August 27, 2025 | Art of the Collapse, September 2025

The Russia/Ukraine peace talks seem to be going pretty well…

Meanwhile, the US took a $10 billion stake in a major chipmaker. And that’s apparently just the beginning:

Trump Vows To Nationalize As Many Private Companies As It Takes To Defeat Socialism

(Babylon Bee) – President Donald Trump announced this week his administration plans on nationalizing as many private businesses and companies as possible in order to fight socialism.

Following the announcement that his administration is buying a large share in floundering tech company Intel, Trump defended the move by arguing the only way to fight socialism is for the government to buy up large portions of private businesses and nationalize them.

“We must seize the means of production, comrades!” Trump announced in a press conference earlier this week. “Only then will the worker truly be free. We must control the private companies in order to stop the spread of socialism. It makes perfect sense.”

After facing mounting criticism over the buy-out, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on news programs to clarify the administration’s motivations.

“You see, this isn’t socialism because in socialism the workers control the means of production,” Bessent explains. “When the government controls business entities, it’s called laissez-faire economics. Oh wait…I might have switched a few things up in my head.”

But a much wilder story comes from Scotland, where a young girl defended herself and a friend from an aggressive older man…and was arrested for it.

The result is a “Scottish Girl” meme tsunami:

The above pushed Epstein and Russiagate off the headlines. But they’re still out there:

John Rubino August 27th, 2025

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