USA - President Biden’s Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, is the latest Democrat to suggest the solution to high gas prices is to buy an electric vehicle, which costs at least $60,000. In a clip tweeted by the Republican National Committee Tuesday, Granholm made a case for going electric to combat surging gas prices. Democrats created the crisis to then bring in their plan as a solution. It’s the same scenario over and over again. “If you filled up your EV [electric vehicle] and you filled up your gas tank with gasoline, you would save $60 per fill-up by going electric rather than using gasoline… it’s a very compelling case, but again, we want to bring down the price at the point of purchase,” Granholm said. Granholm is worth roughly $8 million, according to Forbes. She recently served as the director of an electric car company called Proterra. In May, she exercised stock options in the company, pocketing about $1.6 million from the transaction, according to an energy department spokesperson.

USA - Cities around the United States held parades and other events over the weekend to celebrate Pride Month. Bizarre displays and antics from attendees have since appeared on social media, with a few videos showing that children were present. Here are several disturbing moments from the latest round of Pride parades. In one viral video from the weekend, two Pride parade attendees explained that they knew they were gay at age 10, adding, “but I wasn’t, like, clear on my gender.”

USA - The central bank ratcheted up interest rates by 0.75 percentage points, bringing the federal funds rate into a range of 1.5% to 1.75%. This increase is more aggressive than the Fed's 0.25 percentage point increase in April and 0.50 percentage point increase in May. And this won't be the final rate hike. Powell said another 0.5 or 0.75 percentage point increase is likely at the Fed's next meeting in July. What does this mean for you? Historically, raising rates is a key step the Fed takes to combat rampant inflation, but it also means rate increases for credit cards, mortgages and other loans. In other words, the cost of borrowing goes up, making it more expensive to finance a home, car and other essential purchases.

UK - Savers have received another boost as the Bank of England has announced yet another increase to the country's base rate. Earlier today, the financial institution’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) shared its plan to raise interest rates in a bid to mitigate the impact of inflation. As a result of the Bank of England’s, the country’s base rate has gone up from one percent to 1.25 percent. This intervention will hopefully benefit Britons who are currently struggling to boost their savings in the wake of the cost of living crisis. In the UK, previous increases to the base rate have received criticism as high-street banks and building societies have failed to pass them on to their customers.

USA - The Dow Jones dipped below 30,000 points on Thursday for the first time since Joe Biden’s first days in office. Since January 2022 the Dow has lost 6,000 points. The Dow is currently down 700 points on the day. US stock indexes opened sharply lower on Thursday, with growth shares taking the biggest hit, after the Federal Reserve’s biggest interest rate hike since 1994 fanned recession worries. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.4%, or 730 points, falling below the 30,000 mark and to its lowest level in over a year. The S&P 500 slipped 2.7% while the Nasdaq Composite slid 2.8%.

VATICAN - Pope Francis said 'World War III has been declared' and suggested Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine was 'provoked' while also taking a new series of swipes at Russia's actions, a transcript of a conversation he had last month has revealed. The leader of the Catholic Church denied being 'pro-Putin,' saying Russian troops were brutal, cruel and ferocious, while praising the bravery of Ukrainian soldiers who have been fighting for their country's survival since the invasion began in February. He also decried Russia's 'monstrous' use of mercenaries from Chechnya and Syria - which have been drafted in by the Kremlin to bolster its faltering war efforts - and criticised the global arms trade. He also said the situation was not black and white and that the war was 'perhaps in some way provoked' by NATO. Francis said the on-going war in Ukraine, along with other conflicts around the globe, means 'World War III has been declared' and therefore the human race has seen three world wars in a century. This, he said, is a 'calamity' for humanity.

TAIWAN - You Si Kun, President of Taiwan’s Legislative Assembly, or Yuan, gave a speech on Taiwan Overseas Network where he declared that the country’s domestically produced Yun Feng supersonic cruise missile is capable of reaching Beijing. The message follows ominous warnings made by Chinese military officials directly to their US counterparts to avoid the Taiwan Strait, claiming it is not international waters. However, the United States, along with the vast majority of the international community, does not accept China’s claims in this regard. This also comes as US President Joe Biden recently vowed to defend Taiwan amid a crisis, although the statement was walked back to a degree, leaving allies to question how a crisis could pan out. In his speech, You encouraged the Chinese government to think twice before invading Taiwan, reminding them that the largely secretive Yun Feng supersonic cruise missile is a capability they won’t shy away from using. The speech also underscored a growing desire held by Taiwan to develop a more self-sufficient military-industrial complex for the country to more freely prepare for a potential conflict with China.

NORTH KOREA - Kim Jong-un has issued a chilling warning to the West as he prepares to fire a nuke at any moment. It comes despite the US vowing to "respond quickly" with allies should the North Korean dictator press ahead with a nuclear bomb test. South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin said North Korea has now completed preparations for a new nuke drill - and that only a political decision from the ruler could halt it.

USA - One of Joe Biden’s senior advisors told a reporter this week that social media companies should be cracking down on and censoring anyone who spreads information critical of the administration’s so called ‘green energy transition’. National climate advisor Gina McCarthy made the comments in an interview with a reporter for Axios, stating “Now it’s not so much denying the problem. What the [fossil fuel] industry is now doing is seeding doubt about the costs associated with [green energy] and whether they work or not.” She continued, “We need the tech companies to really jump in,” on “disinformation,” noting that criticising a green energy transition upheaval is “equally dangerous to denial,” and adding “we have to move fast.” As we highlighted recently, Joe Biden has admitted, using rhetoric identical to Davos ‘great reset’ elites, that unaffordable gas prices in the US are part of a deliberate “transition” to green energy.

UKRAINE - Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar officially demanded weapons in exchange for resuming wheat exports by sea in what amounts to the blatant blackmailing of the Global South in the midst of the artificially manufactured food crisis. He said that “Effective security guarantees are required for maritime shipments to resume. These guarantees must be provided through the supply of appropriate weapons to Ukraine to protect its coasts from maritime threats and the involvement of the navies of third countries in protecting the relevant part of the Black Sea.” This comprehensively debunks the US-led Western Mainstream Media’s (MSM) fake news that Russia is the one that’s supposedly holding the Global South hostage by allegedly blockading Ukrainian ports.

USA - Joe Biden’s Climate Envoy John Kerry hosted a discussion with the USC Center for Public Diplomacy over the weekend. John Kerry is the perfect person to be in charge of reducing carbon emissions since he owns several mansions, a mega yacht and flies in private jets. John Kerry said “we absolutely don’t” need to drill for more oil and gas during last weekend’s discussion. Americans are being forced to make changes to their lifestyle because gas is $5+ a gallon nationwide. Instead of drilling for more oil here at home, Joe Biden plans on begging the Saudis for more oil. But the US can’t drill.

CANADA - The government in Ottawa said it will drop vaccine requirements for federal workers and domestic travelers. Canada is set to lift a series of vaccine mandates for travelers and government employees, reversing course on controversial policies that triggered mass nationwide protests earlier this year. The mandates will be phased out on June 20, meaning unvaccinated federal personnel and certain transportation employees can return to work, while Canadians traveling domestically will no longer have to show proof of vaccination, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc told reporters on Tuesday. While immunization rules for domestic trains and airlines will no longer apply as of next Monday, they will remain in place on cruise ships. Foreigners arriving in Canada will also still have to show proof of vaccination, and returning citizens must undergo quarantine.

USA - It’s become absolutely crucial to understand what we’re up against, globally, and who’s responsible for the rising totalitarianism and their ultimate intention. The COVID pandemic was a coup d’état by the technocratic cabal that is behind the global takeover agenda, referred to as The Great Reset. The Great Reset was introduced by the World Economic Forum, which is tightly coupled to the United Nations and the World Health Organization.

USA - Joe Biden has officially declared that the US is now under an energy emergency and is blaming Russia and the Russia-Ukraine conflict for this crisis. US President Joe Biden has blamed Russia for a potential crisis in the United States, claiming that his country may not be able to generate enough electricity to fulfil consumer demand, owing in part to the Ukraine conflict.

RUSSIA - One of Vladimir Putin's key allies has warned that the 'Horsemen of the Apocalypse are on their way' in the latest chilling Kremlin warning of destruction. Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia, warned Moscow would attack Western cities if Ukraine uses missiles provided by the US. The Kremlin insider, 56, currently serves as deputy head of Russia's national security council and acted as president 2008 to 2012 while Putin was term-limited, although he remained under his influence. He wrote last week: 'I am often asked why my Telegram posts are so harsh. The answer is I hate them. They are b*****ds and degenerates. They want death for Russia. And while I'm alive, I will do everything to make them disappear.' Days earlier he said Moscow would escalate their war on the West if US-supplied missiles are used against Russian forces, saying: 'The horsemen of the Apocalypse are already on their way.'