USA - President Joe Biden’s “Climate Czar” John Kerry is unleashing new attacks on the food supply as he vows to meet “Net Zero” goals to fight “global warming.” The private jet-setting Biden official is demanding that farmers stop growing food in order for the United States to meet the targets of the globalist green agenda. Kerry is continuing to wage war on farmers while calling for mass genocide as the solution to warm weather. In response to the disturbing clip of Kerry’s speech, Representative Mary Miller (Republican for Illinois) called this agenda an “attack on American farmers,” which is exactly what it is. Miller says she will vote to “eliminate all funding” for Kerry in his climate position.

TONGA - The people of Tonga know how to adapt to the extremes of the natural environment. Cyclones, volcanic eruptions and the impacts of climate change are elements they've learnt to live with. But the cold weather? That's a different matter. "Right now we're experiencing much colder temperatures than normal," Rita Prema, a shop owner in the capital Nuku'alofa told the ABC. In a place synonymous with tropical heat, coconuts and warm waters — complaining about the cold might seem like a stretch. But last week, the country recorded its second-lowest temperature ever, at 9.3 degrees Celsius. The cold temperatures in parts of the region come as intense heatwaves hit southern Europe, South-East Asia, northern Africa, the United States and South America.

USA - In short, nothing good. A credit rating downgrade leads to higher borrowing costs for the government. When the creditworthiness of a country is questioned, investors may demand higher interest rates on government bonds to compensate for the increased risk. This would make it more expensive for the US to finance its debt.

USA - The decades-long saga of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) is barreling headlong toward one of two stunning conclusions. Either the US government has mounted an extraordinary, decades-long coverup of UFO retrieval and reverse-engineering activities, or elements of the defense and intelligence establishment are engaging in a staggeringly brazen psychological disinformation campaign. Either possibility would have profound implications for democracy, the role of government and perhaps also humanity’s place in the cosmos.

USA - We didn’t need a giant calendar to know that Trump’s indictments were planned and timed perfectly, but it sure did make a good visual. Greg Kelly of Newsmax unveiled a giant calendar Tuesday, in which he marked out a “jumbo calendar” to give us a visual of when Trump’s alleged crimes took place versus when he was indicted for them. Kelly called these indictments a “political hit job,” saying those who can’t see that aren’t qualified to run for office.

USA - Consider: a 27.4% drop in goods of all kinds “roaded-in” on semi-trucks to the northeast USA this summer. That’s everything from auto parts to lumber, clothing, and food. What else do you think sent the Yellow Corp trucking company, one hundred years old, spinning into sudden bankruptcy this week? Yellow won’t be bought and reorganized, either. It owes three quarters of a billion dollars in loans to the federal government (ie, to us taxpayers) and untold pension obligations. Next, 22,000 Yellow Corp workers will hit the unemployment rolls. Yellow Corp had a special role in the supply chain: the LTL (less-than-truckload) niche, often the final journey of a product to the customer. It was also the cheapest. Whoever picks up the work — FedEx, ABF Freight? — will cost more, and so will everything you have to buy.

USA - BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, said Monday it has appointed Amin Nasser, chief executive of oil giant Saudi Aramco, to its board of directors — despite the New York-based firm’s pledge to accelerate investment in climate-friendly companies. But, like other fossil fuel companies, pressure has built on Saudi Aramco to take more drastic action to curb its greenhouse gas emissions. In 2021, Nasser announced the company’s ambition to reach net-zero emissions from the assets that it wholly owns and operates by 2050.

USA - A pattern has emerged that is undeniable. Companies that choose to “go woke” are going broke. In fact, this is even happening to some of the largest and most famous corporations in the entire country. There is a certain portion of the population that absolutely hates having “woke” propaganda shoved down their throats and the throats of their children, and in 2023 we are seeing economic boycotts on a scale that we have never seen before. This is a good thing, because the only way these companies are going to willingly change their behavior is if they see that pushing a radical social agenda dramatically affects the bottom line.

USA - The past week the National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the US, issued guidance on the use of leftist activist symbols in public school classrooms. As part of their advice to teachers, they recommended violating district and state rules and hanging items such as pride flags and BLM flags. This is generally cited as a means to “start a conversation,” a way for teachers to circumvent school rules. They might not be able to spend each day spinning lessons on woke concepts, but if a child asks a question about the flags in the room, then they can provide “context.”

USA - National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) numbers released by the FBI at the end of July show the US has enjoyed four years of one million-plus gun sales a month. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) goes through the FBI’s figures following their release each month, and Public Affairs Manager Director Mark Oliva commented on the July 2023 numbers, saying: This is a remarkable milestone of four continuous years of over 1 million background checks for the sale of a firearm. That’s no small achievement and is indicative of the strong and sustained appetite for law-abiding Americans to take ownership of their Second Amendment rights. It also shows the resilience of the firearm and ammunition industry to meet this continued demand for high-quality firearms that today’s gun owner expects.

USA - The defining problem driving people out is... just how American life works in the 21st century. Nearly everyone I grew up with in my childhood church in Lincoln, Nebraska, is no longer Christian. That’s not unusual. Forty million Americans have stopped attending church in the past 25 years. That’s something like 12 percent of the population, and it represents the largest concentrated change in church attendance in American history. As a Christian, I feel this shift acutely. My wife and I wonder whether the institutions and communities that have helped preserve us in our own faith will still exist for our four children, let alone whatever grandkids we might one day have. This change is also bad news for America as a whole: Participation in a religious community generally correlates with better health outcomes and longer life, higher financial generosity, and more stable families — all of which are desperately needed in a nation with rising rates of loneliness, mental illness, and alcohol and drug dependency.

USA - The decline is not just about religious institutions; it's about society itself. Church attendance in America has been on the decline in recent decades. Are Americans losing their ability to incorporate religion — or any kind of intentional community — into their lives? At its core, the issue is not just church attendance, Meador argues, but rather what American society has become: The problem in front of us is not that we have a healthy, sustainable society that doesn’t have room for church. The problem is that many Americans have adopted a way of life that has left us lonely, anxious, and uncertain of how to live in community with other people.

USA - Donald Trump stands indicted for attempting to thwart the peaceful transfer of power and subvert the rights of American citizens. This is the moment that will decide our future as a democracy. Over the past year, state and federal prosecutors have alleged that Donald Trump went on something like a crime spree as a presidential candidate, as the sitting president, and then as a private citizen after his defeat. The charges, from Manhattan to Mar-a-Lago, include business fraud, the illegal retention of classified material, and the destruction of evidence.

RUSSIA - Why can’t the neocons in Washington understand they are dealing, not with Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi, but with a nuclear superpower? If the US/NATO-backed Ukrainian counter-offensive were to prove successful in retaking certain Russian territories, Russia would be forced to use nuclear weapons. This was the message of Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council. “If we imagine that the Ukrainian offensive with NATO support was successful and they took part of our territory, we would have to resort to the use of nuclear weapons under the rules of the decree of the Russian President of 2 June 2020,” the former president said on his Telegram channel. Orbán believes Russia, as a nuclear power, cannot be defeated... He stresses the need for peace to prevent further losses of life, mostly Ukrainian lives. The fact that nobody in Washington is thinking along these lines or seems to recognize the obvious, is frightening.

USA - Fitch Ratings downgraded the credit rating of the US on Tuesday, saying the country’s growing debt and repeated standoffs over the borrowing limit make it less trustworthy then before. Fitch downgraded the US from a rating of “AAA” to “AA+” after several years of high-risk partisan battles over the debt limit. Those battles, Fitch said, have led to a spiraling national debt and a lack of faith in the US government to handle it. DC does not want to let you know that when the credit rating goes down, interest rates will go up. That massive $32 trillion debt, which grew by $400 billion in just the last month is going to cost more in interest payments.