Scientists Strip Cancer of Its “Superpower” To Outsmart Drugs SciTech Daily (Chuck L)
Alzheimer’s Genetic Risk May Be Effectively Countered With Diet MedPage Today
Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak Reuters. resilc: “Brings back my Peace Corps aggie days PTSD.”
#COVID-19/Pandemics
Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’ Daily Beast. Get your Novavax while you can.
Climate/Environment
More than 2,000 nuclear weapons have been detonated in the past 80 years. Their effects still linger around the world CNN
This is not Autumn. This is drought distress in Islington, London
Trees shed leaves to reduce water intake. It’s happening all over England pic.twitter.com/SgHJ43gqpq
— The English Oak Project (@TheKentAcorn) August 23, 2025
China?
Taiwan referendum on reopening last nuclear plant fails Guardian
China decouples from US energy as key exports crash to zero Kevin Walmsely
More continuity of policy, of the “They have learned nothing, they have forgotten nothing” sort:
🇺🇸🇨🇳 US President Donald Trump says that People’s Republic of China must supply USA with Magnets or it will face crippling tariffs:
“They have to give us magnets. If they don’t, we have to charge them a 200% tariff or something… Nobody needed magnets until they convinced… pic.twitter.com/siXlaCVkdR
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) August 25, 2025
Tokyo reportedly asks countries not to attend China’s V-day events; potential narrow-minded move undermines correct view of history: experts Global Times. Tacky!
Koreas
Trump’s South Korea Outburst Daniel Larison
Exclusive: Korean Air makes airline’s biggest-ever Boeing jet order amid Trump-Lee summit Reuters (Kevin W)
Kim Jong Un supervises new missile tests as North Korea boasts advances with ‘unique technology’ Independent
Africa
Is South Africa sleepwalking towards prolonged violent upheaval? Mail & Guardian
Congo prosecutor seeks death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila Africa News
Nigerian airforce kills at least 35 jihadists near border with Cameroon France24
South of the Border
U.S. Deploys WARSHIPS Near Venezuela + Israel BOMBS Journalists in Gaza Hospital Dimitri Lascaris on Rachel Blevins, YouTube. Larry Johnson has pointed out that Venezuela would be hard to subdue. Caracas in a valley in a mountain range.
🇻🇪🇹🇹 Washington’s Caribbean pawn moves into position.
Trinidad & Tobago just announced it will hand over its territory to U.S. forces if Venezuela moves on Guyana, a “drug cartel” pretext masking an open military pledge to guard ExxonMobil’s oil claims in Essequibo.
This is the…
— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) August 25, 2025
🇨🇳🇻🇪 Beijing just moved another chess piece into the Western Hemisphere,
not with a state oil giant, but through a private Chinese firm.China Concord Resources Corp has signed a rare 20-year pact to develop two Venezuelan oilfields, investing $1B+ to pump 60,000 bpd by 2026.…
— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) August 25, 2025
Putin To Place Oreshnik Hypersonic Missile In U.S.’ Backyard As Trump Sends Warships To Venezuela? Hindustan Times, YouTube
Trump’s “Weapons of Mass Migration” Explains Targeting of DC, LA, Mexico, Venezuela Ken Klippenstein
European Disunion
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said tackling the country’s economic challenges is proving to be a far greater undertaking than he initially anticipated. Bloomberg. BWAHAHA
Federal Government: Welfare state no longer financially viable, but generous with billions in aid for the Ukraine war Overton via machine translation (Micael T)
French premier to seek confidence vote in September Anadolu Agency
Numerous explosions at burning “warehouse” in Hamburg Germany.
I wonder what was kept there? pic.twitter.com/IB8jf1cD8v
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) August 25, 2025
As Europe’s fear of war grows, French join military reserves DW
Stoltenberg’s effect on the election shocks Norway Aftonbladet via machine translation. Micael T: “Is this for real? Stoltenberg as James Bond and bumps Social Democrats with 20%? Are the Norwegians mad or do they really prefer fools?”
Old Blighty
Rachel Reeves ‘heading towards IMF bailout’ Telegraph
Farage’s mass deportation plan Telegraph
UK police arrest Ken Loach screenwriter Paul Laverty for anti-genocide t-shirt Middle East Eye
Israel v. The Resistance
⭕️ Residents in Sheikh Radwan, Al-Jalaa, and Jabalia Al-Nazla neighborhoods north of Gaza City have been urged to cover their faces with water-soaked masks after the Israeli occupation detonated booby-trapped robots, releasing gases and foul odors that are causing burning… https://t.co/ENDVPZqU5W pic.twitter.com/Bzs6p4LtJn
— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) August 24, 2025
Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza hospital kills 20, including journalists Arab News
Not enough reporting that this was a “double tap” and hence very clearly targeting medics and journos:
Dismantle Nazi Israel TODAY https://t.co/Y5R22HXB9P
— Alon Mizrahi (@alon_mizrahi) August 25, 2025
Trump says he is ‘not happy’ about Israeli strike on Gaza hospital as anger spreads Times of Israel
It took me a minute to realize this was not an AI-generated Groyper video
Turns out this is the true face of diplomacy in the Zionist-controlled Trump administration pic.twitter.com/1tp9mnvLuT
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) August 25, 2025
An Extremely Important Excerpt From Today’s Crooke–Judge Napolitano Chat Karl Sanchez (Chuck L). I’ve seen the segment and agree Crooke has an important observation. Here is the clip from the movie Patton he references. Crooke’s depiction is inaccurate save for the punch line.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Gives Megyn Kelly A REALITY CHECK On Israel The Young Turks. From a coupld of days ago, still of interest. As Larry Wilkerson said of an earlier MTG anti-Zionist speech, “Looks like that lady took some smart pills.”
>* * Israel Offers to Support Hezbollah Disarmament, May ‘Consider’ Reducing Troop Presence in Lebanon Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Syraqistan
Syria hails decision to remove its name from sanctions lists under US federal laws Anadolu Agency
Syria and Iraq, ISIS Creation Timeline: 1992 – 2015 Vanessa Beeley
New Not-So-Cold War
“Stolen Children” Putin’s war machine snatches 1.6 million Ukrainian kids Express. resilc: “Para los ninos….trying hard…then they eat them next?”
Gathering Escalation Olivier Boyd-Barrett. Readers invited to opine on his view of the effectiveness of the current US-EU last ditch efforts. Regardless, the intent and effort does seem to be there.
Ukraine – Zelenski Rejects Giving Land As Fascists Promise To Kill Him Moon of Alabama
Catastrophe! Why Europe & US War Against Russia Is Near Inevitable/Oreshniks In Venezuela!? Mark Sleboda with Jamarl Thomas. See more on Venezuela above under South of the Border.
Another Conversation with General Evgeny Buzhinsky… How Did the Russian Military Survive the Collapse of the Soviet Union? Larry Johnson
Caucasus
Russia blocks Armenian agricultural exports amid renewed tensions Azernews
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Palantir’s tools pose an invisible danger we are just beginning to comprehend Guardian (resilc). One advantage of being here is GPS is so bad, phones don’t know where you are. Seriously. You order a ride share (yes I know not at all preferred but barely any street hails here). App puts me at a goofball location. I type in where I am. It does not believe me and asks if I am ordering the car for someone else.
Imperial Collapse Watch
How ‘Human Rights’ Became Western Weapon Kit Klarenberg. Important.
The US Needs to Take Ukrainian and Russian Drone Operations Seriously Stephen Bryen (Chuck L). Good despite some sour notes like saying Ukraine has the most advanced drone program. Counterevidence: 1. Fiber optic droned were a Russian invention; 2. Russia has large scale drone production, Ukraine is producing them in workshops and I further infer there is not mass production type design standardization.
Trump 2.0
Trump wants nuclear arms deal with Russia and China RT (Kevin W)
Trump Doctrine 2.0: a half-year economic autopsy Asia Times (Kevin W)
FEMA staffers warn Trump administration policies weakening disaster response The Hill
Trump Has No Idea How to Do Diplomacy Foreign Policy. Misses the point a bit. Trump has no idea how to “do diplomacy” because he sees no value in it.
Fedwatch
Trump Fires Fed Governor Cook, Escalating Attack on Central Bank Bloomberg
Lisa Cook Says She Will Not Step Down From the Fed New York Times
Tariffs
Few commentators have pointed out that to the extent that manufacturing comes back to the US, it won’t generate many jobs because the production will be highly automated:
I saw a photo of a new U.S. reshoring factory.
The #1 robot brand powering Trump’s
“Make America Great Again” revival isn’t… American.It’s Japanese.
That sent me down a rabbit hole….
What I found is a 40-year silent invasion that reshaped American factories while almost… pic.twitter.com/3c0W0uLRqk
— Ilir Aliu – eu/acc (@IlirAliu_) August 24, 2025
Trump shocks UK business with stealth tariffs on 400 products The Times
Immigration
Roaming Charges: From of the Mouths of Madness Counterpunch (resilc)
Trump Is Holding Immigrants at a Former Japanese Internment Camp Rolling Stone
Why The White House Thinks Ford Mustangs Can Help Solve ICE’s Recruitment Crisis Autoblog (resilc)
Economy
Church Construction Is Booming as Religious Spaces Add Child Care and Coffee Shops Wall Street Journal. resilc: “Pole dancing could help too…..”
AI
How To Argue With An AI Booster Ed Zitron
Class Warfare
State Poverty Rates Barry Ritholtz (resilc)
U.S. Retirement Crisis: More than Half of Americans Have Less Than $10,000 Saved While Only 0.1% Hold $5 Million Plus 24/7 Wall Street
Surging Car Prices Push Buyers to Take Out Longer Auto Loans Bloomberg (resilc)
Bernie Sanders rallies hundreds in Davenport Cedar Rapids Gazette (Robin K)
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (Chuck L):
This guy Feeding the birds and then this happened… pic.twitter.com/vCbJDtSaIJ
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) August 25, 2025
A second bonus:
Watching Tom & jerry pic.twitter.com/29YJYLCBDz
— Cats with pawerful aura (@AuraWithCat) August 23, 2025
And a third:
An octopus in a hurry.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/uO4TGrCSg2
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 24, 2025
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
