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Date Sent: 2026-05-17
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Monday, May 18, 2026 |
Attack Drone Hits Near UAE Nuclear Power Plant
Massive Mushroom Cloud 'Test' Blast Rattles Uninformed Residents Outside Jerusalem -- The Petrodollar Is Coming Apart in Real Time. Trump Calls It a Win. -- The Long Bond Just Hit Pre-2008 Financial Crisis Levels--And Even Iran Is Noticing -- Ground Beef Soars to $6.90 per Pound. Trump Has No Winning Actions -- I Tracked Down the Hidden Workers Secretly Powering ChatGPT -- AI is Sending People into Psychosis -- YPF launched the largest crude oil export program in Argentina's history... -- Tens of thousands join rival marches in London -- UN IPCC climate group reverses course on doomsday predictions... -- False Flag Alert! U.S. Intelligence Claims Cuba Considering Drone Strike On Key West Florida... -- Exclusive -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Biden Admin's 453 Pages of Food Guidelines... -- Comedian replacing Stephen Colbert appears to take a swipe at his predecessor as he vows... -- Trump Tells Iran 'Clock Is Ticking, Move Fast' After New Peace Proposal As Analysts Predict. -- Associated Press Warns That Trebuchets Are Exempt From U.S. Gun Laws -- America's $65 Trillion Problem -- Keep Some Dry Powder -- Mining groups and rural unions clashed with law enforcement Thursday in La Paz, Bolivia... -- The 1773 "Steampunk Robot" Silver Swan That Inspired the First Computer -- Let's talk about the elephant in the private credit china shop -- London Erupts... Brits Want Their Country Back -- Britain Is the Canary in the Coal Mine -- SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: May 17, 2026 Edition -- Indicting Raúl Castro could set up US military action in Cuba -- The Claude Delusion -- Plunder, War Profiteering, and Spirit Airlines -- Skilled Trade Rises in Value -- The Invisible Occupation: How Palantir and AI Built a Financial Prison the Masses Cheered For -- Ex-CENTCOM chief headlines lavish Israeli-American Council gala -- Musk v. Altman week 3: Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded blows over each other's credibility... --
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News Link • UAE United Arab Emirates
Attack Drone Hits Near UAE Nuclear Power Plant
05-17-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Abu Dhabi authorities report that a kamikaze drone struck an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Al Dhafra.
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News Link • Israel
Massive Mushroom Cloud 'Test' Blast Rattles Uninformed Residents Outside Jerusalem
05-17-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Late Saturday night, a massive explosion and a bright fireball illuminated the skies over Israel's Beit Shemesh, deeply rattling local residents and setting off rampant speculation in local media and online commentary.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
I Tracked Down the Hidden Workers Secretly Powering ChatGPT
05-17-2026
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More Perfect Union - YouTube
These workers are training AI to take their own jobs.
There's a hidden workforce powering the rise of ChatGPT, and nearly 1 in 5 of them have fallen into homelessness.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • United Kingdom
Tens of thousands join rival marches in London
05-17-2026
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BBC
Tens of thousands of protesters joined two rival marches in London on Saturday - the Unite the Kingdom rally organised by far-right figure Tommy Robinson, and a pro-Palestinian demonstration.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Climate Change
UN IPCC climate group reverses course on doomsday predictions...
05-17-2026
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https://www.climatedepot.com, By Ryan King
UN IPCC climate group reverses course on doomsday predictions -- and Trump takes victory lap: 'WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!'
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News Link • False Flag Operations
False Flag Alert! U.S. Intelligence Claims Cuba Considering Drone Strike On Key West Florida...
05-17-2026
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https://www.alexjoneslive.com, By Kelen McBreen
False Flag Alert! U.S. Intelligence Claims Cuba Considering Drone Strike On Key West Florida, American Military Vessels & Guantanamo Bay Amid Trump Admin Push For Regime Change
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News Link • Food
Exclusive -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Biden Admin's 453 Pages of Food Guidelines...
05-17-2026
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https://www.breitbart.com, Breitbart TV
Exclusive -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Biden Admin's 453 Pages of Food Guidelines 'Written by Lobbyists,' Made Us Sick
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News Link • Humor
Comedian replacing Stephen Colbert appears to take a swipe at his predecessor as he vows...
05-17-2026
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https://www.dailymail.com, By ANNA WRIGHT
Comedian replacing Stephen Colbert appears to take a swipe at his predecessor as he vows to avoid politics and 'just be funny'
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News Link • Iran
Trump Tells Iran 'Clock Is Ticking, Move Fast' After New Peace Proposal As Analysts Predict.
05-17-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Trump Tells Iran 'Clock Is Ticking, Move Fast' After New Peace Proposal As Analysts Predict Likely Return To War
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News Link • Gun Rights
Associated Press Warns That Trebuchets Are Exempt From U.S. Gun Laws
05-17-2026
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https://babylonbee.com, BabylonBee.com
The Associated Press has warned that despite their deadly nature, medieval trebuchets are mostly exempt from firearm regulations in the United States.
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News Link • Economic Theory
Keep Some Dry Powder
05-17-2026
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https://www.crisisinvesting.com, Doug Casey
Hold enough investable cash that a 50% market decline feels to you like an opportunity, not a dagger in your belly.
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News Link • Art
The 1773 "Steampunk Robot" Silver Swan That Inspired the First Computer
05-17-2026
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YouTube.com Shorts
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News Link • United Kingdom
London Erupts... Brits Want Their Country Back
05-17-2026
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Nick Shirley - YouTube.com
I went to the UK to cover their protest as the United Kingdom is more divided then ever, Tommy Robinson lead the march and Keir Starmer denounced the march.
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Opinion • Government
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: May 17, 2026 Edition
05-16-2026
John Semmens
Are the Attempts to Kill Trump Real?
This week, a National Public Radio (NPR) headline asserted "new poll finds a majority of Americans unsure if attempts on Trump's life were real." The article went on to disclose that "30% of Americans think at
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News Link • Cuba
Indicting Raúl Castro could set up US military action in Cuba
05-16-2026
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https://www.yahoo.com, Aysha Bagchi
The federal government's moves to indict former Cuban President Raúl Castro will ramp up pressure for regime change in Cuba and could be a prelude to a U.S. military operation...
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News Link • Corbett Report
The Claude Delusion
05-17-2026
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James Corbett - Corbett Report
A funny thing happened earlier this month. Richard Dawkins, celebrated scientist and outspoken atheist, posted a cringeworthy think piece for Unherd concluding that Claude--a "next-generation AI assistant based on Anthropic's research into train
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Plunder, War Profiteering, and Spirit Airlines
05-17-2026
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The Libertarian Institute - Charles Goyette
You don't even have to turn on the financial news. You can tell whether oil prices will be up or down in the morning by simply reading the president's midnight social media posts
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News Link • Education: Opportunities/Resources
Skilled Trade Rises in Value
05-17-2026
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Armstrong Economics
For decades, society pushed the idea that success only came through a four-year university degree while skilled trades were treated as second-class careers.
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News Link • Surveillance
The Invisible Occupation: How Palantir and AI Built a Financial Prison the Masses Cheered For
05-17-2026
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Activist Post
As the state unleashes AI to police your bank account, starving the beast with decentralized privacy networks is the ultimate act of peaceful defiance.
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News Link • Israel
Ex-CENTCOM chief headlines lavish Israeli-American Council gala
05-16-2026
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By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Known as Israel's favorite American general, recently retired Erik Kurilla was credited with convincing Trump to bomb Iran in June 2025
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News Link • Courtroom and Trials
Musk v. Altman week 3: Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded blows over each other's credibility...
05-16-2026
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https://www.technologyreview.com, By Michelle Kim
Musk v. Altman week 3: Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded blows over each other's credibility. Now the jury will pick a side.
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