Former Obama Speechwriter Admits Shunning MAGA Didn’t Work One of Barack Obama’s former millennial speechwriters penned a New York Times opinion piece about his strained relationship with his brother-in-law during the COVID pandemic. Despite their deep cultural differences — the author being a “trust the science” liberal elitist who bowed to the government-corporate machine, fully vaxxed and obedient, while his brother-in-law […]

Sectarian Purge Masked As ‘Wildfire’ Under Syria’s New Government Via The Cradle Less than four months into its rule, Syria’s interim government is under mounting pressure, as each crisis—natural or security-related—casts doubt on its ability to govern and maintain control. The recent wildfires that tore through northern Latakia were no seasonal accident. They broke out as sectarian killings escalated and suspicions […]

What The World Is Asking ChatGPT In 2025 What are people really asking ChatGPT? With adoption growing, ChatGPT prompts are shifting as consumer behavior evolves. While software development prompts continue to dominate, their share has fallen meaningfully over the past year, reflecting how developers were among the earliest users of ChatGPT for code and other applications. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld, […]

‘Crypto Week’ Looms: Will These Three Pro-Crypto Bills Pass? Authored by Aaron Wood via CoinTelegraph.com, Lawmakers in Washington are gearing up to pass three bills for the blockchain industry in an event they have dubbed “crypto week.” The US Congress has been working on legislation that the crypto industry lobby says will help bring clarity to the industry and help it grow, primarily through two laws governing stablecoins […]

Study Reveals How Many Cups Of Coffee Needed To Shield Against Liver Disease Waking up for the London Stock Exchange isn’t complete without the daily ritual: fire up the espresso machine, grind those dark roasted Robusta beans, and 30 seconds later—boom—a jolt of caffeine strong enough to skim a dozen Goldman, UBS, and Bank of America notes. But here’s the kicker: the morning rocket fuel might be doing a lot more than […]

Waymo Takes To Philadelphia Waymo is expanding its testing to Philadelphia, deploying a small fleet of vehicles with human safety drivers behind the wheel, according to CNBC. The Alphabet-owned company confirmed to CNBC that testing will run through the fall, with cars initially driven manually through complex areas like downtown and local freeways. “This city is a National Treasure,” Waymo posted on X. “It’s a city of […]

Iran’s Mass Expulsion Of Afghans Poses A Dilemma For Many Of Its Supporters Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Most of them are opposed to the expulsion of any illegal immigrants, yet self-censoring their criticism of Iran’s policy discredits their criticisms of Trump’s similar one, while acknowledging the “Weapons of Mass Migration” pretext upon which Iran’s policy is premised justifies Trump’s. Approximately […]

Putin Shifts Iran Stance? Now Reportedly Supports Zero Enrichment Plan Backed By US Russian President Vladimir Putin has told President Trump that he supports the idea of a nuclear deal in which Iran is unable to enrich uranium, according to US officials who spoke to Axios. However, amid reports saying that the same message has been conveyed to Tehran, Iran’s semi-official news agency Tasnim denied it, quoting an “informed […]

Explained: The UK’s Potentially Terrifying Criminal Justice “Reforms” Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, Plans to reform the UK’s criminal justice system – including the scrapping of jury trials for some offences and reduced sentences for those who plead guilty – are all part of larger “reforms” that would empower tyrannical authoritarianism. Former senior judge and current Investigatory Powers Commissioner […]

Russia Might Scrap Its Lone Aircraft Carrier After Persistent, Costly Problems Russia’s lone large aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov is designed to engage major surface targets, but it has been undergoing major repairs for over five years, and it’s last mission of note was in the Mediterranean where it conducted airstrikes in Syria in support of the Assad government  A fire in 2019 resulted in two fatalities and 14 […]

France Opens Criminal Investigation Into X For Alleged Algorithmic Manipulation Authored by Nate Kostar via CoinTelegraph.com, The French Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into X over the alleged use of its algorithm for foreign interference. According to a statement from Magistrate Laure Beccuau on Friday, prosecutors have launched a probe into whether X violated French law by manipulating its […]

July 4th Is Behind Us. The American Dream Is Not Authored by Gonzalo Schwarz via RealClearPolitics.com, Another July 4th has come and gone, and the American experiment continues to face many tests. Amid economic uncertainty and a recent resurgence of socialism, we are pushing the boundaries of what “America” even means. Benjamin Franklin famously preferred “a republic, if you can keep it.” Even though the U.S. […]

IDF Soldiers Say Grenade-Drones Being Used On Civilians: ‘None Of Them Were Armed’ The Israel Defense Forces are routinely killing civilians in Gaza with commercial drones modified to drop grenades on them — often leaving the corpses to be eaten by dogs, according to interviews with seven soldiers and officers conducted by Israeli investigative journalists. The tactic is being used to deter civilians from venturing into areas […]

What Just Happened In Rio Should Terrify The West Authored by Farhad Ibragimov, A few days ago, the city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the 17th BRICS summit, marking a significant step forward for the organization amid the accelerating transformation of the global political and economic landscape. Represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russia played an active role in the summit’s proceedings, while President Vladimir Putin […]

Trump Calls Epstein List A Democrat Psyop, Tells MAGA ‘Not To Waste Time And Energy’ Less than one year ago, then-candidate Donald Trump vowed to release the Jeffrey Epstein files – aka the ‘list’ of friends and associates who violated “more than 1,000” sex-trafficked victims.  BREAKING: Trump says he’s going to release the Epstein files when he’s elected president – Lex Fridman podcast pic.twitter.com/LmrWhwjW2t — Insider […]

10 Non-Tax Policies In Trump’s Megabill That Will Affect Americans Authored by Jackson Richman, Joseph Lord, Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is notable for implementing significant changes to the U.S. tax code, including making 2017’s individual income tax brackets permanent. But there are non-tax-related items in the bill that will impact the lives of everyday Americans, affecting travel, […]

Visualizing Waymo’s Rise In Ridership As autonomous driving technology becomes more mainstream, Waymo – Alphabet’s self-driving ride-hailing division – is rapidly gaining traction across California. This chart, via Visual Capitalist’s Kayla Zhu, visualizes the number of monthly paid Waymo trips in California from August 2023 to March 2025, and a map of the cities that Waymo current operates in and plans to operate in. Data […]

Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin To Halt Immigration Operations Without Probable Cause In California Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on July 11 temporarily blocking the Trump administration from carrying out immigration stops and arrests in Los Angeles without probable cause. The decision by District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong followed a lawsuit brought by […]

War, Debt, & Distraction: The Hidden Collapse Behind The Iran Hype Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, While we are all having our attention directed towards the war with Iran, we should always be looking at the “why.” Keeping in mind the absolutely true adage that all wars are bankers’ wars, I noted this from ZeroHedge. So while we’re being directed towards the Middle East, I note the easing of the […]

North Korea Sends 6,000 Engineers, Construction Workers To Rebuild Russia’s Kursk The Moscow-Pyongyang bromance continues, based on mutual defense objectives and the landmark agreement struck between Presidents Putin and Kim Jong-Un last summer. As part of the latest in official trips and exchanges Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was hosted by Kim during a visit to North Korea, where Pyongyang reaffirmed its strong backing […]

“I Have A Wonderful Opportunity”: Justice Jackson’s Cathartic Jurisprudence Authored by Jonathan Turley, I wrote recently about the chilling jurisprudence of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who has drawn the ire of colleagues in opinions for her rhetoric and extreme positions. Many have expressed alarm over her adherence to what has been described by a colleague as an “imperial judiciary” model of jurisprudence. Now, it […]

Air India Crash: Fuel Switches On Boeing 787 “Cutoff” During Takeoff  Just one month ago—and days before the Paris Air Show—a horrific crash involving Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, was captured on CCTV. The footage showed the widebody aircraft taking off down a runway in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, but shortly after rotation, it suddenly lost altitude and crashed into a residential area, sparking […]

Newborns To Get $1,000 ‘Trump Accounts’ – Here’s How It Works Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, The Republican reconciliation package, better known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, introduced Trump Accounts for newborns, which were previously dubbed MAGA Accounts, or “Money Account for Growth and Advancement.” The accounts are new tax-advantaged investment vehicles comparable to individual retirement accounts, […]

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Promises Illegal Aliens Cash Amid ICE Raids Ah, California. With U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents’ continued raids throughout Southern California, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday that undocumented migrants in the city will receive prepaid cash cards funded by philanthropic donors. According to the Los Angeles Times, the mayor stated that the aid would amount to “a couple […]

Tariff Windfall Drives Surprise $27 Billion US Budget Surplus In June Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, New data from the Treasury Department show that surging tariff revenues in June helped the U.S. government post an unexpected budget surplus of $27 billion, offering a rare fiscal bright spot amid persistently high federal deficits and suggesting that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are becoming a significant […]