Israel Seeks To Disrupt Russian-Iranian Arms Transfer Route In The Caspian Sea Russia and Iran have long had positive bilateral relations, which deepened in the context of the Ukraine war, and now in the midst of Trump’s Operation Epic Fury, where Moscow is said to be sharing vital intelligence and targeting information with Tehran. Fresh reporting in The Wall Street Journal suggests that recent large-scale Israeli attacks in the […]

What’s So Great About Diversity? Authored by DSr. James Allan via DailySceptic.org, ‘Diversity is our strength.’ One hears this, or myriad variants of the same idea, unrelentingly. Certainly I work in an Australian university where the extent of higher-ups pushing this notion does indeed qualify as unrelenting, even matching totalitarian state levels of propaganda. But even outside the hallowed halls of impartial, politically […]

Islamic Symbol Erected On Mountain Overlooking Phoenix Destroyed Religiously motivated vandalism that doesn’t involve an attack on a Christian church?  It’s an incredibly rare occurrence in the US, despite the myths often spread by the progressive media.  That said, it is likely to become far more frequent as clashes between the west and eastern ideologies continue to escalate.  Tempe police are investigating the destruction of […]

After The Epstein Files, It’s Become All But Impossible To Believe He Killed Himself Authored by Tom Elliott via substack, As soon as the feds announced Jeffrey Epstein killed himself while awaiting prosecution on charges of sex trafficking, the popular reaction was disbelief: “Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself” quickly became an internet meme. And now, with the release of the Epstein Files, it’s only become harder — if […]

New Details: US Pilot Suffered Shrapnel Wounds After ‘Unkillable’ F-35 Was Struck By Iran Very little is known about last week’s incident which forced an ‘unkillable’ F-35 fighter jet to make an emergency landing at an airbase in the Middle East last week, amid reports it took on Iranian fire. Iranian state media said it was shot and successfully downed. Al Jazeera observed that “If true, this would be the first time during the […]

Jack Smith Subpoenaed Records On Kash Patel: Documents Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The team behind the Arctic Frost investigation subpoenaed years’ worth of records on Kash Patel, who now heads the FBI, according to documents released on March 24. Former special counsel Jack Smith testifies about his investigations into President Donald Trump, before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol […]

Here’s Where Rent Growth In The US Is Finally Slowing After years of rapid increases, rent growth in the U.S. is finally slowing—and in some cities, prices are even declining, according to Marketwatch. From January 2025 to January 2026, rents rose 2.8%, a smaller increase than the year before and lower than pre-pandemic norms, marking the slowest growth since 2021. This cooling trend, driven in part by a surge in new housing […]

IRS Data Show Average Tax Refund Up Over 10% This Year Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The average tax refund is 10.8 percent higher this year when compared with the same time period in 2025, according to data released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on March 20. The figures show that as of March 13, the average refund for individual filers for 2026 was $3,623, up from $3,271 from 2025. Around 69.7 million […]

Bud Light & Budweiser Continue To Struggle As Dylan Mulvaney Ad Disaster Nears Three-Year Mark Ahead of next week’s three-year anniversary of Anheuser-Busch’s most epic marketing ad blunder ever, the Bud Light backlash remains intact and should serve as a case study for generations in how far-left wokeism in corporate America can destroy decades of brand-building overnight. What began as a viral TikTok promotion featuring Dylan […]

“Emergencies” Requiring Coal Plants To Stay Open Need Not Be Imminent, DOE Tells Court By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive The U.S. Department of Energy’s secretary has broad authority under the Federal Power Act to declare emergencies to keep power plants from retiring, and those emergencies don’t have to be imminent, DOE told a federal appeals court last week in response to challenges over its orders keeping a Michigan coal […]

California Schools Try Rap While Scores Keep Falling Authored by David Manney via PJ Media, California’s education system continues to search for answers while student performance struggles to recover. In one case, the Merced City School District approved a contract worth about $270,000 to bring a rap-based curriculum into classrooms, even as academic performance remains weak. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file The district serves […]

Grounding Planes ‘A Distinct Possibility’: Tightened Global Fuel Supply Hitting Asian Nations Hardest European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has again warned of a “critical energy situation” as oil and gas markets convulse, underscoring growing fears of supply shocks, at a moment President Trump early this week claimed the Strait of Hormuz could “reopen very soon” if talks with Iran succeed – though Tehran has flatly […]

Pentagon Removes Press Offices After Federal Judge Blocks Trump Restrictions The Defense Department has announced plans to remove media offices from the Pentagon after a Clinton-appointed federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters’ access to the building.  The action is seen as a “loophole” strategy to bypass the ruling against restrictions which the Trump Administration has struggled […]

Drone-Attack Simulation Exposed A Grid Vulnerability By Robert Walton of UtilityDive U.S. electric utilities need new tools and regulatory authorizations to protect the power grid from drone attacks, experts and industry groups say. The issue has taken on new urgency recently. The Department of Homeland Security reportedly urged U.S. energy companies to increase security in response to potential threats from Iran, which has […]

Senate Democrats Blink: DHS Deal Emerges After Weeks Of Gridlock After more than a month of political stalemate, the Senate Democrats are finally flinching, and a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security seems within reach – even if the path looks like a compromise designed to please no one.  Key Senate Republicans left the White House late Monday in a noticeably upbeat mood, telling colleagues that there is now a […]

Oil Tumbles, Stocks Surge As Israeli TV Reports US Seeks ‘One Month Ceasefire’; Tehran Refuses Talks With ‘Backstabbers’ Summary US seeks a one-month ceasefire with a framework to end the war, according to Israel Channel 12 reports; Telegraph says Iranians see Witkoff and Kushner as ‘backstabbers’ WSJ, Fox reporting 3,000 elite Army Airborne soldiers to be ordered to Middle East. Axios says US awaits Iran response to […]

Biden-Era Intel Assessment Targeted White Moms And Homemakers As Potential Domestic Terrorists Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Newly released CIA documents reveal that the Biden regime identified “motherhood,” and “homemaking”  as indicators of so-called “white racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism” (REMVE). The Trump administration recently retracted an October 2021 intelligence […]

Two Republicans Currently Lead California Governor’s Race And Could Lock Out Dems In General Election Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Two Republicans currently lead in the California governor’s race according to recent polls, making a Democrat lockout in the November general election a distinct possibility. Photo: Huntington Beach, CA – April 22: Conservative commentator and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve […]

Circle Plunges Most Ever On Stablecoin Legislation, As Tether Prepares Full Audit Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, plunged the most on record as investors reacted to potential stablecoin regulation changes that could make the firm’s cryptocurrency less attractive to large holders, as it would be stripped of interest payments. Concerns that a competitor is readying a move into the US market also hurt […]

Ozempic Slims America… And It’s Lightening Truckers’ Loads! Via Freightwaves.com, The freight market is no stranger to disruptive forces – tariffs, recessions, weather, economic fluctuations, and capacity crunches have all reshaped freight demand over the years. But a new contender is emerging from an unexpected corner: the widespread adoption of GLP-1 medications (think Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and similar GLP-1 receptor […]

Bitcoin’s Quantum Risk May Be Real, But the Network Is Preparing: Report Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Galaxy Digital’s latest report says the risk that quantum computing could compromise Bitcoin is real, but so is the work underway to protect the network. The firm’s research frames the issue as a long-term engineering and governance challenge rather than an imminent crisis, with developers already […]

IRGC Navy Turns Back Containership Seeking Hormuz Passage As Iran Starts Charging $2 Million Toll Amid reports of increasing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, Alireza Tangsiri, a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, said on X that the containership Selen was turned back by the IRGC Navy for “failing to comply with legal protocols and lacking permission to transit the Strait of Hormuz.” Needless to say, […]

Celsius, Monster Shares Slide As Costco Unveils 70-Cent Kirkland Energy Drink The supplement industry news website Stack3d reports that Costco has expanded its Kirkland Signature brand into energy drinks, a move likely to catch the attention of anyone who consumes these amped-up drinks throughout the day, given the sub-$1-per-can price point. Energy drink stocks are trading lower mid-session on Tuesday, though it is unclear whether […]

“Will You Help Me Repair My Door?”: Rapper Afroman Wins Major Free Speech Verdict Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, When singer Joseph E. Foreman took the stand recently in Ohio, his message, like his lyrics, was hardly subtle. Indeed, counsel may have been unsure whether to examine or to hoist him. The rapper, known as “Afroman,” appeared in a suit modeled after an American flag with matching flag-patterned […]

Terrible 2Y Auction: Biggest Tail In 3 Years, Dealers Highest Since 2022 With both foreign and domestic investors dumping gold (and anything else not nailed down) to fund oil, at its brand sparkling new price of $170 (in Asia), we were wondering how long before the lack of disposable cash hits US debt. We got the answer today at just after 1pm when we got the results of today’s $69 billion 2Year bond auction. In a nutshell, it was […]