China Weaponizes Magnet Exports, Potentially Delaying Tesla’s Humanoid Robot Production
Via Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden China’s halt on a wide range of critical minerals and magnet exports in retaliation for U.S. tariffs has disrupted some of Elon Musk’s plans to build humanoid robots. The very act of Beijing choking off supplies of critical components highlights the urgent need to friendshore or reshore rare earths mining and refining, […]
Author Torches CNN Panelists For Siding With China Against Trump
During a CNN panel, author Batya Ungar-Sargon called out her fellow guests for siding with China over President Trump on trade talks. The discussion kicked off after China denied having any trade negotiations with Trump, despite his public claims. Ungar-Sargon blasted the panelists for trusting China over a U.S. president, calling it “insane” and “an […]
Restoring The Presidency: Why Humphrey’s Executor Must Fall
The Acting Solicitor General has formally advised Congress of the administration’s intent to petition the Supreme Court for a review of Humphrey’s Executor v. United States (1935), with the goal of its complete repudiation. That decision, long regarded as an architectural pillar of the modern administrative state, rests on premises that are not only doctrinally […]
SR-72 ‘Darkstar’ — America’s Foil To China’s 6th-Gen Stealth Jets
Is the U.S. falling behind or just staying quiet? Chinese aerospace developments have been dominating the news lately, with several 5th generation, and potentially 6th gen, stealth fighters and strike aircraft being seen publicly. Among those, the Shenyang J-35 which broke cover in 2024, appears to be a U.S. F-35 clone. And then there are the two Chinese […]
Chaos In Moscow: Russian General Killed As Trump Admin Presses For Peace Deal
Russian Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed in a car bombing in Balashikha, a suburb east of Moscow on Friday. The attack occurred as U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met with President Vladimir Putin to discuss a potential peace deal to end the ongoing war in Ukraine. Russian authorities have labeled the incident a “terrorist […]
Lay Judges For A Lawless Crisis: How Trump Could Clear Biden’s Immigration Backlog
America has a problem that lawyers cannot fix. The United States immigration court system, tasked with deciding who may lawfully remain in the country, has collapsed under the weight of an unprecedented backlog. That backlog, now exceeding three million pending cases, is not merely a bureaucratic inconvenience, it is a constitutional affront, a resource strain, […]
China Races To Build Armies Of Humanoid Robots
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – A world is coming in which humanoid robots don’t just run alongside humans but also fight alongside them in war. The next decade may determine which nation those machines serve. China’s military aims to harness the coming ‘ChatGPT for robotics’ that could usher humanoid robots onto the battlefield. More than 12,000 […]
Disgraced Former Rep. George Santos Gets Over 7 Years In Prison
Former U.S. Representative George Santos was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on Friday, after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in August 2024. The charges stemmed from a series of fraudulent activities, including falsifying campaign finance records, misusing donor funds for personal expenses and stealing the identities of nearly a […]
Terror Cartels Amass Machine Gun Ammo — Right Here In America
Why? Are the cartels preparing for war? In a piece of news many may have missed, in late March, two Mexican nationals in Colorado were found with 180,000 illegal rounds of high caliber rifle and machine gun ammunition in the back of their white GMC van during a routine traffic stop. U.S. officers counted 180 boxes stacked […]