Mistakes That Can Wreck Your Estate Plan Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), So you have an estate plan. You’ve taken a major step in making sure you leave behind a legacy and that your assets are passed down as you see fit. But that, however, is not enough. There are plenty of potential mistakes that can torpedo your estate plan. That’s why you need to mobilize now to make sure your estate plan is […]

Crockett’s Senate Run Was Engineered By Republicans Rep. Jasmine Crockett. (D-Texas) officially launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Monday, and Republicans appear to have played a major role in that happening.  According to a report from NOTUS, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) was “actively worked behind the scenes to encourage Rep. Jasmine Crockett to jump into the Senate Democratic primary in […]

Letitia James Moves To Silence Debate Over Transgender Policies Authored by Jonathan Turley, There was an interesting complaint filed in New York yesterday in which a group of parents and educators sued New York Attorney General Letitia James over a letter viewed as threatening those who are raising transgender policies in public meetings. While the legal basis for the complaint is likely to be challenged as premature by the […]

US To Ask Visitors For 5 Years Of Social Media History Under New Plan The United States is planning to require visitors from dozens of countries on the visa waiver program to provide up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal from the US Customs and Border Protection posted to the Federal Register on Wednesday.  Countries on the list include much of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, […]

Could A Debasement Trade Drown Those Without Gold? Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, Anyone who has spent decades within a specific craft or industry (be it carpentry, medicine, academia, masonry, or markets) slowly acquires not only skills but pattern recognition. The years, as I like to say, gradually teach things the days don’t notice. Such context cannot be downloaded, transferred or absorbed through an AI […]

Japan, South Korea Scramble Jets After Russian-Chinese Bomber Flight: ‘Acts Of Intimidation’ Airspace over Western Pacific waters near Japan continues to heat up at a moment of the highest tensions in decades between Beijing and Tokyo. Tuesday saw Japan and South Korea dispatch fighter jets in response to a joint patrol by Russian and Chinese bombers over the Asia-Pacific region, the countries’ militaries confirmed. Russian […]

Oracle Tumbles On Disappointing Cloud Revenue; CapEx Soars: Funding Questions Remain While the Fed’s “not so hawkish” cut was certainly better than what the market expected, largely thanks to the very dovish addition of $40BN in not QE monthly Reserve Management Purchases of T-Bills, there was another key event today and, as we previewed earlier, that was Oracle’s second quarter results. And unlike the Fed, this one was not nearly […]

11 Signs That Our World Is Rapidly Becoming A Lot More Orwellian Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, All over the globe, the digital control grid that we are all living in just continues to get even tighter. They are using facial recognition technology to scan our faces, they are using license plate readers to track where we travel, they are systematically monitoring the conversations that we are having on […]

‘Most Divided’ Fed In 37 Years Cuts Rates; Restarts Balance Sheet Growth Tl;dr: The FOMC cut rates by 25bps to 3.50-3.75% as expected, with a 9-3 vote split; Miran sought a 50bps cut, while Goolsbee and Schmid preferred no change. It reiterated data dependence, signalling further adjustments will hinge on the evolving outlook, labor market conditions, inflation dynamics, expectations, and global and financial developments. […]

Musk Reveals Life On “Hardcore Mode” As Serious Security Concerns Linger Amid Radical Left Threat Elon Musk said on the Katie Miller podcast that the current threat environment from radical left-wing activists remains too dangerous for him to appear in public, especially after the political assassination of Charlie Kirk. Miller asked Musk: “When’s the last time you did something extremely ordinary like go to Target or CVS?” […]

Wall Street Reacts To Powell’s “More Dovish Than Expected” Rate Cut Consensus was expecting a hawkish rate cut, and while it got the cut, the hawkish elements – more dissenters, higher dots, a pushback by Powell during the presser – did not not materalize, and instead we have a low-grade revolt by the non-voters at the Fed (6 dots for unch today, only 2 dissents, more 3 dots expecting a rate hike in 2026), yet that will be promptly […]

McDonald’s Serves Up Creepy Soulless AI Christmas Ad Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, McDonald’s in the Netherlands unleashed a Christmas ad that, much like its ‘food’ has left the world gagging on the plastic aftertaste. The entire spot—talking cookies, uncanny animated characters, and a vibe that screams “please make it stop”—was 100% AI-generated, and viewers are torching it as creepy, lifeless, and […]

Watch Live: Will Fed Chair Powell Push Back Against The ‘Not Hawkish’ Dots? Given that Powell and his pals were flying blind into this meeting, just how will he defend his actions (and hint at his outlook) considering it exposes even more guesswork among the groupthinkers than normal. Powell’s previous comments were the hawkish signal that sank stocks and bonds and needed Fed’s Williams to stop the pain… Will Powell let the […]

Gunboat Diplomacy Returns: US Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuela Update (1518ET): President Trump confirmed to Bloomberg that U.S. forces intercepted and seized a tanker near Venezuela’s coast, saying further information will be provided soon. WATCH: U.S. forces seize oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela pic.twitter.com/xCJjDP2oY3 — BNO News (@BNONews) December 10, 2025 Comments from Trump.  🚨 Q: What happens to the oil on […]

FTA Threatens To Cut Funds To Chicago Transit Authority After Woman Set On Fire Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times, The Federal Transit Authority has threatened to withdraw funding for Chicago’s public transport network if the city doesn’t “measurably reduce assaults on transit workers and passengers” and address “unsafe conditions that have contributed to increased crime.” FTA Administrator Marc Molinaro on […]

“Bud Light” Moment Hits Cracker Barrel: Stock Crushed, Traffic Slides, Guidance Slashed Cracker Barrel shares are lower in premarket trading after posting softer-than-expected quarterly sales and cutting full-year revenue and profit guidance. Customer traffic dropped more than anticipated, driven in part by backlash after the casual dining chain effectively “Bud Lighted” itself with a disastrous woke rebranding. The rebranding […]

Obamacare Was Not A Failure Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, “You have turned, Mr. President, the right of every American to have access to decent healthcare into reality for the first time in American history.” Those are the words then-Vice President Joe Biden said to President Obama in the East Room of the White House on March 23, 2010, as he prepared to sign the Patient Protection and Affordable Care […]

Trump Says National Guard Member Who Survived DC Shooting ‘Stood Up Today’ Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Dec. 9 that West Virginia National Guard member Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who was critically injured after being shot in Washington last month, has stood up from his bed and is showing signs of recovery. Wolfe and fellow National Guard member Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom were shot […]

Intel Shares Fall After Lawsuits Claim US Chipmakers Aided Russian Weapons Intel shares slipped in early trading Wednesday after the company was named in a series of lawsuits accusing major U.S. chipmakers of failing to stop their technology from ending up in Russian weapons used against civilians in Ukraine. Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and Texas Instruments — along with Mouser Electronics, a Berkshire Hathaway–owned […]

Deep Discounts Tempt Indian Refiners To Seek Non-Sanctioned Russian Oil Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The majority of India’s biggest refiners are buying Russian oil from non-sanctioned sellers and traders as widening discounts of Russia’s crudes to benchmarks are tempting the price-sensitive Indian importers, sources involved in the purchases told Bloomberg on Wednesday.  Before the latest sanctions on […]

Russia Rejects New Zelensky Offer Of ‘Energy Ceasefire’ As Grid Repair Woes Worsen Russia has rejected a new Zelensky proposal for an “energy ceasefire.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has explained that Russia wants a “long-term peace” and not a just a temporary ceasefire. Zelensky has offered a mutual halt to strikes on energy infrastructure if Russia agreed, mirroring something which had only briefly been in effect at the start […]

WTI Holds Losses After Big Product Inventory Builds, US Crude Production Nears Record Highs Oil prices extended their recent decline this morning as concerns about global oversupply continued to weigh on sentiment. Crude has been trapped in a tight $4-a-barrel range since the start of November, as oversupply concerns vie with geopolitical risks surrounding the flow of sanctioned Russian barrels into nations including India. […]

The Fiddle-All Reserve By Michael Every of Rabobank The RBA rates hold decision generated two notable headlines from the Australian Financial Review: ‘RBA is worried it cut interest rates too far’; and ‘RBA is caught in Ray Dalio’s Doom Loop’. The Bank of England says Chancellor Reeves’ budget will lower inflation by 50bps in 2026, backing the view that they will give the public an Xmas rate cut next week. Of course, […]

China’s DeepSeek Using Banned Nvidia Chips To Develop Next Major Model Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has been using ‘several thousand’ banned Nvidia Blackwell chips to develop its next major model, The Information reports, citing six people with knowledge of the matter.  The chips in question were smuggled into China through a complex scheme that involves sending them to data centers in countries that are allowed to purchase […]

USA Rare Earth Shares Volatile After Accelerating Timeline For Commercial Production By Two Years USA Rare Earth shares were up more than 3% heading into the cash open on news that the company is accelerating commercialization of its Round Top rare earth project in Texas, a move that could bring U.S. production online years ahead of most competing efforts. The cash open prompted selling pressure which dragged USAR down 3% USAR […]