“We Need To Go Gangster Here”: NY Mag Editor And Scott Galloway Demand Doxxing And Prison For “Little Pricks” From DOGE The leftist freakout over government accountability has escalated to open calls for the doxxing and imprisonment of the “arrogant little pricks” working for Elon Musk’s DOGE, who over the past two weeks have descended upon the US Treasury, USAID, and most recently the US Department of Education in order to uncover […]

The Rise And Rise Of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, There is much to learn about the way the world works today by watching the confirmation vote on Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services. In so many ways, this is a remarkable development with a dramatic story arc, one that speaks presciently to events over the past five years and where they […]

Three Gaunt-Looking Israelis Freed By Hamas After “491 Days Of Hell” At this point the Hamas-Israel truce has held since January 19, and several successful rounds of hostage/prisoner exchanges have followed since. The latest happened Saturday, with Hamas releasing three more Israeli hostages captured on Oct.7, 2023 – in exchange for another 183 imprisoned Palestinians released by Israel. This brings the total freed since the […]

USAID Funded Massive ‘News’ Platform, Extending ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’ To Billions Worldwide Tl;dr: Elon Musk summed up the whole f**king farce succinctly: We wonder how the American taxpayer feels about their hard-earned cash being taken away from them and used for this purpose… *  *  * In addition to propping up far-left corporate media outlets like Politico and the BBC with taxpayer funds, the United States […]

Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump Admin Officials’ Access To ‘Sensitive’ Treasury Records, Cites “Cybersecurity Risk” Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge has temporarily barred the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), run by Elon Musk, from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans kept at the Treasury Department. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks […]

Newsom Approves $50 Million To Help Migrants, Boost California’s Legal Defense Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills on Friday that would set aside a combined $50 million to protect immigrants and defend the state from potential legal actions by the Trump administration. One of the bills allocates $25 million to nonprofit organizations that offer legal immigration services […]

When The FAA And DEI Don’t Mix Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), I’d like to talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). [President] Donald Trump caused a firestorm in the aftermath of this horrific and tragic crash at [Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]. He mentioned that he was going to examine the role of diversity, equity, [and] inclusion. The Department of […]

2 Decades Ago, A Senator’s Probe Of USAID Funding Led To Government Transparency Reform Revelations that USAID officials are spending hundreds of millions of U.S. tax dollars overseas for controversial projects such as advancing atheism in Nepal and funding “transgender opera” in Columbia are nothing new. As Mark Tapscott details below for The Epoch Times, nearly 20 years ago, in October 2005, the refusal of USAID officials to […]

“You’re Fired”: Trump Revokes Biden’s Security Clearances, Intel Briefings Citing “Poor Memory” President Trump revoked former President Biden’s security clearance and terminated his daily intelligence briefings, stating that, given his “poor memory,” there was no reason for Biden to continue receiving classified government information.  “There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information. […]

Strike Looming, Chicago Can’t Afford To Dance To All That Lefty Teacher Union Jazz Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearInvestigations, After nasty clashes involving character assassinations and a mass resignation, a showdown is drawing closer in Chicago between the most powerful local teachers’ union in the country and the most financially distressed school district.  The growing possibility of a teachers’ strike in a […]

These Are Google’s ‘Thirstiest’ Data Centers This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao, locates Google’s data centers that consume the most water in America. Why do data centers need water? It’s because computer servers generate significant heat that must be dissipated to maintain performance. As a result, water is used in chiller plants, evaporative cooling systems, and humidification to manage temperature levels. Data […]

The Economics Of Super Bowl LIX: Philadelphia Looks To Dethrone Kansas City Authored by Charlie Doughtry, Jackie Benson, and Ali Hajibeigi via Wells Fargo, Summary  Eagles vs. Chiefs in SBLVII Redux  The Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl this Sunday. You aren’t experiencing déjà vu; the two teams last met in the league championship game two years ago in 2023. The Eagles will seek to […]

USAF Spy Jet Flies Second SIGINT Operation On US Border With Focus On Narco Hub Flight tracking data from Flightradar24 shows a US Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft conducted its second signals intelligence (SIGINT) operation near cartel-controlled territories within Mexico this past week. The SIGINT mission coincides with remarks from US Border Czar Tom Homan, who warned on Thursday that he “expects” a hot […]

Welcome To The Executive Presidency Authored by John Waters & Adam Ellwanger via RealClearPolitics, “I would support you to be spokesperson for the Pentagon,” Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal acidly told Pete Hegseth during his hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The insult was a poke in Pete’s eye for his career at Fox News. Blumenthal, who once fibbed that he had served in Vietnam as a Marine (he […]

“Believe In AI, Believe In Copper, Believe In Glencore” Goldman Sachs analyst James McGeoch published a note on Friday, informing clients that commodity mining and trading giant Glencore could be one of the most straightforward plays on rising copper prices, driven by AI-related demand and tightening commodity markets. He noted that Glencore’s upside potential extends beyond being undervalued, with a potential catalyst for a […]

Apple Ordered To Provide UK Gov’t Access To All User Data On The Cloud Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, The Washington Post reported Friday that the United Kingdom’s deep state has demanded that Apple create a back door for them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud—what would be an unprecedented erosion of online privacy and civil liberties. The Apple logo / PHOTO: AP Citing […]

Another Key Donbass Town Captured By Russia As Pressure Grows On Zelensky Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Friday that its forces had captured the coal mining town of Toretsk amid the slow but steady advance of its forces in Donetsk region. Russia calls the same town by the name of Dzerzhinsk, and state media is declaring its ‘liberation’ after Ukraine forces had long held it. Journalist Guy Elster also wrote on X, “Russia […]

Turkey Is Mulling Permanent Military Bases In Syria Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, With Turkey focused on long-term goals in Syria that involve continuing to oppose Kurdish autonomy in the northeast, there are growing numbers of reports from Turkish officials that plans are being considered to establish new military bases inside Syrian territory. Details are still emerging on what this might look like, and thousands of […]

How USAID And Its $50 Billion Budget Became A Target For Reform Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was a little-noticed federal agency until it suddenly became the object of a fierce political battle over the limits of presidential power and the accountability of government bureaucracies. A sign of the U.S. government’s humanitarian agency, USAID, […]

The Chinese Trust Their Institutions The Most, Japanese Not So Much… Now in its 25th edition, the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer, a global survey on trust, reveals a world increasingly divided by grievance, institutional distrust, and a zero-sum mindset. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Kayla Zhu, visualizes the 2025 Edelman Trust Index by country, and their change from 2024. The Trust Index is the average percent trust […]

14 States To File Lawsuit Against DOGE Access To Government Payment Systems Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A coalition of 14 state attorneys general said on Thursday that they will file a lawsuit to stop the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive federal payment systems. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capital One […]

Days Of Work To Afford A Monthly Mortgage, By State Thinking of buying your first home?  Here’s some useful data to see how much work it will take to make that a reality. Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao maps and lists the number of eight-hour workdays it takes to afford a monthly mortgage payment across the U.S. This data is sourced from Today’s Homeowner, based off median hourly wages and home prices in each state, […]

Netanyahu Suggests Palestinians Can Have A State In Saudi Arabia Via Middle East Eye Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested on Thursday that Palestinians should establish a state in Saudi Arabia, rather than in their homeland, in his latest dismissal of Palestinians’ right to self-determination. “The Saudis can create a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia; they have a lot of land over there,” Netanyahu said in an […]

‘Worse Than World War II’ – Visualizing US National Debt (As A Percent Of GDP) Since 1900 This year, U.S. national debt is set to approach 100% of GDP, up from 36% in 2005. By 2035, the tab is projected to reach 118.5% of GDP as higher debt costs steepen the deficit, fueling further government borrowing. Today, the deficit stands at $1.9 trillion with net interest and mandatory spending outpacing revenues. This graphic, via Visual […]

“Recycling” Makes Plastic Pollution Worse Via Brian McGlinchey at Stark Realities If you’re like many people, you’ve always thought a numbered-triangle symbol on the bottom of a plastic container tells you it’s recyclable — giving you peace of mind that when you toss it into a blue bin, it will be turned into something else. That’s not true. Those symbols are Resin Identification Codes (RICs). Numbered 1 through 7, they […]