We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
Trump or someone in the Trump government appears to be deliberately manufacturing a state of “tension.”
Highly publicized and dramatic ICE raids in the most liberal cities like Portland and Chicago almost seem designed to invite a response from Left-Wing agitators.
ICE agents appear to be acting more adversarial and provocative toward these agitators than any law enforcement I’ve ever seen.
Left Wing agitators are assembling to protest at detention facilities and attacking ICE in the field which creates the need for national guard or federal DHS/DoW troops to protect ICE. Surely this will be met by more aggressive tactics from demonstrators.
If this is a calculated strategy to climb up the escalation ladder and force an intense confrontation between law enforcement and the radical Left, one which leads to a collapse of the Left, then that is a very interesting scenario.
I fear that the Trump administration lacks the will and follow through to do what is necessary to win a true confrontation with the Left. If that is the case, then all they are doing is antagonizing the Left and creating a tension which will just explode rather than lead to a pretext for a Right Wing power grab.
In which case, I agree with Curtis Yarvin that this Trump admin is doing nothing other than inciting the Left to destroy us when they return to power.
🇺🇸 Teenagers are now facing charges after doing a ding-dong ditch prank with a twist. They showed up in masks, wearing tactical gear and a rifle, or what looks like a rifle.
Two #Delaware teenagers, aged 16 and 17, faced charges after knocking on doors in New Castle while wearing tactical-style vests and carrying what appeared to be a rifle, police said.
This could’ve ended so badly..
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• US–Iran tensions swing markets — Hormuz tanker fire, Israel warns of renewed strikes, Rubio says talks are hard; oil stayed volatile even as Brent eased below $109
• Anthropic’s massive AI spend shock — WSJ says it may spend >$600B on compute, with huge cloud/Nvidia commitments and >$80B H1 loss
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⛽ Oil & Energy
• Hormuz tanker fire / mine incident — IRGC says a supertanker carrying >2M barrels caught fire after hitting a mine
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📝 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 Mario Nawfal on X: Europe's riots are just the beginning. The real economic shock hasn't even arrived yet.
I spoke with economist Philip Pilkington about the unrest spreading across France, Italy and Albania.
He thinks we're watching the early stages of something much bigger.
One statistic really caught my attention.
According to Pilkington, France's inflation-adjusted household food consumption has fallen roughly 6.4% since 2022. He suspects the poorest households have suffered far steeper cuts.
Now add another surge in energy prices.
Pilkington pointed to rice futures rising 70% this year, wheat and sugar climbing 40%, and fertilizer shortages threatening next year's harvest.
His prediction is that the worst food inflation could arrive this winter or next spring.
And there's a political problem sitting right on top of it.
Governments across Europe are already deeply unpopular. People are struggling to afford basic necessities, and another prolonged energy ...
