David Stockman On Why America Doesn’t Need “Allies” Authored by David Stockman via InternationalMan.com, The title is a bit crude and is deliberately mocking in tone. But it has to be because there is a deeply-entrenched, almost sacred presumption embedded in the nation’s foreign policy catechism that “allies”, “alliances” and “coalitions of the willing” are the be-all-and-end-all of enlightened, necessary and […]

Doug Casey On DOGE, Deficits, & The Coming Financial Earthquake Via InternationalMan.com, International Man: What’s your perspective on the claims Elon Musk and others made about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) during the campaign, and how would you assess the actual progress they’ve achieved since then? Doug Casey: I hate to sound pessimistic, because the idea of DOGE was excellent, but it’s not […]

Vietnam Q1 Auto Sales Outperform Asian Peers, Rising 24%, Led By Chinese Brands Vietnam led Southeast Asia’s auto sales growth in Q1 2025, with a 24% year-on-year surge, outpacing larger markets thanks to strong economic momentum and rising public investment, according to Nikkei Asia. Nikkei Asia data shows total sales across Southeast Asia’s five biggest markets—Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and […]

The Ball’s In Trump’s Court After The Latest Istanbul Talks Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, The mixed signals that he sent on Friday suggest that he hasn’t made up his mind about what to do… The first bilateral Russian-Ukrainian talks in over three years were held in Istanbul on Friday after Zelensky agreed, likely under pressure from Trump, to Putin’s proposal from the week prior. They didn’t result in the […]

Manhunt Underway: 3 Inmates Caught, 7 Still Loose After Brazen New Orleans Jailbreak Late Friday night, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry announced on X that law enforcement had recaptured three of the ten violent inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail through a hole in the wall behind a toilet. “3 down, 7 to go, and we ARE NOT slowing down!” Landry said, adding, “LOCK THEM UP!”  3 down 7 to go, and we ARE NOT slowing down! […]

Recession Probabilities Decline Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” Rally Last week, we discussed how the rally had repaired much of the previous damage following “Liberation Day.” However, we also made competing cases for the bulls and bears on the market’s next move. “It is always difficult to say whether this is a ‘bear market’ rally while you are in […]

Russia’s Maximalist Demands At Istanbul Peace Talks Revealed The Kremlin has said on Saturday that a future meeting between Presidents Putin and Zelensky is still ‘possible’ – despite no breakthroughs at Friday’s Istanbul talks by delegations representing the warring sides. Putin spokesman Dimitry Peskov said a meeting between the Russian president and Zelensky “is possible but only as a result of the work of the delegations of […]

Moody’s Downgrades USA Credit Rating From Aaa Earlier this week, we noted that short-dated USA sovereign CDS were trading wider than China and Greece as trade policy uncertainty and the debt ceiling ‘X-date’ loomed… …well, it appears Moody’s Rating Agency noted it too… because they just downgraded the Government of United States of America’s (US) long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Aa1 from Aaa and changed the […]

Rogan Guest Reveals Facebook’s Secret Experiment That Manipulated 700,000 Users  Via VigilantFox.com Joe Rogan sat down with Harvard professor and mind control expert Rebecca Lemov, and it didn’t take long for the conversation to dive into one of his favorite topics: government interference in our digital lives. Rogan opened the conversation by saying, “There are so many different kinds of mind control.” “One of the […]

Nvidia CEO Sees “No Evidence” Of AI Chip Diversion To China As Trump Rolls Back Restrictions Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has had a very busy week. He first joined President Trump’s U.S. delegation to the Middle East, where he secured AI chip deals with Saudi Arabia, and is now in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, on Saturday morning. Huang spoke with Bloomberg about the pressing issue of diversion tactics used by Chinese AI companies to […]

The ‘N’ In SNAP Means Nutrition Authored by Star Parker via The Epoch Times, SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is one of the nation’s largest welfare programs. And, like all welfare programs, it is massive, it has grown prodigiously over the years and it is inefficient. One glaring issue, which is gaining attention as a result of new Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. […]

Forget Seattle, They’re Sleepless In Sweden One in two Swedes are struggling to sleep, according to data from a Statista Consumer Insights survey. The new data casts light on the prevalence of the problem in different countries, affecting more than a third of respondents in 17 out of the 20 populations surveyed.   You will find more infographics at Statista Respondents were asked if they had experienced a sleep disorder in […]

“We Study Fascism…We’re Leaving The US”: NYTimes Runs Video Of Yale Profs Fleeing To Canada Authored by Jonathan Turley, The New York Times continues to work tirelessly to maintain the narrative that the United States is now a fascist regime. Earlier, the Times demonstrated its view of balanced analysis by running a collection of legal opinions titled “A Road Map to Trump’s Lawless Presidency.” Now, it is featuring three […]

Macron: Europe Prepping Fresh Russia Sanctions ‘In Coordination’ With US Europe is preparing new Russia sanctions ‘in coordination’ with the United States, according to fresh words of French President Emmanuel Macron. He said while attending a European security meeting in Albania that the EU will ready these sanctions given that Russia continues to refuse an “unconditional ceasefire” with Ukraine. “We are continuing to prepare […]

Denmark And Italy Lead Pushback Against ECHR On Migration Rulings Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix news, Denmark and Italy are spearheading a growing coalition of European countries calling into question the role of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in migration policy, according to reporting by French newspaper Le Figaro. The two nations are said to be finalizing a joint declaration that denounces the Court’s […]

National Police Week: A Tribute To Our Law Enforcement Heroes Authored by Rep. Elise Stefanik via RealClearPolitics, This National Police Week, we pause to honor the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities. We remember the brave officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, and we express our deepest gratitude to those who continue to serve with unwavering dedication. It […]

These Are The World’s Largest Economies, Including US States It’s in the name really. The United States of America began as a union of separate entities coming together. And while the U.S. is seen as a single global economic and political hegemon today, many of its 50 states are major economies on their own. To show just how big they are, Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao mapped and ranked 30 of the world’s largest economies, […]

Russian-Born Harvard Scientist Detained By US Charged With Smuggling Clawed Frog Embryos Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Russian-born scientist and research associate at Harvard University has been arrested and charged with allegedly attempting to smuggle clawed frog embryos and embryonic samples into the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on […]

House Considers Universal De Minimis Ban As Fees On China Parcels Ease By Eric Kulisch of FreightWaves The Trump administration this week rolled back the duty for small-dollar shipments from China and Hong Kong as part of tariff deescalation with China, while a House committee advanced legislation to permanently end the duty-free “de minimis” exemption from all countries.  President Donald Trump’s executive order lowering […]

How Legal Immigration Is Keeping Farms Afloat Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), LAKE VILLAGE, Ark.—On a breezy day, sun and shadow dance across Mencer farms, turning it into a patchwork of green in the fertile Arkansas Delta. It is humid here in the deep South, where the clock seems to run slower and the temperature hotter than in other places. Joe Mencer, owner of Mencer Farms in Lake […]

Federal Contract Activity Slows As DOGE’s Cost-Cutting Measures Take Effect President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) have exposed widespread federal waste and mismanagement that Congress long ignored. Despite the existence of oversight bodies like the Government Accountability Office, it took an executive order to uncover billions of dollars in egregious federal waste. DOGE’s drive to cut […]

Jordan’s King Warned US Against Assassinating Syria’s Sharaa Before Trump Meeting Via Middle East Eye  Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned the US against assassinating President Ahmed al-Sharaa before the new Syrian leader met with President Donald Trump, a US senator said on Thursday. The remarkable statement by a US senator reveals the deep hostility toward Sharaa in some circles of the Trump administration. It reaffirms […]

The Rise And Fall Of Synthetic Food Dyes Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In 1856, 18-year-old chemist William Henry Perkin was experimenting with coal tar-derived compounds in a crude laboratory in his attic. His teacher, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, had published a hypothesis on how it might be possible to make a prized malaria drug using chemicals from coal tar, and as his assistant, Perkin was […]

Biden-Hur Tape Drops, And Boy Is It Rough – Listen To All Five Hours Here Update: Listen to all five hours of the Hur-Biden interview below: *  *  * A segment of former President Joe Biden’s October 2023 interview with special counsel Robert Hur just dropped, and boy is it rough. Biden couldn’t remember details such as when his son Beau died, when he left office as vice president, what year Donald Trump was elected, and why […]

Mississippi Has The Lowest Average Salaries In The US, D.C. The Highest While wages in the U.S. have grown in recent years, many families are still feeling the squeeze of high inflation. Pay levels vary widely not just by profession, but also by geography. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, maps the average salary by U.S. state using the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of March 2025. The […]