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Date Sent: 2026-04-21
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, April 22, 2026
 
Wheat Spread Blows Out As Drought Chaos Plagues America's Breadbasket

Why Is Trump So Desperate To Secure The Strait of Hormuz? -- Florida Orange Production Down 95%, U.S. Cattle Herd Smallest Since 1951,... -- What Do Pirates Eat? -- A well site explosion triggers a large fire and evacuations in Texas, but no injuries -- "We're On Borrowed Time": Vitol LNG Chief Warns Of Coming Food Price Shock -- The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does -- BREAKING NEWS: DOJ Indicts Far-Left Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 Counts -- Trump Gives an Indefinite Cease-Fire to Iran. What Is This War? -- BREAKING: President Trump Extends Ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan's request -- $2.2 billion in perfectly timed oil trades over the last 30 days -- With Foad Yesterday -- Anthropic and Status of AI Data Centers -- Sam Altman's World ID Expands Biometric Identity Checks -- Robert Kiyosaki: "You Will Be Homeless" -- ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe -- US Senator Urges Delay Of CLARITY Act Senate Markup Until May: Report -- The Trump Administration Has Been Negotiating With The Wrong People In Iran This Entire Time -- Focus on the Sixth Amendment -- Since everyone is pocket watching, here's Nick on having his assets frozen by the federal... -- Dow Jones Adds and Removes Companies 20 Years too Late -- MAJOR UPDATE: White House Enters TOTAL Panic Mode Over The Disastrous Handling Of The Iran... -- Spain Mass Amnesty Has French Nationalists Calling For An End To Free Movement Of Non-EU... -- Eurosceptic Radev Wins Absolute Majority In Bulgarian Election -- The silent submarine hunter that could reshape future naval warfare -- The world's first AI art museum opening in USA - with 'Infinity room', 'machine hall -- Ark of the Covenant's final resting place pinpointed by archaeologists as fresh search begins -- Trump Cryptically References US Intercepted Chinese 'Gift' To Iran -- The Real Reason U.S Is Going to War With Iran | Tucker Carlson Interview -- SF706 -- THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE --


 

Wheat Spread Blows Out As Drought Chaos Plagues America's Breadbasket News Link  •  Agriculture
Wheat Spread Blows Out As Drought Chaos Plagues America's Breadbasket
04-21-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden 
Hard red winter wheat (HRW) futures widened to their largest premium over soft red wheat (SRW) in more than two years as severe drought intensified across key breadbasket regions in the Great Plains and Midwest.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Why Is Trump So Desperate To Secure The Strait of Hormuz? News Link  •  Iran
Why Is Trump So Desperate To Secure The Strait of Hormuz?
04-21-2026  •  https://patrickwood.substack.com, Patrick Wood 
um... It's not about nuclear stockpiles in Iran.  Read Full Story
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Florida Orange Production Down 95%, U.S. Cattle Herd Smallest Since 1951,... News Link  •  Food Recipes - Long Term Storage Foods
Florida Orange Production Down 95%, U.S. Cattle Herd Smallest Since 1951,...
04-21-2026  •  The Economic Collapse Blog 
...And Winter Wheat Is Being Suffocated By Severe Drought  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
What Do Pirates Eat?
News Link  •  Military
What Do Pirates Eat?
04-21-2026  •  By Karen Kwiatkowski 
Scenes like these are shocking Americans back home, many of whom have not been paying close attention to Donald Trump's trade wars, hot wars, trash-talking wars, and money wars.   Read Full Story
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A well site explosion triggers a large fire and evacuations in Texas, but no injuries News Link  •  Texas
A well site explosion triggers a large fire and evacuations in Texas, but no injuries
04-21-2026  •  Associated Press 
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) - An explosion at a Texas natural gas or oil well site set off a large fire that was seen for miles and led to some evacuations, but caused no injuries, authorities said Tuesday.  Read Full Story
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News Link  •  Food Shortages
"We're On Borrowed Time": Vitol LNG Chief Warns Of Coming Food Price Shock
04-21-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden 
Pablo Galante Escobar, the head of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Vitol, warned the audience at the FT Commodities Summit earlier today that the "world is on borrowed time" and that the Gulf energy shock will develop into a food crisis unless LNG flo  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does News Link  •  Corbett Report
The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does
04-21-2026  •  By The Corbett Report 
The purpose of a system is what it does. But what does this deceptively simply aphorism mean? And how can we use it to explain the Iran war and every other important systemic event in the world? Good questions. Let's answer them!  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
BREAKING NEWS: DOJ Indicts Far-Left Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 Counts News Link  •  Investigations
BREAKING NEWS: DOJ Indicts Far-Left Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 Counts
04-21-2026  •  Gateway Pundit 
SPLC Used Donor Money to Pay KKK to Stage 'Hate Crimes' (VIDEO)  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Trump Gives an Indefinite Cease-Fire to Iran. What Is This War? News Link  •  Iran
Trump Gives an Indefinite Cease-Fire to Iran. What Is This War?
04-21-2026  •  Glenn Greenwald Substack 
Trump has two options: (1) end the war without achieving its stated aims and without victory, or (2) continue to fight this destructive and costly Middle East war.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
BREAKING: President Trump Extends Ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan's request News Link  •  Iran
BREAKING: President Trump Extends Ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan's request
04-21-2026  •  Gateway Pundit 
Over the weekend, President Trump told Fox News reporter Trey Yingst that he was going to "blow up the whole country" if Iran did not agree to the US's peace plan.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
 $2.2 billion in perfectly timed oil trades over the last 30 days News Link  •  Crony Capitalism
$2.2 billion in perfectly timed oil trades over the last 30 days
04-21-2026  •  Linkedin 
Three major announcements, Three oil crashes And every single time someone placed massive short positions minutes before the news went public.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
With Foad Yesterday
News Link  •  Iran
With Foad Yesterday
04-21-2026  •  By Karen Kwiatkowski 
Fun talk!   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Anthropic and Status of AI Data Centers
News Link  •  Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic and Status of AI Data Centers
04-21-2026  •  https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian Wang 
Amazon announced an additional $5 billion investment in Anthropic immediately, plus up to $20 billion more in the future (tied to commercial milestones).   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Sam Altman's World ID Expands Biometric Identity Checks News Link  •  Surveillance
Sam Altman's World ID Expands Biometric Identity Checks
04-21-2026  •  https://www.infowars.com, by Ken Macon  
A biometric identity system built on iris scans is expanding into mainstream online services while its backers outline new ways to tie verified identity to revenue generation.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Robert Kiyosaki: "You Will Be Homeless News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
Robert Kiyosaki: "You Will Be Homeless"
04-21-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by ITM Trading 
Vietnam vets were spat on. Today, boomers are being set up for the same betrayal--just with rotisserie 401(k)s instead of rotten eggs.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe News Link  •  Courtroom and Trials
ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe
04-21-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Bryan Hyde  
The House Administration, Oversight, and Judiciary Committees has released a joint interim staff report on its investigation into alleged donor fraud by ActBlue.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
US Senator Urges Delay Of CLARITY Act Senate Markup Until May: Report News Link  •  Senate/Senators
US Senator Urges Delay Of CLARITY Act Senate Markup Until May: Report
04-21-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Brayden Lindrea  
A US senator has reportedly urged Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott to delay the markup for the crypto market structure bill until May, as banking and crypto representatives need more time to resolve disagreements over stablecoin yield provisions.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
The Trump Administration Has Been Negotiating With The Wrong People In Iran This Entire Time News Link  •  Trump Administration
The Trump Administration Has Been Negotiating With The Wrong People In Iran This Entire Time
04-21-2026  •  https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By Michael 
It turns out that the Iranian officials that the U.S. has been negotiating with do not actually have the power to make a peace deal. So this may help to explain why there has been so much confusion.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Focus on the Sixth Amendment
News Link  •  Courtroom and Trials
Focus on the Sixth Amendment
04-21-2026  •  https://fee.org, Rachel Chiu 
Rediscovering the protections of the Confrontation Clause.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Since everyone is pocket watching, here's Nick on having his assets frozen by the federal... News Link  •  Corruption
Since everyone is pocket watching, here's Nick on having his assets frozen by the federal...
04-21-2026  •  https://x.com, 1stclassclips 
Since everyone is pocket watching, here's Nick on having his assets frozen by the federal government.   Read Full Story
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Dow Jones Adds and Removes Companies 20 Years too Late News Link  •  Stock Market
Dow Jones Adds and Removes Companies 20 Years too Late
04-21-2026  •  https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian Wang 
A reporter who did not pick Google or Amazon or Nvidia for the Dow says SpaceX is too risky to join other indices. SpaceX is getting accelerated inclusion into the Nasdaq, MCSI and maybe the SP500.  Read Full Story
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MAJOR UPDATE: White House Enters TOTAL Panic Mode Over The Disastrous Handling Of The Iran... News Link  •  Iran
MAJOR UPDATE: White House Enters TOTAL Panic Mode Over The Disastrous Handling Of The Iran...
04-21-2026  •  https://www.infowars.com, Infowars.com 
MAJOR UPDATE: White House Enters TOTAL Panic Mode Over The Disastrous Handling Of The Iran War That Has Already Triggered Global Financial Meltdown & Endangered Republican Control Of Senate!   Read Full Story
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Spain Mass Amnesty Has French Nationalists Calling For An End To Free Movement Of Non-EU... News Link  •  Spain
Spain Mass Amnesty Has French Nationalists Calling For An End To Free Movement Of Non-EU...
04-21-2026  •  https://www.infowars.com, by Staff 
Spain Mass Amnesty Has French Nationalists Calling For An End To Free Movement Of Non-EU Nationals As Fears Of Migration Wave Grow   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Eurosceptic Radev Wins Absolute Majority In Bulgarian Election News Link  •  Voting and Elections
Eurosceptic Radev Wins Absolute Majority In Bulgarian Election
04-21-2026  •  https://www.infowars.com, by Staff  
Bulgarian ex-president Rumen Radev--an EU critic who has called for renewing ties with Russia-- hailed a "victory of hope" after his coalition topped the eighth parliamentary elections in five years.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
The silent submarine hunter that could reshape future naval warfare News Link  •  Military
The silent submarine hunter that could reshape future naval warfare
04-21-2026  •  https://newatlas.com, By David Szondy 
For over a decade, Saildrone has been building extreme long-endurance sail/hybrid autonomous sea vessels for ocean data collection and mapping. Now, the company is adapting the tech to create a super-quiet, long-range sub-hunter craft.  Read Full Story
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The world's first AI art museum opening in USA - with 'Infinity room', 'machine hall News Link  •  Robots and Artificial Intelligence
The world's first AI art museum opening in USA - with 'Infinity room', 'machine hall
04-21-2026  •  https://www.dailymail.com, By ERIN DEBORAH WAKS 
The world's first AI art museum opening in USA - with 'Infinity room', 'machine hallucinations' and bespoke fragrances made from data   Read Full Story
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Ark of the Covenant's final resting place pinpointed by archaeologists as fresh search begins News Link  •  Archaeology
Ark of the Covenant's final resting place pinpointed by archaeologists as fresh search begins
04-21-2026  •  https://www.dailymail.com, By STACY LIBERATORE 
The location of a chest believed to contain the Ten Commandments has long been a mystery, but archaeologists may be closer to finding the lost Ark of the Covenant.   Read Full Story
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Trump Cryptically References US Intercepted Chinese 'Gift' To Iran News Link  •  China
Trump Cryptically References US Intercepted Chinese 'Gift' To Iran
04-21-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden 
President Trump made an interesting and somewhat cryptic China reference in a series of Tuesday morning Iran-related statements, given to CNBC.  Read Full Story
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The Real Reason U.S Is Going to War With Iran | Tucker Carlson Interview -- SF706 News Link  •  Iran
The Real Reason U.S Is Going to War With Iran | Tucker Carlson Interview -- SF706
04-21-2026  •  https://rumble.com, Russell Brand 
Today I'm talking with Tucker Carlson about what happens when politics stops making sense and something deeper starts to emerge--where power really sits, why war keeps happening regardless of who's in charge, and whether democracy as we understa  Read Full Story
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THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE News Link  •  WAR: About that War
THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE
04-21-2026  •  https://www.theburningplatform.com, Administrator 
There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear.   Read Full Story
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Grand Theft World Podcast 283 | The Abuse of Logic with Guest Teace Snyder News Link  •  Political Theory
Grand Theft World Podcast 283 | The Abuse of Logic with Guest Teace Snyder
04-21-2026  •  https://grandtheftworld.com, Grand Theft World 
Grand Theft World Podcast 283 | The Abuse of Logic with Guest Teace Snyder   Read Full Story
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CATL's Latest LFP Battery Blows The Competition Out Of The Water News Link  •  China
CATL's Latest LFP Battery Blows The Competition Out Of The Water
04-21-2026  •  https://insideevs.com, By: Iulian Dnistran 
The third-gen Shenxing LFP battery promises ultra-fast charging speeds, with sub-4-minute 10-to-80% top-ups.  Read Full Story
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Japan's Takaichi chooses guns over butter -- at her peril News Link  •  Japan
Japan's Takaichi chooses guns over butter -- at her peril
04-21-2026  •  https://asiatimes.com, by William Pesek 
Takaichi increasingly focused on constitutional reform and remilitarization, neither of which will fix Japan's many economic ills   Read Full Story
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Next, an Iran nuclear deal with Chinese characteristics News Link  •  Iran
Next, an Iran nuclear deal with Chinese characteristics
04-21-2026  •  https://asiatimes.com, by Bill Emmott 
Signatory to the JCPOA and a country already helping Iran with weapons and finance, China could lead a consortium to handle the enriched uranium  Read Full Story
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Go Grow: Leading Through the Food Crisis News Link  •  Food
Go Grow: Leading Through the Food Crisis
04-21-2026  •  UNSHADOWED - Substack - Ice Age Farmer 
5 essential steps to start now and be the leader your family and community need  Read Full Story
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