India Summons Russian Envoy, Furious At Mass Casualty Tanker Strike In Black Sea

Combining binary and triangular interventions, the state coercively taxes citizens to pay for its services, monopolizes certain services, and then is incentivized to engage in paid non-delivery.

Venezuela & Israel Restore Consular Ties After 17 Years Of No Diplomatic Relations Venezuela and Israel have agreed to restore consular relations, in a major historic shift, following the US orchestrated overthrow of longtime leader Nicolas Maduro back in January. Interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who was Maduro's VP, is at the head of a state system that is still fundamentally the same - which can be summed up as Chavismo Socialism - except the government now serves to do Washington's bidding from opening up oil access to foreign policy realignment.  via Reuters This...

Major Bank Faces Legal Heat Over Allegations Of Debanking Conservatives Capital One is under fire once again over allegations that it has denied banking services to gun retailers and other customers viewed as politically conservative, even as President Donald Trump’s executive actions seek to curb such practices. A Maryland gun store, United Gun Shop of Rockville, recently filed a lawsuit alleging that Capital One, working through payment processor Melio Payments, blocked it from using the bank’s platform for business transactions after flagging its operations in the firearms industry. The store received...