Judge Rejects States’ Attempt To Block Medicaid Work Requirements Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on July 30 declined to block new work requirements for Medicaid recipients that states must implement by Jan. 1, 2027. Judge Richard Stearns of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts turned down a request for a preliminary injunction made by Massachusetts and 25 other states to […]

Memory-Chip Crunch Hits Smartphone Demand Across China Prices for electronic devices reliant on advanced memory chips, from smartphones to gaming consoles, have risen as the AI data-center buildout tightens supply and drives component costs higher. The resulting memory-chip crunch is now weighing on consumer demand, with Goldman’s latest note showing that the pressure is increasingly visible in China’s handheld-device market. […]

Trump Orders Heavy Attack On Energy-Related Targets In Iran, To Commence This Weekend Summary Trump orders major strikes on Iran, likely to start this weekend. US adds sanctions, Bessent says Tehran can’t pay troops, as Iran faces growing pressure. Most Americans say the Iran war isn’t worth fighting: AP poll. Iran claims drone strike on US base in Kuwait – after no new US strikes overnight. Oil rises as fears of wider […]

Saudi Arabia Planning Major Escalation In Yemen, Possible Ground Op: Reports Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, said Thursday that there were indications Saudi Arabia was planning a major escalation in Yemen, as the war between the two sides has been reignited following the July 13 Saudi strikes on the Sanaa International Airport. […]

Trump’s Jones Act Waiver Helped Avert Fuel Shortages Across These Key US Regions The Department of Homeland Security has issued the broadest Jones Act waiver since at least the 1950s, just weeks after the US-Iran conflict erupted. The measure has allowed foreign-flagged vessels to transport fuel, crude oil, fertilizer, and other essential goods between US ports, bypassing domestic shipping restrictions to mitigate supply chain […]

The Fourth Turning Is Here: The Old Order Is Breaking Down Authored by Chris MacIntosh via InternationalMan.com, In 1997, historians William Strauss and Neil Howe published “The Fourth Turning,” a cyclical theory of Anglo-American history built around generational archetypes and recurring saecular rhythms of approximately 80 to 100 years — roughly the length of a long human life. Their framework identified four […]

From Nazi Tats To Kissing Cousins: Maine Democrats Go Full Jerry Springer In the span of a few weeks, Maine Democrats replaced their U.S. Senate nominee amid a cascade of personal controversies, with a guy who’s been banging his 2nd cousin for years.  Platner’s Collapse Graham Platner, a Marine Corps veteran and oyster farmer, had emerged as a progressive populist challenger to five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins. He […]

Demoralizing The Whole Citizenry To The Max Authored by James Howard Kunstler, The Curse It Is Cast… “I have nothing to hide. I can explain and validate everything that I’ve done.” – Dr. Anthony Fauci, recorded for TV in 2022 However you cut this Fauci business, one thing Americans have learned is how slippery and treacherous this thing called The Law has become. You saw it in the sundry Trump prosecutions of […]

ICE Planning New Detention Facilities For 5,500+ Detainees In Four US Cities Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is currently moving to open four new major detention facilities across the United States with a combined capacity to hold 5,500 detainees. Just the News reports that ICE has sent out a request for information seeking contractors who could operate detention […]

Five States Make The Cut For $50 Billion Nuclear Campuses  The Department of Energy has selected Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho as the first five potential hosts for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses (NLICs), advancing an effort that forced states to decide whether they support the entire nuclear industry or merely the convenient parts. Energy Secretary Chris Wright signed Memorandums of Understanding with […]

FCC Chair Carr Defends License Review As ABC Cries Censorship Via American Greatness, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is pushing back against Disney-owned ABC’s claims that his agency is engaged in “attempted censorship,” insisting the review of the network’s broadcast licenses stems from evidence of discriminatory hiring practices, not politics. ABC leveled the censorship accusation in a 119-page […]

Chips To Ships: Nvidia Plans New Shipbuilding Investment With Kawasaki Authored by Stuart Chirls via FreightWaves.com, Can the world’s newest technology give a boost to one of transportation’s oldest? A plan by leading Asia companies wants to find out. Nvidia and Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced a joint effort to build a “next‑generation digital shipyard” at Kawasaki’s Sakaide Works in Japan.  The core of the deal […]

US Treasury Informed Banks It May Intervene In Japan’s Yen, As Market Laughs At BOJ’s Own Attempts To Prop Up Currency While the BOJ understandably refuses to admit it spent a record $140BN (across all markets, $90BN on EBS) to briefly manipulate the Japanese yen higher… … ahead of yet another disappointing (non-rate hike) decision (according to some calculations, Japan’s central bank is about 100 bps of rate hikes behind to […]

Italy Suspends Schengen Travel Agreement With Spain After Horrifying Ceuta Invasion Summary: Italy Suspends Schengen Agreement With Spain Over Ceuta Invasion Europe’s Right-Wing Blasts Spanish Socialists For Border Failure Riots erupted in Ceuta as Illegals Clashed with Security Forces Mass Migration Invasion Of Military-Aged Males From Morocco Invades Spanish Enclave  “Looks Like World War Z!”: Spain’s Ceuta Invaded By […]

Tesla Weighs China Spinoff As Potential SpaceX Merger Looms Tesla is reportedly evaluating whether to separate its China operations through a sale, spinoff, or other restructuring as it considers a possible future merger with SpaceX, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The discussions reflect increasing geopolitical tensions between the United States and China, as well as the unique regulatory challenges that […]

Seattle Police Chief Resigns 4 Days After Deadly Festival Shooting Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes on Thursday sent his letter of resignation to Mayor Katie B. Wilson, four days after a fatal shooting at a food festival, the mayor’s office and Seattle Police Department announced. Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson (C) and Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes (L) attend the vigil for victims the […]

Spain’s Border Invasion Is An Optics Disaster For Open-Border Democrats The average American has learned about the far-left movement, or more particularly, reformist socialists, otherwise known as the Democratic Socialists of America, in recent months. The DSA says in its own words that its platform is about collapsing America from within. To accomplish that, they must push open borders and flood the nation with millions more […]

Immigrant Business Owners Prepare Lawsuit Against Mamdani Over City-Run Grocery Stores Via American Greatness, Several immigrant business owners are preparing to sue New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his plan for city-owned grocery stores, Fox News Digital confirmed Wednesday. The Multicultural Business Coalition’s board voted this week to pursue legal action against the city over Mamdani’s proposal to open five […]

Claude Hacked Three Real Organizations During Botched Test Anthropic’s efforts to test Claude’s offensive cybersecurity skills produced an unintended real-world result: Its AI models gained unauthorized access to three outside organizations. The company said the incidents occurred during “capture the flag” evaluations designed to measure whether Claude could identify vulnerabilities, exploit simulated systems, and retrieve hidden […]

AI Bear Case: What Skeptics Get Right And Wrong Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The AI “bear case” isn’t one argument; it’s three. Burry on earnings. Bernstein on circular financing. MIT on revenue. Two are half right. One falls apart on the data. Michael Burry broke a two-year silence on November 11 to accuse the world’s largest technology companies of cooking their books, calling it one of the […]

It’s A Gambling Platform “Plain And Simple”; New York Sues Kalshi Authored by Olivier Acuna via CoinDesk.com, New York sued prediction-market Kalshi, alleging it offers sports and event wagers in the state without a gaming license. The petition, filed in the New York Supreme Court on Friday, asks a judge to bar the company from operating an unlicensed gambling business and seeks an accounting of customer bets, losses and […]

US Senators Sent Revised Ethics Rules To White House For CLARITY Act: Report Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, Two US senators on opposite sides of the political aisle have reportedly sent revised ethics guidelines to the White House as part of discussions over a cryptocurrency market structure bill in Congress. According to a Thursday PunchBowl report, Senator Thom Tillis and Senator Ruben Gallego submitted a […]

Entire Russian City Enveloped In Smoke & Darkness After Major Refinery Attacked The major Russian industrial city of Volgograd, in the country’s southwest, is being engulfed in smoke and darkness on Friday after a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks scored several hits on key sites. A sprawling energy facility, as well as warehouse belonging to the online retailer Wildberries, went up in flames, resulting in several injuries. […]

UMich Sentiment Surges To Pre-War Highs; AI Fears Becoming “Salient” Having rebounded from record (46 year) lows in June, University of Michigan’s final July Sentiment survey was expected to show further improvement MoM, but a slight decline from the preliminary print as gas prices started rising again following the apparent end of the MoU-driven MidEast ceasefire. However, from 49.5 final for June, UMich headline print rose to […]

Senate Schedules Contempt Vote For Fauci Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Senate has scheduled a vote on holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Aug. 5 will consider a contempt resolution for Fauci. The resolution has not been released as of yet. Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at […]