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Sun, 06 Sep 2026 03:20:00 +0000 The Real Elites Vs. The Ruling Elites
The Real Elites Vs. The Ruling Elites
The Real Elites Vs. The Ruling Elites
Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute ,
Always and everywhere, political institutions are controlled by elites. It doesn't matter if the regime type is democratic or monarchical. It doesn't matter if there is a written constitution or not. All political institutions - and certainly every sovereign state - are run by a group of elites who control the means of coercion.The myth of "rule by the people" is precisely that: a myth.
But this leaves a big question open: who are the elites? Wilfredo Pareto, that pioneer of Italian elite theory, convincingly suggests that elites are simply those people who are most skilled in their respective fields. Being skilled does not suggest any sort of virtue or beauty, of course, and we cannot assume that any member of the elite will be more moral or refined than any, say, middle-class mechanic.
In the case of political elites, to be "elite" simply means to be the most effective at organizing and commanding political action. This can be done toward both virtuous ends or evil ends. The political elites excel at the gaining and wielding of political power. Nothing more. In hereditary monarchies, for example, the monarch is a monarch because his ancestors were more effective at using violence - and at stealing and killing - than were their competitors. Their descendants are able to remain in the elite through effective political scheming to maintain their positions. In democracies, those who gain and maintain power are effective at deceiving the voting public and at currying favor with the ruling coalitions of various interest groups. They're not "the elite" because they are especially virtuous or well educated. They simply excel at cultivating the knowledge necessary to wield the power of the state against their enemies and against potential rivals.
Economic Elites vs. Political Elites
There is, however, often confusion as to the difference between economic elites and political elites. One could say that economic elites are those who are most skilled at the management of property. Yet, the nature of the economic elites depends largely on what type of regime exists within society. In a society that has a mostly market system, the economic elites are those who are most productive in the free marketplace. These are the people who are skilled at entrepreneurship, sales, logistics, investing, and all other aspects of a freely functioning market. In a mostly free society, the economic elites are free to spend most of their time on their activities in the marketplace, and they are thus rewarded for spending their efforts in improving their own productivity. Moreover, all of society benefits from these sorts of economic elites. This is because rewards in the marketplace stem from delivering more goods and services to more people at a price that a growing number of people can afford.
Things are different in a society where the economy is dominated by the state - and thus by the political elite. In such a society, the economic elites are those who are most skilled at using the power of the state to achieve success in the state-regulated marketplace. In this case, the economic elites are those who are able to partner with the regime to obtain policies that benefit the elites through the manipulation and regulation of the market. These policies include bailouts, state-backed monopolies, and an easy-money-fueled financial system. In this system, the economic elites are able to maintain and enhance their positions and their wealth through effective political action, and by serving the political elites instead of customers in the marketplace.
When this happens, we cannot assume that the economic elites are there because they add value to society. Rather, the economic elites in this latter system are parasitical. They rely on the exploitation of others to maintain their positions and to expand their market share. One of the most dramatic examples of this can be seen in the response to the financial crisis that began in 2008.
Had the marketplace been allowed to function, many large banks and other firms would have been bankrupted, and their property repurposed by other, more efficient owners and managers. Those new owners could have become a new economic elite. But thanks to the intervention of the incumbent political elites, failing firms were saved through the redistribution of wealth from the productive classes to hand-picked, politically connected incumbent firms and owners. Thus, firms like Citicorp and AIG were bailed out, new regulations imposed, and firms like JP Morgan greatly expanded their market share. The Federal Reserve's mass purchasing of mortgage-backed securities rescued a large portion of the financial sector from insolvency. As a result, most of the economic "elite" we find in the financial sector owe their positions to political action rather than any actual skill in the marketplace. Sure, these people are fond of telling themselves that they are rich because "the market" values them so highly. In reality, they are successful because lobbyists have succeeded in propping up their firms and ensuring, through constant monetary inflation, growth in their portfolios.
But this is just one example. In any society where the political elites are prolific spenders, or engage in widespread regulation of the economy, the economy is continually distorted in a way as to favor the politically well connected at the expense of everyone else. For example, the economic "elites" who rely heavily on government contracts - e.g., Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, the founder of Flock Safety, et al - are not in the elite because they are especially productive in a free market. They are in the elite because they are adept at seizing the property of taxpayers through the tax-and-spend mechanism.
Note that in this interventionist system, the real economic elites - the people who would have risen to the top of an actually free economy - are crowded out and kept down by government action that favors certain firms. Who are these would-be elites? We'll never know, and instead we are left with our counterfeit billionaire class which is "elite" only in their skill at exploiting people who do real work in the private sector.
Conclusion
Thus we have a merging of the economic and the political elite. Both types of elites generally rely on some sort of deception to buttress their claims.
The political elite, for example, claim their positions by virtue of some sort of mandate from heaven, or moral virtue, or because they allegedly reflect the "will of the people." These are all lies, of course, but have nonetheless worked to fool and pacify the public for many centuries.
Under a regime of economic interventionism, the economic elites rely on lies as well. They claim they are elites because they are efficient or hard-working, or "serve the customer." These are lies as well since, in the absence of a free - or even mostly free - market, the elites are, in fact, in their positions due to political maneuvering. They are, in effect, merely an extension of the political elite. The more interventionist the regime is, the more this is true.
The real elites have always been those who receive the voluntary and free support of others through the private sector, or through other non-violent means of interaction: through families, religious institutions, and other institutions of the private sector. On the other hand, those who become "elites" through the initiation of violence, and through the looting of others, have always been frauds and imposters.
Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 23:20 Close Sun, 06 Sep 2026 02:45:00 +0000 Hegseth's Polygraphs Return To Pentagon In 'Major Leak Hunt' Over Iran War
Hegseth's Polygraphs Return To Pentagon In 'Major Leak Hunt' Over Iran War
The polygraphs have returned to the Pentagon, after the Trump administration has been furious over what the president calls 'leaks' by US officials to the pr
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Hegseth's Polygraphs Return To Pentagon In 'Major Leak Hunt' Over Iran War
The polygraphs have returned to the Pentagon, after the Trump administration has been furious over what the president calls 'leaks' by US officials to the press, particularly regarding alleged diminished munitions stocks and missile shortages.
The New York Times reports Saturday that Pentagon investigators have questioned roughly 50 personnel on the Joint Staff whether they had disclosed classified information to journalists .
File image, Anadolu Agency The publication calls it a "major leak hunt" - with the widespread polygraph tests having taken place in August, and possibly with more rounds to come.
"Between 1,500 and 2,000 officers and officials work for the Joint Staff, which coordinates operations, policy and war plans with combatant commanders around the world," the NY Times notes.
Dozens of other officials, including under US Central Command (CENTCOM), were also polygraph tested earlier this summer.
An avalanche of media reports in August, and from earlier in the summer, have said the US exhausted much of its stock of long-range Tomahawk missiles on the Iran war, along with Patriot and THAAD missile interceptors.
US officials have stated to CBS that no one failed the tests , but it has had a chilling effect, given that sources have also described the scope of the dragnet as "extraordinary" .
All of this seems not only geared toward preventing leaks to the press , but comes amid a climate of perceived 'disloyalty' and dissent against War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Polygraphs are typically used in the military or intelligence community in cases of suspected foreign espionage or instances of suspicion of handing off classified information. Hegseth has already greatly narrowed his trusted inner-circle .
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell has only said that the Department of War "takes all leaks of classified national security information extremely seriously and investigates accordingly."
This isn't the first wave of polygraphs at the Pentagon under Trump. Hegseth had previewed these actions all the way back in Fall 2025. There's also been widespread signings of NDAs.
While there already exist laws and policies covering unauthorized disclosure of classified, restricted, or sensitive information, this is clearly part of a broader push to tighten up leaks.
The reality too is that leaks to the media are a fairly standard part of any administration, going back through American history. Trump likely knows this, but is naturally leery of any further efforts to undermine his policies - especially in this sensitive moment ahead of the November midterm elections.
Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 22:45 Close Sun, 06 Sep 2026 02:10:00 +0000 China Expands Online Content Controls, Putting More Pressure On Creators
China Expands Online Content Controls, Putting More Pressure On Creators
China Expands Online Content Controls, Putting More Pressure On Creators
Authored by Michael Zhuang via The Epoch Times ,
China's new rules governing companies that produce and distribute content for social media took effect on Sept. 1, potentially exposing both independent content creators and the accounts they manage to penalties for violations.
Men play games on computers in an internet bar in Beijing on Dec. 16, 2015. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images The regulations require companies providing services such as content planning, production, distribution, marketing, promotion, and talent management to register as service providers.
Critics and independent content creators told The Epoch Times that the rules could broaden the communist regime's control over online content, particularly information about sensitive social issues such as unemployment, unpaid wages, unfinished housing projects, and protests.
They spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal.
Under the new rules, companies already registered to provide such services have 30 days from the regulations' effective date to amend their business registrations.
Companies involved in online performance management, publishing, audiovisual services, or internet news services must also obtain the relevant licenses.
The rules require covered companies to appoint a person responsible for content management and establish a management team, as well as procedures governing employees and emergency responses.
When signing contracts with online creators, companies must verify their identities and clearly define their management responsibilities.
Platforms can also impose measures on both the companies and the content creators they have contracted with when alleged violations of laws, regulations, platform rules, or contractual agreements occur.
Those measures can include restricting account functions, suspending monetization, or shutting down accounts.
Risks to Online Creators
For people working in China as independent content creators, the new requirements have raised concerns about both income and uncertainty over what content is permissible.
A content creator in Shenyang, China, told The Epoch Times that the rules could directly affect the livelihoods of people who depend on online traffic for income.
"Many people doing livestreams don't know what they can say and what they can't say. Once the traffic gets high, the risks come with it," she said.
The content creator explained that she has seen other creators have their accounts blocked after their livestreams began attracting substantial audiences.
She also questioned how regime authorities and platforms would determine what constitutes prohibited content.
"What does it mean to incite emotions, and what does it mean to make false propaganda? Who decides? There is no clear standard," she said.
The regulations are formally framed as a system for managing businesses involved in the distribution and operation of online content.
However, critics say the requirements could extend beyond large multi-channel networks (MCNs), and apply to smaller operations that may not previously have considered themselves part of the industry.
A Chinese online commentator told The Epoch Times that the rules could encompass small studios, account-management teams, and small livestreaming accounts.
"In the past, many small studios simply helped people obtain advertising, edit videos, and do promotions. They didn't consider themselves MCNs," the commentator said.
"This time, the regulations are very broad. As long as you participate in producing content for online accounts, or help distribute it, you could be required to register and file records, and you would have to assume them as a condition for operating."
In his view, the system shifts part of the regime's censorship responsibilities onto platforms and content-operations companies. Rather than directly intervening in every piece of content, the regime can require companies and platforms to police the accounts under their control.
Concerns Over Reporting on Social Issues
The potential impact could be particularly significant for creators who cover social and economic problems in China.
An independent content creator in Harbin, China, who focuses on analyzing social issues and asked to be identified only by his surname Li, told The Epoch Times that he regularly follows issues including gig employment, difficulties facing restaurants and other businesses, unfinished housing projects, and problems withdrawing money from banks.
Such topics, he said, could potentially be interpreted by platforms as negative information or as an attempt to exploit social issues for attention.
"If influencers continuously follow these things, the network regulators may think you are hyping up a social incident, seeking attention, and making money from traffic," Li said.
"I can only speculate this way. The regime has not clearly stated the standards."
Although Li primarily analyzes information from the perspective of a reader, rather than reporting firsthand on every incident, he said he remains concerned about the restrictions.
"Some content is not false; it's just different from what the official releases say," he said. "Creators are afraid of losing their accounts or income, so they may simply give up publishing. This is self-censorship."
Li said the result could be that social events increasingly have only the version of events permitted by regime authorities.
Once creators face the possibility of having their accounts closed, losing their ability to earn money, or effectively losing their livelihoods, he said, they may choose not to publish information even when they believe it to be accurate.
The regulations impose penalties for violations under existing laws and regulations. Where no specific penalty is provided, the regime can issue warnings and impose fines ranging from 10,000 yuan ($1,490) to 200,000 yuan ($29,800).
For creators and critics, however, the greater concern may be the effect of the rules before any formal penalty is imposed.
If platforms and companies are held responsible for the content produced by the accounts they manage, they have an incentive to remove material that could attract regulatory scrutiny.
That could leave creators increasingly reluctant to report on sensitive social issues, not necessarily because the information is false, but because the potential loss of an account, audience, or income may make publishing it too risky.
Xiao Bin contributed to this report.
Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 22:10 Close Sun, 06 Sep 2026 01:35:00 +0000 New Images Reveal China's Stealth Drone At Secretive "Area 51" Base
New Images Reveal China's Stealth Drone At Secretive "Area 51" Base
Aviation researcher Andreas Rupprecht posted footage on Read more.....
New Images Reveal China's Stealth Drone At Secretive "Area 51" Base
Aviation researcher Andreas Rupprecht posted footage on LinkedIn that appears to show China’s next-generation high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drone , an aircraft he estimates is “comparable in size to the US Air Force’s B-21 Raider .”
Rupprecht wrote on LinkedIn that the WZ-X drone was spotted at a secretive air base in China’s Xinjiang region, known to some as China’s version of Area 51 :
Two new images of the PLAAF’s latest and largest intercontinental HALE ISR #UAV, provisionally referred to simply as the #WZ-X, have been leaked, apparently showing the aircraft somewhere in Xinjiang. The UAV was first spotted on satellite imagery in May 2025 at the PLAAF’s UAV test centre at Malan Air Base in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwestern China.
Rupprecht continued:
In recent years, Malan/Uxxaktal (ZWML) has developed into the PLAAF’s main test centre for trialling UAVs and UCAVs of all types, while also serving as the base of the 178th UAV Brigade. Satellite imagery from 2022 onwards shows extensive expansion of the base’s infrastructure, including new hangars, taxiways and facilities likely linked to the previously unknown, very large flying-wing UAVs WZ-X and the similarly mysterious UCAV GJ-X, both of which are roughly comparable in size to the B-21 Raider . As such, the base, much like the second secret air base at Lop Nur, which is likely focused more on manned systems such as the J-36, J-XDS and, eventually, the H-20, is often compared to the US Area 51 because of its remote location and its role in testing next-generation weapon systems.
Based on the few, often blurry, images available, the WZ-X appears to be a twin-engined flying-wing design similar in configuration to the US RQ-180, but considerably larger . Rough estimates suggest a wingspan of about 52 m and a length of roughly 14 m. Its two engines, of unknown type, are reportedly fed by a central top-mounted intake, allegedly covered by a conformal mesh to reduce radar cross-section. Apart from its very wide span, the design appears to feature a relatively spacious central fuselage section and a dorsal SATCOM antenna. Its range is estimated at more than 20,000 km, with a normal cruising altitude of 18-20 km and a cruising speed of Mach 0.5-0.65. As for the manufacturer , some sources claim it was developed by Nantong University (NTU), located in Nantong, Jiangsu province.
The WZ-X could help Beijing locate warships, map air defenses and relay targeting information to China’s massive arsenal of long-range missiles, as well as hypersonic weapons, in the event of a conflict over Taiwan
Last week, a new report from Taiwan’s leading English-language daily newspaper, the Taipei Times , revealed that China had deployed a record 244 coast guard, research and other government vessels around the island .
Technical details about the WZ-X remain scarce , and claims about its capabilities remain unverified. However, the expanding infrastructure at Malan and repeated sightings suggest that the aircraft is undergoing flight testing .
Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 21:35 Close Sun, 06 Sep 2026 01:00:00 +0000 US Sanctions Turkish Bank Over Alleged IRGC Transfers In Latest Action
US Sanctions Turkish Bank Over Alleged IRGC Transfers In Latest Action
US Sanctions Turkish Bank Over Alleged IRGC Transfers In Latest Action
Via The Cradle
The US Treasury announced sanctions on Friday on a Turkey-based bank and two of its subsidiaries , accusing them of moving tens of millions of dollars on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and facilitating Tehran's movement of funds across the international banking system.
“"Financial institutions continue to find out the hard way that we are serious about Operation Economic Outcast ," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. "We know who you are, we know where you are, and we will continue to take action together with our allies and partners until we have buried the head of the Iranian snake."
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) named Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi, alongside its two Istanbul-based units, Golden Global Varlik Kiralama Anonim Sirketi and Golden Global Portfoy Yonetimi Anonim Sirketi.
OFAC alleges the bank was created to help Iranian oil revenues reach Turkey from China , where exchangers converted the funds into cash and gold, and accuses it of opening correspondent banking to Iranian institutions through accounts under Quds Force control.
The sanctions come as part of Washington's Operation Economic Outcast, a campaign to economically asphyxiate Iran by cutting off its remaining revenue and severing the channels it uses to move money abroad.
Bessent told Reuters on August 30 that fresh secondary sanctions would follow every week, with banks first in line. He said the Treasury was telling lenders it was not acceptable to hold Iranian money or assist the government in Tehran, and indicated the next escalation could mean severing an institution from the dollar system altogether.
Days earlier, the Treasury barred the UAE branches of Egypt's Banque Misr from dollar access over alleged Iranian links.
Speaking ahead of the G20 finance meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, Bessent threatened ministers and central bank governors to break their economic ties with Iran or face secondary sanctions of their own, warning that no leakage would be tolerated .
The sanctions come as part of Washington’s "Economic D-Day ," an economic strangulation campaign launched after Washington failed to achieve its military objectives against Iran.
"In the Second World War, D-Day marked the historic beginning of a campaign with our allies to target and drive the enemy from its positions, including those in third countries. Today, in that same spirit, we are launching an economic onslaught against Iran’s financial connections around the globe. Our objective is to sever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone," Bessent had said.
"President Trump has taken action that his predecessors have long deferred. Under his leadership, America is no longer managing the Iranian threat. We are ending it. Those who stand with the United States will reap the rewards of our partnership. Those who tether themselves to Tehran should expect to share in the isolation of a withering regime," he had also said.
Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 21:00 Close Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:11:00 +0000 Meanwhile In Ceuta...
Meanwhile In Ceuta...
Meanwhile In Ceuta...
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News ,
Viral footage out of the invaded Spanish enclave of Ceuta shows a bottlenose dolphin calf came in close to the sand at Playa del Trampolín in Ceuta this week, disoriented and still alive. A group of men who entered illegally in the July surge pulled it from the water, hoisted it like a prize, and - according to local reporting, a conservation complaint, and Telecinco - one of them bludgeoned it in the head with a stick.
An Ecoservicios worker in high-vis tried to stop the handling. Voices on the clip can be heard shouting "No! No! You can't eat it! It's a dolphin!" The animal was killed. Some of the men then moved off toward the breakwater with the body.
The conservation group DAUBMA took photographs, clips and social-media stills to the Guardia Civil and asked for animal-cruelty and protected-fauna charges. Alvise Pérez's Se Acabó la Fiesta filed at Ceuta's court on the same facts. A petition by Nadia García Gómez put it in writing: the calf was "brutally pulled from the water... handled as if it were an object and violently struck on the head."
Spanish citizens must now share their city with savages who treat a dolphin like a piñata.
They likely have a lower IQ than the animal they pulled out of the sea and bludgeoned. They are predatory scum acting solely on chemical instinct, completely lacking in empathy, judgement or respect for anything other than their own worthless existence.
El Trampolín is not a postcard cove anymore. It is the same strip that has held thousands of arrivals since late July, when more than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco into a city of roughly 84,000.
Madrid still talks as if most of them "went home," yet the reality is that reed shacks, rotting food and human waste have sat on that shoreline for weeks. The calf swam into that hell and couldn't escape.
One of the men in the circle was filming the spectacle on what looks like an iPhone 17 Pro Max. The "destitute asylum seeker" kit keeps getting more expensive.
DAUBMA says the calf reached the shallows alive, was dragged out, was struck, and shows a bleeding wound under one eye while people on the tape try to wipe the blood. It called the case "extrema gravedad ambiental" and asked the environmental prosecutor to take it. Bottlenose dolphins are protected under Spanish and EU law.
A day earlier the animal-rights party PACMA shared a clip showing a migrant in Ceuta immobilising a park goose, bagging it, legs bound, a fish already in hand. A bystander intervened and the bird was dropped. The man left the scene.
PACMA issued a statement condemning "any act of violence, capture or manipulation of an animal, regardless of who commits it, their nationality, origin or administrative situation," while adding that there is "not enough information to affirm that the incidents with animals were motivated by hunger."
As we highlighted in mid-August carers who feed Ceuta's street-cat colonies said sites by the desalination plant and in Huerta Téllez, Carmelitas, Príncipe, Sidi Embarek and Punta Blanca had emptied after the migrant camps spread over the same ground. Volunteers described dead cats found cut or missing half a body, and pigeons and gulls half-eaten near the settlements.
Conservative influencer Eva Vlaardingerbroek points out that while everyone is rightly disgusted over the dolphin incident, European children are being raped and killed by migrants relentlessly, and it's beginning to become little more than background noise.
"It took a dolphin calf," she wrote. "That says something about the way our society views the value of human children." She also pointed to the Lindsay Clancy case in the United States - a mother who strangled her three children and was immediately wrapped in feminist excuse-making. Murder a dolphin instead, Vlaardingerbroek noted, and that chorus disappears.
The situation in Ceuta remains dire. Playgrounds that used to hold Spanish children are smeared with excrement. Beaches that held families have become open latrines. Mothers cannot let their daughters outside without a male escort.
Ceuta's chief prosecutor, Silvia Rojas, told Spanish media that 23 sexual assaults - nine of them against children - had been recorded since the late-July surge, almost one case a day. Police unions speak of women and girls clinging to vans near the CETI because stepping away results in assault, and being dragged into the hills.
Locals have had enough. In late August residents tore beach camps apart, threw gear into the sea and chanted that if the men would not leave, Ceuta would throw them out. Police put a cordon between Spaniards and the shacks and used rubber bullets on the people who live there.
The revolt did not stay inside the enclave. Marches spread across the peninsula.
Sánchez went to Congress and called it "absurd to think that the government knew and did nothing." He boasted of returns "within 72 hours" and a €309 million emergency package. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has claimed "practically the entirety" of those who entered have gone back to Morocco.
Video from El Trampolín a month later still shows tents, wrecked shoreline and a city that looks sacked. Tent camps billed for 1,500 cannot accomodate 5,000 to 10,000 people.
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Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 20:11 Close Sat, 05 Sep 2026 23:50:00 +0000 Iran: Several Ballistic Missiles Fired At US Aircraft Carrier, Navy Destroyer
Iran: Several Ballistic Missiles Fired At US Aircraft Carrier, Navy Destroyer
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Iran: Several Ballistic Missiles Fired At US Aircraft Carrier, Navy Destroyer
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Iran says it has attacked 3 'US-linked' along with 3 American ships in the Hormuz StraitState media released footage of foreign vessels under attack in "response" to US aggressionCENTCOM Confirms Iranian Tankers Hit Near Kharg IslandIranian Tanker Reportedly Hit By Missiles Near Kharg Island* * *
Iran Unleashes Large Drone Swarm Attacks on Several Ships
Iran state media is releasing footage of its own Saturday action against US assets in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, as part of the fresh weekend tit-for-tat fighting with the United States. Per state PressTV and IRIB, it seems Tehran is saying it has targeted six vessels :
The IRGC targets three US-related vessels and three oil tankers in the Hormuz Strait, warning all vessels against choosing unauthorized routes to transit Hormuz. In response to US attacks on three Iranian tankers, Iran has targeted three vessels in the unauthorized route of the Strait of Hormuz, along with three American ships. Al Jazeera Breaking:
BREAKING: Iran says several ballistic missiles fired at US aircraft carrier, Navy destroyer
The IRGC Navy is claiming a "response" to US aggression: "This morning, the terrorist and aggressor US military, in a brutal act born of desperation from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, attacked three oil tankers belonging to the Islamic Republic, causing damage," the force said in a statement on Saturday. In response, it continues: "the fighters of the IRGC Navy targeted three oil tankers traveling along an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as three vessels affiliated with the child-killing United States, in other areas."
IRAN SHOWS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN STRIKES on ‘VIOLATING’ vessels in Hormuz — Tasnim
The overnight into early Sunday hours are going to be interesting, awaiting more possible Pentagon action, even as the Department of War says this is not a "war" .
CENTCOM Confirms Strikes
US Central Command confirmed on X that US forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles toward two US Navy warships .
CENTCOM provided details:
Following Iran's failed attacks, CENTCOM permanently disabled the IRGC crude oil carriers M/T Downy off the coast of Kharg Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask . American forces also completely destroyed the unladen crude oil carrier M/T Kylo (also known as the "Noxen") in the Gulf of Oman, striking the vessel in multiple critical locations to render it inoperable after the crew was directed to abandon ship.
The three Iranian crude oil tankers are part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC and its regional proxies. Iran has no means by which to defend them.
CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper stated:
Let the message to the IRGC be clear: If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost —taking out three of yours.
We will not hesitate to defend American forces, and if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet.
The key question heading into Sunday evening is how Brent crude futures will price the US strikes on Iranian tankers near Kharg Island.
Iranian Tanker Reportedly Hit By Missiles Near Kharg Island
Iranian state media reported early Saturday that US forces had struck an oil tanker near Kharg Island . Although the US military has not confirmed the maritime incident, the attack, if verified, would mark a significant escalation near Iran's most important crude-export terminal and increase the risk of further disruptions to Persian Gulf energy flows.
Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said several missiles hit the tanker early Saturday and published images purportedly showing black smoke rising from the ship.
Kharg Island is the jugular vein of Iran's oil economy . The deepwater terminal handles about 90% of the country's crude exports, connecting Iran's major onshore fields to global markets, specifically China.
Henri Patricot, CFA, a Paris-based energy equity research analyst at UBS, published Kpler data showing that crude loadings at major Iranian export terminals, including Kharg, have been significantly reduced over the course of the six-month conflict .
Weekly average crude loadings in the Middle East by port location also show a slight recovery on an ex-Iran basis across the major Gulf producers.
Average flows through Kharg have ranged from 1.5 million to 2 million barrels per day, although the data above show that those volumes collapsed to roughly 220,000 to 255,000 barrels per day in August under the US naval blockade . The island also contains massive storage facilities, pipelines, and loading berths. Any attack by US forces, whether kinetic through air-delivered munitions, or offensive cyber operations, could cripple Tehran's largest moneymaker .
President Trump warned Friday that the US could soon attack Pickaxe Mountain , a suspected Iranian nuclear facility.
As for Hormuz flows, Goldman commodities strategist Yulia Zhestkova Grigsby and her team said this week that they had to revise tanker-flow estimates sharply higher (full note available here for pro subs)
Grigsby and her team told clients on Wednesday that Gulf oil exports had recovered to between 15 million and 16 million barrels per day, roughly two-thirds of prewar levels .
However, Grigsby pointed out that visible tanker data show flows of only about 10 million barrels per day on a seven-day moving average. That 5 million-barrel-per-day gap reflects what Goldman's energy team called the "rise of dark transits." In other words, tankers are switching off their Automatic Identification System transponders to avoid detection by Iran.
Net hit to Persian Gulf flows of 7.9mb/d now
Polymarket odds that Tehran will lose control of Kharg Island stand at 2% by Sept. 30 and just 7% by year-end.
What the Trump administration decides to do with Kharg remains the energy market's billion-dollar question.
Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 19:50 Close Sat, 05 Sep 2026 23:50:00 +0000 DHS Seeks Faster Dismissal Of Some Asylum Claims
DHS Seeks Faster Dismissal Of Some Asylum Claims
DHS Seeks Faster Dismissal Of Some Asylum Claims
Authored by Timothy Frudd via The Epoch Times ,
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking to move quickly to dismiss more asylum cases found legally insufficient.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026.(Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times) (The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on "If an asylum claim is facially deficient, you don't need an evidentiary hearing. We are done wasting time and government resources indulging sham asylum claims." DHS general counsel James Percival wrote in an X statement on Sept. 3.
Evidentiary hearings, also known as merits hearings, allow asylum applicants and DHS officials to present evidence regarding asylum claims. They also give immigration judges an opportunity to hear arguments from both sides and review the evidence submitted.
The department's push to expedite the dismissal of asylum claims deemed legally insufficient follows multiple actions by the Trump administration to crack down on asylum fraud.
In his social media post on Thursday, Percival shared a Fox News report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE's) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor's attorneys had been instructed by DHS to seek the dismissal of legally insufficient asylum applications.
The attorneys were instructed by DHS to file motions to pretermit in immigration court, according to the report. Pretermit motions formally request that immigration judges deny asylum applications prior to full merits hearings.
Asked about the new guidance, a DHS spokesperson told The Epoch Times that a pending asylum application did not "confer legal status" in the United States.
"America's asylum system was never intended to be used as a de facto amnesty program or a catch-all, get-out-of-deportation-free card," the spokesperson said in an emailed statement on Sept. 3.
President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin have reversed the previous administration's "catch and release" border policy. The policy allowed many illegal immigrants to be released into the United States instead of detaining them until their immigration cases were resolved.
"All illegal aliens receive due process. We are applying the law as written by Congress," the DHS spokesperson said.
The Epoch Times reached out to ICE about the new guidance but did not hear back before publication time.
Administration's Broader Asylum Measures
The department's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) previously announced an interim rule change in late July to expedite asylum applications.
The interim rule change allows USCIS to refer asylum applications to immigration judges without interviewing asylum applicants in advance. The change was implemented to reduce the backlog of asylum applications.
When the asylum application rule change was announced in July, Percival said it would improve efficiency and fulfill Trump's immigration mandate.
"One of the greatest barriers to effective immigration enforcement is intentional delay by illegal aliens and the open borders attorneys who represent them," he said.
In May, DHS directed ICE to crack down on fraudulent asylum claims by taking action against attorneys who file false asylum claims in immigration court.
On Sept. 3, the spokesperson added that the department has worked for months to recruit new immigration judges who will "ensure the rule of law and restore integrity" to the immigration system in the United States.
The DHS directive came after Trump issued a presidential memorandum in March in response to what he described as "rampant fraud and meritless claims" in America's immigration system. The memorandum called for lawyers and law firms to be held accountable for misconduct.
Homeland Security Investigations later announced in July that it was seeking to impose a fine of more than $470,000 against an immigration attorney who allegedly filed false asylum claims for clients.
Trump's memorandum was criticized by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) as a "chilling directive" targeting immigration attorneys, law firms, and the immigration bar.
"It seeks to delegitimize the work of resolute professionals who ensure that immigrants - many of whom are fleeing persecution and are contributing to their new communities - have access to fair legal representation," AILA President Kelli Stump said at the time.
Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 19:50 Close Sat, 05 Sep 2026 23:15:00 +0000 COSCO Denies US Claims Its Container Ships Serve As Beijing's Global Spy Network
COSCO Denies US Claims Its Container Ships Serve As Beijing's Global Spy Network
China's state-owned shipping giant COSCO rejected a report published last week alleging that the company had concealed advanced surveillance eq
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COSCO Denies US Claims Its Container Ships Serve As Beijing's Global Spy Network
China's state-owned shipping giant COSCO rejected a report published last week alleging that the company had concealed advanced surveillance equipment aboard its cargo ships to monitor US military communications near the coastlines of target nations, including the US.
Reuters quoted COSCO on Friday as calling the allegations "totally unfounded" and false.
What Reuters reported on Tuesday:
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the U.S. assessment of the Chinese program, said COSCO has a decades-long intelligence-collection partnership with Beijing . The arrangement allows China to collect communication signals from vessels and aircraft operating across Europe, North America and Asia, they said.
The advanced equipment aboard the ships is intended to enable China to gather information about "military communications technologies and encryption developments," one of the officials said.
The world's fourth-largest container carrier also told the outlet:
COSCO SHIPPING has always adhered to market-oriented operations and compliance practices across all our global businesses
All communication, navigation, safety and operational equipment installed on our vessels is used solely for legitimate ?commercial ?purposes , including navigation safety, ship-to-shore communications and emergency response.
The allegations surface just weeks before Chinese President Xi Jinping's expected Sept. 24 visit to Washington for talks with President Trump.
If substantiated, COSCO's alleged use as a signals intelligence operations would fit a broader pattern of Chinese gray-zone activity in which commercial infrastructure and civilian technologies are leveraged to advance state objectives .
Dr. Ryan Clarke of the CCP BioThreats Initiative wrote in a book last year that Beijing's strategy increasingly combines next-generation weapons with irregular and nonkinetic tools , including synthetic narcotics such as fentanyl and cannabinoids, what he characterized as biological weapons involving COVID-19, psychological influence through platforms such as TikTok, and other instruments of unconventional warfare.
Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 19:15 Close Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:40:00 +0000 "Experiencing A Psychotic Episode...": First 'Clancy Copycat?' Mom Hangs 2-Year-Old Son
"Experiencing A Psychotic Episode...": First 'Clancy Copycat?' Mom Hangs 2-Year-Old Son
"Experiencing A Psychotic Episode...": First 'Clancy Copycat?' Mom Hangs 2-Year-Old Son
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News ,
A horrific copycat Lindsay Clancy murder of a child has been committed by a woman in Frankfort, Illinois.
Prosecutors say Corie Walsh hanged her 2-year-old son , Barrett, from a basement rafter on Tuesday, then tried to kill herself with a knife. She told police she did it because the boy was the "devil" and the "anti-Christ."
Witnesses said she had become "very invested" in the Lindsay Clancy trial and was still texting friends about it hours before her son was found.
Just after 4pm on Tuesday, Frankfort police were called to the 22700 block of Brook Stone Court. A neighbor was already on the floor doing CPR on 2-year-old Barrett Walsh. The neighbor told investigators she had found the boy hanging from a device attached to a basement rafter, a ligature around his neck, his feet off the ground. An autopsy's preliminary finding was asphyxia from ligature compression of the neck.
Upstairs, the same neighbor found Corie Walsh in a bathtub with a knife. Court papers describe Walsh fully dressed, surrounded by bloody water, with cuts to her wrists and thigh.
Walsh later told officers she "did this to her baby because he was the 'devil' and the 'anti-Christ.'" In the hospital she described how she killed him . Those statements, prosecutors said, matched what was found in the house.
Another infant was found at the home unharmed. Two school-age children returned around the time the body was found. Walsh's husband was out of state on business and flew home that night.
Prosecutors are asking a judge to deny pretrial release, writing that Walsh poses "a specific, real and present threat to her husband and her living three children."
They say she spoke of harming the remaining children and her husband.
Walsh, charged with three counts of first-degree murder on different theories of intent, was held for medical treatment and booked into the Will County jail. Her first court date is set for Tuesday, September 8.
Her lawyer, Andrea Lyon, issued the line the Clancy fandom has been rehearsing for weeks:
"This is a tragedy, for the Walsh family all of whom are mourning the loss of this child. It is also a tragedy in that Corey herself was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time this happened. "
Prosecutors added the detail that turned a suburban homicide into a national alarm. Witnesses told police Walsh "had recently become very invested in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial." She had been "actively discussing the case via group text message with her friends" until about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday - three and a half hours before Barrett was found. The Clancy jury was already deliberating in Plymouth when those texts went out.
Questions clearly have to be asked regarding the media coverage of support for Clancy and the fallout from it.
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While the jury sat, Clancy's supporters gathered outside the courthouse in pink. They screamed at the district attorney as he tried to speak. One of the lines captured on video: "You only cared when the kids were dead! Why don't you care about the mother?!"
That is the moral inversion this case has been selling for weeks. The children are the backdrop. The mother is the victim. The system is the villain. The man who will not play along is the problem.
Joe Rogan earlier noted that If the women in pink could see the crime scene
He added that if a father had done this he would not get a fan club, and if Clancy walks, "her supporters should have to let her babysit."
Bill Maher, no MAGA mascot, asked the question the pink shirts treat as blasphemy:He also noted the wider cultural permission structure: not many women kill their children, "but a lot of them are not afraid to say, 'I don't like being a mom.'"
White liberal women are identifying with a child murderer. Courthouse pilgrimages have been framed as sisterhood. "I could have been her" essays written with living children in the next room.
Rep. Brandon Gill pointed out that mental illness is not a license.
"She's anything but brave." "I have an enormous amount of sympathy for the three kids who were slaughtered. I don't for Clancy."
"You don't get a license to murder your children or anybody else because you have health problems," He stated, adding "We've gotten into the habit of medicalizing evil." When Will Cain asked whether medicalizing a crime lets people dodge accountability, Gill answered: "It's a lack of recognition that evil exists."
Prosecutors in Massachusetts never denied Clancy was severely ill. They said she still understood what she was doing: she cleared her husband out of the house on an errand, she completed three killings with a method that worked, she chose a different method for herself that failed. The jury never reached the question of sentence. One man would not sign off on the idea that doubt about her mind erased the crime.
In Illinois, the first apparent copycat did not wait for a verdict. Her lawyer is already reaching for the same word: psychotic episode. The remaining three children and the husband who was out of town are now, in the state's filing, people she may still try to harm.
Jury service is not a support group. It is the last brake in a culture that has spent a generation teaching women that their distress is the main character and other people's bodies are scenery.
Eleven jurors, on the defense account, were prepared to treat three strangled children as a tragedy that happened to their mother. One juror would not.
Contagion is not a metaphor when a mother in Frankfort is discussing a live murder trial until lunchtime and a neighbor is cutting a toddler down from a rafter the same evening.
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