by Isaac Cubillos | May 15, 2025 | Energy
Let’s get this straight from the jump: The oil patch was cracking before Trump. But the man sure poured gasoline on the fire. A new report from S&P Global Commodity Insights is sounding the alarm: U.S. oil production is on track to fall in 2026—the first time in a...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 14, 2025 | Journal
For all the noise about a 90-day tariff truce between the U.S. and China, the only ones grinning ear to ear right now are the shipping lines. After the U.S. slashed its tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, and China cut theirs from 125% to 10%, the race was on....
by Isaac Cubillos | May 14, 2025 | Journal
I was sitting on my couch, coffee in hand, watching CBS Sunday Morning—that soft, thoughtful show that reminds us the world isn’t all bad—when this story hit me square in the gut. Beth Benike. Veteran. Mom. Small business owner. Fighter. And now, thanks to a 145%...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 12, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
Last week in Palm City, Florida, the Florida Highway Patrol and ICE staged a show of force at a gated community like they were raiding a drug lord’s mansion. Their targets? Landscaping trucks. Their crime? Apparently, looking too brown in the wrong ZIP code. One of...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 12, 2025 | Energy
You can always tell when the oil boys start feeling queasy—they park the rigs, talk about “discipline,” and suddenly forget all that tough talk about energy independence. This week, they did just that. Baker Hughes’ latest rig count shows U.S. oil and gas...
