"That's back-to-back months of 14% annualized increases."

This morning was proof that the inflation story that markets desperately want to go away refuses to cooperate. It also adds to the case that new Fed chair Kevin Warsh could have his hands tied — and may ultimately need to redefine inflation to untie them.

This morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported another really ugly wholesale inflation print, adding to a growing pile of evidence that inflation pressures are proving far more persistent than policymakers, economists, and investors had hoped.

The Producer Price Index rose 1.1% in May, well above economist expectations of 0.7%. On a year-over-year basis, wholesale inflation accelerated to 6.5%, the highest reading since November 2022.

The US Postal Service (USPS) has proposed a new rule requiring states to share voter information related to mail-in and absentee voting. The proposal follows a March executive order from Trump aimed at tightening regulations governing mail-in voting in federal elections.

Trump has made election integrity a central focus of his second administration, issuing executive orders designed to require proof of citizenship for voters and combat mail-in voting fraud. The administration has argued that stronger verification measures are necessary to restore confidence in elections and safeguard the voting process.

Several of those initiatives have faced legal challenges. Courts have blocked certain provisions, including proof-of-citizenship requirements, while appeals remain pending. Democratic-led states have also filed lawsuits challenging the administration's mail-in voting policies.

Scandalous... it's as though someone decided to inflict damage to the reputation of the United States as one of the event's three host nations. But why?
FIFA Football World Cup is set to begin tomorrow and over the past few days the 48 participating teams have been arriving to their three host nations: Mexico, US and Canada. Sadly, many of them faced scandalously unfriendly welcome to the United States where many faced draconian security checks, interrogations and even deportations.

• Uzbekistan's national team, which arrived in New York for a friendly match against the Netherlands, were subjected to intensive screening which included a check with the assistance of drug-detection dog. The Dutch team wasn't subjected to the same treatment.
• Senegalese players were also subjected to intrusive security checks.
• Iraqi striker Aymen Hussein, who is his national team's vice-captain and one of the country's key players was detained at Chicago's O'Hare airport for interrogation that lasted almost seven hours.
• The Iraqi national team's official photographer was denied entry without any explanation and deported from the US.
• Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan — Africa's Referee of the Year 2025 who was selected as one of 52 officials for the 2026 World Cup, and the first Somali ever at the tournament — was denied entry into the United States at Miami Airport on June 6. He was deported over vague "vetting concerns" in spite of his his holding a valid visa and a diplomatic passport.
• Iranian team was informed that they can only enter the US to play their games but will not be allowed to stay overnight. Iran is the only team in the World Cup that will be forced to enter and exit the United States on the same days when they play their games which sets their team at a clear disadvantage relative to their opponents.

These examples paint a needlessly ugly image of one of the World Cup's host nations. The obvious question is, why?

On Monday night, a Sudanese immigrant allegedly attacked a man on the streets of Belfast in an attempt to decapitate him.

Bystanders intervened, as the story goes, the attack was stopped and the victim - named as one Stephen Ogilvie - survived having suffered severe injuries, including the loss of his left eye. He's reportedly in a medically induced coma.

The attacker was identified as 30-year-old Hadi Alodid. He was allegedly detained by police and taken to a local hospital where he received treatment for injuries to his hand. During this treatment, police report, the suspect threatened the life of a nurse.

Alodid appeared in court - via video link - earlier today, speaking through an Arabic translator and having refused legal representation. Bail was refused and he has been remanded in custody.

Those are the facts of the case so far - as reported in the media.

The fallout has been "Southport-style" riots in Belfast, resulting - again according to the media - in the burning of several vehicles and one house. Rioters were reportedly targeting houses they believed to house immigrants.

The victim's family has made the usual statement condemning violence and asking the attack not be politicised whilst praising the role of migrants in our society:

We want to say a profound thank you to the local people who bravely stepped in during the attack. Your quick actions absolutely saved his life, and we will never forget what you did for him in that moment. We also want to thank the emergency services and the doctors and nurses looking after him.

We are aware of the tensions and talk of protests following this incident. We want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward.

We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector and we depend on them to make our country work. We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility.

Politicians have been leapfrogging each other to make very predictable speeches on both sides of the issue, either citing "cultural incompatibility" and open borders or just "calling for restraint".

The timing of all of this is very interesting.

Chaos has engulfed the U.K. as multiculturalism continues to fray social cohesion

The murder of 18-year-old Southampton student Henry Nowak at the hands of British-born Sikh Vickrum Singh Digwa has renewed social turmoil across the United Kingdom as the country once again finds itself grappling with how multiculturalism has irrecoverably changed its national landscape. That rekindling of cultural tensions has swept across the North Channel as anti-immigration protests have erupted in Northern Ireland following the attempted beheading of one of its citizens by a Sudanese national in the streets of the nation's capital. Belfast has been set ablaze in the fallout from the attack as the Northern Irish seek to send a message to Downing Street unequivocally rejecting the unfettered immigration that has washed upon its shores.

The catalyst for the latest vociferous rejection of multiculturalism in the U.K. broke out after video captured the attack during the late evening of Monday, June 8th, 2026. Video spread across social media like wildfire, showing a Sudanese national slashing away at the neck of a Northern Irishman in an attempt to behead him in the streets of Kinnaird Avenue in north Belfast. Bystanders witnessing the attack rushed to the defense of the victim, who was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries to his face, neck, back, and eyes. Northern Ireland police announced the arrest of the alleged perpetrator the following day, identifying him as a Sudanese national who was granted refugee status after arriving in the country in 2023, which allowed him to remain in the country for five years until 2028. Following his arrest, the assailant was charged with attempted murder, possession of a bladed article in a public place, and threats to kill.

The brutal murder of Henry Nowak should have focused public attention on the circumstances surrounding his death and the troubling questions it raises about justice, race, and social cohesion in contemporary Britain.

Yet one need only read one widely publicized headline to know that another story is about to be told: "How Britain's far right hijacked the murder of Henry Nowak."

Predictably, the tragedy is being pressed into service as evidence of the supposedly inexorable rise of the "far right" and "white grievance."

The victim, it seems, is of secondary importance.

What truly concerns much of the legacy media is not the murder itself but the possibility that ordinary citizens might draw conclusions that fall outside the approved narrative. Once again, a deeply disturbing event is filtered through a set of ideological assumptions so familiar that the outcome is known before the reporting has even begun.

AI Data Centers: The Real Reason They're Going Up Everywhere Who's paying for them. Why it's happening this fast. What the buildout is for. Why you should care.

I live in Montana but I am from Pennsylvania so I follow a Facebook page called I live In Pa. I kept seeing AI data centers on this channel split-screened against the farmland and covered bridges they're replacing. Larry Fink's picture and shareholder letter, where he said the quiet part out loud about how they get paid for. So I sat down and pulled the threads.

This is what came out of it. It's longer than I usually publish. Every cut lost something the rest needed, so here it is at full length. By the time everyone agrees on what this buildout is for, the concrete will already be poured. Right now is the window — the language is still being decided, the legal challenges are still possible, and the public memory of similar buildouts is still warm.

What an AI Data Center Actually Is

"AI data center" sounds like a server room — abstract, technical, somebody else's business. The vagueness is doing work. You can't organize against something you can't picture.

Dean Allison, a conservative member of the Canadian parliament, announced the inquiry last week and called on the public to share their vaccine injury stories. Allison said that the country's previous citizens' inquiry performed "valuable work" in documenting the experiences of ordinary Canadians, but lacked broader participation from legislators, governments, public health officials and other institutions.

Canada has launched an inquiry into COVID-19 vaccine injuries and is calling on the public to share their stories.

Dean Allison, a conservative member of the Canadian parliament, announced the inquiry last week. The inquiry aims to gather testimony from patients, clinicians, researchers and policy experts, TrialSite News reported.

Writing on X, Allison invited the public to submit stories of COVID-19 vaccine injuries, either their own or those of family members. He said the parliament will hear the stories between September 8 and 11. "People will be heard," Allison wrote.

"One week later, we are still here, stronger than yesterday," said one group opposing a proposed luxury resort project supported by Jared Kushner.

Albanians took to the streets in droves for the eighth consecutive day on Sunday to protest a proposed $1.6 billion luxury resort complex backed by US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, one of several investors in the project, which opponents say is both corrupt and disastrous for wetlands and wildlife.

"One week later, we are still here, stronger than yesterday," said the Albanian Ornithological Society, a leading critic of the proposed development. "Millions around the world are united in one voice for nature, for justice, and for the protection of what belongs to everyone, standing for every protected area in Albania."

Concerns over the New World screwworm (NWS) have been building for the last 12 months as the deadly cattle parasite spread through Mexico and the Trump administration attempted to prevent its spread into the U.S. Those concerns have now turned into red alerts after the USDA confirmed a single case in Texas, marking the first U.S. detection in years.

"A case of NWS may have been detected in South Texas. The sample is now at USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, lowa for confirmatory testing. We will provide updates the moment results are available," USDA wrote on X.