Hard data first today, though market futures were already in the pits — options expiration, border politics, housing arithmetic, and another Fed data drop all lined up in the same morning traffic jam.Retail sales and housing numbers gave us the first hint that the consumer is not wading in deeper…

Morale in the United States was lower during the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. Unfortunately, many Americans were not feeling very festive or positive about the US. Two weeks before the US’s anniversary, The Associated Press published a poll that captured the depth of American…

As the world’s fastest Ebola outbreak spreads, more health care workers strike at facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is still spreading, and new challenges are emerging even as work begins on a study of two badly needed treatments for a type…

In a statement on Tuesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accused Washington of acting like “pirates” by restricting energy flows in the region. The IRGC further warned that regional oil and gas exports could be blocked completely in response to the United States’ attempts to control the Strait of…

DDT: Data Dense Thursday.Retail SalesSofter than many expected: “Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for June 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $768.6 billion, up 0.2 percent (±0.4 percent)* from the previous month, and up 6.7 percent…

This article was originally published by Mike Adams at Natural News.  We Are Sleepwalking into a Global Collapse The mainstream media obsesses over oil prices. Every time a barrel jumps a few dollars, the pundits wring their hands. But they are missing the real story — the one that will…

This article was originally published by Connor O’Keffee at The Mises Institute.  Senator Lindsey Graham died seemingly out of the blue over the weekend after a tear in his aorta. He was 71 years old. The news was shocking, in part because Graham was a very active senator—he was just returning from…

The United States ruling class has banned Americans currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo from leaving the country amid an increasingly spreading Ebola outbreak. About two dozen Americans are now stuck in DR Congo as healthcare workers struggle to contain a Bundibugyo outbreak of the Ebola virus. Washington has…

United States President Donald Trump has vowed to increase strikes on civilian infrastructure in Iran. Unless Tehran gives up and bows to US demands, Trump will initiate a ground campaign, taking the war to a whole new level. In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, Trump commented that he…