THE BIG PICTURE

God’s Greatest Challenge: Love One Another – “Yet Jesus does not merely teach us that we must love God with every part of our being. He adds another commandment that is like it, co-equal in importance: we must love our neighbors as we love ourselves. I have commented before that we cannot love each other or ourselves unless we first love God. We cannot build each other up, encourage each other, guide each other, unless we are committed to that which is right.” – Peter Nayland Kust

Silence On Sin: How Satan Has Entered the Church – “Most people don’t think about the subject of Satanism unless there is a grisly murder and satanic symbols are found at the crime scene. Many who believe in the devil usually think of him as being the darkest of figures. What they don’t realize is that the Bible tells us that he can also manifest himself as an “angel of light.” Satan is incredibly subtle. We are warned that he uses professing men of God (ministers of righteousness) to deceive the Church. The Bible calls him “the god of this world” and says that he blinds the minds of unbelievers. Jesus called him “the prince of this world” and “the father of lies.”” – Ray Comfort

The Nausea of Tribalism – “What do I mean with ‘tribal nausea’? America, once the bastion for open debate, has morphed into a home for tribal nausea where citizens cleave onto unexplored assumptions in support of unquestioned authority. For a questioner, this is a maddening turn of events. My last article where I took Trump to task as a madman, is a case in point. Good ol boys don’t see Trump, nor the political landscape he brings as being worthy of their disdain. Just below conviviality, they are on-board with American exceptionalism—sustaining a rather narrow range of focus that precludes getting at actual factual reality.” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com

Are we just letting this happen again? – “Fascism’s point of no return. How do ordinary people rationalize the unthinkable? As authoritarianism knocks on the door of American democracy, the history of the Third Reich offers a haunting reflection not of monsters, but of ourselves.” – Sarah Connor  – GOOD INSIGHTS FROM SARAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EU Commissar: Free Speech Is a Virus, Censorship the Vaccine – “Ursula von der Leyen, non-popularly-elected president of the European Commission* and ultra-girlboss extraordinaire, recently came out swinging against free speech in a white-knuckle speech in which she likened “malign information” to a “virus” that society must be inoculated against (by the state, obviously) via the “vaccine” of “prebunking,” a euphemism for censorship.” – Ben Bartee

JFK SAID NO ONE SHOULD BE RICH ENOUGH TO BUY THE GOVERNMENT AND THEN HIS HEAD EXPLODED – “The Maximum Wage Proposal That Would Have Saved America From The Billionaire Class. John F. Kennedy understood something about money and power that most Americans have never been taught and will never learn from the billionaire-owned media that controls what you see and hear. He understood that once a man accumulates enough wealth, he stops being a citizen and starts becoming a threat to the republic itself. A man with a hundred million dollars can live like a king. A man with a billion dollars can buy kings. A man with a hundred billion dollars can become one, and there is nothing in our current system to stop him.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf

Google’s AI Image Generator Nano Banana And Gemini Have Made Spotting Fake Images Next To Impossible – “Some have called Nano Banana the “Adobe Photoshop killer.”” – The WinePress

FAKE AND GAY: How Pedophiles Infiltrated Government – a scandalous true story [Part 1] – “Let me tell you a story. Back in the early 1900s, there was this guy named René Guyon. René was a lawyer in France who moved to Siam. . Yes, the guy advising the judicial system of Thailand and even writing legal codes was super into children. In fact, he coined a phrase, “Sex by age eight, or else it’s too late.” Whether Rockefeller got his hands on Rene’s books or not is unknown, but in 1942, in America, Alfred Kinsey was receiving funds from the Rockefeller Foundation. If you don’t recall, Kinsey was a sexual deviant and, to put it frankly, a horrible person. He oversaw a “project” which involved molesting children as young as infants.” – Agent131711  – AGENT131711 LATEST DEEP DIVE INTO PEDOPHILIA!!!

NEWS  

Let’s talk about Renee Good – The facts and the foundations. I’ve been waiting to wade into this one in hopes that some sense would prevail to let the facts finish emerging such that it seemed like one could reach a reasonable conclusion as to what happened and why,  well, At least we mostly got number two. Alas, with regard to number one, it seems that a fair bit of sense has left the building. There’s been a lot of incendiary rhetoric and mis and malinformation running around on this, fake videos, fake stories, and wild vitriol. In such situations, I like to try to boil things down to “What facts can we trust?” and work from there.” – El Gato Malo  – GOOD ANALYSIS FROM EL GATO!!!!!!

The Machinery of Terror The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now. If we wait, it will be too late. I have seen the masked goons who terrorize our streets before. I know these goons. I have been a prisoner in their jails and spent hours in their interrogation rooms. I have been beaten by them. I have been deported, and in several cases banned, from their countries. I know what is coming.” – Chris Hedges

Impaired Situational Awareness – “Thoughts on What Happened in Minneapolis” – Bill Astore

What both sides get wrong about the Minneapolis ICE shooting – “This tragic incident has exposed the inhumanity of America’s culture warriors” – Luke Gittos.

In The Soup – The fracture lines have been exposed both internally and externally. Internally, there is the struggle between federal agents and numerous American states, including California, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, etc. Except, that it is not the will of the people to go into conflict with federal agents; it’s the will of the corrupt leaders, many elected through fraud, to go into conflict with federal agents. The truth is a lot of the protesters and agitators are paid by big NGOs and woke billionaires” – T.L. Davis

Mexico, Next? – “Once a Neocon gets rolling, it is hard to stop the rolling. The mission is never accomplished. First Iraq. Then Afghanistan. That latter one took about 20 years – of Americans’ treasure and blood, not counting the cost to the Afghanis. Well, here we again. Again. Trump announced last night that Mexico is next. “We are gonna start now hitting land,” Tiberius Orangicus Maximus told Sean Hannity. “The cartels are running Mexico. It’s very, very sad to watch and see what’s happened to that country, but the cartels are running and they’re killing 300,000 people in our country every single year.” So many fascinating aspects to this. Trump’s claim that 300,000 people are killed by the “cartels” being perhaps the most fascinating given the body count that can be credited to the cartels that operate not just legally but with Trump’s back-slapping approval in this country. How many Americans have been killed – or had their health ruined – by the drugs pushed by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson?” – Eric Peters

The US Empire is Going SUPERNOVA – “President Trump has set off a truly extraordinary string of global-order-destabilizing campaigns that have left the world reeling. From his attacks on Venezuela and promises of “action” against Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Iran, to his threats against allies in “securing” Greenland, it feels like one of those weeks Lenin had promised long ago: There are decades where nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen.” – Simplicius

Donald Trump ‘orders army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland’: US President emboldened by success of Maduro capture operation – Glen Owen and Dan Hodges

Trump Speaks Out: Could Cuba Be Next to Fall? – “Communist Cuba has, however, for some time depended on Venezuela for energy and currency; the now-jailed, former tinpot dictator Nicolás Maduro’s security detail was mostly Cuban, for all the good that did him. But the times, they are a-changing, and not in Cuba’s favor. On Sunday, President Trump fired one of his characteristic broadsides at Cuba.” – Ward Clark

Trump is weighing options against Iran: Reports – “President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing options for intervention in Iran, according to Sunday reports. The president has been shown potential plans, ranging from possible military strikes to action that doesn’t include the military, according to reports. Tehran threatened on Sunday to retaliate against Israel and U.S. military bases in the event of U.S. strikes on Iran.” – Jennifer Elias

White House Amplifies Shocking Claims Of US Super Soldiers Deployed In Maduro Raid – “This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling—and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed. Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn’t hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn’t know how to react. After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn’t look like anything we’ve fought against before. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed… it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn’t do anything.” – Tyler Durden  – IF THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED, THEN OUR MILITARY HAS WEAPONS AND CAPABILITIES THAT WE DON’T EVEN KNOW ABOUT!!!

The Gathering Storm: Snatch-and-Grab Regime Change is the New New Normal – “So, what the hell does all this really mean? Good question. Let’s answer it, shall we? The raid on Maduro, like the raid on “Osama,” is awash in mystery and dripping with unanswered questions. Of course, this being 2026, the usual fog of war surrounding an event like this is even foggier because of the ever-looming question of AI-enabled deepfakery. Not even those venerable fact checkers at Snopes can say whether or not those weird, janky photographs of Maduro smiling and posing and thumbs-upping with his abductors are real or not.” – James Corbett

How Maduro, Cuba and their allies stole Venezuela’s oil wealth. – “The economic and political debate often ignores that the Maduro dictatorship weaponised the national oil company to use it as a cash machine to enrich the leaders of the socialist regime and finance the demolition of democratic institutions all over Latin America, creating an international group of allies with the main objective of demolishing US, European, and Latin American democracies from the inside. Some commentators remove from the economic debate the deliberate collapse of PDVSA, Venezuela’s institutional destruction, and the use of oil as an international political weapon as well as a tool for the personal enrichment of Maduro and his allies. Maduro’s personal wealth is estimated at $3.8 billion. $700 million in assets has already been seized.” – Daniel Lacalle – SO NOW WE STEAL IT, WILL IT GO BACK TO THE PEOPLE. DOUBTFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Venezuela Technocracy Connection – “The US bombing of Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro cannot be rationally explained as a drug enforcement operation, or even solely about recovering oil. The bigger picture is Technocracy.” – Derrick Broze

Cea Weaver vs. The Entire Field Of Economics – “Printing money is the solution? Why didn’t we think of that? In 2021, Cea Weaver, now the woman chosen by Zohran Mamdani to run New York City’s Office to Protect Tenants, unveiled a housing policy vision so detached from economic reality that the only academic seminar it could have emerged from would have been a slurry rant by a drunk at a bar at Newark International Airport at 3AM.” – Quoth the Raven

Amazon Is Ditching The United States Postal Service – “After nearly three decades of working together, Amazon is ending its delivery relationship with the United States Postal Service, a move that significantly alters how packages are moved across the country, according to MSN. The partnership once played a major role in Amazon’s rapid expansion while generating billions in yearly revenue for USPS. The decision comes as the Postal Service continues to struggle financially, including a reported $9.5 billion loss in its most recent fiscal year.” – Tyler Durden

Somaliland: Longtime Zionist Colonisation Target – ” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar visited Hargeisa on January 6th, signing a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in multiple areas, including ‘defence’. President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi hailed the visit as a “historic milestone” in Somaliland’s quest for international legitimacy. These developments are of significant concern to Somaliland’s neighbours throughout the Horn of Africa, with which the statelet has extremely strained relations, that have boiled over into all-out conflict on numerous occasions over decades. Fears are understandably widespread an Israeli – if not accompanying US – military presence locally will embolden breakaway authorities to intensify their belligerence, and seize contested territory claimed by both Hargeisa and Somalia. But grave anxieties are also felt throughout West Asia.” – Kit Klarenberg

Eastern Mediterranean Geopolitics Are Becoming More Complex – “Tensions are growing between Turkiye-Pakistan and Israel-Cyprus-Greece. Stability in the Eastern Mediterranean can no longer be taken for granted as a result of three recent developments: 1) the growing Turkish-Israeli rivalry in post-Assad Syria; 2) Israel’s reported plans to establish a rapid response force with Cyprus and Greece; and 3) Turkish ally Pakistan’s new military ties with Eastern Libya’s General Khalifa Haftar. The aforesaid are unfolding amidst Israel’s plans for an underwater EastMed gas pipeline to Greece and Turkiye’s maritime claims that cut right across its route.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

Trump to Set Credit Card Interest Rates, Adopts More Elizabeth Warren Ideology – “On credit card and food price gouging, Trump is carrying out Elizabeth Warren and AOC policy mandates.” -Mish

Physical Silver Will Vanish When This Happens – Bill Holter Warns (VIDEO) – “He explains why silver stacking is crucial, especially with the looming silver shortage. We dive deep into market analysis for both silver and gold price trends, offering insights for all precious metals enthusiasts. ” – Stacking Surfer 🏄 – ANOTHER GOOD ONE WITH BILL. I KNOW I SAY THAT A LOT, BUT IT DEFINITELY IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Silver Stackers Aim to ‘Screw the Bankers’ – “This narrative that banks are manipulating silver markets to depress the price is a powerful one. One popular version of the theory says that big banks are working with governments to keep a lid on silver prices. The motive is there. Governments have a real incentive to keep precious metals prices low. When gold and silver are flying higher, it makes fiat currencies look bad. And manipulating futures markets, at key moments, could definitely drive down prices (until a short squeeze happens).”- Adam Sharp

Brace For The Mother Of All Short Squeezes: China Is Buying Real Metal While Western Banks Are Trapped In 4.4 Billion Ounces Of Paper Lies – “China’s $48 trillion money flood is stampeding into hard assets while Western banks sit on impossible silver shorts — stack metal now or get wiped out with your fiat. – The Silver Academy

The Silver Melt-Up in Charts – “The gold/silver ratio appears to be in free fall. There is a fractal setup on the chart similar to the 2010/2011 silver rally:” – Hubert Moolman

When Clarity Matters Most (VIDEO) – The Morgan Report  – DAVID ON THE SILVER MARKET!!!

Expect At Least Two Market Corrections In 2026 (VIDEO) with Lance Roberts – “Given current market valuations and the prolonged bull run stocks have had over the past three years, investors should expect at least two corrections of at least 5-10% in 2026 warns portfolio manager Lance Roberts. But it could easily play out much worse than that, he adds.” – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

How to Prepare for Disaster on a Budget – “I try to consider being prepared as a mindset and part of living a simpler way of life.” – Amanda Whittington

30 Bug-In Mistakes to Never, Ever Make – “In much of the prepping world, bugging out in response to a crisis is given a disproportionate amount of time and effort. In reality, bugging in, or staying put at home or another secure location, is a better bet 90% of the time. Aside from having a home-field advantage and, hopefully, a closet or storeroom stocked full of supplies and gear, bugging in can eliminate tons of variables from your survival calculus. It’s also a heck of a lot easier than bugging out most of the time. All in all, it’s a good plan, but it’s still possible to screw up.” – By Tom Marlowe

Battery Storage In The Wild (VIDEO) – Modern Refugee.  – GOOD BATTERY TIPS IN GENERAL!!!

Aprons: The Essential Homesteading Garment – “When one thinks of tools and work clothes for the homestead, aprons don’t usually come to mind, but they should. A good apron, like a good knife, is an essential homesteading tool. And like a knife, care should be taken to choose the right apron for the right job.” – Ruby Burks

How to Sew a Button (and Why You Should Learn It) -Self-Sufficient Projects Staff

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Amos 9:13    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

IMAGE FOR THE DAY

LYRIC FOR THE WEEK

Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin’ high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
“We’ll meet on edges, soon,” said I
Proud ‘neath heated brow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now.

Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
“Rip down all hate,” I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull, I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now.

Girls’ faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now.

A self-ordained professor’s tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
“Equality,” I spoke their word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now.

In a soldier’s stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not I’d become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My existence led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now.

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now.

(My Back Pages by Bob Dylan)

Featuring Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Eric Clapton. G.E Smith, Steve Cropper, Donald “Duck” Dunn, Booker T. Jones Anton Fig and Jim Keltner

SORRY FOR THE LATE POSTING. THOUGHT THIS  WENT THROUGH EARLIER TODAY.

THE BIG PICTURE

Big-Oil Billionaire Makes Big on Trump’s Invasion of Venezuela – “This is Big-Oil intrigue with an imperial golden flourish, Venezuelan style. Paul Singer is one of Trump’s top MAGA megabucks billionaires. Trump admitted he tipped off some billionaires BEFORE he attacked Venezuela, even though he didn’t say anything to congress about the invasion. The biggest beneficiary in the world from oil that is pillaged by way of this takeover is PAUL SINGER because … Less than two months before Trump’s invasion, Singer’s investment firm, Elliott Investment Management, purchased Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, for $5.9 billion—a sale that was forced by a Delaware court after Venezuela defaulted on its bond payments. Singer acquired the three Citgo refineries, 43 oil terminals, and more than 4,000 gas stations at a “major discount” because of Citgo’s distressed status. ” – David Haggith. – AS ARTE JOHNSON ON LAUGH IN USED TO SAY,  “VERY INTERESTING”…..

Quick Take – The world is burning…but are the flames real? – “Is anyone talking about Nuclear war? What happened to Mutually Assured Destruction? When did that stop being a consideration? The only explanation I can think of is that there is an agreement – either tacit or explicit – that these conflicts will be allowed to go so far and no further. And that makes them fake. Unquestionably, irrefutably, fake.” – Kit Knightly

The Gangsters of Manifest Destiny – “American Exceptionalism Gone Wild. Donald Trump has finally done it. Earned the respect of The New York Times and other powerful organs of our state controlled media. CNN unquestioningly parrots the line that “the U.S. runs Venezuela.” So, let’s get this straight- we abducted the leader of another sovereign nation, bombed them, but it wasn’t an act of war. It was justified. Don’t suggest that this is something new. Sure, Trumpenstein’s bombastic theatrical personality makes it seem that way. But this goes back to at least 1953, when the CIA ousted Iran’s prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.” – Donald Jeffries

Canadian Government Euthanizes ‘Young & Healthy’ 26-Year-Old for ‘Depression’ -Frank Bergman

How Rockefeller’s Money Decided What Doctors Were Allowed to Learn and How They Treated Patients – Died Suddenly News

UK Plans Digital IDs for Newborns, Musk Says Singularity is Here (VIDEO) – Maia Zeee / Daily Pulse

Eat Real Food: The Most Radical Nutrition Shift in Modern U.S. History (And It’s Finally Here) – “How Flipping the Food Pyramid Signals a Generational Reset in Health, Policy, and Power” – Sayer Ji – GOOD IDEA IN THEORY, BUT IS THERE ANY REAL FOODS OUT THERE? WITH HORMONES AND ANTIBIOTICS IN MOST MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS AND PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES ON EVERYTHING WE GROW,  AS WELL AS GMO FOODS AND “FRANKENFOODS”;  IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER WHAT THE FOOD PYRAMD IS. MAKES FOR GOOD PRESS FOR BOBBY HOWEVER!!!!!

Modern Life In Canada Feels Soulless… – Matt Cart  – GOOD VIDEO. THANS TO SYLVIA SHAWCROSS FOR SHARING!!!

A new “life-changing” asthma drug: what does the data REALLY tell us? – “The drug might work (a bit) but it’s a struggle to distinguish it from placebo. With this particular drug, nobody knows what the adverse effects of such a profound inhibition of a central component of human immunity might be, but I certainly wouldn’t like to lay a bet that it will be benign.” – Jonathan Engler

Great Replacement: Boston Dynamics’ Autonomous Robots Have Completely Taken Over A Hyundai Factory, As The Trump Admin Is Using Robots To Prop-Up The Failing Economy – The WinePress

NEWS

A Put Up Or Shut Up Moment – “It feels like we’ve reverse-timed back to the era of The Chimp, which was the last time the Chickenhawk Brigades of the Republican Party got a stiffy for regime-changing in far-away countries they’d personally never “serve” in but were eager for others to “serve” in. What American interests are served? What other interests are served? These are two questions almost never asked, especially at the beginning of the regime-changing, when the chords of Lee Greenwood’s anthem for the Chickenhawks and Flag Humpers is cued up. It is worth remembering that the last time that Lee Greenwood anthem got cranked up and the Chickenhawks and Flag Humpers lined up, The Chimp enjoyed 90 percent approval, according to the polls. It lasted for just as long as it didn’t – and then we got the backlash, in the person of Barry Obama. The we got Trump – and the “emergency” that didn’t end, along with drugs being Warp Speeded and pushed on the entire country by Biden.” – Eric Peters

It Is Time to Clean House – “First and foremost, I hate ‘most’ all politicians, no matter the color, stripe, or party affiliation. In my mind, all politicians are the absolute worst of mankind. I voted only once in my life decades ago, and it made me sick to my stomach. Any human who desires to rule over any other is evil, period.Now, back to Trump, who epitomizes the worst absolute evil of these parasitical political scum. I certainly know that he (Trump) is not in control, but that he is fully controlled by others, especially the criminal and murderous Zionist Jews. With that said, he is a willing puppet of the darkest form of wickedness and vile immorality, so he should never get a pass for anything. In all my years, I have never seen anyone in this position of power who was more blatantly atrocious and disgusting than Trump; and I have seen them all, from Nixon, Johnson, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Bush Jr., Biden, and any and all others, but Trump takes the prize so far.” – Gary D. Barnett

The Democrats Last Rodeo – “Chrump, Chrump Chrump. . . . He’s come to occupy the Left’s minds like an infestation of weevils chawing away the ligaments of civilized society. But, of course, the whole wicked, Cluster-B, anomie-driven, insurrectionist extravaganza is a made-for-video production bought and paid for by a tiny coterie of super-wealthy megalomaniacs untouched by consequence — George and Alex Soros (The Open Society Foundations), Shanghai-based American Neville Roy Singham (Codepink and more), Reid Hoffman (funder of Trump prosecutions and more), Lauren Powell Jobs (The Atlantic and the Emerson Collective), Hansjorg Wyss (Berger Action Fund), Bill Gates (of course). . . . Their main client in all this mischief is the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party’s chief motivation, its raison d’être going on at least ten years now, has been to hide its multifarious crimes, its vast racketeering operations now garishly on display in the state of Minnesota, where the grift just went too far and was done right in America’s face.” – James Howard Kunstler

Tim Walz Calls for an Insurrection – ” I’ve issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard,” Walz said in a press event. “We have soldiers in training and prepared to be deployed if necessary. I remind you, a warning order is a heads-up for folks,” Walz said. “Minnesota will not allow our community to be used as a prop in a national political fight.” Walz mistakenly believes those “soldiers in training” are there to protect his own self-interests. State authority cannot override federal authority. The Minnesota National Guard would not openly start a Civil War by listening to Tim Walz over the Commander-in-Chief.” – Martin Armstrong

Minneapolis Crime Tracker Website Shows No Homicides In 2026. That Could Be A Glitch. – “But There Are More Unanswered Questions About The Incident In Minneapolis. I wondered simply how an ICE officer could do something like this, with so little provocation. It seems almost like he is under some kind of MK Ultra spell. Or am I insufficiently understanding of the situation he found himself in? His conduct is very odd. That’s my word: “Odd.” I began to wonder. The footage is decontextualized. It starts just as the very bad events unfold, to the second. Feels like somebody said: “Action!” It has some of the queasy frequencies of a PSY OP, which is not the same as saying “It didn’t happen.”” – Celia Farber

“Everybody want to talk about whether or not the ICE agent should have shot the lady. I’m trying to figure out why she was there in the first place! ” – VIDEO on X  – NOT SURE WHERE YOU STAND ON ALL OF THIS BUT THIS GUY BRINGS UP AN EXCELLENT POINT. A MUST 45 SECOND WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watch: New Footage Shows Federal Agent’s Perspective In Minneapolis ICE-Involved Shooting – Tyler Durden  – THIS VIDEO SHEDS A WHOLE NEW LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED.

Federal Fraud Could End the Income Tax – “A nationwide tax revolt is brewing in response to apparently industrial scale federal fraud — of which Somali daycares are the poster child. Raising questions why We the Suckers are still paying an income tax originally imposed as a temporary levy to finance World War One. Which ended some time ago. And that apparently now mainly funds welfare fraud.” – Peter St Onge

First 9 Days of 2026 – “The first nine days of 2026 have been marked by a series of severe global events, including genocides, invasions, targeted killings, and escalating threats. These events underscore a pattern of violence, state-sponsored aggression, and systemic human rights violations across multiple regions, with drones, AI, and foreign intervention playing key roles in escalating conflicts.” – Frances Leader

Trump’s Vengeance: Dozens of Strikes in Syria as the Epstein Files Threaten – “ISIS, al-Nusra, and al-Qaeda: Made in the USA. As the Epstein files continue to plague Donald Trump, the president has turned to a recycled adversary to divert attention away from his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein? In response to an ambush that left two Iowa National Guard troops and a civilian interpreter dead “in a very dangerous part of Syria” illegally occupied by the United States, Trump promised there would be “very serious retaliation” against the Islamic State.” – Kurt Nimmo

How Trump’s oily dreams may collapse in a Venezuelan dark pit – “So the Big Oil Picture in Venezuela is way more complex than the Trump 2.0 gang suspects. Let’s start with neo-Caligula’s new edicts on the imperial satrapy he says he now owns; not exactly edicts but outright threats directed to interim President Delcy Rodriguez:” – Pepe Escobar

We’re Off Our Rockers – “Hyperviolence and War in America. Consider President Trump’s latest call for a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget in 2027. The Pentagon has failed eight (!) audits in a row but let’s give the military-industrial-congressional complex (MICC) a gigantic increase in money so we can build a “dream” military. Speaking of lies, Trump has told us not to believe our own eyes when we watch video of the deadly shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents.” – Bill Astore

Get ready for more chaos, globally and within the U.S., as Trump claims total unchecked power to start new wars abroad while threatening to invoke Insurrection Act at home – “President calls for 50 percent increase in war budget and says there is no check on his power outside of his own mind. There’s a powder keg building in Minnesota that bears watching.” – Leo Hohmann

From Caracas to Tehran: How Trump’s Venezuela Invasion Serves Israel’s Geopolitical Agenda -Robert Inlakesh

Trump is Building a Wartime Command Economy Without Declaring War – “He’s not trying to reform the defense sector. He’s preparing to subsume it. Strip the optics. What he’s doing is establishing direct state control over strategic capital flow using loyalty pressure, populist framing, and fiscal levers. He’s not negotiating with defense executives. He’s declaring them subordinate. This is a test run. He is setting precedent to apply this model across sectors:” – Edward Doud via Lioness of Judah

The Ugly Cold War Racket Against Cuba Rears Its Ugly Head Again – “Cuba is now in the throes of a grave economic crisis, one that threatens the Cuban people with death by starvation and illness. That’s because Cuba has long depended on a generous flow of oil from Venezuela, which the U.S. government is now committed to terminating through orders to Venezuelan officials, in the hope of finally bringing down Cuba’s longtime communist regime. I can just hear it now if the Cuban regime falls: “Our 60-year-long economic embargo against the Cuban people has finally worked! It finally caused enough death and suffering among the Cuban people that the Cuban government fell of its own accord for lack of revenue!” The excitement and thrill among interventionists for all this death and suffering only goes to show how the national-security state form of governmental structure has served to warp and stultify American values and stultify the consciences of the American people.” – Jacob G. Hornberger

So… – “I’m watching videos of Russian strikes in Lviv by an Oreshnik missile and in Kyiv by drones. I have no idea if they are real. In fact, what is real? Thems in control are doing their thing. When all else fails they resort to war. ” – Sylvia Shawcros

Swift Retaliation: Putin Launches Oreshnik Strike on “Largest Gas Storage Site in Europe” in Ukraine’s Lvov Region – Simplicius

Russia’s Second-Ever Use Of The Oreshniks Was A Response To Three Recent Provocations – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

It’s Not a Housing Problem; It’s a Money Problem! – “I can’t afford to buy a home! I hear this lament often, especially from young folks. Boomers often respond, saying, “Quit buying $6 lattes and ordering Uber Eats, and maybe you could save for a house.” It might just be me, but it seems like that may oversimplify things a tad. I mean, there’s no doubt a lot of young people would benefit from budgeting lessons. However, that doesn’t change the fact that there is a significant home affordability problem here in the U.S.” – Mike Maharrey

Nonfarm Payrolls Rise by 50,000 with 76,000 in Negative Revisions – “2025 closed out with a thud. Here are the details.’ – Mish

Jobs: Every Jobs Report in 2025 has Been Revised Lower – “The jobs revisions have gotten so bad that even Jerome Powell has said something about it. In the report last month, the QCEW showed an even more dire picture. Not only are the reports weak, but the downward revisions show an even weaker economy combined with a report that people can no longer trust.” – Peter Schiff

Consolidating amid uncertainty – “Chinese silver demand is on pause allowing prices to drift from all-time highs. Meanwhile, gold marches on towards a test of its post-Christmas highs. However, the physical silver shortage is what matters and will continue to drive prices. In gold, there is a dawning realisation that there must be something solid behind its bull market, with speculators returning to Comex.” – Alasdair Macleod

Trade Deficit Drops to Least Terrible Level since 2009, upon which Atlanta Fed GDPNow Doubles Q4 GDP Forecast to +5.4% – “The GDPNow algo is to be taken with a teaspoon of salt, but it shows that a big improvement of the trade deficit pushes up GDP growth.” – Wolf Richter

The Current Reality of the Stock Market (VIDEO) with Chris Irons/ Quoth the Raven – Market Insider and California Insider

Suddenly A COMEX Silver Delivery Rush On Limited Vault Inventory – “It appears that we are now seeing accelerating silver delivery demand in New York as well as other global markets as anticipated.” – David Jensen

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The Power of Prayer (or Pause) in Daily Prep Life – “In a busy prepper life, it is easy to spend every spare minute stocking shelves, tuning gear, or learning new skills. That work matters. But there is another tool that keeps you steady when trouble hits. A short daily pause, whether through prayer or quiet reflection, can do more for your judgment and courage than another piece of steel in the safe.” – Alec Deacon

Lice (and How to Deal with Them) – “This is one of the many comprehensive and various Preparedness and Survival subjects covered in detail by the Civil Defense Manual ” – Jack Lawson

How to Read a Storm With No Forecast App – “My grandfather could tell you what the weather would do three days out just by stepping onto his porch for five minutes. He’d look at the sky, watch the birds, sniff the air like some kind of human barometer, and make pronouncements that proved eerily accurate. I thought it was some kind of rural witchcraft until I realized he was simply reading signs that most of us have trained ourselves to ignore.” – Bob Rodgers

The Cure for Cabin Fever Might Not Be A Vacation South… It Might Be A Tray of Tomato Seedlings – “By the time January settles in for good, most gardeners in northern climates know the feeling all too well. The holidays are over. The ground is locked up tight. Snowbanks feel permanent. And the garden—once buzzing with bees, warmth, and growth—has gone quiet under a hard crust of frost. Meanwhile, seed catalogs begin showing up in the mailbox like little love letters from the future.” – Bill Heid

Beware of Bullpup: Home Defense with the IWI Tavor X95 Bullpup Carbine – P.E. Fitch

VERSE FOR THE DAY

John 8:45    And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

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THE BIG PICTURE

Big Surprise: Legal Story Changes as Maduro Brought to Court – “What do you know? Today in court the Justice Department officially dropped the fake claim that Maduro was ringleader of the fictitious ‘Cartel of the Suns’, which never existed. The theater is not required anymore, you see, now that he’s captured! Convenient how that works, no?” – Simplicius

What Happened to the ¡Fentanyl! Hysteria? The Casus Belli Bait-and-Switch – “DOJ boss Pam Bondi has publicly released the 25-page indictment for the notorious ¡narcoterrorist! Nicolas Maduro, Butcher of Caracas. (She can’t for the life of her seem to find those Epstein files she had “on her desk” almost a year ago, even though she’s now required by law to release them in full, but she can sure get the Maduro grand jury indictment unsealed in a hurry. Weird how government suddenly develops the capacity to move with ruthless efficiency when it wants something done.) The grand jury indictment, after analyzing it, is found to contain no fewer than 67 references to “cocaine” in the context of Maduro’s trafficking operation — but zero references to “fentanyl.” Which might strike some as curious, given that the nonstop line coming out of the Venezuelan regime change proponents for months has been “¡Maduro the narcoterrorist is poisoning the youth of America with fentanyl!” Of course, the reality is, and has always been, that Venezuela has literally nothing, or almost literally nothing, to do with the illicit fentanyl trade — that’s all China, India, and Mexico.” -Ben Bartee

The Republic Our Founders Built Is Gone. Welcome to the American Empire. – “Our Nation Stopped Being a Republic the Night We Kidnapped a President” – 🐺The Wise Wolf and Lily-Rose Dawson

The Great Currency Reset: How Trump And The Federal Reserve Are Working To Crash The Dollar As A Pretext For Full Tokenization – ““Put simply: they’ll move the debt into the crypto cloud, devalue it — and start from scratch. That’s the reality for those who are so enthusiastic about crypto,” said an adviser to Putin.” – The WinePress

CDC Narrows Vaccine Recommendations in Response to Trump Order – “The changes stem from reviewing practices in other nations, including consulting experts in Denmark, Germany, and Japan.” – Zachary Stieber

Gary Webb Died To Tell America How The CIA Was Trafficking Cocaine And Weapons To Fund The Contras: His Work Is More Relevant Than Ever – “Was He Murdered? He Was Murdered Long Before His Death. Blame The Nation’s Three Leading Newspapers, And—His Editors. John Kiriakou, Former CIA, Sums Up The Gary Webb Story. It’s Time To Name Names” – Celia Farber

The British Are Coming … How Financial Empire, Not Armies, Took Control of Canada. While headlines focused on Venezuela, something far more consequential was unfolding, and most Canadians missed it. In this Monday Brief, Susan Kokinda lays out why President Trump’s actions were not about regime change at all, but about exposing the financial plumbing that enables narcotics trafficking, mass migration, and offshore laundering. More importantly, she explains why Canada was quietly put on notice. This video is essential viewing before reading what follows…” – Connie Shields  – THERE’S ALWAYS A BIGGER PICTURE TO EVERYTHING IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK FOR IT!!!!

NEWS

Under Trump’s Madness, Insanity Has Consumed This Country – “This pre-planned coup was never once about drugs, (that is just a cover for ignorant American nationalists) for if stopping the flow of drugs and cartels was the objective, all Trump would have to do is shut down the CIA, as it is the biggest drug runner and drug dealer in the world, and controls and funds drug cartels in several countries. To stop drugs from coming into this country, one would only have to eliminate the CIA, legalize all drugs, and shut down the criminal DEA. No, this was never about drugs, and oil was never the main focus, although it is of great importance to the ruling scum, due to the risk to the worthless fiat petro-dollar and its constant debasement due the massive debt run up by this government and Federal Reserve.” – Gary D. Barnett

The Peace President Lays out his Many Goals for American Conquest – “Venezuela is only the centerpiece of a much bigger scheme. The Peace President acted this weekend like he was so angry over being spurned for the Nobel Peace Prize that he’s determined to show those dirty Norwegian rats that he doesn’t need it or want it. He’ll settle for imperial greatness, instead.” – David Haggith

Barbaria strikes again – “The Raging Twenties started with a murder: Gen. Soleimani, Baghdad, January 3, 2020. Ordered by Trump 1.0. The second part of the Raging Twenties starts with a bombing/kidnapping. Mini-Shock’n Awe on Caracas, Delta Force raid. January 3, 2026. Ordered by Trump 2.0. Raging Donald Trump said he will run Venezuela. This trashy neo-Caligula, self-proclaimed Emperor of Barbaria, in the end may not run anything, starting with his own motormouth.” – Pepe Escobar

Frozen Empire: Greenland Minded Its Own Business for Centuries, Now Trump Wants to Invade It? – “Billionaires want the resources, Trump wants the glory, and Greenland’s sovereignty is just collateral damage.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf  – THE GREAT VIKING CONQUEROR “DIONALD THE ORANGE”!!!!

The World Is A Stage (short VIDEO) – “Not everything happening in Venezuela is what it seams…” – Armor Of Truth Ministry

The Unconquerable Legacy of Simon Bolivar – “American imperialists have no idea of what they have awakened” – Ohio Barbarian  – A LITTLE HISTORY FROM THE BARBARIAN!!!!

Max Blumenthal On Maduro Capture, Vice President, Resources & More…(VIDEO) – Mario Nawfal  – GOOD VIDEO WITH MAX!!!!

The Venezuela story has big holes; how many? – “First, how was the Delta raid so successful? Maduro certainly had giant clues that something bad was coming down.” – Jon Rappoport

Reviewing The Russian UN Representative’s Response To The US’ Capture Of Maduro – “His rhetoric aims to retain Russia’s regional influence and complicate the US’ plans there.” – Andrew Korybko

Why Putin and Xi want Maduro dead – “Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, never finished high school. But don’t confuse the lack of formal education with stupidity. It is, after all, his charisma, stature (6’3” among men who stand 5’9”), and intelligence that allowed him to claim the throne of the oil-rich country. But that which led to his success — his advanced mental capacity — could cost him his life. Why? Maduro’s brain is a treasure trove of data — vital information — that his allies want to remain hidden and dead men tell no tales.” – Kenn Gividen

‘North American Technate’: The real reason for conquering Venezuela, and it’s not going to stop there – “Let’s take a critical look at the reasons given for President Trump’s brazen action in Venezuela, followed by threats of more military action in Colombia, Mexico, Greenland, etc.” – Leo Hohmann

How To Assimilate into America – “Profiling the 3 types of assimilation: traditional, woke, and non-assimilation. Comrades: Assimilation is the vital ingredient of successful immigration. America is a country, not an economic zone. Unity is our strength, not diversity. As our nation turns 250, assimilation is the most important issue. We must define what an American is now in order to prosper for another 250 years. America has always embraced immigrants who embrace America.” – Yuri Bezmenov

The Most Generous Goodbye in Presidential History – “Joe Biden will be living large for the rest of his life—and you’re paying for it. After more than half a century in public office, Biden is poised to collect roughly $417,000 a year in taxpayer-funded pensions—a sum that exceeds the salary of the presidency itself. (I’d gladly pay more for him to not be president than to be president, but still.) Not through a single benefit, but by stacking multiple government retirement systems into one very comfortable payout. It’s legal. It’s contractual. It’s the priciest participation trophy known to man. And it’s being paid for, of course, by you. And guess what? Your generosity doesn’t stop there. The General Services Administration has budgeted another (more than) $1.5 million a year for Biden’s post-presidency support. ” – Jenna McCarthy

Perhaps We Should Actually Be Focusing On Fixing America – “Even though we have literally stolen trillions upon trillions of dollars from future generations, our major cities are rapidly decaying, our infrastructure is crumbling, corruption is rampant, the middle class is shrinking, most of the population is struggling to even afford the basics each month, mass layoffs are happening all over the nation, our streets are teeming with hordes of drug addicts and homeless people, large numbers of Americans are selling images of themselves online just to make ends meet, and millions of others are living in their vehicles. So why don’t we use what limited resources we have to fix our own problems?” – Michael Snyder

ECONOMIC NEWS 

We Can Discern Cycles and Waves, But Not the Outcomes – Charles Hugh Smith

Is Silver At $200 Possible? – “One metals market strategist lays out a potential roadmap. In a recent Thoughtful Money interview, my friend, precious metals dealer and market commentator Andy Schectman laid out a simple answer to the “did silver just peak?” question: he doesn’t think we’re anywhere close.” – Quoth the Raven.  – I LINKED THE VIDEO WITH ANDY ON SUNDAY AS WELL!!!!!!!!!

The AI Revolution Is About to Ignite a MAJOR Bull Market in Hard Assets – Graham Summers, MBA

London’s Silver Lie Detonates: How a $90 Shanghai Cat Clawed Its Way Out of a $78 Paper Sack. – “And this silver cat is never going back in the paper bag—Western price fixers can cry all they want. COMEX and LBMA are now reduced to a fiction layered over a market they no longer control, fronting a “global” silver price that China just walked away from in broad daylight. Washington’s protectionist turn under Trump, sold as a way to “win” economic wars, has instead accelerated the collapse of Western paper pricing power and handed real price discovery to Shanghai.​ Two prices, one metal COMEX Feb ’26 silver sits around $78– $79 dollars an ounce, still marketed as the world’s benchmark price.​ So please, I beg of you, don’t sell to any bullion dealers because dealers will use this phony price (and weaker hands often think they are timing a top when this silver bull market is just beginning) Stay tough and recall the current price of silver is now $90” – The Silver Academy

Five Key Commodities On Our Radar in 2026 – Nomo Prins  – YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET SILVER, BUT DO YOU HAVE COPPER!

UBS: “Copper Is The Commodity Everyone Wants To Own” – “”Copper extended its rally on Tuesday, with prices surging to a record $13,187 per ton, fuelled by a rush to ship the metal to the US amid tariff uncertainty and persistent supply disruptions,” UBS analyst Aditi Samajpati wrote in a brief note to clients earlier.” – Tyler Durden

Loss Of Control Of Gold And Silver Price Fixing Scheme In London Leads To Kinetic Conflict – “Interest Rates Will March And So Are Troops. The cat is out of the bag on London’s monetary metal price fixing debacle and demand for these essential monetary, strategic, and safe haven metals is going to increase along with interest rates.” – David Jensen

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

What Off-Grid Living Really Looks Like (And Why It’s More Accessible Than You Think) (VIDEO) with Jeff Burkinshaw Of Gridlessness – Homesteaders of America  – GOOD VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Raising the “Vibrational Energy” Of Your Homestead – “The kind of place that steadies your breathing, clears your head, and makes you feel capable again the moment you step inside. That’s what raising the vibration of a homestead really means—and it’s something you can start building right where you’re sitting. Your Home Is Either Working For You… Or Quietly Wearing You Down” – Bill Heid

How to Wipe Yourself Off the Grid – Pat Henry  – OLD ARTICLE, BUT STILL HAS SOME GOOD IDEAS!!!

How to Make Gallons of Vinegar for Pennies – “The problem is: if you use vinegar all the time, the cost can add up fast. A gallon of quality raw apple cider vinegar can be pricey, and buying multiple gallons over time really starts to sting. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to make a whole lot of vinegar for very little money, using something you normally throw away: apple peels and cores. This method turns fruit scraps into a fermented vinegar in two stages, and it’s exactly what this video teaches.” – Heidi Hawthorn

Winter Food Resilience: How Canadian Preppers Keep Eating When Supply Chains Tighten – denob

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Exodus 23:22      But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

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THE BIG PICTURE

Stolen Soil and Corporate Welfare: The Global Scam of ‘Feeding the World’ – “Supermarket shelves have never been fuller, yet diets have become poorer. Across the world, food systems praised for their productivity now deliver an abundance of calories alongside widespread micronutrient deficiency, ecological collapse and rural precarity. This is the outcome of an agricultural model that equates food security with yield and mass production with nourishment. Sustained by billions in subsidies, industrial agriculture increasingly resembles a welfare state for agribusiness and retail giants whose profits depend on public money. Corporate-driven industrial agriculture claims to feed the world but too often delivers empty calories while starving populations of nutrients.” – Colin Todhunter

Tokenization: How Tokenizing All Assets Fulfills The World Economic Forum’s Stakeholder Capitalism Model, As BlackRock’s Larry Fink And Other Elites Seek To Create Infinite Wealth – The WinePress

Rosa Koire’s 2012 Warning About a “STERILIZATION Vaccine” Everyone Ignored – “Author Rosa Koire claimed U.S.–China coordination on population control nearly a decade before COVID.” – Sense Receptor via Lioness of Judah

Arctic Blasts Will Become More Frequent – “Multiple areas of the United States have been absolutely hammered by record snowfall and bitter cold this Winter, and Syracuse, NY, is among the hardest hit. It has been a fierce winter in the United States, with much of the country hit by severe frigid temperatures over the past several weeks. However, this is just the beginning of Winter. Storm after storm is being announced, and it seems like it’s not going to stop. Hope you are up for a long, cold, snowy winter. For a few hundred million, if not a billion people, it’s going to be hard to believe in man-made global warming.” – Dr. Sircus

Elites, Abortions, Pride & Spies: The Secret World of PLAYBOY [Hugh Hefner PART 4] – “Murders, mayhem, and MKUltra: Here’s the final chapter…” – Agent131711  – AGENT131711 FINISHES HIS DEEP DIVE INTO PLAYBOY!!!

NEWS

The Peace President Goes to War – “Not content with stealing Venezuela’s assets, Trump is also after Iran’s sovereignty. American money has poured into NGO’s in Iran and used to bribe street protests against the government as was done in Kiev when the elected Ukrainian government was overthrown and an American puppet installed. Trump has announced that the United States will intervene in Iran if violence is used against the hired protesters. Just as Washington arranged for shots to be fired in Kiev, Washington can arrange for shots to be fired in Tehran. This way Trump can overthrow Iran without it looking like he is doing it for Israel.” – Paul Craig Roberts

Why Seize Maduro? Power, Plain and Simple Governments Chase Power The Way People Chase Wealth – “Shoutout to one of my regular readers here on Substack, The Watchman, for putting this question directly: Peter, I guess my first question would be “Why are we expanding American Power?” To be the “Big Kid” on the block? To take other countries’ oil? Just what is the purpose of Gunboat diplomacy? Many pundits both pro- and anti-Trump have proffered explanations (or criticisms) of the Caracas raid, all of them proceeding from a particular geopolitical bias.” – Peter Nayland Kust

The US’ Capture Of Maduro Exposed The Reality Of Great Power Geopolitics – “Trump 2.0 boldly explained how the US intends to restore its “sphere of influence” over the Americas in accordance with the new National Security Strategy, thus representing a Hyper-Realist approach in the sense of explicitly embracing the pursuit of power as a goal instead of denying it like before.” – Andrew Korybko

The madness of Trump’s foreign policy. It’s worse than you think – “Does anyone, even in his own circle of fools, believe the Venezuela stunt is really about drug trafficking? Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent visit to Trump’s lair marks their sixth one-on-one meeting since Trump took office – a telling detail on several levels. The main point is that Bibi is struggling to convince Trump that the U.S. and Israel need to go to war with Iran, a move Trump is resisting. The scenario of dragging America into another “forever war” in the Middle East is not appealing to Trump, whose foreign policy misadventures around the globe are backfiring and boxing him into several corners. Some analysts already point to new conflicts brewing on multiple fronts following his preposterous act of high-seas piracy – seizing oil tankers leaving Venezuela.’ – Martin Jay

Maduro’s story is the latest chapter in Latin America’s struggle against empire – “Through centuries, the region has seen leaders who stood for independence, but also traitors willing to sell out to colonial powers” – Nadezhda Romanenko

Colombia president rages ‘come get me, I’m waiting’ in huge taunt to Trump – “Colombian President Gustavo Petro issued a stark warning to Donald Trump after the capture of Nicolas Maduro sent shockwaves around the world.” – Falyn Stempler

We All See What Washington Is Doing – “After the 2024 Israeli program to booby trap commercial pagers, sell them to Hezbollah, and conduct a set of denotations that killed and maimed over 3,280 people, 60 Minutes interviewed a supposed Mossad agent who explained how the world works. “We write the screenplay, we are the main actors, and the world is our stage.” Many were impressed by the pager attack scenario. Many were also a bit terrified, no doubt a key objective of the Israeli effort. The commemorative desktop versions of “the Israeli pagers” given to Trump and Rubio, in gold and silver, were not to celebrate but to warn. A key Zionist achievement of 2025 was gaining command of TikTok, Paramount and CBS. TikTok, in Netanyahu’s own words, was the jewel in the media crown, as the only consistent source of genocide coverage and voices critical of Zionism.” – Karen Kwiatkowski

Trump Signs ‘Make Iran Great Again’ Hat as Iranians Flood Streets in Protests Against Islamic Regime – “President Donald Trump was photographed holding a signed “Make Iran Great Again” hat as mass demonstrations continued across Iran in response to the regime’s political and economic corruption. Trump was pictured with the hat alongside Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). The image appears to have been captured on board Air Force One. Graham was also alongside Trump while the president spoke with reporters about the capture of Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.” – David Lindfield  – GOOD OLD WARMONGER, LINDSEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unconfirmed Reports Say Khamenei Is Fleeing To Moscow, After Vowing Crackdown On Street Protests In Iran That Have Killed At Least 16 In Last 8 Days. Trump Says US “Locked And Loaded” To Intervene – Celia Farber

Mamdani’s New Housing Official Called to ‘Seize Private Property’ from Citizens: ‘Especially White Families’ – Frank Bergman

If affordability really matters, then let’s look at electricity – “Zohran Mamdani and the rest of the socialist brigade that is taking office this year, after 2025’s off-year elections, campaigned on affordability. They argue that people are paying way too much for things, and they can fix it. Well, I happen to think that some things are too expensive, too. However, if affordability is going to be the buzzword for Democrats, then maybe they should stop making electricity so damn expensive in their states. Instead of admitting that expensive electricity is a choice they’re deliberately making — your budget be damned — they lie, claiming wind and solar power are “affordable” and “reliable.”” – Tom Knighton

Walz Drops Out Of Governor’s Race Amid Somali Fraud Scandal – Tyler Durden

ECONOMIC NEWS 

Five Million Are Seriously Delinquent on Student Loans, Wage Garnishments Begin – “Wage garnishments start on January 7.” – Mish

U.S. manufacturing slump shows little sign of ending, ISM shows – “Factory index dips to lowest level of the year” – Greg Robb

The Maths of a Debt Trap – “Stagnating economies, together with high government debt loads, inevitably create funding crises and debt traps. Nowhere is this problem more destructive than for the fiat dollar. But it’s not just the dollar. Economies in the Eurozone and the UK have insufficient growth to support their colossal mountains of government debt.” – Alasdair Macleod

Do Central Banks Determine Interest Rates? – “It is commonly held that the long-term interest rate is an average of current and expected short-term interest rates. The short-term interest rate, it is maintained, is determined by the central bank policy rate, such as the federal funds rate in the US. Hence, it follows that the central bank is the key in the interest rate determination process. But does it make sense that individuals have nothing to do with interest rate determination?” – Frank Shostak

Silver Mania Begins – “Everybody loves the idea of a short squeeze, and that could be what we’re starting to witness. One version of the silver squeeze theory argues that big bullion banks are short massive quantities of silver. That they’ve been working with the government to suppress the price of precious metals, so that fiat currency looks good by comparison. Proponents of this theory would argue that what we’re seeing today is the inevitable unraveling of the scheme. Is that what’s actually happening? Maybe, but we don’t have conclusive proof either way. What we do know is that plenty of people are short silver, and they’re getting squeezed out of their positions.” – Adam Sharp

Many Precious Metals Dealers’ Silver Inventories Have Been Wiped Out – Money Metals News Service

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

10 Things Preppers Are Sick of Hearing – “As a prepper, even though our numbers are growing, we have a pretty unique view of the world. Because of that view, there are things people outside our sphere say to us over and over when they learn of our survival mindset. And if you are one of those unprepared folks, let me put you on notice. There are some things preppers are sick of hearing.” – Daisy Luther

The Survival Garden You Already Own… But Keep Dumping in the Trash – “Most folks think preparedness starts with buying something—another bucket, another seed kit, another “just in case” purchase that promises peace of mind. Don’t get nervous, I fall into this a bit too. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: if the trucks stopped rolling tomorrow, most pantries would go quiet in a week—not because there isn’t food, but because there isn’t food supply…continuity. And the cruel irony is this: the very system that could keep food coming is being scraped into the trash every night after dinner. That onion root you chopped off. That garlic clove you tossed. That handful of seeds rinsed down the drain.” – Bill Heid

Hypothermia 2026 – “Winter is here, but down in sunny Florida, it’s easy to get complacent about cold-related medical issues. Today, however, the temperature went down to the high 30s, so even we friendly Floridians are not immune. Whether in good times or in survival settings, family medics everywhere should know how to recognize the effects of cold temperatures on the human body, and what to do if they come upon a victim of hypothermia. Hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when body temperature drops below 95° Fahrenheit (35° Celsius). It occurs as a result of prolonged exposure to cold and can be life-threatening.’ – Joe Alton MD

4 Winter Gardening Tasks That’ll Save You Hours in Spring Cleanup – Jenna Clark

67 Methods to Get Rid Of Weeds Naturally – “When you focus on natural weed control, the goal is not destruction, but to create conditions where weeds struggle to grow. As balance returns to your garden soil, many weeds lose their “advantage”. They simply cannot exist. The methods to get rid of weeds naturally you’ll find below are drawn from long-standing land practices that have proven effective over generations.” – Olivia Brooks

VERSE FOR THE DAY

1 Corinthians 3:10    According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

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THE BIG PICTURE

Fraud Fatigue – “Americans are reaching a breaking point. Fraud fatigue is now a very real thing. People are not only questioning the system, but are completely done with the system and considering not even paying taxes. Why should we? It only gets sent to Somali Pirates, and fraudsters and wasted by the people who are selected to represent us. Is this the turning point?” – AmericanPapaBear™ on X  – GREAT, SHORT, NUST WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sin Is A Social Disease – “When people do something wrong in private we call that sin. When people do something wrong in public we call that corruption and crime. Yet when people do something wrong in public it is still sin. If it’s wrong, it’s a sin. Whatever else we choose to call it, if it’s wrong, it’s still a sin. Whether we do what is wrong in private or in public, when we do what is wrong, we sin. There is no escaping that very simple reality.” – Peter Nayland Kust

Varoufakis and AI deep fake! – “I posted a link to a video purportedly by Yanis Varoufakis earlier today. I cautioned viewers that it might be fake, and a number of subscribers have confirmed it is.” – Alasdair Macleod  – I POSTED IT AS WELL, SO DISREGARD. THE DANGERS OF AI ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What Everyone Needs to Know About Antidepressants – “The common side effects of SSRIs, the nightmare of quitting them and the safe natural alternatives for treating depression.” – A Midwestern Doctor

The Business of Menopause – “Influencers, Synthetic (Not) Bio-Identical Hormones, GLP-1s, and Novel Drug Approvals…Ladies, YOU are the PRODUCT. An adolescent girl is seamlessly transitioned from her pediatrician to a gynecologist when her monthly cycle begins. This is a major step in a woman’s medical indoctrination process. A process by which women learn that the health and wellness of their body is something to be outsourced. We are placed on our backs, draped, and asked to spread our legs so that someone else can tell us if everything is ok down there. We are not handed mirrors so that we can see what is being done or learn about the anatomy of our bodies. We are not asked to participate in the process of palpating and prodding and probing and scraping. Gloved fingers are placed inside us and cold metal tools follow.” – Conspiracy Sarah

U.K. Approves Experimental Self-Amplifying mRNA (Replicon) Injection — Kostaive by Arcturus Therapeutics – “A catastrophic mistake approving a technology shown to induce severe blood abnormalities in 93% of recipients” – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH.

NEWS ( FOR MORE EXHAUSTIVE LINKS ON VENEZUELA, SEE TODAY’S SPECIAL EDITION )

Russia, China Demand That US Immediately Release Maduro From Custody – “”We firmly call on the U.S. leadership to reconsider this position and release the lawfully elected president of a sovereign country and his wife,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, and described that the crisis should be resolved through diplomatic means.” -Tyler Durden  – FOR LOTS OF INFORMATION ON THE ON GOING VENEZUELAN CRISIS,  SEE TODAY’S SPECIAL EDITION OF NEWS ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They Kidnapped Maduro Because The World Is Ruled By Unaccountable Tyrants – “After all those months of babbling about fentanyl and “narcoterrorism” and freedom and democracy, the Trump administration has come right out and admitted that its regime change interventionism in Venezuela has always been a good old-fashioned oil grab. ” – Caitlin Johnstone

President Trump’s End Game? South America – “What Is The End Game? With Trump’s commentary, as espoused across every mainstream media, that oil is the end game, I believe it is a deflection. Currently, there is a global oil glut. More oil means lower prices – means less profit for the Big Beautiful Oil Companies who may not want to spend Billions on Venezuela oil infrastructure. Takes time. So, what’s the real end-game? Trump is now bragging that taking out Maduro was so easy he wants to take out Cuba, Colombia and Mexico next. With Cuba being the easiest target simply by size. And Rubio more than willing to blow up his country of origin. There are three possibilities: Trump wants to colonize all of South America. An egocentric power grab. Given he can’t have Russia or China. Trump is working on behalf of the CIA drug Cartel which wants to expand their territory. Trump is confiscating gold which belongs to Venezuela and has been frozen in a UK Bank which is being raided as I speak.” – Helena Glass

The American Blitzkrieg on Venezuela: No one is safe – “The military incursion and kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro shows how normalized the outrageous has become” – Tarik Cyril Amar  – AS I STATED THE OTHER DAY, WHO IS NEXT. FROM THE LOOKS OF IT AND ACCORDING TO RUBIO, CUBA MIGHT BE NEXT!!!

Marco Rubio issues huge warning to Cuba after Maduro capture: ‘They’re in a lot of trouble’ – “Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not rule out that the Cuban communist government would become the Trump administration’s next target – Maria Villarroel

The War Powers Resolution Is a Constitutional Mistake We Refuse to Admit – “Last night’s arrest of Nicolás Maduro by US forces has already triggered a familiar reflex in Washington. Members of Congress, some acting in good faith and others opportunistically, have invoked the War Powers Resolution as though it were the relevant constitutional touchstone. It is not. Whatever one thinks of the Maduro operation, it does not fit the statute’s own triggers. But the renewed attention is nonetheless useful, because it forces a question that has been avoided for half a century. Is the War Powers Resolution actually a lawful and workable framework for allocating responsibility over the use of force.” – Amuse on X

The Warmth of Collectivism – “Translating the demoralized doublespeak of Zohran’s inauguration speech. Comrades: New York City has been conquered by the Zohrantifada woke jihad. After being sworn in on a Quran on New Years Day, Mayor Mamdani delivered a inauguration address full of radical Orwellian terms. New York, London, and Hong Kong – the three global hubs of capitalism – are now ruled by communists. Year zero has arrived at Ground Zero. Allow me to translate.” – Yuri Bezmenov  – GOOD ONE AS USUAL FROM YURI!!!!!!!!!

“Negative Nationalism” Is Being Weaponized Against Civilization-States – Andrew Korybko

Mamdani Begins the ‘New Era’ of New York City – For Better or Worse – “Mayor Mamdani hit the Big Apple like a wrecking ball on day one” – James Fite

Trump Uses First Veto Power In Second Term To Kill Bipartisan Bill To Provide Clean Water To Rural Southeastern Colorado – “Ballrooms and arches for the elite, toppling governments and stealing their resources, and the taxpayer pays for it; but no clean drinking water for the serfs.” – The WinePress

Is Nick Shirley’s Somali Exposé an Astroturfed Diversion For Special Interests? – Ben Bartee

Somalians, IQ, and the Fraud of Diversity – “Recently, our invaluable Somalian immigrants have been in the news. For whatever reason, an inordinate number of Somalians migrated to, or perhaps more accurately were placed in Minnesota. Africa is pretty hot. And yet they were attracted to, or steered to, a state with one of the coldest climates in the country. If it seems odd to you that Somalians have somehow cornered the market on day care in Minnesota, you might be a “racist.” Okay, here’s the indelicate part. It’s doubtful that many Somalians are good spellers. This is because, according to the available statistics, the average IQ in Somalia is 68. “Right-wing extremists” note that Somalia is one of the most dangerous and violent countries in the world. So how could our leaders not do all they could to import them here? What exactly could society expect someone with an IQ of 68 to do in the workforce? Beyond mundane physical labor? Well, I suppose not run a fake daycare center, or some other shell company. But would you want one as a surgeon or an airplane pilot? DEI insanity pushes for just that. IQ scores are “racist,” so they are ignored.” – Donald Jeffries

ECONOMIC NEWS ( SEVERAL GOOD VIDEOS ON SILVER TODAY )

The United States Gets Its—Just Deserts? – “My advice: trust no one—especially government cronies. If you wait one day too long and lose everything, especially what you have in the bank, chalk it up to bad judgement. Like the French, prior to Wehrmacht on the move, protected by the Maginot Line—over a weekend, found Germans in their yard. Here, on a not too distant Friday—the banks will close. Nobody but you will care when you are wiped-out, when your stock receipts or mortgaged-backed securities become credit entities that provide neither safety nor credit. That’s my answer. The only safe assets are gold and silver—only for now. ” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com

Has The Silver Boom Peaked Out? (VIDEO) with Andy Schectman – “After hitting an all-time high of $83/oz in the futures market a week ago, silver has fallen down to $72/oz as of the time of this writing. Did the silver price boom just peak? Could we see a vicious plunge in price from here, as we did during the previous price peaks in 1980 and 2011? Or, are things truly different this time? And are new record highs lying ahead in 2026?” – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

Bankruptcies Are Soaring, Especially Small Businesses and Households – “Bankruptcies are “all over the place”, not just specific sectors.” – Mish

RED ALERT: THE VAULT DOORS ARE SLAMMING SHUT –(VIDEO) with David Jensen – “January 1st, 2026 is the first day that changes everything for the global physical silver market: Export controls go into effect for the world’s most undervalued tangible asset, PHYSICAL silver. China is locking their vaults as what remains of physical Silver in the West is drained from both the LBMA and COMEX.” – SGT Report  – GOOD VIDEO!!!!

The ‘Rs’ Challenging the US Dollar: Rupee, Rouble, Renminbi, Real and Rand – “A new, more fragmented monetary order is emerging” – Praveen Jagwani

Banks Are Banned From Selling Silver: The $100 “window Just Started Closing (VIDEO) – “Silver has been quietly positioned as one of the most suppressed assets in the financial system — and that’s not by accident. While mainstream media keeps the focus on inflation headlines and stock market noise, something far bigger is happening beneath the surface. Industrial demand is exploding. Physical supply is tightening. And the paper market that’s been used to control silver’s price is showing visible cracks. This video breaks down why silver matters now, how it connects to global debt, currency debasement, and systemic control — and why history shows that silver tends to move last, but move violently when it finally does.” – ContrarianConspiracyChronicles  – INTERESTING VIDEO, ESPECIALLY THE ALLEGORY ON THE WIZARD OF OZ. DID YOU KNOW IN THE BOOK, DOROTHY WORE SILVER SLIPPERS NOT RUBY. LOOK IT UP!!!

“Locked-in” Homeowners Nevertheless Pay Off Below-4% Mortgages: their Share Drops to Lowest since Q4 2020 – “Slowly unwinding a phenomenon that wrecked the housing market.” – Wolf Richter

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Balancing Farm Life for Success – SaraSue

How to Make Frybread: A Survival Food Every Prepper Should Master – “This is not trendy food. It’s not comfort food in the modern sense. It’s survival food — simple, calorie-dense, forgiving, and built around ingredients preppers already store. If you know how to make frybread, you’re never more than a hot pan away from a filling meal.” – Ask A Prepper Staff

How to Make Maple Syrup from Scratch – Steve Nubie  – HAVE LINKED SIMILAR IN THE PAST, HERE’S STEVE’S TAKE ON IT!!!

How to Make (and Cook On) a Swedish Fire Log – Catherine Winter

Weekly Prepper News Roundup – What Canadians Should Be Watching Right Now – “As we move deeper into winter, the preparedness landscape continues to shift. This past week offered several developments—some close to home, others global—that reinforce why calm, methodical preparedness remains essential. Below is a focused roundup of events and trends that matter to Canadian preppers, with practical takeaways you can act on immediately.” – denob

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Proverbs 11:21  Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

IMAGE FOR THE DAY

LYRIC FOR THE WEEK

Caught up in the whirlwind, can’t catch my breath
Knee deep in hot water, broke out in cold sweat
Can’t catch a turtle, in this rat race
Feels like I’m losin’ time, at a breakneck pace

Afraid of my own shadow, in the face of grace
Heart full of darkness, spotlight on my face
There was love all around me, but I was looking for revenge
Thank God it never found me, would have been the end

(I was) Walkin’ the tight rope, steppin on my friends
Walkin’ the tight rope, (it) was a shame and a sin
Walkin’ the tight rope, between wrong and right
Walkin’ the tight rope, both day and night (Solo)

Lookin’ back in front of me, in the mirror’s grin
Through eyes of love I see, I’m really lookin at a friend
We’ve all had our problems, that’s the way life is
My heart goes out to others, who are there to make amends

We’ve been walkin’ the tightrope
Trying to make it right
Walkin’ the tight rope
Every day and every night
Walkin’ the tight rope
Bring it all around
Walkin’ the tight rope
From the lost to found
Walkin’ the tight rope
Streched around the world
Walkin’ the tight rope
Save the boys and girls
Walkin’ the tight rope
Let’s make it right
Walkin’ the tight rope
Do it, do it tonight
Walkin the tightrope

( Tightrope by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Doyle Bramhall )