FAFO: Pentagon Probes Unhinged Democratic Senator After Video Urging Troops To “Refuse Illegal Orders”  The Pentagon has opened a misconduct investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly following his participation in a video, alongside several other crazed Democratic lawmakers, urging military and intelligence personnel to “refuse illegal orders.” The video message, delivered as “You must refuse illegal orders,” has been assessed as a […]

Waste Of The Day: California’s Clean Energy Investment Doesn’t Pay Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: In 2007, California invested $468.4 million of its pension funds into private companies through its Clean Energy and Technology Fund. Today, the money is worth just $138 million, and the state won’t explain why its investment performed so poorly. Several open records requests filed by The Center […]

Venezuela Says Trump Has Designated ‘Non-Existent’ Drug Cartel As Terrorist Org; US Covert Ops Believed ‘Imminent’ With talk of anti-Caracas US covert operations set to begin imminently, President Trump’s labelling of the so-called “Cartel de los Soles” as a foreign terrorist organization has become official, and taken effect Monday. However, Venezuela has hit back, rejecting the label and going so far as to call the group, which […]

Vindman Brothers, Who Helped Impeach Trump In 2020, Are Now Under Investigation Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., and his twin brother Alexander are reportedly under investigation for illegally acting as “paid brokers” for U.S. defense firms seeking business in Ukraine. “Pentagon General Counsel Earl Matthews alleges that Vindman and his twin brother Alex did not have approval from the […]

Bill Clinton Reveals Which Democrat He Thinks Can Win The White House In 2028 With the Democratic Party still reeling from its defeat in the 2024 elections, there is no shortage of speculation about who might be the party’s best chance for victory in 2028. Now a familiar power broker has stepped forward: Former President Bill Clinton. The 42nd president has reportedly indicated which contender he believes offers Democrats their […]

Sedition Before Tradition: American Needs A Break Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”  – Sun Tzu You understand, don’t you, what the aim was of the “Seditious Six” politicians who made last week’s now-notorious video suggesting that US military personnel should refuse the president’s orders if they deemed them to be “illegal?” This was the old […]

Ignored Red Repo Signals = More Obvious Golden Tailwinds Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, Markets are many things, but in simplest terms, they are a paradox. From the Complex… By this, I mean they are incredibly and intentionally complex, which makes them a kind of exclusive environment managed, allegedly at least, by cadres of well-versed experts (?) trained in, and comfortable with, complexity. The […]

The Selective Outrage Of Judge James Boasberg Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in The Hill on two controversies involving Chief Judge James Boasberg this week in Washington, D.C. Both involve claims that branches undermined or intruded on the authority of another branch. However, these separation-of-powers conflicts produced strikingly different responses from Judge Boasberg. It seemed that the court’s concerns […]

Analyst Warns Of 2032 Demographic “Crossover Point” Poised To Reshape Housing Market Nick Gerli, CEO and founder of the real estate analytics firm Reventure Consulting, has posted another informative housing-market update on X. This time, he outlines how a major demographic turning point will reshape housing demand and even the size of homes people will want. By 2032, Gerli pointed out that deaths will exceed births in the U.S., […]

Reuters Wrecked Over DOGE Shutdown Story, Top Official Says Outlet “Spliced My Comments” President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has “disbanded” – or at least that’s the narrative Reuters is pushing to start the week, as the globalist left-leaning media outlet tries to rile up the progressive base and claim a victory.  Reuters ran with the headline, “Exclusive: DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ with eight months left […]

Market Bubbles: A Rational Guide To An Irrational Market Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, We’re hearing it everywhere: AI is in a bubble. The surge in capital, the parabolic stock charts, and the bold claims from CEOs all have a familiar rhythm. Nvidia’s valuation has soared, along with AI-related startups raising billions with little to no revenue. Investment in data centers, chips, and infrastructure is […]

Solid 2 Year Treasury Auction Prices At Lowest Yield In Over 3 Years The first coupon auction of the holiday-shortened week just priced and it was a snoozer, which came in right as expected.  The sale of $69BN in 2 year notes, priced at a high yield of 3.489%, down from 3.504% in October and the lowest since August 2022; it also priced on the screws with the 3.489% when issued. The bid to cover was 2.684, up from 2.590 and the […]

Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey Sees Production Soaring As Tariff Terrors Fade “Signs indicate business activity is improving,” according to one respondent from The Dallas Fed’s Manufacturing survey in November. However, the comments and the mixed data could leave readers confused… Texas factory activity expanded at a markedly faster pace in November, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook […]

Judge Dismisses Cases Against Comey, Letitia James A federal judge has dismissed cases against former FBI Director James Comey and NY Attorney General Letitia James, after finding that US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to the role, and that AG Pam Bondi cannot ratify her actions. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Clinton appointee, dismissed the case without prejudice over Halligan’s appointment, meaning the […]

‘Great Deal For US Farmers’: Trump Says Relationship With China ‘Extremely Strong’, Will Visit Xi In April Update (1240ET): President Trump has just posted on his Truth Social feed, breaking down his ‘debrief’ on the call with China’s Xi: (emphasis ours) I just had a very good telephone call with President Xi, of China. We discussed many topics including Ukraine/Russia, Fentanyl, Soybeans and other Farm Products, etc. We have […]

“Never Had These Problems Before”: Violent Illegal Street Takeover Rocks Queens Neighborhood, Terrifying Residents A late-night illegal street takeover in Queens, New York, over the weekend turned extremely violent when a private security guard attempting to intervene was assaulted, and his vehicle was set on fire. The incident highlights the growing public-safety crisis in Democrat-run cities and may only suggest what’s to come […]

As Japan Deploys Missiles Near Taiwan, China Blasts ‘Right Wing’ Forces Taking Tokyo To ‘Disaster’ The ongoing China-Japan dispute and diplomatic flare-up has just gone from bad to worse, and has taken a turn toward potential military confrontation. Japan’s defense minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, visited a Japanese island which has a military outpost that lies close to Taiwan on Sunday. The optics were unmistakable, signaling Tokyo […]

EU And Whose Army? By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank Bonds and equities rallied on Friday and Brent crude prices fell by more than 1% as markets digested the details of a 28-point peace plan drafted by US and Russian officials. The most contentious elements of the plan are the recognition of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk as being de facto Russian, the requirement for Ukraine to reduce its armed forces to […]

Trump Set To Propose Framework To Halt “Surprise” Obamacare Price Hikes President Trump is expected to announce a general framework to address health care costs, and wants Congress to send a bill to his desk that would halt Affordable Care Act premium spikes, according to MS Now, citing two White House officials familiar with the plans.  US President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House on November 22, […]

Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: PPI, Retail Sales, Jobless Claims, And Ukraine Ultimatum It should be another busy, holiday-shortened, week after a volatile one last week as markets whipsawed around big moves in Fed pricing and AI bubble risk fears. Before we get to Thanksgiving, DB’s Jim Reid writes that in the US, delayed post-shutdown data will be compressed into the first three days because of the holiday. Tomorrow […]

Bessent Says Americans To See ‘Substantial Refunds’ Next Year, No Risk Of Recession Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Nov. 23 said the government shutdown that ended earlier this month will not create a recession risk for the broader U.S. economy and that American families would see “substantial refunds” next year. In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Bessent […]

Europe’s Counter-Plan For Ukraine Peace Leaves Door Wide Open For NATO Admission Even as the Trump White House is busy in Europe trying to get NATO and EU states on board its 28-point peace plan which controversially demands the Ukrainian side cede territory, the Europeans have leaked their own counter-plan which proposes much less in the way of compromise with Russia. The UK, France, and Germany have put forward their own […]

Lutnick: Decision On Nvidia’s AI H200 Chip China Sales Now Sits On Trump’s Desk Building on last week’s Bloomberg report that White House officials are quietly discussing whether to let Nvidia sell its advanced H200 AI chips to China – a complete 180 from the previous administration – US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV earlier that the final decision to authorize those shipments now sits on President Trump’s […]

Spiraling Costs And A Broken Insurance Market – What Went Wrong With Obamacare Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, The government shutdown might be over, but the political and financial problems that dog Obamacare haven’t gone away. Congress is now debating a second extension of the temporary tax credits that have shielded Obamacare users from rising costs for five years. Without the subsidies, Democrats say […]

Futures Rise As Bullish Sentiment Returns After Rollercoaster Week US equity futures are higher, but off their overnight highs, as the market looks to rebound from its worst week since early Oct; sentiment was lifted after shares of Alibaba jumped 4.7% in Hong Kong after a strong debut for its AI app; also boosting futs was a spike in December rate cut hopes and bullish comments from Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson. Still, […]