Germany’s Nuclear Confession Is A Crack In Net‑Zero Pretense Authored by Vijay Jayaraj via PJMedia.com, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called the nuclear phaseout a “serious strategic mistake” that left Germany short of firm power that turned the Energiewende into the most expensive energy transition on the planet. This is an early marker for a developing worldwide retreat from policies that sidelined nuclear power […]

Russia Successfully Tests Troubled SATAN II, Will Enter Combat By Year’s End Russia on Tuesday announced that it has successfully completed a test of the “Sarmat” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a new ‘doomsday’ weapon which has had a troubled roll out and development, but which has not yet been fully deployed as part of Russia’s military arsenal.  While in 2023 the cutting edge heavy missile was reportedly put on […]

EU Targets France’s Jordan Bardella With Fraud Probe As His Anti-Migration Party Surges In The Polls Via Remix News, Last week, reports that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is investigating France’s right-wing, anti-migration party National Rally (RN) for misallocation of EU funds made the rounds. At its core, the case involves a complaint filed last December by the association AC!! Anti-Corruption with the […]

India More Than Doubles Gold, Silver Tariffs To Defend Crashing Rupee One day after vehemently denying speculation that India plans to raise duties on gold and silver imports following ​Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s urging people to ​avoid buying ​gold for a year ‌due ⁠to the impact of the Iran war, India did in fact raise import tariffs on gold and silver in an attempt to defend its currency, a surprise move as the […]

Altman Fires Back At Musk During OpenAI Trial Testimony OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spent roughly four hours on the witness stand Tuesday defending the company’s shift from a nonprofit to a for-profit model, directly rebutting Elon Musk’s claims that he and co-founder Greg Brockman “stole a charity” when they restructured the artificial intelligence lab. “I think it’s wonderful that through the hard work of thousands of […]

Welcome To The World’s Largest Aircraft ‘Boneyard’: Where B-52s & F-16s Are Laid To Rest Authored by Allen Stein via The Epoch Times, They are the dinosaurs of the modern age—hulking retired aircraft baking in the Arizona sun, stretching in rows across the desert. Once America’s defenders of the sky—B-52 Stratofortress and B-1B Lancer bombers, F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters, C-130 Hercules and C-5 Galaxy cargo […]

Russia Think Tank Tells Chinese Media That U.S. Endgame In Iran Is To “Achieve Market Monopoly” In Logistics, Energy Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk, the operator behind the Rybar Telegram channel, recently surfaced in an interview with the Chinese outlet Guancha, offering a non-Western assessment of the ten-week U.S.-Iran war. The interview is notable given that Washington has targeted the private Russian think tank, […]

Truth Is The First Casualty Of War; The Currency Is The Second… Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, “The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.”  — Ernest Hemingway Thanks to the fiat currency system, governments at war can tap […]

Israel Sent Iron Dome & Troops To UAE During Iran War: Amb. Huckabee Confirms In a very surprising revelation, the Israelis supplied UAE with advanced anti-air defense systems as it came under attack from Iran during Operation Epic Fury. More interesting is that it even sent IDF troops top operate the systems. This is according to no less than two top Trump administration diplomats. First, US Ambassador to the United Nations […]

Chinese National Indicted In Florida For Allegedly Importing Deadly New Synthetic Opioid Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Chinese national has been indicted by the federal authorities in Florida for his alleged role in a plot to import and distribute large quantities of a new synthetic opioid, protonitazene, which is “significantly more potent than fentanyl,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]

SpaceX, Google Eye Orbital Data Centers As Small-Town Resistance Grows With roughly half of planned U.S. data center buildouts this year expected to be delayed or canceled amid mounting power constraints and local opposition, tech bros are increasingly looking beyond Earth and toward space for the next phase of compute expansion. This dovetails with one of our most investable themes, “Data Centers In Space Are Coming: Here’s How […]

Ukraine To Israel: We Are Fighting The Same Axis Of Evil Via The Libertarian Institute A Ukrainian diplomat said to the Israeli press that Tel Aviv is missing an opportunity to save the lives of its soldiers by working with Kiev on anti-drone technology.  Speaking with Ynet about Kiev’s anti-drone capabilities, Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, said, “We are fighting from a different angle against the same […]

“Chicom Among Us”: Maryland GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Chinese-Born Delegate’s AI Disclosure Bill Rooting out Chinese communist spies appears to be moving higher on the agenda at the U.S. Justice Department, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche now at the helm. On Monday, the DoJ indicted Arcadia, California, Mayor Eileen Wang for working with the Chinese government. The larger concern is that Chinese communists have […]

Four Signs That Bitcoin Has Recovered To ‘Full’ Bullish Momentum Authored by Nancy Lubale via CoinTelegraph.com, Market analysts said Bitcoin’s (BTC) upside remained intact despite the 2.5% correction from its multi-month high of $82,800 reached on May 6. Key takeaways: Bitcoin has successfully re-entered expansion territory as the Bull Market Support Band turned to support. Bitcoin’s Stablecoin Supply Ratio has […]

As Hegseth Spars With Congress Over Iran War, Trump Decries Criticism As ‘Virtual Treason’ There was a bit of a narrative shift on display in Congress as back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill with top defense and Trump admin officials played out Tuesday, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth repeatedly on the defensive as he and the administration face intensified scrutiny over the Iran war. And the growing frustration vented in […]

Former CIA Director Brennan Says There Are Still “Legions” Of Anti-Trump, Deep State Operatives, At DOJ, FBI, & CIA Authored by Sundance via The Conservative Treehouse, Appearing on MSNBC to talk to Lawfare ally Nicole Wallace, wife of New York Times narrative engineer Michael Schmidt – the guy who received leaks from FBI Director James Comey via Daniel Richman, former CIA Director John Brennan notes there are “legions” […]

China’s Teapot Refiners Slash Output As Hormuz Crisis Crushes Margins Confirming our report from last Friday, Reuters reports that some independent refiners in China (also known as “teapots”) are slashing their production rates as margins plummet to unprecedented negative levels, and demand weakens amid the continued paralysis of tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. China refiner margins (when Beijing tells you you can’t raise […]

Saudi Arabia Secretly Launched Attacks On Iran At Height Of Epic Fury First it was revealed this week that UAE had directly attacked Iran in retaliatory strikes earlier in Operation Epic Fury, and now it has come to light that the Saudis did the same, and in multiple strike operations. Reuters reports Tuesday that “Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom […]

The Slide From ‘Minnesota Nice’ To Assaulting Journalists Authored by Matt Cookson via RealClearPolitics, Minnesota wasn’t always a fixture in the national news cycle. Now, it seems every month there is a new headline about Minnesota. This time, it involves a mob of protestors assaulting a conservative journalist. If Minnesotans want to end the trend of political violence plaguing their state, they must take a stand against […]

US Unleashes Another Wave Of Crude From Strategic Reserve As Gas Prices Soar The U.S. government will loan 53 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to petroleum companies in a bid to relieve elevated gas and oil prices amid the conflict with Iran. In a news release on Monday, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would release the crude oil from its sites in Louisiana and Texas to contribute to […]

Unearthed DOJ Files Implicate Hunter Biden In Potential Sex Trafficking Violations Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA, Newly released internal DOJ files appear to implicate President Joe Biden’s disgraced son, Hunter Biden, in alleged prostitution-related activity, corroborating accusations raised years earlier by Senate Republicans. Hunter Biden / PHOTO: AP The files, obtained Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee and […]

Iran Specifies 5 Demands To Restart Peace Talks With US Iran on Tuesday revealed its demands in a counteroffer to the United States that President Trump shot down on Sunday, which has put the whole conflict and Pakistan-mediated talks in a holding pattern and stalemate, as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively blocked. The demands hinge on war reparations, Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and an end to US […]

Kevin Warsh Cleared By Senate For 14‑Year Fed Board Seat Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Kevin Warsh will be returning to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The U.S. Senate voted 51–45 to approve Warsh’s nomination to a 14-year term on the central bank’s board on May 12, joining six other members. Four senators did not file a vote. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) crossed party lines to support President […]

Millions Of Student Borrowers Are Defaulting: They Are 40 Years Old On Average The NY Federal published its latest report on Household Debt and Credit for the first quarter: the report showed total household debt increased by $18 billion, just a 0.1% increase, in Q1 2026, to $18.8 trillion.  Some details: Mortgage balances shown on consumer credit reports grew slightly by $21 billion during the first quarter of 2026 and totaled […]

Illinois Sued Over Allegedly Using Race As A Factor In Congressional Map Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, A public interest law firm announced Monday it was suing Illinois over its use of race in drawing congressional maps. The lawsuit accuses the state of violating the 15th Amendment, which prohibits government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in light of a […]