This Is What You Get When Commies Are Running NYC… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, New York City, already reeling from crime under years of radical leftist rule, now faces a proposal that sounds ripped straight from a communist energy-rationing handbook: mandatory blackouts every night. Manhattan Assemblywoman Deborah Glick is sponsoring the “Dark Skies Protection Act,” which would require businesses and […]

“Green-Dot Sunday” Is Non-Negotiable: Oil Up, Stocks Down As War Begins 2nd Month As last week wore on, it felt increasingly like the market was transitioning from pricing inflation risk (from a ‘brief’ energy supply shock) to weighing a demand-shock-driven growth scare (from a longer lasting disruption) as bonds rallied in the face of higher oil and lower stocks (stagflation). Last week saw three attempts at unilateral […]

Sophisticated Drone Swarms Disrupt Operations At Barksdale Air Force Base Earlier this month, Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, faced an unprecedented threat from sophisticated drone swarms. These drones, operating in waves of 12 to 15 units each, loitered over the base for approximately four hours daily, disrupting critical operations and forcing the Air Force to halt activities and shelter personnel.  […]

Bigger Isn’t Better: A Case For Downsizing The Federal Reserve Authored by via Paul Mueller via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), President Trump’s conflicts with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and with Board of Governors member Lisa Cook have obscured real shortcomings at the Federal Reserve and brought little useful change. These conflicts tend to focus on whether the Fed’s target interest rate is […]

Beyond Muscle: New Research Shows Creatine Powers The Brain – Fast Creatine is an amazing compound that our bodies make naturally. Long used in the gym for peak muscle performance, a flood of recent research shows that it has profound effects on brain metabolism, cognitive performance under stress (including sleep deprivation), memory, attention, and even mood support. It’s also extremely safe for the vast majority of people.  […]

Iran Allowing 20 More Ships Through Strait Of Hormuz, Pakistan Says Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, Iran has agreed to allow 20 Pakistani-flagged ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz unharmed, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced on March 28. Dar presented the announcement as a sign of good faith from Tehran, as Iranian forces continue to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has actively […]

Gamer Backlash Hits Sony After PlayStation Price Hike: “Older Stuff Should Get Cheaper, Not Expensive” Gamers, already upset over rising memory, CPU, and GPU prices, woke up to more bad news this morning. This time, Sony posted a new entry on the PlayStation Blog announcing price hikes for the PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal, blaming “continued pressures in the global economic landscape.” “We know that price changes impact […]

From Market Economist To Military Strategist By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Technically I’m not an economist, I just play one on TV (CNBC and Bloomberg TV from last Monday). While I am not a military strategist, everyone in the market and corporate America is being forced to be one, to some extent. Academy is in a unique position to offer unbiased, nonpolitical assessments of the conflict with our Geopolitical Intelligence […]

DHS Shutdown Now The Longest In US History Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, The partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) became the longest in U.S. history on March 29. The DHS shutdown reached its 44th day on Sunday, breaking the previous record set during the U.S. government shutdown in the fall of 2025. Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill have blamed each other for the […]

“I’m Sorry, But The Fed Has Run Out Of Road”  Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance There is a special kind of denial that only financial markets can sustain. It is the quiet insistence that everything is fine because the S&P is only down about 10%, as if that number alone captures the health of an entire financial system. It is the belief that until equities are in full free fall, nothing truly serious can be happening […]

Pentagon Eyes ‘Weeks’ Of Ground Operations In Iran As IRGC Threatens Tit-For-Tat Strikes On Universities Summary Report says Pentagon has been weeks in preparing ground operations as initial Marines arrive in region (WaPo). Foreign ministers of regional countries seeking peace & offramp in Pakistan meeting on Sunday. After two Iranian university campuses struck by attacks, IRGC issues warning for American […]

Subprime Crisis 2.0: Will Private Credit Be The Trigger? Via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, We have recently tackled the rising stress in the Private Credit markets. Here are a few of our previous warnings: Fitzpatrick: Soros CEO & CIO Warns of a Reckoning Private Credit Stress: Will The Fed Backstop Exuberance Again? – RIA Is Private Equity A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing? After 30 years of watching credit cycles […]

Over 3,500 US Troops Arrive In Middle East As Houthis Enter War Summary US troops arrive: More than 3,500 U.S. troops, including the USS Tripoli with about 2,500 Marines, arrived in the Middle East, officials announced Saturday, as strikes in the Iran war intensified Houthis enter the war: Houthis launch their first missile barrage on Israel since Operation Epic Fury. Red Sea shipping could once again be under direct […]

Map Shows Homebuilders Pulling Back Nationwide “Given Limited Visibility To Demand” Even as homebuilders offer mortgage-rate buydowns, closing-cost incentives, and upgraded amenities to attract buyers on the sidelines, clouds of uncertainty continue to build over the housing market. New U.S. single-family permit activity fell again in January, highlighting yet more caution among builders ahead of the spring selling season as they […]

Trump Asks Congress To Pass Clean Reauthorization Of FISA Spy Powers Authored by Joseph Lord and Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump asked Congress this week to pass a clean reauthorization of a critical—but controversial—spying authority as the U.S. military operation in Iran continues. “I have called for a clean 18-month extension,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, noting that Senate […]

‘Incredibly Problematic’ – Iran Destroys US AWACS Jet At Saudi Airbase In a major feat that comes weeks after the White House claimed that Iran’s ballistic missile capability had been “functionally destroyed,” Iran has laid waste to one of only 16 American E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft in the world, sending $500 million worth of technology up in smoke and crimping the US military’s ability to […]

North Sea Oil Fight Escalates As Starmer Cites Legal Limits Authored by Mauricio Alencar via City A.M., Sir Keir Starmer has said he doesn’t hold legal powers to approve fresh exploration of North Sea oil and gas fields, with the decision falling in the hands of net zero secretary Ed Miliband. Starmer said current legislation determined that a quasi-judicial decision relating to cases for more gas extraction at Shell’s […]

“Clearly A Concerted Effort”: Foiled Terror Attack At BofA’s Paris HQ Tied To Mideast War, France Says Summary: Foiled Terror Attack at BofA Paris HQ French authorities have now arrested three suspects tied to the foiled terror attack at BofA’s Paris office. Authorities say the plot appears linked to the broader U.S.-Iran conflict in the Middle East. The suspects allegedly tried to detonate a homemade explosive device […]

Watch: Top Arms Control Official Refuses To Confirm Israel Has Nukes In the latest indication of America’s deteriorating relationship with the State of Israel, a federal legislator used a Capitol Hill hearing to ask a simple but long-forbidden question of America’s top arms control official: “Does Israel have nuclear weapons?”  The official repeatedly refused to say what everyone knows — that Israel has hundreds of nuclear […]

UK’s Ofcom To Investigate Complaints Of Climate-Change Denial Authored by Paul Homewood via notalotofpeopleknowthat blog, This is frightening. Indeed it is truly Orwellian… From the Guardian: A U-turn by the UK’s broadcasting regulator Ofcom means it will investigate complaints of climate change denial on television and radio for the first time since 2017. The move marks a victory for campaigners who have accused the […]

Escobar: The Long And Winding Petro-Gold Road Authored by Pepe Escobar, The 15-point plan that Team Trump presented to Iran is already D.O.A. It’s an imposed capitulation: a surrender document disguised as “negotiation”. The non-plan plan – imposing demands while begging for a one-month ceasefire – includes zero uranium enrichment on Iranian soil; full dismantlement of Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow installations; all […]

Trump Ready To Take US Arms For Ukraine & Divert Them To Middle East The Iran war has been bad for Ukraine, and President Zelensky knows it. He’s frequently been warning partners not to let the global focus on the latest Middle East war distract from supporting Kiev. But President Trump himself made fresh remarks highlighting just this situation, signaling he’s willing to reroute arms originally tied to Ukraine toward the […]

Israeli Forces Raise Flag Over Syrian Town In Latest Raid: ‘Provocative Act’ Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, Israeli military vehicles rolled into the town of Hadr in Syria’s Quneitra Governorate days ago and raised the Israeli flag over the town’s entrance. Locals say they also closed all but one road leading into or out of the town, and established a checkpoint on that road as well. Though Israel routinely raids […]

6 Things To Know As Iran Conflict Hits 1-Month Mark Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, A month has passed since U.S. and Israeli forces jointly launched a surprise attack on Iran, delivering the opening blow in an ongoing effort the U.S. military has dubbed Operation Epic Fury. Iranian forces have since retaliated with attacks on targets across the region and spooked international trade. President Donald Trump has […]

US Monitoring Surge In China’s Detention Of Panama-Flagged Vessels Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission on March 26 accused China of detaining Panama-flagged vessels in response to Panama’s termination of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison’s concessions for two key ports. Panama’s Supreme Court ruled in late January that the concessions held by Panama Ports Company, a unit of CK […]