What Goes Around: The EU’s Extralegal Sanctions Regime Submitted by Pascal Lottaz It has come as a shock to many of us in the alternative media sphere when, on December 15, the EU put the esteemed analyst, political commentator, and former Swiss Army colonel Jacques Baud, on its Russia-Sanctions list. He was one of several newly sanctioned individuals (alongside, for instance, the popular French journalist, Xavier Moreau). Baud is […]

These Are America’s Healthiest States “Blue Zones” are regions of the world where people live longer and healthier lives, supported by habits that boost longevity. Loma Linda, California is one of the few recognized Blue Zones, alongside Okinawa, Japan and Ikaria, Greece. Just as place can have a powerful influence on health outcomes, differences vary meaningfully across America. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy […]

Dutch Government Refuses To Probe UK Travel Ban On Eva Vlaardingerbroek Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The Dutch government has refused to investigate or seek clarification from the United Kingdom after Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek had her permission to travel to Britain revoked, confirming it has not even asked London for an explanation over the decision. The position was set out in formal parliamentary […]

UBS: SpaceX-xAI Merger Signals Rise Of “Orbital AI” In September 2024, we penned a note that Elon Musk was on track to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027, driven by what we described as “space race bets.” That call looks increasingly correct following the merger of Musk’s SpaceX and xAI earlier this week, a transaction that has lifted his net worth to $850 billion. By contrast, former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann, who once […]

EU Inc: Can Brussels’ Latest Corporate Reform Escape Bureaucracy’s Grip Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The European Commission is responding to mounting criticism of over-bureaucratization with the introduction of a new corporate legal form. “EU Inc” is intended to create a uniform legal structure that applies across the entire European Union economic area. A charming idea—but one that quickly sinks in the general bureaucratic […]

How Fast Is The Asian Population Ageing? The latest revision of UN World Population Prospects reveals that demographic shift is no longer a distant projection but an accelerating reality across parts of Asia, with the share of people aged 65 and over rising fast in several countries. As Statista’s Tristan Gaudiaut reports, this trend poses a significant challenge in the region for labor markets, public finances and care systems […]

Netherlands To Tax Unrealized Gains: EU Wealth Grab And Global Implications Submitted by Thomas Kolbe A fiscal storm is brewing in the Netherlands. With the potential introduction of a tax on unrealized capital gains, The Hague is set to become a testing ground for the systematic transfer of wealth from the private sector to the state. Across all government levels, the European Union is increasingly transforming into an aggressive […]

Russia Offers To Remove All Enriched Uranium From Iran On potential upcoming US-Iran talks, the two sides can’t agree on scope – with Washington wanting to go beyond just the nuclear sphere and into the question of Tehran putting limits on its ballistic missile arsenal. The Iranians have given a firm no on this, and so the talks look doomed to fail. But Russia is now offering – or at least reiterating – a potentially huge overture. […]

Germany Faces Gas Shortage Crisis: Industry Demands Strategic Reserve Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Following the Federal Network Agency, the umbrella organization of the energy industry is now also calling for the establishment of a national strategic natural gas reserve. The coordinated push by the sector makes it clear that the decline in gas storage levels is far more severe than politics has so far admitted. Kerstin Andreae, […]

Brad Karp, Chairman Of Top Law Firm Paul Weiss, Resigns Over Epstein Ties The chairman of one of the nation’s top law firms suddenly resigned Wednesday evening after a series of embarrassing emails emerged between him and Jeffrey Epstein became public in recent days. Brad Karp, who has been at the helm of law firm Paul Weiss for 18 years, gave no explanation for his decision – aside form a statement that “Recent reporting has […]

“I Deeply Regret”: Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman Deny Epstein Malarkey, And Here’s Some Weird Sh*t As the latest Epstein Files release continues to provide premium toilet reading and no arrests, tech billionaires Bill Gates and Linkedin founder Reid Hoffman are in full damage control mode, while President Donald Trump – whose name is all over the files as well, is back to asking if we can just move on. Other notables mentioned in the […]

How Will Key Countries Respond To Washington’s Attempted Restoration Of Unipolarity? Authored by Andrew Korybko, The US’ new National Security and Defense Strategies, which collectively articulate the “Trump Doctrine”, make clear that the US’ grand strategic goal is to restore its predominant position (unipolarity) over the world. Unlike during the short-lived unipolar era that followed the end of the Old Cold War, this […]

Hong Kong Graduates Face Toughest Job Market In Five Years Hong Kong’s graduate job market reached its weakest level in five years in 2025, as hiring dropped sharply and wages showed almost no growth, according to SCMP. University data revealed that job openings fell by 55 per cent from the previous year, declining to just over 30,000 positions, even lower than during the pandemic period. This marked a major shift from earlier […]

Netanyahu Tells US Envoys Iran Cannot Be Trusted If Deal Is Reached Via The Libertarian Institute Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday that Iran cannot be trusted, as Witkoff prepares for potential talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. “Ahead of Envoy Witkoff’s departure to meet with a representative of Iran, the Prime Minister clarified his […]

Silver Crashes 20% As China Opens, Gold & Bitcoin Also Plunging On the heels of today’s momentum collapse in the US, Silver prices have puked almost 20% in a matter of hours after Asian markets opened… …erasing the rebound gains of the last three days… The overall decline from when Trump’s announcement of Warsh’s nomination as the next Fed Chair is now back up to 40%. “Sentiment seems to have turned soggy across […]

The US Might Make The Sahelian Alliance An Offer That It Can’t Refuse Authored by Andrews Korybko, Its members might be told by the Bureau of African Affairs’ chief to let the US replace or at least “balance” Russia’s role as their top security partner under implied pain of US-backed Nigerian military pressure on anti-terrorist pretexts, French-backed terrorist advances, and/or US anti-terrorist strikes. The US’ Bureau […]

Vance To Lead Sweeping Anti-Fraud Task Force Investigating California Vice President JD Vance is poised to chair a new White House task force aimed at rooting out potential fraud and abuse in government programs in California, according to CBS News. Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, is expected to serve as the task force’s vice chairman and handle day-to-day operations, CBS News reports. President Donald […]

Will The New Fed Chair Fix The Money? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The choice of Kevin Warsh as the new chairman of the Federal Reserve has received mixed reviews, as can be expected. His professional connections lean establishment in every way, which is perhaps not what Trump’s base expected. More interesting is that Warsh is on record as an inflation hawk, a critic of zero-interest rate policies, and a […]

Security Expert: Illegal Minneapolis Checkpoints Trace Back To Marxist, Anarchist Movements The eruption of “Signal-Gate” revealed the organizational structure and command-and-control nodes of left-wing activists operating within encrypted messaging apps to unleash pressure campaigns against federal agents in Minneapolis. This structure is very revealing and, according to some security experts, is deeply rooted in revolutionary […]

Run It Hot: Trump, The Fed, & The Coming Currency Debasement Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to push the monetary easing pedal to the metal, even as the engine is already near the red line. They intend to push the system as hard as possible today and worry about the consequences later. One reason may be to inflate the stock market ahead of the 2026 […]

Putin Notifies Xi Of New START Status As Trump Ready To Let Go Of Nuclear Arms Control With Russia President Putin in his Wednesday video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored that the last major nuclear treaty with the United States is on the eve of collapse. New START is set to expire on Thursday. Putin notified Xi that Washington has not yet responded. “As you know, on September 22, 2025, we proposed to the […]

DHS Reports More Than 180 Vehicle Attacks On Law Enforcement Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Immigration officers have faced 182 vehicular attacks since President Donald Trump took office last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a Feb. 3 statement. Out of the 182 attacks between Jan. 21, 2025, and Jan. 24, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers faced 114, up by 124 percent from […]

Ken Griffin Torches Trump Over ‘Distasteful Favoritism’ And Conflicts Of Interest, Opens Door To Political Run Citadel CEO Ken Griffin raised eyebrows this week when he left the door open to future public service or even running for office, while issuing some of his sharpest criticism yet of President Donald Trump. “I’d like to believe that at a future point in my life, I will be involved in public service,” Griffin said […]

“You’d Be Justified In Shooting”: Rep. Jerry Nadler Triggers Outcry Over Violent Rhetoric Against ICE Authored by Jonathan Turley, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., NY) is under fire this week for joining other Democratic members in reckless rhetoric to fuel the growing threats against federal law enforcement officers. Calling out the “fascism in our streets,” Nadler suggested that citizens could be justified in shooting masked agents, a […]

3 US Warships Dispatched To Haiti As Part Of Campaign Against Drug Traffickers Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, Three U.S. warships have been sent to Haiti as part of Operation Southern Spear, a military operation in the Caribbean to counter narcotics trafficking. “At the direction of the Secretary of War [Pete Hegseth], the ships USS Stockdale, USCGC Stone, and USCGC Diligence have arrived in the Bay of […]