Indigenous Nonsense Authored by Spyridon Andrews via American Greatness, When the dust settles hundreds of years from now and people begin to assess the hows and whys of Western decline, the issue of colonialism will figure prominently. We are traveling from Mexico City to San Miguel de Allende with “The Professor,” a San Miguel resident who makes extra money by driving tourists from Mexico City to San Miguel. The title of […]

Somaliland Opens Diplomatic Office In Taiwan Despite Strong Objections From Beijing Via The Cradle The breakaway African territory of Somaliland opened a new representative office in Taiwan on Friday, saying it had the right to establish diplomatic relations despite objections from Somalia. “We have the right to choose who we have relationships with. It’s our prerogative, and so it hasn’t been successful as far as pressure […]

Which States Are Leading America’s Economy? America’s biggest economies aren’t always its strongest. While California, Texas, and New York dominate in economic size, long-term competitiveness depends on a broader mix of factors, from business creation and labor market strength to innovation and investment. This 2026 analysis by WalletHub evaluates all 50 states and Washington, D.C. across 28 indicators of economic activity, […]

China’s New AI Agent Risks Trapping Western Tech In Rights Abuses: Analysts Authored by Jarvis Lim via The Epoch Times, China’s new state-backed artificial intelligence (AI) platform threatens to stifle domestic tech innovation through forced ideological compliance, and in the West, it could also be used to cover up the regime’s human rights abuses, analysts warn. A screen advertising Xinhua News Agency in Times Square in the […]

North Korea Rips Fresh Western Criticism Of Expanding Moscow Relationship North Korea fired back on Saturday and lashed out at the Washington-Seoul alliance, tearing into a fresh South Korea-EU joint statement that condemned Pyongyang’s deepening military alliance with Russia. North Korea has increasingly over the past acknowledge a significant number of troops sacrificed in support of Russia and in the context of the brutal and […]

Why The Millionaire Next Door Drives A Used Car – And What That Teaches About Real Wealth Authored by Peter Daisyme via Due, The wealthiest person I know personally drives a 2018 Toyota Camry. He owns three rental properties, has over $2 million in investment accounts, and could buy any car on any lot without blinking. He chooses not to, and his explanation is both simple and profound: “A car is a tool that takes you from one place […]

“Tell Him He’s A Piece Of Shit”: Employee Hijacks Meta Meeting In AI Revolt Earlier this week, a routine livestreamed Meta meeting descended into open revolt. During a presentation open to thousands of employees, one participant suddenly interrupted the speakers with a profanity-laced outburst, according to WIRED. The employee declared they felt like “the company’s bitch” and demanded that the people leading the call write to a […]

Discs, Orbs, ‘Heavenly’ Phenomena, & More Revealed In 3rd Batch Of Declassified UFO Files Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, Americans living in the northeastern United States witnessed “brilliant and beautiful” glowing red and white orbs in their backyard, which they caught on video, the Pentagon’s third release of declassified UFO files on June 12 showed. The new documents contained encounters from around […]

Hillary Clinton Fears “Revolution” Preventing The US From Becoming A “Rainbow Nation” The word “Democracy” is thrown around frequently within progressive circles as a call to arms; a rallying cry based on a fraudulent narrative of patriotic duty.  Throughout the entirety of Joe Biden’s first and last term, the political left painted conservatives as a threat to democracy.  Anyone who opposed pandemic mandates, compelled […]

AI’s Core Flaw: “Mass Regurgitation Of Misinformation” Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, These immense hidden costs will not show up in GDP until they collapse the entire house of speculative gambling cards propping up the global economy. I approach all AI topics with several things in mind. One is the nature of problems, which implicitly define what qualifies as solutions, and the resulting incentive to […]

What’s In A Name? Alaska GOP Succeeds In Stopping Democrats From Stealing The Senate Election Alaska’s election officials may have just saved a U.S. Senate seat from one of the more brazen ballot schemes in recent memory. The state’s Division of Elections issued a preliminary ruling this week that Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg is ineligible to appear on the 2026 Senate ballot, dealing a significant blow to Democrats – in what […]

Bitcoin & The Clash Of Two Inexorable Realities Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, Two inexorable realities have come into sharpened focus over the last month or so. Both are themes we have been exploring and monitoring – one, since practically the very beginning of this service, the other, over the last year or so. The first is the unsustainable nature of the global monetary system: we are not unique in […]

Canadian Mother Sues OpenAI, Alleging Chatbot Encouraged Daughter’s Suicide Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, A Canadian mother is suing OpenAI after its popular ChatGPT chatbot allegedly encouraged her daughter to continue engaging with the app after she revealed suicidal thoughts. A screen showing the ChatGPT app. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times Instead of terminating these discussions or flagging her account for […]

Watch: Humanoid Warbot Live-Fires Mortars At Vegas Test Range It is not just one-way attack drones (read JPMorgan report) operating on AI-enabled kill chains that human soldiers have to worry about on the modern battlefield. We have been laying out this story and were among the first to point out that humanoid robots are not only entering factory floors and warehouses, but are also moving toward the battlefield. San […]

Trump Mulls Farmer Aid As Fertilizer And Fuel Costs Bite Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is considering support for U.S. farmers struggling with high fertilizer prices, as rising energy costs and market volatility continue to squeeze producers across the farm belt. A farm field near West Bend, Iowa, on May 6, 2026. Scott Olson/Getty Images “I am looking at doing a form of […]

Former NIH Head Secretly Helped With Paper Dismissing Theory COVID-19 Came From Lab Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Then-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins, around the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledged that he secretly assisted with a paper stating the virus that causes COVID-19 “is not a laboratory construct or a purposefully manipulated virus,” according to a newly […]

“Swift And Lethal”: U.S. Southern Command Eliminates Tren De Aragua Kingpin In Venezuela Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed late Friday that U.S. forces, working in coordination with Venezuelan security services, conducted a kinetic strike on a Tren de Aragua compound inside Venezuela, killing the foreign terrorist organization’s leader, Niño Guerrero. The decapitation strike is part of the Trump administration’s Western […]

President Trump Says Iran Peace Deal To Be Signed Sunday, Will Open Strait To All Summary: President Trump confirms that he is expecting to sign the US-Iran peace deal tomorrow (Sunday), opening the Strait to all Pakistan PM confirms US and Iran have ​agreed to the final text of the agreement IRGC continues to push back against deal President Trump Says Iran Peace Deal To Be Signed Sunday, Will Open Strait To […]

69 Arrested In ‘Operation Hands Down’ Targeting Central California Gangs Authored by Cynthia Cai via The Epoch Times, Authorities announced dozens of arrests, drug and firearm seizures, and thousands of dollars in cash confiscated in a large-scale operation targeting gangs in California’s Central Valley. Suspects arrested in Operation Hands Down. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office The multi-agency effort, dubbed Operation Hands […]

Court Denies SBF’s Last-Ditch Effort To Toss Conviction, Leaving Trump As His Only Hope FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried will remain in PMITA prison for the foreseeable future, after a federal appeals court rejected a hail-mary attempt to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence on the grounds that he didn’t receive a fair trial.  A three-judge panel on Friday unanimously refused to toss his 2023 guilty verdict, […]

India Caps Fuel Sales To Avoid Shortages Submitted by Irina Slav of OilPrice.com India has imposed limits on gasoline and diesel sales at retail fuel stations to avoid supply crunches, with commercial consumers banned from buying any fuel from retail stations, Bloomberg reported, noting there will be daily limits on diesel sales. The diesel cap was set at 200 litres per vehicle or customer, with resale of the fuel forbidden, […]

Northeast Heat Wave Arrives As World Cup Matches Get Underway As the World Cup starts, a prolonged spell of summer heat is expected to grip New York and much of the Northeast through the end of the week and into the weekend. Daytime temperatures are forecast to reach the 90s across several major cities, while high humidity will make conditions feel even hotter, according to Bloomberg. Forecasters expect the most intense heat on […]

Anthropic Blocks Foreign Access To Fable 5, Mythos 5 After U.S. National Security Order About four days after Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, a next-generation “Mythos-class” AI model, the frontier AI lab led by Dario Amodei revealed late Friday that it was disabling foreign customers’ access to these cutting-edge models, citing an export-control directive from the federal government. “The US government, citing national security […]

Britain Goes Full ‘Airstrip One’ Authored by Stephen Green via PJMedia.com, In George Orwell’s 1984, Great Britain was just a province of Oceania named “Airstrip One” as a none-too-subtle nod to the U.K.’s role as host to the heavy bombers of U.S. Eighth Air Force during World War II. Four decades past the real 1984, and there’s still no Oceania. But Britain looks more and more like Airstrip One as Parliament considers a bill […]

Sweden Plans To Lower Criminal Age To 14 Amid Rise In Violent Crime By Children Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, The Swedish government has announced plans to reduce the age of criminal responsibility to 14 after dropping plans to lock up violent offenders as young as 13 in special prison units. Ambulance and police stand at the scene where Swedish rapper Einar was fatally shot in Hammarby Sjostad district, in […]