Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,

A police department in Michigan has introduced a uniform patch that has Arabic writing on it, prompting fierce backlash.

Dearborn Heights Police Department is believed to be the first in the country to have a patch with a language other than English.

Reports indicate that the patch was designed by an Officer Ermily Murdoc, who claims to have created it to “reflect and honor the diversity of our community – especially the many residents of Arabic descent who call Dearborn Heights home.”

NEW: Dearborn Heights Police Department in Michigan becomes the first in the country to offer a police patch in Arabic.

The patch was designed by Officer Ermily Murdoc, who created it to “reflect and honor the diversity of our community.”

“The Dearborn Heights Police Department… pic.twitter.com/YmDAEGyroR

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 4, 2025

The patch includes the Michigan seal in the center with the words ‘Dearborn Heights Police’ written in both English and Arabic.

It was introduced under the authority of recently appointed Police Chief Ahmed Haidar.

The Dearborn Heights Police Department in Michigan, under the authority of Police Chief Ahmed Haidar, created an official police department patch for officers to wear with Arabic writing on it.

Ahmed Haidar took over the police department a few months in replacement of Chief… pic.twitter.com/3rxQhzqzz8

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) September 4, 2025

“The Dearborn Heights Police Department is proud to share a new optional patch that our officers may wear as part of their uniform,” a Facebook statement announced.

“By incorporating Arabic script alongside English, this patch represents unity, respect, and our shared commitment to service,” it adds.

“Our officers proudly serve all members of our community, and this new design is another way we continue to celebrate the rich cultures that make our city unique,” the statement further asserts.

The department quickly disabled comments on the Facebook post due to an influx of negative feedback, including accusations of promoting “Sharia law” or enabling a “cultural takeover.”

Dearborn Heights has a combined Middle Eastern and North African population of around 40 percent, while nearby Dearborn has a majority 55 percent.

Both areas, along with other towns such as Hamtramck, have attracted Arab communities with immigration from Lebanon, Yemen, and other Middle Eastern countries.

Islamization of Michigan!

Just days ago, thousands of Shia Muslims marched down the streets of Dearborn, Michigan, in the Tenth Annual Ashura Procession.

This controversial event took place in Muslim Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s district, and as you will notice, there… pic.twitter.com/Gwxj9zUUfR

— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) July 17, 2024

This is Dearborn, Michigan.

It’s known for being the first Muslim-majority city in the US.

What many don’t know is that before Muslims moved there, it was a majority Middle Eastern Christian town, mostly populated by Lebanese Christians and Assyrians fleeing persecution.

The… pic.twitter.com/WK8VSVvwDx

— Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realMaalouf) April 15, 2025

The city of Dearborn in Michigan is home to the largest Muslim population in the United States per capita as well as the largest mosque in North America.

Large anti-Israel protests have been taking place there over the past 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/WqxgGgQp3X

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 7, 2024

While there are Arabic speaking Orthodox Christians in Dearborn from earlier immigration movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they have become proportionally smaller due to immigration trends favoring Muslim-majority groups, which now define much of the city’s Arab identity.

Did you know that before becoming America’s jihad capital, Dearborn, Michigan, was a thriving center of Middle Eastern Christian culture?

Not a lot of people know, but Dearborn was initially settled in the early 20th century by Lebanese Christians and Assyrians/Chaldeans fleeing… pic.twitter.com/quIAQ2933K

— Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realMaalouf) February 5, 2024

This has sparked controversies, such as over public broadcasts of the Islamic call to prayer.

Many Americans are… not best pleased with this latest development, to say the least.

This is how it starts.

Dearborn Heights Police Dept. now has the nation’s first-ever uniform patch in Arabic.

The civilization takeover has begun. pic.twitter.com/9s7Dnpc7Nz

— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) September 4, 2025

That’s more than an inch. That was a leap.

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) September 4, 2025

It’s not

— Jeremy Matthews (@Sarcasm_Sells) September 5, 2025

Islam requires Muslims to hide all crimes by Muslim brethren.

How on Earth can Western policing and Islam be together?

The Baal Demon Cult is in charge.

— MaX Falstein 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸🇰🇾🇬🇮🇭🇰 (@MaXFalstein) September 4, 2025

Wonder how the Dearborn heights non Muslim police officers feel about this. I wonder how many Muslims are on the Dearborn heights police force?

— Lucey Lou (@LuceyLou587445) September 4, 2025

Sharia law has arrived.

— HadEnough (@HadEnoughCA1) September 4, 2025

It is political ideology cloaked in religion designed to conquer and maintain dominion over conquered lands.

— John (@John01011950) September 5, 2025

This is how Islam conquers… small incremental steps, slowly, then before you even know it, the most popular baby name is Muhammad and you’ve been conquered.

— Keith Siopes (@KeithSiopes) September 4, 2025

Unacceptable. Everyone has to Assimilate to the USA not the USA to the third world.

— Precision Services (@PSiOntheGo) September 4, 2025

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Rate-cut expectations surged this morning following the weak labor market signals from the payrolls report with 2025 now pricing in 3 full cuts…

Source: Bloomberg

As we predicted, the chance of a 50bps cut in September are also rising, but for now it appears 25bps in each of Sept, Oct, and Dec is the most likely outcome…

Source: Bloomberg

As The Wall Street Journal’s fed Whisperer, Nick Timiraos, pointed out in a brief post on X: 

“Weak hiring this summer will make it easier for Fed policymakers to agree on a 25 bps cut at their meeting in two weeks but further muddies the debate over the pace of cuts after that.”

Consensus across Wall Street appears to be that Powell will cut in September, and continue to cut at each meeting this year at least:

Gregory Faranello, head of US rates trading and strategy for AmeriVet Securities:

“The job market has weakened and the transition between public to private sector job growth will require lower rates. The Fed will begin to lower rates this month and we expect a string of more cuts along the way. The forward curve has us down to neutral by the end of 2026 but that timeline could very well be sooner.”

BI chief US interest-rate strategist Ira Jersey has a first take: 

“The bull steepening is no surprise given the overall payroll report. Negative revisions continue and hourly earnings growing more slowly point to the potential for a slowing in non-debt-fueled consumption growth in the next few quarters.”

“Bull steepening should be maintained for the present, and we still target 10-year yields below 4% by year end, with 10-year yields having about a 0.5 beta to 2-year yields.”

Matt Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak:

“[Bad news is good news for stocks] is the initial response. However, history tells us that if lower yields are signaling a significant slowdown in growth, it’s negative for stocks. So, we’re going to see how the market acts once the cash market opens.”

Audrey Childe-Freeman, Bloomberg Intelligence’s chief G-10 FX strategist:

“Dollar bears have just been given another lift, with the August employment report which will not only validate the September 25-bp Fed rate-cut talks, but is also likely to entertain speculation of more aggressive Fed easing going forward.”

“This confirms our US yield-driven euro-dollar bullish case as we consider 4Q, with a break of $1.1750 now looming. Note that the euro context isn’t rosy at all — see French politics in particular — but for now, we expect this pair to be mainly driven by US considerations.”

A jumbo rate cut?

Brian Jacobsen, chief economist at Annex Wealth Management, goes there in his reaction to the data.

“A 50 basis-point cut is back on the table. Everyone was probably more keyed-in on the revisions than the headline number. With revisions, there was nearly net zero job creation. Aggregate weekly hours were unchanged in August with broad declines across industries. Anything trade or tariff related saw declines in aggregate weekly hours worked.

The diffusion index for private sector employment has been below 50, so it’s a top-heavy economy. You need some better breadth to remove the economic anxiety out there.”

BlackRock’s Jeff Rosenberg on the payrolls print on Bloomberg TV: 

“What it really puts on the table is a Fed that gets back in motion for cutting rates, and if the economy is not falling off a cliff, that’s a pretty good combination for risk assets.” 

Neil Dutta at Renaissance Macro says the numbers are a comprehensive defeat of the policy hawks and growth bulls.

“To borrow from Powell, now is the time to unleash the great monetary power of the United States.”

Seema Shah, chief global strategist, Principal Asset Management:  

“Today’s report just about strikes a balance between reinforcing market expectations for a sequence of Fed rate cuts and not yet inviting renewed concerns around recession, so the broad market response should be mildly positive. But concerns about the health of the economy are starting to creep in and a further deterioration in the health of the labor market would soon tip the balance to ‘bad news is simply bad news.’”

Kevin Flanagan, head of fixed income strategy at WisdomTree says,

“The markets are leading the Fed and the jobs report was the last data point needed for a quarter point cut this month. A half point is not out of the question, but at this stage of the game I would still lean to a quarter-point cut, now if we had seen a negative payroll, then a 50bps cut would be on the table.”

Ali Jaffery‘s take at CIBC Capital Markets:

While the macro case for easing policy isn’t so clear cut, with the economy looking fairly resilient in the face of a major trade war and an immigration crackdown, the politics of monetary policy are getting complicated and it’s likely not worth defending keeping rates on hold.

Stephanie Roth, chief economist at Wolfe Research LLC, gave ger first thoughts on the report on Bloomberg Television’s Surveillance: 

“First take is another weak summer employment report. Immigration seems to be having another impact on the data. When you look at the household survey, the foreign-born population was again, sort of the weaker part of it.”

“On Sept. 9, once we get the annual preliminary benchmark revisions, that’s going to be revised down to the tune of something like 600,000 — that’s going to be another really bad negative headline. Then beyond that, we think that the signs will look a little bit better.

Finally, the factory sector is clearly showing pain and reflects ongoing uncertainty linked to the new tariffs and the need for lower borrowing costs, Alliance for American Manufacturing President Scott Paul says in a release:

“The August jobs report should hopefully spur on two important actions. First, a cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve. Second, concluding tariff actions and trade deals to provide businesses with the certainty they need to hire, invest in new capital equipment, and realign supply chains. Manufacturing will be treading water until we see those changes.”

For now, stocks are higher, Treasury yields are significantly lower (and bull steepening), gold hit a new record high, and bitcoin is surging .

French president Emmanuel Macron had on Thursday hosted a ‘coalition of the willing’ on Ukraine in Paris, involving 26 nations which have declared readiness to get directly engaged in providing security guarantees for a post-war order.

The plan will reportedly be finalized with US approval, as American forces are sought to ‘backstop’ the plan, including possibly by air. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated in Friday comments that any Western troops in Ukraine would become legitimate targets, even in the scenario of enforcing a peace deal.

Speaking before the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Putin described that “The West’s dragging of Ukraine into NATO was one of the causes of the conflict. If any troops show up now, while the hostilities are ongoing, we would consider them legitimate military targets,” according to state media translation.

“If decisions are made that result in long-term peace, then I simply see no sense in such a presence,” he clarified further. “Nobody should doubt that Russia would implement the agreed terms fully. We will respect security guarantees that both Russia and Ukraine need to be offered.”

Putin additionally complained that despite all of these Western meetings and talk of security guarantees, none of these things have been directly discussed with Moscow – which remains an essential if there’s hope of ending the war.

The Kremlin’s position is certainly nothing new, and so it seems as usual that the two sides are talking past each other. Some analysts read it as the more hawkish Europeans putting up yet more obstacles to peace. One such example is featured in The Guardian as follows:

Finland’s president Alexander Stubb said president Donald Trump in a call with European leaders on Thursday suggested the US and Europe should act together on further sanctions against Russia, and that sanctions on oil and gas were up for discussion.

“Trump’s approach was very much that we must act together on sanctions policy and now look for ways in particular to halt Russia’s war machine by economic means,” Stubb told Finnish media after the meeting, Reuters reported. “In that case there are two targets, namely oil and gas. The President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and President Trump’s close advisers will discuss this over the next 24 hours,” Stubb said.

All of this underscores the need of the Europeans and Washington to get on the same page if they hope to enact any of this, or also achieve ceasefire and deescalate the proxy war nature of the conflict.

“Without the participation of the USA, all the talk of the ‘coalition of the willing’ will remain words on paper,” a Russian analyst, Sergey Poletaev, editor of the Vatfor project, has stated.

Oil pries are tumbling further this morning following reports that OPEC+ leader Saudi Arabia wants the group to consider reviving more oil production ahead of its scheduled return at the end of next year to reclaim market share.

Bloomberg reports that, according to people familiar with the matter, key alliance members will hold a video conference on Sunday that will consider what to do with a 1.66 million barrels a day tranche of halted supplies, having just fast-tracked the return of a previous layer over the past five months.

“Our latest soundings from the group suggest they are very much considering unwinding that final tranche” of halted supply “sooner rather than later,” Livia Gallarati, global crude lead at Energy Aspects Ltd., said in a Bloomberg television interview.

WTI tumbled back to a $61 handle – at three month lows – after the headlines…

While extra supply would be a boon for consumers and a win for Trump, it’s a financial threat for producers from the US shale industry to OPEC+ members themselves.

The move would underscore a clear pivot by OPEC+ toward defending market share and not prices.

Delegates from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries have said the Saudis are eager to claw back sales volumes ceded to rivals like US shale drillers. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit Washington in November to meet President Donald Trump, who has called for lower fuel prices.

Authored by RFE/RL Staff via OilPrice.com,

• Trump told President Karol Nawrocki the U.S. is prepared to expand its 8,000-strong military presence in Poland.

• The meeting underscores Warsaw’s push for stronger U.S. security guarantees amid Russia’s war on Ukraine.

• Nawrocki, a conservative close to Trump’s movement, won the election narrowly on a “Poland first” platform while pledging support for Ukraine but opposing NATO membership.

US President Donald Trump told his Polish counterpart the United States was ready to increase its military presence in the Central European nation, one of the countries on NATO’s so-called “eastern flank” warily watching Russia’s actions.

Trump welcomed conservative President Karol Nawrocki to Washington in an event highlighted by a flyover of US F-16 fighter jets honoring a Polish military pilot who had died last month in a crash.

Asked if he planned to keep US forces deployed to Poland, Trump replied in the affirmative.

“We’ll put more there if they want,” he added, while citing the United States’ “tremendous relationship” with Poland, one of the more important military and political allies of Ukraine during its war with Russia.

“We never even thought in terms of removing soldiers from Poland.”

“We’re with Poland all the way, and we’ll help Poland protect itself,” Trump added.

Warsaw has long sought an increased US military presence in Poland. The United States has based troops in Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and other European nations since the end of World War II, initially to serve as a deterrence to Soviet aggression on the Continent.

The first permanently stationed US troops arrived in Poland in March 2023. There are an estimated 8,000 US troops now garrisoned in Poland, some on a rotational basis.

Nawrocki added that it is “the first time in history” that Poland has been happy to host foreign troops.

Nawrocki, a vocal admirer of the US leader, said after the talks with Trump that the two presidents had discussed bolstering troop levels, adding that Trump had strongly guaranteed Poland’s security.

“The success of his [Nawrocki’s] special relationship with the MAGA movement and with President Trump would be if the United States increased its presence in Poland,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters a day earlier — a reference to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.

Nawrocki was elected in a narrow contest following a campaign echoing many of Trump’s slogans and had promised a “Poland first” policy, worrying some in Europe over the country’s support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.

The election result dealt a major setback to Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a pro-Europe, centrist leader and vocal supporter of Ukraine who had backed Nawrocki’s liberal opponent.

Nawrocki, too, has voiced support for Ukraine in its war against invading Russian forces. But he has said he opposes NATO membership for Ukraine, a view more and more Poles appear to share.

Although largely supportive of Kyiv’s fight against Russia, many Poles have grown impatient with the influx of some 1.5 million Ukrainian war refugees and the related costs in the country.

Despite some tensions within the Polish leadership, the European Union, and the United States, Nawrocki said there is unity and clarity about the Russian threat.

“Regardless of the differences that exist within the European Union, regardless of the differences that exist in Poland between me and the Polish government, I guarantee that on security matters, including at this closed meeting, I spoke unequivocally about how I perceive [Russian President] Vladimir Putin and the threat he poses to the free world,” Nawrocki said.

Trump said that “you’ll see things happen” if Putin does not move toward peace in his war on Ukraine, building on his long-standing threats of sanctions or tariffs on Moscow.

“I have no message to President Putin. He knows where I stand, and he’ll make a decision one way or the other,” Trump told reporters.

A White House official told AFP that Trump plans to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on September 4, along with other European leaders.

Zelenskyy and Kyiv’s European allies in the “Coalition of the Willing” are scheduled to meet on September 4 in Paris to discuss the situation in Ukraine and potential security guarantees for the country following any peace deal with Russia.

Broadcom shares jumped the most since April in premarket trading, assuming the gains hold into the cash session, after a Financial Times report earlier said the chipmaker will produce a line of artificial intelligence chips for OpenAI. The new chips, set to enter series production next year, will reduce the ChatGPT maker’s reliance on Nvidia. 

On Thursday, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan announced that a new customer had placed a $10 billion order for AI chips. While Tan did not disclose the customer’s identity, FT sources confirmed it was OpenAI, noting that the new chips are scheduled to ship in 2026.

The market reaction in premarket trading sent Broadcom shares in New York up by more than 9%. If these gains are held into the cash session, this would make the largest daily increase since shares jumped nearly 20% in early April. Year-to-date, shares are up 32% (as of Thursday’s close). 

Shares are headed for the largest daily increase in months. 

Rally continues. 

FT sources said OpenAI plans to use the new chips internally. The move mirrors strategies by tech giants such as Amazon, Google, and Meta, which have all developed their own chips to handle massively increasing AI workloads.

Here’s more from the outlet:

On a call with analysts, Tan announced that Broadcom had secured a fourth major customer for its custom AI chip business, as it reported earnings that topped Wall Street estimates.

Broadcom does not disclose the names of these customers, but people familiar with the matter confirmed OpenAI was the new client. Broadcom and OpenAI declined to comment.

Tan said the deal had lifted the company’s growth prospects by bringing “immediate and fairly substantial demand”, shipping chips for that customer “pretty strongly” from next year.

Commenting on Broadcom’s earnings and new AI chip customer, Goldman analyst James Schneider told clients that third-quarter results were solid with upside guidance, and that securing OpenAI as a customer is a huge win that reinforces the bull case:

Key stock takeaways: We expect the stock to trade up following a solid quarter with guidance above the Street, despite elevated expectations heading into the quarter. We believe the most significant development was Broadcom’s announcement that it has converted another new custom silicon customer focused on inference, which is expected to help drive “material” upside to management’s prior expectation of AI Semiconductor revenue growth of ~60% in 2026. The company’s AI Networking prospects remain compelling heading into 2026 with significant scale-up and scale-out opportunities driven by its Tomahawk 6 and Jericho 4 products. Management noted that it currently has a total backlog of over $110bn, which implies significant business visibility over the next two years. Finally, the company announced that CEO Hock Tan has announced his intention to remain CEO through at least 2030. We remain Buy rated on Broadcom as we see the company remaining the leader in AI custom compute and merchant networking silicon (which is likely to grow in importance), and we believe the company’s enterprise software portfolio is under-appreciated.

Quarterly results were in line with the Street: Broadcom reported revenue of $16.0 bn, above GS and the Street (Visible Alpha) at $15.9 bn. Gross margin of 78.4% was in line with GS at 78.5% and modestly above the Street at 78.2%. Operating margin of 65.5% was in line with GS and the Street at 65.4%. Operating EPS of $1.69 was modestly below GS at $1.73 and above the Street at $1.67. AI Semiconductor revenue of $5.2 bn was in line with GS at $5.2 bn and above the Street at $5.1 bn. Semiconductor Solutions revenue of $9.2 bn was in line with GS at $9.2 bn and modestly above the Street at $9.1 bn. Infrastructure Software revenue of $6.8 bn was above GS and the Street at $6.7 bn.

Other analyst commentary on the Street (courtesy of Bloomberg):

Bloomberg Intelligence

• “Broadcom’s strong fiscal 3Q and 4Q guidance beat across all metrics, but more specifically its AI revenue, suggests better- than-anticipated AI custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) ramp-ups at its two large customers”

JPMorgan (overweight, PT to $400 from $325)

• Broadcom reported better-than-expected 3Q results and issued solid 4Q revenue outlook “driven by accelerating AI demand” 

• “This performance puts Broadcom on track to drive ~$20B in AI revenues for FY25”

Bernstein (outperform, PT $400)

• Broadcom’s 3Q earnings were good “with both semis and software better than expected”

• “While non-AI semis remain slow to recover AI semis revenues were quite strong”

CFRA

• “AI momentum remains robust with 11 consecutive quarters of growth and hyperscaler infrastructure investments driving sustained demand for custom accelerators”

• “We expect continued outperformance through CY 2026”

Evercore ISI (outperform, PT $342)

• This was a beat-and-raise report, with AI revenue ahead of Evercore’s expectations

Meanwhile, OpenAI’s deal with Broadcom means less reliance on Nvidia’s graphics chips. Shares of Nvidia fell about 1% in premarket trading. 

Revolution Wind LLC, co-owned by Orsted and Global Infrastructure Partners, sued the Trump administration on Thursday over last month’s order halting construction of the 80%-complete Revolution Wind offshore project off Rhode Island. The multi-billion-dollar, 65-turbine wind farm was suspended by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which cited unspecified national security concerns.

The Orsted-backed wind farm venture sued the Trump administration in federal court in Washington. This came shortly before the attorneys general of Connecticut and Rhode Island announced lawsuits of their own in the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island to overturn the stop-work order on the wind farm project, which is slated to produce intermittent electricity (not reliable) for more than 350,000 homes. 

“The Stop Work Order is invalid and must be set aside because it was issued without statutory authority, in violation of agency regulations and procedures and the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, and is arbitrary and capricious,” the lawsuit stated. 

The lawsuit continued, “If unabated, the Stop Work Order will inflict devastating and irreparable harm on Revolution Wind. Revolution Wind has already spent or committed approximately $5 billion on the project, and will incur over $1 billion in breakaway costs if the project is cancelled, all of which Revolution Wind may lose if the unlawful Stop Work Order remains in effect.” 

Last month, the BOEM issued a directive (read here) to halt all offshore construction activities on the Revolution Wind project. The order stems from a Presidential Memorandum issued on Jan. 20, which triggered a broad review of renewable projects on the Outer Continental Shelf.

BOEM listed items it wanted to address with the project:

• Environmental protections

• National security concerns (e.g., interference with U.S. defense/naval activity in the exclusive economic zone, high seas, territorial seas).

At a press conference earlier, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong called Trump’s stop order an “all-out war” on wind power, adding, “This is an utterly unlawful and baseless — and frankly senseless and stupid stop-work order.” 

While White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Bloomberg in a statement, “President Trump’s day one executive order instructed agencies to review leases and permitting practices for wind projects with consideration for our country’s growing demands for reliable energy, effects on energy costs for American families, the importance of marine life and fishing industry, and the impacts on ocean currents and wind patterns.” 

Here’s UBS analyst Dominic Ellis’ first take on the legal spat:

Orsted announced it is suing the Trump administration in an effort to get the stop work order on Revolution Wind removed. This does not look to me like a sign that behind the scenes negotiations are going well. From memory, Equinor threatened a lawsuit over Empire Wind but never formally filed before the suspension was lifted. Though over 68% of Orsted shareholders have indicated they will vote to approve the rights issue at tomorrow’s EGM, the key question now is how soon (if at all) Orsted can resolve its issues in the U.S. The lawsuit suggests a resolution is not imminent, in my opinion, though obviously its impossible to tell from the outside looking in. Connecticut and Rhode Island have also both announced they are suing the administration. 

Last month, Orsted shares in Denmark plunged due to the combination of a rights issue, a halt order on the wind farm, and overall pessimism across the green energy sector. 

• Wind Giant Orsted Suffers Worst Week On Record As Green Energy Demise Accelerates

• Orsted Shares Crash Below IPO Price On “Unexpected” Rights Issue

• Orsted Shares Crash To Record Lows After Trump Halts Rhode Island Offshore Wind Project

The Trump administration is prioritizing reliable, cheap fossil fuel power generation, along with a nuclear plant pipeline that is expected to be operational later this decade, extending into the 2030s. All of this stable power is what’s needed on fragile grids nationwide amid the AI data center supercycle. Green is too fragile. We wouldn’t be surprised if a few ‘Solyndra-style‘ implosions rock the green industry within Trump’s second term.

Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News,

Hans-Jürgen Papier, Germany’s former chief justice and one of the country’s most senior legal scholars, has warned that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is undermining national sovereignty by creating what he called a “de facto right to immigration through the back door.”

The 82-year-old Ludwig Maximilian University professor, who led Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court at the start of Angela Merkel’s chancellorship, told The Times newspaper that a growing body of asylum case law from national courts and the ECHR in Strasbourg had created an “ever deeper reaching and ever more closely meshed agglomeration” of rulings. These, he said, were now “settling like mildew over the states’ political power to take action.”

In his view, the result has been a dramatic broadening of the right to asylum, far beyond what was originally intended under the Geneva Convention.

“The citizens expect those with political responsibility to revise the asylum policies to suit the changed circumstances. But that is in danger of failing because of the ossification of a body of law that is getting increasingly rarefied and ultimately looks irreversible to many politicians,” he said.

Papier criticized the way European courts have interpreted Articles 3 and 8 of the ECHR — the rights against inhuman treatment and to family life — to block deportations, including cases where asylum seekers could face homelessness or irregular work in other EU states.

“That simply goes too far,” he argued.

“Here, human dignity is being treated like small change and thereby robbed of its special dignified status.”

The former judge warned that the overzealous application of human rights laws by the ECHR was “generally destroying the European citizen’s trust in the capacity of their democratic institutions to act, and so at the end of the day endangering the existence of Western democracies.”

He called for reforms to the ECHR itself, though he admitted this was unlikely given the need for consensus among all 46 Council of Europe states. Instead, he suggested that the EU or national parliaments draft a “precisely formulated law of migration” that would reduce judges’ scope for interpretation and return asylum rights to the original Geneva standards.

Among his proposals are electronic asylum visas for those with a realistic chance of success, strict annual ceilings on “subsidiary protection” — a weaker asylum status covering people at risk of violence or hardship — and potential third-country solutions for processing applications abroad.

Papier has long been a critic of what he sees as Europe’s open-border approach. In an op-ed for the Bild newspaper in November 2023, he warned that “essentially nothing has changed” since the 2015 migration crisis. He accused Germany of allowing migrants to bypass the Dublin Regulation, which requires asylum seekers to lodge claims in the first EU country they enter, and insisted that Berlin should move “as quickly as possible” to introduce clear and enforceable rules.

“It is not about affecting the right to asylum for people who are actually being persecuted,” he wrote, “it is about protecting this right from being abused for reasons that are clearly unrelated to asylum.”

Read more here…

Luxury motor yacht builder Medyılmaz Shipyard launched a 24-meter (or about 79-foot) superyacht named Dolce Vento, which capsized and sank just minutes into its maiden voyage earlier this week.

On Tuesday, Dolce Vento was launched from the Ereğli district of Zonguldak, Turkey, according to SuperYacht Times. Within about 15 minutes, the vessel developed a “stabilization issue,” began taking on water, and ultimately capsized, the yachting news website wrote in a report. 

‼️The newly launched 24-metre Medyılmaz Shipyard motor yacht Dolce Vento sinking just minutes after entering the water in the Ereğli district of Zonguldak, Turkey. At the time of the launch, the yacht’s owner, captain and two crew members were allegedly onboard.Find out more via… pic.twitter.com/iienA7qVqD

— SuperYacht Times (@sytreports) September 3, 2025

SuperYacht Times provided more color on the vessel:

Dolce Vento was built at Medyılmaz Shipyard with construction beginning in 2024. The 160 GT motor yacht features a steel hull and aluminium superstructure and was known as NB65 while in-build.

The owner of the vessel was not named in the report. 

Authored by Ellen Wan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Tiny yet treacherous, microplastics have infiltrated our bodies, silently wreaking havoc on our health. Emerging research reveals their alarming link to weakened immune systems, increased risk of heart disease, and even early death.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) offers a time-honored solution, aiming to restore balance in the body and help protect against these widespread pollutants.

Microplastics Can Stay in the Body

Microplastics enter the human body through food, air, and skin contact. A study published in the Archives of Toxicology in June identified polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate, and polyacrylonitrile nanoparticles in autopsy samples. These findings show that microplastics can pass through biological barriers and accumulate in specific tissues. The highest levels were found in the thyroid, kidneys, and brain tissues.

Lo Yueh-Hsia, an associate professor from the Department of Life Sciences at Taiwan’s National Central University, shared that microplastics have been detected in human blood. This suggests that not all microplastics are excreted through feces or urine. Some may stay in the body, and how they are broken down and eliminated is still unclear.

How Microplastics Affect Hormones and Immunity

More than 10,000 chemicals are used in plastic production, including plasticizers, flame retardants, colorants, and ultraviolet stabilizers—many of which are proven endocrine disruptors, such as bisphenol A. These substances can interfere with hormone function, harm the reproductive system, and weaken the immune system.

Studies show that microplastics may trigger inflammation. When they build up in the spaces around cells, they can block communication pathways and prevent immune cells from responding properly.

Microplastics May Increase Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke

Growing evidence suggests a link between microplastics and impaired cardiovascular function. A 2024 study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that microplastics and nanoplastics may damage blood vessels and promote clotting through several toxic effects.

Dr. Chia-Ming Chang, an attending physician in the Department of Medical Genetics and Eugenics at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, told The Epoch Times that microplastics lingering in blood vessels can attract immune cells, initiating repair processes and triggering chronic inflammation. This worsens the risk of atherosclerosis—fatty buildup in the arteries—and thrombosis—blood clot formation—increasing the likelihood of stroke and death.

A study in The New England Journal of Medicine found that, over a 34-month follow-up period, patients with microplastics detected in their carotid artery plaques had a higher risk of stroke, death, or other serious events than those without detectable microplastics.

How TCM May Help Lower Risk

Conventional medicine currently focuses on limiting exposure, drinking enough water, and eating more fiber to promote excretion. However, TCM takes a different route—strengthening the body’s defenses and detox systems to make it harder for toxins to take hold in the first place.

Dr. Jingduan Yang, CEO of Northern Medical Center in New York, told The Epoch Times: “In TCM, we see microplastics as a modern toxin. When the body’s vital energy is deficient, foreign substances can invade and lodge in tissues. The key is to strengthen the body’s metabolic and detoxification functions to address the problem at its root.”

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