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China To Import Record Amount Of US Ethane As Iran War Chokes Off Naphtha, LPG Supplies
China To Import Record Amount Of US Ethane As Iran War Chokes Off Naphtha, LPG Supplies
One year ago, in the immediate aftermath of Trump's Liberation Day tariffs, there was a flurry of discussion over who is more reliant on whom: the US on Chinese rare earth materials, or China on US ethane output (see "Chinese Plastics Factories Face Mass Closure As US Ethane Supply Evaporates" and "Who Blinks First? China May Exempt Tariffs On US Ethane & Other Goods"). Following the detente in the US-China trade war, that discussion was...
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May 18, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Trump Demands DOJ Probe Of Maryland's 500,000 "Illegal" Mail-In Ballots
Trump Demands DOJ Probe Of Maryland's 500,000 "Illegal" Mail-In Ballots
Submitted by Maryland Freedom Caucus,
President Donald Trump is demanding immediate action from the Department of Justice over Maryland's exploding mail-in ballot scandal, and he's not mincing words.
In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump slammed the fiasco:
"In Maryland, they sent out 500,000 Illegal Mail In Ballots, and they got caught! So now, they're going to send out 500,000 more Mail In Ballots, but nobody knows what's happening with the first 500,000 they sent. … I'm going to ask the Attorney...
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Aug 24, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Le Pen Poised To Win French Elections? New Poll Shows Commanding First-Round Lead
Le Pen Poised To Win French Elections? New Poll Shows Commanding First-Round Lead
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Polymarket Odds And New Polls Show Le Pen Leading France's Presidential Race
New polling shows Marine Le Pen defeating every tested runoff opponent
Nomura says markets increasingly favor the "fiscally prudent" right over the reckless left
Nomura sees Europe lurching right during an 18-month election cycle
France's Le Pen Leads French Presidential Race
Early Monday, we previewed a Nomura report that expects an 18-month election cycle across Europe, shifting the continent toward populism, with elections scheduled this year in Germany and...
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Jul 13, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Absurdity Of The Hunter Biden Defamation Case
The Absurdity Of The Hunter Biden Defamation Case
Authored by Jonathan Turley,
I have taught torts, including defamation for over 30 years, but I have never seen the like of the Hunter Biden defamation case.
The defendant made defamatory statements and then just refused to appear. That led to an equally bizarre $1.7 million award by U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson of the Central District of California to Biden, consisting of just $1 in nominal damages and the rest in punitive damages.
Here is the most interesting line of the opinion: “the damage...
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