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House Rejects Short-Term Spy Law Extension As GOP Races To Preserve FISA Surveillance Tool Before Friday Deadline
House Rejects Short-Term Spy Law Extension As GOP Races To Preserve FISA Surveillance Tool Before Friday Deadline
Update (1100ET): A key spy law could expire after the House blocked its short-term reauthorization.
The June 11 vote set back an effort to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
President Trump’s selection of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence drove Democratic opposition to reauthorizing Section 702. Some Republicans have voiced concerns about how the authority, though targeted at foreigners abroad, enables the incidental warrantless surveillance of Americans.
The White House could...
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May 13, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Where Have The Men Gone?
Where Have The Men Gone?
Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times,
The Department of Labor keeps careful track of employment and the demographics thereof. Their latest report on men in the labor force is both mysterious and deeply alarming. It turns out that the labor force is missing about 7 million men who would otherwise be working. Close to a third of working-age men have vanished from the labor force.
The labor force participation rate among “prime age men,” age 25 to 54, in the 1950s approached 100 percent. Now...
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May 7, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Visualizing The Stunning Global Fertility Divide
Visualizing The Stunning Global Fertility Divide
A widening gap is emerging in global birth rates.
This chart, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows population-weighted total fertility rates (TFR) across major world regions, based on data from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 Revision, and how they compare to the 2.1 replacement level.
While Africa remains far above this threshold, most of the world, including Asia, Europe, and the Americas, has already fallen below it.
This split highlights where future population growth is likely to be concentrated.
Africa Stands Apart
Africa’s fertility rate of 4.0 children...
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Mar 30, 2026 / George Ford Smith
Once Again, A Crisis Raises the Question: Why Does the State Exist?
As government lurches from one crisis to another, people demand the government fix the problems it causes. Maybe we need to rethink the “government to the rescue” myth.
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