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  1. Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment
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    S Paul loved his fellow Jews, his 'kinsmen' and believed "the gifts and call of God are irrevocable". He believed that at the End, those among them who had rejected Christ would be brought in to the chosen people. He believed that they were like olive branches which had been cut off so that the Gentiles, wild olive branches, could be grafted in. But, when the fulness of the Gentiles had entered Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com3
  2. Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment
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    Lex orandi lex credendi. I have been examining the Two Covenant Dogma: the fashionable error that God's First Covenant, with the Jews, is still fully and salvifically valid, so that the call to saving faith in Christ Jesus is not made to them. The 'New' Covenant, it is claimed, is now only for Gentiles. I want to draw attention at this point to the witness of the post-Conciliar Magisterium of theFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com13
  3. Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment
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    We have seen that the Two Covenant Theory, the idea that Jewry alone is guaranteed Salvation without any need to convert to Christ, is repugnant to Scripture, to the Fathers, even to the post-Conciliar liturgy of the Catholic Church. It is also subversive of the basic grammar of the relationship between the Old and the New Testaments. Throughout  two millennia, in Scripture, in Liturgy, in her Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com7
  4. Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment
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    The sort of people who would violently reject the points I am making are the sort of people who would not be impressed by the the Council of Florence. So I am going to confine myself to the Magisterium from the time of Pius XII ... since it is increasingly coming to be realised that the continuum of processes which we associate with the Conciliar and post-Conciliar period was already in operationFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com0
  5. Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment
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    In 1980, addressing a Jewish gathering in Germany, B John Paul II said (I extract this from a long sentence): " ... dialogue; that is, the meeting between the people of the Old Covenant (never revoked by God, cf Romans 11:29) and that of the New Covenant, is at the same time ..." In 2013, Pope Francis, in the course of his Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium, also referred to the Old Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com10
  6. Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment
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    Since the Council, an idea has been spreading that Judaism is not superseded by the New Covenant of Jesus Christ; that Jews still have available to them the Covenant of the old Law, by which they can be saved. It is therefore unnecessary for them to turn to Christ; unnecessary for anybody to convert them to faith in Christ. Indeed, attempting to do so is an act of aggression not dissimilar to theFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com11
  7. Site: Mises Institute
    2 hours 50 min ago
    Author: Joshua Mawhorter
    MMT uses chartalism and a few dubious examples to appeal to history to establish the theory‘s authority and validity, only to discard this element as irrelevant and unnecessary.
  8. Site: Rorate Caeli
    3 hours 56 min ago
    Charlotte is a vast diocese in one of the fastest growing regions in America: 5.5 million people and over half a million Catholics. For all these, one chapel in an isolated area in an unnamed building in a country highway.They really think we're idiots.The dishonorable bishop's letter (dated from today, Friday, May 23) below:(Click for larger view)New Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118576661605931910noreply@blogger.com
  9. Site: AsiaNews.it
    4 hours 40 min ago
    Fifty years after the fall of Phnom Penh to Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, the book "Beyond the Horizon" is published in Italian. In it a French woman describes the genocide with the eyes of someone who had come to Cambodia for love. The book is her diary of hell, misery, lies and death experienced with her daughters. The story is extremely interesting and credible for a country where a UN tribunal failed to render justice and uncover the truth.
  10. Site: Ron Paul Institute - Featured Articles
    4 hours 52 min ago
    Author: George D. O’Neill, Jr.

    American and other Western elites complain ad nauseam, decrying the Iranians’ intransigent, devious, aggressive, and unreliable behavior. They claim Iran will not make or keep an agreement. Never forget, however, that Iran is more than five millennia old with a long history of diplomacy. The Iranians may be difficult, but one of the barriers to an agreement could be the Iranians’ wariness of the United States’ long pattern of broken agreements.

    In 1945 the U.S. signed the United Nations charter declaring the importance of protecting the sovereignty of states. Iran was also a signatory of that charter.

    But eight years later, in 1953, the CIA and British Intelligence organized Operation Ajax, which overthrew the constitutionally elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and empowered Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the son of the first Pahlavi shah who was deposed in 1941 by the British and Soviets. The CIA’s actions were in complete violation of Article 2 of the UN CharterU.S. agencies also armed and trained the Iranian secret police, the Savak, to suppress any opposition, often using the tired old excuse that dissenters were Soviet-inspired or -supported.

    American and other Western elites complain ad nauseam, decrying the Iranians’ intransigent, devious, aggressive, and unreliable behavior. They claim Iran will not make or keep an agreement. Never forget, however, that Iran is more than five millennia old with a long history of diplomacy. The Iranians may be difficult, but one of the barriers to an agreement could be the Iranians’ wariness of the United States’ long pattern of broken agreements.

    In 1945 the U.S. signed the United Nations charter declaring the importance of protecting the sovereignty of states. Iran was also a signatory of that charter.

    But eight years later, in 1953, the CIA and British Intelligence organized Operation Ajax, which overthrew the constitutionally elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and empowered Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the son of the first Pahlavi shah who was deposed in 1941 by the British and Soviets. The CIA’s actions were in complete violation of Article 2 of the UN CharterU.S. agencies also armed and trained the Iranian secret police, the Savak, to suppress any opposition, often using the tired old excuse that dissenters were Soviet-inspired or -supported.

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  11. Site: Ron Paul Institute - Featured Articles
    5 hours 5 min ago
    Author: William Schryver

    The inexorable decline of the American Empire has arrived at an Imperial Paradox. It must either fight a war and die, or not fight a war and yet still die.

    Here are the options:

    China

    Neither South Korea nor Japan want anything to do with a war against China, leaving only the Philippines dumb enough to play along.

    The US apparently pulled another brigade out of South Korea. They’ll pull out more in the future. They know damn well the North Koreans could easily conquer the entire peninsula if they chose to do so.

    China and its local seas are a vast ocean away from America, and its capacity to defend its local seas is enormous and growing.

    The Pentagon must understand it cannot sustain logistics in a war against China in the western Pacific. It simply cannot be done. Anyone who thinks otherwise must upgrade their proficiency in basic arithmetic.

    Iran

    In the context of a war against Iran, all the geography is against the US.

    Iran is an exceedingly mountainous country that has, over the course of millennia, learned to use those mountains to defend itself against would-be conquerors.

    They can field a satisfactorily well-equipped million-man army.

    They have learned in the 21st century to burrow deep heavily fortified tunnels into their mountains.

    Iran is also much more technologically advanced than most people understand. They have become impressively capable in terms of both offensive and defensive missiles. They pose a far greater challenge than the Yemeni have been over the past year and a half.

    Indeed, they pose a “near-peer” challenge against US overseas power projection.

    The US Navy could only operate at extreme risk in the southern Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf.

    Every US base in the region is well within range of Iranian missile strikes.

    The US Navy very demonstrably cannot secure seaborne logistics into the Persian Gulf. They lack both the sealift ships, and the ability to protect them.

    They cannot even open the Bab-el-Mandeb!

    Russia

    From a geographic and logistical standpoint, the only remotely conceivable war is one in Ukraine against Russia.

    The US at least has bases and forces already in place in the UK, Germany, Poland, Romania, Finland, and in Baltic chihuahua fantasy-land — and what has served until now as a reasonably secure logistics pathway into all those places.

    Of course, whether or not such a condition persists long in a war scenario is another question altogether.

    Because, you see, the Russians are now unquestionably the most formidable and battle-hardened military on the planet — at least in the context of a war fought on their doorstep.

    So if you’re an empire that thinks it needs a war to reaffirm at least its short-term relevance and fading glory … well, these are your choices.

    Sic transit gloria mundi.

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  12. Site: Crisis Magazine
    5 hours 30 min ago
    Author: Eric Sammons

    The smoke has cleared from the Sistine Chapel, and Pope Leo XVI has been elected to lead the Catholic Church into an uncertain future. As Catholics around the world look to Rome with a mixture of hope and trepidation, one question emerges above all others: How do we navigate the turbulent waters ahead? For more than four decades, Crisis Magazine has been a steady compass for faithful Catholics…

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  13. Site: LifeNews
    6 hours 6 min ago
    Author: Mia Steupert, M.A, Elyse Gaitan

    Indiana’s 2024 quarterly abortion reports were published by the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) throughout the year and into early 2025. The state’s annual 2024 abortion report, an aggregate of the 2024 quarterly reports, was published in April 2025.

    These reports showed that in 2024, brick-and-mortar abortions in Indiana decreased drastically from 2023. This drastic decrease was likely due to the state’s life-at-conception law being in effect for the entirety of 2024. The law’s exceptions allow abortions to be performed in the cases where a continued pregnancy would threaten the mother’s life or physical health, if the unborn child was conceived via rape or incest, or if the unborn child had a lethal fetal anomaly.

    In what follows, Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) summarizes the information in the abortion report published by the state. The data published by the state does not include the total number of abortions obtained by Indiana residents out of state or the number of self-managed abortions on women outside of the healthcare system. The report also does not contain the number of mail-order abortion drugs obtained by Indiana residents prescribed by licensed abortion providers in other states under shield laws.

    In a separate section, CLI will describe data provided by the Guttmacher Institute’s Monthly Abortion Provision Study that details the number of abortions obtained by Indiana women in other states in 2023. Guttmacher’s abortion estimates include the number of abortions obtained at brick-and-mortar facilities and those provided via telehealth and virtual providers in the United States.

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    Indiana’s statute code defines abortion as “the termination of human pregnancy with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus. The term includes abortions by surgical procedures and by abortion inducing drugs” (§16-18-2-1).

    Abortion Totals and Trends

    In 2024, there were 146 abortions reported in Indiana, down 97% from the previous year. Drug-induced abortions decreased by 99% and composed 25% of the total, as opposed to 61% in 2023 (Fig. 1). CLI estimates that Indiana’s 2024 abortion rate was 0.11 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, a decrease of 97% from 2023 (Fig. 2).1 As of May 2025, three states have released 2024 abortion statistics, with two showing decreases in abortions from 2023 to 2024.

    Four incomplete abortion reports were submitted to IDOH for abortions occurring in the fourth quarter of 2024. The state counted the abortions in the total number of abortions occurring in the state for 2024, but did not include the four abortions in any calculation related to demographics or percentages. For this reason, CLI added the four abortions to all demographic and percentage-based calculations as an “unknown” category.

    State Report Summary

    In 2024, 95% of the abortions reported in Indiana were performed on state residents. Four abortions were performed on nonresidents, while the residency of four women who obtained abortions in Indiana was unknown. Two abortions were performed on girls under the age of 16, while 16% were performed on girls between the ages of 16 and 24. Just over half (52%) were performed on women aged 25 to 34, and 28% were performed on women between the ages of 35 and 45. Four abortions were performed on women whose ages were unknown.

    Sixty-two percent of Indiana abortions were performed on white women and 25% on black women. Three abortions each were performed on Asian women and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian women. One abortion was performed on an American Indian/Alaska Native woman. The race of nine women who obtained abortions in Indiana was unknown, while two other women were of other, unspecified races. Eighty-four percent of Indiana abortions were obtained by non-Hispanic women, while 11% were obtained by Hispanic women. Five percent of the abortions in the state were performed on women of unknown ethnicity.

    Three of the abortions in Indiana were performed on women with an eighth-grade education or less, and four on women who had attended but not completed high school. Twelve percent of Indiana abortions were obtained by women with a high school diploma or its equivalent as their highest level of education, and 36% were obtained by women who had completed some college but did not have a degree. Nineteen percent of abortions were performed on women with a college degree. The level of education was unknown for 23% of the abortions.

    Fifty-one percent of the abortions reported in Indiana were obtained by unmarried women and 46% by married women. The marital status was unknown for four women. Thirty-six percent of Indiana abortions were performed on women with no living children, 29% on women with one child, and 32% on women with two or more children. Ninety-four percent of the abortions were obtained by women with no previous abortions, compared to 3% on women with one prior abortion and one abortion on a woman with more than one prior abortion. Thirty percent of the abortions were performed on women who had previously had a miscarriage.

    Forty-two percent of the abortions reported in Indiana were surgically induced. Surgically induced abortions include suction curettage abortions, menstrual aspiration abortions, dilation and evacuation abortions, and other procedures, although the reports did not include the percentage of abortions performed by each specific procedure type. A quarter were drug-induced and 30% were performed via intracardiac injection. Five abortions were performed via unknown means.

    All 146 abortions performed in the state in 2024 were performed at hospitals, as all were performed under the exceptions to the state’s life-at-conception law. Since freestanding abortion centers like Planned Parenthood or independent centers do not provide actual medical care, they were unable to provide medical care to women whose lives and/or physical health were threatened by continued pregnancies.2 Furthermore, all freestanding abortion centers in the state closed in August 2023 so abortions performed due to rape and incest or because the unborn child had a lethal fetal anomaly were also all performed in hospitals. However, Indiana’s reports did not break down the reasons for abortion by performing facility. Riley Health Maternity Tower performed 46% of Indiana abortions in 2024, while the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital performed 36%. Seven other hospitals and four unknown locations performed the remainder of the state’s abortions in 2024.

    To see the breakdown of abortions by month in 2024, see the following table:

    Total # of Abortions January 16 February 13 March 16 April 12 May 9 June 6 July 12 August 11 September 18 October 13 November 10 December 10 Total 146

    Additional Information Reported in 2024 Quarterly Reports

    As previously mentioned, several changes occurred to Indiana’s abortion reporting requirements after quarter two in 2023, and several additional reporting requirements went into effect for all future abortion reports.

    Three babies were reported to have been born alive during an abortion. In 2024, 64% of abortions were performed because the unborn child had a fetal anomaly, and 27% were performed because the mother’s life or physical health was at risk. Nine abortions were performed due to rape or incest while four were performed for unknown reasons.3

    Another piece of information Indiana started providing in the last two quarters of 2023 was the number of reports submitted to the IDOH within the required 30 days for abortions performed on girls and women 16 and older, and within three days to the IDOH and Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) for abortions performed on minors under 16. All but four reports (136) for abortions performed on women ages 16 and older were reported to the IDOH on time. Both abortion reports for girls under 16 were reported to both the IDOH and DCS on time. The timeliness of four reports was unknown.

    Fifty-five percent of abortions in 2024 were performed via abortion drugs at eight weeks of gestation or later. Seven percent were performed via surgical abortion at eight weeks or earlier, while 35% were performed via surgical abortion after eight weeks of gestation. In 2024, 41 of 44 intracardiac injection abortions utilized an additional dilation and evacuation abortion, while one intracardiac injection utilized an mifepristone/misoprostol abortion to complete the abortion. Two intracardiac injections did not require a further procedure. One abortion was performed at or after 20 weeks post-fertilization age, and the required second attending physician was present during this abortion.

    Abortion Complications

    In 2024, 70 complication reports were filed, with information on 91 complications (patients can have more than one complication listed on a report).3 Fifty-nine percent of the complication reports were associated with drug-induced abortions, including four known to have resulted from mail-order abortions. Thirty-nine percent of complication reports involved surgical abortions, and 3% involved an unknown method.

    The most frequently reported complication was incomplete abortion (retained tissue), with 51 cases reported. There were 11 cases of vaginal bleeding, eight infections, and four failed abortions. There were 10 uncategorized complications and one case each of psychological complications, uterine perforation, shock, a missed ectopic pregnancy, free fluid in the abdomen, and cervical laceration. One complication was labeled as an adverse event as defined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

    Women were admitted to the hospital in 11 cases, 42 complications resulted in surgical intervention, two complications required blood transfusions, and 21 complications were treated with medication. In five cases, other treatment was used, and an unknown treatment was utilized 10 times. Overall, 93% of the complication reports noted that the initial abortion provider was not the one who treated the woman’s complication(s).

    The 2024 complication reports included information on the facilities where the patient presented with complications and the number of reports by the facility performing the abortion. Nineteen of the 26 facilities that treated women for abortion-related complications reported zero abortions in Indiana in 2024. Furthermore, the 2024 complication reports showed that 13 of the 146 abortions performed in the state were performed at hospitals that did not treat any complications. There were 13 complication reports stemming from abortions that were performed outside of Indiana (10 from Illinois facilities, one from a Michigan facility, and two from Planned Parenthood centers in unknown states). Six complication reports were from abortions performed in Indiana, while 51 complication reports resulted from abortions that were performed at an unknown location.

    Half of the complication reports were for women aged 25 to 34, while 31% were for girls between the ages of 16 and 24. Nine reports were for women between the ages of 35 and 44, and three were for girls under the age of 16. Half of the complication reports were for abortions performed on African American women, and 31% were for white women. There was one report each for multi-racial and Asian women and no reports for American Indian/Alaska Native women. Race was not reported in 11 of the complication reports. Seventy-four percent of the complication reports were for abortions performed on non-Hispanic women, while three were for Hispanic women. Ethnicity was not reported in 15 of the complication reports.

    Guttmacher Data4

    Guttmacher estimated the number of abortions that were obtained by Indiana residents who traveled to other states to obtain an abortion. This data is only available for 2023, and it is important to note that Indiana’s life-at-conception law went into effect in August of 2023. Therefore, the number of Indiana residents who traveled out of state to obtain an abortion likely increased in 2024 when Indiana’s law was in effect for the entire year. However, it is helpful to list the 2023 data to show how Indiana women are still obtaining abortions out of state despite the state prohibiting almost all brick-and-mortar abortions. For the number of abortions obtained by Indiana women in various states according to Guttmacher, see the following table:

    States Traveled to by Indiana Women # of Abortions Obtained by Indiana Women Who Traveled to Other States to Get Abortions, 2023 Illinois 5,500 Michigan 950 Ohio 650 Total 7,100

    State Ranking

    In CLI’s 2024 reevaluation of states’ abortion reporting requirements, Indiana was tied for fourth best. Since CLI’s original evaluation of abortion reporting requirements in 2016, Indiana has vastly improved their abortion reporting. Because the state has prohibited most brick-and-mortar abortions from being performed in the state, and many of the state’s reporting requirements cover topics associated with the abortions that are still performed, the only area of data collection left to improve upon (the mailing of abortion drugs into the state) may not be feasible given the legal landscape of shield laws.

    1. National rates were calculated by the Guttmacher Institute. Indiana rates were calculated by CLI using the following formula: (total number of abortions performed in Indiana ÷ number of resident women ages 15-44 [based on most recent population estimates]) x 1,000. Rates may differ slightly from previous CLI articles due to revised population estimates. Population estimates were obtained from the CDC WONDER database. Estimates for 2005-2009 are intercensal estimates of the July 1 resident population. Estimates for 2010-2019 are Vintage 2020 postcensal estimates of the July 1 resident population. Estimates for 2020-2024 are Vintage 2023 postcensal estimates of the July 1 resident population. Estimates were produced by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics. Rates for 2024 were calculated using the Vintage 2023 postcensal estimates because 2024 population estimates have not yet been released by the CDC.
    2. CLI is reporting on this information as it appeared in Indiana’s abortion report. However, it is important to note that the “life or physical health” cases described as exceptions to the state’s abortion law are not the same as elective abortions. They are descriptions of emergency medical care allowed under the state’s law to save the life or physical health of the mother. The state law differentiates these medical procedures from an elective abortion, which, when performed, has the sole intent of causing the death of an unborn baby.
    3. Statistics on abortion complications reported here represent a minimal number of deaths and complications, as this data is collected in a non-systematic and non-verifiable way. As such, this data cannot be used to calculate either an accurate abortion mortality rate or an accurate abortion complication rate for the state.
    4. The Guttmacher Institute notes that their monthly abortion totals by states are estimates and that each state’s estimate is within a range of uncertainty. Guttmacher also notes that their estimates do not reflect self-managed abortions or those obtained by women in pro-life states under shield laws. This information is updated as of April 24, 2025.

    LifeNews Note:  The authors are researchers for the Charlotte Lozier Institute, where this article originally appeared.

    The post Indiana Abortions Drop 97% After Abortion Ban Goes Into Effect appeared first on LifeNews.com.

  14. Site: Crisis Magazine
    6 hours 22 min ago
    Author: Jason Jones

    In a beautiful address to Eastern Christian pilgrims in Rome, Pope Leo XIV showed this week that the tenets of our Catholic Faith are more than platitudes. In particular, he applied Catholic principles plainly and unflinchingly to the plight of the Christian communities in Bethlehem, located in the West Bank, and in Gaza—defending their right to remain secure where they are. By implication…

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  15. Site: LifeNews
    6 hours 27 min ago
    Author: Bobby Schindler

    March 31 marked the 20th anniversary of my sister Terri Schiavo’s death—a tragic moment reflecting the dangerous direction of our healthcare system and culture. Terri’s death was not natural; it was imposed. She simply needed food and water. That was it.

    In response to my sister’s death, my family established the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network and a 24/7 National Crisis Lifeline to assist families in crisis who are fighting for the lives of their loved ones. Our mission is simple: upholding human dignity through service to the medically vulnerable.

    Since its founding in 2005, the Life & Hope Network has advocated for and supported thousands of vulnerable patients and their families through its resources and trusted allies. The fight to protect the voiceless is critical. We must recognize that the U.S. healthcare system differs from the romanticized version portrayed on TV. Far too many families have faced struggles similar to ours since Terri’s passing and continue to be subjected to the same treatment.

    Imagine that your son has been in a terrible car accident. You rush to the hospital, only to learn that he is in the ICU with a profound brain injury. Within days—or even hours—doctors begin discussing “brain death” and insist that there’s no hope for meaningful recovery. Then comes the most shocking part; they’ve set a deadline to withdraw life support—just one week.

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    This scenario isn’t made up; this was the experience of a real family that the Life & Hope Network recently helped. Sadly, this situation was not an isolated incident. We regularly receive calls from families blindsided by rapid decisions to terminate treatment, often just days after brain injuries occur.

    Even when families plead for more time, hoping that their loved ones will show signs of improvement, hospitals can—and often do—override their wishes. Dr. Neil Wenger, a UCLA professor and director of the university’s ethics center, once explained: “If there is no resolution, then we have a policy where you can override a family.”

    Furthermore, according to a 2005 report by the Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics, “the laws of all but ten states may allow doctors and hospitals to disregard advance directives when they call for treatment, food, or fluids.”

    That’s when we help. We advocate for families in crisis who are given no due process, no time, and no options. We fight to ensure that decisions prioritize the patient’s well-being and are grounded in compassion, dignity, and the possibility of hope.

    To truly understand this issue, we must acknowledge the deeply rooted devaluation of life among the medically vulnerable. History offers chilling precedents. Under Nazi Germany’s Aktion T4 euthanasia program, more than 200,000 disabled individuals were killed based on their perceived lack of worth.

    This wasn’t solely a German idea. The American eugenics movement, taught at hundreds of U.S. universities and supported by elites, preceded it by decades. Justice Clarence Thomas noted in Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. (2019) how American eugenics targeted not only certain races but also the disabled—those labeled “feeble-minded,” “deformed,” or “crippled.”

    With the legalization of abortion in 1973, this worldview quietly persisted under the narrative of “choice.” Today, more than 50% of unborn children diagnosed with disabilities such as Down syndrome are aborted. The rationale? They don’t meet arbitrary standards of personhood.

    The “personhood theory”—championed by bioethicists such as Joseph Fletcher and Peter Singer—claims that being human isn’t enough to warrant rights or dignity; one must possess cognitive traits such as self-awareness and rational thought to qualify as a “person.” Infants, the severely disabled, and those with Alzheimer’s or brain injuries often fall outside this definition.

    Such ideas have dangerously shaped modern medicine. Bioethicist Wesley J. Smith warned in 2002 that bioethics has become a tool for deciding who deserves to live and informs policies that prioritize cost-saving over care.

    Insurance companies, hospital administrators, and policymakers increasingly make decisions based on cost, not care. Patients are seen as budget lines instead of human beings. Hospitals impose DNR orders without consent, deny treatment under “medical futility” policies, and override families through ethics committee rulings.

    Feeding tubes, once considered part of basic care, have been reclassified as “medical treatment,” creating a path to prematurely ending the lives of patients by ceasing “treatment.” Withdrawing feeding tubes against family wishes is currently legal in all 50 states. In my view, this quiet change in the classification of feeding tubes is the Roe v. Wade of the euthanasia movement. It enabled Terri’s death and continues to threaten countless other lives.

    In a 2008 New York Times article titled “Terminal Options for the Irreversibly Ill,” Judith Schwarz, a Registered Nurse, cited more than one million deaths tied to decisions to withdraw life-sustaining care in U.S. hospitals annually.

    Perhaps it’s sheer indifference, but most Americans seem to be completely unaware of what is happening behind the scenes in hospitals, nursing homes, and hospices nationwide, despite the growing number of warning signs.

    As a patient advocate, I’ve seen how families are pressured into ending care prematurely. Justifications rest on vague prognoses of “low chance of meaningful recovery,” but new research challenges these assumptions.

    A groundbreaking Journal of Neurotrauma (2024) study tracked nearly 1,400 TBI patients. Forty percent of those who received extended care recovered with some level of independence. Similar findings in JAMA Neurology (2021) and the American Academy of Neurology (2022) urge decision-makers to delay end-of-life decisions by at least 30 days post-injury. Countless cases show that recovery is possible with care and time. Yet the system turns a blind eye to this evidence.

    The COVID-19 pandemic exposed how medical authority can be misused. Governors such as Andrew Cuomo ordered COVID-positive patients into nursing homes, leading to thousands of deaths. Media coverage was minimal. Group homes for the disabled suffered similar neglect. These tragedies underscore how expendable the vulnerable are perceived to be.

    My family experienced this firsthand. When Terri’s feeding tube was removed, law enforcement stood at her bedside to prevent us from giving her even a sip of water or lip balm. Officials banned cameras under the guise of privacy—but we know the truth: they didn’t want the public to see what death by dehydration really looks like.

    Dehydration affects everyone, regardless of whether they have a brain injury. As Claire Maldarelli explains in her article “This Is What Happens to Your Body as You Die of Dehydration” (Popular Science, 2017), the body responds to water loss by triggering survival mechanisms: reducing urine output and sweating, increasing heart rate, and eventually shutting down non-essential organs. Without rehydration, this process leads to organ failure and, ultimately, death—regardless of a person’s medical condition or history.

    Hydration is essential for survival, no matter an individual’s mental capacity. And as my family witnessed in my sister’s case, the suffering is excruciating.

    Twenty years later, the question remains; how did we reach the point where an innocent, disabled woman could be legally starved and dehydrated to death?

    Terri’s death was not just a tragedy; it was a warning. We are told to trust the healthcare system. Popular media depicts doctors doing everything they can to save lives. But in reality, a culture of death has infiltrated the very institutions meant to protect us. Life is no longer valued for its own sake; its value is weighed against cost, convenience, or ideology.

    This isn’t just about Terri. It’s about all of us. It’s about the path we’re on. We must reject the personhood theory, fight policies that treat starvation as care, and build a culture that respects every life—regardless of ability, prognosis, or perceived worth.

    The lessons from Terri’s death remain urgent. Her story must never be forgotten.

    LifeNews Note: Bobby Schindler and his family work as patient advocates, establishing the non-profit Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network in honor of his sister, Terri. Click here to learn more about the Life & Hope Network.

    The post They Killed My Sister Terri Schiavo, We Can’t Let That Happen to Other People Like Her appeared first on LifeNews.com.

  16. Site: LifeNews
    6 hours 46 min ago
    Author: McKenna Snow

    Democratic Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed a bill May 20 legalizing assisted suicide in the state, supporting deadly legislation that the previous governor had vetoed.

    The state’s House Bill 140 makes it legal for adults given six months or fewer to live — a prognosis that is not always accurate — to request deadly drugs from their physicians to kill themselves. The legislation had previously failed in September 2024 when the state’s then-Governor John Carney, a Catholic, vetoed it.

    When he vetoed it, Carney said he is “fundamentally and morally opposed to state law enabling someone, even under tragic and painful circumstances, to take their own life.”

    The bill was introduced again in December. Carney’s term ended in January 2025, and Meyer became governor the same month. The House passed the bill 21 to 17 with three absent, and the Senate passed it in a vote 11 to eight, with two absent.

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    According to the diocesan paper The Dialog, Meyer stated that he was proud to sign the bill into law and that the law “gives people facing unimaginable suffering the ability to choose peace and comfort, surrounded by those they love.”

    The Diocese of Wilmington, which encompasses the whole state, had worked to oppose legislation to legalize assisted suicide, both this year and last year. In June 2024, it urged local Catholics and persons of goodwill to contact the governor and “and ask him to stand up for the elderly, sick and disabled, by vetoing this dangerous and immoral legislation.”

    In February, all churches in the diocese were set to have postcards for Catholics to fill out in opposition of the bill, and the diocese delivered them to legislators. According to The Dialog, more than 11,000 postcards were sent. In March Bishop William Koenig led a rosary and celebrated Mass very close to the state capitol on the same day that the state legislature was going to reconvene for another session.

    Bishop Koenig also spoke out against assisted suicide in April, saying that “there is a great distinction between, on the one hand, death that comes naturally and, on the other hand, performing actions to bring on death.”

    LifeNews Note: McKenna Snow writes for CatholicVote, where this column originally appeared.

    The post Delaware Becomes Latest State to Legalize Killing People in Assisted Suicide appeared first on LifeNews.com.

  17. Site: LifeNews
    6 hours 58 min ago
    Author: Steven Ertelt

    Just one day after the House passed the reconciliation bill to defund Planned Parenthood, there is concern Senate Republicans – including pro-life lawmakers – could derail the bill.

    Republicans, who control the Senate with a 53-47 seat majority, should be able to get the bill through the chamber on a majority vote. But that’s only if GOP senators stick together and support the legislation.

    Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska are two pro-abortion Republicans who could kill the bill straight up with their votes against it if other portions of the legislation don’t attract them enough. Both have taken issue over the legislation’s position on Medicaid

    But pro-life Republican senators may also balk at the legislation if other parts of it unrelated to defunding America’s biggest abortion company aren’t satisfactory.

    Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is one of the most stalwart pro-life members of the Senate, but he also opposes any Medicaid cuts and the bill would need to provide him such assurances before he would commit to voting for it.

    Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky opposes the bill as it stands, which is not surprising for the uber conservative lawmaker from Kentucky. He said he could vote for the reconciliation bill if a provision to raise the debt ceiling were removed from it.

    Thom Tillis of North Carolina has also said he wants changes made to the bill. However, any changes will mean the House has to sign off on the measure again and it merely passed the lower chamber by 1 vote – making it a potential obstacle if Republicans don’t stick together and sign off on any Senate changes.

    Trump urged the Senate, in all-capital letters, to get the bill to his desk “as soon as possible!”

    “This is arguably the most significant piece of Legislation that will ever be signed in the History of our Country!” he posted on social media.

    The fragile outcome of the vote is a reminder to pro-life Americans to call and email senators and urge them to vote for the reconciliation bill. For the first time since Roe v. Wade, there is a real chance to defund Planned Parenthood and we can’t let that slip through our hands.

    In the House, the bill passed 215-214. Two Republicans voted against the bill — Reps. Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson — and another, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, voted “present.” Rep. Andrew Garbarino and Rep. David Schweikert missed the vote.

    “We’re going to get it [to Trump’s desk] by Independence Day, July 4th,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday regarding the budget bill.

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    The good news for pro-life Americans is that the measure includes language to defund Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion. The abortion giant just announced that it killed over 420,000 babies in aboritons in its most recent year and mamade over $2 billion.

    Nearly all committee Republicans voted against an amendment brought by pro-abortion Democrat Rep. Lizzie Fletcher to strike the language that would prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds, even through Medicaid payments. Republican Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Gabe Evans did not vote on the amendment.

    March for Life Action president Jennie Bradley Lichter celebrated the vote.

    “Today, March for Life Action welcomes the House of Representatives’ passage of a strong pro-family reconciliation package that supports mothers and their children, and stops spending taxpayer dollars to subsidize Big Abortion. As this bill advances to the Senate, we express our sincere thanks to President Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, and other House leaders, for their bold pro-life leadership. Their commitment and common-sense negotiations ensured critical resources will be used to benefit American families instead of padding the pockets of the deadly Big Abortion industry.”

    Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins celebrated the vote in the U.S. House that advances President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” without support for the abortion industry, including Planned Parenthood, and said: “Our country needs to invest in hope and a future for everyone, born and preborn. As Planned Parenthood’s annual report just revealed, American taxpayers have been forced to be in the business of supporting the abortion industry, which bragged about ending the lives of over 400,000 babies last year. As I’ve said before, Planned Parenthood can go fund themselves.”

    “Today Congress took a big step toward stopping forced taxpayer funding of the Big Abortion industry. This is a crucial win in the fight against America’s #1 cause of death – abortion – and against waste and corruption,” said SBA Pro-Life America PresidentMarjorie Dannenfelser. “While House Democrats lied and fearmongered throughout this process, the truth is women have real choices for their health care, with community health centers that offer far more comprehensive care outnumbering Planned Parenthood facilities 15:1 nationwide. Medicaid will be stronger for those who need it most. There is no excuse for forcing taxpayers to prop up a scandal-ridden industry that prioritizes abortions, gender transitions and partisan political activism instead of prenatal care, cancer screening and other legitimate health services that are in continual decline.

    The reconciliation process, which allows legislation to pass the Senate with a simple majority, offers Republicans a rare opportunity to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion business. Pro-life groups argue that taxpayer dollars, even if not directly funding abortions, indirectly subsidize Planned Parenthood’s operations, which include killing over 390,000 babies every year.

    Pro-life advocates emphasize that community health centers, which outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics and provide comprehensive care without abortions, can absorb patients if funding is redirected.

    House Speaker Mike Johnson, a staunch pro-life advocate, has signaled that defunding “big abortion” is a priority in the reconciliation bill, which also addresses Trump’s agenda on taxes, border security, and energy.

    The Hyde Amendment already prohibits federal funds from directly paying for abortions, except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the mother’s life. However, Planned Parenthood receives approximately $700 million annually through Medicaid reimbursements and Title X grants. Pro-life leaders argue this funding frees up resources for Planned Parenthood’s abortion operations.

    The reconciliation bill, which allows legislation to pass with a simple majority in both chambers, is seen as a critical opportunity to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion business. The abortion company received nearly $700 million in taxpayer funds in its 2022-2023 fiscal year, killing 392,715 babies in abortions, according to its annual report.

    Meanwhile, Representative Mary Miller (R-Ill.) is waging a fierce campaign among her Republican colleagues to make defunding Planned Parenthood a non-negotiable piece of the final proposal.

    Miller sent a passionate letter to Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, obtained by Breitbart News. In it, she urged Guthrie to “use every legislative option available to cease all federal funds going to Planned Parenthood,” exposing the organization’s deep entanglement in abortion and transgender treatments. “Abortions and transgender treatments have exploded in clinics across the country,” she wrote.

    Citing the Charlotte Lozier Institute, Miller highlighted that “abortions made up 97.1% of Planned Parenthood’s pregnancy services from 2021-2022, performing nearly 400,000 abortions.” She also underscored the crisis in her home state, noting, “In 2023, my home state of Illinois performed 72,143 abortions, the most in our history since the state started reporting abortion totals in 1973.” Miller laid bare Planned Parenthood’s financial empire, stating, “Due to a lack of decisive Congressional action, Planned Parenthood has become a federally funded health network with private assets valued at $2.5 billion. Recent numbers show that Planned Parenthood received nearly $700 million in taxpayer revenue from 2022-2023.”

    Her letter concluded with a call to action: “It is essential that we protect taxpayer dollars and stop funding this organization. President Trump has already issued an Executive Order that implements such a plan. Therefore, I urge you to do everything possible to ensure Planned Parenthood never receives another penny of taxpayer dollars.”

    Speaking to Breitbart, Miller doubled down, declaring, “Planned Parenthood is a multi-billion-dollar abortion business that continues to receive millions in federal funding.” She praised Trump’s leadership, stating, “President Trump had it right when he issued an Executive Order to cut off taxpayer dollars from abortion providers like Planned Parenthood,” and insisted, “it’s time for Congress to make that policy permanent. I urge the Energy and Commerce Committee to ensure that not another dime of American tax dollars goes to this murder-for-profit organization.”

    The post Senate Republicans Must Stick Together to Defund Planned Parenthood appeared first on LifeNews.com.

  18. Site: PaulCraigRoberts.org
    7 hours 37 min ago
    Author: pcr3

    Professor Chossudovsky explains the failure of the 1945 Yalta Agreement

    https://www.globalresearch.ca/america-made-great-again/5887858 

  19. Site: PaulCraigRoberts.org
    7 hours 37 min ago
    Author: pcr3

    Dear President Putin, There Is No Possibility of a Great Power Agreement

    Foreign Affairs, May 23, 2025

    Make Moscow Pay

    The Case for Seizing Russian Assets to Fund Ukraine’s Defense

    Russian foreign affairs commentators such as  Fyodor Lukyanov are dreamers who have no idea of what is afoot: https://www.rt.com/russia/617970-lukyanov-trump-russia-ukraine/ 

    Lukyanov should read what Trump policymakers are saying and stop reading tea leaves.

     

  20. Site: PaulCraigRoberts.org
    7 hours 37 min ago
    Author: pcr3

    Hillary denounces Republican women as “handmaidens of the patriarchy.”

    https://projectpatriot.com/feminism-vs-conservatism-did-hillary-go-too-far/

  21. Site: PaulCraigRoberts.org
    7 hours 38 min ago
    Author: pcr3

    The Daily Caller reports that Trump did the Unthinkable–He defended white people

    The leader of the free world hosted the president of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, as the United States plans to grant expedited refugee status to 59 white South Africans. 

    Afrikaners, a white minority group in South Africa, own the majority of the farmland in the country due to Apartheid-era laws, which have since been overturned. For years, the Afrikaners have spoken about having their farms raided or burned down and their people murdered and raped by black South Africans seeking vengeance. Ramaphosa signed a law in January allowing government seizure of farmland without compensation for purposes of equitable redistribution.  

    The South African majority party — along with U.S. Democrats and media outlets — has downplayed the racial targeting of white South Africans.  

    During Wednesday’s meeting, Trump asked his staff to dim the lights and proceeded to host a movie night with the South African president. He played a video comprised of clips of a South African minority party calling for the genocide of the Boers — a term referring to the minority whites in South Africa — and farmers as their supporters chanted along. A later clip showed a line of white crosses along a roadside that represent the lost lives of about a thousand white farmers. 

    After forcing Ramaphosa to watch the video, Trump sparred with NBC reporter Peter Alexander, who tried to change the subject to Qatari’s gifting of a jet to the president. Trump angrily shamed him for not wanting to talk about the plight of white South Africans. He held a stack of printed news articles about the vicious murders and attacks, holding up each one to the press as he described what happened to the story subjects.  

    “Death, death, horrible death,” he rattled off.  

    Trump then turned his ire to Ramaphosa, who condemned the chants heard in the video from the minority political party.  

    “What you saw, the speeches that were being made … one, that’s not government policy. We have a multiparty democracy in South Africa that allows people to express themselves, political parties, to various policies,” Ramaphosa said. 

    Trump was undeterred.  

    “But you do allow them to take land,” he said, adding, “When they take the land, they kill the white farmer, and when they do, nothing happens to them. Nothing happens to them.” 

    “How do you explain that?” Trump demanded to know. 

    CNN cut away from the video Trump played during the meeting and numerous mainstream media outlets called the claims of genocide “false,” insisting that the murders weren’t as widespread as Trump claimed. Their reaction was reminiscent of ABC News anchor Martha Raddatz telling Vice President J.D. Vance, “The incidents were limited to a handful of apartment complexes,” in response to migrant gang takeovers in Aurora, Colorado. 

    Nonetheless, it was an important moment of Trump standing up to foreign leadership. This administration has been very clear that they won’t tolerate being taken for a ride, especially on their home turf. 

     

    Trump also told off a dumbshit media whore: https://thepostmillennial.com/youre-a-disgrace-trump-blasts-nbc-reporter-for-asking-about-qatari-jet-during-meeting-on-white-persecution-in-south-africa

  22. Site: PaulCraigRoberts.org
    7 hours 39 min ago
    Author: pcr3

    The FBI coverup of Epstein’s murder continues under Kash Patel

    “Things have to change so they can remain the same.:

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/epstein-died-of-suicide-fbi-chiefs-say-5860300?autoemail=pcr3@mac.com&utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=EmailMk&utm_content=&utm_campaign=new&utm_term= 

  23. Site: PaulCraigRoberts.org
    7 hours 40 min ago
    Author: pcr3
  24. Site: PaulCraigRoberts.org
    7 hours 40 min ago
    Author: pcr3

    Democrats appoint judges who are not ethnic Americans.  They all work against Americans.

    Here is the latest:

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/breaking-biden-judge-blocks-trump-dismantling-department-education/ 

  25. Site: PaulCraigRoberts.org
    7 hours 41 min ago
    Author: pcr3
  26. Site: Mises Institute
    8 hours 50 min ago
    Author: David Gordon
    For this week‘s version of Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Mary Grabar‘s Debunking FDR, which examines Roosevelt‘s paternalistic worldview and how it shaped his political life and his presidency.
  27. Site: Novus Motus Liturgicus
    8 hours 52 min ago
    Lost in Translation #126After praying the Suscipe Sancta Trinitas, the priest kisses the altar and turns clockwise towards the people, saying Orate fratres while opening and closing his hands. He completes the prayer as he continues his clockwise movement, finishing both at the same time. When he is done, the prayer Suscipiat is said. The Orate fratres is: Oráte, fratres, ut meum ac vestrum Michael P. Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649905848645336033noreply@blogger.com0
  28. Site: AsiaNews.it
    9 hours 27 min ago
    Even during military operations against Pakistan-administered Kashmir, false reports had already begun to circulate in India. But the repressive measures have continued even after the violence subsided. The government has shut down thousands of accounts and banned Pakistani media. A university professor has been jailed over a critical post, and at least 11 citizens have been arrested on charges of espionage.
  29. Site: AsiaNews.it
    9 hours 34 min ago
    With China's demographic crisis deepening, local authorities are ramping up subsidies and even sending mass text messages to promote marriage and family planning among young people. Yet results remain poor: in the first three months of 2025, marriages dropped by a further 8%. Rather than turning to government-backed dating apps and websites, young single Chinese prefer using video chats to find a potential partner.
  30. Site: Catholic Conclave
    9 hours 53 min ago
    Sister Tiziana Merletti Secretary of the Dicastery for Religious.Sister Tiziana Merletti has been appointed secretary of the Dicastery for Religious, currently led by another woman, Sister Simona Brambilla, who was herself secretary of the curial body from October 2023 until last January, when she was promoted to prefect of the Dicastery and supported by Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, former Catholic Conclavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06227218883606585321noreply@blogger.com0
  31. Site: Real Investment Advice
    10 hours 7 min ago
    Author: RIA Team

    The short answer is that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is letting the market set yields. For years, the BOJ has run an extremely loose monetary policy, including capping yields at extremely low levels and negative interest rates. Limited economic growth and disinflation made such a policy possible. However, inflationary pressures and a weak yen have prompted the BOJ to shift its stance. Policy normalization started in 2023, when the BOJ allowed 10-year JGB yields to rise above 1% for the first time in over a decade.

    Today, 10-year and 30-year bond yields are 1.60% and 3.20%, respectively. They better reflect expectations of continued tighter monetary policy as inflation lingers above the BOJ’s 2% target. Moreover, the yen’s persistent weakness, exacerbated by low interest rates versus the U.S., forces the BOJ to encourage higher interest rates to stabilize the currency.

    Japan’s improving economy and higher inflation lead many to anticipate that the BOJ may entirely abandon interest rate caps and negative interest rates. Additionally, with public debt exceeding 250% of GDP, concerns about long-term fiscal sustainability are percolating. Consequently, these factors add to the upward pressure on yields.

    The risk to US and global stock and bond investors is that higher Japanese yields and a stronger yen force a reversal of the yen carry trade. If you recall, we saw what that may look like in August 2024.

    What To Watch Today

    Earnings

    • No notable earnings reports

    Economy

    Economic Calendar

    Market Trading Update

    Yesterday, we discussed the back drop to bonds. We also added to our longer-duration bond holding in portfolios due to the deep oversold condition. However, there is a rather large, and glaring mistake, between the current narrative that "deficts" are causing yields to rise. The problem is that we have been running deficits for more than 40-years, and deficits today are lower than they were 5-years ago. But therein lies the key has to why rates are currently higher than they were in 2020.

    Deficit Vs Yield

    As shown, correlation between deficits and rates makes sense. The reduction in the deficit since 2020 has been a function of stronger growth and less debt issuance. As deficits decline, and economic growth strengthens borrowers are able to ask for more yield. Conversely, when economic growth is declining sharply, and deficits increase due to increased debt issuance, yields fall. You can see this correlation in the chart below.

    Deficit vs GDP

    As discussed yesterday, in the short-term narratives drive yields along with massive short-positioning and NO central bank interventions. When the Federal Reserve and the Treasury begin to intervene to control the rise in yields, which they will to protect financial stability, the reversal in yields will be rather sharp. However, that could be months or quarters away.

    In the mean time, we will have to take advantage of swings in the bond market to increase returns from our fixed income holdings. Currently, as shown, longer-duration bonds are deeply oversold and due for a reflexive rally. What causes that rally? Who knows, but some headline will emerge suggesting lower inflation or slower economic growth and yields will respond accordingly.

    As shown, TLT is currently trading 3-standard deviations below the mean which suggest a rally to 88 (the mean) is possible which is a decent short-term trade setup.

    TLT Chart

    In the mean time we get to clip a 4.5% coupon while we wait for a short-term gain.

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    The 20-Year Auction Was Not As Bad As Its Headlines

    • The Terrifying Implications From Today's Dismal 20-Year Auction- Twitter/X
    • The U.S. just held a 20-year Treasury bond auction, and it went terribly- Twitter/X
    • 20-Year Treasury Auction Goes Badly - Barrons

    Social and traditional media made Wednesday's 20-year auction out as one of the worst Treasury auctions ever. We, however, would categorize it as tepid. Let's review a few facts and let you make up your own mind.

    For starters, the 20-year Treasury is an orphan bond of sorts. The demand and supply of 20-year bonds are not as large as the more liquid 2-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, and 30-year bonds. As such, the reduced liquidity and smaller auction sizes tend to lead to more volatile auction results.

    The Tweet of the Day shows that the "tail" on the auction was 1.2 bps. Thus, the auction rate was 1.2 bps higher than where it was trading prior to the auction. The graph shows that a +/- 1bps result is somewhat normal.

    Consider that indirect bidders, predominantly central banks, took 88% of the auction. Direct bidders, the backstop for auctions, took a relatively low 8%. In other words, the auction did not need the largest banks to support it. The graph below shows that the direct bidder allotment was on the low side of recent auctions.

    Indeed, the auction could have been better, but the media exaggerates the outcome to feed their current bearish bond narrative.

    20 year bond auction

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    Whether you’re just beginning to invest or looking to rebalance your asset allocation, understanding how bonds work and how to use them effectively is key to building a well-rounded portfolio.

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  32. Site: Zero Hedge
    10 hours 7 min ago
    Author: Tyler Durden
    Putin Orders Army To Establish Big Border Buffer Zone Inside Ukraine

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is revisiting a strategy first proclaimed last year, but which appeared to be thwarted or put on hold by Ukraine's Kursk invasion. But now with Kursk liberated from the over six-month Ukrainian troop occupation, Putin is talking a 'buffer zone' along the southern border once again.

    Russian troops are seeking to carve out a large security buffer zone along the Russia-Ukraine border, Putin announced Thursday during a meeting with ministers and Kremlin officials. "We have approved the creation of a necessary security buffer zone along our borders. Our armed forces are actively working to accomplish this task," the Russian leader stated.

    Kremlin.ru

    Putin is fresh off his in-person tour of Kursk region, which happened Tuesday, which was a first since the August cross-border invasion by Ukraine. 

    Yet the southern oblasts are still threatened by near-daily artillery and drone fire. A big part of the rationale for a buffer zone is for full stability to return to Russian border towns and villages, for example especially in Belgorod:

    He emphasized that, given the recent developments in the Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk regions, immediate efforts are required to restore and rebuild areas affected by recent events. This includes assisting local residents in returning to their native villages, provided security conditions allow. Furthermore, it is essential to rehabilitate transportation networks and other infrastructure, ensure the smooth operation of industrial and agricultural enterprises, and support entrepreneurs and their employees.

    This month alone has seen hundreds of drones launched from Ukraine onto southern oblasts, with some drones targeting as far as Moscow, which has resulted in commercial flight stoppages this week (not for the first time).

    The timing of Putin's buffer zone plan is very significant, as President Trump is currently being widely perceived as 'stepping back' from pursuit of a final peace settlement.

    "The enemy chooses targets that have no military significance. It targets ambulances, farm machinery, women and children. We have taken a decision to create a buffer zone along the border of the Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions."

    You didn't expect anything else, did you now. pic.twitter.com/t4natuRrqH

    — Margarita Simonyan (@M_Simonyan) May 22, 2025

    The NY Times is currently reporting that Trump is ready to throw his hands up in the air and say 'not my problem' as neither side is ready to compromise:

    For months, President Trump has been threatening to simply walk away from the frustrating negotiations for a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine.

    After a phone call on Monday between Mr. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, that appears to be exactly what the American president is doing. The deeper question now is whether he is also abandoning America’s three-year-long project to support Ukraine, a nascent democracy that he has frequently blamed for being illegally invaded.

    The Times concluded, "In a reversal, President Trump appears to have backed off joining a European push for new sanctions on Russia, seemingly eager to move on to doing business deals with it."

    And yet, on Thursday, the Western allies are speaking loudly:

    G7 FINANCE LEADERS SAYS IF A RUSSIA/UKRAINE CEASEFIRE IS NOT AGREED, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE ALL POSSIBLE OPTIONS, INCLUDING FURTHER RAMPING UP SANCTIONS - COMMUNIQUE

    As for Putin, is he readying to expand operations in Ukraine? This buffer zone could mean new efforts of the Russian military to control chunks of Kharkov, Sumy, and Chernigov. Sumy next?

    NEW | Russian President Vladimir Putin likely orchestrated a meeting with Kursk Oblast officials on May 20 to set conditions to justify the renewal of Russian plans to seize Sumy City and illegally annex Sumy Oblast. (1/9) pic.twitter.com/482IyJc2b7

    — Critical Threats (@criticalthreats) May 22, 2025

    It was a mere day ago that Putin expressed the following in a joking fashion:

    President Vladimir Putin appeared to make light of militarily seizing Ukraine’s Sumy region during a visit to Russia’s southwestern Kursk region, even as the Kremlin claims to be pursuing a negotiated end to the war.

    The moment was captured on video published by the state-run news agency TASS, in which a local official from the Glushkovsky district near the border with Ukraine told Putin: “Sumy should be ours.”

    “We cannot live like we’re on some kind of peninsula. There should be more of us [Russians]. At least in Sumy,” the official, Pavel Zolotarev, added. “With you as commander-in-chief, we’ll win.”

    All of this makes Kiev and Europe extremely worried that Putin will have a freer hand, given Trump could be lowering the pressure on Moscow. The White House has thus far resisted ramping up sanctions, despite Europe's best lobbying efforts.

    Tyler Durden Fri, 05/23/2025 - 05:45
  33. Site: Zero Hedge
    10 hours 7 min ago
    Author: Tyler Durden
    "Never Heard Of Him": Notable Columbia Prof Says He Isn't Sure Obama Attended Columbia University

    By Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform

    In a recent interview, a well-known professor who taught at Columbia University for 46 years questioned whether or not President Obama actually attended the Ivy League school.

    Prominent Columbia professor Henry Graff says he isn’t sure President Obama ever attended the Ivy League school.

    “I taught every significant politician that ever studied at Columbia,” said Columbia Emeritus Professor of History Henry Graff, in an interview last week with Wayne Root, a contributor at The Blaze. “Between American History and Diplomatic History, one way or another, they all had to come through my classes.”

    “Not Obama,” he continued. “I never had a student with that name in any of my classes. I never met him, never saw him, never heard of him.”

    Graff alleged that “none of the other Columbia professors knew him either” and said he is “very upset” to hear Obama referred to as a graduate of Columbia University.

    “I am angry when I hear Obama called ‘the first President of the United States from Columbia University,’” he said. “I don’t consider him a Columbia student. I have no idea what he did on the Columbia campus. No one knows him.”

    Graff is the recipient of the Kaul Foundation Award of Excellence in the field of education, an honor that is tied to a prize of $100,000. He is the author of multiple books and is known for teaching the first course on the history of the Presidency.

    Tyler Durden Fri, 05/23/2025 - 05:45
  34. Site: Real Investment Advice
    10 hours 10 min ago
    Author: Lance Roberts

    Market perspective is essential in avoiding investing mistakes. With the media constantly pushing a “Markets In Turmoil” narrative, it’s no wonder that investor sentiment recently reached some of the lowest levels since the financial crisis. The following chart is the z-score of the retail and professional investor sentiment composite index of bullish sentiment.

    Net bullish sentiment z-score

    Notably, we are in one of the longest stretches of more extreme bearish sentiment outside structural bear markets. (Read "Death Crosses And Market Bottoms" for more detail and an explanation of the difference between event-driven corrections and structural bear markets.)

    Bearish Investment Sentiment Extremes

    Of course, given the recent market decline and the surge in "bearish" media-driven narratives, it is unsurprising that bearish sentiment has risen. However, this is where investors start making mistakes in their investment process.

    As noted, we are in one of the most extended stretches of bearish sentiment outside a structural bear market. The difference between event-driven corrections and structural bear markets is crucial to understand. However, extremely negative investor sentiment and positioning are the hallmarks of the end of corrections and bear markets. To wit:

    In other words, historically speaking, the death cross, more often than not, is a potential contrarian indicator. The difference between whether the death cross is a shorter-term corrective process or a larger “bear market” decline depends mainly on whether the cause of the market decline is “event-driven” or “structural.” This context is important when examining the current decline and triggering of the “death cross.” The chart below shows the difference in the length of “event-driven” versus “structural” corrections, signified by the triggering of the “death cross.” The dot.com and financial crisis periods were structural events, as significant corporate failures and credit-market dislocations occurred amid deep economic contractions. However, outside of those two significant structural impacts, all other “events” were short-lived, and markets soon recovered."

    Death cross and golden cross periods in the market

    This is because when sentiment is the most bearish and the markets trigger longer-term sell signals, much of the selling has already been exhausted. Nonetheless, now that we are constantly connected to financial media, we are inundated with headlines designed to get “clicks” more than delivering real news. “Investor Resolutions For 2025 noted that investor psychology is the most significant driver of investing failure over time. This cycle of human emotions is continually repeated through investment cycles.

    Investor greed fear cycle in the market

    While many behavioral biases significantly negatively impact investor outcomes, from herding to loss avoidance to confirmation bias, "anchoring" is one of the most important.

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    The Anchoring Problem

    “Anchoring is a heuristic revealed by behavioral finance that describes the subconscious use of irrelevant information, such as the purchase price of a security, as a fixed reference point (or anchor) for making subsequent decisions about that security.” – Investopedia

    “Anchoring,” also known as the “relativity trap,” is the tendency to compare our current situation within the scope of our limited experiences. For example, I would be willing to bet that you could tell me exactly what you paid for your first home and what you eventually sold it for. However, can you tell me exactly what you paid for your first soap bar, hamburger, or pair of shoes? Probably not.

    The reason is that the home purchase was a major “life” event. Therefore, we attach particular significance to that event and remember it vividly. If there was a gain between the purchase and sale price of the home, it was a positive event, and therefore, we assume that the next home purchase will have a similar result. We are mentally “anchored” to that event and base our future decisions around very limited data.

    Today, investors are trained by the financial media to “anchor” to a fixed point in the market. Such is why investors consistently measure performance, relative to the market, from January 1st to December 31st. Or, worse, we measure performance from the peak of an advance. For example:

    • The market is up 140% from the March 2020 lows.
    • The market is down 10% from the 2025 peak.
    • Or, the market is down 6% for the year.

    The problem is that most investors did not buy the 2020 bottom or sell the 2022 peak. However, one of the most significant forms of anchoring is portfolio "high water marks." The high water mark is the peak value of an investor's portfolio over a given time frame. For example, at the market's peak in 2025, an investor had a portfolio value of $1,000,000. During the recent market correction, the portfolio value declined to $950,000. While that $50,000 loss is significant and is certainly concerning for that investor, it must be put into the context of what is happening in the markets.

    • First, before the correction that started in February, the market had rallied nearly 5%. Therefore, our example investor started the year with a portfolio value of roughly $960,000 that grew to $1,000,000.
    • Secondly, while the $50,000 decline is significant, the investor is "anchored" to the portfolio's high-water mark.
    • As noted above, the market is down 6% for the year, but the investor is at roughly the same level as he started this year.
    • In other words, the portfolio return is roughly a loss of 1% versus a market decline of 6%.

    Yes, a decline of $50,000 is significant, but these “anchor” points provide little perspective for the average investor regarding their relative position to their financial goals. However, these “anchors,” tied to constant media updates, feed our emotional decision-making processes driven by “greed” or “fear.”

    Let’s take a look at an example:

    As of Friday’s close, the market is down 10% from its all-time high.

    Market year to date decline from peak.

    As we warned about several times in 2024 and early this year, when a 10% correction eventually came, it would “feel” worse than it was because of the long period of low volatility.

    Yes, it feels terrible. However, investors are now focusing on that “high-water mark.”

    But this is the goal of the Wall Street marketing machine. Getting you to focus on current gains or losses creates a “sense of urgency” for you to do something. Why?

    “Money in motion creates fees and revenue for Wall Street.”

    Therefore, pushing you to take action may not necessarily be “profitable” for you, but it IS profitable for Wall Street.

    Changing Your Anchor Point

    To reduce your “emotional action button,” step back and change your “anchor” point.

    If your portfolio is down 10% from the recent peak, ask yourself two questions:

    1. Am I losing money? Or,
    2. Is my portfolio still aligned with my investing goals?

    If my goal is to average a 6% annualized return, where am I today relative to that goal? The issue of using the “high-water mark” as the “anchor” is that it resets psychologically to measure our performance from that level. Therefore, we should look back at where we were on a trailing one-year basis. If our goal was 6% a year, we almost doubled that goal over the last 12 months. All of a sudden, the recent decline doesn't seem as significant.

    market performance over the last year.

    However, let's assume an investor was unlucky enough to have bought the market's peak before the pandemic's onset. Despite the pandemic shutdown, surging inflation, fears of recession, the Russia/Ukraine war, and every negative headline, the portfolio is still 63% higher. In other words, the portfolio has an annualized return of roughly 12%, double what was required to meet the needed financial goals.

    Market performance since Covid.

    The point here is that where you choose to “anchor” your analysis will significantly affect your emotional psychology when managing your money.

    Yes, there has been a lot of volatility this year, but if I "anchor" my view to a longer-term time frame, the recent volatility is much less concerning.

    Market perspective is essential.

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    Stick To Your Process

    Does this mean you shouldn’t pay attention to your money or take action when things go wrong? Of course, not.

    With the media fueling our fears 24/7, from “Fear Of Missing Out” to “Fear Of Losing It All,” it is difficult not to let our emotions get the better of us. However, “anchoring” our market perspective to a previous high-water mark or portfolio dollar value exacerbates our fragile emotional states.

    In the “heat of the moment,” it is easy to get caught up in the emotional pull of markets and portfolio valuation changes. This past weekend's #BullBearReport discussed the requirement of being more like Dr. Spock from Star Trek when managing your money.

    If I ask you what’s the risk in investing, you would answer the risk of losing money.

    But there actually are two risks in investing: One is to lose money, and the other is to miss an opportunity. You can eliminate either one, but you can’t eliminate both at the same time. So the question is how you’re going to position yourself versus these two risks: straight down the middle, more aggressive or more defensive.

    How do you avoid getting trapped by the devil? I’ve been in this business for over forty-five years now, so I’ve had a lot of experience.

    In addition, I am not a very emotional person.In fact, almost all the great investors I know are unemotional. If you’re emotional then you’ll buy at the top when everybody is euphoric and prices are high. Also, you’ll sell at the bottom when everybody is depressed and prices are low. You’ll be like everybody else and you will always do the wrong thing at the extremes.” - Howard Marks

    We all make “bad choices,” and we need guidelines to maintain our market perspective.

    A sizable contingent of investors and advisors has never experienced a real bear market. After a decade-long bull market cycle fueled by central bank liquidity, mainstream analysis believes the markets can only go higher. What has always been a concern to us is the rather cavalier attitude toward risk that the media promotes.

    “Sure, a correction will eventually come, but that is just part of the deal.”

    What gets lost during bull cycles, and is always found most brutally, is the devastation caused to wealth during inevitable declines.

    Therefore, it remains essential to follow your investment discipline. If you don’t have a process, here are the guidelines we follow during tough markets.

    7-Rules To Follow

    1. Move slowly. There is no rush to make dramatic changes. Doing anything in a moment of “panic” tends to be the wrong thing.
    2. If you are overweight equities, DO NOT try to fully adjust your portfolio to your target allocation in one move. Again, after big declines, individuals feel like they “must” do something. Think logically above where you want to be and use the rally to adjust to that level.
    3. Begin by selling laggards and losers. These positions were dragging on performance as the market rose and they led on the way down.
    4. If you need risk exposure, add to sectors or positions performing with or outperforming the broader market.
    5. Move “stop-loss” levels up to recent lows for each position. Managing a portfolio without “stop-loss” levels is like driving with your eyes closed.
    6. Be prepared to sell into the rally and reduce overall portfolio risk. You will sell many positions at a loss simply because you overpaid for them to begin with. Selling at a loss DOES NOT make you a loser. It just means you made a mistake. Sell it, and move on with managing your portfolio. Not every trade will always be a winner. But keeping a loser will make you a loser of capital and opportunity. 
    7. If none of this makes sense to you, please consider hiring someone to manage your portfolio for you. It will be worth the additional expense over the long term.

    Keep your market perspective in check, avoid anchoring, and focus on your investment goals rather than market volatility.

    I hope this helps.

    The post The Anchoring Problem And How To Solve It appeared first on RIA.

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    10 hours 52 min ago
    Author: Tyler Durden
    Ideological Capture At Professional Societies

    Via Open The Books,

    Disassembling and “deleting” federal agencies is proving to be a difficult task for the Trump administration, which has been working to slash bureaucratic red tape and federal spending, especially for left-wing radicalism like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

    Unlike some of the intermediate steps President Trump has taken through Executive Order, truly closing an agency will require a 60-person majority in a Senate vote, a tall order with only 53 Republicans in the upper chamber.

    But there are still some low-hanging fruits left for the administration to pick. Chiefly, it can end relationships with all professional societies promoting principles of DEI and radical gender ideology.

    The federal government contracts with a myriad of these organizations across all the major agencies. Professional societies set the atmosphere and guidelines for practitioners in their fields, and they can have hundreds of thousands of members.

    If those organizations become ideologically captured, the impact will be felt across society.

    There is no reason for the federal government to fund such organizations. DOGE should identify these organizations and give Congress and taxpayers the information they need to make informed budget decisions.

    Doing so will allow state and local governments to make better decisions as well.

    As DOGE continues the work of identifying bloat, some of those activities and decisions will shift to state and local government where they rightly belong. But elected officials will still be presented with the same outside groups seeking their business. Officials at the state and local level, and taxpayers who fund those entities, have the right to know more about organizations seeking public funds.

    The following are just a handful of examples of professional societies that have become ideologically captured:

    SHAPE America

    The Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America is a professional organization representing over 200,000 physical education teachers.

    Federal spending since 2020: Over $2.5 million
    $2.52 million from CDC, $82,245 from the DoDEA

    The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), which runs the Pentagon’s K-12 school system for the children of servicemembers worldwide, contracts with SHAPE to provide training to their teachers. SHAPE creates learning standards for instructors to teach to, such as the 2021 National Sex Education Standards, promoted on its website.

    These standards are currently featured on the CDC website.

    They include goals like:

    • By 2nd grade, define gender identity

    • By 5th grade children should be able to describe the role of puberty blockers on those who identify as transgender. Fifth graders should differentiate between sexual orientation and gender identity and explain that gender expression and gender identity exist along a spectrum

    • By 8th grade define anal sex and describe “pregnancy options” including abortion.

    Gender Spectrum, a nonprofit organization that promotes the concept of “neogenders,” whereby students can “identify” their “gender" as animals, objects, and mental health disorders, also consulted on these standards.

    During a 2021 DoDEA presentation on implementing SHAPE standards, a DoDEA teacher articulated the extremist ideology inculcated by SHAPE, writing in presentation materials that talking about “heterosexuality as the ‘norm’” somehow “causes conflict.”

    Before the Trump administration issued its executive order on gender ideology, SHAPE promoted the anti-science stance that women and men are biologically equal.

    (READ THE EO: Defending women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government)

    The SHAPE website included the claim that “even though young people who have gone through a male puberty are taller and stronger than most young people who have gone through a female puberty, it is important to acknowledge that not all boys are stronger, taller, faster or more athletically talented than all girls.” The website also included support for the use of harmful puberty blockers to “neutraliz[e]” that valid concern.

    Science is clear: with extremely rare exceptions, males are categorically stronger and faster than females.

    The neo-Marxist concept of “equity” is also a fundamental principle at SHAPE. Indeed, the Centers for Disease Control is currently contracting with SHAPE to “engage school administrators as champions to advance healthy schools through equitable and inclusive programs, policies, and practices” in support of the CDC’s “Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child” framework for addressing health in schools.

    North American Association for Environmental Education

    A professional organization representing about 20,000 members, typically in the education field.

    Federal spending since 2020: $15.7 million
    $8.8 million from EPA, $4.7 from Commerce, $1.7 from Department of Agriculture, and $505,500 from the Department of the Interior

    President Trump’s Executive Order on Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity prohibited DEI practices for federal contractors. Before this order was given, the NAAEE website was replete with “Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion” (JEDI) content. Teachers were recommended resources like “Teaching About Race, Racism, and Police Violence” by the Southern Poverty Law Center, “Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race,” and “A Guide to Gender Identity Terms.”

    While the website is seemingly getting scrubbed of DEI verbiage, some remnants remain. NAAEE announced the addition of five new board members in 2021, stating their credentials would help “push for social justice and center equity in all that we do.” Two are still on the board.

    The organization houses a Coalition for Climate Education Policy’s steering committee, whose governance documents state that members agree to “always consider equity and justice in our collective work.”

    The costliest NAAEE program funded by the federal government is the ee360+ initiative, which supports “a cadre of environmental education leaders to increase environmental literacy for everyone, everywhere.” These education leaders are assisted by federal and state institutions and nonprofits to disseminate NAAEE’s “Environmental Education Guidelines.”

    "Decoding Whiteness” educator training provided by NAAEE

    The NAAEE Guidelines push left-wing concepts of “environmental justice” and “equity,” and fuse environmental education with “civic engagement.” In other words, students are made to develop a “critical perspective” by fixating on their own and others’ race, “gender identity,” national origin, and socio-economic status. Then, they are asked to advocate for policies taking their new critical perspective into consideration.

    While environmental education sounds nice, children are not learning about tadpoles and butterflies. Through NAAEE the federal government is funding left-wing advocacy and woke identity politics in classrooms nation-wide.

    IMAGE: Highlights from the Environmental Education Programs Guidelines for Excellence Part 4

    National Council for History Education

    A 501c3 nonprofit professional society for history educators. The organization does not disclose the number of its members.

    The federal checkbook USASpending indicates that federal spending since 2020 is $1.3 million, however these figures are undercounted.

    NCHE’s tax documents show that from June 2023-June 2024 the organization received $2.4 million in federal tax dollars between the Department of Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Library of Congress.

    Between 2019 and 2021 NCHE received $1,474,657 in American History and Civics grants from the Department of Education. The grants were to develop a “Learning and Exploring American Democracy” (LEAD) project. NCHE was also awarded two other American History and Civics grants in 2023, worth over $2.5 million each, disbursed over five years. While these grants show up on the Department of Education website and on the NCHE tax documents, they are not represented on the federal checkbook, highlighting issues with reporting on USASpending.

    By examining some of the NCHE activities funded by these grants, we can get an idea of how the organization is putting its taxpayer dollars to use.

    LEAD is intended to provide history and civics-related resources for teachers to incorporate into their lessons. Part of this program includes at least one “Equity Summit,” which, along with select other webinars offered by the program, raise questions about the history and civics lessons the federal government is funding for American children.

    The keynote speaker for the 2020 Equity Summit, Hasan Jeffries advocated for the removal of historical monuments, even of Christopher Columbus in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio:

    “So here in Columbus, Ohio there have been moves and movements with some success to remove statues of Christopher Columbus for example, so we're not just talking about Confederate soldiers and monuments to them, we're talking about all of these figures, all of these memorials that commemorate—that celebrate rather—white supremacy. And so the Black Lives Matter protests are very much about the past as well.”

    Jeffries goes on to say that racism is foundational to the American nation:

    “In fact, racism is very much encoded in our DNA. Racism and capitalism together are really that double helix of our DNA; they are intertwined, they have been with us from the beginning. They are encoded in our society. They are encoded in our person.”

    Other presentations include the radical left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Hard History program, which provides materials and advice for teachers to engage in the topic of American slavery.

    During the talk, speaker Kate Shuster suggested students are complicit in slavery unless they take steps to “redress inequalities:”

    “We need to make it clear to students when we teach about slavery that the question is not ‘are they guilty of the crime of enslaving people?’ The question is ‘How are they going to move forward to redress the inequalities that are left over from the abolition of slavery?’ So, complicity can exist without the act of owning slaves, but people don't like to be told that they're complicit.”

    Shuster was invited back for another presentation on the same topic for a LEAD program webinar in 2021. That video is not available.

    Another Equity Summit was held in 2024, this one kicking off with a “land acknowledgment.” NCHE Executive Director Jessica Ellison displayed a “You are on Dakota/Ojibwe Land” poster behind her.

    The irony of an organization -- primarily funded by the U.S. government-- denying the sovereignty of the United States is evidently lost on Ellison.

    Jessica Ellison, who became NCHE Executive Director in 2023, recommended the controversial book White Fragility to teachers in June 2020.

    Other recent activity includes telling teachers how to fight back against “book bans” of divisive, pornographic content in school libraries

    Unfathomably, in the age of DOGE, NCHE received a new grant through the Library of Congress in April 2025. Through this grant, NCHE will direct the Library’s regional granting entity in the Great Plains region, deciding which other organizations in the area can access taxpayer funding.

    CONCLUSION

    As of May 2, DOGE has claimed an estimated $160 billion in savings for taxpayers. We’re working to verify this total, but more must be done to broaden the impact of their critically important work. All of the organizations profiled here have ongoing grants that have not been cut by DOGE. These organizations have proven to be incredibly effective at spreading their ideas throughout society.

    As DOGE finds efficiencies and cuts waste agency by agency, auditors must identify grantees trafficking in radical politics and share their findings with the public and policymakers at all levels of government. Taxpayers have the right to know where their tax dollars are going so they can hold their elected officials accountable.

    Tyler Durden Fri, 05/23/2025 - 05:00
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  42. Site: Zero Hedge
    11 hours 37 min ago
    Author: Tyler Durden
    US Withdrawal: ECB Warns Of Dollar Shortage

    Submitted by Thomas Kolbe

    ECB Warns of Dollar Shortage

    The rift between the European Union and the United States is deepening. Washington’s withdrawal from the Ukraine conflict is becoming increasingly apparent—while Brussels continues to confront. Financial markets are already moving in different directions. Now the ECB has warned of an impending dollar shortage.

    Trade wars are not merely disputes over tariffs and the flow of goods. At their core, they are battles for power in the currency markets—arenas where geopolitical conflicts are fought without bloodshed, yet often with devastating economic consequences for the losers. The most striking example today: the deliberate devaluation of the Chinese yuan. Beneath this maneuver lies more than just monetary policy. It functions as a pressure valve for domestic tensions, capital misallocations (such as the collapse of the real estate sector), and labor market strain. Artificially cheapened exports shift some of this burden abroad. Simultaneously, the Communist Party consolidates domestic power. The systematic devaluation of the yuan slows the rise of a middle class with purchasing power—thus stifling demands for political participation. That’s the wind blowing through China.

    The Plaza Accord as Blueprint

    A look at the trade conflict unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump and the imposition of temporary tariffs reveals: behind the political theater, a realignment of global currency markets is underway—akin to the Plaza Accord of 1985, when the G5 states corrected the overvaluation of the dollar to rebalance trade flows. The U.S. is no longer willing to tolerate the structural overvaluation of its currency—a consequence of its role as the world’s reserve currency. Trump made it clear: the days of bleeding out American industry in favor of foreign production sites are over.

    Trump’s tariff offensive targets not just China. A reordering of trade flows via currency mechanisms between the two superpowers seems inevitable, as the damage from further escalation would be too great. But Trump’s real focus lies on the European Union—as he has repeatedly and unmistakably stated. “We have a deficit of $350 billion [with the EU]. They don’t buy our cars, nor our agricultural products,” Trump said of transatlantic trade.

    These relations increasingly suffer under hidden trade barriers, harmonization mandates, and Europe’s norm-protectionism. Trump has called the EU a “tough nut to crack” in establishing fair trade relations. Notably, 75 percent of EU member states’ customs revenues flow directly into the European Commission’s budget under Ursula von der Leyen.

    Carefully concealed under slogans like the “Green New Deal” or the mobility transition, the EU runs a subsidy engine rivaling China’s interventionist model. The protectionism vigorously defended by European actors falls squarely into this category. Over time, the EU has developed an incentive structure fiercely shielded from external competition. When Trump refers to a “tough nut,” he means this corporatist complex—the alliance of powerful industrial interests, centralized governance from Brussels, and the defense of the single market via a wall of non-tariff barriers.

    Dollar Shortage as Power Lever

    Behind Europe’s protective wall, the situation is shifting. After years of Brexit paralysis, Brussels and London are now searching for ways out of their trade deadlock. The U.S.’s 90-day tariff moratorium has jolted both parties into action—the practical result being a partial reversal of Brexit. Together, they are preparing for a protracted negotiation marathon with Washington, united in a front of protectionists. But Washington has already found a fitting lever to crack Fortress Europe: the Eurodollar market and the credit mechanisms outside the Federal Reserve’s jurisdiction.

    With the end of the LIBOR contract—a former global benchmark for short-term interbank loans—on June 30, 2023, and the introduction of the U.S. alternative SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate), the United States has fully seized control over dollar loan pricing. While LIBOR had been dominated by European banks and subject to interest-rate manipulation, SOFR is based on actual secured repo transactions in the U.S. market—largely immune to manipulation. Under this new structure, dollar credit becomes more expensive—bad news for Europeans long accustomed to cheap dollar financing.

    The United States is deliberately freeing itself from the influence of European institutions that had previously defended their solvency through low interest rates and distorted global monetary conditions. With the loss of LIBOR, Europe has forfeited a key control instrument over its dollar financing and now faces the challenge of adapting to a strictly market-based regime.

    Communications Failure or Naivety?

    But as of Monday, it is clear: the United States is preparing to wield the dollar as an even sharper weapon. Apparently, the Trump administration—together with the Federal Reserve—has frozen existing dollar swap lines with the Eurozone. These swaps are liquidity arrangements between central banks in U.S. dollars. Eurozone banks can no longer access emergency dollar liquidity when shortages arise. The ECB publicly called on Eurozone banks to audit their dollar reserves and identify possible shortfalls. Has the ECB inadvertently exposed the asymmetrical power structure between Europe and the United States? In a crisis, the ECB might be forced to go cap-in-hand to the Fed’s Discount Window for dollar loans.

    Whether this resulted from a communications failure or a leak inside the ECB’s Frankfurt tower remains unclear. What is certain: officials from the European Central Bank publicly warned European commercial banks of a looming dollar shortage—a scenario with serious consequences. Roughly 17 to 20 percent of all loans in the euro area are denominated in U.S. dollars. Much of the EU’s foreign trade depends on access to the reserve currency. If this tap runs dry, supply chains could rupture, and transatlantic trade may partially grind to a halt. One thing is clear: with this financial lever, Donald Trump and the United States wield a geopolitical weapon of considerable force.

    A View of the Chessboard

    Placed in a broader geopolitical context, it becomes clear: the U.S. is using its currency dominance more assertively, shifting the tectonics of global economic power. Geopolitical rivals within the BRICS bloc are striving to escape the dollar’s grip. But success is far from assured. Ironically, the alternative system envisioned by capitals like Beijing and Moscow hinges on the digital yuan—an instrument of absolute state control. Distrust among even China’s closest partners is palpable. The yuan remains globally irrelevant as a transactional currency; only 2.2 percent of the world’s foreign exchange reserves are held in yuan. The U.S. dollar still dominates the global economy, with a 57 percent share of reserves. Efforts to bypass this dominance through a partially gold-backed settlement mechanism are nothing short of a monetary suicide mission.

    Meanwhile, even America’s closest allies must reckon with an uncomfortable reality: dollar swap lines—privileged access to dollar liquidity—have become geopolitical bargaining chips in upcoming negotiations with the U.S. Brussels would do well to acknowledge this reality. The era of Euro-protectionism is drawing to a close—to the benefit of European consumers and the continent’s long-term economic resilience.

     

    Tyler Durden Fri, 05/23/2025 - 04:15
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    12 hours 22 min ago
    Author: Tyler Durden
    BBC Reporter Shows How To Spread Extreme Climate Alarm

    Authored by Chris Morrison via The Daily Sceptic,

    A gleeful, self-satisfied Mr Punch was often heard to remark: “That’s the way to do it.” Today we examine how Mark Poynting, one of the BBC’s top doom-mongering Net Zero activists, uses the trusted ‘scientists say’ message to turn a centennial sea level rise of around 30 cm into prose stating: “The world could see hugely damaging sea-level rises of several metres or more over the coming centuries”. Added fear is inserted into the mix with the warning that the disappearing act will occur, “even if the ambitious target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C is met, scientists have warned”.

    Poynting and the BBC are essentially telling a worldwide audience that coastal land and beyond across the world could be overwhelmed with several metres of sea rise if the global temperature is three-tenths of a degree centigrade higher. This message properly belongs on a doomsday sandwich board walker, not least because the rise in temperature is almost within the margin of error of constantly-adjusted and unnaturally-heated global temperature datasets.

    Extrapolating computer modelled data rigged with improbable ‘pathways’ that even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change more or less dismiss as ‘low confidence’ – that’s the way to do it.

    The BBC story is based on the recent compilation and interpretation of material from a group led by Geography Professor Chris Stokes. This provides just the sort of findings that are catnip to the BBC. At one point the authors seem to think that humans can control the amount of ice on both Greenland and Antarctica, arguing that the global mean temperature should be reduced with further work “urgently required to more precisely determine a ‘safe limit’ for ice sheets“. Given the catastrophic consequences of a rapid collapse of one or more ice sheets, the authors state, “we conclude that adopting the precautionary principle is imperative and that a global mean temperature cooler than present is required to keep ice sheets broadly in equilibrium”.

    That’s the way to do it. Poynting could have informed his gaslit readers that overall ice loss in Antarctica is minimal with suggestions of an annual 100 gigatonnes reduction equivalent to 0.00041% of the total mass – well within the margin of error. At current rates of melting on a continent that has seen no overall warming for at least 70 years, it would take around 300,000 years for all the ice to disappear. And this assumes no intervening glaciations, a new ice age, or just more accurate measurements. Instead he reports the comments of the Stokes crew that the “major concern is that melting could accelerate further beyond ‘tipping points’ due to warming caused by humans”. That’s the way to do it – talk about ‘tipping points’ that never occur and then cover yourself by adding “though it’s not clear exactly how these mechanisms work and where the thresholds sit”.

    Instead of “not exactly clear”, try, “haven’t got a clue”. But it is “precautionary” to remove hydrocarbons from modern use and drive humanity back to the dark ages – just in case the model inventions do occur.

    It is of course easy to see how the metres-high scare is concocted. Under a low emission ‘pathway’ used by computer models, the rise by 2100 in sea levels due to ice melting ranges from 4 cm to 37 cm. Such is the range, another imputation of cluelessness might be justified. But a mere 37 cm doesn’t look very enticing on the sandwich board even though it is higher than the current trajected growth, so the highest pathway was consulted to give 12-52 cm. Alas, this is still pretty dismal when mass climate psychosis is the order of the day, so the suggestion from the IPCC was noted that it could not rule out that the pathway with ‘low confidence’ could point to a total sea level rise  of over 15 metres by 2300. That’s the way to do it. Treble metres, and more, all round.

    It might be noted at this point that the improbable pathway known as SSP5-8.5 is in common use in climate science circles and is behind most if not all the computer modelled alarms that gaslight the readers of almost all mainstream media. The science writer Roger Pielke Jr has long been a critic of the 8.5 pathway that provides the important propaganda messaging backing the collectivist Net Zero fantasy. He states that the continuing misuse of these scenarios has become pervasive and consequential, “so that we can view it as one of the most significant failures of scientific integrity in the 21st century so far”. His short explanation as to why it has been so popular for so long: “Groupthink fuelled by a misinformation campaign by activist scientists.”

    Activist journalists as well. Poynting is rapidly emerging as the BBC climate activist to watch in a strong field including Justin Rowlatt and Matt McGrath. Who can forget his recent sterling ‘scientists say’ effort that the Gulf Stream “appears to be getting weaker” under the headline, ‘Could the UK actually get colder with global warming?’ This effort drew much critical appreciation, not least because it headed off the awkward findings published the month before in a Nature paper that observed the Gulf Stream had not declined in strength since the 1960s.

    Chris Morrison is the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor.

    Tyler Durden Fri, 05/23/2025 - 03:30
  46. Site: Mises Institute
    12 hours 50 min ago
    Author: Kevin Van Elswyk
    Forbes called this explosive loan situation, a “perfect storm…of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy.”
  47. Site: Zero Hedge
    13 hours 7 min ago
    Author: Tyler Durden
    Jihadists Launch Deadly Attack On Russian Airbase On Syria's Coast

    In another clear indicator of just how drastically everything has changed in Syria in the wake of Bashar al-Assad's ouster in December last year, a militant group attempted to storm Russia's Hmeimim air base on Syria’s coast on Wednesday. Already the future of the base is uncertain, but Russia has still been maintaining it - given also Hmeimim is Moscow's only airbase on the Mediterranean.

    "Militants attacked a Russian air base in Syria, killing two soldiers, a Syrian government official and a local activist said Wednesday," according to The Associated Press. Russian statements, which offered little detail, did not indicate if the slain were Russian soldiers or possibly foreign nationals who were contractors.

    At least two militants were killed during their assault on the airbase. They are being widely reported as foreign Islamist fighters affiliated with the new Syrian government's military under President Sharaa (Jolani).

    Russian Hmeimim Air Base in Jabla in Latakia, Syria. Anadolu Agency

    The Jolani/HTS government has tried to distance itself from the attack, as it is still seeking diplomatic normalization with Russia and a reset in relations:

    The government official said the two militants who were killed were foreign nationals who had worked as military trainers at a naval college that was training members of the new government’s military. He said they had acted on their own in attacking the base and were not officially affiliated with any faction.

    Damascus has on Thursday deployed additional forces in an effort to stabilize the security situation in villages near the airbase.

    "The city of Jableh and the villages surrounding the Russian Hmeimim air base in the Jableh countryside are witnessing a security alert. Heavy deployment of public security forces has been observed in the villages of Al-Sharashir and Al-Qubaisa, both close to the base," the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says.

    SOHR had further described "clashes in which medium and heavy machine guns were used, coinciding with the sounding of alarm sirens inside the base" - when the incident unfolded.

    One regional outlet has said Russian soldiers were killed, and that it was Uzbek terrorists behind the assault:

    According to a report by the Erem outlet, the 20 May attack resulted in the killing of three Russian soldiers and the injury of at least six others. The report says the attack was carried out by an Uzbek-led faction, which afterwards began to mobilize in the village of Al-Sharashir, just two kilometers from the base.

    Erem also said the Uzbek armed group, responsible for past atrocities including the killing of children, have displaced and intimidated scores of residents and have seized homes in in the nearby town.

    #BREAKING | Islamist militants reportedly affiliated with ruling HTS attacked Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in Syria around 4–5 AM. Russian forces returned fire, reportedly killing four militants. https://t.co/UQGcfjWqt0 pic.twitter.com/JorasQW3My

    — The Global Eye (@TGEThGlobalEye) May 21, 2025

    This coastal area near Latakia has for months seen attacks and massacres conducted by Islamic militant factions against the minority Alawite community of Syria. Christians and Druze have also been targeted.

    Thousands of Alawites have been reported killed, and while the Jolani government has formally condemned the killings, eyewitnesses have consistently said the attacks had the involvement of HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) fighters, which remains the ruling faction in Damascus.

    During the height of the sectarian killings, Alawite families sought refuge at Hmeimim air base in large numbers. Many thousands have been camped out on the base tarmac, with at times Russian troops seen handing out food and water and necessities of survival.

    Back in March, Alawites expressed their distrust of HTS provided "security"...

    HTS AlQaeda reps try to convince Syrian Alawi refugees to leave the Russian Hmeimim air base and go home. "Trust us now, mistakes happen, things got out of control". pic.twitter.com/JIpzSHpAB0

    — tim anderson (@timand2037) March 18, 2025

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier this week expressed particular concern about the chaotic situation in Syria, where he said extremist militant groups are carrying out "real ethnic cleansing and mass killings based on ethnic and sectarian identity". He blasted what he called the West’s "stunning" indifference to mass killings acts of terrorism.

    The strong comments followed in the wake of President Trump meeting with Syria's Sharaa while in Saudi Arabia earlier this month. This stunned even some Washington officials, given that Sharaa/Jolani has long been a US-designated terrorist. Trump has said he wants to give Syria a fresh start, and also announced the US will drop sanctions.

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week told a Senate hearing that Syria could collapse within just weeks; however, he didn't acknowledge in the testimony that it was the CIA's Operation Timber Sycamore which served to weaken and destabilize the country in the first place.

    Tyler Durden Fri, 05/23/2025 - 02:45
  48. Site: Zero Hedge
    13 hours 52 min ago
    Author: Tyler Durden
    Will Russia Inevitably Reconcile With The EU & Ukraine Like Putin Predicts?

    Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,

    Putin predicted a few weeks back that Russia will inevitably reconcile with the EU and Ukraine. Regarding the first, he said that “I have no doubt whatsoever that we will, in due time, rebuild our relations with Europe. It’s only a matter of patience and effort.” As for the second, he said several days later that “It seems to me that this is inevitable despite the tragedy we are currently experiencing.” He’s known for being a realist, not a wishful thinker, which is why his prediction was so surprising to many observers.

    While he might have timed them to convince Trump that he isn’t the obstacle to peace that Zelensky might have misled him to think that he is, the perception of which is responsible for complicating the peace process as of late, he probably does indeed believe what he said. Putin has always considered Russia to be a European country, albeit with a unique civilizational identity, while he explained in his magnum opus from June 2021 why he considers Russians and Ukrainians to be kindred people.

    These views account for why he remained committed to the Minsk Accords despite neither France, Germany, nor Ukraine complying with them. Putin subconsciously projected his interests-driven (realist/rational) worldview onto them by assuming that they shared his vision of turning Ukraine into an (imperfect) economic bridge for facilitating the EU’s overland trade with Russia and China upon Kiev’s implementation of the Minsk Accords. He therefore struggled to understand their lack of compliance.

    He couldn’t countenance that they were duping him this whole time till it was too late and he felt that he had no choice but to commence the special operation to defend Russia’s national security interests. Far from having an interests-driven (realist/rational) worldview, they all have an ideologically driven (utopian/irrational) one that prioritizes Russia’s containment over their own material interests. The EU’s is liberal-globalist while Ukraine’s is ultra-nationalist, so some differences exist, but they share this goal.

    For them to meaningfully reconcile with Russia, their policymakers must first replace their ideologically driven worldview with an interests-driven one, which hasn’t yet happened. While there are signs of dissent within their societies, which takes the form of rising populist-nationalist sentiment in the EU and increasing opposition to Zelensky’s rule in Ukraine, electoral fraud and the secret police combine to prevent reformists from coming to power in both. This is the objectively existing state of affairs today.

    While critics of the EU and Ukraine want to believe that positive change is “inevitable”, that can’t be taken for granted, and it would be irresponsible for Russia to prematurely formulate policy with this expectation in mind when they’re still in a state of hybrid and hot war with it respectively. To be clear, Putin didn’t signal that Russia should soften its policy towards either since he himself probably knows that his prediction might not come to pass within his lifetime, but he still hopes that it one day will.

    Considering all of this, Putin’s prediction was probably only an attempt to influence Trump into not abandoning the peace process instead of him hinting at upcoming policy changes towards the EU and Ukraine. Even in the best-case scenario that Russia achieves most of its goals in the special operation, whether via diplomatic or military means, too much has happened for a reconciliation to occur anytime soon after. It’ll likely take a generation or more, if ever, but no one should get their hopes up.

    Tyler Durden Fri, 05/23/2025 - 02:00
  49. Site: Novus Ordo Watch
    14 hours 41 min ago
    Author: admin

    Sounds like sedevacantism…

    Pope St. Gregory I on the Church just before the Antichrist: ‘Words of Doctrine are Silent, Miracles Removed’

    Cutout of Pope Saint Gregory the Great by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828)

    The American author, historian, former White House speechwriter, and scholar Joshua Charles appeared on an episode of Life Site‘s ‘Faith and Reason’ podcast with John-Henry Westen on Mar. 26, 2025, entitled, “End times prophecies [of] the Church fathers revealed”. Charles is a recent convert (2019) who espouses a recognize-and-resist type of traditionalism.

    Yesterday, a 5-minute extract from the episode was published on YouTube with the no less intriguing title, “The Antichrist: Warnings from the Early Church”.… READ MORE

  50. Site: Novus Ordo Wire – Novus Ordo Watch
    14 hours 41 min ago
    Author: admin

    Sounds like sedevacantism…

    Pope St. Gregory I on the Church just before the Antichrist: ‘Words of Doctrine are Silent, Miracles Removed’

    Cutout of Pope Saint Gregory the Great by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828)

    The American author, historian, former White House speechwriter, and scholar Joshua Charles appeared on an episode of Life Site‘s ‘Faith and Reason’ podcast with John-Henry Westen on Mar. 26, 2025, entitled, “End times prophecies [of] the Church fathers revealed”. Charles is a recent convert (2019) who espouses a recognize-and-resist type of traditionalism.

    Yesterday, a 5-minute extract from the episode was published on YouTube with the no less intriguing title, “The Antichrist: Warnings from the Early Church”.… READ MORE

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