Biden versus Bastiat

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States would impose a total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. In a second post, he claimed that talks with Iran collapsed because Tehran was unwilling to commit to not developing nuclear weapons.  “Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will […]

Palantir Seen On "Golden Path" As Pentagon Moves To Make Maven Battlefield System A Program Of Record Palantir shares gained 4% by early afternoon trading after Reuters reported over the weekend that the Department of War plans to designate its Maven artificial intelligence system as an official program of record. Wall Street views this report as a bullish catalyst and a meaningful validation of Palantir's long-term role in military command-and-control AI software. Reuters cited a letter from Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg to DoW heads earlier this month that...

US Africa Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces launched another airstrike in Somalia as the Trump administration continues an escalated bombing campaign in the country that receives virtually no media coverage in the US. AFRICOM said the strike was launched on April 21 and that it targeted al-Shabaab near a […]