Feds Fund Online Game ‘Bad Vaxx’ To ‘Psychologically Inoculate’ Vaccine Resistance Authored by Jon Fleetwood, U.S. taxpayer funds are being used by federal health agencies to develop and test online psychological games designed to condition how people—especially younger audiences—interpret and respond to vaccine skepticism. An August Nature Scientific Reports study reveals that the project was funded by the Centers for […]

Boots On The Ground: Federal Agents Descend On Somali-Linked Minneapolis Businesses Update (1315ET): Agents with Homeland Security Investigations, the primary investigative arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are on the ground in Minneapolis Monday morning, conducting what DHS Secretary Kristi Noem described as a “massive investigation into childcare and other widespread fraud.” “Homeland Security Investigations […]

Bitcoin Helps USD’s Reserve Status “In A Strange Way”: Coinbase CEO Authored by Brayden Lindrea via CoinTelegraph.com, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has claimed Bitcoin provides healthy competition for the US dollar, which in turn pressures policymakers to maintain fiscal discipline and helps preserve the greenback’s dominance. “[Bitcoin] provides a check and balance on the dollar in the sense of if there’s too much deficit […]

Nick Shirley Effect Fuels Calls For Crowdfunded Citizen Journalist Grant Program To Expose Democrat Fraud Nationwide The Democratic Party entered Monday morning facing a massive firestorm following the viral spread of citizen journalist Nick Shirley’s on-the-ground bombshell investigation into alleged Somali-linked daycare centers siphoning taxpayer funds and operating as apparent front companies. Shirley’s exposé earned 111 […]

The AI Arms Race Is Cracking Open The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Authored by Michael Kern via OilPrice.com, The abstract “cloud” of artificial intelligence possesses a massive, structural demand for 24/7 “baseload” power that is equivalent to adding Germany’s entire power grid by 2026, a need intermittent renewables cannot meet. Decades of underinvestment have resulted in a widening uranium supply deficit, with mined uranium […]

Russia ‘Confidently Advancing’ In Ukraine, Over 30 Settlements Captured In December: Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin has made clear to both his citizens and to the world that the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine will continue on until all goals are achieved, and that his forces are advancing ‘confidently’. He chaired a televised meeting with the country’s top military officials, focused on a status update regarding […]

The Market Risk In 2026 If Growth Projections Fail Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, There is a rising market risk in 2026 that is largely overlooked as we wrap up this year. As discussed in the “Fed’s Soft Landing Narrative,” optimism about 2026 is running high. Currently, investors are pricing in strong economic growth, robust earnings, and a smooth path of disinflation. Notably, Wall Street […]

Nigerians Applaud Trump’s Military Strikes On Islamic Terrorists Trump’s military strikes against Islamic terror groups in Nigeria have been met with overall applause by Nigerian citizens and migrants residing in the US.  Authorities say the groups have links to jihadist networks in Mali and Niger and their members have settled in border communities, recruiting young people and imposing brutal controls. Associated Muslim […]

Large Ukrainian Drone Attack Targets Putin Residence, Kremlin Says Will ‘Revise’ Peace Talks Update(1115ET): The Trump-backed effort to forge ahead on achieving peace in Ukraine may have just been completely derailed by a major development. Just as Trump described Monday morning that he had a ‘positive’ phone call with President Putin about Ukraine, the Kremlin is alleging that Ukraine launched a major drone attack on President […]

Waste Of The Day: Austin Funds Allegedly Sent To Fake Companies Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: A then-employee at the City of Austin’s energy utility allegedly paid $980,000 in taxpayer funds to fictional companies with bank accounts belonging to his family members, according to a new report from the city auditor. Key facts: Mark Ybarra was given a city credit card from 2018 to 2023 to hire […]

Abrego Garcia Free To Make TikTok Videos While DHS Kept Silent Under Gag Order Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal immigrant, alleged MS-13 gang member, and suspected human smuggler, is living freely in Maryland, posting TikTok videos for the world to see. At the same time, federal authorities sit muzzled under a judicial gag order.  The Salvadoran national, released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in early […]

Oh Crap: Over-The-Counter Medicines, Other Items Recalled Over Feces Contamination Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late last week announced that a distributor is recalling its FDA-regulated products because of the presence of bird and rodent feces at a Minneapolis facility. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in White Oak, Md., on June 5, 2023. Madalina […]

US Pending Home Sales Jump To Highest In 33 Months Pending sales of existing homes in the US surged 3.3% MoM (more than the expected 0.9% MoM move) in November as a modest improvement in prices and mortgage rates encouraged buyers. The gain was broad-based across regions and exceeded all but one estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists, but left the YoY change in sales somewhat stagnant on an NSA basis. Signings have now […]

Zelensky Wants 50-Year(!) Security Guarantee From Trump There were no substantial breakthroughs in the latest Trump-Zelensky talks on Ukraine peace at Mar-a-Lago resort on Sunday, and fresh reporting on Monday reveals why. A major point of disagreement remains security guarantees. Ukraine has been pushing maximalist demands for something akin to NATO Article 5 protections. It would be like getting all the benefits of being in NATO […]

How The AI Bubble Is Being Masked Within Big Tech Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, As artificial intelligence (AI) investment ramps up, some analysts are now drawing comparisons to the early “dot com” days of the internet and the market crash that followed. It’s a deja vu moment for Wall Street: A revolutionary technology captures the imagination while capital floods in and valuations begin to put a high […]

Did US Land Strikes On Venezuela Begin Last Week & No One Knew It? President Trump on Friday in a radio interview disclosed something which missed the attention of the US and global media. He let slip that a large land site had been knocked out by a strike from US forces in the Caribbean – however without specifying which country was hit (whether Venezuela or perhaps Colombia). Trump may have actually assumed the attack which […]

Ilhan Omar’s Husband’s Venture Capital Firm Removes Names From Website Under Scrutiny Authored by Bryan Jung via PJMedia.com, A venture capital firm run by Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) husband quietly scrubbed important names from its website, as the Minnesota congresswoman faces mounting questions on her sudden wealth amid a multi-billion Somali welfare fraud scheme in her district. Rose Lake Capital, the $60 million dollar […]

Futures Drop As Silver Slides From Record Stocks are extending their modest losses from their pre-Christmas record as another shortened trading week starts. As late last week, much of the market action is in precious metals, with silver first smashing through $80 for the first time before sliding while gold also retreated from Friday’s all-time high and platinum pulling back sharply after surging nearly 10%, and hitting limit down […]

China Conducts War Drills Around Taiwan, Simulating A Blockade Of Key Ports China launched large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Monday, showcasing Beijing’s ability to simulate a full blockade of the self-ruled island’s key ports. The live-fire exercises come just one week after the U.S. announced an $11.1 billion arms sale to Taipei. According to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry, at around 15:00 local time, 89 Chinese military […]

One Year In, Trump’s Economy Defies The Experts And Outpaces G7 Authored by Daniel Lacalle via The Epoch Times, One year into Donald Trump’s new presidency, the verdict from the data is clear: the apocalyptic consensus forecasts have failed, and the United States stands as the only major developed economy combining strong growth, controlled inflation, and fiscal consolidation. The same analysts and institutions that applauded […]

Trump-Kennedy Center Hits Jazz Star with $1M Lawsuit For Backing Out Of Christmas Eve Show The Trump-Kennedy Center is pursuing a $1 million lawsuit against jazz musician Chuck Redd after he withdrew from his annual Christmas Eve concert at the last minute, citing the recent addition of President Trump’s name to the venue.  Redd, a drummer and vibraphone player who has performed with legends including Dizzy Gillespie and Ray […]

The Global Persecution Of Christians Has Greatly Intensified In 2025 Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, While Christians in the western world peacefully celebrate Christmas, most of them have absolutely no idea what is happening to their brothers and sisters on the other side of the globe.  As I detailed a couple of months ago, most of the population of the world lives in a country where Christians are being […]

Newsom Folds: California Ends Lawsuit Against Trump Admin Over High-Speed Rail Funding California quietly dropped its lawsuit this week against the Trump administration over the federal government’s decision to pull $4 billion in funding for the state’s long-delayed high-speed rail project. The California High-Speed Rail Authority filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on Dec. 23 in the case with the U.S. District Court for the […]

Why China Is Driving Short-Term Oil Prices But OPEC Still Holds The Lever Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, China now drives short-term oil price moves as its opaque import patterns, refinery margins, and strategic stockpiling increasingly shape marginal demand and near-term price discovery. OPEC’s influence has shifted to the medium term. In times of genuine supply stress, pricing power returns to […]

All Of The World’s Births In 2025 In One Giant Chart In 2025, global births are expected to remain highly concentrated in a relatively small number of countries. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, shows where the world’s newest citizens are being born and highlights the regions driving global population growth. The data for this visualization comes from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 via Our […]