America: Land Of The (Not Really) Free

The Dollar's Funeral Keeps Getting Rescheduled Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, 💰 The Dollar’s Funeral Nobody Attended Open any finance corner of social media this week, and you will be hit with some version of the same obituary. ZeroHedge declared in December that the dollar’s death in 2026 is now a mainstream talking point, citing a WIRED piece arguing that this is the year “dollar dilution” truly accelerates. A widely circulated Dollar Collapse post this month warned that foreign demand for Treasuries is fading and that the greenback is losing its safe-haven status “in a generation.” WatcherGuru ran a headline last fall declaring rapid de-dollarization is...

Well-connected members of the Lebanese parliament have warned that Friday’s trilateral peace deal meant to end the ongoing Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon will not end up being implemented, with Speaker Nabih Berri saying the deal would risk fueling internal division. Druze politician Walid Jumblatt went further, saying that not only had the officials who […]

California Has Gay-Certification Program To Tap Into $633 Million For "LGBT" Businesses Authored by Christopher F. Rufo & Austen Hufford via City Journal, Americans are used to handouts for favored groups. Affirmative action in university admissions, corporate “diversity” initiatives, and minority-owned contracting requirements direct opportunities, resources, and contracts to supposedly “oppressed” groups, such as women, Native Americans, blacks, and Hispanics. In California, state Democrats have embraced another kind of favoritism: contracts for state-certified gay-owned businesses. The scheme operates through the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which regulates privately owned utility companies. California utilities...