Tech Stocks Tumble As Blue Owl Pulls Out Of Funding Latest Oracle Data Center The broad equity futures markets, most notably Nasdaq, is falling the pre-market after The FT reports that Oracle’s largest data centre partner Blue Owl Capital will not back a $10bn deal for its next facility, as the software group faces increased concerns about its rising debt and artificial intelligence spending. The private credit provider had […]

EU Will Be AIsimilated By Bas van Geffen, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Resistance is futile. You will be AIsimmilated. The Trump administration really wants the rest of the (Western?) world to embrace American-made artificial intelligence and technology. Last week, the US suspended the US-UK Technology Prosperity deal, reportedly because the Trump administration was frustrated about the lack of progress on trade talks. […]

Futures Rise For First Time In 4 Days As Oil Rebounds From 4 Year Low Stock futures are higher but with less than 10 full trading days left in the year, the Santa rally seems increasingly elusive, with traders struggling to find catalysts. The S&P 500 tested a key technical level on Tuesday, coming close to breaking below its 50-DMA. As of 7:15am ET, S&P 500 futures rose 0.3%, pointing to the first increase in four days […]

Capital-Hungry OpenAI Discussing $10 Billion Investment From Amazon Amazon is in talks with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to invest more than $10 billion, The Information reported, citing multiple people familiar with the discussions. The proposed round would value OpenAI at half a trillion dollars, underlining just how capital-hungry Sam Altman’s chatbot company has become, as it expects to burn through more than $100 billion over the […]

Euroclear: The Line Europe Can’t Cross Without Breaking Global Trust Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Euroclear and the Looming Breach of Trust The alliance financing the war in Ukraine is facing a new problem. Seven members of the European Union want to block the expropriation of the Russian central bank assets held at Euroclear. This puts the continuation of war financing at risk. At the same time, the specter of a financial crisis […]

“Buy Nicotine, Energy Drink, Candy Stocks”: Goldman Tells Clients Get Ready For Party In USA  Bonnie Herzog, managing director and senior consumer analyst at Goldman Sachs, told clients Tuesday that, after consumer staples’ underperformance in 2025, it is time to buy nicotine, energy drink, candy, and beauty stocks heading into 2026 as a stronger consumer backdrop emerges. Herzog wrote: Our View — 2025 has been another year […]

US, Mexico Reach Agreement To Fix Tijuana River Sewage Crisis: EPA Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration has signed a new binational agreement with Mexico, advancing efforts to solve a decades-long sewage crisis plaguing residents both north and south of the transnational Tijuana River. Trash lines the beaches near the Tijuana River mouth outside of San Diego, Calif., on Sept. 19, […]

Trump Orders Full Blockade Of Sanctioned Oil Tankers Off ‘Terrorist’ Venezuela Update (2035ET): On Tuesday evening Trump revealed he has ordered a “total and complete blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela. This, he said on Truth Social, is based on Venezuela’s leadership having been declared a “foreign terrorist organization”.  He further boasted of the country having been “completely surrounded” […]

Iran’s Economy Struggles Amid High Inflation Since early December 2025, a wave of protests has swept across Iran, ranging from human rights campaigns in major urban areas to labor strikes in industrial hubs. As Statista’s Tristan Gaudiat reports, part of the growing popular unrest concerns the accelerating use of the death penalty by the Iranian regime (more than 1,000 executions documented so far in 2025), while the country’s […]

The Folly Of Establishing A US Military Base In Damascus Authored by José Niño via The Libertarian Institute Recent reports indicate the United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus, allegedly to facilitate a security agreement between Syria and Israel. This development represents yet another misguided expansion of American military overreach in a region where Washington has already […]

Europe Establishes Hague-Based Reparations Commission For Ukraine Top European officials met on Tuesday in The Hague in order to establish an international commission to oversee eventual reparations to compensate Ukraine for Russia’s military invasion. President Volodymyr Zelensky and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas were present for the high level talks in The Netherlands. The International Claims Commission for Ukraine will […]

Austria’s Demographic Divide: For First Time, Over Half Of First-Graders In Vienna Don’t Speak German Via Remix News, In a sign of just how fast the demographic situation is developing in Austria, Vienna has hit a major new milestone, marking the first time that more than half the first-grade population do not understand German. The news highlights just how dramatic the demographic crisis facing Europe is, which has seen falling […]

The Military Story Ken Burns Missed In The Revolution Authored by David Stewart via RealClearDefense, Ken Burns’ documentary on the American Revolution has generated much commentary, some supportive and some critical. Across social media, complaints abound that he paid too much, or too little, attention to the traditional Founding Fathers—Washington, Hamilton, Monroe, Jefferson. Critics pillory him for overemphasizing one […]

Hegseth Planning Massive Overhaul Of US Commands, Fewer Generals, Smaller Presence In Europe More major Pentagon reshuffling is coming down the line, driven by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, but this time it’s being reported this will involve far more than just staffing and personnel changes – it will impact the entire US global command and headquarters structure. Washington Post reports this week that the Pentagon is drafting a […]

Catholics, Trump, And Affordability Authored by Steve Cortes via RealClearPolitics, Catholics have been some of Trump’s most important voters. But right now, 55% of Catholics give Trump a D or F grade on handling inflation. Affordability is the central issue for most Americans, especially swing voters. Patriotic middle-class Catholic families feel the squeeze, so this new populist coalition is being tested. Back in 2016 Trump […]

Susie Wiles Let’s Slip She Stands With Massie On War Powers & Venezuela Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles said the following as part of the controversial Vanity Fair interview in reference to Venezuela policy: “If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then (we’d need) Congress.” But only last month when President Trump was asked about this issue, he said, “We don’t have to get their approval. But I […]

WSJ’s Fearmongering Doesn’t Survive Contact With Evidence Authored by John R. Lott Jr. via RealClearPolitics, Legally armed civilians, we’re told, pose a major danger. They shoot innocent bystanders, justifiably kill others whenever they personally believe “force is reasonably necessary,” and rely on racist self-defense laws. At least these concerns are the case in several recent news articles in the Wall Street Journal. […]

Side Effects Of 30 Antidepressants Ranked And Compared: Lancet Study Authored by Cara Michelle Miller via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Not all antidepressants are created equal when it comes to your waistline, heart, and blood pressure, according to a sweeping study published in The Lancet that analyzed data from more than 58,000 people to create the first comprehensive ranking of drug side effects. The Epoch […]

“He’ll Be Lucky To Have A Bookmobile”: The Future Of Joe Biden’s Presidential Library In Doubt As Donations Fail To Come In Former President Joe Biden’s planned monument to his presidency is becoming a brutal reality check on his legacy.  In September, the Biden camp announced plans to build his presidential library in Delaware – assembling a team of former aides, friends, and political allies to oversee the project, which is […]

Will The US Hit A Deflationary Wall Or Will The Fed Inflate Again In 2026? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us In a system dominated by Keynesian economics the word “deflation” is considered taboo; like saying Donald Trump’s name out loud in a crowded Seattle yoga studio. The screeching reaction you will get is rarely worth the effort of arguing the point. Every element of modern financial policy is designed to […]

House Oversight Report Says DC Police Chief Manipulated Crime Data A few years ago a propaganda narrative was launched by Democrat leaders and the left-wing media asserting that conservative red states are the greatest source of criminal activity in the US.  The narrative was designed to misdirect the public, distracting from the ongoing problem of progressive soft-on-crime policies which help violent offenders stay out of prison […]

Trump Wants Tiny Cars In America: What To Know Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Microcars could be driving on a street near you. The affordability issue has also extended to the car market. At a time when the average price of a brand-new automobile is almost $50,000, the White House is seeking to offer motorists other affordable options. Honda Motor’s new N-BOX mini-vehicles at the company’s […]

Nick Reiner Charged With Murdering His Parents Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office announced the charges Tuesday after the Reiners’ son was arrested Sunday night and booked into jail Monday. “These are some of the most serious charges a DA can bring against anyone,” LA […]

The Trauma Of Inflation Hits Hard In 2025 Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Inflation is the most insidious tax because it is the least visible. If the taxman took 30 percent more of your income this year than six years ago, you would be in a state of fury. Inflation does the same thing but only leaves confusion and disorientation in its way, a sense that something is deeply wrong but with an explanation that is […]

Zelensky, Merz Hail NATO-Style US Security Guarantees As ‘Real Progress’ In Peace Deal We’ve heard this all before, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and American officials are hailing progress after deep discussions on a peace deal to end the nearly four-year war with Russia. During the couple days of meetings in Berlin, US officials have said there’s consensus from Ukraine and Europe on about 90% of the Trump-proposedd […]