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The Continuum
by By Rejil
Welcome to the Continuum! Here we look at what is happening now and how it connects to history. rejil.substack.com
Episodes
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When the Bots Went Silent
Between October 8th and 11th, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck three Yandex data centers in Russia — in Sasovo, Kaluga, and Vladimir. Two were shut down entirely. A third was severely damaged. Then something strange happened. Cloudflare data showed that automated bot traffic from Yandex’s network...
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The First Thing Every Dictator Takes
Press freedom is at a 25-year low in 2026. At least 252 journalists have been killed since October 2023 — the deadliest period for media workers ever recorded. The United States has fallen to 64th in the global press freedom rankings. History has a very clear message about what this means. In…
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How the Red Scare Is Being Used Again
In July 2026, the Trump administration invoked “communism” 81 times in two weeks. A State Department report openly praised McCarthy-era blacklists as “a model that worked.” The White House declared an “unprecedented global offensive against the transnational threat of Radical Left terrorism.” The...
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McCarthy's List That Never Existed
On February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy stood at a podium in Wheeling, West Virginia and told the audience he had a list. 205 communists in the State Department. Known to the Secretary of State. Still working and shaping American policy. The number changed every time he said it. The list was...
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The 170-Year History of America's Most Powerful Political Weapon
In 2026, the White House declared an “unprecedented global offensive against the transnational threat of Radical Left terrorism.” Politicians are calling their opponents communists. Protesters are being labeled subversives. The playbook is back. But here’s what most people don’t know: this…
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Who Really Paid for 9/11?
The September 11 attacks cost between $400,000 and $500,000 to plan and execute. Less than the price of a Manhattan apartment. The wars they triggered cost over $2 trillion. The 9/11 Commission followed the money. They found where much of it came from inside al-Qaeda. They found how it moved...
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The Secret Deal That Built the Middle East Is Being Torn Apart Right Now
In May 1916, a British diplomat named Mark Sykes took his finger and dragged it across a map of the Middle East. Everything north of his line went to France. Everything south went to Britain. The people who lived there were not consulted. They weren’t even told. That line is still on the map…
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The Man Who Wasn't Supposed to Fight
On December 7, 1941, Doris Miller was collecting laundry below deck on the USS West Virginia when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor began. He wasn’t supposed to fight. The US Navy in 1941 had a clear rule: Black sailors were mess attendants, cooks, and stewards. They were not trained for…
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The War That Broke Apartheid
For decades, the story of apartheid’s collapse has been told through the lives of Nelson Mandela, the struggle on Robben Island, international sanctions, and the global anti-apartheid movement. All of those forces mattered. But far from the cameras, another struggle was taking place in the…
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Why Did 60,000 People Flood Spain's Border? The US, Israel, and Morocco Plot
On July 31, 2026, 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta — a small Spanish city on the Moroccan coast. At least 67 people died. Spain declared a state of emergency. Most coverage is calling this an immigration story. It is also a geopolitical pressure campaign — and the timing is not a...
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Propaganda That Started a War
Did newspapers help push America into the Spanish-American War? The explosion of the USS Maine has become one of the most famous events in American history, but the real story didn’t end in Havana Harbor. It was only beginning. In Part 2 of this documentary series, we examine the rise of Yellow...
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The Explosion That Started the Spanish-American War
On February 15, 1898, the battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 260 American sailors. Within weeks, cries of “Remember the Maine!” swept across the United States, newspapers blamed Spain, and America marched toward war. But the story is far more complicated. In this documentary,...
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The Nazi Program Before the Holocaust
They didn’t begin with gas chambers. They began with words. Before the Holocaust became industrialized mass murder, Nazi Germany launched a program known as Aktion T4—a secret campaign that targeted people with disabilities, mental illness, and those the regime labeled “life unworthy of life.” In...
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Peace That Started A World War
The Treaty of Versailles didn’t just end World War I—it helped shape the conditions that led to World War II. In this documentary, we examine how the Treaty of Versailles was written, why Germany was excluded from the negotiations, and how the peace conference at Paris became one of the most...
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When a State Refused to Return Escaped Slaves: Ableman V Booth
In 1854, thousands of people stormed a federal jail in Milwaukee to free an escaped slave. What followed became one of the most explosive constitutional battles in American history. This video tells the story of Joshua Glover, Sherman Booth, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and the legal war that...
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The USS Liberty Attack: The Investigation They Wanted Buried
On June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War, the USS Liberty was attacked in international waters, leaving 34 American sailors dead and 171 wounded. The official explanation was mistaken identity—but for decades, survivors, military leaders, intelligence officials, and investigators have challenged...
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The Suez Crisis: How America Destroyed the British Empire
Britain and France won the military battle in Egypt in 1956. So why did the Suez Crisis destroy Britain’s status as a global superpower? This video breaks down the hidden story behind the Suez Crisis — from Gamal Abdel Nasser’s electrifying rise in Egypt, to the secret conspiracy between Britain,...
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The Lie That Started A War
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident became the justification for the Vietnam War. There was just one problem:The second attack likely never happened. In August 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson told the American people that North Vietnam launched an unprovoked attack against U.S. Navy destroyers in the...
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Martyrs of the Racetrack
Before Memorial Day became a holiday of barbecues and long weekends, one of the first known Memorial Day ceremonies was held by former slaves in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1865, newly freed Black Americans honored fallen Union soldiers who died fighting against slavery by giving them proper...
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The Island That Runs the World
Oil has dozens of producers. Advanced semiconductor chips — the components powering every smartphone, every AI system, every modern weapons platform on the planet — have one. Taiwan. One island. 23 million people. 90% of the world’s most advanced chips. And right now, as the Iran war disrupts the...
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The Cracks In The System
The petrodollar system has survived oil embargoes, financial crises, and the rise of China. It survived 2008 — when a crisis born in American banks sent investors running toward the dollar, not away from it. But the dollar just posted its worst performance in over fifty years. And this time, the...
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The Privilege of Power
In Episode 1, we traced how America replaced the gold standard with oil — and built the petrodollar system in a secret deal between Henry Kissinger and the Saudi royal family. In Episode 2, we look at what that system actually did. For fifty years, the United States has run deficits that would…
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The Deal That Changed The World
Discover the secret arrangement that saved the US dollar and reshaped the global economy for 50 years. In 1971, the world’s financial anchor snapped when Richard Nixon ended the gold standard. Facing economic chaos and a skyrocketing oil crisis, a secret 1974 deal between Henry Kissinger and the...
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Augustus Caesar: The First Emperor of Rome
In 44 BCE, an 18-year-old received a letter in Greece telling him that Julius Caesar — assassinated the day before — had named him his heir. His advisors told him to walk away. He walked straight in. What followed was one of the most ruthless and brilliant political ascents in human history. The...
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Energy War | The Iran-Iraq Tanker War
The Tanker War remains one of the most volatile chapters in Middle East history, directly shaping the permanent US military presence in the Persian Gulf today. In this deep dive, we explore Iraq’s deliberate strategy to bomb Kharg Island to provoke an Iranian retaliation. By forcing Iran to...
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The Forgotten War That Killed a Million People
In September 1980, Iraq invaded Iran. Saddam Hussein expected it to be over in weeks. It lasted eight years. It killed over a million people. It used chemical weapons on a scale not seen since World War One. This is Part 1 of our two-part series on the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988). This episode…
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"We Did Iwo Jima" — What Lindsey Graham Got Wrong and What That Battle Actually Cost
This week, Senator Lindsey Graham went on Fox News and said “We did Iwo Jima — we can do this” to argue for sending U.S. Marines to seize Iran’s Kharg Island. Republicans and Democrats immediately pushed back. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna called it “a lack of respect for life.” Rep. Jason Crow noted…
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The CIA Coup That Broke Iran — 1953 Operation Ajax
In August 1953, the CIA and British intelligence MI6 overthrew Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in a covert operation codenamed Operation Ajax. They did it in four days. They did it for oil. And for seventy years, they denied it. This is the full story — from the…
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The 1973 Oil Crisis: How America Lost Control of Its Own Energy
In 1972, a gallon of gas cost 36 cents. By 1980, the world had changed forever. This is the story of the 1970s energy crisis — the oil embargo that blindsided America, the gas lines that stretched for miles, and the political fallout that reshaped the country for decades. In October 1973, Arab...
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The Bridge That Exposed Political Cronyism
A billion-dollar bridge. A private billionaire. A sudden presidential threat.This is how the Gordie Howe Bridge exposed political cronyism in plain sight. The Gordie Howe International Bridge was designed to strengthen trade between the United States and Canada. Instead, it became the center of a...
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Julius Caesar: How War and Politics Made Him Ruler of Rome
Before emperors ruled Rome, one man showed it could be done. Julius Caesar did not destroy the Roman Republic overnight. He survived it, learned from it, and mastered the broken system it had already become. In this episode of our Roman Emperors series, we follow Caesar’s life from his violent...
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How Fake Science Was Used to Justify Racism
They used skulls, rulers, and fake science to decide who was human.This documentary exposes how pseudoscience was weaponized to justify racism. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, so-called scientists claimed they could measure intelligence, morality, and worth by measuring skulls. This episode...
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Leslie Wexner: The Billionaire Who Funded Jeffrey Epstein’s World
Leslie Wexner is often remembered as the billionaire behind Victoria’s Secret and L Brands—but his influence went far beyond retail. In this video, we examine Leslie Wexner’s business empire, political donations, and financial networks, and how they intersected with Jeffrey Epstein, one of the…
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After 9/11, America Gave Up Its Freedom
After 9/11, America didn’t just change — it surrendered power in the name of safety. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, Americans were promised security — and many accepted sweeping changes without debate. This narrative-driven documentary examines how fear enabled new laws, expanded...
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Gaius Marius: The General Who Built the Cult of Personality That Created Caesar Ep. 2
Before Julius Caesar.Before Augustus.Before Rome had emperors — there was Gaius Marius. Gaius Marius was not an emperor, but he was the man who changed Rome forever. In this episode of our Roman Emperors series, we explore how Marius transformed the Roman army, created the first true cult of...
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EFTA0005010 EXPOSED: The Epstein File That Raises Serious Questions
What exactly is EFTA0005010, and why does this document stand out among the Epstein files? In this video, we take a focused, evidence-based look at EFTA0005010, breaking down what the file contains, what’s missing, and why its details continue to raise serious questions. Rather than headlines or...
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Sulla: The Roman Dictator Who Invented the Road to Empire | Roman Emperors Series Ep. 1
Before Julius Caesar.Before Augustus.Before the Roman Empire ever existed — there was Sulla. Lucius Cornelius Sulla was not an emperor, but he was the man who proved Rome could be ruled by one. In this episode of our Roman Emperors series, we explore how civil war, political terror, and legalized...
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The Boston Massacre: How One Night Pushed America Toward Revolution
On March 5, 1770, a street confrontation in Boston turned deadly — and pushed America toward revolution.This episode breaks down how the Boston Massacre really happened and why it changed history forever. The Boston Massacre was not a single moment of madness, but the result of years of tension...
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January 6th The Attack on the United States
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol was violently attacked as Congress met to certify the presidential election. Capitol Police were beaten, crushed, sprayed with chemical agents, and forced into hand-to-hand combat while defending the building from a mob determined to stop the transfer...
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The Iraq War Was Sold on a Lie | The Truth About Oil and Power
In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq to stop weapons of mass destruction — weapons that were never found. So why did the war happen anyway? This documentary-style episode breaks down how the Iraq War was sold to the American public, how intelligence was shaped to build support, and how oil,...
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The Naval Blockade That Almost Started Nuclear War | Cuban Missile Crisis
In October 1962, the U.S. Navy blockaded Cuba as Soviet ships carrying nuclear weapons approached American waters. This episode breaks down the Cuban Missile Crisis at sea — the ships involved, submarine confrontations, and the near-miss moments that almost triggered nuclear war. A detailed naval...
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When Celebration Becomes Power: Inside the Nuremberg Rallies
How do nations turn celebration into authority?How does spectacle shape belief? This documentary explores the Nazi Nuremberg Rallies (1923–1938)—one of the most meticulously staged political spectacles in modern history. Through architecture, choreography, light, sound, and mass participation…
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Domitian: Order by Blood
Domitian ruled Rome through fear, executions, and absolute control — all in the name of ending corruption. Senators called him a tyrant, yet under his reign the empire stabilized, borders held, and theft declined. This episode explores how far Rome was willing to go to restore order, and the cost...
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Sejun Park: A Soldier’s Courage
Sejun Park is a U.S. Army veteran who enlisted at just 19 years old and was deployed to Panama during Operation Just Cause in 1989. Wounded twice in combat, including a round that struck his dog tags, he survived the battlefield and was awarded the Purple Heart for his courage and sacrifice. Only...
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Caged in the Swamp: Omitted, Shackled, and Disappeared in Florida
There’s a prison in Florida that isn’t listed on any map. Inside, men are locked in cages with the lights always on. Some are punished in a metal box under the sun. Others just disappear. This episode reveals the secret world of Alligator Alcatraz and the human cost of America’s detention…
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Buyo Maru: A Tragedy in the Water
The Buyo Maru Incident uncovers one of the most troubling and least-known events of the Pacific War. After torpedoing a Japanese transport ship in 1943, the American submarine USS Wahoo opened fire on survivors in the water — men who were believed to be enemy troops, but who included unarmed…
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The Soul of an Empire: The Valladolid Debate
The Valladolid Debate was Spain’s battle for its soul — a clash over the humanity of Indigenous peoples that reshaped an empire. This episode dives into the fierce arguments, the political stakes, and the haunting outcome: while Native enslavement was curbed, the door to African slavery swung…
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Illegal Orders The My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre was a 1968 incident where U.S. soldiers were ordered to clear a Vietnamese village but instead killed unarmed civilians. Several soldiers refused the illegal order, and helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson intervened to stop the killings and rescue survivors. This is a public…
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The Gate Shut: America and the Chinese Exclusion Era
the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 — the first U.S. federal law to ban immigration based on race and nationality. This episode traces the economic tensions, political debates, labor conflicts, and legal decisions that led to exclusion, and follows its nationwide impact on Chinese communities,...
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The Naturalization Act of 1790
The Naturalization Act of 1790 laid a groundwork that all United States immigrations law would follow. The problem is that the Naturalization Act of 1790 was based off of only “Free White Persons” being allowed to become citizens of the United States. The Act was built on with more immigration…
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