The Case Against Overhead Presses

Court Hands Democrats An Ugly Loss In Florida Redistricting Fight A Florida judge handed Democrats a significant setback Tuesday, ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis’s redrawn congressional map can remain in place while three state lawsuits work their way through the courts. Leon County Circuit Judge Joshua Hawkes, a DeSantis appointee, denied a request for a preliminary injunction, keeping the Republican-friendly plan intact as Florida's 2026 election machinery shifts into gear. The ruling falls in the middle of the ongoing redistricting war sparked by Texas’s redistricting last year. California responded with its...

US Industrial Production Disappoints In May Despite strong ISM Manufacturing data, US Industrial Production disappointed in May, rising just 0.1% MoM (vs +0.3% exp), but April's print was revised up to +0.9% MoM. Put together, that lifted the YoY rise in industrial production to +1.67% - its highest since Nov 2025... Manufacturing excluding motor vehicles and parts was also flat in May, according to the Fed report. Mining output, which includes energy extraction, increased 1.3%. Utilities output fell. US Manufacturing production was unchanged in May (below the 0.3% rise expected), but thanks to an...

The Pentagon has increased its preparations for a possible attack on Cuba, according to media reports, as President Trump has made clear that war against the island nation may be his next military intervention. Zeteo first reported the ramped-up plans for war with Cuba, saying that in recent days, “officials at the Pentagon and elsewhere […]