321 Quakes Hit San Francisco Bay In A Week – Is The San Andreas Fault Entering A Dangerous New Phase? Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, The west coast is shaking again.  In recent weeks we have witnessed so much seismic activity along the portion of the Pacific Ring of Fire that sits directly along the California coastline.  There had been hope that the shaking would settle down, but instead it appears […]

Supreme Court Allows New California Congressional Map That Favors Democrats Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 4 allowed California to use its newly redrawn congressional map in the upcoming midterm elections over the objections of Republicans who filed to block it. The decision in Tangipa v. Newsom came in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its ruling. […]

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Visa Program Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, A national university faculty group is suing to shut down President Donald Trump’s “Gold Card” visa, arguing that the new, expedited pathway to permanent residency for wealthy foreigners is unlawful. In a lawsuit filed Feb. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the American Association of University Professors […]

Iran FM Says Nuclear Talks With US Still On For Oman, Contradicting Earlier Reports Update(1515ET): And now a reversal, after hours ago Axios reported that talks for Oman were canceled, as the two sides couldn’t come to agreement as to the scope of talks. But now Iran’s foreign minister has contradicted this report… IRAN’S ARACHCHI CONFIRMS NUCLEAR TALKS WITH US IN OMAN FRIDAY Axios itself is now reporting the opposite of […]

Major Medical Group Advises Against Gender Procedures On Children The admonition to “first, do no harm” is an ancient cornerstone of medical ethics. With that in mind, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons broke ranks with other medical organizations on Tuesday, recommending that member physicians refrain from performing gender transition surgeries on anyone under age 19. The major milestone in Western society’s nascent recovery […]

Trump Signals Openness To China, India Investing In Venezuela’s Oil, While Tightening Rules Authored by Sean Tseng via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump says he is open to China and India investing in Venezuela’s oil sector, but new U.S. rules show that any reopening of Venezuela’s oil trade will come with strict legal and financial conditions designed to keep Washington firmly in control. Speaking to reporters aboard […]

“I Deeply Regret”: Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman Deny Epstein Malarkey, And Here’s Some Weird Sh*t As the latest Epstein Files release continues to provide premium toilet reading and no arrests, tech billionaires Bill Gates and Linkedin founder Reid Hoffman are in full damage control mode, while President Donald Trump – whose name is all over the files as well, is back to asking if we can just move on. Other notables mentioned in the […]

Ryan Routh Sentenced To Life Behind Bars For Trump Assassination Attempt Update (Wednesday): U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon sentenced Ryan Routh to life in prison for attempting to assassinate President Trump during the 2024 presidential election cycle, according to AP News. Federal prosecutors said Routh spent months planning the attack, showed willingness to kill anyone who interfered, and expressed zero remorse during the […]

Nuclear Nuggets From Goldman Offers Snapshot Of Reactor Space, Uranium Prices, Cameco Our Dec. 23 note, “Why the Price of Uranium Is About to Soar,” was published just days before uranium futures surged 25% to above $100 per pound. Prices have since corrected about 10% to around $91 per pound, but the broader thesis remains intact: up and to the right. As we first outlined to readers since December 2020 (read here), uranium has […]

Japan Is Normalizing: Risks To The Yen Carry Trade Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, “Japan Bond Meltdown Sends Yields to Record High on Fiscal Fears,” read a January 2026 Bloomberg article. Headlines like this, and many others, warn that Japan’s abrupt interest rate increase is an omen of dire trouble. While that may be the case, given decades of economic woes, declining demographics, and extreme […]

Putin Touts Energy Ties With China, While India Still Dodges Issue Of Russian Oil Ban Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a video link call on Wednesday, wherein Putin hailed Russia’s energy relationship with China as “strategic” while emphasizing that Beijing has become Moscow’s top buyer of oil and gas since the Ukraine ‘special military operation’ began. The timing is the most notable aspect, […]

NFL: ICE Will Not Be Present At Super Bowl Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Federal immigration officers will not make an appearance at the Super Bowl this year, NFL Chief Security Officer Cathy Lanier announced at a news conference on Feb. 2. “There are no planned ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] or immigration enforcement operations that are scheduled around the Super Bowl or any Super Bowl-related […]

January US Jobs Report Rescheduled For February 11 The government reopened after another theatrical two-day shutdown, but that doesn’t mean that Friday’s payrolls report will come when it is due (after all, it’s not like the BLS had 30 days to prepare for it, oh wait, they did). Instead, the January employment report has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 11, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data, originally due […]

Chuck Schumer Claims Voter ID Laws Are The Return Of “Jim Crow” The Democrat Party strategy relies heavily on the tactic of associating everything they don’t like with the race-based conflicts of the past, even though they have no knowledge or understanding of basic history.  Their intention is to energize their low-IQ base with hot button rhetoric while blithely dismissing any reasonable debate on otherwise common sense […]

No Global Recession In 2026, But Period Of Poor Growth Continues Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The IMF estimates for 2026 show no signs of recession. However, the global economy remains in a period of poor growth, high debt, persistent inflation and low productivity. There may not be a recession, but citizens feel poorer as net real wages decline in most economies, remaining below pre-pandemic levels. Why? Because in most […]

LGBT Activist Judge Faces Felony Charges For Wrongfully Detaining A Defense Attorney A Texas LGBT judge with a history of clashing with authorities over her activism has been arrested and charged after she allegedly handcuffed and held a defense attorney captive in her jury box for the crime of arguing for the right to confer with her client during a probation hearing.     Bexar County Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez was indicted […]

‘Nearly Indestructible’ Fuel: Nano Nuclear CEO Talks ‘Laser Enrichment’ On Shawn Ryan Show 2025 was a watershed moment for the US nuclear industry: enthusiasm for a global nuclear renaissance gripped the investment community as the valuations for publicly traded companies were pushed into the stratosphere. Tickers associated with nuclear reactors were pushed up several hundred percentage points, with Nano Nuclear one of the best […]

WTI Holds Losses As Freezing Temps Sparked Massive Drop In US Production Crude oil prices (WTI) are trending moderately lower this morning as traders weigh geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and a report of sharply lower US stockpiles reported by API overnight. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US envoy Steve Witkoff will hold indirect negotiations in Oman on Friday, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim reported, adding […]

What The Hell Happened To Don Lemon? From “Racism Is Over” To White Christian-Hating Radical Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In one of his most revealing moments years ago, Don Lemon sat down with Morgan Freeman and admitted exhaustion with the race narrative. “Sometimes, I get so tired of talking about it,” Lemon said. “I wanna just go, ‘This is over. Can we move on?’” Don Lemon once told Morgan […]

Speculation US May Announce New Nuclear Plant During Korea Trade Negotiations At a time when China, which is now leaps and bounds ahead of the US in energy generation, is building 29 nuclear power plants compared to zero for the US… Since the last update, Russia has added one additional nuclear reactor under construction (up to 5). China is still at 29; the US is still at 0 https://t.co/u9SnLCeFkI pic.twitter.com/2lUIFnXtOL — […]

Tom Homan Announces 700-Agent Drawdown As Minnesota Counties Begin Cooperating With ICE Border czar Tom Homan revealed moments ago at a press conference in Minneapolis that an unprecedented number of counties are now coordinating with federal authorities and allowing ICE to take custody of illegal aliens before they reach the streets. As a result, Homan noted, fewer federal agents are needed in the metro area. “We currently have an […]

US Services Sector Surveys Signal Solid Growth In January, But… Following the dramatic rebound in US Manufacturing survey data – driven by a surge in new orders – ‘Soft’ data has bounced back dramatically from its post-government shutdown lows (which is ironically occurring as the hard data – which was so resilient through the shutdown – has started to roll over)… …and this morning’s Services Sector survey data builds on […]

Putin ‘Kept His Word’ On Ceasefire, Trump Says, As Large Attacks On Kiev Resume President Trump has praised his Russian counterpart for keeping his word on the brief winter freeze ceasefire. Last week Trump had picked up the phone and urged President Putin to refrain from attacking Kiev and other major cities. Trump said of the surprise pause that Putin had agreed to halt strikes for one week. Trump has newly told reporters that […]

New York To Deploy Legal Observers From AG James’ Office To Monitor Federal Immigration Agents Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, New York is launching a new initiative to monitor immigration enforcement in the state, Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday. Her announcement comes amid heightened tensions and increasing protests, threats, and violence against federal agents carrying out arrests of illegal aliens. […]

No Surprises In Treasury Refunding Statement: No Auction Size Increases For “Next Several Quarters” Ahead of today’s much-anticipated quarterly refunding announcement by the US Treasury, some were hopeful that Bessent could pull an anti-Yellen and forecast a gradual decline in long-term issuance in coming quarters, sending yields lower. None of the happened, however, and instead the Treasury did not surprise markets, announcing that […]