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The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. Continue Reading »

A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said. Continue Reading »

Musk's latest tirade came as the voting is underway in the Senate on dozens of amendments to the massive Trump-backed tax bill. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump criticized AT&T two weeks after the Trump Organization announced a wireless mobile licensing deal, Trump Mobile. Continue Reading »

Mark Zuckerberg said his company is creating Meta Superintelligence Labs, which will be led by some recent hires. Continue Reading »

The private survey appeared to diverge from the country's official PMI report, which showed manufacturing activity contracted for a third straight month in June. Continue Reading »

In an interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the tech giant hasn't seen significant price increases despite ongoing global trade issues. Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Sami ACEF © 2025 AFP Un trimestre de gagné pour François Bayrou ? Le Premier ministre devrait survivre mardi à sa huitième motion de censure, déposée par les socialistes sur les retraites mais qui, faute des voix du RN, ne serait qu'un coup de semonce avant les discussions budgétaires à l'automne.Une "trahison" pour les députés socialistes. Une "blague" pour François Bayrou. L'examen de la motion de censure, en fin d'après-midi, pourrait tourner au règlement de comptes entre ces deux camps, presque cinq mois après leur accord de non-censure pour laisser passer les budgets de l'Etat et de la Sécurité sociale.Depuis, le conclave sur les retraites entre partenaires sociaux, qui faisait partie de ce pacte de non-censure, s'est soldé par un échec. Et les socialistes reprochent à François Bayrou de ne pas mettre en discussion au Parlement un texte permettant de débattre du passage de l'âge légal de départ à 64 ans.Or, le PS considère qu'il s'y était engagé dans un courrier mi-janvier, lorsqu'il plaidait pour une discussion entre partenaires sociaux "sans totem ni tabou", et promettait un texte au Parlement. Il posait toutefois comme condition "un accord politique et (un) équilibre financier global maintenu". ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2025 AFP Un étudiant en criminologie américain, soupçonné d'avoir assassiné quatre étudiants dans une petite ville universitaire du nord-ouest des Etats-Unis, va prochainement plaider coupable, a annoncé la famille d'une des victimes.Bryan Kohberger, 30 ans, devait être jugé en août pour ce quadruple meurtre commis à Moscow, en Idaho, en novembre 2022. Sa reconnaissance de culpabilité, qui devrait être officialisée lors d'une audience prévue mercredi, doit lui permettre d'éviter d'encourir la peine de mort, selon un communiqué de la famille d'une victime, Kaylee Goncalves, transmis à l'AFP par leur avocate."Après plus de deux ans, c'est ainsi que cela se termine, par un accord secret et une tentative précipitée de clore l'affaire sans que les familles des victimes aient leur mot à dire sur les détails de l'accord", dénonce le communiqué. L'histoire avait intrigué l'Amérique : les corps de Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen - toutes deux 21 ans -, Xana Kernodle et Ethan Chapin - 20 ans chacun et en couple - avaient été découverts lardés de coups de couteau. Ces étudiants sans histoire ont été tués dans leur sommeil, sans que cela ne réveille leurs deux autres colocataires. L'enquête avait patiné pendant quasiment deux mois ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI © 2025 AFP La dynastie Shinawatra, qui polarise la Thaïlande depuis plus de vingt ans, se retrouve mardi au coeur de nouvelles intrigues judiciaires, autour du patriarche Thaksin, accusé de lèse-majesté, et de sa fille Paetongtarn, la Première ministre, qui risque d'être suspendue.Le procès de Thaksin s'ouvre dans un tribunal pénal de la capitale Bangkok, tandis que la Cour constitutionnelle se réunit pour la première fois après que des sénateurs ont déposé une plainte réclamant la destitution de la dirigeante."Si vous me demandez si je suis inquiète, oui, je le suis", a concédé Paetongtarn lundi aux journalistes.Depuis les années 2000, des troubles politiques à répétition secouent la deuxième économie d'Asie du Sud-Est, mais l'épisode à venir s'inscrit dans un paysage mondial en recomposition, lié à l'offensive douanière américaine, qui a placé le gouvernement dos au mur.A chaque cycle revient le même nom: Shinawatra, la richissime famille honnie par l'establishment conservateur, qui accuse ses membres de corruption et d'attiser les tensions dans un royaume proclamé indivisible derrière le roi.De leur opposition, ont découlé deux coups d'Etat, en 2006 et 2014; des manifestations géantes, certaines réprimées dans le sang; ainsi qu'une cascade de poursuites judiciaires.Le chef ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2025 AFP Terminus pour un symbole de la monarchie: la famille royale britannique abandonnera bientôt son train, a annoncé le trésorier du roi Charles III lundi soir, mettant fin à une pratique séculaire au titre de réductions des dépenses et de projets de modernisations.Lors d'une intervention sur les finances annuelles, le responsable des dépenses royales James Chalmers a annoncé que la famille du souverain pourrait compter sur l'utilisation de deux hélicoptères pour se déplacer, mais que le train royal serait retiré du service en raison de coûts élevés.Le convoi de neuf wagons sera mis hors service à partir de 2026, d'après la même source."Tout comme tant d'aspects du travail de la famille royale ont été modernisés et adapter pour refléter le monde d'aujourd'hui, le temps est aussi venu de faire nos adieux les plus chaleureux, au moment où nous cherchons à faire preuve de discipline et à regarder vers l'avant en ce qui concerne notre subvention", a déclaré M. Chalmers, gardien de la bourse privée, de son titre officiel.La reine Victoria (1837-1901) est la première souveraine britannique à avoir pu compter sur les services d'un train spécialement affrété pour elle. ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2025 AFP Le sort de l'écrivain franco-algérien Boualem Sansal, emprisonné en Algérie depuis plus de sept mois et au coeur d'une grave brouille diplomatique entre Paris et Alger, sera connu mardi à l'issue d'un procès en appel où le Parquet a requis dix ans de prison.M. Sansal a été condamné le 27 mars à cinq ans de réclusion en première instance, notamment pour des déclarations en octobre 2024 au média français d'extrême droite Frontières, où il estimait que l'Algérie avait hérité sous la colonisation française de territoires appartenant jusque-là au Maroc. Il a été accusé d'"atteinte à l'unité nationale", "outrage à corps constitué", "pratiques de nature à nuire à l'économie nationale" et "détention de vidéos et de publications menaçant la sécurité et la stabilité du pays".Le procès en appel a eu lieu aussi bien à la demande de l'écrivain que du parquet, qui avait déjà requis dix ans en première instance.L'écrivain, âgé de 80 ans et atteint d'un cancer de la prostate, selon ses proches, fait l'objet d'une âpre lutte diplomatique entre l'Algérie et la France depuis son arrestation à Alger le 16 novembre 2024.Interrogé pendant son procès en appel sur sa déclaration sur les ... Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order dismantling much of the decades-old sanctions program imposed on Syria Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Ukrainian forces launched a series of missile and drone attacks on Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Monday evening Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Russian forces have taken complete control of the Lugansk People’s Republic, after over a decade of hostilities in the contested region Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The anonymous source has claimed that Tehran still possess numerous “new generation missiles,” against which Israel is defenseless Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar has said the Ukraine conflict can only be ended through negotiations Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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GALLUP: American Pride Slips to New Low... (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:'Free America' Protests Taking Place Nationwide on 4th of July...REPORT: DOJ memo to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for criminal offenses... Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron Continue Reading »

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US Treasury says it removed 518 Syrian individuals and entities from its list of sanctions after president's decree. Continue Reading »

The former US presidents said the dismantling of USAID was a 'mistake' on the last day of the agency's operations. Continue Reading »

The Brazilian side advance to face either Manchester City or Al Hilal in a football quarterfinal on Friday. Continue Reading »

Sonia Dhamani, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, has criticised him for practices against refugees and migrants. Continue Reading »

Pro-Palestine activists rallied outside Wimbledon on the first day of the tennis championships in London. Continue Reading »

Ministers hope a partial U-turn will win over Labour rebels when MPs vote on welfare changes later. Continue Reading »

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Police are failing to properly investigate coercive control, victims and campaigners say. Continue Reading »

Relatives of one victim posted on Facebook that the state had failed them by allowing a plea deal. Continue Reading »

Gov. Gavin Newsom had demanded changes to address the state’s housing crisis, a philosophical shift for Democratic leaders. Continue Reading »

Senate Republicans can afford to lose no more than three of their own votes on the bill, but two already are opposed and others remained undecided. Continue Reading »

Feeling out of step with President Trump’s G.O.P., Senator Thom Tillis and Representative Don Bacon are deciding to retire. Continue Reading »

The billionaire and former Trump adviser suggested that if the domestic policy bill passed, he would swiftly form a new “America Party” and back primary challenges to Republicans. Continue Reading »

Bryan Kohberger, a former criminology student, was set to go on trial this summer in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Continue Reading »

The Chinese upstart says it has trained high-performing AI models cheaply, without using the most advanced chips. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek, SoFi and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips. Continue Reading »

The LinkedIn co-founder is starting Manas AI with “The Emperor of All Maladies” author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Continue Reading »

Apps can add flexibility and freshness to your routine. Just try not to get injured. Continue Reading »

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken. Continue Reading »

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in. Continue Reading »

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said. Continue Reading »

The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea. Continue Reading »

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city. Continue Reading »

The US DOGE Service, the repurposed government agency tasked with carrying out Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency agenda to cut a trillion dollars in federal spending, has reportedly lost access to a key government website responsible for distributing roughly $500 billion in annual awards, the latest blow to the initiative after Musk’s acrimonious split from the Trump administration earlier this month. Continue Reading »

Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger has accepted a plea deal to spare his life in the murders of four University of Idaho students, two sources close to the case told Fox News Digital Monday. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump stated that several nations have expressed interest in joining the Abraham Accords amid recent events in the Middle East. Trump emphasized that Iran was weeks away from its nuclear threshold before recent military actions, resulting in numerous civilian casualties. The U.S. and Iran have restarted negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program, with Trump affirming that uranium enrichment is a red line... Continue Reading »

State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people and uncovered nearly $15 billion in false claims in what they described Monday as the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes in Justice Department history. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump’s administration intensified its battle with Harvard University, formally finding the school tolerated antisemitism — a step that could jeopardize all of Harvard’s federal funding, including federal student aid. In a letter sent to Harvard on Monday, a federal task force said its investigation had found the university was a “willful participant” in antisemitic harassment of Jewish students and faculty. The task force threatened to refer the case to the Justice... Continue Reading »

The Trump administration says that Harvard University violated civil-rights laws over its treatment of Israeli and Jewish students, potentially further endangering its federal funding. In a letter sent to Harvard, the administration accused the university of deliberate indifference towards the concerns of Jewish students who felt threatened on campus. The move is the latest in a series of legal and financial battles between Harvard and the White House - the stakes of which have... Continue Reading »

The Trump administration has concluded that Harvard University failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitic harassment and is threatening to cut all federal funding if immediate corrective action isn’t taken. In a letter sent Monday, a federal task force found Harvard in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which requires schools to protect students from discrimination based on race or national origin, according to the Associated Press... Continue Reading »

The Canadian government rescinded a digital services tax that was set to take effect on Monday after President Donald Trump threatened to break off trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada over the tax. Canada's government adopted its 3% digital services tax a year ago and collections were due to begin on Monday. The tax applied to large tech companies that made more than $20 million a year in revenue from online marketplace services, online advertising, social media services... Continue Reading »

The United States will resume trade negotiations with Canada immediately after Ottawa scrapped its digital services tax targeting U.S. technology firms, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Monday. "Absolutely," Hassett said on Fox News Channel when asked about the talks restarting. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday... Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump played tough with Canada and emerged victorious just 48-hours later. Canada announced on Sunday night that it was scrapping its Digital Services Tax on American tech firms, which Trump had blasted as “a direct and blatant attack” on the U.S. when he walked away from the negotiating table just two days ago. The announcement from Canada came hours before it was due to come into effect. “To support those negotiations,” the Canadian Department of Finance said in a ... Continue Reading »

A president alone cannot disband the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through executive orders. AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on Suncoast Searchlight. Continue Reading »

Sen. Thom Tillis, one of the two Republicans to vote against advancing President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill," plans to retire from the Senate at the end of his term. The North Carolina Republican announced on Sunday that he would not seek reelection in the 2026 cycle. Tillis would have been among the most vulnerable Republicans running next year and faced threats from Trump to face a challenger after his vote against the president’s agenda Saturday night... Continue Reading »

Sen. Thom Tillis, a two-term North Carolina Republican who was expected to contest one of 2026’s toughest Senate races, tried to walk a fine line between President Donald Trump and his purple-state electorate. It backfired spectacularly over the weekend, with Tillis announcing Sunday that he would not seek re-election less than a day after Trump publicly attacked him for voting “no” to advance his “big, beautiful bill.” “In Washington over the last few years, it’s become... Continue Reading »

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday announced he will not seek reelection to the Senate next year, firing a political shock wave into the midterm cycle after he said he would oppose President Trump’s mammoth tax package.  “As many of my colleagues have noticed over the last year, and at times even joked about, I haven’t exactly been excited about running for another term,” Tillis said in a statement. “That is true since the choice is between spending another six years... Continue Reading »

After decades as a physician studying the factors that determine our risks of getting sick and how long we live, I am convinced that the actions of the Trump administration will cost lives. Researchers like me know the data. For years we have warned that Americans have shorter life expectancies and higher disease rates than people in other high-income countries. Now, the poor health of Americans is about to get worse. While Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America’s health... Continue Reading »

Canada has walked back on its digital services tax “in anticipation” of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement with the United States, Ottawa announced Sunday night, just one day before the first tax payments were due. The move comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he will be “terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada” in response to Ottawa’s decision to impose a digital services tax on American tech firms. “... Continue Reading »

Canada says it plans to rescind a digital services tax that would have hit U.S. tech companies, bowing to President Trump’s threat to cancel trade talks unless the levy went away. The Canadian Department of Finance said late Sunday it decided to scrap the tax in “anticipation of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement with the United States.” Ottawa beat a retreat 48 hours after Mr. Trump, in a social media post, said he was canceling trade talks with his northern neighbor... Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump has the chance to accelerate his political momentum and tighten his power grip on the country by driving his most significant piece of second-term legislation through Congress and taking a July Fourth victory lap. The measure, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” with the president’s trademark provocative hyperbole, is Trump’s attempt to engineer lasting change through legislation in an administration that is also wielding huge and questionable... Continue Reading »

Afierce war of words has erupted between Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and U.S. President Donald Trump following recent U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. On his official X account, Khamenei accused Trump of "exaggerating in order to cover up and conceal the truth," directly responding to Trump's claim that the U.S. had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear sites. The post also pushed back against Trump's earlier boast that he spared the ayatollah's life during the recent ... Continue Reading »

After the 12-day war against Iran, attention is now focused on freeing the Gaza hostages and ending the war against Hamas. Yet, it appears that trouble with the Iranian regime is far from over. One cleric is calling for what some say is a terror war against the world. Both President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believe that the victory over Iran created momentum to end the Gaza war against Hamas, free the remaining hostages, and work for peace across the region... Continue Reading »

$15 Billion!? FBI Says It's Uncovered 'Largest Health Care Fraud' In American History Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 30 said that almost $15 billion was reported in losses in the “largest health care fraud” investigation in U.S. history, with officials charging more than 300 people in connection with the alleged scheme. An FBI agent walks toward a crime scene, in this file photo. Mario Tama/Getty Images In a post on social media platform X, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote that $14.6 billion in losses were incurred, while $245 million was seized, as FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said in a separate post on X that hundreds of people were charged in the case. $245 million seized, hundreds of defendants and medical professionals charged, and $15 billion in losses prevented in the largest coordinated healthcare fraud takedown in history. Well done to all state and federal partners who pushed this. https://t.co/ZlFPU6CsK3 — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 30, 2025 “Public corruption will not be tolerated as the Director and I vigorously pursue bad actors who violated their oaths to all of ... Continue Reading »

Florida Gov. DeSantis Announces Tax Holiday On Guns  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) rolled out the "Second Amendment" tax holiday earlier this year, offering sales tax relief on firearms, ammunition, and related gear. The tax holiday officially begins on September 8. The initiative arrives as the U.S. gun industry has slumped into a downturn after the pandemic-era buying frenzy; in other words, the industry is just normalizing.  Gov. DeSantis announced earlier today that the tax holiday on firearms and related items will run from September 8 to December 31. He also confirmed the tax break will extend to a wide range of outdoor gear, including fishing equipment, bowhunting supplies, and other recreational items. Calculated savings amount to more than $8 million for gun buyers.  🚨 BREAKING: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces 2ND AMENDMENT TAX HOLIDAY for this year. SEPT 8th to DEC 31st, tax free! Firearms, ammunition, accoutrement, and more pic.twitter.com/jWQ81OY38T — USCCA (@USCCA) June 30, 2025 The firearms industry is likely celebrating the upcoming tax holiday, as it's expected to spur much-needed demand. This comes at a time when the U.S. gun market has languished in recent years. Just weeks ago, Smith & Wesson Brands ... Continue Reading »

Ultra-Processed Foods Linked To Brain Changes That Drive Overeating Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Ultra-processed foods (UPF) may be literally rewiring your brain to make you overeat, according to research that examined brain scans from nearly 30,000 middle-aged adults and found structural changes in regions that control hunger and food cravings. beauty-box/Shutterstock “We present evidence that eating UPFs increases several nutrient and metabolic markers of disease and is associated with structural brain changes in areas that regulate eating behavior,” the study authors wrote. Key Brain Changes Identified The research, recently published in Nature, found that people who consumed more UPFs showed measurable differences in brain areas involved in feeding behavior, emotion, and motivation. Higher UPF intake was linked to increased thickness in the bilateral lateral occipital cortex—a brain region crucial for visual object recognition and processing shapes. This finding suggests changes in how the brain processes visual food cues. “Our findings indicate that a high consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with structural changes in brain regions regulating eating behaviour, such as the hypothalamus, amygdala and right nucleus accumbens. This may lead to a cycle of overeating,” Arsène Kanyamibwa, the study’s ... Continue Reading »

Quantum Meets AI: Morgan Stanley Maps Out Next Tech Frontier It's widely accepted that quantum computing remains a long-term bet, with meaningful commercialization unlikely before the 2030s—if not later. Investor enthusiasm plunged sharply in early January after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang remarked that "very useful" quantum computers are still years away. Since then, however, quantum computing stocks (IonQ, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, and Quantum Computing) have soared, adding billions of dollars in market capitalization.  Morgan Stanley's latest report, "Quantum Computing – How Will It Impact AI?", offers one of the most comprehensive overviews to date, mapping out the evolving quantum landscape and its growing convergence with the artificial intelligence boom. A team of analysts led by Shawn Kim told clients that quantum computing is entering a new era, marked by breakthroughs such as Microsoft's 'Majorana 1' and Google's 'Willow' chips, which promise to outperform today's supercomputers. They noted that these advances could accelerate AI development by enabling solutions to problems currently beyond the reach of classical computing. Rather than replacing classical systems, quantum computing is expected to serve as a powerful accelerator, enhancing AI's capabilities, particularly in finance, logistics, pharmaceuticals, and energy. While practical applications remain ... Continue Reading »

The Future Of Crypto Equity Wrappers Authored by Omid Malekan, Co-authored with Frank Cavallo of Motus Capital Management Crypto treasury companies such as Strategy are all the rage right now. Seemingly not a day goes by without an announcement of yet another public vehicle whose primary purpose is to provide cryptocurrency exposure inside an equity wrapper. While there are benefits to this design, some of these companies lack a unique value proposition and are indistinguishable from each other. Their stocks might not attract a premium during a bear market. A better approach is to offer a crypto ecosystem company, one that offers comprehensive exposure to the different facets of a specific blockchain by combining operating businesses with targeted and fluid investments. Whereas treasury companies are ultimately little more than crypto market beta, an ecosystem company can provide alpha. Background In retrospect, the equity markets and cryptocurrencies were always destined for each other. The stock market is large, liquid, and broadly accessible. Crypto is none of these things, but is an exciting new asset class with greater upside potential. Thus the appeal of putting a long crypto strategy inside a public company wrapper, particularly in ... Continue Reading »

Protesters Outraged As Trump Expected To Visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' In Florida America has the best alligators in the world, big beautiful alligators, perfect for stopping dangerous illegal immigrants from escaping detention until they can be processed and deported.  At least, Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security think so.  Others, however, are not so enamored with the idea of 'Alligator Alcatraz' being constructed in the middle of Florida's swamplands. A legal and environmental firestorm is growing around Florida’s controversial migrant detention center under construction at the remote Dade‑Collier airstrip deep in the Everglades.  Any illegals trying to escape the facility would have to face hundreds of National Guard soldiers as well as miles upon miles of snake and alligator infested waters before they reached civilization, essentially ensuring they stay in place until they are removed from the US. Critics call the idea a "cruel spectacle" while proponents are cheering its ingenuity.  A variety of activist groups are already swarming sites near the center in protest, some arguing that the facility threatens the environmental balance of the Everglades and others asserting that it violates Miccosukee and Seminole tribal land. The conflict over the ... Continue Reading »

A Translation Guide To Progressive Slavespeak Authored by David Thunder via The Brownstone Institute, I propose that we accompany physical detox with a verbal detox: we need to purge our bloated vocabulary of several concepts that are poisoning our understanding of ourselves and the world. These concepts have been elaborated by people who would describe themselves as “self-aware,” “progressive,” and “liberated,” but they are actually terms more fit for a society of slaves than a society of free persons. Indeed, these concepts, at least as they are typically employed by “progressives,” could be described, without exaggeration, as a species of slavespeak. By this, I simply mean that they are used disingenuously, to rationalise political oppression and slavery. Let’s name them and shame them, one by one: Misinformation/disinformation: On its face, this means false or misleading information that could be harmful to citizens. But in slavespeak, while it parades under this apparently innocent meaning, it actually means information that some individuals find disagreeable or inconvenient, and therefore want censored or banished from the public square. Far right: On its face, this means political positions that border on the insane, the pathological, and the irrational, and have violent and oppressive tendencies, ... Continue Reading »

Where Can You Order A Robotaxi? Self-driving cars - in real-world applications as of now limited to robotaxis - are simultaneously very real but also scary to many people as technological and ethical implications around the subject are plentiful. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, last week, Tesla launched its first small-scale robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, but other than announced used safety drivers. U.S. competitor Waymo, which already operated in Austin, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, added Atlanta to its robotaxi portfolio on Tuesday. You will find more infographics at Statista In Chinese cities, it is already somewhat more normal to be able to board a robotaxi as several operators are vying for dominance and have expanded fleets. Apollo Go by Chinese tech company Baidu, one of the larger operators, currently has as many as 1,000 robotaxis on the road in Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan and several more. A handful of companies are operating public trials and services in the cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. Smaller cities are also being included by some companies and they are often where they launched their first trial services to test in smaller environments with less traffic. While ... Continue Reading »

New California Laws Effective July 1 Could Impact Students, Paychecks, Airbnb-Stays Authored by Sophie Li via The Epoch Times, A wave of new California laws will take effect on July 1, touching nearly every corner of life, from subscriptions and short-term rentals to wages and student mental health. Part of a broader package signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom during his latest legislative session, the measures aim to boost transparency, expand health coverage, raise wages, and improve access to legal and mental health support. Here are some of the new laws. Short-Term Rental Chores AB 2202 requires short-term rental hosts, platforms, and anyone else listing the property to disclose all extra charges or penalties—such as cleaning fees—that will apply if guests fail to complete end-of-stay chores. Rental hosts must detail those tasks before a booking is made. According to the legislation, platforms such as Airbnb are also responsible for ensuring that disclosures are made. Violators face fines of up to $10,000 per offense. The legislation builds on a 2023 law requiring all mandatory costs—including service and cleaning fees—to be listed upfront in rental and hotel listings. Subscription Cancellations AB 2863 mandates that companies offering subscriptions—such as streaming services or memberships—make ... Continue Reading »

Disney Hit With More Layoffs As Latest Woke Projects Bomb Hard It would seem that Disney still hasn't learned its lesson when it comes to DEI in entertainment.  The company which just initiated a series of layoffs of hundreds of employees at the beginning in June is now getting rid of at least 2% of staffers in its product and technology division. The staff cuts are only part of an ongoing trend over the past few years as Disney's profits at the box office tumble into the abyss.  Only ten years ago the company dominated theaters and television, but it is now reeling from an endless string of embarrassing failures. The company's latest entertainment bungles include the Pixar film Elio, about a Mexican-Domincan boy obsessed with space travel who is accidentally taken by aliens to the "Communiverse", an intergalactic socialist Utopia where all the species of the universe get together and work out their problems.  Continuing with their messaging that minority characters are infallible no matter what they do, Pixar writes Elio as a spoiled thief who seems to get whatever he wants.  His background as an orphan living with his ... Continue Reading »

America's 75,000 Page Horror Story Via SchiffGold.com, While most of the American government can be characterized by regulatory overgrowth, few areas loom larger in the public imagination than the Tax Code. This reputation is well earned, as the Tax Code seems to become more complicated each time people try to reform it.  Hundreds of years of revisions have left American taxpayers in an unenviable situation. While tax rates are at historic highs, the complexity of the Tax Code itself presents enough problems to be worthy of a complete renewal. The first problem with the Tax Code complexity is that enforcement has become such a nightmare that even the well-funded IRS cannot begin to properly enforce it. The next problem is that the tax code’s complexity unfairly benefits those with time, resources, and ironically, money, to spend avoiding taxation, allowing the richest and most unethical to benefit from the web of confusion. The last problem with the tax code is that it creates a fundamental rift between the American people and the government through providing a realistic view into the complexity and self-contradictory nature of the state. The IRS is much maligned by anyone who wants to keep their ... Continue Reading »

The Decline And Fall Of Our So-Called Degreed Experts Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, The first six months of the Trump administration have not been kind to the experts and the degree-holding classes. Almost daily during the tariff hysterias of March, we were told by university economists and most of the PhDs employed in investment and finance that the U.S. was headed toward a downward, if not recessionary, spiral. Most economists lectured that trade deficits did not really matter. Or they insisted that the cures to reduce them were worse than the $1.1 trillion deficit itself. They reminded us that free, rather than fair, trade alone ensured prosperity. So, the result of Trump’s foolhardy tariff talk would be an impending recession. America would soon suffer rising joblessness, inflation—or rather a return to stagflation—and likely little, if any, increase in tariff revenue as trade volume declined. Instead, recent data show increases in tariff revenue. Personal real income and savings were up. Job creation exceeded prognoses. There was no surge in inflation. The supposedly “crashed” stock market reached historic highs. Common-sense Americans might not have been surprised. The prior stock market frenzy was predicated on ... Continue Reading »

MIT Invents "Bubble Wrap" That Pulls Fresh Water From The Air...Even In The Driest Places In The World MIT researchers have invented a new water-harvesting device — a high-tech version of “bubble wrap” — that can pull safe drinking water straight from the air, even in extreme environments like Death Valley, the driest desert in North America, according to LiveScience. In a study published June 11 in Nature Water, the team described how their innovation could help address global water scarcity. “It works wherever you may find water vapor in the air,” the researchers wrote. The device is built from hydrogel, a material that can absorb large amounts of water, sandwiched between two glass layers resembling a window. At night, the hydrogel draws moisture from the air. During the day, a special coating on the glass keeps it cool, allowing water to condense and drip into a collection system. The hydrogel is molded into dome shapes — likened to “a sheet of bubble wrap” — that swell when absorbing moisture. These domes increase surface area, helping the material absorb more water. LiveScience writes that the system was tested for a week in Death ... Continue Reading »

Stay Sane! Authored by James Howard Kunstler, "Betting against Donald Trump is usually a bad idea." - Insurrection Barbie on "X" What apparently riles the credentialed political Left — the “gay / race communists” in the apt new phrase — more than anything, is that most of the country has opted to not be insane. This follows a decade-long attempt to drive the country insane, of course, to believe in things that are patently untrue and absurd, and to utilize falsehood and absurdity to garishly destroy the nation. So, it fits that Donald Trump, the uber-realist of political game-playing, pushes what remains of the Democratic Party into a rapture of impotent rage. They’ve got nothing left but the empty acting-out of lunatics in an asylum of their own making. The wrathful grass-widows choking on their chardonnay in Martha’s Vineyard, the furious nose-rings steaming under their keffiyehs in the summer heat, the “Transtifas” storming police lines with their ridiculous umbrellas, the doddering Boomer-hippies reenacting the festive protest marches of 1968, minus a single coherent principle, the wigged-out congresspersons storming the ICE detention centers, the Covid vaccine victims duped into multiple organ failure (their hearts ... Continue Reading »

Zohran Mamdani Admits He Hates Capitalism... Allied With Socialist Operative Linked To Marxist Terror Group Americans were stunned last week when foreign-born, self-proclaimed socialist Zohran Mamdani used CNN as a platform to denounce capitalism—the very system that transformed this country from frontier towns into a global superpower. Capitalism has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, built a middle class, and fueled rapid technological innovation—outcomes impossible under socialist regimes, as evidenced by an imploding Europe adopting welfare-state models or failed communist states like Cuba. Yet Mamdani chose to vilify it on national television. His profoundly anti-American rhetoric didn't emerge out of nowhere—one has to wonder whether it's rooted in foreign influence or ideology imported from an adversary. CNN: “Do you like capitalism?” Zohran Mamdani: “No. I have many critiques of capitalism. There must be a better distribution of wealth in this country…” pic.twitter.com/PtvEu5mOuJ — TheBlaze (@theblaze) June 27, 2025 And this.  🇺🇸 ZOHRAN MAMDANI: “I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BILLIONAIRES.” New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani takes aim at extreme wealth. “I don't think that we should have billionaires,”, echoing growing calls on the left to tax the ultra-rich. On top he also proposes shifting… https://t.co/p7ZqiFAMkG pic.twitter.com/2DTsSA7qtv — Mario ... Continue Reading »

Social Media: The Biggest Threat To Teens' Mental Health? In 2010, Mashable declared June 30 as Social Media Day, intended to celebrate the impact of social media on communication, connection and culture. Originally launched to recognize the positive impact that platforms like Facebook, Twitter (now X) or Instagram have on human interaction around the world, we’re marking the occasion by acknowledging some of the downsides of social media’s unstoppable rise over the past two decades. Specifically, we’re looking at its impact on children and teens, whose lives have changed fundamentally since social media platforms became ubiquitous. As Statista's Felix Richter reports, according to a survey of U.S. teens conducted by the Pew Research Center in the fall of 2024, 48 percent of Americans aged 13 to 17 now say that social media has a mostly negative effect on people of their age, up from just 32 percent two years earlier. You will find more infographics at Statista Only 11 percent of teenagers in the U.S. now describe the impact of social media as mostly positive, with mental health a key concern for both teens and their parents. 55 percent of surveyed parents said that they’re extremely ... Continue Reading »

BitMine Raises $250M To Launch Ethereum Corporate Treasury Authored by Adrian Zmudzinski via CoinTelegraph.com, Bitcoin miner BitMine Immersion Technologies has secured a $250 million private placement to jumpstart its Ether treasury. BitMine signed a private placement for the purchase and sale of 55,555,556 shares of common stock for $4.50 per share, yielding gross proceeds of approximately $250 million before expenses, the company said in a Monday announcement. MOZAYYX led the raise, with participation from Founders Fund, Pantera, FalconX, Republic Digital, Kraken, Galaxy Digital, DCG, Diametric Capital, Occam Crest Management and Thomas Lee. The transaction is expected to close on Thursday, provided that conditions, including the authorization of the Supplemental Listing Application by the NYSE American, are met. Thomas Lee, chairman of BitMine, said that stablecoins are “the ‘ChatGPT’ of crypto” and that he expects Ether to appreciate thanks to their adoption. “Ethereum is the blockchain where the majority of stablecoin payments are transacted […] and thus, ETH should benefit from this growth,” he said. 🟣 JUST IN: Tom Lee says Ethereum could be the next Bitcoin. 🚀#Crypto #Ethereum pic.twitter.com/cF80INljgu — Narendra Singh (@Narendra24x7) June 30, 2025 Corporate Ethereum treasuries are on the rise BitMine’s announcement follows a series of recent ... Continue Reading »

Trump Pivots To Pressuring Israel For New Ceasefire Deal In Gaza "MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!!" President Trump wrote on social media early Sunday, pivoting from a month dominated by large-scale Iran strikes to seeking more peace and stability in the long-running Israel-Palestine conflict. Naturally, the Palestinian side remains doubtful that any real progress will be made, given especially that the Netanyahu government has repeatedly refused to steer away from its primary war aims in the Gaza Strip of utterly destroying Hamas, and ensuring it can never come back to lead. Ron Dermer, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is expected to travel to Washington this week for discussions on a possible ceasefire, also amid reports that the Israeli leader himself will soon be hosted in the White House.  President Trump was quoted in The Washington Post last Friday as saying, "I just spoke with some of the people involved. It’s a terrible situation that’s going on in Gaza … We think within the next week we’re going to get a ceasefire." Following this, Netanyahu held a secretive meeting with his security Cabinet on Sunday as pressure ... Continue Reading »

SLR: Could It End The Bond Bear Market Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, On June 25th, the Federal Reserve quietly announced a significant change to the Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR). While the headlines were muted, the implications for the U.S. Treasury market were anything but. For sophisticated investors, this technical shift marks a subtle but powerful pivot in monetary mechanics. It could create demand for Treasuries, improve market liquidity, and push yields lower at a time when the economy is slowing. As shown in the Economic Output Composite Index (EOCI), which comprises nearly 100 data points, recent reports suggest the economy is weaker than headlines imply. The same is confirmed by the 6-month rate of change in the Leading Economic Index, which remains in contractionary territory. Historically, such readings have coincided with economic recessions. However, this has not been the case since 2022 due to the massive amounts of monetary stimulus that have kept the economy growing. That support is quickly fading, potentially putting the major banks at risk, which brings us to the SLR. Understanding the SLR and Why It Matters The Supplementary Leverage Ratio was initially implemented as a post-GFC (Global Financial ... Continue Reading »

Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration To Fire USIP Board Members Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has overturned a lower court ruling that had prevented the Trump administration from restructuring the leadership at the Institute of Peace (USIP), according to a June 27 order. The issue stems from a Feb. 19 executive order from President Donald Trump declaring USIP “unnecessary” and calling for its activities to be “eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” USIP was set up by Congress as an independent nonprofit corporation, received federal and private funding, and was tasked with promoting peace via diplomacy and education. USIP’s board of directors is made up of 15 members, three of whom are “ex officio”—they hold their seats due to their positions in the federal government. The remaining 12 are appointed members of the board, designated by the president, and confirmed by the Senate. On March 14, Trent Morse of the White House Presidential Personnel Office terminated all appointed members. The same day, the three ex officio members signed a resolution removing the board’s president. On March 17, the ... Continue Reading »