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The New MAGA Turf War Over National Intelligence Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, The war over what America First means will soon move to a new theater: a battle over the fate of the Office of Director of National Intelligence. Overseeing all 18 of the U.S. intelligence agencies, the office was created in the…
Shares of Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) surged 8.24% over the past month, reducing the stock’s year-to-date loss to 5.02%. Over the past year, PFE has fallen by 8.75%. Recently, the FDA announced it will only be recommending COVID-19 vaccines for seniors aged 65 and older and those with certain medical conditions, excluding healthy adults and children above a…
Futures Slide On Latest Trump Tariff Salvo US equity futures slumped on Friday after the latest threat on tariffs from the Trump administration sparked selling across global markets on a day the US cash market is closed for the July 4th holiday. S&P 500 futures fell 0.6% after the index melted up all week, and…
With the largest defense budget in the world, the United States spares no expense to make sure it has the largest military apparatus the world has ever known. This also means that the US relies on defense contracts from around the nation to supply it with intelligence, ships, vehicles, equipment, technology, and a wide range…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been one of the stock market’s biggest success stories ever. The company had its initial public offering in May 1997 and traded for an astonishingly low split-adjusted price of just seven cents per share. Since then, the stock has gained nearly 297,800% as the company has grown into the linchpin…
Key Points Unlike sales of actual product units or services, brand name value is also an important, albeit more complex valuation to quantify. Name recognition, advertising rate demand, degree of sustained interest and attention, etc. are all criteria that go into the stew of data points to be compiled and analyzed to determine a brand’s…
After hitting an all-time high of $525.15 in February, AppLovin Corp.’s (NASDAQ: APP) share price tumbled more than 35% due to a pending class action lawsuit and to short seller reports. However, the software company’s better-than-expected first-quarter report gave the stock a boost. The share price is now 30.4% higher than 90 days ago, despite…
Russian Drones & Missiles “Rained Down” On Kyiv In One of the War’s Most Devastating Attacks Yet Russia launched one of the largest aerial assaults of the war on Ukraine overnight, unleashing more than 500 drones, with Kyiv as the primary target. The timing of the attack—just hours after a phone call between President Trump and Russian…
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SoFi Technologies Inc.’s (NASDAQ: SOFI) chief executive officer recently stated at a conference that the fintech company has targeted 30% member growth and 20% revenue growth. The share price is 8.2% higher than it was a week ago, following recent news that the company would invest in cryptocurrency. Although the stock had a strong start…
The trade war with China was tough on Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) investors. In April, shares hit a year-to-date low below $87 apiece. Like its fellow Magnificent 7 members, Nvidia has struggled due to economic uncertainties about the effects of tariffs, as well as due to Chinese AI innovations. Bears see Nvidia stock falling further…
Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock is at an all-time high. And it has become the most valuable company in the world, with a market value of $3.89 trillion, slightly ahead of Microsoft’s. CEO Jensen Huang, the company’s co-founder, owns 4% of Nvidia and now has a net worth of nearly $140 billion. That figure comes…
What We Celebrate On The Fourth Authored by Armstrong Williams via The Epoch Times, There are many who will gather this July Fourth under the guise of celebration—barbecues, fireworks, flag-waving. But how many understand, truly understand, what they are celebrating? In an era where grievance has replaced gratitude, the Fourth of July has become a…
Everyone knows Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and its best-known products, including the Windows operating system and Microsoft 365 suite of productivity apps, but its growing cloud computing platform, Azure, is the future of the company. Microsoft stock has been a millionaire maker for decades, with a stock split-adjusted IPO price of $0.14, which means at…
Lots Of Speculation Is Swirling Around The Sumy Front Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Ukraine claims that Russia is gearing up for a large-scale offensive there, a Russian security source denied any such plans, while the US is closely monitoring the situation… Trump told the media earlier in the week that “We’ll see what happens. I’m…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has long held an attraction for its ergonomic approach toward computing and communications among students and tech-minded users. Its popularity soared in the 1990s, and its high-growth stock was even referenced in the Tom Hanks movie Forrest Gump. 24/7 Wall St. Key Points: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the…
US Patriotism Among Democrats Crashes As Marxist Demands Grow Louder Ahead of the Fourth of July, new polling shows a sharp decline in U.S. national pride, driven mainly by crazed Democrats, some of whom have increasingly spewed anti-American rhetoric, with talking points that sound straight from adversarial regimes like the Communist Party of China. Democrats…
If there is any holiday celebrated in the United States that is among the favorites of all citizens, it must be the 4th of July. It transcends all walks of life, and the secular nature of the celebration makes it one for all Americans who honor what is perhaps the most important day in the…
Professor Warns UK Gov’t Is Preparing For Civil War, Using Russian Invasion Threat As Cover Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A prominent academic in London has warned that the UK government is actively preparing for the break out of a civil war, but is using the “logically absurd” cover of a Russian invasion to put contingencies in…
Swiss To Vote On 50% Inheritance Tax That Risks Exodus Of The Super-Rich In a national referendum set for November, the people of Switzerland will vote on whether the country should impose a 50% inheritance tax on the wealthiest of people — under a regimen so harsh that not even surviving spouses would be spared from…
Why’d Erdogan Decide To Expand Turkiye’s Sphere Of Influence Eastwards? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Assad’s downfall set into motion a fast-moving sequence of events that now threatens Russian influence in the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, and Central Asia; i.e. its entire southern periphery… The latest developments in the South Caucasus are connected…
The 1775 Two Step That Led To American Independence Authored by Jim Bovard As Americans prepare to celebrate the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we should also toast the 250th anniversary of a savvy political two-step that paved the way to formally breaking with Britain the following year. “We, your Majesty’s faithful subjects…” began the…
Bi-Partisan Seattle Citizens Group Launches Campaign To Ban Homeless Encampments A new bipartisan group, the Quality of Life Coalition, is pushing a ballot initiative to address King County’s growing homeless encampment crisis — a problem they say local politicians have let spiral out of control, according to 770 KTTH. On Tuesday, the group filed the…
CCP Leaders Propose Regulations To Rein In Xi’s Superagencies Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), China’s top leaders are proposing new rules to regulate a set of powerful commissions and groups established nearly a decade ago by communist Party chief Xi Jinping to centralize his power. A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands…
“We’ve Become Serfs On Our Own Land”: The USDA Trap, Foreign Land Sales, And The Collapse Of American Farming 77 family farms vanish every day in the U.S. But what’s really killing them? A CHD.TV interview with rancher and Beef Initiative policy fellow Breeauna Sagdal reveals the trap: USDA regulations, monopolized meatpacking, foreign land grabs,…
Why US Banned Transfer Of Genetic Samples To China Authored by Leo Timm via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Food and Drug Administration has halted a program that allowed the transfer of U.S. citizens’ biological samples to China and other “hostile countries.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building in White Oak, Md., on…
North Korea Sending Up To 30,000 Troops To Bolster Russia’s Forces: Reports North Korea is reportedly preparing to triple the number of its troops fighting for Russia along the front lines with Ukraine, sending an additional 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers to assist Russian forces. This is based on an intelligence assessment from Ukrainian officials. According to CNN, “The…
Choice Tax Breaks: The GOP’s Federal Plan To Transform Education Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearEducation, Buried in the 940-page “big, beautiful” budget blueprint is an unprecedented tax credit that, if approved, will be a long-sought victory for the private school choice movement in its drive to expand and break into Democratic states that for…
Social Media Especially Harms Girls’ Sleep & Mental Health June 30 was World Social Media Day. In a survey conducted between September and October 2025, 50 percent of 13- to 17-year-old girls said that social media has hurt their sleep, versus 40 percent of boys the same age. As Statista’ Anna Fleck reports, teenage girls are…
Huawei To Stand Trial In US On Charges Of Bank Fraud, Sanctions Violations, Theft Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times, Chinese company Huawei Technologies will stand trial on multiple charges after a federal judge denied its bid to dismiss a long-running case against it. On July 1, District Judge Ann Donnelly of the…
China’s ‘Fentanyl King’ Plunges Into “Corruption Fueled Bankruptcy” Ai Luming was once a symbol of China’s entrepreneurial rise — its ‘fentanyl king’ and a philosophy graduate who turned a urine-based drug startup into a sprawling private empire spanning pharma, real estate, and finance, according to Caixin. But by 2025, after nearly four decades, his business…
This post Superintelligence Will Never Arrive appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Readers know at least two things about artificial intelligence (AI). The first is that an AI frenzy has been driving the stock market higher for the past three years even with occasional drawdowns along the way. The second is that AI is a revolutionary…
Federal Officials Warn Of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terror Threats On July 4, NY Governor Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has confirmed that federal officials informed her about a possible terrorist threat ahead of the July 4 Independence Day holiday. “Our federal partners reiterated yesterday that lone wolf…
Why can’t we just be objective about the economic numbers? When Joe Biden was in the White House, many Republicans (including Donald Trump) used the word “fake” to describe the economic numbers that the federal government was putting out. And as I documented extensively throughout the Biden administration, the rosy economic numbers that we were…
In this economic/financial video we discuss: Why are prices so high, can people survive the cost of living crisis? and what is ahead for the economy. This channel contains news and analysis that often includes ‘one mans opinion’. The information conveyed should never be taken as investment advice. Everyone should do their own due diligence…
DOJ Arrests Two Chinese Nationals For Spying, Trying To Recruit U.S. Military Members To Work For PRC Two Chinese nationals, Yuance Chen of Happy Valley, Oregon, and Liren Lai, who entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in April 2025, have been charged with acting as agents for China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS). According…
Trump Says June 2025 Border Statistics Are Lowest In US History Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on July 2 that the previous month’s border statistics were the lowest in the nation’s history, with Border Patrol reporting zero releases of illegal immigrants into the United States and just over…
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Key Points The Big Beautiful Bill has a nice tax break for older Americans. It also offers relief for older people with large income and property tax bills. As tends to be the case, higher earners may not get to benefit from these new provisions. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool…
Planetary Defenders Track Fast-Moving “Interstellar Object” Through Solar System On Wednesday, the European Space Agency revealed that its Planetary Defenders are tracking a fast-moving “interstellar object” zipping through the solar system. While some might hope it’s an alien spacecraft—finally giving Paul Krugman a win—chances are it’s just another space rock. “Astronomers may have just discovered the…
Antifa Rioters Charged With Arson And Assault In Portland Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, The Trump-led DOJ has charged four individuals in connection with the violent anti-ICE riots that broke out in June in Oregon. The defendants, some allegedly caught on video, spent several weeks targeting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and assaulting federal officers, prosecutors said in a…
Leftist Activist Calls For Sanctions On America, Has Deep Ties To Democrat NGO Network Far-left and unhinged social justice warrior Elie Mystal has sparked controversy with remarks suggesting that America “needs to be sanctioned,” and calling the country “a menace to peaceful people” and “the bad guys.” His comments reflect an alarming trend on the left…
Every few years, I post on an excellent article on the American revolution by economic historian Jeff Hummel. It’s on Econlib. I asked Jeff to write it in 2018 and it has been a perennial hit. Indeed, in a newsletter a few years ago, Liberty Fund stated: Our most popular Article ever is from…
After ‘8 Hours Of Hogwash’ From Rep. Jeffries, House Republicans Pass Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Update (1430ET): The republican response to Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries’ record-breaking address was brief and to the point, as Rep Jason Smith retorted: “I come from the Show-Me State, and what we just heard can be defined in one word. A…
Fracking Is America’s (Not So) Secret Weapon Authored by Jim Welty, Rob Burndrett & Charlie Burd via RealClearEnergy, America’s shale revolution and ascension to the world’s largest oil and natural gas producer has made one fact abundantly clear: energy security is national security. No longer are geopolitical and national security decisions held hostage to the threat of…
Deputy Head Of Russian Navy Killed In Ukraine Missile Strike In a rare battlefield development, a very high-ranking general officer for Russia’s military has been killed by Ukrainian forces, and it actually happened on Russian soil. Major General Mikhail Gudkov, deputy commander of the Russian Navy and a brigade leader in the Ukraine war, has…
Four Reasons Why This 4th Of July Is Better Authored by Larry Behrens via RealClearEnergy, As Americans fire up their grills and head out on road trips, there’s something to celebrate this Independence Day: energy sanity is making a comeback. This year, there’s a little more freedom on the menu. After years of being shackled…
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CIA Memo: Obama Team ‘Excessively Involved’ In Fueling Trump-Russia Narrative Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, A newly declassified CIA memo revealed that top officials within the Obama administration deliberately manipulated intelligence to exaggerate Russia’s purported 2016 election interference. This set the stage for the years‑long Trump‑Russia collusion probe. The review, commissioned by CIA Director John Ratcliffe in May 2025, reassessed the 2016…
