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When Righteousness Goes Rogue

The Pulse Of Now Falsehoods wearing fanciful costumes. The modern world has become a theatre of cockeyed spin and distorted narratives. Across the world, and increasingly within the United States, we are witnessing a dangerous pattern take hold. Power is being exercised through Force, cloaked in the language of righteousness. Under the banner of immigration…

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Assault On Freedom

The Pulse Of Now The Assault on Freedom: Surveillance, Data, and the Quiet Erosion of Sovereignty The global expansion of surveillance powers did not begin this year. It has been unfolding for decades, largely unnoticed by a public conditioned to trade freedom for convenience and fear-based security. A major inflection point came with the passage…

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Quiet, Piggy

The Pulse Of Now President Trump made headlines again this week after responding to a female reporter with the phrase: “Quiet, piggy.” The comment ricocheted across the media landscape, but what matters here is not the politics or the personality. It is the erosion of something far more fundamental: decorum. In an age where public…

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Government Shutdown

The Pulse Of Now The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has just ended. For more than forty days, the elected representatives in Washington – our so-called “leaders” – played political chess while rank-and-file workers went without pay, vital services froze, and millions who rely on public programs woke uncertain of what would exist tomorrow.…

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Fear In The Market

The Pulse Of Now The U.S. stock market took a hard hit recently after President Trump’s announcement of a 100% tariff on Chinese imports, escalating the trade war and rattling global markets. Major indices like the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 all dropped, with technology stocks like Nvidia and Tesla leading the way down. Bitcoin,…