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 […]

GOP Canceling $9 Billion Approved Spending: Who Could Be Affected? Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package, advanced by Senate Republicans in a narrow procedural vote on July 15, seeks to claw back funding that Congress had already approved for foreign aid, humanitarian programs, and public broadcasting. The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 14, […]

America’s Biggest Medical Facility For Transgender Youth Is Shutting Down Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), the nation’s largest provider of gender procedures for youth identifying as transgender, announced it will shut down its program on July 22, citing mounting legal and financial pressures stemming from the Trump administration’s policies. Protesters gather […]

Sanctimonious Reporter Says He Got “PTSD” From Trump Assassination Attempt Because Of MAGA Supporters Just when you thought mainstream media couldn’t sink lower, they surpass expectations with a new low. CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent Scott MacFarlane is prompting eyerolls for comments made during an interview with former NBC host turned podcaster Chuck Todd, where he attributed his mental health struggles following the […]

China Will Sentence Fentanyl Traffickers To Death, Trump Says Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Wednesday told a crowd at the White House, which included dozens of family members of fentanyl poisoning victims, that China will honor a deal he made with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during his first term and sentence people to death for fentanyl manufacturing and distribution. The president […]

A Short History Of The Emoji Emojis have become a staple of electronic communication since their inception in the 1990s and people of all ages and on all continents use them. While their number keeps on growing every year due to new releases by the Unicode Consortium, the pictograms are increasingly vying for users’ attention as other forms of visual communication – think gifs, stickers and avatars – are experiencing their […]

What Parents Should Expect After Supreme Court’s Ruling On Opt-Outs From Pro-LGBT Storybooks Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), When classes resume in public schools next month, parents across the nation should expect notification from school administrators about any “LGBTQ+ inclusive” instruction and the right to opt their children out of it for religious reasons. Children and supporters of parents […]

Biden Admits He Didn’t Sign Pardons. Emails Show Staff Did It For Him Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Former President Joe Biden has admitted that he didn’t manually sign all of the pardons he issued before leaving office in January.  In a softball interview with The New York Times that ran on Sunday, Biden revealed that his staff used an autopen device to replicate his signature on clemency documents due to […]

Netanyahu ‘Regrets’ Deadly Attack On Gaza Church After Terse Trump Call Thursday witnessed another Israeli strike on a church in Gaza, which killed three people and injured at least six others. Among the wounded was the parish priest. Hundreds of Palestinians were sheltering at Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City when the church roof was hit around 10:10am local time, church officials describe. Shrapnel and debris came down […]

Secret Meeting Opens Document Floodgates On Trump/Russia Hoax: Sperry Authored by Paul Sperry via RealClearInvestigations, The floodgates holding back long-buried classified documents exposing government efforts to claim Donald Trump conspired with Vladimir Putin to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election might finally be opening.  Trump administration officials held an urgent meeting Sunday to discuss “new information […]

Netflix Dips Despite Top- & Bottom-Line Beat, Higher Guidance With Netflix shares trading near their highest valuations going back to 2022, there was a lot riding on the streaming giant’s earnings report tonight (and its outlook for the months ahead). “Netflix shares are priced for perfection, there isn’t a lot of room for error,” said Daniel Morgan, senior portfolio manager at Synovus Trust Co. “Everybody is […]

US Spot Ether ETFs Post New Record Inflow As Altcoins Pump Authored by Tarang Khaitan via CoinTelegraph.com, US spot Ether exchange-traded funds recorded an inflow of $726.6 million on Wednesday as altcoins rallied. BlackRock’s ETHA also saw a daily inflow record, contributing $499 million to the day’s results, while Fidelity’s FETH fund saw the second highest net inflow of $113 million, according to Farside Investors. US […]

Seeya! Trump Ships 5 Illegals With Violent Crime Records To Tiny African Kingdom In something that rings a little like a dandy practical joke, five violent illegal immigrants from all over the world woke up this morning in a tiny African kingdom none of them ever heard of, thanks to the Trump administration’s latest third-country deportation flight.  The five undesirables who hail from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos are […]

Yield Curve Control? Why Not… By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities There is a lot of chatter surrounding the Federal Reserve. The FOMC, etc. What the President will or will not do. What can be “successfully” done or not. Will Powell be fired? Today, Kevin Warsh is floating the idea of better aligning the Fed and Treasury, as has been the case in the past (so I’m told). Warsh: “we need another Treasury-Fed accord” The […]

Watch: Chinese Military Unveils Robot Murder Wolves, Drones That Definitely Violate Asimov’s Laws The Chinese military conducted tactical exercises integrating robotic wolves and infantry-operated drones, underscoring Beijing’s push to deploy unmanned systems in modern combat operations, according to state-run media. The 76th Group Army’s drills focused on battlefield coordination between personnel and autonomous technologies for […]

USDt Market Cap Hits $160B, Cementing Its ‘Digital Dollar’ Role: Tether CEO Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, The market cap of Tether’s USDt, the world’s largest stablecoin, has surpassed $160 billion for the first time, a “new mind-blowing milestone,” according to Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino. In a Thursday post on X, Ardoino called the achievement a testament to USDt’s growing role as the digital […]

China Demands Its Shipping Giant Join Western-Led Panama Ports Deal A new report from the Wall Street Journal suggests that President Trump may be growing concerned—or is already alarmed—by this new development: Beijing is now demanding that China’s largest shipping company, Cosco, be included in the Western-investor deal to purchase ports from Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison. The future of CK Hutchison’s deal to sell two Panama […]