Escobar: Russia-China – From The Memory Of WWII To BRICS/SCO Synergy Authored by Pepe Escobar, Three – interlocked – dates ahead of us could not be more crucial in shaping the next configuration of the currently incandescent geopolitical chessboard. 1. August 31/September 1st. Tianjin – half-an-hour by high-speed rail (120 km, roughly $8) from Beijing. The annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), with […]

Fentanyl Involved In 70% Of US Drug Overdose Deaths Perhaps the most dangerous thing about fentanyl is the fact that, due to its low price and high potency, it is often used to lace other drugs. Whether it’s heroin, cocaine, meth or counterfeit pills mimicking prescription opioids such as Vicodin or Oxycontin – fentanyl is frequently used to increase the potency of illicit drugs, often unbeknownst to the user. As Statista’s […]

China Accelerates Coal Plant Commissioning To 9-Year High Authored by Michael Kern via OilPrice.com, Despite record solar and wind capacity additions and booming renewable energy output, China is not giving up on coal, on the contrary.  During the first half of 2025, China commissioned as much as 21 gigawatts (GW) of coal power, the highest amount in the first half of the year since 2016, the Centre for Research on Energy and […]

Watch: Maduro Stages Military Show Of Force As US Warships Near Venezuela is really trying to flex back after the Trump administration dispatched three Navy destroyers to waters near Venezuela this month, and Reuters has said that a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine is also en route to the region. In response Venezuela’s defense minister has ordered increased drone surveillance and naval patrols along the country’s coastline, […]

Denver School Accused Of Violating Title IX Over All-Gender Restrooms Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Education Department said on Thursday that Denver Public Schools violated Title IX, the law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in schools, by converting sex-separated restrooms into “all-gender” facilities. Denver East High School in Denver on April 17, 2019. David Zalubowski/AP The […]

Australia’s Largest Rare Earth Miner Plans US Expansion To Compete With China Australia’s Lynas, the world’s largest rare earths miner outside China, plans to raise A$825mn (US$538mn) to boost stockpiles, expand capacity, and invest in magnet makers in Malaysia and the US, according to the Financial Times. Rare earths are critical for products ranging from weapons systems and electric vehicles to medical devices and bicycles. […]

“We’re Losing Our Community”: Short-Term Rentals Are Ruining Three Rivers, Residents Say In the early 1970s, Three Rivers was a quiet foothill town where cattle ranchers sparred with a wave of tie-dyed newcomers looking for open space and a slower way of life. Back then, the biggest changes came from the clash of cultures. Today, the struggle is more existential: how to balance the demands of millions of tourists drawn to nearby […]

Trump Signs Executive Order ‘Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’ Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump on Aug. 28 signed an executive order to “[Make] Federal Architecture Beautiful Again,” with a focus on using classical and traditional architecture in new federal buildings. Jefferson Memorial across the Tidal Basin in Washington on April 10, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The […]

Half Of American Schools Require ‘Equitable’ Grading And Most Teachers Are Opposed: Survey Lackluster student performance has plagued the Schenectady, N.Y., city school district for years. The school district, like many others, implemented a “grading for equity” policy in response to dismal test scores. However, as Aaron Gifford reports below for The Epoch Times, a recent national survey indicates that most teachers feel […]

New Recall Of Potentially Radioactive Cocktail Shrimp In 27 US States Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Food and Drug Administration announced on Aug. 28 a new recall of cocktail shrimp sold in Walmart stores across 27 states for potential contamination due to being prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions where they may have become contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137). A package […]

Houthis Confirm Prime Minister & Top Officials Killed In Massive Israeli Strike Yemen’s Houthi government has belatedly confirmed that an Israeli attack launched days ago killed its prime minister, Ahmed al-Rahawi, who was the most senior Houthi official to have been slain in the ongoing conflict thus far. The official Houthi statement further acknowledged that several al-Rahawi’s colleagues were also killed and wounded, but […]

When Washington Gets Out Of The Way – Energy Workers Deliver Results Authored by Larry Behrens via RealClearEnergy, This Labor Day feels different. After years of paying too much at the pump and hearing politicians in Washington tell us it was all Putin’s fault, American families are finally getting relief. The reason is simple: our energy workers have an administration that lets them do their jobs. The results are […]

Florida Probe Uncovers Migrant CDL Test Cheating With Hidden Cameras Florida investigators say some migrants have been using hidden cameras and earpieces to cheat on commercial driver’s license (CDL) exams, allowing them to operate 18-wheelers despite not knowing English, according to WTLV-TV and Breitbart. According to WTLV-TV, applicants used tiny cameras to transmit test questions outside DMV facilities, where an accomplice […]

Prominent Ukrainian Politician Assassinated In Broad Daylight On Streets Of Lviv Former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy – a prominent voice on the hardline Ukrainian right – was shot and killed in the western city of Lviv on Saturday, grabbing headlines in Ukraine and internationally, and resulting in an urgent manhunt for the assailant. He had been walking casually near his home on a sidewalk when he was executed in […]

From Blacklist To NIH Director: Jay Bhattacharya On Fauci, Bioweapons, And The Collapse Of Free Speech In Science Director of the National Institute of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, sat down for an extended interview with ZeroHedge. Bhattacharya, long known as one of the fiercest critics of lockdown orthodoxy, has gone from blacklisted dissenter to running the world’s largest biomedical research agency. He carries into his new […]

America Has A “Transtifa” Problem  At the start of the year, only eight days into President Trump’s second term, the FBI’s counterterrorism division held an unclassified briefing on an emerging domestic terrorism threat: “Nihilistic Accelerationism.” I was at an FBI briefing just 6 months ago where “Nihilistic Accelerationism” was a hot topic as an emerging threat. That meant groups like The Com, 764, O9A… Not sure what […]

Israel Sees Sykes-Picot Borders As ‘Meaningless’ & ‘Will Go Where They Want’: Trump Envoy Via Middle East Eye Israel is not interested in adhering to the Middle East’s established borders set by the WWI Sykes-Picot agreement and has the “capacity or the desire” to take over Lebanon and Syria, according to US special envoy Tom Barrack. Barrack made the assessment in an astonishing and candid interview with online personality […]

Judge Blocks Trump Admin’s Expansion Of Fast-Track Deportations A federal judge has halted the Trump administration’s attempt to expand fast-track deportations across the United States, ruling that the policy violated illegal immigrants’ constitutional rights to due process. In an Aug. 29 decision, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb temporarily blocked the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) January order authorizing […]

Democrats “Are Society Destroyers” Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Senior White House advisor Stephen Miller shredded Democrats during a press briefing, defining them as having aligned with an overall ideology that is anti-human. “[Democrats] are society destroyers,” Miller declared. “It’s a simple choice. You either side with civilization, or with anarchy and violence,” he added. 🚨 BREAKING: Stephen […]

Minneapolis Shooter’s Mother Not Speaking To Police Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The mother of the man who killed two children at a Minneapolis church and school and left 18 other people wounded is not speaking to authorities, the city’s police chief said on Aug. 28. In the aftermath of the Annunciation Catholic Community school shooting in Minneapolis, people attend an interfaith prayer […]

On Ukraine, Ignore What Trump Says – Watch What He Does Authored by Larry C. Johnson I continue to believe that it is more important to watch what Donald Trump does rather than focus on what he says. However, his remarks during the meeting of his cabinet earlier this week regarding negotiations to end the war in Ukraine are alarming and merit attention. When asked about Sergei Lavrov’s comment that Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]

These Are The 10 Most-Used AI Chatbots In 2025 Chatbots have become a key interface for AI in both personal and professional settings. From helping draft emails to answering complex queries, their reach has grown tremendously. This infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, ranks the most-used AI chatbots of 2025 by annual web visits. It provides insight into how dominant certain platforms have become, and how fast some […]

German Political Parties (Ex-AfD) Sign ‘Fairness Pact’ That Prevents Criticizing Immigration Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, In Cologne’s upcoming local election campaign, all major parties except the Alternative for Germany (AfD) have pledged to speak only positively about immigration and avoid linking it to social problems. The CDU, SPD, Greens, FDP, Left Party, Volt, and Die Partei signed a “fairness […]

Trump Wins: All NATO Members To Reach 2% Spending Target In 2025 According to new data released this week, all NATO members are expected to reach the alliance’s 2-percent goal this year. Spending 2 percent of GDP on the military is a benchmark that NATO set for itself in 2014, but which was not reached by many members for years. You will find more infographics at Statista Now, countries have upped spending as fear of new […]

Germany Boosts Energy Security With New LNG Terminal By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The German port of Wilhelmshaven is launching its second LNG terminal to process imported liquefied natural gas, Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET), the state operator of the facility, said on Thursday.   Wilhelmshaven 02 will commence commercial operations on August 29, following a successful commissioning phase, DET said, adding that the […]