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Yttrium Emerges As Resource War Flashpoint As Beijing Squeezes Western Supply Chains China is using its top supplier position in yttrium, a silvery metal used in heat-resistant ceramic coatings for jet engines and power turbine blades, as well as in electronics and optics, to pressure the Trump administration. Disrupted shipments expose another critical material dependency that gives Beijing leverage over Washington as resource wars continue to play out. Reuters reports that Beijing imposed export controls on yttrium and six other rare earths in early 2025. Deliveries to the U.S. halted for several months...

Gamer Recruitment Campaign Sparks Record Air Traffic Controller Hiring: FAA The Federal Aviation Administration reached historic hiring levels for air traffic controllers through its campaign to target gamers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in an Aug. 9 post on X that the campaign “supercharged the entire hiring process to get the BEST & BRIGHTEST in faster.” As a result, the TSA hit 94 percent of its hiring goal this year, which is the fastest the agency has reached that goal. Those figures translate into 2,000 new controllers hired, which, as Savannah Hulsey Pointer details...

Lindsay Clancy Juror Admits To Feminist Motives Behind Trial It's not surprising, but it is discouraging how accurate the conservative analysis of the Lindsay Clancy trial has become.  Every suspicion has proven correct about the jury and every fear about their motives is proving more substantial.  The trial itself symbolizes a disastrous miscarriage of justice in favor of ideology; it offers proof that in an age of social media and political cultism, finding an impartial jury is increasingly impossible.  Thanks to the "rogue juror" the deliberations did not lead to a...