Nervous-Looking Macron Urges Military To Produce Own Version Of Russia’s Oreshnik French President Emmanuel Macron while addressing French military personnel at the Istres airbase in the south of the country on Thursday said that Europe needs its own answer to Russia’s cutting edge hypersonic arsenal. In the remarks he specifically invoked Russia’s hypersonic ‘Oreshnik’ missile, which has been launched on Ukraine at least two […]

A Greenland-To-Patagonia Defense Axis Authored by Rick Fisher via The Epoch Times, While President Donald Trump’s ambition to control Denmark’s massive territory of Greenland has many strategic merits, it is also politically problematic and risks wasting scarce political capital that could be directed toward a far greater prize. A far more decisive use of the administration’s three years of limited political capital would […]

Trump Kicking BRICS Out Of The Americas Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times, Since the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, the U.S. dollar has dominated global finance as the chief reserve currency. It’s used in international trade, sovereign lending, and central bank reserves. This dominance allows the United States to borrow cheaply and wield great financial leverage globally. Recent actions by the Trump […]

“Emergency Intervention”: Trump To Cap Residential Electric Bills By Forcing Tech Giants To Pay For Soaring Power Costs Back in August, when the American population was just waking up to the dire consequences the exponentially growing army of data centers spawned across the country was having on residential electricity bills, we said that the chart of US CPI would soon become the most popular (not in a good way) chart in the […]

PJM Trims Near-Term Load Forecast On Stricter Data Center Vetting, Economic Outlook By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive The PJM Interconnection scaled back its load growth forecast through 2032 compared to last year’s estimates, but the largest U.S. grid operator expects electric demand to surge past those expectations through the next decade, according to an annual report released Wednesday. PJM expects its summer peak load will […]

First European Troops Arrive In Greenland In Dark Of Night In a move that will further inflame already rising tensions over Greenland, the first European troops have quietly begun arriving on the island following President Trump’s repeated provocative declarations on the need for Washington to take control of the territory, according to Germany’s Bild. The newspaper reports that a Danish military transport aircraft landed […]

36,000 Refugees Could Not Provide IDs When Entering US After Afghanistan Withdrawal: Deputy IG Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, A deputy inspector general revealed in a Jan. 14 Senate hearing that tens of thousands of Afghan refugees could not provide key identification when entering the United States through a Biden-era parole program. Additionally, lawmakers revealed that more than 50 individuals in the United […]

Day One Of UBS China Conference Reveals Emphasis On Humanoid Robotics The first day of the UBS Greater China Conference in Shanghai wrapped up earlier today. It is one of the largest investment conferences hosted by the global wealth manager and investment bank, with a particular focus on Asia. “Robotics has climbed the agenda from previous years, but humanoids in every home remain many years off,” analysts from the bank said […]

Inflation And Revolution Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The revolutionary fervor in Iran today has deep political roots and invites every theory concerning outside influences that have a deep stake in the kind of regime that rules this country. But amidst all the speculation about what’s really happening here, there is an overwhelming factor rarely mentioned. Iran has experienced the sort of inflation that […]

Gavin Newsom Caught In Massive Self-Own Over California Gas Prices The children running Gavin Newsom’s X account might be legitimately brain dead, as evidenced by their latest attempt to ‘own’ conservative influencer Benny Johnson.  On Tuesday, Johnson took to the streets of Los Angeles, posting from an ARCO station that “The average price of gas in America is $2.82 per gallon.” “There are 19 states where you can find gas […]

Muslim Nations Scramble To Acquire Pakistan’s JF-17 Fighter Jet Via The Cradle Several Muslim-majority states are in talks with Pakistan to acquire the JF-17 fighter jet, co-produced with China, as they scramble to upgrade their air forces amid shifting regional security dynamics. According to multiple reports from Reuters, Pakistan is in talks or has reached preliminary arrangements with Libya, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, […]

“It Has Cast A Shadow Over The Permian”: Drilling Slows In Texas As Venezuelan Oil Policy Raises Concerns Efforts by the Trump administration to push more Venezuelan oil onto the global market, with the goal of lowering prices, are creating concern in West Texas, where producers say cheaper oil threatens drilling, jobs and local business activity, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Oil prices have fallen since […]

The Whining Of Jacob Frey Authored by Monica Showalter via American Thinker, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey launched a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its faithful enforcement of U.S. immigration law, whining loudly that his city was being unfairly targeted because it was run by Democrats while other cities had higher numbers of illegal aliens. He was scored for it, of course, and just found new way to embarrass his […]

Polar Air Madness Returns As East Coast Winter Threat Rises Average temperatures across the Mid-Atlantic, including Washington, DC, have trended above the 30-year normal in recent weeks (pressuring NatGas futures) following an Arctic plunge in early December, but a second cold blast of the season is expected to arrive by the end of the week, bringing the risk of winter precipitation by late weekend that could extend into early next […]

Waste Of The Day: California County May Have Made Illegal Gifts Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: A Dec. 18 report from the California State Auditor claims that Mendocino County is “vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse” after spending thousands of dollars on steakhouse dinners, unapproved donations and more. The annual dinners are a trademark of local District Attorney C. David Eyster, who […]

US Eyes Private Security Contractors To Protect Oil Assets In Venezuela A top White House priority for Venezuela in the aftermath of Nicolás Maduro is restarting and ramping up the country’s oil production. But that’s a tall order given many years of decaying and neglected infrastructure. Despite that Maduro’s VP, now acting President Delcy Rodriguez, is currently running the country, there are still fears there could be a power […]

Devon-Coterra Tie-Up Would Create A New Permian Heavyweight By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com, Coterra Energy is kicking the tires on what would be one of the biggest U.S. shale mergers in years, holding talks about a possible combination with Devon Energy, according to people familiar with the matter. Nothing is signed, nothing is guaranteed, but the market liked the idea enough to send shares of Coterra Energy sharply higher on […]

Lindsey Graham Drowns Sorrows After Trump Refrained From Iran Attack On ‘No Guarantees’ NeoCon Senator Lindsey Graham wants to “go bigger” on Iran and is so disappointed that President Trump hasn’t bombed it yet that he appears barely able to speak, with the color draining from his face. Journalist Ryan Grim comments on the below video clip of Graham responding to the lack of action by the US, “His life force is being drained in […]

Chaos Is The Strategy, And Too Many Are Helping It Succeed Authored by Armstrong Williams via The Epoch Times, Let’s dispense with the convenient fiction: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not the primary threat to our communities. The real danger lies in the growing normalization of disorder, intimidation and lawlessness—often wrapped in the language of “justice” but driven by something far less noble. What we […]

MrBeast Broke? Billionaire YouTuber Claims He Has “Negative Money” As Tom Lee Invests $200M The allure of becoming a YouTube superstar often conjures images of endless wealth and effortless luxury. Yet for Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, the reality is more nuanced – and far less liquid. In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Donaldson addressed the frequent media portrayal of him as a billionaire, […]

Ron Paul: Making Imperialism Great Again? Authored by Ron Paul via the Mises Institute, It did not take long for President Trump to change the reason for sending the US military to “arrest” Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The allegation that President Maduro ran a drug cartel was front and center in the months leading up to President Maduro’s “arrest.” Afterwards, President Trump said the invasion was […]

President Trump Unveils ‘The Great Healthcare Plan’ President Donald Trump unveiled what he’s calling “The Great Healthcare Plan” on Thursday morning, promising to fundamentally restructure how Americans purchase and pay for healthcare by cutting out insurance company middlemen and putting money directly into consumers’ hands. Trump’s plan targets prescription drug prices, insurance premiums, and industry transparency. At the […]

“The Left Is Coming For Us”; Larry Klayman Warns “It’s Going To Get More And More Violent” Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Renowned Attorney Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and later Freedom Watch USA, has long predicted (along with other top intel experts) increasing violence from the Left in a Marxist style Bolshevik Revolution.   As money is cut off by the Trump Administration and legal pressure mounts for […]

Watch: This Is Just Absolutely Insane Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In an incredible Senate hearing meant to address the dangers of abortion pills sold online without proper oversight, a Democratic witness turned the spotlight on herself by refusing to acknowledge that only women can get pregnant. Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB-GYN tapped by Democrats, evaded direct questions from Republicans, prioritizing […]

DNC Launches Massive Voter Registration Effort Ahead Of Midterms After GOP Makes Gains Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Jan. 13 announced a new voter registration initiative it said will be its largest financial investment in registration, launching first in Arizona and Nevada as Democrats look ahead to the 2026 midterm elections. A voter casts her ballot on […]