Appeals Court Denies DOJ’s Bid To Arrest More Minnesota Church Protesters Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Late last week, a federal appeals court denied the Justice Department’s (DOJ’s) request to arrest more individuals involved in an anti-ICE protest that occurred inside a church in Minnesota earlier this month. Protesters disrupted a Sunday service at Cities Church in St. Paul on Jan. 18, chanting phrases […]

Tehran Cheers US Unrest, Calls Minneapolis Protests ‘Instant Karma’ Iran’s state media has blasted the Trump administration as hypocritical, drawing a direct comparison between the recent protests inside the Islamic Republic and the ongoing unrest ignited by the controversial ICE shootings in Minneapolis. Iran has seized on the latest fatal shooting of Alex Prettio, arguing that President Trump has no moral standing to condemn how […]

A Year After Pardons, Freed January 6 Prisoners Tell Their Stories Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A year ago, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 people for “offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.” Illustration by The Epoch Times, Bobby Sanchez for The Epoch Times, Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times, Nathaniel Smith for The Epoch […]

In Secret Recordings, Ted Cruz Bashes Trump Tariffs, JD Vance, And Tucker Carlson Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took aim at President Trump’s tariff policy and Vice President JD Vance during closed-door donor meetings last year, according to recordings obtained by Axios. The recordings reveal deep rifts inside the GOP over trade and foreign policy.  Credit: AP The recordings, totaling nearly 10 minutes, were provided by a Republican source […]

Had Enough? Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “Minnesota Democrats hate ICE because they’re deporting their voters.” – Gunther Eagleman on “X” Isn’t it obvious by now that the seditious mischief roiling Minneapolis is some kind of a demonstration project for a China-backed overthrow of the whole country? This is not hard. And, apparently, the Democratic Party is either a willing accomplice or a hostage in thrall to its […]

Transtifa ‘Kyle’ Says He’s “On The Run” After Urging Comrades To “Get Your F**king Guns” Update (Monday): Transtifa “Kyle” said in a video posted on Instagram that he is “basically on the run” and has “safe places” and “evacuations planned out.” In recent days, Transtifa “Kyle” has incited violence on social media, stating, “Get your f—king guns and stop these f—king people.” Daily Wire’s Brent Scher noted: New videos from […]

Abandon Big Tech: Ethereum Founder Buterin Calls 2026 The Year To Reclaim Self-Sovereign Computing Authored by Christina Comben via CoinTelegraph.com, Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin declared 2026 to be the “year we take back lost ground in computing self-sovereignty,” starting with his own devices.  In a Friday post on X, he laid out the software changes he has made to reduce reliance on data-hungry, centralized […]

FBI Launches ‘Signal-Gate’ Investigation: Patel Update (1520ET): “Signal-Gate” continues to erupt out of Minneapolis, as the organizational structure or command-and-control nodes of left-wing activists operating within encrypted messaging apps were infiltrated and exposed on Sunday, revealing that on-the-ground pressure campaigns against federal agents were highly coordinated and, according to some experts, exhibit characteristics […]

What We Are Experiencing Is Not De-Dollarisation But De-Fiatization By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist At Rabobank J.P. Morgan once famously remarked that “gold is money, everything else is credit.” That dictum was apparently forgotten during the 1980s & 1990s as gold’s share of central bank reserves steadily declined and gold prices – for most of that period – did the same. That period was the most recent […]

Mobocracy: Democratic Politicians Compete In Race To The Bottom Over ICE Shooting Authored by Jonathan Turley, This year, there has been a race to the bottom as Democratic politicians fuel the rage in our streets against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. That continued this last week when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz again rushed to judgment after a shooting, adding that the public should not treat Border Patrol or […]

Saudi Aramco Dismisses Oil Glut Narrative As “Seriously Exaggerated” Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Forecasts of a massive oil glut are seriously exaggerated as demand keeps rising and global stocks are below the five-year average, according to Saudi Aramco’s chief executive officer, Amin Nasser.  “Oil glut predictions are seriously exaggerated,” Nasser said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in […]

Egon von Greyerz On The Hidden Crisis Behind Silver’s Price Surge In the following clip, Egon von Greyerz explains why the precious metals market has entered a fundamentally new and unprecedented phase. One which is driven not by speculation or momentum trading, but by deep structural imbalances between physical supply and an unprecedented physical demand. Persistent supply deficits in silver over several consecutive years, […]

Stellar 2Y Trasury Auction: Surge In Indirects & Bid-To-Cover; Second Lowest Dealers On Record The first coupon auction of the week just took place, and it could not have gone any better.  According to the US Treasury, $69BN of 2 Year paper was just sold at a high yield of 3.580%, up from the 3.499% in December, and stopped through the When Issued 3.594% by 1.4bps, the biggest stop through since August. The bid to cover […]

Lavrov Exposed The Europeans’ Plot To Subvert Trump’s Ukrainian Peace Plan Authored by Andrew Korybko, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s first press conference of the year in late January touched upon a lot of topics, importantly including the Europeans’ plot to subvert Trump’s Ukrainian peace plan. According to him, the UK “is speaking increasingly more often on behalf of the EU” and therefore plays a leading […]

Calls To Nuke Filibuster, Pass SAVE Act Intensify As Threat of Government Shutdown Increases Via American Greatness, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is facing increasing pressure to do away with the filibuster if Democrats seek to force a government shutdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). MSN reports that the odds of a government shutdown by January 31, jumped from 11.5%  to 79% on Kalshi […]

NatGas Rips Higher As Arctic Blast Knocks 12% Of U.S. production Offline  Update (1245ET): New York natural gas futures surged sharply on Monday after roughly 12% of U.S. production was forced offline by a major winter storm and extreme cold blanketing the eastern half of the country. The supply shock is now cascading into the power system, pressuring regional grids and prompting the Department of Energy to issue emergency orders […]

Trump Hails “Very Good Call” With Walz As He Sends “Tough But Fair” Tom Homan To Minnesota President Trump announced on Jan. 26 that he is sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota in the wake of the shooting of an anti-immigration enforcement protester by a federal agent. The president said in a morning Truth Social post that Homan would be going to Minnesota on Monday evening, noting that though Homan hasn’t been involved in […]

Booz Allen Shares Hammered After Treasury Cancels Consulting Contracts Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton tumbled the most in months during late Monday morning trading after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent canceled dozens of contracts tied to the consulting firm. Secretary Bessent said 31 contracts with Booz Allen were terminated, representing $4.8 million in annual spending and $21 million in total obligations. “President Trump […]

USAR’s New CEO Executing On Strategy Submitted by Tight Spreads USA Rare Earth’s (USAR) strategy is characterized by its comprehensive “mine-to-magnet” vertical integration, a significant geographic footprint across North America and Europe. While competitors often focus on specific segments of the value chain, USAR is the only company outside of China positioned to offer a true end-to-end solution. In this note we’ll go […]

Son Of US Govt Crypto Custodian Allegedly Steals $40 Million Well known blockchain sleuth, ZachXBT, alleges a custody CEO’s son stole tens of millions in crypto from US government‑linked wallets tied to Bitfinex funds, exposing systemic custody risks. 1/ Meet the threat actor John (Lick), who was caught flexing $23M in a wallet address directly tied to $90M+ in suspected thefts from the US Government in 2024 and multiple other […]

Elon’s X Overhaul: Muting Political Posts And Banishing ‘Rage Bait’ Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, While Elon Musk is rightly credited for transforming X into a battleground for unfiltered truth, he dropped two bombshells this week that could significantly reshape the platform. In a move that promises cleaner feeds but sparks fears of shadowy content policing, Musk revealed plans for topic-specific “For You” […]

Key Events This Week: Fed, Central Banks Galore, Earnings Avalanche With the year still not yet four weeks old, it’s already been a constant firehose of news volatility, even as market volatility has remained relatively contained, DB’s Jim Reid writes this morning. Consider: we’ve moved from Venezuela to Japan, via Iran and Greenland, with a range of other themes running in the background. These now include President Trump on […]

BlackRock Credit Fund Hit With 19% Markdown As Loans Go Bad BlackRock TCP Capital Corp., a publicly traded private-credit fund structured as a business development company, filed an 8-K with the SEC late Friday afternoon, disclosing a 19% markdown in net asset value as troubled loans weighed on performance. The move marks one of the first major private credit signal woes of the new year. The credit fund told investors in the 8-K […]

“The Discombobulator”: Trump Admits Secret Weapon Used In US Operation To Capture Maduro Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump has revealed that U.S. forces used a secret weapon to disable Venezuelan military equipment in the Jan. 3 operation that resulted in the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “The Discombobulator. I’m not allowed to talk about it,” Trump said in an interview […]

Carney Cracks: Canada Has ‘No Intention’ Of Pursuing Free Trade Deal With China After Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has “no intention” of pursuing a free trade deal with China, after Donald Trump threatened to slap a 100% tariff on Canadian exports if Ottawa “makes a deal” with Beijing.  Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at a news conference in Quebec City last Thursday (Mathieu […]