Today we celebrate the 90th birthday of Ron Paul — physician, congressman, presidential candidate, and one of the great American heroes of our time. For decades he stood almost alone in Washington defending liberty, sound money, and peace, long before those ideas were fashionable.
You can wish Dr. Paul a happy birthday too. His son Rand Paul shared how in this post.
Fun fact: Austrian economists tend to live long lives. Not economists from Austria, but those who embrace the school of Austrian economics. Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich A. Hayek both lived to 92. Henry Hazlitt lived to 98. And while Thomas Sowell is not an Austrian economist, he is philosophically aligned with them — and at 95, he’s still going strong.
Apparently, freedom isn’t just good for your country, it’s good for your longevity too.
In Case You Missed It
🌊 Over 300 people have died in Pakistan’s flash floods, but authorities say electricity is now about 70% restored and damaged roads in the north and northwest have reopened as rescue efforts continue.
🚌 At least 71 people—among them 17 children—were killed when an overloaded bus carrying Afghans recently deported from Iran collided with a truck and motorcycle and caught fire in western Herat province, in an accident blamed on excessive speed and negligence.
🏨 Officials in the U.K. won a court ruling to remove migrants from a UK hotel that has become the focus of protests, with an order to evict them by September 12.
⚠️ U.S. health officials have granted the FDA emergency authorization power to deploy unapproved or foreign animal drugs to combat the invasive, flesh-eating screwworm pest, which has recently moved north toward the U.S. border.
*Stock data as of market close; cryptocurrency data as of 5:00 a.m. ET.
Lead: 60,000 More Troops for Gaza as Israel Floats a ‘Limited Ceasefire’
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Israeli media reports that 60,000 military reservists are being called up for the takeover of Gaza City.
This is on top of the tens of thousands already deployed. They’ll have two weeks to report for duty “to participate in the operation to capture Gaza City.”
But what of the ceasefire? Even as Israel prepares a massive surge, other outlets report that talks toward a “limited ceasefire” are supposedly underway. Hamas is offering all the hostages in exchange for a ceasefire.
“Note the wording on Israel’s ceasefire option: ‘limited.’” Some hostages may be exchanged, but Israel will not release all of their Palestinian hostages nor halt its plan for a full takeover of Gaza City. Especially not with another 60,000 troops now suited up for the job.
Meanwhile, the campaign hasn’t just displaced people—it’s erased the cityscape. A new Haaretz report shows that the scale of demolition in Gaza is unprecedented in Israeli history, with hundreds of heavy machines, massive fuel consumption, and relentless pulverization of residential areas. They call it an “engineering project” but this isn’t about roads or bridges — it’s the systematic erasure of an entire civilization.
DEA Announces Joint Cartel Crackdown — Mexico Says ‘What Agreement?’
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On Monday, the DEA announced a new partnership with Mexico to target drug cartel “gatekeepers.” It is called Project Portero. According to the agency, the plan would unite Mexican investigators with U.S. law enforcement, prosecutors, defense officials, and intelligence officers to choke off smuggling corridors at the border.
Then on Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum flatly denied knowing anything about it. “There is no agreement with the DEA,” she said. “The DEA puts out this statement, based on what we don’t know. We have not reached any agreement; none of the security institutions has an agreement with the DEA.”
So… ¿qué pasa? Either Washington just launched a high-profile cross-border operation without telling Mexico — or Sheinbaum is distancing herself from it for political reasons at home.
But here’s the pattern: every time Washington talks about “going after the cartels,” Sheinbaum plays shocked, as if it’s not a priority. Why? Because she’s either unwilling or unable to take it on herself. One thing is clear: she doesn’t “got this.”
War Hits Wallets—Shield Yours with Gold
Cities crumble in conflict—and so can currencies. With Washington spending at wartime speed, the U.S. debt has rocketed past $34 trillion and the interest tab alone tops $1 trillion a year. The “fix”? Print more dollars—fueling inflation and eroding your savings.
That’s why central banks and billionaires are piling into gold and silver. Goldman Sachs now pegs gold at $4,500/oz by 2026—because real assets thrive when paper money falters.
My family moved a chunk of our nest egg into precious metals years ago; even our kids hold coins. It’s not a fad—it’s financial self-defense.
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Male cheerleaders
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It’s football season, male NFL cheerleaders are raising eyebrows. This isn’t new — men have been on NFL sidelines since 2018.
And male cheerleaders themselves are nothing new. In fact, cheerleading began as a male sport, its chants derived from military cadences. Four U.S. presidents — George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Franklin Roosevelt, and Dwight Eisenhower — were all cheerleaders. Women only stepped into the role when men were drafted into World War II. After the war, Lawrence Herkimer — known as “Mr. Cheerleader” — created the famous herkie jump, patented the pom-pom, and built the first large-scale cheer camps.
So why the uproar now? It seems less about cheerleading and more about cultural spillover. The backlash looks like a reflex to the trans debate, where the public has grown wary of men in traditionally female spaces. But these boys don’t deserve that. They aren’t pretending to be women or demanding validation.
The truth is, the trans issue has so poisoned the conversation that the movement didn’t just hurt women — it hurt these boys too.
News By The Numbers
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5. That is how many babies this mother had at once — quintuplets. She is a quadruplet with her own siblings so she is not overwhelmed by this like the rest of us would be.
$30,000. That is the starting price of the rumored upcoming small Toyota pickup that will compete with the Ford Maverick. It has no name yet and may not launch for another two years.
What’s Trending?
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LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is trending because of a new trailer for the upcoming game due out in 2026.
Radioactive shrimp are trending because the FDA issued a warning about frozen shrimp from Indonesia due to possible contamination with the radioactive isotope, Cesium-137. This brand is sold at Walmart.
John Crawley, the TikTok star known as KingBeardX, is trending because he died on Monday at the age of 47.
Dumb and Dumbr
These stories have nothing to do with one another, but they are both so dumb that they deserve a dual Dumbest Take of the Day award.
First: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the border wall will be painted black to stop people from climbing it, because black gets hot in the sun. Apparently gloves and nighttime never occurred to her.
In unrelated news, The Dispatch has this gem about whether vaccinated kids should play with unvaccinated kids. It lacks any critical information about which vaccines offer herd immunity and which do not.
Not all vaccines prevent transmission or provide herd immunity. For instance, tetanus isn’t contagious — it’s usually contracted from animal feces. So unless your living room is full of horse manure, you don’t need to worry about whether the neighbor kid got his tetanus shot.
Why do outlets keep writing about vaccines as if they’re one monolithic “protected class” with identical attributes? They’re not. It’s as if they are trying really hard not to know that. It’s lazy, misleading — and in this case, flat-out idiotic.
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