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  • Iran’s Army Chief Offers $30K Reward For Kill Or Capture Of American Troops
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 9:45 am

    Iran’s Army Chief Offers $30K Reward For Kill Or Capture Of American Troops In the face for more White House threats against Iran, including Scott Bessent’s latest unprecedented ‘economic isolation’ plan for the Islamic Republic, it remains clear that the Iranians aren’t backing down. Instead, they are issuing some heightened threats and bluster of their own. The country’s military in a surprise move announced Sunday that it was […]

  • British Medical Journal Retracts Paper Linking COVID Shots To Millions Of Excess Deaths
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 9:00 am

    British Medical Journal Retracts Paper Linking COVID Shots To Millions Of Excess Deaths Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A peer-reviewed study documenting millions of excess deaths across the West after the rollout of COVID measures and shots has been yanked by the British Medical Journal – not for bad data, but for the crime of asking inconvenient questions. The BMJ Public Health journal has formally retracted a […]

  • U.S. Drafts Ultimatum for Allies Joining China’s AI Bloc
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 8:15 am

    U.S. Drafts Ultimatum for Allies Joining China’s AI Bloc The United States is preparing to tell 35 countries they cannot belong to both the American and Chinese artificial intelligence coalitions, and that joining Beijing’s framework will cost them their place in Washington’s, according to an undated State Department draft letter reviewed by Reuters and a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The letter is addressed […]

  • Qatar Denies Holding Iranian Pilots As Tehran Demands Answers Over Missing Airmen
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 7:30 am

    Qatar Denies Holding Iranian Pilots As Tehran Demands Answers Over Missing Airmen Via The Cradle Qatar has denied that it is holding three Iranian pilots who Iran says were captured alive after their fighter jets crashed during the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic. On Saturday, Mohammad Bagherzadeh, head of the Missing Persons Search Committee of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff, stated that “Three Iranian pilots were […]

  • Israel Threatens Return Of Lebanon War After Unleashing Deadliest Airstrikes Since Ceasefire
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 6:45 am

    Israel Threatens Return Of Lebanon War After Unleashing Deadliest Airstrikes Since Ceasefire Despite a June ceasefire technically being in effect, new weekend Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon mark the deadliest escalation since fighting largely came to a halt earlier this year. The Saturday attack saw eleven Lebanese killed – among them three children – and 19 injured after Israeli warplanes bombed several areas. It’s by far the […]

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  • English Villages In Fear Over 1,200 Male Migrants Moved Next To Schools
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 6:00 am

    English Villages In Fear Over 1,200 Male Migrants Moved Next To Schools Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, England’s most peaceful villages are once again being turned into the front line of the migrant crisis. Up to 1,200 single adult male asylum seekers are earmarked for former military sites sitting within a mile of primary schools, nurseries and children’s play areas, in direct tension with the Home Office’s own […]

  • Fog Of War: A World Searching For An Exit
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 3:20 am

    Fog Of War: A World Searching For An Exit Authored by Armstrong Williams via The Epoch Times, There are moments when the world seems to be moving toward peace and war simultaneously. This is one of them. President Donald Trump continues to express hope that the conflict with Iran can be brought to an end. Iran and Oman say negotiations over shipping arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz are progressing. That is encouraging, but […]

  • “I’ve Never Heard Anything Like It”: Was America’s Top Secret Stealth Bomber Just Spotted Over Kansas?
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 2:45 am

    “I’ve Never Heard Anything Like It”: Was America’s Top Secret Stealth Bomber Just Spotted Over Kansas? A video of a mysterious aircraft thundering over a U.S. military installation has set off a wave of speculation online, and the leading theories all point to aircraft the Pentagon would rather nobody photographed. The aircraft was captured flying over McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas. It is believed to be the B-21 […]

  • Dallas Airport Shelves Muslim Washing Facilities After Texas Governor Threatens Airport Funding
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 2:10 am

    Dallas Airport Shelves Muslim Washing Facilities After Texas Governor Threatens Airport Funding Authored by Jeremy Lott via The Epoch Times, The Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport was mulling the installation of special washing rooms to facilitate prayers by its Muslim passengers. A DFW spokesman told The Epoch Times Saturday that the airport has shelved those plans after objections by the governor of Texas. The […]

  • The Democrats’ Hasan Piker Problem Is Getting Worse
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 1:35 am

    The Democrats’ Hasan Piker Problem Is Getting Worse The Democratic Party has so much going for it in the 2026 midterm election season, yet it looks like one man in particular might blow it for them. Hasan Piker, the 35-year-old left-wing influencer, is becoming a genuine electoral liability that could extend well beyond the races he’s personally gotten involved in, and according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Democrats […]

  • Oh, So This Is Why Luigi Mangione Pleaded Guilty…
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 1:00 am

    Oh, So This Is Why Luigi Mangione Pleaded Guilty… Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Luigi Mangione, the man whose assassination of a health insurance executive turned him into a folk hero to many on the left, shocked the country on Friday when he finally admitted to the killing and changed his plea to guilty. “I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily […]

  • Military Contractor’s Spy Aircraft Quietly Flying Southern Border On Mysterious Mission
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2026 at 12:25 am

    Military Contractor’s Spy Aircraft Quietly Flying Southern Border On Mysterious Mission The Pentagon says it does not discuss contractor support to particular missions. The gear aboard mimics cell towers. Private military contractor Metrea has spent months quietly operating two surveillance-equipped aircraft along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the Arizona Mirror. Via the Arizona Mirror The planes have traversed Arizona, New […]

  • ‘Dems Don’t Give A Crap About The Country’: Martin Armstrong Sees Very, Very Tight Midterm Election
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 11:50 pm

    ‘Dems Don’t Give A Crap About The Country’: Martin Armstrong Sees Very, Very Tight Midterm Election Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong is out with a new report (more than 100 pages) that takes a deep dive on the “2026 Midterm Elections” in November.  Armstrong says, “The computer is showing this is going to be a very, very tight election…” “It’s a […]

  • Apple Trains Custom AI Model For China With Alibaba’s Help
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 11:15 pm

    Apple Trains Custom AI Model For China With Alibaba’s Help Apple has trained a custom large language model specifically for the Chinese market, utilizing technical support from Alibaba Group, according to Reuters.  Chinese flags hang from a lamp post in front of an Apple Inc. store in Shanghai. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg This arrangement would make Apple the first foreign company cleared by Beijing to offer a proprietary […]

  • Warsh’s Mark Antony Moment
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 10:40 pm

    Warsh’s Mark Antony Moment Submitted by Peter Tchir, Academy Securities — Macro Strategy Warsh’s Mark Antony Moment I really wanted to go with Warsh is “puttin’ on the foil” as the title for our Jackson Hole preview, but I’m told the Hanson Brothers might not be as iconic as I thought. In any case, of all my failings as a parent, getting my kids to finally watch Slapshot is one of the easier ones to correct. I felt the […]

  • The 10 States Losing Public School Students The Fastest
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 10:05 pm

    The 10 States Losing Public School Students The Fastest Public school enrollment is shrinking across much of the United States, but nowhere faster than West Virginia. An August 2026 study by family location-tracking app iSharing found that the state lost more than 10,500 public school students between 2021 and 2024, a decline of 4.2%, the steepest in the country, according to family location-tracking app iSharing, The trend […]

  • How Socialism Gains Popularity
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 9:30 pm

    How Socialism Gains Popularity Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times, More than 80% agreed economic hardship can make socialist policies attractive even to people who oppose socialism. Most Americans see communism in an unfavorable light, and a strong majority of Epoch readers say it’s incompatible with the United States’ founding principles. Yet socialism, an early stage of communism, continues to attract people by […]

  • San Mateo County Passes Resolution To Regulate Commercial Humanoid Robots
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    San Mateo County Passes Resolution To Regulate Commercial Humanoid Robots Authored by Lear Zhou via The Epoch Times, San Mateo County may become the first in California to regulate humanoid robots used for commercial purposes. The county board of supervisors on Aug. 11 passed a resolution sponsored by Supervisor Ray Mueller to direct county legal and administrative staff to draft an ordinance regulating the use of untethered […]

  • “US Can’t Bomb Its Way To Victory”: Scotiabank Maps Bessent’s Coming Economic Hammer On Iran
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    “US Can’t Bomb Its Way To Victory”: Scotiabank Maps Bessent’s Coming Economic Hammer On Iran Brent crude futures ended last week near $88.50 a barrel as traders awaited details of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s planned escalation campaign of the economic war against Iran. Bessent said Friday that Washington would announce unprecedented economic-isolation measures next week, warning that the coming pressure campaign would be […]

  • Autopsy Bombshell: Los Alamos Lab Worker’s Death Looks Like Murder
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 7:10 pm

    Autopsy Bombshell: Los Alamos Lab Worker’s Death Looks Like Murder Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Fresh autopsy findings on the skeletal remains of a Los Alamos National Laboratory administrative assistant have delivered a direct challenge to any suggestion of suicide. Melissa Casias was found propped against a tree in a remote stretch of New Mexico forest nearly a year after she vanished. The gunshot path through […]

  • Tokenization Of H₂O: Elites Are Claiming The World’s Water Supply & Plan To Trade It
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 6:00 pm

    Tokenization Of H₂O: Elites Are Claiming The World’s Water Supply & Plan To Trade It Submitted by Patti Johnson, Yep, you heard me right. This is not a joke or exaggeration. The facts are out there for all to see. I wrote about the tokenization of nature in my article “From Blockchain to Ball and Chain: Are We Being Borged?” This article will deal primarily with the tokenization of the world’s water supply. […]

  • Beijing Wants Nvidia Out But China’s AI Developers Aren’t Ready
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 5:25 pm

    Beijing Wants Nvidia Out But China’s AI Developers Aren’t Ready China has spent years pouring money and political capital into building a homegrown semiconductor industry. Yet when its AI companies need to train their most sophisticated models, many still turn to Nvidia, according to South China Morning Post. The biggest obstacle may no longer be the chips themselves. It is everything developers have built around them. Nvidia’s […]

  • ‘Wolves In White Coats’: 5 Key Takeaways From HHS Report On Alleged Pediatric Gender-Treatment Fraud
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 4:50 pm

    ‘Wolves In White Coats’: 5 Key Takeaways From HHS Report On Alleged Pediatric Gender-Treatment Fraud Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times, A report released Aug. 13 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has shined a light on alleged fraud by health providers who performed pediatric gender procedures. The report, titled “Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud […]

  • The Decline Of Higher Education Continues
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 3:40 pm

    The Decline Of Higher Education Continues Authored by Mike McDaniel via AmericanThinker.com, During my second career teaching high school English, I noticed several darkly funny but disturbing trends in “higher” education.  They were fueled by three primary drivers: abandoning merit, the federal government taking over the student loan industry, and DEI hysteria. It was Barack Obama who federalized the student loan […]

  • ‘Delusional’: Iran Fires Back At Trump’s Make ‘Hormuz Strait A Territory Of The US’ Ambitions
    by Tyler Durden on August 16, 2026 at 3:05 pm

    ‘Delusional’: Iran Fires Back At Trump’s Make ‘Hormuz Strait A Territory Of The US’ Ambitions Predictably, Iran has on Saturday issued a full-throated rejection of President Trump’s Friday evening words related to the status on the conflict and energy transit in the region. In a speech on New York’s Long Island, Trump introduced the idea of declaring the Strait of Hormuz a US territory. “After we finish defeating Iran, which is […]

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