BT LIVE: US-KOREA ALLIANCE CRACKS? | COLOMBIA'S NEW PRESIDENT | WHY CHINA EMBRACES AI

Trump's surprise drawdown in Korea; Colombia's earthquake aftermath; Updates from Venezuela; PLUS The China Report asks how Beijing is taking on AI. Rania Khalek, Zoe Alexandra & Amanda Yee are joined by special guests to break it all down....(continued)

THIS MASS ACCEPTANCE OF TYRANNICAL EVIL IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE INTENTIONAL DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICANS

"Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?" ~ Peter Hitchens One wonders how we got to where... Continue Reading This Mass Acceptance of Tyrannical Evil Is Directly Related to the Intentional Dumbing Down of American...(continued)

HAS SERBIA WITHDRAWN ITS SUPPORT FOR RUSSIA?

Vucic's talks with Zelensky, EU pressure and election risks suggest Belgrade is balancing, not changing sides yet...(continued)

MINNIE HAUK BIDS TO DEFEND YORKSHIRE OAKS CROWN

You have to rewind to Islington in 2003 to find the last filly to go back-to-back in the Yorkshire Oaks (G1). But Minnie Hauk is back Aug. 20 to defend the crown she won so decisively last year at York Racecourse. ...(continued)

HAFFNER IMPRESSIVE IN ACOMB STAKES VICTORY

Haffner was identified as a potential 2027 Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (G1) and Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby, G1) contender by Aidan O'Brien after landing the Acomb Stakes (G3) impressively under Ryan Moore Aug. 19 at York Racecourse....(continued)

GILLIGAN RACING NOTES PROGRESS TOWARD FL TRACK

Gilligan Racing announces that it continues to make significant progress toward the development of a new Thoroughbred racing facility in Marion County, Fla. The company has identified several potential racetrack sites and is evaluating them....(continued)

INTERNET SHOWERS DOORDASH DRIVER AND FIANCÉ WITH WEDDING GIFTS THANKS TO NOTE HE LEFT IN THE BAG

When a TikTok influencer and NYT bestselling author received her DoorDash meal in early August, a hand-scrawled note in the bag caught her eye. The words were from the delivery driver: "Your tip is helping make our wedding possible," it read. "It means the world to us. <3 Hope & Tyler." Hamilton is the author Internet Showers Do...(continued)

SAN DIEGO CONSTRUCTION MAGNATE, DEL MAR BOARD MEMBER LUSARDI DIES

Edited Press Release Warner C. Lusardi, the San Diego construction magnate, major philanthropist and longtime civic benefactor, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family. He was 94. Mr. Lusardi was a devoted horse racing enthusiast and a valued member of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Board of Directors, serving with distinction since 1988. T...(continued)

IN OTHERWORDS: AUGUST 19, 2026

The toxic politics of data centers. ....(continued)

THE BROKEN PROMISE OF PAKISTAN TO BALOCHISTAN FLOOD VICTIMS

On August 11, 2026, the World Bank expressed serious dissatisfaction with the way Pakistani authorities were handling funds linked to housing reconstruction for flood victims in Balochistan. According to Pakistan's Dawn, the dispute emerged after funding for resilient housing was The Broken Promise of Pakistan to Balochistan Flood Victim...(continued)

THE UGLINESS OF LATIN AMERICA'S ANGRY TIDE

Across Latin America, the angry tide is attempting to transform society itself, not merely enact this or that legislation....(continued)

BIG TECH IS BUILDING A NEW FEUDALISM

Maybe we should question this AI "future" before surrendering to it. ....(continued)

SAM HOUSTON TO OPEN IN DECEMBER; ADDS STAKES

For the first time in 17 years, Thoroughbred racing will be held at Sam Houston Race Park in the month of December, as the season will kick off Dec. 18. Closing day of the Thoroughbred season will be April 3....(continued)

ITEM GETS UP LATE TO WIN INTERNATIONAL STAKES

Item overcomes all kinds of trouble to snatch victory on the line from Almaqam in an International Stakes (G1) Aug 19 at York Racecourse that departed dramatically from the script....(continued)

GEORGE BOUGHEY JOINS TDN WRITERS' ROOM, TEAM DISCUSS GRAMM SITUATION

The highs and lows of horse racing were felt last week by British-based trainer George Boughey. Less than a week after he had to retire Bow Echo (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}), undoubtedly, the best horse he has ever trained, he won the GI Christophe Clement Turf Stakes at Saratoga with the mare Survie (Ire) George Boughey Joins TDN Writer...(continued)

PHASE FOUR: WHEN THE ALGORITHM DECIDES YOU CAN'T BUY BREAD (AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY LIVE)

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following analysis synthesizes verified central bank documentation, BIS technical specifications, and commercial banking disclosures through Q2 2025. The trajectory described is extrapolated from stated policy objectives and existing infrastructure deployment. We present the data as found. The conclusions are unavoidable. --...(continued)

SECOND 'SUSPECT' IN NORD STREAM BLAST CASE ARRESTED

Croatian police have arrested a Ukrainian accused by German authorities of being involved in the 2022 Nord Stream sabotage...(continued)

EUA PLANEJAM USAR ARMAS NUCLEARES CONTRA O IRÃ – EX-CONGRESSISTA AMERICANA

Aparentemente, os EUA querem intensificar suas ações militares no conflito com o Irã. Apesar de uma recente queda na intensidade das hostilidades, Washington estaria planejando não apenas retomar as operações regulares, mas também usar seu arsenal mais extremo contra a EUA planejam usar armas nucleares contra o Irã – ex-congressista ameri...(continued)

ALEMANHA SE TORNA UM ESTADO POLICIAL

A Alemanha continua a aprofundar suas políticas de segurança para enfrentar uma suposta "ameaça russa". Em uma declaração recente, o ministro do Interior da Alemanha, Alexander Dobrindt, defendeu a ampliação dos poderes das agências de inteligência do país. Ele afirmou Global Research...(continued)

CONSELHEIRO DE TRUMP ACUSA EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS DE INTEGRAR CARTEL DA CARNE NOS EUA

-MBRF diz que opera 'em estrita conformidade com as leis de defesa da concorrência'; JBS não se pronunciou -Departamento de Justiça mantém apuração antitruste sobre o setor O conselheiro da Casa Branca Peter Navarro acusou nesta terça-feira (11) empresas brasileiras Conselheiro de Trump acusa empresas brasileiras de integrar cartel d...(continued)

CHARLATANS IN ACADEME: WHEN CAMBRIDGE JASON ARDAY WENT TOO FAR

The self-inflicted passing of Jason Arday this month following his resignation from the University of Cambridge is an unsettling yet fitting reminder about what the groves of academe tolerate (or not) regarding its members. Arday's unmasking as a plagiarist and appeared first...(continued)

STOP LETTING CREDIT CARD COMPANIES SQUEEZE SMALL BUSINESSES

Lobby groups are spending big to stop bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering the exorbitant "swipe fees" charged by the credit card industry. ....(continued)

PATHOLOGICAL RUSSOPHOBIA? BRITAIN'S NEW PM ANDY BURNHAM BRAGGING ABOUT U.K. DRONE STRIKES DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA

We've long been accustomed to various extreme forms of Russophobia coming out of the United Kingdom. For centuries, its governments have been terrified of the prospect of Russia becoming the world's premier superpower. Obviously, exactly the same goes Pathological Russophobia? Britain's New PM Andy Burnham Bragging about U.K. Drone Strik...(continued)

HOW "ARGENTINA'S ELON MUSK" IS BRINGING TECHNOCRACY TO PATAGONIA

Javier Milei's administration has been showcasing Patagonia to Silicon Valley executives, culminating in OpenAI's 'Stargate Argentina' announcement. The focus of this piece, Emiliano Kargieman, is the man actually developing OpenAI's Argentine project and boasts significant ties to United States' military and intelligence, NASA, Palantir and the S...(continued)

OPENING THE DOOR TO MEDICAL AND 
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES THAT CAN 
SAVE MILLIONS OF AMERICAN LIVES

The Questions the Medical and Scientific Community Are Not Allowed To Ask There are questions that seldom, if ever, get asked. And when they are asked, they are asked quietly, in closed offices, behind the closed doors of corporate headquarters. Opening the Door to Medical and 
Scientific Discoveries That Can 
Save Millions of American Li...(continued)

META TRIAL OPENS AS STATES DEMAND AGE VERIFICATION

A trial doesn't need a verdict to be useful. It needs testimony, exhibits, and a paper trail that legislators can cite to advance a digital ID agenda....(continued)

DANGEROUS PHASE: TRUMP THREATENS TO BOMB OMAN. CAN THE GULF STILL TRUST WASHINGTON?

The escalating war between the United States and Iran has entered a potentially dangerous new phase, as US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman if Muscat interferes with Washington's negotiations with Tehran. The threat is particularly significant because Dangerous Phase: Trump Threatens to Bomb Oman. Can the Gulf Still Trus...(continued)

GOOGLE WINS SPIRIT AIRLINES DATA AUCTION FOR $10 MILLION

The airline stopped flying in May. Its records are still going places....(continued)

WHAT DID FAUCI MEAN BY "GAME ON?"

The release of the Fauci diaries has filled in some missing pieces. They help elucidate how the years of hell unfolded in Fauci's own mind. Working with military intelligence and pharmaceutical companies, Fauci and his colleagues eventually hatched an audacious plan to delay natural immunity for a full ten months as they awaited both the November election and the viable release of the injectable product called a vac...(continued)

CN LIVE! -- 'THE LAST EMPIRE'

Abby Martin joins CN Live! to discuss her newest film, The Earth's Greatest Enemy, about U.S. militarism, empire and environmental destruction.  8 p.m. Tonite! There have been about 70 major empires in world history beginning with the Akkadian Empire foundedRead more...(continued)

BRAZIL REGULATOR BANS DISCORD LIVE VIDEO FEATURES

An agency created to police how companies handle personal data now decides what people can see....(continued)

PENTAGON EYEING TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE

The strategy is being overseen by Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon's policy chief, who has long called for the U.S. to prepare to fight a "limited nuclear war," reports Dave DeCamp.  By Dave DeCamp Antiwar.com The Pentagon is reportedly drafting a newRead more...(continued)

COUNTERWEIGHTS: THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT IN COLOMBO

This was the first summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held in Asia and, perhaps, the largest international conference ever held in Sri Lanka....(continued)

TRUMP AND CANADA HAVE A DEAL*

Trump's three-day Canada tariff truce leaves trade, USMCA, F-35s, critical minerals and sovereignty hanging on his next mood swing...(continued)

TWO YEARS SINCE HIS ARREST, WORKERS PARTY OF BANGLADESH CALLS FOR RELEASE OF ITS PRESIDENT

Menon (82) was arrested and charged with murder days after prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country in early August 2024, after weeks-long violent protests in the country....(continued)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: JOCKEY CLUB TRANSPARENCY

Yesterday's headline, "Jockey Club Seeks to Remove Marshall Gramm from Membership," appeared just weeks after The Jockey Club's annual Round Table, where its new leadership team pledged transparency. The Jockey Club's recent pledge of greater transparency presents an opportunity. For generations, many in the Thoroughbred industry have had little un...(continued)

THE FOURTH CIRCUIT SAYS BORDER AGENTS CAN SEARCH YOUR PHONE BY HAND, NO SUSPICION REQUIRED

Legal intern Suzanne Castillo was the principal author of this post. The Fourth Circuit issued a disappointing opinion in U.S. v. Belmonte Cardozo, a case in which EFF filed an amicus brief, alongside the national ACLU, its Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia affiliates, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawye...(continued)

SIX SPEEDY FEMALES, FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 10-16

5 (tie)-KERRY'S KISS, GP, 8-15, Sheer Drama Handicap, 7f VIDEO Beyer Speed Figure-93 (f, 4, Vino RossoAbuntia, by Olmodavor) O-Epic Horses, BAG Racing Stables and The White House Stables. B-Virginia Moore & Malia Hopkins (Ky). T-Saffie Joseph Jr. J-Edwin Gonzalez. Bettors didn't fully embrace the outcome of the June 27 Musical Romance Stakes in...(continued)

RETIRED POLICE OFFICER FINED £1,000 OVER BACON MEME IN UK

There is no blasphemy offence in England and Wales. There is Section 127, and it turns out to be roomy....(continued)

RIVERA JR.'S ISELIN WIN LANDS JOCKEY OF THE WEEK HONORS

Luis Rivera Jr. made the most of his opportunity in the Philip H. Iselin Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park. Riding the 6-year-old Bishops Bay for the first time, Rivera earned the first graded stakes victory of his riding career....(continued)

WHITE STORKS MAKE HISTORIC RETURN TO THE ENGLISH MIDLANDS AFTER 600-YEAR ABSENCE

The last time a white stork nested in Derbyshire in the English Midlands region, the country's King Henry VI was declaring war against the Duchy of Brittany and the Kingdom of France, while an independent Venice won a war against Serbia at a city that's now in Albania. Indeed, the large white wings of the White Storks Make Historic Retu...(continued)

"IMPERIAL MACHINATION": MORE EVIDENCE REVEALED ON THE ROLE OF THE UAE IN THE SUDAN WAR

Britain and the United States have close ties with the Emirates which is fueling the ongoing horrendous intra-military carnage taking place in the Republic of Sudan * Since April 15, 2023, the serious disruptions in the military structures and high app...(continued)

WHITNEY WEBB: "SOLVING RACISM BY VACCINATION?"

I would like to bring to your attention this outstanding (as usual) research by Whitney Webb/Jeremy Loffredo's about OWS/covid vax targeting racial minorities. This article was published in November 2020, and was right on the money about the deadly scam of the OWS. Ultimately, OWS was (and continues to be) a deliberate democide, i.e. indiscriminate...(continued)

IRAN REJECTS UAE'S MISSILE CLAIM, WARNS OF MULTIPLE "FALSE FLAG OPERATIONS"

Iran has rejected a United Arab Emirates' claim that Tehran launched two ballistic missiles towards the country, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei warning regional states against making unfounded accusations and urging vigilance over a history of "false-flag operations" seeking Iran Rejects UAE's Missile Claim, Warns of Multi...(continued)

BRAVE 1.93 ADDS WEBGL AND WEBGPU FINGERPRINTING PROTECTIONS

A GPU has turned out to be somewhat of a name tag. Brave has decided to smear the ink....(continued)

FORMER CIA OFFICER JOHN KIRIAKOU:

Listen, if the Israeli government is watching this podcast, let me explain something to them. You've lost the American public.......(continued)

THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S "ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON"? "WE MUST BOMB IRAN. PREEMPTIVE NUKES". FELICITY ARBUTHNOT

Colin Powell lied to the U.N., George Bush lied to anyone who would listen; Tony Blair concocted dossiers so dodgy they were laughable". "Would the US Administration Really Endanger the Entire Planet?" Global Re...(continued)

WE NOW HAVE TWO VIDEOS OF RANDY FINE BREAKING THE LAW. ONE IS A FELONY. THE OTHER IS A FLORIDA STATUTE. ONE FOR GOING THROUGH MAILBOXES. ANOTHER FOR VOTING ON BEHALF OF ABSENT CONGRESSMEN

We now have two videos of Randy Fine breaking the law. One is a felony. The other is a Florida statute. One for going through... We now have two videos of Randy Fine breaking the law. One is a felony. The other is a Florida statute. One for going through mailboxes. Another for voting on behalf of absent congressmen....(continued)

AMERICAN BOUGHT TURKEY BURGERS, PUT THEM IN THE GRILL AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED

... "They're foaming like they're made with soap" "It's foaming. I have... ......(continued)

SOUTHERN BORDERS WIDE OPEN. NOT A FLOCK CAMERA IN SIGHT. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS A LIE

Southern Borders wide open. Not a flock camera in sight. Everything about this administration is a lie. pic.twitter.com/W64bfdyIYF Heritage American (@bigbabolat) August 18, 2026...(continued)

POLICE HANDCUFF14 YEAR OLD BOY--FOR STANDING ON HIS OWN FRONT PORCH

Police handcuff Black 14 year old boy--for standing on his own front porch. "I didn't do nothing. I'm a kid,"the boy cries dropping to his......(continued)

AMERICAN NEEDED MEDICAL IMAGING, THE COST WITH INSURANCE IS $1,200, SHE HAD TO CANCEL BECAUSE SHE CAN'T AFFORD THAT

American needed medical imaging. She was told the cost with her insurance is $1,200. She told them unfortunately she would have to cancel the appointment... American needed medical imaging. She was told the cost with her insurance is $1,200. She told them unfortunately she would have to cancel the appointment because she can't afford that...(continued)

CATHERINE AUSTIN FITTS SAYS MAHA HAS "PROVEN BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT" WORKING WITH "THE ENEMY" IN THE FED GOV'T IS "HOPELESS"

"CDC... From the Trenches Wo...(continued)

THE COLLISION COURSE W/IRAN, WE'RE MAKING NO ATTEMPT TO AVOID

The Collision Course w/Iran, We're Making No Attempt to Avoid...(continued)

RISE OF THE TOTALITARIAN SURVEILLANCE STATE

Why is Bari Weiss promoting Flock cameras? Glenn Greenwald on neocon support for totalitarianism. Glenn Greenwald is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of System Update, available on YouTube and your favorite podcast players. His work can be found at greenwald.substack.com....(continued)

TROOP BURNOUT IN IRAN

Troop Burnout in Iran...(continued)

"6G WILL PERMIT REAL-TIME SURVEILLANCE OF HUMANS THROUGH WALLS. THIS MASS-SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITY IS CALLED INTEGRATED SENSING AND COMMUNICATION."

"6G will permit real-time surveillance of humans through walls. This mass-surveillance capability is called Integrated Sensing and Communication. Your phone won't need to track you,... "6G will permit real-time surveillance of humans through walls. This mass-surveillance capability is called Integrated Sensing and Communication."...(continued)

DE LA ESPRIELLA ENDS COLOMBIA'S PEACE POLICY, OPENS DOOR TO US MILITARY OPERATIONS

As promised, Colombia's incoming president has launched military operations and broke with the policy of promoting peace as a way to end the country's six-decade armed conflict....(continued)

GERMAN INVESTMENT IN THE US PLUMMETS AMID TRUMP TARIFF THREATS

Investments by German companies in the United States plummeted in the first half of 2026, falling by almost 80% compared with the previous year amid uncertainty stemming from tariff threats from the Trump administration. According to a survey by the Global Re...(continued)

ITALIAN POLICE RECOVER STOLEN RENOIR, CÉZANNE AND MATISSE ARTWORKS WORTH MILLIONS

From the Italian police's crack art crimes team comes the news that 3 stolen paintings by famous French artists were recovered and returned to their owners. The Carabinieri, or military police, report that the paintings had been stolen in a heist from the private museum of the Magnani Rocca Foundation on March 22nd. They include Fish by The post...(continued)

CAN INDIA BECOME THE NEXT FACTORY OF THE WORLD?

For more than a decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been pursuing one of the most ambitious industrial programs attempted by any modern democracy. The "Make in India" initiative was never simply about creating jobs. It was a strategic effort to transform India from a nation known primarily for services into a Can India Be...(continued)

THE BENEFIT OF NOT READING

"For my sister Rita, an artist who didn't imitate and who died on this day long ago, trying." It is a commonplace that a steady diet of the mass media can rot the brain and so fill one's mind with Global Research....(continued)

HIGH LEVEL WHITE HOUSE DISCUSSIONS: PLANNING TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST IRAN. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE

It appears the US wants to escalate its military actions in the conflict with Iran. Despite a recent drop in the intensity of hostilities, Washington is reportedly planning not only to resume regular operations but even to use its most...(continued)

US TARGETS ICC CHIEF IN PUSH TO 'DISMANTLE' COURT

The US has sanctioned two senior ICC officials in its campaign against the court's jurisdiction over nationals of non-member states...(continued)

STAYING HUMAN: INTRODUCTION

[The following is the Introduction to Thomas Harrington's book, Staying Human: In a Soul-Shredding Age.] It began spontaneously on an unusually warm day in the Fall of 2021 when, after exchanging the generally muted pleasantries in the way one does in such situations, I locked onto the tired visage of the overheated and masked woman behind the supermarket check-out counter and asked, "Are you staying human?"  ...(continued)

PODCAST PLAYBACK: QUOTES OF INTEREST FROM AUG. 12-18

Quotes of interest include NTRA's Tom Rooney on the SAFE Act; trainer Josie Carroll on King's Plate Stakes winner Luster; and owner, handicapper Bob Hansen on computer-assisted wagering....(continued)

ZION BECOMES FIRST NATIONAL PARK TO GET ALL-TERRAIN WHEELCHAIR FOR PUBLIC USE

The world renowned Zion National Park has become the first to offer an all-terrain wheelchair for disabled visitors who want to enjoy the canyon system's trails. The equipment was made available thanks to a charitable nonprofit which used donated funds to purchase the wheelchair on behalf of Zion. In going through the process of outfitting The p...(continued)

NYSE-LISTED AI COMPANY TAPS LIGHTNING NETWORK TO PAY EMPLOYEES IN BITCOIN

Some of the company's laser-eyed employees wanted their salaries in Bitcoin. It was easier than expected. Publicly traded AI operating system Vida Global (NYSE American: VIDA) has said it has started paying employees in Bitcoin using the Lightning network -- but in a way where the company does not have the leading NYSE-Listed AI Company...(continued)

NASA RELEASES FIRST IMAGES OF SPACEX LUNAR CRASH CRATER

NASA has released before-and-after images showing the crater left by an unplanned SpaceX Falcon 9 impact on the Moon at around 5,400 mph...(continued)

MOUNT ETNA ERUPTION SPARKS WORST AVIATION CRISIS FOR SICILY IN 20 YEARS (VIDEOS)

Mount Etna's prolonged eruption has severely disrupted flights in Sicily, with hundreds canceled and thousands of passengers stranded...(continued)

MISSOURI SMALL BUSINESSES APPLAUD END OF FEDERAL REPORTING RULE

Missouri small business owners and supporters are celebrating a new federal rule, ending a requirement for U.S. companies to report identifying information about their owners to the government. The Treasury Department finalized the change last week, exempting millions of businesses nationwide. The mandate was created under the Corporate Transp...(continued)

PATRICK LAWRENCE: LANDLORD DIPLOMACY

You read here and there that Kushner and Witkoff's undertakings with Moscow and Tehran reflect a diplomatic "style." On we go to the normalization of stupidity and hubris as merely a new form of statecraft. By Patrick Lawrence Special to ConsortiumRead more...(continued)

CANADIAN BC GOV TO GIVE 10% OF LAND TO FIRST NATIONS – VIDEO #351

Documents reveal that the Canadian NDP is poised to give away as much as 10% of the land area of British Columbia to First Nations. The Freedom Articles....(continued)

TODAY IN DYSTOPIA: WE HAVE CAMERAS EVERYWHERE IN THAT TOWN

All these wrongful arrests based on faulty Flock camera evidence is another illustration of the way people are making themselves dumber by outsourcing their thinking to machines....(continued)

TRUMP ABANDONS 'HAMMER IRAN ASAP' APPROACH

The US has halted negotiations with Iran and is reportedly seeking to strangle the country over time. The US has suspended negotiations with Iran and is seeking to gradually strangle the country, CNN reported on Tuesday, after its bombing campaign near the Strait of Hormuz failed to yield the desired results....(continued)

HOW MOLECULAR HYDROGEN FIGHTS INFLAMMATION AND REVERSES FATTY LIVER DISEASE

Story at-a-glance Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, has become one of the fastest-growing metabolic disorders worldwide, quietly affecting millions of adults who often feel perfectly healthy. Unlike alcohol-related liver damage, this condition stems from excess fat stored in your liver due to modern lifestyle factors -- poor diet, inacti...(continued)

TRUMP WANTS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS A U.S. TERRITORY. IMEC IS WHY

On August 14, 2026, President Donald Trump stood in front of a law-enforcement crowd at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, Long Island. Trump told them that after defeating Iran he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States. The Strait of America?...(continued)

THE GOP'S FADING ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE

As the 2026 midterms approach, a nationwide poll released in early August delivered a warning that goes to the heart of the Republican Party's political identity: for the first time in nearly a decade, voters said Democrats were better stewards of the economy than Republicans. For years, Republicans benefited from a broad perception that they ...(continued)

KOREAN PENINSULA: ONE SMALL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

President Donald Trump's decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea, Matthew Lee and Ben Finley write for the Associated Press, does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere. Trump's reason for supposedly, and in unspecified ways, do...(continued)

WEDNESDAY'S HEARING TO ADDRESS HAWTHORNE'S NEW REQUEST FOR EARLIER BACKSTRETCH MOVE-OUT DATE

A bankruptcy court hearing scheduled Wednesday is expected to provide clarity on the move-out status of the remaining horses and backstretch residents who must vacate Hawthorne Race Course before a $90-million bankruptcy sale of the property can happen in two weeks. A new wrinkle emerged after weeks of telling backstretch residents they must be out...(continued)

ONE WEEK AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE IN COLOMBIA: FIGURES, DATA, AND CONTROVERSIES

One week after the August 10 earthquake, human and economic losses caused by the disaster continue to mount, as well as a series of controversies surrounding international humanitarian aid....(continued)

MI5 SOUGHT TO RECRUIT BBC LEADER AS BROADCASTER INVESTIGATED SPY AGENCY, LEAKS REVEAL

Leaked emails reveal Britain's domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence, at a time when the British state broadcaster was embroiled in a bitter legal and journalistic battle with MI5. This June, British oligarch Damon Buffini stepped down as deputy chair of the BBC's board, and chair o...(continued)

FUJIMORI FACES THE FIRST PROTESTS OF HER ADMINISTRATION

Protesters, mainly transportation workers, are using strikes and roadblocks to protest the rampant rise in fuel prices. Fujimori has promised a temporary subsidy, which satisfies some but not everyone....(continued)

AI-WRITTEN BILLS RIDDLED WITH ERRORS FLOODING US CONGRESS – POLITICO

US congressional lawyers are struggling with a growing flood of error-ridden legislation drafted using AI tools...(continued)

MOTORIOUS BIDS FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE GREEN FLASH WIN

Motorious isn't in the same Del Mar class as Gold Phoenix, a record-setting winner of six stakes at the seaside track, but he is doing his best to emulate him. He goes for a fourth consecutive victory in the Aug. 22 Green Flash Handicap (G2T) there....(continued)

MUSICAL MIND-CONTROL W/ MARK DEVLIN

Please join me and the legendary Mark Devlin, researcher, podcaster & author of the book Musical Truth: Exposing the mind-control manipulations of the corporate music industry...and how to take our power back, as well as 3 subsequent volumes to that work; a trilogy of novels, the most recent of which Musical Mind-Control w/ Mark Dev...(continued)

PACIFIC CLASSIC A HIGHLIGHT ON WEEK'S RADIO/TV SCHEDULE

The Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) at Del Mar is one of the top races on this weekend's radio and television schedule. Here's a rundown of this week's horse racing coverage on TV, streaming, and radio:...(continued)

A CLOSER LOOK AT TDN RISING STAR LIBBY LLOYD

This is the second installment in what will be an ongoing series, presented by Hagyard, in which we catch up with the connections behind TDN Rising Stars. We'll go beyond the flashy performances to uncover the decisions that helped shape these future stars. The Jones family has campaigned and bred many stars since Airdrie Stud A Closer Loo...(continued)

EU FACING FOOD CRISIS

Agricultural producers across the EU have sounded the alarm over dramatic falls in yields, citing successive heatwaves...(continued)

JUVENILES INSHALLAH, Q B ROCKET RUN TO LOFTY PRICE TAGS

Juveniles Inshallah and Q B Rocket--who cost a combined $4 million at auction--are  Maiden Watch Hot Prospects after delivering on expectations with first-out victories Aug. 15. ...(continued)

STRATEGY BOOKS $8.2 BILLION Q2 LOSS ON BITCOIN PRICE DECLINE

The world's largest corporate bitcoin holder says it has built a cash reserve covering more than two years of dividend payments after investors questioned its growing stack of preferred securities. Strategy (MSTR), the world's largest corporate bitcoin holder, reported Thursday an $8.2 billion second-quarter net loss after the cryptocurre...(continued)

DANISH CONSCRIPTS DEPLOYED TO GREENLAND AMID TRUMP THREATS

Denmark has deployed conscripts to Greenland for the first time in modern history, to train and take part in exercises to deter the US...(continued)

BOSTON AIMS TO TACKLE 100-YEAR FLOOD RISKS WITH $10 BILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Expected to see 10 to 18 inches of sea level rise over the next 25 years, the city of Boston and the US Army Corps of Engineers have released a feasibility study for 20 separate infrastructure projects to protect the historic city's coastline. The study estimates that if nothing is done, costs to the city's Boston Aims to Tackle 100-yea...(continued)

WHY TRUMP IS MAD AT SOUTH KOREA

The US president's clash with Seoul is part of a wider effort to reevaluate alliances and test what American protection is worth...(continued)

ARGENTINA: THE STREETS PUT A STOP TO MILEI'S PLUNDERING

Recent setbacks for the neoliberal project of Argentina's Javier Milei expose the limits of this kind of political program....(continued)

TRUMP REVISARÁ PARCERIA COM MEMBROS DA OTAN

A aliança militar atlântica parece cada vez mais fragmentada. As divergências entre os EUA e a Europa não podem mais ser ignoradas e tornaram-se um tema comum na própria mídia ocidental. O presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, está insatisfeito com Global Research....(continued)

CHEGA DE DEFESAS AÉREAS FINLANDESAS PARA A UCRÂNIA – MINISTRO DA DEFESA

A disposição dos países europeus em apoiar o regime de Kiev está diminuindo cada vez mais. A continuidade indefinida da guerra prejudica os próprios apoiadores do regime, dadas as severas limitações na disponibilidade de recursos financeiros e militares europeus para ...(continued)

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We should open the files to an independent inquiry into the origins of Covid-19 with subpoena power, insulated from agencies whose conduct is in question, write Jeffrey Sachs and Neil L. Harrison. By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Neil L. Harrison CommonRead more...(continued)

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Some of the car problems you're noticing too late have already changed how you drive. The habits you barely notice could be hiding an expensive repair....(continued)

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Ultimately, my belief is that this will all come to light at some point, as light is stronger than dark. I don't know when or how. I think my dad's death will come to mean something more important for our Globa...(continued)

UAE HALTS ALL TRADE WITH IRAN AFTER ALLEGED ATTACK ON 'MARITIME NAVIGATION'

The UAE has accused Iran of firing two ballistic missiles at it on Tuesday, as the two-month window for US-Iran peace talks expired...(continued)

UAE CLAIMS IRAN FIRED TWO BALLISTIC MISSILES AT IT

UAE claims Iran fired two ballistic missiles at it...(continued)

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Placing Venezuela UK-frozen gold under US control would set a terrible precedent, ex-IMF official Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. says...(continued)

TRUMP: HORMUZ IS 'NEW AMERICAN TERRITORY'!

Trump: Hormuz Is 'New American Territory'!...(continued)

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No changes occurred in the Top 10 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll released Aug. 18, but weekend winners Survie and Luster gained enough support to appear in the top 20....(continued)

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Fidel Castro was not a utopian socialist. He rejected those who believed that you could leap from poverty directly to wealth. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research I was only 16 years old when I first set eyes onRead more...(continued)

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President Donald Trump has apparently proclaimed the strategic strait of Hormuz a new US territory, angering Tehran. Iran has called US President Donald Trump delusional after he proclaimed the Strait of Hormuz a new US territory. Trump made the claim on the strategic waterway, which remains heavily disrupted due to the ongoing standoff, in a p...(continued)

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US Senator Tim Kaine has said that he will file a war powers resolution to prevent President Donald Trump from bombing Oman. Congressional Democrats will introduce a war powers resolution prohibiting military action against Oman, after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the country for holding talks with Iran....(continued)

CONSTRUCTION WORKER DISCOVERS GOLD HOARD AFTER LITERALLY STRIKING A GOLD BAR WITH HIS JACKHAMMER

Police in Belgium recently made a most remarkable discovery while digging under the foundations of an old brewery. While using a jackhammer on the property in the city of Dendermonde, about 19 miles outside of Brussels, construction workers noticed coins beginning to appear in the hole they were making. Kobe Phillips, a student working a The pos...(continued)

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US diesel crack, the gap between diesel and crude, has just hit a record $102.20 for the first time in history. Food is about to get a lot more expensive. Agriculture runs on diesel equipment and shipping, heating oil is next ahead of winter, and everything moved by truck or ship will drive inflation higher. The industrial economy either...(continued)

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Freddie Ponton | Wero challenges American networks while cash remains the citizens last defence against digital exclusion....(continued)

RUSSIAN AND EGYPTIAN NUCLEAR AUTHORITIES REJECT 'BIASED' POLITICO REPORT

Rosatom and Egypt's nuclear authority have rejected a Politico report alleging violations at the El Dabaa nuclear plant, calling it biased...(continued)

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A senior Russian lawmaker has said a meeting between Kanye West and President Vladimir Putin is theoretically possible...(continued)

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Environmental thinkers have warned that infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible now for more than half a century.  Since the publication of The Limits to Growth in 1972, the evidence has only become more confronting. Climate destabilisation, biodiversity Global Research....(continued)

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A sharp rise in energy bills due to the war in Iran is expected to push up inflation, signaling a renewed cost-of-living crisis in the United Kingdom, according to The Guardian. The timing of the latest forecasts comes after a Global Research...(continued)

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The contemporary global strategic landscape is increasingly defined by a deliberate perception cultivated by the United States, one that casts it as a state fundamentally unmoored from the established tenets of Mutually Assured Destruction, and by extension, as a power ...(continued)

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This week marks the beginning of Brazil's presidential campaign, with the two front-runners--current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro--officially launching their campaigns. After visiting Brazil and talking with politicians, activists, journalists, and ordinary citizens, I Brazil's Election: Lula, Bolsonaro...(continued)

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Jordan has announced plans to attract Christian pilgrims ahead of the 2,000-year anniversary of Jesus Christ's baptism in 2030...(continued)

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Recently Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly warned Moscow against delivering S-400 systems to Turkey as Russian President Vladimir Putin fired back: Russia does not bow to threats, and no one dictates who we cooperate with. Russia remains the largest appea...(continued)

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Chronic kidney disease affects 844 million people worldwide, yet women are less likely than men to be tested, diagnosed, referred to specialists, or receive treatments that have been adequately studied in female patients Up to 30% to 50% of chronic Women with Kidney Disease Are Undertreated and Left Behind by Decades of Male-Dominated Res...(continued)

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The Jared Kushner-Ivanka Trump Albania island purchase has taken a sinister turn as the deed transferring the property from Artur Shehu to the Kushner pair is revealed to be a forgery. The case files accuse Shehu and associates of trafficking appe...(continued)

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President Trump, ever Israel's loyal puppet, instructed the US Department of Justice (sic) to bring a lawsuit against Harvard for anti-semitism. The Trump regime maintains that Harvard engaged in anti-semitism when some students protested against the Israeli genocide of Palestine. Federal Judge Dismisses Trump's Bogus Anti-Semitism Lawsuit...(continued)

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[Author's Note: The article below, first published by GR in June 2021, outlines, for instance, brief criticism of Italian leader Benito Mussolini by Otto Skorzeny, an SS commando who among other operations carried out in his career had Global Research....(continued)

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In an exclusive interview with RT, IRGC adviser Mohammad Reza Naqdi explains why the Strait of Hormuz is hard to bypass ...(continued)

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While Luckey and Anduril have vowed to hyperscale production on par with or exceeding Russian and Chinese military industrial production with concepts like software-defined production-- a process Chinese factories have already incorporated within China's vastly greater industrial base for years Anduril: Hyperscaling the Worst of Ame...(continued)

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Australia is preparing to round up 5,000 wild little penguins, inject each of them twice with an avian-influenza vaccine, implant microchips, and release them back into the wild in what amounts to the largest wild-bird vaccination experiment ever attempted. In Australia to Conduct Largest Wild-Bird Vaccination Experiment Ever Attempted. ...(continued)

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A bird that was hit by a car is undergoing a rather curious rehabilitation procedure. The animal hospital it was taken do designed a pair of specially-built casts made of cardboard and tape. It's a bit makeshift, but the bird is said to be making good progress and will be released back into the wild Threatened Bird Species Given Tiny Fo...(continued)

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Brussels keeps misreading public backlash as foreign influence when much of it is simply exhaustion with elite overreach and failure ...(continued)

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Murdering foreign leaders is not something any American president should ever do. How can the US uphold its claim to be a champion of laws and political decency while committing murder and sabotage? Alas, Donald Trump is not the first US president to stoop so low. The Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations enlisted gangsters in attempts ...(continued)

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Pills to wake, pills to sleep  Pills, pills, pills every day of the week  Pills to walk, pills to think  Pills, pills, pills for the family - St. Vincent Is the world losing its mind, or is everyone just on something? I look around and I sinc...(continued)

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Dollars and Sense with Frank Angst outlines the thoughts of Steve Kornacki and how national television is especially needed for racing at a time that tracks in major markets are closing....(continued)

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Pakistan's top court orders jailed ex-PM Imran Khan to be moved to hospital following concerns raised by his family and PTI political party ...(continued)

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One doesn't generally expect to be offered a job as the Prime Minister's spokesperson, only to find oneself talking about magic mushrooms instead. But there I was, in the strange mid-covid summer of 2020, sitting in the Cabinet Room of No. 10 opposite Dominic Cummings. He had, rather out of ...(continued)

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This article is based on declassified U.S. government documents, testimonies from former federal employees with top-level security clearances, and investigative journalism spanning over two years. The information presented here draws from Congressional reports, files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and sworn statements by officials...(continued)

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Deep Dive | Trump is desperately rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic of a flailing American Empire....(continued)

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88 years ago today, the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the US with Canada over the Saint Lawrence Seaway was dedicated by F.D. Roosevelt. The complex contains 5 bridges spanning 8.5 miles, with each bridge section anchored on a separate island in the middle of the waterway. This remarkable feat of engineering took just 16 months Goo...(continued)

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In Sailana block of Ratlam district lies a small village called Govardhanpura. This is where Durga Maida lives with her family her husband and four daughters. Farming, for them, means just one bigha of land, far too little to feed six people. Grain for the whole year was out of the question, and even meeting daily expenses was a struggle. Besides...(continued)

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There is no end to dealing with minor issues; the real issue is to establish a structure on the same platform as the major structure, in opposition to it, with the aim of defeating it....(continued)

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Fourteen people have been indicted over an alleged cocaine trafficking ring at Penn State fraternities ...(continued)

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Water is the foundation of life itself. The UN says we are entering an age of Global Water Bankruptcy and therefore we should be subjected to bankruptcy management, where conservators are appointed by the court to manage the sale of remaining assets. Hence, tokenization enters stage right: sell the scarcity to the world in a price auction. Th...(continued)

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The FBI reportedly ignored Hugh Hefner's calls about Jeffrey Epstein, contacting an alleged victim only 15 years after his first warning ...(continued)

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Love and cherish our world. That's the secret to remaining both (A) deeply happy and (B) well-informed about the dystopian abuses of the empire....(continued)

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https://pinecast.com/listen/f8046b95-29c5-4c14-a278-b235ba7ebd6d.mp3 If the video above does not play, please try on our social media channels Bitchute / Odysee / Substack Derrick Broze is back with a brand new episode of The Conscious Resistance. True crime for anarchists, The Conscious Resistance challenges corporate and state power while offerin...(continued)

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The actual dollar amount of money laundered in the US from proceeds of drug trafficking is unknown, although interagency estimates suggest between $100 billion and $300 billion... Global Research....(continued)

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The US increasingly prioritizes technological dominance, supply-chain security, industrial protection and strategic competition with China. Under Trump, this approach has become openly transactional and unilateral: tariffs, market access and security instruments are used to compel partners and competitors alike. The EU, by contrast, seeks regulator...(continued)

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A farming family in Kentucky has rejected a $26.48 million offer on their land amid a wider push against AI data centers, WSJ has reported ...(continued)

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Ombudsman heads nine declared runners for the Aug. 19 International Stakes (G1), with an eagerly awaited dust-up with Constitution River confirmed for the opening day of York's Ebor festival....(continued)

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Wagering on The King's Plate race Aug. 15 at Woodbine reached $4,202,181, a 4.5% increase over 2025. The $1,242,081 win pool was the largest in King's Plate history, surpassing the previous record set in 2023....(continued)

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We were a scrappy startup, Delo said of BitMEX back in 2016, when it launched the first perpetual future. We thought, 'Just get it out there. If it was any good, the market would show us.' It was sometime in 2015, on a hiking trail in Hong Kong, that the appe...(continued)

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Meta is on trial in California for allegedly harming underage Facebook and Instagram users' mental health for profit ...(continued)

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The Breeders' Cup, in conjunction with Keeneland, announced Aug. 17 the introduction of future wagering on this year's $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1)....(continued)

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Belgium is battling its largest wildfire on record as flames spread toward the German border ...(continued)

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A central problem with the idea that wars are needed to combat evil is that there is nothing more evil than war. War causes more suffering and death than anything war can be used to combat.... Continue Reading GaryDBarnett.com....(continued)

KING'S PLATE POSTS YEAR-OVER-YEAR HANDLE INCREASE

The Aug. 15 C$1-million King's Plate, won in highly impressive fashion by the filly Luster (Knicks Go), attracted handle of C$4,202,181, a 4.5% increase from the 2025 renewal, officials at Woodbine Entertainment said in a release Monday. The 13-race program, featuring five stakes races in addition to the main event, generated more than C$14.8 milli...(continued)

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Latvia is seeking 7 billion from Brussels as lost Russian trade and sharply higher military spending weigh on its finances ...(continued)

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Breeders' Cup Limited and Keeneland Race Course will offer future book wagering on the 2026 GI Breeders' Cup Classic at the Lexington oval, it was announced Monday. Fans will be able to bet on up to 24 wagering interests on the Classic during two rounds of betting, beginning at 12 p.m. ET on Aug. 28 Breeders' Cup To Offer Future Wagers on ...(continued)

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President Trump's profanity-laced tirade about Iran has shocked people all over the globe, and it appears that things are about to get really crazy in the Middle East. At the end of last week, all of the signs were pointing in the direction of a major escalation of the Great Middle East The Great Middle East War Escalates: Trump Has Tol...(continued)

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After a thrilling and elongated stretch run, Touchy prevailed by a nose over 32-1 upstart Adios Jojo in the $125,000 Longacres Mile Aug. 16 at Emerald Downs, but was disqualified for interference in the stretch....(continued)

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https://pinecast.com/listen/a34f8f80-e205-4bcb-9b5a-08759279a21a.mp3 If the video above does not play, please try on our social media channels Bitchute / Odysee / Substack   Journalist Derrick Broze is traveling to New York City to report on the Turning the Tide 9/11 25 Years Later event on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Invest i...(continued)

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eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant loses bid to control X under two frameworks....(continued)

US WARSHIP LOSES POWER AND TOILETS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

A US Navy destroyer floated without power for four days last month as a result of an 'engineering casualty' ...(continued)

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The statute never says age verification. It just makes not knowing expensive enough that everyone will find out....(continued)

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How to search Flock Safety audit logs, read a hit, and file a public records request for your license plate....(continued)

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Analysts suggest that the move will tighten Ben-Gvir's grip over the West Bank, and further advance the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory....(continued)

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While the planet burns and the sky is full of Flock's police-camera tyranny, AI is increasingly pervasive and intrusive and making everyone dumber and exposed to wild unpredictability. By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin's Newsletter Listen to Tim Foley read this article. TodayRead more...(continued)

TRUMP THREATENS TO 'BOMB THE SH*T OUT OF' OMAN

US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman, as Muscat and Tehran press ahead with talks aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz ...(continued)

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Graphene can be targeted and remotely controlled, not least through magnetism, but also through electromagnetism (EM), which is magnetism plus the other half of that force (the electrical component). Find out how it is involved in vaccines and chemtrails, and what you can do to get it out of your body. Graphene Oxide: Key Part of the Contr...(continued)

TRUMP TO OMAN: 'WE'LL BOMB THE SH*T OUT OF YOU!'

Trump To Oman: 'We'll Bomb The Sh*t Out of You!'...(continued)

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Five years after the US withdrawal, Afghanistan is safer but still grappling with sanctions and diplomatic isolation, RT reports ...(continued)

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From the Wall Street Journal comes the story of a goldilocks discovery: a potential replacement for wood fiber that goes into making tissues, toilet paper, and paper towels. It's called hesperaloe, and like the namesake of its last 4 letters, presents as a long-leaved succulent that grows in arid environments. Kimberly-Clark, the American firm whic...(continued)

NEWS: FLORIDA MAN JUST CASUALLY WALKED AWAY WITH A FULL FLOCK SURVEILLANCE CAMERA… STILL BOLTED TO A 12-FOOT POLE… WHILE DRAPED IN THE AMERICAN FLAG

BREAKING NEWS: Florida man just casually walked away with a full Flock surveillance camera... still bolted to a 12-foot pole... while draped in the... BREAKING NEWS: Florida man just casually walked away with a full Flock surveillance camera... still bolted to a 12-foot pole... while draped in the American flag From the T...(continued)

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To prove your speech was chilled, you have to describe the thing you were chilled out of doing, in detail, to the people who chilled you....(continued)

TIM DILLON: THEY'RE BUILDING A WEB OF SURVEILLANCE UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT HAS EVER EXISTED

And if you don’t think this will be used on you you’re crazy....(continued)

TRUMP "DISCUSSING NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON IRAN IN STRATEGY MEETINGS"

TRUMP DISCUSSING NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON IRAN IN STRATEGY MEETINGS ...(continued)

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Last week we heard that US sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and other ships in the Middle East were being fed food that, from photos that surfaced in the media, looked worse than what you would feed a dog. Parents and spouses of service members risked disciplinary action against their loved ones ...(continued)

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Permanent cameras are coming to Britain's busiest shopping street, and the only real disagreement is about which crowds should be scanned first....(continued)

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The US government recruited Nazi scientists to work for NASA, but did you know they also recruited them to experiment on US soldiers?...(continued)

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Trump (2024): Gasoline will be back to $2, and maybe even less than that. Trump (2026): You're at $4. It's okay. I'll never apologize.pic.twitter.com/iIBUbsXNrG ... ...(continued)

EUROPE BEGS U.S. TO CALL RUSSIA NOW--FEAR OF 'CATASTROPHIC' WINTER STRIKES

Europe Begs U.S. to Call Russia NOW--Fear of 'Catastrophic' Winter Strikes ...(continued)

HOW POORLY US TREATS ITS OWN TROOPS

How Poorly US Treats Its Own Troops ...(continued)

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POLICE CHIEF IS FURIOUS THAT PEOPLE ARE CRITICIZING HIS DECISION TO DEPLOY FLOCK CAMERAS IN THEIR TOWN

. Argues they should turn the town into a... . ...(continued)

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Note: Substack changed the setting on this post to paid subs....(continued)

SOUTH AFRICA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES TO 33.6%

The growth in unemployment highlights the deeply rooted economic challenges facing the country which continues to grapple with the legacies of colonialism and apartheid...(continued)

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Freddie Ponton | Brussels and NATO pursue deeper control as Iceland's sovereign people prepare to decide their own future....(continued)

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As one of the most isolated landmasses on Earth, residents of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, rely on the bounty of the ocean more than most. It's as good a place as any to institute marine environment protections, and indeed the island's famous stone heads, or moai, now gaze out upon one of the largest 270,000 Square Miles Around Easter Is...(continued)

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When Charlie Robinson of MacroAgressions and I put our heads together back in 2018 to start writing When Charlie Robinson of MacroAgressions and I put our heads together back in 2018 to start writing The Controlled Demolition of the American Empire, we knew what was coming. We launched it right around the 2020 selection... The True An...(continued)

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President Donald Trump has signed an order that calls for fewer childhood vaccines and also recommends splitting the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) shots. 'Decades ago, children received only a small fraction of the vaccines required today,' Trump said on Monday. 'In those times, people were much healthier and of course the high rates of autism n...(continued)

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It was never really in doubt. The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, irritated, bothered, and keen to throw scrutiny off his financial affairs, was returned in the most pointless of by-elections on August 13. His share of the vote Global Research....(continued)

FOREST FIRE AS A MILITARY WEAPON

Forest flammability can be greatly increased by killing all shrub vegetation, selecting optimum weather conditions for burning, and igniting fires in a preselected pattern. Operation Sherwood Forest In September 1965, CINCPAC requested that the Joint Chiefs of Staff take action Global R...(continued)

AFTER TRUMP COMMENT ON DECLARING STRAIT OF HORMUZ US TERRITORY, TEHRAN SAYS IT 'WILL REMAIN IRANIAN'

Tehran has said the Strait of Hormuz will remain Iranian in response to a warning from US President Donald Trump that he would soon declare the strategic waterway a territory of the United States. The Strait, a crucial oil and appeared...(continued)

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Gulf producers are reportedly moving crude through the Strait of Hormuz on tankers with transponders off ...(continued)

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Democratic leaders should make it very clear that the president is unfairly profiting from his position and hold shadow hearings detailing how he has done it. * To House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer--Your responses appeared first...(continued)

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Adults who started a high-fiber nutritional program soon after a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis achieved larger reductions in HbA1c and fasting blood sugar than those who began with conventional treatment The benefits of early intervention persisted even after treatment changes, Diabetes Diagnosis? Early Fiber Intervention May Shift Gut Microb...(continued)

LIBYA SUFFERING FROM U.S. MEDDLING, INTERNAL RIVALRIES AND THE BATTLE FOR OIL

Libya's conflict and instability today is caused by the U.S.-NATO attack in 2011 for regime change. U.S. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton destroyed Libya's political and security structures and contributed to the country's subsequent fragmentation. Since the Libya Suffering From U.S. Meddling, Internal Rivalries and ...(continued)

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Trump's favorite in Colombia is Abelardo de la Espriella, the rightwing populist millionaire who, as a child, tortured and killed cats with explosives, similar to the notorious serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and David Berkowitz. His wealthy The Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Colombia Elects a Right-wing Millionair...(continued)

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Hardly a week goes by when Donald Trump is not the centerpiece and source of a lie so outrageous or an accusation so heinous that one has to sit back gazing at one's computer screen, stunned by the audacity and Global Research....(continued)

CHAOS AND THE BIRTH OF ORDER

Growing up, I never cared for Mathematics. It was too logical, bland, boring, difficult, and when contrasted against the stories, battles, wars, glory, destruction, growth, and exploration that was History, I never gave it a fair chance. So it was one of the little ironies of...(continued)

US SUICIDAL CRISIS: SEVERAL USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAILORS "ATTEMPTING TO GO OVERBOARD"

Reports of sailors attempting to go overboard aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln amid the war in Iran have exposed a military crisis. The US also faces strained weapons inventories, recruitment problems and a widening industrial gap. All of this paints appe...(continued)

GARBAGE WORKERS IN ITALY HELP WOMAN FIND HER MILLION JACKPOT

After winning a million euros, a woman mistakenly tossed the lucky lottery ticket into a trash bin. But the local sanitation company in southern Italy launched an hours-long search through an entire truck of trash. Waste management company SANB administrator Roberto Nicola Toscano told AFP news agency that the ticket was found miraculously still i...(continued)

HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS DEMAND ASYLUM IN SPANISH ENCLAVE

Hundreds of Moroccan migrants have rallied in Spain's Ceuta demanding asylum after a massive influx overwhelmed the North African enclave...(continued)

THEY REALLY DON'T CARE

This might not apply to all sheep-types, but many of the ones I have encountered simply do not care. This could be the reason we can't seem to get through to them with the facts we are constantly shoving down their throats. Of course, the ones I've talked to may Activist Post....(continued)

'MENACE TO THE WORLD': WITH IRAN TALKS STALLED, TRUMP VOWS TO DECLARE STRAIT OF HORMUZ A US TERRITORY

He absolutely needs to be impeached, removed, and locked up, said one progressive critic, calling the president a completely unhinged lunatic. In yet another remark that triggered alarm around the world, President Donald Trump said Friday that he planned to declare the Strait of Hormuz--which Iran has blockaded for much of the past five months ov...(continued)

GOOD NEWS IN HISTORY, AUGUST 17

81 years ago today, Animal Farm was published by George Orwell. Though most famous for his seminal dystopian fiction work, Nineteen Eighty-Four, this satirical novella carries similar socio-political allegorical heft. Centered around anthropomorphic farm animals rebelling against their human farmer in hopes to create a society where all animals can...(continued)

TUCKER CARLSON ON IRAN, 9/11, WITH CATHERINE AUSTIN FITTS

Great, important video. You’ve Been Lied to About Iran. Tucker Explains. Received: 2026-08-17 01:47:32. Someone said: Yes, good one....(continued)

IRAN PLACES $30,000 BOUNTY ON US SOLDIERS

Iran has offered a $30,000 reward for killing or capturing US troops as Washington reportedly weighs possible ground operations ...(continued)

HOW NOT TO BE SACRIFICED IN TRUMP'S WAR FOR ISRAHELL

Pass this information on to anyone you know who doesn't plan to be killed for IsraHELL and the pedivores who want to erase the future of the west. Watch on Bitchute...(continued)

KIEV EXHAUSTED BATTLEFIELD INNOVATIONS AS INTERCEPTOR SHORTAGES CONTINUE

Ukraine's ability to protect its cities and military infrastructure from Russian air attacks is deteriorating sharply, according to Western media reports and former top Ukrainian commander Valery Zaluzhny. Depleted interceptor stocks, complex Russian air strikes, and the exhaustion of Kiev Exhausted Battlefield Innovations as Interceptor...(continued)

WE ALL KNOW THIS CIVILIZATION IS DOOMED, BUT THEY KEEP TELLING US EVERYTHING'S NORMAL

Life in the 2020s comes with so much dissonance and dysphoria because everyone knows this civilization is doomed, but it's not being acknowledged by any of our mainstream institutions....(continued)

SWEET AZTECA NAILS RANCHO BERNARDO STAKES THREE-PEAT

Sweet Azteca won a pace duel with the speedy Thermal to take the Rancho Bernardo Stakes at Del Mar for the third straight year. Juan Hernandez was aboard the 6-year-old daughter of Sharp Azteca for trainer Richard Baltas....(continued)

JPMORGAN, GOLDMAN AND 38 OTHERS TEST TRADING OF TOKENIZED ASSETS ACROSS WALL STREET

Using blockchain-based representations of real-world assets (securities, including equities and bonds), and operating under the SEC's December 2025 No-Action Letter that covers Russell 1000 stocks and major ETFs, the titans of Wall Street put the pedal to the metal for 4 hours. The test was a successful proof of concept, and DTCC is planning to mov...(continued)

WASHINGTON DISCUSSING NUCLEAR STRIKE ON IRAN – FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN

Former US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Washington is discussing the possible use of nuclear weapons against Iran ...(continued)

SURVIE SAYS: IT PAYS TO SHIP TO SARATOGA

Michael Tabor's Survie earned a unique double by capturing two graded stakes at Saratoga Race Course just 13 days apart, completing the task with a flying finish Aug. 15 in the $750,000 Christophe Clement Turf (G1T)....(continued)

MAGA SOCIALISM: THE FEDS JUST HANDED NEVADA'S PUBLIC LAND TO A TEXAS HEDGE FUND FOR DATACENTERS IN A DESERT!

Before we get into what happened in Boulder City, let's name the thing correctly. MAGA SOCIALISM The federal government took land supposedly owned by the American public, shut that same public out of the decision, and handed the property to a private investment fund out of Texas. Nevada then sweetens MAGA Socialism: The Feds Just Handed...(continued)

THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TALIBAN'S RETURN TO POWER

The state of regional strategic affairs is characterized by the stunning reversal of Russia becoming the group's top military-technical patron and Pakistan its top enemy. The Taliban returned to power half a decade ago on 15 August 2021, so it's Global Research....(continued)

IS GERMANY BECOMING A POLICE STATE? BROADER BND INTELLIGENCE POWERS. CONFRONTS AN ALLEGED "RUSSIAN THREAT"

Germany continues to deepen its security policies to confront an alleged Russian threat. In a recent statement, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt urged the expansion of powers of the country's intelligence agencies. He stated that German intelligence law will soon Is Germany Becoming A Police State? Broader BND Intelligence P...(continued)

STRADALE OUTLASTS OSCAR'S HOPE TO TAKE MAHONY

The two horses with the least experience on grass were the top two across the Saratoga Race Course wire Aug. 16 in the $225,000 Mahony Stakes (G3T), with Stradale outlasting Oscar's Hope to win by a neck....(continued)

SPEEDY SWEET AZTECA NETS THIRD GIII RANCHO BERNARDO STAKES AT DEL MAR

Collecting yet another graded stakes trophy for her case, Sweet Azteca (Sharp AztecaSo Sweetitiz, by Grand Slam) took the GIII Rancho Bernardo Stakes at Del Mar for the third straight year on Sunday. The race was also part of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Dozen Bonus Series heading toward the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Speedy Sweet Azteca ...(continued)

TRUMP SNUBS SOUTH KOREA OVER 'VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP' WITH KIM

Trump has ordered a sharp reduction in US-South Korean military drills, citing his very good relationship with Kim Jong-un ...(continued)

WEEK IN REVIEW: WHEN TRACKS AGAIN POST ARMED GUARDS OUTSIDE TOTE ROOMS, WE'LL KNOW IT'S A REAL BETTING COUP

The quartet of eye-catching Aug. 9 wins at Monmouth Park and Saratoga by horses returning from months-long layoffs, all prepped at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland by the previously low-profile (178 wins in 17 years at a 12% clip) trainer Angel Quiroz, started out last week with the potential to be the simmering scandal Week in Review...(continued)

RED, WHITE, BLUE CLAD ORTIZ STEERS SON OF YAUPON STRADALE TO WIN MAHONY STAKES

In the GIII Mahony Stakes at Saratoga on Sunday afternoon, Stradale (YauponTwitterpated, by Stormy Atlantic) took the featured race on the card and secured the first graded win of his career. Up against a heavy favorite in ',' Outfielder (Speightstown), Stradale was rated nicely by top jockey Jose Ortiz from The...(continued)

BOYFRIEND SECRETLY TRAINS FOR TWO MONTHS TO SURPRISE GIRLFRIEND AND RUN ALONGSIDE HER IN DREADED FIRST HALF-MARATHON

As Emma Kessler headed to her first half marathon, her boyfriend's running shoes were in the trunk, and a surprise was in the works. Kessler, a 22-year-old, had been anxious for weeks. Running 13 miles is no easy task--especially for a rookie. Emma kept looking for a running partner as race day approached, someone to Boyfriend Secretly ...(continued)

RICE BIDDING FOR ANOTHER SPA TITLE AFTER FIVE-WIN DAY

It may be August with summer temperatures in the Adirondack Mountains, but it was the Big A at Saratoga Race Course on Aug, 15 to Linda Rice, who duplicated her wintertime feat at the Big A by winning five races at Saratoga....(continued)

DOUG CASEY ON THE SURVEILLANCE STATE QUIETLY TAKING SHAPE ACROSS AMERICA

International Man: Across the United States, we are seeing more surveillance infrastructure--Flock license-plate cameras, facial-recognition systems, massive data centers, and proposals for digital ID. Do you see these as separate developments, or as parts of a broader system being built? Doug Casey: It's a sea change in the way society i...(continued)

KNIGHTSBRIDGE MADE MORNING-LINE FAVORITE FOR GI PACIFIC CLASSIC STAKES

Edited Press Release A field of 11 runnersled by six out-of-towners, one of them from Japan, as well as a fillywere entered to run Sunday in next Saturday's 36th edition of the $1-million GI Pacific Classic, the top level highlight of a four-stakes afternoon at the seaside oval. Del Mar's morning line maker, John Lies, Knightsbridge Made M...(continued)

WHY THE MECCA ALLIANCE MAY WORK IN RUSSIA'S FAVOUR

Middle East turmoil gives Russia cover on its southern flank ...(continued)

GRAFFARD STAYS HOT AS RAYIF TAKES JACQUES LE MAROIS

Francis Graffard added another group 1 success to his extensive CV when Classic winner Rayif roared back to form to down challengers from Britain, Ireland, and Japan in a cosmopolitan edition of the Aug. 16 Prix Jacques le Marois (G1)at Deauville....(continued)

HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GOING TO PLAY THE EXACT SAME GAME?

The same pattern keeps repeating over and over again. U.S. military assets are moved into the Middle East and President Trump threatens to attack Iran harder than ever before. At the end of last week, I told my core supporters that everything was ready for a very large wave of airstrikes. But How Many Times Are We Going To Play The Exac...(continued)

AES COUNTRIES REBUKE NIGERIAN PRESIDENT AFTER HE BLAMED SAHEL STATES FOR INSECURITY

Summoning Nigeria's Chargé d'Affaires AES countries comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger protested against Nigerian President remarks scapegoating them for the security woes of his country....(continued)

THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND'S AFRICA POLICY IS UNDERDEVELOPMENT

The choice is not between an inefficient state and an idealized market. It is between an economic system that reproduces commodity dependence and foreign corporate dominance, and one that builds African productive power....(continued)

CRYPTO CLARITY ACT RISKS MORE DELAY AS RECESS LOOMS

Lamakers will break for over one month this week -- the Clarity Act may not get a vote before then. The long-awaited crypto Clarity Act may be further delayed as August recess fast approaches.  Despite optimism last week from top crypto companies -- like Coinbase -- and backing from top Crypto Clarity Act Risks More Delay As Recess...(continued)

AZORES FAMILIES AND POINT REYES, CA

Got this from a friend. Pretty interesting comments. Sadly, I used to support The Nature Conservancy. Now I realize they are another attack vector from globalists. Watch on Instagram...(continued)

US MULLS COPYING RUSSIA'S AIR DEFENSE TECH – MILITARY WATCH

The Pentagon is considering next-generation mobile air defense radars modeled on Russia's S-300 and S-400, according to Military Watch ...(continued)

TWO HOURS OF SLEEP RESTORED IN ALZHEIMER'S BRAINS IN RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH

Picture this: You find a small fire isolated in your kitchen. If you had the right tool, you might be able to put it out. But before you can, the sprinklers turn on and soak your entire house. An automatic response to an issue has now damaged everything you own. That’s akin to what happens in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s: amyloid plaques,...(continued)

ERASING THE EVIDENCE

This week the SUNDAY WIRE returns with guest host Bryan Hesher’ McClain, joined by Adam Ruckus Clark and Basil Valentine to unpack another turbulent week in international affairs. We’ll look at Washington’s increasingly overstretched war machine, new reports of Israeli forces deliberately burning agricultural land in southern Lebanon, escalating se...(continued)

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE MMR VACCINE?

In a recent opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal, CDC Principal Deputy Director Ralph  Abraham argued that framing measles as an American policy failure is inaccurate and misleading, asserting that resources including vaccines and therapeutics have been su...(continued)

"WHERE THE AXE IS BURIED": "EUROPE IN RUN BY AI POLITICIANS". RAY NAYLER'S CYBERNETIC POLITICAL THRILLER

Where the Axe is Buried by Ray Nayler begins with Zoya, a political prisoner exiled to a small cottage in the Russian wilderness, with a robot as her sole companion. From the first chapter of Ray Nayler's cybernetic thriller: Now appe...(continued)

SUPPORT FOR GERMANY'S RULING BLOC FALLS TO FIVE-YEAR LOW – POLL

Germany’s governing CDU/CSU bloc has fallen to its lowest level of support in almost five years, trailing the opposition AfD by eight points, according to an INSA poll published by Bild....(continued)

GOOD NEWS IN HISTORY, AUGUST 16

110 years ago today, the Migratory Bird Treaty was signed by the US and Canada. setting rules to protect birds that fly between both countries. This agreement stopped unregulated hunting and saved many bird species from dying out. It has even been expanded to include Mexico, Japan, and Russia-- and protects over 800 species. LEARN Good ...(continued)

WHY DIDN'T PORTUGAL GET HIT?

I just learned that some asshole named Donald Trump decided that he'd force Portugal to allow the US military to use the air base in Lajes, Terceira, to attack Iran. France, Spain and Italy all refused to allow this and for some very odd coincidence some natural disaster hit these countries after they refused. Of course, if you are a coincidence th...(continued)

RWANDA: THE GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI (2026)

This episode on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda examines one of the few mass atrocities universally recognised under international law. It traces how colonial rule hardened fluid social categories into fixed Hutu and Tutsi identities, and how post-independence politics turned these into a racialised hierarchy of fear....(continued)

EARLY FARMERS FIGURED OUT 'ENGINEERING WONDER,' BUILDING HUGE IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITHOUT GOVERNMENT OR CHIEF

Early farmers achieved an engineering wonder of the world by building a giant irrigation system in South America thousands of years ago. Communities living in what is now Colombia created the remarkable network based on cooperation among family groups--without top-down government--according to a new study. The researchers believe modern policymak...(continued)

Governments and "leaders" just get in the way.

BILL GATES FUNDS FIRST-EVER USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE 16 SYNTHETIC VIRUSES CAPABLE OF REPLICATING

Bill Gates literally just funded the first-ever use of artificial intelligence to create 16 synthetic viruses capable of replicating. I guess bioterrorism is normal now....(continued)

Dumb-ass. What could possibly go wrong?

TRUMP HELICOPTER NEARLY COLLIDES WITH PASSENGER JET – FAA

Marine One carrying the US President Donald Trump reportedly came within 1.3 km of lateral distance from an Envoy Air passenger jet over DC. US aviation authorities have launched an investigation into a possible air safety breach involving Marine One, which was carrying US President Donald Trump, and a passenger jet in Washington, DC airspace, mul...(continued)

I wouldn't call a mile away all that close.

AFTER STRANGER GIVES BOY A PIANO, A 'MOZART LEVEL' IS REVEALED IN SPITE OF AUTISM

From Colorado comes the story of a child prodigy pianist whose career was kick-started by a jaw-dropping donation from a complete stranger. Brought to us via CBS News On the Road with Steve Hartman, the story began on the mock ebony and ivory of an unused electric keyboard forgotten in a basement 5 years ago. After Stranger Gives Boy...(continued)

Probably because of autism.

CDI, NYRA TO LAUNCH CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS

Churchill Downs Inc. and NYRA today announced the creation of the Thoroughbred Championship Series. The new six-race competition will begin in 2027 and establish a season-long championship for America's leading 3-year-old Thoroughbreds....(continued)

Stupid. They're excluding the Preakness.

WHY DID NEARLY 60,000 MIGRANTS SUDDENLY STORM THE BORDER INTO SPAIN?

Nearly 60,000 migrants have entered Spain's Ceuta enclave in a day, raising questions over Morocco's role and the timing of the surge....(continued)

It was probably Trump/Netanyahu, in retaliation.

UP TO 80,000 AFRICAN MIGRANTS HAVE CROSSED FROM MOROCCO INTO SPAIN

Up to 80,000 THOUSAND African migrants are estimated to have crossed from Morocco into Spain today, with the hourly flow possibly 12,000 per...(continued)

Not Spain, proper. A Spanish enclave in Morocco.

SOFTENING YOU UP FOR THE EAST-LED NWO

China-maxxing is the term to describe the propaganda trying to convince you that China is the good guy so that you'll accept a China-led NWO technocracy....(continued)

All I hear lately is how bad China is.

NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS WANT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ARRESTED

Some 49% of Americans want their government to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes in Gaza, according to a new poll ...(continued)

Yes!

49% OF AMERICANS WANT NETANYAHU ARRESTED DURING HIS VISIT TO THE U.S

Nearly half of Americans want Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested by US authorities during his visit....(continued)

Yes!

NETANYAHU HEADS TO U.S. FOR TRUMP MEETING TO DISCUSS IRAN

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed Israel on Monday for the US, where he will meet with President Trump and also attend the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham. In remarks before boarding his plane, Netanyahu noted that it would mark his eighth meeting with Trump since the US president returned to office in January 2025. I am on ...(continued)

To give Trump his marching orders.

FOX NEWS REPORTS FROM CHINA: 'THEY SEE EVERYTHING'

Beijing has added 1,500 cameras in just 2026 alone, Fox News reports. The proliferation of these cameras have sparked questions about what the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) goal is regarding the tracking of its citizens....(continued)

Same as every other government's goal.

'THE MARK OF A TRUE CHAMPION': THREE-TIME GRADE I WINNER JOURNALISM RETIRED

Journalism (curlinmopotism, by uncle mo) has been retired from racing after suffering an injury in the starting gate prior to an electric victory in the July 18 gii san diego handicap, officials from coolmore America and the rest of the ownership announced on July 24....(continued)

Probably for the best. Great horse, but had the worst luck.

THEY ARE NOW HIDING THE FLOCK ALPR CAMERAS IN SPEED DISPLAY TRAILERS

They are now hiding the flock alpr cameras in speed display trailers. for your safety of course....(continued)

That won't do them much good in states where a front plate is not required.

DID THE U.S. BITE OFF MORE THAN IT CAN CHEW IN IRAN?

Just when you thought it might have been over, the Iran War enters a new phase of escalation at a time when the U.S. military is running low on critical offensive and defensive missiles....(continued)

Apparently.

IS AI THE PREAMBLE TO CREATING THE IDIOCRACY?

The AI idiocracy: Is AI becoming an over-relied on external source of intelligence? Won't this make the human race lazier and dumber, creating the idiocracy?  Let's look into this. AI ChatGPT AI ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman's somewhat audacious idea that intelligence should be metered: a controlled and monetized commodity like electricity, has...(continued)

I thought the idiocracy was already here.

ARE YOU UNDERGOING COGNITIVE AGENCY SURRENDER? – VIDEO #335

Are you giving over your critical thinking to AI? Are you seduced by chatbot sycophancy and flattery? Will you succumb to cognitive agency surrender?Are You Undergoing Cognitive Agency Surrender? — Video #335The Freedom Articles....(continued)

Good questions to ask yourself.

GOOD NEWS IN HISTORY, JULY 5

32 years ago today, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in the garage of his home in Bellevue, Washington. Originally founded as Cadabra, it was famously limited to book sales, the nearby distribution chains for which was why Bezos chose Washington for the entrepreneurial project. Fast forward to today, and it can be said to have launched...(continued)

I wouldn't call this good news, but it is notable.

TERRIFIC COMPILATION OF "JEWISH" TREACHERY

This guy has been researching this topic for many years. Watch on SATURN WORSHIP, FRANKISM & THEIR GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD - Joachim Hagopian...(continued)

I liked the clip of the girl explaining that the people in the Epstein Files are not Jewish. They're Frankist, a truly evil offshoot of Judaism that should really be considered a separate religion.

WE ARE WINNING! THE IVERMECTIN CANCER REVOLUTION HAS MADE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA

....(continued)

Once again proving the conspiracy theorists/realists right.

NETANYAHU SAYS HE WILL NOT COMPLY WITH TRUMP'S PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN AND WILL STRIKE IRAN AND LEBANON WHENEVER HE DEEMS NECESSARY

Netanyahu says he will not comply with President Trump's peace deal with Iran and will strike Iran and Lebanon whenever he deems necessary.... Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not comply with President Trump's peace deal with Iran and will strike Iran and Lebanon...(continued)

Time for Trump to treat Netanyahu like an enemy combatant.

IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY BLOB TRIES FIGHTING TRUMP'S CRACKDOWN ON FOREIGN TRUCKERS

President Donald Trump's moves to stem the tide of foreign drivers in America's trucking industry are meeting widespread resistance in court....(continued)

How about a crackdown on foreigners in the White House?

AMERICANS' TRUST IN FEDERAL HEALTH AGENCIES HAS PLUNGED SINCE 2025

Americans' confidence in federal health agencies has plummeted since 2025, according to a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the de Beaumont Foundation's Public Health Listening Lab poll out Tuesday....(continued)

Try 2020, immediately following the covid scam.

JUDGE ALLOWS MEDICAL KIDNAP OF CHILD BASED ON "PERCEIVED AUTISM" OF PARENTS

Imagine taking your baby to a doctor visit, and the doctor notes that your baby is below average weight, and then the doctor calls in Child Protective Services (CPS) because he suspects that you and your spouse appear to be on the autism spectrum, and that you are therefore not qualified to par...(continued)

Gates and Musk are said to be a touch autistic. Should their kids have been taken from them?

PLURALITY OF AMERICANS SAY BIG HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE DRIVING UP MEDICAL COSTS

A plurality of Americans believe corporate health insurance companies are the primary driver of surging medical care costs, according to a Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare poll released Monday....(continued)

A plurality of Americans are right.

WE SHOULD NOT 'INTEGRATE' OUR MILITARY WITH ANY FOREIGN NATION!

Not since the notorious 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) provided for indefinite detention of American citizens, has the annual funding bill been as misused as this year. Embedded in the bill is an insult to every American who values our national sovereignty. The NDAA’s Section 224, the 'United States-Israel Defense Technology Co...(continued)

No kidding. This can't be Constitutional.

TRUMP THINKS CUBA IS A REAL THREAT

Trump Thinks Cuba Is A REAL THREAT...(continued)

Trump has lost all credibility, if he ever had any.

NO EASY ANSWERS FOR A TRIPLE CROWN UNDER SIEGE

In this week's On Racing: The eight years since 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify have been fraught with chaos and controversy. With Kentucky Derby winners frequently skipping the Preakness, it might be time to change the Triple Crown schedule....(continued)

There's a VERY easy answer: space the races out more.

WILL FEDERAL COVID INDICTMENT TURN THE TIDE ON WASHINGTON SECRECY?

David Morens, a former top advisor to Covid Czar Tony Fauci, was indicted on Monday and charged with conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetti...(continued)

Only the removal of politicians can fix Washington secrecy.

VALDEZ TOSSED AS HINCH QUESTIONS LHP'S ACTIONS

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch questioned the actions of his own pitcher, Framber Valdez, after the left-hander hit Trevor Story with a pitch following back-to-back Boston Red Sox home runs Tuesday night in Detroit....(continued)

Isn't being hit by a pitch after back-to-back homeruns kind of expected?

OUR FIRST AMENDMENT STANDS AS A MAJOR BLOCK TO THE ABILITY TO HAMMER DISINFORMATION OUT OF EXISTENCE

John kerry at the wef just said the quiet part out loud: our first amendment stands as a major block to the ability to hammer disinformation...(continued)

Poor guy can't shut people up fast enough.

KING CHARLES TELLS U.S. TO PREPARE FOR WAR WITH RUSSIA

King Charles is telling the United States government to prepare for a war with Russia by getting ready to defend Ukraine and her most courageous... King Charles is telling the United States government to prepare for a war with Russia by getting ready to defend Ukraine and her mo...(continued)

Luckily, no one takes Charles (or any so-called royalty) seriously.

TRUMP TRAPPED HIMSELF IN THE PERSIAN GULF

Trump trapped himself in the Persian Gulf...(continued)

His ego makes him stupid.

'LANDMARK' ANTITRUST RULING FINDS LIVE NATION AND TICKETMASTER OPERATING AS EXPLOITATIVE MONOPOLY

A jury recently decided unanimously that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster were operating as a monopoly, and that this had led to exploitative pricing and promotional contracts with venues. Rolling Stone magazine called it a landmark decision, and while fans and concertgoers shouldn't...(continued)

I was just asking the other day why Ticketmaster has never been ruled a monopoly.

USSF SPORTING DIRECTOR QUITS TO TAKE SAUDI ROLE

Matt Crocker quit as sporting director of the U.S. Soccer Federation on Tuesday, just two months ahead of the World Cup, to take a new job in Saudi Arabia....(continued)

Not a good look, but he won't be missed.

IRAN TO ACCEPT BITCOIN FOR STRAIT OF HORMUZ TRANSIT AS CEASEFIRE TAKES HOLD

Iran plans to charge ships Bitcoin tolls to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, tying the cryptocurrency to a key global energy chokepoint. Iran plans to require shipping companies to pay transit tolls in Bitcoin for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Financi...(continued)

I wonder if this was part of the plan all along, making digital currency an integral part of the world economy?

URINE FROM MUSIC FESTIVAL TOILETS IS FERTILIZING A NEW BIODIVERSE FOREST WITH ODOR-FREE NUTRIENTS

In a UK first, a new forest is set to be grown with fertilized nutrients recovered from urine collected from music festival toilets. The woodland in Wales will feature 4,500 native British trees, like beech, grown with fertilizer made with pee from the Boomtown festival, Bristol Pride, and even t...(continued)

See that? There's no fertilizer shortage!

MTG SAYS TRUMP IS UNSTABLE, CALLS FOR HIS REMOVAL OVER 'ABSOLUTE MADNESS'

Former Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office over his controversial threat of destruction against Iran this week. Greene told CNN’s 'The Situation Room' Thursday that Trump has proven himself mentally unstable by warning that a civilization would be destroyed if Iran di...(continued)

Most people agree.

VOTERS OUST HALF OF MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL FOR GREENLIGHTING $6,000,000,000 AI DATA CENTER

Voters in a Missouri town ousted four city council members Tuesday for supporting an AI data center in the area. Voters in the town of Festus, Missouri, voted against four members of the town’s eight-member city council who voted to greenlight a $6 billion data center project a week prior, according to St. Louis Public Radio. ...(continued)

Good for them!

'HEART GOES OUT' FOR TIGER, BUT STOP DRIVING

Former Masters champion Gary Player said he sympathizes with Tiger Woods' ongoing pain from multiple injuries but says the 15-time major champion needs to hire a driver and stop operating vehicles while medicated....(continued)

Even Charlie Sheen had enough sense to hire a driver.

HISTORIC DROUGHT AND UNEXPECTED FERTILIZER SHORTAGES COULD MEAN MASSIVE CROP LOSSES

Farmers all over America are on edge right now, and I certainly can't blame them. The war in the Middle East has created a fertilizer crisis at the worst time possible. As you will see below, if nitrogen fertilizer is not applied to wheat, corn and rice at the proper Wa...(continued)

Why would American farmers need foreign fertilizer? Don't we have enough cattle providing fertilizer?

'OPEN THE F**KIN' STRAIT': TRUMP THREATENS TO 'BLOW EVERYTHING UP' IF NO IRAN DEAL BY TUESDAY

By Tyler Derden Zerohedge Summary:  Trump offers Iranian negotiators amnesty, threatens to 'blow everything up' if no deal IEA Head warns Asia (implying Beijing) is panic hoarding... ...(continued)

The man is deranged. Read this.

MOST VOTERS SAY TRUMP HASN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CLEANING UP 'DEEP STATE,' POLL FINDS

In response, 10% said very successful and 27% said somewhat successful...(continued)

I'm with the "34% Not at all successful" crowd.

U.S. MARSHALS CATCH SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINAL FROM MUSLIM GROUP LIVING QUIETLY IN AMERICA

'Never seen that coming, that's pretty wild'...(continued)

Hopefully, next time Netanyahu visits they'll capture him and his war criminal puppet, Trump.

'THE MOVIE STUNK! IT WAS STUPID!': CHRIS 'MAD DOG' RUSSO ERUPTS OVER OSCAR'S BEST PICTURE WINNER

Yet another reason to love Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo. Following the Oscars, which took place Sunday night, the sports media icon absolutely erupted on ESPN's 'First Take,' going scorched earth on the 2026 winner for Best Picture. The winner of the award was 'One Battle After Another,' and judging by the trailer, I think a lot of other people agree wit...(continued)

The trailer looked stupid, but the word is "stank," not "stunk." :)

TRUMP DECLARES HE WILL PERSONALLY APPOINT THE NEXT LEADER OF IRAN

President Trump's self-deification has reached a new level. On March 5, during an interview with Axios, he said Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran's assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, will not be his father's successor. ...(continued)

Trump is now openly doing what the CIA secretly did/does.

THE GATEWAY EXPERIENCE OF 432HZ AND EXITING THE HOLOGRAM. "HAVE OUR BRAINS BECOME SMALLER"?

Christopher Stringer, a paleoanthropologist, claims that skeletal evidence from every inhabited continent suggests that our brains have become smaller in the past 10,000 to 20,000 years. ...(continued)

Probably.

FEDERAL JUDGE RULES TRUMP ADMIN MAY NOT REMOVE PEOPLE TO THIRD COUNTRIES WITHOUT DUE PROCESS

The federal judge wrote that individuals must receive meaningful notice and a chance to challenge their deportations to third countries....(continued)

Good!

HELLEBUYCK SET FOR MEDAL OF FREEDOM, TRUMP SAYS

Connor Hellebuyck, the goaltender for the gold-medal-winning U.S. men's Olympic hockey team, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Donald Trump announced during Tuesday night's State of the Union....(continued)

Hellebuyck was great, but awarding him the Medal of Freedom is an insult to those who have actually fought for freedom.

FORMER CIA OFFICER REVEALS HOW POLITICIANS ARE COMPROMISED THROUGH BLACKMAIL AND CONTROL MECHANISMS

Former CIA officer Robert David Steele exposes how Mossad compromises American politicians through sophisticated blackmail and control mechanisms...(continued)

You mean like Epstein? Yeah, we know.