US, Iran, Mediators In Ceasefire Talks Before Promised Catastrophic Escalation: Axios With a potential globally-catastrophic escalation looming on Tuesday, Middle East mediators are communicating with Iran and the United States about a proposed 45-day ceasefire, Axios reported Sunday evening. The ceasefire is being positioned as the first of a two-phased deal, with the second phase being a negotiated, permanent end to the war that […]

‘New Iranian Terror Group’ Claims Responsibility For Attacks Across Europe A group that did not exist online or anywhere else before March 9, 2026, has suddenly claimed responsibility for a string of low-tech arson and attempted bombings at synagogues and US banks across Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and the UK. Police in Paris at the scene of the thwarted attack on the offices of Bank of America © Nathan Laine/Bloomberg […]

Europe’s Looming Jet Fuel Crisis: Hormuz, Policy Failure, And A Self-Inflicted Supply Shock Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Politics has established a new routine. Right at 12 noon, prices at German gas stations now rise day after day. The government’s pricing decree, a hastily assembled mechanism, acts like an accelerant in an already dramatically strained fuel supply situation. Anyone with rudimentary economic understanding […]

‘Open The F**kin’ Strait’: Trump Threatens To ‘Blow Everything Up’ If No Iran Deal By Tuesday Summary:  Trump offers Iranian negotiators amnesty, threatens to ‘blow everything up’ if no deal IEA Head warns Asia (implying Beijing) is panic hoarding fuel Trump warns Iran ‘Open the Fuckin’ Strait’ or “you’ll be living in hell’ Trump Talks With Fox Reporter About US-Iran Negotiations  Shortly after President Trump […]

Countries Losing Trust In The US Global perceptions of the United States are shifting. Data from the Munich Security Conference shows a clear decline in trust across advanced and emerging economies. This visualization, created by Visual Capitalist’s Julia Wendling, in partnership with Inigo, provides visual context to these shifting perceptions and highlights where sentiment is changing fastest. These shifts reflect a broader […]

Did This Small Device Help Special Forces Locate Downed F-15 Crew The New York Times confirmed that U.S. Special Forces operators were behind the recovery of the second crew member from the downed F-15E fighter jet, locating and extracting the weapons systems officer in a daring overnight mission deep inside Iranian territory. Confirmed presence of Seal Team 6 in pilot rescue op moved the “US forces entering Iran” market to 100%. […]

NATO Was A Big Loser In The Iran War Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), NATO members are not legally required to join any member’s military operations that are not formally sanctioned by the alliance or not aimed at protecting the homelands of the membership. But they often do just that. President Donald Trump speaks from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington on April 1, 2026. Alex […]

Long-Term Social Media Use Linked to Depression, Self-Harm in Young People: Study Authored by Jerry Zhu via The Epoch Times, An Australian-led study has found children and teenagers who spend more time on social media are more likely to experience depression, self-harm, substance use, and lower achievement later in life. Published in JAMA Pediatrics, the systematic review examined data from 153 studies consisting of over 350,000 […]

These Are America’s Biggest Christian Groups The Catholic Church is America’s largest Christian group – but it doesn’t have the most churches. Drawing on data from the U.S. Religion Census, compiled by Julie Peasley via Visual Capitalist, this visualization compares the country’s biggest Christian denominations by two measures: adherents and congregations. The comparison highlights a key divide in how these groups are […]

California Bans Government Officials From Using Insider Knowledge To Bet On Prediction Markets Authored by Dylan Morgan via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday issued an executive order banning state officials from using insider knowledge to profit, or assist another person in profiting, on prediction markets, effective immediately. The governor’s office said there have been mounting reports of individuals […]

SEC Case Against Musk Over Twitter Stake Heads to Trial Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are no longer pursuing a quick settlement and instead appear headed for a courtroom fight over Musk’s 2022 takeover of Twitter, according to Bloomberg. In a status update filed Wednesday, both sides said they had explored possible resolutions but ultimately agreed the case isn’t suited for mediation. “The parties […]

Diesel Surges Above $8 In San Fran As Gulf Shock Exposes California’s Disastrous Policies The Gulf energy shock is exposing the consequences of California’s economic mismanagement under the state’s one-party rule of Democratic kings and queens. Years of failed “green” policies, regulatory overreach, high taxes, endless environmental mandates, and heavy reliance on Asian refineries have transformed California into an energy […]

Wildfire And Drought Risks Spike As California Enters Dry Season With Just 18% Snowpack California is entering its dry season with far less snow than usual, heightening drought concerns across the state, according to Bloomberg. Snowpack stands at just 18% of normal statewide, according to the Department of Water Resources. Conditions are especially severe in the Sierra Nevada: the northern region has only 6% of typical levels, […]

Obama’s Tower Of Doom Is Harder To Get Into Than America Itself Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In yet another jaw-dropping display of elite hypocrisy, Barack Obama’s Chicago Presidential Center – long derided as the “Tower of Doom” – now requires proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency just to enter a ticket giveaway for its grand opening ceremony on June 18, 2026. While Democrats in […]

Oil Up, Stocks Down As War Rhetoric Rises, Deadlines Loom After a long weekend of kinetic and verbal escalation (and a strong payrolls print), and with President Trump reminded Iran that his deadline for a deal looms, it is no surprise that oil prices are higher in early trading… WTI topped $115… Near post-war highs… And despite the recent hope-filled decoupling of oil and stocks… …S&P futures also weak, […]

Iran Threatens “Complete And Utter Annihilation” Of OpenAI’s $30BN Stargate Data Center In Abu Dhabi In a move that may well have been sponsored by Dario Amodei or Elon Musk, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a clear public warning to the US that any damage inflicted on Iran’s power infrastructure will be met with decisive retaliation. Specifically, IRGC spokesperson Brigadier General Ebrahim Zolfaghari […]

OPEC+ Agrees To Boost Output By Another 206,000 Barrels A Day When Strait Of Hormuz Reopens With the world’s attention glued to every headline out of Iran, it is understandable why today’s OPEC+ meeting was largely ignored, although with roughly 12% of global oil output throttled at the Strait of Hormuz, it’s not as if even OPEC+ could do much to offset the supply shock.  Earlier on Sunday, the oil-producing cartel (where Iran is […]

What Season Is It? March temperatures across the Mid-Atlantic region were all over the place, swinging from the low 70s to cold and snowy the next day; the same pattern appears to be carrying into early April. Temperatures across the Washington, DC-Baltimore metro area were in the low 80s on Saturday, while New York City was in the high 60s. More of March’s schizophrenic weather looks set to return Monday night into Tuesday, […]

The Four Iran War End-Games Revisited, And The Peak Pressure Points Submitted By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities A Yogi Berra Kind of Weekend There is something special about “home openers.” The baseball season can drag on, but the home opener is such a great reminder that summer is on the way and that the possibility of winning it all remains in your reach. Maybe that is why I have Yogi Berra on my mind. Or maybe, and far […]

Feds Clear Path To Keep California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant Open For 20 More Years Federal regulators have approved keeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant running for decades longer, granting 20-year license renewals for its two reactors, according to Yahoo/San Fran Chronicle.  Located on the San Luis Obispo County coast, Unit 1 is now cleared to operate through 2044 and Unit 2 through 2045. The decision marks a significant […]

Trump Seeks $152 Million To Reopen Alcatraz Prison Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The White House on Friday requested $152 million to reopen Alcatraz, which is offshore from San Francisco, as a federal prison. The funding appears in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, released by the administration. It would cover first-year costs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild the island facility into “a […]

The New York Times Made A Humiliating Error, And Trump Is Just Loving It Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media, The New York Times set out Friday to embarrass President Donald Trump over his hardline stance on NATO. It wound up spectacularly backfiring on them. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File Several NATO nations have declined to join a U.S.-Israel military operation targeting Iran. Alliance members also refused Trump’s requests to […]

“Unprecedented” Withdrawal Requests Now Hitting Private Credit Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance Late last week it was reported that one private credit company has effectively frozen up under a wave of redemption requests, an abrupt liquidity crunch that will likely do lasting damage to what little credibility it still had with investors. This is exactly the kind of stress event I’ve been expecting ever since I flagged that […]

DOE FY27 Budget Requests $45 Billion in Nuclear Funding The White House fiscal year 2027 budget proposal has requested almost $54 billion for the Department of Energy in fiscal year 2027, with almost 80% of that funding going towards nuclear energy and nuclear deterrent programs. The funding request represents a nearly $5 billion increase from 2026 levels. Outside of the $32.8 billion in funding requested for the National Nuclear […]

Eisen Vs Every ‘Trumper’: There Is Quite A Battle Shaping-Up… Authored by James Howard Kunstler, The Red Line “The ends must justify the means — the only question is what means are necessary.” – Saul Alinsky Why do the news anchor ladies of CNN, Erin Burnett, Kate Bolduan, always look so depressed on the air? They never smile. Their faces always register something between grave concern and hysteria. Is it the network’s […]