Water Wars Strike Again: How Afghanistan’s Hydropolitics Will Reshape Eurasia’s Geopolitics Authored by Uriel Araujo via GlobalResearch.ca, Hydropolitics has long been an underreported yet decisive force shaping the trajectory of nations. While analysts often emphasize pipelines, rare earths, or grain corridors, it is water — the most fundamental resource — that increasingly determines whether regions move toward cooperation […]

Jimmy Kimmel Suspended ‘Indefinitely’ After Pushing Charlie Kirk Propaganda Jimmy Kimmel is done.  The now-former late-night talkshow and Podesta pal will be ‘preempted indefinitely” following overt propaganda regarding the killing of Charlie Kirk, an ABC spokesperson told Deadline. The show will be replaced by other programming.  During his opening monologue on Monday, Kimmel suggested that Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old […]

Newsom Folds, Greenlights Domestic Oil Production In California Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times, Amid California’s worsening affordability crisis and warnings of a 75-percent price increase at the gas pump, state legislators over the weekend sent a package of bills aimed at tackling energy costs, fuel supply, and pollution to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Newsom announced the deal with state lawmakers last […]

CEOs Of Discord, Steam, Twitch, Reddit Summoned To Washington Over Online Radicalization  The White House has declared war on Marxist revolutionary groups and dark-money-funded NGOs after recognizing the severity of the nihilistic accelerationist movement spreading across America, especially now after realizing the security threat – dubbed “civil terrorism” – in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The administration now […]

Experts Urge Government Ban On Solar Geoengineering Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The United States should lead an international effort to prohibit the use of solar geoengineering, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Roger Pielke Jr., told members of Congress on Sept. 16. Wind turbines are silhouetted against the rising sun near Spearville, Kan., on Jan. 13, 2021. Charlie Riedel/AP […]

Washington Post Columnist Fired For Comments Related To Charlie Kirk Murder Mass firings have commenced in the wake of an online mob of leftists cheering in celebration over the brutal assassination of conservative speaker Charlie Kirk.  The people dancing on TikTok and laughing about the murder come from all walks of life, from teachers to social workers and, of course, mainstream journalists.  The widespread vitriol has debunked […]

Israel Arming, Bankrolling Druze Fighters In Southern Syria Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, With tensions continuing to simmer in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate, senior Druze commanders are reporting that the Israeli government has been arming and financing Druze militias that are seeking a large amount of autonomy over the area. Suwayda is the historic population center of the Druze minority, and back in July there was […]

Watch: ‘Dysto-Pee’in’ Toilets Won’t Give You Toilet Paper Unless You Sit Through Advertisement Or Pay Up In a bizarre scene straight out of a sci-fi flick, some public bathrooms in China are now holding toilet paper hostage behind advertisements, according to frustrated users venting on an anti-consumption subreddit. Users must watch an advert or pay to access toilet roll in some Chinese public bathrooms (Picture: Reddit/Youtube via […]

Rubio Says US Visa Revocations Underway After Charlie Kirk Death Celebrations Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that foreign nationals who made celebratory comments over Charlie Kirk’s assassination will have their U.S. visas revoked, adding that the process is “underway.” “America will not host foreigners who celebrate the death of our fellow citizens,” Rubio wrote in a […]

State Department Severs Ties With Armed Queers-Affiliated NGO; Marxist Group Nukes Socials Update (1650ET): A State Department source confirmed to Blaze News that any ties to Utah Global Diplomacy, “which existed indirectly via an external implementer, are being completely severed and dismantled.” As we reported earlier, Armed Queers SLC founder Ermiya Fanaeian had been recognized by the NGO. Recall the highlights from X […]

Graham Threatens ‘Consequences’ On Hungary & Slovakia Over Russian Energy Purchases United States Senator Lindsey Graham has blasted Hungary and Slovakia over their ongoing purchases of Russian energy, warning they’ll face “consequences” if they don’t end their reliance. The anti-Russia hawk from South Carolina said on social media that President Trump was “right to demand that Europe stop buying Russian oil.” He admitted […]

FBI’s ‘Armed Queers’ Probe Just The Start – Lawmakers Urge Treasury To Freeze China-Linked Billionaire’s NGO Empire Well, well, well. The Democratic Party’s dark-money-funded NGO network – bankrolled by leftist billionaires and even possibly foreign adversaries – is coming under intense scrutiny after a leftist woke warrior assassinated Charlie Kirk one week ago. Assassination culture has been normalized by the Democratic Party, […]

Jerome Powell’s Fed Enters “Nightmare Territory” Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance By now you already know the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 4.00–4.25% in an 11–1 vote today, citing rising risks to the labor market as their excuse for doing so. While newly appointed Governor Stephen Miran pushed for a deeper cut, most policymakers backed the smaller move, with the Fed signaling two more […]

Hate Crime Charge After Subway Rider Called “White Boy”, Then Brutally Attacked On L Train A young woman is facing hate crime charges after allegedly assaulting a fellow passenger in a violent, unprovoked attack on a Manhattan subway train, according to the NY Post. The incident unfolded around 2:10 a.m. Sunday aboard a southbound L train at the 1st Avenue and East 14th Street station. Authorities said Genesis Gittens — who had […]

Fed Cuts Rates By 25bps; Powell ‘Bends The Knee’, Signals Dovish Path Ahead Tl;dr: Nine months after it last adjusted rates, The Fed finally bent the knee this afternoon and cut rates by 25bps (as fully priced in by the market). Only once since it started publishing its target rate in the 1970s had The Fed waited longer. That was 2001-2002 when, unlike now, it was a bear-market low, consumer spending was weak, and inflation was […]

Game-Changer? Are Meta And Zuckerberg Ready To Fight For Free Speech Authored by Jonathan Turley, I created a Facebook account recently. No one was more surprised than myself. From my book, “The Indispensable Right,” to my past columns, I have been one of the most vocal critics of Facebook and Meta regarding their free speech policies. From their expansive censorship record to their failure to disclose details on […]

Wall Street Reacts To Powell’s “Risk-Management” Rate Cut As Powell begins his presser, Wall Street’s kneejerk comments start coming in to what the Fed Chair just characterized as a “risk management” rate cut… similar to the rate cut he announced exactly one year ago, only that one was 50bps not 25bps (wonder why). As expected, Powell is getting a hard time from reporters who have spotted inconsistencies in the decision and […]

Watch Live: Will Fed Chair Powell Push Back Against The Dovish Dots? Having delivered the 25bps rate-cut that President Trump had been hoping for, Fed Chair Powell is now facing the gauntlet of a press conference with one governor who has been fired (or not) and another member fresh from The White House.  Will Powell push back against the relatively dovish tone? Aside from the drama, the big question is – will Powell offer a […]

US Regulators Investigate Tesla Door Handles After Complaints Of Entrapment In what could be a gentle reminder to Elon Musk that President Trump is still the boss, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into Tesla’s electric door handles, focusing on 2021 Model Y vehicles, according to Bloomberg. Regulators say they are examining whether doors become inoperative after low-voltage […]

Discord Scrutinized In Kirk Assassination, Used By Canadian Far-Left Networks To Circulate Political Target Files, Lawyer Says Submitted by The Bureau’s Sam Cooper, Discord, the communications platform now under scrutiny as U.S. investigators examine chat room messages involving the alleged assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is also being used by left-wing Antifa-aligned networks in Canada to organize and share […]

EU Proposes Freezing Israel Trade Pact As Smotrich Declares Gaza ‘Real Estate Bonanza’ On Wednesday the European Commission presented a proposal for new tariffs and sanctions aimed at pressuring Israel to quickly end its military operations in Gaza, in addition to sanctions measures on two Israeli ministers known for their fiery anti-Palestinian rhetoric. “The horrific events taking place in Gaza on a daily basis must stop,” EU […]

Goldman: Four Questions Investors Are Asking About Walmart  At the start of September, Goldman hosted its 32nd annual Global Retailing Conference, followed by last week’s technology forum. It’s been a packed first half of the month for Goldman analysts, who have been busy digesting comments from corporate executives and sharing key takeaways with clients on how business leaders see the evolving world.  On Monday, Goldman Sachs […]

Dr Strangecurve By Michael Every of Rabobank As Christian Lawrence notes in ‘Under Pressure’, we expect a 25bps rate cut today. However, as the Wall Street Journal puts it, this is “the strangest Fed meeting in years” as “Consequential and contentious debates over the path ahead on rates are playing out under the glare of extraordinary political drama.” Indeed, to project dots, might future Fed meetings look like The […]

General Mills Beats On Profit, Reaffirms Outlook Amid Sluggish Sales And At-Home Dining Trend General Mills reported first-quarter earnings that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations, driven by a divestiture gain, despite slower sales. The maker of Cheerios and Blue Buffalo reaffirmed its full-year outlook, cautioning that EPS will remain under pressure as it invests to reignite volume-driven organic net sales growth. Notably, GIS […]

WTI Extends Gains AFter Biggest Crude Build In 3 Months Oil prices leaked lower overnight after a three-day advance as traders assess the fallout from Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure and a Federal Reserve interest rate decision later Wednesday. WTI was trading around  $64.50 a barrel after gaining 3.2% in the previous three sessions. Ukraine attacked the Saratov refinery in its latest strike on Russian energy […]