How To Tackle Domestic Extremists’ Foreign Enablers Authored by Daniel McCarthy via The Epoch Times, Left-wing terrorism is a serious problem in the United States, though for political reasons it doesn’t receive anything like the attention right-wing violence gets. When most people think of violence connected to abortion, they imagine attacks on abortion clinics – yet lately, pro-abortion extremists have been firebombing crisis […]

The Politics Of Measles Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times, By the middle point of 20th-century American history, measles was widely considered a rite of passage for kids. You get it and you shake it off. You earn lifetime immunity. This was true of every generation just before mine. For the previous century, measles had become ever less dangerous with sanitation and nutrition. By the time the vaccine came along, […]

Warner Bros. “Lanterns” Series Is Another Whiny Woke DEI Disaster Comic book content is largely dead in Hollywood.  Not because audiences don’t want to see it anymore (Spider-Man: Brand New Day brought in nearly $2.4 billion in global box office, absolutely crushing Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey film), but because the studios have turned most of these franchises radioactive with woke politics.   James Gunn’s DCU projects for […]

How Neoliberals Fueled The Rise Of Socialism Authored by Connor O’Keeffe via Mises Institute, The rising popularity of politicians on the American left who either explicitly identify as socialist or, at least, don’t shy away from or disavow the term appears to be causing genuine concern within the Washington establishment. That is, of course, entirely justified. Socialism is profoundly unjust and destructive. These days, the […]

Pimco’s Top-Performing 60/40 Fund Bets AI’s Next Winners Are In Asia, From Chips To Rare Earths Emmanuel Sharef, who oversees Pacific Investment Management Co.’s flagship Balanced Income and Growth Fund, spoke with Bloomberg about how the next leg of the artificial-intelligence boom could be concentrated in Asian stocks and beyond.  Wealthy clients in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and mainland China have been piling into the $19 […]

AI Tax Increases Are Like The Tractor Tax Proposals Of Old Authored by Bruce Thompson via RealClearMarkets, President Ronald Reagan famously described Washington politicians’ solutions to every problem as “if it moves, tax it.” That is exactly what many in Washington today want to do with artificial intelligence. As Wall Street Journal chief economic commentator Greg IP wrote recently, a growing number of experts believe there […]

Online Betting Adoption Goes Parabolic: First-Timers Triple, Gen Z Overtakes Millennials, And Football Season Hasn’t Even Begun Online betting is off to the races – and this summer the adoption curve started looking like a hockey stick. According to a new analysis by Bank of America – which can see every ACH, debit and credit card payment its customers make to and from sportsbooks, horse-racing platforms and prediction markets […]

Cannabis Gummies Harm Driving Performance Hours After Use, Study Says Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The use of commercially available cannabis edibles impairs people’s driving ability, even after several hours of consumption, a study has found. Published in the JAMA Network Open journal on Aug. 31, the peer-reviewed study looked at simulated driving performance after the consumption of cannabis edibles. […]

This Red State Is Betting It Can Abolish Its Income Tax The data center debate isn’t going so well for the builders, as Americans far and wide seriously oppose the construction of new data centers near where they live. One state, however, thinks it can incentivize residents.  Country roads take West Virginians home across the Virginia state line near Charles Town, where the data center debate has intensified. (Charlie Creitz/Fox […]

Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Is Dragging America Back To The Dark Ages Via The Daily Signal, Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. The more you look around us today, I think a good description of 2026, culturally, […]

El Nino Crushes Atlantic Hurricane Activity, Lowest Since 1941 The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season arrives next Thursday, yet by this point the basin would normally have produced multiple systems tracking through the Caribbean, the Gulf of America, and the open Atlantic. This year, however, a strengthening El Niño and record vertical wind shear are tearing apart disturbances before they can rapidly intensify. Bloomberg […]

Asian Oil Buying Spree Sends Dubai Crude Toward $100 Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Stronger appetite for Middle Eastern crude grades from China and India has added upward pressure on prices for these grades, pushing the Dubai futures close to $100 per barrel, Bloomberg reported today, citing unnamed traders. Demand for Middle Eastern oil is especially strong from refining majors such as Indian Oil Corp. and […]

Vance Suggests Iran Conflict Could Drag Through Midterms, But At Least We’re Not Calling It A War The White House has returned to its prior talking point that the war against Iran shouldn’t be called a war. In earlier stages of the conflict President Trump had applied various monikers that stopped far short, from an “excursion” to a “little detour” to a “stopover” to a mere limited “military operation”. A full five months ago he […]

Brazilian Lift: Diplomats Accused Of Helping Fugitive ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ To Flee US Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, There is an intriguing story out of Brazil where Joao Arajuo, 57, a plastic surgeon known as “Dr. Frankenstein,” resurfaced after cutting an ankle monitor and fleeing the United States. The infamous plastic surgeon mocked the police and recounted how easy it was to flee the country. However, in […]

Excavation Work On Trump’s Arch To Begin Over Next 2 Weeks, Burgum Says Excavation work on President Donald Trump’s triumphal arch is scheduled to begin over the next two weeks, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on Sept. 3. “This will be one of the great pieces of American architecture, honoring the history and significance of Arlington Cemetery and befitting the most powerful capital in the world,” Burgum said in a post on X. […]

States Must Report Illegal Immigrants To Feds Or Risk Losing Federal Welfare Funding: DOJ Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, States must alert the federal government to known illegal immigrants when they opt into receiving certain federal welfare benefits, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday. The move withdraws a 1998 DOJ opinion and clarifies that under a 1996 welfare-reform law – the Personal […]

Missouri House Candidate Accused Of Plotting To Plant Cocaine On Primary Rival A Republican candidate for the Missouri state House is facing a federal charge after authorities accused him of orchestrating a plot to secretly place drugs on a political rival, CBS affiliate KOLR-TV reported. Thomas Ross, 37, who sought Missouri’s House District 161 seat representing the Joplin area, was charged Wednesday in connection with the alleged […]

Insurrection For Real Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Clusterfuck Nation, “The Democrat agenda is to legalize crime and criminalize the middle class.” – Stephen Miller Not to put too fine a point on it: but whenever a lawfare ninja of the Democratic Party utters the phrase “our democracy,” you must know that they are completely full of shit. For sure, they do not mean anything remotely related to an American commonweal, […]

Mistrial Formally Declared In Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial After State Supremes Refuse Stay Update (1505ET): The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied an emergency stay Friday afternoon in the Lindsay Clancy case, after which the judge formally declared a mistrial.  JUST IN – Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt is hearing Lindsay Clancy’s defense appeal to stay the mistrial judgement. […]

IRS, Treasury Propose Cutting Tax-Exempt Status For Schools With Diversity Policies Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip private colleges and schools of their tax-exempt status if those institutions engaged in racial discrimination through policies such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue […]

Argentina’s Milei Escalates Falklands Dispute With Oil Sanctions On UK, Israeli Firms Argentina’s President Milei has announced plans to sign a decree sanctioning companies working on oil exploration of the Falkland Islands, coming a mere days after President Trump indicated that the US position on the archipelago was “under review”. The Libertarian-Right firebrand leader proclaimed quite provocatively that “The Falkland Islands […]

Pentagon, HHS Investigating Whether COVID Vaccines Contributed To Military Deaths Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, The Trump administration is investigating whether COVID-19 vaccines contributed to the deaths of U.S. service members following the Biden administration’s military vaccine mandate, according to testimony from an Army doctor assigned to the effort. Army physician Theresa Long said in an Aug. 14 […]

Deutsche Bank: August US Auto Sales Beat Forecasts, But Incentives Remain A Factor U.S. auto sales came in stronger than expected in August, offering another sign that consumer demand for new vehicles remains relatively resilient despite elevated borrowing costs and broader questions about the economy. According to Deutsche Bank’s auto team, led by Edison Yu, August sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of roughly 16.9 […]

Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court To Unblock New Mail-Ballot Rules Before States Start Mailing Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 3 to allow the government to begin implementing a regulation that tightens rules around mail-in voting. In the emergency application, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to stay U.S. District Judge Indira […]

Enes Kanter Freedom Files Lawsuit After Chicago Sky Ejection, Ban Authored by Timothy Frudd via The Epoch Times, Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom filed a lawsuit on Sept. 3 after he was ejected during a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) game and banned from future games. Kanter Freedom sued the Chicago Women’s Basketball Operations, LLC, which operates the Chicago Sky. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition […]