Don’t Rule Out The Return Of US Troops To Bagram Airbase Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The convergence of interests between the US, Pakistan, and the Taliban means that a compromise between them to this end can’t be ruled out no matter how unlikely it might appear to be right now. Trump’s recent reaffirmation of his plans to return US troops to Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase was rejected by the Taliban, which […]

Macron Launches Last-Ditch Effort To Salvage France’s Gov’t As Resignation Calls Grow Louder A political crisis is rocking France. President Emmanuel Macron has now given outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu until Wednesday night to broker a deal among France’s political parties and avert a deeper crisis following Lecornu’s abrupt resignation early Monday. Lecornu blamed divisions among parties, including Macron’s own […]

Bubble In AI? Echoes Of The Past, Lessons For The Present Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, If you want to understand the engine under this market’s hood, follow the capital. A recent article by Michael Cembalest frames today’s AI boom as a “vendor-financing circle.” This circle occurs when capital raised by one set of companies (via stock, convertibles, or bonds) is recycled into other companies, […]

“Algorithmic Discrimination”: David Sacks Exposes How Democrats Are Plotting To Unleash “Woke AI” Across America White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks blasted Democrat-controlled states, spearheaded by California, for pushing a wave of regulations that could force “woke AI” on the nation. Speaking on the popular All-In podcast, Sacks discussed the frenzy of state-level AI legislation, noting that all 50 states have […]

“For God’s Sake, Stop The Rhetoric!”: Border Czar Tom Homan Pleads With Anti-ICE Dems Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Border Czar Tom Homan said Thursday that ICE will not be intimidated by the left’s anti-ICE attacks and will continue its mission of deporting criminal illegal aliens. “They won’t stop the men and women of ICE,” he told Fox News host Harris Faulkner. According to the Department of […]

China’s Soybean Boycott – Key Questions Before Trump-Xi Meeting At the end of last week, new details emerged via a Wall Street Journal report outlining the Trump administration’s potential farm bailout, estimated to be in the range of $10 billion to $14 billion, aimed at cushioning farmers amid China’s pivot in agricultural purchases to Brazil. Trump blasted China last week, saying Beijing was “hurting” American farmers during the […]

Goaded By Tariffs, European Pharmaceutical Industry Pivots To The US Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times, The U.S. tariff policy and its unmatched pharmaceutical market are pulling European drugmakers to invest more heavily, from new manufacturing plants to U.S. stock listings and discount pricing deals. Since early 2025, European drugmakers have stepped up their U.S. presence. In the most recent move, the United […]

Rare Blackout In Western Russia After Attacks From Ukraine After a huge overnight cross-border drone attack out of Ukraine, a sizeable chunk of Western Russia is experiencing a rare and significant blackout. The outages have mostly been experienced in Belgorod Region in western Russia, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, who says that 40,000 residents were left without power starting Sunday evening. Screenshot of video […]

Germany’s “Debt Boom”: Merz’s €500 Billion Gamble Is Keynesian Madness On Steroids Submitted by Thomas Kolbe  In Berlin’s government circles, anticipation is rising: the massive debt program is ready for launch. Soon, the 500-billion-euro credit package—disguised as a “special fund”—will hit the economy like a tidal wave, supposedly to free the country from its chronic recession. Looking back, Chancellor Friedrich […]

AppLovin Craters 15% After Bloomberg Reports SEC Investigating Company Over Its Data Collection Practices Shares of controversial short seller target AppLovin were leveled in late trading Monday, falling more than 15% one point after it was reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the company over its data-collection practices, according to a Bloomberg exclusive. Bloomberg writes that the probe, handled […]

Spanish Cops Uncover Fraud Network Of Fake Residencies & Sham Marriages Used By Illegals Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The Spanish National Police has announced the arrest of 12 people in Vic for orchestrating fraudulent partnerships between Spaniards and illegal immigrants, part of a growing Europe-wide problem involving forged documents, sham marriages, and black markets for residency permits. According to […]

The Parents of Charlie Kirk’s Prodigal Assassin Authored by David DesRosiers, President, RealClearFoundation, Charlie Kirk’s murderer came from somewhere. We all do. Since the “In the beginning …” times, our species has wrestled with the fundamental logic – and perceived unfairness – of holding parents responsible for the sins of their children. Or the other way around. In the Old Testament book of Ezekiel, the […]

South Carolina Judge’s Beachfront Home Burns Down, Hospitalizing Three People A fire destroyed the Edisto Beach home of South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Diana Goodstein and her husband, former state Sen. Arnold Goodstein, on Saturday, sending three people to the hospital, according to the NY Post. The blaze broke out around midday, forcing Arnold Goodstein to leap from the first floor to escape. He and two others were later […]

Ukrainian Intelligence Says China Helping Russia Target Western-Funded Facilities In Ukraine Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Agency official Oleh Alexandrov has told the state news agency Ukrinform that China has been directly assisting Russia with intelligence for use on the battlefield in Ukraine. Specifically he said China is providing foreign intelligence to target those sites in Ukraine which benefit from foreign […]

Back To Square One? Hamas, Israelis Meet In Egypt To Hash Out Trump Peace Plan After President Trump issued weekend threats telling Hamas to move quickly on implementing his 20-point Gaza peace plan, along with previously warning there’d be “hell to pay” if they don’t free all 48 remaining hostages (living and deceased), it seems the sides are merely back to square one in a sense as delegations have been sent to Egypt. “A […]

Sen. Kennedy Just Exposed More Absurd Things Democrats Shut Down The Government For Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, The Schumer Shutdown dragged through the weekend, with neither side budging. Republicans pushed for a straightforward continuing resolution to keep the government funded through November, but Democrats chose to hold the line for their wish list of radical spending priorities—billions and billions of […]

Is Silver About To Tumble Like in 1980 & 2011 Submitted by Jesse Colombo of The Bubble Bubble Report With silver rallying strongly and rising more than 50% since the start of the year, a growing number of investors are starting to worry that a crash may be coming, similar to what happened after the major spikes in 1980 and 2011, instead of focusing on the incredible long-term opportunity that remains in front of us. But as one […]

Most Of The World’s Largest Trash Heaps Are In The US Most of the world’s largest trash heaps are in the United States. As Statista’s Anna Fleck details below, according to crowdsourced data verified by the collaborative online platform Waste Atlas, the former dumpsite Fresh Kills tops the list. The site is estimated to contain 220 million tonnes of waste, including debris from the September 11 attacks. It closed in 2001 and a […]

How To Mayweather Counterpunch The Democrats Authored by Steve Cortes via RealClearPolitics, The Democrats have shut down the government because they’re putting illegal immigrants ahead of American citizens. Do not listen to Chuck Schumer or any of his allies in the corporate media when they spin about this critical point. As Vice President JD Vance correctly points out: “It’s not something that we made up. It’s not a […]

Trump World Tower, Israeli Consulate In NYC Listed As “Protest Targets” Tomorrow Two years after the October 7, 2023, attacks that plunged Gaza into war, the Trump administration is pushing forward with a Gaza ceasefire plan that began with indirect talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Monday evening. According to CNN, the two sides are expected to continue meeting over the next few days with mediators from the U.S., […]

Clarifying Putin’s Comments About Poland’s Pre-World War II Policy Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Putin commented on Poland’s pre-World War II policy during the Q&A session that followed his speech at the Valdai Club’s latest annual meeting. Before clarifying what he said, readers should review this piece here about why Putin spent so much time talking about Poland in last year’s interview with Tucker, this […]

New Syrian Parliament ‘Overwhelmingly Sunni, Male’ Following Controlled Vote Via The Cradle Syrian religious minorities and women will be underrepresented in Syria’s new parliament following an election that was tightly controlled by self-appointed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and in which the Syrian public was not allowed to vote. Preliminary results of the election published on Monday show that of the 119 new lawmakers, only […]

The Progressive Flight From Reality Authored by J. Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics, Progressivism isn’t just an ideology; it’s also becoming a mental health condition. Spiraling past the tendentious spin and lies that have long shaped American discourse on both sides of the aisle, the loudest voices on the left are losing the capacity to grasp reality. As a character in a recent Wall Street Journal cartoon put it: “You’ve […]

Mapping Extreme Poverty Across All American States In 2024, 6% of the U.S. population lived in extreme poverty, equal to 20.4 million people. While there are different definitions of extreme poverty, this is represented as those earning less than $8,160 in annual income, or half of the poverty line. As the federal budget makes cuts to food assistance and healthcare, levels of extreme poverty run the risk of worsening even further. […]

US Takes 10% Stake In Alaska Miner Trilogy Metals Trump’s Industrial Policy juggernaut continues. Moments after the close when we saw some abnormal moves in the stock of yet another North American small cap stock focused on mining strategic minerals, we quickly skimmed through Trilogy Metals’ just released presentation and told readers that yet another “Uncle Sam bear hug” deal was in the works, pointing out the company’s […]