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Public Education’s Alarming New 4th ‘R’: Reversal Of Learning Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearInvestigations.com, Call it the big reset – downward – in public education. The alarming plunge in academic performance…

Why Walmart Pays Its Truck Drivers 6 Figures By Rachel Premack of FreightWaves One Walmart truck driver says he has 15 years left of working, and he intends to spend them hauling…

Chicago Public Schools’ Twisted Goal: End Selective Enrollment Schools While Keeping Nearly Empty, Failing Schools Open by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints There’s little that better highlights the moral bankruptcy…

WTI Steady Near One-Month-Highs After API Reports Big Crude Draw Oil prices ended the day marginally down from one-month-highs, amid some notable swings intraday, after Libya recently restarted production at its largest…

The Soros Of Silicon Valley: Reid Hoffman’s Millions For Democrat Activism Authored by Hayden Ludwig via Restoration of America, There’s no shortage of leftist mega-donors for funding America’s “progressive” revolution. Meet the…

“Texas Will Not Back Down”: Gov. Abbott Slams Supreme Court Order, Reportedly Installs More Razor Wire Texas Gov. Greg Abbott hit back against the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling allowing Biden’s Border Patrol…

Netflix Soars After Subscriber Growth Blows Away Estimates After suffering a historic collapse at the end of 2021, when in the span of five months Netflix lost 75% of its value, the…

Crypto Carnage Continues As Dollar Spikes, Yield Curve Steepens With ‘Soft’ Data Slumping Richmond Fed manufacturing and Phuilly Fed services surveys both disappointed today – both signaling economic contraction, new orders declining,…

Have Our Elites Lost The Mandate Of Heaven? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The top monkeys are doing very well indeed, while the troop is feeling that the Monkey…

L.A. Times Editor Urges “Departees” Not Criticize California On Their Way Out Authored by Jonathan Turley, In an editorial fit for The Onion or the Babylon Bee, Los Angeles Times’ letters editor…

COVID Didn’t Suddenly Become ‘Deadly’ In April 2020 Authored by Bill Rice via The Brownstone Institute, For all I’ve written on my “early spread” hypothesis, I don’t think I’ve done enough to…

Jan. 6 Committee Deleted Over 100 Encrypted Files Days Before GOP Took Majority Nothing says ‘legitimate investigation’ like deleting deposition videos, withholding exculpatory footage, and now – deleting encrypted files. Which is…

Solid 2Y Auction Sees Most Foreign Buyers Since Last Summer With both the FOMC and the Treasury Refunding on deck next week, some were wondering if today’s 2Y auction would hint at…

Profits Do Not Cause Inflation: Causal Fallacies As Economic Disinformation Authored by Peter C. Earle via The American Institute for Economic Research, Economic fallacies are a booming business in an inflationary era. …

Hamas Rejects Major Ceasefire Offer Until Israel Withdraws From Gaza There are widespread reports emerging Tuesday that Hamas has rejected the major Israeli offer of a 2-month pause in fighting, which is…

Washington has targeted Iranian-backed militias in response to attacks that injured American troops The US military announced that it has carried out “proportionate” airstrikes against Iranian-backed militants in Iraq to retaliate for…

Tonight, the republican primary voters of New Hampshire will choose their candidate.  Polls close between 7 pm and 8 pm ET, depending on the city or town.  Results will generally start being…

Frontex head Hans Leitjens wants a more “humane” migration policy The European Union needs to focus on blocking illegal crossings while making it easier for asylum-seekers and economic migrants to come in,…

The Israeli PM has vowed retribution after Hamas killed 21 troops in a single attack, the most since the war began Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to exact retribution…

The Daily Mail is reporting on a story where Arizona Republican Chairman Jeff DeWit is caught on tape offering a bribe to Kari Lake on behalf of “people back east.” {Direct Rumble…

Kiev’s “sponsors” are running out of ammo as Ukrainians question the need for further bloodshed, Moscow said Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is “desperately” attempting to return to a situation in which Kiev…

President Trump showed up unexpectedly at a polling site in New Hampshire for today’s primary.  As he greeted and thanked the voters, President Trump paused to deliver impromptu remarks to the traveling…

The bloc stands to lose far more than the US if Moscow retaliates The European Union is “unlikely” to confiscate the Russian Central Bank funds that are currently frozen due to Ukraine-related…

Colonel Meghann Sullivan has reportedly been relieved of her command after allegedly assaulting male underlings A female US Army commander who was accused of sexually assaulting and harassing multiple male subordinates has…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to defy the ruling The US Supreme Court has authorized federal agents to remove razor wire barricades installed along the Mexican border by Texas Governor Greg…

Dmitry Peskov has revealed what might be behind the Ukrainian leader’s rhetoric Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky could only dream of the levels of popular support Russian President Vladimir Putin has, Kremlin spokesman…

I have not done this in a while and generally don’t like doing it.  However, given the nature of our assembly and the absolute critical stages of the awakening that are afore…

The tech giant was punished by a Russian court for refusing to remove ‘Mein Kampf’ from its Apple Books application A Russian court has ordered Apple to pay an 800,000 ruble ($8,915)…

Sometimes the reality of the fraudulent plan just hits you harder when you see the people who construct the fraud write it down and promote it. In a letter from Nikki Haley’s…

Germany’s Constitutional Court has accused the neo-Nazi ‘Die Heimat’ party of posing a threat to democracy German far-right party ‘Die Heimat’ has been stripped of its state funding privileges by the country’s…

Hungary should “start making a coffin” for Peter Szijjarto, the message reportedly read Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto received a death threat ahead of an upcoming visit to Ukraine, he told a…

German music producer Frank Farian, founder of the disco group Boney M, has passed away at his home in Miami Music producer Frank Farian, the mastermind behind 1970s disco band Boney M…

Kiev has been trying to raise 500,000 troops to replace battlefield losses Ukraine is sending untrained conscripts to their deaths on the frontline even after promising them otherwise, the US outlet Daily…

President Joe Biden’s administration has claimed that allies might stop giving weapons to Kiev if US assistance is further delayed Washington’s European allies may stop sending weapons to Ukraine if US lawmakers…

The alliance will nevertheless continue monitoring Moscow’s activities, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said NATO sees no threat from Russia toward any of its territories, the US-led bloc’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg…

Poland’s Andrzej Duda reportedly believes his political opponents have infiltrated his office Polish President Andrzej Duda is afraid that his own security detail is manned by officers loyal to his political opponent,…

The deterioration of US-Russia relations has gone too far for the previous US president to reverse the trend, Russia’s top diplomat has said Ties between Moscow and Washington are unlikely to improve,…

Beirut’s foreign minister has said he is confident Moscow will work towards easing tensions in the region  Lebanon hopes that Moscow will play an important role in resolving the current tensions in…

After The BOJ, Goldman Sees USDJPY Sliding Back To 145.50 Before Reversing For those who missed it, the latest BOJ announcement held no surprises: the Japanese central bank maintained the status quo…

The bloc wants to direct the income generated by Moscow’s frozen reserves to Ukraine The EU is moving forward with plans to impose a windfall tax on the income generated by frozen…

What’s The Big Problem With Taxing The Rich For Progressive Goals? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, President Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders all want to tax the rich for their goals….

Alisher Usmanov won a milestone victory in litigation against Forbes magazine over allegations of ties to Vladimir Putin The District Court of Hamburg in Germany has banned Forbes magazine from disseminating statements…

Davos Admits Possibility Of Ukraine Defeat – Claims Putin Will Target EU Next In a move that would have been unthinkable a year ago, the WEF has formed a discussion panel at…

Watch This Signal For When The Fed Will End QT Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, As the Federal Reserve proceeds with quantitative tightening, markets are increasingly sensitive to funding and…

Attempts to prohibit the AfD, a growing thorn in the government’s side, are unlikely to work – and if they do, it’ll cause more harm than good With really bad ideas, you…

The US-led bloc is struggling to meet Ukraine’s demand for 155mm artillery shells NATO has signed contracts worth $1.2 billion to purchase hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to replace those sent…

Posting ads for Russians on X, which is blocked in the country, is not likely to benefit the US, Dmitry Peskov has said Efforts to recruit Russians on X (formerly known as…

Putin and el-Sisi met via videoconference for a concrete pouring ceremony at El-Dabaa NPP On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi gave permission, by videoconference, to begin…

All-Time Highs For Stocks As Bitter Economic Headlines Persist Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, As the stock market hit all-time highs this past week, there remains an interesting disconnect from the…

The world’s richest man has questioned the absence of its most populous country from its key governing body Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday opined that it is “absurd” that India, now the…

Moscow’s military does not target civilian infrastructure and residential areas, unlike Ukrainian forces, Dmitry Peskov has said Russian missile strikes on Kiev and Kharkov on Tuesday morning were not retaliation for the…

President Joe Biden, by contrast, is “grossly incompetent,” the Republican candidate has said Former US President Donald Trump has described Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping as “very intelligent…

The warning follows comments by IDF commanders regarding a potential conflict between the two countries Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has warned West Jerusalem against engaging in a war with his…

Futures Flat After Back-To-Back Records After China Unveils Massive Market Bailout S&P futures are flat after back-to-back record closing highs for the S&P 500 index, with Europe mixed and Asia higher after…

RTX’s Missile Production Hit By Snarled Supply Chains Whether it begins in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, or the South China Sea, World War III threats are mounting with each passing week….

Peter Schiff: The Dark Ages For US Housing And Manufacturing Via SchiffGold.com, The president touted a manufacturing renaissance. However, economic indices show US manufacturing entering a Dark Age. Home sales are not looking bright,…

The new bill specifically targets Ukrainians who voluntarily sought the citizenship of the neighboring country President Vladimir Zelensky has submitted a bill to parliament that would allow depriving Ukrainians of their citizenship…

Gold-Backed Cryptos: The Next Level For Protection From Capital Controls Authored by Mark Jeftovic via DollarCollapse.com, One of the things I frequently point at in the incessantly tiresome debate between the precious metals…

New Delhi is reportedly seeking to shield its producers from the bloc’s carbon tax India wants to protect domestic exporters from a planned EU carbon tax by asking the bloc for concessions…

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky has proposed limiting the movement of the embassy workers within Europe’s visa-free area Prague has suggested an addition to EU’s upcoming 13th round of sanctions against Moscow…

Disruptions in the Red Sea have reportedly caused container prices to double in just a month The average cost of a container has more than doubled globally in the past month, according…

Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Says Prepare For “Very Ugly” Two Years Of CRE Turmoil Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick spoke with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on the sidelines at the World Economic…

Moscow could reportedly retaliate with similar measures The confiscation of Russia’s frozen assets could lead to massive financial losses on part of the US and its allies, the news agency RIA Novosti…

The US tech giant was found to have violated local antitrust legislation through its App Store Apple has paid the Russian government a 1.2 billion ruble ($13.5 million) antitrust fine following a…

Any peace settlement will have to accommodate Russia’s core security interests, the foreign minister has said Moscow has never closed the door to dialogue to end the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Minister Sergey…

Swiss Franc’s Declines Have Just Begun After SNB Changes Tack Authored by Ven Ram,. Bloomberg cross-asset strategist, The franc recoiled the most in well more than a year against the dollar last…

Ukraine’s Spy Chief: “Not Even Conceivable” That We Can Win Without Massive Mobilization  “The shortage [of manpower] is palpable,” Ukraine’s military top spy chief, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, told Financial Times in…

New Delhi has expressed concern over Beijing’s increased presence in the region New Delhi is tracking a Chinese research vessel that has entered the Indian Ocean region and is heading for the…

Through South-South cooperation, harmony can be found, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has told RT The majority of the five permanent members of the UN are from the Global North, and it has created “a…

Antonio Guterres has described the continent’s lack of representation as a “flagrant injustice” The fact that Africa lacks a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is an injustice, Secretary-General…

Radical UK Trans Lobbyists Demand Schools Stop Calling Pupils ‘Boys And Girls’ Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, An extreme trans lobbyist group is pressuring schools in the UK to stop calling…

The NAM Summit ran from January 15 to 20 in Uganda’s capital, Kampala More than 3,000 delegates from more than 120 countries took part in the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement…

Moscow has previously dismissed claims that it plans to strike NATO as “complete nonsense” Germany should be ready to respond to a possible Russian attack, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has warned. He…

UK Has Joined US In Expanding Its Spy Drone Flights Over Gaza  Previously we featured analysis pointing out that the West risks falling into an ‘escalation trap’ in Gaza and the region….

Dutch Queen Promotes Global Digital ID At Davos Authored by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands took to the Davos stage to declare that digital IDs are necessary for…

Purchases of electric vehicles have surged tenfold over the past two years, according to the outlet   Ukraine is experiencing a “surprising boom” in electric vehicles that has seen purchases surge almost…

Mari Vanna announced it will shut its doors at the end of January after eleven years in business Mari Vanna, a restaurant that has been operating in Washington DC since 2013, has…

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post…

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…

The most common refrain from frustrated Ron DeSantis supporters has been, ‘why didn’t he just wait until 2028’?  With the exception of a small group of political followers in the State of…

The Globalists’ New Weapon Authored by Robert Malone via The Brownstone Institute, On the heels of Davos (World Economic Forum) week, the MSM hysterical propaganda push from the globalists regarding “Disease X”…

Visualizing Racial Diversity Across All US States As of 2020, there was a 61.1% likelihood that two people chosen at random will be from different ethnicities in America. This number comes from the Census…

Iran Mobilizes To Drive US Troops Out Of Iraq Via Middle East Eye, When Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani arrived in New York City in September for the UN General Assembly, a…

The European Union’s top diplomat said the humanitarian crisis in Gaza “could not be worse” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip would fuel hatred…

6 Attorneys Allege DOJ Seeking Retribution Against Journalist For Recent Jan. 6 Coverage Authored by Joseph Hanneman via The Epoch Times, Attorneys for a journalist threatened with prosecution for being at the…

As China Stocks Crash, Beijing Proposes Multi-Trillion Market Rescue Package Earlier today, we lamented the latest implosion in Chinese markets, which we discussed in “China Stocks Crash Through ‘Snowball Derivatives’ Trigger Levels…

Watch: Relatives Of Israeli Hostages Storm Parliament Demanding More Be Done Update: Israel has made a substantial proposal for a new ceasefire deal that includes multiple phases at the end of which…

The Real Story Of The Two Americas Authored by Stephen Moore, op-ed via The Daily Caller, For the past thirty years or so the left has invented a narrative that there are…

Lawmakers Push Funding To Replace The Ultra-Expensive Weapons Used In Yemen Via The Libertarian Institute, As the White House has started an open-ended and unauthorized war in Yemen, some members of Congress…

The call told US citizens to sit out the Democratic Party presidential primary in New Hampshire, officials said New Hampshire residents have received fake automated phone calls using a voice impersonating President…

Actress Helene Darras has accused the French superstar of groping her on a film set The sexual assault complaint against French actor Gerard Depardieu has been dismissed because it was past the…

Harvard Teaching Hospital To Retract Papers As Falsified Data Scandal Unfolds Weeks after Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned amid a plagiarism scandal, the university’s teaching hospital is set to retract or correct…

White Americans Are Quiet-Quitting Our Leading Institutions Authored by Jeremy Carl via American Greatness, As the work-from-home trend took off during the COVID-19 pandemic, the term “quiet quitting” entered the contemporary lexicon….

With nothing to lose and limited time to achieve certain geopolitical goals, Kim Jong-un might opt for conflict as his only option A few days ago an analysis piece appeared on the…

Mother Of Daughter Raped And Murdered By Illegal MS-13 Gang Member Sues Biden DHS For $100 Million The mother of a 20-year-old autistic woman who was raped and murdered by an illegal…

American citizen Tawfiq Ajaq was fatally shot in the West Bank The US State Department on Monday urged Israel to investigate the death of a 17-year-old American citizen in the West Bank…

Tonight, President Trump will be giving his closing statements to the voters of New Hampshire from The Margate Resort in Laconia.  President Trump holds a strong 20-point lead over corporate-backed Nikki Haley…

As Delinquencies Spike, Banks Are “Granting Fewer Credit Lines”, Fed Analysts Warn Authored by Sam Bourgi via CreditNews.com, With credit card delinquency rates at their highest levels in more than a decade,…

San Fran Police Recruitment Drops 72% From 2019 Despite $112,000 Rookie Salary San Francisco is (believe it or not) having trouble recruiting new police officers. After all, who wants to try and…

The British military has joined the bombing of Yemen for the second time American bombers struck Houthi installations in Yemen again on Monday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said. It is…