The Alternative for Germany (AfD) continues to rise in polls as the country turns away from Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his coalition, and analysts are expecting record gains for the party during the September elections in three eastern states.
Category: 11 August 2026
CONGRESS AIMS TO FURTHER ENTWINE U.S. AND ISRAEL’S MILITARIES, JUST AS PUBLIC SUPPORT WEAKENS
Some members of Congress are supporting legislation that would end the $3.8 billion in annual military funding the U.S. gives Israel and replace the aid with a deep integration between both militaries.
GERMANY SELLING WW III FEAR
Alexander Dobrindt, Germany’s interior minister, said in an interview last week that the country has been facing “hybrid warfare,” with daily attacks originating in foreign countries, with lawmakers identifying Moscow as the culprit, according to Al Jazeera.
ECONOMIC UPDATE
Once again by the facts and only by the facts, the Trump administration keeps doing all it can to artificially prop up the equity markets and bring down oil prices since President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the illegal Iran War on 28 February.
U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY: WHAT K-SHAPED ECONOMY?
U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessent declared an end to the K-shaped economy and the widening gap between America’s wealthy and everyone else in a 4 August CNBC interview.
WHAT HAPPENED TO ENDING THE IRAN WAR IN ‘4 TO 5 WEEKS’?
Welcome to the sixth month of the Iran War that was illegally launched by U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
U.S. CONCESSIONS TO IRAN FALLOUT… OIL HIGHER. INFLATION RISK HIGHER. TREASURY YIELDS HIGHER
Let's cut right into this. The financial consequences and failure to capture a victory for the US in this war with Iran are just beginning to migrate from geopolitics… directly into markets.
NETANYAHU: ISRAEL WILL NOT WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Cabinet meeting on Sunday that he has no plans for a swift IDF withdrawal from Lebanon, and that “the security of all Israel’s citizens is not up for negotiation.”
FORMER CIA OFFICIALS WARN THAT TRUMP IS PULLING DOWN ‘GUARDRAILS’ FOR DEMOCRACY
Former top officials from the CIA have warned that President Donald Trump is consolidating power in a manner that has become a clear risk to democracy in the U.S., with one stating that he believes the worst is yet to come.
BIGS OWN EVERYTHING: FCC VOTES TO REMOVE LIMITS ON BROADCAST TV OWNERSHIP, WHICH MEANS MORE CONSOLIDATION
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted last week to remove any limits on the size of the broadcast airwaves a company can own after Brendan Carr, the head of the commission, called the old policy “outdated.”









