A Teachers’ Union Hits The Wrong Target Authored by Stephen Soukup via American Greatness, The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) is the largest teachers-only public pension system in the country, with more than $400 billion in assets under management. As of December 31, 2024, CalSTRS directly held three-quarters of a million shares of Target Corporation, worth more than $100 million. If one were to add in the […]

Approval Of Trump’s Presidency And The War On Iran Hit New Lows Americans’ approval of the US-Israeli war on Iran has reached another record low, pulling Trump’s approval rating down with it, to the worst reading of either of his two terms in office, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The new findings also show likely spillover effects for the November midterms that will benefit Democrats seeking to retake the majority in […]

Only 35% Of Women Under-25 Have Positive View Of Men; Survey Finds ‘Heteroflexible’ Is The Fastest Growing Sexual Orientation In America Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, Our culture is being transformed at a pace that is difficult to comprehend. The numbers that I am going to share with you in this article paint an undeniable picture about where our society is heading. That doesn’t mean that the […]

Amazon’s New Warehouses May Process Packages 2.5 Times Faster With Far Fewer Workers Amazon is developing a new warehouse concept aimed at automating one of the most stubbornly manual parts of online retail: preparing a chaotic mix of packages for the final trip to customers’ homes, according to Business Insider. Known internally as Project Tetromino, the proposed facilities would sit at the end of Amazon’s logistics network. […]

Washington Backs Brazil’s Serra Verde Mine In $1.55 Billion Rare-Earth Push The U.S. Department of War has announced a $750 million investment aimed at securing long-term supplies of critical rare-earth elements from Serra Verde’s Pela Ema mine in central Brazil, as Washington accelerates efforts to reduce its dependence on China for strategically important minerals, according to a DOW press release out this week.  The […]

Trump Says All Mines Cleared From Strait Of Hormuz, Warns Military Options Still On Table President Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to declare that all mines have been removed from the Strait of Hormuz – it what seems yet another attempt to declare all is well at a moment Washington has shifted from prior military operations to an economic ‘strangulation’ and siege policy targeting the Islamic Republic. “I have just been […]

Here’s How AI Is Impacting America’s Mental Health Crisis Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, When Americans are feeling down, instead of calling a mental health professional, a growing number are reaching for their keyboards. Artificial intelligence chatbots have become confidantes, sounding boards, and even substitutes for therapists. Some say this could have a significant impact on the U.S. mental health crisis. […]

Netanyahu Claims ‘Iran Tried To Assassinate One Of My Sons’ Previously, Iranian state media aired images which appeared to threaten President Donald Trump’s son Barron Trump, and following this Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be seizing the moment. Netanyahu has claimed in a phone interview with Israel’s Channel 14 on Monday that Iran tried to assassinate one of his two sons. “Iran targeted one of my sons. […]

“All Accurate”: Musk Confirms Massive New Starship Rocket Base In Louisiana Our report from several weeks ago, titled “SpaceX In ‘Final Stages’ Of Securing Massive New Rocket Launch Site In Louisiana,” was confirmed Tuesday afternoon by Elon Musk and his rocket company. “Starbase, Louisiana, will be built to support thousands of Starship flights a year, with missions launching to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond,” SpaceX […]

Stellar 2Y Auction Stops Through On Most Foreign Buying Since March 2025 After last week’s post “Bessent buyback” fireworks, which sent yields on a rollercoaster ride in the subsequent days, many were very curious to see how today’s sale of $69BN in 2 year paper, the week’s first coupon auction, would go and whether Bessent inadvertently had impaired primary market issuance. In the end, the auction went through without a glitch. […]

Guggenheim Loan Craters, Fund Hits GFC Lows As Feds Probe Walter’s Empire A first-lien loan due in 2031 tied to Guggenheim Investments, the asset-management arm of Mark Walter’s Guggenheim Partners, cratered to roughly 72 cents on the dollar Monday, according to Bloomberg data. The hefty discount suggests that lenders remain unconvinced by management’s efforts to contain mounting fears over deteriorating earnings, accounting […]

Treasury, IRS Propose Rules On Trump Account Investments Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Department of the Treasury and the IRS have issued proposed regulations clarifying which investments may be made by Trump Accounts. President Donald Trump speaks during the Trump Accounts summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A Trump Account is a […]

Ghislaine Maxwell To Rot In Prison After Judge Denies Bid For New Trial Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell gets to rot in prison until 2037 after a judge on Tuesday denied her bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and hold a new trial.  “Nearly all its claims are procedurally barred; the overwhelming testimonial and documentary evidence adduced at trial conclusively established her guilt; and her petition’s […]

“Going Through Some Pain”: Dick’s Smashed Most On Record As Foot Locker Bet Goes Limp Dick’s Sporting Goods shares crashed by the most on record Tuesday after the sporting goods retailer slashed its annual sales and adjusted operating-income forecasts, as softness at recently acquired Foot Locker deepened concerns about the $2.4 billion takeover. “We’re going to go through some pain,” Chairman Ed Stack told analysts on an earnings […]

Canada Retaliates, Slaps $20 Billion In Tariffs On 700 US Goods Days after the US hit Canada with a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods amid a collapse in trade talks – and a Monday threat to include cars, trucks, auto parts and steel, Canada hit back on Tuesday – announcing retaliatory tariffs as high as 50% on $20 billion worth of American products.  Canada will begin collecting tariffs of 50, 25, and 15 […]

Trump Admin Proposes New $100K H-1B Fee To Offset Immigration Enforcement Costs The Trump administration plans to charge employers a fee of $103,265 for H-1B skilled foreign workers, according to a proposed regulation posted on Monday. Revenue from the fee would be used to offset the costs of running the federal immigration system – including courts and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  A similar $100,000 fee was […]

“This Is My Place Of Business”: How Cakes And Coffee Continue To Be Groundzero In An Age Of Rage Authored by Jonathan Turley via Jonathan Turley, “This is my place of business.” Those words from Jim Sheehan, owner of the Wydaho Roasters coffee shop in Driggs, Idaho, have sparked the latest controversy over the right of businesses to refuse service on the basis of religious or political views. Sheehan has drawn national […]

Rabobank: Bessent’s Buyback Looks A Lot Like “Whatever It Takes”, And Druck Isn’t A Fan By Michael Every of Rabobank US Treasury Secretary Bessent took out a tactical nuke in saying he could use $1trn from the Treasury General Account to fund Special Military Operation Twist bond buybacks vs. the $2bn per round increase we saw last week. That looks a lot like the ‘Whatever It Takes’ mentioned yesterday: his former mentor Stan […]

CIA Director Ratcliffe Covertly Flew To Moscow For High-Level Meetings: Report Summary:  CIA Director Ratcliffe On USAF Cargo Jet Flight To Moscow US Air Force C-17 Makes Mysterious Visit To Moscow  CIA Director John Ratcliffe was onboard the U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster lll that landed early Tuesday at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport, in order to attend several high-level meetings with Russian officials, according to CBS News. […]

Watch: Top Zelensky Staffer Led Out Of Corruption Court In Handcuffs  This is not a sight you see everyday, but it’s one that’s becoming increasingly common in the halls of power in Kiev. Footage of the detention of (now former) deputy head of Zelensky’s office Irina Mudra, seen being led out in handcuffs after a court ordered her pretrial imprisonment on corruption charges, has emerged and is being widely shared. She was […]

New Home Sales Collapsed In July As Consumer Confidence Hit 7-Month Lows The Conference Board’s measure of Americans’ Consumer Confidence fell from a revised-lower 90.2 to 89.4 in August (below the 90.2 exp) – the lowest since January. Interestingly, under the hood, we saw Expectations plunge to January lows while Present Situation spiked from 5 year lows… “Consumer confidence moderated slightly in August for a second […]

Is ICE Investigating Ilhan Omar? Trump ‘Truths’ Report On Withheld Fraud-Probe Records President Donald Trump drew fresh attention to a long-running controversy on Sunday when he reposted a Just the News article on Truth Social headlined “ICE refuses to disclose records on Ilhan Omar fraud probe, cites ongoing ‘enforcement proceedings.'” His decision to amplify the report, without comment, renewed scrutiny of allegations that have […]

US Home Prices Are Rising At Their Fastest Pace In A Year Following its unexpected rebound in May (from three months of declines), US home prices in America’s 20 largest cities were expected to rise again (+0.1% MOM) in June (according to the latest data from S&P Cotality Case-Shiller). Instead prices actually accelerated more, up a sizable 0.24% MoM, pulling home prices up 2.1% YoY – the fastest acceleration in a year… […]

Oil Falls Further As US Prepares Return Of Diplomats To Mideast Embassies There continue to be clear signals that the White House is moving away from the potential for renewed military action and instead settling in for a long economic siege campaign targeting Iran, on a permanent basis. The avoidance of more bombs away and with all the risks and uncertainty of a military ‘solution’ has seen oil prices drop. Energy prices are […]

Are Canada’s Economic Threats Against The US Legit Or Are They Bluster? In order to “win” a trade war, a country must first have something that other countries want or need.  This basic rule defines every other aspect of the conflict, from tariffs to monetary isolation.  When it comes to the US there has long been a misconception that Americans “feed off global labor” and that the dollar’s world reserve status is the country’s […]