US Support For Israel Comes At A Staggering, Multifaceted Price Via Brian McGlinchey via Stark Realities When asked about the cost of their government’s support of the State of Israel, some Americans will say it’s $3.8 billion a year — the amount of annual military aid the United States is committed to under its current, 10-year “memorandum of understanding” with Israel. However, that answer massively understates the […]

US Reassesses Relations With Colombia As Crime And Cocaine Surge Under Leftist Regime  The Trump administration recalled its top diplomat in Colombia, John McNamara, for “urgent consultations” on Thursday in response to what it described as “baseless and reprehensible” statements from senior Colombian officials. While the State Department did not specify which remarks prompted the move, it indicated that further actions would […]

21 States Across US Now Reporting COVID ‘Razor Throat’ Variant Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), At least 21 states are reporting a COVID-19 variant that spread across China earlier this year, according to newly updated data provided by a private company. A map released by the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) shows that 21 states in the United States are reporting COVID-19 […]

CNN Stunned As Majority Of Americans Back Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a major deportation victory on Thursday. On the same day, the GOP-led House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in a narrow 218–214 vote—legislation that paves the way for over one million deportations annually. Meanwhile, the first illegals arrived at “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades, with […]

Bitcoin Is The Benchmark: Why The Biggest Opportunity In The Next Decade Isn’t DeFi Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, Excerpt from the July Issue of The Bitcoin Capitalist – ‘The Stablecoin Standard’ Here is the the argument for this section of the Bitcoin Capitalist entitled ‘Bitcoin and Crypto Macro’: “This sums up everything we’ve been seeing over this past cycle – Bitcoin settling in as the base […]

Weakened By War And Syrian Regime Change, Hezbollah Considers Major Demilitarization Prompted by military losses and shifting regional geopolitics, the Lebanese political and militant group Hezbollah is considering a major strategic shift that would see the group undertake a major disarmament, Reuters has reported, citing three sources familiar with the group’s deliberations.   In solidarity with Gaza, Hezbollah began attacking […]

Boxer Chávez Jr. Expected To Be Deported To Mexico To Serve Sentence, Mexican President Says Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on July 4 that she expects boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to be deported to Mexico to serve a prison sentence after his arrest in Los Angeles by U.S. immigration authorities. “The hope is that he will be deported and serve the sentence in Mexico,” […]

Texas Floods Kill 46; Search Ongoing For 27 Missing Campers Watch Live: .    .     .  Update (1926ET) At least 43 people, including 15 children, have died after devastating flash floods ripped through a Christian camp along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Central Texas, according to Sheriff Larry Leitha.  Search and rescue operations intensified Saturday afternoon, as 27 girls remain missing after floodwaters […]

YouTuber Uncovers “Soros Soldier” Behind NYC Color Revolution Operation Initial signs suggest a shift in federal posture toward increased scrutiny of rogue non-governmental organizations (NGOs) potentially engaged in domestic color revolution operations aimed at sowing chaos and destruction. These NGOs are reportedly backed by a mix of left-leaning (and often anti-American) high-net-worth individuals, U.S. taxpayer funds, corporate […]

‘Egg-cellent News’: Waffle House Eliminates Surcharge On Eggs Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Restaurant chain Waffle House announced Tuesday that it has removed a surcharge on eggs that was implemented earlier this year amid soaring egg prices. A Waffle House restaurant in Miami Gardens, Fla., on July 30, 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images “Egg-cellent news … as of June 2, the egg surcharge is […]

Musk Unveils ‘America Party’ To Challenge ‘One-Party System’ That’s ‘Bankrupting Our Country’ One day after his latest poll asking his followers on X whether the USA needs a new political party, Elon Musk announced on Saturday that the “America party has formed.” “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!” Musk wrote.  “Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.” By a […]

“We’ve Already Defaulted!”: On Inflation, Deficits, Broken Markets, & The Fiscal Illusion Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance This weekend, I made an appearance on the Zero Hedge Podcast—a platform I’ve long loved to read and have been a friend of. The full video is below. At the outset, I explained why I’ve mostly stepped back from doing my own podcast. “I feel like I don’t have anything of dire importance to say […]

Watch: Boston Globe’s ‘Patriotism’ Segment Turns Into Scripted America-Bashing A day after citing a Gallup poll showing collapsing patriotism among Democrats, we didn’t have to look far for proof: highly educated Boston leftists proudly proclaiming they’re “not proud to be American.” Yet, despite their anti-American rhetoric, they still choose to live here. Strange, isn’t it? The Boston Globe—owned by Boston Globe Media […]

US Expands Militarized Zones To One Third Of Southern Border Via Headline USA, Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts past onion fields and parched ranches with tufts of tall grass growing amidst wiry brush and yucca trees. The Army has posted thousands of the warnings in New Mexico and western Texas, declaring a “restricted area by […]

Victor Davis Hanson Dismantles “Experts” Who Keep Getting Trump Wrong Via VigilantFox.com Yes, they were all wrong. In spectacular fashion. Victor Davis Hanson just DISMANTLED the so-called “experts” who’ve been wrong about Trump’s policies at every turn. He dropped three brutal examples that leave no room for doubt—and ended with this warning to the media elites: “You should try to shed your Trump Derangement […]

Hamas Submits ‘Positive Response’ To US-Backed Ceasefire As Pressure Mounts On Netanyahu Hamas announced on Friday that it had delivered a “positive” response to the latest US-backed ceasefire and hostage release proposal for Gaza, stating it was ready to begin proximity talks with Israel “immediately” to resolve outstanding issues. But just like with prior instances of being near the “goal line” – a phrase often heard during the […]

“The Struggle To Get ‘Normal’ Again Is Epic… And Harsh…” Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “I can negotiate with a man who wants to make money. I can’t negotiate with a communist who wants to kill me.”  – Josh Lippincott on “X” O, Norman Rockwell, where are you when we really need you? Forgive us, Emma Lazarus, our second thoughts about those huddled masses yearning to breathe free. . . the wretched refuse of your […]

OPEC+ Boosts Output More Than Expected In Quest To Snuff Shale Confirming earlier media leaks, OPEC+ agreed to increase oil production even more rapidly than expected next month, as the Saudi-led group seeks to capitalize on strong summer demand in its move to reclaim market share. The eight core group members agreed to raise supply by 548,000 barrels a day at a video conference on Saturday, putting the group on pace to unwind its […]

Tehran Dismisses Reports Of Renewed US Talks Amid Domestic ‘Anger’ Via The Cradle Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday denied reports that Tehran and Washington were scheduled to resume indirect nuclear negotiations, rejecting the claims as baseless. “Public opinion is currently so angry that no one even dares to talk about negotiations and diplomacy,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told Iranian media on Saturday. […]

Poland Blasts Trump-Putin Dialogue After Drone Strike Escalation NATO’s largest and most well-protected ‘eastern flank’ country is angry over President Donald Trump’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week. Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski has called on Trump to restart military aid to Ukraine, and he highlighted recent Russian airstrike that damaged the Polish Embassy compound in Kiev. Poland’s […]

One Big Beautiful Budget Deficit By Philip Marey, Senior US strategist at Rabobank Summary On Thursday, Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that is supposed to include all Trump’s promises on fiscal policy in his second term. The bill includes tax cuts and additional spending on Republican priorities. The bill will extend the income tax provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, which were set to expire […]

FBI, Sheriff’s Office Arrest 28 Motorcycle Gang Members In ‘Operation Mongolian Beef’ Over two dozen alleged members of an outlaw motorcycle gang have been arrested and charged in connection with a March shooting at a Florida gas station, the FBI’s Jacksonville office announced on Wednesday. In total, 28 members of the Mongols motorcycle gang were arrested during a joint operation, dubbed “Operation Mongolian Beef,” which was […]

Columbia To Pay $9 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over US News College Ranking Data Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Columbia University has agreed to pay $9 million to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit by a former student who claimed the school submitted inaccurate data to U.S. News & World Report, artificially inflating its position in the publication’s annual ranking of American […]

UN Nuclear Inspectors Depart Tehran As Iran Vows To Keep Enriching A group of inspectors from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has finally and formally departed Iran after the country decided to halt its cooperation with the agency, following last month’s surprise bombing raids by Israel and the United States. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed in statement shared on X on Friday that its personnel are […]

Americans Must Oppose The Establishment Of An East Asian NATO Authored by Joseph Solis-Mullen via The Libertarian Institute, Ely Ratner’s latest offering in Foreign Affairs, “The Case for a Pacific Defense Pact,” is a textbook example of how groupthink, careerism, and militarist ideology continue to warp US foreign policy discourse. Ratner, now back at the Marathon Initiative after a stint as Assistant Secretary of Defense […]