Epstein’s Lawyer Brokered Plea Deal Based On Intelligence Ties While Not Knowing About Them Karoline Leavitt smirks as a “new media” correspondent asks her about “the Clinton body count” and suggests they have murdered a variety of people pic.twitter.com/bfFlr7wv8V — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 19, 2025 After our correspondent asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about pedophile-ring operator Jeffrey Epstein’s […]

90% Of US Companies Plan To Reshore Amid Tariffs, Allianz Survey Finds Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Nine out of 10 U.S. companies say they expect to bring some or all of their production or sourcing back home in response to new tariffs imposed under President Donald Trump’s trade policy, according to the latest Allianz Trade Global Survey. The survey, published on May 20, hints at an acceleration in reshoring […]

US Existing Home Sales Weakest April Since Great Financial Crisis US existing home sales dropped 0.5% MoM in April (considerably worse than the +2.0% MoM rise expected), dropping to just 4.00MM sales SAAR, with sales down 3.1% from a year earlier on an unadjusted basis This is the weakest April sales pace since April 2009… Sales declined in the West and Northeast, were unchanged in the South and improved in the Midwest. […]

A Judge Of Her Peers? Judge Dugan Assigned A Judge Previously Rebuked For Political Comments Authored by Jonathan Turley, Five years ago, I wrote about a federal judge who, in my view, had discarded any resemblance of judicial restraint and judgment in a public screed against Republicans, Donald Trump, and the Supreme Court. The Wisconsin judge represented the final death of irony: a jurist who failed to see the conflict in […]

“Business Confidence Has Improved” – US PMIs Surged In May As New Orders Jump While regional Fed surveys and private sector sentiment measures have been screaming pessimism, ‘hard’ data has refused to bend the knee to TDS (or whatever establishment narrative is produced next).  This morning, the most important of the ‘soft’ survey data prints finally gave up and surged higher with both US Manufacturing & Services PMIs rising […]

Yet More Proof CNN Fake Tapper Is Total Hypocrite… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Jake ‘the fake’ Tapper wants you to know that the conservative media was right about Joe Biden’s brain turning to pudding, and he was wrong not to report on it, all because he’s now selling a book about it.  And just when you thought he couldn’t come across as any more of a hypocritical grifter, he has actually managed […]

Oil Prices Dip On Report Of Another Potential OPEC+ Supply Boost  OPEC+ is considering a third straight monthly output hike, departing from the norm of stabilizing oil markets. According to Bloomberg, the group of 12 major oil-exporting nations, including Saudi Arabia, UAE, and others, is considering a July increase of 411,000 barrels per day (bpd)—roughly triple the previously planned amount. This would mirror supply increases […]

Death Of The Dollar: An Eternal Tale Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The following paragraph, courtesy of Amazon, reviews the book Death of the Dollar by William Rickenbacker. Death of the Dollar by William F. Rickenbacker is a critical examination of the economic policies and monetary mismanagement that the author argues are eroding the value of the U.S. dollar and threatening financial stability. […]

DOGE Damage Deepens As ‘Deep TriState’ Continuing Jobless Claims Highest Since Dec 2021 The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell modestly last week to 227k (below expectations) and is basically unchanged since December 2021… …despite the public sentiment panic by CEOs, layoffs refuse to rise (is all that whining just signaling how much virtue they have, or is it like UMich, damaged by TDS in […]

Futures, Treasuries Slide After “Big, Beautiful Bill” Passes US stocks and treasuries sold off after President Trump’s signature tax bill passed the House by the narrowest of margins (214-215), sparking fears that the surging deficit – already at a nosebleed 6.5% of GDP – necessary to fund the bill will spark even higher rates at a time when foreign buyers are boycotting US Treasury purchases. As of 8:00am, S&P futures slumped […]

Bitcoin Hits New Record High, Surpasses Amazon’s Market Cap On ‘Pizza Day’ Today, May 22, is a special day for cryptocurrencies. It’s Bitcoin Pizza Day… and the cryptocurrency is making new record highs… Fifteen years ago, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz made the first documented purchase of goods using Bitcoin, paying 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s pizzas. Today, that same order is worth over $1.1 billion – almost the same as […]

After House Victory, Trump Tells Senate: “Get To Work” On ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Update (0830): President Trump has finally weighed in with a lengthy Truth Social post after his “Big, Beautiful Bill” narrowly cleared the House in a last-minute 215–214 vote. “THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL” has PASSED the House of Representatives! This is arguably the most significant piece of Legislation that will ever be signed in the History of […]

The Highest-Paying Industry In The US May Surprise You… The U.S. is one of the highest-paying countries globally, but the average earnings differ significantly between industries. This infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, ranks average annual salaries across major U.S. industries using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as of March 2025. The data covers private industries, and annual salary figures […]

Almost All ‘Extreme’ UK Temperature Highs Recorded At Junk Sites with Massive Possible Errors Authored by Chris Morrison via DailyScpetic.org, Over the last few days the UK has experienced balmy spring weather with temperatures often settling in the low 20s Celsius. The Met Office has been out in force colouring the maps orange and declaring ‘extreme’ highs all over the green and pleasant land. Or more accurately, a remarkably […]

Which Nationalities Overstay Their US Visas The Most? The Department of Homeland Security annually releases figures on people who overstay their visas and other legal forms of admissions in the United States.  Total overstays for the fiscal year of 2023 stood at 510,400 people.  As Statista’s Katharina Buchholkz reports, African nations led in terms of overstayers in comparison to total visitors, with some rates hinting at […]

‘Strategic Earthquake’ In Europe Signals Age Of Uncertainty Authored by Alastair Paynter via OilPrice.com, A convergence of crises – geopolitical shifts, energy instability, and economic stagnation – marks the end of a historical era and the beginning of a more volatile multipolar world order. Challenges include mass immigration, a potential Ukraine settlement favoring Russia, reduced U.S. security guarantees, and […]

Watch: Trump Stuns South Africa’s Ramaphosa, Plays ‘Kill The Boer’ Clip In The Oval Office, Destroys NBC Reporter Update (1300ET): Well, for those who were anticipating a Vance-Zelensky shitshow redux at today’s meeting between US President Trump and South African President Ramaphosa… they were not disappointed. As the topic of white genocide cam up, Ramaphosa was quick to dispel the ‘conspiracy’; but Trump very quickly told his […]

Norway Bets Big On Offshore Wind Authored by Michael Kern via OilPrice.com, Norway announced on Monday a tender for three project areas for floating offshore wind in a highly-anticipated first competition for this type of renewable energy in the Nordic country.  The Norwegian Energy Ministry, which said earlier this year that it would bet on floating wind instead of fixed-bottom offshore wind, is now opening competition for […]

Spain’s Socialist Govt Pours Taxpayers’ Millions Into Equality Plan To Combat Nationalist Surge Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, As nationalist parties surge across Europe, the Spanish Socialist-led government is doubling down on its ideological agenda — plowing over €140 million of taxpayer money into a nationwide equality plan aimed, in part, at combating what it labels “far-right” narratives among young men. […]

End Of An Era: Kurdish PKK Disbands After 4-Decade Fight Against Turkey Authored by Christian Orr via The Epoch Times, Some rather surprising (perhaps even “shocking” would be an appropriate adjective?) news emerged from Turkey on May 12: the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) declared its decision to disband and disarm, thus ending an insurgency campaign against the Turkish government that had begun on Aug. 15, 1984, and claimed […]

Two Israeli Embassy Staff Members Gunned Down Outside Jewish Museum In D.C. Late Wednesday evening there is currently a massive ongoing police response in northwest Washington DC outside the Capital Jewish Museum, after gunfire erupted just outside which killed two staff members of the Israeli Embassy. “Two Israeli Embassy staff were senselessly killed tonight near the Jewish Museum in Washington DC,” Secretary of Homeland […]

House Advances ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ To Floor After 20-Hour Marathon Negotiation Update (2358ET): After a long day of back-and-forth, the House Rules Committee late Wednesday night advanced President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ to the House floor after nearly 22 hours of negotiations. ouse Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at the US Capitol on May 6. Graeme Sloan / Bloomberg via Getty Images file The panel voted 8-4 to advance the […]

CCP, Russia, Iran Collaborating With Cartels To Smuggle Fentanyl Into US Through Canada: FBI Director Authored by Jennifer Cowan via The Epoch Times, FBI Director Kash Patel says the flow of fentanyl into the United States is coming from his country’s northern neighbour. He says China, Russia, and Iran are partnering with cartels to smuggle the drug into the United States via Vancouver. Patel told Fox News that the Chinese […]

What Are The Most Popular Baby Names In The US? Olivia, Emma and Amelia have been announced as the three most popular baby names for girls in the U.S., while for boys, Liam, Noah and Oliver were parents’ favorites.  This is according to the U.S. Social Security Administration’s annual list of the most popular baby names in the United States. According to the institution, Statista’s Anna Fleck reports that the list, released […]

The KGB Spy Who Predicted Our Future Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com, My dear friends, I think you are in very big trouble. Whether you believe it or not, YOU ARE AT WAR. And you may lose this war very soon together with all your affluence and freedoms unless you start defending yourselves. –Yuri Bezmenov, 1984 In 1970, a Soviet KGB agent named Yuri Bezmenov defected to the West. His story is fascinating. Yuri […]