Price Controls Arrive: South Korea, Taiwan Impose Fuel Price Cap It’s a bloodbath across Asian markets this morning with Asia being the world’s largest oil-importing region. Based on a Goldman analysis of the impact of higher oil on real GDP growth (chart below), China is the most insulated from supply-driven oil price increases compared to other emerging Asian economies, with $15/bbl higher crude oil prices leading to 0-0.1pp […]

When Reagan (Wisely) Cut & Run From The Middle East After Marine Barracks Bombing Authored by Jim Bovard In his recent comments justifying a preventive war against Iran, President Donald Trump declared, “In 1983, Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel.” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has invoked that attack numerous times. The 1983 Beirut barracks attack is […]

US Aims To Exhume And Identify 88 USS Arizona Crew Members Buried As Unknowns After Pearl Harbor The U.S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines killed aboard the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, part of a renewed effort to identify servicemen who were buried as unknowns in the aftermath of the assault. A grave marker for an unknown casualty from the USS Arizona is shown at the […]

‘Small Price To Pay’: Trump Says Surging Oil Prices Will ‘Drop Rapidly’ Once Iran Nuke Threat Over It seems someone tapped the President on the shoulder given this afternoon’s explosive opening in futures and he has posted X that spiking oil prices are a “small price to pay” for world peace, adding that prices “will drop rapidly” once the Iran nuclear threat is over. It’s Sunday night and the much-hoped for de-escalation has not […]

Conscientious Objector Group: Phone ‘Ringing Off Hook’ As Huge Mobilization Underway An 80-year-old nonprofit that advises conscientious objectors says its phone is “ringing off the hook” as American service members who object to the US-and-Israel-initiated war on Iran are seeking guidance on how to avoid being a part of it. Ominously, the group’s executive director says the breadth of force mobilization is much like the run-up to […]

The Oil Island That Could Break Iran Authored by Scott Walden via E&E News, One of President Donald Trump’s most potent moves for crippling the Iranian regime may involve seizing a tiny island where gazelles run free near oil infrastructure. The 5-mile strip of land known as Kharg Island is home to Iran’s most important oil facility, an export terminal in the Persian Gulf that handles up to 90 percent of the nation’s […]

‘Dems Want Net-Zero… This Is It’: Secretary Wright Urges Indian Point Nuclear Plant Restart In a press conference at the shuttered Indian Point site, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) urged the immediate rebuilding and reopening of the Indian Point nuclear plant, framing it as a practical fix for New York’s self-inflicted energy woes. “Nuclear power is the cleanest source of energy,” Wright stated. […]

Operation Epic Fury – Déjà Vu Authored by Martin A. Perryman via RealClearDefense, In February, the Republican President, after conducting military operations against the government of a foreign power, appealed directly to the armed forces and to the citizens to rise and overthrow the regime. While this sounds ripped from Saturday’s headlines, it occurred in 1991, the President was George H. W. Bush, the foreign power was Iraq, […]

Credit – A Little Bit Louder Now Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Credit ‘Hey, hey, A, yeah, yahhh… you make me wanna shout!!’ After a tumultuous week, if there was one thing we could do for you, it is put a song in your head that hopefully makes you smile. Seriously, a song featured in Animal House and Wedding Crashers should make you smile, at least for a moment. This week’s T-Report follows up last […]

Xi Hints At More Top Purges, Issues Warning To ‘Corrupt Elements’ In Chinese Army One of the big themes to come out of China over the past several months (and even years) has been Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (apparently ongoing) sweeping purge of PLA military command ranks on the basis of “corruption” – or rather what is most probably perceived disloyalty. Already there’s been several top dismissals including the firings […]

Waste Of The Day: DEI Contractors Remain In Military’s K-12 Schools Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: Controversial education firms that helped embed diversity, equity and inclusion principles in K-12 military schools during President Joe Biden’s administration are still working with the Department of Defense Education Activity, or DoDEA, and received a total of $171,175 in 2025. Key facts: […]

Deutsche Bank Warns Energy Shock “Existential Threat” To Airlines, May Force Some To Ground Fleets Flight disruptions tied to Operation Epic Fury in the Middle East exceeded 14,000 by the end of last week. While there were early signs of normalization by mid-week, the global aviation industry remains disrupted, with some of the weakest airlines facing an increased risk that surging energy prices could lead to the idling of […]

Wisconsin Man Who Killed Parents To Fund ‘Satanic’ Trump Assassination Attempt Sentenced A Wisconsin teenager who murdered his parents and stole their money to fund his plan to kill President Trump with a bomb was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday. Nikita Casap, 18, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, and his stepfather, Donald […]

How To Ensure A Harmonious Future With AI Authored by Peter Solomon via RealClearWire.com, Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents human civilization with many spectacular benefits as well as the potential for significant dangers. AI can increase productivity, efficiency, creativity and research results in many industries. In medicine, AI can enhance the accuracy of diagnoses, design individualized treatments, and accelerate drug […]

Iran Picks Khamenei’s Son As Next Supreme Leader Update (1745ET): As was rumored and widely expected, the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba, will become Iran’s next supreme leader, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency announced, taking over after his father was killed in an attack by the US and Israel. Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is the third person to lead the Islamic Republic and the first example of hereditary succession […]

Brazil At A Historical Crossroads Authored by Deborah Palma via the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), Brazil finds itself at a historical crossroads that demands a rigorous analysis of its institutional structures. The release of the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), record-breaking data from the Impostômetro, and the persistence of an authoritarian labor framework expose a system of economic asphyxiation and moral […]

US Energy Chief Says Oil ‘Fear Premium’ Over Iran Is Temporary, Says Prices To Fall In ‘Weeks, Not Months’ Energy Secretary Chris Wright made the rounds on network TV Sunday to reassure viewers that the sharp rise in oil and gas prices due to the Iran war – which Trump has no problem sticking US consumers with for a while – would prove short-lived, and has downplayed the spike as a transient “fear premium” vs. a fundamental […]

Cuba Is Negotiating Deal With US, Trump Says Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump said March 8 that the Cuban government is negotiating a deal with him and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Speaking at his “Shield ​of the Americas” gathering of Latin American leaders in Miami, ​Florida, Trump said that Cuba is “at the end of the line” due to Venezuela cutting off oil deliveries after […]

After Dems Record-Breaking (And Useless) Drain, Schumer ‘Demands’ Trump Release Oil From The SPR ‘Immediately’ In 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which disrupted global oil supplies and drove US gasoline prices to record highs above $5 per gallon in June, the Biden administration authorized unprecedented releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to ease fuel costs as the 2022 Midterm elections loomed (and […]

Kremlin: “We Are Not Neutral. We Support Iran.” Russia says it stands with its ally Iran, at a moment Washington officials are outraged at reports that Moscow is supporting Tehran with targeting intelligence related to US bases and Pentagon assets in the region amid Operation Epic Fury. That allegation was first reported by The Washington Post days ago. President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Iranian President Masoud […]

Scientists Train Lab-Grown Human Brain Cells To Play Doom Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a development that sounds like a Black Mirror script, Australian biotech firm Cortical Labs has taught clusters of human brain cells – grown in a lab – to interact with the iconic video game Doom. With roots in earlier work that had these “mini-brains” mastering Pong, the leap to Doom signals rapid progress in […]

Biden Tells Majority Black Crowd: ‘I’m A Hell Of A Lot Smarter Than Most Of You’ Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Former President Joe Biden made a rare public appearance Friday and drew criticism over what some observers described as a racially insensitive remark.  Speaking at the funeral of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, Biden told attendees — including prominent civil rights figures and other […]

Two Radicals Arrested After Targeting Anti-Islam NYC Protest With Shrapnel-Packed Devices Update: The FBI is on the case now too…  An NYPD spokeswoman said two counterprotesters, identified as 18-year-old Amir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Nick, threw improvised devices at demonstrators participating in a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” protest. Both suspects were arrested shortly after the incident. BREAKING: […]

Former Members Of Alleged Texas Antifa Cell Shed Light On Ideology During Trial Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times, Individuals identified as North Texas Antifa members testified in a landmark domestic terrorism case that social justice and anti-government ideology influenced their involvement with the group. The trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas follows President Donald […]

It Begins: Iranian Drone Strikes Bahrain Desalination Plant As Worst-Case Scenario Unfolds Update (Sunday):  From data centers in the Gulf area to water desalination plants, the worst-case scenario is now unfolding in the Middle East conflict, with no boundaries regarding civilian infrastructure. We warned earlier last week, after correctly predicting that data centers would be targeted, that water desalination plants would be […]