Daily News Digest - Summary for August 15 2025

These Countries Will Sell You A Passport

Daily News Digest - Summary for August 15 2025

These Countries Will Sell You A Passport

For people unhappy with their passport and with the right amount of spare cash hanging around, acquiring a new nationality that - for example - awards visa-free travel to more countries is possible.

Infographic: The Countries That Will Sell You a Passport | Statista

by Tyler Durden

For people unhappy with their passport and with the right amount of spare cash hanging around, acquiring a new nationality that - for example - awards visa-free travel to more countries is possible.

As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, according to law firm Henley & Partners, a dozen countries around the world offer passports in exchange for investments and the large majority does not require applicants to move or even visit there…


Malifornia: Millennials Are Fleeing The State In Massive Numbers

In a stunning report, StorageCafe reveals that California remains the “undisputed leader in outbound migration nationwide

by Tyler Durden

Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness,

In a stunning report, StorageCafe reveals that California remains the “undisputed leader in outbound migration nationwide, with nearly 683,000 residents leaving the state in a single year, according to the latest available U.S. Census data.” The evacuees’ top destination is Texas, which welcomed approximately 98,000 former Californians in 2023 alone…


Sam Altman, OpenAI will reportedly back a startup that takes on Musk’s Neuralink

by Julie Bort

Sam Altman is in the process of co-founding a new brain-to-computer interface startup called Merge Labs and raising funds for it with the capital possibly coming largely from OpenAI’s ventures team, unnamed sources told the Financial Times.

The startup is expected to be valued at $850 million. A source familiar with the deal tells TechCrunch that talks are still early and OpenAI has not yet committed to participation, so terms could change…


Advocates for Self-Government Launches Human Respect Labs to Fund Voluntaryist and libertarian Projects

Grant Range from $3,000-$30,000 for Advancing Human Liberty

Introducing Human Respect Labs

By Max Borders via The Advocates for Self-Government

Perhaps you’ve seen my writings on subversive innovation. You might be vaguely aware that I’m interested in building culture through creativity and entrepreneurship. Today, we’re launching a new venture you might find compelling…


Israel’s Biggest US Donor Now Owns CBS

Billionaire David Ellison just bought CBS with Trump’s blessing. His father, Larry Ellison—the top US funder of the Israeli military—backs the move. Bari Weiss is set to reshape the newsroom ...

by Alan Macleod, mintpressnews

After reaching an agreement with President Trump, David Ellison—the son of the second-richest man in the world, Larry Ellison—has acquired Paramount Global, the media giant that owns CBS News.

Larry Ellison, the largest private funder of the Israel Defense Forces, is deeply tied to the Israeli national security state and counts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu among his closest friends…


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