Dr. David Gibbs: THE SHOCKING TRUTH – How Endless Wars Keep U.S. Hegemony Alive

Dr. David Gibbs is Professor of History at the University of Arizona and one of the leading scholars of U.S. foreign policy, international relations, and political economy. His research focuses on topics ranging from the Balkan conflicts to Afghanistan, NATO expansion, and the broader evolution of American foreign policy. Prof. Gibbs is the author of …

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Reuters | U.S. to release $25 billion in frozen funds for Iran. Last minute negotiations to secure deal. Israel bombs terrorist Hezbollah.

Iran agrees not to produce or acquire nuclear weapons in draft MOU – Reuters Iran has agreed under a draft memorandum with the United States that it will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing a senior Iranian official. The official said Washington had also agreed that Tehran would dilute its …

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Hamtramck MI has been conquered

Hamtramck MI has been conquered — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) June 12, 2026 The parking lot after this meeting:pic.twitter.com/WH8fKnjT3h — Based Electrician⚡️🇺🇲 (@ComeAndTakeIt) June 12, 2026

The swamp is no longer a metaphor.

The swamp is no longer a metaphor. pic.twitter.com/qlpfvx5u33 — shelby (@thetrueshelby) June 13, 2026 Algae INVADES DC’s Reflecting Pool right after ‘multimillion-dollar fixes’ pic.twitter.com/s5M8OOgnDJ — RT (@RT_com) June 13, 2026 Green algae and other organic material have returned to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, just days after the Trump administration wrapped its roughly $14 million …

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Federal judge blocks Weaponization Fund with new court order.

A federal judge on Friday said she doesn’t believe President Donald Trump’s plan for a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” is fully dead, and issued an order indefinitely blocking the proposal. Judge Leonie Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia said she has decided to block the fund under a court order because acting Attorney General …

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Scientists “shocked” to find lab gloves may be skewing microplastics data

Researchers found that these gloves can unintentionally transfer particles onto lab tools used to analyze air, water, and other environmental samples. The contamination comes from stearates, which are not plastics but can closely resemble them during testing. Because of this, scientists may be detecting particles that are not true microplastics. “It led to a wild …

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Iran may have just turned its enriched uranium stockpile into a much harder problem for Washington.

“They’ve collapsed tunnel entrances and placed explosive mines around underground sites believed to hold the uranium. Most of the material is believed to be stored in tunnels at the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, with roughly half a ton of highly enriched uranium now reportedly harder, slower, and more dangerous to access. This came after public …

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Jim Grant on the AI boom: “I think that today is one of the greatest bubbles of all time.”

𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗺: "I think that today is one of the greatest bubbles of all time." He argues the excitement around AI dwarfs the worldwide web and fiber optics, and that better technology doesn't ground the speculative spirit, it incites it.… pic.twitter.com/bmCqSsUaJP — Meb Faber (@MebFaber) June 12, 2026 SpaceX IPO is …

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Make Rome fall again Trump’s UFC spectacle turns America’s birthday into a bloodsport metaphor for imperial decline

We’re not a serious country anymore pic.twitter.com/mdGiQrlY0F — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 13, 2026 via RT: Studying archaeology, alongside Greek and Roman Civilization, for my bachelor’s degree has given me a pessimistic outlook on the world. At least that’s what my dad told me in June 2001 on a drive from Istanbul to Dublin. …

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The slow end of everything

The rug is being pulled from under you. Every year they pull it just a little bit. It adds up over decades. The small changes make the next big change look normal or even okay. One hundred years ago and today look very different. But it happened one year at a time. We are living …

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Iranian regime newspaper calls any US deal a temporary pause before war. Iranian analysts say a Trump Iran deal may not last more than two months.

Iran USA update by Iranian news paper Iranian newspaper Khorasan said any potential agreement between Tehran and Washington would merely postpone, not resolve, the broader conflict between the two countries. In an editorial, the paper argued that a deal at this stage should be viewed only as a mechanism to halt the current hostilities rather …

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US consumer spending just posted its biggest real drop in years

This is reality. Inflation is a real struggle right now. pic.twitter.com/2XrW7guwjE — Abounding Wealth (@AboundWealth) June 13, 2026 It means regular people are buying less stuff once you factor in higher prices. May saw the biggest drop in real (inflation-adjusted) retail spending in years, with 7 declines in the last 9 months. This usually happens …

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There is no way this “deal” gets signed

Do you really believe Trump is going to surrender to Iran on his Birthday of all days? there is no way this "deal" gets signed — Nostra, House of Gold (@Nostre_damus) June 13, 2026 IRGC blasted another ship in the strait — Nostra, House of Gold (@Nostre_damus) June 12, 2026 WSJ: U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS SANCTIONS …

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U.S. Military: Iran launched several one-way attack drones attempting to hit commercial vessels transiting Strait of Hormuz

U.S. Military: Iran launched several one-way attack drones attempting to hit commercial vessels transiting Strait of Hormuz — FinancialJuice (@financialjuice) June 13, 2026 BREAKING: Several explosions heard near Qeshm Island and Sirik, southern Iran, with initial reports of Iran striking targets in the Strait of Hormuz, per Mehr News. — The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) June …

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