Posts by Amelia Frost
Platner Hasn’t Dropped Out Yet, But Republicans Already Plan To Attack His Potential Replacements
Graham Platner faces calls to drop out of the Maine Senate race. The Republican Party is planning to spend $8 million in negative ads on whoever the Democrats decide should replace embattled Senate candidate Graham Platner should he end up dropping out of Maine’s Senate race. Platner, 41, has faced growing calls to drop out…
Read MoreThe FBI Bragged About Helping Capture A Mexican Drug Lord. Now Mexico Wants To Know If Its Sovereignty Was Violated
Mexico is investigating whether the U.S. violated its sovereignty in 2024 while conducting an operation to capture a drug lord. CBS News reported that Mexican authorities are looking into the operation that led to the capture of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. The investigation was launched after the FBI used a plane in an exhibition that…
Read MoreThe Next Frontier in Maternity Care Is Not a Drug or Device. It Is the Mother’s Experience
“What do you know about having a baby?” It was a fair question. A labor and delivery nurse asked me that directly during an early conversation inside a hospital. My answer was simple. Nothing. Nothing from lived experience. But what I have come to understand since then has not come from assumption or theory. It…
Read MoreU.S. Has Repeatedly Issued Warnings About Chinese AI. Now Beijing Is Doing The Same
China has issued a security warning against U.S. artificial intelligence startup Anthropic’s Claude Code, claiming certain versions of the popular AI programming assistant contain a “backdoor” capable of transmitting sensitive user information without permission. The warning was issued Wednesday by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) through its National Vulnerability Database (NVDB), which…
Read MoreCrypto Firms Are Preparing For The Quantum Era. Tomorrow’s Computers Could Break Today’s Encryption.
The race to secure digital assets is gaining urgency as governments and technology companies pour money into quantum computing, a field now tied closely to national security, cyber defense, financial infrastructure, and the wider technology competition between the United States and China. The cryptocurrency industry has begun preparing for the risk that quantum computers may…
Read MoreTensions Are Rising Again In The Strait Of Hormuz. Trump Is Vowing To Escalate Further
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will hit Iran “hard again tonight” after conducting strikes on Tuesday as tensions in the region continue to escalate. “We’re going to hit them hard tonight, but we’ll see how it all works out,” Trump said while talking to press at the NATO summit in Turkey. He went on…
Read MoreTrump Family Pockets Half A Billion As Trump-Backed Crypto Firm Moves To Sell Only Revenue-Generating Business
A payments company once touted as a cornerstone of the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ambitions is preparing to sell the only part of its business that generates revenue according to the Wall Street Journal, marking a dramatic reversal after a billion-dollar token deal left investors with steep losses while the Trump family collected hundreds of millions…
Read MoreGraham Platner Is Being Pushed To Drop Out Of Maine’s Senate Race. He Is Reportedly Trying To Influence His Possible Replacement
Embattled Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is reportedly attempting to influence who would replace him on the ballot in Maine. Platner, 41, has faced growing calls to drop out of the race after Jenny Racicot, a woman he had dated, said that he entered her home uninvited in 2021 and sexually assaulted her. Platner has…
Read MoreJeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Becomes Latest Company To Conduct a Massive Fundraising Round. Its Value Will Be Over $100 Billion
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is raising $10 billion in its first fundraising round ever, according to a new report. CNBC detailed that the company is set to be valued at $130 billion after the round, where Bezos will contribute $2 billion, along with $4 billion from hedge fund Coatue Management. The remaining $4 billion has…
Read MoreHILL: Smith government should resist spending away potential windfall
Article content The ongoing war in Iran, and disruption of a major energy corridor in the Strait of Hormuz, continues to fuel surging oil prices. While this will improve Alberta’s bottom line in the short term, it will only perpetuate the province’s resource revenue rollercoaster if not properly managed. With a new finance minister, let’s…
Read MoreTERRAZZANO, SIMS: Gov’t should scrap carbon taxes, red tape instead of borrowing for pipelines
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Opinion Columnists Government has caused this problem by standing in the way, now the government is going to blow taxpayers money on the problem while the government is still standing in the way. Published Jul 08, 2026 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 3 minute read You can save this article…
Read MoreTether Is Investing $20 Million In Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin As Latin America Becomes A Bigger Bet For Tokenized Finance.
Latin America is attracting growing investment from cryptocurrency companies as demand for blockchain-based financial services expands beyond digital asset trading into payments, lending and tokenized investments. Tether is investing $20 million in Brazilian digital asset platform Mercado Bitcoin through a strategic financing round aimed at expanding onchain financial infrastructure across Latin America, The Block reported…
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