US Institute of War

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Another ‘Day of Infamy’ On the Horizon?

While Trump may hope that the economic pain from the US sanctions will compel Xi Jinping to alter Chinese trade policy and kow tow to Washington, his actions are viewed in China — not just by the leaders, but by the average Chinese man and woman in the street — as an act of war. Given China’s long history of being bullied and punished by Westerners, this is not going to sit well with the Chinese populace.

Larry Johnson’s post …

Trump’s Newest Iran Sanctions Another Shot Across China’s Bow

Surely it’s also a shot across China’s bow, given that it imports over a million barrels per day from Iran, and for years amid Tehran’s isolation has been the biggest buyer of Iranian crude.

Zerohedge post …

The United States government backed the Japanese into a corner and the result was Pearl Harbor. History may not always repeat, but, as they say, it often rhymes.

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Charlotte

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From Grok

I asked Grok the following question:

If the government was a business, would the SEC delist it from the stock exchange?

Here is the conclusion:

If the U.S. government were a publicly traded business, the SEC would likely delist it from a stock exchange due to its persistent failure to produce auditable financial statements, material weaknesses in internal controls, and significant estimated fraud losses ($233–$521 billion annually). The DoD’s seven failed audits and the Treasury’s disclaimer of opinion would be primary drivers, violating SEC rules on financial reporting and governance. While the government’s economic importance and the Federal Reserve’s cleaner audits might delay action, the scale of financial mismanagement would make delisting inevitable without major reforms. Public distrust, as seen on X, and the government’s opaque practices further align with the profile of a company facing regulatory action.

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DOGE Team Interview

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PBS and NPR Funding Cut by Trump

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The Institute of Peace Funded the Taliban

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Buy what you need immediately before prices go up or things are not available.

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May Day in Asheville, NC

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Are You Surprised?

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How Did Strange Dyes Get In Our Food?

When you buy those beautiful cupcakes and cookies at the grocery store, how much plastic are you eating?

MIT professor Retsef Levi has produced remarkable research detailing the extent of the problem of petroleum food dyes in normal products you eat every day. He did an analysis of 700K products in the USDA Global Branded Food Products Database and found over 85K products with at least one dye and some categories having well over 50 percent of products with at least one dye.

Read the entire article at Zerohedge

Food, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, news … they all seem to be ‘owned’ by just a few corporations often with many of the same members of their boards of directors. Regulatory agencies nearly always captured by the corporations they regulate. We used to have anti-trust laws that protected the public. They have either been rescinded or ignored. Monopolies are another aspect of the ‘system’ that needs to be destroyed.

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“Not De Jure Forever, but De Facto”

The long awaited “mineral deal” with Ukraine.

It appears to be optics only. Full explanation suggest the agreement is not even legal.

“Trump has broken the Kyiv regime to the point where they will have to pay for U.S. aid with mineral resources,” Medvedev, a former Russian president and current deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, stated on Telegram. “Now they will have to pay for military supplies with the national wealth of a disappearing country,” he said of the Ukrainians.” h/t Zerohedge

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Reset or Takeover?

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Tillis Shows Us His True Nature Once Again

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Tucker – Walsh

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