08/26 End of the Empire: America at 40 (Trillion)
Given that data from the US Treasury Dept. on debt is released one day late, Wednesday saw a multitude…
Tag: Politics
Interest Payments on the National Debt up 13% Year-over-year with Still 3 Months to Go
With a trimester left of the 2026 fiscal year, the US Treasury has already borrowed more money than in…
Armenia’s Pashinyan Comfortably Wins Parliamentary Elections Described as ‘a Vote for Peace’
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan watched as his party comfortably won parliamentary elections with a hair short of 50%…
EU Citizens Gather 1 Million Signatures for Referendum to Repeal Israel’s European Relations
It’s been reported to be the fastest that any petition to the European Commission has gathered 1 million signatures,…
Kevin Hassett Poised for Next Fed Chairman, Raising Concerns of Independence and Interest Rates
In recent comments, President Trump said he had narrowed his shortlist for the next Federal Reserve Chairman “down to…
Azerbaijan to Supply Oil to Armenia for the First Time in History
On December 5th, the Georgian Ministry of Economy noted that it received a request from its eastern neighbor Azerbaijan:…
Trump Joins in Nikol Pashinyan’s Vision of a ‘Real Armenia’ at Peace with its Neighbors
This is Part 2 of a 2-part series on the negotiations to end the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and normalize relations…
Socialism in the Capital of Capitalism: Mamdani’s Election and its Consequences
Not long after the polls closed at 9 p.m. in New York City on November 4th, self-styled Democratic Socialist…
Plans to Spend Over $1 Billion to Shoot 450,000 American Owls to Proceed After Senate Vote
Story at a glance… A recent Senate vote failed to reject a Fish and Wildlife Service cull of up…
Newly-Appointed Governor’s First Actions Massively Call into Question Fed Independence During FOMC
Following the recent September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, a commentary by Euro Pacific Asset Management suggests that…
‘Most Authoritative Finding’ Shows Israel Guilty of Genocide–While 250 US Lawmakers Party in Jerusalem
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Palestine and Israel has concluded in the “most authoritative finding” yet, that the…
Macron’s Credibility at Stake After Government’s Collapse
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his defense minister, Sébastien Lecornu, as the country’s new prime minister on Tuesday after…
As Turkiye’s 45-year Kurdish Insurgency Ends, it Heralds a Political Paradigm Shift
In a move that few could have imagined a decade ago, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun to…
House and Senate Committe Poised to Reject Trump’s NASA Budget Cut
The Senate Appropriations Committee is currently engaged in markup of an appropriations bill for Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS),…
Cambodia, Indonesia Closing in on Deals with US, but Malaysia in No Rush
Announced frameworks between the US and Southeast Asian nations seem to be materializing, alleviating fears that the high tariff…
New S. Korean President Discusses Closer Ties and Peaceful Peninsula with China’s Xi
The newly-elected President of South Korea, Lee Jae-myong, called Beijing today to solicit help in bringing about his policy…
SpaceX Cancellation, Dragon Capsule in Limbo, and US Space Policy Completely Upended
When the SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule was certified to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in 2020,…
Setbacks and Distractions Risk Total Unraveling of Trump Foreign Policy Aims
On the campaign trail, Trump talked of having learned lessons from his first term in office, that he “didn’t…
New Syria Constitution Consolidates Total Power, Rejected by Country’s Religious and Ethnic Minorities
On March 13th, Syria’s new ruler the former al-Qaeda member and terrorist leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, signed into law the…
Trump’s Fiscal Rhetoric Fails at First Hurdle, Endorses Huge Debt and Deficit Increases
Not a month ago, Wal reported that Trump had dismantled USAID, the $42 billion soft-power arm of the CIA and Pentagon,…