Via Remix News,

The deputy head of the German police union, Manuel Ostermann, published this text on X, which Remix News is publishing in English: (emphasis ours)

Imagine Germany in 2050.

Arab clans dominate the big cities. Gangs fight each other in the fight for sovereignty in organized crime. People who don’t belong to the “right side” are murdered on the street. Even the police hardly dare to go to certain areas known as no-go areas anymore. Drug deaths hit an all-time high. In some districts, only Sharia law is recognized as valid law. Women are only allowed to go out on the streets unless fully veiled and accompanied by a male relative. The streetscape in these cities is dominated by Arab shops and traders.

You only hear Arabic. Germans have moved to other parts of the city and no longer dare to go back. In schools, lessons can only take place bilingually. The law of the strongest prevails in the playground. Girls and women only dare to be around people with pepper spray in their pockets. Gang rapists and so-called grooming gangs wreak havoc with impunity. Muslim girls, who are still pre-adolescent, like to be married to older men. Genital mutilation is practiced quite naturally in certain circles. German folk festivals only take place sporadically.

Many cities now have Islamist mayors. There is an Islamic right-wing radical party in the Bundestag strongest force. Hundreds of male migrants still cross borders every day. Christmas lights have been abolished. Islamic festivals such as Sugar Festival have been declared a national holiday. Crosses have invariably disappeared from public life. Most churches are closed. The imams can be heard calling to prayer several times a day. The social system has almost collapsed. The pensions can no longer be paid out.

I hear you shouting again: Now he’s exaggerating again! Such dystopian nonsense! And again I would answer you: No, I’m not exaggerating at all.

Just take a look at the U.K.

There, you are already a few steps further and closer to the description above. Why should things be any different here in Germany?

Not only will our society continue to Islamize –and at a rapid pace – it will undoubtedly become radicalized in every respect. Acts of violence will continue to increase. 

If … yes, if we don’t get a 180-degree turnaround in domestic politics right away.

We don’t have a second chance, just this one way to stop the development that has been mapped out.

Not tomorrow. Not at some point.

Now. 

Germany is no longer safe. This is not a wanton toad. This is not a “populist” battle cry. This is not pessimism. This is reality.

Read more here…

Why count calories at the national level?

Average daily food supply is a snapshot of a country’s entire food system: crop yields, imports, subsidies, and consumer preferences.

When availability climbs well above the 2,000–2,500 calories (kcal) most adults need, it can foreshadow rising public-health costs such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

Conversely, a lower figure flags lingering food insecurity or supply-chain gaps.

This infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao, ranks the top 40 countries with the largest food supplies.

Data for this visualization come from Our World in Data. They processed 2022 figures from the UN to track the average daily calories in a country’s food output, a measure that factors in imports and local production.

Because the metric captures supply rather than plate-level intake, it also hints at the scale of food lost in retail and households, an often-overlooked environmental cost.

Ranked: The Best-Fed Countries

Belgium leads the list with supplying nearly 3,900 kcal per person each day, fueled by calorie-dense staples such as bread, cheese, and chocolate.

Ireland, Austria, and Poland also exceed 3,750 kcal.

A long tradition of livestock farming and generous agricultural subsidies keep high-calorie animal products abundant and affordable.

In fact, Europe dominates these rankings, taking 27 of the 40 spots.

Yet high supply does not always translate into higher consumption.

Countries like France show signs of shifting toward lighter meals and smaller portion sizes despite steady supply growth.

As European Union policymakers focus on food waste targets, the gap between available and eaten calories could widen even further.

The Very Large North American diet

Outside Europe, Israel ranks a close second with 3,895 kcal, reflecting a diet that blends Western processed foods with regional favorites such as tahini and olive oil.

The U.S. lands in third place at 3,875 kcal, underscoring its expansive agricultural system and large portion norms.

Saudi Arabia’s ninth-place finish (3,707 kcal) is noteworthy. A heavy dependence on food imports and government-backed food subsidies help maintain one of the world’s most calorie-rich supplies despite limited arable land.

However, high availability often correlates with rising obesity rates.

Adult obesity now exceeds 30% in both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, highlighting the health trade-offs of abundant food systems.

Why Food Supply Does Not Equal Calorie Intake

Food supply figures overstate actual consumption because they do not subtract retail losses and household waste.

In high income countries, roughly one-third of edible calories never reach the plate.

Even so, surplus supply strains ecosystems through land use, water withdrawals, and greenhouse-gas emissions.

Recent studies estimate that cutting global food waste in half could lower agricultural emissions by up to 8%.

Conversely, for lower-supply nations, modest gains in food availability remain critical for combating under-nutrition.

Understanding the distinction between calories supplied and calories eaten helps policymakers craft targeted dietary guidelines, waste-reduction programs, and social safety nets.

If you enjoyed today’s post, check out Top 50 Countries That Can Feed Themselves Across Seven Food Groups on Voronoi, the new app from Visual Capitalist.

Via The Cradle

The Israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes as well as a landing operation in Syria Wednesday night, coinciding with ongoing negotiations for a security deal between Tel Aviv and Damascus. 

“The attack in Damascus last night proves the proper balance of power between us and Syria,” the Israel News telegram channel reported on Thursday.  “Every time Israel sees that there is a weapon or some kind of capability in Syria that it can threaten – we act immediately. It should be noted that when there are agreements, Israel will not be able to do this. It is a weak step in the Middle East to seek an agreement, because an agreement is protection, until it strengthens. Israel is the strong side here, and therefore freedom of action should be preserved, and it is advisable that Israel maintain freedom of action,” it added. 

“The attack in Damascus is just an example of the need to carry out such attacks from time to time.” The strikes reportedly targeted an air defense base belonging to Syria’s former military. 

“About 10 kilometers from the opening of the Damascus International Fair attended by President Sharaa, three Israeli warplanes took turns bombing Rif-Dimashq (Damascus countryside),” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported.

Following the attack on Wednesday, Israeli ground forces were flown into the area via helicopter to carry out a raid on the site. The details of the landing operation are “not yet known,” a government source told Syrian state media outlet SANA. 

Syrian army sources told AFP the landing operation lasted two hours, and that Israeli forces left the area afterwards. Six Syrian soldiers were killed in an attack on the same area on Tuesday. 

The government source told SANA that Syrian troops discovered spy devices during a patrol south of Damascus on August 26. The strikes targeted the soldiers when they attempted to remove the devices. 

The Israeli attack on Tuesday prevented access to the area until the following day, the source said, adding that Syrian troops later destroyed the spy devices with “appropriate weapons.”

Israel’s Channel 14 correspondent Hillel Biton Rosen reported that “Israeli strikes were carried out in Syria following the discovery of intelligence devices planted in the country.”

Israeli forces seized Bat al-Warda hill near Mount Hermon in Syria’s Damascus countryside, involving 60 soldiers and 11 vehicles, and opened fire on protesting locals, killing one civilian.

Defense Minister Israel Katz defended the action as essential for protecting Israel’s…

— Joshua Landis (@joshua_landis) August 28, 2025

Direct negotiations between Syrian and Israeli officials have been taking place in recent months, focusing on the establishment of a security arrangement. Israel expanded its occupation of Mount Hermon following the fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government last year, pushing past the demilitarized zone and declaring the 1974 Disengagement Agreement null. 

Israeli forces have since established a widespread occupation across southern Syria and have continued to expand it, practically encircling the Syrian capital. Hundreds of Israeli airstrikes have also targeted former Syrian army sites.

Last month, Israel intervened in violent clashes between Syrian government-linked forces and Druze armed factions in the southern Suwayda governorate, carrying out heavy strikes on Damascus’s troops and sites in the country’s capital.

Tel Aviv framed the attacks as an effort to “protect” the Druze minority in Syria. Negotiations between Israel and Syria, which had been ongoing before the July clashes, resumed quickly following the Israeli strikes on the country.

Israel’s Channel 12 revealed on August 25 that “Israel and Syria are expected to sign a security agreement aimed at stabilizing the situation in Syria and preventing threats to Israel.”

Israel destroyed multiple Syrian Army facilities & personnel last night. They even conducted raid by helicopters in Damascus area.

The plan is going as expected, everyone with brain cells knew what game Turkey, Qatar, Saudi were playing when they toppled Assad: they are doing… pic.twitter.com/xFDkS3WFua

— MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) August 28, 2025

The deal, set to be signed in September, is said to include a clause on preventing the new Syrian army from building and strengthening its force, as well as a demilitarization of the Golan Heights. It also reportedly includes Syrian–Israeli cooperation against Iran and Hezbollah. 

Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former Al-Qaeda chief, will attend the UN General Assembly meeting in New York next month.

The Deep State’s favorite weapons giant defense contractor, Lockheed Martin – which may or may not be next on Trump’s partial nationalization schedule – wants to have German peer Rheinmetall manufacture ATACMS and Hellfire missiles in Germany, business magazine WirtschaftsWoche cited a Lockheed executive as saying.

“We are already actively discussing additional manufacturing – including for ATACMS and Hellfire missiles,” Lockheed’s Europe head Dennis Goege told WirtschaftsWoche, adding that it would take place at Rheinmetall’s expanding Unterluess site in northern Germany.

The two companies said in April they would expand their cooperation beyond a memorandum of understanding signed in 2024, with the U.S. group providing missile and rocket technology, and Rheinmetall manufacturing and selling missiles in Europe.

Goege also told the magazine that the final list of missiles had yet to be determined.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited the Unterluess site on Wednesday, together with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil, to attend the opening of an artillery production line at what will be Europe’s biggest ammunition factory as Germany sets out to massively expand its military.

Rheinmetall has opened a new munitions factory in Unterlüss, Germany—built in just 1.5 years. Once at full capacity, it could become Europe’s largest artillery shell production site, possibly even the world’s. Output is set to hit 350,000 shells annually, with much headed to… pic.twitter.com/lniGjpcQlW

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 27, 2025

At the plant’s official inauguration in Unterluess on Wednesday, Rheinmetall’s chief executive officer, Armin Papperger, said the company could build similar facilities in other NATO countries, “and thus build a pan-European defense ecosystem.”

“When it comes down to it, Germany can be fast,” Papperger said. “Our country takes on responsibility as part of a Europe that has to take charge of its own security more than ever.”

Rutte said plants like the new one at Unterluess are “absolutely crucial” for the NATO alliance’s own security, for maintaining support for Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion and to “deter any aggression in the future.”

“Deterrence comes from the capability to indeed fight potential enemies,” Rutte added. “And Rheinmetall is extremely important here.”

According to Bloomberg, Rheinmetall broke ground for the plant, which was supposed to open in late spring or early summer this year, in early 2024 in the presence of former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The factory began trial operations in the second quarter of this year and will have a capacity of up to 350,000 rounds per year once it is fully operational from 2027 onwards.

It consists of two buildings, one for production of 155mm artillery shells and one for loading, assembly and packaging.

The investment volume totals around €500 million ($581 million) and more than 500 jobs will be created at the site. Rheinmetall also plans to produce rocket artillery there starting from next year.

Papperger also formally signed a contract Wednesday together with the Romanian economy minister for a new powder factory there, which he said could be completed in around 18 months.

Rheinmetall recently completed another major project in Germany, a plant in Weeze near the Dutch border, where the German defense contractor manufactures center fuselage sections for Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet.

Its weapons and ammunition segment has been a major growth driver behind the company’s unprecedented rise in the past three years, recording sales of €724 million in the first half of 2025. The company’s shares are up more than 160% this year.

By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com

Denmark has summoned the U.S. envoy after intelligence reports of suspected influence operations in Greenland, a mineral-rich Arctic territory central to offshore oil prospects and critical minerals, Reuters reported on Wednesday, describing the effort as an attempt to promote secession. 

The development adds urgency to oversight of exploration and mining policy, with Danish officials saying the case could impact licensing timelines and control of future export routes.

According to media reports, at least three Americans tied to U.S. President Donald Trump engaged with Greenlandic politicians and figures and compiled lists of locals deemed supportive or hostile to U.S. aims. The foreign ministry called the activity unacceptable. The U.S. mission in Copenhagen is led by chargé d’affaires Mark Stroh.

Greenland contains significant deposits of rare earths and uranium alongside prospective offshore hydrocarbons that are undeveloped. Its position near emerging Arctic shipping lanes is elevating its value for energy trade and mineral exports as sea ice thins. The resource profile positions Greenland to supply permanent-magnet materials for wind turbines and EV motors, while uranium lends a dual energy role. Western planners also eye Greenland for catalysts and grid storage feedstocks.

Earlier this year, U.S. officials pressed the Tanbreez project to bypass Chinese buyers, highlighting how competition over critical minerals is shaping Arctic policy and procurement strategies. The island’s proximity to the Arctic makes it a logical focus for President Trump’s transactional approach to securing energy and minerals. Investors note Arctic corridors that could shorten voyages for crude and LNG. Seasonal access windows remain limited but widening.

Local leaders have maintained a cautious posture toward large-scale extraction. Environmental and social concerns have slowed efforts to transform the territory into a mining superpower, even as demand grows for materials used in wind turbines, batteries, and defense systems. Officials in Nuuk and Copenhagen continue to state that the island is not for sale. Greenland’s cabinet continues to weigh environmental baselines, hiring, and revenue-sharing before advancing projects.

On Thursday the Israeli Air Force carried out major strikes on Yemen, but unlike prior attacks, this one was reportedly aimed at eliminating top military and political leaders of the Iran-backed Houthi movement.

It was an operation widely described by Israeli media as the IDF military’s most significant strike against the Houthis to date. According to Israeli media citing anonymous security sources, intelligence indicated that ten senior Houthi officials, including the group’s defense minister, had gathered near Sanaa to attend a speech by Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi – although none of this can be definitively confirmed. 

The Israeli Air Force reportedly conducted an airstrike aimed at that assembly, resulting in huge explosions and fireballs erupting near the presidential compound and a southern Sanaa building.

What remains unknown, and is unlikely to go unconfirmed for days or more, is which high-ranking Houthi officials were actually present, or whether the group’s chief of staff, Muhammad al-Ghamari, was among them.

Regional reports suggest Israeli intelligence was monitoring the situation in real time, providing precise data that enabled the strike, even though that particular area of the city is known for having strong air defenses.

According to more details in regional sources:

Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen network, affiliated with Hezbollah, reported that more than 10 strikes hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and attacks were reported in the provinces of Amran and Hajjah. Sources told the Saudi Al-Hadath TV channel that the attacks “targeted Houthi positions in the Hajjah area. They targeted houses where Houthi leaders were hiding.”

Israeli Defense Minister Katz soon after the attack was complete, stated, “As we warned the Houthis in Yemen: After the plague of darkness comes the plague of the firstborn” – in reference to the Biblical Ten Plagues of Egypt.

pic.twitter.com/BC7xeq8Vkq

— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) August 24, 2025

His words suggested that some of among the top Houthi leadership were taken out.

And Israel’s military in follow-up said, “The IDF is acting forcefully against the Houthi terror regime, alongside intensifying operations against Hamas in Gaza, and will continue to act to eliminate all threats to Israeli civilians.”

Remarkably powerful daytime attack, after the Houthis over several months have targeted Tel Aviv’s international airport with ballistic missiles…

A big attack in Yemen right now 💪 pic.twitter.com/6ItRTNBZQF

— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) August 24, 2025

The Houthis are an Iran-allied movement which has shown resiliency, given that for over a half-decade it was bombed by the Saudi-US-UAE coalition, largely to no effect, and now it is in a war with Israel, and has managed to effectively shut down international transit shipping through the Red Sea.

Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News,

Germany’s ruling CDU/CSU bloc is demanding stricter limits on welfare, with party leaders pointing to high rates of reliance on the citizen’s allowance among Afghans and Syrians.

Deputy parliamentary group leader Mathias Middelberg said job centers must do more to place these groups into work, stressing there is “still considerable potential for catching up in terms of taking up employment.”

“Just 100,000 more people in work instead of relying on the citizen’s allowance could, depending on wage levels, relieve the federal budget in the low single-digit billion range every year,” the lawmaker told Bild.

According to government figures cited by Middelberg, 52.8 percent of Syrians and 46.7 percent of Afghans in Germany rely on the citizen’s allowance, while only 36.7 percent of Syrians and 37 percent of Afghans hold jobs subject to social security contributions.

“We cannot accept that hundreds of thousands of young asylum seekers here in Germany are unemployed for decades,” he said.

The call comes amid soaring welfare costs, with annual spending on the citizen’s allowance at around €52 billion. Statistics from the Federal Employment Agency (BA) last year showed that of the more than 4 million people who can work but receive social benefits, more than 2.5 million have a migration background, constituting 63.5 percent.

At the start of 2024, of the 2.6 million non-Germans registered for benefits, 706,000 were from Ukraine, 512,000 from Syria, and 201,000 from Afghanistan.

CSU leader Markus Söder and CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann said that those unwilling to work should no longer receive support.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz reinforced the message over the weekend, warning that Germany’s welfare model is no longer sustainable. “The welfare state as we have it today is no longer financially viable with what we are achieving economically,” he said.

Rising unemployment, bankruptcies, and inflation risks are also evidence of the mounting strain.

Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel slammed the Grand Coalition government for continuing to oversee Germany’s economic decline on Tuesday, pointing to figures cited by Welt, which revealed 114,000 industrial jobs had been lost within the last year.

“The politically motivated deindustrialization continues unabated, even more than six months after the new elections. No economic turnaround without the AfD!” she wrote.

Read more here…

Authored by Tanvi Ratna via The Epoch Times,

When President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, many dismissed the summit as a spectacle. Yet beneath the optics, something deeper was unfolding: a strategic gambit aimed at weakening the foundations of the China–Russia relationship. If Nixon’s 1972 trip to Beijing cleaved China from the USSR, this administration is attempting a reverse maneuver—quietly driving a wedge between Moscow and Beijing.

But this time, the tools aren’t detente or ideological diplomacy. They’re economic coercion, targeted pressure, and the calibration of dependency.

The goal is clear: not to reshape alliances in public, but to make their costs visible in private.

Since the summit, a pattern has emerged—one that spans India, China, the EU, and Russia itself.

These theaters are distinct, but the pressure applied in each is coordinated.

This is the “Reverse Kissinger Doctrine,” unfolding not as doctrine in name, but in practice.

India is a useful starting point. After New Delhi ramped up imports of discounted Russian oil to over 1.7 million barrels per day, the United States imposed a 25 percent blanket tariff on Indian exports. Weeks later, the tariff was doubled to 50 percent on categories tied to petroleum-linked supply chains. The effect was immediate: Russian crude shipments to India fell by 67 percent.

Washington’s message was implicit but unmistakable—continued support for Russia, even through commercial channels, would carry consequences. Indian refiners adjusted. The flows didn’t halt entirely, but the margins shrank. India’s largest exporters, including pharmaceutical and automotive suppliers, signaled concern. Moody’s revised India’s growth projections downward, citing export exposure. While Indian officials publicly emphasized resilience, the strategic discomfort was evident.

China, in contrast, absorbed the displaced volumes. Its purchases of Russian Urals crude increased sharply, pushing Moscow ahead of Saudi Arabia as China’s largest oil supplier. Trade between the two countries is increasingly yuan- and ruble-denominated. Swap lines have expanded. Military-industrial cooperation, though officially denied, continues under dual-use umbrellas.

Still, China’s response is not without cost. U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods are now at 30 percent, and export controls on semiconductors and precision inputs are tightening. Beijing has retaliated through rare earth export restrictions, but that tactic—effective in the short term—risks longer-term isolation. Moreover, its perceived alignment with Moscow on Ukraine has complicated relationships with Europe.

European policymakers have taken notice. While their public posture remains calibrated, Brussels has steadily escalated sanctions. At least 45 Russian financial institutions have been cut off from SWIFT. A price cap on Russian crude has significantly reduced Moscow’s daily revenues. Shadow tanker fleets, once a workaround, are now under sanctions pressure themselves.

Meanwhile, Europe’s security posture is shifting. Troop deployments across NATO’s eastern flank—while not full-scale—mark a departure from the defense posture of previous decades.

These shifts don’t reflect a desire to expand conflict. They reflect an understanding that deterrence now has to be distributed.

For Moscow, the costs are compounding. Its current account surplus has narrowed dramatically. Maintaining its shadow fleet is proving expensive. Insurance and repairs are harder to procure. While the Kremlin maintains a tough line in public—insisting on recognition of its territorial claims—there are signs of negotiation behind the scenes.

The administration’s objective is not necessarily a win in Ukraine as traditionally defined. It’s strategic containment—an equilibrium that limits Russian leverage without requiring NATO expansion or direct confrontation.

The logic is subtle but consistent. Create discomfort around Russia’s partnerships. Use trade and finance to constrain flexibility. Signal to third parties that proximity to Moscow comes with rising friction. It’s not about public declarations. It’s about recalibrating the cost-benefit equation.

This approach does not mirror the Cold War. There is no binary bloc logic. But the tactics resonate with history. Nixon once bet that ideological curiosity could reshape global alignments. This administration is betting that dependency—and its disruption—can achieve the same.

In doing so, it is quietly reshaping the landscape. Not through new alliances, but through the strategic burdening of old ones.

Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times or ZeroHedge.

Folks across the eastern half of the U.S. have been wearing quarter zips, sweatshirts, and hoodies at night, with some even sparking up fireplaces and/or bonfires as the summer winds down, thanks to unseasonably cool air.

In some areas across the Lower 48 – mostly the eastern half – temperatures have been “record-breaking cold” and the coldest in a generation for some zip codes. 

Headlines That Put the “Climate Crisis” Narrative on Ice

Cool temps are producing optically displeasing headlines for the Democratic Party, which insists a “climate crisis” will destroy the world unless folks pay more taxes and ban cow farts. 

Latest reporting:

• August 20: “First True Taste Of Fall”: Might Need A Jacket Next Week

• August 26: What Climate Crisis? Weather Channel Reports “Record-Breaking Cold” For August

Another massive shot of “unseasonably cold air” is headed for the eastern half of the U.S. next week, as mentioned by meteorologist Ben Noll on X.

He said, “An even bigger surge of unseasonably cold air is coming straight down from the Arctic into the United States next week!” 

An even bigger surge of unseasonably cold air is coming straight down from the Arctic into the United States next week! pic.twitter.com/lOS77hfKhS

— Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) August 28, 2025

Meanwhile, Democrats have spent years brainwashing entire generations into believing a climate crisis will wipe out the world in just a few short years. Hopefully, the kids still own jackets.

Submitted by Jason Curtis Anderson of One City Rising, 

When Taylor Lorenz breaks a story on Democrat dark money, you know something strange is happening. Lorenz, who has made a career as the poster child for progressive social media culture, finally turned her reporting lens onto her own side. And what she uncovered in Wired is pretty dark: a secret program bankrolled by one of the largest Democrat dark money machines in America, designed to quietly pay off dozens of high-profile influencers to steer young voters toward the left.

The story centers around the Sixteen Thirty Fund, one of the crown jewels of Arabella Advisors’ dark money empire. According to public filings, this fund has been showered with staggering sums from progressive megadonors:

• $257.1 million from the New Venture Fund

• $64 million from the Open Societies Action Fund 

• $20.2 million from the Hopewell Fund

• $13 million from the North Fund

• $5.6 million from Tides Advocacy

A spreadsheet posted by DataRepublican on X bluntly spelled it out: “That ‘dark money’ group, Sixteen Thirty Fund, is Arabella Advisors and is pure Open Society passthrough.”

And this time, the pipeline wasn’t just about elections, protests, or legislation—it was about directly paying the online voices that shape the political worldview of America’s youngest voters.

That “dark money” group, Sixteen Thirty Fund, is Arabella Advisors and is pure Open Society passthrough. Congratulations to Taylor Lorenz for finally catching up to what we’ve all known for years: that the Democratic party is controlled by Soros. pic.twitter.com/IhjiULKkxz

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) August 28, 2025

The project was blandly branded the “Chorus Creator Incubator Program.” According to Lorenz, more than 90 influencers were expected to join. The New York Post confirmed some of the names tied to the program:

• Olivia Julianna, the Gen Z activist who spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention

• Loren Piretra, a former Playboy executive turned Occupy Democrats podcast host

• Barrett Adair, who runs a viral American Girl Doll–themed meme account

• Suzanne Lambert, who calls herself a “Regina George liberal”

• Arielle Fodor, a TikTok-famous teacher with 1.4 million followers

• Sander Jennings, TLC reality star and sibling of trans influencer Jazz Jennings

• David Pakman, progressive YouTube host

• Leigh McGowan, better known as “Politics Girl”

This was no casual networking group. WIRED reported that contracts explicitly barred creators from admitting they were being paid, revealing their funders, or even acknowledging the program’s existence, operating like a top-secret mission by an intelligence agency. Breaking the silence could mean expulsion—and the loss of thousands in monthly income.

The fine print was even darker. One clause gave Chorus the right to order creators to delete content produced at its events. Another required influencers to route any political dealings through Chorus itself, effectively turning the nonprofit into a shadow PR firm that stood between Democrat politicians and their own online supporters. In fundraising pitches, Chorus bragged that its creators collectively commanded 40 million followers and more than 100 million weekly views.

If you’ve ever wondered why so much progressive content online feels eerily uniform, this is why. It’s not organic at all, it’s just another arm of the machine.

And the timing couldn’t be more potent. According to Pew Research, over 50% of Americans under 30 say they get their news primarily from social media. Among Gen Z, the number is even higher, with TikTok and Instagram rivaling traditional news outlets as primary sources of information. Combine that with the fact that younger Americans tend to trust influencers more than politicians or journalists, and you begin to understand just how valuable a Soros-funded influencer army really is.

Two of the most prominent figures on the hard-left influencer scene are Taylor Lorenz herself and Hasan Piker. Between them, they embody the cultural energy of the young online left. Yet when it comes to their politics, both are radically anti-Western, openly sympathetic to America’s enemies, and fall into the “burn America to the ground” category of the progressive left. 

Piker once glorified the 9/11 terrorists. Lorenz routinely amplifies fringe activists and thinks Luigi Mangione is the greatest thing to happen to mankind since sliced bread. Both sit at the center of an online ecosystem that frames nihilism and “death to America” sloganeering as a form of cool, cultural chic.

Both play a key role in mainstreaming hatred for America to young voters. 

Now imagine this ethos pumped into classrooms, dorm rooms, and teenage TikTok feeds—not through organic content, but through a dark money-funded pipeline designed to bypass any form of accountability.

That’s the real story here: while many Americans are scratching their heads at the state of our politics, wondering why crime rises as prosecutors look away, why borders stay open, why drug decriminalization spreads despite chaos, the answer often traces back to a single man and his bank account. George Soros already bankrolls district attorney races, radical criminal justice reforms, immigration lobbying, “racial justice” organizations, and massive street protests. Now we learn he’s also bankrolling the influencers who interpret those same issues for the youngest, most impressionable slice of the electorate.

That should terrify anyone who still believes in transparency, democracy, or the free flow of ideas. 

And here’s the bitter irony: Taylor Lorenz, a living embodiment of this world, may have finally done her most important piece of journalism, not by accident, but because the truth slipped out in a way that even the left couldn’t ignore. She showed us how the sausage is made.

What comes next is the harder question. Will the media class brush this off as “just how politics works”? Or will Americans finally see what’s really happening—that their children’s politics are being shaped not by authentic cultural voices, but by professionalized operatives on Soros’s payroll?

In a nation where young people trust Instagram more than the nightly news, this isn’t just clever marketing. It’s an engineered future. And unless someone pulls the plug, that future is going to look a lot like the worst instincts of the radical left—slickly packaged, algorithmically boosted, and secretly funded by a billionaire class that pretends to hate billionaires.