Daily Policy Brief – 08/19/2024

Your daily policy brief to explore emerging topics and discover top-notch policy material about fields that impact and inform our preparedness like Economics, Geopolitics, Climate Change, Science & Technology and more, hand-selected daily for you.

As always, we prepare for the worst, but hope and pray for the best!


Daily Policy Topics

Economics

Peter Schiff: The Fed Still Isn’t Data-Driven

Futures Flat As Jackson Hole Looms; Dollar Tumbles As Yen Soars

Geopolitics

Lavrov Says ‘Clear’ That US Ordered Nord Stream Attacks, Demands Answers From Germany

EU Defense Bubble Under Pressure After Germany Freezes New Military Aid For Ukraine

Israel Sought To Bypass Foreign Agent Law To Spread Propaganda In US

Washington Post Report on Russia-Ukraine Negotiation to End Energy System Attacks: An Admission of Russian Long-Term Weakness or More Complex Calcuation?

US Department of Defense Arctic Strategy and China

THE LONG SHADOW OF SOVIET SABOTAGE DOCTRINE?

Climate Change

Coal Power Defined This Minnesota Town. Can Solar Win It Over?

Apheros says it can boost data center cooling by 90% with metal foam

Science & Technology

Drug Company Announces It Will Produce Millions Of Monkeypox Vaccines By Next Year

Class Traitors Casey and Calley Means Describe How Big Food and Big Pharma Knowingly Make Americans Unhealthy to Tucker

Will China’s Metal Stockpiling Drive Battery Prices Higher?

Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products

GM cuts 1,000 software jobs as it prioritizes quality and AI

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group

American Politics

RFK Jr. Refutes Report That He Approached Harris For Cabinet Position

Good News!

Good News in History, August 19

2,000-Year-old Roman Mosaic Decorated with Sea Creatures Discovered in England

Charles Barkley Turns Down $100 Million Contracts to Ensure TNT Sports Staff Keep Their Jobs Another Year

Is ‘smart’ insulin the ‘holy grail of insulin’?—Advances in real-time diabetes management

‘Wood vaulting’: A simple climate solution you’ve probably never heard of


Quote of the Day

“Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home.”

– Thomas Friedman

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