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Debt Ceiling Circus: How Much Debt Does the Federal Government Really Have?
ArchivesPolitical Economy

Debt Ceiling Circus: How Much Debt Does the Federal Government Really Have?

February 9, 2023July 11, 2023

As negotiations continue in Congress over a potential deal to raise the debt ceiling, the full picture of the…

What Could Possbily Explain the Alarm for Overinflated Chinese Spy-Balloon Story?
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What Could Possbily Explain the Alarm for Overinflated Chinese Spy-Balloon Story?

February 7, 2023July 11, 2023

A US F-22 plane took to the air on Saturday to shoot down a Chinese surveillance and observation balloon…

US Increasingly In the Cold on Venezuela—Supporting a Government Several Governments  Ago
ArchivesForeign Policy

US Increasingly In the Cold on Venezuela—Supporting a Government Several Governments Ago

January 25, 2023July 24, 2023

The united opposition political parties in Venezuela, through the unicameral legislature called the National Assembly, decided to end the…

Leftover US “Strategic Baggage” in Syria Struck Again By Drone Attacks
ArchivesWar

Leftover US “Strategic Baggage” in Syria Struck Again By Drone Attacks

January 20, 2023July 25, 2023

Three one-way attack drones targeted the United States’ al-Tanf garrison in southern Syria on Friday morning, injuring two members…

Gold and Silver Were Some of the Best Performing Assets in 2022
ArchivesGlobal Economy

Gold and Silver Were Some of the Best Performing Assets in 2022

January 16, 2023July 6, 2023

As a slight rally in equity markets kicks off 2023, a stealth bull market in gold and silver continued…

Big Commodity Gains Midway through January Even After Another Positive Inflation Report
ArchivesGlobal Economy

Big Commodity Gains Midway through January Even After Another Positive Inflation Report

January 12, 2023July 6, 2023

Markets are betting in different ways as Thursday’s long-anticipated Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed a small slowdown in…

Biden Launches Targeted Policy to Try and Squeeze China Out of Key Global Markets
ArchivesPolitical Economy

Biden Launches Targeted Policy to Try and Squeeze China Out of Key Global Markets

October 13, 2022October 3, 2023

If China and the United States fought a war, it would not be surprising to begin that story at…

Biden Camp in Midst of All Out Diplomatic Blitz Across the Pacific to Catch Up with China
ArchivesForeign Policy

Biden Camp in Midst of All Out Diplomatic Blitz Across the Pacific to Catch Up with China

September 29, 2022January 24, 2024

Story at a glance… The US “Pacific Island Country Summit” kicked off at the White House on Wednesday. Writ…

The US Is Quietly Returning to War in Syria
ArchivesWar

The US Is Quietly Returning to War in Syria

September 5, 2022December 31, 2023

Story at a glance… Three bases have been established by American forces in northeast Syria this year. There is…

COVID Lockdowns Contributed to a 77% Increase in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Rates
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COVID Lockdowns Contributed to a 77% Increase in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Rates

August 31, 2022

Lockdown behavior by state governments has contributed to a 77% increase in the rates of type 2 diabetes in…

Gold Will Buttress Attempts by BRICS Nations to Create New Reserve Currency
ArchivesGlobal Economy

Gold Will Buttress Attempts by BRICS Nations to Create New Reserve Currency

August 19, 2022July 14, 2023

In June during the 14th annual BRICS summit, it was announced that the five economies would be seeking to…

Why Is Nancy Pelosi’s Potential Visit To Taiwan Such a Big Deal?
ArchivesForeign Policy

Why Is Nancy Pelosi’s Potential Visit To Taiwan Such a Big Deal?

July 29, 2022January 24, 2024

In a two-hour-long phone call between President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Xi made it crystal clear that…

Oregon Senator Introduces American Grasslands Conservation Act to Protect Imperiled Prairie
ArchivesPolicy

Oregon Senator Introduces American Grasslands Conservation Act to Protect Imperiled Prairie

July 28, 2022July 2, 2023

The grasslands of North America are, in terms of acreage lost annually, the most threatened ecosystem. To that end,…

China’s Comments on John Bolton Are A Tough but Necessary Pill to Swallow
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China’s Comments on John Bolton Are A Tough but Necessary Pill to Swallow

July 25, 2022

PICTURED: John Bolton and Wang Wenbin. PC: Gage Skidmore. CC 2.0. When John Bolton appeared on CNN in early…

Joe Biden’s Trip To Saudi Arabia Is a Disaster
ArchivesForeign Policy

Joe Biden’s Trip To Saudi Arabia Is a Disaster

July 12, 2022January 24, 2024

Story at a glance… Joe Biden leaves on Friday for Saudi Arabia on a cynical mission. While Yemen is…

NASA Administrator Reminds World it Needs Americans and Russians to Operate the Space Station
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NASA Administrator Reminds World it Needs Americans and Russians to Operate the Space Station

July 6, 2022

PICTURED: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. In a hostile interview with Der Spiegel, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stood his ground…

Russian Forces Take All of Luhansk and Prepare For Donetsk Next
War

Russian Forces Take All of Luhansk and Prepare For Donetsk Next

July 5, 2022

PICTURED: A Lysychansk building hit by a June 16th airstrike. PC: State Emergency Service of Ukraine. CC 4.0. KYIV,…

NATO to Octuple Standing Army, Fight Terrorism Across Africa, Middle-East, and “Address” China
Foreign Policy

NATO to Octuple Standing Army, Fight Terrorism Across Africa, Middle-East, and “Address” China

July 1, 2022

PICTURED: Demonstrators take part in an anti-NATO protest ahead of the NATO summit, held on June 28th and June…

Breakthrough Zero-Carbon Swedish Fertilizer “Biochar” Set to Take Root Across the World
ArchivesEnvironment

Breakthrough Zero-Carbon Swedish Fertilizer “Biochar” Set to Take Root Across the World

June 30, 2022July 9, 2023

Imagine if every time you threw out your lawn and garden waste, you were actively fighting global warming. That’s…

Tufts University Hopes to Take Meat Away from School Children
ArchivesNutrition

Tufts University Hopes to Take Meat Away from School Children

June 29, 2022July 4, 2023

Tufts University School of Nutrition and Science Policy has a bone to pick with Americans eating meat. Over the…

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Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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Putin Proposes an Extension to the New START Nuclear Deal Through to 2027

Julien Torres October 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will adhere to the NEW START treaty with the US…

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July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase

Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…

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