Escobar: From The Caspian To The Persian Gulf, Tracking Iran’s North-South Corridor Authored by Pepe Escobar, On the road in Iran – The International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) is one of the most crucial geoeconomic/infrastructure projects of the 21st century.  It unites at its core three key BRICS nations – Russia, Iran and India – branching out to the Caucasus and Central Asia. When fully operational, […]

Visa Overstays Make Up Almost 40% Of Illegal US Entries The share of people becoming undocumented immigrants in the United States not by illegally crossing a border, but by overstaying their visas was almost 40 percent of estimated new undocumented immigrants in the fiscal year 2023. While an estimated 860,000 new undocumented arrivals were created due to illegal border crossings that year, more than 510,000 people overstayed […]

“UndocuGraduation” Ceremonies For Illegal Aliens Include Guidance On ICE Raids By Emily Sturge of CampusReform This graduation season, three universities in California and a university in Washington will hold “UndocuGraduation” ceremonies to celebrate illegal immigrant students.  Universities paired the event announcements with commitments to protect the identities of student attendees by not releasing any “data related […]

US Gasoline Prices Heading Into Memorial Day Weekend Are The Lowest Since COVID The retail price for regular-grade gasoline in the United States on May 19, the Monday before Memorial Day weekend, averaged $3.17 per gallon (gal), 11% (or 41 cents/gal) lower than the price a year ago. Thanks to the ongoing slide in oil prices, after adjusting for inflation (real terms) average U.S. retail gasoline prices going into Memorial Day […]

Universities Should Stop Basing Decisions On Race, Majority Of Parents Say In New Poll By Micaiah Bilger of The College Fix 3 in 4 parents of college-age students also oppose men in women’s spaces A majority of parents with college-age students want universities to stop prioritizing race in hiring and scholarship decisions, a new poll from Defending Education found. The results showed a majority of parents “are at odds with […]

Closer To Peace? Watch Russian Ballistic Missile Destroy US Patriot System In Ukraine There’s been little progress in Russia-Ukraine talks, which the Trump administration has backed – the latest held in Istanbul a week ago – and by all appearances the war continues to heat up and possibly expand. Russia’s defense ministry (MoD) has published battlefield footage which purports to show a Russian Iskander-M operational-tactical […]

CIA Says Winning Tech War With China Top Priority, Citing ‘Existential Threat’ To US Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis says that China represents an “existential threat” to the United States and that the agency’s top priority is outpacing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in a high-stakes technological arms race that spans semiconductors, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence. […]

Trans CEMA Director Suspended After Failure To Alert St. Louis Residents Of Deadly Tornado The head of the City Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) in St. Louis has been suspended pending an investigation into into why tornado sirens did not sound before an EF-3 tornado hit parts of Central West End and North City last week.  A physical button must be pushed by officials at the CEMA office in order to activate warning sirens; this […]

Armenian Crime Rings Charged With Attempted Murder, $83 Million Amazon Cargo Theft By Noi Mahoney of FreightWaves Federal authorities on Tuesday arrested 13 alleged members of rival Armenian crime organizations locked in an apparent power struggle in Los Angeles County. The charges include attempted murder, kidnapping, illegal firearm possession, bank and wire fraud, and cargo theft totaling more than $80 million, the U.S. […]

​​​​​​​Power Hungry Race: Aluminium Smelters Versus AI Data Centers  The ‘Powering Up America’ theme has primarily focused on the surge of AI data centers being plugged into the nation’s electric grid to fuel chatbots and the digital economy. But what’s often overlooked are other major electrification trends, like on-shoring massive aluminum smelters, that will soon compete with AI data centers for power on strained […]

Whitman College President Officiates Anti-Trump Lesbian Wedding Featuring A “Wusband” By College Fix The president of Whitman College late last month presided over the marriage between a senior at the school and her Whitman alum “wusband.” President Sarah Bolton officiated the nuptials of Lita Bacus and “nonbinary lesbian” Fi Black at which “I do’s” and “dyke” rings were exchanged at Whitman’s Olin Hall, the […]

RFK Jr. Drops Bombshell ‘MAHA’ Report Outlining ‘Existential Public Health Crisis’ And What To Do About It Delivering on President Trump’s Executive Order 14212, the “Make America Great Again” (MAHA) Commission released a 72-page report titled “The MAHA Report: Make Our Children Healthy Again,” outlining America’s childhood chronic disease crisis and its potential contributing causes. The Government has never admitted that the […]

Supreme Court Signals Support For Fed Independence Amid Trump-Era Firing Challenge The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday took an unusual step to distance the Federal Reserve from broader legal challenges to the firing protections of independent federal agencies, offering a measure of reassurance to investors and policymakers concerned about political interference with the central bank. In a brief, unsigned order, the Court allowed […]

Hawks Want Trump To ‘Send Right Signal To China’ By Not Giving Moscow Single Concession Via The Libertarian Institute The former top US diplomat in Ukraine said that any deal to end the Russian invasion must also deter China, arguing that engaging in peace talks with Moscow is a mistake. Bridget Brink, who served as ambassador to Ukraine until late April, told Face The Nation, “The real question is, how are we going to help to […]

Lawmakers Move To Protect Your DNA After 23andMe Bankruptcy Regeneron Pharmaceuticals was named the winning bidder in the court-supervised sale of 23andMe, granting it eventual access to a gigantic pool of genetic data from an estimated 15 million individuals. The deal has raised alarm bells in Washington, DC, prompting bipartisan lawmakers to introduce a bill that would strengthen protections for genetic data during […]

“Criminal Act”: Kim Jong Un Seethes After Disastrously-Failed Warship Launch North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was left humiliated outraged after personally witnessing the botched launch of a new, 5,000-ton destroyer on Thursday — going so far as to call it a “criminal act” and a “political issue directly related to the prestige of the state.” He’s promised accountability and, given his history of executing officials who fail to […]

Netanyahu: Trump Told Me ‘I Have Absolute Commitment To You’ Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference this week that President Trump had assured him that the US was committed to Israel despite a slew of media reports that have said there’s friction between the two leaders. “Let me give you some details that perhaps haven’t been made public. A few days ago […]

“The Greatest Ass-Covering Op In US History” Created The Democratic Party Of Hoaxes, Hustles, & Hatred Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Stumblebum’s Legacy “Every time I watch The View, I become even more misogynistic.” – Laura Loomer Bad as it was, “Joe Biden,” the figment president was merely one manifestation of a nation made mad by power-seeking demons, real-live, ill-intentioned human beings driving a runaway […]

Trump Endorses U.S. Steel-Nippon Deal  United States Steel Corp. shares surged to their highest level since April 2011 after President Trump announced on Truth Social his full backing of a partnership between the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker and Japan’s Nippon Steel. Trump confirmed that U.S. Steel will remain headquartered in Pittsburgh, calling the deal the largest investment in Pennsylvania’s history and a first critical step in […]

Father Of DC Shooting Suspect Was Democrats’ Honored Guest At Trump Congressional Address Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, The father of the suspected gunman in the murder of two Israeli Embassy staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday, was the honored guest of a far-left lawmaker at President Trump’s joint address to Congress back in March, the New York Post reported. Eric Rodriguez is an anti-Trump […]

Oracle To Splurge $40 Billion On Nvidia Chips For Mega AI Data Center In Texas  As the U.S. heads into Memorial Day weekend, with pools opening, millions set to travel, and backyard barbecues just ahead, a late-session report from the Financial Times revealed that one of President Trump’s first Project Stargate AI infrastructure projects is underway in Texas.  According to FT’s sources, the under-construction AI data center in […]

Here Are 6 Signs That The Housing Market Depression In The US Is Getting Even Worse Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, America’s housing market has been in a “deep freeze” for more than a year.   The combination of very high interest rates and very high home prices has frozen millions of potential buyers out of the market.  As a result, home sales have fallen to extremely depressed levels.  When […]

Oil War Makes Landfall: Permian Rigs, Crew Counts Crater As Oil Prices Plunge, And It’s About To Get Much Worse… Two weeks after Travis Stice, CEO of shale giant Diamondback Energy, warned that the US energy industry “is at a tipping point” and – more ominously – that US shale output has finally peaked (resulting in Diamondback slashing its capex budget as Saudi Arabia launched the latest OPEC+ price war), we now have confirmation […]

“A Huge Day For The Nuclear Industry”: Trump Signs Orders To Fast Track SMR Development & Deployment President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders designed to fast-track the development and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors on Friday culminating a dramatic policy shift aimed at revitalizing the U.S. nuclear energy sector. 🚨BREAKING: President Trump signs an Executive Order to revamp the Nuclear Regulatory […]

Largest POW Swap Of Ukraine War Unfolds – 2K Total In Coming Days Last week’s Istanbul peace talks between Russia and Ukraine did not lead to much in terms of achieving ceasefire or peace as there were no breakthroughs whatsoever. However, it did give the two sides a chance to increase their swaps of POWs, and this is where Istanbul bore fruit. The delegations agreed to a swap of 1,000 captives from each side, totaling 2,000 – […]