U.S. Factories Expand at Fast Clip

U.S. manufacturing activity surged in July at the strongest rate in more than four years — driven by soaring demand, record production, and a wave of new hiring. This is the latest clear claimed result of President Donald J. Trump’s economic agenda delivering an industrial renaissance across America.
 
The Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing PMI shows the sector expanding for the seventh consecutive month — a sharp reversal after contraction in every single month of the previous Administration (outside a temporary post-pandemic bounce). New export orders flipped firmly back into expansion, proving the world is once again demanding American-made goods.

Bloomberg’s Lisa Abramowicz on X wrote, “US manufacturing is booming, expanding at the fastest pace since 2022 and beating expectations in many metrics for the month of July. Omar Sharif of Inflation Insights points out that the ISM production index rose by the most for any July since 1951.”

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OK AG Orders Fauci Investigation

Attorney General Gentner Drummond Monday announced his support for the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci and the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Drummond confirmed he has directed his office to investigate whether Oklahoma law was violated in connection with Fauci’s actions during the pandemic.

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Rising Home Insurance Cost Study

Reps. Stacy Jo Adams, R-Duncan, and Chris Sneed, R-Fort Gibson, will lead an interim study examining the factors contributing to rising homeowners’ insurance costs in Oklahoma they announced in a joint release today.

The lawmakers will bring together insurance professionals, contractors, builders, real estate professionals, adjusters, consumer advocates and homeowners to better understand why Oklahoma consistently ranks among the states with the highest homeowner’s insurance premiums.

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Circle Cinema: Reading Lolita in Tehran

Circle Cinema, Tulsa’s nonprofit arthouse theater, has added more showtimes Thursday August 6th for Reading Lolita in Tehran. Directed by Israeli Filmmaker Eran Riklis and based on Azar Nafisi’s #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, the film follows a professor who secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students in post-revolution Iran to read banned Western classics, including Lolita, The Great Gatsby, and Pride and Prejudice.

The film stars Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears), and is presented in Persian and English.

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Uyghur Forced Labor Act Adds

Friday, the United States added 43 companies based in China to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, a key tool in preventing the importation into the United States of goods made with forced labor and leveling the playing field for American companies.  The UFLPA, enacted in 2021, aims to prevent goods tainted by forced [slave] labor of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Communist China from entering the U.S. market, holding accountable entities involved in such practices.

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