Poll Shows Voters Reject US-Israel Military Integration Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams A new poll of US voters published this week offers a warning for congressional lawmakers backing a plan to deepen military ties between the United States and Israel, finding that a clear majority of voters oppose the proposal—which some critics have called “treasonous.” The Data for Progress survey of 1,217 likely US […]

Watch Darline Graham’s Epic Debate Flub That Could Cost Her The SC Primary In the worst response by a female South Carolinian to a foreign-policy question since the 2007 Teen USA beauty pageant, Lindsey Graham’s sister on Tuesday night painfully displayed her utter inexperience in national politics, drawing a blank and bailing out of a basic question as she squared off against her run-off opponent, Rep. Ralph Norman.   After Sen. […]

ADNOC Issues Ninth Spot Crude Tender Since June As UAE Boosts Oil Exports Submitted by Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has just issued its ninth spot tender offering crude oil to buyers for October and November loadings, as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to push its oil production and exports higher despite the Hormuz crisis. The UAE’s national oil company is offering Upper […]

The Dem ‘Big Tent Party’ Is Doomed Authored by Noel Williams via AmericanThinker.com, Towards the end of every calendar year, various colleges publish lists of overused words and phrases. Though it is only August, here’s an obvious entrant for 2026: “big tent party.” Invoking that tired phrase is part of the sophistry that “establishment” Dems contrive to outwit dumb fake-news hosts. It is an attempt to obfuscate […]

“Get Long And Buckle Up”: Jeff Currie Says Commodity Bull Market Entering Next Leg The breadth of the commodity advance is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Quantix Commodity Index Diesel crack spreads have surged above $100, copper is trading above $14,000 a ton in London, gold and silver are accelerating amid US Treasury market intervention, and the Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index is surging higher. At the same time, […]

US Government Warns: Hackers Attacking Vulnerable Water Systems With AI Help Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Several U.S. government agencies have said that cyber actors are attempting to hack into devices made by industrial systems company Siemens that are used to monitor water and other critical infrastructure systems. In an advisory published on Wednesday, the FBI, National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity […]

NATO F-16s Blow Up Sea Drone That Threatened Romania’s Largest Deep Gas Platform A wild and highly dangerous intercept incident happened in the Black Sea on Thursday. A pair of Romanian F-16s were dispatched to track and intercept a sea drone in the vicinity the huge Neptun Deep gas platform. The platform sits 80 miles east of the Romanian Black Sea city of Constanta and is the country’s largest natural gas project and its first […]

Hawaii Could Face Another Hurricane This Weekend Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, Hawaii could face its second tropical storm or hurricane in a week as a low-pressure system was reported on Aug. 19 to be developing near the islands. Another tropical storm is expected to develop in the Central Pacific as Hurricane Lala moves away from Hawaii on Aug. 19, 2026. National Hurricane Center The National Hurricane Center […]

“No Thanks!” Has A Price: Trump Guts Korea War Games, Courts Kim As The Seoul Alliance Buckles Hours before 18,000 South Korean troops were due to kick off this year’s Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise alongside their American counterparts, President Trump pulled the rug – instructing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises” with Seoul. By Wednesday the allies confirmed the annual drills – the […]

Fake News ‘Journalists’ Love The Deep State Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, The Fourth Estate is constitutionally illiterate… On Sunday morning’s Meet the Press, NBC News hack Kristen Welker pressed newly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche to “pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House.”  The fake “journalist” performed this bit of moralizing theater […]

‘Hot Mess’: Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Jalapeños Spreads To More States Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The salmonella outbreak connected to jalapeño peppers from Mexico has spread to additional states, U.S. authorities said on Aug. 19. Thirty-two states have now reported cases in the outbreak, up from 27 states earlier in the month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update. The […]

Food Supply Alert: Ukraine Grain Exports Collapse As Black Sea Attacks Choke Global Shipments Upward momentum in agricultural prices, as tracked by the Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index, should be ringing inflationary alarm bells. The breakout comes just one week after JPMorgan analyst Nora Szentivanyi warned that the next global food crisis could materialize as early as next year. Multiple shocks are converging all at once across […]

The Harp Defense: Jennings Jockeys For SPOX After Leavitt Leaves CNN political contributor and nationally syndicated radio host Scott Jennings just dropped a full-throated defense of Natalie Harp after reports surfaced that the conservative commentator is angling to replace outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, according to Politico’s Playbook. “I just don’t think that’s what you sign up for when you’re someone […]

Tonight: Trump To Appear On Turncoat Michael Cohen’s Radio Show Michael Cohen – Donald Trump’s former ‘fixer’ who once vowed to take a bullet for him, only to flip after he was raided by the FBI in 2018 in the Stormy Daniels hush-money probe – says that Trump has agreed to appear on his New York City-area radio show this week. Cohen wrote on X on Wednesday to confirm that Trump would appear on “the radio show I’m hosting […]

Has Iranian Crude Become Irrelevant To Global Oil Supply? Submitted by Tsvetana Paraskova Of OilPrice.com The reinstated U.S. blockade on Iranian oil exports is effectively preventing Tehran from exporting oil, making Iran’s oil volumes irrelevant for global oil market balances, Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group, told CNBC on Thursday. The U.S. brought back the blockade in the Gulf of Oman aimed at preventing Iran […]

“Significant” Tornado Threat Incoming For DC To Baltimore To Philadelphia Senior meteorologist Matthew Cappucci of private weather forecaster MyRadarWX is monitoring the potential for isolated tornadoes along the Interstate 95 corridor, from areas north of Washington, D.C., through Baltimore and Wilmington, Delaware, and into the Philadelphia metro area. Tornadoes are not unheard of in the Mid-Atlantic, but a potential setup later […]

Board Won’t Add Trump’s Name To Kennedy Center Before Sept. 8, Filing Says Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Kennedy Center’s board told federal court that it will not try to put President Donald Trump’s name back on the building’s facade before at least Sept. 8, giving both sides time to discuss a new resolution opponents say flouts a prior court order. In a joint status report filed late on Aug. 18, […]

The Great Reversal: Decades-Long Bond Bull Lacy Hunt On His Bearish Pivot, Tonight LIVE NOW: https://t.co/Vg3ZRZ4A9F — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 20, 2026 *********************** For nearly four decades, Dr. Lacy Hunt has been one of Wall Street’s most steadfast bond bulls. As chief economist of Hoisington Investment Management, Hunt built his reputation around a simple but powerful thesis: globalization, excessive debt and […]

Mass Casualties In Large Russian Assault On Ukraine’s Capital, Air Defenses Dwindle Ukraine started the week with near record-setting drone attacks on Moscow, with over 600 UAVs sent against the Russian capital Monday night into Tuesday. The expected major Russian retaliation has come overnight, with a huge missile and drone barrage on the Ukrainian capital. Many dozens were sent, killing over 16 people and injuring more than 40, […]

Bessent: Aim Is To ‘Collapse’ Iran Regime Through Economic Warfare, But US Unlikely To Restart Major Combat Summary US shifts toward economic warfare, away from military strikes: Bessent says maximum sanctions likely mean no major new military campaign for now. Regime change rhetoric persists: Bessent says Washington intends to “collapse” Iran’s regime. USS George Washington arrives: A new US carrier is now operating in the […]

EU NatGas Hits 2023 Energy Crisis Levels As Trump’s “Economic D-Day” Clouds Hormuz Reopening European natural gas prices surged to levels last seen during the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when severe supply disruptions sent global markets into turmoil. The catalyst was an overnight Truth Social post from President Trump declaring “ECONOMIC D-DAY” against Iran. The announcement raises the probability of […]

Of Anchovies And Blueberries – Why El Niño Matters Authored by Nick Smallwood via BondVigilantes.com, Why aren’t we talking more about El Niño? After an exceptionally hot, dry summer in Western Europe and elsewhere, climate discussions proliferate. But neither mainstream media nor markets seem to be seriously discussing the risks and opportunities presented by what scientists appear to agree will be a “super […]

Bitcoin Tops $72k After Largest Single-Day Crypto Short Liquidation In History Bitcoin surpassed $70,000 for the first time in over two months, propelled by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s ‘Operation Twist’-like move pushing US bond yields (and the dollar) lower followed by a high-stakes meeting President Trump held with crypto industry leaders. “When yields drop and the dollar weakens, risk assets tend to rally, and […]

FBI Seizes Eric Swalwell’s Electronic Devices At San Francisco Airport Amid Sexual Misconduct Investigation The FBI executed a search warrant against former congressman Eric Swalwell on Saturday after he landed at San Francisco Airport – seizing his electronic devices, including his cell phone, as part of a federal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the Daily Mail reports. According to the report: The […]

North Korea Fires Barrage Of Missiles As Kim Plays Hard To Get, After Trump Overture The South Korean government has observed an alarming new launch of a missile barrage by North Korea on Thursday, announcing that an unidentified projectile was fired off the peninsula’s east coast on Thursday. “The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches of about 10 short-range ballistic missiles happened from North Korea’s capital region around […]