Trump Says US Military Will Stay Near Iran and Is Ready for ‘Next Conquest’

Iconic British Children's Character Used To Push Net Zero Propaganda Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Bob the Builder, the stop-motion tradesman who once built houses, has been hauled out of retirement to install solar panels, home batteries and "low carbon heating" for German-owned energy giant E.ON. The catchphrase is the same. The product is Net Zero. The much loved kids' character is back on screen for the first time in 15 years in a 90-second stop-motion advert for E.ON Next. He no longer spends the day on a construction yard....

Feds Investigate Kinzinger Over Alleged Kalshi Bets On Own Pardon Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger is reportedly under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over prediction-market trades tied to an unusually personal event: whether President Joe Biden would pardon him. According to Politico, citing three people familiar with the matter, the CFTC has been examining trades made by a Kalshi account linked to Kinzinger in December 2024 and January 2025. Kalshi is also reviewing the transactions. Kinzinger confirmed that he made the trades, telling Politico that he wagered on both whether...

Nearly 70% Inflation, Mass Layoffs, And A Strangled Economy: Iran's Brutal Test Of Endurance Iran’s economy is undergoing one of the most brutal stress tests in its modern history. Official annual inflation has surged to 50% according to central bank figures released shortly after the ceasefire, while the year-on-year rate reached as high as 67% through mid-April, according to the Wall Street Journal. The rial has crashed to a record low of 1.8 million to the dollar, roughly two million workers have lost their jobs, and the US naval blockade of...