China’s Economic Demise And Its Impact On The US Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Few are as candid and historically accurate as hedge fund manager Kyle Bass when identifying structural breaks in the global economy. In a recent interview, Bass painted a grim but telling picture of China’s economic condition, warning: “We are witnessing the largest macroeconomic imbalances the world has ever seen, and […]

Infamous Sports Memorabilia Dealer Found Dead After Shocking $350 Million Counterfeit Confession On Tuesday, Brett Lemieux, a seasoned sports memorabilia dealer, was found dead by authorities during the execution of a search warrant at his business, which was under investigation for alleged fraudulent activities, the New York Post reports. Various memorabilia listed on the Mister Man Cave website. MisterMancave Lemieux, founder of […]

VDH: The World Woke Up Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, In less than six months, the entire world has been turned upside down. There is no longer such a thing as conventional wisdom or the status quo. The unthinkable has become the banal. Take illegal immigration—remember the 10,000 daily illegal entries under Biden? Recall the only solution was supposedly “comprehensive immigration reform”—a euphemism for mass […]

China Pledges To Curb EV Price Wars Amid Deflation Worries China has vowed to rein in “irrational competition” in its electric vehicle (EV) sector as deflationary price wars threaten economic stability and industrial progress, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The pledge came from a State Council meeting led by Premier Li Qiang, where officials emphasized guiding automakers toward innovation and higher quality rather […]

“I Can’t Believe The New York Times Thought It Would Get Away With This…” Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, The irony is thick enough to choke on… The New York Times, that bastion of so-called journalistic integrity, churned out yet another hit piece on President Donald Trump, painting him as some vengeful tyrant hell-bent on crushing his political foes.  According to the paper, Trump supposedly views his […]

Congressional Cuts To PBS, NPR Could Unravel Leftist Propaganda Nodes Nationwide  The Republican-controlled House delivered the final blow with a 216-213 vote on Thursday night to eliminate $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports leftist propaganda networks such as NPR, PBS, and affiliated stations nationwide. Attached to the bill was also an $8 billion cut targeting the U.S. Agency for […]

Can The Developed World Grow Its Way Out Of Stagnation Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, If we borrow all of tomorrow’s prosperity to spend today, there won’t be any future prosperity, there will only be penury. The developed nations share many of the same sources of stagnation: 1. Demographically, their cohort of retirees drawing government benefits is expanding with no end in sight while their workforces are […]

“A Treasonous Conspiracy” – DNI Gabbard Exposes Obama At Center Of Trump ‘Russia Hoax’ Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has declassified documents revealing “overwhelming evidence” showing how then-President Barack Obama and his national security team laid the groundwork for what would become the years-long Trump-Russia collusion investigation after President Trump won the 2016 election. “This is surreal,” says […]

“False, Malicious, Defamatory” – Trump Demands Unsealing Of Epstein Files, Threatens Lawsuit After WSJ Hit Piece Donald Trump sent notorious sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein a bawdy birthday letter with a drawing of a naked woman, an acknowledgement that the two “have certain things in common,” and a wish for “every day [to] be another wonderful secret,” the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday evening, citing “documents” that its […]

The Epstein Enigma Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “It would make [Epstein] a story with which we have to be persistent and steady in our demands; but also cautious, and methodical, and discerning.” – Naomi Wolf Do you detect the signs of Rope-a-Dope in Mr. Trump’s recent blasts against the Epstein mess? It must be obvious that anything he says will be violently opposed by his Democratic Party enemies. So, now […]

It Will Take More Than Low Interest Rates To Make Houses Affordable Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, On Tuesday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury surged nearly 10 basis points in a few hours, rising above 4.49 percent. The rising yield came after the release of new price-inflation data showing that CPI growth had hit a five-month high and remained well above the Federal Reserve’s two-percent target for price […]

Capping Crypto Week: All You Need To Know About The Three Crypto Bills Passed By Congress On Thursday, July 17, capping off what was dubbed “Crypto Week” by Congress, the US House just passed three digital assets related bills. Here is a breakdown of all that was passed: The GENIUS Act: The Senate’s stablecoin bill, by a vote of 308-122.  By bringing regulatory clarity to the asset class, the law is expected to stimulate […]

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? New York Democrats—and the broader party in desperate need of a course correction—continue to double, triple, and even quadruple down on all things woke. They’ve now taken it a step further by openly cheerleading socialism and Marxism. This increasingly radical un-American direction, backed by a network of dark money-funded NGOs, has even drawn criticism from prominent figures like JPMorgan CEO […]

Nasdaq Files Application To Add Staking For BlackRock iShares ETH ETF Authored by Vince Quill via CoinTelegraph.com, The Nasdaq stock exchange filed an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday on behalf of BlackRock to add staking to the asset manager’s iShares Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF). If the application is approved, the fund would give investors exposure to staking rewards […]

Pope Leo Under Fire For ‘Vague’ Statement On Israel’s Bombing Of Gaza Catholic Church Via Middle East Eye Pope Leo is facing growing criticism over his response to an Israeli air strike on the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, which killed three people and wounded several others, including a pastor.  The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem confirmed that Father Gabriel Romanelli was among the wounded and said […]

4 Oil Market Myths That Just Won’t Die Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Despite claims of energy independence, the U.S. remains a net crude oil importer, though it is a net petroleum exporter overall. Oil prices are influenced by a complex interplay of supply, demand, and geopolitical events, not solely by OPEC or U.S. presidents. While renewables are growing, oil is not expected to be entirely replaced […]

Brazil’s Ex-President Bolsonaro Ordered To Wear Ankle Monitor: “Meant To Utterly Humiliate Me” For Trump Ties The man called among many “The Brazilian Donald Trump” or also the “Trump of the Tropics” is continuing to endure a drawn-out legal saga, to which he has newly responded, “This is meant to utterly humiliate me.” The other side alleges foreign meddling and inviting Trump’s interference in national affairs, especially vital […]

FDA To Halt Sarepta’s Gene Therapy Drug Shipments Over Deaths Update (1342ET): Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics are trading once again after a volatility halt around lunchtime in New York. The stock is down 35%, hitting the lowest level since 2015, following news of a third patient death linked to its gene therapy drug, Elevidys, which treats Duchenne muscular dystrophy. All reported deaths involved acute liver failure. Fast […]

Trump Administration Officially Defunds CA’s High Speed Rail Authored by Kenneth Schrupp via The Center Square, The Trump administration officially terminated its funding of California’s 171-mile high speed rail segment in the state’s more sparsely populated Central Valley, citing an inability to complete the project by the 2033 deadline. The administration also noted there’s no plan for closing a $7 billion funding […]

Goldman Gains “Deeper Appreciation” For Dell’s AI Servers After Investor Trip To Headquarters  Dell has secured its position as a major player in the AI infrastructure space. Earlier this year, the company secured a $5 billion deal to supply advanced AI servers to Elon Musk’s xAI, powering the startup’s next-generation and ever-expanding AI compute workloads. Dell also recently signed a deal with AI hyperscaler CoreWeave to deliver […]

Trump Eyes Executive Order To Open Up Retirement Funds To Crypto; Report Authored by Stephen Katte via CoinTelegraph.com, US President Donald Trump is reportedly set to sign an executive order that could allow American 401(k) retirement plans to invest in alternative assets outside of stocks and bonds, such as cryptocurrencies.  The executive order could be signed sometime this week, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, […]

Kremlin Blasts ‘Hostile’ US Talk Of NATO Quickly Seizing Kaliningrad Russia has blasted recent comments by a top US general who boasted about NATO’s claimed ability to swiftly capture the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad if the military action is deemed necessary. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that “NATO is an instrument of confrontation, it is a bloc that is hostile towards our country” – in a press briefing. […]

Transparency By Molly Schwartz, Cross-Asset Macro Strategist at Rabobank Yesterday, G-20 finance ministers congregated in South Africa, though several delegates were noticeably absent, like Scott Bessent from the US. Bessent, of course, wasn’t playing hooky alone, as other truants included counterparts from Argentina, Australia, and France. That said, Bessent’s empty seat garnered special attention as the United States is not […]

Three Dead In Explosion At Los Angeles Sheriff’s Training Facility Details are scant, but what we know so far is that three people are dead following an apparent explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility in East Los Angeles. That large Los Angeles County facility—just east of downtown—was the site of the explosion about an hour ago. Three people have been killed. Now, some critical information […]

Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” Cancelled By CBS There is something inherently dishonest about comedians posing as political commentators.  The trend, launched by Jon Stewart in 1998 when he took over The Daily Show, harnesses comedy to disarm viewers, making them more susceptible to suggestion.  This isn’t such a bad thing when comedians tell the truth, but what about when they lie? Furthermore, figures like Jon Stewart (and […]