75 US Deportees To End Up On Tiny Island In Cash Deal With Local Rulers In the Trump administration’s latest display of creativity when it comes to unloading unwanted immigrants, the United States has made a deal with the rulers of the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, which will take 75 rejected migrants off Uncle Sam’s hands in exchange for $100,000 per head. The deportees in question will be a diverse group, but they’ll likely […]

Wealthy Chinese Elites Use US Surrogacy System To Have Dozens Of Children Authored by Michael Zhuang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Chinese billionaires and elites are increasingly using the United States’ permissive surrogacy system to have large numbers of children—sometimes dozens, or more—according to allegations made in Chinese media. Increasing numbers of wealthy Chinese couples are hiring the services of American […]

Mamdani Picks DEI Poster Child To Head FDNY New York City’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has named retired EMS chief Lillian Bonsignore to run the FDNY, and the pick has generated some legitimate skepticism from those who believe that she wasn’t picked for her qualifications. The appointment makes Bonsignore only the second woman to serve as fire commissioner and the first openly gay person to hold the position. But critics […]

Coinbase CEO Says Reopening GENIUS Act Is ‘Red Line’, Slams Bank Lobbying Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said any attempt to reopen the GENIUS Act would cross a “red line,” accusing banks of using political pressure to block competition from stablecoins and fintech platforms. In a Sunday post on X, Armstrong said he was “impressed” banks could lobby Congress so openly […]

Does It Get Any More Cringe Than This? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Just when you thought Gavin Newsom couldn’t get any more cringe, he drops a video with his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom wishing Californians a “joyful Kwanzaa” – a made-up holiday that’s about as authentic as his political posturing. In the awkward clip posted to his official X account, Newsom and his wife deliver a rehearsed message […]

JPMorgan Freezes Accounts Of Two Stablecoin Startups Over Sanctions Concerns: Report Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, JPMorgan Chase has reportedly frozen bank accounts linked to two venture-backed stablecoin startups after identifying exposure to sanctioned and high-risk jurisdictions. The accounts belonged to BlindPay and Kontigo, two stablecoin startups backed by Y Combinator that primarily operate across […]

Chevrolet’s Pro-Family Christmas Ad Reinforces Death Of Woke Marketing Chevrolet’s new pro-family, long-form Christmas advertisement clearly reinforces that the Overton Window has shifted back toward what made America – and much of the Western world – strong in the first place: the family unit. Credit goes to the executives at the US automaker for avoiding the kind of self-inflicted “Bud Light” moment that comes with pushing woke […]

Junk Food Bans For SNAP Users In Some States Starting 2026: What To Know Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times, Americans using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to purchase groceries may need to adjust their shopping habits in 2026 as some states will prohibit the use of SNAP funds to purchase certain “junk foods.” Also starting next year, states will have to shoulder a larger portion of the cost […]

Jimmy Kimmel Blasts Trump From UK, Where Free Speech No Longer Exists On Christmas Day, Jimmy Kimmel delivered a four-minute “Alternative Christmas Message” on the United Kingdom’s Channel 4, during which he positioned himself as a beacon against authoritarianism while warning British viewers that “tyranny is booming” in the United States.  Kimmel’s rant, which aired less than two hours after King Charles III’s […]

Politico Claims That The ‘Far-Right’ Has “Stolen” Christmas By Daring To Call It Christian Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A Christmas Eve screed from Politico has ignited online mockery, with the outlet claiming ‘far-right’ leaders are weaponizing the holiday by emphasizing its Christian origins amid secular pressures and immigration debates. The article spotlights Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and […]

California’s Self-Destruction Accelerates As Anti-Trump Union Pushes Wealth Tax And More Billionaires Plot Exit “California is on a path to self-destruction. Hollywood is already toast and now the most productive entrepreneurs will leave taking their tax revenues and job creation elsewhere,” Bill Ackman wrote on X, citing a New York Times report that said several billionaires, including Peter Thiel and Larry Page, are preparing to […]

Trump’s Highway Enforcement Lays Groundwork For U.S. Trucking Revival Submitted by American Truckers United,  As 2025 draws to a close, America’s truck drivers—the unsung heroes keeping our economy rolling—have a good reason to celebrate. What began as a gritty grassroots uprising in Arkansas against wage-dumping and unsafe foreign competition has transformed into a national triumph, spearheaded by President Trump’s […]

Front Companies? Bombshell Report Exposes Network Of Somali-Linked “Empty” Daycares Across Minnesota Left-wing Governor Tim Walz, under intensifying federal pressure, faces a widening Somali-linked fraud scandal in Minnesota. Federal prosecutors state that the scheme currently totals at least $9 billion, with the final figure potentially much higher. Recent reporting by Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo alleges that some welfare […]

Rearmament Without Strategy: Why Europe Risks Another Bleak Year In 2026 Via Middle East Eye Addressing his party on 14 December, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made headlines with remarks unprecedented in postwar Europe. “Dear friends, the decades of Pax Americana are largely over for us in Europe, and for us in Germany as well. It no longer exists as we know it. And nostalgia won’t change that. The Americans are now […]

Russia Pummels Kiev, Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power, Ahead Of Trump-Zelensky Meeting Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least one person and injuring many others, and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Already the electricity grid has long suffered under such crippling attacks, with barely any time or necessary parts for repair. The assault occurred just a day before anticipated […]

Female British Reverend Insists Mary, Not Jesus Is The ‘Main Character’ Of Christmas Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Church of England has sparked outrage with a video where a female reverend boldly declares that Mary, not Jesus, is the central figure in the Nativity story, with many suggesting it is an attempt to rewrite scripture through woke ideology, diminishing the divine role of Christ Himself. The video, […]

Don’t Travel To ‘Lawless’ Germany, Russia Tells Citizens Russia has taken the very rare step of warning its citizens from traveling to leading EU member Germany, describing that Russians have increasingly been targeted for persecution and harassment based on ethno-nationalism.  On Thursday Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova cited recent repeat instances of “unjustified harassment” by German state authorities, under the […]

Turkey Makes Another $9 Billion Bet On Russian Nuclear Power Authored by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com, Turkey just took another very large, very deliberate step deeper into Russia’s energy orbit — and this time it comes with a $9 billion price tag. Ankara says that Russia has provided $9 billion in new financing for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, Turkey’s first-ever nuclear facility, which is being built by Russia’s […]

“Common Sense” Is Back: UK Finally Scraps Non-Crime Hate Incident Laws Nationwide Police chiefs will reportedly seek to scrap non-crime hate incidents in plans they will present to the Home Secretary next month. The Telegraph reports that police leaders have decided that NCHIs are no longer “fit for purpose” after warnings that recording them undermines freedom of speech and diverts officers away from fighting crime. […]

Stockman: The Real Story Behind The Russia–Ukraine War… And What Happens Next Authored by David Stockman via InternationalMan.com, Notwithstanding the historic fluidity of borders, there is no case whatsoever that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was “unprovoked” and unrelated to NATO’s own transparent provocations in the region. The details are arrayed below, but the larger issue needs be addressed […]

9 Signs That Leaders All Over The Globe Have Come Down With A Really Bad Case Of “War Fever” Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, How close can we get to the edge without falling over?  The largest military conflict in Europe since World War II is poised to go to the next level in 2026, war could erupt again in the Middle East at any moment, the U.S. is on the verge of starting a new war in Venezuela, […]

Eight Killed, Many Wounded, After Sunni Jihadists Bomb Alawite Mosque In Central Syria There’s been yet another tragic attack targeting Syria’s religious minorities by fanatical jihadists which are allied with the Syrian government of President Ahmed Sharaa. “A bombing at a mosque located in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others,” authorities said, the Associated Press […]

The Real War Of The Century: Artificial Intelligence Authored by Joaquim Couto via The Brownstone Institute, There was a time when debates about determinism and free will belonged to philosophy departments and late-night dorm room conversations. They were enjoyable precisely because they seemed harmless. Whatever the answer, life went on. Courts judged, doctors decided, teachers taught, and politicians were still—at least […]

Chinese Military Simulates Caribbean War Scenario Amid Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy President Trump’s Western Hemisphere defense posture, including expanded gunboat diplomacy in the Caribbean targeting Venezuela and, by extension, Cuba, is disrupting Venezuela-to-Asia oil flows, a U.S. foreign policy move that has angered Beijing. This friction was indirectly signaled by Chinese state media on Friday, which aired a segment featuring […]

How To Structure Your Estate So Your Heirs Avoid A Financial Headache Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), When you leave this earth, you want to make sure your loved ones are taken care of and that you leave behind a cherished legacy. But without a plan, you can leave your family with some serious headaches. That’s why it’s important to take some steps today to make sure this doesn’t happen. Let’s […]