UBS Survey Finds “Little Growth” In Smartphone Units “Over Next Few Years”  Apple’s annual developer conference on Monday underwhelmed on the artificial intelligence front, and new survey data from UBS showed softening demand for iPhones. On a broader note, UBS highlighted a cooling period has arrived in overall interest in purchasing smartphones, with the U.S. market seeing the sharpest pullback. According to UBS Evidence Lab’s […]

Gavin Newsom And His Cruel Notion Of ‘Cruel’ Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Recently, Gov. Newsom weighed in on the Trump administration’s efforts to undo the last four years of border destruction, when an estimated 10-12 million illegal aliens entered the U.S. unlawfully—among them thousands with criminal records. Of the recent Los Angeles efforts of ICE to detain those who entered and reside here […]

Redburn Slaps McDonald’s With Rare Downgrade As GLP-1 Drugs Reshape Consumer Habits As we’ve previously noted, the shift toward “better-for-you” consumption is well underway, whether fueled by the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement or the increasing adoption of miracle weight-loss drugs suppressing appetites. Either way, the inflection point for U.S. restaurants has arrived. Redburn Atlantic analyst Edward Lewis became […]

China Is Deliberately Using Fentanyl To ‘Kneecap’ The US, FBI Director Says Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, Communist China has a long-term plan to weaken the United States by fueling the fentanyl crisis, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. Patel sat down for a wide-ranging interview with podcaster Joe Rogan on June 6, saying that President Donald Trump has done an “amazing job” at going after drug trafficking […]

These Are The Top 10 US States By Defense Spending DoD contracts hit $609.2 billion across U.S. states in 2023, up $50.5 billion over the year. Overall, Texas outranked Virginia as the leading recipient of Department of Defense spending—largely concentrated in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Over the past decade, Texas’ share of defense spending has increased by 10% while Virginia’s has remained fairly stable. This graphic, via […]

Full Marine Battalion Of 700 Deploying To Los Angeles As Protests Continue Update (1945ET): Another 200 Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division based out of Twentynine Palms in California have been added to the count – making 700 Marines that will join the roughly 2,000 California National Guard troops stationed in Los Angeles over the weekend, US Northern Command announced Monday.  (U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. […]

The New World Order’s Endgame Authored by Todd Hayen via Off-Guardian.org, Imagine it’s late 2025, and you’re at the grocery store, but your digital wallet’s throwing a tantrum. “Transaction denied: You questioned the climate mandate on X.” Your punishment? No organic kale for you, science denying, conspiracy theorist. Welcome to the New World Order’s fever dream, where autonomy is as outdated as a VHS tape. We’ve […]

These Are America’s Largest Defense Contractors In 2023, the Department of Defense budget totaled $609.2 billion, equal to $1,819 for every U.S. resident. Following a wave of consolidation in the past few decades, a handful of defense contractors dominate the industry. At the same time, many of these firms provide a diversified range of capabilities—from munitions and nuclear submarines to services that manage IT infrastructure. […]

James Madison’s Appeal To Reasonable Discourse Authored by Susan Brynne Long via RealClearPublicAffairs, On June 8, 1789, James Madison rose before Congress and performed an about-face. The founder who had opposed the addition of a bill of rights to the Constitution conceded to pressure from advocates of adding amendments to protect Americans against abuses of government power. He gave a speech in which he defended amendments he […]

Visualizing AI Innovation Across The Globe AI is no longer a theoretical tool, only accessible in research labs. Today, it is a ubiquitous technology being adapted across every industry, driving intense global competition and spurring innovation. For the second story in the AI For All series, Visual Capitalist partnered with ACT | The App Association to provide a global perspective on AI innovation. A World of AI Innovation […]

30 Days Of Merz’s Germany: No Chainsaw, No Reform Submitted by Thomas Kolbe After thirty days under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the contours of his government are becoming clearer. From an economic policy perspective, the diagnosis is sound—but the treatment will worsen the disease. Those who remember the Bundestag battles between then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) and his fiery rival, opposition leader Friedrich Merz, […]

Amazon To Invest $20 Billion In Pennsylvania To Expand Cloud Infrastructure Amazon Web Services (AWS) is doubling down on its AI ambitions with a $20-billion expansion plan to build two new data center campuses in Pennsylvania, including one directly adjacent to a major nuclear power plant, Reuters reports.  AWS is targeting the deployment of multiple data centers over the next 10 years, and the buildout will be fueled by […]

Plane With Up To 20 People On Board Crashes In Tennessee, Officials Say Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A plane with as many as 20 people on board crashed in Tennessee on Sunday, leading to several people being airlifted to hospitals, the state highway patrol confirmed. A plane with as many as 20 people on board crashed in Coffee County, Tennessee, on Sunday, officials say. Tennessee Highway Patrol […]

Iran Says It Obtained Trove Of Documents On Israel’s Secret Nuclear Arms Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib is claiming Tehran has acquired a “treasure trove” of sensitive Israeli documents, including information on Israel’s secret (but long not-so-secret) nuclear weapons program, as well as apparent evidence of US and European knowledge and support. “The transfer of this treasure trove was time-consuming and required […]

60 People Arrested During San Francisco Protest Against Immigration Raids: Police Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), At least 60 people were arrested on Sunday after protests against federal immigration raids in San Francisco escalated into violence, according to the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD). Protesters confront police in San Francisco on June 8, 2025, in a still from video. AP/Screenshot […]

‘Clean Sweep’: RFK Jr. Boots Entire CDC ‘Rubber-Stamp’ Vax Panel Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired every member of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel in a sweeping move he says is meant to restore public trust, but critics are calling it reckless and radical. In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) had been plagued by […]

The LA Unrest Poses A Pressing National Security Threat To The US Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, This is because it concerns the country’s second-largest city, could disrupt one of its top economic hubs, and might evolve into an irredentist campaign by Mexican nationalists and their US leftist allies. Large-scale unrest has gripped parts of Los Angeles since late last week in response to the Immigration and Customs […]

China’s Need For US Chemicals Greater Than US Need For Rare Earths US petrochemical producers may have found themselves on the front line of global trade wars, BNEF reports, with China’s dependence on the US for feedstocks (see “Chinese Plastics Factories Face Mass Closure As US Ethane Supply Evaporates”) blunting the impact of its dominations of exports of rare earth metals. China imported more than 565,000 barrels per day of […]

US To Formalize Military Presence In Syria In Deal With AQ-Linked Govt Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US is working to formalize its military presence in Syria by signing a deal with the new al-Qaeda-linked government, according to a report from The New Arab. The report was published Friday and said that a high-level US military delegation was expected to meet with Syrian officials in the coming days with the goal […]

Sen. Tuberville Blasts Zelensky For Seeking To ‘Lure NATO’ Into A War Ukraine Is ‘Losing’ Republican Senator from Alabama Tommy Tuberville has blasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for trying to “lure NATO” into their war with Russia, given Ukraine knows it is ‘losing’ the over three-year long conflict. “There is no doubt, because he cannot win this war on his own. He knows he’s losing,” Tuberville said in Sunday […]

“Buying The Dip” – Here’s A Technical Way To Do It Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Recently, I did an interview about “buying the dip” in the market, which generated many comments. Most were, “You’re stupid; the market is going to crash,” but one comment deserved a more thorough discussion. “When buying the dip, how do you know when to do it, or not?” That is the right […]

Nearly 30-Year-Old Capital Gains Tax Exemption Rules Blamed For US Housing Shortage Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), With median home prices exceeding $1 million in many U.S. housing markets, some real estate professionals are drawing attention to a 28-year-old capital gains tax law, citing it as one factor contributing to the nationwide housing shortage. The expansive penthouse terrace of a 4-bedroom, […]

Russia To Build Eight Nuclear Power Plants In Iran Amid Standoff With US It’s been no secret that Russia has been getting more heavily involved in Iran’s nuclear program, and interestingly at a moment Moscow has offered to mediate between Washington and Tehran on the question of uranium enrichment and a new nuclear monitoring deal. On Monday, in a surprise headline given the massive, ambitious scope, Iranian state sources have […]

AI Models Still Far From AGI-Level Reasoning: Apple Researchers Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, The race to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) still has a long way to run, according to Apple researchers who found that leading AI models still have trouble reasoning.  Recent updates to leading AI large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude have included large […]

California Dreamin’ Authored by James Howard Kunstler via kunstler.com, “Call me crazy, but I think Dem politicians in LA publicly encouraging riots helps explain why they’re also incapable of issuing building permits for the fires months ago.” —Mark Hemingway And pretty soon, expect action in a dozen other states, you can be sure, because just as it was in the scorpion’s nature to sting the frog crossing the river in the […]