Article
Iran Shifts From Defensive To 'Fully Offensive' Posture, Denies Trump-IRGC Backchannel, Seizes UAE Ship
Iran Shifts From Defensive To 'Fully Offensive' Posture, Denies Trump-IRGC Backchannel, Seizes UAE Ship
Summary
Iran goes "fully offensive": Tehran threatens escalation if diplomacy fails, after last week's military command reshuffle.
MoU expires: Iran says the US-Iran agreement is effectively dead & "irrelevant".
Trump threatens Oman: Trump warns "we'll bomb the s**t out of them."
Backchannel denied: Tehran rejects Trump's claim of IRGC communications.
Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by September 30?
Yes 12% · No 89%View full market & trade on Polymarket * * *
Oil Spikes as Hormuz Developments Continue from Bad to...
aboutLiberty Portal
Liberty Portal is your gateway for free markets and free thinking. We aggregate open-sourced content to promote and popularize important people and lessons within the liberty movement.
suggested
Aug 21, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Pennies Have Been Abandoned, Now What Will Be Done With Nickels?
Pennies Have Been Abandoned, Now What Will Be Done With Nickels?
Authored by Adam Dick via RPI
The United States government minted its final penny in November of 2025. This came after fiat money inflation succeeded in depriving pennies of nearly all their value. Pennies are still circulating, but it is increasingly common for stores to round cost totals to avoid giving pennies in change.
Also, people seeing that the metal content of their pennies is worth more than the face value are deciding that it is better to store pennies in a jar...
Read more
Aug 28, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Wall Street Warns "Pervert Glasses" Backlash Threatens AI-Wearables Boom
Wall Street Warns "Pervert Glasses" Backlash Threatens AI-Wearables Boom
Bernstein analysts are out with a note on how Meta Platforms and EssilorLuxottica's once-hot smart glasses business is running out of steam because of an emerging public backlash over privacy and surveillance, raising questions about whether the smart glasses industry as a whole is hitting a brick wall.
Luca Solca, Bernstein's senior equity analyst and global luxury-goods sector head, covers companies including EssilorLuxottica, LVMH, Hermès and Richemont. He said Ray-Ban Meta glasses were initially a "commercial success," but public opinion has since...
Read more
Apr 2, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Oil Spikes As Trump Vows To Hit Iran "Extremely Hard Over Next 2-3 Weeks", Threatens To Send It "Back To The Stone Ages"
Oil Spikes As Trump Vows To Hit Iran "Extremely Hard Over Next 2-3 Weeks", Threatens To Send It "Back To The Stone Ages"
Summary
Trump declares 'core strategic objectives met', threatens 2-3 more weeks of bombing, no mention of ceasefire
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has released an open letter to the American people, questioning whether Washington is truly putting “America First” or merely acting as a “proxy for Israel” willing to fight “to the last American soldier.”
Air defenses have been activated in Dubai, taking out 5 ballistic missiles and 35 drones launched from Iran
Iran's...
Read more




