"And hence when they have created among the masses an appetite for gifts and the habit of receiving them, democracy in its turn is abolished and changes into a rule of force and violence." -- Polybius, two thousand years ago

I hate to ask, but we are still needing your help. Thanks in advance!

 

AdSupply

Bidgear ad

 
When a semi-anonymous social media user declared that the federal government had targeted her in a bizarre entrapment scheme, the paranoid claim snowballed into a more disturbing revelation: the Pentagon appears to be breaking the law by paying conservative influencers to track, surveil, and propagandize Americans.

by Tyler Durden

Thanks to how mean President Trump has been, Canada could become the first-ever "associate member" of the European Union under a proposal unveiled Wednesday by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as Ottawa looks to reduce its economic dependence on the United States.

By Phoenix Capital Research

On September 10 and 11, drones launched from Maysan province in southern Iraq hit pumping stations on Saudi Arabia’s East-West crude oil pipeline near Riyadh and Medina. Saudi Arabia shut the pipeline on Friday. Riyadh called it a precaution. Satellite imagery of the station near Al Melba ’ah tells a different story.

Brent spiked to $110, settled at $105, and closed the week up more than 8%. First settle above $100 since May.

Here is what most investors missed.

The Media Research Center’s Digital News Tracker monitored the top 20 morning stories on Apple News, Google News, Microsoft’s MSN, and Yahoo News from November 1, 2025 through September 6, 2026 — the full run-up to the 2026 midterm elections.

What researchers found was not subtle.

Out of 21,096 total articles from AllSides-rated outlets in their morning feeds, the four platforms pushed 14,348 stories — 68% — from left-leaning outlets. Right-leaning outlets got 1,153 articles. That is 5%.

Sixty-eight to five. That is not a tilt. That is a wall.

By Anisa Snipes, foxnews.com (north Carolina)

South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace is calling for Lindsay Clancy to receive the death penalty and be publicly executed following the deaths of her three young children.

In a series of posts on X, the Republican representative weighed in heavily on the high-profile Massachusetts case, arguing Clancy should face the ultimate punishment.

Posted by Tyler Durden: Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times,

A circuit judge in Missouri is set to begin weighing on Sept. 14 agrochemical giant Monsanto's proposal of a $7.25 billion settlement for tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company's popular Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.