Open Borders Have Created A Terror Attack Time Bomb In The US In 2025 Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, If US security was represented as a great dam holding back a historic flood, today it would be a Chinese built Temu dam held together with paper mache and ramen noodles, ready to snap in half and kill a million people downstream. In 2024 there is no security: The public simply operates on blind faith that no one will […]

Ukraine Vows To Reject Any Alternative To NATO Membership A new Ukrainian government statement has made clear the country will reject any alternative to NATO membership if it is proposed as part of a peace plan with Moscow. Reports of President-elect Trump’s peace plan say it hinges on security guarantees while indefinitely postponing Ukraine joining NATO (for at least 20 years). This is precisely what the Zelensky government is […]

House Oversight Report Supports Chinese Lab-Leak Theory For COVID-19 Origin Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Republican-led oversight subcommittee has concluded that the COVID-19 virus likely originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, following a two-year investigation into the pandemic. The House Oversight Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released a 520-page report on Dec. 2, […]

US Won’t ‘Cry’ About The Pressure Syria Is Facing From Al-Qaeda-Linked Fighters: Sullivan Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,  National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that the US will not “cry” over the pressure the Syrian government and its allies are facing from an offensive on Aleppo led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of al-Qaeda. Sullivan acknowledged that HTS was “a terrorist organization […]

Uranium Mining Revival Portends Nuclear Renaissance In Texas & Beyond Authored by Dylan Baddour via Inside Climate News (emphasis ours), In the old ranchlands of South Texas, dormant uranium mines are coming back online. A collection of new ones hope to start production soon, extracting radioactive fuel from the region’s shallow aquifers. Many more may follow. These mines are the leading edge of what government and industry […]

“Very Unique” Russian Attack Submarine Spotted In South China Sea The Philippine military deployed a navy ship and air force planes to shadow a Russian submarine, which passed through the South China Sea off the country’s western coast last week, a security official told AFP. One official said the navy was surprised to see the vessel because it was a “very unique submarine.” The Russian UFA 490 submarine identified itself about […]

Second Democrat Judge Reverses Decision To Create Judicial Vacancy After Trump Victory Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A second Democrat-appointed federal judge has rescinded a decision to create a new judicial vacancy in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) answers a journalist’s question during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, […]

Watch: US A-10 ‘Warthog’ Filmed Engaged In Attacks Over Eastern Syria A US Air Force A-10C “Warthog” Thunderbolt II Close-Air Support Aircraft has been filmed flying low and doing strafing runs over eastern Syria as fighting has broken out there in the wake of the fall of Aleppo to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadists. It appears that US-backed “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) are clashing with pro-Syrian forces, including […]

Why It’s Time To Abolish The Department Of Education Authored by Lane Johnson via The Mises Institute, Ryan McMaken makes a convincing case on Mises Wire for abolishing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). But DHS is not the only executive branch cabinet department that has been occasionally mentioned as a candidate for elimination.  Aside from the US cabinet departments of State, Treasury, and Defense that date back to […]

Iran Ready To Send More Troops To Syria, But This Could Trigger Deeper Israeli Entry Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced Tuesday that Tehran is ready to consider sending more troops to Syria if the request is made by the Assad government in Damascus. “If the Syrian government asks Iran to send troops to Syria, we will consider the request,” Araghchi was quoted as saying by the Qatar-based outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, […]

Universities Have A 2025 Rendezvous With Reality Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Public confidence in universities has sharply declined due to rising costs, administrative bloat, ideological bias, student debt issues, and discrimination concerns… Universities have suffered a cataclysmic decline in public approval and support. A Gallup poll taken this year found that only 36 percent of Americans polled […]

Majority Supports Social Media Ban For Children Australia has passed a social media ban for teenagers and children under the age of 16, which will apply to companies including Instagram, X and TikTok. The measure is intended to reduce the “social harm” done to young Australians and is set to come into force from late 2025. Tech giants will be up against fines of up to A$49.6 million ($32.5 million) if they do not adhere to […]

Democrat Staffer Carrying Ammunition Arrested At US Capitol Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Capitol Police officers arrested Michael Hopkins, a staffer for Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 2. Officers manning a checkpoint saw on the X-ray screen what appeared to be ammunition in a bag being screened, the Capitol Police said. The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Nov. 19, […]

Russia Flexes By Test-Firing Missiles In Eastern Mediterranean Drills As Syria Burns Russia’s military has announced Tuesday that it conducted major naval and air force drills in the eastern Mediterranean, off Syria’s coast, in the wake of Aleppo falling to Al-Qaeda linked jihadist insurgents, and at a moment the central Syrian city of Hama is coming under threat. Russia confirmed that it has “increased” its troop numbers stationed […]

Jury Begins Deliberation In Daniel Penny Trial Authored by Michael Washburn via The Epoch Times, The jury in the trial of former Marine Daniel Penny began its deliberations on Dec. 3. The 12 men and women must now decide whether Penny’s actions were justified when he put Jordan Neely, a mentally ill homeless man, into a headlock on May 1, 2023, and wrestled him to the ground, or whether those actions crossed the line into […]

Meta Becomes Latest Tech Giant To Embrace Nuclear Power With Open Arms We wrote back in early November that Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told Meta workers that plans to build an AI data center powered by nuclear energy were scrapped after rare bees were discovered on the proposed site. Now it looks like things could be back on track, according to new reporting from Axios, who writes that Meta is joining industry heavyweights like […]

Newsom’s Publicly-Funded War Chest: “Trump-Proofing” California Could Prove A Costly Option For Californians Authored by Jonathan Turley, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is widely known to be angling to be the next Democratic presidential nominee after the implosion of Vice President Kamala Harris. This week, Newsom positioned not just his campaign but also his state as part of the “resistance” for the next four years against […]

Fani Full Release Ordered After Fulton DA Sat On RICO Records Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been ordered by a local judge to release all communications between her office, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office, and the January 6th Committee regarding her RICO case against President Donald Trump and his allies, after she was found to have violated federal law by withholding them. “The Court also hereby ORDERS […]

The Looming Debt Crisis: Is America Following The Path Of Collapsed Empires? Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Debt can topple even the most powerful empires. Whether it’s Rome, Spain, France, Britain, or the Soviet Union, excessive debt has played a critical role in their decline. The typical pattern in these examples of collapsing empires is: Stage #1: Empires achieve success and become overconfident. […]

US Steel Takeover By Japanese Company Will Be Blocked, Says Trump Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President-elect Donald Trump said on Dec. 3 that he would prevent the acquisition of U.S. Steel Corp. by Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation. “I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company,” the president-elect said in a post on the social media […]

Will Microsoft Ride $5 Trillion Bitcoin Wave (Or Avoid Risk); PolyMarket Betters Skeptical Microsoft’s shareholders will soon vote on adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet. Will Michael Saylor’s pitch Orange Pill the tech giant? What are the stakes and risks? CoinTelegraph’s Daniel Ramirez-Escudero reports that next week, Dec. 10 will mark a key date for Microsoft and the Bitcoin community because the tech giant’s shareholders […]

South Korean President Announces Plan To Lift Martial Law In TV Address To Nation Watch Live:  AP News:  Reuters: *   *   *  Update (1115ET):  President Yoon Suk Yeol announced on local television that he would lift martial law hours after being rejected by South Korea’s National Assembly. This marks the largest flare-up in political turmoil in South Korea since full-scale martial law was declared in the […]

Why Government Intervention Is Fueling The Housing Disaster Via SchiffGold.com, The United States is grappling with a severe housing affordability crisis that has persisted for years, leaving millions of Americans struggling to keep a roof over their heads. While some argue for increased government intervention, free market principles offer the most effective solution the issue. According to the National Alliance to End […]

DNC Official Reveals Obama, Pelosi “Did Not Want” Kamala Harris Authored by Julianna Frieman via Headline USA, Lindy Li, a member of the Democratic National Committee’s finance committee, revealed Sunday that former President Barack Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposed Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the 2024 presidential nominee. Referencing friends from Obama’s circle and her personal friendship […]

Stoli Vodka Files For Bankruptcy Amid Legal Feud With Russia The maker of iconic Stolichnaya vodka filed for bankruptcy following a crippling cyber attack in September and an ongoing legal feud with Russia over who owns the brand. As reported by the Post, the Stoli Group USA filed for Chapter 11 in US Bankruptcy Court in Dallas last week after a “malicious cyber-attack” forced the company to operate its global business manually […]