A Deep Dive Inside Kimi K3, And All Other Chinese AI Models: The Definitive China LLM Primer We were lucky enough to read the tea leaves ahead of the “frontier”, so to speak, and conclude that various “open” models out of China would soon be the biggest talking point – not to mention the market’s fulcrum catalyst. See for example: June 19: Answering The “Trillion Dollar Question”: Are China’s AI Models A Better Value Than US […]

‘Going Dark’: The High-Tech Tricks Behind Illegal Chinese Fishing In The Pacific Authored by AAP via The Epoch Times, The interception of a Chinese vessel accused of illegal fishing highlights the technical lengths many use to remain undetected across millions of square kilometres of open ocean. Tuvalu Police operating on a Sea Shepherd patrol boat boarded and arrested a Chinese longliner, the Lu Rong Yuan Yu 138, on July 9 for […]

India’s Nuclear Push Further Strains The Massive Uranium Supply Gap Prime Minister Modi secured another major uranium supply line. During his visit to Australia this month, the two sides finalized the administrative arrangements needed to move Australian uranium to India under the previous 2014 nuclear cooperation agreement. The fuel must stay under IAEA safeguards for exclusively peaceful use.  Australia holds roughly 28% of […]

478 Individuals Charged In Border-Related Enforcements In Texas, Arizona Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A total of 478 individuals have been charged across Texas and Arizona over the past week in cases involving border and immigration-related crimes. A United States Border Patrol agent enters through the United States border wall outside of San Diego, on Jan. 20, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times In Texas, […]

The Data-Center Revolt Goes National: Tea Party Veteran Leads 142 Rallies Across 42 States The backlash against the AI data-center build-out – which we’ve been tracking since it was a smattering of county fights across 28 states – staged its first coordinated day of action on Saturday: 142 protests across 42 states, from Wasilla, Alaska to Naples, Florida, organized by Humans First, the nonprofit that Tea Party veteran Amy Kremer […]

China’s Moonshot Eyes IPO After Sparking Another “DeepSeek Moment” For US AI Stocks Chinese startup Moonshot AI sparked another DeepSeek-like moment for US AI stocks and hyperscalers last week. David Sacks, the former White House AI and cryptocurrency czar, warned that this is “very concerning.” Moonshot AI debuted Kimi K3, which ranks number three on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, trailing only OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol […]

Taiwan’s President Ratchets Anti-China Rhetoric In Party Speech: Must Resist ‘Red Terror’ Of Beijing President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday that Taiwan must renew efforts to protect its democracy and never become part of China. He urged members of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to oppose the “red terror” coming ‌from Beijing. The ruling DPP champions Taiwan’s separate ​identity from China, and is working to combat […]

Judge Strikes Down Race-Based Provision In Biden-Era Internet Access Grant Program Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ruled on July 15 that a race-based provision of the Digital Equity Act, signed by President Joe Biden in 2021 to close digital gaps, was unconstitutional. A judge’s gavel rests on top of a desk in a courtroom in Miami, Fla., on Feb. 3, 2009. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Digital Equity Act […]

NBA Boss Calls Caitlin Clark A “Political Football” Over Racism Controversy The WNBA has been the butt of jokes for decades.  The women’s league is a perpetual money pit, with annual losses of around $40 million per year, all subsidized by the men’s league.  The level of play is often tedious, the pace is much slower and the athleticism is lacking compared to the men’s game.  It’s the reason why the WNBA has far less viewers, […]

Trump Endorses Graham’s Sister For Full Term, Shattering Expectations Of Short Stay Following the sudden July 11 death of Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster triggered eye-rolling across America when he appointed Graham’s sister Darline Nordone to take over the seat. At the time, the appointment of the unqualified sibling was widely understood as a mere interim honor, with Nordone serving as a placeholder […]

Judge Dismisses DOJ’s New Mexico Voter Data Request Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on July 14 rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to obtain the private personal data of every registered voter in New Mexico, adding to the overall number of cases the DOJ has lost in which it has sought similar information. The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch […]

Mamdani’s New York: West Side Homeless Camp Stretching 12 Blocks Now Allegedly Stealing City Power You’ve likely seen it if you’ve the nearby Hell’s Kitchen entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel… What began as a growing homeless encampment on Manhattan’s West Side has now escalated to alleged utility theft, according to the NY Post. According to reports, one resident of the sprawling encampment was seen Tuesday tapping into city […]

Overloaded: From Trinkets To Compute And Market Structure By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Last weekend we published that the market was sitting on Multiple Inflection Points. We were concerned that many of the inflection points would resolve themselves negatively for the market: Iran, which we didn’t even give the full “inflection” point treatment to, has deteriorated. While Brent finished the week at almost $90, up […]

Tropical Threat Emerges In Gulf Of America With US Refineries In Potential Crosshairs The National Hurricane Center has raised the probability of tropical development for Invest 91L to 80% over the next two to seven days. The broad area of low pressure off Florida’s west coast in the Gulf of America should be tracked into the new week, as early Sunday model guidance suggests it could eventually threaten offshore oil and gas rigs […]

Taylor Farms Announces Recall Of Lettuce Shipped To 27 States Over Cyclospora Risk Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, U.S. lettuce supplier Taylor Farms expanded on July 17 its voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce from central Mexico due to concerns over its link to a cyclospora outbreak affecting Americans across the country. Lettuce products that were possibly contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite were sent […]

Zelensky Boasts Of Hits On 3 Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tankers After Kiev Military Depot Leveled Russia overnight and into early Sunday morning unleashed what Ukrainian officials have described as its largest barrage of ballistic missiles focused on Kiev of the war. Among the key targets was a large complex owned and operated by UKRTAC, a Ukrainian producer of military gear and personal protective equipment. Its manufacturing […]

The Day Democrats Return To Wall Street  Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance If there’s one thing the market has become spectacularly good at, it’s extrapolating today’s political environment out to infinity…and “pricing in” things (like the end of the Iran War, Trump Tax cuts, future rate cuts, etc.) over and over again until one day of bad news turns into a year of “market optimism” about things getting better, […]

Social Media Influencers Andrew And Tristan Tate Arrested In Miami Via Headline USA, Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities, were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges. The brothers were taken into custody […]

Meet The “New Soros” Whose “Street Cred” Could Rise If Spain Blocks Extradition The federal government is well underway with a multiagency and multinational effort to combat the alarming rise of far-left revolutionaries. This was most evident on Thursday, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed delegations from 65 countries. Meanwhile, Jim “Fergie” Chambers, the communist centimillionaire and heir to the Cox media fortune, is […]

Traders Stunned By Momentum Meltdown As Earnings Quality Problem Simmers Under The Surface Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, 📈Technical Backdrop – Coiling Below The Record Here is where the quiet-index story gets interesting for traders. The S&P 500 closed the week at 7,457.69, and that put it right on top of its 50-day moving average near 7,464. Call it dead flat against the line. The index still […]

US-Iran Tit-For-Tat Spirals Towards Broader Conflict The escalation pathway in the renewed tit-for-tat conflict between the US and Iran is becoming increasingly alarming and has been underway for eight days. US forces reportedly struck Qeshm Island and the southern Iranian cities of Shadegan, Sirik and Hajiabad, while Tehran retaliated with drone and missile attacks targeting US bases and critical infrastructure across Kuwait, […]

French Gambling Regulator Orders ISPs To Block Polymarket Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, France’s Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ), or the National Gambling Authority, has ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket. Prediction websites are considered illegal gambling, the ANJ said in a Friday press release. The regulator said that Polymarket’s operations are not authorized in […]

Germany To Join French Nuclear Exercise, Deepening ‘Counter-Russia’ Deterrence In the latest development related to what some analysts have called the ‘new Cold War’ and nuclear saber-rattling between Russia and the West, Germany and France are planning a major nuclear exercise later this year. The atomic drills were announced Friday, after a joint top-level meeting of the French and German governments near Cologne. “Alongside […]

Nearly Half Of Poles Now Want To Stop Arming Ukraine Authored by Andrew Korybko, The reason is Poles’ radically shifting views towards Ukraine since the start of their spiraling dispute sparked by Zelensky’s state-level glorification of the Volhynia Genocide’s OUN-UPA culprits. Leading Polish conservative newspaper Rzeczpospolita published the results of a survey that it commissioned showing that 45.2% of Poles now want […]

Iran’s Reliance On China’s Beidou Satellite System Is A Game-Changer In War With US Authored by former CIA officer Larry Johnson During the 12-day war in June 2025, Iranian missiles and drones struggled against sophisticated Israeli and American electronic warfare. GPS jamming and spoofing repeatedly disrupted their guidance systems, limiting their effectiveness during the intense 12-day conflict. Fast-forward to early 2026, and […]