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MEXICAN CARTEL DRONES BREACH US AIRSPACE, ARE DISABLED BY WAR DEPARTMENT, DUFFY SAYS Drones operated by Mexican drug cartels breached American airspace and were soon disabled by the U.S. military, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. The breach took place near El Paso International Airport in Texas, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to temporarily close the airport late Tuesday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed the breach and lifted the airspace restriction on Wednesday. Full article: foxnews.com/politics/mexican-c...…

GOLD RECLAIMS $5,000 AS CHINA’S CENTRAL BANK EXTENDS GOLD-BUYING SPREE FOR 15TH MONTH Gold and silver futures rose for the fourth session out of five Monday, with gold clawing back over the $5,000/oz level, as dip-buyers returned to the market after the historic rout at the end of last month; gold has recovered around half of the losses sustained since sinking from an all-time high reached on January 29. Full article: msn.com/en-us/money/markets/go...…

Midterms are just 9 months away. The clock’s ticking for that boom in manufacturing jobs.

Peter St Onge, Ph.D.

Manufacturing jobs fell last month — continuing a 22-month trend. The reason is sweatshops can't survive paying more than 7 bucks an hour. While new factories take months -- or years -- from blueprint to hiring.

Secretary Bessent is right: without strong market structure, crypto can't reach its potential. The CLARITY Act solves this, but @brian_armstrong and @coinbase are blocking it. The crypto community won't forget who stood in the way of progress.

BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for passage of the CLARITY Act to advance President Trump’s crypto agenda, slams “recalcitrant actors” for blocking the bill.

Job openings fall below the red line of the number of unemployed. In some of finance or tech, AI can replace 95% of entry-level work.

Peter St Onge, Ph.D.

Job openings collapsed by 400,000 last month. Falling below the number of unemployed for the first time in 5 years. Meanwhile, new data says mass layoffs could be next. What's causing it?

RFK JR BACKS BEEF, DECLARING 'WAR ON PROTEIN IS OVER' AS HE THANKS AMERICA'S CATTLE RANCHERS Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared that the "war on protein is over" during his address to thousands of cattle ranchers in Nashville this week. Speaking in a "fireside chat" with National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) president Buck Wehrbein, Kennedy said that "beef is back on the menu." Full article: msn.com/en-us/health/other/rfk...…

HOW YEAR-PLUS STANDOFF FOR ELECTION DATA CULMINATED IN FBI’S RAID IN GEORGIA The FBI raid of the election office in Georgia’s largest county may have surprised many Americans. But it was building for more than a year. It began as a state-county standoff regarding 2020 election data and escalated last fall to include the U.S. Justice Department. Here are three keys to understanding what led to the FBI raid. Full article: dailysignal.com/2026/02/07/how...… @FredLucasWH @DailySignal

PANAMA CANAL DECISION IS ANOTHER TRUMP WIN IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE The verdict is in: China has been denied an important foothold in the Western Hemisphere. A recent ruling by Panamanian courts provides the Trump administration with another victory in its efforts to oust the Middle Kingdom from America’s backyard. On Jan. 30, the Panamanian courts ruled that a concession to Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings, was unconstitutional. Panama and PPC first signed the two contracts to operate the ports at Balboa and Cristobal at each end of the canal in 1997. Full article: msn.com/en-us/news/world/panam...…

US ARRESTS SUSPECT IN 2012 BENGHAZI CONSULATE ATTACK, BONDI SAYS (Reuters) - The U.S. has arrested a person suspected of playing a central role in the 2012 attack on its consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Friday. Bondi said Zubayar al-Bakoush has been extradited to the United States and will face murder, arson and terrorism-related charges. Four U.S. personnel were killed in the September 11, 2012, incident, which was initially thought to be a spontaneous reaction to protests but was later identified as a deliberate attack carried out by extremists, some of whom were linked to groups affiliated with al Qaeda. Full article: msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-arres...…

If AI does all the cubicle jobs — while robots fold the laundry and build the skyscrapers — what’s left for humans to do? Fortunately, we’ve faced mass automation many times in human history.

Peter St Onge, Ph.D.

What happens when AI and robots steal all the jobs. MIT says we’ll lose 1 in 8 jobs by 2030. McKinsey says 1 in 3. - Where will the new jobs come from - What will they pay - And how can government get out of the way so they happen

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