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 […]

Here’s What The US’ Security Guarantees For Ukraine Might Look Like Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Trump appears to be pushing his luck with Putin, who’s open to compromises, not concessions, let alone significant security ones. If this approach doesn’t change, then a serious escalation is expected. Western security guarantees for Ukraine are one of the main issues delaying a political resolution to the conflict. […]

EU Exchanges Russian Gas For American & Norwegian Supplies The European Union has signed a deal to import $750 billion worth of liquefied natural gas, oil and nuclear fuels from the United States by 2028. The agreement, announced on July 27 by U.S. President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, is part of a wider trade package under which the EU will accept a unilateral U.S. tariff of 15 percent on […]

“Germany Is No Longer Safe”: Dark Predictions For Major European Country By 2050… Via Remix News, The deputy head of the German police union, Manuel Ostermann, published this text on X, which Remix News is publishing in English: (emphasis ours) Imagine Germany in 2050. Arab clans dominate the big cities. Gangs fight each other in the fight for sovereignty in organized crime. People who don’t belong to the “right side” […]

Belgium Tops US As Most ‘Calorific’ Country In The World Why count calories at the national level? Average daily food supply is a snapshot of a country’s entire food system: crop yields, imports, subsidies, and consumer preferences. When availability climbs well above the 2,000–2,500 calories (kcal) most adults need, it can foreshadow rising public-health costs such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. […]

Israeli Army Carries Out Landing Op Near Damascus, More Airstrikes  Via The Cradle The Israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes as well as a landing operation in Syria Wednesday night, coinciding with ongoing negotiations for a security deal between Tel Aviv and Damascus.  “The attack in Damascus last night proves the proper balance of power between us and Syria,” the Israel News telegram channel reported on […]

Germany’s Rheinmetall May Produce Lockheed’s ATACMS, Hellfire Missiles At Europe’s Largest Artillery Plant The Deep State’s favorite weapons giant defense contractor, Lockheed Martin – which may or may not be next on Trump’s partial nationalization schedule – wants to have German peer Rheinmetall manufacture ATACMS and Hellfire missiles in Germany, business magazine WirtschaftsWoche cited a Lockheed executive as saying. “We are […]

Greenland’s Energy Stakes Trigger Denmark-U.S. Diplomatic Clash By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Denmark has summoned the U.S. envoy after intelligence reports of suspected influence operations in Greenland, a mineral-rich Arctic territory central to offshore oil prospects and critical minerals, Reuters reported on Wednesday, describing the effort as an attempt to promote secession.  The development adds urgency to oversight […]

Israel Attempts ‘Decapitation’ Strikes Of Top Houthi Leadership In Yemen On Thursday the Israeli Air Force carried out major strikes on Yemen, but unlike prior attacks, this one was reportedly aimed at eliminating top military and political leaders of the Iran-backed Houthi movement. It was an operation widely described by Israeli media as the IDF military’s most significant strike against the Houthis to date. According to Israeli […]