HHS Terminates 22 mRNA Contracts, AI Sucks Up All the Water, Leak Exposes Epstein as FBI Informant?

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Health

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has terminated 22 mRNA vaccine development contracts through BARDA, a move reported to save taxpayers nearly $500 million. Kennedy has publicly criticized mRNA technology, stating it is ineffective against respiratory viruses due to its focus on a single antigen, which he claims becomes obsolete with mutations and may have contributed to prolonging the COVID-19 pandemic by encouraging variants like Omicron. While not rejecting mRNA technology outright, he has advocated for redirecting resources to alternative approaches for respiratory diseases, citing concerns over risks versus benefits in this specific context. However, health experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, have defended mRNA vaccines, asserting they have saved millions of lives and that benefits far outweigh risks, as reported by Reuters.

US Politics

The House Oversight Committee has issued subpoenas targeting high-profile figures and documents, increasing scrutiny on past and present administrations. Subpoenas were sent to the Department of Justice for files related to Jeffrey Epstein, including communications with the Biden administration, as well as requests for depositions from Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and former Attorney General Merrick Garland on specified dates in October. The Department of Justice has stated they are reviewing the Epstein subpoena and will comply with legal obligations, though they note some documents may be protected under privacy laws, while critics, including some Democratic representatives, have called the subpoena a politically motivated “fishing expedition,” per CNN reports.

Separately, leaked FBI documents reportedly indicate that Epstein served as an informant under former Director Robert Mueller, with alleged ties dating back before his 2007 plea deal, prompting questions about his legal protections and potential connections to intelligence agencies.

In another development, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has revoked security clearances for several individuals, including Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, and former CIA Director John Brennan, a decision that has sparked debate. Harris has denied allegations regarding her security clearance revocation, labeling it a political attack and calling for an investigation into Gabbard’s actions, as reported by CNN.

Economy

Global markets are displaying mixed signals. World markets are approaching record-high valuations, with the IT sector’s forward P/E ratio reaching 27x on the MSCI World index, among the highest 10% of readings in the past two decades, while growth stocks trade at a similar 26x. In Germany, corporate bankruptcies in Q2 2025 rose 23% from the previous year to the highest level in 20 years, driven by high energy costs and regulatory challenges, with estimates suggesting a potential loss of over 100,000 jobs. In the US, farmland prices reached a record $4,350 per acre, a 4.3% increase according to the USDA, attributed to global demand and declining arable land. Meanwhile, student loan delinquencies have climbed to a 21-year high of 12.9% for serious defaults, amid $1.64 trillion in outstanding loans. Additionally, the latest Services PMI data shows minimal expansion in activity, rising prices paid near 70, and declining employment. On the student loan front, the U.S. Department of Education has emphasized their efforts to assist borrowers through income-driven repayment plans to prevent widespread defaults, as noted on their official channels.

Energy

The Trump administration has announced plans to expedite the development of a lunar nuclear fission reactor, with NASA and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy targeting a 100-kilowatt reactor launch by late 2029 to support sustained lunar presence. This initiative aims to counter a Russian-Chinese partnership planning a reactor for their International Lunar Research Station by 2036. There are concerns that a rival success could impact US access to strategic lunar areas. Separately, efforts are underway to replace the International Space Station by 2030, amid discussions about preventing China from gaining dominance in orbital infrastructure. Critics, as reported by SpaceNews, have questioned the feasibility of the accelerated lunar reactor timeline, citing potential technical and budgetary challenges.

Environment

Microsoft’s Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, has faced criticism for using 463 million gallons of water over two years in a drought-affected region. Projections suggest that AI data centers could consume up to 399 billion gallons by 2030, equivalent to nearly 7% of Texas’ water supply. Local residents are subject to strict conservation measures, while tech operations remain largely unregulated. Some stakeholders have called for state-led solutions, such as desalination and evaporation capture, highlighting the conflict between technological growth and resource sustainability, particularly for agriculture and local communities. Microsoft has responded by stating they are working on reducing their water footprint and investing in local conservation projects, according to The Dallas Morning News.

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House Oversight Committee Subpoenas DOJ for Epstein Files and Biden Administration Communications

The House Oversight Committee has officially SUBPOENAED the DOJ for the Epstein files

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House Oversight Committee Subpoenas Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and Merrick Garland for Depositions

The House Oversight Committee is compelling the following individuals to appear for depositions through issued subpoenas

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Leaked FBI Files Suggest Jeffrey Epstein Was a Long-Term Informant Under Mueller’s Watch

Epstein has also provided information to the FBI as agreed upon.

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DNI Tulsi Gabbard Revokes Security Clearances of Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and Others in Sweeping Move

DNI Tulsi Gabbard has revoked the security clearances of Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger… and that’s just the beginning!!

Source | Submitted by Friedrichs_teeth

Germany’s Insolvency Crisis: A Structural Collapse in Progress

“For many years, extremely low interest rates prevented bankruptcies, and during the pandemic, state aid kept alive firms that were already weak.”

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Farmland Prices Soar to Record Highs as Global Demand Grows

Farmland is one of the oldest asset classes, rivaling precious metals in its ability to preserve generational wealth.

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Student Loan Delinquencies Skyrocket to Record Highs, Signaling New Debt Crisis

“This quarter’s flow of household debt into serious delinquency was mixed across debt types, with credit card and auto loans holding steady, student loans continuing to rise and mortgages edging up slightly.”

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Trump Administration Rushes to Build Lunar Nuclear Reactor in Race Against Russia and China

To properly advance this critical technology to be able to support a future lunar economy, high power energy generation on Mars, and to strengthen our national security in space, it is imperative the agency move quickly.

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RFK Jr. Shocks with mRNA Vaccine Bombshell: Cancels 22 Contracts, Saves $500M

mRNA technology poses MORE risk than benefits for these respiratory viruses.

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Services PMI Signals Economic Stress: Are We Nearing Another Policy Pivot?

The last time we saw a Services PMI barely holding expansion while prices paid surged near 70 and employment contracted, we were in early 2008 and again during late 2022, both times right before policy pivots were forced by underlying stress.

Source | Submitted by Chris Martenson

World Markets Reach Near-Record High Valuations, IT Sector P/E Hits 27x

The 12-month forward P/E ratio for the IT sector in the MSCI World index hit 27x, the top 10% of the most expensive readings in 20 YEARS.

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Microsoft’s Stargate AI Drains Half a Billion Gallons of Water from Drought-Hit Texas, Sparking Outrage

While many parts of Texas are stuck in a brutal drought and some reportedly told to cut back on showers, AI data centers like Microsoft’s massive Stargate campus in Abilene are guzzling 463 million gallons of water in just two years to cool their servers.

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In addition to sources submitted by community members, the following were also used in the creation of this report: CNN, U.S. Department of Education, SpaceNews, Reuters, The Dallas Morning News.

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I don’t get this. Consume water, where does that water go? Does it turn to steam because that would drastically change the weather patterns I would think.

I get the nuclear reactor use of water, it runs across and cools the system a small percentage is turned into steam to run turbines.

This is the second data center article that talks about consuming water, not just using water. If the are just using it for cooling, why are they pulling it out of the municipal system, they can build a reservoir and recirculate it the way nuclear power plants do.

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Since when is Anthony Fauci a “health expert.” He has no degree in Public Health, no degree in Epidemiology, no degree, in Immunology, no degree, in Vaccinology, no degree in Genetics and no degree in Biostatistics. He had an MD and, to my knowledge, never treated a single patient. He was a career bureaucrat who had to be given s presidential pardon apparently to protect him from being prosecuted for his role in the “health field.” And this makes him an “expert?”

Moreover, cohort studies indicate that those who received the Covid injections fared worse than the unvaccinated. The Cleveland Clinic study was only one of such studies. Studies invovling databases of millions of people show that the injected did worse than the non-injected. Here is just one of many, many such studies.

Most cohort studies show that the injections had negative efficacy. The “best” that the studies could offer was that the injections were useless.

In conclusion, our assessment indicates that neither the influenza vaccine nor the COVID-19 vaccines provided any measurable difference in risk reduction of hospitalization for the very diseases they were designed to protect against. We propose that health authorities worldwide should reconsider the decision to approve both of these vaccines until such time as a real public health benefit can be demonstrated from the data using the method described in this paper, along with other complementary analytic methods. These findings reinforce recommendations to halt the global distribution of both the influenza vaccine and the COVID-19 vaccines [12].

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“Consuming” water probably was a term snagged from water law and western (US) agricultural terminology, and the article authors just went with it because it was on the paperwork and sounds important.

Allocating water rights (although TX seems to be something of a free-for-all), and municipal water planning requires some definition of what gets done with the water and if/when it’ll be available for the next person. In agricultural (groundwater) supply, you pump water to the surface for irrigation. Some of that water will percolate down through the soil and eventually back into the aquifer where you or someone else can pump it out again. That’s “non-consumptive” use.

In agricultural supply, “consumptive” use includes evaporation from ponds, surfaces, and sprinklers, transpiration from growing the crop, and off-site transport of what gets harvested.

There are all sorts of fancy calculations on the average ratios of consumption to non consumption, based on type of crop, average climate and rainfall for the area, soil type, and method of irrigation (local hydrogeology, soil practices, surface slope gradations…).

I’m not very familiar with the surface water and municipal supply aspects, but I am going to guess that if you have surface water drainage from your fields to a river, or your city to a stormwater system that channels all the rainwater to a lagoon (not for evaporation), those are also non-consumptive.

I think a soda bottling plant would be a consumptive use, as would pumping into oilfield trucks, to be mixed with all sorts of magic goo and used for drill lubricant for making oil wells.

I do more with water quality, than water quantity, so in my mind making water chemically unusable by the next person (like making it too salty for agriculture or drinking water, but you could still use it to wash trucks or fight fires) should also qualify as consumption. But I don’t make the rules.

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Thanks for the explanation! This is what I love about PP. Somebody knows a lot more and has real life experience in just about everything.

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