Amid Economic Crisis, Mossad-Affiliated X Account Encourages Further Protests In Iran Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A Farsi-language X account claiming to represent Israel’s Mossad encouraged protests in Iran on Monday and suggested that the Israeli spy agency has operatives involved in demonstrations on the ground. “Let’s come out to the streets together. The time has come. We are with you. Not just from afar and […]

“Significant Safety Concerns” After Salem, Oregon Appoints Convicted Killer To Public Safety Boards Salem, Oregon, is facing backlash after appointing Kyle Hedquist — a convicted murderer whose sentence for a 1995 killing was later commuted — to two influential public safety bodies: the city’s Community Police Review Board and its Civil Service Commission, which oversee police conduct and public safety employment matters, […]

The Most Prominent Buzzwords For The US Economy In 2025 Were “Affordability” And “Layoffs” Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, If you are having a really difficult time keeping up with the rapidly rising cost of living, you are certainly not alone.  This year, “affordability” was a buzzword that was constantly on the lips of politicians, economists and talking heads on television.  As you will see below, […]

Starbucks Shuttering About 400 Locations, 40+ In New York City Alone Starbucks is quietly shrinking its physical footprint in some of the nation’s largest cities, signaling a major shift for a brand that spent decades in near-constant expansion, according to WSMV. The company intends to eliminate about 400 US locations, with the heaviest impact in major metro areas. Closures are already underway — New York City alone has lost 42 […]

Judge Blocks White House’s Attempt To Defund Consumer Watchdog Agency Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the White House cannot lapse its funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a watchdog that has long drawn the ire of congressional Republicans. In a ruling, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote that the CFPB should continue to receive its funding from […]

Putin Authorizes Military Reserve Call-Up To Protect Critical Energy Sites One significant theme which emerged over the course of the last year of the Russia-Ukraine war is greater Ukrainian effectiveness in striking Russian territory, sometimes even distant targets many hundreds of miles away. On a regular basis at this point, oil and gas infrastructure and refineries are blown up, export terminals damaged, and even military bases […]

Yale No Longer Has A Single Republican Professor Across 27 Departments Authored by Jonathan Turley, Yale has finally achieved liberal nirvana. According to a recent report from the Buckley Institute, there is now not a single Republican found across 27 of 43 departments at Yale University. In a nation roughly evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats (with a slight advantage to the GOP), only 3 percent are Republicans […]

Feds Charge Mexican-American With Trying To Arm ISIS Via Undercover FBI Agent The FBI has arrested a 21-year-old Texas resident and charged him with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization — namely, ISIS. Depending on their level of faith in domestic counter-terror enforcement, some observers will applaud the news unquestioningly, while others may wonder if it’s another situation where the man in […]

From Tax-Cuts To Tariff-Stability: US Economy Poised For Solid Growth In 2026 Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, The turbulence that defined the U.S. economy in 2025 is expected to ease next year… Following President Donald Trump’s unveiling of his sweeping global tariffs plan, the consensus on Wall Street was that the United States would potentially face a downturn or, at the very least, a stagflation-type […]

Citizen Journalist Descends On Ohio, Immediately Finds ‘First Signs Of Potentially Massive Somali Fraud’ The “Nick Shirley Effect” has begun, with Muckraker founder Anthony Rubin on the ground in Columbus, Ohio, home to the second-largest Somali community in the U.S., investigating daycare centers. This development comes less than a day after Ohio attorney Mehek Cooke said federal investigators are examining allegations that […]

RFK Jr. Drops 2026 MAHA Agenda To Banish Toxic Food Dyes And Kill Off Processed Poison Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a game-changing move that’s set to shake up the corrupt food industry, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unveiled his 2026 MAHA agenda – a no-holds-barred assault on the chemicals and loopholes poisoning the health of America. The agenda, highlighted during a Fox News broadcast, targets […]

Zelensky Claims Trump Is Considering US Boots On The Ground In Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has newly claimed that US President Donald Trump is considering the possibility of deploying American troops to Ukraine as negotiations toward peace with Moscow stall. This is presumably connected with promises of future ‘security guarantees’. This is somewhat of a surprise, as the White House has made no indication of this […]

Everyone’s A Lender Now: Shadow Banking USA Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, How much private credit has been put in place but isn’t in the official credit total is unknown and very likely unknowable. That means total systemic risk is also unknowable. Everyone wants to lend us money now, even though they’re not banks: the insurance company Progressive offered us a loan, PayPal offers us a business loan every […]

New Pattern Suggests Two “Sizable” Snow Events For US Northeast Meteorologist Mike Masco has identified what he says could be a very active storm pattern for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic from around New Year’s Day into mid-January. “I’ve been deconstructing the pattern this morning, and there are three key features that support an active stretch across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, including the potential for at least two […]

Silver Coins: Memories Of Sound Money Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The financial press reports that people are swarming the coin shops these days, grabbing as much as possible. This is exactly what one would expect given the wild and parabolic increases in the silver price over the last month, moving from $30 to $75 in the period of one year. Such increases tend to focus the mind and incentivize regular people […]

FOMC Minutes Confirm ‘Most’ Fed Officials Expect More Rate-Cuts, Divisions Remain Since the last FOMC meeting on Dec 10th (which resulted in a more-dovish-than-expected 25bps rate cut along with 3 dissents), precious metals have been the biggest gainers (as the dollar weakened) while crude oil has been a laggard. Stocks small bid, bonds unch… Source: Bloomberg Crypto has notably decoupled from gold and stocks… Source: […]

Trump Admin Launches $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Program Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration plans to distribute between $147 million and $281 million to each U.S. state in 2026 through a widespread rural health program designed to provide better access to medical care in rural areas. The effort, which is one aspect of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, earmarks $50 billion across […]

“Massive Abuse”: HUD Audit Flags $5B In Improper Housing Assistance During Biden’s Term A new report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development has found that more than $5 billion in federal rental assistance during fiscal year 2024 went to potentially ineligible recipients, including nearly 30,000 deceased individuals and thousands of non-citizens, according to MSN and the NY Post. The audit, conducted by HUD’s […]

What Do The Top Search Trends Of 2025 Say About The Current State Of Our Society? Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, What do our Google searches tell us about ourselves?  I think that many of you will be quite surprised by what I have to share in this article.  “Google’s Year in Search” for 2025 has been released, and it is a doozy.  The past 12 months have been so crazy, and the top search trends […]

DOJ Grants Antitrust Immunity To Nuclear Fuel Companies The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently authorized antitrust immunity to companies involved in the domestic nuclear fuel chain.  Today the DOJ Antitrust Division helped deliver on the critical need to expand energy infrastructure to help America win the AI race. The Division has approved a framework to encourage industry and government collaboration to […]

US Coast Guard Awards Contracts To Build 6 Arctic Icebreakers Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) awarded two contracts to construct up to six Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers to increase regional mobility and assert dominance, the agency said in a Dec. 29 statement. “The Arctic Security Cutters will defend U.S. sovereignty, secure critical shipping lanes, protect energy and […]

US Reaches 30th Strike In Boat Bombing Campaign Ahead Of New Year As the world gets ready to usher in a new year, the US military campaign against Venezuela has reached another grim milestone. American forces carried out their latest airstrike on a vessel accused of drug trafficking in Latin American waters on Monday. The operation announced by US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) represents the 30th strike since the campaign began on […]

Ron Paul Praises Trump Taking A Step Toward Liberty Authored by Ron Paul, President Trump recently signed an executive order changing marijuana’s Controlled Substances Act classification from Schedule I to Schedule III. Schedule I is supposed to include especially dangerous drugs that are likely to be abused and have no medical purpose. Whatever one thinks of the wisdom and morality of using marijuana, the fact is it is less […]

Gas Prices Drop For 5th Consecutive Week; Lowest NYE Level Since COVID Authored by Rob Sabo via The Epoch Times, Gas prices continued their sharp downward trend throughout December, falling by nearly 23 cents over the month to a national average of $2.75 per gallon on Dec. 29—the lowest level recorded since 2021, according to a report by fuel price comparison app GasBuddy. The national average price of diesel fuel, meanwhile, […]

IRS CEO Says 94% Of Middle-Class Taxpayers Will See Tax Relief Next Year Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The CEO of the IRS said during an interview on Dec. 23 that 94 percent of middle-class Americans will see some form of tax relief next year. The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File “You’re going to look at probably 94 percent-plus […]