1.4% growth, 3.1% core inflation, rising costs, hidden debt pressures, stagflation quietly returns

Stagflation fears are back in 2025, and the headlines barely capture what is actually happening. Growth is crawling at 1.4%, core inflation is stubbornly at 3.1%, and yet the Fed is signaling potential cuts that may or may not make a difference. On the surface, it looks manageable, but the truth is harder to face. … Read more

Citizen Watch Report is one of the rare independent newsrooms still standing online

Scroll through today’s headlines and you will notice a pattern. The same stories, the same spin, the same carefully packaged angles. That is no accident. Corporate ownership and political ties have made most outlets cautious about what they publish and very selective about what they leave out. That is where Citizen Watch Report comes in. … Read more

Retail traders pile into viral stock picks before Wall Street catches on

Retail traders are no longer waiting for Wall Street analysts to tell them what is hot. Every day, a growing number of investors are tracking viral stock chatter on social media to find explosive setups early. WallStreetSunTzu.com is tapping directly into that pipeline. The site scrapes Reddit, X, YouTube, Discord and other platforms to surface … Read more

This woman hates your freedom and should be behind bars

1/ In September 2021, Wen demanded that the unvaccinated should not be allowed to leave their homes. This statement lacks support from available data to this day. It appears that you can take China-born Leana Wen out of communism but you can’t take communism out of Leana Wen. pic.twitter.com/4sSewrJft8 — Dr. Simon (@goddek) December 29, … Read more

GOP Senator Slams Dems’ Hypocrisy: Clinton & Obama Deported 17 Million Illegals

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., issued a blunt response to Democrats clutching their pearls over President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to deport illegal immigrants. He pointed out that Democratic presidents have previously deported millions of illegal aliens.  In an interview on the latest episode of Fox News Sunday, Schmitt stated that former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama deported approximately … Read more

Ron Paul: End Congress’s Christmas Tradition

Institute for Peace and Prosperity, Released on 12/23/24 This week saw a new twist in what has become a D.C. Christmas tradition. I am not referring to the lighting of the White House Christmas tree but to passage of a “continuing resolution” (CR) funding the government and thus avoiding a Christmastime government shutdown. It took … Read more

The Financial Reset: Matthew Piepenburg on Gold’s Place in the New Economy

By Matthew Piepenburg Matthew Piepenburg joins Miles Franklin principal, Andy Schechtman, in a spirited yet substantive conversation on gold’s place, role and direction in a rapidly changing political and geopolitical landscape. Schectman and Piepenburg share a deep understanding of the current forces (from a BRICS rise, inflationary forces, skyrocketing BTC speculation and slow shifts in the … Read more

Tavi Costa: Time To Buy Emerging Markets?

So much capital has been concentrated in US equities that very few investors believe the pendulum will ever swing back toward the rest of the world. But history shows that market leadership evolves over time, and betting against that pattern would be unwise in my view. pic.twitter.com/PPZzCnmksz — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) December 6, 2024

The official confiscation of civilian firearms in Canada has begun

NEW: Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says they are prohibiting firearms in Canada "effective immediately" and donating them to Ukraine. Maybe Trump should annex Canada. "Today, the government is adding a further 324 unique makes and models of assault-style… pic.twitter.com/42zAF1Dtyh — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 6, 2024

Elon Musk Says DOGE Will Audit The IRS

Elon Musk, new co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency declared this week that the new outfit will seek to audit the IRS. It started with Musk asking X users what they think should happen to the IRS budget, given that it just asked for an increase of $20 billion. Due to an error in … Read more

Biden Kicks Off Fiscal 2025 With Yet Another Big Budget Deficit

by Mike Maharrey After running the third-largest budget deficit in history in fiscal 2024, the Biden administration kicked off fiscal 2025 in a similar manner. The federal government ran a $257.45 billion budget shortfall to start the new fiscal year, with revenue down and spending up, according to the latest statement from the Department of Treasury. That was … Read more

Massive red wave success! It is beyond a landslide…

Arizona just declared for @realDonaldTrump , making it a clean sweep of all swing states! Massive red wave success! It is beyond a landslide, as Republicans won: – Presidency – Popular vote – Senate majority – House majority – State governor majority – State legislature majority The few states that didn’t go red are mostly … Read more

Chinese Gold Jewelry Demand Rebounds in Q3

Despite the impact of high gold prices, seasonal factors have buoyed a quarter-on-quarter resurgence in gold jewelry demand within the Chinese market from July to September, the World Gold Council said on Wednesday. The council anticipates a possible rebound in gold jewelry demand throughout the fourth quarter. Data from the WGC revealed a 19 percent … Read more