Pumping The Brakes On Alternative Energy Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, The Trump administration’s impressive efforts to reboot traditional, reliable energy in the U.S. are a godsend not only for Americans but for people around the world. Whether reversing Biden-era prohibitions against offshore drilling or fast-tracking permits for natural gas exploration and extraction, President Trump’s devotion to […]

Crypto Market Cap Tops $4 Trillion As House Passes All 3 ‘Crypto Week’ Bills In a decisive move for the future of Bitcoin and crypto in the United States, the House of Representatives has officially passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act,  , and the Anti-Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Act.  As Bitcoin Magazine reports, all three bills are backed by President Donald […]

Renter Nation Returns: Surge In Multi-Family Unit Starts & Permits Saves US Housing Market Despite homebuilder confidence in the toilet (and Pulte’s daily calls alongside Trump for lower rates), US Housing Starts and Permits surprised to the upside in June. Housing Starts jumped 4.6% MoM (+3.5% MoM exp), rebounding from May’s 9.7% MoM tumble. Building Permits rose 0.2% MoM (-0.5% MoM exp), also rebounding from May’s 2.0% […]

Futures Flat With $2.8 Trillion In Options Set To Expire US equity futures are flat even as the global equity rally extended into Europe, following Friday’s gains in Asia and Thursday’s record close on Wall Street. As of 8:00am, S&P futures are unchanged while Nasdaq 100 futures rise 0.1% after NFLX had a solid report, but market reactions were muted amid high expectations. Europe’s Stoxx 600 initially rose 0.4% but has […]

Chevron Clears Final Hurdle To Hess Megadeal After Winning Exxon Arbitration Shares of Chevron and Hess climbed in premarket trading in New York after the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris rejected Exxon Mobil’s attempt to block Chevron’s $53 billion acquisition of Hess.  An arbitration panel from the ICC dismissed Exxon’s claim that it had the right to preempt the Chevron-Hess deal due to its existing stake in […]

“False, Malicious, Defamatory” – Trump Demands Unsealing Of Epstein Files, Threatens Lawsuit After WSJ Hit Piece Donald Trump sent notorious sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein a bawdy birthday letter with a drawing of a naked woman, an acknowledgement that the two “have certain things in common,” and a wish for “every day [to] be another wonderful secret,” the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday evening, citing “documents” that its […]

EU Rolls Out Toughest Oil Sanctions Yet On Russia In 18th Round Brent crude futures rose earlier after the European Union approved its 18th round of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine. However, with a multi-year track record of Western sanctions—and repeated predictions by their leaders that Moscow would collapse due to lost oil revenue—the question now is: What makes this package so different this time around?  […]

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? New York Democrats—and the broader party in desperate need of a course correction—continue to double, triple, and even quadruple down on all things woke. They’ve now taken it a step further by openly cheerleading socialism and Marxism. This increasingly radical un-American direction, backed by a network of dark money-funded NGOs, has even drawn criticism from prominent figures like JPMorgan CEO […]

The Hidden Risks In Common Breakfasts – And How To Fix Them Authored by Zena le Roux via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In much of the Western world, breakfast has become a rushed ritual of sugary cereals, flavored yogurts, and white toast. These habits may feel normal, but they’re far from harmless. AtlasStudio/Shutterstock Many common breakfasts are marketed as healthy, but they don’t always give the body what it needs to […]

The EU Depends On China & Russia For Rare Earths Almost half of the European Union’s imports of rare earths came from China last year, according to the latest data from the European Union’s statistical office (Eurostat). As Statista’s Anna Fleck shows in the chart below, Russia followed in second place with a share of around 29 percent, while Malaysia was in third at around 20 percent. You will find more infographics at […]

Low IQ Jasmine Crockett Says USAID Is Vital To Fund Sesame Street In Iraq… Or Something Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Idiocracy-a-like Democrat Jasmine Crockett argued during a hearing that USAID, the slush fund decimated by DOGE, is desperately needed in order to fund US propaganda in places like Iraq to ensure Islamists there don’t become radicalised against America. Yes, really. Crockett claimed that past […]

It May Soon Be Morning In America For TikTok, Too Authored by Sam Raus via RealClearPolitics, Freedom is in the air. America just celebrated the Fourth of July – our Independence Day – as the nation approaches its 250th birthday next year. The Trump administration has notched a major legislative victory, passing its long-promised reconciliation bill, which makes permanent the signature tax cuts of the president’s first term. […]

Israeli Leaders Call For Syrian President’s Assassination Hardline and outspoken Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for Israel to “eliminate” Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, following the latest escalation in sectarian violence this week. “The shocking images from Syria prove one thing: once a jihadist, always a jihadist,” Ben Gvir said in a video statement on Wednesday. “Anyone who murders, shaves mustaches, […]

France’s Budget Battle Exposes EU’s Centralist Overreach Submitted By Thomas Kolbe In an effort to relieve pressure from France’s ballooning debt crisis, Marine Le Pen, leader of the Rassemblement National, has called for a reduction in the country’s contribution to the European Union. On the very same day, Brussels unveiled its colossal €2 trillion mega-budget. A tale of chronological dissonance. It was only a post on […]

‘Unacceptable’: Von der Leyen’s €2 Trillion EU Budget Blasted By Germany Amid Botched Rollout In a huge embarrassment for EU leadership, the day following European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen having presented an ambitious some 2 trillion euro, seven-year EU budget in Brussels, the government of Germany has made clear its firm rejection, calling the plan “unacceptable”.  “A comprehensive increase in the EU budget is […]

After Foreigners Banned From Swiss Pool, Season Ticket Sales Surge And Police Incidents Stop Via Remix News, After all foreigners were banned from a Swiss swimming pool in Porrentruy over violence, sexual harassment and constant disturbances, Swiss visitors to the pool and employees are generally expressing happiness with the move. The ban, which came about after “French youths with a migration background” continuously […]

Why Iran Fears A Syria-Azerbaijan Axis Authored by RFE/RL staff via OilPrice.com, Syria and Azerbaijan pledged to deepen ties, including a landmark Azerbaijani gas export deal via Turkey. Iranian media warned of a potential redeployment of Syrian fighters into the Caucasus, heightening regional tensions. Reports of Israeli-Syrian contacts in Baku added to Tehran’s suspicion of an anti-Iran alignment involving […]

At Sotheby’s Auction, $30 Million Dinosaur Skeleton Stuns As Martian Meteorite Sets Record A 54-pound fragment of Mars, dislodged by a cosmic collision and hurled 140 million miles to Earth, became the most valuable meteorite ever sold at auction on Wednesday. But it was a rare young dinosaur skeleton that captured the spotlight – fetching more than $30 million in a frenzied bidding battle. A Martian meteorite, weighing 54.388 […]

House Committee Leaders Urge FBI To Halt Certifying Chinese Biometric Devices Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) The bipartisan leaders of a House committee are urging the FBI to halt the certification of biometric products manufactured by Chinese tech companies, citing risks to U.S. national security. The ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi […]

NATO Top Commander: Patriots Must Move From European Allies To Kyiv ‘As Quickly As Possible’ NATO’s top military commander, US Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, announced Thursday that efforts are underway to expedite the delivery of additional Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, amid nightly waves of drone and missile attacks which are regularly in the hundreds. “We’re working closely with the Germans on transferring the […]

‘We Are Not For Sale’ – Governor Blocks Chinese-Owned Company From Buying Land In Utah Authored by James Xu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said on Tuesday that a Chinese-owned company has been blocked from purchasing state land as a result of legislation that bans land ownership from entities deemed adversarial. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks with reporters at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans […]

US To Build Fast Boat Base In The Philippines To Confront Chinese Vessels Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US will fund and construct a base for fast boats for the Philippine military on the South China Sea amid heightened tensions between Manila and Beijing over disputed rocks and reefs in the area. The base will be built on the west coast of the Philippine island province of Palawan and is expected to be completed […]

Democratic Socialism Is Totalitarianism Authored by William Anderson via The Epoch Times, After writing about the upset election win of socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, a reader sent me an angry email, telling me that Mamdani was a “democratic socialist,” and that Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez were “social democrats.” The sender apparently wanted me to […]

Why Is Modern Society Obsessed With “Incels” And Controlling Masculinity? Since ancient times and the rise of the first empires and monarchies political elites have sought to manage and control what they sometimes referred to as the “warrior class”; groups of men with the skill and ability to topple governments and ravage nations. For the Vikings, warrior prowess was directly linked to one’s ability to lead.  In other words, the […]

For National Security, We Need Uranium Mined In America Authored by Ivan Maldonado via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Perhaps it’s too soon to mark nuclear power’s revival in the U.S. but there is a burst of activity that should ultimately yield a new generation of advanced nuclear plants and small modular reactors. Two miners push an ora cart as they emerge from an uranium mine in California, circa 1955. Tom […]