U.S. Diesel Prices Top $6 a Gallon for First Time Ever
September 11th, 2026Via: OilPrice:
The national average price for diesel fuel in the United States topped $6 per gallon for the first time this Thursday, adding to already considerable pain at the pump ahead of the November midterm elections.
The data comes from GasBuddy, which said in a statement that “As diesel climbs, higher supply chain costs work their way into the price of groceries, household goods, deliveries, and countless other products families rely on every day, even for households that never fuel a diesel vehicle.” Diesel prices in the U.S. are $2.30 higher than they were a year ago.
Trump Offers $5000 Bribe to Americans to Vote for Republicans in Midterm Election
September 10th, 2026“Because of our tremendous strength and success economically…”
With poll numbers in the gutter, President Trump seems to have moved to bribery for the upcoming elections — $5,000 for Americans if the Republicans win.
Could the Democrats offer up $6,000 if they win?
Could there be a bribery bidding war?
Should Americans be bribed (with… https://t.co/hF2tTYZrLn
— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) September 10, 2026
Also…
Via: Newsweek:
During the RNC midterm convention, President Donald Trump gave voters a financial incentive to vote for Republicans in the midterms.
About an hour into his speech, Trump said that if Republicans win the House and the Senate he’ll issue a $5,000 dividend check to millions of Americans because of the economic prosperity the country will experience. Trump said America was making “so much money” that he was able to promise Americans thousands of dollars in the future.
“Because of our tremendous strength and success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000,” Trump said. “Very much like a successful company will do a cash distribution to its shareholders.”
China’s Oil Scramble Sends African, Canadian, Latin American Crude Prices Soaring
September 9th, 2026Via: ZeroHedge:
China, the world’s largest oil importer, is bidding up crude prices across Africa, Canada, and Latin American markets as disruptions in the Hormuz chokepoint and limited Iranian supplies intensify competition for alternatives. The scramble is squeezing smaller Chinese refineries that once relied on heavily discounted Iranian barrels, according to a new Bloomberg report.
Anthropic Researcher: “The People Building AI Earnestly Believe That It Could Kill Us All By The End Of The Decade”
September 9th, 2026I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.
— Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) September 9, 2026
Via: TechCrunch:
An Anthropic researcher has resigned over fears that unrestrained development of self-improving AI models will end up killing us all.
Jacob Coxon, a researcher who said in a social media post Tuesday evening that he spent the last three years working on pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic, accused the firms of failing to act responsibly. He said the people racing to build this technology “earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
“They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives,” Coxon wrote in a thread on X.
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
September 9th, 2026Via: The American Prospect:
Job postings and interviews with senior security officials at Anthropic show that the frontier AI lab is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial intelligence.
In addition to monitoring activists in the vicinity of Anthropic executives and keeping tabs on protests near physical Anthropic assets, the firm is also implementing a “pre-crime” approach, attempting to predict incidents before they happen. In some cases, that also means reporting suspects to police before a crime occurs.
U.S. Destroys Iranian Oil Tankers Near Kharg Island
September 8th, 2026Via: New York Post:
American forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island and Jask on Tuesday as the US added military might to its economic squeeze of the Islamic Republic.
US Central Command said in a statement that it carried out the strikes that downed five Iranian crude oil carriers in response to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) targeting of an American warship with ballistic missiles in the last two days.
Saudi’s Remaining Energy Lifeline To The World Under Threat After Successful Houthi Strikes
September 8th, 2026Via: The War Zone:
Just hours ago, the Saudi Aramco refinery at Jazan on the Red Sea was engulfed in flames after a Houthi missile and drone attack. Strikes at the heart of the Saudi’s energy infrastructure on the Red Sea, which acts as the remaining primary lifeline of energy exports out of the region, threaten to drastically impact global oil prices further… In the wake of the attack and additional fighting in the Persian Gulf, oil prices surged toward the $100 per-barrel mark.
UAE Warned Netanyahu Hamas Was Planning ‘Terrifying Operation’ 10 Days Before Oct. 7
September 8th, 2026Via: Media ITE:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally and explicitly warned that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a major attack roughly 10 days before the October 7 massacre, but dismissed the threat and did not alert his security chiefs, according to a shocking new Haaretz report.
The revelations come from research for an upcoming book Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment, written by journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval, who writes for Haaretz.
United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan raised the alarm directly with Netanyahu during a 45-minute conversation, three senior foreign sources familiar with the exchange told the Israeli newspaper, and reportedly warned that Sinwar was preparing a major operation.
Netanyahu reportedly responded that he believed Hamas intended to operate in the West Bank and assured the Emirati leader that Israel was prepared for any scenario.
The warning was apparently never passed to Israel’s top security officials. Former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and former IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi both told Haaretz they had not been informed about the conversation.
What REALLY Happened With the Missing Trillions?
September 7th, 2026Via: Corbett Report:
LG TVs Run a Network and Audio Surveillance Dragnet Against Users
September 7th, 2026Via: Gamers Nexus:
Here’s a brief article about the video above (if you don’t have 2+ hours to spend on this and want a basic summary: LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
More: LG Isn’t the Only TV Company Spying on You
