Average car payments hit record high of $772/month, 20.3% hit $1k+/month

Car payments aren’t just high, they’re punishing. People are shelling out $1,000 a month for cars that are barely off the lot or beat to hell. More buyers are paying $1K+ on monthly payments than ever before, says Edmunds According to new data highlighting significant trends in new-car financing from the car-buying authorities at Edmunds, … Read more

For the first time in history, the S&P 500 has gone 3 consecutive years without a Santa Rally

JUST IN 🚨: For the first time in history, the S&P 500 has gone 3 consecutive years without a Santa Rally 🚨 🎅📉💩 pic.twitter.com/ogRbRGZqW3 — Barchart (@Barchart) January 5, 2026 That is not a seasonal quirk, that is exhaustion showing up. The 2025 Santa Rally failure is being interpreted as a warning of a rough … Read more

Kat Timpf explodes on war hypocrisy, U.S. captures leaders, bombs countries, claims control, yet cocaine users trigger a so called war

“Let me get this straight: We go to a country, we capture their leader, we bomb it, & then we say we run this country now — and that’s not war. But when they send cocaine over here, that people are willingly snorting — that is war. That doesn’t make any sense.” “Let me get … Read more

They think president Trump is bluffing

WATCH: Colombia's President Gustavo Petro just recklessky TAUNTED President Trump: 'Come get me, coward! I'm waiting for you here.' pic.twitter.com/Pa81tQ8ejW — Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) January 5, 2026 Colombian President Gustavo Petro issued a stark three-word warning to President Donald Trump amid ramped-up attacks against alleged drug trafficking in Latin America: “Come get me!” “Come get … Read more

Why Did Trump Really Take Venezuela? It Wasn’t Just Oil!

by Martin Armstrong https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Trump-on-Venezuela.mp4 COMMENT: You said these podcasts that Venezuela had the oil but the big question is China. Would like to expand on that now? Socrates showed the dollar taking off in October 2024 and the fourth quarter was a turning point. But it now shows volatility rising from February on. It looks like … Read more

While Trump distracted everyone kidnapping Maduro, England and France quietly bombed the shit out of Syria

Not a peep on MSM: The UK and France have carried out a joint airstrike on an underground ISIS (Daesh) facility in central Syria, according to a statement from the British government on Saturday, Azernews reports citing Anadolu. British Defense Secretary John Healey described the strike as part of ongoing efforts to prevent Daesh from … Read more

China talks big on Taiwan but does nothing

I don’t want to hear anyone hype China as a superpower anymore. If it really were, by now it would be in Taiwan, kidnapping its president and announcing: We run Taiwan now! Instead? A lot of noise, zero action. Weak as hell. 😏 pic.twitter.com/j6ODy8XQto — Deeqa 🇸🇴 (@Deee_luul) January 3, 2026 Peaceful to the point … Read more

No wonder people are waiting to have kids when survival costs more than most make

You need a six-figure-plus salary just to survive like a normal family, and the kicker is the system treats that as ordinary. No wonder the birth rate is tanking when raising kids is basically a luxury tax. Income needed for a family of 4: 1. Massachusetts: $313,747 2. Hawaii: $294,3623. Connecticut: $290,368 4. California: $287,456 … Read more

The REAL Story Behind Minnesotas Somali Welfare Scandal!

The widely publicized Somali daycare fraud scandal in Minnesota is being deliberately amplified now to stoke outrage while obscuring larger geopolitical moves involving Israel, Somaliland, and the Middle East. As Jimmy points out, the fraud storyis linked to claims that Israeli intelligence, U.S. officials, and Gulf states are coordinating around recognizing Somaliland, building military facilities … Read more

Housing Prices! Chicago Leads All Major Markets With 5.8% Annual Gain (Followed By New York At 5.0% And Cleveland At 4.1%, Tampa Recorded 4.2% Decline)

by confoundedinterest17 This is the opposite of the housing bubble from The Big Short where home prices in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Florida rose then crashed. Instead, the fastest growing cities are in the northeast and midwest. The Case-Shiller 20-City Home Price Index rose 1.3% year over year in October 2025, easing from a 1.4% … Read more

Kalshi puts Jan. 31 government shutdown odds at just 29%, sharply lower than last month

Are lawmakers finally backing away from another shutdown fight? GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN RISK FALLS TO 29% As of early January 2026, Kalshi markets put the chance of a U.S. government shutdown on Jan. 31 at just 29%, down from 40–48% last month. Why the risk is falling: • Unified Republican control reduces the likelihood of gridlock• … Read more

Factcheck: Released Epstein emails show him offering insight on Trump to Russian officials, fueling questions but providing no evidence of blackmail

I will continue posting about this until more people are aware: Epstein emails show that he helped Russia blackmail Donald Trump, meaning that Trump is compromised by Russia. The emails: pic.twitter.com/iOxqFIlO0u — Joni Askola (@joni_askola) January 2, 2026 Factcheck: The released 2018 Epstein emails, authenticated via House Oversight Committee documents, show him offering “insight” into … Read more

California delays revocation of 17,000 migrant truck driver licenses despite federal warnings

Why is California delaying license revocations the feds already flagged as illegal? The California Department of Motor Vehicles said this week that it is delaying the cancellation of thousands of migrant truck driver licenses. The announcement means approximately 17,000 migrant truck drivers won’t have their commercial licenses revoked on Jan. 5. Instead, they can remain … Read more

“Impending Disaster”: Scientists Warn That Cancer Deaths Are Surging Worldwide

Cancer is becoming a global crisis shaped less by biology than by inequality, risk exposure, and access to care. Global cancer diagnoses and deaths rose sharply between 1990 and 2023, even as treatments improved and prevention efforts expanded. Without swift action and focused investment, projections indicate that 30.5 million people will be newly diagnosed with … Read more

Is Regime Change Here? Protesters Call For The Death Of Ayatollah Khamenei As Violence Erupts All Over Iran

by Michael Is this the end for the tyrannical regime of Ayatollah Khamenei and his minions? During the fifth day of protests in Iran, violence erupted in multiple major cities, and protesters were shouting for Khamenei to be killed. But I wouldn’t get too excited yet. Demanding regime change is easy. Bringing it about is … Read more