Economy
Will Trump’s Face Be on a New $250 Bill This Year? Ever?
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says preparations are underway. Preparations Underway Please note US Treasury secretary confirms plans for $250 bill featuring Trump’s face US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent says preparations are under way to print a new $250 banknote featuring President Donald Trump’s face, with lawmakers to decide whether […]
Empire
An Empire in Decline: The Looting Starts at the Top
Empires don’t end with a bang. They end when the people running the institutions stop believing in them and start carrying the furniture out the back door. Last week, the FBI arrested a senior CIA official, David Rush, with 303 one-kilogram gold bars, $2 million in cash, and three dozen […]
Activism
The Permanent War Government: Who’s Really Calling the Shots in Washington?
“You want to defend the United States of America, then defend it with the tools it supplies you with—its Constitution. You ask for a mandate, General, from a ballot box. You don’t steal it after midnight, when the country has its back turned.”—Seven Days in May (1964) Who is actually running […]
Health
Big Toothpaste’s dirty secret: 90% of brands contain cancer-causing heavy metals
The investigation: What was found and why it matters In May 2026, Lead Safe Mama, an advocacy organization focused on consumer safety, updated their report about testing results that sent shockwaves through the oral care industry last year. The analysis of 51 popular toothpaste brands revealed a troubling pattern: 90% […]
Tech
‘The intelligent age is replacing our cognitive capabilities with AI’: WEF founder Klaus Schwab
If intelligence were to become a utility billed on a meter, then the intelligent age would only benefit the elite and those who could afford it: perspective The intelligent age is replacing our cognitive capabilities with AI, and universities should prioritize teaching students how to capably use technology over teaching […]
Crypto
Bitcoin treasury space still has fair share of ‘carnival barkers’: BSTR founder
BSTR co-founder Sean Bill says many Bitcoin treasury companies lack the “ability to actually deploy Bitcoin.” The Bitcoin treasury company space is becoming more divided between firms with actual financial strategies and those leaning more on promotion, according to one industry executive. “I think a lot of them don’t have […]
Podcasts
Solutions
The Joy of Being Stupid
Yesterday I was engaged in my typical morning routine. Scanning the internet for interesting stories to read and news to soak in. Reading a few things here and there and watching a couple of videos. I settled in after a bit of this to write an article for my Substack […]