Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that radical Islam does not seek a limited caliphate but views the United States as the greatest evil and aims for total domination of the West through revolutionary expansion terrorism assassinations and control. He connected this ideology to domestic attacks including Orlando and Pensacola noting the media's quick memory-holing of perpetrators' motives. Rubio described the explicit playbook of dawah proselytization and demographic expansion hijra migration into target societies and jihad kinetic action when conditions allow drawing from foundational texts by Hasan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb. The commentary contrasts this direct naming of the threat with decades of Western euphemisms such as violent extremism and overseas contingency operations. It lists post-2002 events including the ISIS caliphate Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan Hamas October 7 massacre Houthi shipping disruptions al-Shabaab activity and Iranian proxy networks to argue the accuracy of Rubio's assessment. The divide highlighted is between those who recognize ideas have consequences and those who believe stopping discussion will make the problem disappear.
SOURCE: https://x.com/TonySeruga/status/2065941005598376068 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/TonySeruga/status/2065941005598376068
The tweet highlights statements from MSNBC, Hakeem Jeffries, and Nancy Pelosi accusing Republicans of planning to rig upcoming midterm elections. MSNBC warned that Trump and allies are undermining confidence in the electoral system through lies. Hakeem Jeffries stated Republicans are expected to rig the midterms. Nancy Pelosi told MS NOW’s Ali Vitali that Republicans could manipulate voting machines to create a false count. The post contrasts these claims with the idea that questioning elections is portrayed as dangerous only when done by one side, pointing to a selective application of standards on election integrity concerns.
SOURCE: https://x.com/ToscaAusten/status/2066155810556670242 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/ToscaAusten/status/2066155810556670242
The tweet reports that the Netherlands parliament approved a 36 percent tax on unrealized gains. Citizens pay the levy on portfolio value increases shown only on paper even when no assets were sold and no euros were received in cash. Sixty one thousand citizens submitted petitions opposing the measure yet parliament passed it regardless. The policy contains no provisions for taxpayers who lack liquid cash to meet the bill or for cases where asset values later decline after payment. The post states this approach treats paper gains as immediate government income. It notes that the most talented Dutch investors have begun leaving the country in response. Capital is described as moving to jurisdictions where it receives better treatment. The measure takes effect in 2028 and the post advises readers to plan accordingly.
SOURCE: https://x.com/CryptoTice_/status/2066060571074793613 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/CryptoTice_/status/2066060571074793613
Alexandra Lozano built one of the largest immigration law firms in the United States from her base in Tukwila Washington. The firm processed more than 80,000 clients seeking visas through VAWA Violence Against Women Act cases U visas for crime victims and T visas for human trafficking victims.
Federal court accusations state the firm systematically fabricated or exaggerated abuse claims in affidavits filed ineligible applications and pressured clients into signing blank documents. These practices allowed large numbers of foreign nationals to obtain visas under false pretenses.
Lozano permanently resigned her Washington law license in late May 2026 specifically to avoid disciplinary proceedings by the Washington State Bar Association. The firm itself has now closed permanently.
The post closes by asking readers to consider how widespread similar fraudulent practices may be across other immigration law offices throughout the country.
SOURCE: https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2066158723740131652 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/WallStreetApes/status/2066158723740131652
Glenn Diesen hosted a discussion on the likely use of nuclear weapons against Europe to restore deterrence. He clarifies the argument is predictive rather than normative. European leaders have become directly involved in attacks on Russia through weapons supplies, targeting, NATO territory use, and contractors. Russia will first respond conventionally against facilities and logistics centers. Diesen assesses that further European escalation makes a limited tactical nuclear strike by Russia more likely than not. He points to the absence of any defined NATO victory, the sabotage of the Minsk and Istanbul agreements, and four years without diplomacy. Leaders continue to claim the conflict remains only between Russia and Ukraine despite mass production of deeper-strike weapons and open dates for direct European attacks. Diesen contrasts this with Biden's earlier warnings on F-16s and notes that crossing from proxy to direct war will trigger nuclear response. The piece rejects the label of pro-Russian for simply identifying the escalation path.
SOURCE: https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/2066053453332258986 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/2066053453332258986
The post explains Carl Menger's regression theorem from 1871 which demonstrates that money arises through voluntary market processes rather than state creation. It begins with the limitations of barter economies where participants face the double coincidence of wants problem such as a blacksmith needing grain but finding the farmer uninterested in horseshoes. Certain commodities including cattle salt shells and precious metals gain wider acceptance due to properties like durability divisibility portability and recognizability. Traders converge on these goods organically without central authority. Money's value traces back through exchanges to its original commodity utility with gold for instance first valued for jewelry and industry. Governments later monopolized these systems. Real world examples from Venezuela Zimbabwe and Lebanon show people adopting alternatives like cigarettes rice or Bitcoin when state currencies fail illustrating how markets route around monetary breakdowns to enable economic coordination.
SOURCE: https://x.com/Handre/status/2066115936093102430 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/Handre/status/2066115936093102430
Ursula von der Leyen announced plans for a new independent Europe detached from the transatlantic alliance with the United States. She stated that nostalgia for the old order would not return and that Europe must build its own path forward.
The tweet contrasts this move with recent developments on both sides of the Atlantic. Germany's chancellor has already labeled the EU a failure. Vice President JD Vance identified Europe itself as the continent's primary threat. Poland vetoed proposed EU censorship legislation.
Meanwhile the United States advanced the CLARITY Act and continued to draw global capital. The timing of Europe's push for separation comes as America strengthens its economic position.
The announcement signals a potential shift away from long-standing alliances at a moment when internal European challenges and American momentum stand in sharp relief.
SOURCE: https://x.com/CryptoTice_/status/2066053023768740349 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/CryptoTice_/status/2066053023768740349
A man identified only as Dylan is suing multiple law enforcement agencies after artificial intelligence facial recognition software produced a 93 percent match that wrongly named him as the suspect in an attempted child luring at a Jacksonville Beach restaurant more than 300 miles from his home. Dylan stated he had never visited the area and feared he might not return home after the accusation. Investigators fed surveillance images into the facial recognition program that generated the erroneous match. The same technology has produced documented wrongful arrests in at least ten states: Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota and Arizona. The incident highlights the expanding nationwide use of AI tools by police despite clear evidence of repeated identification errors that can lead to serious criminal charges against innocent people.
SOURCE: https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2065890930029470079 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/WallStreetApes/status/2065890930029470079
Hoover Institution's Scott Atlas described a Covid-era meeting where Anthony Fauci leaned across an oval conference table and stated the core problem was that the public was not afraid enough. Fauci added that because people lacked sufficient fear they would not follow the mandates. Atlas interrupted to ask for a repeat and later called the approach unethical. He argued that using fear to manipulate the public during an emergency violates proper public health standards.
The post concludes by stating that involvement in releasing a virus that triggered a global pandemic constitutes crimes against humanity. It notes such crimes cannot be pardoned and that historical punishment has been multiple life sentences.
SOURCE: https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2066047537883287706 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/WallStreetApes/status/2066047537883287706
Yes, China substantially bulked up its oil stockpiles (inventories/reserves held in storage) in the past 2–3 years, with particularly large increases in 2024 and especially 2025.
Key Data on Stockpile Builds
- In 2025, China added an average of ~1.1 million barrels per day (mb/d) to its combined strategic and commercial crude oil inventories — equivalent to roughly 400 million barrels (or ~54 million tonnes) for the year. (U.S. EIA)
- There was a similar large increase in 2024.
- By the end of 2025, total inventories reached nearly 1.4 billion barrels (commercial stocks ~1 billion barrels + government-held/strategic ~360 million barrels). (U.S. EIA)
- Earlier (2016–early 2024), observed above-ground stocks typically ranged between ~850 million and just over 1 billion barrels. The recent builds pushed totals significantly higher (estimates of 1.1–1.4 billion barrels by late 2025/early 2026).
These figures come primarily from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) analysis, which uses a combination of Chinese official data (imports, refining, etc.), third-party trackers (Vortexa, Kayrros, Kpler), and other sources. China does not publicly disclose detailed inventory numbers, so estimates involve some uncertainty, but multiple independent analyses align on the scale of the buildup.
Context and Drivers
The Chinese government directed state-owned oil companies (NOCs) to add to reserves, with specific targets such as adding tens of millions of barrels in 2024–early 2025 periods. This occurred amid efforts to enhance energy security, given China’s heavy reliance on imports (over 70% of the crude it refines).
Additional factors included taking advantage of relatively lower prices at times and precautionary stockpiling for potential supply disruptions (geopolitical tensions, sanctions, or conflicts). China also expanded storage capacity significantly (tank farm capacity exceeded 1.8 billion barrels by mid-2024, with more coming online).
Proven Reserves (in the Ground) vs. Stockpiles
- Stockpiles/inventories (what the question and related discussions usually refer to): Yes, major buildup as detailed above.
- Proven reserves (undiscovered or undeveloped resources in the ground): These have seen more modest growth through exploration and development programs. Domestic production rose from around 3.8 mb/d in 2020 to ~4.3 mb/d in 2025, supported by new discoveries (especially shale/tight oil), but this is not a dramatic recent surge in the total proven reserve base compared to the stockpiling activity.
By end-2025/early 2026, China held the world’s largest strategic oil inventories by some estimates (larger than the combined U.S. SPR + commercial stocks or other major holders).
This buildup helped absorb excess global supply at times and positioned China with a significant buffer (equivalent to ~3+ months of imports in total stocks). Builds continued into early 2026 before later developments.
In short, the answer is clearly yes for stockpiles — the scale of additions (hundreds of millions of barrels in just two years) qualifies as substantial by any measure.
Sources:
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) – China, the United States, and Japan hold most strategic oil inventories in 2025
- John Kemp Energy – China’s oil stocks and readiness for war
New video footage from a fresh angle shows a migrant causing disruption in Cork city. Local Irish lads respond forcefully to the incident. The clip highlights the group confronting the individual directly. Commentary celebrates the action and states the Irish lads will handle all similar cases nationwide. The post includes Irish flags and urges viewers to follow and share the video.
SOURCE: https://x.com/TheLiberal_ie/status/2065907463275102436 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/TheLiberal_ie/status/2065907463275102436
Raphaël Glucksmann stated that his enemy is Elon Musk during a political meeting. The post takes the declaration seriously and compares their twenty-year records. Musk founded SpaceX which achieved vertical rocket landings, forced the global auto industry toward electric vehicles through Tesla, deployed Starlink to connect remote areas including Ukrainian trenches, developed AI and neural interfaces, and bought X to defend free speech. Glucksmann spent the same period writing columns, editing reviews, and adopting causes as a professional commentator whose tangible contributions fit on a Post-it note. The post recalls Glucksmann's own admission that he feels more culturally at home in New York or Berlin than in Picardie and argues he turned that elite disconnect into a career instead of learning from it. Glucksmann is portrayed as borrowing stature by attacking a builder while offering no alternative project of his own. The post concludes that a true builder focuses on construction rather than hatred and questions how someone more comfortable in Brooklyn than Amiens could seek to preside over France.
SOURCE: https://x.com/brivael/status/2065903072321397075 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/brivael/status/2065903072321397075
The post details a multi-year effort by corporate media intelligence agencies and activists to suppress discussion of U.S. funded biolabs in Ukraine and elsewhere. It cites attacks on a February 2022 map poster who was doxxed and labeled an extremist by outlets including Vice and the ADL. Tulsi Gabbard faced treason accusations and placement on the Quad-S watchlist after raising the issue as a private citizen. Russia presented evidence to the UN only to have it dismissed as disinformation. The post states that Tulsi Gabbard has now released declassified material showing more than 120 U.S. funded biolabs engaged with dangerous pathogens and gain-of-function research. At the same time the U.S. is withdrawing military assets from Europe. The post notes the absence of follow-up investigations apologies or media reckoning and frames the episode as coordinated interference to protect a false narrative.
SOURCE: https://x.com/FloppingAces/status/2065962778222031229 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/FloppingAces/status/2065962778222031229
Brivael Le Pogam responds to Gavin Newsom's tweet criticizing Elon Musk becoming the first trillionaire. The post argues Newsom and similar figures panic because Musk built wealth through reusable rockets, electric cars, and a satellite network rather than through inheritance, taxes, or regulation. It contrasts value-creating professions like engineers and farmers with politicians, bureaucrats, and activists whose status relies on taxing and redistributing wealth others produce.
The author states each Starship launch publicly refutes the worldview that wealth exists only to be redistributed. Newsom's claim that the system is rigged is flipped: the rigged system is the one where power comes from distributing other people's money, while Musk's approach makes space launches 100 times cheaper.
The agitation from media and politicians is described as existential fear that status must now come from creating something tangible rather than posture or diplomas. The post closes by noting the growing pie leaves room for everyone, even those currently panicking.
SOURCE: https://x.com/brivael/status/2065815482171826379 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/brivael/status/2065815482171826379
East Germany operated a state-run program selling political prisoners to West Germany from 1963 to 1989. The German Democratic Republic transferred 33,755 dissidents in exchange for hard currency that totaled $3.4 billion. Prices began at 40,000 Deutsche Marks per prisoner and rose to 95,847 marks by the end. Stasi archives contain detailed invoices treating individuals as commodities, including entries for one dissident journalist and three church activists. West German officials and church groups negotiated the transfers. The East German command economy could not manufacture export goods valued on world markets, so the regime relied on this human trafficking to obtain foreign exchange needed to keep the state running. The operation exposed the dependency of socialist systems on capitalist resources despite official ideology claiming the opposite. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, yet the episode illustrates how central planning repeatedly turned to parasitic extraction from market economies to survive.
SOURCE: https://x.com/Handre/status/2065761349540470894 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/Handre/status/2065761349540470894
The Muslim majority council of Harrow in the UK is reported to have started hiring what are described as Muslim morality police under the label of civil enforcement officers. These officers are tasked with confronting, fining, and harassing native British residents. A direct statement from the effort warns that the officers intend to ensure targeted individuals can no longer work or earn any money. The move is presented as an enforcement action by the local council against the native population in the area. Harrow is identified as having a Muslim majority on the council driving the policy. The officers operate under the civil enforcement title but function in the described role of morality policing on the streets.
SOURCE: https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/2065765995432575317 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/Rightanglenews/status/2065765995432575317
The post argues that the United Kingdom and Ireland face a catastrophic breach of the social contract by insulated political elites who favor globalist immigration policies over the security of native citizens. It cites Magna Carta article 61 from 1215 as codifying the inherent right of the community to resist and reclaim sovereignty whenever government violates its oath to the realm. The text describes the resulting anarcho-tyranny in which working-class areas suffer housing and service strain from mass migration while two-tier policing suppresses domestic patriots and shields the architects of disruption. Mainstream media pathologizes normal national survival instincts yet economic and demographic data reveal the unsustainable pressure on public resources and social cohesion. The post frames the rising populist backlash across Europe from Dublin to London not as insurrection but as a legitimate defense of national survival and self-determination when elites abdicate constitutional duties.
SOURCE: https://x.com/FinalTelegraph/status/2065414092643258731 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/FinalTelegraph/status/2065414092643258731
Devon Eriksen responds to a claim that a trillion-dollar fortune would prompt immediate fixes for global housing food healthcare and happiness. He identifies two common types of idle boasters. One group seeks the money for the US government to accelerate foreign interventions and domestic imports. The other group wants the funds personally without showing prior results from existing wealth. Eriksen proposes that anyone claiming superior management must first demonstrate success running a small sandwich shop before receiving broader authority. He notes that statements of doing better cost nothing and prove little. With resources like those held by Elon Musk Eriksen would prioritize investment in emerging technologies rather than redistribution of current assets because the former advances human capability while the latter merely reallocates existing conditions. He concludes that fixing suffering holds greater value than distributing it evenly.
SOURCE: https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_/status/2065533566973521966 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/Devon_Eriksen_/status/2065533566973521966
Kevin Kimmel was parked at a truck stop when he noticed an old RV and a young girl who appeared briefly at the window before being pulled back and the shade drawn. Having attended training from Truckers Against Trafficking, Kimmel recognized the signs and called police. That call ended weeks of physical and sexual abuse for the girl.
Truckers Against Trafficking was founded in 2009. Its co-founder Kylla Lanier notes trafficking happens everywhere including truck stops. The group trains drivers and employees to spot indicators such as a person without access to their own ID or money, scripted conversation, or a child abruptly pulled from sight. Trainees are asked only to call authorities.
Since 2009 the organization has trained over 2 million people. Those trainees have helped free hundreds of victims including more than 300 minors. District Manager Sam Tahour of TA Travel Plaza says the training changed how he views situations and equips people to act as heroes.
SOURCE: https://x.com/Mr_Husky1/status/2065594623591145494 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/Mr_Husky1/status/2065594623591145494
Senator John Cornyn directly addressed Senator Mike Lee on the SAVE America Act. Cornyn confirmed he is a co-sponsor who has voted for the measure multiple times. He stated the votes do not exist and described the situation as simple math that Leader John Thune cannot alter. Cornyn urged Lee to direct efforts at Democrats rather than fellow Republicans. He warned that ongoing Republican on Republican attacks are damaging the party's ability to secure a majority in November. The exchange references Lee's call to pass the SAVE America Act despite the time required, questioning whether long weekends justify risking the country. Cornyn's response frames the internal dispute as counterproductive to electoral goals.
SOURCE: https://x.com/JohnCornyn/status/2065313050970771604 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/JohnCornyn/status/2065313050970771604
The tweet defends Elon Musk by detailing his 2021 offer of six billion dollars to the United Nations to fight world hunger. The offer came with demands for open source accounting and the ability for anyone to audit spending. The author cites the UN track record of embezzlement including cases in Somalia in 2010 recent incidents in Ethiopia and an active probe in Sudan. The United Nations declined the conditions and said it would provide only summaries and high level reports without an open ledger. Because of this refusal the offer fell through. The post directly addresses the quoted claim that Musk has a trillion dollars while people starve and argues the full context of the rejected proposal is being ignored.
SOURCE: https://x.com/GiveMeBanHammer/status/2065583123233177995 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/GiveMeBanHammer/status/2065583123233177995
Libs of TikTok highlights a woman asserting membership on the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. She allegedly shared commentary immediately after Karmelo Anthony received a guilty verdict. The post includes screenshots of her statements. Libs of TikTok contacted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for verification of her claimed position. TDCJ provided no response or confirmation regarding the woman's status or any related activity. The report centers on questions about the validity of her board affiliation and the content of her remarks tied directly to the Anthony case outcome.
SOURCE: https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2065245530058330465 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/libsoftiktok/status/2065245530058330465
The French post argues that world records in sports like the sub-10-second 100-meter dash or sub-four-minute mile quickly become common once one person breaks the mental barrier. It applies the same logic to wealth after Elon Musk became the first trillionaire. The author claims this single milestone instantly reframes billionaire status as the starting line for roughly 3000 existing billionaires who now ask how to reach a trillion. The only viable route to that scale, according to the post, is genuine product demand at planetary level rather than crony methods such as regulatory capture, lobbying, or strategic philanthropy that merely redistribute a fixed pie. Musk is said to have mapped the path by being pro-human, anti-control, and expansionist while owning critical infrastructure in Starlink, launch capacity, compute, and energy that others will need. The post concludes this incentive shift detoxifies extreme wealth because corruption yields only billions while creation alone can produce trillions, triggering mimetic reallocation of capital into space, energy abundance, AI, and robotics within the next 24 months.
SOURCE: https://x.com/brivael/status/2065548450360639491 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/brivael/status/2065548450360639491
A college club of roughly ten members spent an entire year fundraising to bring Neil de Grasse Tyson to campus for a single day. The total cost reached nearly 85,000 dollars after the 50,000-dollar speaking fee plus airfare, hotel, catering, venue and staff expenses.
Tyson reportedly spent the airport ride repeatedly mocking the humanities and soft-science majors of the organizers, attempting to demonstrate that logic itself was stupid. At dinner he criticized one student's fork-holding technique and delivered smug advice to physics students. The main lecture consisted largely of fart jokes, self-promotion for an upcoming television series and a long reading from Carl Sagan's work.
A second member recalled Tyson equating a philosophy degree with mental masturbation, stating the group now owed him a favor and pausing the private physics-club session to spend fifteen minutes perfecting a tweet. Both accounts concluded the celebrity was an asshole and not worth the effort or expense.
SOURCE: https://x.com/Andercot/status/2065559574283952312 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/Andercot/status/2065559574283952312
The update reports multiple unconfirmed claims that a man slammed headfirst into a metal bollard by police at a Sheffield protest has died from his injuries. The author stresses these remain rumors but argues it serves the public interest for South Yorkshire police to issue a statement on the man's condition.
The post notes the officer who performed the slam appears Asian and highlights the reaction that would follow if roles were reversed. It references a similar earlier incident in Southampton where police used riot shields against a protester.
The quoted original post shows footage of officers grabbing a man around the waist and slamming him into the pole knocking him out instantly. It questions whether police are on the side of the public after the Southampton event.
SOURCE: https://x.com/BROKENBRITAIN0/status/2066216297700962437 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/BROKENBRITAIN0/status/2066216297700962437