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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…

Ukraine now wants all NATO countries to follow the lead of the US, according to the country’s leader Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has claimed that several Western countries have given Kiev permission to…

Infrastructure operators have reported two incidents, affecting several NATO states German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday that the rupture of two internet cables under the Baltic Sea, connecting NATO member…

The court needs to drop its case against Netanyahu or face Washington’s wrath, Senator John Thune has said The International Criminal Court and its chief prosecutor Karim Khan should be sanctioned by…

Oil Slides On UN Report Stating Iran Agrees To Halt Near Bomb-Grade Uranium Production Oil prices are falling Tuesday on the headline that Iran has agreed to cease producing uranium which is…

Musk Goes All In On ‘Judge Dredd’ Matt Gaetz, Notes ‘Douchebag’ Garland Never Brought Charges Elon Musk has come out swinging for Rep. Matt Gaetz, as the Florida lawmaker and President-elect Donald…

It’s difficult to imagine the depths of corruption in Ukraine regarding Western aid, the Russian envoy to the UN has said A possible financial review under the future administration of US President-elect…

Dirty tricks by the Moldovan authorities have deprived the country’s citizens not only of choice, but also of a bright future Moldova’s recent presidential elections may well be considered the most bizarre…

Most agree the changes are intended to serve as a warning to Western countries supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine Russia’s new nuclear doctrine will likely force the US and other Western nations…

What About Gold? Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, It was early January 2020, and weird things were happening in the world… Socialism was on the march in the Land of the…

MAGA Takeover Or Adelson’s Proxy Regime? Highlights From Blumenthal, Beattie At Last Night’s ZH Debate MAGA or MIGA? Will Trump and his new cadre of appointees succeed in ending the wars, closing…

Kiev couldn’t have struck Russia with ATACMS missiles without Washington’s participation, Sergey Lavrov has said The West appears to be working towards escalating the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has…

US Housing Starts & Building Permits Slump Back Near COVID Lockdown Levels US Housing Starts and Building Permits disappointed in October with the former dropping 3.1% MoM (-1.5% exp) and -0.6% MoM…

US Futures, Global Markets Slide, Dollar And Yields Jump On Ukraine War Escalation Stocks fell, with European equities shedding almost 1%, and global bonds and the dollar climbing on worries over the latest escalation in the Ukraine….

If Buffett Is Selling, Should Anyone Be Bullish? By Russell Clark of the Capital Flows and Asset Markets substack I started as an emerging market analyst in 2002, and one of the…

A tough stance on illegal immigration was central to the Republican’s election campaign US President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed that he intends to declare a national emergency and use military assets to…

It is not Moscow that initiated the sanctions war with Washington, Dmitry Peskov has told TASS Russia remains ready to normalize relations with the US, but it needs to see reciprocal steps…

Lavrov Warns “West Is Escalating Conflict” Just After Putin Signs Nuclear Doctrine Expanse Into Effect Starting in late September, Russia had unveiled its expanded nuclear doctrine which proposed a lowered threshold for Russian strategic…

Marius Borg Hoiby was reportedly first detained in August after an incident at a woman’s apartment in Oslo The son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been arrested on suspicion of rape,…

A shortage of American weapons is not the problem, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has argued Ukraine should ramp up military mobilization and send more troops to fight Russia, US National Security…

The Kremlin spokesperson has underscored the close connection between the Indian and Russian leaders Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is able to receive “firsthand information” on the Ukraine conflict due to his…

The bloc should follow the US lead and allow Kiev to use long-range missiles for strikes deep into Russia, the top diplomat has said The EU’s outgoing foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell,…

With the outgoing US president seemingly eager to throw a final tantrum before his time is up, it’s up to Moscow to be the adult in the room Never a dull day:…

Alex Soros, who inherited his father’s empire last year, criticized US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk has ridiculed a claim made by Alex Soros,…