Supreme Court Sets November Arguments In Religious Liberty, Prison Medical Care, And Agency Power Cases Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court on Aug. 11 scheduled oral arguments for November in three high-stakes cases involving a religious liberty challenge to Colorado’s preschool funding rules, a lawsuit over inadequate prison medical care, and a separation of powers dispute involving Labor Department […]

Running The Hormuz Gauntlet: Recruitment Ad Offers Tanker Crews Double Pay To Brave Drone Strikes Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen posted on X what appears to be a recruitment ad from Singapore-based maritime crewing agency Singhai Marine Services, offering a rare look at the pay and “transit” bonuses available to tanker crews transiting the highly contested Strait of Hormuz. Singhai Marine is recruiting a full crew to […]

Diesel Crack Spread Explodes To Record As Wall Street Warns Of Refined-Products “Perfect Storm” Wall Street Warns About “Perfect Storm” Diesel Crunch:  Goldman’s Daan Struyven Shows Global Diesel Exports Crashing Citi’s Anthony Yuen Warns: Global Diesel Inventories “Below 5YR Minimum” BofA’s Francisco Blanch Warns: “Diesel’s Perfect Summer Storm” Unfolding  Jefferies’ Sam Burwell Warns: Hormuz Shock “Manifesting Itself In […]

Treasury Department Ends Ownership Reporting For US Small Businesses Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, The Treasury Department on Tuesday finalized a rule permanently exempting U.S. companies and individuals from reporting beneficial ownership information to authorities, rolling back Biden-era Corporate Transparency Act requirements. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations […]

LIS Technologies’ New $6.2M Oak Ridge Building Is The Missing Link In Nano’s Fuel-To-Reactor Stack LIS Technologies just bought the building that makes the Nano Nuclear vertical-integration story look more like a fuel cycle, instead of a slide deck. The check for $6.2 million purchased K-1580, a 37,803-square-foot, three-story, newly renovated facility at 150 Americus Way on the historic K-25 Enrichment Site of East Tennessee’s […]

Paramount Mulling California Exodus Amid Antitrust Scrutiny Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Paramount Skydance could be the next major company to leave California as the media giant faces intensifying antitrust scrutiny over its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. Makan Delrahim, Paramount’s top legal officer, said the Los Angeles-based company is “committed” to staying in California. But he also noted that […]

​​​​​​​”Abolish NYSE Stock Exchange,” Says China-Based Hasan Piker Producer, Mamdani Campaign Alum Far-left influencer Hasan Piker’s China-based producer, Eric Hovagim, who also worked on socialist Zohran Mamdani’s campaign, has said on recent podcasts and streams that he wants to “ban the American stock market” and has boasted about his relationship with a known Beijing-based propagandist waging an informational war […]

Tehran’s Houthi Proxies Attack Saudi Aramco Again, Crude Spikes, As Iran’s Military Command To Be ‘More Aggressive’ Summary Saudi Aramco attacked again: Houthi drone strikes on a Saudi refinery sent oil prices higher. Hormuz stalemate & standoff: US says it can sustain the Iranian port blockade indefinitely. Iran digs in: Tehran appears prepared for a prolonged war of attrition. Hard-liners rise: Iran reshuffled senior […]

Private Credit’s Problems Just Got Real Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance For most of this year, the private credit story I’ve written about (and warned about) has been about investors trying to get their money out. Now the loans themselves appear to be cracking. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that defaults across several of the largest publicly traded private credit funds have climbed to their highest levels in […]

Massive Blast Rocks Italian Munitions Plant At Heart Of Europe’s Ammo Supply Chain A massive explosion has been reported at a major Italian manufacturer of medium- and large-caliber ammunition, formerly known as Simmel Difesa. The plant operates in Colleferro and Anagni, near Rome. Local Italian outlet Sky TG24 reports:  Fire and explosion at Colleferro, in the facility of the former Simmel Difesa, currently owned by KNDS […]

All Of Iran’s Weapons Today Are Domestic, Missile Production Exceeds Usage: IRGC Official At a moment US officials as well as media headlines have been voicing alarm over depleted US missile stockpiles – something which President Trump sought to bat down as false – Iranian leaders have been busy boasting that their domestic defense production has not only kept pace but even expanded on the local production front. Mohammad Reza […]

The Beautiful Great Game: Extra Time & Penalties By Michael Every of Rabobank Yesterday’s in-line US CPI report was the non-event its relative insignificance vs tumultuous domestic and global backdrops suggested it should be. Meanwhile, in the ‘Beautiful Great Game’, it’s extra time and penalties, medals and champagne for some, and tears for others. Iran remains defiant. Trump says he has “total control” of and […]

Palantir, Flock, & Data Centers: The Battle Dividing The Right The political right spent much of the last decade united against Big Tech, government surveillance, and the unprecedented expansion of state power during COVID. But the rise of artificial intelligence has brought with it an urgent need for data centers, and firms like Palantir and Flock are providing government with increasingly sophisticated tools for […]

Dowd: US Disabilities Hit An All-Time High Of 37 Million In July: UP 23% Since Feb 2021 Authored by Ed Dowd via Beyond The Narrative, The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data is out, and the number of Americans ages 16 and over reporting a disability has hit a new all-time high of roughly 37 million. As of July 2026, the Current Population Survey series sits at 37,029,000. That’s not a rounding error or a seasonal blip. It’s the […]

StubHub Shares Plunge As Weak Outlook Fuels Fears World Cup Pulled Spending Forward StubHub shares plunged 20% in premarket trading as uncertainty surrounding its second-half outlook fueled concerns that World Cup demand temporarily pulled forward discretionary spending on entertainment and events. ..back near four month lows… StubHub’s second-quarter results were mixed. Revenue climbed 33% to $573.1 million, beating the […]

Watch: UK PM Wants Every Area In Britain To House Migrants Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has decided that “all parts of the country need to play their part.” That means middle-class families and leafy villages must now accept large numbers of asylum seekers so the poorest areas are no longer the only ones carrying the load. This approach obviously does nothing to stop the root of the […]

2026 Rate-Hike Expectations Plummet After Cooler-Than-Expected PPI Following yesterday’s cooling (in-line) consumer price inflation data (driven in large part by energy deflation), US producer prices were expected to rebound modestly in July from a 0.3% MoM decline (headline) in June. Instead, headline Producer Prices were unchanged MoM (cooler than expected), pushing the annual change down from +5.5% to +4.7% YoY… Source: […]

Michigan And New York Drive Jump In Initial Jobless Claims, Continuing Claims Near 2-Year-Lows The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose to 209k last week, rebounding off the lowest levels since 1969… Michigan and New York saw the largest surge in initial jobless claims last week, while Puerto Rico and Ohio saw the biggest weekly declines… Continuing jobless claims, however, dipped […]

Former SPLC Exec Arrested: Accused Of Funneling Donor Money To KKK, Neo-Nazi Informants Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) executive Heidi Beirich was arrested in California on Wednesday under a superseding indictment in the Justice Department’s ongoing case against the organization, according to a CNN report confirmed by federal officials. Heidi Beirich. What even… Beirich, who directed the Southern Poverty Law Center’s […]

SpaceX Surges Following First Lockup Expiry After Musk Taunts Shorts SpaceX shares have jumped 35% over five sessions and 22% since Elon Musk responded to our X post on the “massive SPCX shorting,” which cited S3 data. He said, “I try to warn them, but they just double down …” The post-earnings squeeze has pushed SPCX well above its $135 initial public offering price, easing concerns that future lockup expirations could […]

Futures Rise, Just Under Record High Ahead Of PPI Report Futures are higher again, although trading in a narrow range for the past week just below all time highs, with Tech flat following disappointing earnings from CSCO. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures add 0.2% while Nasdaq futures are unchanged as Cisco shares dropped 6.4% in premarket trading after earnings failed to impress. Elsewhere, Semis are flat, Memory is lower, […]

Treasury Proposes Tax-Free Employer Contributions To Trump Accounts Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Department of the Treasury on Aug. 11 issued guidance on employer contributions to Trump Accounts, proposing rules for how companies can run a valid contribution program for their employees. President Donald Trump speaks during the Trump Accounts summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington on Jan. […]

“BlackDiamonds Are Forever”: How To Profit From The China-Driven Germanium Squeeze Piper Sandler initiated coverage of LightPath Technologies with an “Overweight” rating and a 12-month price target of $15, citing the defense supplier’s proprietary BlackDiamond infrared glass, which completely “circumvents” the need for Germanium amid “significant cost increases and scarcity stemming from recent Chinese export controls.” Clarke […]

‘Safe Space’: New Taxpayer-Funded Berlin Pool For ‘Blacks Only’ On Fridays Via Remix News, A temporary open-air pool erected outside Berlin’s iconic theater was supposed to represent the ultimate low-barrier urban oasis. Instead, a plan to allow only Black people to attend on Fridays has sparked outrage and accusations of racism. Conceived as a free, non-commercial refuge requiring no identity checks — though reliant on a […]

Wall Street Zeroes In On This “Pure-Play” US Attack Drone Company Wall Street analysts are finally waking up to Unusual Machines as a pure-play in the effort to anchor America’s sovereign drone supply chain. One-way attack drones and autonomous systems have forever changed modern warfare, forcing the Department of War to quickly fire up a massive procurement supercycle to stockpile these drones.  We identified UMAC (read report) […]