We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
🇺🇸🚢🇨🇳 Container shipping traffic from China to the US is plummeting:
The number of ships departing from China to the US over the last 15 days has dropped to its lowest since February.
Excluding the Chinese New Year-related decline in February, this is the lowest level in over a year.
Shipping volumes have declined by ~50% since mid-April as reciprocal tariffs began.
This is all despite the US-China 90-day tariff truce announced on May 12th.
The effective US tariff rate on China is above pre-April 2nd levels, at 33%.
US-China trade is coming to a halt.
🔗 The Kobeissi Letter
🇺🇸⚡️- Robert O’Neill, the US Navy SEAL who shot and killed Osama bin Laden during Operation Neptune Spear, comments on Sneako’s rant about making the entire world Muslim.
📝 🇺🇸 📖 During the American revolutionary period, one of the most common practices among patriots, activists, and revolutionaries was wearing disguises or covering faces to prevent themselves from being identified. This wasn't because they were cowardly; it was because during moments of heated political action, one must prioritize self-preservation.
1. The Boston Tea Party: Roughly 100-150 activists from the Sons of Liberty—led by Sam Adams, dressed up their faces to look like Mohawk Indians and dump tens of thousands of pounds of tea into the Boston harbor.
2. Stamp Act Protests (1765): In Boston and other ports, Sons of Liberty members blackened their faces with charcoal or wore masks while hanging effigies of tax collectors (e.g., Andrew Oliver) and destroying stamped paper.
3. Boston Non-Importation Agreement Enforcement (1768–1770): Patriots disguised themselves to intimidate merchants violating boycotts of British goods. Nighttime raids often involved face paint or masks to ...
