Visualizing The World’s Total Supply Of Gold Gold is on a hot streak, up more than 50% to-date despite retreating from October’s record highs of $4,380 per troy ounce. Driving global demand is the mixture of geopolitical tensions, a weaker U.S. dollar, and sticky inflation. In Q3 2025, central bank purchases were up 28% over the quarter, while inflows of gold-backed ETFs hit $26 billion. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s […]

Putin Increasingly Depends On Beijing For His Growing Arsenal Of Military Drones Via Remix News, While Russia is routinely portrayed as a serious military power, as the war drags on, Russia is becoming more and more reliant on Chinese drone components to survive. Now, China’s drone component supplier Wang Dinhua has just purchased a 5 percent stake in Russia’s Rustakt, a top drone manufacturer in Russia. Rustakt is subject […]

America’s Poison Melting Pot And The Luxury Of Tolerance Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, Modern western culture is an absolute anomaly in the history of human civilization. If one studies the principles and doctrines of nearly every other society and empire around the world, you will not find one that allows mass immigration of foreigners with contrary ideologies. You will not find one that allows foreigners to […]

Russia Proclaims Final Victory Over Key City Of Pokrovsk On Eve Of Putin-Witkoff Peace Plan Meeting Update(1710ET): Russia finally and formally announced Monday its forces have captured the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, the long fought-over strategic military logistics hub, as well as the city of Vovchansk in the northeast. The capture of Pokrovsk has long been seen as inevitable, after starting weeks ago Russian troops […]

US Plans To Keep Troops In Caribbean Through 2028, Planning Docs Show Via The Cradle  Department of War documents suggest the US military is planning to keep large numbers of troops in the Caribbean Sea for the next three years, The Intercept reported on Monday, in a further sign that a war on Venezuela is imminent. Defense Department contracting documents reviewed by The Intercept show the military has earmarked major […]

Why Banning Hate Speech Is Evil Authored by Lew Rockwell, We often hear demands to ban so-called “hate speech.” Negative remarks about various groups, including women, black people, homosexuals, Jews, Muslims, can it is alleged, have a negative effect on members of the group who hear or see the speech. It encourages people to hate them and cements negative stereotypes about them in people’s minds. In addition, hearing or […]

Oregon’s Far-Left Governor Threatens Lawfare Against ICE Agents Oregon Governor Tina Kotek (D) has put her state – one of the most progressive in the United States – on a collision course with the Trump administration, threatening to investigate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel and, if necessary, bring state criminal charges against ICE agents for enforcing federal immigration laws. In a video statement shared to […]

Trump Gave Maduro A Last Friday Deadline To Step Down As Venezuelan President Update(2103ET): According to Reuters on Monday night, Maduro told Trump he was prepared to leave Venezuela in last week’s recently revealed phone call, but Trump rejected nearly all of his additional conditions – including a demand that Vice President Delcy Rodríguez lead a transitional government before new elections. Reuters further reports that Trump […]

A Water War Is Brewing In Texas Authored by Kurt Cobb via OilPrice.com, A hedge-fund-backed plan to pump 15 billion gallons a year from an East Texas aquifer has sparked intense local opposition and legal challenges. Growing Texas cities are increasingly tapping distant rural water supplies, accelerating depletion of shared aquifers like the Carrizo-Wilcox. Without major conservation efforts, rural communities risk […]

ZeroHedge Store – Cyber Monday Is Almost Over (Last Chance!) *  *  * It’s now Cyber Monday. Prices go back up at midnight! After launching ZeroHedge store a year ago, we’ve been humbled by the overwhelming response. Between die-hard fans of IQ Biologix supplements, ZeroHedge gear, Rancher-Direct clean meats, hand-made knives, and more – your support is greatly appreciated.  So since everyone else on the planet is doing a […]

Your Health Report Isn’t The Final Step – It’s A Warning You Can’t Ignore Authored by JoJo Novaes & Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A 50-year-old man felt completely healthy—no chest pain, no fatigue, no warning signs. So when his routine health checkup revealed an LDL cholesterol level of 231 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), nearly double the recommended limit, he brushed it aside. After all, he felt […]

Cocaine Inflation Erupts After U.S. Strikes On Caribbean Drug Boats Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Terry Cole told CBS News that President Trump’s military strikes on suspected drug-running vessels in the Caribbean have helped drive a sharp increase in cocaine prices. “Cocaine is getting more expensive. And I think what it is — not only more expensive in the U.S., but we’re seeing it become more expensive at […]

Milei Launches ‘Isaac Accords’ To Expand Israeli Influence In Latin America Via The Cradle Argentinian President Javier Milei formally launched the Isaac Accords on Saturday, a new initiative aimed at strengthening political, economic, and cultural cooperation between Israel and Latin America. Milei announced the initiative following a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, who visited Buenos Aires on Saturday as […]

Musk Hints At ‘Galaxy Mind’ Venture To Deploy AI Satellites In Deep Space Elon Musk is hinting at a new venture that could unite his sprawling business empire under a single audacious goal of deploying solar-powered artificial intelligence satellites in deep space. In a recent interview with investor Nikhil Kamath, the billionaire entrepreneur suggested his three major companies; SpaceX, Tesla and xAI, are moving toward what he […]

Why Trump’s Next PR Pivot Must Be Total, Absolute Political Warfare On Socialism Authored by Scott Pinsker via PJ Media, “The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.” – Alfred Hitchcock AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura MAGA needs a new common enemy ASAP. Without one, three things will happen before the end of 2026: MAGA infighting will escalate. When conservatives lack a common enemy, we cannibalize our own — […]

US Navy Drops Constellation-Class Frigate Program Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Navy is pulling the plug on a new series of Constellation-class frigates, although construction will continue on the first two ships in the program. Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan announced his decision to cancel the program in a video message on Nov. 25. “My job as secretary of the Navy is to be a responsible steward […]

Luigi Mangione’s Lawyers Are Trying To Get His Case Thrown Out Luigi Mangione, accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel last December, is entering a crucial week-long pretrial hearing in New York state court. The hearing will focus on whether the evidence collected against him was obtained legally and if his statements to police violated his constitutional rights. Mangione’s defense is […]

Did A German Court Just Shatter One Of The Biden Era’s Biggest Lies Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in The Hill on the latest development in the investigation of the environmental crimes committed in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in the waters near Denmark and Sweden in 2022. The German court issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian in a move that could prove an embarrassment for not just Volodymyr […]

Appeals Court Rules Alina Habba Unlawfully Serving As US Attorney For New Jersey In the latest legal blow to the Trump administration, a federal appeals court on Monday ruled that Alina Habba is unlawfully serving as New Jersey’s top prosecutor.  A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit said in a unanimous order that a lower court correctly disqualified Habba, who previously served as Trump’s personal […]

On The CIA’s Color Revolution Against The Nation It’s Supposed To Serve… Authored by James Howard Kunstler, A Modest Proposal “This isn’t just about Maduro. This is the final nail in the coffin for the CIA-black-budget narco pipeline that’s been running since the 80s.” – The Ghost of Ezra on “X” You must wonder: what exactly has CIA Director John Ratcliffe been doing over in Langley, VA, lo these many months […]

Iran Captures Another Tanker In Strait Of Hormuz For ‘Fuel Smuggling’ Via Middle East Eye Iran has seized an Eswatini-flagged ship carrying “smuggled fuel”, according to state media. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said they intercepted the ship on Sunday, prompting criticism from the African country. “A vessel carrying 350,000 litres of smuggled fuel operating under the flag of Eswatini was seized and taken to […]

First Snow-Storm For I-95 Cities Forecasted This Week A powerful winter storm blasted parts of the Midwest and Central U.S. over the weekend, triggering nearly 1,000 flight cancellations across major airport hubs. Now the focus shifts to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, more specifically the I-95 corridor, where the season’s first measurable snowfall could hit from Tuesday into Wednesday morning.  The Weather Channel states […]

Is A Bear Market A Good Thing? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, One of my favorite writers for the WSJ is Spencer Jakab, who recently penned an article explaining why a bear market is not necessarily a bad thing. He starts with a quote from “The Godfather.” ““These things gotta happen every five years or so, ten years. Helps to get rid of the bad blood…been ten years since the last one.” In […]

NATO Mulls ‘Preemptive Strike’ Against Russia’s Hybrid Warfare, Claims ‘More Aggression’ Needed At a moment Washington under President Trump is busy issuing rare calls for restraint, de-escalation, and to enact a peace deal in Ukraine, a top NATO commander says the conflict needs more aggression by the Western military alliance directly against Russia. Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of NATO’s Military Committee, has told […]

Trump Says Pause On Asylum Decisions Will Be In Place For ‘A Long Time’ Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump said on Nov. 30 that the freeze on asylum decisions, which was imposed following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, will likely be in place indefinitely. Asylum seekers listen to UNHCR workers at the entrance of Mexico’s Refugee Help Commission and UNHCR […]