Tucker Carlson Accuses Tim Walz And Jacob Frey Of Orchestrating A ‘Color Revolution’ And Civil War Via VigilantFox.com, Tucker Carlson warns that Tim Walz and Mayor Frey are deliberately fueling chaos to spark a “color revolution.” He asks: “Why would a state refuse to protect American citizens from murder, refuse to give the names or whereabouts of murderers and child molesters, and refuse to use its own cops to keep […]

“Bananas And Rice” Woman Arrested By DHS For Rioting In Minneapolis In an effort to crack down on violent rioters in Minneapolis, MN, federal authorities have arrested 16 people identified as alleged participants who assaulted ICE agents in order to obstruct them from carrying out deportation arrests.   One of the suspects is Nasra Ahmed, 23, of Minnesota, who rose to national notoriety after remarks she made during a Jan. 21 […]

Why The Next Recession Will Be The Catalyst For Depression Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, This is why a recession will catalyze a collapse of the credit-asset bubble-dependent economy down to its foundations. Narrative control works by having a pat answer for every skepticism and every doubt. Boiled down, the dominant narrative holds that the Federal Reserve (central banking) and the central government have […]

Kremlin Exasperated As Key Nuclear Treaty Expires Next Week, Crickets From US Side Russia says it has tapped Washington on the shoulder many times related the the last remaining nuclear treaty between to the well-armed superpowers, but there have been crickets. Moscow on Thursday reaffirmed it hasn’t heard anything and is still eagerly awaiting a response from Washington to President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to informally extend […]

Apple Rises After Shocking China Sales Beat Offsets US Revenue Miss Ahead of today’s AAPL earnings report, we’ve had a very mixed picture from Mag 7 earnings so far: first, there was Microsoft, which crashed after its capex forecast unexpectedly jumped, then there was META, which soared after its capex forecast unexpectedly jumped (only in this case the company made up for it by pretending its ad revenue will also increase almost […]

Ghislaine Maxwell Cites Dozens Of Men In Alleged Epstein ‘Secret Settlements’ Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Convicted felon Ghislaine Maxwell claimed in December that at least 25 men with ties to Jeffrey Epstein entered “secret settlements” to serve charges over their alleged role in the late sex offender’s crimes.  Maxwell made the claim in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on Dec. 17 […]

Erdogan Urges Trump To Let Him Mediate Iran Crisis, Amid Fears Of Refugee Explosion Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pushing the idea of hosting a direct teleconference between US President Donald Trump and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian in a last-ditch bid to cool rising tensions, and avoid US military action. Regional sources have newly revealed that in a phone call with Trump on Monday, Erdogan urged Washington to […]

HHS Responds To Criticism From Vaccine Companies Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has responded after executives of top vaccine companies took aim at the Trump administration in the wake of a series of actions on vaccines. “Vaccine recommendations are based on the best available gold-standard scientific evidence and public health considerations, not corporate […]

Unprecedented: Trump Gets Putin To Halt Strikes On Kiev For One Week In Call In a surprising Thursday development, President Trump has claimed that Russia agreed to pause strikes on the Ukrainian capital and some other cities “for a week” – a decision he said came after direct personal intervention with Russian President Vladimir Putin. If accurate, this could represent a huge advance in the direction of peace, given the positive […]

Bank Of America, JPMorgan Chase To Match $1,000 Contributions To Children’s Accounts Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase said on Jan. 28 that they would match the U.S. government’s one‑time $1,000 contribution to children’s retirement accounts – also known as Trump Accounts – for eligible employees. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during the Trump Accounts […]

SBA Suspends More Than 1,000 Companies From Federal Contracting Program Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has suspended more than 1,000 companies from a key federal contracting program aimed at aiding disadvantaged businesses, after the firms failed to submit required financial documents, the agency announced Wednesday. The SBA said it barred 1,091 firms from the 8(a) […]

Israeli, Saudi Officials Swarm DC As Trump Weighs Iran Strike Options Senior Saudi and Israeli defense and intelligence officials are converging on Washington this week as the Trump administration weighs potential US strikes on Iran, according to Axios. This as the same report also observes: “A ‘limited strike’ is an illusion. Any military action by ‌the U.S. — from any origin and at any level — will be considered an act of […]

Mediocre 7Y Auction Tails Despite Solid Foreign Demand After a solid 2Y, and a dismal 5Y auction, moments ago the Treasury completed the sale of the week’s final coupon, and today’s sale of $44BN in 7Y paper was appropriately enough, mediocre at best, not terrible, not great, in the parlance of our times. The auction priced at a high yield of 4.018%, the first 4%+ yield since July, and up from 3.930% in December. It also tailed […]

AG Paxton Announces Investigation Into H-1B Visa Abuse Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is probing the abuse of the H-1B visa program in the state, beginning with an investigation into three companies in North Texas, the attorney general’s office said in a statement on Jan. 28. Paxton issued Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) to companies suspected of fraudulent activity. […]

Worldcoin Spikes 40% As OpenAI Reportedly Plans Biometric X Rival Authored by Brian Quarmby via Cointelegraph, OpenAI-linked token Worldcoin spiked 40% on Wednesday following a report that the artificial intelligence firm is working on a bot-free social media platform that requires “proof of personhood.”   According to a Tuesday Forbes report citing sources familiar with the matter, OpenAI is aiming to develop a […]

Shutdown Looms As Senate Dems Formally Blocks Govt Funding Bill Update (1220ET): As expected, Senate Democrats have just formally blocked a package of government funding bills from advancing. Democrats voted in unison against a procedural motion to advance the funding package. The motion, which required 60 votes to prevail, failed 45-55. Eight Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against it, including Senate Majority Leader […]

TechnoFEDalism By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank The US Federal Reserve’s rate setting committee left the Fed Funds rate unchanged at 3.50-3.75% with the Statement noting that “economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace…the unemployment rate has shown some signs of stabilization. Inflation remains somewhat elevated.” The decision was taken by a 10-2 vote, with Trump appointee Stephen Miran […]

Goldman Says “Good Opportunity To Buy Dip” In Obesity Drug Stocks Novo Nordisk shares in Europe appear to be forming a base after a 5.5-month bottoming process, following a mid-2024 peak and a subsequent 71% collapse. Goldman analyst Faris Mourad is telling clients this week that “obesity drugs narrative sentiment is on the rise” and “it’s an opportunity to buy the dip.” Mourad explained: The relative performance of the […]

Sanity Returning To Global Oil Forecasts, But Damage Has Been Done; Expert Study Shows Authored by William Murray via RealClearEnergy, It can be hard to explain to a general audience how important the release of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) is to policymakers, energy companies and investors who make hundreds of billions of dollars in investment decisions worldwide each year. Beginning in the early 1990s, the Outlook included a […]

Trump Officials Held Secret Meetings With Prominent Canadian Group Seeking To Secede A new bombshell report in Financial Times says that US officials have held recent talks with Canadian separatists seeking to break Alberta, Canada’s oil-rich western province, away from Ottawa. “Officials in the [US President] Donald Trump administration discussed loaning Alberta $500 million to break up Canada and make it the 51st state,” one […]

Homan Seeks Cooperation In Minnesota: Vows ‘Drawdown’ On Streets In Exchange For Jail-Based ICE Ops Border czar Tom Homan said on Thursday that federal immigration authorities have made “a lot of progress” in recent days in Minnesota, signaling a possible shift in enforcement tactics as tensions remain high following deadly shootings and protests tied to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. Border czar Tom Homan […]

EU Formally Designates IRGC A Terrorist Group, Granting Trump Political Cover Update(1034ET): As expected, it happened in a meeting of top EU leaders on Thursday: EU foreign ministers agreed Thursday to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist” group, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said. “Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise,” she […]

Venezuela Signals Historic Energy Reset As Oil Laws Open To Foreign Capital Authored by Cyril Widdershoven via oilprice.com, Venezuela is moving to overhaul its hydrocarbons law, opening the door to deeper foreign and private-sector participation. The reforms introduce far more flexible operating and fiscal structures, allowing private and mixed companies to take on operational control. If paired with sanctions relief, […]

US Factory Orders Surged In November While sentiment is sagging to multi-year lows, ‘hard’ data is pushing growth forecasts higher (GDPNOW) and holding stocks at record highs. This morning we get a fresh glimpse at America’s manufacturing segment – hard data – with US Factory Orders (admittedly for November) surging 2.7% MoM (significantly better than the +1.6% MoM expected), bouncing strongly from the 1.3% MoM decline in […]

Trump Says John Deere Will Invest $70 Million To Build Excavator Factory In North Carolina Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump announced on Jan. 27 that farm equipment maker John Deere will invest $70 million to build an excavator factory in North Carolina. A John Deere excavator piles road salt in preparation for a winter storm at the Boston Public Works Department yard in Boston […]