Category Archives: Notes of Interest

SecDef Hegseth Evaluating Space-Based ‘Golden Dome’ for U.S. Defense

SecDef Hegseth Evaluating Space-Based ‘Golden Dome’ for U.S. Defense

Plans initiated by President Donald J. Trump for a comprehensive missile defense shield have reached the review stage under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The proposed “Golden Dome,” a next-generation missile defense system situated in space, aims to secure the United States from ballistic, hypersonic, and other advanced missile threats. Photo by Anna MoneymakerMORE

Stocks Soar After Strong Demand in Treasury Auction and Tariff Pause

Stocks Soar After Strong Demand in Treasury Auction and Tariff Pause

Wall Street surged Wednesday after a blowout 10-year Treasury auction helped calm fears of a financial crisis, delivering a sharp rebuke to doomsayers who predicted foreign investors would flee American assets in protest of President Donald Trump’s trade agenda, and President Trump announced a pause in tariff hikes on some countries. Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFPMORE

Israel’s Fascist Judicial Polit Bureau

Israel’s Fascist Judicial Polit Bureau

The Israeli Supreme Court today rejected the principles undergirding the Magna Carta, the Western democratic values birthed from the Enlightenment, not to mention Judeo-Christian values, Aristotle, Cicero, Locke, Montesquieu, and scores of other ancient and more modern historical events and philosophers — as well as more modern thinkers and scholars — in sealing its fate…MORE

Israel Canceling All Tariffs On US Products

Israel Canceling All Tariffs On US Products

Israel announced on Tuesday that it is lifting all tariffs being imposed on U.S. products at the direction of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders. Photo by Avi Ohayon (GPO) /Handout/AnadoluMORE