As War Rages In Iran, UK MoD Surveys Troops On Wearing Makeup And Nail Polish Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, While flames engulf Iranian oil depots following U.S. and Israeli strikes, and Iran retaliates with missiles targeting the UAE and Israel, the UK Ministry of Defence has sparked backlash by circulating a survey to troops about relaxing appearance standards. The questionnaire asks if male soldiers should be […]

G-7 Panic? World Leaders Weigh Emergency SPR Dump As Oil Prices Erupt Into Triple-Digit Territory Asian and European equities traded lower, while U.S. equity futures fell 1% as Brent and WTI futures traded in triple-digit territory following the weekend escalation in Middle East tensions. The energy shock we have been warning about for the past week, citing top institutional desks from JPMorgan, UBS, Goldman, and others, is now […]

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Temporary Protected Status For Over 300,000 Haitians Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the Department of Homeland Security had unlawfully terminated the Temporary Protected Status designation for several hundred thousand Haitians living in the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington […]

US Home Relistings Hit Record High As Spring Buying Season Kicks Off, And One-Third Are Cheaper Around 45,000 homes that were delisted in 2025 were back on the market in January – marking the highest relisting numbers since 2016 when Redfin began tracking.  Delistings soared in 2025 after sellers began to outnumber buyers, and decided to take their homes off the market to take another bite at the apple this spring. Overall […]

Iran Picks Khamenei’s Son As Next Supreme Leader Update (1745ET): As was rumored and widely expected, the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba, will become Iran’s next supreme leader, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency announced, taking over after his father was killed in an attack by the US and Israel. Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is the third person to lead the Islamic Republic and the first example of hereditary succession […]

Why Nuclear Energy Is More Vital Than Ever As geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have escalated into direct conflict involving Iran, the global energy market is once again reminded of its precarious dependence on critical chokepoints. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a crawl amid threats and attacks, while QatarEnergy halted LNG production following strikes on its facilities. Oil prices jumped… *BRENT OIL […]

Rep. Darrell Issa Ends Reelection Bid After California Redistricting Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he will not seek reelection in his southern California district, which had been redrawn to favor Democrats in last year’s redistricting. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) speaks at a hearing on oversight of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington on July 13, 2023. Madalina […]

India To US: We Don’t Need Permission To Buy Russian Oil India has really been walking a careful geopolitical tight-rope, wanting keep relations on good terms with the Trump administration, but also wanting to defend its energy sovereignty and decision-making. On Saturday the government issued a somewhat surprisingly feisty statement, in terms of its tone, after the United States just granted a sanctions waiver that allows for […]

Hungary Detains Ukrainians Transporting 10s Of Millions In Cash & Gold Authored by Thomas Brooke via REMIX, Hungarian authorities have detained seven Ukrainian citizens and seized tens of millions of dollars, euros, and gold that were being transported through the country in armored vehicles, triggering the latest diplomatic dispute between Budapest and Kyiv. Hungary’s National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) […]

Kurds Do Not ‘Trust’ US To Use Them As Proxy Force Against Iran This should be obvious to any observer of Middle East history and US foreign policy over the last half-century, but a new Axios report cited Kurdish officials who say they don’t ‘trust’ the United States, especially in wake of recent reports suggesting the Kurds will be used as proxy ground forces against Iran.  Iraq’s Kurds have already made clear they oppose joining […]

Martyrdom, Maps, & Munitions: Jim Rickards’ Most Surprising Iran Takes Authored by Adam Shapr via DailyReckoning.com, I’ve been a fan of Jim Rickards’ work for around 10 years. He came onto my radar in 2016 when he predicted Donald Trump would win the election. I saw a clip of him saying the polls were crooked. And that turned out to be a great call. Jim is never afraid to speak his mind. And his contrarian predictions […]

Price Controls Arrive: South Korea, Taiwan Impose Fuel Price Cap It’s a bloodbath across Asian markets this morning with Asia being the world’s largest oil-importing region. Based on a Goldman analysis of the impact of higher oil on real GDP growth (chart below), China is the most insulated from supply-driven oil price increases compared to other emerging Asian economies, with $15/bbl higher crude oil prices leading to 0-0.1pp […]

When Reagan (Wisely) Cut & Run From The Middle East After Marine Barracks Bombing Authored by Jim Bovard In his recent comments justifying a preventive war against Iran, President Donald Trump declared, “In 1983, Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel.” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has invoked that attack numerous times. The 1983 Beirut barracks attack is […]

US Aims To Exhume And Identify 88 USS Arizona Crew Members Buried As Unknowns After Pearl Harbor The U.S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines killed aboard the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, part of a renewed effort to identify servicemen who were buried as unknowns in the aftermath of the assault. A grave marker for an unknown casualty from the USS Arizona is shown at the […]

‘Small Price To Pay’: Trump Says Surging Oil Prices Will ‘Drop Rapidly’ Once Iran Nuke Threat Over It seems someone tapped the President on the shoulder given this afternoon’s explosive opening in futures and he has posted X that spiking oil prices are a “small price to pay” for world peace, adding that prices “will drop rapidly” once the Iran nuclear threat is over. It’s Sunday night and the much-hoped for de-escalation has not […]

Conscientious Objector Group: Phone ‘Ringing Off Hook’ As Huge Mobilization Underway An 80-year-old nonprofit that advises conscientious objectors says its phone is “ringing off the hook” as American service members who object to the US-and-Israel-initiated war on Iran are seeking guidance on how to avoid being a part of it. Ominously, the group’s executive director says the breadth of force mobilization is much like the run-up to […]

The Oil Island That Could Break Iran Authored by Scott Walden via E&E News, One of President Donald Trump’s most potent moves for crippling the Iranian regime may involve seizing a tiny island where gazelles run free near oil infrastructure. The 5-mile strip of land known as Kharg Island is home to Iran’s most important oil facility, an export terminal in the Persian Gulf that handles up to 90 percent of the nation’s […]

‘Dems Want Net-Zero… This Is It’: Secretary Wright Urges Indian Point Nuclear Plant Restart In a press conference at the shuttered Indian Point site, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) urged the immediate rebuilding and reopening of the Indian Point nuclear plant, framing it as a practical fix for New York’s self-inflicted energy woes. “Nuclear power is the cleanest source of energy,” Wright stated. […]

Operation Epic Fury – Déjà Vu Authored by Martin A. Perryman via RealClearDefense, In February, the Republican President, after conducting military operations against the government of a foreign power, appealed directly to the armed forces and to the citizens to rise and overthrow the regime. While this sounds ripped from Saturday’s headlines, it occurred in 1991, the President was George H. W. Bush, the foreign power was Iraq, […]

Credit – A Little Bit Louder Now Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Credit ‘Hey, hey, A, yeah, yahhh… you make me wanna shout!!’ After a tumultuous week, if there was one thing we could do for you, it is put a song in your head that hopefully makes you smile. Seriously, a song featured in Animal House and Wedding Crashers should make you smile, at least for a moment. This week’s T-Report follows up last […]

Xi Hints At More Top Purges, Issues Warning To ‘Corrupt Elements’ In Chinese Army One of the big themes to come out of China over the past several months (and even years) has been Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (apparently ongoing) sweeping purge of PLA military command ranks on the basis of “corruption” – or rather what is most probably perceived disloyalty. Already there’s been several top dismissals including the firings […]

Waste Of The Day: DEI Contractors Remain In Military’s K-12 Schools Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: Controversial education firms that helped embed diversity, equity and inclusion principles in K-12 military schools during President Joe Biden’s administration are still working with the Department of Defense Education Activity, or DoDEA, and received a total of $171,175 in 2025. Key facts: […]

Deutsche Bank Warns Energy Shock “Existential Threat” To Airlines, May Force Some To Ground Fleets Flight disruptions tied to Operation Epic Fury in the Middle East exceeded 14,000 by the end of last week. While there were early signs of normalization by mid-week, the global aviation industry remains disrupted, with some of the weakest airlines facing an increased risk that surging energy prices could lead to the idling of […]

Wisconsin Man Who Killed Parents To Fund ‘Satanic’ Trump Assassination Attempt Sentenced A Wisconsin teenager who murdered his parents and stole their money to fund his plan to kill President Trump with a bomb was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday. Nikita Casap, 18, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, and his stepfather, Donald […]

How To Ensure A Harmonious Future With AI Authored by Peter Solomon via RealClearWire.com, Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents human civilization with many spectacular benefits as well as the potential for significant dangers. AI can increase productivity, efficiency, creativity and research results in many industries. In medicine, AI can enhance the accuracy of diagnoses, design individualized treatments, and accelerate drug […]