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 […]
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Trump Finalizes 50% Tariff on Copper, Proposes 200% Tariff on Pharmaceuticals: A Recipe for Inflation and Economic Harm
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A Timeline of Genocide: From the Crusades to Gaza Under Netanyahu and Trump
by Daniel Brouse July 8, 2025 It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when genocide in the Middle East began. Some might argue it traces back to the Crusades, when European Christians waged brutal campaigns to capture Jerusalem from Muslim rule. Spanning from 1095 to 1291, the Crusades saw the First Crusade (1096–1099) succeed in capturing […]
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 […]
Silencing Truth: The War on Journalism by Netanyahu and Trump
by Daniel Brouse July 7, 2025 As an investigative journalist with 45 years of experience — over a decade of which I spent in court defending the First Amendment — I have witnessed firsthand the critical role a free press plays in holding power to account. One of my greatest criticisms of both Netanyahu’s far-right […]
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 […]
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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 […]
Trump’s “Big and Brutally Ugly Bill” Triggers Fossil Fuel Expansion, Ends Solar and Wind Support, and Risks Climate, Economic, and Infrastructure Collapse
by Daniel Brouse July 4, 2025 President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act marks a seismic shift in U.S. energy, climate, and economic policy, ending decades of federal support for solar and wind while unleashing a massive expansion of oil, gas, and coal production. The House passed the megabill on Thursday following a narrow […]
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Trump’s Vietnam “Trade Deal” Is Actually a Hidden Sales Tax on Americans
Trump just announced what he is calling a “trade deal” with Vietnam, but let’s be clear: this is not a trade deal. It is, in effect, a significant new sales tax on U.S. consumers, adding to the compounding inflationary pressures already hurting American families. Currently, Vietnam is subject to a 10% tariff on all goods […]
From Mathematics to Climate Leadership: Sarah Kapnick’s Vision for Climate-Integrated Finance and Infrastructure Resilience
by Daniel Brouse July 1, 2025 Sarah Kapnick’s journey—from a Goldman Sachs analyst to NOAA’s chief scientist and now global head of climate advisory at JPMorgan Chase—reflects a career spent aligning climate science with financial and infrastructure decisions. She has long recognized the urgent intersection of climate risk and financial planning, an urgency that has […]
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The Converging Collapse: AMOC, Jet Streams, and Deadly Wet-Bulb Temperatures
by Daniel Brouse June 28, 2025 Climate Change Is System Collapse, Not Just Warming The narrative of “climate change as gradual warming” is dangerously outdated. We are witnessing the destabilization of the Earth’s core regulatory systems, driving abrupt, non-linear climate acceleration: 1. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is weakening at 1–3 Sv per century, […]
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