EPA Finalizes Rules to Decimate US Trucking Industry and Send Consumer Goods Prices Soaring

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule Tuesday that will impose stricter nitrogen dioxide emissions standards on new heavy-duty trucks, a move that will substantially hike operating costs for truckers, experts and industry representatives told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The EPA’s rule, which is more than 80% stricter than the previous regulation, will … Read more

TRAVEL HELL CONTINUES… TENS OF THOUSANDS STRANDED… NOW LUGGAGE IS LOST!

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via apnews: Families hoping to catch a Southwest Airlines flight after days of cancellations, missing luggage and missed family connections suffered through another wave of scrubbed flights, with another 2,500 pulled from arrival and departure boards Wednesday. Exhausted travelers sought passage by other means using different airlines, rental cars, or trains — or they’ve simply … Read more

AOC Goes All In With Child Drag Queens

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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared a flyer on Instagram on Tuesday, calling on fellow comrades to “protect” a drag queen event for children in Queens. The flyer, which AOC reposted from an Instagram account called “therollinglibrary”, reads “Defend Drag Story Hour in NYC! Help protect queer spaces and expression under threat from the far right.” The post reads, … Read more

FBI Refuses to Name Other Social Media Companies It’s Paying to Push Fake News and Regime Propaganda… Elon Musk Goes Nuclear: ‘*Every* Social Media Company Is Engaged in Heavy Censorship’ at the ‘Explicit Direction of the Government’ . . . Google ‘Makes Links Disappear’

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  via bigleaguepolitics: According to Cindy Harper of Reclaim the Net, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has not named the social networks it has paid. This development comes on the heels of news confirming that the bureau paid Twitter at least $3.5 million. FBI representatives talked to Fox News and revealed that the sizable Twitter payment … Read more

US Home Price Growth “Slows” To 9.24% YoY As Fed Tightens Noose (But Fed’s Balance Sheet Remains Elevated)

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by confoundedinterest17 The US housing market continued to sag in October as the impact of higher mortgage rates and concerns over the economy rattled buyers and sellers. Prices fell 0.5% from September, the fourth consecutive monthly decline for a seasonally adjusted measure of home prices in 20 large cities, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index. The … Read more

BOOM: SCOTUS Keeps Title 42, border is closed. 5-4 vote

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The court's brief shadow-docket order, along with a two-page dissent written by Gorsuch, is here: https://t.co/btzyUwibkp Full coverage on the court's decision coming soon from @AHoweBlogger on https://t.co/Tzv3IY7gwN. Background on the case is here: https://t.co/5e0GGB9D8v — SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) December 27, 2022

World Economic Forum cancels Twitter, directs followers to Chinese social media apps

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Prior to its upcoming conference in Davos next month, the World Economic Forum (WEF) appears to have joined the cancel campaign against Twitter, taking to recommending Chinese state-controlled social media apps to “follow along” with Davos Man into the future. To stay up to speed with all that is happening within the invite-only doors of … Read more

West Point Begins Removing Confederate Monuments

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by Chris Black It’s actually surprising these were even still up. That was one thing Donald Trump actually did. He did love America and he was all about the statues. The Guardian: The elite US military academy at West Point is removing Confederate monuments from its Hudson Valley campus in New York state, in accordance … Read more

Chipmakers Struggle With Inventory Buildup On Pandemic Demand Correction

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chipmakers-struggle-inventory-buildup-pandemic-123442063.html Pandemic recovery, rising interest rates, a falling stock market, and recession fears have weakened consumer appetite for electronics. However, the industry expected chip sales to double by 2030, surpassing $1 trillion globally. Micron eyed a facility in upstate New York that could cost up to $100 billion, partly funded by U.S. government incentives.

Office of Financial Research Alert! OFR finds Hedge Fund Activities Can Influence the U.S. Treasury Yield Curve.

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by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.financialresearch.gov/the-ofr-blog/2022/12/27/hedge-fund-activities-can-influence-the-us-treasury-yield-curve/ The March 2020 stress on the U.S. Treasury market raised questions about the role of hedge funds in the financial system and whether their activities can increase systemic risk. Using a sample of regulatory hedge fund data that spanned eight years, Ram Yamarthy and Ron Alquist found that hedge funds play a … Read more

OLIGARCHS OWN THE U.N.

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by Chris Black In this revealing and insightful interview of ICIC, former UN Executive Director Călin Georgescu describes the process of infiltration and global takeover of the United Nations by oligarchs, particularly Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum (WEF). He outlines the power structures of the UN, its covert manipulation, exploitation and enslavement of … Read more