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Mini-Documentary Series on the Clash of the Two Americas - An Independence Day Special matthewehret.substack.com/p/mi…

Mini-Documentary Series on the Clash of the Two Americas - An Independence Day Special

What were the core principles of the republic and how were those moral principles of natural law subverted over the course of a 260 year struggle to establish on this earth a system of representative government founded upon the consent of the governe…
Matthew Ehret (Matt Ehret's Insights)

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BRICS has expanded to 20 countries – 10 members and 10 partners – after adding Vietnam. BRICS+ now makes up 44% of world GDP (PPP) and 56% of the global population. The US failed to divide China and Vietnam in its Second Cold War.

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#economy #economics #geopolitics #brics


BRICS expands to 56% of world population, 44% of global GDP: Vietnam joins as partner country - Geopolitical Economy Report

BRICS expanded to 20 countries, 10 members and 10 partners, adding Vietnam. BRICS+ makes up 44% of world GDP (PPP), 56% of global population.
Ben Norton (Geopolitical Economy Report)
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Jeremy Buffer Jones

@freeagent
I never said it wasn't political, every trade agreement is political. What I said is #BRICS is not a military or political alliance it is an alternative system of multi polar trading free of interference from the current US hegemony system where international trade requires trading in US dollars.

For example, New Zealand, which is not even a #BRICS member country, has a FTA with its biggest trading partner China that means NZ and China can freely trade with each other in their own currencies.

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Jeremy Buffer Jones

@freeagent

I have no idea what argument David is trying to make. His initial comment was that BRICS doesn’t appear to be a unified bloc pointing to the relationship between India and China. Which is why I pointed out the fact BRICS is not a political or military alliance but a cooperative economic system of trade.

USA’s 3 largest trading partners are Mexico, Canada, and China. It would be ridiculous to assume this makes these countries a unified political bloc.

Ironically, since Trump introduced his tariffs India, Japan, South Korea and the ASEAN member nations have all agreed to increase their economic and political cooperation with China.

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Nvidia Is Full of Shit

Link: blog.sebin-nyshkim.net/posts/n…
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NVIDIA is full of shit

Since the disastrous launch of the RTX 50 series, NVIDIA has been unable to escape negative headlines: scalper bots are snatching GPUs away from consumers before official sales even begin, power connectors continue to melt, with no fix in sight, mark…
Sebin's Blog

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Israeli Regime Conducts Bold Ground Incursion Near Damascus tn.ai/3348038

Israeli Regime Conducts Bold Ground Incursion Near Damascus

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Israeli occupation forces have launched three coordinated ground incursions in southern Syria and near Damascus, marking an unprecedented escalation in their illegal military presence inside Syrian territory.
Tasnim News Agency

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Best privacy preserving measures

Considering the current intrusive cyber climate, what are the best ways to preserve privacy?

For example, I have been exclusively using a VPN connection network-wide at home setup on OpenWrt, which in turn has a PiHole as its DNS, with the PiHole using Unbound and NextDNS (redundant I know, but I use it to encrypt my requests more than anything else).

I also have Wireguard setup so I can VPN all my devices to my network while I am on the road (also have a NextDNS profile installed. Yes I know, it’s redundant).

I also basically have all my “smart” devices (TV, lightbulbs, air purifier, etc…) at home cutoff from the internet using OpenWrt’s firewall to prevent them from calling home.

I rotate web browsers frequently to try and attempt avoiding getting fingerprinted, not sure how useful that is.

I switched email providers to mailbox.org because f*** Google and Microsoft.

I also am hosting my own cloud drive on Nextcloud to avoid using services like GDrive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc…

I own Apple devices which aren’t the best for privacy but migrating from a whole ecosystem that I have been embedded in for MANY years is easier said than done. Hopefully in the future that’s my next move.

I feel like there is a lot more I can do but I am not sure what else. I would appreciate any and all suggestions ya’ll might have.

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Colombian Lawmakers Demand US Congressional Ethics Probe Over Alleged Interference in Colombia telesurenglish.net/colombian-l…

Colombian Lawmakers Demand US Congressional Ethics Probe Over Alleged Interference in Colombia - teleSUR English

A group of Colombian legislators from the government coalition formally requests the US House of Representatives Ethics Committee to investigate and sanction
teleSURenglish

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23 girls unaccounted for after Camp Mystic along Guadalupe River in Kerr County evacuated overnight

23 girls unaccounted for after Camp Mystic along Guadalupe River in Kerr County evacuated overnight

More than 20 campers are still missing after overnight flooding at Camp Mystic, a girls-only camp on the Guadalupe River.
Rebecca Salinas (San Antonio News, Texas News, Sports, Weather from KSAT.com, Expect More)

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Supreme Court declines to revive Montana law that would require parental consent for minors to obtain abortions

Supreme Court declines to revive Montana law that would require parental consent for minors to obtain abortions

The Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Montana officials seeking to revive a state law that requires minors seeking abortions to obtain the consent of their parents.
Lawrence Hurley (NBC News)
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just_another_person

Lol to this, because it's partially true, but also a bit defeatist.

You need to stay on top of berry bushes quarterly in warmer zones, but this person is in Minnesota. I don't think they'll thrive their like they would in warmer zones without harsh winters.

If farms can keep them in check, regular gardeners can as well, it just takes a fair amount of effort.

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CIA Finds Ex-Director Brennan at the Center of 2016 Russiagate Fraud eir.news/2025/07/news/cia-find…

CIA Finds Ex-Director Brennan at the Center of 2016 Russiagate Fraud

A reading of the June 26 eight-page CIA report, called the “Tradecraft Review of the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian Election Interference,” reveals a politically motivated hatchet job performed during December 2016, called the “Int…
David Shavin (EIR News)

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The unexplained death of a top Russian oilexecutive on July 4 is fueling renewed scrutiny over the rising number of high-profile Russian officials and businessmen who have died under mysterious circumstances -- specifically, have fallen out of windows.
Andrei Badalov, vice president of Transneft, Russia's largest state-controlled pipeline transport company, died after falling from the window of his apartment in Moscow.
Russian state news agency TASS, citing law enforcement sources, claimed the preliminary cause of death was suicide.
While Russian authorities often label these falls as suicides or accidents, others suggest something more deliberate may be at play
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Death of top Russian oil executive fuels fresh scrutiny of elite's 'window falls'

The unexplained death of a top Russian oil executive on July 4 is fueling renewed scrutiny over the rising number of high-profile Russian officials and businessmen who have died under mysterious circumstances, specifically, have fallen out of windows…
Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)

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How brutal is Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’? The answer is in the charts:

📉 Millions lose Medicaid
💸 Student debt payments spike
🌍 Climate investment gutted
📈 $3T deficit explosion
All to shower billionaires in tax cuts. One big, draconian mess 👇 #press

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Opinion | The Ugliness of the ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill, in Charts

Steven Rattner reveals the ugly reality lurking within the “big, beautiful bill.”
Steven Rattner (The New York Times)
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