Psychology Journal Under Fire For Retracting Publication Challenging Claims Of Racism Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, We have previously discussed academic journals canceling publications that challenge the orthodox views of mainstream scholars. The latest such example can be found in the Journal of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists, which pulled the 2025 article of Arna Mitchell who questioned […]

Rebound In Used Luxury Watches Continues During the COVID-era flood of free money, from stimulus checks to the Federal Reserve’s zero-interest-rate policy, luxury watch prices skyrocketed to the moon. But once that liquidity boom faded and interest rates were pushed sharply higher to rein in the inflation monster fueled by helicopter money, the secondary luxury market slid into a multi-year correction. Over the last year and a […]

Virginia School District Sued Over Concealing Student ‘Gender Transitions’ From Parents Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, A federal lawsuit was filed against Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) on behalf of an FCPS parent, alleging that the school district’s “gender transition” policy violates parents’ constitutional rights. Fox News reports that the lawsuit, filed by America First Legal (AFL), alleges that Fairfax […]

Trump-Backed Colombian President-Elect Gives Guerrillas “One Month To Surrender” As Socialist Era Ends Colombia’s president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella gave drug cartels and guerrilla groups one month to surrender, marking a massive U-turn from the soft-on-crime policies of the socialist regime under incumbent President Gustavo Petro. “To all those acting outside the law, you have one month to arrange your submission,” […]

How To Push Back Against The ‘Advancing Beast’ System Authored by Leo Hohmann via substack, The big-picture lesson from the Covid era should have been obvious. It should have screamed loud and clear to every freedom-loving American: The power elites who run things at the local, state and federal levels want to tag and track our movement, but not just our movement. They want to track our diet, our healthcare, our purchasing habits, […]

Debt Tsunami: The Alan Greenspan Legacy Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Alan Greenspan, Fed chair from 1987 to 2006, embodies a striking ideological shift from gold-standard advocate to architect of the modern easy-money, debt-fueled financial system. He has now died at the age of 100, and this marks a good time to assess his legacy and explain why it matters. In the 1960s, as a young economist influenced by Ayn […]

Culture Of Grievance Authored by George Brooks via AmericanThinker.com, Every civilization develops a moral language – a set of virtues that it celebrates and vices that it condemns. For much of human history, societies lauded courage, resilience, self-sacrifice, duty, honor, and perseverance. The individual who overcame adversity was admired. The citizen who contributed more than he consumed was esteemed. To endure hardship […]

America’s Data-Center Revolt Goes Local – And Bipartisan – As Towns Slam The Brakes The pitchforks are out over the AI buildout – as drama unfolds in county commission chambers, where the people who will actually live next to the substations and cooling plants are starting to win. Saline, Michigan, December 1, 2025. Rural Michigan residents rally against the $7 billion Stargate data center planned on southeast Michigan farm land.  […]

Katz Says US Hasn’t Asked Israel To Withdraw From Lebanon – Wouldn’t Do It Anyway Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that the US hasn’t asked Israel to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon despite Iran maintaining that a withdrawal is necessary to implement the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, which calls for an end to Israel’s war. “We have announced that in […]

Small Plane Hits Beijing’s Tallest Tower; Was Someone Sending China A Message? A serious airspace breach occurred in Beijing’s Central Business District earlier Friday, when a Sunward SA60L Aurora light aircraft crashed into the 1,700-foot-tall CITIC Tower. The incident is a major wake-up call for Beijing’s airspace defenses, not only in the financial district but also around CITIC Group, one of China’s major state-owned […]

US Strikes Iran In Retaliation To Hormuz Ship Attack Update (5:00pm ET): As was expected, the US retaliated against Iran one day after Tehran struck a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a tit-for-tat exchange similar to one observed a week ago, and one which threatened to break the two countries’ fragile ceasefire although we doubt there will be further escalation. US Central Command said that American aircraft on Friday […]

DOJ Finds USDA Preferences For ‘Socially Disadvantaged’ Farmers Discriminatory Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, The Department of Justice (DOJ) has concluded that the U.S. Agriculture Department’s (USDA) favors for “socially disadvantaged” groups unconstitutionally discriminate based on race and sex. Just the News reports that the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has determined conservation‑planning programs […]

FIFA Folds, Allows Rainbow Flags To Fly In Seattle Stadium Despite Objections From Iran, Eqypt Rainbow flags will be allowed inside the stadium in Seattle, where the FIFA World Cup group game between Iran and Egypt is being held on June 26, despite both countries objecting to the standards associated with the LGBT community. Both countries are predominantly Muslim, and homosexuality is illegal in Iran and criminalized in Egypt, […]

The Party Of Algae And ‘Our Democracy’ Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “. . .a political party doesn’t lose 95 percent of a registration advantage because voters are kinda annoyed. Something much, much deeper is going on.” – Richard Landwirth Okay, convince me that gay-Islamic-race-communism is a “progressive” political program America is going to buy like corn flakes. The Lefty-left wants to think so, as it […]

Tanker Rates Nearly Halve As Hormuz Shipping Normalizes The recent spike in the cost to hire a supertanker carrying 2 million barrels of crude from Saudi Arabia to China is now being sharply reversed, as more shippers send vessels through the Strait of Hormuz and normalization trends continue to improve. Bloomberg reports that tanker rates for the Saudi Arabia-to-China route tumbled to about $287K on Friday, down 44% from more […]

Michael Saylor Responds To Scrutiny As Strategy Shares & STRC Hit 52-Week Lows Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Michael Saylor responded to the deepening selloff in Strategy’s stock and preferred shares Friday with a statement on X. “Volatility tests every capital structure,” Saylor wrote. “Strategy remains focused on Bitcoin, disciplined capital allocation, credit quality, and long-term value […]

‘Historic’ Ceasefire Deal Reached By Israel & Lebanon, But Fine Print Confirms Fragile Reality Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed the new agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon, hosted in Washington on Friday, as a major blow to Iran. He has said Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon so long as Hezbollah does not disarm:  “I want to announce a great achievement for the State of Israel. The most […]

“Perfect Storm”: Bond Traders “Stunned” At How Quickly SpaceX Bonds Are Selling Off Media reports earlier this week about SpaceX’s inaugural post-IPO investment-grade bond (and we mean inaugural, as the company rushed to tap the corporate bond market just days after going public with a low-IG rating of Baa1/BBB) which priced on Tuesday, had it as almost 4x oversubscribed, at roughly $90BN in orders for the $25 billion offering […]

Trump Jokes “I’d Be The Greatest Communist In History” As Democratic Elites Panic Over Socialist Hijack A series of high-profile Democrats and party strategists this week sounded the alarm that socialists have hijacked the Democratic Party, with radical left-wing revolutionaries increasingly gaining power not just in local elections across the country, but most notably in far-left-controlled New York City. Let’s begin with […]

Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ To Permanently Close, Gov. DeSantis Says Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Florida permanently closed the temporary illegal immigrant holding center “Alligator Alcatraz” June 25 after transferring federal detainees to other facilities, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced. “Alligator Alcatraz now has zero detainees,” DeSantis told reporters at a press conference outside the facility at […]

American Benevolence During World Cup Erases Anti-American Propaganda Authored by Armando Simon via AmericanThinker.com, The World Cup, as everyone knows by now, has been taking place across several cities in stadiums that have surprised foreign visitors by being gigantic and air-conditioned. As usual, fans have been having a lot of fun. Many of the visitors have come to the United States for the first time. Social media has been […]

Polestar Barred From Selling Future EVs In US Under Connected-Vehicle Rule The U.S. has become increasingly irrelevant to Polestar’s growth story. The Geely-backed EV maker said Thursday that it is “increasing its strategic focus on Europe,” where much of its growth is now centered. The shift follows a decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security not to authorize Polestar to sell future model-year […]

No Accountability Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance I honestly don’t know where Bitcoin is going from here. It could be substantially higher a year from now. It could be substantially lower. It could spend the next five years frustrating both the bulls and the bears. I’ve learned over the years that making precise price predictions about speculative assets is a fool’s errand, and I’m not interested in pretending […]

Volkswagen CEO Plans 100,000 Job Cuts In Generational Overhaul German business news outlet Manager Magazin reports that Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume is eyeing a major restructuring that could eliminate as many as 100,000 jobs. The latest VW earnings show just why: Europe’s largest automaker remains bloated in a world of weak demand, a softening Chinese market, rising Chinese competition in Europe, and low margins. “Volkswagen CEO […]

Amazon Prime Day Household Spending Underwhelms, Survey Finds The massive four-day shopping event for Amazon Prime members kicked off Tuesday and runs through the end of the week, but early survey data suggest the sales event is off to a sluggish start, with average household spending on day one tracking below last year’s pace. Bloomberg cited high-frequency data from market research firm Numerator, which surveyed thousands of […]