EPA Promises ‘Total Transparency On The Issues Of Geoengineering And Contrails’ Authored by Jon Fleetwood, Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new online resources to address public questions and concerns about the topics of geoengineering and contrails. Jet engine condensation trails contain metal nanoparticles and sulfur that form lingering lines in the troposphere that disperse and form cirrus […]

Bitcoin, Ether Soar As ETFs Clock Second-Biggest Day Of Inflows Ever Bitcoin and Ether investors piled into their respective crypto-themed funds on Thursday, marking their second-largest daily inflows since their inception. US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds inflows totaled $1.17 billion, with $448 million coming from BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) and $324 million from Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund, […]

Texas Greenlights Gold And Silver As Legal Tender Via SchiffGold.com, Austin, TX keeps rewriting the monetary rulebook.  House Bill 1056, cleared by both chambers in late May, designates properly marked gold and silver “specie” as legal tender in the Lone Star State starting September 1, 2026.  A second phase—launching no later than May 1, 2027—authorizes an electronic payment rail fully backed by bullion stored in the […]

Trump Admin Teases Resumption Of Anti-Houthi Airstrikes After Ship Attacks The Trump administration this week teased the possibility that it could order resumed airstrikes in Yemen following the two latest attacks by the Houthis on two commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The Houthis have repeatedly claimed the operations would cease if Israel ends its ongoing military campaign and blockade in Gaza. “These attacks highlight the […]

Dramatic Video: Anti-ICE Protester Fires Weapon At Federal Agents During Immigration Raid Dramatic video footage from Ventura County, California, shows an anti-ICE protester discharging what appears to be a weapon at federal agents during an immigration enforcement operation in an agricultural zone. The nature of the weapon remains unconfirmed. “A protester was seen apparently firing some kind of weapon at federal agents during the […]

Houthis Again Target Tel Aviv, As Israelis Plead For More US Raids On Yemen The Houthis have clearly been ramping up their attacks on Israeli interests and assets out of Yemen, and on Thursday another ballistic missile strike on Tel Aviv was attempted. Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, shortly after conducting airstrikes on Houthi targets. The Iran-aligned group later confirmed responsibility for […]

Sweden Cracks Down On OnlyFans – Will U.S. Follow Suit? Authored by Addison Graham via RealClearPolitics, The X-rated social media platform OnlyFans is experiencing real growth, with revenue, content, and user numbers all on the rise. The site’s over 4 million “creators” sell content – including images, videos, and personalized chats – to more than 300 million subscribers, or “fans.” It’s primarily a sex site, and […]

Where Trump Wants To Send Deportees Under The Third-Country Deal Eight men deported from the U.S. arrived in South Sudan last week after being held for weeks in Djibouti while their legal process was carried out in court. South Sudan is on the United State’s no-travel list due to “crime, kidnapping and armed conflict.” The eight had been convicted of violent crimes in the U.S. and had either completed or been near the end […]

EU Justice Commissioner Signals Brussels Will Continue To Blackmail Hungary In Run Up To National Elections Via Remix news, Using the “Poland method,” the European Union elite played a pivotal role in toppling the conservative Polish government by freezing billions in EU funds. Once Donald Tusk came to power, the money began flowing again. Now, the same method is set to be used against Hungary in the run-up to national […]

White House Acts Surprised At Ukraine Weapons Pause Two US officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity have confirmed the resumption of arms and ammo deliveries to Ukraine’s military which include 155 mm artillery shells and GMLRS precision-guided rockets. Last week’s ordered pause affected a specific shipment and was reportedly initiated by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to review US weapons inventory […]

Erdogan Crackdown Continues With 500 Opposition Figures Arrested In ‘Octopus’ Probe Via The Cradle Turkish authorities have detained more than 500 members and officials of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) since October 2024 in an intensifying crackdown that has exclusively targeted municipalities held by the secularist party, according to a Reuters review of legal filings and state disclosures published on […]

Russia Unveils New Tactic In Latest Drone Swarms On Ukraine It has now become the norm for hundreds of drones to be exchanged each night across borders between Russia and Ukraine. In the overnight and into Thursday morning hours, Russia once again sent some 400 drones into Ukraine. The attack also included close to 20 ballistic and cruise missiles. CNN and others, who have correspondents on the ground, have witnessed a ‘new tactic’ […]

German Immigration Officer Jailed For Accepting Cash Bribes From Migrants In Exchange For Citizenship Documents By Thomas Brooke of Remix News A German court has sentenced an immigration officer to prison for accepting bribes in exchange for issuing fraudulent residence and citizenship documents. As reported by Bild, the Lüneburg Regional Court ruled on Tuesday that the officer from the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower […]

6 Factors That Describe China’s Current State Authored by Alexander Liao via The Epoch Times, As we reach the midpoint of 2025, it is evident that this year has been characterized by turbulence, uncertainty, and deepening despair for many in communist China. Six phenomena best capture the country’s current state: decline, fierce competition, political struggles, the “run” movement, random acts of violence, and the “lying […]

US Orders “Immediate Shutdown” Of Mexican Cattle Trade After Cross-Border Parasitic Fly Threat U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has ordered the immediate suspension of all live cattle, bison, and horse imports from Mexico via the southern border. The move comes in response to a newly confirmed case of New World Screwworm in Mexico—a highly destructive parasite that poses a massive threat to U.S. livestock and the broader […]

OPEC Says Global Oil Consumption Will Hit 123 Million BPD By 2050 Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, OPEC projects oil demand rising 19% to 123 million bpd by 2050, led by India and Africa. The forecast contrasts sharply with IEA projections of demand peaking by 2030. U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement seen by OPEC as supporting continued hydrocarbon demand. “There is no peak oil demand on the […]

Measles Cases In US Climb To Highest Number In 33 Years: CDC Confirmed measles cases in the United States have hit the highest number since 1992, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States, so far in 2025, 1,288 cases have been recorded as of July 8, the CDC said in an update on Wednesday. That’s the highest number in one year since 1992, when 2,126 cases were logged. […]

China’s Big Housing Stimulus Rescue Is Wishful Thinking By George Lei, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Expectations of policy actions to bolster the housing sector have helped real estate stocks close the gap with the broader CSI 300 benchmark over the past few sessions. That has some market participants referencing 2015 and Beijing’s housing-rescue efforts that pulled the world’s second-largest economy out […]

Trump To Impose 35% Canadian Tariff, But USMCA Goods To Stay Exempt Trump issued another letter late on Thursday, saying he will levy a 35% tariff on some goods coming into the US from Canada, in a blow to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s bid to avoid punishing levies on goods sold to the US. The tariff level would take effect from August 1. “Fentanyl is hardly the only challenge we have with Canada, which has many […]

Doug Casey On Why The Military-Industrial Complex Always Wins Via InternationalMan.com, International Man: During the recent Iran–Israel war, the US used up to 20% of its global stockpile of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile interceptors, each costing over $18 million. THAAD isn’t effective against hypersonic missiles, which both Iran and even Yemen’s Houthis now possess. What do you make of […]

Iron Ore Soars As China Pledges Crackdown On Industrial Overcapacity Iron ore futures in Singapore surged toward $100 a ton — the highest since May — fueled by renewed pledges from the Chinese government to curb overcapacity in key industrial sectors. Beijing’s comments have boosted sentiment across ferrous markets.  Singapore futures jumped as much as 3.6% during the session, marking the largest daily gain since September. […]

California Might Stop Making Necessary Debt Payments For 2 Years Authored by John Moorlach via The Epoch Times, It’s July. The California State Legislature has successfully met the budget submission deadline of June 15, and it was signed by the governor. There was one small fly in the ointment: how to cut $12 billion in spending? All while trying to provide $750 million in tax credits annually to one specific industry: Hollywood. […]

Three Choices, None Good Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The moral rot of unlimited debt looks “free” but it’s unaffordable in the end. We like to think we’re special and this moment in history is special, but alas, we’re still running Wetware 1.0 which was coded between 300,000 and 60,000 years ago, when the last “out of Africa” migration finally got traction. Since then, the code has been tweaked a bit […]

Communist Billionaire Accused Of Funding Anti-ICE Riots Mysteriously Vanishes Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) posted on X Wednesday, exposing how Communist billionaire Neville Roy Singham—who operates a dark-money NGO network allegedly tied to funding anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles and resides in China with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—has suddenly vanished.  “Neville Singham— the billionaire communist […]

Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Breaks Silence On Bombshell FBI Memo Mark Epstein, brother of the late Jeffrey Epstein, dismissed a bombshell memo from the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation that declares the disgraced financier’s 2019 death a suicide, accusing the government of covering up the truth. The joint DOJ-FBI memo claimed an “exhaustive review” of evidence from Epstein’s death at the […]