The Convenience Culture Crisis: How Second-Wave Feminism Helped Make America Sick Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), There is a version of my life that could have existed, and for a long time it looked like the path I was on. I was a successful restaurateur, financially independent, living a neat and polished life that most people would label as accomplishment. I could have stayed that woman. A single […]

In Surprise Reversal, Trump Now Supports GOP Release Of Epstein Files Less than 24 hours Days after President Donald Trump called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a traitor and mocked Thomas Massie’s dead wife – because they were among four Republicans pushing for a House floor vote to force the DOJ to release the Epstein files, Trump – likely sensing he dun goofed, big time, reversed course Sunday night and now supports their […]

Could A Small Venezuelan Island Be The Real Reason Behind the U.S. Military’s Caribbean Buildup Recent reporting highlights a sustained U.S. military buildup across the Caribbean, coinciding with briefings to President Trump in which senior Pentagon officials outlined potential operational scenarios against Venezuela. This activity has raised questions among observers about regime change operations.  Public justification and the […]

‘Freak Accident’: 13 Injured In Aussie Demolition Derby Crash Via AAP, A pall has been cast over a small country town after 13 people were injured when a demolition derby car ploughed into spectators in a “freak accident.” Emergency services descended on Walcha’s showgrounds, 90km from Tamworth in NSW, after a crash at the weekend Walcha Motorcycle Rally. An on-track collision in the demolition derby sent a speedway car […]

4 Dead After Suspected Migrant Boat Capsizes Off San Diego A wooden boat suspected to have been ferrying migrants toward the United States capsized in this week’s storm near San Diego, leaving at least four dead and four hospitalized, the Coast Guard announced Saturday.  A capsized boat, off the coast of Imperial Beach, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2025. Petty Officer 3rd Class Roberto Nieves/Defense Visual Information Distribution Service […]

Iran Says No Uranium Enrichment Happening At Any Nuclear Facility In The Country Iran, having seen its key nuclear facilities blown up by the Israeli and US surprise attacks of last June, and having long been under Washington and Western-led sanctions, could now be signaling a major olive branch. It is telling the West that there is nothing to worry about in terms of allegations of uranium enrichment or that it is striving toward a […]

Loomered: Trump Withdraws Nominee For Top IRS Lawyer President Donald Trump on Friday withdrew the nomination of veteran tax attorney Donald L. Korb to serve as the top lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), right as the Senate was preparing to vote on his nomination for assistant general counsel – which provides legal advice and support to departmental officials, including how the government interprets tax codes and […]

Japan Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Online Threats Against Prime Minister Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Japan has demanded action from Beijing over violent threats made by a Chinese envoy against Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as the Chinese regime ramps up pressure and threats against Tokyo. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) answers a question during a session of the House of […]

Corporate Bankruptcies On Pace For 15-Year High As More “Isolated Incidents” To Occur  First came the spectacular implosions of subprime auto lender Tricolor and auto-parts supplier First Brands. Then came the regional-bank fiasco, prompting JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to warn that more late-cycle accidents may be ahead. Add in signs that lower-income consumers are tapped out, frothy valuations across the AI equity sphere, and even […]

After Tucker Carlson Exposé, FBI Director Patel Says Trump Rally Shooter Thomas Crooks Acted Alone The same day that Tucker Carlson told America more than the FBI has about Donald Trump’s attempted assassin, Thomas Crooks, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that Crooks ‘acted alone’ in planning and conducting the attack.  FBI director Kash Patel (L) and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (R) speak during a press […]

US Debt Rose By $620 Billion During The Government Shutdown By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “This package demonstrates that we can govern without surrendering to big spending or letting Democrats dictate priorities,” wrote the House Freedom Caucus in some talking points released to the media. “We successfully stiff-armed a massive omnibus spending bill; locked in disciplined, flat spending levels; […]

US Installed Nearly 26 GW Of New Generating Capacity From January To August By Meris Lutz of UtilityDive Summary The U.S. installed nearly 26 GW of new generation capacity between January and August 2025, up slightly from the approximately 23 GW installed over the same period last year, according to the most recent monthly infrastructure report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. As it has for most of the past […]

ICE & Border Patrol Begin Sweeping Deportation Raids On Criminal Illegals In Charlotte Federal officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) carried out large-scale raids across Charlotte on Saturday as part of President Trump’s push to deport criminal illegal aliens.  Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Mecklenburg County Board Chair Mark Jerrell, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg […]

Record Numbers Of Young Women Want To Leave The US By Benedict Vigers of Gallup, For the second straight year, about one in five Americans say they would like to leave the U.S. and move permanently to another country if they could. This heightened desire to migrate is driven primarily by younger women. In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is […]

Rotation, pAIn, Or Smooth Sailing? Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities pAIn Ahead? Last weekend we published pAIn Ahead? which had two major problems: It is a bad idea to start a title with a small letter, as our publishing system is designed to force Capital Letters in titles, including the first word of the report. It is more than a little embarrassing to have a title “pAIn Ahead” out there as stocks […]

Virginia Neighborhood Shocked By Massive Home Addition Built For Three-Generation Family Multigenerational living has surged to a record high, with 17% of 2024 buyers purchasing homes designed for multiple generations, according to the National Association of Realtors.  Families are increasingly combining households to cope with elevated living costs, caregiving demands, and even the need to reconnect as a family unit. This trend […]

The Debt-Reduction Playbook: Can Today’s Governments Learn From The Past? Authored by Joe Sullivan-Bissett via BondVigiliantes.com, Government debt levels continue to linger in uncomfortable territory across developed markets, with fiscal deficits stubbornly high despite reasonably resilient growth and employment – especially when compared to past norms. This is not a post-crisis or post-war moment, yet debt levels resemble those […]

US ‘In Trouble’ – Ford CEO Can’t Find 5,000 Mechanics For $120k Jobs Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley has sounded an alarm about the state of the US job market, saying Ford has been unable to fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120,000 a year. Those $120,000 salaries are nearly double the US average.  “We are in trouble in our country. We are not talking about this enough,” said Farley in an appearance last week on the Office […]

Watch: Media Leftists Tip-Toe Around Trump Amid Lawsuit Fears Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Leftist media figures are increasingly walking on eggshells when discussing President Trump, hastily retracting or clarifying statements to avoid potential defamation lawsuits that could bankrupt their networks.  In recent clips, MSNBC’s Jen Psaki and CNN anchors have been caught mid-sentence backpedaling on inflammatory […]

Data Center Volatility, Batteries And The Electric Grid’s New Reality Published at UtilityDive and authored by Amanda Simonian of TerraFlow Energy, a Texas-based developer of long-duration energy storage solutions. I spent most of September on the road, from RE+ in Las Vegas to Climate Week NYC, Houston Energy and Climate Week and Data Center World Power in San Antonio. Four different audiences, four very different rooms, but one […]

Beginning Of A Revolution? Populist Revolt Shocks Mexico Chaos erupted in front of Mexico’s National Palace in Mexico City on Saturday after anti-corruption protests turned violent following the recent cartel murder of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo. Protesters are furious with leftist President Claudia Sheinbaum, while the government blames right-wing business interests for stoking the unrest. Reuters reports that 120 people and 100 […]

The Pentagon’s European Drawdown Won’t Alleviate Russia’s Security Concerns Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Romanian Defense Minister recently confirmed that the US will withdraw around half of its 2,000 troops as part of its plans to reprioritize Asia, which could include drawdowns from other countries as well. It was assessed last February that “Trump Is Unlikely To Pull All US Troops Out Of Central Europe Or […]

Goldman Sees Brighter US Housing Outlook Taking Shape For 2026 Conversations around the housing market this week revolved around Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte floating the idea of 50-year mortgages, pitched by the Trump administration as a clever way to make homes more “affordable” by lowering monthly payments, expanding access, and attracting more buyers. But stretching mortgages out for roughly 65% of the […]

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Free To Leave France As Travel Ban Lifted: Report Authored by Helen Partz via CoinTelegraph.com, French authorities have reportedly lifted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s travel ban amid an ongoing investigation into the messaging platform. Durov had been ordered to remain in France following his arrest in Paris in August last year, facing multiple charges related to his operation of Telegram. Durov was […]

A US Think-Tank Considers Armenia & Kazakhstan To Be Key Players For Containing Russia Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, They’re fearmongering about Russia’s intentions towards those two in parallel with proposing closer US ties with them. The Washington Post recently published a piece fearmongering that Putin’s “next stop” after Ukraine might be Armenia and/or Kazakhstan, which they released in the run-up […]