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title: Irish teenagers among those least satisfied with life
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<div><img src="https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sad-girl-shutterstock_1196187574.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p><strong>Irish teenagers are among the least satisfied with their lives despite leading on academic performance, according to a report on childhood in economically developed countries. </strong></p>
<p><span>The report – Report Card 19: Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable world – compares the wellbeing of children across 43 countries in the EU and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Ireland is in the bottom half globally, ranking in 24th place for adolescent wellbeing.</span></p>
<p><span>Nearly one in three 15-year-olds in Ireland reported low life satisfaction, with analysis from 2018 to 2022 indicating declining life satisfaction in adolescents across 22 of 26 countries where data is available.</span></p>
<p><span>The study also highlights Ireland’s youth suicide rate as sitting above the international average, standing at 6.4 per 100,000. The report notes that suicide rates in this age group are substantially higher among males than females, although this gap appears to be narrowing.</span></p>
<p><span>Social media, relationships and family, being bullied, and the effects of Covid-19 lockdowns are all given as reasons for a decline in mental wellbeing.</span></p>
<p><span>Ireland had the highest share of adolescents whose parents spend time talking with them at least once or twice a week (91 per cent) which was strongly linked to positive life satisfaction. This compared to Japan, which was lowest on the scale, where just 53 per cent of parents spent time talking with their children.</span></p>
<p><span>“When it comes to mental health, what children experience on social media may be more pertinent than the amount of time they spend on it,” the report noted.</span></p>
<p><span>While the report examined the impact of social media on mental health, authors pointed to drawbacks, including that self-reported estimates of time spent on social media are not that reliable, whilst the links between self-reported time use and various aspects of mental health are not consistently that strong.</span></p>
<p><span>The Unicef study said that moderate social media users tended to have “somewhat higher” life satisfaction than either intensive users or children who do not use social media at all. It said: “The differences are not that large in comparison with other factors that are linked with variations in life satisfaction as already seen in Figure 6. Children who spent more than seven hours a day on social media had significantly lower than average life satisfaction, but this is a small group making up only around 6 per</span> <span>cent of 15-year-olds. </span></p>
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<p><span>“Moreover, it is possible either that spending a lot of time on social media causes lower life satisfaction, and/or that children with low life satisfaction tend to turn to intensive social media use. Children who never used social media also had lower life satisfaction than average. This group of children tend to have poor quality relationships with family and peers.”</span></p>
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<p><span>The report noted that social media use has been linked to negative body image for both girls and boys.</span></p>
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<p><span>“Self-comparisons with models and celebrities are one aspect. Daily exposure to idealized and often manipulated content can lead to feelings of inadequacy as adolescents measure their worth against unrealistic portrayals. Appearance-related social media content was identified as a particular risk.</span></p>
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<p><span>“It should be noted, however, that academic researchers had highlighted the negative effects of unrealistic beauty standards on young people’s body image, even before the rise of social media. On the other hand, digital technology use (including social media use) has</span> <span>been linked to positive aspects of well-being, such as greater satisfaction with</span> <span>Friendships.”</span></p>
<p><span>In the large majority of countries, the proportion of children with high life satisfaction fell between 2018 and 2022. Japan was the only country where children’s life satisfaction increased substantially between 2018 and 2022.</span></p>
<p><span>While both girls and boys experienced a drop in their life satisfaction, the magnitude of this decrease was, in nearly all countries, larger among girls.</span></p>
<p><span>Peter Power, executive director of Unicef Ireland, described the findings as stark, stating:</span></p>
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<p><span>“Ireland’s teens are succeeding in school, but struggling in life. We must match our investment in academic achievement with the same urgency for mental and emotional wellbeing.”</span></p>
<p><span>Noting the impact of Covid lockdowns on young people, the report detailed: “Children were</span> <span>the age group that was least seriously physically affected by the virus; they made up 0.4 per cent of the global deaths for all ages. However, COVID-19 related restrictions had a profound impact on children’s lives. In addition to lockdowns, schools were closed for long periods in most countries, included in this report, causing major disruption to children’s learning experiences and social lives. </span></p>
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<p><span>“In 2025, the memory of the COVID-19 pandemic is fading and policy and media attention has shifted to current pressing concerns. Yet, as this report highlights, the pandemic had major impacts on children’s well-being that continue to reverberate. History suggests that societal recovery from such shocks is slow.”</span></p>


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title: Announcement On COVID-19 Vaccines For Kids Coming Soon: FDA Commissioner
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Announcement On COVID-19 Vaccines For Kids Coming Soon: FDA Commissioner</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/fda-announcement-on-covid-19-vaccines-for-children-coming-soon-5857142?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge"><em>Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,</em></a></p>

<p>Health officials are poised to make an announcement on COVID-19 vaccines, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>“That is something that’s being discussed right now,” Dr. Marty Makary, the commissioner, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-charlie-kirk-show/id1460600818">said</a> in an interview, released on May 12, after being asked by political activist Charlie Kirk about whether COVID-19 vaccines will remain on the childhood vaccination schedule.</em></p>

<p><strong><em>“I think you’re going to see some announcement on that in the coming weeks, but I know they are trying to review all of the scientific data.”</em></strong></p>
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<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services, which maintains the schedule, did not respond to a request for comment.</p>

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<p>Makary told Kirk that there’s no evidence available at this time that supports giving healthy children additional COVID-19 vaccine doses.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em><strong>“That evidence does not exist, and so we’re not going to rubberstamp things at the FDA,”</strong></em> he said. </p>

<p><em><strong>“I don’t think you’re going to see the CDC pushing COVID shots in young, healthy children.”</strong></em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>The FDA commissioner, who expressed concern before joining the agency about vaccinating children, noted that there is no data from randomized, controlled trials for the COVID-19 vaccines that are currently available. The regulatory agency cleared the vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer, and Novavax in 2024, pointing to animal testing and data from previous versions of the shots.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em><strong>“There’s no good randomized control data that the current version, the latest formulation, of the COVID shot, is necessary for young, healthy children. Other leading countries in Europe have recommended against it,” </strong></em>Makary said. </p>

<p><em>“So I think you’re going to hear something forthcoming.”</em></p>
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<p>The CDC, in 2023, <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/cdc-adds-covid-19-vaccines-to-child-immunization-schedule-5048320">added</a> the COVID-19 vaccines to the vaccination schedule, following a recommendation from its vaccine advisory panel.</p>

<p>The same panel <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/cdc-advisers-lean-toward-recommending-narrower-use-of-covid-19-vaccines-5841828">said</a> in April that it is leaning toward narrowing the current universal recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination. In the same meeting, officials <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/acip/downloads/slides-2025-04-15-16/05-Panagiotakopoulos-COVID-508.pdf">noted</a> that the United Kingdom and Australia are among the countries that do not recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for healthy children.</p>

<p><strong>Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/rfk-jr-says-new-parents-should-do-your-own-research-into-vaccines-5850188">said</a> that same month that officials were considering removing the COVID-19 vaccines from the schedule. Makary has <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/fda-chief-signals-support-if-rfk-jr-withdraws-covid-19-shot-recommendation-for-children-5847669">said</a> he would support that move.</strong></p>

<p>The CDC, which has an acting director at present, has not commented on the prospect of the schedule being adjusted.</p>

<p>The American Academy of Pediatrics is among the organizations that support the current COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. The group <a href="https://www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/covid-19-vaccine-for-children/about-the-covid-19-vaccine-frequently-asked-questions/">says</a> on its site that the vaccines are safe and effective.</p>

<p>The FDA <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/fda-to-meet-on-covid-19-vaccines-5853860">is set</a> to meet with its vaccine advisers on May 22 to discuss selecting updates to the COVID-19 vaccines, with Novavax saying it plans to participate in the meeting. Pfizer and Moderna have not responded to queries.</p>
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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A sweeping Republican tax overhaul proposal, <strong>estimated to deliver double-digit percentage reductions in tax bills for average-income Americans</strong>, is drawing mounting opposition in the Senate over its accompanying cuts to health care and clean energy programs - underscoring the internal divisions complicating Republican efforts to advance a unified economic agenda.</p>

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<p>According to a <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/861679469/Jct-Distributional-Analysis-of-Gop-Budget-Reconciliation-Tax-Plan">new analysis</a> from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), <strong>households earning between $30,000 and $80,000 would see their federal taxes drop by approximately 15 percent in 2027</strong> under the House GOP plan. <strong>Americans earning between $15,000 and $30,000 would see an even steeper 21 percent decline</strong> - at least initially.</p>

<p>But those same low-income earners would see their tax bills rise sharply in later years unless extended, <strong>with increases of 12 percent in 2029 and 20 percent in 2030,</strong> the JCT found. The report attributed some of those changes to proposed reforms of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a benefit for low-income workers that Republicans argue is vulnerable to improper payments.</p>

<p>While the report’s topline numbers have fueled Republican claims that the proposal is middle-class focused, <strong>Democrats seized on the overall distribution of tax cuts in dollar terms, </strong><a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/13/congress/average-taxpayers-tax-bills-set-to-fall-under-house-tax-package-forecasters-say-00347318"><em>Politico</em></a> reports. <strong>Taxpayers earning more than $500,000 are slated to receive an aggregate cut of about $170 billion in 2027</strong> - nearly triple the $59 billion going to households earning $30,000 to $80,000.</p>

<p>The proposal has already provoked heated exchanges in the House Ways and Means Committee, where lawmakers debated the fairness and sustainability of the tax package. Democrats derided the bill as a boon to the wealthy, while Republicans pointed to new breaks for tips, overtime, and seniors as evidence of its broader appeal.</p>

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<p><em>The report is not a complete picture of winners and losers under Republicans’ plans. <strong>It doesn’t include a potential deal among lawmakers to further increase the SALT cap, beyond a proposed $30,000 limit.</strong></em></p>

<p><em>The report also only looks at the tax side of Republican plans, and does not account for changes in spending programs, like Medicaid. -Politico</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>"<strong>It's a trick</strong>," said Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI). "You do it temporarily so you can get through the 2026 election" and "then these benefits for children and elders and workers disappear, while the tax benefits for the ultra-wealthy soar."</p>

<h2>Senate Republicans Balk</h2>

<p>Yet beyond the debate over tax cuts, <strong>the House plan is facing stiff resistance in the Senate </strong>for how it proposes to offset some of the revenue losses: by slashing Medicaid and rolling back key clean energy incentives passed under the Biden administration.</p>

<p>A <strong>Congressional Budget Office (CBO)</strong> estimate found that the House bill’s Medicaid reforms could result in <strong>8.6 million people losing health care coverage</strong>, largely due to new work requirements, cost-sharing mandates, and restrictions on how states finance their Medicaid programs.</p>

<p>Several Senate Republicans voiced concern over the health care implications, especially for rural areas.</p>

<p>"<strong>These are working people in particular who are going to have to pay more</strong>," said Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), referring to new cost-sharing rules. He warned that c<strong>hanges to provider taxes</strong> - which states use to draw federal Medicaid dollars - <strong>could reduce coverage in his state and strain rural hospitals.</strong></p>

<p>"<strong>I continue to maintain my position we should not be cutting Medicaid benefits,</strong>" Hawley said.</p>

<p>Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), said the proposed treatment of provider taxes "would be very harmful to Maine’s hospitals," echoing concerns raised by other senators from rural and Medicaid-reliant states.</p>

<p>Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), also pointed to the disproportionate burden that Medicaid cuts would place on states like hers, calling the issue a key sticking point in ongoing Senate discussions.</p>

<h2>Not So Fast?</h2>

<p>In addition to health care, <strong>some</strong> <strong>senate Republicans are also wary of the House’s aggressive plans to unwind tax credits for clean energy and hydrogen development,</strong> incentives championed in the Inflation Reduction Act and credited with bringing manufacturing investments and jobs to red and purple states alike.</p>

<p>Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), who faces a competitive reelection race next year, expressed concern over quickly ending climate initiatives - suggesting that the House language on energy tax rollbacks would need to be revised.</p>

<p>"<strong>You can’t shock the markets by doing it all at once</strong>," Tillis said of the proposed clean energy phaseouts.</p>

<p>Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) also flagged potential impacts to her state’s clean hydrogen initiatives, saying she would review the House’s plan to eliminate the 45V hydrogen production credit, which could affect nearly $1 billion in planned federal support for the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub.</p>

<p>The House GOP plan is expected to pass narrowly along party lines, but <strong>Senate Republicans made clear this week that the legislation will require significant changes to win broader support in the upper chamber.</strong></p>

<p>"We are coordinating very closely with our House counterparts," said Senate Minority Whip John Thune of South Dakota. "We know they have to get 218 votes... but it’s likely we’ll have a Senate substitute."</p>

<p>As Republican leaders try to reconcile competing priorities — delivering tax relief, restraining federal spending, and maintaining political support in swing states — the path forward for the legislation remains uncertain.</p>

<p><strong>"How we navigate this," said Murkowski, "is something we’re all trying to wander through."</strong></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Department Of Defense Orders Halt To Gender Transition Medicine, Procedures</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/department-of-defense-orders-halt-to-gender-transition-medicine-procedures-5856882?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge"><em>Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,</em></a></p>

<p>The U.S. Department of Defense said in a new memorandum that it is halting medical treatments and procedures for troops who identify as transgender and other personnel with gender dysphoria (GD).</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>“Within the direct care component, meaning at military medical treatment facilities ... Service members and all other covered beneficiaries 19 years of age or older may only receive mental health care and counseling for GD,” Dr. Stephen L. Ferrara, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25939910-ferrara-memorandum/">said</a> in the memo, which is dated May 9.</em></p>

<p><strong><em>“Apart from consults for the diagnosis of GD and provision of mental health care and counseling ... staff will refer all other care (e.g., cross-sex hormone therapy) for GD to the private sector.”</em></strong></p>
</blockquote>

<p>The Pentagon did not return a request for comment by publication time.</p>

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<p>GD refers to when a person believes they’re a gender that’s different from their sex.</p>

<p><strong>President Donald Trump, after taking office in January, said in an order that “expressing a false ‘gender identity’ divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service.”</strong></p>

<p>Defense officials later said that all troops with a history of GD would be discharged, with limited exceptions. That process was paused after court rulings against the policy. The Supreme Court on May 6 <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-lets-trump-admin-ban-troops-who-identify-as-transgender-5853172">stayed</a> those rulings, enabling officials to resume the process.</p>

<p><strong>Officials <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/1000-troops-who-identify-as-transgender-being-discharged-pentagon-5855118">said</a> on May 8 that they were discharging about 1,000 troops who identify as transgender or otherwise have GD.</strong></p>

<p>Ferrara said in the new memo, which was sent to the director of the Defense Health Agency and assistant secretaries at the Army, Navy, and Air Force, that he was providing fresh guidance in light of the Supreme Court ruling.</p>

<p><strong>That includes emphasizing that military doctors are not to perform any surgeries that would aid in gender transition, such as breast removal.</strong></p>

<p>Ferrara also said that all unscheduled, scheduled, and planned surgical procedures “associated with facilitating sex reassignment for Service members diagnosed with GD” are now canceled, as are any previously approved waivers for the surgeries. </p>

<p>Ferrara said his office would accept waiver requests for care deemed medically necessary to address surgical complications.</p>

<p>The military is allowing troops with GD who have been receiving cross-sex hormones to keep receiving them until they are separated, if a health care provider recommends that path “in order to prevent further complications.”</p>

<p><strong>The Department of Defense, though, will no longer pay for newly initiated cross-sex hormones, according to the memo, as ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.</strong></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Boeing Scores Largest-Ever Order As Dealmaking Trump Tours Gulf States</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>President Trump's Gulf tour began Tuesday with the lifting of long-standing U.S. sanctions on Syria and a massive $600 billion investment deal from Saudi Arabia to invest in the American economy. The visit quickly led to a flurry of other investments, including <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/nvidia-amd-secure-saudi-ai-data-center-deals-during-trumps-gulf-states-tour">multibillion-dollar AI deals</a> between U.S. chipmakers Nvidia and AMD with Humain, a newly launched artificial intelligence firm backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. On Wednesday, the momentum continued in Qatar, where Trump unveiled Boeing's largest widebody aircraft order ever. </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Gq634veWAAAdy0g.jpg?itok=WKIJSpS7" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Gq634veWAAAdy0g.jpg?itok=WKIJSpS7"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="da5c075a-7e63-4053-9d4c-ab08e96c76e6" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Gq634veWAAAdy0g.jpg?itok=WKIJSpS7" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Faisal Al-Mudahka, editor-in-chief of the Gulf Times, described Qatar Airways' massive purchase of between 160 - 200 widebody aircraft from Boeing—the largest order in the company's history—as a "win-win" for both nations.</p>

<p>"I think Donald Trump and Qatar know how to package things to make political gains and economic gains," Al-Mudahka said.</p>

<p>Qatar Airways has become one of the world's top airlines, with a growing market share worldwide. The expanded fleet of the 787 Dreamliner model will allow the airline to add more long-haul flights. </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_12-15-06.png?itok=1my1_TBj" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_12-15-06.png?itok=1my1_TBj"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4d8b827a-f502-424f-8c0a-6d56f386ca80" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="308" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-05-14_12-15-06.png?itok=1my1_TBj" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Earlier, Trump participated in a signing ceremony on a series of bilateral agreements with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, including:</p>

<ul><li>
	<p><em>Qatar Airways signed an agreement to purchase 210 787 Dreamliner and 777X aircraft powered by GE Aerospace engines. </em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><em>A number of defence agreements, including a letter of intent on defence cooperation and a letter offer and acceptance for MQ-9B drones. </em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><em>A joint declaration of cooperation between the two nations. </em></p>
	</li>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">President Donald Trump says Boeing won an order from Qatar Airways amid a flurry of deals between Gulf nations.<br><br>
The agreement signed by the carrier is for 160 aircraft in what it said is the largest order in the company’s history <a href="https://t.co/tUQDzkarlz">https://t.co/tUQDzkarlz</a> <a href="https://t.co/9OF61zHB4f">pic.twitter.com/9OF61zHB4f</a></p>
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/BloombergTV/status/1922663976577425452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>After the signing ceremony, Qatar's emir said he had a "great" few hours with Trump, during which they discussed various topics. </p>

<p>"I think after signing these documents, we are going to another level of relations," the emir said. </p>

<p>Trump also congratulated Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, who was also in Doha, for the signing of the deal. </p>

<p>Here's the White House's fact sheet of the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-1-2-trillion-economic-commitment-in-qatar/">agreement</a> with Qatar to generate at least $1.2 trillion in economic activity between both countries:</p>

<ul><li>
	<p><em>The landmark deals celebrated today will drive innovation and prosperity for generations, bolster American manufacturing and technological leadership, and put America on the path to a new Golden Age.</em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><em>Since President Trump took office, his commitment to American manufacturing and innovation has attracted trillions of dollars in investments and global commercial deals. Allies like Qatar are partnering in the United States' success.</em></p>
	</li>
</ul><p>Boeing shares rose 2% in the late morning cash session in New York, trading around the $208 handle—the highest level in roughly 15 months</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Snag_917533e0.png?itok=xH7mF33B" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Snag_917533e0.png?itok=xH7mF33B"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d9d84f77-f156-48e9-8d75-4c66bdca38bd" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="274" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Snag_917533e0.png?itok=xH7mF33B" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>On Tuesday, at the start of Trump's trip, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund announced a $4.8 billion Boeing order. </p>

<p>President Trump is expected to return to the U.S. later this week, ready to boast about the mega-deals signed with Gulf states—deals he's likely to frame as part of the agenda to ascend America into a new Golden Age. This strategy comes as easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China has helped the stock market recover much of the recent trade war-related losses.</p>

<p>The media strategy from the White House appears clear: build and sustain momentum with positive economic news that squeezes left-leaning corporate media out of the conversation because of their persistent misinformation and disinformation campaigns.</p>

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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Circling The Firing Squad: Democratic Party Moves To Negate Earlier Election Of David Hogg</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2025/05/14/circling-the-fire-squad-the-democratic-party-moves-to-negate-earlier-election-of-david-hogg/"><em>Authored by Joanthan Turley,</em></a></p>

<p>The <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5256401-democrats-call-for-generational-change/">Democratic National Committee</a> (DNC) is about to show the perils of circling a firing squad. In its announcement that it will nullify the election of David Hogg and another Vice Chair, the DNC reminded the public why they have left the Democratic Party. <strong>The sudden decision that there were procedural irregularities in the election (after Hogg said that he would target older Democratic incumbents) leaves the DNC looking more like the CCP.</strong> </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/hogg_david300-e1689880455610.jpg?itok=oSQeJqf6" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/hogg_david300-e1689880455610.jpg?itok=oSQeJqf6"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d8006f84-5f26-4518-81dc-22a43ba78f4c" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/hogg_david300-e1689880455610.jpg?itok=oSQeJqf6" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><strong>However, it gets worse.</strong></p>

<p>Hogg caused a controversy by announcing that he will work to primary older Democratic incumbents through his group, Leaders We Deserve, to bring young candidates into the party. The leadership ordered him to retract the pledge or resign. He did neither.</p>

<p>Then, the DNC announced that there were “irregularities” in how he and Pennsylvania state Rep. <a href="https://thehill.com/people/malcolm-kenyatta/">Malcolm Kenyatta </a>won two of the three vice chair positions.</p>

<p><strong>The reason? One of the losing candidates, Kalyn Free, filed a complaint during the original election alleging that the DNC failed to follow rules on gender diversity.</strong></p>

<p>If you recall, the Democratic Party was widely mocked over the difficulty of the DNC leadership to explain its convoluted rules for guaranteeing gender and racial diversity. It became a parody of itself.</p>

<p><strong>This is just one of the efforts to explain the rules:</strong></p>

<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T26QgF4uD_w" title="DNC obsesses over Gender Equality" width="560" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe></p>

<p>Jamie Harrison eventually had to turn it over to another DNC member who had equal difficulty explaining the gender equality rules and procedures:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>HARRISON: “Because of our gender balance provisions on this next ballot, you will be able to vote for two candidates of any gender on the next ballot. OK? So on this next ballot, you will be able to vote for two candidates of any gender on the next ballot. If two candidates receive — I’m going to turn to Helen to clarify this last part.”</em></p>

<p><em>UNKNOWN FEMALE: “You are in this next ballot where you have two votes. As the chair has said, you may vote for two males, two females, two of any gender. OK? No, you can’t do that. Because we’ve got to balance. You could vote for one of any gender, OK? Non-binary gender. Excuse me. It is late. OK?”</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>After she lost, Free filed her complaint.</strong> </p>

<p>It would have been an easy matter to determine if there was an invalid balloting but the DNC moved on…for months.</p>

<p><strong>After Hogg refused to recant or resign, the DNC then issued this procedural excuse to negate the election.</strong></p>

<p>For many, the exercise seemed yet another manipulation by the DNC after it refused to have a real debate over the nomination of Kamala Harris and simply held a coronation at the convention after she failed to secure a single primary vote. Despite spending over $1.2 billion, she lost to Trump.</p>

<p>DNC members rushed forward to insist that this was just a coincidence and had nothing to do with Hogg’s controversy.</p>

<p><strong>However, they then contradicted that claim in comments to the media as Hogg himself said that it was about his campaign to bring in young voters.</strong></p>

<p>One former official told the media, “This is not about David Hogg, despite what he’s saying. It is gender balance…. It’s in the rules that the officers need to be balanced between men and women.” </p>

<p>However, the same official then added <em>“<strong>The full DNC now gets to vote again. If they like what Hogg is doing then that’s great, and he’ll be re-elected.</strong> It was disingenuous to not reveal his intentions the first time before they voted. While it has nothing to do with him, it’s an elected position so now we’ll find out if the party supports it or not, which they very well may.”</em></p>

<p><strong>Another former official insisted that the vote was needed because “either Hogg is wrong and misled members or they think he’s doing the right thing. Either way, it’ll be settled. And he can’t complain. A re-vote is not forcing him out, there are other ways to do that if they chose to.”</strong></p>

<p>I grew up in a liberal Democratic family in Chicago and spent much of my life working for Democratic politicians. It has been astonishing to watch the current Democratic leadership destroy their own party with identity politics and radical agendas.</p>

<p>Yet, this takes the cake. We have not seen such a display since the arrival of the Judean People’s Front Crack Suicide Squad:</p>

<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUHk2RSMCS8" title="Suicide Squad" width="560" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Tether Buys $459 Million In Crypto, Launches New Bitcoin Treasury Company</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1865602/000121390025042647/ea0241786-8k425_cantor.htm">revealed</a> in a new filing with the SEC yesterday that <strong>Tether bought 4,812.2 Bitcoin for a total of $458.7 million on behalf of Jack Mallers’ <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/jack-mallers-named-ceo-of-new-bitcoin-powerhouse-twenty-one-capital-plans-to-launch-with-42000-btc">recently</a> launched Bitcoin treasury company, Twenty One Capital</strong>, which plans to eventually go public under the ticker XXI. </p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>“Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, Tether agreed that within ten (10) business days thereof, it would purchase a number of Bitcoin equal to an aggregate purchase price of $458,700,000,” Cantor stated in the filing. </em></p>

<p><em>“With the Convertible Notes PIPE, entered into on April 22, 2025 by Pubco and the Company with certain investors, less a holdback amount of $52,000,000), and place such Bitcoin in a digital wallet held or operated by or on behalf of Tether.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/jack-mallers-twenty-one-capital-and-tether-bought-4812-bitcoin-for-458700000">As Bitcoin Magazine reports,</a> <strong>Tether is holding the Bitcoin in a digital wallet, which anyone can view the holdings online <a href="https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/bc1qzup4k7zn9jur7a8kz0dnaernzyf60h8ez6s9cpmp23wfw5djhvusd4p0v3">here</a>...</strong></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/AD_4nXcWfcYHbdU1P5IVbCZ6SOZEzJQG.jpg?itok=V6NYABk_" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/AD_4nXcWfcYHbdU1P5IVbCZ6SOZEzJQG.jpg?itok=V6NYABk_"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7b93630d-7bb7-4986-beee-f4a26f93984b" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="188" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/AD_4nXcWfcYHbdU1P5IVbCZ6SOZEzJQG.jpg?itok=V6NYABk_" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><strong>...showcasing further transparency into their holdings</strong> similar to how some spot Bitcoin ETF issuers and other public corporations, such as <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/bitwise-first-to-join-new-spot-bitcoin-etf-transparency-dashboard-by-hoseki">Bitwise</a> and <a href="https://metaplanet.mempool.space/">Metaplanet</a>, have done with their holdings.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>“The Initial PIPE Bitcoin will be sold by Tether to Pubco at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement upon the funding of the PIPE Investments by the PIPE Investors for a purchase price of $458,700,000,” the filing further stated.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Cantor Equity Partners Inc., currently trading under the ticker CEP, is now live in the markets as it works toward completing its merger with Twenty One Capital. </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Gq2yru9WoAAyjXb.jpg?itok=LN4mPchE" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Gq2yru9WoAAyjXb.jpg?itok=LN4mPchE"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a256da92-64ff-4bce-81da-8b2150539dab" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="312" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Gq2yru9WoAAyjXb.jpg?itok=LN4mPchE" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>CEO Jack Mallers recently emphasized the firm’s aggressive Bitcoin acquisition strategy, stating: </p>

<blockquote>
<p><strong><em>“We do intend to raise as much capital as we possibly can to acquire Bitcoin… We will never have Bitcoin per share negative. At least that is our intent. Our intent is to make sure when you are a shareholder of Twenty One that you are getting wealthier in Bitcoin terms.”</em></strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">JUST IN: Twenty One Capital CEO Jack Mallers says "we do intend to raise as much capital as we possibly can to acquire <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bitcoin</a>" 💥 <a href="https://t.co/IrCyy2QVnS">pic.twitter.com/IrCyy2QVnS</a></p>
— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) <a href="https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1915080871813550221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>In an also recent <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cointelegraph/videos/-new-twenty-one-capital-ceo-jack-mallers-explains-how-the-firms-bitcoin-strategy/23959105460349112/">interview</a>, Jack Mallers described Twenty One Capital’s mission clearly:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>“We want to be the ultimate vehicle for the capital markets to participate in Bitcoin…building on top of Bitcoin. So we are a Bitcoin business at our core. It’s our founding, it’s in our name, it’s on our board, it’s at our leadership.”</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>At launch, <strong>the company will hold over <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/jack-mallers-named-ceo-of-new-bitcoin-powerhouse-twenty-one-capital-plans-to-launch-with-42000-btc">42,000 Bitcoin</a>, instantly making it one of the largest corporate holders of BTC worldwide</strong> - only behind industry giants like Strategy. </p>
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title: Enquête SAAQclic : le CA savait que le projet avait « tous les défauts »
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<p>« Je ne comprends pas qu'on ait si mal évalué les besoins à la SAAQ », dit un ancien membre du CA.</p>

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title: Un primer perfil del Papa León XIV
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<p><strong><em>Pasemos de la desinformación y las confusiones, a un resumen de información concreta e indicios razonables que permitan vislumbrar la lógica del pontificado de León XIV.</em></strong></p>
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<p>El Cónclave de 2025 concluyó en un plazo relativamente corto con la elección del cardenal Robert Francis Prevost para el Trono de San Pedro, como sucesor del recién fallecido Papa Francisco. Prevost eligió para sí el nombre papal de León XIV, una elección significativa en sí misma.</p>
<p>Pasemos, entonces, más allá de la desinformación y las confusiones, a un resumen de información concreta e indicios razonables que permitan vislumbrar la lógica del pontificado de León XIV.</p>
<p>En primer lugar, el consenso hacia Prevost fue, en última instancia, amplio. El deseo de un pontificado estable, moderado y conciliador prevaleció sobre otras preocupaciones, e incluso los cardenales imbuidos de un fervor más “ideológico” (tanto del campo conservador como del progresista) parecen haber puesto el bien y la unidad de la Iglesia Católica como máxima prioridad. La construcción de esta elección parece haber partido de los cardenales norteamericanos, particularmente del cardenal Timothy Dolan, relativamente cercano a Donald Trump. En vísperas del Cónclave, Prevost habría participado en una reunión con otros cardenales en los aposentos del cardenal Raymond Burke, de orientación tradicionalista. Según todo indica, Prevost también habría recibido el apoyo del cardenal Robert Sarah, favorito de los conservadores.</p>
<p>Teniendo en cuenta que la apuesta del cardenal Pietro Parolin era que sería preferido ante una posible candidatura ultraprogresista, como la de los cardenales Tagle o Zuppi, pero esto no se materializó, su candidatura —la más cotizada por los expertos— terminó naufragando rápidamente.</p>
<p>Ahora, después de los hechos, todos los cardenales, sin excepción, parecen entusiasmados con el resultado del Cónclave. El “Espíritu”, en efecto, operó hegelianamente una síntesis dialéctica entre los dos últimos pontificados; pero al hacerlo, señaló hacia lo Absoluto tal como se manifestaba más evidentemente en otros tiempos. Así, sin dejar de ser una especie de fusión entre Benedicto XVI (apego a la tradición) y Francisco (opción preferencial por los pobres), Prevost remite a una Iglesia previa al Vaticano II, “eterna”, recordando con su elección de nombre que la Iglesia Católica no nació en el siglo XX ni se reduce a los dilemas de ese siglo, los cuales terminaron ocupando un papel excesivamente central en los últimos años, como se vio en la polémica de la “misa en latín”.</p>
<p>En este perfecto equilibrio, León XIV parece combinar una humildad y cercanía inspiradas en el pontificado anterior con una apreciación por la belleza y la tradición que evoca el pontificado de Benedicto XVI. Aún tenemos poco para confirmarlo, pero esta perfecta moderación ya se evidencia en las apariciones públicas del nuevo Papa, tanto en su forma de hablar como en la recuperación de elementos litúrgicos abandonados. Menos mediático, el nuevo Papa parece evitará las polémicas que Francisco, sin querer, suscitó y, por ahora, ha mantenido un discurso cristocéntrico enfocado en temas teológicos más centrales.</p>
<p>Al explicar su elección de nombre, León XIV se mostró fundamentalmente interesado en rescatar y continuar los aportes fundamentales de León XIII, destacando especialmente la encíclica Rerum Novarum, crítica fundamental del capitalismo (y del marxismo) y documento inspirador de las legislaciones laborales en gran parte del mundo a principios del siglo XX. En esta encíclica, León XIII fundó la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia Católica, abordando temas como el “salario justo”, la “usura”, la “explotación” y muchos otros típicos del capitalismo industrial, para dar a estos debates una perspectiva católica.</p>
<p>León XIV insistió en la necesidad de continuar la crítica necesaria al Capital desarraigado y usurero como explotador de los pueblos, pero también enfatizó la urgencia de movilizar una crítica católica hacia las nuevas expresiones del Capital y la Técnica, como la IA y otras tecnologías desarrolladas por las grandes corporaciones. Es plausible, por tanto, que la Iglesia Católica comience a pronunciarse con mayor detalle sobre el transhumanismo y sus diversas manifestaciones y tendencias contemporáneas.</p>
<p>Tenemos así al primer Papa norteamericano, coincidiendo, además, con la nueva presidencia de Donald Trump. El catolicismo gana importancia en EE.UU. (abarcando el 20% de la población), lo que sin duda impactará en las relaciones entre el Vaticano y el hegemón unipolar en decadencia. Claro está, Trump intentará aprovechar la elección de un Papa norteamericano en su beneficio (y llama la atención que él ya parecía saber que el nuevo Papa sería estadounidense incluso antes del anuncio del resultado…). Al mismo tiempo, el nuevo Papa ocasionalmente volverá su atención hacia la profunda crisis nihilista en la que EE.UU. sigue sumergido (crisis, por cierto, muy bien descrita por Benedicto XVI).</p>
<p>Sería un error, sin embargo, ver a Prevost como un simple “trumpista”. Naturalmente conservador, como cardenal, Prevost parece haberse situado dentro de un conservadurismo conciliador y humanista. Crítico de la inmigración masiva, por ejemplo, no dejaba de oponerse a los métodos utilizados por el gobierno de Trump para abordar el tema. Su anticapitalismo, además, haría imposible asociarlo con la derecha reaccionaria tradicional, y sus posiciones son completamente incompatibles con el tecno-feudalismo neorreaccionario. Aun así, Prevost siempre dejó clara una postura antitética a las tendencias posmodernas en temas sexuales y de género —mucho más que el Papa Francisco.</p>
<p>No debe olvidarse, sin embargo, que es tan latinoamericano como norteamericano. Habiendo pasado gran parte de su vida en Perú y con ciudadanía peruana, el Papa León XIV habló en español en su discurso inaugural y claramente se siente profundamente conectado con las comunidades pobres del Tercer Mundo. Su elección, en este sentido, es una señal del reconocimiento de la creciente importancia del Sur Global. Incluso el primer Papa norteamericano es, en la práctica, también un representante del Tercer Mundo.</p>
<p>En cuanto al perfil geopolítico de León XIV, aún es demasiado pronto para hacer afirmaciones sustanciales. El nuevo Papa ha decidido mantener a Parolin como Secretario de Estado por ahora, por lo que es razonable predecir una continuidad geopolítica entre este pontificado y el anterior (que ya fue una continuación del de Benedicto XVI).</p>
<p>Los únicos comentarios geopolíticos razonablemente destacables hechos por el nuevo Papa hasta ahora han enfatizado la importancia de la paz e indican que León XIV se esforzará por desempeñar un papel cada vez más activo en las cumbres mundiales y en los conflictos diplomáticos del siglo XXI. De hecho, ha expresado su anhelo por una paz justa y duradera en Ucrania, por un acuerdo rápido y perdurable entre India y Pakistán, y ha subrayado que la situación de los palestinos en Gaza le inquieta especialmente, exigiendo un alto al fuego inmediato.</p>
<p>Ya sabemos, además, que Israel se sentirá incómodo con el nuevo Papa —tal como causó malestar entre los sionistas su declaración de que los cristianos son el “pueblo elegido” de Dios.</p>
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title: Royal College of Psychiatrists opposes assisted suicide
author: ;Maria Maynes
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<div><img src="https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2560.png" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p><strong>The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) says it “cannot support” Britain’s Assisted Suicide Bill, pulling its support for the legislation ahead of its return to the House of Commons on Friday.</strong></p>
<p>It comes after plans to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland passed the first stage on Tuesday. The announcement by the RCP will come as a blow to supporters of the Bill, which has fallen victim to a series of setbacks since MPs voted it through at second reading in November. The Guardian newspaper is among outlets in Britain to report that at least five MPs who had abstained on the Bill have now decided to vote against it.</p>
<p>In a statement posted to its website, the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) said it was calling on MPs to consider “serious concerns” about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales, ahead of the pivotal Commons Report stage debate and Third Reading.</p>
<p>“With too many unanswered questions about the safeguarding of people with mental illness, the College has concluded that it cannot support the Bill in its current form,” it said.</p>
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<p>“RCPsych is once again sharing its expert clinical insight to support MPs in making informed decisions ahead of the debate in Westminster on Friday 16 May 2025.”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>“During the Committee stage of the parliamentary process, the College raised questions about the assessments of the coordinating doctor and independent doctor, and is now raising further questions about the multidisciplinary panel (which would include a psychiatrist) being proposed by the Bill,” it added.</p>
<p>The body guiding the profession in England and Wales urged MPs to consider a range of factors, including terminal illness as a risk factor for suicide.</p>
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<p>“Should the Bill become law in England and Wales, it needs to set out clearly how and at what point a clinician would be deemed to have discharged their duty of care to those who are at risk of self-harm or suicide under existing legislation and codes of practice,” it said.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The organisation also said that there should be a requirement for a holistic assessment of unmet need, highlighting treatable needs such as intolerable pain, financial hardship and inadequate care or housing – pointing out that any of these factors could make a person want to die.</p>
<p>“Yet the Bill makes no provision to assess unmet needs at any stage, nor consult others involved in the person’s care or life,” it said.</p>
<p>RCP also said that assisted dying/assisted suicide “is not a treatment” as it “does not aim to improve a person’s health and its intended consequence is death.”</p>
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<p>“The Bill does not specify whether AD/AS is considered a treatment option and this ambiguity has major implications in law in England and Wales. Should this Bill proceed, it should be explicit that AD/AS is not a treatment option.”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The body expressed a concern that it would not be clear what a psychiatrist’s role on a multidisciplinary panel would be, adding: “If this Bill proceeds in England and Wales, any role a psychiatrist plays in an AD/AS process should be consistent with the core duties of the profession, including determining whether a person’s wish to die can be remedied or treated.”</p>
<p>Dr Lade Smith CBE, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said:</p>
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<p>“After extensive engagement with our members, and with the expertise of our assisted dying/assisted suicide working group, the RCPsych has reached the conclusion that we are not confident in the Terminally Ill Adults Bill in its current form, and we therefore cannot support the Bill as it stands.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>“It’s integral to a psychiatrist’s role to consider how people’s unmet needs affect their desire to live. The Bill, as proposed, does not honour this role, or require other clinicians involved in the process to consider whether someone’s decision to die might change with better support.</p>
<p>“We are urging MPs to look again at our concerns for this once-in-a-generation Bill and prevent inadequate assisted dying/assisted suicide proposals from becoming law.”</p>
<p>Last year, the RCP had said that it was considering its position, stating: “It is right that this decision is made by parliamentarians for their respective jurisdictions.” However, in a briefing it urged MPs to “give careful consideration to the safeguarding of patients and their doctors as well as the reliability of consent procedures.”</p>
<p>The body, ahead of MPs voting through the Bill last November, highlighted the broader issue of consent, raising concerns that assessing someone’s mental capacity can be a complex process, particularly for people with physical and mental illnesses. The RCP also said that the Bill had the potential to place pressure on existing mental health services.</p>
<p>It said: “While the decision to introduce AD/AS should be made by parliamentarians, all clinicians must be afforded the right to refuse to take part in an AD/AS service for any reason. This should include those who object on moral, religious or spiritual grounds as well as for professional reasons.</p>
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<p>“If there is an AD/AS service in the future, it would need to operate on an opt-in model. It also needs to be made clear whether medical professionals will be required to refer people on for an assessment, even if they do not wish to take part in the delivery of such a service. Many clinicians may view this as a form of participation and find it to be unacceptable.”</p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">US Charges High-Ranking Mexican Drug Cartel Suspects With Narco-Terrorism</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://headlineusa.com/subscribe/">Via Headline USA</a>,</p>

<p><strong>U.S. officials unveiled an indictment Tuesday against two alleged Mexican drug cartel leaders on narco-terrorism charges.</strong></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/1000-6-e1678165169698_0.jpg?itok=FqcIIOlC" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/1000-6-e1678165169698_0.jpg?itok=FqcIIOlC"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d78ef38e-4b9c-4bc6-9f96-991cf12fdc81" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="250" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/1000-6-e1678165169698_0.jpg?itok=FqcIIOlC" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>The indictment comes after the Trump administration in February designated the Sinaloa Cartel and seven other <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gangs-cartels-sinaloa-aragua-trump-terrorist-organizations-b223f4eb513105fb8d965f80a6cecfeb">Latin American crime organizations</a> as “foreign terrorist organizations,” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-us-drug-cartels-terrorist-organizations-8f010b9762964417039b65a10131ff64">upping its pressure on cartels</a> operating in the U.S. and on anyone aiding them. President Donald Trump called for the designation in an executive order on <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportation-immigration-homan-asylum-inauguration-ac10480dc636b758ab3c435b974aeb19">Jan. 20, the day he took office in his second term</a>.</p>

<p><strong>The “foreign terrorist organization” label is unusual because it deploys a terrorist designation normally reserved for groups like al-Qaida or the Islamic State group that use violence for political ends — not for money-focused crime rings such as the <a href="https://headlineusa.com/tag/drug-cartels">drug cartels</a>.</strong></p>

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<p><em>“If you act like a terrorist, you shouldn’t be surprised if you are charged as one,” said Adam Gordon, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Those charged were described as key leaders of the Beltrán Leyva Organization, according to the indictment. The organization is one of a number of warring criminal groups that once formed part of the Sinaloa Cartel and have since split off and warred for territory and power, fueling bloodshed in large swathes of Mexico.</p>

<p><strong>Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel, were also charged with providing material support of terrorism in connection with the trafficking of massive amounts of <a href="https://headlineusa.com/tag/fentanyl">fentanyl</a>, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin into the United States, </strong>according to court documents. </p>

<p>Five other high-ranking members were charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.</p>

<p>All remain fugitives, officials said.</p>

<p><strong>The father and son have overseen “one of the largest and most sophisticated fentanyl production networks in the world,” </strong>Gordon said. </p>

<p>The organization is accused of trafficking tens of thousands of kilograms (pounds) of fentanyl into the United States.</p>

<p>Mexican authorities in December raided multiple sites controlled by the father and son that resulted in the world’s largest seizure of fentanyl, totaling 1,500 kilograms (more than 1.65 tons), according to court documents.</p>

<p><strong>The group is also known for its violence, engaging in shootouts, kidnappings, torture and murders and targeting officials.</strong> </p>

<p>It controls the drug trade in various parts of Central America and in many areas of <a href="https://headlineusa.com/tag/Mexico">Mexico</a> – including in the border city of Tijuana, across from San Diego, according to the indictment.</p>

<p>The elder Pedro is paralyzed after being shot by a rival cartel member. <strong>His group has been one of the top distributors of cocaine and now fentanyl since 2006, Gordon said.</strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>Nesse mundo que surge, esta Europa, este ocidente, não terão lugar.</em></strong></p>
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<p>Podemos ler mil livros sobre a segunda guerra mundial, sobre qualquer guerra, e nunca percebermos o que significaram para os povos martirizados que as sofreram. Milhões de palavras escritas, muitas da mais enviesada das formas – no mau sentido -, horas sem fim de documentários televisivos, oportunamente disponibilizados no <em>mainstream</em>, não apenas não chegam, como são incontornavelmente insuficientes para sentir, entender, conhecer – com a humildade que a obtenção da verdadeira sabedoria importa –, o que sentem os povos das ex-repúblicas soviéticas quando invocam o Dia da Vitória.</p>
<p>Para chegarmos a tal sabedoria, não temos outra alternativa que não seja a de nos fundir, imergir e mergulhar no grupo, na comunidade, nas comemorações. Como referem muitos entendidos na questão da Inteligência Artificial, a ia nunca poderá ser “inteligente”, porque lhe falta o corpo, o corpo que transporta, condiciona e interage com a mente, sumula sem a qual não existe “inteligência”, depois, falta-lhe a emoção e todo o potencial informativo que as emoções transportam. Existem sentimentos que, uma vez transmitidos e recebidos, transportam consigo uma informação tal, de tão enorme profundidade e densidade, que não existem palavras que os possam descrever, com exceção das aproximações de artistas, filósofos, religiosos e de outras dimensões mais sentimentais de expressão da nossa inteligência.</p>
<p>Ora, o sentir Russo, Moldavo, Georgiano, Bielorrusso, Cazaque, Ucraniano (estou a falar de “Ucranianos”!) ou Arménio, em relação à segunda guerra mundial constitui uma dessas maravilhosas formas de expressão que apenas é possível de sentir, não podendo ser traduzida para palavras, o que aqui faço com toda a ousadia e risco de cair no ridículo. A forma como estas pessoas celebram a vitória, o êxtase e o alívio, o amor, a perda – imensa -, só podem ser comparadas, para nós portugueses e podendo cair no ridículo uma vez mais, ao sentimento de “saudade”. Se, até hoje, ninguém conseguiu traduzir por palavras em que consiste a “saudade”, por maioria de razão, também ninguém o consegue fazer com o que é o dia da vitória.</p>
<p>Contudo, quando nos mesclamos, como intrusos amigáveis, por entre aqueles que conhecem, entendem e sabem, em toda a extensão do seu ser, o que significou o dia da vitória, somos obrigados a questionar muita coisa. Como podemos não nos sentir transportados para a dor dos que transportam os quadros com os seus entes queridos, perdidos em batalha? Como não nos sentirmos emocionados com as cantigas de amor cantadas por soldados e amantes, tanto por esperança e expectativa da volta, como por motivação para a luta que eterniza o afastamento? Existe algo mais contraditório e altruisticamente desapegado do que dizer que se sente falta de alguém e ao mesmo tempo dizer “continua por aí, que eu te aguardo o tempo que for necessário”. Muitas das canções que os povos ex-soviéticos cantam, todos os anos, de crianças a idosos, representam essa contradição: o individuo que ama com todo o egoísmo que o amor pode representar, de mãos dadas com o membro da comunidade, o patriota, que ama tanto que consegue desapegar-se de si e entregar o seu amor a uma luta que garanta a sua volta, mas não sozinho, com os seus. O patriotismo é assim, gostar de nós, porque gostamos dos outros, dos nossos, sabendo que a nossa existência só tem sentido com eles. Seres egoístas e mesquinhos, que colocam o dinheiro, a carreira, as coisas acima de tudo, nunca o poderão compreender.</p>
<p>É por não conhecerem isto que tantos escrevem o que escrevem e tantos lêem o que lêem, sem perceber o básico: só podemos perceber em profundidade o outro, quando nos tentamos tornar nele! Para percebermos tudo, temos de ser tudo. E, neste sentido, a nossa vantagem seria enorme, como ocidentais: sabemos o que é ser ocidental, porque o somos e podemos saber o que é ser Eslavo, Russo, euroasiático, asiático, africano ou sul-americano, porque eles nos recebem de braços abertos se os quisermos experimentar. E como pretender conhecer, sem almejar o todo? Mesmo que não se consiga?</p>
<p>Ora, esta promoção da memória histórica, da memória sofrida, da memória vivida e reproduzida; a celebração das raízes, da identidade, no sentido mais profundo que a liberdade pode assumir, que consiste na liberdade de ser; a evocação da história, o seu conhecimento e a identificação das referências passadas, que pela sua importância devam ser transpostas para o futuro, como faróis na mente colectiva, que iluminam a identidade cultural, nacional, étnica e regional; o respeito pelos seus, pelos vitoriosos, mas também pelos mártires, por todos os que, anonima ou reconhecidamente contribuíram para a construção do presente e a garantia da sua projecção no futuro; toda esta profundidade, este sentimento de si, quase palpável, de quem gosta de ser o que é e que não quer ser outra coisa do que aquilo que já é, está em directa colisão com o que vemos hoje no ocidente. Num ocidente onde todos se sentem mal na sua pele e tal é promovido de muitas e variadas formas.</p>
<p>Se ali se celebra a pátria, no sentido material do termo, do amor ao povo, aos valores e símbolos, aos costumes e tradições, à língua e a uma cultura, aos defeitos e às virtudes, não como forma de excluir o outro – como faz o nacionalismo -, mas como expressão da liberdade, identidade e humanidade, que nos ligam a todos enquanto seres humanos e nos integram num ecossistema de diversidade que, ao invés de destruído, deve ser promovido e assimilado – a Federação Russa é um exemplo dessa integração de identidades nacionais e étnicas -, tudo isto é feito enquanto na EU se promove, precisamente, o contrário.</p>
<p>Na EU da mobilidade, do federalismo financeiro e da pretensa superioridade civilizacional dos povos do Norte sobre os do Sul, promove-se o Inglês, como sistema operativo universal que infecta e suprime todas as línguas dos países mais pequenos, cuja dimensão não lhes reconhece o direito à tradução simultânea na média dos eventos europeus. Se num caso se promove o apego às raízes (quase todo o sul global é assim), no ocidente promove-se o desenraizamento, a mobilidade, a superficialidade de valores e referências efémeras, contemporâneas sim, mas sem profundidade histórica e, por isso mesmo, mais facilmente passíveis de alterações semióticas constantes, consoante as necessidades do poder vigente.</p>
<p>Num caso festeja-se a derrota do nazi-fascismo e celebra-se a sua derrota, na EU confunde-se comunismo com fascismo, anulando as referências filosóficas da primeira e normalizando a segunda, através de uma relação superficial de coincidências que apenas confirmam a natureza humana de uma e outra. Anulando as referências históricas profundas, de uma ideologia que surge como instrumento de libertação e emancipação, comparando-a a uma ideologia reaccionária, que pela superficialidade teórica é instrumento de opressão e aprisionamento das mentes, a EU pode assim moldar os comportamentos à sua vontade, fazendo avançar a indiferença para com os comportamentos que, analisados à luza da história, logo seriam revelados como fascizantes, como sucede em Gaza, na Cisjordânia, às mãos do sionismo, cuja natureza reaccionária e obscurantista bebe a sua origem no mesmo local e estirpe que concebeu o fascismo.</p>
<p>É assim que assistimos ao apagamento da memória histórica dos livros da escola, à normalização da rapina e da pilhagem e ao desprezo pelo sofrimento alheio, em especial o que é produto do ocidente. O ocidente bonzinho nunca se engana, mata ou oprime. O Sul Global mau, não deixa o ocidente bonzinho salvá-lo de si próprio.</p>
<p>A história, tal como no tempo do fascismo, ao invés de ser vivida, passa a ser situada no seu tempo passado, sem que se estabeleça com ela a relação dialética que transpusesse, para o hoje, os ensinamentos e referências que a sua passagem e estudo pressupõem. A escravatura, o colonialismo, o imperialismo, a guerra, são abordadas como factos passados, ou característicos de outros, aos quais abusiva e falaciosamente é atribuído o epíteto. Todas essas formas de exploração são abordadas sem relação com a actualidade, desligando a nossa percepção do presente e a perspectiva futura, dos ensinamentos do passado, como se fossem irrepetíveis, como se não tivessem deixado a sua marca no que somos e fazemos, como se, por essa via, não continuassem a existir todos os dias. Quem não aprende e tem a humildade de condenar a sua própria história, condena-se a repeti-la.</p>
<p>Enquanto a Federação Russa celebra a sua continuidade histórica, tendo rejeitado o revisionismo dos idos 90, o ocidente celebra a sua interrupção, reescrita e a construção de uma identidade desenraizada e superficial e, por isso mesmo, mais dócil e moldável, como sucede com um qualquer animal quando retirado do seu meio, do seu grupo, do seu habitat.</p>
<p>Mas porque não pode a Europa Ocidental perceber isto? Porque é que, pelo menos nesta fase, eu acredito que esta capacidade de viver a história, a identidade, as raízes que conduzem a soberania e da soberania à liberdade, não apenas como indivíduos, mas como povos, não está ao alcance dos países ocidentais, em especial dos da EU, EUA e anglo-saxónicos? E porque é que isto é tão importante para a nossa emancipação e libertação e, por isso mesmo, deve ser alimentado, celebrado e vivido?</p>
<p>Em primeiro lugar, se somos o que somos, é porque os nossos antepassados foram o que foram, tal querendo dizer que a nossa existência, em tudo o que a compõe, é o resultado de todas essas vivências históricas. Tais vivências, quando transmitidas, quer pela genética, quer pela cultura, compõem o que designamos de identidade e essa identidade, porque é também uma expressão de liberdade – a liberdade de ser -, tem também uma relação dialéctica com a nossa identidade. Uma e outra revolvem em si, em movimento, ora somando, anulando-se e assimilando-se, para resultarem na súmula do que dizemos ser perante os outros.</p>
<p>Essa expressão individual de uma liberdade que não é apenas nossa, mas do todo histórico e social que nos origina, é também uma expressão da diversidade humana. Essa diversidade tem também uma relação dialéctica com o mundo, podendo integrar-se, anular-se ou fundir-se. Na sua expressão colectiva, esta identidade, quando agrupada, conduz, no final, ao que designamos de sentimento patriótico – de pertença a algo – e até à identidade nacional, que pode estar mais ou menos desligada disto tudo, consoante a abordagem mais idealista ou materialista.</p>
<p>A EU confronta uma e outra, como confronta a soberania e, ao confrontar a soberania, acaba a confrontar a identidade e liberdade individual. Ao suprimir as referências, que funcionam como protecções contra os movimentos assimiladores indesejados, acabamos vítimas da expropriação histórica. A nossa história não se funde para originar algo novo, pelo contrário, é suprimida e substituída por algo invasivo. Os portugueses passam a comer Hamburgueres e Pizzas, mas não vemos os Alemães fazerem da Paelha espanhola a base da sua alimentação. Se é que me entendem. Vejo as nossas TV’s e rádios inundadas de música anglo-saxónica, mas não vejo tal acontecer com a música portuguesa nas rádios e Tv’s dos outros. Não, não é uma integração, trata-se de uma invasão e uma substituição, feita por quem é mais forte, apenas porque é mais forte.</p>
<p>Isto acontece porque o movimento mais forte, do centro europeu, tem também a pretensão de ser superior, assumindo uma componente “civilizadora”, presumindo ensinar-nos a democracia, os direitos humanos, a transparência, o governar. Sem nos apercebermos, damos conta de que o país, todos e individualmente considerados, já não mandamos nas nossas contas, nos programas de governação, na moeda, nas principais empresas e sectores, no nosso próprio território. É a EU quem decide quanta sardinha podemos pescar nas nossas próprias águas, mas a mesma EU que nos impõe a quota da sardinha, é incapaz de obrigar a Alemanha a cumprir os limites do Pacto de Estabilidade. Não existem meias liberdades, apenas inteiras. Não existem meias soberanias, apenas inteiras. Portugal já não é uma república soberana e, sendo a soberania a base da nação, também deixará de ser nação, a continuar assim. Com a conivência de quase todos… Quase!</p>
<p>Estar na EU não significaria necessariamente isto; poderia significar a amizade, a cooperação, sem esta componente invasiva, doutrinária, civilizadora, do Norte para o sul. Mas isso não seria esta EU, seria uma outra que ainda está para ser construída. Esta EU não consegue compreender este sentimento, esta celebração, porque só a entende quem é vítima, só a entende quem se liberta de um opressor e nunca quem oprime. O opressor nunca se confunde com a vítima, nem quando se disfarça. É por isso que Lavrov disse, e com razão, que os ocidentais não são sinceros no combate e condenação do fascismo. Para eles é uma fachada e percebe-se isso. Para fazê-lo teriam de condenar a sua própria história. Seja porque não a conhecem, seja porque não a estudam, seja porque gostam dela, nunca o poderiam fazer.</p>
<p>A história dos países da Europa Ocidental é uma história de opressão e invasão. Não é necessário ir muito longe: por alturas da primeira guerra mundial, o que estava em discussão era a pilhagem das colónias pelas maiores potências imperialistas, todos querendo a sua parte no bolo. No rescaldo da guerra, no momento da divisão dos despojos, por exemplo, na imposição do mandato Britânico e Francês, houve um país que não foi tido em conta, por acaso, um dos maiores países do mundo: a URSS. As potências industrializadas dividiram as colónias a seu gosto, com desprezo pela URSS, Turquia e Alemanha – intervenientes directas na guerra. Muita da reacção alemã posterior terá tido a ver com este destratamento.</p>
<p>Na segunda guerra mundial, qual foi o comportamento ocidental face à ameaça do nazi-fascismo? Do sul português à Alemanha, a Europa estava varrida por uma onda fascista. Mesmo a França, que se dizia livre, não o era. As forças fascistas e colaboracionistas internas eram tão fortes, que capitulou em menos de um mês. Quando vemos a força de Le Pen e o “entreguismo” de Macron face à oligarquia multinacional ocidental, percebemos que o país esteve muito longe de ficar livre de fascistas.</p>
<p>Aliás, a França (Bélgica, Luxemburgo e Países Baixos) é um exemplo de que o fascismo existe nas sociedades mesmo quando estas não se declaram como tal. O fascismo é uma força social reaccionária que prolifera perante a impassividade de uns e a traição de outros, aproveitando-se da desilusão dos que vêem por resolver os seus problemas. A Inglaterra foi mesmo a principal pátria das teorias fascizantes, bem como do sionismo, ambas instrumentos reaccionários que visavam defender a decadência do império britânico. Mais tarde foi o próprio povo britânico que foi vítima da traição das suas elites, quando o monstro nazi-fascista saiu de controle e mordeu a mão ao próprio dono.</p>
<p>O facto é que só países como a Rússia, que perdeu quase 20 milhões de pessoas às mãos do nazi fascismo e que de 80 em 80 anos sofre uma invasão ocidental, a Bielorrússia que perdeu mais de 20% da população, a Coreia do Norte que perdeu 1/3 da população entre a guerra da Coreia, as sanções e as fomes por maus anos agrícolas, amplificadas pelas campanhas de desestabilização e embargos perpetrados pelos EUA, Cuba que sofre um criminoso embargo há mais de 60 anos, o Vietname que viu milhões mortos, chacinados, solos e rios envenenados pelos EUA, a China que sofreu o século da humilhação às mãos da Inglaterra, EUA, Japão e outros… E África… O que dizer de África? Que ainda hoje sofre com o neocolonialismo que a impede de prosperar com o que é seu.Mas também a Venezuela, o Chile que sofreu com Pinochet às mãos da CIA, a India salva por Ghandi, a Palestina que sofre um holocausto sionista, o Iraque que perdeu mais de um milhão de pessoas assassinadas pelos EUA e “aliados”…. Apenas o sul global inteiro pode entender em que consiste, para a Federação Russa, celebrar o dia da vitória. Esse entendimento está velado ao ocidente.</p>
<p>Não se trata de algo acessível ao agressor. Para que o ocidente o sentisse teria de ser humilde o suficiente para se colocar, misturar e aceitar a perspectiva do outro. Como esperar isso de Macron, Starmer e Merz que escondem a palhinha e o guardanapo quando entra a comunicação social? Como esperar isso de Úrsula Von Der Leyen que esconde as negociações das vacinas de Covid de todos os europeus? Como esperar isso de quem nos quer, novamente, armar em agressores e sob a onda de um novo fascismo, mais fofinho e sofisticado, e voltar à agressão desmedida?</p>
<p>Os últimos três anos, de revisionismo histórico, apoio e normalização dos nazis, recrudescimento do fascismo, promoção e financiamento do sionismo, conivência com o genocídio, sacrifício do povo ucraniano, demonstram que esta elite europeia é incorrigível e que, lá bem no fundo, esta europa não se civilizou, apenas se sofisticou, como resultado do acumulado com a pilhagem.</p>
<p>Esta Europa, este ocidente, não saberá, como já se denota, comportar-se num mundo livre, em que cada nação oprimida possa prosperar e crescer, como é e gosta de ser, não como o ocidente lhe impõe que seja, para tal financiando os traidores que destruiriam a sua identidade, soberania, a sua liberdade. Nesse mundo que surge, esta Europa, este ocidente, não terão lugar. As muitas belas palavras que proferem nunca serão belas o suficiente para transformar em vítima, quem é agressor! E muito menos, para transformar a vítima em opressor.</p>
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<figure data-sanitized-class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/13/congress/average-taxpayers-tax-bills-set-to-fall-under-house-tax-package-forecasters-say-00347318" target="_blank" rel=" noreferrer noopener"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1280" height="720" src="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Gq6WQAoWYAASGV_.jpeg" alt="Politico: Average earners’ tax bills would fall under House tax package, forecasters say" data-sanitized-class="wp-image-12355"></a></figure><p><em>“Average-income people would see double-digit percentage declines in their tax bills under House Republicans’ tax package, according to a new official analysis that’s sure to inflame partisan fights over who would get what under the plan.</em></p>
<p><em>Those making between $30,000 and $80,000 would pay around 15 percent less in taxes in 2027, the report by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation shows.”</em></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Federal Judge Rules Against Student Who Wore A "Let's Go Brandon" Shirt</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2025/05/14/federal-judge-rules-against-student-who-wore-a-lets-go-brandon-shirt/"><em>Authored by Jonathan Turley,</em></a></p>

<p>We <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2023/04/26/204148/">previously</a> discussed how schools were making students remove sweatshirts reading “Let’s Go Brandon.”</p>

<p><strong>I have argued that the shirts should be treated as protected speech. </strong></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Screenshot-2023-04-26-at-6.42.30.jpg?itok=CgXBkZ-a" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Screenshot-2023-04-26-at-6.42.30.jpg?itok=CgXBkZ-a"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c5c3f39a-f40e-4091-9d48-d4c8ee63145e" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="673" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Screenshot-2023-04-26-at-6.42.30.jpg?itok=CgXBkZ-a" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>However, United States District Court <strong>Judge Christopher Boyko just delivered another blow to free speech in <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ohnd.315553/gov.uscourts.ohnd.315553.13.0.pdf">rejecting</a> a claim for such protection,</strong> at least as the basis for injunctive relief, in  <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ohnd.315553/gov.uscourts.ohnd.315553.13.0.pdf"><em>Conrad v. Madison Local School Dist—Bd. of Ed.</em></a></p>

<p>In the prior Michigan case with the sweater shown below, Judge Paul Maloney in <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.107976/gov.uscourts.miwd.107976.58.0.pdf"><em>D.A. v. Tri County Area Schools </em></a>(W.D. Mich.) ruled that a “Let’s Go Brandon” T-shirt could be the basis for punishment:</p>

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<p><em>A school can certainly prohibit students from wearing a shirt displaying the phrase F*** Joe Biden. Plaintiffs concede this conclusion. Plaintiff must make this concession as the Supreme Court said as much in Fraser … (“As cogently expressed by Judge Newman, ‘the First Amendment gives a high school student the classroom right to wear Tinker’s armband, but not Cohen’s jacket [which read {F*** the Draft}].'”) The relevant four-letter word is a swear word and would be considered vulgar and profane. The Sixth Circuit has written that “it has long been held that despite the sanctity of the First Amendment, speech that is vulgar or profane is not entitled to absolute constitutional protection.” …</em></p>

<p><em><strong>If schools can prohibit students from wearing apparel that contains profanity, schools can also prohibit students from wearing apparel that can reasonably be interpreted as profane.</strong> Removing a few letters from the profane word or replacing letters with symbols would not render the message acceptable in a school setting. School administrators could prohibit a shirt that reads “F#%* Joe Biden.” School officials have restricted student from wearing shirts that use homophones for profane words … [such as] “Somebody Went to HOOVER DAM And All I Got Was This ‘DAM’ Shirt.” … [Defendants] recalled speaking to one student who was wearing a hat that said “Fet’s Luck” … [and asking] a student to change out of a hoodie that displayed the words “Uranus Liquor” because the message was lewd. School officials could likely prohibit students from wearing concert shirts from the music duo LMFAO (Laughing My F***ing A** Off) or apparel displaying “AITA?” (Am I the A**hole?)…. Courts too have recognized how seemingly innocuous phrases may convey profane messages. A county court in San Diego, California referred an attorney to the State Bar when counsel, during a hearing, twice directed the phrase “See You Next Tuesday” toward two female attorneys.</em></p>
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<p><strong>Again, I strongly disagreed with that decision. However, it has now been replicated in Ohio.</strong></p>

<p>In his complaint, C.C. details how he was wearing a shirt with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” on November 25, 2024, underneath a flannel shirt. </p>

<p><strong>He alleges that teacher (and registered Democrat)  Krista Ferini was bothered after spotting the shirt and ordered him to “button that up. I know what that means.” </strong></p>

<p>C.C. did so, but later, he was in a classroom that lacked air conditioning, so he took off his flannel shirt. That is when allegedly Ferini proceeded to write him up for the infraction. Principal Andrew Keeple then instructed C.C. to wear the flannel the rest of the day and never to wear the shirt to school again.</p>

<p><strong>C.C. defied that order and wore the shirt again in January of 2025.</strong> </p>

<p>While no one else complained, Ferini was reportedly irate and again wrote up C.C.  Keeple declared that C.C. had once again violated the school’s dress code and that the shirt constituted a vulgar expression even though it contained no vulgar terms. He stated that further discipline would follow if C.C. continued to wear the shirt.</p>

<p>On March 24, 2025, C.C. wore the t-shirt again.</p>

<p><strong>While no one complained,  he received a detention from Keeple.  C.C. was disciplined on two other occasions for wearing the shirt.</strong></p>

<p>The court ruled:</p>

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<p><em>“While <strong>this case presents serious questions of student free speech versus a school’s interest in protecting students from vulgar and profane speech,</strong> the Court finds Plaintiff has not met his high burden to show a substantial likelihood of success on the merits by clear and convincing evidence. While the D.A. case was on summary judgment and presented facts that are different than those before this Court, Defendant’s burden on summary judgment was a preponderance standard which is a lesser burden than Plaintiff’s here. Moreover, that case presented fact issues going to the reasonableness of the school’s interpretation. Here, as Defendants point out, Plaintiff acknowledges in his Verified Complaint that “Let’s Go Brandon” is a euphemism for F*#% Joe Biden. </em></p>

<p><em>“In school speech cases where a school limits or restricts a student’s expression, courts must determine whether the school’s interpretation of the expression is reasonable.” </em></p>

<p><em><strong>“The student’s expression must be considered in the proper context but the student’s motivation or subjective intent is irrelevant.”</strong></em></p>

<p><em>Given the strong interests of both sides, the unique characteristics of speech in a school setting, the finding by at least one court in this circuit that the school’s interpretation of the phrase as vulgar was reasonable, and the <strong>acknowledgment in this case by Plaintiff that the phrase is a vulgar euphemism,</strong> the Court finds Plaintiff has not shown a substantial likelihood of success on the merits to support injunctive relief. This does not mean Plaintiff cannot win on the merits of the claim as discovery will likely provide clearer evidence on the reasonableness of the interpretation. But given the high standard for injunctive relief, the Court finds against Plaintiff….”</em></p>
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<p>“Let’s Go Brandon!” has become a similarly unintended political battle cry not just against Biden but also against the bias of the media. It derives from an Oct. 2 interview with race-car driver <a href="https://thehill.com/person/brandon-brown">Brandon Brown</a> after he won his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race. During the interview, NBC reporter Kelli Stavast’s questions were drowned out by loud-and-clear chants of “F*** Joe Biden.” Stavast quickly and inexplicably declared, “You can hear the chants from the crowd, ‘Let’s go, Brandon!’”</p>

<p><strong>“Let’s Go Brandon!” instantly became a type of <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2021/11/05/yankee-doodling-the-media-how-lets-go-brandon-became-a-rallying-cry-against-news-bias/">“Yankee Doodling” of the political and media establishment.</a></strong></p>

<p>This teacher was clearly put out over the political messaging of the shirt. However, we should encourage students to be politically aware and expressive. Moreover, if schools are allowed to extrapolate profane meaning from non-profane language, it is hard to see the limits on such censorship.</p>

<p>So what if students now wear “Let’s Go Krista” shirts? How many degrees of removal will negate the profane imputation. Does that mean that the use of “let’s go” in any shirt is now prohibited?</p>

<p><strong>C.C. and his family should continue to litigate and, if necessary, appeal this worthy case in the interests of free speech for all students.</strong></p>

<p>*  *  *</p>

<p><em>Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “</em><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F1668047047%3Ftag%3Dsimonsayscom&amp;data=05%7C02%7CDFreddoso%40thehill.com%7Cce3c9dc02c24470c534008dd12d814f1%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C1%7C0%7C638687441535176515%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=k5fEv5U%2FfqcDIOipOj6kSiPbIfFkv2RL3ryF6pALU%2BE%3D&amp;reserved=0"><em>The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage</em></a><em>.”</em></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">What's Behind Ethereum's Recent Price Surge?</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/354248/what-is-driving-ethereums-near-100-per-cent-price-surge?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss"><em>Authored by James Hunt via TheBlock.co,</em></a></p>

<p>Ethereum has lagged behind Bitcoin and alternative Layer 1s throughout this cycle amid a wave of relative bearishness.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/20231024_MEV_News2-1200x675.jpg?itok=Rc_2eeoJ" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/20231024_MEV_News2-1200x675.jpg?itok=Rc_2eeoJ"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="356b961c-9cd0-4d82-a0d6-5b32cf1ede25" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/20231024_MEV_News2-1200x675.jpg?itok=Rc_2eeoJ" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>And yet, since the crypto market's April lows, ETH has surged nearly 100% - gaining 65% in the last 30 days alone to tap $2,750, back above pre-election levels (and key technical levels). </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfm2E07.jpg?itok=RrxFUni5" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm2E07.jpg?itok=RrxFUni5"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="58475654-41b0-46b9-a482-66da63a029d4" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="274" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfm2E07.jpg?itok=RrxFUni5" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><strong>So what's driving the move?</strong></p>

<p>Analysts at research and brokerage firm Bernstein, led by Gautam Chhugani, said in a Wednesday note to clients that <strong>several narratives have been put forward attempting to explain this performance.</strong></p>

<p>While bitcoin claimed all-time highs, crossing the psychological $100,000 barrier, the ETH/BTC ratio has dropped 45% over the past year as bitcoin dominated store-of-value mindshare amid the success of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds and corporate treasury adoption, while retail flows shifted to faster Layer 1s like Solana, the analysts wrote.</p>

<p><strong>Ethereum, caught between its Layer 2 roadmap and limited ETF traction comparatively, was "stuck somewhere in the middle," they added - neither the best store of value, nor the best blockchain destination for speculative retail trenches.</strong></p>

<h2>Stablecoins and tokenization, Layer 2 institutionalization, and an ETH short unwind</h2>

<p><strong>However, according to the analysts, the narrative is beginning to change</strong> amid a boom in stablecoin and securities tokenization, Layer 2 institutionalization, and an ETH short unwind.</p>

<p>The cycle is expanding beyond store-of-value use cases, they said, with stablecoin payments and tokenized securities gaining real traction. </p>

<p>Stripe's <a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/353605/stripe-unveils-new-stablecoin-feature-following-1-1-billion-bridge-acquisition">$1.1 billion</a> acquisition of stablecoin platform Bridge and <a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/353727/meta-explores-stablecoins-to-reduce-payment-costs-years-after-selling-off-failed-diem-project-report">Meta's recent comments</a> about reigniting its stablecoin venture are helping to bring back a focus on the underlying blockchains, and Ethereum — which holds 51% of the total stablecoin supply — is emerging as the key platform proxy for this growth trend, they added. </p>

<p>Traditional finance giants like <a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/352464/blackrock-files-to-offer-tokenized-shares-of-its-150-billion-treasury-trust-fund-via-bny-mellon">BlackRock</a> and <a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/340432/franklin-templeton-extends-fobxx-fund-to-solana">Franklin Templeton</a> are also<strong> advancing adoption of a real-world asset tokenization </strong>market now valued at over $22 billion, according to <a href="https://app.rwa.xyz/">RWA.xyz</a> — with Ethereum again dominating deployment.</p>

<p>Secondly, while critics question the value accretion of Layer 2s to ETH, the Bernstein analysts said that with networks like the Coinbase-incubated Base earning revenue of around $84 million last year,<strong> Ethereum Layer 2s are taking a growing role in institutional crypto infrastructure.</strong> With <a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/354103/robinhood-wonderfi-crypto-deal">Robinhood's recent acquisition of WonderFi</a> — which also runs an Ethereum Layer 2 — brokers may soon offer tokenized equities on their own chains, they argued. Since these Layer 2s use ETH for gas and settlement, they help drive Ethereum demand and position it as a leading platform for institutional smart contract adoption, they added.</p>

<p>Finally, the third driver of ETH's recent outperformance is more tactical, in the analysts' view. Over the past 12 to 18 months, <strong>crypto hedge funds have often used ETH as a delta-neutral hedge</strong> - staying long BTC and SOL while shorting ETH. But as the narrative shifts toward institutional adoption of blockchain and stablecoin payments, and beyond store of value, <strong>ETH's role as the underperformer is becoming harder to justify, they said.</strong></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfm6EC1.jpg?itok=O-AqrUP3" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm6EC1.jpg?itok=O-AqrUP3"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b129e4f8-e6aa-434c-b98c-c10e8dd14778" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="265" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfm6EC1.jpg?itok=O-AqrUP3" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><strong>As a result, the resurgence of ETH and other non-bitcoin assets is good for crypto exchanges and broker-dealers, they argued, as a broader crypto market rally reinvigorates retail traders, driving stronger volumes.</strong></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Is The Senate Stablecoin Bill Dead? Dems Demand Treasury Info On Trump Citing Crypto "Bribery" Risks</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Update (1405ET)</em>: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/05/14/top-democrats-demand-treasury-info-on-trumps-crypto-deals-citing-bribery-risks">CoinDesk's Margau Nijkerk reports </a>that <strong>Top House Democrats sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday, asking its money laundering watchdog to hand over all suspicious activity reports (SARs) tied to President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures.</strong></p>

<p><em>In a letter sent to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Reps. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.), Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) - the ranking members of the House Oversight, Administrative, and Judiciary committees - called for an urgent investigation into Trump’s blockchain project World Liberty Financial and the $TRUMP memecoin, citing possible violations of campaign finance laws, bribery statutes and securities regulations.</em></p>

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<p><em>“The Committees seek to determine whether legislation is <strong>necessary to prevent violations of campaign finance, consumer protection, bribery, securities fraud, </strong>and other anti-corruption laws in connection with fundraising by candidates for federal office and federal officeholders and to guard against deceptive and predatory campaign fundraising practices, illicit foreign influence over federal officials, and other financial misconduct connected to prospective or current federal officials,” the leading Democrats on the committees wrote in a press release shared with CoinDesk.</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>The request marks an escalation in congressional scrutiny</strong> on whether President Trump and his entourage are abusing their positions of power to benefit their crypto businesses. Senate Democrats pointed to Trump’s crypto ventures last week as part of their reason for not voting to advance stablecoin legislation that previously saw bipartisan support.</em></p>

<p><em>The inquiry zeroes in not only on the Trump family’s September 2024 launch of World Liberty Financial and the $TRUMP memecoin launched just days before his inauguration, but also Elon Musk’s America PAC and whether they are using Trump’s name to solicit donations under false pretenses.</em></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_10-42-01.jpg?itok=Yye2I0AX" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_10-42-01.jpg?itok=Yye2I0AX"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2b1098c5-4326-4404-9f49-b71f1c3f3b26" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-05-14_10-42-01.jpg?itok=Yye2I0AX" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><a href="https://decrypt.co/319545/senate-stablecoin-bill-dead-genius-act-whats-going-on"><em>As Sander Luz reported earlier via Decrypt.co,</em></a><em> </em><strong>it was supposed to be a slam dunk.</strong></p>

<p>The American crypto industry, flush with more political capital than it has ever had (and perhaps will ever have), was to get its long-awaited “regulatory clarity” on <a href="https://decrypt.co/?post_type=post&amp;p=5761">stablecoins</a> last week.</p>

<p>And yet the Senate failed to pass a key <a href="https://decrypt.co/318575/genius-act-stablecoin-bill-fails-key-senate-vote">procedural vote</a> on the marquee stablecoin legislation. </p>

<p><strong>As the bill, dubbed the GENIUS Act, languishes in legislative purgatory, should it be considered functionally dead—or might there be hope yet for its passage? </strong></p>

<p>It depends who you ask. </p>

<p><strong>Technically speaking, according to the Senate’s rules, the window to file a motion to reconsider the bill—which would establish a legal framework for offering stablecoins in the United States—has already passed. </strong></p>

<p>Such a motion would have had to be filed by Monday evening, and no senators did so in time. </p>

<p>A source familiar with the Senate’s rules of procedure confirmed this state of affairs to <em>Decrypt</em>.</p>

<p><strong>Stablecoins are a key component of the crypto economy.</strong> They are essentially digital dollar-equivalents that allow their users to enter and exit digital asset trades, and send payments or remittances overseas, without the need to access dollars directly.</p>

<p>It’s expected that once these assets are anointed by the U.S. Congress, rules of the road signed into law by President Donald Trump, banking giants and Wall Street titans will join the fray and enter the stablecoin market—bringing billions if not trillions of dollars into crypto. That’s why the lobbying arm of the crypto industry has been pushing so hard for this legislation.</p>

<p><strong>But the GENIUS Act has not been taken up for a cloture vote this week because, functionally, political calculus has not changed on the topic since Thursday. </strong></p>

<p>A small cadre of pro-crypto Democrats still have yet to reach a deal with Republican leadership over the bill’s language. Republicans are confident, however, they will be able to take advantage of “other procedural opportunities” to get the GENIUS Act back to the Senate floor if such a deal is made, sources told <em>Decrypt</em>. </p>

<p><strong>After a largely uneventful weekend, key Democratic and Republican stakeholders are resuming talks this week over the contents of the bill,</strong> sources familiar with the plans told <em>Decrypt</em>. Both sides are remaining exceptionally tight-lipped, however, about what exact language is holding up progress. </p>

<p>Five Senate Democrats who voted against the bill last week previously voted to <a href="https://decrypt.co/309932/senate-stablecoin-bill-passes-out-of-committee-with-strong-bi-partisan-support">advance it</a> from the Senate Banking Committee. Two of the Democrats who opposed the bill on Thursday, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), are consponsors of the legislation. </p>

<p><strong>In a statement issued last weekend, pro-crypto Democrats blamed their withdrawal of support for GENIUS on portions of a new draft of the bill, which they said contained insufficient anti-money laundering and national security protections. But optics appear to also be playing a significant role in their change of tune. </strong></p>

<p>In the last two weeks, President Donald Trump and his family have made multiple flashy <a href="https://decrypt.co/318031/trump-host-two-crypto-dinners-this-month-amid-growing-ethics-concerns">crypto</a> and <a href="https://decrypt.co/317819/senator-warren-calls-2b-trump-uae-crypto-deal-shady-urges-against-senate-crypto-legislation">stablecoin</a>-related announcements that have <a href="https://decrypt.co/318115/house-democrats-walk-out-digital-assets-hearing-trump-crypto">animated</a> Democrats over perceived conflicts of interest in the White House. </p>

<p>That line of attack has only been exacerbated since the weekend, with Trump <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/america-first-trump-qatar-luxury-jet-air-force-one-rcna206254">announcing</a> Monday that he intends to personally accept a $400 million Boeing jet as a gift from the Qatari government.</p>

<p><strong>The Senate’s decision to block the GENIUS Act on Thursday drew immediate condemnation from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who warned the vote could jeopardize the U.S.’s position in the global digital assets race.</strong> </p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>“For stablecoins and other digital assets to thrive globally, the world needs American leadership,” Bessent posted on X. </em></p>

<p><em>“The Senate missed an opportunity to provide that leadership today by failing to advance the GENIUS Act.”</em></p>
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<p><strong>Multiple crypto policy leaders told <em>Decrypt</em> Tuesday they are growing increasingly worried that the political stakes involved pose a very real threat not just to any chance of salvaging the GENIUS Act, but also the rest of the industry’s legislative agenda. </strong></p>

<p>A parallel stablecoin bill is currently making its way through the House, and foundational market structure legislation is pending in both chambers of Congress. </p>

<p><strong>The policy leaders all agreed that this week is do or die for crypto’s political momentum in Washington. </strong></p>

<p>Should the GENIUS Act fail to make significant progress by Friday—as in, pass the cloture vote it failed last week—the situation could become terminal, they warned. </p>

<p><em><strong>“Grim if something doesn’t give soon,” </strong></em>one D.C. insider put it. </p>
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title: 'Hey, Comrade Putin, Just Go': Brazil’s Lula Presses Russian President On Istanbul Talks
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">'Hey, Comrade Putin, Just Go': Brazil’s Lula Presses Russian President On Istanbul Talks</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was just recently one of the some 29 heads of state who attended the Victory Day Red Square parade and events in Moscow. He also met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin while in the country.</p>

<p>And now amid plans for 'direct' Russia-Ukraine talks to be held in Istanbul Wednesday, Brazilian media is <a href="https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/internacional/noticia/2025-05/lula-diz-que-pedira-putin-que-sente-mesa-com-zelensky">reporting</a> that <strong>Lula is urging Putin to attend in person</strong>. </p>

<p>"It costs me nothing to say, <strong><em>‘Hey, comrade Putin, go to Istanbul and negotiate, come on',</em></strong><em>" </em>Lula was quoted as saying by Brazil’s state news agency Agencia Brasil.</p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/lulaandputin.jpg?itok=VykNc_pQ" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/lulaandputin.jpg?itok=VykNc_pQ"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7abf37db-c0ac-4481-8978-b4bb333fe427" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/lulaandputin.jpg?itok=VykNc_pQ" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><em>Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Vladimir Putin. Kremlin.ru</em></figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p>But on Wednesday, <em>Kommersant</em> newspaper is reporting that <strong>not even Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in the Istanbul talks</strong>.</p>

<p>"Speaking to reporters during a visit to China, Lula said he would stop in Moscow on his way back to Brazil in an effort to press Putin to take part in negotiations," another regional source <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/14/hey-comrade-putin-just-go-brazils-lula-urges-kremlin-leader-to-join-istanbul-talks-a89073">reports</a>.</p>

<p>As for the United States, President Trump is dispatching his two top diplomats, but there are reports they <strong>could arrive <em>after </em>main talks</strong> are scheduled to happen, while currently they are accompanying Trump <a href="https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/running-late-for-talks-here-s-when-vitkoff-1747236167.html">in the Gulf</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>US President's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will arrive in Istanbul, Türkiye, on Friday, May 16</strong>, reports <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/14/ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-peace-talks-turkey-latest-live-news-updates" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Guardian</a>.</em></p>

<p data-end="320" data-start="60"><em>As the outlet reports, Witkoff told journalists that he and Rubio will head to Istanbul on Friday for talks regarding Russia and Ukraine. He also noted that it remains unclear whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will be present at the planned negotiations.</em></p>

<p data-end="449" data-start="322"><em>However, the potential talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul are scheduled for Thursday, May 15.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p data-end="449" data-start="322">The Kremlin has since confirmed that it still plans to participate, also as Zelensky is trying to goad Putin into attending in person. Zelensky has said he's ready to be there if Putin is.</p>

<p data-end="449" data-start="322">And even Trump had days ago said he was <strong>"thinking about actually flying over"; </strong>however, this is looking increasingly unrealistic. </p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/rubiowitkoff.jpg?itok=ZaZ8Hpoy" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/rubiowitkoff.jpg?itok=ZaZ8Hpoy"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="60d87940-f5df-4617-9d7f-923e8c90ff2d" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="315" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/rubiowitkoff.jpg?itok=ZaZ8Hpoy" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><em>Rubio and Witkoff might arrive late, as regional sources are reporting.</em></figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p data-end="449" data-start="322">Despite some sensational recent headlines and statements, <strong>one thing we can be sure <em>will not</em> happen is President Putin's personal presence</strong>. There's no reason for him to be there - from a strategic point of view - given Kiev has yet to make any major concessions, and Russian forces are winning on the ground in the east.</p>

<p data-end="449" data-start="322">And if Moscow is not willing to send Lavrov, it's <strong>a clear sign the Kremlin is not approaching the Istanbul meeting as if it will result to much of great consequence or substance</strong>.</p>
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title: Supreme Court Set To End Era Of Nationwide Judicial Injunctions
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Supreme Court Set To End Era Of Nationwide Judicial Injunctions</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/05/13/supreme-court-set-to-end-era-of-nationwide-judicial-injunctions-n4939722"><em>Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.,com,</em></a></p>

<p><strong>The days of rogue district court judges hijacking executive authority may finally be numbered. </strong>On Thursday, the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a consolidated case, <em>Trump v. CASA</em>, which challenges lower court rulings that blocked President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants. Despite the constitutional authority granted to the executive branch on immigration matters, three district judges issued sweeping nationwide injunctions halting the order. </p>

<p><strong>Now, the highest court may have the chance to rein in judicial overreach and restore balance between the branches of government.</strong></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2e95f80a-23a4-48a1-b102-456c4335.jpg?itok=eFIrNpeC" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2e95f80a-23a4-48a1-b102-456c4335.jpg?itok=eFIrNpeC"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="edda4b95-27c2-4e19-ba60-5a0215cc13de" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="292" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2e95f80a-23a4-48a1-b102-456c4335.jpg?itok=eFIrNpeC" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Since President Trump began his second term, liberal judges have weaponized nationwide injunctions against his administration <a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48476">an astonishing 17 times</a> in just the first few months — and that's only counting through late March 2025. This is nothing new, of course. </p>

<p>Even Newsweek <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-curtail-judges-powers-trump-2070841">seems to believe that the court</a> will side with the Trump administration.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>In recent years, some justices have expressed criticism of universal injunctions.</em></p>

<p><em>Justice Neil Gorsuch, one of the court's conservatives, argued in a 2020 concurring opinion that injunctions are "meant to redress the injuries sustained by a particular plaintiff in a particular lawsuit."</em></p>

<p><em>He said the "routine issuance of universal injunctions is patently unworkable, sowing chaos for litigants, the government, courts, and all those affected by these conflicting decisions" and that the court must address them.</em></p>

<p><em>He also noted that nationwide injunctions mean that plaintiffs can shop around for the judge that is most likely to be sympathetic to their cause.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p><em><strong>"Because plaintiffs generally are not bound by adverse decisions in cases to which they were not a party, there is a nearly boundless opportunity to shop for a friendly forum to secure a win nationwide," </strong></em>Gorsuch wrote.</p>

<p>Even Justice Elena Kagan, one of the Court’s three liberal justices, has criticized broad nationwide injunctions and the blatant judge-shopping tactics used by plaintiffs to game the system.</p>

<p>This shouldn't be a partisan issue because Joe Biden's outgoing Solicitor General, Elizabeth Prelogar, also filed a brief in December 2024 asking the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/412035/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-nationwide-injunctions-trump-casa">to limit these broad orders despite knowing Trump would benefit from the decision</a>. </p>

<blockquote>
<p><em><strong>"In the Trump years, people used to go to the Northern District of California, and in the Biden years, they go to Texas," </strong></em>Kagan said in 2022. </p>

<p><em>"It just can't be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks and leave it stopped for the years that it takes to go through the normal process."</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>Let’s be honest: Nationwide injunctions were never about judicial oversight.</strong></p>

<p>They’ve been the left’s go-to tool for blocking President Trump’s agenda through activist judges. </p>

<p>With just one ruling, any of the hundreds of district court judges in the country can nullify federal policy they don’t like.</p>

<p><strong>Now, the left is panicking.</strong> </p>

<p>Without these judicial shortcuts, they’ll have to argue their cases on the merits instead of in front of cherry-picked friendly judges. Even Vox <a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/412035/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-nationwide-injunctions-trump-casa">admitted</a> these injunctions were “the core of the resistance.”</p>

<p><strong>But that era may be ending.</strong></p>

<p>The Supreme Court looks poised to rein in this abuse of power and restore constitutional balance. </p>

<p><strong>For anyone who believes in law, not lawfare, this moment can’t come soon enough.</strong></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Ed Martin Reveals J6 Pipe Bomber Probe Shakeup, Warns DOJ 'Much, Much Worse Than People Think'</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Ed Martin, a senior official in the Trump administration’s Department of Justice, is warning that c<strong>orruption within federal law enforcement is far more severe than the American public realizes</strong>. Martin, who holds the roles of Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney, made the comments during an interview with Tucker Carlson.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/ed%20martin.JPG?itok=y5EcVCBz" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/ed%20martin.JPG?itok=y5EcVCBz"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="083a68a2-a68d-4790-bc12-441854b1288a" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="308" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/ed%20martin.JPG?itok=y5EcVCBz" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><strong>Martin weighed in the unresolved case of the January 6, 2021, pipe bomber,</strong> expressing frustration with the investigation’s lack of progress, wondering whether the lack of answers may have been intentional. “The pipe bomber—as a prosecutor - <strong>I’ve got the pipe bomber case in my office,</strong>” Martin told Carlson. Martin revealed FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino told him that the bureau had reassigned agents to the case, however, the renewed effort was still in it early stages. “It’s been going on for five weeks?” Martin said, likening the past probe to the bumbling “Keystone Cops.”</p>

<p><em>Starts at 16 minutes</em></p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Ed Martin was on his way to cleaning up Washington as the new U.S. Attorney, until Senate Republicans decided he was too sincere and killed his nomination.<br><br>
(0:00) Introduction<br>
(1:20) Ed Martin’s Response to the Crazed Leftist Who Spit in His Face<br>
(7:21) Why Would Republican… <a href="https://t.co/WBtNxdnAqg">pic.twitter.com/WBtNxdnAqg</a></p>
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1922699037465104893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Martin further criticized the FBI’s previously handling of the case, alleging that basic investigative steps were overlooked. “<strong>They didn’t interview some of the people that you would have said, ‘That might be a suspect.’ </strong>They hadn’t interviewed him,” he said. Raising concerns about the agency’s competence, he added, “<strong>The question becomes, ‘what’s happening here?’ Is it incompetence? It feels worse than incompetence</strong>.”</p>

<p>When asked by Carlson whether the DOJ is worse than people believe, Martin went further, declaring, “I think it’s worse than incompetence.” However, he urged that importance of following the facts and not getting ahead of investigations, saying, “<strong>The only way forward is not to describe what I think of the motives but to expose over and over again what’s happened. If you expose what happened and the truth gets out, then accountability is possible.</strong>”</p>

<p>Martin went on to praise Bongino’s efforts, noting, “He is going hammer and tongs at this stuff.” The Trump DOJ official acknowledged the complexity of pursuing accountability, saying, “You can’t arrest everybody in the first month, but you got to get this going.”</p>

<p><strong>Martin then described the issues facing the DOJ as “much, much worse than people think.”</strong></p>

<p>The FBI has begun delivering subpoenaed documents to House Judiciary Committee Republicans, addressing demands for greater “transparency and accountability” within the bureau, the <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-hands-over-jan-6-pipe-bomb-documents-tto-house-republicans-letter-says#google_vignette">Epoch Times</a> reported in March.</p>

<p><strong>Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, had pressed FBI Director Kash Patel in a March 7 letter for information and records allegedly withheld during the tenure of former FBI Director Christopher Wray.</strong></p>

<p>In response, FBI Assistant Director Marshall Yates provided an initial batch of documents covering key issues, including the investigation into pipe bombs discovered near the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., in January 2021, as well as the FBI’s interactions with social media platforms and probes into threats against school officials.</p>

<p>Jordan’s push for transparency began with a February 24 letter, sent shortly after Patel’s confirmation as FBI Director. The letter targeted Wray’s leadership, accusing him of “slow-walking” the pipe bomb investigation tied to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and questioning the FBI’s use of “confidential human sources” during the event.</p>

<p><strong>Some Republicans have claimed FBI informants were active on January 6, </strong>a claim partially substantiated by a December 2024 report from the FBI’s inspector general. While the report confirmed no undercover FBI agents were present, it revealed over two dozen informants were at the Capitol that day, according to the <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-hands-over-jan-6-pipe-bomb-documents-tto-house-republicans-letter-says#google_vignette">Epoch Times</a>. </p>

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title: Out Of Chaos, A New World Order
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Out Of Chaos, A New World Order</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/out_of_chaos_a_new_world_order.html"><em>Authored by Allan Feifer via AmericanThinker.com,</em></a></p>

<p><strong>Watching President Trump speaking from Saudi Arabia, I almost felt sorry for a moment for our enemies.</strong> They must ponder how to stay relevant as the world seemingly metamorphizes before them, powerless to stop the transformation. <a href="https://www.rev.com/transcripts/trump-speaks-at-saudi-us-investment-forum">In his speech</a>, the President said something so powerful yet unconventional that I had to stop and consider why he was the first leader of our country to say it:</p>

<blockquote>
<p>Before our eyes, a new generation of leaders is transcending the ancient conflicts and tired divisions of the past and forging a future where the Middle East is defined by commerce, not chaos; where it exports technology, not terrorism; and where people of different nations, religions, and creeds are building cities together, not bombing each other.</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>Commerce is a recurring theme for Trump.</strong> His detractors miss the significance of exactly why commerce is so central to Trump’s vision of world peace and why he does not believe in “forever” enemies. I admit that Trump’s beliefs are unconventional for many, including myself.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/vdl6mzz8ziwxnyg7jprf_640.jpg?itok=SxYy_8Gm" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/vdl6mzz8ziwxnyg7jprf_640.jpg?itok=SxYy_8Gm"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6512a572-e036-4c2a-b167-25837e5a9248" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/vdl6mzz8ziwxnyg7jprf_640.jpg?itok=SxYy_8Gm" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Trump sees Russia, North Korea, China, and a great many nations and people as future participants in a world of commerce. At the same time, Trump views some nations, traditionally considered friends, as potential adversaries and impediments to such a change in posture. It’s a lot to take in.</p>

<p><strong>In essence, Trump’s vision can be seen as a balance between stakeholder interests and dogma.</strong> I admit millions of us are heavily invested in dogma, including myself. Dogma is generally thought of as:</p>

<ul><li>
	<p>A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith set forth authoritatively by a religion.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>A principle or statement of ideas, or a group of such principles or statements, especially when considered authoritative or uncritically accepted.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>That which is held as an opinion, a tenet, a doctrine.</p>
	</li>
</ul><p><strong>Trump sees dogma as static thinking that sees us imprisoned in a cage of a single acceptable outcome, based not on logic but on past decision matrices that have worked at one time or another, but are not readily transferable to the current challenges. </strong>The world economy is on a path to bankruptcy, with almost no country putting debt management first. We reflexively return to the old solutions rather than look for an entirely new Rosetta Stone.</p>

<p>At American Thinker, Thomas Kolbe <a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/germany_s_fiscal_suicide.html">wrote</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>In the first quarter of this year, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/global-debt-hits-record-over-324-trillion-says-iif-2025-05-06/">global debt</a> surged to a record high of $324 trillion. This milestone becomes significant when compared to global GDP, which currently hovers around $110 trillion. Governments worldwide now owe 100% of GDP -- an alarming reality, as no modern state has ever managed to free itself from the ensuing fiscal bind once this threshold is reached.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>That Rosetta Stone is about collective wealth creation versus inevitable death through debt. </strong></p>

<p>When I am plagued trying to reconcile ambiguities, I frequently fall back on my love of the 18th-century thinker Immanuel Kant, who is most remembered for his work explaining “pure reason,” “practical reason,” and his ideas concerning applying judgment. </p>

<p>I tend to understand Kant best with these three statements:</p>

<ol><li>
	<p>What we experience and our perceptions are not necessarily reality.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>The limits of our abilities can be reflected in our choices, which almost always demonstrate the limits of our knowledge.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>The morality of our actions can only be defined by what can be logically inferred, yet it is imperfect.</p>
	</li>
</ol><p><strong>The bottom line that extends these three precepts into the here and now is Trump’s new dictum—trade makes right. </strong></p>

<p>In other words, nations that depend on each other to be wealthy and prosperous rarely fight each other. The old Reagan dictum was “Peace through strength.” Trump would turn that around to “Peace through interdependent trade.”</p>

<p><strong>We have a Scythian choice before us. Keep doing the things that are comfortable and familiar, or do something radically different, even if it may seem risky or untried.</strong></p>

<p>Trump demonstrates that he is not a theoretician by flatly denying Iran access to nuclear weapons. </p>

<p><strong>This is proof positive that he is not naively foolish.</strong> We haven't seen an entirely new approach that promises to change the trajectory of the world economy since the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan">Marshall Plan</a> was implemented immediately after WWII. </p>

<p>Trump hasn’t named his plan, but the means and objectives are now clearly in sight. We should all wish him success because he is the captain of our Ship of State.</p>
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title: Putin Says Ukraine 'Catching Men Like Dogs' On The Street
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Putin Says Ukraine 'Catching Men Like Dogs' On The Street </span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Ukrainian military's severe manpower crisis in a very blunt and sarcastic way, following well over three years of what has become a grinding war of attrition <em>for both sides</em>.</p>

<p>Ukrainian recruitment officials have been <strong>rounding up would-be soldiers "like dogs" </strong>in the country's streets, the Russian leader said. He made the remarks in a Tuesday meeting with members of 'Business Russia' in which he by contrast praised the steady influx of volunteers Russia's army has seen.</p>
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<p>"While the Kiev authorities are engaged in forced mobilization – people are caught like dogs on the street, then our guys go voluntarily, they go themselves… <strong>They are catching 30 thousand people there now, and we have 50-60 thousand a month enlisting willingly</strong>," Putin said, <a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/617481-ukraine-forced-mobilization-putin/">according</a> to state media translation.</p>

<p>However, Western intelligence sources would beg to differ. <strong>They have long claimed that Russia too is suffering significant manpower shortages</strong>, and that this was on display early in the war by the prominence of Wagner and other mercenary firms on the battlefield, as well as controversial tactics like recruiting straight from prisons. But all analysts agree that Ukraine's problems are far more acute at this point.</p>

<p>Ukraine's manpower problems have never been a secret, and over the last year coverage has picked up in American mainstream press. Kiev's general mobilization policies which have been in effect since 2022 have included a controversial law banning men who are between 18 and 60 years old from leaving the country</p>

<p>Endless videos have also circulated showing brutal tactics of recruitment officers -<strong> from grabbing young men from their cars at checkpoints to tackling people in the streets and shoving them into vans</strong>.</p>

<p>For example, Hungarian channel M1-Hirado recently ran a special news segment compiling terrifying footage of Ukrainians being beaten and shoved into vans in forced mobilization operations.</p>

<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EeSzbGzqT8Q?si=lh6Z6TGmzswipH2S" title="YouTube video player" width="560" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe></p>

<p>There remains deep fear over being sent off to Ukrainian boot camp given the likelihood of quickly being shipped off to he front lines. Most Ukrainians have come to see this as essentially a death sentence.</p>

<p>We <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hunt-continues-zelensky-extends-forced-conscription-martial-law-again">detailed</a> before that to make up for recruitment shortfalls, authorities from the so-called Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center (TCK) are using increasingly aggressive methods to meet monthly draft quotas. </p>

<p>After morning briefings, <strong>officers split into teams and search various locations around the city – cafes, restaurants, and even nightclubs</strong> – for men eligible for military service.</p>
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title: Living Near Golf Courses May Double Parkinson's Risk, Study Finds
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Living Near Golf Courses May Double Parkinson's Risk, Study Finds</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/living-near-golf-courses-may-double-parkinsons-risk-study-finds-5856502?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&amp;src_src=partner&amp;src_cmp=ZeroHedge">Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times</a> (emphasis ours),</em></p>

<p><strong>Residents living within one mile of golf courses may face more than double the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease compared to those living farther away,</strong> according to new research.</p>

<h2>Potentially Due to Groundwater Contamination</h2>

<p>The case-control <a href="http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.9198?utm_source=For_The_Media&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ftm_links&amp;utm_term=050825">study</a>, recently published in JAMA Network Open, analyzed data from more than 400 residents living with Parkinson’s and more than 5,000 matched controls across southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, from 1991 to 2015.</p>
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<p>Researchers looked at how close the individuals lived to golf courses and whether their drinking water came from groundwater sources, especially in regions vulnerable to groundwater contamination from pesticide or herbicide use.</p>

<p>The findings showed that <strong>those living within one mile of a golf course had more than twice the odds of developing Parkinson’s compared to those living more than six miles away.</strong></p>

<p>The study also found that residents whose tap water was supplied from groundwater sources, particularly in regions prone to groundwater pollution, faced nearly twice the risk of developing Parkinson’s if their water source was near a golf course.</p>

<p>While the study did not measure the type of pesticides used at the golf courses, the authors wrote that studies have linked pesticides used to treat golf courses with the development of Parkinson’s. Examples of pesticides include chlorpyrifos, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), Mancozeb, and so on.</p>

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<p><strong>Pesticides have been linked to nerve cell damage associated with Parkinson’s, yet are still commonly applied to golf courses to keep turf healthy and aesthetically pleasing.</strong></p>

<p>These can enter the environment through runoff or groundwater contamination, which could leach into underground water supplies, according to researchers.</p>

<p>Parkinson’s is a progressive and currently has no cure. Risk of developing the degenerative condition increases with age, and most patients are diagnosed when older than 50.</p>

<p>Dr. M. Maral Mouradian, distinguished professor of neurology and director of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Institute for Neurological Therapeutics, and not involved in the study, told The Epoch Times that the study adds to growing evidence that environmental exposures may play a role in the disease’s development.</p>

<p>An unrelated 2020 <a href="https://www.mdsabstracts.org/abstract/an-apparent-cluster-of-parkinsons-disease-pd-in-a-golf-community/">study</a> identified a cluster of Parkinson’s cases in a golf community. According to this group of researchers, golf courses may use more pesticides per acre than are used in agriculture.</p>

<p>This can be due to golf courses striving for a visually appealing, uniform appearance that can be achieved using large amounts of pesticides to control weeds, insects, and diseases that could compromise this look.</p>

<p>“<strong>We were contacted by a golf community of approximately 2200 people because of a concern that PD was unusually prevalent in their community</strong>,” wrote the researchers of the 2020 study.</p>

<p>They discovered that among the multiple pesticides used on the golf course, there were three previously linked with Parkinson’s risk: Mancozeb, 2,4-D, and manganese oxide.</p>

<h2>Significant Limitations of the Study: Expert</h2>

<p>Independent experts, not involved in the study, urge caution over interpreting the results.</p>

<p>Dr. Michael Genovese, physician and chief medical adviser at Ascendant New York, told The Epoch Times that researchers didn’t directly measure pesticide exposure, such as testing people’s blood or checking the water for chemicals.</p>

<p>“<strong>That means we cannot say pesticides caused the increase in Parkinson’s</strong>,” he said. “<strong>We can say that the results are very suspicious and match what other research has shown about pesticides being harmful to the brain.</strong>”</p>

<p>Professor David Dexter, director of research at Parkinson’s UK, explained other significant limitations of the JAMA study in a <a href="https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-study-looking-at-parkinsons-disease-risk-and-proximity-to-golf-courses/">statement</a>.</p>

<p>“Firstly, Parkinson’s starts in the brain 10-15 years before diagnosis, and the study didn’t only use subjects who permanently lived in the area,” he said. “This would not only affect participants’ exposure, but also suggests their Parkinson’s could have started before they moved around a golf course.”</p>

<p>Additionally, the population was not matched for location,<strong> with 80 percent of the Parkinson’s subjects living in urban areas, compared to only 30 percent of controls</strong>. Dexter continued, “Hence other factors like air pollution from motor vehicles, etc. could also account for some of the increases in Parkinson’s incidence.”</p>

<p>Genovese said this study should still be considered a “wake-up call,” even if it does not offer absolute proof. “The pattern it shows is tough to ignore.”</p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">"Rogue" Devices Found Hidden In Chinese Solar Panels Could "Destroy The Grid"</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://modernity.news/2025/05/14/rogue-devices-found-hidden-in-chinese-solar-panels-could-destroy-the-grid"><em>Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,</em></a></p>

<p><strong>Undisclosed communication devices reportedly discovered in Chinese-manufactured solar panels and related equipment have sparked concerns among U.S. officials about the vulnerability of the nation’s power grid, according to a Reuters report. </strong></p>

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<p>These “rogue” devices, found over the past nine months, could potentially destabilize energy infrastructure and trigger widespread blackouts, sources familiar with the matter told the outlet.</p>

<p>The undocumented devices, including cellular radios, were identified in solar power inverters, batteries, electric vehicle chargers, and heat pumps produced by several Chinese suppliers. </p>

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<p>U.S. experts uncovered the components during security inspections of renewable energy equipment, prompting a reevaluation of the risks posed by these products. </p>

<p>Inverters, critical for connecting solar panels and wind turbines to the power grid, are predominantly manufactured in China, amplifying concerns about their security.</p>

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<p><em>“We know that China believes there is value in placing at least some elements of our core infrastructure at risk of destruction or disruption,” said Mike Rogers, former director of the U.S. National Security Agency.</em></p>

<p><em><strong>“I think that the Chinese are, in part, hoping that the widespread use of inverters limits the options that the West has to deal with the security issue,” </strong>Roger’s further urged.</em></p>
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<p>Experts warn that these rogue devices could bypass firewalls, allowing remote manipulation of inverter settings or even complete shutdowns. </p>

<p>Such actions could disrupt power grids, damage energy infrastructure, and cause blackouts. </p>

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<p><em><strong>“That effectively means there is a built-in way to physically destroy the grid,” </strong></em>another source told Reuters.</p>
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<p>The discovery adds to long-standing warnings from energy and security experts about the risks of relying on Chinese-made green energy products. </p>

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<p>Concerns over espionage and sabotage have grown as the U.S. continues to integrate these technologies into its energy systems.</p>

<p>In December 2023, Republican officials, including former Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher and then-Senator Marco Rubio, urged Duke Energy to discontinue using Chinese-manufactured CATL batteries at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, citing surveillance risks. </p>

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<p><em>“Directly following our inquiry, Duke disconnected the Chinese-manufactured systems from the grid,” Gallagher and Rubio stated in a February 2024 press release. </em></p>

<p><em><strong>“Others that continue to work with CATL, and other companies under the control of the CCP, should take note,”</strong> they added.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>The Department of Energy (DOE) acknowledged the issue, with a spokesperson telling Reuters that the department continuously assesses risks associated with new technologies. </p>

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<p><em><strong>“While this functionality may not have malicious intent, it is critical for those procuring to have a full understanding of the capabilities of the products received,” </strong>the spokesperson said. </em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>The DOE is working to strengthen domestic supply chains and improve transparency through initiatives like the “Software Bill of Materials,” which inventories all components in software applications.</p>

<p><strong>A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington rejected the allegations</strong>, stating, “We oppose the generalisation [sic] of the concept of national security, distorting and smearing China’s infrastructure achievements.”</p>

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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Five years ago, the Covid-19 pandemic marked a dramatic shift in workplace dynamics,</strong> as working from home suddenly became the norm for millions of workers in the United States and across the globe. </p>

<p>This transformation offered employees newfound flexibility, enabling them to manage their time more effectively, eliminate commutes, facilitate childcare and often achieve a better work-life balance. </p>

<p>Remote work also allowed for a customized work environment, fostering comfort and productivity for many.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.statista.com/chart/33825/places-where-americans-work/">However, as Statista's Felix Richter notes,</a><strong> traditional office settings continue to hold unique advantages, which is why more and more employers have started to call their workers back to offices for most days of the week. </strong></p>

<p>Offices facilitate in-person collaboration, spontaneous brainstorming and social interaction, all of which are challenging to replicate virtually. </p>

<p>Additionally, the structured environment of an office can provide clearer boundaries between work and personal life, reducing distractions and helping employees switch off when at home.</p>

<p><strong>In many cases, hybrid models combining the benefits of both setups have emerged,</strong> catering to diverse employee preferences and living situations and striking a balance between the benefits and disadvantages of both working from home and in the office. </p>

<p><a href="https://www.statista.com/chart/33825/places-where-americans-work/" title="Infographic: Where Americans Work | Statista"><img alt="Infographic: Where Americans Work | Statista" height="501" src="https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/33825.jpeg" width="501"></a> </p>

<p><em>You will find more infographics at <a href="https://www.statista.com/chartoftheday/">Statista</a></em></p>

<p>According to <a href="https://www.statista.com/insights/consumer">Statista Consumer Insights</a>, <strong>1 in 5 American employees currently work from home regularly, while 40 percent of respondents regularly work in a company office</strong>.</p>
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<div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F36099b0f-5f49-466c-b1af-fa533128245c_2000x1283.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F36099b0f-5f49-466c-b1af-fa533128245c_2000x1283.png" width="1456" height="934" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/36099b0f-5f49-466c-b1af-fa533128245c_2000x1283.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":934,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":3748019,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":"https://karlof1.substack.com/i/163574800?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F36099b0f-5f49-466c-b1af-fa533128245c_2000x1283.png","isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Hard to keep pace with events that need broader distribution. <a href="http://en.qstheory.cn/2025-05/08/c_1090988.htm">Xi’s letter to Russians</a> went under the radar and discovered when I went to read his <a href="http://en.qstheory.cn/2025-05/14/c_1092333.htm">speech to the CELAC</a> gathering in China earlier this week. There’s more to be written about China’s policies in relation to what’s happening globally that will soon be forthcoming. Much of Xi’s letter is in reference to the Victory Day Celebration, although it as some key policy points. The CELAC effort is briming with policy proposals. And yes, there’re links between the two. First is Xi’s letter to Russians:</p><blockquote><p><strong>Learning from History to Build Together a Brighter Future</strong></p><p>H.E. Xi Jinping</p><p>President of the People's Republic of China</p><p>This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, and the World Anti-Fascist War. It also marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN). In this season when "apple and pear trees are blossoming," I will soon pay a state visit to Russia and attend the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, joining the heroic Russian people in honoring the history and the fallen heroes.</p><p>Ten years ago around this time, I came to Russia to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the victory. During that visit, I made a special arrangement to meet with 18 representatives of Russian veterans who endured the blood and fire of battlefields during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War and the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Their unyielding resolve and indomitable bearing left an indelible impression on me. In the past few years, General M. Gareyev, Major General T. Shchudlo and other veterans passed away. I pay my deepest tribute to them and to all veterans—from generals to the rank and file--for their extraordinary service and heroic feats in securing the victory over fascists around the world. We will never forget them. Heroes never perish; their noble spirit lives forever.</p><p>During the World Anti-Fascist War, the Chinese and Russian peoples fought shoulder to shoulder and supported each other. In the darkest hours of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Volunteer Group, which was part of the Soviet Air Force, came to Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing to fight alongside the Chinese people, bravely engaging Japanese invaders in aerial combat--many sacrificing their precious lives. At the critical juncture of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, Yan Baohang, a legendary intelligence agent of the Communist Party of China (CPC) who was hailed as the "Richard Sorge of the East," provided the Soviet Union with primary-source intelligence. In the crucible of the war-torn years, the Soviet Union provided China with large quantities of weapons and equipment. China, for its part, shipped much-needed strategic supplies to the Soviet Union. The two countries jointly established a supply line spanning the treacherous Gobi Desert. It was an international lifeline, vital for our mutual support in fighting fascists. The strong camaraderie between our two nations, forged in blood and sacrifice, surges onward unceasingly, mighty as the Yellow River and the Volga. It is an eternal wellspring nourishing our everlasting friendship.</p><p>Eighty years ago, the forces of justice around the world, including China and the Soviet Union, united in courageous battles against their common foes and defeated the overbearing fascist powers. <em><strong>Eighty years later today, however, unilateralism, hegemonism, bullying, and coercive practices are severely undermining our world. Again humankind has come to a crossroads of unity or division, dialogue or confrontation, win-win cooperation or zero-sum games.</strong></em> In <em>War and Peace</em>, the great writer Leo Tolstoy observed, "History is the life of nations and of humanity." Indeed, historical memory and truth will not fade with the passage of time. <em><strong>They serve as inspirations that mirror the present and illuminate the future.</strong></em> We must learn from history, especially the hard lessons of the Second World War. <em><strong>We must draw wisdom and strength from the great victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and resolutely resist all forms of hegemonism and power politics. We must work together to build a brighter future for humanity.</strong></em></p><p>We must uphold a correct historical perspective on WWII. China and the Soviet Union were the principal theaters of that war in Asia and Europe respectively. The two countries served as the mainstay of resistance against Japanese militarism and German Nazism, making pivotal contribution to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. The Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression began the earliest and lasted the longest. United as one under the banner of the Chinese united front against Japanese aggression, which was advocated and established by the CPC, the Chinese people launched a relentless struggle against and defeated the brutal Japanese militarists. With immense sacrifice, they carved out an immortal epic of heroic resistance and ultimate victory against Japanese aggression. In the European theater, the Soviet Red Army advanced like an iron tide with unwavering fortitude and valor, crushed Nazi Germany's ambitions and liberated millions from its brutal occupation, writing an epic of victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War.</p><p>History teaches us that light will always overcome darkness, and that justice will ultimately prevail over evil. The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East condemned the convicted war criminals to perpetual infamy. <em><strong>The justice and integrity of the two landmark trials, their historic significance, and their contemporary relevance stand beyond challenge. Any attempt to distort the historical truth of WWII, deny its victorious outcome, or defame the historic contribution of China and the Soviet Union is doomed to fail. Neither of our two nations will tolerate any act to reverse the course of history--nor will the people of the whole world.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>We must resolutely uphold the postwar international order. The most significant decision by the international community around the end of WWII was to establish the UN.</strong></em> China and the Soviet Union were among the first to sign the UN Charter. Our permanent membership in the UN Security Council is a product of history, earned through blood and sacrifice. <em><strong>The more turbulent and complex the international situation becomes, the more we must uphold and defend the authority of the UN, firmly uphold the UN-centered international system, the international order underpinned by international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and steadily promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.</strong></em></p><p>This year also marks the 80th anniversary of the restoration of Taiwan. <em><strong>Taiwan's restoration to China is a victorious outcome of WWII and an integral part of the postwar international order. A series of instruments with legal effect under international law, including the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, have all affirmed China's sovereignty over Taiwan.</strong></em> The historical and legal fact therein brooks no challenge. And the authority of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 brooks no challenge. <em><strong>No matter how the situation on the Taiwan island evolves or what troubles external forces may make, the historical trend toward China's ultimate and inevitable reunification is unstoppable.</strong></em></p><p>China and Russia have all along firmly supported each other on issues bearing on our respective core interests or major concerns. Russia has reiterated on many occasions that it strictly adheres to the one-China principle, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, it opposes any form of "Taiwan independence," and it firmly supports all measures of the Chinese government and the Chinese people to achieve national reunification. China highly commends Russia's consistent position.</p><p><em><strong>We must firmly defend international fairness and justice. Now, the global deficits in peace, development, security and governance continue to widen unabated. To address these deficits, I have proposed to build a community with a shared future for mankind and put forward the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative as a way forward to steer the reform of the global governance system toward greater fairness and justice.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>The world needs justice, not hegemonism.</strong></em> History and reality have proven that to meet global challenges, it is important to uphold the vision of global governance featuring extensive consultation and joint contribution for shared benefit. <em><strong>It is also important to choose dialogue over confrontation, build partnerships over alliances, and pursue win-win cooperation over zero-sum games. It is equally important to practice true multilateralism, accommodate the legitimate concerns of all parties, and safeguard international norms and order.</strong></em> We firmly believe that people around the world will choose to stand on the right side of history and the side of fairness and justice.</p><p>China and Russia are both major countries with significant influence in the world. The two nations are constructive forces for maintaining global strategic stability and for improving global governance. Our bilateral relationship is founded upon a clear historical logic, sustained by strong internal drive, and rooted in profound cultural heritage. Our relationship is neither directed against nor swayed by any third party. Together we must foil all schemes to disrupt or undermine our bonds of amity and trust, and we must not be baffled by transient matters or unsettled by formidable challenges. <em><strong>We must leverage the certainty and resilience of our partnership of strategic coordination to jointly accelerate the shift toward a multipolar world and build a community with a shared future for mankind.</strong></em></p><p>China and Russia are both great nations with splendid civilizations. The Chinese and Russian peoples are both great peoples defined by heroic legacies. Eighty years ago, our peoples won the anti-fascist war through heroic struggles. Eight decades later today, we must take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard our sovereignty, security, and development interests. <em><strong>We should be guardians of historical memory, partners in national development and rejuvenation, and champions of global fairness and justice, and work together to forge a brighter future for humanity.</strong></em> [My Emphasis]</p></blockquote><p>I can think of only two US Presidents whose rhetoric is in the same class as Xi Jinping’s: FDR in his Four Freedoms and One-Third of the Nation speeches and JFK’s 1963 American University Speech, “A Strategy of Peace.” It should be noted that only the second of the three has come close to fulfillment, while the main inhibitor to attaining the Four Freedoms and global peace is the Outlaw US Empire. Ironically, these two sentences also have a different meaning to a disturbing segment of humanity whose current aspirations were saved by the Anglo-Americans at WW2’s end:</p><blockquote><p>Indeed, historical memory and truth will not fade with the passage of time. <em><strong>They serve as inspirations that mirror the present and illuminate the future.</strong></em>  </p></blockquote><p>That would be the Nazis and Nazism that are very much alive and prospering thanks to the Collective West. Many have said another Yalta is needed, yet Yalta allowed for the perversion of the UN Charter via the Spheres of Influence concept which was used to deny people self-determination by both sides during the Cold War. The task to preserve historical memory is correct, but ALL of it must be preserved—the good and the bad, justice and injustices. It’s far easier for nations to stand up, confess their crimes, and announce how they’ll atone for them. Unfortunately, most nations have proven to be cowards in that regard which contributes to continuing enmity between nations and peoples. Xi failed to mention the period of strife between the USSR and China over the correct socialist path to follow. IMO, that situation can be used today as a learning experience for both China and Russia. We see that Russia and China have learned and are trying to set an example for the Global Majority.  </p><p>And now his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum where Xi makes proposals to animate its example:</p><blockquote><p><strong>Writing a New Chapter in Building A China-LAC Community with a Shared Future</strong></p><p>Keynote Address by H.E. Xi Jinping</p><p>President of the People's Republic of China</p><p>At the Opening Ceremony</p><p>Of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum</p><p>Beijing, May 13, 2025</p><p>Your Excellency President Gustavo Petro,<br>Your Excellency President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,<br>Your Excellency President Gabriel Boric,<br>Your Excellency President Dilma Rousseff,<br>Delegates of CELAC Member States,<br>Ladies and Gentlemen,<br>Friends,</p><p>It gives me great pleasure to meet so many old and new friends from Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries in Beijing. On behalf of the Chinese government and people, I extend a warm welcome to you all.</p><p>In 2015, LAC delegates and I attended the opening ceremony of the First Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing, which marked the launch of the China-CELAC Forum. Ten years on, with dedicated nurturing of both sides, the Forum has grown from a tender sapling into a towering tree. This fills me with deep pride and satisfaction.</p><p>Although China and the LAC region are geographically distant, the bonds of our friendship stretch back through centuries. As early as in the 16th century, Nao de China, or "Ships of China," laden with friendship, shuttled across the Pacific, marking the dawn of interactions and exchanges between China and the LAC region. From the 1960s onward, as New China established diplomatic ties with some LAC countries, exchanges and cooperation between the two sides became closer and closer. Since the turn of the century and in particular in recent years, China and LAC countries have ushered in a historic era of building a shared future.</p><p>We stand shoulder to shoulder and support each other. China appreciates the long-standing commitment of LAC countries that have diplomatic ties with China to the one-China principle. <em><strong>China firmly supports LAC countries in pursuing development paths suited to their national conditions, safeguarding sovereignty and independence, and opposing external interference. </strong></em><a href="https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/places/latin-america/panama/panama-canal/panamanian-control#google_vignette">In the 1960s</a>, mass rallies and demonstrations took place across China in support of the Panamanian people's rightful claim to sovereignty over the Panama Canal. In the 1970s, during the Latin American campaign for 200-nautical-mile maritime rights, China voiced its resolute and unequivocal support for the legitimate demands of developing countries. For 32 consecutive times since 1992, China has consistently voted for the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly resolutions calling for an end to the U.S. embargo against Cuba.</p><p><em><strong>We ride the tide of progress together to pursue win-win cooperation. Embracing the trend of economic globalization, China and LAC countries have deepened cooperation in trade, investment, finance, science and technology, infrastructure, and many other fields.</strong></em> Under the framework of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, the two sides have implemented more than 200 infrastructure projects, creating over a million jobs. The China-LAC satellite cooperation program has set a model for high-tech South-South cooperation. The inauguration of Chancay Port in Peru has established a new land-and-sea connectivity link between Asia and Latin America. China has signed free trade agreements with Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. <em><strong>Last year, trade between China and LAC countries exceeded US$500 billion for the first time, an increase of over 40 times from the beginning of this century.</strong></em></p><p>We unite in tough times to conquer challenges through mutual support. China and LAC countries have collaborated on disaster prevention, mitigation and relief and on joint response to hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters. Since 1993, China has dispatched 38 medical teams to the Caribbean. When the pandemic of the century struck, China was among the first to offer assistance to LAC countries, providing over 300 million doses of vaccines and nearly 40 million units of medical supplies and equipment, and sending multiple teams of medical experts. All this helped protect the lives of hundreds of millions across the region.</p><p>We uphold solidarity and coordination and rise to global challenges with resolve. Together, China and LAC countries champion true multilateralism, uphold international fairness and justice, advance global governance reform, and promote multipolarization of the world and greater democracy in international relations. We have worked together to address global challenges like climate change, and advance progress in global biodiversity governance. China and Brazil jointly issued a six-point common understanding on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, which has been endorsed by more than 110 countries, contributing our wisdom and strength to resolving international hotspot issues.</p><p><em><strong>Facts have shown that China and LAC countries are advancing hand in hand as a community with a shared future. This community of ours is founded upon equality, powered by mutual benefit and win-win, invigorated by openness and inclusiveness, and dedicated to the people's well-being. It exhibits enduring vitality and holds immense promise.</strong></em></p><p>Distinguished Delegates,<br>Friends,</p><p>The century-defining transformation is accelerating across the globe, <em><strong>with multiple risks compounding one another. Such developments make unity and cooperation among nations indispensable for safeguarding global peace and stability and for promoting global development and prosperity.</strong></em> There are no winners in tariff wars or trade wars. Bullying or hegemonism only leads to self-isolation. China and LAC countries are important members of the Global South. Independence and autonomy are our glorious tradition. Development and revitalization are our inherent right. And fairness and justice are our common pursuit. <em><strong>In the face of seething undercurrents of geopolitical and bloc confrontation and the surging tide of unilateralism and protectionism, China stands ready to join hands with our LAC partners to launch five programs that advance our shared development and revitalization and contribute to a China-LAC community with a shared future.</strong></em></p><p>The first is <em><strong>Solidarity Program</strong></em>. China will work with LAC countries to support each other on issues bearing on our respective core interests and major concerns. We must enhance exchanges in all fields, and strengthen communication and coordination on major international and regional issues. In the next three years, to facilitate our exchanges on national governance best practices, China will invite 300 members from political parties of CELAC member states every year to visit China. <em><strong>China supports the efforts by LAC countries in increasing their influence on the multilateral stage. We will work with LAC countries to firmly safeguard the international system with the U.N. at its core and the international order underpinned by international law, and to speak with one voice in international and regional affairs.</strong></em></p><p>The second is<em><strong> Development Program. China will work with LAC countries to implement the Global Development Initiative. We will resolutely uphold the multilateral trading system, ensure stable, unimpeded global industrial and supply chains, and promote an international environment of openness and cooperation. </strong></em>We should foster greater synergy between our development strategies, expand high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and bolster cooperation in traditional areas such as infrastructure, agriculture and food, and energy and minerals. We should expand cooperation in emerging areas such as clean energy, 5G telecommunications, the digital economy and artificial intelligence, and carry out the China-LAC Science and Technology Partnership. China will increase imports of quality products from LAC countries, and encourage its enterprises to expand investment in the LAC region. <em><strong>We will provide a RMB66 billion yuan credit line to support LAC countries' development.</strong></em></p><p>The third is <em><strong>Civilization Program. China will work with LAC countries to implement the Global Civilization Initiative.</strong></em> <em><strong>We should uphold the vision of equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and inclusiveness between civilizations, and champion humanity's common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom.</strong></em> We should enhance China-LAC civilizational exchanges and mutual learning, including through a conference on China-LAC inter-civilizational dialogue. We should deepen cultural and artistic exchanges and cooperation, and hold the Latin American and Caribbean Arts Season. We should strengthen exchanges and cooperation in cultural heritage fields such as joint archaeological projects, conservation and restoration of ancient and historic sites, and museum exhibitions. We should also carry out collaborative studies of ancient civilizations and enhance cooperation to combat illicit trafficking of cultural property.</p><p><em><strong>The fourth is Peace Program. China will work with LAC countries to implement the Global Security Initiative.</strong></em> China supports the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace and the Declaration of Member States of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean. <em><strong>The two sides should cooperate more closely in disaster governance, cybersecurity, counterterrorism, anti-corruption, narcotics control and combating transnational organized crime so as to safeguard security and stability in the region.</strong></em> China will organize law enforcement training programs tailored to the needs of CELAC member states, and do our best to provide equipment assistance.</p><p>The fifth is<em><strong> People-to-People Connectivity Program</strong></em>.<em> <strong>In the next three years, China will provide CELAC member states with 3,500 government scholarships, 10,000 training opportunities in China, 500 International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarships, 300 training opportunities for poverty reduction professionals, and 1,000 funded placements through the Chinese Bridge program.</strong></em> We will initiate 300 "small and beautiful" livelihood projects, actively promote vocational education cooperation programs such as Luban Workshop, and support CELAC member states in developing Chinese language education. We will also launch an exhibition of Chinese films and TV programs under The Bond, and work with LAC countries to translate and introduce 10 premium TV dramas and audiovisual programs annually to each other. China will host the China-LAC tourism dialogue with LAC countries. To facilitate friendly exchanges, China has decided to implement a visa exemption for five LAC countries as the first step, and will expand this policy coverage at proper times.</p><p>Distinguished Delegates,<br>Friends,</p><p>As an 11th-century Chinese poet wrote, "Life's greatest joy comes from finding kindred spirits." Latin America has a similar proverb which goes, "The one who has a friend has a treasure." No matter how the world changes, China will always stand by LAC countries as a good friend and a good partner. Let us march forward together on our paths toward modernization, working together to write a new chapter in building a China-LAC community with a shared future. [My Emphasis]</p></blockquote><p>As Xi proposed to Africa last year, China is highly motivated to implement its several Global Initiatives all aimed at improving the world and moving it toward the goal of attaining Harmony. Yes, China’s goal is to provide LAC with a better alternative than subjugation to the Outlaw US Empire’s Monroe Doctrine which has caused so much harm to LAC nations and peoples since the 1840s. Xi’s referencing the Panamanian struggle to gain control over the canal that began in the 1960s and took many decades to finalize is a reminder that the LAC community needs a powerful friend to offset the hegemon to the North. There’s a tie-in between the LAC and African initiatives that’s logical since many LAC peoples have ties to Africa. One of China’s aims is to get the African Union to make common cause with the LAC by increasing commerce and people-to-people exchanges. It appears China will mimic Russia’s project of Parliamentary exchanges at national and regional levels to generate closer ties. </p><p>The response to Xi’s proposals and the China-CELAC Beijing Declaration was led by Brazil’s Lula who gushed enthusiasm:</p><blockquote><p>Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva praised the declaration as a source of encouragement for developing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Lula said it brings hope and shows that economically strong countries like China are considering how to contribute to the development of the world's poorest nations. Renowned Brazilian journalist Leonardo Attuch remarked that the declaration opens a historic window for Latin America to reshape its future. It symbolizes a new world emerging from the collapse of the imperialist order - one that rebuilds international relations on the foundations of fairness, respect and national self-determination, according to him. </p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/wjbzhd/202505/t20250513_11622237.shtml">Another document</a> was agreed upon that will facilitate the Declaration, The Joint Action Plan for Cooperation in Key Areas between China and CELAC Member States (2025-2027).  The Gym’s next article will look into the Beijing Declaration and published discussion about it. While the CELAC-China Forum didn’t see 100% attendance from the region’s nations, China remains optimistic the Forum will grow as its benefits become apparent to non-members.</p><p>*<br>*<br>*<br><em>Like what you’ve been reading at Karlof1’s Substack? Then please consider subscribing and choosing to make a <strong>monthly/yearly pledge</strong> to enable my efforts in this challenging realm. 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<p>-Le BRICS, une initiative spécifique, une force attractive.</p>
<p>-L’Inde, un palmarès prestigieux</p>
<p>-L’Iran, de la compatibilité de l’Islam et de la technologie de pointe. Un cas d’école.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>Le président américain Donald Trump a exigé le 30 novembre 2024 des …</p>

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UnitedHealth Group Slams "Deeply Irresponsible" WSJ Report As Shares Suffer Worst Weekly Crash Since 1998

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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">UnitedHealth Group Slams "Deeply Irresponsible" WSJ Report As Shares Suffer Worst Weekly Crash Since 1998</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Update (1032ET):</strong></p>

<p>UnitedHealth Group shares plunged in early U.S. cash trading after The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday evening that the Department of Justice is conducting an ongoing criminal investigation into the company's Medicare practices.</p>

<p>UnitedHealth Group rejected WSJ's claims, <a href="https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/2025/2025-05-14-response-may-14-wsj-article.html" target="_blank">saying</a>: </p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>We have not been notified by the Department of Justice of the supposed criminal investigation reported, without official attribution, in the Wall Street Journal today.</em></p>

<p><em>The WSJ's reporting is deeply irresponsible, as even it admits that the "exact nature of the potential criminal allegations is unclear."</em></p>

<p><em>We stand by the integrity of our Medicare Advantage program.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Shares of UnitedHealth are down 17% on the session. Since mid-April, shares have crashed 58% on a series of negative news, including earlier this week:</p>

<ul><li><em><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/unitedhealth-group-shares-plunge-abrupt-ceo-exit-suspends-2025-outlook" target="_blank">UnitedHealth Group Shares Plunge On Abrupt CEO Exit, Suspends 2025 Outlook</a></em></li>
</ul><p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Snag_2644536.png?itok=n35yW9XR" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Snag_2644536.png?itok=n35yW9XR"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="48092a50-ef7e-4305-9f3d-27e2fb865c36" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="278" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Snag_2644536.png?itok=n35yW9XR" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Shares are so far down 32% on the week, the worst weekly performance since the first week of August 1998.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Snag_2638282.png?itok=1ZbuPbYq" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Snag_2638282.png?itok=1ZbuPbYq"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ba83df21-29ae-422f-a629-9be15a0ce94f" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="256" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Snag_2638282.png?itok=1ZbuPbYq" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>This is comical: Bloomberg data shows that 82.8% of analysts covering UnitedHealth Group still rate the stock a "Buy," with an average 12-month price target of $438. The current price is $254.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/unnamed_1061.png?itok=IN16quHB" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/unnamed_1061.png?itok=IN16quHB"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="317d6a01-f013-4bc9-ab7c-8ec9f5cc5730" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="424" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/unnamed_1061.png?itok=IN16quHB" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Such swift and steep drawdowns have speculators wondering whether a bottom is near—a tough call, but definitely one to keep a close eye on.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="https://siphox.zhstore.com/" data-image-href="https://siphox.zhstore.com/" data-link-option="2" href="https://siphox.zhstore.com/"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2555f552-d81b-4622-93dc-7900ab4630c2" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="141" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/SiPhox_16.png?itok=c5wDeFEC" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>*   *   * </p>

<p><em>And the hits just keep on coming...</em></p>

<p>UNH shares are plunging after hours (down 6% and back below $300 for the first time since September 2020) following a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/unitedhealth-medicare-fraud-investigation-df80667f?mod=hp_lead_pos1">report from The Wall Street Journal </a>that, according to people familiar with the matter, <strong>the DOJ is investigating UnitedHealth Group for possible criminal Medicare fraud related to its Medicare Advantage business.</strong></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_16-09-13.jpg?itok=mxf2J9oX" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_16-09-13.jpg?itok=mxf2J9oX"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="19ac184d-8265-47f1-bd66-0916af7c720f" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="339" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-05-14_16-09-13.jpg?itok=mxf2J9oX" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>While the <strong>exact nature of the potential criminal allegations against UnitedHealth is unclear</strong>, the people said the federal investigation is focusing on the company’s Medicare Advantage business practices.</p>

<p>The Justice Department’s criminal healthcare fraud unit focuses on crimes such as <strong>kickbacks that trigger higher Medicare and Medicare payments</strong>.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/im-26488385.jpg?itok=4gVSflyO" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/im-26488385.jpg?itok=4gVSflyO"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="358d9264-f90c-45c2-9411-d98249eb5318" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="336" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/im-26488385.jpg?itok=4gVSflyO" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>UnitedHealth’s latest annual securities filing says <strong>the company “has been involved or is currently involved in various governmental investigations, audits and reviews,” </strong>and flags involved agencies including the Justice Department.</p>

<p>It doesn’t specifically mention the criminal, civil, and antitrust probes the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/unitedhealth-medicare-fraud-investigation-df80667f?mod=hp_lead_pos1">Journal </a>has reported.</p>

<p><strong>The probe adds to a list of government inquiries into the company,</strong> including investigations of <a data-type="link" href="https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/u-s-launches-antitrust-investigation-of-healthcare-giant-unitedhealth-ff5a00d2?mod=article_inline" rel="" target="_blank">potential antitrust violations</a> and a <a data-type="link" href="https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/unitedhealth-medicare-doj-diagnosis-investigation-66b9f1db?mod=article_inline" rel="" target="_blank">civil investigation</a> of its Medicare billing practices, including at its doctors offices.</p>

<p>All of this comes as the Trump administration and Congress look to cut federal health spending, a key source of UnitedHealth’s success.</p>
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<p>Plusieurs experts américains ont identifié des problèmes dans la mise en œuvre de l’accord entre les États-Unis et l’Ukraine concernant les minéraux, a rapporté le Washington Post. Le journal a souligné de nombreux facteurs qui rendraient les entreprises américaines hésitantes …</p>

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title: Tyson Responds To Beef Shortage With "Hard" Push Into Chicken Production
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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Speaking at the BMO Global Farm to Market Conference in New York, Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King said the U.S. cattle industry appears to be in the early stages of a rebuilding cycle, with the national herd size hovering near 70-year lows.</p>

<p>In response to alarmingly low herd levels pushing cattle futures in Chicago to record highs, King noted Tyson plans to ramp up chicken production. Chicken is viewed as an affordable alternative to beef, making it increasingly attractive to cost-conscious consumers. </p>

<p>"We've got more opportunity to grow," King told industry insiders and investors at the market conference, adding the company is looking to work its assets "a little harder."</p>

<p>King said Tyson will expand chicken production to meet growing demand as a more affordable alternative to beef. </p>

<p>The cattle shortage, plus new developments this week of U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins shutting down live cattle, horse, and bison imports from southern border land ports, sent cattle futures in <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/food/cattle-futures-hit-new-highs-after-mexican-beef-imports-halted-stop-pest-invasion">Chicago to fresh record highs</a> earlier this week. </p>

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<p>King expects chicken demand to remain robust through the second half of this year into 2026. This will help the U.S. largest meat processor to offset sagging beef profits amid one of the worst cattle shortages in a generation. </p>

<p>King reiterated his call, <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/tyson-foods-spots-potential-beef-crisis-low-hard-work-begins">first mentioned on Monday in an earnings call</a>, about emerging signs ranchers are in the early innings of rebuilding depleted herds. He cautioned that such an effort could take at least two years. </p>

<p>The White House's <em>Rapid Response 47</em> X account reposted a video from Fox News that interviewed a rancher who warned, "it's going to take time to rebuild" the nation's herd. </p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">5th Generation Cattle Rancher Steve Lucie: I think at this point, we should be all-in on what's happening... We have the lowest beef herd that we've had since 1950 and that's because so many people have gotten out of the industry. If we could've exported more of our beef, I don't… <a href="https://t.co/Hmkq30KmYa">pic.twitter.com/Hmkq30KmYa</a></p>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1909319541710373054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p><strong>The question on our minds:</strong> Will the cattle shortage actually worsen in the second half of the year and into 2026? The rebuilding cycle takes time, which likely means higher beef prices and potential supply constraints—think back to the brief egg shortage. </p>

<p>At ZeroHedge, we're not waiting around to find out.</p>

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<p>We've launched a "Rancher-Direct" e-commerce platform to secure access to clean, American-raised beef sourced from independent ranchers across the country.</p>

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<p>It's about planning ahead in uncertain times. Relying on multinational supermarket chains for clean, reliable food has become a major issue over the years. The smarter path forward is building direct relationships with local ranchers—knowing where your food comes from and securing that connection before the next supply chain crunch hits.</p>
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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-be-panican-question-government-shenanigans"><em>Authored by Matthew Williams via The Mises Institute,</em></a></p>

<p><strong>“Don’t Be A Panican” is a <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/conservatives-rally-behind-trump-s-pro-tariff-mantra-don-t-be-a-panican/ar-AA1Ctmiz">memeable mantra</a> adapted from a Truth Social post released by the President during the market turmoil </strong>triggered by the threat of a broad-sweeping tariff policy. While the panican meme is comical and jovial, its sentiment carries a more insidious undertone.</p>

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<p>Voting conservatives have given lip service to the classical liberal tenet that a smaller government is the most effective way to run a country—though we will not delve into how this desire fails to manifest in Washington, D.C. Traditionally, conservatives are supposed to question government, support free markets, condemn government overreach, and uphold constitutionalism.</p>

<p>On April 2, 2025—“Liberation Day”—Trump announced a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-liberation-day-list/">litany</a> of tariffs. However, they were not genuine tariffs but pseudo-tariffs. The <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/trumps-totally-arbitrary-tariff-regime/">calculations</a> relied on the ratio of trade deficits to US imports, producing a falsely-inflated tariff percentage. In response, Trump introduced retaliatory tariffs based on this misleading figure. Critics argued that the tactic was inherently dishonest. Yet, when confronted with this faulty approach, many of President Trump’s most ardent followers retorted, “trust the process” or “it’s going to hurt in the <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-republicans-defend-trade-agenda-trump-changes-course/ar-AA1CCXqk?ocid=BingNewsSerp">short term</a>”—believing that the ends justify the means.</p>

<p><strong>Tariffs sent the markets into a frenzy. </strong>Both Trump and representatives from his administration conveyed <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5350917/trump-tariffs-aides">conflicting messages</a> about the tariffs’ ultimate purpose. Meanwhile, obsequious conservative think tanks scrambled to justify the policy, often issuing paradoxical interpretations of tariffs as a strategy.</p>

<p><strong>A Euthyphro’s dilemma of sorts emerged. </strong>Were tariffs sound policy—capable of paying debt, replacing taxes, and bolstering American exceptionalism—or were they valuable solely because they could be leveraged to bargain for free trade with other nations? Rather than reconciling this dilemma or acknowledging the inherent contradictions, followers and messengers embraced all premises, frequently conflating disparate ideas. The goal was clear: to cast Trump’s decision in a positive light. Even more disheartening was the fact that many of these trusted intellectuals compromised their foundational values, such as the commitment to free trade, in an effort to justify an enigmatic presidential move.</p>

<p><strong>Put bluntly, “Don’t Be A Panican” was less about avoiding panic and more a euphemism for “trust Donald Trump.” </strong>This message—emerging from traditionally skeptical conservatives—is particularly troubling given the garbled communications from the Trump administration. There were ample reasons to be skeptical—regardless of the ultimate outcome or one’s political leanings. Unfortunately, this blind trust had already taken root before April 2, and it is not a phenomenon confined solely to the Right.</p>

<h2><strong>Don’t Be A Panican: Bias Media and Public Health Figures</strong></h2>

<p>Five years ago, a novel virus swept the globe. Covid was a highly-contagious threat, particularly dangerous to high-risk individuals, and it cost over <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101932/coronavirus-covid19-cases-and-deaths-number-us-americans/">one million</a> American lives. Public health figures urged citizens to confine themselves at home—no visiting family or friends, mask up, and even avoid hiking outdoors. Media outlets broadcast death counters alongside the latest news, and images of people isolated at home—waving from behind windows or hugging through plastic barriers—became ubiquitous. Commercials urging citizens to mask up and do their part to stop the contagion inundated every broadcast, fostering an environment of pervasive fear.</p>

<p>A vaccine was developed in record time and though—sometimes a controversial point—data showed the <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50376-z">vaccine safe</a>; its efficacy in containing the spread of the contagion was <a href="https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/12/02/covid-19-vaccines-may-not-prevent-spread-of-virus-so-mask-wearing-other-protections-still-critical/">questionable</a>. Regardless, many companies and institutions pushed mask and vaccine mandates on the public at the discretion of government entities like the Center for Disease Control (CDC).</p>

<p>These mandates were poorly managed and infringed on many American freedoms. Questioners or dissenters were frequently excluded from public discourse, their concerns dismissed without proper debate; in some instances, individuals even faced career-ending <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60001143">repercussions</a>. Worries about vaccine side effects were labeled as “conspiracy theories.” When <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/alexberenson/p/the-terrifying-scientific-groupthink?r=508jew&amp;utm_medium=ios">side effects</a> became public knowledge, there was neither an apology nor an admission of error. Covid policy and response was a complete <a href="https://mobileapp.bostonglobe.com/03092025_3cee21be-fa31-11ef-bedc-7d7b6d2e1a0f/content.html">disaster</a>.</p>

<p><strong>The panican narrative was quite different in this situation. It was the panicans urging the public to blindly trust authorities and the “science,” while non-panicans exercised caution and rejected that narrative. </strong></p>

<p>Non-panicans fervently detested and rejected the technocratic establishment.</p>

<p><strong>Fast forward to 2025, and new faces have supplanted the technocrats in institutions of public health, such as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). </strong>Many non-panicans—once adamantly opposed to bureaucrats lecturing us on health decisions—now welcome these new figures as leaders in public health. Some even call for them to use bureaucratic power to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/health/gras-reform-kennedy-wellness/index.html">remove additives</a> or unwanted ingredients from foods and baby formula. Such calls are often embellished with justifications like, “They are poisoning us!”—a claim that sounds awfully like an appeal to panic.</p>

<p><strong>In this scenario, there are several reasons to reject—or at least protest—the advocacy for government intervention as a panacea that should be obvious to government minimalists—and non-panicans. </strong>First, the idea that government regulations will hold corporations accountable is debatable, as evidence suggests that such measures can instead <a href="https://spectator.org/rfk-jrs-food-regulations-benefit-big-food-swamp/">embolden corporate</a> entities. Second, emboldening the market, by decreasing regulations and bureaucratic controls, to apply pressures on corporations is the orthodox conservative approach. What happened?</p>

<p>Conversely, the panicans have reacted in an entirely opposite manner. Now, it is the panicans telling us to no longer trust the experts—blaming them for <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-crisis-decades-making-rfk-jr-helped-drive-america-moment-rcna194093">measles outbreaks</a> and for <a href="https://gizmodo.com/cdc-to-re-investigate-vaccines-and-autism-despite-decades-of-evidence-showing-no-link-2000573773">wasting taxpayer money</a> on frivolous experiments like investigating a cause for autism. This stance seems excessive and misleading, especially since anti-vaccine sentiments had been on the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/13/upshot/vaccination-rates.html">rise before figures</a> like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came to prominence. Ironically, this anti-vaccine trajectory appears largely as a reaction to the panican response during covid. It is bewildering that the covid panicans failed to assume any responsibility for this trend, choosing instead to project blame onto figures like RFK Jr. and Dr. Bhattacharya for the growing movement against established scientific thought.</p>

<p><strong>The polarization surrounding nearly every policy decision leaves one questioning the appropriate course of action.</strong></p>

<h2><strong>To Be or Not to Be a Panican</strong></h2>

<p><strong>It seems the American public is constantly instructed on when to be—and not to be—a “panican” by the powers that be.</strong> While only two scenarios have been outlined above, recent years have presented a plethora of examples: Russian collusion, Biden’s mental health decline, “if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor,” etc. The list is extensive.</p>

<p>It is good advice not to be a panican. Panic induces strong emotions of fear and uncertainty, rendering individuals more susceptible to short-sighted solutions that promise comfort or security. Typically, these solutions manifest as government interventionism—leading to rigid legislation and eventual bureaucratic expansion. In the words of V from V for Vendetta, “Fear got the best of you and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor [the government].... Fear became the ultimate tool of this government.”</p>

<p>However, a more troubling message accompanies the panican mantra. Whether one is labeled a panican or not often depends on partisan politics rather than objective analysis. Although panicans are generally associated with the Left and non-panicans with the Right, this alignment is not absolute. Both camps tend to place their trust in government solutions solely based on who is in power—a stance that builds a house on a foundation of sand. At its core, this philosophy assumes that the government will, or is, acting in the best interests of the people.</p>

<p>Demagoguery has become commonplace in political discourse and in approach to policy. This trend sets a dangerous precedent by encouraging the abandonment of the very ideals on which our nation was founded. <strong>The Founders believed strongly in rights endowed by an extrinsic, all-powerful Creator, not government.</strong> This belief is potent precisely because it shifts power away from a flawed human institution and places it in individual rights, which transcend human authority. Thomas Jefferson famously averred, “The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.”</p>

<p><strong>On the other hand, President Trump has taken significant steps to reduce government power</strong> in some areas through initiatives such as DOGE, executive orders implementing sunsetting legislation, and crackdowns on illegal immigration—actions that support a smaller government framework. These decisions should be lauded, as they position Trump as a champion of reducing government overreach. Trump excels when held accountable and listens to his base—a notable strength—it is all the more important that conservatives uphold their values rather than succumb to populist rhetoric and defenses.</p>

<p><strong>We must remember that America’s values do not originate from those in power but from a set of ideals that exceed human authority. </strong>When the administration pursues actions that contradict these values, it is our duty to question and hold them accountable. Excusing or attempting to justify poor policy sets a dangerous precedent. With that being said, don’t be a panican.</p>
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<p>“Honestly, when I said that with all the disagreements I may have with [President] Trump, and he may have with me, I think his decision on the [Russia-Ukraine] war was important,” <a href="https://www.gov.br/planalto/pt-br/acompanhe-o-planalto/entrevistas/entrevista-do-presidente-lula-em-coletiva-de-imprensa-apos-visita-a-china">Brazilian President Lula da Silva told reporters</a> in Beijing this morning before leaving China. “It was important, because you had our friend Biden talking about war every day, talking about destroying Russia every day. Trump comes and says: `No, we have to make peace, we have to stop this war.’ I thought that was great.”</p>
<p>As for whether he thinks President Trump might do something similar during his current trip to the Middle East, Lula replied: “I hope he can make a contribution to ending the genocide. The word, I’ll repeat it here. To end the genocide in the Gaza Strip. That’s not a war. That’s genocide. The only thing I want is for the UN to take a decision. And if Trump contributes to that, now— [but] if he wants to turn it into a resort, it won’t work.</p>
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<p>Several international media are reporting on a proposal made by Iran to create a consortium with Arab nations, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, to enrich uranium for peaceful use in the production of nuclear energy. Iran hopes that this would help get around U.S. objections to Iran enriching uranium on its own in the country. This is reportedly the proposal by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to President Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff during the fourth round of bilateral talks in Muscat, Oman on May 11.</p>
<p>According to Britain’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/13/iran-proposes-partnership-with-uae-and-saudi-arabia-to-enrich-uranium"><em>The Guardian</em></a> it’s not clear whether Araghchi made the proposal directly to Witkoff, but it is in any case circulating in Tehran. Neither Witkoff’s office, the State Department or the U.S. National Security Council have responded to requests for comment.</p>
<p>On May 13 the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/world/middleeast/iran-us-nuclear-talks.html"><em>New York Times</em></a> cited four Iranian officials “with knowledge of the matter” and added that on May 12 the plan was prominently featured in several Iranian media. The operation would be based in Iran, with Saudi and Emirati personnel, who would have access to Iranian technology. That would be a big concession on Iran’s part, and reflects the dramatic improvement in Iran-Saudi relations that was brokered by China in March 2023. Enrichment would be reduced to the 3.67% levels included in the original 2015, six-nation Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).</p>
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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Maryland's tax-and-spend Democrats—obsessed with a far-left progressive agenda, ranging from <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/maryland-dems-lose-all-sense-reality-focus-condoms-kids-reparations-crises-pile">condoms for kids</a> to gender identity to <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/far-left-maryland-lawmakers-pass-reparations-bill-while-financial-crisis-looms">reparations</a> to climate change to <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/why-margarita-sipping-maryland-senator-defending-ms-13-gangbanger-while-state-falls-apart?ref=biztoc.com">criminal illegal aliens</a>—have pushed the state closer and closer to the brink. The self-created financial mess unfolding in the state predates President Trump's second term and derives from leftist activists who have seized power in recent years and squandered taxpayer funds. </p>

<p>Now, Maryland's financial credit profile is deteriorating—for the first time in decades—after Moody's downgraded the state's creditworthiness to Aa1 from AAA, according to <a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/moodys-downgrades-marylands-aaa-bond-rating">Fox Baltimore</a>.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Snag_91efc59f.png?itok=cQxjZIOt" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Snag_91efc59f.png?itok=cQxjZIOt"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9b61827a-ae3a-4444-b830-0300e56cb048" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="216" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Snag_91efc59f.png?itok=cQxjZIOt" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Since 1973, Maryland has maintained a top-tier credit rating, long seen as a reflection of fiscal discipline and responsible governance. However, far-left Democrats in Annapolis have chosen to run deficits to fund their progressive pet projects. This credit downgrade puts Maryland on the disastrous pathway toward becoming "<strong>Illinois 2.0." </strong></p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>The move by Moody's ends more than three decades in which Maryland held the highest bond rating from the three rating agencies: Moody's, Standard &amp; Poor's and Fitch. Moody's had given Maryland a AAA rating every year since 1973 — until Wednesday. Prior to Wednesday's announcement, Maryland was one of 14 states to have the highest rating from the three major agencies — Fitch, Moody's and Standard &amp; Poors. -<a href="https://marylandmatters.org/2025/05/14/maryland-loses-coveted-aaa-bond-rating/">Maryland Matters</a></em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>About a year ago, <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/self-created-hole-education-reforms-push-maryland-toward-financial-cliff">Moody's downgraded</a> the state's outlook from stable to "negative," citing significant concerns about looming structural deficits due to Annapolis' out-of-control education spending. </p>

<p>Moody's assessment of Maryland's deteriorating creditworthiness comes as Democrats in control of the General Assembly and the governor's seat struggle to tame a projected $3.3 billion deficit through cuts, cost shifts, and $1.6 billion in taxes and fees. </p>

<p>Democratic leaders in Maryland—including Governor Wes Moore, Senate President Bill Ferguson, House Speaker Adrienne Jones, the state treasurer, and the comptroller—are pointing fingers at federal cutbacks tied to President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative as the source of the state's fiscal strain.</p>

<p>"To put it bluntly, this is a Trump downgrade. Over the last one hundred days, the federal administration's decisions have wreaked havoc on the entire region, including Maryland," the joint statement from Gov. Moore and others stated, adding, "Washington, D.C. received a credit downgrade. Thousands of federal workers are losing their jobs. Actual and proposed cuts to everything from health care to education will continue to exact an incalculable toll on Maryland and states across the country."</p>

<p>But this deflection by Maryland Democrats masks years of unsustainable progressive policy decisions not rooted in financially sound decision-making.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Maryland's economy remains heavily exposed to government spending because roughly 20% of its GDP is tied to government spending: 10% from local government, 6% from the federal sector, and 4% from state operations (as of 2023). In such a heavily government-reliant economy, even modest reductions in government activity can have outsized effects, yet those cuts take time to work into the system.</p>

<p>Republicans have criticized Gov. Moore and Democrats for their previous spending binge... </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_14-29-55.png?itok=CbAFGh88" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_14-29-55.png?itok=CbAFGh88"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a3ccf5ec-b0e1-4596-9a7a-7b09b29c0316" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-05-14_14-29-55.png?itok=CbAFGh88" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>"A year ago, Moody's changed Maryland's fiscal outlook to 'negative' due to our looming deficits and Blueprint spending. This was well before President Trump's reelection and before any federal retrenchment," Republican House Minority Leader Jason Buckel said via a statement, adding, "Foisting the blame anywhere but at the feet of the excessive spending championed by Maryland's Democratic party is, at best, disingenuous."</p>

<p>"Governor Moore promised to make this 'Maryland's Decade,' but he and Maryland's Democratic supermajority keep putting all their eggs in one basket, banking our entire economy on the federal government instead of building a diversified, competitive private sector," said Republican Senate Minority Whip Justin Ready. </p>

<p>"Since well before Governor Moore, Maryland governors—Democrats and Republicans alike—protected this AAA rating as a symbol of our financial integrity," said Republican Senate Minority Leader Steve Hershey. </p>

<p>Hershey noted, "But in just over a year, Governor Moore's administration has eroded that legacy through unchecked spending and a lack of serious fiscal discipline. His feel-good messaging can't cover up the fact that the choices made under his leadership have left Maryland weaker, not stronger."</p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Maryland Loses AAA Bond Rating: Senate Republican Leaders Say “We’re Paying the Price for Failed Leadership” <a href="https://t.co/c6kDYjFQtK">pic.twitter.com/c6kDYjFQtK</a></p>
— Maryland Senate Republicans (@MDSenateGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/MDSenateGOP/status/1922691579455705153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>In February, we noted: </p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>Our recent conversation with a large asset management firm in the region revealed the state's dire fiscal situation and how their clients are being told not to add Maryland munis to their bond portfolio. Some clients are being advised to find residency in conservative states amid fears Democrats will enact out-of-control tax hikes as the state implodes.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Even though Maryland still holds one of the highest possible credit ratings, the slippery slope has begun for the state as unaccountable Democrats have done everything in their power to ignore taxpayers to prioritize illegal criminal aliens, woke, and climate change nonsense.</p>

<p>Maryland's demise via a series of reporting pieces:  </p>

<ul><li>
	<p><strong>June 5, 2024:</strong> <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/self-created-hole-education-reforms-push-maryland-toward-financial-cliff"><em>"Self-Created Hole": Education Reforms Push Maryland Toward Financial Cliff</em></a></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><strong>July 13, 2024:</strong><em> <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/marylands-energy-crisis-sparked-apocalyptic-environmentalism">Maryland "Can't Import Itself Out Of Energy Crisis" Amid Urgent Need To Boost In-State Power Generation</a></em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><strong>November 28, 2024:</strong> <em><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/marylands-death-spiral-begins-reckless-democratic-lawmakers-spark-budget-crisis-fears">Maryland's Death Spiral: Reckless Democratic Lawmakers Spark Budget Crisis Fears As "Deep Recession" Looms</a></em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><strong>February 23: </strong><em><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/maryland-democrats-spark-power-bill-crisis-backfiring-extremist-green-policies">Maryland Democrats' 'Extremist' Green Agenda Sparks Power Bill Crisis Crippling Households</a></em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><strong>February 27:</strong> <em><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/maryland-democrats-clearly-denial-state-races-twin-crisises">Maryland Democrats "Clearly In Denial" As State Faces Twin Crises</a></em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><strong>March 5: </strong><em><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/maryland-dems-lose-all-sense-reality-focus-condoms-kids-reparations-crises-pile">Maryland Dems Lose All Sense Of Reality: Focus On Condoms For Kids, Reparations As Crises Pile Up</a></em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><strong>March 29:</strong><em> <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/far-left-maryland-democrats-just-passed-sleep-tax-next-thinking-tax">Maryland Democrats Pass "Sleep Tax" - Is A Thinking Tax Next?</a></em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><strong>April 3: </strong><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/far-left-maryland-lawmakers-pass-reparations-bill-while-financial-crisis-looms"><em>Far-Left Maryland Lawmakers Pass Reparations Bill While Financial Crisis Looms</em></a></p>
	</li>
</ul><p>.  .  . </p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">70% Of Americans Support A Fresh Nuclear Deal With Iran; New Poll Finds</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/13/70-of-americans-support-a-nuclear-deal-with-iran/"><em>Authored by Kyle Anzalone via AntiWar.com,</em></a></p>

<p>A new <a href="https://criticalissues.umd.edu/sites/criticalissues.umd.edu/files/Questionnaire_May2025.pdf">poll finds a large majority</a> of Americans across the political spectrum support reaching a deal with Iran that allows Tehran to maintain a peaceful nuclear program.</p>

<p>According to the University of Maryland’s Critical Issues Poll, <strong>69% of Americans favor reaching a nuclear deal with Iran</strong>. Nearly two-thirds of Republicans and over three-quarters of Democrats said they want a "negotiated agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program to <strong>peaceful ends</strong>, <strong>with stringent monitoring</strong>."</p>

<p><strong>Under a quarter of Republicans, and just five percent of Democrats, support using the military to take out Iran’s nuclear program</strong>.</p>

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<p>Ensuring that Tehran did not decide to break out and build a nuclear weapon was the purpose of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal negotiated by President Barack Obama. During his first term, Donald Trump withdrew from that agreement, arguing that it did not place enough limits on Iran’s missile program and its support for political and military movements in the Middle East.</p>

<p>While American politicians often hype the threat presented by Iran’s nuclear program, the <strong>US intelligence community has repeatedly stated that Tehran is not pursuing a nuclear weapon</strong>. Iran’s program is within the limits of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and is similar to that of Japan, Germany, and Brazil.</p>

<p>Since returning to office, Trump has engaged with Tehran on developing a new nuclear agreement that restricts Iran’s program beyond the limits imposed by the NPT. However, Trump’s demands have been unclear.</p>

<p><a href="https://original.antiwar.com/Ted_Snider/2025/05/12/what-to-make-of-trumps-mixed-messages/">At times</a>, White House officials have said they are willing to allow Tehran to keep its ability to enrich uranium. Other officials have stated that any deal will require Iran to give up its entire enrichment program.</p>

<p>Tehran views its enrichment program as central to its sovereignty, but is willing to consider caps and additional inspections to give Washington and Tel Aviv assurance that it is not weaponizing its civilian program.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/irantable2.jpg?itok=d5BmLtOq" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/irantable2.jpg?itok=d5BmLtOq"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f45b6196-167c-4a98-9405-244b3a712b37" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="171" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/irantable2.jpg?itok=d5BmLtOq" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>The Critical Issues Poll also asked Americans if Israel and Iran having nuclear weapons would lead to a more stable Middle East, with 69% saying they preferred neither country having a nuclear weapon.</p>

<p>However, Israel currently possesses a large strategic stockpile. <strong>Only 10% of Americans believe that the status quo will create peace in the Middle East</strong>.</p>
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title: Israel Admits It Bombed A Hospital To Kill A Journalist For Doing Journalism
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<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*U9BNyvBQln8GN1qxLVumWA.png"></figure><h4><strong>Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix</strong></h4><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XumeY0xAmA"><em>Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley)</em></a>:</p><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F8XumeY0xAmA%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8XumeY0xAmA&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F8XumeY0xAmA%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"><a href="https://medium.com/media/0b684a2ce0a7f2e34b408153b1383623/href">https://medium.com/media/0b684a2ce0a7f2e34b408153b1383623/href</a></iframe><p>❖</p><p>The IDF has admitted to bombing a hospital in order to assassinate a prominent Palestinian journalist in Gaza, explicitly stating that they assassinated him for engaging in journalistic activities.</p><p>The official Israel Defense Forces account made the following <a href="https://x.com/IDF/status/1922381573514551333">post on Twitter</a> (emphasis added):</p><blockquote>“Don’t let Aslih’s press vest fool you:<br>Hassan Abdel Fattah Mohammed Aslih, a terrorist from the Hamas Khan Yunis brigade, was eliminated along with other terrorists in the ‘Nasser’ <strong><em>hospital</em></strong> in Khan Yunis.<br>Aslih participated in the brutal October 7 massacre under the guise of a journalist and owner of a news network. During the massacre, <strong><em>he documented acts of murder, looting, and arson, posting the footage online</em></strong>.<br>Journalist? More like terrorist.”</blockquote><p>Documenting newsworthy acts and posting the footage online is also known as journalism. It’s the thing that journalism is.</p><p>Aslih was killed <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/30676">in the hospital’s burn unit</a> where he was recovering from a previous Israeli assassination attempt in which they bombed a tent near that same hospital.</p><p>That’s right kids, Israel will literally assassinate a journalist by bombing a hospital, openly admit that they bombed the hospital to assassinate the journalist <strong><em>for engaging in journalistic activities </em></strong>—<strong><em> </em></strong>and then call you an antisemite if you say Israel bombs hospitals and assassinates journalists.</p><p>❖</p><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?type=text%2Fhtml&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;schema=twitter&amp;url=https%3A//x.com/caitoz/status/1921326472813219851&amp;image=" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"><a href="https://medium.com/media/5e0daee4bcb76cc7399b2df40f606d06/href">https://medium.com/media/5e0daee4bcb76cc7399b2df40f606d06/href</a></iframe><p>❖</p><p>The following things are Hamas: journalists, journalism, the new pope, the last pope, the UN, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, human rights, critical thinking, hospitals, schools, campus protesters, Greta Thunberg, doctors, women, children, Ireland, and Ms Rachel.</p><p>❖</p><p>Benjamin Netanyahu is now saying that the forced ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza was “inevitable,” reportedly telling the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Sunday that “We are destroying more and more homes, and Gazans have nowhere to return to. The only inevitable outcome will be the wish of Gazans to emigrate outside of the Gaza Strip.”</p><p>So there you have it. Shut the fuck up about hostages. Shut the fuck up about Hamas. Shut the fuck up about October 7. This is about removing Palestinians from a Palestinian territory to replace them with Jewish settlers. That’s all this has ever been about. Anyone who pretends otherwise is evil.</p><p>❖</p><p>“You support terrorism,” said the person who supports daily massacres of civilians to advance political aims.</p><p>❖</p><p>Everyone’s yelling about Trump <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/trump-qatar-jet-gift-democrats">accepting a jet from Qatar</a> as a bribe, which would make sense if they hadn’t been completely ignoring how Trump <a href="https://x.com/mtracey/status/1837886438903357920">has openly admitted</a> to being bought and controlled by the world’s richest Israeli Miriam Adelson, and how pervasively influential <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lSjXhMUVKE">the Israel lobby is</a> throughout all of US politics.</p><p>It’s so gross that western society tolerates the existence of an Israel lobby. Like “Oh so you’re here to convince my government to stomp out my free speech rights and use my tax dollars for wars and genocide to advance the interests of an apartheid state? Yeah cool, I guess that’s fine.”</p><p>The existence of the Israel lobby should be treated the same as a Nazi lobby or a pedophilia lobby. Taking donations from pro-Israel groups should be as stigmatized as taking donations from the KKK or NAMBLA.</p><p>It’s not okay that each western nation has its own high-powered lobby group whose whole entire job is to insert itself into key points of influence and persuade our governments to destroy our civil rights and commit genocide. Nobody should tolerate the existence of these groups.</p><p>❖</p><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?type=text%2Fhtml&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;schema=twitter&amp;url=https%3A//x.com/caitoz/status/1921758551636103542&amp;image=" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"><a href="https://medium.com/media/ed458542a5e28ad0924e0b1144f5a630/href">https://medium.com/media/ed458542a5e28ad0924e0b1144f5a630/href</a></iframe><p>❖</p><p>I always get Israel apologists telling me “Stop calling it a genocide! It’s not a genocide!”</p><p>And I’m always just like okay well then they’re doing some sort of thing where the people in power work to eliminate a population because of their ethnicity using mass-scale violence and deliberate starvation. I guess there’s no word for it.</p><p>❖</p><p>The last year and a half in Gaza is a strong enough reason to dismantle the entire US-led western empire. The Gaza holocaust could end tomorrow and it would still be reason enough. All the empire’s other worldwide abuses could have never happened and it’d still be reason enough.</p><p>In Gaza alone the empire has already established beyond any doubt that it should not exist, even if you ignore all its other crimes throughout the middle east, Latin America, Africa and Asia. If you would perpetrate history’s first live-streamed genocide in full view of the entire world, then you are not the sort of power structure who should be leading humanity into the future. If you would inflict the kinds of abuses we’ve been watching on our screens for the last year and a half upon helpless human beings who have done nothing wrong, then you should not rule the world. Your rule must end.</p><p>The alternative is to let the fate of humanity be determined by genocidal monsters. This is simply not an option. The sooner the US-centralized empire ends, the better.</p><p>_______________</p><p><em>My work is </em><a href="https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/05/24/my-experiments-with-hacking-capitalism/"><em>entirely reader-supported</em></a><em>, so if you enjoyed this piece </em><a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/about"><em>here are some options</em></a><em> where you can toss some money into my tip jar if you want to. </em><a href="https://caitlinjohnstone.com/"><em>Click here for links for my mailing list, social media, books, merch, and audio/video versions of each article</em></a><em>. All my work is </em><a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/reminder-all-my-work-may-be-freely"><em>free to bootleg and use</em></a><em> in any way, shape or form; republish it, translate it, use it on merchandise; whatever you want. 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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Buying A John Deere Tractor? Leading Indicators Signal Supply-Side Inflection Point For Used Market</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Goldman analysts point to a bullish supply-side inflection point in the heavy machinery market, emphasizing that shrinking used equipment inventories have historically led to price increases in used machinery within 6–9 months and in new equipment within roughly 12 months. This inflection point suggests that a strategic window to purchase used heavy machinery has likely opened.</p>

<p>Goldman's Jerry Revich and Clay Williams reiterated their "Buy" ratings on Deere (DE), Caterpillar (CAT), and United Rentals (URI), citing a bullish supply-side inflection point in the machinery cycle. According to their Machinery Supply tracker, declining used equipment inventories—a leading indicator—signal tightening supply and a capital stock drawdown for the first time in three years.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-32-55.png?itok=OZmIjeqQ" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-32-55.png?itok=OZmIjeqQ"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="75169ce3-e713-4911-b6f6-043789a19358" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="115" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-32-55.png?itok=OZmIjeqQ" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Here are the key highlights of the note:</p>

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	<p><em><strong>Shifts in used equipment inventories lead used values by ~6-9 months</strong>, new equipment production by ~12 months, with coincident performance vs. stocks. Jerry makes a purely supply-side call that points to upside beyond the economic cycle; he sees (i) declining capital stock for the first time in three years, (ii) under-production over the past year amid dealer inventory destocking, (iii) estimates that embed full tariff headwinds, and (iv) valuation upside on mid-cycle earnings.</em></p>
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	<p><em><strong>Previously in 2016, the used market inflection marked the start of a multi-year recovery in ag equipment</strong> demand despite relatively soft farmer incomes. We are now seeing used inventories declining on a year-over-year basis for consecutive months which supports jerry's bullish DE view. Used values have historically been coincident wih DE stock price and histroically lead used equipment values by 6 to 9 months.</em></p>
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</ul><p>Our focus is less on individual names like DE, CAT, and URI and more on the underlying equipment used and new values charted by Goldman analysts, which points to a clear supply-side inflection point in the heavy machinery market.</p>

<p>The analysts show tightening inventories of used construction equipment, with used values appearing to bottom out and begin an upward trend.</p>

<p>"As the inflation environment has normalized, we believe the relationship will revert to past cycles," the analysts said. </p>

<p>Exhibit 17 illustrates the full history of supply imbalances in the heavy machinery market—highlighting how periods of under- and oversupply have consistently driven pricing trends in the secondary market.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-26-45.png?itok=eECGYMgY" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-26-45.png?itok=eECGYMgY"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d5aa6bfe-36ce-4844-835b-44b90b6fd50d" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="467" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-26-45.png?itok=eECGYMgY" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Similar dynamics are underway for the used ag equipment market. </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-18-44.png?itok=Zordd7lV" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-18-44.png?itok=Zordd7lV"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="cc20dd60-106e-4cce-8e9e-59e692e840e3" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="513" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-18-44.png?itok=Zordd7lV" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Is a 2016-like reversal ahead for the 100 horsepower used tractor market?</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-30-48.png?itok=cECEFUzH" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-30-48.png?itok=cECEFUzH"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="df3c8600-5377-497b-8bf5-de6250db5848" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="435" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-05-14_15-30-48.png?itok=cECEFUzH" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Ag used inventories vs Deere dealer inventories...</p>

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<p>This insight is particularly valuable for business owners and operators weighing the decision to purchase used or new heavy machinery or ag equipment, offering a clearer view of where prices are likely headed in the quarters ahead.</p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">End Of Ranching In Iconic California Community Signals Bigger War On Land Use In West</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/end-of-ranching-in-iconic-california-community-signals-bigger-war-on-land-use-in-west-5852619?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge">Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times</a> (emphasis ours),</em></p>

<p>POINT REYES STATION, Calif.—<strong>The buffalo milk soft serve here is an open secret, found near the butcher’s counter at the back of the local market.</strong> Like everything else in this tiny farm town, nestled in the coastal grasslands about an hour north of San Francisco, <strong>it’s made with milk from a nearby dairy.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>California’s Marin County is a pioneer in organic ranching,</strong> known for its gourmet cheeses, multi-generational dairies and pasture-raised beef. The legacy of more than 150 years of agricultural production is baked into its contemporary rural charms, which, along with the nearby Point Reyes National Seashore, make it a popular tourist destination.</p>

<p>It’s also a corner of the country where locals tend to see ranching and environmentalism as symbiotic pursuits.</p>

<p>But after years of conflict among preservationists,<strong> ranchers, and the federal government, a recent <a href="https://www.nps.gov/pore/learn/news/newsreleases-20250108-gmp-amendment-revised-rod-and-settlement-agreement.htm">deal</a> to end most ranching—all of it organic—on the Seashore has incensed locals and revealed a deep chasm between competing visions of environmental stewardship.</strong></p>

<p>The agreement  between three environmental groups—the Resource Renewal Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Western Watersheds Project—the National Park Service, and the Point Reyes Seashore Ranchers Association saw 12 of 14 ranches on Point Reyes agree to cease ranching within 15 months.</p>

<p>On one side, preservationists say cattle and dairy ranching at Point Reyes has led to environmental degradation that threatens the future of the park and biodiversity in the state; on the other, family ranchers see themselves as stewards of the land, their practices as the future of conservation—and as a bulwark against the ravages of Big Ag.</p>

<p>As the Trump administration moves to roll back Biden-era reforms, <strong>the high-profile case has become a flashpoint in the broader fight over land use in the West</strong>—where the federal government owns nearly half of all public land, and where ranching is considered a living legacy, part of the cultural heritage that built the West itself.</p>

<p>Now, a congressional <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/congress-investigates-deal-to-oust-historic-ranching-community-at-california-national-park-5838933">investigation</a> and two new lawsuits against the park are giving hope to critics of the Point Reyes deal that a policy shift could again be on the table, making the future of the park anything but settled.</p>

<p>What’s at stake, insiders say, is more than the dozen family ranches set to leave the park by next year. The questions Point Reyes raises will determine more than the fate of the National Seashore.</p>

<h2>Multiple Use Mandate</h2>

<p>While national forests and lands overseen by the Bureau of Land Management have long been governed by a <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/43/1702#c">multiple-use</a> mandate, which includes grazing, timber, resource extraction, and recreation, national parks are typically more focused on preservation.</p>

<p>Point Reyes, a spectacularly beautiful coastal peninsula where ranching predates the park itself by a century, is an unusual case—and one bound to attract scrutiny from activists who oppose ranching on public lands.</p>
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<p>“ <strong>I’ve never seen a private grazing lease on public lands that wasn’t doing environmental damage, whether it’s to salmon or to sage grouse, it doesn’t matter what ecosystem you’re in,</strong>” said Jeff Miller, a senior conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the organizations that sued the National Park Service over its ranching leases in 2014 and 2022, resulting in the current agreement.</p>

<p>In the West, damage from private cattle grazing leases is “immense,” Miller said, second only to logging. Preservationists cite water pollution, soil erosion, and habitat loss, among other concerns.</p>

<p>The organization has focused on the issue since its founding in 1989, routinely intervening with National Forest and Bureau of Land Management plans and suing over grazing leases in cases where there is explicit and documented environmental damage, Miller said.</p>

<p>Over the past several years, the Biden administration advanced an agenda broadly favorable to conservationists, with national monument expansions and an initiative to conserve 30 percent of the nation’s land and water by 2030, as well as the 2024 Public Lands <a href="https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule">rule</a> that allows prioritizing conservation above established multiple uses.</p>

<p><strong>The Trump White House has indicated its <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eoDetails?rrid=907019">intent</a> to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, a move <a href="https://www.npca.org/articles/8132-public-lands-rule-reversal-would-abandon-progress-for-national-park">lambasted</a> by environmental groups, who argue the administration is ushering in an era of unrestrained exploitation.</strong></p>

<p>Congressional Republicans <a href="https://naturalresources.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hearing_memo_--_sub_on_fl_ov_hrg_on_restoring_multiple_use_02.11.25.pdf">contend</a> Biden’s upending of the multiple use doctrine has been a disaster both for rural communities and the country, driving up housing prices in Western cities surrounded by federal land and gutting local economies.</p>

<p>“President Biden left America’s public lands and natural resources in a sorry state,” Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) told the House Natural Resources Committee during a February hearing on restoring multiple use.</p>

<p>“For four long years President Biden and his federal land managers have abandoned the longstanding and previously uncontroversial principle of multiple use. Instead, they adopted top-down, preservationist schemes designed to placate extreme environmentalists.”</p>

<p>In the same hearing, Tim Canterbury, president of the Public Lands Council, an organization representing cattle and sheep producers who hold 22,000 grazing permits across the West, highlighted challenges for ranchers, and urged Congress and federal agencies to recognize public lands ranching as an essential part of the multi-use framework.</p>

<p>“<strong>I manage these lands and waters, and the wildlife and multiple uses they sustain, as if they were my own,</strong>” Canterbury said. He said the infrastructure, ecological stewardship and investments that ranchers provide benefit the public and environment, not just privately owned livestock.</p>

<p>“My family has managed the lands we utilize since 1879. Our commitment to these lands is baked into our way of life,” Canterbury said of his Colorado ranch operation, adding that “deep historical and ecological knowledge of the working landscape” are handed down through generations.</p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/image_92%2835%29_0.jpg?itok=skyiDB32" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/image_92%2835%29_0.jpg?itok=skyiDB32"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0d31822c-995e-4de7-997c-c51f8ec3fd1f" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="332" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image_92%2835%29_0.jpg?itok=skyiDB32" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><em>Point Reyes Lighthouse in Inverness, Calif., on March 16, 2025. Keegan Billings/The Epoch Times</em></figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p>Ivan London, a senior attorney with the Mountain States Legal Foundation, which frequently intervenes pro-bono on behalf of ranchers facing challenges to their grazing permits, said regulatory interpretations may shift with the balance of power in Washington, but the law governing grazing rights hasn’t changed.</p>

<p>“Congress actually said, ‘Here are some priority uses of public land—grazing, timber, harvesting, mineral production.’ And that law hasn’t changed. But from administration to administration the various regulators find ways to read it differently,” London said, pointing to President Bill Clinton’s attempts to increase grazing fees in the 1990s, and President Joe Biden’s embrace of conservation easements.</p>

<p>“<strong>According to the Taylor Grazing Act—an actual law, unlike the conservation leases—grazing and ranching are the highest use of public lands,” London said. That regulations allowing conservation leases to “lock up land away from ranchers” might be ending under the Trump administration is “huge,” </strong>he said.</p>

<p>The Mountain States Legal Foundation in 2023 successfully intervened on behalf of Wyoming ranchers when the Center for Biological Diversity, the Western Watersheds Project, and other groups alleged that one of the oldest <a href="https://mslegal.org/cases/western-watersheds-project-et-al-v-bernhardt-et-al/">cattle drives</a> in the country threatened grizzly bear populations in violation of the Endangered Species Act.</p>

<p>Recognized as a Traditional Cultural Property on the National Register of Historic Places, the Green River Drift cattle drive is still operated by descendants of families that homesteaded the area in the 19th century.</p>

<p>It’s a familiar narrative, often reduced in court to a zero-sum game between preserving either vulnerable animal or plant species, or prized human cultural practices with histories that pre-date the authority managing the lands.</p>

<p><strong>The families in question, their lawyers argued, cared for the land longer and better than any agency or activist, their continued existence providing “124 years of evidence that ranchers are the real conservationists.”</strong></p>

<p>In other cases, such as Santa Rosa Island—now part of California’s Channel Islands National Park—the outlines of which presaged the fate of Point Reyes, environmental activists have succeeded in bringing nearly a century of ranching to a close.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/rancher-direct-clean-food/" data-image-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/rancher-direct-clean-food/" data-link-option="2" href="https://store.zerohedge.com/rancher-direct-clean-food/"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="70c7fe77-6643-4ffd-98d0-373ffe271acf" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="129" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/beef%20initiative_6.JPG?itok=mnjupj6e" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>In 1986, the federal government purchased Vail &amp; Vickers Ranch, run by four generations of cattle ranchers on what was known as “Cowboy Island.”  In 1998, the last working island cattle ranch in the United States shuttered for good.</p>

<p>“Cowboys versus environmentalists” is a common tableau throughout the West, with infamous spectacles such as Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s militarized standoff with the federal government.</p>

<p>In Point Reyes, the fight has pitted environmentalist against environmentalist in one of the most liberal enclaves in the country, exposing an existential schism within the conservation movement.</p>

<h2>Ranchers Say They Were Pressured</h2>

<p>In a protracted battle over the park’s ranch management plan that culminated in lawsuits in 2016 and 2022, both ranchers and the organizations who sued the park service accuse the agency of bias.</p>

<p>After years of studies and thousands of public comments, the park service in 2021 decided to issue 20-year leases, finally following through on a 2012 <a href="https://www.nps.gov/pore/getinvolved/upload/planning-dboc-memo-doi-secretary-to-nps-director_121129.pdf">directive</a>. Environmentalists filed a new lawsuit, ranchers intervened on behalf of the park, and the parties entered private negotiations.</p>
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<p>But the settlement, completed just before the Trump administration took office, was celebrated internally among Department of Interior senior staff as a “win” for the department, the park, and for conservation—a “nice one to go out on” in the final hours of the Biden administration, according to emails unearthed in a Freedom of Information Act Request and <a href="https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/documents-the-national-park-service">published</a> on Substack.</p>

<p>“These emails prove they were totally in on it and celebrating this victory against ranching,” said Andrew Giacomini, a San Francisco attorney representing pro-bono more than 60 ranch workers and subtenants who are set to be displaced by the Point Reyes settlement.</p>

<p>Despite apparent neutrality, Giacomini accused the government of conspiring with the conservationist organizations, which brought in a third party to mediate a settlement behind closed doors, all in an effort to push out ranchers.</p>

<p>“They could have defended that lawsuit and won,” Giacomini said. Instead, he alleges, the park service entered secret negotiations, overturned the results of a public process, and kowtowed to a “handful of special interests.”</p>

<p>“It’s exactly as our lawsuit says. The way it was handled violates the law in multiple ways and it can’t stand.”</p>

<p>Even before the case begins moving through the courts, Giacomini said he thinks shifting priorities in the new administration may result in a reversal of the decision to end ranching at Point Reyes.</p>

<p>Miller, of the Center for Biological Diversity, said the idea of any collusion between his organization, fellow plaintiffs, and the park service is “absolute nonsense,” calling the park’s 2014 ranch management plan a “wish list” from the ranchers, developed in secret without input from conservationists or the public.</p>

<p>Particularly egregious to conservationists was a request to cull once-endangered tule elk herds, which compete with cattle for food during periods of drought.</p>

<p><strong>“They rolled this thing out in 2014 and said, ‘Guess what? We’re going to shoot tule elk. We’re going to expand ranches, and we’re going to enshrine private commercial ranching forever in the park.’ That was the park service’s first bite at the apple,</strong>” Miller said.</p>

<p>“That is not conservation, that’s collusion with the ranchers, which is what the park service has been doing for half a century.”</p>

<p>The Department of the Interior and its National Park Service did not respond to inquiries.</p>

<p>Miller contends <strong>the park service “has never taken an environmental position in their entire history—we’ve had to sue them the entire way.”</strong></p>

<p>The Center for Biological Diversity, he said, will intervene in two new lawsuits against the park: one brought by ranch workers set to be evicted due to the recent settlement, and another brought by remaining ranchers seeking to preserve agricultural use in the park. “We are not going to allow a settlement between them and Trump’s Department of Interior.”</p>

<p>But ranchers say they were pressured to accept the January settlement and keep quiet about the process, which they say was negotiated behind closed doors by The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit powerhouse that raised a reported $30 million for the buyout. Once ranchers agreed to leave, the Park Service rezoned 16,000 acres of land originally set aside for ranching as a new Scenic Landscape Zone, and handed over management of it to the Conservancy.</p>

<p>In a March letter to the Center for Biological Diversity and other plaintiffs, Republican members of the House Committee on Natural Resources <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/congress-investigates-deal-to-oust-historic-ranching-community-at-california-national-park-5838933">alleged</a> a “lack of transparency surrounding the settlement,” as well as potential environmental and legal consequences. The lawmakers requested extensive discovery information.</p>

<p><em>Read the rest <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/end-of-ranching-in-iconic-california-community-signals-bigger-war-on-land-use-in-west-5852619?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge"><strong>here...</strong></a></em></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Parallel Peace Blitz: New Pope &amp; Trump Are Saying Similar Things As Conflicts Rage</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">The newly installed Pope Leo XIV is making clear that he's preparing to go on a peacekeeping blitz at a moment of several hotspots and major war zones across the globe.</p>

<p xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">Leo this week quoted the late Pope Francis in denouncing the multiple raging conflicts, from Ukraine to Gaza to Yemen to India-Pakistan to Syria to Sudan to Ethiopia to Libya, saying it was a <em><strong>"third world war in pieces."</strong></em> He's already been making phone calls to Kiev and Gaza.</p>

<p xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people," he said. <strong>"Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible,"</strong> he added, just ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace talks set for Thursday. President Trump is not expected attend these negotiations in person, despite earlier teasing the idea.</p>
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<p xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">In a fresh message this week, the Pope has also called for the release of all prisoners of war (POWs) and further praised the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, reportedly <strong>brokered by President Trump</strong>, it should be noted.</p>

<p xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">“I, too, address the world's great powers by repeating the ever-present call ‘never again war,’” Leo had also said starting Sunday.</p>

<p xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">President Zelensky has invited the new Pope to visit Ukraine and see the war-ravaged country in person. Currently, the Pope is <strong>preparing to travel to Turkey at a later date</strong>, to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea (in Asia Minor).</p>

<p xmlns="http://iptc.org/std/NITF/2006-10-18/">In Wednesday audience remarks, Leo also <strong>highlighted the plight of the suffering Christians</strong> of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, and elsewhere in the Middle East.</p>

<p>He acknowledged that that the region's ancient Christian populations have been forced to flee their homelands because of <strong>"war and persecution, instability and poverty."</strong></p>

<p>"It was a reference to the exodus of Christians from the Middle East, Iraq and Syria especially, where entire communities have been displaced by years of Islamic extremist violence," <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/pope-church-persecution/2025/05/14/id/1210950/"><em>The Associated Press</em></a> writes. "Many of these communities in northern Iraq were some of the oldest of the faith, where the dialects of Aramaic – the language of Jesus – are still spoken."</p>

<p>The newly installed pontiff said he is ready to <strong>"help bring enemies together, face to face" as a peacemaker</strong>.</p>

<p>"Who better than you can sing a song of hope even amid the abyss of violence?" he declared. <strong>"From the Holy Land to Ukraine, from Lebanon to Syria, from the Middle East to Tigray and the Caucasus, how much violence do we see!"</strong></p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Trump putting the world on notice that the new leadership and alliances will be based on friendship and commerce; “not chaos.” The Saudi Crown Prince with a smile in agreement and appreciation.<a href="https://t.co/koZ9MFh0H2">pic.twitter.com/koZ9MFh0H2</a></p>
— Based Infidel (@SouthernSwag_) <a href="https://twitter.com/SouthernSwag_/status/1922355815857451052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Interestingly, Trump too has begun to present himself as a 'peacemaker' - and his message to the Middle East this week has been one of <strong>'deal-making, not chaos'</strong> - and so the timing of this dual messaging from the Vatican as well as Washington could make for better chances at peace in the various conflict zones. However, <strong>it remains that Trump has been in the Gulf overseeing hundreds of billions of dollars in new weapons sales</strong>... <em>so there's that</em>.</p>

<p>On Iran, Trump said at a state dinner in Doha to his Qatari hosts on Wednesday, "You’re also working with us very closely, with respect to negotiating a deal with Iran, which is the far friendlier course that you would see."</p>

<p data-article-gutter="true" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmaoddxca000b3b6ueanmqg9r@published">"I mean, two courses, there’s only two courses. There aren’t three or four or five, there’s two. There’s a friendly and a non-friendly, and non-friendly is a violent course, and <strong>I don’t want that. I’ll say it up front. I don’t want that, but they have to get moving</strong>," the president added, as he attempts to forge ahead on a new nuclear agreement with Tehran.</p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Pandemic Agreement: Surveillance, 'One Health', &amp; A New Industry Of Government Grift</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://brownstone.org/articles/the-pandemic-agreement-symbolic-consolidation-of-a-new-pandemic-industry/"><em>Authored by REPPARE (REevaluating the Pandemic Preparedness And REsponse agenda) via The Brownstone Institute,</em></a></p>

<p><strong>After three years of negotiation, the delegates of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (<a href="https://inb.who.int/">INB</a>) agreed on the text of the <a href="https://www.keionline.org/wp-content/uploads/Proposal_for_WHO_Pandemic_Agreement_E-Onscreen-16-April-2025-at-01_57-CEST.docx.pdf">Pandemic Agreement</a>, which now goes for vote at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) at the end of May 2025.</strong> This text comes after the negotiations were extended for an additional year due to ongoing disagreements about intellectual property and technology transfers (Article 11), access to ‘pandemic-related health products’ (Article 12), and One Health.</p>

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<p>After extending the negotiations into a series of last-minute 24-hour sessions in April 2025, a draft was ‘greenlined’ with many countries suggesting that they had gone as far as they could via negotiation, and it was now time to bring it to vote. </p>

<p><strong>There are several interesting elements within the new draft of the Pandemic Agreement. </strong>For example, the Pandemic Agreement foresees ‘participating manufacturers’ (yet to be determined) to make 20% of their related pharmaceutical production available to the WHO, half as a donation, and half at ‘affordable prices’ (also to be determined). The expectation is that the WHO and other international partners will pool these and other resources for distribution (in an improved <a href="https://www.who.int/en/initiatives/act-accelerator/covax">COVAX</a>-like mechanism yet to be determined). In addition, a still relatively undefined ‘Coordinating Financial Mechanism’ (CFM) will be established to support the implementation of both the Pandemic Agreement and the amended International Health Regulations (IHRs), as well as to disburse surge funding to developing countries in the event of a pandemic.</p>

<p>These commitments build on the IHR amendments that come into force in September 2025, which authorise the WHO Director-General to declare a ‘Pandemic Emergency.’ This represents an escalation of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), with a ‘Pandemic Emergency’ now representing ‘the highest level of alarm,’ which is meant to trigger a host of national and international responses. The PHEIC has been declared eight times since 2005, including for the ongoing <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40088579/">Mpox outbreak</a> in Central Africa, and there remains ambiguity about whether an outbreak like Mpox would now also qualify as a Pandemic Emergency. The Pandemic Agreement also now defines the first somewhat tangible effects of declaring a Pandemic Emergency, although these triggering effects are currently most clear regarding the mobilization of ‘pandemic-relevant health products.’</p>

<p>In general, the text reads as one might expect when diplomats from almost 200 countries spent years negotiating and scrutinising every sentence. Although the United States and Argentina withdrew from these negotiations earlier this year, the document still had to navigate the manifold and often conflicting interests of delegates from Russia and Ukraine, Iran and Israel, India and Pakistan; not to mention members of the Africa Group who largely saw the Pandemic Agreement as a raw deal for Africa (see below). The result is therefore 30 pages full of vague declarations of intent, often qualified by references to the preservation of national sovereignty in an attempt to neutralize opposition. As it stands, the ‘Agreement’ looks primarily of symbolic importance, since a failure to reach an agreement would have been embarrassing for everyone involved.</p>

<p><strong>Yet, it would be churlish not to understand that the Pandemic Agreement consolidates ‘pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response’ as a definitive ‘space’ of global political action, for the purpose of which numerous new institutions and funding streams have already been created.</strong> Its potential passage into international law is unusual in global health and represents only the second time such a global health covenant has been created (the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control being the first), with the potential to mobilize substantial resources and policies.</p>

<p>For example, according to <a href="https://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/2024-05/FGH_2023_Accessible_Digital_Version_with_Translations_2024.05.13.pdf">estimates</a> by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), expenditure on preparing for future pandemics had already more than quadrupled between 2009 and 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic unmistakably moved the topic into international ‘high politics.’ In the Agreement, governments pledge to ‘maintain or increase’ this funding for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response and to support mechanisms for its execution. As reported <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/234/the-cost-of-pandemic-preparedness-an-examination-of-costings-and-the-financial-requests-in-support-of-the-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-agenda">elsewhere</a> by REPPARE,<strong> the requested funds for pandemic preparedness are $31.1 billion a year (for comparison, about 8 times <a href="https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/978924064898">global expenditure</a> on malaria), of which $26.4 billion must come from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs),</strong> while $10.5 billion in new overseas development assistance (ODA) would need to be raised. Presumably, the WHO’s preferred mechanism for the distribution of this ODA is via the yet-to-be-defined CFM.</p>

<h2 data-sanitized-id="h-vaccine-equity">Vaccine Equity</h2>

<p><strong>The declared guiding principle of the Pandemic Agreement is ‘equity.’ </strong>The focus on ‘equity’ is driven largely by the WHO and associated philanthropists, NGOs, scientific advisers, and several LMICs (particularly in Africa), who view a lack of equity, primarily ‘vaccine equity,’ as the main failure of the Covid response. Representatives of poorer countries, but also important donors, have criticised the inequitable access to vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 as a key failure of the Covid response and the reason for increased Covid mortality. This inequitable access has been labelled ‘vaccine nationalism,’ which refers to the stockpiling of Covid vaccines in high-income countries (HICs) during the pandemic, limiting availability to vaccines by LMICs. The World Economic Forum, for example, <a href="https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/03/this-statistic-shows-why-equitable-vaccine-rollout-is-so-important/">claims</a> that a fairer distribution of vaccines would have saved over a million lives. </p>

<p>While enough Covid vaccine doses were ordered in Europe to immunise the entire population from infants to the elderly <a href="https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/20/004/2000429.pdf">more than three times</a> over, and are now being <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-bonfire-covid-vaccines-coronavirus-waste-europe-analysis/">destroyed</a>, <strong>many African countries were denied access. </strong>In fact, developing countries only received large quantities of coronavirus vaccines months after richer countries had been ‘fully vaccinated.’ Even after vaccination had been universally available in most HIC countries by summer 2021, <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations">under 2%</a> in low-income countries had been vaccinated, many of them with Chinese vaccines that Western countries deemed inferior and thus not qualifying for travel clearance.</p>

<p>The proponents of the Pandemic Agreement do not question the success of universal vaccination despite its limited and rapidly declining protective effect, nor the numerous reported adverse effects. But even if we assume that coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective, global comparisons of vaccination rates remain nonsensical. In HICs, most Covid-19 deaths occurred in people over 80, suggesting the need for context-specific interventions in the case of the most vulnerable.</p>

<p><strong>In most low-income countries (LICs), this risk group comprises only a tiny fraction of the population.</strong> For example, the average age in Africa is 19, presenting an entirely different pandemic risk and response profile. In addition, a meta-analysis of blood tests by <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.%20pmed.1004107">Bergeri et al.</a> suggests that by mid-2021 most Africans had already had post-infection immunity to SARS-CoV-2. Yet, despite these variables, the manufacturers of the vaccines were encouraged to mass produce vaccines for global rollout, were given emergency authorisation, were released from liability, cashed in on <a href="https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-025-01103-w">advanced purchasing commitments</a>, and were able to make record profits at the expense of taxpayers.</p>

<p>As reported <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/234/the-cost-of-pandemic-preparedness-an-examination-of-costings-and-the-financial-requests-in-support-of-the-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-agenda">elsewhere</a>, committing large resources to pandemic preparedness, particularly expensive surveillance, diagnostic, R&amp;D, and the manufacturing of biomedical countermeasures, threatens to produce high opportunity costs since many LMICs must confront other more pressing and destructive disease burdens. This was at least implicitly recognised by many African countries during the Pandemic Agreement negotiations. Many resisted the inclusion of One Health into the Agreement, arguing that it was unaffordable and not a priority within their national strategic health plans.</p>

<p>To paraphrase an African delegate on the INB, ‘We have difficulty doing coordinated surveillance within the health sector, let alone integrated surveillance across sectors.’ This concern not only suggests the need for more locally owned strategies to assure the efficient use of scarce resources, but also the need for strategies that better capture contextualised need to deliver greater effectiveness and true health equity, not just ‘product equity.’ </p>

<p>Yet, even if product equity is a desired and justified outcome in particular cases, there is nothing in the Pandemic Agreement that guarantees this, since, in practice,e poor countries without their own production capacities will always be last in line. Although the ‘pathogen access and benefit system’ (PABS) in Article 12 of the Pandemic Agreement seeks to improve product equity, it is reasonable to expect wealthy countries to meet their own demand before making larger quantities available to LICs or the WHO for distribution (leaving it reliant on donations – which proved problematic during COVAX). As a result, it is hard to see what the Pandemic Agreement has improved in this regard, other than the codification of extremely loose normative commitments aiming to improve equitable access to pandemic products – an area on which countries would already broadly agree. </p>

<p><strong>The Pandemic Agreement also calls for more transparency for contracts between countries and manufacturers.</strong> This measure is seen as a mechanism that can expose rampant vaccine nationalism and profiteering, albeit only ‘as appropriate’ and ‘in accordance with national regulations.’ Thus, it is questionable whether such flimsy wording would have stopped EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen from fixing <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-pfizer-ceo-text-messages-vaccines-court-case/">billion-dollar deals</a> with the Pfizer CEO through undisclosed text messaging nor stopped other countries from engaging in their own bilateral pre-purchasing and stockpiling activities.</p>

<p>Of course, LMIC negotiators in the INB were aware of all this, which is why the fault line in the Pandemic Agreement negotiations mainly centred on issues of intellectual property and technology transfer. In essence, developing countries do not want to rely on handouts and want to produce vaccines and therapeutics themselves without having to pay expensive licensing fees to the pharmaceutical giants of the North. In contrast, the North has been steadfast in their commitments to intellectual property protections as outlined in <a href="https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/ta_modules_e.htm">TRIPS and TRIPS-Plus</a>, seeing these legal mechanisms as important protections for their pharmaceutical industries. </p>

<p>As a ‘compromise,’ the Pandemic Agreement contains provisions for ‘geographically diversified local production’ of pandemic products and closer international cooperation in research and development, with simplified licensing procedures intended to ensure technology transfer. However, the wording within the Pandemic Agreement is nonspecific and the EU insisted on adding last-minute <a href="https://genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/countries-choose-consensus-on-pandemic-agreement-geneva-tech-transfer-compromise-inb-may-world-health-assembly-2025-european-union-africa-group">footnotes</a> to the technology transfer provision to ensure they only take effect ‘as mutually agreed.’ Thus, the Pandemic Agreement looks like the solidification of business as usual. </p>

<h2 data-sanitized-id="h-surveillance-and-one-health">Surveillance and One Health</h2>

<p><strong>Whereas a lack of ‘equity’ is understood by advocates of the Pandemic Agreement as the main failure of the Covid <em>response</em>, a ‘failure of <em>preparedness’</em> is also seen as allowing the emergence and subsequent global spread of the novel coronavirus in the first place.</strong> The goal of eliminating the ‘existential threat’ of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) is dominant within the policy lexicon, endorsed by the G20 <a href="https://pandemic-financing.org/lander">High Level Independent Panel</a>, the <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2022/10/24/one-health-approach-can-prevent-the-next-pandemic">World Bank</a>, the <a href="https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/5760109c4db174ff90a8dfa7d025644a-0290032022/original/G20-Gaps-in-PPR-Financing-Mechanisms-WHO-and-WB-pdf.pdf">WHO</a>, <a href="https://theelders.org/PandemicPolicy">The Elders’ Proposal for Action</a>, and the <a href="https://www.gpmb.org/reports/m/item/the-changing-face-of-pandemic-risk-2024-report">Global Preparedness Monitoring Board</a>. As we have argued elsewhere, these assessments are largely based on <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/228/rational-policy-over-panic">weak evidence</a>, <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/234/the-cost-of-pandemic-preparedness-an-examination-of-costings-and-the-financial-requests-in-support-of-the-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-agenda">problematic methodologies</a>, the use of political <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.70016">eminence over expertise</a>, and <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44197-025-00412-y">simplified modelling</a>, yet they remained unquestionable mainstays within INB negotiations. </p>

<p>In response to future zoonoses, the Pandemic Agreement calls for a ‘One Health’ approach. In principle, One Health reflects the self-evident fact that human, animal, and environmental health are closely connected. Yet, in practice, One Health requires the targeted monitoring of soil, water, domestic animals, and farm animals with the view to identifying possible spillover to humans. As highlighted above, implementing One Health necessitates integrated systems across sectors with sophisticated laboratory capacities, processes, information systems, and trained personnel. As a result, the costs of implementing One Health are <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2022/10/24/one-health-approach-can-prevent-the-next-pandemic">estimated by the World Bank to be approximately $11 billion a year</a>, which would be in addition to the $31.1 billion currently estimated as required to finance the IHRs and Pandemic Agreement. </p>

<p>With more laboratories looking for pathogens and their mutations, it is guaranteed that more will be found. Given the current practice of over-securitized knee-jerk risk assessments, it is foreseeable that more discoveries will be deemed ‘high risk,’ even though humans have coexisted with many of these pathogens without major incident for centuries, and even though the risk of geographical spread is low (e.g., <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187603412500098X?via%3Dihub">reactions to Mpox</a>). The logic of the Pandemic Agreement is that, based on genomic advancements, ‘pandemic-related health products’ can then be quickly developed and distributed via the ‘WHO Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System’ (PABS). </p>

<p><strong>This is disquieting for at least three reasons.</strong> First, large resources will be poured into responding to these low-burden potential risks while everyday killers like malaria will continue to receive an underwhelming response. Second, this aspect of the Pandemic Agreement will undoubtedly engross under its own momentum, where new perceptions of threat legitimate ever-more surveillance, which will uncover even more potential threats in a self-perpetuating regress of securitization and over-biomedicalization. Lastly, nowhere in the Pandemic Agreement is there any mention of the fact that dangerous gain-of-function research will continue to be conducted to develop the ‘pandemic benefits’ expected under PABS, although biosafety and biosecurity obligations are mentioned in passing.</p>

<p>This suggests that the risk assessments associated with the Pandemic Agreement are singularly focused on natural zoonosis spillover events, ignoring an area of risk that may have actually been responsible for the worst pandemic in the last 100 years. Thus, the recent Covid-19 pandemic is likely irrelevant to the Pandemic Agreement in terms of pandemic preparation and prevention.</p>

<h2 data-sanitized-id="h-infodemics">Infodemics</h2>

<p><strong>The calamities of the Covid response have eroded trust in the WHO and other public health institutions. </strong>This has manifested in a clear scepticism of pandemic preparedness. For example, hundreds of thousands of people signed <a href="https://citizengo.org/en-row/fr/14691-say-no-to-the-who-s-health-dictatorship-reject-the-pandemic-treaty-">petitions</a> warning of the WHO’s ‘power grab’ to undermine national sovereignty. These messages arose primarily after the proposed amendments to the IHR started to circulate, which contained original language allowing the WHO to issue binding recommendations to national governments during a pandemic. Ultimately, such plans did not materialise.</p>

<p>The drafters of the Pandemic Agreement have seemingly agreed with such concerns. Article 24.2 states in unusually clear terms: ‘Nothing in the WHO Pandemic Agreement shall be interpreted as providing the WHO Secretariat, including the WHO Director-General, any authority to direct, order, alter or otherwise prescribe the national and/or domestic laws, as appropriate, or policies of any Party, or to mandate or otherwise impose any requirements that Parties take specific actions, such as ban or accept travellers, impose vaccination mandates or therapeutic or diagnostic measures or implement lockdowns.’ </p>

<p><strong>In practice, this clause has no effect, as there is no way of arriving at the interpretations Article 24.2 rules out, since the WHO simply does not have legal jurisdiction to force compliance.</strong> Regarding non-pharmaceutical measures, the signatories to the Pandemic Agreement merely agree to conduct research into their effectiveness and adherence. This includes not only epidemiology, but also ‘the use of social and behavioural sciences, risk communication and community engagement.’</p>

<p><strong>In addition, states agree on taking ‘measures to strengthen science, public health, and pandemic literacy in the population.’ </strong>Here, nothing is binding nor specified, leaving sufficient room for countries to determine how and to what degree to deploy non-pharmaceutical measures (for better or worse). It is just putting (again) in writing what States are already doing – an arguably pointless exercise.</p>

<p>That said, references to the behavioural sciences are likely to trigger suspicion from those critical of the WHO. In particular, those concerned about the Covid response remember how behavioural scientists advised the British government to make people feel ‘<a href="https://thecritic.co.uk/facing-up-to-fear/">sufficiently personally threatened’</a> and how UK Secretary of Health Matt Hancock shared <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64848106">WhatsApp chats</a> about how he planned to ‘deploy’ the announcement of a new variant to ‘frighten the pants off everyone.’ Although it is the job of public health authorities to issue recommendations to guide the public, there are honest and more effective methods of doing so. Otherwise, public perceptions of disingenuousness undermine trust, something advocates of the Pandemic Agreement suggest is crucial for an effective pandemic response.</p>

<p>In some ways, the explicit ruling out of WHO-imposed lockdowns or vaccine mandates is an excellent example of what the WHO calls ‘infodemic management.’ In the WHO’s ‘Managing Epidemics’ handbook, an infodemic is defined as ‘an overabundance of information, accurate or not, in the digital and physical space, accompanying an acute health event such as an outbreak or epidemic.’ Infodemic management also made it into the revised IHR, where “risk communication, including addressing misinformation and disinformation” is defined as a core capacity of public health. </p>

<p>It is understandable that critics of infodemic management understand ‘addressing misinformation’ as a euphemism for censorship, especially given how scientists who spoke against mainstream narratives during Covid were sidelined and ‘cancelled.’ However, the first principle of infodemic management highlighted in ‘Managing Epidemics’ is ‘listening to concerns,’ which the Pandemic Agreement appears to have done by proactively ruling out lockdowns that they could not legally impose anyway. While the ‘zero draft’ three years ago still foresaw countries being expected to ‘tackle’ misinformation, this is now only mentioned in the preamble, where the timely sharing of information is said to prevent the emergence of misinformation. </p>

<p><strong>Nonetheless, the language around infodemics raises several concerns that remain unaddressed and require greater reflection. </strong></p>

<p>First, the criteria by which information is meant to be judged as accurate, and by whom, are unclear. Although this leaves the process undefined, allowing countries to design their own control mechanisms, it also leaves room for abuse. It is entirely feasible that some countries (with WHO support) could silence dissenting views under the guise of infodemic management. It is also not beyond imagination that mission creep will occur, where non-health-related information is also controlled under the pretext of ‘maintaining peace and security’ during a health or other emergency. </p>

<p>Second, there is a serious risk that the poor management of information will exclude good science by accident, undermining overall public health. As witnessed during Covid, messages proclaiming that ‘the science is settled’ proliferated, and were often used to discredit credible science. </p>

<p>Third, there is an underwritten presumption within the logic of infodemics that public health authorities and their affiliates are correct, that policies are always based entirely on the best evidence available, that those policies are free of conflicts of interest, that information from these authorities is never filtered nor distorted, and that people should not expect reason-giving from authorities via immanent critique or self-reflection. Clearly, public health institutions are like any other human institution, subject to the same potential biases and pitfalls. </p>

<h2 data-sanitized-id="h-the-future-of-pandemics-and-this-agreement">The Future of Pandemics and This Agreement</h2>

<p>Wenham and Potluru from the London School of Economics estimate that the protracted negotiations on the Pandemic Agreement had already cost over $200 million by May 2024. Of course, this is only a fraction of the public expenditure on preparing for hypothetical future pandemics. The amount of ODA that the WHO, World Bank, and G20 have called for annually would correspond to about five to ten times the annual expenditure on combating tuberculosis – a disease that, according to WHO figures, has killed about as many people in the last five years as Covid-19, and at a much lower average age (representing higher years of life lost).</p>

<p>Although the $10.5 billion a year in development aid for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response is unlikely to materialise, even a more cautious increase will come with opportunity costs. Moreover, these financial demands come at an inflection point in global health policy, where development assistance for health (DAH) is under massive pressure from serious stoppages and reductions from the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan. Thus, increase in scarcity requires the better use of health financing, not simply more of the same. </p>

<p>Furthermore, <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/228/rational-policy-over-panic">as REPPARE has shown</a>, the alarming statements of pandemic risk by the WHO, World Bank, and G20 are not well-grounded in empirical evidence. This means that the entire basis for the Pandemic Agreement is questionable. For example, the World Bank claims millions of annual deaths from zoonotic diseases, although the figure is less than 400,000 per year in the half-century before the Covid-19 pandemic, extrapolated to the current world population, 95% of which is attributable to HIV. The fact that many more new pathogens are being found today than just a few decades ago is <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44197-025-00412-y">not necessarily</a> evidence of an increased risk, but rather the consequence of increased interest in research and, above all, the use of modern diagnostics and reporting processes.</p>

<p><strong>In many ways, the Pandemic Agreement is just a figurehead of a new pandemic industry that has already grown more robust in the last five years.</strong> This includes, for example, projects for pathogen surveillance, for which the <a href="https://www.thepandemicfund.org/">Pandemic Fund</a> set up at the World Bank in 2021 has already received $2.1 billion in donor commitments while raising almost seven billion for implementation (when additionality is calculated). In 2021, the <a href="https://pandemichub.who.int/">WHO Pandemic Hub</a> was opened in Berlin, where data and biological material from all over the world are collated as an early warning system for pandemics. In Cape Town, the <a href="https://www.who.int/initiatives/the-mrna-vaccine-technology-transfer-hub">WHO mRNA hub</a> seeks to promote international technology transfer.</p>

<p>And the <a href="https://cepi.net/cepi-20-and-100-days-mission">100 Days Mission</a>, driven primarily by the public-private partnership CEPI, aims to ensure that vaccines are available in just 100 days during the next pandemic, which not only requires substantial investment in R&amp;D and production facilities, but also a further speeding up of clinical trials and emergency use authorisation, posing potential risks regarding vaccine safety</p>

<p>To coordinate the complex ecosystem of different pandemic initiatives, the signatories to the Pandemic Agreement will need to develop ‘whole-of-society’ pandemic plans that will presumably be ignored in the event of a real crisis, as happened with the existing plans in 2020. They are further expected to ‘report periodically to the Conference of the Parties, through the Secretariat, on their implementation of the WHO Pandemic Agreement.’ The WHO Secretariat, in turn, publishes ‘guidelines, recommendations and other non-binding measures.’ This suggests that the Pandemic Agreement will set global norms and seek compliance through the usual mechanisms of nudging, naming, and shaming, and through conditionalities imposed by the CFM or through other World Bank development loans. It is in the case of the latter where policy choices designed within the Conference of Parties could become more coercive on low-income countries.</p>

<p>However, the importance of this new global pandemic bureaucracy should also not be overestimated, and the potency of the Pandemic Agreement is not immediately clear. After all, it is just one in a long list of United Nations agreements, only a few of which, such as the Climate Change Conference or the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, receive any broader attention. Thus, it is feasible that both the Conference of Parties and Pandemic Agreement will become politically inert. </p>

<p>Nevertheless, what tempers this moderate view is a key similarity between the three aforementioned policy areas. Namely, nuclear proliferation, climate change, and pandemics are all continually presented as an ‘existential threat,’ which drives media coverage, consequent political motivation, and continued investment. In the case of pandemic risk, the official narratives project an apocalyptic vision of ever-increasing pandemics (<a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/234/the-cost-of-pandemic-preparedness-an-examination-of-costings-and-the-financial-requests-in-support-of-the-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-agenda">e.g.,</a> every 20 to 50 years), with ever-increasing severity (2.5 million dead per year on average), and ever-increasing economic costs (e.g,<a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/234/the-cost-of-pandemic-preparedness-an-examination-of-costings-and-the-financial-requests-in-support-of-the-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-agenda">. $14 to $21 trillion per pandemic if investments are not made</a>). Therefore, it is to be expected that the Pandemic Agreement will continue to enjoy a status of high politics and increased investment through perpetual fear and vested interests. </p>

<p>Consequently, if the draft Pandemic Agreement is adopted at the 78th WHA and subsequently ratified by the required 60 countries, the key to its potency will be how various legal obligations, governance processes, financial instruments, and ‘partner’ commitments are defined and implemented into policy via the Conference of Parties (COP). In many ways, the drafters of the Agreement merely ‘kicked the can down the road’ regarding the most difficult and contentious disagreements in hopes that future consensus will be found during the COP.</p>

<p><strong>Here, comparisons and contrasts between the Climate COP and Pandemic COP could help to glean some useful insights on how the politics of the Pandemic Agreement might play out. </strong></p>

<p>Both have become industries with significant levels of vested governmental and corporate interest,<strong> both use fear to motivate political and fiscal action,</strong> and both rely heavily on the natural proclivities of the media to propagate fear and justify states of exception as dominating narratives. </p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Adapt Or Die: Redefining Wargaming For The Age Of Algorithmic Warfare</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em><a href="https://realclearwire.com/articles/2025/05/02/adapt_or_die_redefining_wargaming_for_the_age_of_algorithmic_warfare_1107614.html">Authored by S.L. Nelson via RealClearWire</a> (emphasis ours),</em></p>

<p><em>Commentary</em></p>

<p><strong>“Adapt or die.” This isn’t just a cliché; it’s a fundamental truth of human survival.</strong> Security—the psychological need for stability and protection—is second only to food and water in Maslow’s hierarchy. War directly threatens this security, so understanding war is essential for preserving peace.</p>

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<p>O<strong>ne of the <a href="https://usnwc.edu/Research-and-Wargaming/Wargaming.html">oldest tools</a> for grasping the nature of war is wargaming</strong>. It is, in essence, a rehearsal—an intellectual simulation that helps leaders make sense of complex, high-stakes decisions before lives and national resources are on the line. But while its utility has persisted, its form has not evolved fast enough to meet the demands of the modern battlefield.</p>

<h2>The Problem With Today’s Wargaming</h2>

<p>Wargaming is indispensable, but <a href="https://safe.menlosecurity.com/https:/digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol67/iss1/5?utm_source=digital-commons.usnwc.edu%2Fnwc-review%2Fvol67%2Fiss1%2F5&amp;utm_medium=PDF&amp;utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages">too often</a>, it’s outdated, misused, or misunderstood. In some defense circles, it functions as little more than a stage for confirmation bias, where senior leaders seek validation for preconceived notions rather than insight into novel threats. Worse, wargames frequently remain trapped in analog formats: players huddle around maps, move tokens, make subjective choices, and imagine the rest.</p>

<p><strong>This traditional model assumes that human decisions lie at the heart of conflict.</strong> That remains true. But the battlefield is rapidly changing—and the human element is no longer acting alone. As militaries increasingly rely on uncrewed systems, autonomous platforms, and AI-driven operations, our method of simulating war must evolve accordingly.</p>

<p><strong>To prepare for war in 2030, <a href="https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2021/6/pdf/2106-factsheet-nato2030-en.pdf">NATO</a> and its allies cannot afford to rely on wargaming methods from 1980</strong>. The urgency of modernizing wargaming is not a choice but a necessity for our collective security.</p>

<h2>The Rise of Algorithmic Warfare</h2>

<p>Consider this: some <a href="https://interestingengineering.com/military/robots-make-one-third-us-military">forecasts</a> suggest that by the 2030s, one-third of militaries could consist of robotic systems. In Ukraine, drone production is trending toward <a href="https://www.kyivpost.com/post/46892">over</a> 2.5 million units annually. This isn’t speculation—it’s already reshaping how war is fought.</p>

<p><strong>In such a world, the idea of a wargame that exclusively simulates human decision-making is dangerously incomplete. </strong>Swarms of autonomous drones executing algorithm-driven tactics change not only the character of war but also the speed, scale, and unpredictability of combat. Abstracting these developments away misses the point entirely. A game <a href="https://safe.menlosecurity.com/doc/docview/viewer/docNB3960B47F5512b66926402ff18f43b0ffb561dc64ceffbca62793d23bd84dc97a0afda2e1a77">without</a> machines is a game divorced from reality.</p>

<p>Critically, decision-making itself is changing. <strong>While senior leaders continue to anchor their intuition in past experiences, research shows that overconfidence increases in situations involving more chance and ambiguity.</strong> Gut instinct, seasoned though it may be, will not suffice when confronted with system-level interactions between thousands of autonomous platforms and sensors.</p>

<h2>Technology as a Catalyst, Not a Crutch</h2>

<p>The tools to modernize wargaming already exist. Digital environments can now simulate everything from force placement to logistics flows to legal compliance, with users interacting via natural language, voice, or keyboard. This technological advancement offers a beacon of hope for the future of wargaming, allowing commanders to stress-test strategies in real time and track every decision across a replicable digital thread.</p>

<p><strong>This is not science fiction. It is an underused science fact.</strong></p>

<p>Yet many in the defense establishment cling to narrow definitions of wargaming. A leading DoD-affiliated practitioner recently <a href="https://warontherocks.com/2021/02/is-it-a-wargame-it-doesnt-matter-rigorous-wargames-versus-effective-wargaming/">declared</a>, “If the players or sponsors are better equipped at the end of the wargame to do the things they need to do, then there is value. Nothing else matters.” Another <a href="https://warontherocks.com/2019/11/getting-the-story-right-about-wargaming/">dismissed</a> the importance of outcomes altogether, stating that “wargames are about ideas, not facts.”</p>

<p>That’s a dangerous mindset. Strategy may be rooted in ideas, but execution lives in facts. As Churchill famously <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/108654-however-beautiful-the-strategy-you-should-occasionally-look-at-the">warned</a>, “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”</p>

<h2>Toward a New Definition of Wargaming</h2>

<p>Commanders’ expectations have evolved, even if the tools haven’t. In 1945, General Eisenhower might have asked his staff for a logistics overlay of the European theater—delivered with pen, paper, and pins. In 2025, General Cavoli might make the same request—but with the expectation of a digital interface offering dynamic updates, AI-enhanced forecasting, and real-time operational feedback.</p>

<p><strong>Unfortunately, EUCOM and NATO commanders still rely too heavily on analog tools. What <a href="https://medium.com/lightspeed-venture-partners/the-essence-of-strategy-is-choosing-what-not-to-do-c676f004f3e2">they need</a> are decision-support systems embedded in the planning process—not adjuncts or afterthoughts.</strong></p>

<p>This calls for a redefinition of wargaming.</p>

<h2>A New Definition</h2>

<p>Wargaming must be understood not as a parlor game of human strategy but as a rigorous, replicable method of exploring conflict at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. This includes human decisions and system-level interactions conducted in a synthetic digital environment.</p>

<p>A proposed new definition: “<strong>Wargames represent human actions and system-level interactions of conflict or competition in a synthetic environment from the strategic to the tactical level.</strong>”</p>

<p>This definition bridges the gap between cognition and computation, people and platforms, gut instinct and algorithmic feedback. It accounts for the growing role of autonomy and artificial intelligence without excluding the indispensable human element.</p>

<h2>The Stakes</h2>

<p>Wargames must evolve not only because they <em>can</em> but because they <em>must</em>. Definitions matter. The current models fall short of providing leaders <a href="https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/03/21/marine-wargames-offer-a-look-at-the-future-and-fuel-dissent/">with the clarity</a> they need to design force structures that are effective, affordable, and aligned with future threats.</p>

<p>Failure to modernize wargaming risks misinforming critical decisions, wasting resources, and, worst of all, misjudging the very nature of the next fight. The stakes are high, and the battlefield of 2030 will not wait for the analog mind to catch up.</p>

<p><strong>To prepare, we must simulate what war has been and what war is becoming.</strong></p>
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<p>On 7 May 2025, I was on the popular show from the UAE — “Going Underground” — with Afshin Rattansi. We started off talking about the conflict between India and Pakistan, which was seriously heating up that day with India striking Pakistan. We then segued into talking about Trump’s relationship with Israel, the Gaza genocide, the Ukraine war, and China. As usual, when talking about these subjects, the discussion was depressing, but hopefully informative.</p>
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<p><strong><em>L ‘ 80 ° anniversario della grande vittoria arriva solo una volta, ma ci sono stati molti papi nel corso della storia.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span><em>Segue nostro</em></span> <a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telegram</a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" src="https://strategic-culture.su/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tlg.jpg" alt="" width="25" height="25" data-sanitized-class="alignnone wp-image-875659"></a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>.</span></a></span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>C’era una volta…</strong></p>
<p>Chi scrive questo articolo ha personalmente conosciuto da vicino il neo eletto papa Leone XIV, al secolo Robert Prevost. Erano altri tempi: io ero un giovane studente di teologia, lui un superiore dell’Ordine religioso di Sant’Agostino. Ne ho dei piacevoli ricordi, bei momenti di condivisione e attività svolte assieme. Non posso che fargli i migliori auguri.</p>
<p>Ora, però, passiamo alle cose serie.</p>
<p>Primo Papa statunitense, membro dell’Ordine di Sant’Agostino, è il secondo Pontefice americano, dopo Francesco. Nasce il 14 settembre 1955 a Chicago, nell’Illinois, da Louis Marius Prevost, di origini francesi e italiane, e Mildred Martínez, di origini spagnole. Ha due fratelli, Louis Martín e John Joseph. Trascorre l’infanzia e l’adolescenza negli Stati Uniti, studiando prima nel Seminario minore dei Padri Agostiniani e poi alla Villanova University, in Pennsylvania, dove, nel 1977, consegue la laurea in Matematica e studia Filosofia. Il 1° settembre dello stesso anno a Saint Louis entra nel noviziato dell’Ordine di Sant’Agostino, proseguendo gli studi alla Catholic Theological Union di Chicago, diplomandosi in Teologia. E all’età di 27 anni viene inviato dai suoi superiori a Roma per studiare Diritto canonico alla Pontificia Università San Tommaso d’Aquino (Angelicum). Nell’Urbe viene ordinato sacerdote il 19 giugno 1982 nel Collegio agostiniano di Santa Monica.</p>
<p>Consegue la licenza nel 1984 e l’anno dopo, mentre prepara la tesi di dottorato viene mandato nella missione agostiniana di Chulucanas, a Piura, in Perù (1985-1986). È il 1987 quando discute la tesi dottorale e da lì comincia la sua carriera nell’Ordine a cui appartiene, vivendo metà in missione e metà negli ambienti della Curia romana. Nel 1999 è eletto priore provinciale della Provincia Agostiniana di Chicago, e due anni e mezzo dopo i suoi confratelli lo scelgono come priore generale dell’Ordine, confermandolo nel 2007 per un secondo mandato.</p>
<p>I12 dicembre 2014, chiamato da Bergoglio per ricoprire incarichi pastorali, è nominato vescovo e comincia il suo mandato in Perù. Il suo motto episcopale è <em>“In Illo uno unum”</em>, parole che sant’Agostino ha pronunciato in un sermone, <em>l’Esposizione sul Salmo 127</em>, per spiegare che “sebbene noi cristiani siamo molti, nell’unico Cristo siamo uno”.</p>
<p>Dopo alcuni anni di attività e incarichi nel Sudamerica, il 30 gennaio 2023 papa Bergoglio lo chiama a Roma come prefetto del Dicastero per i Vescovi e presidente della Pontificia Commissione per l’America Latina, promuovendolo arcivescovo e nel Concistoro del 30 settembre dello stesso anno lo crea e pubblica cardinale, assegnandogli la diaconia di Santa Monica.  È nel frattempo annoverato tra i membri dei Dicasteri per l’Evangelizzazione, Sezione per la prima evangelizzazione e le nuove Chiese particolari; per la Dottrina della Fede; per le Chiese Orientali; per il Clero; per gli Istituti di Vita Consacrata e le Società di Vita Apostolica; per la Cultura e l’Educazione; per i Testi Legislativi; della Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano.</p>
<p>Il 6 febbraio di quest’anno, dal Pontefice argentino è promosso all’ordine dei vescovi, ottenendo il Titolo della Chiesa suburbicaria di Albano.</p>
<p>Del caro vecchio padre Robert, chissà cosa è rimasto.</p>
<p><strong>Qualche scheletro nell’armadio</strong></p>
<p>Del cardinale Robert Francis Prevost,ricordiamo per dovere di cronaca, che è stato coinvolto in controversie riguardanti la gestione di accuse di <a href="https://thecatholicherald.com/papabile-of-the-day-cardinal-prevost-could-be-first-superpower-pope-for-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abusi sessuali</a> durante il suo episcopato nella diocesi di Chiclayo, in Perù.</p>
<p>Nel 2024, tre donne hanno accusato due sacerdoti della<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ln80lzk7ko" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> diocesi di Chiclayo</a>, Eleuterio Vásquez González e Ricardo Yesquén, di <a href="https://www.cnbctv18.com/travel/culture/all-about-pope-leo-xiv-cardinal-robert-prevost-becomes-first-american-to-lead-catholic-church-19601776.htm">abusi sessuali </a>subiti quando erano minorenni. Le vittime sostengono che il cardinale Prevost <a href="https://newdailycompass.com/en/paedophile-priests-cover-up-casts-shadows-over-prevost-cardinal-who-selects-bishops" target="_blank" rel="noopener">non abbia aperto un’indagine canonica adeguata</a> e che abbia inviato documentazione incompleta al Dicastero per la Dottrina della Fede, ostacolando così un’azione efficace .</p>
<p>È inoltre emerso che nel 2000, mentre era superiore provinciale degli Agostiniani a Chicago, Prevost autorizzò il trasferimento del sacerdote James Ray, già accusato di abusi su minori, in una residenza situata vicino a una scuola elementare cattolica, decisione che ha sollevato ulteriori critiche sulla sua gestione dei casi di abuso.</p>
<p>A proposito: mentre scrivo questo articolo, molti siti che riportavano articoli riguardo le accuse e gli scandali, sono in fase di oscuramento. La verità vera non deve mai essere scoperta, giusto?</p>
<p>Sarà altrettanto curioso osservare quali posizioni assumerà proprio sui temi più scottanti per il mondo cattolico, quelli dove Bergoglio ha distrutto la dottrina millenaria. Su temi come i <strong>cambiamenti climatici</strong><strong> </strong>o i<strong> migranti</strong> è su posizioni progressiste, anche se è stato considerato dalla stampa un moderato, poiché ad esempio più prudente sulle <strong>questioni sociali</strong> e sui <strong>diritti LGBT</strong><strong>. </strong></p>
<p>La scelta del nome di Leone è forse un segno di continuità con la figura di <strong>Leone XIII,</strong> Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, Papa dal 1878 al 1903, che i distinse per una forte apertura sociale, tanto che gli fu attribuito l’appellativo di “Papa dei lavoratori”.</p>
<p>Ancora di più, sarà interessante osservare la sua posizione geopolitica. Lui, un uomo del Paese Egemone, che ha tanto lavorato nel Sud del mondo, creando una liaison con Roma, ma senza mai rivolgersi ad Est.</p>
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<p><strong>Una fumata bianca o una fumata ciuffo biondo?</strong></p>
<p>Trump si è già congratulato con Prevost: “Sono onorato di sapere che è il primo Papa americano. Che emozione, e che grande onore per il nostro Paese. Non vedo l’ora di incontrare Papa Leone XIV”, ha scritto.</p>
<p>Curioso, no? È proprio un americano ad essere stato eletto, forse il “meno americano” di quelli che erano presenti, ma è altrettanto vero che gli altri papabili erano su posizioni troppo progressiste rispetto all’attuale amministrazione americana</p>
<p>Un tempo, l’idea di un papa americano sembrava impensabile: inizialmente per motivi logistici, poiché i cardinali americani arrivavano troppo tardi ai conclavi, e in seguito per ragioni geopolitiche — un papa proveniente da una superpotenza come gli Stati Uniti avrebbe sollevato dubbi sull’indipendenza del Vaticano. Ma oggi questo scenario appare superato. Gli equilibri mondiali sono cambiati, e i cardinali sembrano più interessati al profilo personale e spirituale dei candidati che alla loro nazionalità.</p>
<p>D’altronde, Donald Trump col suo entourage ha incontrato ben 72 cardinali durante le ore di visita in Italia per i funerali del precedente pontefice, andando via prima che la cerimonia finisse. Evidentemente il suo ciuffo biondo ha avuto effetto.</p>
<p>C’è un fatto curioso, che in molti avevano previsto, facendo un po’ di ironia: questa elezione, velocissima, arriva proprio alla vigilia della grande celebrazione del 9 maggio a Mosca, dove i Capi di Stato di mezzo mondo sono riuniti per celebrare la Grande Vittoria di 80 anni fa della Russia sovietica sul Nazifascismo. Insomma, gli americani avrebbero potuto essere più educati e aspettare almeno fino a sabato, e invece no, con la loro solita becera arroganza hanno ben pensato di oscurare l’evento dell’anno.</p>
<p>Già, interessante. Ma chi glie lo spiega agli USA che dell’elezione del Papa importa soltanto all’Occidente? Nel resto del mondo si pensa anche ad altro. Il Papa amministra gli affari personali di 1,3 miliardi di persone, ai restanti 6,7 miliardi ci pensano altre autorità.</p>
<p><strong>Una curiosità nei Cieli</strong></p>
<p>Nell’ambito della geopolitica esoterica, ecco una interessante osservazione.</p>
<p>Prevost è stato eletto con una Luna in Bilancia, dunque è il “papa dell’accordo”, con una croce fissa su cui stanno due pesi demoniaci, ovvero Plutone in Acquario e Lilith in Scorpione. La croce fissa è una croce particolarmente interessante dal punto di vista astrologico, perché è lo snodo. Le Effemeridi vedono Marte in Leone, che significa guerra. Quindi, evidentemente, l’elezione di questo uomo deve rappresentare un punto di svolta in molte situazioni, con una grossa egida demoniaca, dunque sarò un uomo chiave per quello che succederà fra un po’ di tempo.</p>
<p>Staremo a vedere cosa ci regalerà padre Robert, intanto sediamoci e godiamoci la parata del 9 maggio, gli 80 anni della grande vittoria vengono una sola volta, di papi se ne fanno tanti nella storia.</p>
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title: Netanyahu Promises Permanent War in Gaza
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<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised yesterday that the war in Gaza will not end. He said the military will enter Gaza “with full force” in the coming days, despite ongoing ceasefire efforts and the release of a U.S.-Israeli hostage from the war-ravaged territory. “In the very coming days, we are going in with full force to complete the operation,” Netanyahu was quoted as saying in a statement from his office on May 13, <a href="https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/israel-pm-says-army-entering-gaza-with-full-force-in-coming-days/article">reported AFP</a>.</p>
<p>“Completing the operation means defeating Hamas. It means destroying Hamas,” Netanyahu said. “There will be no situation where we stop the war. A temporary ceasefire might happen, but we are going all the way.”</p>
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title: Trump&amp;#039;s $142 Billion Defense Deal with Saudi Arabia
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<p>The $142 billion U.S. defense deal with the Saudis, part of the $600 billion in investments that President Trump announced in Riyadh yesterday, aims to provide “Saudi Arabia with state-of-the-art warfighting equipment and services from over a dozen U.S. defense firms,” reported <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-600-billion-investment-commitment-in-saudi-arabia/">a White House fact sheet</a>. “The sales that we intend to complete fall into five broad categories: (1) air force advancement and space capabilities, (2) air and missile defense, (3) maritime and coastal security, (4) border security and land forces modernization, and (5) information and communication systems upgrades.”</p>
<p>“The package also includes extensive training and support to build the capacity of the Saudi armed forces, including enhancement of Saudi service academies and military medical services,” it continued. “This deal represents a significant investment in Saudi Arabia’s defense and regional security, built on American systems and training.”</p>
<p>And that’s all the detail that has been officially released. <a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2025/05/at-nearly-142-billion-white-house-claims-largest-defense-deal-in-history-with-saudi-arabia/">Breaking Defense notes</a> that the phrase “sales that we intend to complete” suggests “arrangements have not been finalized.” It adds parenthetically, “During Trump’s first term, a massive defense deal with Saudi Arabia was also announced, but that included non-binding agreements and deals that had already been in the works.”</p>
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<p>After five days of Kiev’s desperate attempt to derail Moscow’s offer to resume serious, direct negotiations between the two countries, hosted by Türkiye—negotiations that were broken off in April 2022 under pressure from London—it appears that a meeting will now be held on May 15 in Istanbul, as originally proposed by Russia. Ukrainian acting president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom U.S. President Donald Trump pressured to engage in direct talks with Russia, had attempted to sabotage the proposed meeting by redefining it as a personal faceoff between Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The British-French “Coalition of the Willing” gave their backing to Zelenskyy’s proposed publicity stunt, and even tried to suck Trump into it by suggesting that he participate as well, so long as Putin could be pressured to also attend.</p>
<p>None of that will happen. The Kremlin issued a decree at 22:50 hours Moscow time on May 14, affirming that the delegation for “negotiations with Ukraine” would be headed by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to the President of the Russian Federation. Medinsky had headed Russia’s team involved in the negotiations in April 2022 when Ukraine broke them off. His naming is consistent with the statement issued yesterday by Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov that these talks are to be a resumption of the negotiations which ended in April 2022. Medinsky’s team will include diplomatic and military specialists.</p>
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title: Lula, Rousseff Remind CELAC Forum, Our Development Depends on Determination and Science
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<div><img src="https://eir.news/content/images/2025/05/54516203083_1f4ed79bc8.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>Both former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, now the president of BRICS’ New Development Bank, and current Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, delivered pointed, strategic advice to their fellow Ibero-American and Caribbean officials when they addressed the Fourth Ministerial China-CELAC Forum in Beijing May 13.</p>
<p>Rousseff, who has studied China’s development closely and first-hand since she assumed the presidency of the NDB two years ago, stressed the strategic importance of CELAC’s relationship with China, but not only because “China cooperates and respects, it doesn’t threaten or blackmail,” as other powers have done, weaponizing tariffs, sanctions and the dollar against nations. The Ibero-American and Caribbean nations need to develop their own development paths by “re-industrializing,” with a focus on generating jobs, income and innovation, <a href="https://www.brasil247.com/sul-global/nossa-relacao-e-necessaria-estrategica-e-baseada-na-igualdade-diz-dilma-sobre-a-uniao-china-celac">Brasil247 reported</a>. “Countries that industrialized successfully relied on state support, partnership with the private sector and a focus on people’s development,” she explained. Ibero-American development should be anchored in scientific knowledge applied to production. “Research must be converted into practical solutions with added value, generating jobs and greater income.”</p>
<p>In <a href="https://www.gov.br/planalto/pt-br/acompanhe-o-planalto/discursos-e-pronunciamentos/2025/05/pronunciamento-do-presidente-lula-na-abertura-do-iv-forum-celac-china">his address</a>, President Lula identified various ways in which CELAC’s partnership with China provides a “dynamic element” to the economy of the region, as is “particularly evident in the area of infrastructure"; Chinese support has been “decisive in getting roads, railways, ports and transmission lines off the ground.”</p>
<p>He also used his speech to warn—his word—his fellow Ibero-American officials present, that whether the infrastructure projects which China is willing to help the region build will become economically viable, “depends on our countries’ ability to coordinate in order to give these initiatives a regional scale.” The breakup of the Union of South American States (UNASUR) left “an enormous hole” in our joint planning, and should be reversed, he urged.</p>
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title: UN Humanitarian Affairs Director Asks UN Security Council, Will You Act To Prevent Genocide?
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<div><img src="https://eir.news/content/images/2025/05/gaza_clamor_for_food.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>In a meeting of the UN Security Council called yesterday to address the horrific humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, <a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/mr-tom-fletcher-under-secretary-general-humanitarian-affairs-and-emergency-relief-coordinator-briefing-security-council-humanitarian-situation-yemen-14-may-2025">Tom Fletcher, the Emergency Relief Coordinator of the Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs</a>, presented a wrenching report on the genocide and near-starvation conditions created by Israel in the Gaza Strip, and he challenged UNSC members to “stop the 21st-century atrocity to which we bear daily witness in Gaza.” It is time, he said, for the international community to reflect on what it will tell future generations about what actions “we each took” to stop this atrocity. “Will we use those empty words `we did all we could?’”</p>
<p>Gazans are being forced into ever-shrinking spaces, he warned—70% of the territory is either within Israeli-militarized zones or under displacement orders. The healthcare system is destroyed. “I can tell you from having visited what’s left of Gaza’s medical system that death on this scale has a sound and a smell that does not leave you.” The UN humanitarian structures “can save hundreds of thousands of survivors. We have rigorous mechanisms to ensure our aid gets to civilians and not to Hamas,” he said. “But Israel denies us access, placing the objective of depopulating Gaza before the lives of civilians.”</p>
<p>Fletcher scathingly described the U.S.-Israeli proposal for a privatized aid distribution operation as “unworkable. It’s not the answer. It plans to make starvation a bargaining chip … a cynical sideshow … a fig leaf for further violence and displacement…. If any of that still matters, have no part in it.” He added that the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) is now considering whether a genocide is taking place there “and will weigh the testimony we have shared. But it will be too late.” The ICJ indicated provisional measures to be taken, he said, “but Israel has failed to do so.”</p>
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title: China-Brazil Currency Swap a Positive Example for Other Nations
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<p>China’s semiofficial <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202505/1333969.shtml"><em>Global Times</em></a> commented in a May 13 article that the just-renewed $28 billion currency swap between the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and Brazil’s Central Bank can serve as a very positive example for other Latin American countries that are dealing with the volatility of the international financial markets, in what is a “challenging financial environment.” The swap is good for five years and can be renewed upon mutual consent. Arrangements such as this, <em>Global Times</em> points out, can help “cushion the impact of financial turmoil when facing balance of payments stress” reflecting a “deepening of financial ties between China and Brazil.”</p>
<p>Also given the significant level of bilateral trade—last year it amounted to $250 billion—there’s a need for a more stable and efficient settlement mechanism, because the “traditional dollar-based system exposes businesses on both sides to the volatility of the dollar exchange rate and incurs additional transaction costs.” A currency swap can be useful in times of financial uncertainty, <em>Global Times</em> adds, particularly during times of dollar liquidity crises, serving as a kind of financial buffer that can also provide an “alternative means to alleviate liquidity pressures.”</p>
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