Iran’s Khamenei Says Future of Persian Gulf Will Be Free of US Presence

From Gaza To BRICS: The Revolt Against The Dollar Order Authored by Freddie Ponton via 21stCenturyWire.com, Washington spent decades marketing the dollar as the natural language of world trade, a neutral vessel carrying commerce across borders. In practice, it became the armed currency of an imperial system that bombed states into ruin, sanctioned whole societies, and reserved the right to strangle any country that refused submission. Unlike the usual churn of de-dollarization commentary, this report does not trade in fantasies of sudden dollar collapse or fairy tales about a BRICS currency descending to...

Private Equity To Be Blocked From Buying Homes? Authored by Matt Stoller via BIG, Based on a vote last week, it seems very likely Congress will ban corporate ownership of most existing single family homes. "People live in homes," said Trump in January. "Not corporations." While Trump has sometimes talked a big game on constraining Wall Street, he generally hasn't followed through. In this case, though, he did. And somehow, a very corporate-friendly legislature came through as well. It's almost impossible to believe, but here's the relevant provision in the 21st Century...

xAI Rolls Out Data Center Dividend For Residents Around Memphis Colossus xAI Memphis, Elon Musk's supercomputing and data center complex in the Memphis metro area - better known as Colossus - appears to be testing a version of the "data center dividend" for residents in the surrounding community. The offer of Starlink service with no upfront hardware costs and a substantial monthly discount appears to be an attempt by xAI to turn local goodwill into political insulation, as AI data centers face growing scrutiny over soaring power demand, grid strain, and...