DOJ Seeking Appeals On Dismissals Of Criminal Cases Against James Comey, Letitia James Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing the dismissal of a pair of criminal cases against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey, according to new court documents filed on Friday. (Left) New York Attorney General Letitia James leaves the […]

Where People Trust Each Other Most (And Least) In The World This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, shows the share of people across 25 countries who believe that “most people can be trusted,” offering a snapshot of how trust varies around the world. The data for this visualization comes from the Pew Research Center. It is based on nationally representative surveys of more than 37,000 adults conducted in […]

Somali ‘Medicaid Mogul’ Accused Of Looting Maine Taxpayers, Family Allegedly Put Bounty On Reporter If you thought the alleged Medicaid fraud in Minnesota by Somalis, which federal prosecutors say could reach $9 billion, was insane, wait until you read the latest report from The Maine Wire: the head of a local nonprofit is accused of lashing out at a local journalist over an investigation, while members of his family allegedly put a […]

AI, CEOs, Yields, And Peace Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, AI largely drove the show last week on the risk front. We started poorly, as Blue Owl pulling out of a future Oracle deal triggered some fears. But we finished the week strong as Micron had a solid beat, alleviating many concerns (a nice, soft CPI print helped matters too). This flip-flopping back and forth on the AI story fits well with last week’s […]

California Faces Fuel Disaster As Refineries And Gas Stations Shut Down The Democrat crusade to divert blame for the stagflation crisis triggered during the Biden Administration led them down a path of economic lies.  The central theme of their narrative was that corporations were “price gouging” consumers and inflation was actually a product of “corporate greed.”  In reality, helicopter money and dollar devaluation during the […]

Pentagon Fails Audit For 8th Consecutive Year Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, The Pentagon has failed to pass a full financial audit for the eighth year in a row. Congress initially mandated annual independent audits across the Department of Defense in 2018. In that time, the department has failed to pass a single full audit. The Department of Defense—also known as the Department of War—lists $4.65 trillion in […]

Minnesota AG Faults Carmakers For Thefts Instead Of Criminals Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison came under fire for blaming two car manufacturers for a surge in vehicle thefts across the state, with critics arguing the problem stemmed from lenient, soft-on-crime policies instead.  The backlash followed Ellison’s framing of a multi-state settlement, in which […]

Hunting Season: US Forces Target Third ‘Dark Fleet’ Tanker Near Venezuela Update (1610ET):  It’s hunting season for U.S. forces off the Venezuelan coast, in international waters, as gunboat diplomacy ramps up with the pursuit of yet another sanctioned oil tanker. AP News spoke with a U.S. official on Sunday who said Coast Guard forces were pursuing a “sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal sanctions […]

Tulsi Gabbard Sounds Alarm On Radical Islam Weeks After Rubio Warns Of Western Invasion News trends surrounding radical Islam have surged in recent weeks amid a series of alarming developments across the West. From the Afghan national who killed one U.S. National Guard troop and severely injured another near the White House, to a terror attack in Australia, and mounting threats against Christmas markets across Europe, the West […]

“Dollar Store Obama”: House Oversight Chair James Comer Torches Hakeem Jeffries Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer isn’t backing down from his probe into the massive Somali-led fraud draining Minnesota’s social services, slamming Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for shielding the scandal with personal attacks. With federal investigations now revealing losses […]

From War ‘On’ Silver To War ‘For’ Silver Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, You know Steve Quayle as a renowned radio host, filmmaker, book author and archeological dig expert. Most people do not know that Quayle has four decades experience in the gold and silver markets. Quayle says the exploding record high prices for gold, and especially silver, are signaling big trouble brewing for the financial system. Are prices rising […]

Citizens In Eastern Ukraine Will Not Be Allowed To Vote, Zelensky Says President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that Ukraine and Washington are in talks about holding elections, after earlier this month he much belatedly said while under pressure from Trump that he’s ready to allow national elections, so long as they can be done fairly and freely. Zelensky indicated current discussions also hinge on the US and other partners […]

Jim Beam Shuttering Kentucky Distillery, Halting Production, For 2026 One of Kentucky’s largest bourbon producers will halt whiskey production at its main Clermont site for 2026. Jim Beam plans to pause distillation at the James B. Beam campus in Happy Hollow beginning Jan. 1 while investing in site enhancements, according to the Lexington Herald Leader. “We are always assessing production levels to best meet consumer demand […]

DHS Locates Nearly 130,000 Unaccompanied Missing Children, Says Noem Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services have located over 129,143 unaccompanied illegal immigrant children whom the prior administration had lost track of, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a Dec. 19 post on X. “Too many of these children were exploited, […]

Delaware Supreme Court Reinstates Musk’s Record-Setting 2018 Tesla Compensation Plan The Delaware Supreme Court has reinstated Elon Musk’s 2018 CEO compensation package from Tesla, reversing lower-court rulings that had twice voided the award and bringing an end to a yearslong legal fight over one of the largest pay packages in corporate history, according to CNBC. In a per curiam decision issued Friday, the court ruled that […]

Bitcoin’s Quantum Debate Is Resurfacing & Markets Are Starting To Notice Authored by Shaurya Malwa via CoinDesk.com, What to know: The majority of Bitcoin developers argue that quantum computing does not pose an immediate threat to the network, with machines capable of breaking its cryptography unlikely to exist for decades. Critics express concern over the lack of preparation for quantum threats, as governments and […]

Shorts Weather For Santa! The coldest stretch of winter weather across the eastern half of the U.S. is now largely behind us, following an unseasonably cold first half of December that brought accumulating snow to much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. As Christmas approaches in just a matter of days, the odds of a Lower 48 White Christmas are fading fast. A milder weather pattern is taking hold, allowing temperatures to moderate […]

The Christmas Gift That Climate Grinches Can’t Abide Authored by Vijay Jayaraj via American Greatness, The quietude of looking out the kitchen window on a December morning at a meadow dusted in snow is magical. A deer pauses at the edge of the wood, breath steaming in the cold air, grazing on whatever bits of green poke through the snow. It is a scene replicated on greeting cards and stamped on cookie tins. Part of the magic […]

‘A Lie And Propaganda’: Gabbard Fact-Checks Reuters’ Russia Scaremongering In Real Time On Saturday afternoon, Reuters posted an anonymously-sourced story pushing the idea that Russia is bent on reconstituting the Soviet Union. Before the metaphorical ink had dried, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard pounced, condemning the story as “a lie and propaganda” on behalf of “warmongers” seeking to derail President Trump’s […]

Fed’s Soft Landing Talk Meets Hard Data Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The Fed’s soft landing narrative is a key theme in financial media, particularly on Wall Street, which expects a resurgence in economic activity in 2026 to justify increasing forward earnings expectations. As shown, Wall Street currently expects the bottom 493 stocks to contribute more to earnings in 2026 than they have in the past 3 […]

Britain’s Ruling Class Loves To Cosplay As A Titan Authored by Gerry Nolan via The Ron Paul Institute From the podium, it’s Churchillian thunder: prepare for war, deter Russia, stand tall, lead the free world. Back in the engine room, it’s Whitehall with a calculator, sweating through its suit because the numbers simply don’t work. The Financial Times reports Starmer has delayed the Defence Investment Plan over […]

DNA Evidence Proves “First Black Briton” Was Actually A White Girl In 2021 the establishment media was electrified by a discovery involving the ancient remains of a woman found over a century ago near a village in East Sussex in Britain.  The reason leftist journalists were so hyped?  A supposedly comprehensive study by “experts” in facial reconstruction had determined that the nearly 2000 year old skeleton belonged to a […]

Swiss Authorities Silent As EU Sanctions One Of World’s Most Respected Military Analysts Authored by Peter Hanseler via ForumGeopolitica.com, When German journalists Röper and Lipp were sanctioned, no one in Switzerland reacted—now one of the world’s most respected military analysts is being sanctioned—a Swiss citizen. Weltwoche is waking up, Switzerland is fast asleep. Introduction Terrorizing journalists with sanctions […]

Why US Is Such A Popular Destination During Global Migrant Crisis Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration recently suspended the processing of all immigration applications from 19 countries, including Afghanistan, citing national security and public safety concerns. The Dec. 2 decision came a week after an Afghan national who had been allowed into the United States under a Biden-era program was […]

An AI Campaign War Is Coming: Boomers Vs. Doomers The battle over artificial intelligence policy is moving from Washington hearing rooms to the campaign trail, where two rival political efforts are preparing to spend at least $150 million to shape the outcome of federal and state elections. The clash pits industry-backed advocates for rapid AI development against a bipartisan group of former lawmakers calling for stronger […]