“Trump or Death!”: Congrats, Arresting Trump created a Martyr

A Presidential Arrest: Today, Trump left his NYC Trump Tower penthouse at around 11:am, to then travel four miles until reaching 100 Center Street, where the District Attorney’s office sits on the seventh floor. Trump leaving the Trump Tower today ...

Will this "Doomsday Ice" ends us all?

Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica: "We should all be very concerned" Right now, a Florida-sized glacier is melting , and it could cause a huge rise in the sea level worldwide. "Icefin", the robot that studies the artic ice Warm water is reportedly pou...

The Covid-19 Pandemic has boosted surveillance technology worldwide

How it started: Law enforcement agencies turned to technology in an effort to monitor individuals and enforce quarantine measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these efforts have also raised concerns about privacy and the potential for abu...

Fentanyl crisis in the US: Ties with China, India & Mexico

Geopolitics or drug wars? Fentanyl is killing more people than anything else. And it's coming from China. Could China be getting payback for the Opium Wars that the westerners put them through? What's fentanyl? Synthetic opioids, particularly fentan...

Did technology end China's lockdowns?

China has ended most zero COVID rules. The news broke this past week. On Wednesday , China's health authorities overhauled its zero COVID policy and announced a ten point national plan that scrapped most health code tracking. And also, they're roll...

Brittney Griner exchanged for Viktor Bout: Worst trade deal ever?

The exchange: The recent prisoner swap between Russia and the United States has been touted as a diplomatic triumph, but Russia got the better end of the deal. This exchange of prisoners has raised eyebrows on both sides of the Atlantic as the US a...

Balenciaga's ad scandal & disturbing child photoshoot images explained:

Last week, Balenciaga's scandal due to its child ad pictures was all over my timeline. But I barely saw any coverage on mainstream media about the BDSM-inspired harnesses that were worn by kids holding teddy bears in the creepy ad campaign by Balenc...

Why the media will create WW3 before Putin:

Last week was another another turning point for me about media, information, and my damned mental health.  For some hours, it seemed WW3 was imminent. I'm talking about the missiles that hit Poland and killed two people. Notifications crammed my ...

US Midterm Elections: Are Trump's lawsuits catching up?

The November 8th elections are close: All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs, as well as 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate. Both the Senate and The House of Representatives make up the US Congress , making this election a ...

Are you falling for the internet's "side-hustle-to-millionaire" scam?

The internet of easy money: It's 2 AM and you just want to watch a video on your phone and lay in bed. But suddenly, some alpha in front of a supercar says you aren't living right, you need to make more money, your life sucks. In the first 5 second...

Why did Wall Street get mad at Facebook?

What happened? All right, let's talk about Meta. The revenue for this third quarter was a complete, utter disaster for Meta, and the stock has plummeted since and been under $100 a share. Comparisons: So when you look at Apple versus Meta, there's...

Capitol Storm Trial: Trump's subpoena & Prison for Bannon

Trump gets called to speak: The House of Representatives committee looking into the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters on January 6, 2021, has ordered the former president to testify under oath and submit records. The committe...

Frictions with Biden's Student Forgiveness Arise: Same route as Obamacare?

The Criticisms of Obamacare: The law was focused towards every able-bodied, low-income adult between the ages of 18 and 64, and it gives middle-class people federal subsidies so they can buy health insurance through the ACA (Affordable Care Act) ex...

The AI that manages over $21 Trillion: BlackRock's Aladdin

The Financial Terminator: There is one AI that has a monopoly on Wall Street, is now more powerful than politics, and is buying up every asset in the world at a faster rate than ever before. Meet Aladdin . Aladdin is actually a network composed of...

Retaliation: Russia targets cities in Ukraine during rush hour after Crimea bridge incident

This Monday morning, during rush hour, Russia attacked cities throughout Ukraine, killing people and destroying infrastructure. It appears to be retaliation for an explosion on a key bridge in Crimea, which Putin declared as a Ukrainian terrorist att...

UK Reverses Tax Cut: Humility or Humiliation?

A Horrible Start: Liz Truss, the British prime minister, was compelled to make an embarrassing U-turn on Monday October 3rd, abandoning her plans to reduce the highest rate of income tax, which had been a major factor in her party's uprising and t...

Ecuador's Rising Crime: Another Prosecutor Killed

The third this year: This week, a prosecutor was shot dead outside of his office in broad daylight, becoming the third prosecutor to be slain in Ecuador this year, further deepening the country's slide into drug-fueled violence. According to regiona...

China's Forgotten Grip on Hong Kong

The National Security Law was implemented to criminalize pro-democracy activists, journalists, and critical voices. It is the main cause of Hong Kong's civic space rating being classified as "repressed." What is the law? A comprehensive new national...

2023: Economic Crisis or World Crisis?

Globalization led us towards an economic rise and fall. Now, global inflation is driving almost all interest rates up, but when it comes to finding solutions, nations can’t seem to be onboard. To get out of it, we need international cooperation. Infl...

The UN's Sex Trafficking and Abuses

The latest: South Sudan Malakal Camp investigated by reporters Reports of sexual harassment by aid workers at a camp managed by the UN first surfaced in 2015 . According to a joint study by The New Humanitarian and Al Jazeera, these reports have not...

Recap US, Taiwan & China: Sanctions & Billions in Military Aid

There’s two main takeaways:  In the context of an economic war based on tech, quantum computing, chips, AI etc… The US supporting Taiwan: As the self-governing island comes under increased pressure from China, a Senate committee in the US has taken t...

Russian prisoners are fighting in Ukraine

A private military company called "Wagner": Wagner, a paramilitary firm hired by Russia to fight in conflicts from Mali to Syria, has reportedly been recruiting Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine. Footage posted on Russian Telegram channels on Mon...

Western Allies are leading Europe towards a collapse

The energy context:  Russia has essentially cut off gas to Europe by claiming the Nord Stream One’s turbine is broken, magically, right before winter, according to Putin. Russian gas shipments, which Germany is particularly dependent on, have fallen...

What’s going on with Twitter? Elon Musk, bots, lies, nation-states and spies

Elon Musk buys Twitter? It all started when business tycoon Elon Musk made a $43 billion offer to buy Twitter on April 14, 2022. He had already paid $2.64 billion for 9.1% of the company's stock, making him the company's largest stakeholder. Musk was...

How Mikhail Gorbachev changed the world

Who was Mikhail Gorbachev? Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was the general secretary of the Central Committee for the Communist Party in the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. He was then head of state of the Soviet Union from 1988 until 1991. He was al...

Who is Rodrigo Duterte, "The Punisher"?

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is the 17th president of the Philippines. He has come under fire for various reasons along his presidency.  From strict military-style lockdowns that challenged the livelihoods and businesses of many Filipinos, ...

How Banksy became famous - or why he should never reveal himself

Introduction:  Banksy is an anonymous British graffiti artist, film director, and political activist. In 2010 , his name was on the list of the 100 most influential individuals on the planet. He is famous for his satirical and anti-authoritarian st...

NASA, SpaceX & Mars: Will the next decade’s zeitgeist be space once again?

Exploring Mars: In July of 2020, NASA launched the Perseverance Mars Rover, which landed in February of 2021, making it the fifth rover that the US sent to the planet, as well as the most technologically advanced one. And they used some github con...

China's Social Credit Score: Something out of Black Mirror or is Western Media exaggerating?

What is it? China's social credit system (SCS) is an ambitious initiative that started in 2009 , to build a database that monitors individual, corporate, and government behavior across the country. And for some reason, the video surveillance networ...