Update 8-9 (Russia, Gaza, Tariffs)

World 

1. Will Putin come to this conclusion?: Military expert (8-9)  

2. Trump-Putin meeting may bring 'significant concession' from Russia (8-9)  

3. Gen. Keane: We KNEW it would come down to this (8-9) 

4. Vladimir Putin's Defiance of Trump (8-7) BOR 

5. Putin knows Trump is 'DEAD SERIOUS' about this (8-7) 

6. 'CONCRETE EXAMPLES' of what Russia would ask for to end Ukraine war (8-7) 

7. ‘NO CHOICE’: Trump reveals what could end Putin’s war machine (8-6)  

8. *How Much Longer Can War Prop Up Russia's Economy? | WSJ (8-6)  

9. China is on the verge of seeing a major collapse (8-6)  

10. *‘UNFORTUNATE’: Gen. Keane predicts where the Israel war is heading (8-6)  

11. Mark Levin: Hamas is emboldened by 'reprobates' (8-3) 

12. Putin's 'PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE' won't work on Trump, Gen. Jack Keane says (8-5) 

13. Xi Jinping's economy is 'on the precipice of crumbling': GOP rep (8-5) 

14. Putin is heading toward a ‘new Cold War’: Military analyst (8-4)  

15. *‘UNACCEPTABLE’: UN accused of ‘sabotaging’ humanitarian efforts in Gaza (8-4)

16. Arab states back call for Hamas to disarm | DW News (8-2)  

17. America Vs China: Who Will Win? | Victor Davis Hanson (7-28-2025)

18. 'ABSOLUTELY DESPICABLE': Journalist condemns the media's Israel coverage (8-3) 

19. Boris Johnson: PM Keir Starmer pandering to Muslim voters with Gaza stance | On Balance 

20. Kevin O’Leary: We’ve got a political situation brewing in Canada (8-3) 

21. For some ‘CRAZY reason,’ the world is blaming Israel for this: Amb. Huckabee (8-3) 

22. Axios: WH rebukes 'piecemeal' deal with Israel (8-3)  

23. India will buy Russian oil despite Trump’s threats (8-3)  

24. Current Dealings With China And Russia and the First Gulf War (8-3) 

25. RPT: Russia says it has more nuclear subs positioned than the US (Cliff May 8-3) 

26. *Trump moves nuclear subs closer to Russia after Kremlin threat (8-3)  

Legal 

1. They won't get away with this: Tulsi Gabbard (8-7) 

2. We should use tariff revenue for deficit reduction, says Steven Mnuchin (8-6) 

3. Russiagate Grand Jury COULD Mean Obama Admin Figures Get Charged, with Holloway, Merchant, Aronberg (8-6)  

4. Hillary Clinton and Other Russian Collusion Pushers Are in Trouble - Bill O'Reilly (8-6) 

5. These people are 'EXPOSED,' not 'IN THE CLEAR' on Russiagate: Jonathan Turley (8-5)  

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Politics 

1. Bill O'Reilly: The Media Destroyed Themselves While Trying to Destroy Trump (8-8) 

2. Trump’s Second Term is So Different From His First, JD Vance's Big Role/ Brit Hume (7-2025) 

3. Intel Analyst Whistleblower SPEAKS OUT About Obama Admin's, with Shellenberger (8-7) 

4. Russia Collusion FRAUD (8-7 BOR) 

5. *Clintons Subpoenaed in Epstein Probe & Alex Marlow Exposes Trump Lawsuit Funders | August 5, 2025  

6. These people are 'EXPOSED,' not 'IN THE CLEAR' on Russiagate: Jonathan Turley (8-5)  

7. SBA takes MAJOR action after bombshell USAID bribery scheme discovery (8-3) 

8. This is the most MASSIVE story, and the media isn't covering it: Hemingway (8-4)  

9. CNN’s data guru shares bad news for Democrats (8-4)  

10. CIA director John Ratcliffe explains what is in the Durham Annex (8-4) 

11. 'WE'VE GOT THE SMOKING GUN': Rep. Issa on new Clinton documents (8-4)  

12. Russiagate looks like a ‘broad criminal conspiracy': Gregg Jarrett (8-4) 

13. SECRETS SPILLED: Dems pull the 'greatest political con job ever' on Americans (8-2)  

14. Leavitt Reads Staggering Statistics On Nancy Pelosi's Insider Trading Bill (8-1) 

15. Trump At Six Months | Charlie Rose Global Conversation with WSJ Gerard Baker (8-2) 

    
    

Economy & AI 

1. Why Trump’s Economy Hasn’t Cracked Under Tariffs (Yet) | WSJ (8-8)

2. NY T Jason Furman, The tariffs kicked in. The sky didn’t fall. Were the economists wrong?

3. Can a US company break China's grip on rare earth minerals? (8-9)  

4. OpenAI CEO makes daring GPT-5 predictions about future capabilities, $100B potential (8-9)  

5. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on GPT-5: We've built an 'integrated single experience' (8-9)   

6. Tom Lee: S&P is in process of rerating and multiples will move higher (8-9)  

7. Trump begins audacious plan to reshape this 'powerful' institution (8-9)  

8. *Scott Bessent: Everyone wants access to this (8-9)  

9. Apple is just not getting the credit for what they’re doing in AI, Deepwater's Gene Munster (8-9)  

10. Trump is doing something NO ONE has done before: O'Leary (8-8)  

11. ‘Shark Tank’ Legend Notices Something About Stock Market Fall No One Else Noticed (8-6)

12. Wedbush's Dan Ives: Apple's AI strategy is essentially invisible (8-9)  

13. 'TARIFF REVENUE': We’re heading toward $50 billion a month... no one’s retaliating (8-8)  

14. Jeremy Siegel: Investors will buy this dip as earnings remain strong (8-8) 

15. Stacy Rasgon: Chips industry is more dynamic than it's ever been in my career (8-8) 

16. Bernstein's Stacy Rasgon on semiconductor tariffs, impact on sector and AMD Q2 results (8-7)  

17. We should use tariff revenue for deficit reduction, says Steven Mnuchin (8-6) 

18. Paul Ryan on Trump's tariff agenda, Fed independence and BLS chief's ouster (8-6) 

19. 'Trump gets a headline and Tim Cook gets a tariff deal': Munster on Apple announcement (8-7) 

20. Jim Cramer looks at what's behind Palantir's stock surge (8-6)  

21. Goldman Sachs' David Kostin: Large percentage topline index return from big tech (8-6) 

22. Why the Federal Reserve Controls So Much of the Economy | WSJ (2023) 

23. 'FRENZY IN FULL SPRING': Inside trade negotiations (8-5)  

24. Gordon Chang stresses why the US needs to play rough against China (8-4)  

25. Watch CNBC's full interview with National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett (8-4)  

26. Inflection point: Does the weak jobs report indicate an economic slowdown? (8-4)  

27. Mohamed El-Erian: Should not undermine BLS' integrity by firing its chief (8-4) 

28. *Jeremy Siegel: There would've been July rate cut had we known about the weak jobs data (8-4)   

29. DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach: Economic data is becoming much less reliable (8-5)  

30. Larry Fink's Predictions For The Next Seven Years | Forbes (8-4) 

31. (do not agree with globalization because politics is greater than economics)  

Health 

Religions & Ideologies  

1. The Rise Of Cultural Marxism | Jordan Peterson (8-9) 

2. Islam & Battle For Britain: Past, Present Future | Oliver-Dee & Goodhart (8-9)  

3. Douglas Murray on Donald Trump, America, Israel, and Europe | Charlie Rose (8-9)  

4. Mark Levin: This is what the Marxist left really wants (7-29) 

History 

1. Around The World With Condoleezza Rice | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution (8-9) 

2. Why Tech Won't Win Wars (8-4-2025)  

3. Sarah Paine: We Thought The Soviets Were Going to Win (2-2025) 

4. Why Did China Take Tibet? (5-2025) 

5. Russia Could've Dominated Asia (And Why It Didn't)

6. Why Russia Was Defeated By A Smaller Japan – Sarah Paine 

7. Why China Lost the Sino-Japanese War – Sarah Paine (8-2) 

8. How Mongols conquered China | Jack Weatherford and Lex Fridman (8-2) 

9. Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire | Lex Fridman #476 (8-1) 

10. Why Japan Reformed and Russia Failed To – Sarah Paine 

11. How Genghis Khan's army moved fast across all terrain | Jack Weatherford and Lex Fridman 

12. How Mongols conquered China | Jack Weatherford and Lex Fridman 

13. Russia Could've Dominated Asia (And Why It Didn't)

14. Why Russia Was Defeated By A Smaller Japan – Sarah Paine 

Others 

The Trump Administration’s New Take on Climate Change (WSJ op 8-2)