Chinese National Indicted In Florida For Allegedly Importing Deadly New Synthetic Opioid Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Chinese national has been indicted by the federal authorities in Florida for his alleged role in a plot to import and distribute large quantities of a new synthetic opioid, protonitazene, which is “significantly more potent than fentanyl,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]

SpaceX, Google Eye Orbital Data Centers As Small-Town Resistance Grows With roughly half of planned U.S. data center buildouts this year expected to be delayed or canceled amid mounting power constraints and local opposition, tech bros are increasingly looking beyond Earth and toward space for the next phase of compute expansion. This dovetails with one of our most investable themes, “Data Centers In Space Are Coming: Here’s How […]

Ukraine To Israel: We Are Fighting The Same Axis Of Evil Via The Libertarian Institute A Ukrainian diplomat said to the Israeli press that Tel Aviv is missing an opportunity to save the lives of its soldiers by working with Kiev on anti-drone technology.  Speaking with Ynet about Kiev’s anti-drone capabilities, Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, said, “We are fighting from a different angle against the same […]

“Chicom Among Us”: Maryland GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Chinese-Born Delegate’s AI Disclosure Bill Rooting out Chinese communist spies appears to be moving higher on the agenda at the U.S. Justice Department, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche now at the helm. On Monday, the DoJ indicted Arcadia, California, Mayor Eileen Wang for working with the Chinese government. The larger concern is that Chinese communists have […]

Four Signs That Bitcoin Has Recovered To ‘Full’ Bullish Momentum Authored by Nancy Lubale via CoinTelegraph.com, Market analysts said Bitcoin’s (BTC) upside remained intact despite the 2.5% correction from its multi-month high of $82,800 reached on May 6. Key takeaways: Bitcoin has successfully re-entered expansion territory as the Bull Market Support Band turned to support. Bitcoin’s Stablecoin Supply Ratio has […]

As Hegseth Spars With Congress Over Iran War, Trump Decries Criticism As ‘Virtual Treason’ There was a bit of a narrative shift on display in Congress as back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill with top defense and Trump admin officials played out Tuesday, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth repeatedly on the defensive as he and the administration face intensified scrutiny over the Iran war. And the growing frustration vented in […]

Former CIA Director Brennan Says There Are Still “Legions” Of Anti-Trump, Deep State Operatives, At DOJ, FBI, & CIA Authored by Sundance via The Conservative Treehouse, Appearing on MSNBC to talk to Lawfare ally Nicole Wallace, wife of New York Times narrative engineer Michael Schmidt – the guy who received leaks from FBI Director James Comey via Daniel Richman, former CIA Director John Brennan notes there are “legions” […]

China’s Teapot Refiners Slash Output As Hormuz Crisis Crushes Margins Confirming our report from last Friday, Reuters reports that some independent refiners in China (also known as “teapots”) are slashing their production rates as margins plummet to unprecedented negative levels, and demand weakens amid the continued paralysis of tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. China refiner margins (when Beijing tells you you can’t raise […]

Saudi Arabia Secretly Launched Attacks On Iran At Height Of Epic Fury First it was revealed this week that UAE had directly attacked Iran in retaliatory strikes earlier in Operation Epic Fury, and now it has come to light that the Saudis did the same, and in multiple strike operations. Reuters reports Tuesday that “Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom […]

The Slide From ‘Minnesota Nice’ To Assaulting Journalists Authored by Matt Cookson via RealClearPolitics, Minnesota wasn’t always a fixture in the national news cycle. Now, it seems every month there is a new headline about Minnesota. This time, it involves a mob of protestors assaulting a conservative journalist. If Minnesotans want to end the trend of political violence plaguing their state, they must take a stand against […]

US Unleashes Another Wave Of Crude From Strategic Reserve As Gas Prices Soar The U.S. government will loan 53 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to petroleum companies in a bid to relieve elevated gas and oil prices amid the conflict with Iran. In a news release on Monday, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would release the crude oil from its sites in Louisiana and Texas to contribute to […]

Unearthed DOJ Files Implicate Hunter Biden In Potential Sex Trafficking Violations Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA, Newly released internal DOJ files appear to implicate President Joe Biden’s disgraced son, Hunter Biden, in alleged prostitution-related activity, corroborating accusations raised years earlier by Senate Republicans. Hunter Biden / PHOTO: AP The files, obtained Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee and […]

Iran Specifies 5 Demands To Restart Peace Talks With US Iran on Tuesday revealed its demands in a counteroffer to the United States that President Trump shot down on Sunday, which has put the whole conflict and Pakistan-mediated talks in a holding pattern and stalemate, as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively blocked. The demands hinge on war reparations, Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and an end to US […]

Kevin Warsh Cleared By Senate For 14‑Year Fed Board Seat Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Kevin Warsh will be returning to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The U.S. Senate voted 51–45 to approve Warsh’s nomination to a 14-year term on the central bank’s board on May 12, joining six other members. Four senators did not file a vote. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) crossed party lines to support President […]

Millions Of Student Borrowers Are Defaulting: They Are 40 Years Old On Average The NY Federal published its latest report on Household Debt and Credit for the first quarter: the report showed total household debt increased by $18 billion, just a 0.1% increase, in Q1 2026, to $18.8 trillion.  Some details: Mortgage balances shown on consumer credit reports grew slightly by $21 billion during the first quarter of 2026 and totaled […]

Illinois Sued Over Allegedly Using Race As A Factor In Congressional Map Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, A public interest law firm announced Monday it was suing Illinois over its use of race in drawing congressional maps. The lawsuit accuses the state of violating the 15th Amendment, which prohibits government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in light of a […]

Trump Ready To Raise “Core Of China’s Core Interests” In Xi Summit: Daily Schedule & What To Expect Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to raise the issue of increasingly costly US arms transfers to Taiwan during their bilateral summit at the end of this week, spanning Thursday through Friday. Taiwan of course remains the “core of China’s core interests” – as Beijing has in the recent past characterized the issue. While […]

CME Launching Futures Market For AI Compute US derivatives exchange CME Group and index provider Silicon Data have teamed up to create a futures market for computing power, a key source driving the AI boom. Bloomberg reports that the futures will help traders, financial firms, AI builders and cloud providers manage volatility and price swings. Indexes from market-intelligence firm Silicon Data will help underpin the products. The […]

Labor Unions Join Banking Industry In Opposition To Senate Crypto Bill, The Clarity Act Authored by Micah Zimmerman via Bitcoin Magazine, Five of the nation’s largest labor organizations are urging the Senate to vote against a pending cryptocurrency market structure bill, warning that the legislation would expose retirement accounts to digital asset volatility ahead of a key committee vote Thursday. The AFL-CIO, Service […]

Crestfallen Commie Mamdani Abandons Planned Property Tax Hike On New Yorkers Looks like NYC’s communist mayor has had second thoughts about extracting more taxes by raising New Yorkers’ property taxes – something he vowed to do to help close a two-year deficit. According to Bloomberg, the decision to drop the tax hike will be included in Mamdani’s executive budget released today, which will mark the latest version of his […]

Nelson Peltz’s Trian Discussing Wendy’s Go-Private Takeover Shares of Wendy’s jumped in premarket trading after the Financial Times reported that Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management is considering taking the hamburger chain private and is seeking investors to back the deal. FT noted: Trian in recent weeks has held discussions with outside investors, including in the Middle East, about financing a potential takeover of Wendy’s, […]

Dismal, Tailing 10Y Auction Sees Lowest Foreign Demand Since Jan 2025 As Yields Soar With 30Y yields trading on the wrong side of 5% today, all eyes were on today’s 10Y refunding auction to see if it would be ugly enough to push yields to 4.50% or higher. Here is what happened. Just after 1pm, the Treasury announced that the high yield on today’s sale of $42 billion in 10Y paper was 4.468%, the highest yield since Jan 2025, and a […]

Pakistan ‘Categorically Rejects’ Reports It Hid Iranian Military Planes From US Attack A day after initial allegations were first widely reported, Pakistan’s government has issued a public rejection of claims that it hosted Iranian military aircraft in order to shield them from coming under US-Israeli attack during the opening weeks of Operation Epic Fury. However, Islamabad in the statement did acknowledged the presence of some […]

“Actions Speak Louder Than Words”: Can Tom Steyer Now Sue Katie Porter For Defamation? Authored by Jonathan Turley, California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer has run on the slogan of “actions speak louder than words.” It may now be time for him to prove it and bring a defamation action against opponent Katie Porter for her accusations that he engaged in dirty politics. Porter used a CNN interview to accuse Steyer of […]

Shadow Wars: IRGC Operatives Tried To Infiltrate Kuwait, Firefight Ensues Kuwait and Iran are barely separated by a small section of Iraqi coastline at the head of the Persian Gulf, but they do share a maritime border. But given the small oil-rich Sunni sheikdom’s close proximity to the Islamic Republic, and given its historic role in hosting American forces and bases, it is to be expected that it would be heavily targeted in […]