2026-06-07 - Substack Reports - A Skeptic News

Jun 06, 2026

Russia at the Crossroads as Elites "Sour" of Putin's War? Not So Fast

As a continuation of yesterday’s piece on Ukraine’s increasing escalations by way of “blurring the lines” of the conflict by potentially launching attacks via third countries, we will examine the ramifications of this process, should it continue to develop along the same track…

3 days ago · 72 likes · 11 comments

Today’s Top Geopolitical Substack Reporting

Presented by A Skeptic News on June 6, 2026 at 6:38:47 PM GMT.

Today’s Substack reporting on geopolitics and conflict from our fellow Substack authors. There may be a few that rub you the wrong way, but most are people we’ve been following for years. Please restack posts that you found informative! If you would like your Substack added or removed, PM me. For this post, we looked at 43 Substack’s and located 58 current articles out of 843 reviewed.

Today’s Substack’s featured are:
Simplicius’s Garden of Knowledge, The Duran, News Forensics, The MAHA Report, Escalation Trap, Armageddon Newsletter, Black Mountain Analysis, IS IT PROPAGANDA?®, Glenn Diesen’s Substack, Alexander Dugin, Essential History, Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter, Caitlin’s Newsletter, A Skeptic, Don’s Substack, Multipolar Press, Drop Site News, Rachel Blevins, Daniel Davis Deep Dive, Conflicts Forum’s Substack, Indie Media Today, The Busker, Dave DeCamp’s Newsletter.

The Duran

Putin Withering Reply To 'Insolent' Zelensky Letter; Kiev Drones To Fail Oreshnik May Target Europe

3 days ago · 14 likes · Alex Christoforou

News Forensics

Russia's Operational Art

The Calculus of Conflict: How Russia’s Military Doctrine is Reshaping Modern Warfare…

3 days ago · 12 likes · 1 comment · Julian Macfarlane

The MAHA Report

MAHA Wins: President Trump Orders Reduction in Childhood Vaccines, Zach Lahn Triumphs in Iowa, MAHA Launches Chiropractic Hub – and More

President Trump signed an executive order directing the CDC to align the childhood vaccine schedule with peer nations, and an outsider candidate backed by MAHA claimed victory in Iowa’s Republican primary for governor, setting him up for a likely win in November. Also, the Chiropractic Hub launches as a way to bring together the nation’s myriad chiropra…

3 days ago · 51 likes · 3 comments · Adam Garrie and The MAHA Report

Escalation Trap

The New Phase

The central question is no longer whether Iran will survive…

3 days ago · 72 likes · 1 comment · Prof Robert Pape

Armageddon Newsletter

Ukrainian President Zelensky Proposes Face-To-Face Talks With Putin | WION Counterpoint

3 days ago · 12 likes · 1 comment · Gilbert Doctorow

The Duran

Putin demolishes Zelensky OPEN LETTER as DRONES target Leningrad Oblast. US-IRAN trade attacks

3 days ago · 26 likes · Alex Christoforou

Black Mountain Analysis

Battle for Kiev 2022: The Battle That Never Was [i]

Since the opening days of the Special Military Operation (or often called Full-Scale Russian Invasion in the West), the dominant Western narrative has portrayed the Russian advance toward Kiev as the…

3 days ago · 48 likes · 26 comments · Mike Mihajlovic

IS IT PROPAGANDA?®

Putin SPIEF 2026: Ukraine, Iran, Nord Stream

Putin meets the leaders of global news agencies at SPIEF. Topics: Ukraine military situation, peace terms, Zelensky legitimacy, Nord Stream, Iran, and the Russian economy…

3 days ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · IS IT PROPAGANDA?®

Glenn Diesen’s Substack

Seyed M. Marandi: Hormuz Toll, Strike On Kuwait, Israel Decline & Iranian Nuclear Bomb?

Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a former advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiation team. Prof. Marandi discusses how Iran's toll booth is already operating, why Iran hit Kuwait, the decline of Israel & the suspicions that Iran will now aquire a nucear weapon for deterrence. RECORDED June 5, 2026…

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3 days ago · 109 likes · 4 comments · Glenn Diesen

Alexander Dugin

SPIEF, Sovereignty, and the Multipolar World

SPIEF is about a multipolarity. Russia stays strong on this point. The multipolarity is under attack. I felt on this SPIEF that still fragile balance has shifted a bit in our sense. I was at the origins of SPIEF in late 90-s. This one is most successful one among all of them…

3 days ago · 48 likes · 9 comments · Alexander Dugin

The Duran

Putin Reveals Oreshnik Plan. West Desperate to Get Conflict Freeze

3 days ago · 47 likes · 4 comments · Alex Christoforou

Essential History

Crime, Punishment and Republican Virtues in Early America

Provided the standard education on the founding of the republic, Americans might be forgiven for believing that the abuses that colonists endured at the hands of the British Crown were the only difficulties that they faced. While most schoolchildren are well-versed …

3 days ago · 2 likes · 2 comments · Nathaniel Parry

Andrew Korybko's Newsletter

Will Poland Let The E3 Exclude It From Talks With Russia?

Poland can either accept being excluded; boldly engage Russia (and Belarus) on its own; or rally the “Viking Bloc” and the “Three Seas Initiative” states around the creation of a Polish-led “Intermarium” within “NATO 3.0” as a “cordon sanitaire” between the E3 and Russia…

3 days ago · 18 likes · 13 comments · Andrew Korybko

Caitlin’s Newsletter

Israel Could Solve Its PR Problem By Simply Ceasing To Be Evil

Reading by Tim Foley…

3 days ago · 483 likes · 138 comments · Caitlin Johnstone

Don’s Substack

Scam of the century – the US pretends that Hezbollah is to blame for Israeli invasion and tries to disarm the group

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/04/16/analysis-how-the-us-stripped-iran-of-its-lebanon-card-but-the-two-remain-linked…

4 days ago · 7 likes · 7 comments · Don Hank

Multipolar Press

The Glory of North Korea

Callum McMichael examines North Korea’s distinctive vision of sovereignty, racial identity, and self-reliance, exploring how Juche and national unity have shaped the DPRK’s enduring sense of purpose in a changing multipolar world…

4 days ago · 20 likes · 5 comments · Callum

IS IT PROPAGANDA?®

Lavrov Fires Back at Rubio Over Russia's Willingness to Negotiate

Dear readers and subscribers…

4 days ago · 13 likes · 2 comments · IS IT PROPAGANDA?®

Drop Site News

How Secret Pro-Israel Money Flooded the Labour Party and Ended with a Ban of Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur

Story by Paul Holden…

4 days ago · 565 likes · 14 comments · Drop Site News

Rachel Blevins

SANCTIONED 86: IRAN FORCES U.S. NAVY DESTROYERS TO FLEE AS TENSIONS SOAR

Tensions continue to soar in West Asia, as Iran confirmed it fired “warning shots,” consisting of Qadir missiles and Shahid Danaye drones at two U.S. destroyers in the Sea of Oman, forcing them and the USS Tripoli to retreat…

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4 days ago · 67 likes · 7 comments · Rachel Blevins

The Duran

Open Letter To Demanding Russia Capitulation. Rubio Says US Clearly Taken a Side in Ukraine Conflict

4 days ago · 49 likes · 1 comment · Alex Christoforou

Daniel Davis Deep Dive

🚨 THE "BETTER DEAL" FANTASY IS A PATH TO PERPETUAL WAR.

In this clip, I break down how Washington’s war‑pushers are still trying to drag America back into the Iran war, even though “militarily, there is no chance” it will achieve their goals…

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4 days ago · 26 likes · 1 comment · Daniel L. Davis

Daniel Davis Deep Dive

Still Begging for Combat in Iran /Lt Col Daniel Davis

I’m going to be direct: the most dangerous people in Washington right now are the ones still begging to restart full‑scale combat in the Iran war — despite the fact that every piece of physical evidence shows it would be a strategic catastrophe for the United States…

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4 days ago · 5 likes · Daniel L. Davis

News Forensics

Time to get tough? Hua Bin on Escalation

Hua Bin is one of my favorite writers. He deserves your attention, if you are not familiar with him. He writes about a lot of different things always in an interesting way. He argues persuasively and raises a lot of important questions and makes me think. Of course, that does not mean I agree with everything he says…

4 days ago · 42 likes · 13 comments · Julian Macfarlane

Conflicts Forum’s Substack

Iran's Trigger Warning on Lebanon Initiates All-Front Escalatory Deterrence

4 days ago · 59 likes · 4 comments · Conflicts Forum

The Duran

Putin Uncompromising Tells West MSM Oreshnik Will Strike Kiev Russia Winning; Zelensky Pleads Summit

4 days ago · 57 likes · Alex Christoforou

The MAHA Report

Join Children’s Health Defense for ‘Advocacy Day’ on Capitol Hill

Come for a powerful day of education and advocacy on Wednesday, June 10, as Children’s Health Defense (CHD) brings together experts, leaders, and concerned citizens to address critical issues affecting children’s health and freedom. Then join us for a special viewing of our new film…

4 days ago · 160 likes · 1 comment · The MAHA Report

Drop Site News

Israel angles for permanent occupation in Lebanon; Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyah transferred to solitary confinement; Trump sanctions Cuban president

Israeli attacks continue across Gaza. “The war is not over”: Gaza grandfather whose daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren were burned alive rejects claims of ceasefire. Iranian foreign minister reaffirms support for Palestinians. Hamas arrives in Cairo ahead of new round of ceasefire negotiation. Palestinian rights group…

4 days ago · 409 likes · 15 comments · Drop Site News

The Duran

As Battle Lines Harden, Diplomacy Makes an Unexpected Return

4 days ago · 42 likes · 6 comments · The Duran Daily

Indie Media Today

World War III is in Full Effect Over Global LNG and Oil trade - Is Richard Medhurst Right?

⭐ World War III is in Full Effect Over Global LNG and Oil trade - Is Richard Medhurst Right…

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4 days ago · 8 likes · Indie

The Busker

Iran/Middle East War Summary: Week Fourteen

This week, the conflict in West Asia and the Middle East has been promising peace one minute while threatening all out war the next. It’s been a roller coaster. The Zionists continue to kill and destroy in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon while making frequent incursions into Syria. Hezbollah’s use of undetectable, ‘fibre optic’ drones has been game c…

4 days ago · 13 likes · 1 comment · Dr. Rob Campbell

The Busker

Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update

The wars in the Middle East and West Asia have preoccupied the thoughts of most commentators more than anything else this week but there is much happening in Ukraine and Europe. The Iran/Middle East War Summary can be viewed here…

4 days ago · 17 likes · 10 comments · Dr. Rob Campbell

The MAHA Report

Top Doctors Testify that Covid-19 Vaccine Can Cause Cancer

At a hearing before a Senate committee on Wednesday, one of the world’s top cancer doctors testified that his patients, who had for years been cancer free, saw their tumors return in early 2022. He said he discovered one thing they had in common: each patient had gotten a Covid booster…

4 days ago · 293 likes · 52 comments · Margaret Menge

Andrew Korybko's Newsletter

Are There Any Merits To The EU Mediating Between Russia & Ukraine?

Subordination to the West is unthinkable since Putin would never approve of that, nor would the state and society go along with it, so the only real scenarios are stalled talks or Russian muscle-flexing breaking the deadlock…

4 days ago · 27 likes · 25 comments · Andrew Korybko

The Duran

Iran-US Waiting Game, Lebanon War and Oil Price Big Mystery

4 days ago · 45 likes · Alex Christoforou

Andrew Korybko's Newsletter

The Polish Opposition’s PM Candidate Alleged That Zelensky Is Serving Russia’s Interests

His logic is that Russia is the only one that benefits from Poles and Ukrainians being at odds, which wouldn’t have happened had Zelensky not glorified the Volhynia Genocide’s culprits, and the consequences of their deteriorating ties could significantly harm Poland’s national interests…

4 days ago · 20 likes · 7 comments · Andrew Korybko

Andrew Korybko's Newsletter

Kazakhstan’s Self-Declaration As The Golden Horde’s Successor Could Pose A Threat To Russia

Growing NATO-OTS synergy in Kazakhstan combined with Azerbaijan’s Ukrainian-like shadow membership in NATO, as well as its de facto alliances with the UK and Ukraine that were clinched over the past half-year, can lead to the weaponization of Golden Horde nostalgia against Russia…

4 days ago · 31 likes · 27 comments · Andrew Korybko

Dave DeCamp's Newsletter

Antiwar News: Trump: Reps 'Unpatriotic' for Voting To End Iran War, IDF Strikes Pound Gaza Apartments, and More

https://expatmoney.com/antiwar…

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4 days ago · 17 likes · Dave DeCamp

Rachel Blevins

Let's Hear From You - SANCTIONED #86

Hey y’all, I hope you’re having a great week! We saw Iran step up and make it known that it will not tolerate U.S. aggression in the Strait of Hormuz OR Israeli aggression against Lebanon’s capitol. While Israel did back away from a bombing campaign against Beirut, it is still terrorizing South Lebanon. So, I’m curious to see what y’all think…

4 days ago · 11 likes · 8 comments · Rachel Blevins

Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge

Ukraine's SPIEF Attack Aims for Max Provocation, as Drones Witnessed Coming From Baltic Direction

Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Russia’s St. Petersburg to coincide with the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). The purpose was obviously to humiliate Russia in front of its many international attendees, which included US State Department personnel and foreign dignitaries…

4 days ago · 489 likes · 492 comments · Simplicius

IS IT PROPAGANDA?®

Russia, China, and the U.S. Triangle

Dear readers and subscribers…

4 days ago · 13 likes · 18 comments · IS IT PROPAGANDA?®

Rachel Blevins

IDF CASUALTIES SOAR AS IRGC WARNS ISRAEL: GET OUT OF LEBANON | Esteban Carrillo

The Israeli military has reported dozens of additional casualties, as it has tried and failed to occupy more territory in Lebanon, and as Hezbollah has responded with escalated drone, rocket and ambush attacks against the invading forces…

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5 days ago · 176 likes · 24 comments · Rachel Blevins

Conflicts Forum’s Substack

Serious Warnings of Political Violence in Israel —“Next Political Assassination Just Around the Corner"

‘Rhetoric is fuelling the next political assassination in Israel’; Top targets — Attorney General, President of Supreme Court & leading Journalists (Former Senior Shin Bet Official, Ma’ariv…

5 days ago · 69 likes · 2 comments · Conflicts Forum

Alexander Dugin

Principal Threats Facing Russia in the Second Quarter of the 21st Century

It is evident that the time has come to discuss long-term strategies for Russia’s development in light of the principal threats the country may face in the next quarter of the 21st century, the period from 2026 to 2050…

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5 days ago · 35 likes · 1 comment · Alexander Dugin

Armageddon Newsletter

Russia's threat to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine

This story seems not to have gotten any coverage in Western media, whether Mainstream or Alt, though its importance can hardly be overstated: from playing the wimp for the past 4 years Putin & Co. are now threatening an escalation in the war that opens the Pandora’s box on use of nuclear arms against a non-nuclear nation and brings us far along on the p…

5 days ago · 26 likes · 4 comments · Gilbert Doctorow

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2026-06-07 - Substack Reports - A Skeptic News

Today’s Top Geopolitical Substack Reporting

Presented by A Skeptic News on June 6, 2026 at 6:38:47 PM GMT.

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