Forced Labor, Human Trafficking? Illegal Alien Kids Rescued After ICE Raids Industrial Pot Farm In Newsom’s California California Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote on X, “Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields.”  Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields. Trump calls me “Newscum” — but he’s the real scum. […]

Massive Rare Earths Elements Deposit Confirmed In Wyoming By John Paul Hamsptead of FreightWaves In a groundbreaking moment for the American mining industry, the Fluor Corporation has confirmed the feasibility of large rare earth element deposits at Ramaco Resources’ Brook Mine in Wyoming. This announcement marks a significant step towards redefining the United States’ position in the critical minerals market. The confirmation […]

Even 190% Tariffs Can’t Break Our Addiction To China’s Cheap Labor Despite falling headline numbers—China’s share of U.S. imports dropped to 13% in 2024 from nearly 22% in 2017—America’s reliance on Chinese goods remains deeper than it seems, according to Bloomberg.  A new paper by researchers from the World Bank and IMF estimates the real figure is closer to 16% when accounting for transshipments through third countries […]

RFK Jr. Bans Illegal Immigrants From Government-Funded Programs Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rescinding a 1998 interpretation of a law that allowed illegal immigrants to access certain government-funded programs, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on July 10. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill on May 14, […]

Nearly 5,000 Haitians Killed In 9 Months As Gang Violence Spreads Beyond Capital The United Nations in a fresh report issued Friday is urging international support for Haiti, amid crippling gang violence has claimed 4,864 lives between October and June. In this nine month period, over 20% of these deaths occurred in the Centre and Artibonite areas, signaling that violence is extending well beyond Port-au-Prince into surrounding […]

El Salvador Recalls Ambassador To Mexico Over Drug Plane Allegations Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on July 9 that he was recalling El Salvador’s ambassador to Mexico for consultations after Mexico’s security chief claimed that a plane allegedly carrying cocaine had originated in El Salvador. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele speaks during a news conference in […]

Tensions Explode Between Bongino And Bondi Amid DOJ Epstein Memo Fallout: Reports Speculation is mounting that FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is furious over the Department of Justice’s explosive memo concerning Jeffrey Epstein, with anonymous sources claiming he has issued a stark ultimatum to the White House: dismiss Attorney General Pam Bondi or he will resign from his position. Axios, citing four sources familiar with the […]

No One Believes… Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Flux Rules “We’re trapped in a structure. We named the Structure ‘Jeffrey Epstein’.” – Eric Weinstein No one in America – not even the most deranged, spike-faced, pink-haired transtifas – believes the latest Epstein story as played out by Mr. Trump and AG Bondi in this week’s cabinet parlay: nuthin to see, just a bunch of pointless child porn, fuggeddabowdit. . . But […]

California, Los Angeles Join Activist Lawsuit Against Federal Authorities Over ICE Operations Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with the attorneys general from several other states, submitted an amicus brief on July 7 in an effort to prevent the federal government from continuing its immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles. The case, Perdomo v. Noem, was filed […]

MTG Moves To Strike Half-Billion Of Military Aid To ‘Nuclear-Armed Israel’ Vying for the title of Most Brazen Bull in the china shop that is America’s relationship with the State of Israel, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will introduce an amendment to strike a half-billion dollars in additional military aid for the country — and she notably emphasized its status as a nuclear power.  “I’m entering amendments […]

Senate Committee Votes To Block FBI Headquarters Relocation Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to ban the Federal Bureau of Investigation from a planned move to the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, D.C. The July 10 vote approved a Justice Department funding bill amendment that blocked the Trump administration from keeping the FBI headquarters in Washington, […]

JPM CEO Jamie Dimon Unloads On Democrats: “Idiots” Obsessed With Failed Wokeism   The inconvenient truth for Democrats is that there is still no bottom in sight, as the party of leftist radicals doubles, triples, and quadruples down on diversity, equity, inclusion, all things woke, and most alarmingly, a rapid descent into embracing Marxist ideas. That’s why rational people have been jumping ship from the imploding party. Just […]

‘Hand To God, I Know The Names’: Alan Dershowitz Says He Knows Who’s On The Epstein List Two days after the FBI leaked a memo to Axios revealing that the Epstein case is effectively ‘closed’ (he killed himself and there’s no ‘list’ of clients) – former Epstein attorney and associate Alan Dershowitz says he knows exactly who’s on the ‘Epstein list,’ and why it’s being suppressed from the public.  “I have seen – remember I was […]

California To Lose 17% Of Oil Refining Capacity: EIA Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, California could lose 17 percent of its oil refinery capacity over the next 12 months due to two scheduled refinery closures, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a July 9 statement. In October, energy company Phillips 66 announced plans to shut down its Wilmington refinery in the Los Angeles area by the fourth […]

It’s A Smart Move For Russia To Strike Ukrainian Draft Centers Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Financial Times (FT) reported that “Russia attacks Ukraine’s draft offices in effort to undermine armed forces”, which drew attention to its latest strategy nearly three and a half years into the conflict. What began as a special operation quickly transformed into a proxy war that’s since become a “race of […]

Trump Threatens To Pull Endorsements From GOP Senators Opposing DOGE Cuts President Trump on Thursday night threatened to withhold endorsements from any Republican senators who oppose his $9.4 billion “DOGE” rescissions package targeting foreign aid and leftist public broadcasting outlets. This is setting the stage for a weekend showdown between the White House and GOP holdouts ahead of a planned vote next week.  “It is very […]

Is Immigration Not Tariffs Becoming Powell’s New Excuse Via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Jerome Powell has made it clear that tariffs could induce higher inflation. Accordingly, the Fed has resisted cutting interest rates. Despite his concerns, fears of tariff-based inflation, as judged by individual and business surveys, are fading. Moreover, even some Fed members are backing away from their prior outlook that inflation would be […]

Trump Teases ‘Major Statement’ On Russia Coming In Days President Donald Trump has stated that America’s NATO allies will be required to pay the full cost for US-made weapons while hinting that some of those arms may eventually be transferred to Ukraine. As is well known, Trump has long pushed European NATO members to take on greater defense const-sharing burden, and in new remarks given to NBC published Friday he said “We send […]

Victor Davis Hanson Reveals What’s Really Beneath Mamdani’s Carefully Crafted Image Via VigilantFox.com, Cracks are beginning to show in the carefully curated image of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. Questions about his past and controversial positions are surfacing, drawing fresh scrutiny to his campaign. Historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson highlighted three particularly troubling revelations that have […]

Trump To Send $300M In Weapons To Ukraine Drawn From Pentagon Reserves For the first time, President Donald Trump is set to use his authority to send weapons directly to Ukraine from Pentagon reserves, Reuters reports, citing two sources familiar with the matter, after last week’s brief halt in shipments and now subsequent reversal. Until now, the Trump administration had only transferred arms that were previously approved during […]

T-Mobile Scraps DEI Programs To Better Align With Trump Admin Policies Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, T-Mobile officially scrapped its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs to better align itself with the Trump administration’s policies, it has confirmed. In a letter to FCC Chair Brendan Carr, T-Mobile executive Mark Nelson said the wireless carrier had made some “adjustments” to ensure its […]

The ‘Count Dooku’ Of Austrian Economics Faces ‘Anakin’ Murphy Mises Institute Jedi Bob “Anakin” Murphy finally faced his nemesis: George Mason University’s David Beckworth, deemed the “Count Dooku” of Austrian Economics by Bob for Beckworth’s apprenticeship under Misesian scholars and subsequent drift into mainstream circles.  They waged battle at last night’s ZeroHedge debate on the question: Should we abolish the […]

Education Department To Resume Interest Accrual On 7.7 Million Student Loan Borrowers Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Education announced it will restart interest accrual for student-loan borrowers in the Saving on Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, starting from Aug. 1, according to a July 9 Education Department (ED) statement. Launched in 2023 by the Biden administration, the SAVE plan […]

BMI Dismisses Trump’s Copper Tariff As Likely Just A “Negotiating Tool, Not Serious Proposal”  The global copper industry had been on edge since the start of President Trump’s second term amid rising tariff threats. Earlier this week, those fears materialized when the Trump administration announced a 50% tariff on all copper imports, set to take effect August 1, citing a strong national security assessment. Still, questions remain […]

Hemispheric Defense Theme Accelerates As Hegseth Calls For Drone Dominance An investment thesis gaining traction across our desk is the “Hemispheric Defense” theme, driven by the urgent need for the Western world—led by the U.S. and Europe—to accelerate weapons production, re-shore critical supply chains, and expand domestic industrial capacity. This initiative is unfolding as the world rapidly stumbles into a bipolar […]