Uranium Transfer, Nuclear Limits: US Issues 5 Peace Ultimatums To Iran According to a Sunday report from Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, the United States has laid down a firm, take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum to Tehran. Both sides are still trying to patiently wait out the Hormuz crisis, hoping to inflict more economic pain on the other until they blink. At the top of the list, the US is demanding a near-total dismantling of […]

Remember: In A Crisis, Everyone Will Consider Themselves ‘The Good Guys’ Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via substack, The state has two monopolies it must protect whatever the cost: the monopoly on decreeing what is legal tender and on force. We’re entering an era in which push comes to shove will lead to immovable objects encountering irresistible forces. All sorts of verities and vanities will be bulldozed as kicking the […]

Americans Face The Highest Memorial Day Gas Prices On Record The nationwide average price of regular gasoline marginally increased on Thursday, after five straight days of decline, the American Automobile Association (AAA) said in a May 14 statement. The national average price is “at the same range as it was in 2022, the year gas prices hit record highs. Travelers are preparing to hit the road in record numbers next week, and […]

Market Leadership Is Narrow, Increasing Summer Risk Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, 📈Technical Backdrop – Friday Selloff Tests The Tape The S&P 500 closed Friday at 7,408.50, surrendering Thursday’s historic first close above 7,500 with a 1.24% decline. The semiconductor names that powered the rally became the source of Friday’s selling. Intel fell 5%, Micron 4%, AMD 3%, and Nvidia 4.4%. From […]

Attack Drone Hits Near UAE Nuclear Power Plant Abu Dhabi authorities report that a kamikaze drone struck an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Al Dhafra. Officials said there were no injuries, no impact on radiological safety levels, and no disruption to plant operations. Dubai-based newspaper Gulf News cited the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, which said the one-way […]

Most Americans Can’t Afford New Homes Most Americans can’t afford a new home. A new analysis from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) shows that 65% of U.S. households are priced out of newly built homes, based on current prices and mortgage rates. In some parts of the country, the situation is even more extreme. More than 80% of households can’t afford a new home, highlighting how widespread the affordability […]

Mayor Sadiq Khan Claims London Devolving Into A Sh*thole Is Just AI-Driven Rage-Bait Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed that the decline of the city is a myth and that it’s all just lies being spread by MAGA supporters, Russia, and China through AI-generated content. In a fresh escalation of his war on inconvenient truths, Khan pointed to a surge in online posts highlighting […]

Audemars Piguet x Swatch’s Affordable Watch Launch Sparks Lines Across World Luxury watchmakers Audemars Piguet and Swatch have done the unthinkable: unveiling a new, affordable collaboration aimed at younger buyers, with prices ranging from $400 to, of course, $420. Called the “Royal Pop,” the affordable handheld watch inspired by pop art is clearly a mass-market move aimed at stimulating the Swiss watch market after muted […]

Is A Future War Between The US And Europe Unavoidable? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, For those who might have been out of the loop over the past few months, there is a war going on between the US and Europe. Largely, it’s western European governments that are the problem – They started the conflict, they continue to perpetuate the conflict, and they tend to cry victim when they suffer any consequences for it. […]

Democrats Devastated After Supreme Court Rejects Attempt To Revive Virginia Congressional Map Hammering the last nail in the coffin of what could have been a significant midterm factor, the US Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia Democrats’ request to use a new congressional district map, which was drawn to flip four House seats into Democratic control. 🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL, WE WIN! “The US Supreme Court moments ago has ruled […]

China Confirms Boeing Jet Deal, Agrees To Cut Select Levies & Expand Agri Trade Summary:  China, U.S. Agree To Cut Levies On Select Products, Expand Agricultural Trade China, U.S. Reach Boeing Jet Purchase Agreement U.S. And China Agree To Establish Trade And Investment Boards Trump-Xi Summit Delivers Modest Trade Wins China Responds With Agreements To Purchase Jets, Cut Levies, Expand Trade  One day […]

Washington’s Joint Operation Against ISIS In Nigeria Sends A Message To The Sahelian Alliance Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The scenario of a US-backed Nigerian anti-terrorist intervention in Mali is becoming increasingly likely. Trump announced over the weekend that the US and Nigeria carried out a joint operation against ISIS’ second-highest figure, which his counterpart Bola Ahmed Tinubu disclosed took place […]

Establishment Media Outraged By White House Sponsored Christian Prayer Event The mainstream media’s outrage over religious expressions by government institutions and politicians is highly selective.  At bottom, it the event is Christian, they attack.  If it’s any other religion, they applaud. Did the mainstream media publish indignant diatribes when leftist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani held Muslim dinners at City Hall and Gracie […]

America’s Medicine Supply Chain Is A National Security Vulnerability Authored by Will Coggin via RealClearDefense, The Chinese government is tightening the screws on American investment in its artificial intelligence sector. The core purpose is to keep U.S. capital out of technologies it deems “strategically sensitive” to national security. The protective action is a reminder that Washington also needs to prioritize insulating […]

The WHO Drums Up Fear With Ebola After Hantavirus Scare Fails One of the biggest mistakes globalists made in their bid for perpetual medical authoritarianism during the Covid pandemic was reveling a bit too much.  Numerous high level officials from the WEF, WHO, the Imperial College of London and an army of politicians were giddy with excitement and bragged publicly about all the power they were going to grab as the masses huddled […]

The Trans Delusion: A Philosophical Nail In Its Coffin Authored by Chris Milton via The Daily Sceptic The arguments in philosopher Thomas Nagel’s seminal 1974 essay ‘What is it Like to be Bat?‘ can help us answer the question of whether a human born with XY chromosomes and a male body can be, can become or can know what it’s like to be a woman, or can know what inhabiting the world is like for a woman. Nagel – who […]

Solar Power Generation To Exceed Coal For First Time In Texas Grids Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Annual electricity power generation from utility-scale solar projects is predicted to exceed output from coal for the first time ever in 2026 on grids run by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). An aerial view of the Amazon Fort Powhatan Solar Farm in Disputanta, Va., on Aug. 19, […]

Nearly 2,500 Pounds Of Cocaine, 105 Pounds Of Marijuana Seized In Joint Operation By US Forces Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. forces seized around 2,500 pounds of cocaine and 105 pounds of marijuana in two separate maritime operations involving foreign nations. In one operation, the Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South and the Drug Enforcement Administration identified a drug […]

FBI Offers $200,000 Reward To Catch Former US Air Force Specialist In Iran Spying Case Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The FBI on Thursday said it is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the capture and prosecution of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and was later charged with revealing classified information to the Iranian regime. A […]

Putin To Visit China Just Days After Trump’s Beijing Trip, Demonstrating ‘No Limits’ Partnership Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Chinese President Xi Jinping from May 19 to 20, just days after US President Donald Trump concluded his state visit to Beijing, the Kremlin has announced. In a Telegram statement, Russia’s Foreign Ministry unveiled that Putin would travel to China “at the invitation” of Xi Jinping, marking the […]

Pakistan Uses Diplomacy To Secure LNG Supply from Hormuz Submitted by Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Pakistan has negotiated the passage of vessels laden with Qatari LNG out of the Strait of Hormuz in a diplomatic feat that no other energy buyer has managed so far in the Iran war. Pakistan, which was the mediator of the U.S.-Iran talks and is passing messages from one to the other, appears to have used well its close ties with […]

“You Should Be Preparing Your Criminal Defense”: Becerra Feels The Heat In Final California Governor’s Debate Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Seven candidates vying for California’s governorship squared off Thursday in their fifth and final debate, with frontrunner Xavier Becerra facing down an onslaught of attacks from the right and the left over his policy record, a campaign fraud scandal, and what rivals […]

Tehran Claims US Faces Escalating Economic Fallout From ‘War Of Choice’ As Hardship Mounts Inside Iran Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Saturday that the United States would face mounting economic fallout from its “war of choice” against Iran, as both sides appear settled into a long game of waiting to inflict the most severe economic and political damage on the other. In a post on X, Araghchi said Americans would […]

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Job Is Impossible Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance Congratulations to Kevin Warsh on officially becoming the next Federal Reserve chair. Unfortunately for him, he may have just accepted the worst job in global finance at the worst possible moment. Warsh was narrowly confirmed this week in the most partisan Fed chair vote in modern history, inheriting a central bank that has spent years under political […]

50 Empty Waymos Invade Upscale Tiny Atlanta Neighborhood With Waymo robotaxis now operating in 11 major U.S. markets, these fully autonomous Jaguar I-PACE SUVs are becoming increasingly visible to everyday folks. This wider rollout means more public encounters and more viral footage capturing robotaxis in the wild. One such incident occurred in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood this week, where residents told local media outlet […]