America Humbled Authored by Arthur Schaper via American Greatness, The United States, the American people, Donald Trump, and even myself: we have all been humbled over the last four years—or the last sixteen years … or even thirty years. And we needed it. More than thirty years ago, following the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States emerged as the leader of the pack in a once-bipolar world. […]

Most US States Return To Population Growth According to the latest data released by the Census Bureau, most U.S. states have returned to population growth in 2024.  While in 2023, eight states were shrinking, this was down to just three last year.  Notably, Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports that three economically successful states – California, Illinois and New York – returned to growth, as did Hawaii, Oregon, Pennsylvania […]

Where The Money Went: USG Funding To Counter-Mis/Disinformation Initiatives Authored by Andrew Lowenthal via The Brownstone Institute, Last week, my non-profit liber-net unveiled a new database of US government awards to mis-dis-and-malinformation (MDM) and other content control initiatives. A previous Network Affects post broke down where that money came from. This one details where the money went, specifically the […]

Here’s What The World’s Paying For Eggs As the global population grows and demand for affordable protein increases, eggs remain a dietary staple. On average, people consume roughly 10 kilograms of eggs per year. However, prices have spiked in recent years due to avian flu outbreaks and rising feed, fuel, and labor costs, which farmers are passing on to consumers. In just four years, egg prices in the U.S. have surged by 238%. […]

Controversial Aid Plan For Gaza Revealed In New Document, Includes American CEOs & Banks Via Middle East Eye The organization set to administer Israel’s controversial plan to take control of humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza will use private contractors to secure hubs where Palestinians will receive 1,750 kcal meals that will cost donors a little more than a dollar each. Details about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation […]

US-Sanctioned Zombie Tanker Exposes Dark Trade Between Tehran And Beijing Just over a week after Bloomberg exposed the rise of “zombie” or “phantom” oil tankers—cargo ships that hijack the identities of scrapped ships to evade U.S. sanctions—another clandestine maritime supply chain has emerged, this time revealing how Iranian crude continues flowing into China despite mounting pressure from the Trump administration.  […]

Leaked: Science Mag’s Batsh*t Insane Interview With NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The DisInformation Chronicle, “Jocelyn, you know, I just, I’m really uncomfortable with this conversation because you’re like actually spreading rumors that you don’t know anything about.” The charge from NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya came during an uncomfortable and confusing interview with Science Magazine […]

US Defense System Fails For 2nd Time This Week Amid Houthi Missiles On Israel In a potential sign of more escalation to come, Yemen’s Houthis (Ansarallah) have fired another ballistic missile directly on Israel – and this time it was reportedly intercepted. Last weekend saw a ballistic missile hit Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, injuring six – and Israel’s military then launched massive airstrikes on Yemen’s […]

Magnesium Could Relieve Fibromyalgia And Migraines, And How It Works Authored by Zena le Roux via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Fibromyalgia is a difficult condition to diagnose and even harder to treat—especially since it presents no visible injury, yet causes widespread, chronic pain. Nelli Kovalchuk/Shutterstock So when a 2022 clinical trial tested magnesium as a potential treatment, it was easy to be skeptical. Could […]

FAA Greenlights 5x More Starship Launches As Mars Mission Looms  The Federal Aviation Administration has approved 25 Starbase launches for SpaceX in 2025, clearing the way for the world’s largest rocket to enter hyperdrive development. Previously capped at just five launches per year under the Biden administration, Starship could now lift off as frequently as every few weeks. The FAA stated that the change in SpaceX’s Starship […]

The 3 Pillars Of The American Idea Authored by Robert Curry via RealClearHistory, Unalienable rights and self-evident truths are the two core ideas of the American founding.   Expand the number of core ideas under consideration to three and you get unalienable rights, self-evident truths, and free market economics. You could call them the three pillars of the American Idea. These three pillars are the direct gifts to […]

China Auto Part Makers All Of A Sudden Triple In Thailand Chinese auto parts makers have tripled their presence in Thailand with the arrival of BYD and other car brands, transforming the country into a key supply base for Asian markets, according to Nikkei. And we can’t help but notice the timing – with tariffs on goods coming from China through the roof – seems to be…coincidentally beneficial for Chinese corporations. In the […]

Would The Left Finally Explain The Inexplicable? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Somewhere between 10 and 12 million illegal aliens were invited into the United States by the Biden administration. As far as logistics go, Biden could not flee Afghanistan without getting 13 Marines killed and abandoning to the terrorist Taliban $50 billion in munitions, a billion-dollar embassy, and a $300 million retrofitted […]

War Between India & Pakistan Would Be ‘None Of Our Business’: Vance Vice President J.D Vance has weighed in on the escalating fighting breaking out between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India over the last several days. He said in Thursday comments that a full-scare war would be “disastrous” but cautioned that the United States would not get involved.  “Look, we’re concerned about any time nuclear powers collide and have a […]

NIH and CMS To Study Autism Using Medicare And Medicaid Data Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have launched a joint initiative to build a secure, real-world data platform aimed at uncovering the root causes of autism spectrum disorder, the agencies announced on May 7. The National Institute of Health (NIH) […]

June 6 Is D-Day For Trans Troops: Leave Now Or Be Tracked Down And Kicked Out, DOD Says Acting swiftly in the wake of his Tuesday Supreme Court victory, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is giving transgender service members until June 6th to “self-identify” and leave the service on their own, before facing a subsequent campaign to root them out and kick them out.  “On conclusion of the self-identification eligibility window, the […]

The Trump Administration’s Biggest Wins And Biggest Fails So Far Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, Back in 2016 I predicted a resounding win for Donald Trump in his election campaign against Hillary Clinton despite a chorus of voices telling me I was crazy. The argument from skeptics was that the establishment would never allow Trump into office. My position on the event was relatively straightforward – The […]

Moscow’s Victory Day Held Without Incident As Ukrainian Drone Attacks Cease The days leading up to Russia’s Friday Victory Day celebrations witnessed record levels of drone attacks from Ukraine, but Friday observances, which has included dozens of world leaders on hand for the customary a massive military parade through Red Square – went off without a hitch. Chinese and North Korean military delegations and officials were also […]

Going Around… Coming Back Around Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “I hope Ed Martin’s 1st assignment at DOJ is to investigate Thom Tillis’ corruption.”  – Rogan O’Handley (aka’ DC Draino’ on X) The funny part is that this swarm of Jacobin botflies from Norm Eisen to Sen. Thom Tillis thought (and acted) as if Ed Martin was the only MAGA lawyer capable of uncovering the steaming pile of seditious poo festering, lo these […]

Jaguar Begins Search For New Ad Agency After Woke Disaster Five months after Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) effectively “Bud Light’d” itself with a woke social media campaign, the British automaker is reportedly severing ties with its ad agency, according to British media.  But why now—half a year later? The backlash over its controversial woke rebranding occurred last fall, yet the company’s pronoun-wielding executive publicly […]

Fear Of Economic Collapse Forced China To Negotiate With Trump, Quietly Reach Out First: Reuters Report Three weeks ago, when we first reported that as a result of the ongoing Trump trade war with China, “chinese factories are shutting down, laying off workers”, we said that as a result of this war of attrition in which the outcome of every incremental clash and battle will be used just as aggressively for media propaganda, “the […]

India-Pakistan Fighting Suddenly Escalates To Most Expansive In Decades Friday has seen the border conflict between India and Pakistan escalate once again, with The New York Times describing that it has escalated to the most expansive military clashes in decades. Entire large expanses of border zones are swarming with drones overhead – a first in the history of the long-running rivalry.  “There were reports of nonstop barrages […]

GOP Weighs 21% Tax On University Endowments Update (1335ET): As Trump’s ‘tax the rich’ idea has reportedly resulted in “massive finger pointing and disarray,” according to Charles Gasparino, Bloomberg now reports that House Republicans are weighing a proposal to dramatically increase taxes on wealthy university endowments, according to people familiar with a draft of the tax package under discussion. The plan, not yet finalized, […]

$373M In DEI Funding At US Universities In Four Years Authored by Catherine Salgado via PJMedia.com, Educayshun has become mere propaganda at hundreds of American schools and universities. In fact, Defending Education has identified a staggering $373 million in DEI funding since 2016 across more than a hundred institutions of higher learning. Defending Ed investigated 130 colleges and universities across 44 states and […]

Arizona Becomes Second State To Establish Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Authored by Oscar Zarrage Perez via BitcoinMagazine.com, Arizona has made history by becoming the second state in the U.S. to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.  On Thursday, Governor Katie Hobbs signed House Bill 2749 into law, officially launching the Arizona Bitcoin & Digital Assets Reserve, a pioneering move that channels profits from unclaimed […]