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Darrell Castle talks about the election and gives his thoughts on why the Republican Party suffered such a crushing defeat.

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ISRAEL FIRST IS DEAD

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 6^th of November in the year of our Lord 2026. My beat is politics because this is election week in America so that is the subject for this week. My position is that the Republican disaster in the mid term election was caused by Trump’s war on Iran and the resulting fallout from that war. Yes, I agree the real issue that was foremost on the minds of voters was how much things such as food and fuel cost but that cost has been driven much higher by the war and I believe people can see that.

From the title of this Report you might think that because of the election the war is over but no that’s not what I’m saying. In fact, both parties love war so much that I doubt if anything of substance in the war changes. I’m saying that this election was so bad for Republicans that the only way a Democrat could lose is if he or she was proven to have said something positive about Israel at some point in their lives. In an act of obvious desperation Trump announced two days before the election that he was cutting the $4 billion in aid to Israel each year. Obvious nonsense but my point is that he thought that would be a positive for Republicans.

The economy is so bad for people of modest means that they even elected candidates that stand in opposition to their own best interests. In Texas for example the people screamed about Joe Biden’s open borders, but not just open he fought to get illegals into Texas. The people screamed but only Governor Abbott stood in opposition and he still lost. There hasn’t been a Democrat governor in Texas in 30 years but there is now.

What I mean by Israel first is dead is that the idea that members of congress and the senate would put the interests of Israel over those of the United States is over. Trump insists that the election was not a referendum on his term because as he said he was not on the ballot but he certainly knows that this was the clearest rejection of the policies of any administration in my lifetime. The only one that comes close was LBJ being forced to refuse to run for a second term because of the Vietnam War. Once again the people are trying to reject stupid, pointless wars that are Israel first and America not at all.

If I thought that this new Democrat House and Senate would do something to reign in the insistence on making war against Iran I would be more at peace with it. I don’t think that will be the case but we will see. I’ve heard more Democrat victory talk about making war on those who supported Trump than making peace in the Middle East. My fear is that the Democrats are a lot more interested in war against Russia than Trump is. He almost seems a little sad to spend $100 billion in Europe’s proxy war against Russia. We will see but I would wager they will be eager to join Europe’s obvious preparations for war.

If I’m right about that and the Democrats cannot resist their obsession with war then nothing has been accomplished, but if they try to reign in the President and get America out of that boondoggle well then O.K. The two parties love war so much that even politics is war to them. They can’t wait to regain power so they can make war on their political opponents. I heard Hillery Clinton on video say they will go after the President, his administration, his family, and my favorite, his supporters. That is political warfare for sure so no more loyal opposition in this day and age.

No matter what Trump says now, this was a stinging rebuke for him, his war, and his economy. Exit polls across the country reflected that sentiment. In 2024 voters trusted him and he turned his back on them. He had so much promise to end forever wars, root out corruption, control the deficit, deliver job growth and return manufacturing to the U.S. but the voters found themselves poorer.

The great majority, 75% said they thought the economy was in rough shape, and 65% said they believed Trump’s policies made it worse. Specifically, 87% said they were very or somewhat concerned with the cost of gas and diesel fuel. 88% said they were concerned about the price of food and groceries. 86% mentioned the price of utilities as a concern.

So, his inexplicable decision to launch a war against Iran caused the extreme inflation in food and fuel and that is obvious for anyone to see. I called it inexplicable but I guess the explanation is in his relationship with Bibi Netanyahu, whatever that is. American voters can see what Israel is doing in Gaza and the Palestinian territories and no matter how much the administration wanted us to shut our eyes to it there were a few who refused to let us ignore it.

Tucker Carlson’s continuous reporting on the war and his constant holding the Gaza attacks up to the light kept people from just ignoring it. I guess if you think about it no president with the record of war that this one has should be affirmed in the midterms. When he was campaigning in 2024 the statement that he would be known for the wars he didn’t start was a very appealing one. I bought into it and I hoped for the best but it just never arrived. Exit polls showed 62% believe attacking Iran was the wrong decision. I am surprised that figure is that low because I think even Trump privately wishes he had not sold himself to Bibi’s demands.

If you still wonder about the results and why it was so overwhelming consider what the Consumer Price Index reported to us. The last one-year increase in prices overall 3.7% while wages fell 0.6% for private industry workers when adjusted by the rise in prices. To put it in simple terms every time a gallon of gas jumps in price working people take a cut in pay and it was completely unnecessary. The worst part for working people was that no one seemed to care that they were suffering and no one was working on a plan to help them. They noticed and they vented their anger the only way they have to do so.

Some people in the Republican Party seem to understand better than others what was happening. Take Vice President J.D. Vance for example. His analysis was pretty much on target as were the four reasons he listed for the results. His four were the four main things Trump promised to do but was unable or unwilling to do. 1. End the war. 2. Focus on the cost of living and inflation. 3. Put America first. 4. Change our relationship to Israel.

Vance went on to point out that it wasn’t a matter of Republican voters not showing up because they did show up but they voted for Democrats. This President was given a mandate by the people to accomplish the things Vance mentioned and he failed miserably to do it. Instead of stopping forever wars, making America energy self sufficient he launched Bibi’s war and left his party in ruins.

Now virtually all Republican politicians can see the ship as sinking and they want off the war ship before that happens. I am anxious to see how Marco Rubio handles it since he has been the President’s point man for conducting diplomacy related to the war. This democrat landslide would seem to make diplomacy impossible. Why would the Iranians want to talk and perhaps concede anything after such a rebuke by the American people.

Trump has said that he could work with Democrats if they want to work with him so we will see if that happens. I certainly have doubts about whether today’s Democrats want anything more than punishing Trump for beating Hillary. There are subjects that the American people seem solidly behind which would give them something to cooperate on. Stock trading by members who obviously are trading on inside information while in office. Enacting federal legislation to help their own stock trades would certainly be hard to argue against banning.

The subject that has come up before which is wall street companies buying single family homes thus driving up the cost of housing for ordinary families. The pharmaceutical industry advertising directly to consumers thus driving up the cost of medicine and making every problem one that only their drugs could solve. I’m sure there are many other things they could agree on but will they. I certainly doubt it but we will see. I miss the days which I admit were a long time ago when a party lost and a party won but they both tried to serve the nation.

Of all the people who commented on the election I like what Ron Paul had to say. His commentary on Liberty Report said that the Republicans deserved to lose but the Democrats didn’t deserve to win. That was well said Dr. Paul and I could not do any better. He pointed out that Trump was supposed to address the cost of living but a gallon of gas is now a dollar more than when he was elected. He added about $2 trillion of debt in the last year and seems to be doing nothing to slow what appears to be a debt day of reckoning on the horizon.

In conclusion, I will close with a quote from Dr. Paul which also sums up my own view pretty well.

“A choice between the Republicans’ corporatism and the Democrats’ socialism is a sad choice. The bright side is that the continued failure of both left and right-wing authoritarianism will lead more people to embrace the only path to peace and prosperity. Liberty.”

Finally, folks, as the Wall Street Journal said rarely has a president traded away so much political support so quickly. Right now, Republicans feel fear, not the politicians, the voters. Fear of open borders, fear of men in little girls’ locker rooms, fear of the destruction of women’s sports, fear of new language and the reassessment of English especially pronouns, among other fears.

At least that’s the way I see it,

Until next time folks,

This is Darrell Castle,

Thanks for listening.

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Darrell Castle discusses his belief that the riots, especially in France but now also spreading across Europe, spell doomsday for the economic state that has been building in Europe since World War II.

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DOOMSDAY IN EUROPE

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 30^th day of October in the year of our Lord 2026. The title sounds a little alarmist I know but is it true and  I will endeavor to make my case for my belief that the riots especially in France but now also spreading across Europe spell doomsday for the economic state that has been building in Europe since World War II.

The end of World War II left a devastated world and only the United States was somewhat exempt from the damage to its infrastructure. Vast sums would have to be spent on rebuilding not just the allied nations but Germany and Japan as well. The victorious nations met at Bretton Woods in the U.S. to discuss the post war economy and they decided that the U.S. dollar would have reserve currency status and all trade would be conducted in dollars.

The U.S. as the most powerful surviving nation would provide virtually all defense obligations and Europe would then be able to use its own revenue for rebuilding and caring for their populations. The situation shifted a little with the formation of NATO in 1948 when the Europeans agreed to spend about 3% of GDP on their own defense but almost none of them ever lived up to the agreement.

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Darrell Castle discusses the riots engulfing France that are spreading across Europe and how that relates, at least partially, to American foreign policy especially the war against Iran.

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MOUNTAINS OF VIOLENCE ACROSS FRANCE

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 23^rd day of October in the year of our Lord 2026. My beat is violence, chaos, disorder, and the destruction of the existing world order as I talk about the riots engulfing France and spreading across Europe as well as how that relates at least partially to American foreign policy especially the war against Iran.

Yes, it seems that the riots engulfing Paris have spread across Europe to Portugal, Germany, Albania, and the list is growing. The open-borders policy of the last few years explains everything or so we are told and that is a convenient explanation because it puts the blame on others. The French people are not to blame they say, only the immigrants but many of the rioters have been in Europe for years.

 When you read or hear the man on the street comments from French people whose businesses are being burned and looted they find it difficult to place any blame despite the tears of losing their life’s work. That is a civilization unable and unwilling to defend itself. It brings to mind Robert Frost’s definition of a liberal as someone who refuses to take his on side in an argument.

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Darrell Castle discusses the deployment of a 3rd U.S. aircraft carrier as well as a 2nd marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East region.

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AIRCRAFT CARRIERS HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. Due to technical difficulties this report is dated Monday, the 12th day of October in the year of our Lord 2026. My beat is war again as I will be discussing the deployment of a 3^rd aircraft carrier as well as a 2^nd marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East region. From the title you may deduce that my view is that the other two should be heading home rather than sending a 3^rd to join them.

Yes folks the USS Theodore Roosevelt has departed its home base of San Diego and is on its way to join the George HW Bush and the George Washington in the Middle East conflict zone. Sailing with the Ted as the sailors call the Roosevelt is the USS Makin Island which contains a 2^nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MAU). The USS Boxer already on station contains a MAU which brings the total number of Marines to around 11,000 or that’s the number being reported.

Since the war against Iran started President Trump has deployed about 120 strike aircraft to the region including F-35 stealth attack fighters, F-22 air superiority fighters along with old standbys the F-16 and F-15 Strike Eagles. These troops currently deployed will be joining the roughly 50,000 already there deployed on ships and on bases across the region. The U.S. maintains 19 bases in the Middle East with eight of them permanently located in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.

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Darrell Castle talks about the September 29, 2026 26-page letter written to the American people by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). The title of this Castle Report comes from the neocon description of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the head of the snake.

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THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE SPEAKS

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 2^nd day of October in the year of our Lord 2026. My beat once again is war, more or less because I will be talking about a 26-page letter written to the American people by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and delivered on September 29. The title of this Castle Report comes from the neocon description of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the head of the snake.

People have wondered during this entire war if the US is fighting the Mullahs or the Iranian military and those who command it and this letter seems to answer that question. It also is an effort to take the Iranian case to the American people in order to influence the upcoming Mid-Terms. To me this letter is a sign of perceived weakness, division, and disorder. It appeals to logic in an effort to influence an already divided and anti-Israel mood in the American public.

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Darrell Castle talks about the President’s speech, last Tuesday, to the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City. He also discusses the administration’s decision to sell advanced F-35 stealth jets to Saudi Arabia.

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PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKS TO THE UN

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 25^th day of September in the year of our Lord 2026. My beat today is not war although there is some war in it. I will be talking about the President’s speech last Tuesday to the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City. In addition, I will say a few words about the administration’s decision to sell advanced F-35 stealth jets to Saudi Arabia and the Israeli reaction to that decision.

His speech was more of a campaign speech than a statesmanlike address to the world’s diplomats. He listed many of the things he claims to have accomplished during his term and if they we were all true I would be a reasonably happy man at least foreign policy wise. He said that when he left office the first time the country was a peaceful and prosperous place but when he returned he found it to be a mess he had to fix.

I’m just giving my own take on what he said but to me he seemed to be pleading his case to them that if they and the other decision makers of the world would just listen to him and do what he demands we would all be happy, peaceful, and prosperous. For example, he spent quite a bit of time explaining to the members that before he was President his company tried to get the contract to remodel the UN building in which he was speaking.

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Darrell Castle gives his thoughts on the Iran War and asks the question what has 200 days of war accomplished for the United States. He reminds us that yesterday, September 17th, was the 239th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.

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TWO HUNDRED DAYS OF WAR

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 18^th day of September in the year of our Lord 2026. My beat is war once again as the United States of America passes two milestones this week. Yesterday the 17^th was Constitution Day and this week the US passed 200 days in its war against Iran. So, our subject is what has been accomplished in those 200 days.

Yes, we are 200 days into the war against Iran and just on a brief inventory I will list a few of the things it has accomplished. It seems to me that war has torn the U.S. and much of the world apart in the last few days. Here’s an excellent quote from the London Times via Bill Bonner.

“The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq cost more than 7000 American lives, hundreds of thousands of civilian ones and trillions of dollars, turning that surplus into a debt of more than $40 trillion. Seeing the world’s sole superpower flounder for a decade against roadside bombs and soviet-era rifles wrecked American self-esteem and drained Washington’s international authority. But the deeper damage was to Americans’ faith in their government and in themselves.”

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Darrell Castle shares his thoughts about murder and mayhem as he looks back at the anniversary of 9-11 and the 1st anniversary of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

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9-11 PLUS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 11^th day of September in the year of our Lord 2026. My beat is murder and mayhem today as we look back at the anniversary of what the media tells us is the worst terrorist attack in American history. Along with the 25^th anniversary of 9-11 we look at the 1^st anniversary of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Yes, folks I am sorry to have to report to you that in the last 25 years things have gotten worse in America as murder has gone mainstream and more sympathy is often generated for the murderers than for their victims. For example, just look at the trial of Lindsay Clancy, also this month, a trial in which a jury could not convict a woman who admitted to strangling her 3 children. Her daughter was 5 years old and there were two sons aged 3 and two. She strangled them one at a time with her bare hands but she generated a lot more sympathy, especially from mothers than her children were able to generate.

I’m afraid that as a society we are sinking further and further into the abyss as cold-blooded murder goes mainstream and simple respect for human life as something created by God in his image disappears. I knew something was desperately wrong and that this nation and its people had changed radically when in December of 2024 a man named Luigi Mangione on a street in Washington D.C. shot and killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He shot Mr. Thompson in the back and the murder was videotaped by security cameras.

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Darrell Castle talks about the newly revealed evidence linking the science, i.e. Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the CIA and their formal institutional partnership.

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THE SCIENCE AND THE CIA

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 4^th of September in the year of our Lord 2026 and I will be talking about the newly revealed evidence linking the science, i.e. Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the CIA and their formal institutional partnership that apparently provided cover for the CIA’s biological threat research.

Before the partnership between NIH and the CIA congress moved to ban federal funding for gain-of-function research. The new policy requires enhanced review and reporting requirements for life sciences research including independent, top-down assessments for projects that may increase the harmful consequences of biological agents. So, a reasonable question might be why do you want to make any biological agent more harmful to the human race.

The answer to that question is obviously to make the virus more lethal so it can be used to kill more humans. The new safeguards also prevent funding research projects in countries without adequate oversight. So, I guess that means no more NIA funding of bat virus in China. Congress is trying, it seems to me; to indicate its collective shock and to foster the belief that it had no idea the science was using taxpayer money to fund Chinese research into making virus pathogens more deadly to humans, then unleashing them on humanity.