Yirak, Nick Paro, and Lev Parnas

AN URGENT WARNING: THE EPSTEIN FILES COULD DISTRACT US FROM THE END OF OUR FREEDOM AND THE BEGINNING OF DYSTOPIA

Jul 25, 2025 • Shane Yirak

Palantir is Moving to Take Control of America's Military Drone Army: The United States National Drone Association and DOGE

Oct 31, 2025 • Shane Yirak

The Most Powerful Man You’ve Never Heard Of

May 15, 2025 • Shane Yirak

Burn Bright

The Firebrand Report- Geopolitics and Analysis

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The Firebrand Report Live 2/18/26:Tech Billionaires Flood to India for AI Conference, Japan is at a Crossroads,Chinese Justice Minister Gets…

The Firebrand Report Live Reporting: Critical Domestic and Geopolitical News, Live Reporting and Newsletter!

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The Firebrand Report Live 2/17/26: European and American Spotlight,Is the EU is Taking a Stand? Ukraines best week since 2023,and more!

The Firebrand Report Live Reporting: Critical Domestic and Geopolitical News, Live Reporting and Newsletter!

Feb 17 • Shane Yirak and Banner & Backbone Media

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The Firebrand Report Live 2/16/26: Africa Spotlight, More War on the Horizon, Americas Wagner, and more!

The Firebrand Report Live Reporting: Critical Domestic and Geopolitical News, Live Reporting and Newsletter!

Feb 16 • Shane Yirak and Banner & Backbone Media

The Firebrand Report Newsletter 2/13/26: Asian-Pacific Spotlight, China, India, Japan and more!

The Firebrand Report Live Reporting: Critical Domestic and Geopolitical News, Live Reporting!

Feb 13 • Shane Yirak

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The Firebrand Report Live 2/12/26: Middle East Spotlight, Iran, Pakistan, Gaza and more!

The Firebrand Report Live Reporting: Critical Domestic and Geopolitical News, Live Reporting!

Feb 13 • Shane Yirak and Banner & Backbone Media

The Friday Rant

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The Friday Rant w/ Walter and Arturo and a Special Guest Natasha K: Yeah... it really is that bad.

The Friday Rant 2/13/26

Feb 13 • Shane Yirak, Arturo Dominguez, Walter Rhein, and Natasha K.

Deep Dives and Investigations

In Honor of Alex Jeffrey Pretti 1/24/26

Jan 25 • Cat: Poli-Psych and Shane Yirak

The Truth Behind The Warner Bros Discovery Deal Is Even Worse Than You Can Imagine.

A Firebrand Investigative Analysis.

Dec 9, 2025 • Shane Yirak

The Great Suppression: The Truth They Spent Billions to Bury, The Black Swans of Global Climate Collapse

The Black Swans that make our Climate models obsolete. Everything is happening faster than predicted.

Dec 2, 2025 • Shane Yirak

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is not telling the whole truth, and I can Prove It. The September Employment Report is a Sham.

A Firebrand Analysis

Nov 22, 2025 • Shane Yirak

The Loop is Closed: A Report on the Successful Corporate Coup at the Pentagon

Firebrand Analysis

Nov 17, 2025 • Shane Yirak

The Kushner Files

The Kushner Files: 002 666 Fifth Avenue The Kushner Legacy of Failure

Jared Kushner's biggest mistake and the monster is created.

Dec 4, 2025 • Shane Yirak

The Kushner Files: 001 Kushner and the Prince, Friends with Benefits

Jared Kushner and Mohammed Bin Salman friends w/ benefits.

Nov 18, 2025 • Shane Yirak

The Kushner Files A New Series From The Firebrand Project: COMING SOON

Article Series Teaser and Announcement

Nov 14, 2025 • Shane Yirak

The Dialogue

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The Dialogue w/ John Oliver and Special Guest Nick Paro: Music and Finding Joy in Dark Times.

A Discussion on the Power of Music, Creativity, and Creating Joy in Dark Times

Feb 11 • Shane Yirak, John Oliver 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇮🇸☮️, and Nick Paro

The Dialogue w/ John Oliver: The Power of Community

A Discussion on the Power of Community, Trust, and Happiness in Society

Jan 21 • Shane Yirak and John Oliver 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇮🇸☮️

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The Dialogue w/ John Oliver: It was a pleasure to burn...

Can you guess what the Novel is before the live audience figured it out? A disucssion about the next book everyone should read.

Jan 7 • Shane Yirak and John Oliver 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇮🇸☮️

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The Dialogue w/ John Oliver: Fighting the Strawman, Free Speech vs. Misinformation

A Discussion on how we communicate, the language we choose to use, and the right to share your beliefs vs spread misinformation.

Dec 10, 2025 • Shane Yirak and John Oliver 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇮🇸☮️

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The Dialogue w/ John Oliver: Plato's Cave and Our Cave, are they different?

A discussion on the merits of Plato's allegory of the cave, how it is still relevant in modern times more than ever and its applications.

Dec 3, 2025 • Shane Yirak and John Oliver 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇮🇸☮️

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Drone Warfare, Adapt or Die: Why Ukraine Shows Us That NATO Is Not Ready To Beat Russia. Part 3: A Grenade In A Gas Station

A Firebrand Analysis Series

Oct 28, 2025 • Shane Yirak

Drone Warfare, Adapt or Die: Why Ukraine Shows Us That NATO Is Not Ready To Beat Russia. Part 2: Death from Above, The Shahed-136 and the…

A Firebrand Analysis Series

Oct 17, 2025 • Shane Yirak

Drone Warfare in Ukraine, Adapt or Die. Part 1: "Quantity has a quality of its own."

A Firebrand Analysis Series

Oct 16, 2025 • Shane Yirak

The US Treasury Just Gave Argentina's Elon 20 Billion Dollars.

A Brutally Honest Message 10/14/25

Oct 14, 2025 • Shane Yirak

A 20 Point Plan for Peace or Gaza's Billionaire Occupation?

Oct 10, 2025 • Shane Yirak

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The Firebrand Report Live 2/16/26: Africa Spotlight, More War on the Horizon, Americas Wagner, and more!

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The Friday Rant w/ Walter and Arturo and a Special Guest Natasha K: Yeah... it really is that bad.

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The Firebrand Report Live 2/12/26: Middle East Spotlight, Iran, Pakistan, Gaza and more!

The Firebrand Report Live Reporting: Critical Domestic and Geopolitical News, Live Reporting!

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The Firebrand Report Live 2/11/26: EU and America Spotlight, the Frontlines in Ukraine, Epstein, Economics, and more!

The Firebrand Report Live Reporting: Critical Domestic and Geopolitical News, Live Reporting!

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The Dialogue w/ John Oliver and Special Guest Nick Paro: Music and Finding Joy in Dark Times.

A Discussion on the Power of Music, Creativity, and Creating Joy in Dark Times

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