Two US Soldiers & A Civilian Killed, Several More Wounded, In Central Syria Ambush Washington’s Syria intervention is the mess that keeps on giving. And now more tragedy has struck after years of a Pentagon quagmire and endless occupation in the northeast of the country. Two US Army soldiers and an American civilian who was serving as an interpreter were killed after shots were fired at US and allied Syrian forces during a […]

What Kind Of Caesar Will Trump Be? Authored by Vince Coyner via American Thinker, It’s not often that life gives nations real second chances when it comes to the big things, but in America’s case, it did.  My only hope is that we don’t squander it…or to be more precise, I hope Donald Trump doesn’t squander it. Image: Gage Skidmore via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. The 2026 midterms are less than a year away.  That makes what […]

Europol Pinpoints When Skynet-Like Human Resistance To AI Could Emerge If Goldman’s estimates of a partial or full displacement of up to 300 million jobs across the Western world due to the proliferation of artificial intelligence and automation are even remotely correct, a new report suggests that by 2035, society could face widespread public resentment, protests, and even acts of sabotage directed at robotic systems. A new report […]

Justice Jackson’s History Of Shilling For The Deep State Via The Brownstone Institute, President Joe Biden’s decision to limit his Supreme Court nominees to black women was widely criticized as a product of DEI-mania, but the ensuing racial controversy was a red herring, a political sleight of hand, designed to distract Americans from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s true purpose on the bench: to protect, preserve, and defend […]

The Gulf Of America Is Back Authored by Erik Milito via RealClearEnergy, After years of market swings, regulatory uncertainty, and deep staffing cuts, America’s energy workforce is overdue for a stabilizing signal. December 10th provides exactly that: the first federal Gulf of America lease sale in nearly two years, offering long-awaited certainty for the companies and workers that power America’s offshore energy engine. In […]

Seized Tanker Reveals Cuba’s Secret Oil Lifeline As Trump Turns To Gunboat Diplomacy Secretary of State Marco Rubio has realized that it is all about following the money. If the U.S. military posture in the Caribbean is one of “gunboat diplomacy” aimed at ushering in regime change in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, against the country’s autocratic leader, Nicolás Maduro, then one way to accelerate regime instability is to weaken […]

Trump Team Denies Leaked ‘Secret Plan’ To Break EU Nations Away From Brussels’ Grip Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy was published last week, setting out the U.S.’s broad foreign policy direction for the remainder of his term. It focused on ending what it calls a “perpetually expanding NATO,” establishing “conditions of stability within Europe,” and […]

Ukraine War Comes To… The Caspian Sea Ukraine has extended the war to a far flung body of water and unexpected place. Ukraine’s military has newly revealed that its special forces conducted successful operations against Russian oil, military, logistics assets in the Caspian Sea. The Caspian Sea is some 700 miles from the front lines in Ukraine, and is the world’s largest inland body of water, which is bordered by Russia and […]

France’s Fiscal Death Spiral: A Nation Incapable Of Reform Submitted By Thomas Kolbe What is now unfolding in France may soon drag the entire Eurozone into deep turmoil. The country is staggering through a fiscal crisis while locked in a political stalemate that seems impossible to break. In the bond market, the clock is ticking loudly as France’s public debt spirals out of control. This week, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu […]

Dust Off The Shovels: Quick Burst Of Snow Targets Mid-Atlantic, I-95 Corridor Update (Saturday morning):  Dust off your snow shovels and fill up those snowblowers with gasoline, or if you’ve splurged this year on a fancy robot snowblower, plug it in and charge the batteries today. The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are preparing for the season’s first significant snowfall event, with accumulating snow expected in metro areas near […]

Europe Continues To Interfere In Ukraine’s Last Chance For Peace For those who understand the basics of attrition warfare, the outcome of the fight in Ukraine was obvious a long time ago.  Russia’s superior logistical position along with its grinding offensive tactics have worn down Ukraine’s defenses and left the country with a desperate manpower shortage.  The recent capture of the vital hub of Pokrovsk has now opened the door […]

Cry The Beloved Europe? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Nothing bothers the European elite as much as American conservatives praising the European foundations of their shared, but threatened, Western civilization. Europeans especially resent having their social-welfare state system critiqued by upstart, crass Americans. Their pique only increases as they push back against the condescending American idea […]

What’s In Your Coffee? Unexpected Facts Behind Your Morning Cup Authored by Kimberly Drake via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Coffee is beloved for its caffeine kick and flavor, but it also helps reduce risks from chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes, cancer, and heart disease thanks to high levels of antioxidants and other bioactive compounds. FoodVideoPhoto/Shutterstock However, along with its nutty flavor and comforting […]

Land Along Southern Border Is Transferred to Navy To Become Part Of ‘National Defense Area’ Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration said on Dec. 10 that it would transfer roughly 760 acres of public land along the U.S.-Mexico border in California to the Navy for three years to support border security operations. The U.S. border with Mexico near San Diego on Jan. 31, 2025. Jae C. Hong/AP […]

Alaskans Carry The Highest Average Credit-Card Debt In The US U.S. credit card balances have climbed to $1.21 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s 2025 report. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, visualizes how average credit card debt varies widely across the United States in 2025. The data for this visualization comes from the TransUnion Credit Industry Snapshot published in September […]

U.S. Military Readiness Is Under Threat By Doctor Shortages Authored by Jeff Morris via RealClearDefense, According to the Association of the U.S. Army, the crisis of doctor shortages has been increasing for years, which negatively affects military readiness. Their own report cited the inability of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to recruit and retain enough doctors. As the number of military physicians has consistently […]

Joe Kent Sounds Alarm: Biden’s Border Invasion Flooded Nation With 18,000 Known And Suspected Terrorists In the wake of last month’s shooting of two National Guard service members just blocks from the White House by a radicalized Afghan national who entered the U.S. under the Biden-Harris regime, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent warned the House Homeland Security Committee that the Homeland faces an elevated […]

No Confirmation Of U.S. Fighter Jet Over Venezuelan Airspace, Flight Tracking Data Sparks False Alarm Update (2144ET): Flightradar24’s software-generated estimate of the U.S. military F/A-18E Super Hornet (RHINO51) initially showed the aircraft’s flight path entering Venezuelan airspace. The data has since shown that this was not the case. “The black dashed line is an ESTIMATED position based on a few variables and is not the […]

Gaza Tent Cities Under Water Amid Deadly ‘Catastrophic’ Storm Via Middle East Eye At least 11 Palestinians have died in storm-hit Gaza from cold and collapsing buildings within the last 24 hours. Two children – nine-year-old Hadeel Hamdan and an infant, Taim Khawaja – died from cold in Gaza City on Friday, according to medical sources. Another child, eight-month-old Rahaf Abu Jazar, died in Khan Younis on Thursday after […]

UBS Outlines Three Reasons For Sober Revolution Crushing Spirits Market There are just thirteen days until Christmas. Friends and family are gathering; eggnog, spiked with bourbon, dark or spiced rum, or cognac, is flowing, and Christmas music fills homes, restaurants, and bars, blaring from speakers tuned to holiday playlists. But this Christmas season, like the last few, the spirits market in North America is extraordinarily weak […]

Border Tsar Homan Announces Investigation Into Rep. Omar: A Case For Fraud Or Defamation? Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, the lingering allegations over the marital history of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) took an ominous step when Border Tsar Tom Homan publicly acknowledged that the government is looking into the matter. Rep. Omar has long denied that she married her brother to gain his entry into the United States, but the […]

This Elderly Man Gave Away His Gold After Fake US Marshal Called. He Isn’t The Only One. Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), SHOW LOW, Ariz.—The coin shop owner had seen his share of hefty deals, but this call caught him off guard. An elderly man from nearby Snowflake, Arizona, wanted to purchase gold coins valued in the tens of thousands. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock The next day, when […]

What The Top 1% Richest Americans Pay In Taxes Across The US This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, uses IRS data from 2022 analyzed by SmartAsset to show how much the richest people contribute to income tax revenue. Where the Top 1% Pay the Largest Share of Taxes The table below includes each state’s share of income taxes paid by the top 1% and the total amount of income tax they paid. Wyoming leads the […]

Lefty ‘Consumer’ Watchdog Group Bought & Paid For By Big Pharma Via American Greatness, The National Consumers League is America’s oldest consumer advocacy organization and a group trusted by the left, especially, to stand up for consumers’ interests. But according to a review of its tax filings by the Washington Examiner, it has also become part of a web of astroturf groups shilling for the corporate interests of […]

AI Is A “Supersonic Tsunami”; Musk Bullish On Global Trajectory It has been a month since Elon Musk and Joe Rogan spoke, but, as ‘Camus’ pointed out this week, this seven-minute exchange, buried in the middle of a three hour conversation, could very well be one of the most important conversations of the decade. Musk laid it out bluntly: AI is a “supersonic tsunami” already erasing every purely digital job—coding, emails, […]