The Sour Aftertaste Of The Digital Age Authored by Mark Bauerlein via The Epoch Times, As one state and school district after another bans cellphones in classrooms, we should pause for a moment and appreciate what a remarkable reversal has occurred. Recent books by Jonathan Haidt and Christine Rosen, among others, have succeeded so well by saying what only a few years ago would have pegged them as alarmists and reactionaries. […]

Trump Has Reportedly Approved Iran Attack Plans But Is Withholding Final Order Update(1730ET): As President Trump convenes a White House situation room meeting this Tuesday early evening, and following Ayatollah Khamenei’s earlier televised speech vowing ‘we will not surrender’ – The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Trump has made the decision: President Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved of attack […]

Watch: Bibi Warning Iran Nuclear Bomb Capability ‘Imminent’ – Spanning 30 Years According to a Tuesday CNN report issued as bombs fly between Israel and Iran, US intelligence assessed that Iran was not actively pursuing nuclear weapons ahead of last Friday’s Israeli attack and, even if it chose to, it would take up to three years to develop and deliver one. This of course directly contradicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]

American Bar Association Sues Trump Admin Over Alleged Campaign To Intimidate Law Firms Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The American Bar Association (ABA) has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that the White House and dozens of federal agencies are orchestrating an unconstitutional campaign of “blizzard proportions” to intimidate lawyers and law firms. The […]

Device Linked To Alleged Political Assassin Travelled To High-Risk Countries, Raising Red Flags Over NGO Ties The Oversight Project has uncovered that Vance Luther Boelter — a former appointee of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and now suspected political assassin — may have traveled extensively to several high-risk countries. “Tracking Connections to MN Assassin We geofenced Boelter’s family farm and found a unique device. We […]

No Kings? No Problem. Schweizer Recaps The Revolution That Wasn’t Submitted by Peter Schweizer & Seamus Bruner, The weekend protests called “No Kings” produced crowds of a few thousand in some reliably “blue” cities like Portland, Boston, Seattle, and others, but not much else. Tragically, though, a killer who was once a political appointee of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shot and killed the former state House speaker and her […]

​​​​​​​Strait Of Hormuz Tanker Collision Caused 10 Square-Kilometer Oil Spill Two crude oil tankers collided and caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz energy chokepoint, triggering immediate concern across global energy and shipping markets. Iranian naval assets were observed approaching the incident area shortly after the collision, raising the risk of interference. The incident now risks quickly evolving into an […]

“Stupid” Powell Does Not Cut Rates (As Expected) Despite ‘Diminished Uncertainty’, Worse Stagflation Tl;dr: The Fed held rates flat as expected, which will likely upset Trump even more, amid growing fear of stagflation. The Fed did not shift its view of (median) rate-cut expectations for 2025 despite calling for higher unemployment, higher inflation, and weaker growth. But, the distribution of outcomes for 2025 shifted […]

“They Have No Humanity” – Martin Armstrong Slams Neocons “Trying To Drag Trump Into World War III” Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Two weeks ago, legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong was signaling a big turn toward war.  We all know Ukraine is out of control with no peace deal in sight, and now the Middle East is blowing up too.  Armstrong says, “I think Trump has been kind of snookered […]

Mike Lindell Escapes Massive Damages In Dominion Defamation Case My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell was found liable last week for defamation by a federal Jury in Colorado in a case brought by Dominion voting machine company former security and product strategy director Eric Coomer.  However, the court did not award Coomer his expected damages.  Lindell and his online media platform, formerly known as Frankspeech, are ordered to pay […]

Federal Judge Smacks Down AAUP For Undermining Our Democracy Authored by Matt Lamb via The College Fix, A federal judge on Monday upheld the rule of law and the separation of powers amidst a lawsuit by the American Association of University Professors which sought to undermine the executive branch. The AAUP, along with the American Federation of Teachers, sued the Trump administration for canceling federal grants to Columbia […]

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Explains Why He’s Not “Stupid” Having been accused of being “stupid” and “too late”, Fed Chair Powell’s decision to hold rates (not cut as Trump is demanding), will likely prompt more abuse from The White House, especially as US macro data is significantly weakening. And despite all the tariff derangement anxiety, the worse they expect is PCE at 3.1% this year before fading back next year… In fact, […]

​​​​​​​Strait Of Hormuz Disruption Fears Surge After Former Iranian Minister Threatens Transit Restrictions JPMorgan’s forecast of triple-digit Brent crude prices could soon be a reality as conflict risk in and around the Strait of Hormuz intensifies. The waterway, which handles roughly 20% of global oil trade, remains one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints. Any disruption, particularly amid growing […]

The Brits & Ukrainians Are Plotting To Manipulate Trump Into Escalating Against Russia Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Agency (SVR) warned that the Brits and Ukrainians are preparing two false flag scenarios in the Baltic Sea. The first one would see Ukrainian-transferred Soviet/Russian torpedoes explode near a US ship there and a supposedly malfunctioning one will then be found to […]

Trump Admin Considers Expanding Travel Restrictions To 36 Additional Countries Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump’s administration is considering substantially expanding travel restrictions to include nationals from 36 countries, adding to existing travel bans on 12 countries. “The [State] Department has identified 36 countries of concern that might be recommended for full or partial […]

Trump Slams “Stupid” Powell: “I Think He Hates Me. I Call Him Every Name In The Book To Try And Get Him To Cut” Just hours before the Fed is expected to keep rates unchanged and, worse, telegraph a hawkish bias by indicating just one rate cut for the rest of 2025 (down from two) in its latest dot plot, the first since Liberation Day, President Trump leveled his latest broadside at Fed Chair Jerome Powell. With markets and […]

Reports Of Warplanes Seeking To Strike Ayatollah As Israel Has Hit 1,100 Iranian Targets Since Friday More waves of missiles and strikes were exchanged between Israel and Iran overnight, with Israeli’s military announcing that 1,100 Iranian targets were hit since Friday. The Israeli Air Force affirmed Wednesday that it is currently striking “military targets belonging to the Iranian regime in Tehran.” The war shows no signs of […]

Lutnick Says Nearly 70,000 Have Signed Up For $5 Million ‘Trump Card’ Investor Visa Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Nearly 70,000 people have signed up for the “Trump Card,” a proposed U.S. visa program that would offer legal residency to foreign nationals willing to pay a $5 million fee to the United States, according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Lutnick, who’s spearheading the initiative, told the […]

Biden Judge Blocks Trump’s Two Genders On US Passports, But Supreme Court Says ‘No’ On Trans Treatments For Minors Autopen-appointed judge Julia Kobick…  …issued a ruling Tuesday that temporarily blocks the Trump administration from allowing only two genders, male and female, that align with biological sex, on US passports. Kobick, a US District Court judge for the District of Massachusetts, expanded a preliminary […]

“Unconditional Surrender!” By Michael Every of Rabobank So, no, President Trump didn’t leave the G7 to discuss a Middle-East ceasefire. From the Situation Room, he instead declared: “we” now have total control over Iranian airspace; “we” know where Supreme Leader Khamenei is bunkering down but are not going to kill him (yet); and that Iran must offer its “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” So, is the US going to enter the […]

WTI Tumbles On Trump Iran Comments, Despite Massive Crude Inventory Draw Crude prices are down modestly this morning despite ongoing attacks between Iran and Israel and API reporting a major crude draw overnight as President Trump said Iran has reached out and wants to negotiate. When asked about possible Iran strikes, Trump said: “I may do it. I may not do it. Nobody knows what I’m going to do.” Meantime, Trump also said […]

Ayatollah Tells Trump “We Will Never Surrender” In Televised Speech To Nation In a rare and important nationally televised wartime speech by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he warned against American military intervention on behalf of Israel.  He set out three clear messages: first that Israel’s aggression happened when Tehran was engaged in indirect nuclear talks with the US and that there was no sign whatsoever […]

X Ticker Now Available As Nippon Steel Completes $14BN US Steel Deal And just like that, the X ticker is available for Elon Musk to purchase and take his social media company public.  Nippon Steel completed its $14.1 billion acquisition of iconic American peer, US Steel, bringing to a close protracted negotiations which lasted for 18 months amid US political wrangling. As the Nikkei reported, the Japanese company will acquire […]

“You’ve Got To Do Things Legally” – Arnold Shocks The View With Pro-America Rant No One Saw Coming Via VigilantFox.com, For once, “Screw your freedom” Arnold Schwarzenegger got it exactly right. It started with a question about the LA riots. But what followed was not the response anyone expected. He demanded RESPECT for America. And what happened next went beyond politics. He told foreigners point blank: if they want to […]

Meta Floated “Giant” $100 Million Offer To Poach OpenAI Team As AI Talent Wars Heat Up OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, speaking on the Uncapped podcast hosted by his brother Jack Altman, revealed that Meta made aggressive attempts to poach top OpenAI talent, offering signing bonuses as high as $100 million and massive compensation packages. Meta “started making these like giant offers to uh you know a lot of people on our team um you know […]