Axis Of Upheaval: Military Watches Of Russia & China Via Watches Of Espionage, What watches have historically kept this emerging bloc that’s challenging the Western order on time? 2025 Russia–United States Summit President Trump recently met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, a land mass that was purchased from the Russian Empire in 1867 for a measly 7.2 million dollars. The meeting didn’t amount to a deal […]

Visualizing Africa’s Battery Storage Pipeline Nearly 600 million people in Africa lack access to electricity, and the continent’s population is projected to double between 2050 and 2070. This growing demand underscores the urgent need for scalable, reliable energy solutions. As Africa transforms its power infrastructure, utility-scale batteries such as Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are becoming essential. These […]

Systemic Corruption Doesn’t Give A Chance For Peace In Ukraine Authored by Yuri Mirovich via AntiWar.com, Another huge scandal linked to embezzlement of budget funds in government procurement has broken out in Ukraine recently. On August 2, Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) exposed an organized criminal […]

Texas Senate Passes Redistricting Map Favoring Republicans Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Texas Senate on Aug. 23 passed a bill that will redraw Texas’s congressional maps and increase Republicans’ hold on the state’s U.S. House delegation by as many as five seats. Cars are parked outside the Texas Capitol building, amid a redistricting battle between Republican and Democratic state […]

These Are Currently The World’s Most Valuable Unicorn Companies Unicorn companies are making a comeback fueled by the generative AI frenzy. While startup funding experienced a lull after the 2021 bonanza, private companies are now seeing a flood of investment, particularly in AI-driven firms like OpenAI. At the same time, countries such as India and the UK are producing firms with sky-high valuations, reflecting an increasingly […]

Florida Appeals Judge’s Ruling Against Expansion Of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration on Aug. 21 appealed a ruling made by a federal judge halting the expansion of the “Alligator Alcatraz” illegal immigrant detention center in the Everglades. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a news conference in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 12, 2025. Chris […]

Americans Spent Less On Plant-Based Foods In 2024 Having long been limited to a handful of mostly soy-based products, plant-based alternatives to dairy and meat have made giant leaps forward over the past few years. Thanks to advances in food science, people can now enjoy a creamy oat milk cappuccino, have a tasty burger based on pea protein or even try chicken-free chicken nuggets that mimic the real thing surprisingly well. And […]

Coinbase Tightens Workforce Security After North Korea Remote-Worker Threats Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, Coinbase, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, has come under a wave of threats from North Korean hackers seeking remote employment with the company. North Korean IT workers are increasingly targeting Coinbase’s remote worker policy to gain access to its sensitive systems. In […]

“Time For This Boondoggle To Die” – House Committee Launches Probe Into California’s High-Speed Rail Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, California’s beleaguered high-speed rail project is under investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The probe, launched Aug. 19, will focus on whether project officials knowingly misrepresented the ridership projections and financial viability […]

Hegseth House-Cleans At Pentagon In Wake Of Disputed Iran Intelligence Weekend headlines have been taken over by more Trump administration house-cleaning and firings at the Pentagon, as late Friday it was reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed a general whose agency’s early intelligence report downplayed the destructive power of the Trump-ordered June strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse has […]

Trump Says He Will Make ‘Very Important Decision’ On Russia-Ukraine Negotiations In 2 Weeks Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he will give Russia and Ukraine two weeks to hold talks aimed at ending the war between the two countries, and if no progress is made, he will decide on the next steps, which could include heavy sanctions or tariffs. President […]

DeSantis Orders Removal Of Gay Pride Crosswalks From Florida Streets Let’s make one thing very clear from the start:  LGBT pride flags are political symbols for a political movement with an undeniable agenda.  They are not “art murals” or expressions of civil rights, they are information weapons designed to saturate the American environment with far-left propaganda.  Woke activists have no right to paint their ideological […]

Newsom Prepares To Violate State Constitution To Save ‘Democracy’ In Redistricting Battle Via American Greatness, Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom is moving ahead with a controversial plan to redraw his state’s congressional maps by overriding the state’s non-partisan redistricting commission to counter redistricting moves by Republican lawmakers in Texas. Newsom has launched a $100 million campaign that is […]

Disney Wants Men Back In Theaters After Years Of Catering To Feminism A recent report from Variety claims that the top echelons of Disney are scrambling to figure out how to entice the male demographic back into theaters, specifically Gen Z men.  Apparently, a media company alienating 50% of their audience base is, in fact, a bad business decision.  The mind boggles…    Keep in mind, this is the same company that coined the […]

Money Wired To Mexico Hits A Decade Low As US Immigration Policies Take Hold Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration is playing a role in the sharpest decline in monthly remittances to Mexico in more than a decade, analysts say. According to numbers released this month from the Bank of Mexico (Banxico), income from remittances abroad stood at $5.2 […]

Think Tank Urges Dems To Drop These 45 Terms That Turn Off Normies A left-leaning think tank is urging Democrats to stop repelling normal human beings with the use of a deep grab-bag of woke words and phrases. The road to electoral Hell is paved with good intentions, writes Third Way: “The intent of this language is to include, broaden, empathize, accept, and embrace. The effect of this language is to sound like the extreme, […]

Declared Conflicts Of Interest for CDC Advisers Dropped Before RFK Jr. Dismissals: Study Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Conflicts of interest declared by vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dropped significantly before the advisers were all dismissed by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a new study. The Centers for […]

Putin Vetoed Hypersonic Missile Strike On Zelensky’s Office, Belarusian President Says Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday told reporters in an anecdote given to a press conference that Russian authorities had plans to directly attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office in Kiev, but that President Putin rejected the proposed action. What’s more, Lukashenko said, is that it would have happened with the […]

The New York Times Publishes False Energy And Climate Information And Refuses To Correct Its Errors Authored by Howard Gruenspecht via RealClearEnergy, Articles addressing energy and climate topics in The New York Times (NYT) increasingly include Inaccurate data and false information. The problem is compounded by the paper’s failure to follow its own corrections policy when errors are called to its attention.  Readers look to […]

National Guard Mobilizing Across 19 States To Clean Up Democratic Party’s Alarming Failures Pentagon officials confirmed to FOX News late Friday that up to 1,700 National Guard troops will mobilize across 19 states from August through mid-November to support the Department of Homeland Security’s “America First” mission, a sweeping crackdown to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens while restoring law and order in metro […]

“I Have No Idea”: Justice Department Official Raised Objections To Ill-Defined Biden Pardons Authored by Jonathan Turley, The House Oversight Committee is investigating the use of the autopen by Biden officials as allegations grow that President Joe Biden had little idea of some of the actions taken under his name, from executive orders to pardons. Now, the Committee has disclosed that at least one senior official warned that he […]

Canada’s Refusal To Cooperate With DEA On Fentanyl “Superlab” Investigation Fueled Cross-Border Tariffs   President Trump’s new hemispheric defense strategy, stretching across North, Central, and South America, now includes the deployment of 4,000 troops and three guided-missile destroyers positioned in international waters off Venezuela, as part of a broader campaign to dismantle command-and-control hubs of narco-terrorists […]

How Great Powers Fall Apart Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, We’re humoring our self-delusion. How do great powers come undone? We can start with a destructive force without equal: self-delusion. Emperor Norton comes to mind in this context. In 1859, in the Gold Rush-enriched city of San Francisco, Joshua Norton, a bankrupt businessman, declared himself “Emperor of these United States” in a proclamation […]

Big Tech Could Soon Use Brain Chips To Read Your Innermost Thoughts: Study A new study out of Stanford University reveals that neural implants, also known as brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), might not just help paralyzed individuals communicate – they could potentially lay bare your innermost thoughts to Big Tech. Published in the medical journal Cell, the research shows these devices can decode brain signals to produce […]

Which Western Security Guarantees For Ukraine Might Be Acceptable To Putin? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, He might hypothetically agree that the resumption of NATO’s present support for Ukraine (arms, intelligence, logistics, etc.) in the event of another conflict wouldn’t cross Russia’s red lines but he’s unlikely to compromise on the issue of Western troops in Ukraine once the present conflict ends. Steve […]