‘Women-Only’ Smith College Faces Civil Rights Complaint For Admitting Trans Students Authored by Paris Apodaca via The College Fix, Smith College, one of just a few dozen women’s colleges in the U.S., is facing a federal civil rights complaint for allegedly discriminating against applicants based on their sex. The private Massachusetts institution is a “women-only” college, but it “gives spots to ‘self-identifi[ed]’ […]

The $127 Trillion Global Stock Market In One Giant Chart From Wall Street to Shanghai, stock markets form the backbone of modern economies. But where exactly is the bulk of the global stock market concentrated? This Markets in a Minute graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Jenna Ross in partnership with Terzo, breaks down the staggering $127 trillion global equity value. The Global Stock Market: A Geographic View Using data […]

Energy Price As An Economic Indicator Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, What are energy prices telling us about the economy? A recent article on Bloomberg noted that: “Hedge funds slashed their bullish position on crude to the lowest in about 17 years as risks of additional sanctions on Russian crude oil waned, bringing concerns about a global supply glut back to the fore. Money managers’ net-long […]

Wild Splashdown Footage Of SpaceX Starship Megarocket After multiple launch attempts this week, most of which were due to adverse weather conditions and ground-based issues, Starship Flight 10’s launch was a wild success, with both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship Upper Stage successfully landing on their designated splashdown zones.  Yet the far-left corporate media, controlled by liberal elites whose credibility sinks by […]

Jake Sullivan Ridiculed For Supporting Withholding Arms To Israel Via Middle East Eye Former US national security advisor Jake Sullivan was skewered as a hypocrite on Thursday after an interview aired of him saying he would support Congress voting to withhold military aid to Israel over its decision to abandon a Gaza ceasefire with Hamas in March. “The situation as it stands today, following the breakdown of the ceasefire in […]

Labor Day Gas Prices Lowest Since 2020, New Analysis Finds Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, U.S. motorists will see the lowest gasoline prices heading into Labor Day in five years, a new analysis shows. GasBuddy, which monitors national gas prices, projected in an Aug. 26 report that the cost of fuel will be $3.15 per gallon this Labor Day weekend. By comparison, the average price for a gallon of gasoline on Labor […]

Watch: Mexican Senators Brawl After Heated Debate Over US Intervention Vs Cartels With cameras rolling, tension over potential US military intervention against Mexico’s drug cartels erupted into a shoving-and-slapping bout between legislators at the podium of the Senate chambers on Wednesday.  Senator Alejandro “Alito” Moreno, who leads the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was apparently incensed over the […]

Vance: Dems Would Come Out Against Puppies If Trump Said He Likes Them Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Vice President JD Vance declared Thursday that President Trump told him he’s managed to get Democrats to come out in support of violent crime just by being against it. Vance made the remarks during a speech in La Crosse, Wisconsin, noting that Democrats have positioned themselves in favor of criminals in big […]

Trump Unveils Another $825M Arms Sale To Ukraine, While Talking Peace At a moment peace negotiations look to be going nowhere, and as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has declared it’s ‘obvious’ Putin and Zelensky aren’t going to meet, the Trump administration has authorized another $825 million arms deal for Ukraine. Crucially, this package will include long-range missiles and supporting equipment, ostensibly to strengthen […]

Rock Paper Scissors By Elwin de Groot and Bas van Geffen, strategists at Rabobank Many readers will know “rock, paper, scissors.” The key feature of this game is that there is no upfront winner, it’s outcome is entirely determined by chance. Paper wins from rock, rock from scissors, and scissors wins from paper. In a way, there are parallels with what we see today – although not all players are showing their hand at the same […]

Kremlin Rejects ‘Fabricated’ Report of Russian Drones Spying On US Weapons Routes In Germany The Kremlin has rejected claims that Russia or its agents have been using drones to track American and allied weapons shipments passing through eastern Germany, after a Thursday New York Times article alleged it. US officials suspect that Russian intelligence or its proxies have flown surveillance drones over supply routes in the German […]

Watch: Cracker Barrel’s 93-Year-Old Founder Blasts Abandoned Rebrand As “Crazy” And “Pitiful” Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Cracker Barrel’s original founder has slammed the attempt at a sterile and soulless rebrand, calling it “pitiful.” As we highlighted, the attempt to suck all life out of the country Americans eateries, overseen by a woke Karen girl-boss, elicited fierce backlash and eventually prompted […]

Brown Professor: “Gaza Is Now The Capital Of The World In Mutilated Children” Last night’s ZeroHedge Debate, hosted by journalist Mario Nawfal, posed the question bluntly: Does Israel’s war in Gaza constitute genocide? The exchange between Brown University historian Omer Bartov and Ben Gurion University historian Benny Morris cut straight to the marrow. Here were the key highlights though we recommend the full discussion at the […]

Exxon Sees 20% Gas Demand Growth By 2050, U.S. Nearing Records In 2025 By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Exxon projects global natural gas demand will rise more than 20% by 2050 from 2024 levels, driven by coal displacement in industry and growing electricity use in emerging markets, according to a Reuters report. The outlook underpins Exxon’s long-term strategy, including an 18% production increase over five years. Oil […]

Nvidia Falls On Report Alibaba Designs New AI Chip Alibaba shares in New York jumped 8% at the start of the U.S. cash session on Friday after the Chinese e-commerce giant reported higher revenue amid China’s AI boom, helping offset an unexpected drop in profits.  However, the focus isn’t on earnings, but instead on a new report that Alibaba has developed a high-powered chip that could compete with Nvidia.  The Wall Street […]

UMich Takes Flamethrower To What Little Was Left Of Its Credibility… Confirming the preliminary data, UMich final prints showed sentiment weakening and inflation fears returning in August, with both Current Conditions and Expectations declining… Source: Bloomberg Buying conditions for durable goods subsided to their lowest reading in a year, and current personal finances declined 7%, both due to heightened concerns about […]

‘Obvious’ That Putin-Zelensky Meeting Won’t Happen: Germany’s Merz Leading European powers have not been happy with President Trump’s peace efforts which included him meeting President Putin in Alaska earlier this month, nor have they been thrilled at the prospect of a Putin-Zelensky meeting to try and strike a peace deal. But now they look to be getting their wish amid the stalled talks and simultaneous ratcheting war. German […]

Friday Morning Fireworks Ensue During Cook Vs. Trump Courtroom Showdown Update (1220ET): It was fireworks in federal court Friday morning as lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook squared off against the Trump administration after Trump fired her on Monday over mortgage malarkey. Cook (who was busted in 2024 for plagiarism and only got her job because Kamala Harris was the tiebreaker vote during her confirmation) […]

Trump Cancels Extended Secret Service Detail For Kamala Harris Before Her Book Tour President Donald Trump terminated the Secret Service protection of former Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, according to a new report. By law, vice presidents receive six months of protection after leaving office, which for Harris ended on July 21. However, her protection was extended for an additional year by former President Joe Biden. […]

Fed’s Favorite Inflation Indicator Shows No Signs Of Runaway Tariff Costs Having ticked higher in June, analysts expected headline PCE to be steady at +2.6% YoY in July and Core PCE – The Fed’s favorite indicator – to rise from +2.8% to +2.9% YoY… and the numbers all came in right in line with expectations. ‘As Expected’ is the them of this morning’s data with headline and Core PCE both matching expectations and staying in the […]

Futures Drop Led By Tech Ahead Of PCE Data US equity futures are lower after closing at a new all time high, dragged by tech stocks as traders cut risk ahead of today’s core PCE data that may test expectations for the pace of Fed rate cuts. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are down 0.3% and Nasdaq futures fell 0.5%: in premarket trading, Alphabet dropped 1.2% leading losses among the Magnificent Seven giants; Nvidia shares […]

Trump Closes De Minimis Loophole As Dark Chapter In Trade Ends The long-standing “de minimis” exemption, which allowed small packages valued less than $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free, officially ended Friday. This closes the dark chapter on an era when China flooded America with cheap junk (think $10 Bluetooth wireless speakers) and, according to many in the America First movement inside the White House, helped flood the nation […]

House Republicans Probe Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias, Foreign Manipulation Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, House Republicans have opened an inquiry into whether the Wikimedia Foundation is doing enough to stop coordinated efforts to manipulate Wikipedia entries on important and sensitive topics to influence U.S. public opinion. In an Aug. 27 letter to Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander, James Comer (R-Ky.), […]

A 3rd Property!? Pulte Drops New Criminal Referral On Lisa Cook As Mortgage Scandal Widens (Update: 2215ET): A third property?  On Thursday night, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte dropped a second criminal referral against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook based on evidence that she entered into a 15-year mortgage on a third property which she listed as her “Second Home.”  On an ethics form […]

Ulta Beats Earnings, Cautions Consumer Uncertainty As Back-To-School Season Begins Ulta Beauty delivered solid second-quarter results and raised its full-year financial outlook, while cautioning that a potential consumer slowdown could materialize in the second half and impact sales of beauty products.  Second-quarter comparable sales increased 6.7%, exceeding Bloomberg Consensus estimates. This outperformance, combined with a […]