https://newsletter.humanprogress.org/p/olive-oil-prices-are-fallingso-should By Ben Lieberman It’s the follow-up story that never gets written. An agricultural commodity experiences a period of below-average yields and rising prices, and it is reported as a climate change–induced crisis. Then, after another year or two, the trend reverses, but there are few, if any, attempts to correct…
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This is what economic suicide looks like; pic.twitter.com/bjtlGHtTpp — David Vance (@DVATW) March 13, 2026
Global Warming reduces domestic violence! New Economic Research – Why “Cold Shocks” Trigger Domestic Violence “Extreme cold increases partner violence, with stronger effects at lower temperatures.” https://t.co/vjoo3QzJKH — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) March 17, 2026 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304387825002615#fn16 Frosty climate, icy relationships: Cold and intimate partner violence in Peru☆ Highlights•Extreme cold increases partner…
By Brandon Showalter, Opinion writer and social commentator Thursday, March 19, 2026Shawn Bolz speaking and allegedly prophesying at Bethel Church in Redding, California. | Screengrab/YouTube/BethelEarlier this year, in response to Mike Winger’s thorough YouTube exposés, the senior leaders of Bethel in Redding, Calif., publicly repented for how they failed regarding Shawn…
Opposing any president’s policies is one thing. That anyone can do so with impunity is critical in a free society. But how about rooting for a foreign regime that is a sworn enemy just because one doesn’t like the political philosophy of that president? It seems extreme to hope for…
The attack is the most significant against Iran’s strategically vital energy sector. Earlier today, March 18, Israel conducted a bombing raid on Iran’s South Pars natural-gas condensate field in the Persian Gulf. The gas field, shared by Iran and Qatar, is the largest natural gas field in the world. It…
Everyone is trying to read the tea leaves for the midterms. Democrats have been hyping their wins in very specialized races. And the Left has been declaring that it’s going to finish devouring and digesting the Democrats. On paper, it should be looking good. The public is dissatisfied. The Left’s…
United States ruler Donald Trump said that he believes he will have the “honor” of “taking Cuba” at some point. Trump made the remarks on Monday in the Oval Office.“I do believe I’ll be… having the honor of taking Cuba. That’s a big honor,” Trump said, adding: “Taking Cuba in some form.”…
By Liberty Nation Authors As the primary season begins in earnest, many voters are finding that the message isn’t really the message.
The corruption in South Carolina is showing more and more. If you wonder how treasonous warmongers like Lindsey Graham and bootlickers like Tim Scott stay in the US Senate, this might be closer to the truth than people actually voting for them.In a recent post at Palmetto State Watch Foundation,…
Does it ever seem like certain types of crimes get ignored or played down by legacy media? As humorist David Burge (Iowahawk) famously stated, “journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.” We aim to correct this by bringing you the crime stories the media…
The White House appears to be throwing everything into global energy markets to keep costs down. While oil prices remain elevated at around $95 per barrel, the divergence between US and global benchmarks has widened significantly. West Texas Intermediate has declined to its deepest discount to Brent since May 2019.…
The world-wide battle against the tyrannical Left and its drive for the destruction of free societies never ends. Their goals and tactics rarely change — rob, lie, cheat, steal elections, and destroy the forces of freedom. Whatever it takes. In the late 1990s, I had the privilege of working with…
By Roland Barnes, Op-ed contributor Thursday, March 19, 2026iStock/120725448If we don’t believe that we are sinners, then we will not have an accurate understanding of our need for a savior. It is only when we understand that we are sinners that we will flee to Christ for forgiveness of our…
Good Thursday morning. Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today: 8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time11:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Greeting with the Prime Minister of Japan11:15 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Bilateral Meeting3:00 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting7:00 PM THE…
Illegal alien migration is not a hopeless problem. There are common sense solutions. Like tourism bonds for visa applicants from third world countries. A good chunk of our illegal alien problem consists of visa overstays for people coming here allegedly as tourists… and then never leaving. That amounts to ‘tourism…
It’s a D.C. cliche. Staffers try to make policy by manipulating from the inside or the outside. Working the outside means coordinating with activists and friendly media. Everyone in D.C. does it, but there’s a big difference between doing it on behalf of your boss, a senator or a president,…
By Simone Rizkallah, Op-ed contributor Thursday, March 19, 2026Getty Images In recent months, a strange pattern has appeared online. Under posts about Jews, Israel, or antisemitic conspiracy theories, the same phrase repeatedly shows up in the comment section or on social media profiles: “Christ is King.”Sometimes it appears dozens of…
Democrats’ refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security has exceeded any hypothesis of good faith. It is an unpatriotic attack on America’s frontline of defense during a time of war and potential Iranian sleeper cells, and an inexcusable burden on the department’s employees. Last week, all Senate Democrats, except…
A newly elevated college official’s career unraveled in a matter of hours after police say a planned meeting at a New Jersey home turned into a sting operation. According to the New York Post, authorities allege that James Hadley, 65, arrived at a residence in Pleasantville on Friday expecting to…
Iran bombed a major Qatari oil processing plant and threatened to further damage energy facilities in the Gulf states in retaliation for an Israeli attack on its largest gas field. The tit-for-tat attacks sent already-volatile energy prices surging again, though they did not reach the highs seen during the first days…
In 1946, Irgun terrorists dynamited the King David Hotel in pre-state British Palestine. The horrific carnage that claimed nearly 100 lives would one day be described this way: “In that split second after 12:37, 13 of those who had been alive at 12:36 disappeared without a trace. The clothes, bracelets,…
Officials search for missing children as part of “Operation Not Forgotten” in Georgia in August 2020. Courtesy of Shane T. McCoy/U.S. MarshalsThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has located over 6,200 missing children, and is “advancing the mission of protecting America’s children at a level never seen before,” FBI Director…
Cesar Chavez, a farm worker, labor organizer, and leader of the 1965 California grape strike, is seen in a California works office in 1965. AP Photo, George Brich, FileThe family of Cesar Chavez said they were devastated by allegations of sexual abuse that surfaced against the American civil rights icon…
Different kinds of rims are displayed at the 2014 Paris Auto Show on Oct. 2, 2014. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty ImagesVision Wheel, Inc., has issued a recall of 36,661 wheels that may have been improperly manufactured, causing the wheel to crack and potentially resulting in an accident.According to the manufacturer,…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CN) — Two members of a northern British Columbia First Nation say their community was misled about the benefits they would receive from a pair of controversial natural gas projects.The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline project has seen some controversy in recent years, including within the…
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency. This thread will refresh daily and appear above the…
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,…
Savannah Guthrie is reportedly “livid” after journalist Ashleigh Banfield publicly floated her brother-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, as a possible suspect in the kidnapping of Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy.The Pima County Sheriff’s Department had already cleared the family of any involvement. Now Guthrie may be weighing legal action against Banfield for spreading…
Dan Caldwell, the Marine Corps veteran and former top advisor to War Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been hired to work under Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, according to a source familiar with the move. The role is described as administrative. Caldwell has completed a polygraph test, passed a series…
A 61-year-old Ford employee was killed Monday morning after a malfunctioning industrial machine trapped and crushed him at the company’s Sharonville Transmission Plant in Ohio.Gregory Knopf, identified by the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, was pulled from the machine by first responders who performed life-saving measures before transporting him to Bethesda…
Judge Brian Murphy blocked the Trump administration’s vaccine policies on the same day a federal appeals court overturned another one of his rulings.The Biden appointee, sitting in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, issued a sweeping preliminary injunction against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of…
Anchorage police launched a manhunt Saturday for 61-year-old Mathew Thomas Becker after he allegedly shot at his ex-wife outside her hair salon and then gunned down her father inside his home. One day later, Becker was found dead in a wooded area in Eagle River.Officials say his cause and manner…
Susan Rice, who served as Biden’s domestic policy council director and as Barack Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, appeared to vow political retribution against companies once Democrats regain control, drawing a pointed condemnation from Sen. John Kennedy last week.As reported by Fox News, Rice made the comments on a…
Joe Kent stepped down as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center on March 17, announcing he could not support the U.S. war in Iran.In his resignation letter to President Trump, Kent declared that Iran “posed no imminent threat to our nation” and that the conflict was started “due to pressure…
Chief Justice John Roberts used a public appearance at Rice University in Houston on Tuesday to urge an end to personally directed criticism of federal judges, calling it “dangerous” without naming any specific political figure.The remarks come days after President Trump took to Truth Social to blast the Supreme Court…
Members of United Teachers Los Angeles say they’re prepared to strike if the Los Angeles Unified School District does not agree to the union’s demand for a 17% pay increase over two years.A union rally is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. local time Wednesday afternoon at Gloria Molina Grand Park in…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit denied California’s emergency request to modify a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a policy that allowed public schools to withhold information from parents about a student’s gender transition.California filed an emergency motion seeking to revise the language of a permanent injunction…
The U.S. House tanked a balanced budget resolution to curb the federal government’s practice of racking up trillion-dollar deficits every year.The failed Wednesday vote comes as federal spending pushed the national debt over $39 trillion, roughly $3 trillion higher than it was 12 months ago. That means the U.S. government…
John Cleese, the legendary comic actor behind Monty Python’s Flying Circus, posted a blunt warning on X this Monday: Britain will cease to be Britain if its Christian values are supplanted by Islamic ones.”The UK has always been based at the deepest level on Christian values, regardless of dogma,” Cleese…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills launched a statewide negative ad this week targeting Graham Platner, her rival for the Democratic Senate nomination, dredging up deleted Reddit comments and a tattoo controversy as the party’s internal battle for the right to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins turns increasingly bitter.The ad, running on…
Just over a year ago, a healthy 18-year-old Colorado girl died due to complications from an elective induced abortion at 22 weeks (5.5 months.) As an OBGYN in the state – who previously performed second trimester abortions – my heart breaks imagining her fear and her belief that abortion was…
The Kalshi app is shown in Chicago, Ill., on Feb. 25, 2026. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesArizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on March 17 filed charges against prediction market platform KalshiEX LLC and Kalshi Trading LLC for running an illegal and unlicensed gambling and election wagering business in the state. The 20-count…
A view outside the Minnesota State Capitol building in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 20, 2020. Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesA state agency erred when it blocked autism-services kickbacks from being investigated—a decision based on the agency’s flawed, decades-old definition of “fraud,” according to a Minnesota audit released March 17.That was the key…
Actor Val Kilmer arrives on the red carpet for “Twixt” during the 36th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto on Sept. 11, 2011. Mark Blinch/ReutersLOS ANGELES—Actor Val Kilmer will posthumously appear in what First Line Films calls a first-ever performance enabled by generative artificial intelligence in the upcoming film…
Yet another reason to love Chris “Mad Dog” Russo. Following the Oscars, which took place Sunday night, the sports media icon absolutely erupted on ESPN’s “First Take,” going scorched earth on the 2026 winner for Best Picture. The winner of the award was “One Battle After Another,” and judging by…
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President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Feb. 5, 2025 President Trump on Wednesday announced on Truth Social that Israel hit a “major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran,” prompting Iran to launch retaliatory attacks on Qatar’s liquid natural gas facility at…
The Pentagon recently removed a host of elite and Ivy League schools from the War Department’s senior service college fellowship program, but its new list of professional military education schools includes a haven for signers of the infamous Hunter Biden laptop letter and is home to fired FBI deputy director…
Media outlets, think tanks, and lawmakers from the left and the right have claimed in recent days that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States, but the body of evidence shows that Iran has in recent years grown more aggressive toward the United States. Tehran’s actions include organizing assassination…