Nominal Retail Sales Jump 1.2% as Fed Hike Sparks a Dollar Rally and Dow Slides

Nominal retail sales jumped 1.2% last week as the Fed hiked 25bp. The dollar rallied 1.1% while the Dow slid 1.7%, with most sectors lower in a risk-off week.

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Get Ready, Interest Rates and Inflation Are About to Rip Higher

After more than 200 days of war, and no progress toward resolution, people are waking up to the ideas that (a) this won't be temporary at all and (b) things will therefore get a whole lot worse than they initially thought. Welcome to my world.

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Good News Friday: SNAP Reform Saves $5.8 B, Judge Refuses to Dismiss Dr. Nass’s First Amendment Case

Today's Digest covers SNAP fraud, hunting executive order, Second Amendment news, Epstein Transparency Act, AI infrastructure, energy advancements, Dr. Nass case, Autism research, incandescent lights, ZuckOff, Mexico bison.

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Johnson Recesses House, Blocking Epstein Vote – Houthis Release Footage of Downed F-15

Today's Digest covers Leon Black held in contempt, Johnson's House recess, ActBlue foreign-donation flags, Houthi downed F-15 footage, UN war-crimes findings, preparedness skills, Gates on AI, and a kids' anxiety-book critique.

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Is It Too Late? Here’s What Former CIA Senior Operations Officer Jim Erdman Thinks

The second installment of this series features the CIA whistle-blower who got into hot water with his agency because of his public Senate testimony and related disclosures alleging misconduct, obstruction, and a cover-up involving COVID-19 origins assessments. Now retired, Jim is (mostly) free to speak his mind.

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Shanghai Crude Hits $138, Massie Moves to Impeach Hegseth, Trump Calls Butler a ‘Democrat Plot’

Today's Digest covers $6.27 diesel, US diesel export ban, Saudi pipeline halt, US base damage, War Powers vote, MA gender battle, Hegseth impeachment, 8.6% more money supply, Japan-BoE shifts, and Butler plot.

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When Official Stories Collapse: 9/11, Charlie Kirk, and the Fight for Western Values

Chris appears on Liberty Lockdown with Clint Russell and Bret Weinstein to examine 9/11 and the Charlie Kirk shooting, expert capture, COVID, the Clancy case, collapsing Western values, energy markets, and whether an America-first path remains possible.

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Robert Kiyosaki & Chevron CEO Warn That Crisis Has Arrived, SCOTUS Blocks USPS Mail-In Ballot Rule

Today's Digest covers Kiyosaki's crash warning, Chinese auto bans, diesel Hormuz crunch, energy-infrastructure strikes, Iran sanctions, Space Force weapons, Somalia airstrike, SCOTUS ballot barcodes, Section 230 repeal, McConnell, EPA rollback.

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The Fat Pipe 9/14/26: A Drastic Blow to Oil Supplies, the War Comes Home, Russia Takes the Gloves Off, and Grab Bag

The is she most important Fat Pipe since the war began. Things just took a massive shift for the worse, and we'll be struggling with the consequences for the remainder of the winter at least, especially Europe.

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The State-Corporate Merger, Pacing the Frontier, ‘Racist’ Toddlers, and the US’s Final Strategic Blunder

Today's Digest covers Iran war blowback, US corporatism and census rules, UK toddler racism training, civil-service ethnic quotas, UK dissolution, AI pacing, China EVs, acetaminophen risks, and a leaked Israeli vaccine myocarditis report.

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Copper Shortages, Record Diesel, and a Multipolar Shift with Mario Nawfal

Chris joins Mario Nawfall to discuss farmland and gold, copper’s structural shortage, record diesel prices, the SPR drawdown, and the shift toward a multipolar world.

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Saudi Arabia Shuts Down Major Pipeline as Diesel Markets Tighten and the UK Builds Diversity Monuments

Today's Digest covers strike on major Saudi pipeline, Hormuz GCC talks, UAE AI sites, diesel crunch, Texas gas plants, Ukraine draft and Gaza claims, Chinese gold, nasal sprays, London's plinth, and Apple Watch recaps.

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WTC 7 Is the Smoking Gun

WTC 7 fell at free-fall speeds for 2.25 seconds. Ergo, the NIST report on he collapse is not just inadequate, but erroneous. It's time for a new investigation conducted by competent people who don't have any conflicts of interest.

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Good News Friday: Fighting Socialized Groceries, Epstein Coverups, Broken Schools, and AR-15 Bans

Today's Digest covers NYC grocery lawsuits, Stop Nick Shirley law, AR-15 bans, AI homeschooling, school gender lessons, youth gender care, COVID vaccines, Epstein files, AI surveillance, geoengineering, coral reef, nuclear projects.

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Retirement Planning Done Right

Most retirement plans aren't really plans at all. They rest on assumed average rates of return and foolishly low inflation expectations. Paul and his team work closely with clients to develop detailed plans that manage the risks, and set people up for the maximum chance of success in retirement, which means not running out of money before the end.

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