Trump ‘Gets To Control The Throttle’ Of War, Hegseth Insists, As Iran Vows ‘Eye For Eye’ Summary: Divergent signals flying between Tehran and Washington: Witkoff says Trump “always willing to talk” to Iran, the question is whether or not it is worth it. Trump-Putin spoke Monday, and Putin-Pezeshkian spoke Tuesday. Meanwhile Tehran defiant: no ceasefire, vows maximum pain. Operation ‘mostly achieved goals’ – Trump says as […]

ASP Isotopes Jump On “Material Progress Toward Commercial Uranium Enrichment” Just days after we covered the story on Quantum Leap Energy’s non-binding MOU with a major U.S. nuclear utility, Canaccord Genuity analyst George Gianarikas reiterated his buy rating on the beaten down ASP Isotopes, with an $11 price target citing “material progress” toward commercial uranium enrichment on two continents. On February 23, QLE inked […]

House Of Horrors: Cops Search Epstein’s Zorro Ranch For Strangled Girls, ‘Human Experimentation’ Weeks after New Mexico officials launched an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico – which has since been purchased to turn into a Christian retreat, the FBI and local law enforcement descended on the 7,500 acre property in search of dark secrets, including the possible graves of trafficked girls who may have […]

First Deutsche Bank, Now UBS Warns U.S. Airlines “Nearly 100% Unhedged” Against Energy Shock Building on Deutsche Bank analyst Michael Linenberg’s warning last week that surging jet fuel prices pose an “existential threat” to airlines, analysts at UBS offered their own take on the unfolding energy shock set to unleash turbulence across the industry, noting that U.S. airlines are “nearly 100% unhedged” against jet fuel costs above […]

Shots Fired At U.S. Consulate In Toronto As Iran War Fuels Terror Fears Submitted by The Bureau’s Sam Cooper, Police responded at 5:29 a.m. Tuesday to reports that someone fired shots at the American Consulate at University Avenue and Queen Street West in the heart of Toronto, in an incident that comes as Western security agencies confront growing fears that the Iran war is triggering retaliatory violence far beyond the Middle […]

Boeing Slides After Wiring Flaw Discovery Set To Delay Some 737 Max Deliveries Boeing shares fell a little more than 3% in late-morning trading in New York after a new report from The Wall Street Journal stated that deliveries of some narrow-body 737 MAX jets would be delayed following the discovery of scratched wiring on newly built aircraft. Boeing told the WSJ that each affected jet can be fixed within days and that the wiring […]

World’s Biggest Hedge Funds Crushed By Oil Price Surge We knew something was off when Bloomberg reported yesterday that Balyasny’s chief commodities strategist, Damien Courvalin, whom the multi-strat hedge fund poached from Goldman in 2023 after a 16-year span at the bank where he led the bank’s oil research and become one of the most prominent oil analysts on Wall Street, had left the hedge fund where he oversaw the fimr’s […]

Archer Accuses Flying Taxi Rival Joby Of Depending On Chinese Suppliers Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Flying taxi maker Archer Aviation has alleged that its rival Joby Aviation has been misleading regulators and investors for years by hiding its connections to China. In a March 9 filing in federal court in California, Archer accused Joby of running a manufacturing unit in Shenzhen, China, for more than a decade […]

Stocks Jump, Oil Tumbles After IEA Calls Extraordinary Meeting To Decide On SPR Release With oil reversing much of the overnight losses as we neared the start of US cash open trading, futures slumped and it felt like we were back to square one.  That’s when the jawboning out of the G7 members – many of whom are already at their breaking point in terms of soaring input costs – decided to double down on the jawboning rhetoric from […]

N.C. Medicaid Scammers Sentenced To Over 14 Years In Prison For ‘Somali-Style Fraud’ Scheme Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, A federal judge has sentenced four individuals to more than 14 years in federal prison for running a $12.7 Million “Minnesota-Somali-style fraud” scheme in North Carolina that paid more than $1 Million in kickbacks to drug addicted patients. The fraudsters, Brandon Eugene Sims, 40; […]

US Existing Home Sales Bounced In February As Mortgage Rates Tumbled Despite tumbling mortgage rates, existing home sales plunged (the most since COVID) in January, with some blaming ‘below-normal temperatures’ despite The West suffering the biggest declines (and unaffected by the winter storms). Consensus was for a modest 0.8% MoM decline in February (again despite an ongoing drop in mortgage rates) but sales actually surprised to […]

89 Arrested In Florida Human Trafficking Operation, Sheriff’s Office Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A sheriff’s office in Florida announced this week that an undercover operation led to 89 human and sex trafficking-related arrests, resulting in more than 1,200 separate felony charges. A Hillsborough County Sheriff vehicle as seen in a file photo. Google Maps via The Epoch Times The […]

After 144 Years In New Jersey, Exxon Asks Shareholders To Back Texas Move To Cut Litigation Risks Whether it is Chevron, Tesla, Oracle, Caterpillar, CBRE, Fisher Investments, and/or an expanding roster of other major companies, corporate America has spent the better part of the post-Covid era shifting headquarters to Texas for one simple reason: the state offers a much more business-friendly environment than left-leaning blue […]

ADP Signals Best Job Gains In Almost 4 Months, As BLS Payrolls Plunged For the four weeks ending February 21, 2026, ADP reports that private employers added an average of 15,500 jobs a week.  Employment gains reached their highest since Thanksgiving week last year, holding steady in February after five straight weeks of strengthening.  This positive labor market signal stands in the face of last week’s surprised plunge in […]

Futures Slide, Reversing Overnight Gains As “Off-Ramp Optimism” Fades S&P futures are unchanged this morning, but approaching session low, following Trump comments that appeared to be the first signs of an off-ramp which however were followed by renewed fighting in the Middle East. While the risk is of re-escalation, JPMorgan writes that we are “seeing a global unwind of war-related trades as the market awaits additional news […]

Diversity Wars: Pro-Palestine Watermelon Mural Triggers Black Community In Richmond Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In Richmond, Virginia, a pro-Palestine mural has sparked massive backlash from Black residents, who have taken offense to the watermelon in the image, suggesting it recalls degrading stereotypes of the Jim Crow era. The mural, splashed across a building at the intersection of Brookland […]

As Trade Growth Surged, Goldman’s One-Delta Desk-Head Asks “Is China Done Exporting Deflation?” China’s trade growth accelerated sharply in January-February (exports: +21.8% yoy, imports: +19.8% yoy) and came in well above consensus expectations, prompting Goldman’s Rich Privorotsky to ask: Rebounding aggressively. China exports were strong and CPI came in hot earlier in the week, prompting the question: is China done exporting […]

Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over ‘Supply-Chain Risk’ Designation As White House Preps EO To Disentangle Update: A top Pentagon official sees little chance of resuming negotiations with Anthropic over military use of its AI tools after the company launched their lawsuit.  On Monday, under secretary of defense for research and engineering said that the lawsuit was an ‘expected reaction’ and that the company’s move wouldn’t alter the […]

Record Childhood Obesity Surge Puts MAHA Health Goals In Focus Childhood obesity in the United States has reached its highest recorded level, renewing debate over school meals, physical activity, nutrition policy and the role of weight-loss medications for young people, according to The Hill. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more than 1 in 5 children and teenagers were obese between 2021 and 2023, up […]

UK Govt Plots Another X Shutdown Over Grok’s “Offensive” Roasts Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The UK government under Keir Starmer is once again eyeing a total ban on X, this time claiming Grok’s ability to spit out “insults” and “offensive language” poses a dire threat. But as users on the platform point out, this is just another excuse to silence dissent against the regime. Fresh reports reveal […]

Trump Threatens Harder Strikes If Iran Hits Global Oil Supply, Pledges US ‘Excursion’ Nearly Complete Summary: Trump pledges Iran ‘excursion’ going to be ended soon, but warned “Iran will be hit harder” if it starts up again, or if Tehran targets global global oil supplies. When asked by reporter, Trump refuses to say if new Ayatollah has a target on his back. Trump tells Republican conference it is going to be a […]

Sheikhspeare Authored by James Alexander via DailySceptic.org, Hegel said everything important in world history happens twice. Marx added, grimly: “The first time as tragedy, the second as farce.” And here is my thrupenny bit. Everything important said by anyone in world history is said twice: the first time as farcical observation, the second as academic argument. As evidence I submit the following. A few weeks ago I […]

Coal Prices Surge As Energy Shock Forces Power Plant Fuel Switching In Exposed Countries Asian benchmark Newcastle coal prices jumped more than 9% to $150/ton (as per BBG data) at the start of the week, as energy flows across the Gulf area remain disrupted and transit through the Strait of Hormuz has significantly slowed. The rise in coal prices is being driven by a broader energy shock, with surging gas prices making coal a more […]

London Museum Hides Portrait Behind Cloth To “Reclaim” Caribbean History Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In yet another brazen attempt to erase history, the London Museum Docklands has half-covered a portrait of 18th-century merchant Beeston Long with Madras cloth, all in the name of “reclaim[ing] Caribbean history.” This symbolic shrouding targets Long’s investments in Jamaican plantations, turning a piece of […]

Gulf Firms Seek Millions In Political Violence Coverage Amid Rising Tensions Companies across the Gulf are rushing to purchase political violence insurance as regional fighting intensifies, seeking protection for major infrastructure and commercial properties against the growing risk of attacks and collateral damage, according to FT. Insurers and brokers say they have received hundreds of inquiries in recent days from asset owners […]