The workforce participation rate among men ages 16 through 54 – the prime working age span – has fallen to 66.8 percent, the lowest since 1948, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
ECONOMIC UPDATE
As we have detailed, by the facts, the Presidential Reality Show® champion Donald Trump and his cast of Cabinet clowns keep lying about how and why the U.S. and Israel launched the illegal Iran War, who is winning, who is losing, when it will end, who is paying the price…
U.S. ANNUAL BUDGET DEFICIT BIGGEST IN FIVE YEARS
The U.S. treasury’s deficit for fiscal 2027 rose to $1.8 trillion by the end of July as Medicare costs and interest payments on the national debt both increased.
TRUMP SAYS U.S. WILL SOON DECLARE STRAIT OF HORMUZ U.S. TERRITORY
President Donald Trump said that the U.S. will soon be declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, which prompted Iran to call the statement delusional.
IRAN: STRAIT OF HORMUZ WILL STAY CLOSED UNTIL U.S. AGREES TO EXPIRED MOU
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the Iranian speaker and chief negotiator, told state media on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the U.S. agrees to the Iranian demands listed in the 17 June memorandum of understanding (MOU), which Tehran accused Washington of violating from the start.
THE FOOD SYSTEM IS COMING UNDER PRESSURE. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW. (Full-Breakdown)
Make no mistake about it. The current energy crisis, soon to be an EMERGENCY if nothing changes, will cause a food crisis.
U.S. VOTERS FEEL WORSE OFF UNDER TRUMP
A newly released poll found that more than 53 percent of voters in the U.S. said they feel worse off during President Donald Trump’s second term and indicated that they are more hopeful that Democrats would do a better job with the economy.
Global Economy
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Ari Emanuel, CEO of the company owning fight franchises UFC and WWE, is buying ATG Entertainment, a British company that owns theaters in Europe, the U.K., and the U.S.
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA TIGHTENS ITS GRIP ON WORLD AUTO INDUSTRY
Over the past 20 years, Chinese car parts companies have invested in at least 130 European counterparts, particularly in France and Germany, industry data service Rhodium reported.
GERMAN INVESTMENT IN U.S. FALLS TO THREE-YEAR LOW
During this year’s first half, German companies’ direct investments in the U.S. fell to €4.3 billion, or about $5 billion, two-thirds less than in the same period in 2025 and 80 percent below 2024’s level, the German Economic Institute (IW) reported.
U.S. Economy
TRADERS ARE ABANDONING CRYPTO FOR AI IN PAST YEAR: REPORT
Some traders who were once excited about the potential for cryptocurrencies to surge in value and turn small investments into fortunes have begun abandoning crypto in favor of AI stocks, with one former crypto investor telling The Wall Street Journal that he feels like a “caveman who found fire.”
MEN ARE LEAVING THE U.S. WORKFORCE, THREATENING SOCIAL STABILITY
The workforce participation rate among men ages 16 through 54 – the prime working age span – has fallen to 66.8 percent, the lowest since 1948, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
THE BULLS RETURN TO WALL STREET
Investors once again are shrugging off concerns that AI will wipe out the software industry and that AI-related stocks are overvalued and buying back into tech shares, the Financial Times reported.
The Iran War
U.S. CARRIERS IMPACTED BY DESTRUCTION OF BAHRAIN BASE DURING IRAN WAR: REPORT
The U.S. has had a hard time replenishing aircraft carriers in the Middle East region after Iran managed to knock out a U.S. base in Bahrain during an early drone attack and the U.S. has been forced to use Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean 2,000 miles away, as a hub to provide food for sailors, The New York Times reported.
BESSENT WARNS: U.S. WILL IMPLEMENT ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON IRAN THAT HAS ‘NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE’
Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury secretary, said in an interview last week that Washington plans to use economic tactics on Iran that will force the country to relent and agree to the Trump administration’s terms to end the war.
MORE TRUMP LIES: PRESIDENT SAYS U.S. WILL MAINTAIN ‘TOTAL CONTROL’ OVER STRAIT OF HORMUZ
President Donald Trump said last week that the U.S. has “total control over the Strait of Hormuz” as negotiations with the Iranians hit a roadblock, prompting Tehran to essentially close the vital waterway.
The Israel War
ISRAEL’S TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL SAYS IDF SHOULD KILL BETWEEN 30 TO 40 PEOPLE IN GAZA EVERY NIGHT
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, told a podcast that he believes Tel Aviv should kill between “30 to 40” Palestinians every night because some people “aren’t worthy of life…they aren’t people at all,” according to Anadulo.
ISRAEL STEALING WEST BANK LAND: PUTS ITS POLICE IN CHARGE
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, announced last week that policing powers in the West Bank will be shifted from the IDF to Israeli police to prepare for what he called the “expected welcome increase in the number of settlers” in the region, according to the Financial Times.
ISRAEL CONTINUES DESTROYING LEBANON
The IDF has been destroying large swaths of southern Lebanon and the 1.2 million displaced residents from the region have been forced to keep updates on their homes and neighborhoods by referring to satellite images, according to the Financial Times.