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Finland and Sweden have cautioned against jumping to conclusions A Chinese-registered merchant vessel en route from Russia to Egypt has come under suspicion of possible involvement in damage to two data cables…

The CIA is funding online troll communities to tarnish the country’s image, Chay Bowes has said The West is carrying out a coordinated campaign disseminating deceptive content about Russia using bot farms…

US intelligence spent years training agents in Ukraine while trying to keep it secret from Moscow, the German outlet claims A Ukrainian group that is allegedly behind the Nord Stream gas pipelines’…

Income from crypto transactions and mining activities will reportedly be subject to a levy of up to 15% The Russian Finance Ministry has presented a draft law introducing taxes on crypto transactions…

Quails On Cocaine: DOGE Shares Examples Of Gross Government Waste Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The newly formed Department of Government Efficiency has shared some examples of the kind of obscene…

WTI Dips After Small Crude Build, US Production Tumbles Crude prices are extending recent gains this morning – albeit modestly – as geopolitical risk premia are rebuilding amid missiles flying in Russia,…

The move will be aimed at preventing a two-state solution, according to the US investigative journalist Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government intends to announce the formal annexation of the West Bank…

Once You See “World War 3” Headlines You Might As Well Buy Everything Because Why Not By Michael Every of Rabobank What, me worry? Bloomberg went with a one-word headline in Asia…

India, Russia, and China are great civilizational states that need to reinvent themselves, the Russian philosopher has said India plays a “crucial” role in the new global architecture and balance of power,…

MSNBC, CNBC On The Chopping Block As Comcast Greenlights $7 Billion Spinoff Comcast on Wednesday announced that it will move forward with plans to spin off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks –…

Bracing For Retaliation, US Shuts Embassy In Kiev Over Air Attack Risk Washington appears fully aware it has poked the Russian bear, after President Biden greenlighted Ukraine striking Russian territory with long-range…

Trump Tariffs Are Inflationary Claim The Experts, But… Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Mark Cuban Says Trump’s Tariff Proposals Will Ramp Up Prices- Business Insider Fed’s Kashkari Says Trump Tariffs Could…

The Israeli media first reported the prime minister’s plan in early November Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered a reward of $5 million to anyone who brings one of the surviving…

Defense Ministry footage shows a UAV smashing into the fortification The Russian Defense Ministry published a clip on Wednesday of a successful drone attack on a Ukrainian bunker in Donbass. The video…

Stocks Slump As Ukraine Fires UK Storm Shadow Missiles Into Russia Ukraine’s armed forces fired British cruise missiles at military targets inside Russia for the first time, a Western official familiar with…

The cryptocurrency has been rallying since Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election The price of Bitcoin has continued to surge, smashing the $94,000 threshold for the first time on Wednesday….

Futures Rise Ahead Of Nvidia After Putin Says Open To Ceasefire Talks With Trump US equity futures are higher as traders hoped earnings from Nvidia after the close would unleash fresh buying…

Frontline conditions demand a kill-or-be-killed mentality, Valery Zaluzhny has told soldiers Ukrainian troops currently being trained in the UK to fight Russia must steel themselves to face death and kill without a…

‘Bomb Cyclone’ Blasts Pacific Northwest, Cutting Power To Over 600,000 In Washington A massive bomb cyclone slammed into the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday night, unleashing torrential rains and tropical storm-like wind gusts…

The country has been embroiled in militant violence and political insecurity for years Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with Central African Republic (CAR) leader Faustin-Archange Touadera on counter-terrorism and ensuring…

The regulator has said it will consider gradually easing monetary policy next year if no additional external shocks occur The Russian central bank is considering gradually reducing its key interest rate in…

The engagement took place near the Dnieper River, where Kiev struggled to secure a foothold earlier this year A Russian self-propelled Msta-B howitzer has wiped out a Ukrainian drone crew hiding inside…

Some 44% of those surveyed said that they view gays and lesbians with “disgust and fear” More than a half of Russians hold a negative opinion on LGBT people, a poll by…

Vanguard Adds 3 New Proxy Vote Options, Expands Shareholder Choice Pilot In the latest evidence of the ongoing erosion of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement, investment titan Vanguard has doubled the…

US Military Suicides Continued To Increase In 2023: Pentagon Report Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Suicides increased among U.S. military service members in 2023, continuing a gradual…

Russia intends on achieving its goals, but nevertheless remains open to dialogue, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Any proposals involving the freezing of the Ukraine conflict are unacceptable to Russia, Kremlin spokesman…

The US social media giants are spreading disinformation and manipulating public opinion, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said   Major US and global technology companies, including Meta and Google, have become instruments…

In Chicago, Illegal Immigration Crisis Stokes Pushback From Locals Authored by Steven Kovac via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The issues arising from thousands of illegal immigrants pouring into Chicago from around…

New Treasury Rule Expands Oversight Of Foreign Land Buys Near Military Bases Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Treasury Department is expanding the review process for land…

US President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Vivek Ramaswamy to slash government jobs is being celebrated in southern Indian state of Kerala When TV channels reported US President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to appoint…

Natural Gas Prices In US Northwest And Western Canada At Record Lows The prices of natural gas at the key regional hubs in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Western Canada have hit…

Europe Braces For War As Biden Shovels More Fuel On The Fire Authored by Sam Faddis via AND Magazine, As the mainstream press in the United States continues to obsess with imaginary…

The state’s education board has supported the optional curriculum, which will need to pass a final vote before being approved Education officials in Texas have voted to move forward with approving an…

Oh, it’s those infamous “hackers” again, only this time they are not Iranian or Chinese, this time it is a mysterious “hacker” under the presumably fictitious name Altam Beezly, who has intruded…

For very obvious reasons I don’t believe them.  However, that said, take an elevated position on the issue for a moment and ask yourself, ‘what are the implications if the United States…

President Donald Trump has nominated Dr Mehmet Oz, former senate candidate and celebrity physician to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). [Source] “Dr. Oz will work closely…

The giant spacecraft is designed to carry astronauts to the Moon and Mars US President-elect Donald Trump joined SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to watch the launch of a massive Starship spacecraft from…

“This was no small thing, to restore a republic after it had fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may have been…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And…

Perhaps the most telling line in the announcement is the last one. “We will send education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort.” President Trump has announced the nomination…

A Russian engineering firm will supply turbines and modernize key power facilities, Khartoum’s energy minister has said Sudan has signed an agreement with the Russian firm Power Machines to upgrade national hydropower…

The country’s leader says Pretoria will focus on inclusive economic growth, food security, and artificial intelligence South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to use his country’s G20 presidency to “firmly” push…

Ukraine has used the long-range missiles to strike Bryansk Region, according to the Russian military The Ukrainian military is believed to have received only around 50 ATACMS missiles from the US so…

Baltic Sea Fiber Cable Disruption Remains Murky As Danish Coast Guard Shadows Chinese Ship  Authored by John Konrad of gCaptain, A day after the C-Lion1 and BCS subsea data cables in the Baltic Sea, connecting Finland and…

Deepwater Discoveries Set To Reshape Africa’s Energy Landscape Via Rystad Energy, Africa’s deepwater oil and gas production is expected to increase significantly in the coming decade, driven by new discoveries and projects….

Nations working on long-range strikes deep inside Russia will not be left unpunished, Sergey Naryshkin has warned Moscow will respond to Western moves to threaten Russia with long-range strikes, the head of…

The anti-personnel landmines will help “blunt” Russian progress, US officials have claimed Outgoing US President Joe Biden has decided to send anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine, multiple news outlets reported on Tuesday, citing…

The Pro-Trump Mood In Greece Authored by John Kiriakou via Consortium News, I spent the past two weeks on my ancestral island of Rhodes, Greece, helping my cousin settle his late father’s…

A Ukrainian-born suspect was detained while crossing into Russia’s Kaliningrad Region, aiming to blow up an energy facility Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a Ukrainian-born German national who was allegedly…

‘Jews & Homosexuals Are No Longer Safe In Berlin’, Warns City’s Police Chief Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Jews and homosexuals are no longer safe in Berlin and should hide…

The Bundeswehr is training businesses based on a newly approved secret document, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper has reported The German military has started instructing local enterprises on how to prepare and…

The countries’ foreign ministers have reviewed steps to improve bilateral ties The foreign ministers of India and China, S. Jaishankar and Wang Yi, have discussed resuming direct flights between the two countries,…

The Link Between Blood Types And Risks of COVID-19, Cancer, And Other Diseases Authored by Ellen Wan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Blood types play a crucial role not only in…

Visualizing The Distribution Of Global Wealth Wealth distribution varies significantly across the world’s regions, reflecting the economic disparities shaped by differences in development, resource availability, and financial access. This graphic, via Visual…

Andrew Jackson In The 21st Century Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Trying to gain a greater understanding of what is happening in the United States today,…

China’s Economy Is Larger Than 30 Asian Economies Combined The world’s second-largest economy sometimes suffers from its own success: it’s hard to comprehend how big it really is. To help put things…

Recommending Brig. Gen. Schwalier For The Air Force ‘Plucking Board’ Authored by Forrest Marrion via RealClearPolitics, In the mid-1990s, Brig. Gen. Terryl J. Schwalier “was a rising star in the Air Force,”…

Biden Rushes $275M More In Weapons To Ukraine Before Trump Enters Office There are just two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, and Ukraine hawks are feeling the pressure. For them,…

Minnesota Election Judge Faces Felony Charges For Allowing Unregistered People To Vote Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, An election judge in Minnesota is now facing serious criminal charges after he…

National Average Fuel Prices Nearing Three Year Low No sooner did President Trump win the election in a landslide than national average gasoline prices are set to fall below the $3 per gallon…

Russia Crude Exports Tumble To Two Month Low Russian crude oil shipments dropped to a two-month low as loadings from Russia’s Western ports slumped, tanker-tracking data monitored by Bloomberg showed on Tuesday….

Some German residents demonstrate “open sympathy for terrorist organizations,” according to Barbara Slowik The police chief of Berlin, Barbara Slowik, has advised Jewish people and openly LGBTQ individuals to exercise caution when…

Gallup: Public Support For Gun-Bans Craters According to Gallup’s latest polling, support for a handgun ban has fallen to just 20 percent and support for an “assault weapons” ban has cratered to just…

An FPV kamikaze drone controlled through fiber optic wire flew directly into the infantry bay of an American-made Stryker Russian troops have reportedly destroyed another US-made M1126 Stryker and its Ukrainian crew…

A Revolutionary Time Authored by Christopher Roach via American Greatness, Though it has only been two weeks, it feels like a long time since Trump won the election, not least because of…

Netanyahu Says Israel Offering $1.3 Million Reward For Each Hostage Freed On Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a rare surprise visit to the Gaza Strip, specifically to the area of…

SpaceX Launches Starship Into Orbit But Scraps Plan For “Chopsticks” Booster Catch Update (5:10pm ET): Disappointing those who had hoped to see the “chopsticks” catch in action for the second time in…

Guess What’s Coming To DC? Authored by El Gato Malo via The Brownstone Institute, DC is about to experience something entirely new, something absolutely unprecedented in its experience. They think the barbarians…

Kim Jong Un Calls for ‘Limitless’ Nuclear Build-Up In Response To ‘Asia NATO’ Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivered a fiery speech where he stressed…

The US president had missed the initial photoshoot in Rio de Janeiro Outgoing US President Joe Biden has managed to be part of the second group photo of G20 leaders at the…

President Trump flew to Texas to attend the 6th launch of the massive SpaceX Starship 6th flight.  The target launch time is 4:00pm CT / 5:00pm ET Livestream Links Below: . ….

The Cure For What Ails Us: Market Crash And Mass Defaults Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The system has reached extremes that can no longer be rebalanced by policy…

Bonds, Bitcoin, & Bullion Bid As Markets Mull Moscow, Mullahs, Musk, & Macro Geopolitics, macroeconomics, and domestic politics all combined for a wile ride in stocks today… Geopolitics was a major headwind…

Jaguar Attempts To ‘Bud Light’ Itself With Cringeworthy Woke Ad British sports car manufacturer Jaguar, one of the most celebrated motorsport brands, first gained prominence in the 1950s with its iconic C-Type and D-Type sports…

Some “weighty” agreements have been reached during the Group of Twenty meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the Russian foreign minister has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Tuesday that…

The “Big Ugly” was always a description of the battle that few understood.  You cannot be betrayed by your enemies; that happens when your allies reveal themselves against your interests.  Majority Leader…

Ukraine’s constitution and laws do not allow for elections during wartime, the country’s leader has reiterated Vladimir Zelensky has stated that Ukraine must first achieve a just peace before citizens can go…

Great News Consumers: Olive Oil Bear Market Worsens As Harvests Improve  Spain’s Deoleo, the world’s largest olive oil producer, stated that the multi-year drought-driven crisis, which caused prices of “liquid gold” to…

Experienced Disrupters Wanted! Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Now that the election is in the rearview mirror, the focus now turns to what the next four years are going to look…

Suspicious Cat smells some possible streamlining and downsizing afoot. Not only has President Trump announced the nomination of Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary, but he has also announced that Lutnick will carry…

Moscow’s updated nuclear doctrine is a response to Western threats, Türkiye has said The West should pay attention to Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine, which reflects Moscow’s right and ability to defend itself…

No Apology Can “Undo The Damage” Gary Gensler Has Caused… Authored by Ciran Lyons via CoinTelegraph.com, Gemini exchange co-founder Tyler Winklevoss has asserted that the harm inflicted on the cryptocurrency industry by…

Netanyahu Signals Rejection Of Lebanon Truce: ‘Israel Will Continue To Operate Against Hezbollah’ Late Monday Lebanese sources had said that Hezbollah has agreed to a US-proposed ceasefire plan. But by the close…

There is a lot going on in the background of the Gaetz nomination that I will get too shortly, much of the information from dozens of phone calls yesterday.  In the interim,…

Migration Minister Elma Saiz said Spain does not want to be a “closed and poor” country New migration rules announced by Madrid on Tuesday will allow for the legalization of some 300,000…

Trump To Pick Lutnick For Commerce Secretary: Reports In the latest unconfirmed report from “people familiar with the matter,” President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate veteran Wall Street financier Howard Lutnick…

A Certain Type Of Thinker By Michael Every of Rabobank As expected, escalation continues on multiple fronts, but de-escalation might be closer on one: Hezbollah (meaning Iran) had agreed to a US-proposed…

Bloc countries should be ready if any Moscow-Kiev peace deal is brokered by US President-elect Donald Trump, according to Estonia EU member states should be ready to send military forces to Ukraine…

Pentagon Gets Rid Of DEI Evidence Before Trump Takes Office Authored by Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov via Headline USA, It was recently reported that corrupt Pentagon officials are “scrambling” to wipe all evidence of DEI before President-elect Donald…

“Bitcoin Can Change The World Because The World Cannot Change Bitcoin” Authored by Mark Mason via BitcoinMagazine.com, We often babble on about Bitcoin being an inflation hedge – as if it’s some…

In September we noted Howard Lutnick was the *ONLY* person, other than former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who accurately outlined: (1) Energy as the core source of sticky inflation; and (2) ending…

The number of respondents seeking urgent peace talks has almost doubled since last year. A majority of Ukrainians now favor a rapid end to the ongoing conflict with Russia through peace negotiations,…

The US president should be impeached for letting Ukraine use American missiles against Russia, Congressman Thomas Massie has said President Joe Biden has violated the US Constitution and ought to be impeached…

The Election Commission says Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi won 63.9% of the vote, compared to the incumbent president’s 34.8% Somaliland’s opposition leader, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, has won last week’s presidential elections, according to…

USPS Incurs $9.5 Billion Loss Despite Raising Stamp Prices Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) incurred a significant increase in its losses this…

NATO involvement has prolonged the fighting, which will end when Russia wins, Dmitry Peskov has said Russia’s military operation was initially aimed at Ukraine but quickly became a conflict with NATO, President…

VDH: Can Trump End Ukraine’s ‘Endless War’? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, Trump was elected in part on promises to avoid “endless wars” of the sort that cost American blood and treasure…

DoJ Reportedly Pushing For Google To Divest Chrome To Dismantle Search Monopoly The US Department of Justice is reportedly planning to ask a federal judge to force Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to sell off its…

The Vibe Shift And The Wealth Effect Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The second weekend following the election that rocked the world had football players in…

Walmart Beats, Lifts Outlook For 3rd Time As Increasingly More Wealthy Americans Trade Down To Big Box Retailer At a time when the US consumer is cracking under the weight of record…