by Daniel Brouse July 14, 2025 My latest deep reflection has centered on how tipping points have triggered self-sustaining feedback loops in the climate system. We knew this was coming—and it is now here. Luckily, I was prepared for that part. What I could not fully envision in my mind’s eye was how the interplay […]
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Tipping Cascades: The Nonlinear Dominoes of Climate Collapse
The Coming Treasury Flood: Why Rates May Stay High for Years
by Daniel Brouse July 14, 2025 More than $1 trillion in U.S. short-term Treasury bills are expected to flood the market over the next 18 months following the latest debt ceiling increase, as the Treasury moves to replenish its depleted cash balance while continuing to fund the country’s massive fiscal deficit. This is exactly the […]
When “Privatization” Means Control: The Pentagon’s Quiet Takeover of MP Materials
by Daniel Brouse July 10, 2025 The U.S. Department of Defense has begun taking over a private company, MP Materials, in a move that raises red flags for anyone concerned about the creeping merger of state and corporate power. While the government claims to champion “free markets” and “privatization,” it is now directly intervening to […]
Human-Caused Global Warming Tripled Heat Deaths During European Heatwave
by Daniel Brouse July 9, 2025 A rapid attribution study led by Imperial College London found that human-caused global warming increased peak temperatures during Europe’s early summer heatwave by up to 7°F, tripling heat-related deaths across 12 major cities, including Paris, London, and Madrid. Of 2,300 estimated heat deaths between June 23 and July 2, […]
Hydroclimate Whiplash: America’s Flood Disaster Signals Accelerating Climate Chaos
by Daniel Brouse July 9, 2025 Hydroclimate whiplash describes the extreme swings between severe droughts and catastrophic floods, a phenomenon intensified by climate change. Another term, Drought-Flood Abrupt Alternation (DFAA), highlights how these sudden shifts compound the vulnerability of communities already stretched thin by recurring climate disasters. In the past week alone, the United States […]
Trump Finalizes 50% Tariff on Copper, Proposes 200% Tariff on Pharmaceuticals: A Recipe for Inflation and Economic Harm
by Daniel Brouse July 8, 2025 At a cabinet meeting today, President Trump announced that his administration has finalized a 50% tariff on imported copper, which will go into effect later this month, and is considering imposing a 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals in the coming weeks. These drastic moves will have severe ripple effects across […]
Trump’s New Tariffs on Japan and South Korea: A Hidden Tax on American Consumers
by Daniel BrouseJuly 7, 2025 Trump has announced via social media that all imports from Japan and South Korea will face an additional 25% tariff starting August 1, which will be stacked on top of all existing sectoral tariffs already in place. This means goods such as automobiles, steel, aluminum, and electronics from these countries […]
Watching Genocide in Real Time
Ahmed said: Indeed, I am speaking to you, my friend, from the ground, and through eyewitnesses who went to receive aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. People’s testimonies are full of oppression. They humiliate people, push them to push, and shoot at them whenever they approach the aid sites. They starve us and prevent us […]
Militarized Aid and War Crimes: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s Deadly Operations Under Trump
by Daniel Brouse July 6, 2025 The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private nonprofit incorporated in Delaware in February 2025 in cooperation with Donald Trump, stands at the center of mounting international outrage and investigation following allegations of grave human rights abuses in Gaza. Originally established as an “alternative aid channel” amid the dismantling of […]
Florida’s Condo Collapse: Climate Physics, Soaring Costs, and the End of Coastal Wealth
by Daniel Brouse July 6, 2025 Insurance: The First Casualty of Climate Collapse in Florida and Beyond Check out the powerful physics explained below — Wind and water forces scale with the square of velocity (v²) Yesterday, we discussed the failing insurance markets in Texas. Today, we turn to Florida, where the insurance industry is […]