Key Aluminum Spread In London Hits Biggest Backwardation Since 2007 Aluminum futures in London surged to a four-year high on Monday as President Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade, set to take effect this morning, threatened to deepen supply chain disruptions across the Gulf region. On top of that, the Gulf’s largest aluminum producer declared force majeure on parts of its contract book over the weekend. Aluminum climbed 1.4% to […]

Trump Reportedly Planning Mass Pardons Of Administration Officials Before Leaving Office Donald Trump has reportedly promised to pardon virtually his entire White House staff before leaving office, and the radius keeps growing. What started as a quip about anyone within 10 feet of the Oval Office has ballooned into something considerably more sweeping.  “I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval,” Trump […]

Trump Eyes Limited Iran Strikes, Hormuz Blockade After Peace Talks Collapse Summary Trump weighs limited strikes on Iran  CENTCOM confirms blockade to begin at 1000ET Monday morning and will only impact Iran-related vessels President Trump begins blockading the Strait of Hormuz, warns US military will “finish up the little that is left of Iran” Door for diplomacy remains open, WSJ reports: Regional countries are […]

“Muthaf***in’ Robot Dog In The Muthaf***in’ Hood” Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Residents in Atlanta are staring down robot dogs patrolling their own apartment parking lots — with live foreign operators apparently calling the shots through the machines. Another viral video posted to X captures the raw street-level reaction as locals confront one of the mechanical units. The operator responds in real time, […]

PJM Targets 15 Gigawatts Of New Power To Feed Data Center Boom PJM Interconnection, operator of the largest power grid in the United States spanning 13 states and serving more than 65 million people, has launched an emergency proposal to secure 15 gigawatts of new electricity supply, according to Bloomberg. The move aims squarely at the surging AI data center demand, which has pushed the regional grid to its limits. The plan […]

ISIS Calls On Muslims To Murder UK’s Tommy Robinson Authored by Robert Spencer via PJMedia.com, English freedom fighter Tommy Robinson on Friday posted on X an article from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), detailing how the Islamic State (ISIS) wants him dead, and is calling upon Muslims to make sure he ends up that way quickly. And so it was just another day in the storied career of the celebrated religion of […]

UK Bans Pretend “Stepsister” Porn Months After Actual Muslim Incest Protections Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, The British government has banned “step” porn, where the porn stars pretend to be related in a scripted format. Meanwhile, a bill earlier this year to ban first cousin marriage was rejected. The crackdown targets consenting adults role-playing taboo family scenarios, including step-family tropes.  […]

$92 Million In Banned AI Chips Went From Super Micro To Little Known Chinese Tech Company A little-known Chinese tech company saw its stock drop sharply after U.S. authorities charged a co-founder of Super Micro Computer with illegally smuggling advanced AI chips into China, according to Bloomberg.  The case is putting fresh focus on how restricted American technology may still be entering the country. The company, Sharetronic […]

France’s Gig-Economy Built On Migrant Labor As 99% Of Surveyed Delivery-Riders Are Foreign-Born, Two-Thirds Are Illegal Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A major new study has found that France’s food delivery sector is almost exclusively staffed by migrant workers, a majority of whom are living in France illegally. The Enquête report, based on a survey of more than 1,000 riders in Paris and Bordeaux, reveals that […]

Washington, D.C. Will Feel Like June. Cue MSM Climate Doom Propaganda After a stretch of roller-coaster temperature swings across the Mid-Atlantic in March and early April, the midpoint of the month is now shaping up to be unusually warm, with highs that could exceed the region’s average for June. That kind of temperature anomaly could prompt left-wing corporate media outlets to kick off their seasonal global-warming doom news […]

Half Of US Data Centers Scheduled To Start In 2026, Will Be Canceled Or Delayed Just over two years ago, we first penned our views on “The Next AI Trade”, which looked beyond the hyperscalers and the data centers supporting the AI revolution, and instead focused on the energy and logistical needs that would be so very critical in allowing the US to dominate China in the existential race to first reach Artificial General Intelligence […]

Pelosi’s Monster: The Creation And Destruction Of Eric Swalwell Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, In Mary Shelley’s famous work, Dr. Frankenstein is asked, “Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” This week, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D. Calif.), the leading Democratic candidate for California governor, may wish he could ask that of former Speaker Rep. […]

Swalwell Quits CA Governor’s Race Amid Sexual Assault Allegations Update: Swalwell suspended his California gubernatorial campaign on Sunday as furor over his sex assault allegations reached a fever pitch. “To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” he wrote on X. “I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a […]

Massie For Governor? GOP’s Libertarian Firebrand Talks Political Future On Friday the Ron Paul Institute (RPI) has highlighted an important and fresh interview touching on the Republican Rep’s political future: Governor Thomas Massie? – RPI’s Adam Dick asks. “A run for governor may be in the future for Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), but only if he first wins his May 19 Republican primary contest — the next step in his race for […]

Treasury, IRS Propose Rules For 1 Percent Remittance Tax On Some Money Sent To Foreign Countries Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury proposed regulations on Friday regarding the new excise tax, established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, on certain remittances made abroad. The Internal Revenue Service in Washington on March 10, […]

All High Earners Need To Know About The Mega Backdoor Roth Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), If done the right way, a mega backdoor Roth can allow investors to save in a workplace retirement plan such as a 401(k) beyond the typical contribution limits. High earners can use a mega backdoor Roth to save beyond normal retirement contribution limits. Vyaseleva Elena/Shutterstock It also can allow investors […]

Oil Jumps, Stocks Dump As Peace Talks Fail, Hormuz Blockade Looms Before the ‘official’ futures markets opened, the risk-off tone (due to the failed peace talks and Trump’s threat to blockade Iranian vessels) was very evident in FX and crypto markets. Even given the usual caveats about thin liquidity, AUD/USD is down around 1%, a classic growth-sensitive barometer flashing warning signs, while EUR/USD is weaker by roughly 0.5%. […]

“Create A Crisis”: American Association Of University Professors Sponsors Anti-ICE Campaign Authored by Jonathan Turley, “Create a crisis.” That call is made in a new campaign sponsored by the American Association of University Professors to force “colleges to drop their contracts with ICE’s key corporate enablers.” Despite years of criticism over the purging of faculty ranks of conservatives and libertarians, […]

Massachusetts Dems Advance Bill To Limit How Far You Can Drive In Your Own Car Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Massachusetts lawmakers are barreling ahead with a bill that would force the state to slash the total miles residents drive, all under the banner of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The proposal, Senate Bill S.2246, doesn’t slap a hard cap on your daily commute… yet – but it orders the […]

An Actual Smart Fix: How Waymo And Waze Are Tackling Potholes In San Francisco A smart new approach to fixing road issues is taking shape in San Francisco—and honestly, it’s finally a good idea.  Waymo, known for putting driverless cars on city streets, is now teaming up with Waze to help identify potholes. Using data from its self-driving vehicles, Waymo can detect rough road conditions and automatically flag them in the Waze […]

Orbán Concedes: 16-Year Fidesz Rule Collapses In Historic Hungarian Landslide In a stunning collapse that ends 16 years of uninterrupted rule, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, according to statements from opposition leader Péter Magyar. With early results showing the Tisza Party on track for 128 seats in the 199-seat National Assembly and Fidesz collapsing to just […]

Decades-Long Study Blows Up Narrative That ‘Gender Reassignment’ Prevents Suicide Authored by Tim O’Brien via PJ Media, One of the most common talking points from the left is that if you don’t rush confused kids into the gender reassignment pipeline, they will kill themselves. The left tells us that “transgenderism” is not a mental health problem, while at the same time telling us that people, especially minors, will kill […]

President Trump Faces Renewed Backlash As Trump-Linked Tokens Crash Authored by Vince Quill via CoinTelegraph.com, United States President Donald Trump is facing renewed scrutiny as crypto tokens and projects touted by the US president crash to all-time lows or sit near record low levels. The Official Trump token (TRUMP), a memecoin pushed by Trump, hit an all-time low of about $2.73 in March 2026 and is currently trading at […]

FAA Greenlights Laser Sentry Guns To Combat Attack Drones In U.S. Airspace The Federal Aviation Administration has given the green light for the U.S. military to deploy high-energy counter-drone laser weapons in U.S. airspace, adding a new, low-cost layer of protection against the rising threat from kamikaze drones. The decision follows a two-month interagency standoff over whether the systems posed a risk to general aviation and […]

More Than Just Iran By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Without a doubt, trading at the start of the week will hinge on developments in the ongoing ceasefire negotiations. As Spider, Bret, and I discussed on Friday’s podcast the range of possible outcomes has not narrowed significantly. Anything from a serious deal, to walking away and restarting the attacks seems plausible. Spider “guffawed” at the comparison of Regime […]