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From the Hill: FDA Approves Blood Test to Aid Alzheimer's Diagnosis. Tool could help doctors avoid turning to PET scans or spinal taps. "This isn't a screening tool; the test is intended for people already showing cognitive issues, giving doctors another way to support or rule out an Alzheimer's diagnosis..."

From Modern Dog Magazine: What’s a Soul Dog?

Immigration/Deportation. From the New York Post: Trump admin to target 200,000 foreigners in largest mass visa revocation ever: report. From Cato at Liberty: DHS Is Adding Another $100K Tax on H?1B Visas [Ed: Donald Boudreaux calls this Trumps attempt to obstruct "Americans’ access to the ultimate resource: human ingenuity."] From Global News: U.S. preparing for largest mass visa revocation in history, officials say. "The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners..."

From City-Journal: No, Street Vagrants Are Not “Our Neighbors”. An L.A. city councilman comes up with yet another fantastical euphemism for the dysfunctional exploiters of ever-diminishing bourgeois order. [Ed: by the excellent Heather MacDonald.]

DSA. From Jonathan Turley: “I Mean … Like What are Gonna Even Do with More Money?” Abdul El-Sayed Calls for Wealth Tax. [Ed: so...if you don't have immediate plans for your money, it is OK to steal it from you?] AND Hasan Piker: American Jews are Asking for Attacks on Them by Supporting Israel. From Legal Insurrection: El-Sayed Tries to Limit Damage From His Association With Hasan Piker. [Ed: not all DSA are equal?]

From Sunny Skyz: Golden Retriever Rescued After Being Buried in Landslide for Three Days

From the New York Post: Iran Broadcasts Sickening Video Claiming Barron Trump Is ‘Fully Monitored,’ Places $10M Bounty on His Head. From CNN: Secret Service Is 'Aware' of Iran Threat on Barron Trump. Video from Iranian state TV offers $10M bounty on life of president's youngest son. [Ed: I have lost all confidence in the efficiency of the secret service. I once viewed them as elite...]

Israel. From antiwar: No Coming Back from Genocide: Israel’s Global Counter-Offensive Has Begun. [Ed: it has truly changed my attitude toward and opinion of Israel. Not to the better.] From Foreign Affairs: The End of the American Middle East – Iran and the Last Gasp of a Failed Order. From the Middle East Eye: Israeli forces reportedly use phosphorus shells in attacks on southern Lebanon. [Ed: there have been reports of this for quite awhile.]

From Claremont Review of Books: Born American, But in the Wrong Place. A personal reflection on the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution. [Ed: an oldie but an incredible read.]

Iran. From Responsible Statecraft: US can huff & puff, but without a political fix Iran won’t come down. [Ed: economic means alone will not work, especially without China aboard.] From Mish Talk: US Announces “Operation Economic Outcast” on Iran. This Will Be Fun. [Ed: and they call economics 'the dismal science'.]

From NBC: Dan Sullivan endorses Dan Sullivan to beat Dan Sullivan in perplexing Alaska Senate race. A third Dan Sullivan — a former Anchorage mayor — has weighed in on the competitive Senate race, endorsing Sen. Dan S. Sullivan over former teacher Dan J. Sullivan.

From the Dogman Ray: The Canine Hospice

Ukraine-Russia. From Bloomberg: From Grain to Refugees, Winter Is Coming for Ukraine This Time. [Ed: reader friendly.]

From American Refugees: Catherine Herridge Keeps Reviving Journalism. "Just when you think journalism has gone down the drain forever into the performative sewer, someone revives it with, of all things, facts. That someone is often Catherine Herridge." [Ed: she's the best investigative reporter out there.]

U.S.-Canada Tariffis (Non)Deal. From Mish Talk: Did Howard Lutnick Purposely Wreck the Trade Deal with Canada? [Ed: a must read.] From Euronews: "We will support our workers, our businesses and our industries with whatever it takes, for as long as it takes," Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on Tuesday. [Ed: I am sure the EU is watching this situation closely.]

From Reason: How Did America Get $40 Trillion in Debt? [Ed: podcast.] From the Daily Economy: The Real Cost of $40 Trillion in Debt. Unchecked spending has pushed the federal debt to $40 trillion, weakening the economy and limiting the nation’s options when the next emergency arrives.

From Of Two Minds Blog: The Lit Fuse: Low Interest Rates Ruined the Economy. [Ed: always worth the read.]

From the Greater Good: Dying Man’s Final Wish Comes True as Her Beloved Dogs Find a Forever Home Together

BREAKING. From CBC: Canada to Announce Retaliatory Tariffs on Tuesday. President Trump, Doug Ford exchange insults as trade war heats up. [Ed: that's today.]

From Yahoo Finance: This critical Social Security rule permanently changes in November — with less than 90 days to prepare. Are you ready?

From Modern Dog Magazine: Solo Struggling Puppy Blossoms When “Adopted” by Another Litter

US-Canada, tariffs, tariffs, tariffs. From the Hill: Canada announces retaliatory tariffs to begin Sept. 8. [Ed: Carney says he will match Trump's tariffs, dollar to dollar.] From Ottawa City News: Canada’s premiers react to U.S. trade war with calls for unity and economic support. [Ed: offers the reaction of each provincial premier.] From Zero Hedge: "We Don't Need Canada": Loonie Limps Lower As Trump Unleashes (More) Tariffs. "Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years..." [Ed: this is going to be a wild ride for Canada.] From Cafe Hayek: U.S. Tariffs are Paid Overwhelmingly by Americans. [Ed: I visit Cafe Hayek daily because of my respect for Boudreaux's work.]

From Jonathan Turley: “This is My Place of Business”: How Cakes and Coffee Continue to be Groundzero in an Age of Rage. [Ed: a must read.]

Economic D-Day. From Zero Hedge: "Operation Economic Outcast" Begins: Bessent Warns Countries Helping Iran Face Expulsion From Dollar System. "To those who enable Iran, don't test US resolve." [Ed: this will stiffen the opponents' resolve just as Canada has stiffened against the U.S....and I'm sorry to see it.] From Politico: Bessent’s ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran begins with a ‘warning shot’. The move marks the Trump administration’s latest attempt to force an end to an increasingly unpopular war that has stretched into its sixth month. From the National Security Journal: Iran Has Published a List of Dozens of Tankers That It Says It Could Now Detain, Fine or Confiscate Outright

From NBC News: ‘Getting no help’: Thousands in Gary, Indiana, still without power nearly 2 weeks after storms. For some in the predominantly Black city, the lack of electricity has caused medical complications, while others are cooking what food they can at local parks before it spoils.

From Animals Meal: The Heartwarming Bond Between My Grandpa and a Rescue Dog

Iran. From Naked Capitalism: Iran War: Bessent’s Flailing and the Misunderstood Coming, Strait of Hormuz “Closure” Accelerated Crisis. [Ed: Bessant bragged that the economic bombardment of Iran began at 2 ET yesterday.] From antiwar: Why So Many Countries Around the World Quietly Root for Iran "There is relief that aggression and violations of international law did not pay off for the US and Israel in Iran,..."

From Good News Network: Chinese Man Takes Paralyzed Wife on Epic Road Trip: ‘Die On the Road, Not in Hospital’

Ukraine. From Politico.EU: Ukraine faces €23B defense funding hole as Western cash lags. The gap emerged after Ukraine brought forward spending as Hungary delayed the EU’s €90B loan earlier this year. [Ed: only Burnham seems to have unwaning enthusiasm for the war.]

From the Manhattan Institute: The Tax Gains from Moving Across State Lines. Comparative tax burden · Tax year 2026. [Ed: very practical and accessible info.]

From Trending Politics: CNN Broadcast Crashes, Network Goes Dark For Nearly An Hour. "...affected multiple channels under the media giant’s umbrella, including HBO, TNT and TBS." [Ed: ascribed to technical giltch.]

Germany's Upcoming Election. From Politico.EU: Germany’s establishment has a plan to contain the far right. Sort of. On Sept. 6, the Alternative for Germany party is expected to break through the country’s political “firewall.” [Ed: Sept 6 election in the eastern region is seen as an indication of what will happen in the larger German picture.] From AOL: Germany's AfD eyes Saxony-Anhalt win as first step toward federal power. From Gateway Pundit: German Leftist Rag TAZ Calls for MURDER to Stop AfD From Winning Free Elections From Daily Jagran: How Did 16 Politicians Die One After The Other Before German Local Elections [of 2025]? Local Authorities Reveal Truth. German politicians death mystery: The string of deaths has fueled intense conspiracy theories online, particularly among AfD supporters. The debate escalated after AfD co-chair Alice Weidel amplified claims from retired economist Stefan Homburg, who argued the deaths were “statistically almost impossible.”

From Oil Price: Russia Scrambles To Restore Fuel Supplies As Refineries Resume Operations. Amid the ongoing fuel crisis in Russia, authorities are rushing to ease concerns that the shortages are worsening. [Ed: by some reports, only 1 in 10 gas stations in some areas have fuel. this is an uprising-maker.]

From Dogman Ray: Sako

From the Telegraph via MSN: Arday publisher to go ahead with releasing memoir. [Ed: on Thursday.]

Food. From Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Gaza Strip: Only 3 percent of Gaza’s cropland remains accessible and undamaged, new assessment finds. [Ed: they make a desert and call it peace.]

From Karen Kwiatkowski, Without Reservation: Three Things We can Do Now as the US Empire Ends. [Ed: I usually read Karen on the Lew Rockwell site. It is good to find her substack and go directly to it.]

From Cato Blog: Bank Secrecy Act Crushes Small Businesses.

Mamdani. From City-Journal: Mamdani’s Messy Pied-à-Terre Tax Rollout. Implementation and compliance were clearly secondary priorities. [Ed: coverage by someone who actually attended a NYC council meeting on the issue. On-ground reporting.]

Fires & Fire Politics Devastating the U.S. West. From Natalie Winters Substack: L.A. County Pays Illegal Aliens’ Rent Debt After ICE Raids—Using Money Diverted From Wildfire Relief. [Ed: this will be buried simply by ignoring it.] From the Sacramento Bee: Gavin Newsom plan to change wildfire liability faces blowback, impending deadline. From Frontline Wildfire Defense: California fire map & tracker

From Facebook: Robinhood Has Paid More Than $210 Million in Fines for Cheating Its Customers. Congress Made Them the Only Broker Allowed to Manage Your Child’s Savings Account. [Ed: I don't have a FB account but I was able to get to this page. I think it is open to the public rather than closed, as many are.]

From Zero Hedge: Supreme Court Backs Trump's Mail-In Ballot Overhaul. [Ed: the decision is not quite the victory the headline makes it seem.] From USA Today: Supreme Court gives Trump win in mail ballot dispute, but fight continues. [Ed: if is not clear whether this will effect the midterms, which are only 70 days away.]

From People: Man Ditches His Dog While Fleeing Police on a Scooter, So the Dog Leads Officers Right to Him.

BREAKING. From Zero Hedge: Trump Taps Pakistan To Reopen Iran Talks As Tehran Threatens More Hormuz Attacks; Rial Battered To Record Low. Bessent's big 'Economic D-Day' rollout presser set for 2pm eastern...

Cost of Living. From Zero Hedge: Trump To Flood US With 300,000 Tons Of Tariff-Free Ground Beef To Tame Prices Ahead Of Midterms. "We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices." [Ed: and once you cast a vote, the price of a Big Mac goes back up.] From the Hill: Massie, Greene slam Trump’s move to lower beef prices. [Ed: and then there will be subsidies for beef ranchers to bear the financial blow of cheap foreign beef hitting the market.] From CNBC: ‘Perfect storm’ brews for global food supply this winter as grain prices soar.

From the Laughing Squid: A Group of Disabled Dogs in Wheelcarts Have a Blast Playing With a Stick in a Field

The Currency. From Quote the Raven: Our Debt Is Grotesque...And Will Kill The Dollar. And could send gold closer to $10,000 than $5,000 in short order... From Wolf Street: To Absorb $1 Trillion of New Treasuries in 3 Months, as the Debt Ballooned to $40 Trillion, Investors Demanded Higher Yields. Bessent Blows Fuse. [Ed: Wolf Richter can be technical in its analysis but he is very, very good.] AND Long-Term Treasury Yields Surge, Wipe Out Effect of Bessent’s Hocus-Pocus Treasury Buybacks in 2 Days. Bond Market Not to Be Played With

From the International Man: Why Comfortable People Don’t Revolt: Propaganda, Debt, and Control "The genius of the modern system is that it has made debt feel like wealth and dependency feel like security." [Ed: a must read.]

U.S.-Canada Tariffs. From Global News: Here’s what items will be tariffed by the U.S. [Ed: these will be priced higher on both sides of the border, with government(s) skimming/stealing off the top.] From Zero Hedge: Did Canada Just Sign Its Own Economic Death Warrant? [Ed: yes, I'm afraid it did. This will drive Canada into a depression.]

From the Mises Institute: The Telephone and the Brief Episode of “Imperfect” Competition (1894–1906). [Ed: fascinating.]

From Pupvine: A Florida Woman Walked Onto A Panama Island And Saw Something Wandering Alone With A Coconut.

Iran. From Son of the New American Revolution: Feeding the Enemy: How Washington’s Obsession With Iran Subverted Its Own War on Sunni Terror. [Ed: also subverted the midterm elections. Whether it is enough for the GOP to lose...???] From the Jerusalem Post: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan invited Iran to join newly-established Mecca defense pact - report. The invitation has not yet been officially confirmed by Iran's Foreign Ministry or by any of the three countries that are parties to the agreement. [Ed: this defense pact would be primarily against Israel, of course.]

From AZ Free News: Andy Biggs Joins Bipartisan Push For Investigation Into Federal Surveillance Of Americans’ Bank Accounts

Decline of Dem West Coast. From Law & Liberty: The Price of Portland's Luxury Beliefs. Wealthy white residents want equity initiatives. Minorities would prefer order. [Ed: fascinating analysis.] From Issues & Insights: Only the Homeless Population Is Growing In Newsom’s California From Oregon Live: Portland area leaders are dismantling a third of the homeless shelter system they just built. "...with homelessness still on the rise, those leaders are dismantling a significant slice of the system they just built."

From the Epoch Times: Temporary Protected Status Ends For 13 Nationalities [Ed: seems to be stressing self-deporation right now...but that will change.]

From Trending Politics: Newsom Signs ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ Aimed At Stopping Documentation Of Fraud. [Ed: I wondered if he would. This can be used against him in a future Presidential run.]

DSA. From Just the News: Maoist faction of DSA rejects AOC as potential candidate for lacking 'Palestine solidarity'. "Liberation condemns Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's continued retreat from socialist politics and rejects any effort to present her as the future presidential standard-bearer for DSA, or for the broader socialist movement," the group said in a statement. [Ed: Popcorn, please.] From Jonathan Turley: Assassination Sing-a-Long: Hasan Piker Mocks the Murdered Charlie Kirk to Cheering Crowd. "What is shocking is not the utter depravity and cruelty of Piker, but the ecstasy of the crowd in relishing the death of someone with opposing views." From Issues and Insights: ‘Democratic Party’ and ‘DSA’ Are Now Officially Synonymous.

From the American Kennel Club: ‘Mack the Bee Dog’ Retires From Protecting Maryland’s Honeybees

From Jonathan Turley: Azerbaijan Sues CNN Over Story on Cooperation with Israel in War on Iran. "...borders on the legally frivolous, but it is likely politically advantageous to show Iran that it contests the allegations." [Ed: political theatre.]

Israel. From Zero Hedge: Turkey & Israel On Brink Of Military Clash After Netanyahu Ordered Strikes On Syrian Airbase. Israeli PM for first time ever refers to Turkey as an "enemy state"... From BBC: How Israel is expanding settlements in drive to reshape West Bank. [Ed: the Greater Israel Project.]

From the Guardian: Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles. PM will use independence day trip to announce sharing of classified information about Storm Shadow components. [Ed: the visit is today

From Cowboy State Daily: Cheyenne-Area Squatters Tell Homeowner He Can’t Touch Them — Then Get Arrested. [Ed: Wyoming leads the way in solving the squatter problem.]

From the Paws: Adopted German Shepherd Saves Owner After Stroke

“This is my Noodles. She was rescued from a Spanish kill-shelter and brought to Germany, where she joined our family when she was eight months old. She is a Spanish sighthound (Galgo Espa) mix, 13 years old now (a bit younger in this picture) and still acting like a pup. She is the clown, sometimes overly motivated and clumsy, the eager-beaver, curious, friendly, open-minded, extremely funny if not unintentionally comic sometimes.As said, she's is the funniest dog you could possibly imagine. Always with her humans, always ready for some mischief and adventures.”

From Energy Geopolitics & Statecraft: Resurrecting Keystone XL: Pipeline Politics in the Age of Trade Warfare. [Ed: this will happen as part of the US-Can trade deal.]

From the Liverpool Echo: Dog owner would 'sell house' to keep 'little angel' alive. The puppy has been in intensive care for 10 days FOLLOW-UP From Waggington Post: Owner left with $20,000 vet bill refuses to let dog die, raises money to save her life.

AI. From 404 Media: Subtlefakes: Slightly Altered Nonconsensual AI Images Are Taking Over X. [Ed: sounds plausible but I have to take people's word for it, and I don't like doing this.]

Water. From Reuters: US imposes deep Colorado River water cuts to California, Nevada and Arizona. [Ed: ouch. Calif is a huge agricultural state that sucks up water; the last two have quickly growing pops.] From TBS News: In drought-stricken France, tankers supply drinking water From Swissinfo: Drought in Switzerland: Europe’s ‘water tower’ runs dry

Ukraine-Russia. From Zero Hedge: Russia Says Ready For 'New Ideas' From US On Ending Ukraine War. Stipulates must be proposals in line with "realities on the ground." [Ed: this means Russia willnot surrender conquered land that gives it a path to the Crimea.]

From Med Page Today: Hospital Prepayment Rules Add New Wrinkle to Patients’ Financial Responsibility.

Upcoming Election. From Reuters: US Postal Service issues rules to tighten mail-in voting if court gives OK. [Ed: the USPS is enjoined from enforcing these rules by a District Court. A NYTs article makes it clear that SCOTUS needs to give a nod to the rules.] From Vote Beat: Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow new mail ballot restrictions in the 2026 midterms. Even if the justices rule for him on the narrow legal question before them, it may be too late to change the administration of November’s election. From Townhall: Why Lisa Murkowski Is Trying to Corner James O'Keefe Over His Latest Video.

From the Honest Broker: Climate Change is Making Us Stupid. How the scientific community is undermining detection and attribution. [Ed: recommended.]

From the Daily Beast: Shock Frontrunner to Replace Leavitt Holds Secret Meetings With White House. [Ed: said to be CNN's Scott Jennings.]

From the DoDo: A 2-year-old girl met a sick pitbull at an animal shelter and refused to leave without the loving animal

From Euronews: Europe’s hollowed-out armies: The race to find 100,000 soldiers.

Fauci-Covid. From the MAHA Report: New E-mail Shows Fauci and Others Knew About Serious Vaccine Injuries in May 2021. Sen. Ron Johnson released a new email revealing Fauci knew, by May 2021, that Covid vaccines were causing serious injuries, did nothing. [Ed: never unquestionably accept a medical 'expert'.] From the Epoch Times: Biden Adviser Warned Fauci, CDC Director Cloth Masks Didn’t Work Well: Text. Dr. Michael Osterholm also said he wanted to avoid Freedom of Information Act requests, so he was texting rather than emailing.

From Wolf Street: Oh Dear, Condo Prices Fell by 15% to 33% in 33 Bigger Markets, Some Below 2006 Levels, as Historic Condo Bubbles Deflate

From Gizmodo: This Electric Shock Glove Was Invented for Police in the 1930s to ‘Incite Fear’. Police complained that people often fight back when they're being beaten with clubs. [Ed: Brad, you wondered how the glove worked.]

Deportations. From CNN: In the city where Haitian deportees are being sent, locals say they’re not ready. [Ed: deportations of Haitians began on Thursday.] From CBC: U.S. deporting thousands of Mexican migrants to Central American countries. U.S. deportations appear to be ramping up, with planes arriving Thursday in Haiti, Liberia. [Ed: Mexicans are being deported to S. American nations such as Guatemala and Honduras. Apparently started in April sometime.] From Reuters: Migrants flown to Equatorial Guinea after resisting Liberia deportation under Trump deal, sources say. [Ed: I'm guessing they can as brutal as they wish on removing the deportees from the plane in Guinea where there are probably no media anticipating the plane's arrival.]

From the New York Post: California Dem earning $207K taxpayer salary to face punishment after unleashing bizarre ‘small penis’ attack on journalist. [Ed: so that's what it takes to get a bureaucrat punished? Not corruption, not lying, not obstruction of justice...but bad penis jokes. Good to know. Oh, the journalist was Nick Shirley.]

From Sunny Skyz: Dog's Bark Brings Curious Cows to a Halt, Creating the Cutest Photo You'll See Today

Israel. From Responsible Statecraft: Israel is sponsoring ads on Ted Cruz's podcast. Is that legal? Under an unusual deal with iHeartMedia, revenue from the show goes to a pro-Cruz super PAC. [Ed: if not illegal, the practice certainly borders it.] From Mondoweiss: Besieged by Israeli settlers and cut off from the outside world, Palestinian families on a West Bank hilltop refuse to leave. For seven months, Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian homes on a hilltop near Nablus, but the families refuse to leave. "We will lose ourselves if we lose Ras al-Ain."

From CBS: More Supporting Independence for Stars and Stripes Are Fired. Dismissals of editor in chief, reporter follow CBS interview [Ed: I wish this story would get more attention. In April, officials also removed the paper's ombudsman, a position created by Congress to protect its editorial autonomy. The admin is not going to tolerate any objective criticism.]

Iran. From Anadolu Agency: Iranian army says its military doctrine shifting from 'defensive to offensive'. Army offers rewards for killing or capturing US troops in event of ground incursion. From the Independent: Iran-US war latest: Tehran warns countries against joining US ‘economic D-Day’ after Trump threats. US president Donald Trump accused Tehran of not being ready to make the ‘right deal’.

From Straight Arrow News: Judge vacates Trump admin policy suspending immigrant visas for 75 countries

From the Laughing Squid: Paralyzed Puppy Rescued From Morocco Tries to Win Over Her Adopted Family’s Cat