Prediction Consensus: What The Experts See Coming In 2026 For the seventh straight year, Visual Capitalist sifted through the forecast landscape to bring you the Prediction Consensus, a synthesis of what analysts, thought leaders, and industry experts expect for the year ahead. This year, Nick Routley analyzed over 2,000 individual predictions from a wide variety of sources including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, the IMF, The […]

The Good News Is People Are Realizing We’re On Our Own Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, We no longer care who’s behind the curtain because we’re in charge of our own lives now. The Good News is people are realizing We’re On Our Own and starting to take action accordingly. This article describes how people in one low-income county are localizing self-reliance rather than remain dependent on government […]

New Orleans Has The Highest Homicide Rate Among Major US Cities Across the United States, there were 22,830 homicides in 2023, averaging 6.8 deaths per 100,000 people. Homicide rates vary widely across American cities, influenced by factors such as poverty, inequality, gun laws, and local policing strategies. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, shows the top 40 U.S. cities by their homicide rate per 100,000 […]

Rewind Your Age Naturally: The Secret Lies In 6 Superfoods Authored by JoJo Novaes & Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Can you imagine rewinding your biological clock by more than two years in just eight weeks, simply by adjusting your diet and lifestyle? It might be possible. Illustration by The Epoch Times/Shutterstock A study published in Aging found that foods rich in methylated adaptogens significantly […]

India’s Modi Has The Highest Approval Rating Of World Leaders Heading Into 2026 Public approval of political leaders reflects a mix of economic conditions, policy decisions, and broader voter sentiment. As 2025 comes to a close, approval ratings offer a snapshot of how leaders around the world are perceived heading into 2026. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, ranks major global leaders by approval rating, […]

Silver Tops $83: “When Prices Move Like This, An Awful Lot Of Bad Things Become Possible…” The final week of the year begins with silver adding to a stunning month of gains, topping $83 for the first time… Platinum and gold are also catching an early bid, with Treasury futures lower.  Silver is now at its most expensive relative to gold since Feb 2013… Analyst and financial writer John Rubino has been warning of a […]

Watch: Russian Diplomat Shocked As FSB Nabs Him For Selling Secrets To US A former Russian diplomat has been sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penal colony after being convicted of passing state secrets to the United States, which allegedly happened during his stint as an assistant to Russia’s consulate general in Houston, where he worked between 2014 and 2017. The Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Friday that […]

Ukraine “Is Ready For Peace”; Zelensky Thanks Trump After “Great Meeting” Update (1730ET): Following a call with Russian president Putin and meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, at his Mar-a-Lago estate, President Trump said early Sunday that he made “a lot of progress” in talks with Ukraine and Russia, and that they were getting “closer” to settling the status of the disputed Donbas territory, but that […]

Doug Casey’s Top Prediction For 2026… What It Means For You And Your Money Via InternationalMan.com, International Man: What do you see as the single most important thing that people should prepare for in 2026? Doug Casey: Strauss and Howe asked that question in their book, The Fourth Turning. We’re at a major turning point in the U.S. I’ve felt for years that the U.S. was heading toward something like a civil war. It […]

Lone Wolves Eye NYC Times Square New Year’s Eve Special Events With New Year’s Eve just days away, a newly released U.S. government threat assessment cited by New York local outlet ABC 7 NY warns that lone wolves and small terror cells may seek to target special events in Times Square during the holiday celebrations. “Lone offenders remain a particular concern due to their frequent ability to avoid detection until operational,” […]

Education Department Has Rejected Over 300,000 Requests For Lower Student Loan Repayments Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Education has so far denied requests from more than 300,000 existing student loan recipients seeking new repayment terms, according to documents filed in a federal court earlier this month. The Dec. 15 status report in the American Federation of Teachers’ ongoing […]

McDonald’s Locks Dining Room Doors In Uptown Minneapolis Amid Rising Crime Just another “normal” day in a Democratic paradise… A viral photo of a notice posted at a McDonald’s in Uptown Minneapolis has renewed attention on rising crime in the area, Fox News pointed out this week. The sign reads: “Attention guests, effective Friday, December 5th, our dining room doors will be locked and attended [to] during our normal business […]

Fed’s ‘Skinny’ Accounts End Operation Chokepoint 2.0 – Senator Lummis Authored by Vince Quill via CoinTelegraph.com, Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, a pro-crypto United States lawmaker, said the recent proposal from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller to give crypto companies access to “skinny” master accounts would end debanking under Operation Chokepoint 2.0. Waller proposed the idea at the Payments Innovation […]

New York To Demand Warning Labels On Social Media Platforms New York is requiring warning labels on social media platforms about addictive features in a bid to address a youth mental health crisis. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law on Dec. 26, targeting infinite scrolling, auto-play videos, and algorithmic feeds that encourage prolonged use. The law, S4505/A5346, sponsored by Democrats state Sen. Andrew Gounardes and […]

Dave Collum’s 2025 Year In Review: From Precious Metals To Propaganda’s Golden Age Authored by David B. Collum, Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology – Cornell University (Email: [email protected], Twitter: @DavidBCollum), Every year, David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018) full of keen perspective and plenty of wit. This year’s is no […]

As Trump Awaits Netanyahu’s War Pitch, Iranian President Says Israel, US Already Waging ‘Full-Scale War’ Two days before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s is expected to pitch President Trump on a new round of war with Iran, Iran’s president says the United States, Israel and Europe are already waging “full-fledged war” on Iran, and that a return to kinetic warfare will result in a “more decisive response” than the […]

The Hidden Heavy Metals Damaging Your Brain… And Where They Come From Authored by Shan Lam & JoJo Novaes via The Epoch Times, A woman in her 50s had multiple dental mercury amalgam fillings placed during childhood—the routine treatment at a time when dental care offered few alternatives. Although durable, the fillings can be a source of chronic mercury exposure. (fizkes/Shutterstock） Decades later, she had the amalgams […]

FBI Says Minnesota Fraud Arrests “Tip” Of The Iceberg… Here’s Just What Nick Sherley Found A viral video that has topped 76 million views on X within 48 hours has significantly heightened public scrutiny of multiple Minneapolis daycare centers linked to Somali operators that received millions in state and federal funding despite showing minimal operational activity. The apparent mismatch between allocated taxpayer funds and […]

Courts Cap Off Year Of Major Decisions, Confrontations Over Trump Agenda Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The federal court system returned some landmark rulings for the American people in 2025, but many legal questions remain unanswered as judges absorb the flood of litigation challenging President Donald Trump’s policies. The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch […]

The Santa Claus Rally Begins Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, U.S. equity markets began the holiday‑shortened trading week on a firm footing. Broad gains in major indexes and the start of the Santa Claus rally marked this week. Following modest volatility in trading earlier in December, sentiment improved significantly as investors bet on year-end flows. As shown, the CNN Fear-Greed Index has moved […]

“They’re Just Spending Less”: Record Number Of Restaurant Closures Sweep Washington D.C. 2025 became a record year for restaurant closures in D.C., according to the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW): 92 closures, up from 73 in 2024 and 48 in 2022, according to Fox 5 DC. Owners cite multiple pressures — federal layoffs, the August federal takeover, a fall government shutdown, higher wages under Initiative […]

Front Companies? Bombshell Report Exposes Network Of Somali-Linked “Empty” Daycares Across Minnesota Left-wing Governor Tim Walz, under intensifying federal pressure, faces a widening Somali-linked fraud scandal in Minnesota. Federal prosecutors state that the scheme currently totals at least $9 billion, with the final figure potentially much higher. Recent reporting by Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo alleges that some welfare […]

The UK Health Care Disaster Is A Cautionary Tale For America’s Rising Class Of Armchair Socialists Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Washington Post shocked many of its Democratic readers this week by telling the truth about the growing disaster in the UK’s National Health Service — a cautionary tale as a few Republicans plan to join Democrats to extend the failed Obamacare subsidies rather than reform our own broken health care […]

China Unveils New Footage Of Carrier-Killer Hypersonic Missile Launch From Destroyer China continues to signal, through overt public-facing propaganda, its readiness to challenge the U.S directly. Recent state media have published footage showing simulated naval conflict operations in the Caribbean, followed by the release of a video showcasing a hypersonic anti-ship missile capability. On Sunday, Chinese media outlet Global Times […]

British Teacher Branded A Terrorist Threat For Showing Trump Videos In US Politics Class Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a chilling display of ideological censorship, a veteran teacher in Britain has been referred to the government’s Prevent counter-terrorism program simply for showing videos of President Trump to his A-level students during a lesson on U.S. politics. The incident unfolded at Henley College in […]