NASA has delayed the first crewed Artemis moon mission again due to a rocket issue. Artemis II is supposed to be the first astronaut flight around the Moon in more than 50 years. If that goes well, Artemis III will involve humans landing on the Moon again. Assuming, of course, that you believe humans ever went to the Moon in the first place.
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Why 4? Because this is the fourth time that Iran has responded to an attack from Israel and the U.S. in the last two years. At no time in the last year has Iran struck first.
Operation True Promise I started in April of 2024 after Israel struck an Iranian consulate in Damascus and killed Iranian officials. Iran retaliated with a missile strike in Israel.
Operation True Promise II began in October of 2024 after Israel targeted Iranian commander Abbas Nilforoushan and his family in their home inside Iran. Iran fired missiles back over Israel, aimed at military bases and infrastructure.
Operation True Promise III is also referred to as the 12-Day War. It began in June of 2025 after Israel struck Iranian military targets and the U.S. followed up with bombers. We were assured that Iran's "nuclear program" was demolished and Iran responded with a barrage of missile attacks over Israel.
Operation True Promise IV, well, you're living through it. It began after the U.S. and Israel struck a civilian school of young girls inside of Iran, killing at least 150 children. The rest is our current hell.
Are you noticing a pattern here? War Secretary Pete Hegseth said this weekend that "the United States did not start this conflict, but we will finish it." False. The U.S. and Israel together unequivocally started this war.
The U.S. military has confirmed at least three deaths from Iranian bombs and President Trump says that, "sadly, there will likely be more" because the U.S. is protecting all of civilization.
"They have waged war against civilization itself."
Review the timeline. They waged nothing. We did that. Our traitorous government. Don't let them rewrite what the timeline clearly shows. American soldiers will die in the war of aggression that the American people do not want and cannot stop. What we absolutely can do is keep a firm grasp of our reality. Once they can shape what we can clearly see with our own eyes, we are truly in 1984 territory.
Global Markets Brace for Shock
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President Trump initially indicated that a war with Iran would be fast and decisive. Now he says that this could take a while. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated the same on Sunday.
Investors are bracing for a stock market bloodbath when markets open on Monday for one simple reason: Iran has closed off vital shipping routes for global energy and targeted energy infrastructure belonging to Israel and other Middle Eastern countries. Access to affordable supplies and energy is about to be majorly constrained, which means that goods and services will be far more expensive. You were warned!
War is a theft from taxpayers and we will pay for this, not just in weaponry and debt, but also with skyrocking prices.
“This has definitely bigger ramifications than Venezuela,” Florian Weidinger, CIO at Santa Lucia Asset Management, told CNBC.
Venezuela currently produces an average of 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day whereas 13 million barrels of oil pass through the Straits of Hormuz per day, which accounts for 31% of the global market.
When the dollar weakens, gold stands strong.
War isn’t free—and lately, you’ve felt the cost. Since the U.S. began funding conflicts abroad, the value of your savings has quietly eroded. Inflation rises, debt piles up, and the dollar buys less every year.
That’s why smart money is moving into precious metals.
Even Goldman Sachs predicts gold could reach $4,500 an ounce by 2026. Central banks and billionaires are already hedging against the next financial shock—are you?
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Featured Redacted Video
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We had an emergency broadcast on Saturday after news of war with Iran broke out. The prognosis is not good but don't take it from us. Take it from Colonel Dan Davis and former U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter. Watch here.
News By the Number
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41%. That is how many Americans expressed sympathies with Palestinians versus Israelis in a new Gallup poll. This is the first time in recorded history that American sympathies for Palestinians outranked support for Israelis. Is it any coincidence that the war with Iran began the day after this was published?
$11,500. That is how much one man stole from his son's Chinese New Year “red envelope” money to pay for his new marriage. A court recently ordered him to pay it back.
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