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Key Aluminum Spread In London Hits Biggest Backwardation Since 2007 Aluminum futures in London surged to a four-year high on Monday as President Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade, set to take effect this morning, threatened to deepen supply chain disruptions across the Gulf region. On top of that, the Gulf's largest aluminum producer declared force majeure on parts of its contract book over the weekend. Aluminum climbed 1.4% to $3,547 per ton on the London Metal Exchange as traders priced in increased shipment disruption risk ahead of President Trump's Hormuz blockade,...

The Real Point Of The "Patriot Front" Psy-Op Authored by Kit Knightly via OffGuardian, Over the Fourth of July weekend, Washington DC found itself beset by the "Patriot Front", about 400 guys in matching outfits, with white balaclavas covering their faces and waving flags about. The (relatively small) gathering walked about a bit, did some marching, waved some flags...and scared the press to death! The group marched away from Union Station, carrying various flags, including Confederate flags. pic.twitter.com/Xo0WDH2B9O — Mitchell Miller (@mmillerwtop) July 4, 2026 They're not real, of course. The running joke has already become...

Authorities Arrest Fugitive Behind Alleged $547 Million Medicare Fraud Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A man on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list, accused of a scheme to defraud Medicare of $547 million, was arrested by authorities on Monday. The foreign national, Khalid Satary, 54, owned and operated multiple diagnostic testing laboratories in the United States between 2016 and 2019 that billed Medicare for “expensive and medically unnecessary genetic tests,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a July 21 statement. Satary is accused of conspiring with several patient recruiters...