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Introducing The New ZeroHedge Store!

Introducing The New ZeroHedge Store! Since launching ZeroHedge in 2009, our mission has been to cut through the bullshit and provide you with an authentic, unfiltered platform for news and conversation from all over the world. Having earned your trust over the past 15 years, curating the world’s incessant newsflow – while battling the censorship […]

IRS Expands Its Armed Wing To Highest Level In Nearly A Decade

IRS Expands Its Armed Wing To Highest Level In Nearly A Decade The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) division, the armed enforcement wing of the IRS tasked with combating financial crimes, has expanded its workforce by nearly 11 percent, bringing staffing levels to their highest in nearly a decade and boosting the division’s conviction […]

“Next Few Weeks”: FDA On Verge Of Possible Toxic Red Dye Ban Across America’s Food Supply Chain 

“Next Few Weeks”: FDA On Verge Of Possible Toxic Red Dye Ban Across America’s Food Supply Chain  The Food and Drug Administration is considering a potential ban on a carcinogenic food dye derived from petroleum, commonly found in beverages, snacks, cereals, and candies, according to NBC News. On Thursday, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones […]

Paul Krugman Rides Into The Sunset

Paul Krugman Rides Into The Sunset Authored by William Andersen via The Mises Institute, After spending 25 years as a columnist for the New York Times, Paul Krugman is finally retiring from that position – 25 years too late, if one wishes to be honest. It is hard to measure the influence he had from that perch, but […]

The Miserable Cost Of An Open Border

The Miserable Cost Of An Open Border Authored by Seth Barron via RealClearPolitics, The Biden-Harris experiment in dissolving the U.S. border has wrought massive changes to American society, most of which will not be understood for years, if not decades. Since 2021, U.S. border officials have had at least 10 million “encounters” with migrants, many […]

Gaetz, Hegseth, Gabbard, Then RFK Jr: Megyn Kelly Warns ‘Deep State Is Coming For Them All’

Gaetz, Hegseth, Gabbard, Then RFK Jr: Megyn Kelly Warns ‘Deep State Is Coming For Them All’ As Pete Hegseth – president-elect Trump’s pick for SecDef – runs the gauntlet of the nomination process, amid a cornucopia of media amplified unsubstantiated accusations against him, Sirius XM host Megyn Kelly has warned that the political establishment, both Democrats […]

EPA Ends Shortcut Approvals For So-Called ‘Forever Chemicals’

EPA Ends Shortcut Approvals For So-Called ‘Forever Chemicals’ Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated regulations on Dec. 3 that will prevent PFAS, often referred to as forever chemicals, from being fast-tracked for approval through an exemption process. Equipment used to test for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl […]

China Is The World’s Manufacturing Superpower

China Is The World’s Manufacturing Superpower According to data published by the United Nations Statistics Division, China accounted for 31 percent of global manufacturing output in 2022. As Statista’s Felix Richter shows in the chart below, that puts the country almost 15 percentage points ahead of second-placed United States, which used to have the world’s largest […]

The Collapse of Global Fertility Rates: A Divided Vision for Humanity’s Future

by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the “average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were to live from birth until the end of their reproductive […]

Now What? A GOP Governing Agenda

Now What? A GOP Governing Agenda Authored by Guy Ciarrocchi via RealClearPennsylvania, Trump returns to the White House. The GOP has majorities in the Senate and House. Now what? It’s time to make America great again. To fix what “they” broke. To flip the narrative, so that government works for us – not the other […]

‘Not Our Fight!’: Trump Weighs In On Syria’s Unraveling 

‘Not Our Fight!’: Trump Weighs In On Syria’s Unraveling  President-elect Donald Trump has weighed in on the rapid-moving events in Syria, where jihadist groups backed by Turkey are entering the outside environs of the capital of Damascus. The embattled President Bashar al-Assad still appears to be in residence, but his future is far from certain. […]

Did The Secret Service Chief Perjure Himself After Screaming Match?

Did The Secret Service Chief Perjure Himself After Screaming Match? Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, After a screaming match between acting Secret Service Director Ron Rowe and Texas Rep. Pat Fallon erupted at a Thursday House hearing on the attempted assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump, new details are emerging about the circumstances that […]

Musk Says US Should ‘Stay Out’ of Other Countries’ Conflicts

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Saturday that the United States should “stay out” of other countries’ conflicts unless the consequences are all-encompassing.

“When That Turns… You Buy Them All” – Key Insights From Oil Strategist Bulls & Bears

“When That Turns… You Buy Them All” – Key Insights From Oil Strategist Bulls & Bears Where is oil headed? Most analysts flipped bearish following the Trump win with promises to “drill baby drill”. But how will tariffs factor in? Sanctions? War? Friday night concluded ZeroHedge’s first live-premium debate with energy analysts Josh Young of […]

Syrian Army Fortifying Positions Outside Damascus

BEIRUT (Sputnik) – Syrian troops have been digging in on the outskirts of Damascus, with fighting continuing in the western Homs and Hama provinces as well as in Daraa further south, the Syrian army’s main command said on Saturday.

Annulment of Romanian Presidential Election Results is De Facto Ban on Georgescu’s Victory

Romania’s Constitutional Court annulling the results of the first round of presidential election shows that the Romanian political elite was afraid of losing to Calin Georgescu, Moldavian political commentator Cornel Ciurea tells Sputnik.

Argentine Energy Companies Issue US Debt As Milei’s Favor Grows On Wall Street

Argentine Energy Companies Issue US Debt As Milei’s Favor Grows On Wall Street Confidence in Argentina, and its economy, looks to be picking up steam. So much so that Argentine energy companies are tapping U.S. debt markets, according to Bloomberg. Shale driller Vista Energy raised $600 million in its first foreign bond sale, while Pampa […]

Iran Accuses Ukraine of Supplying Drones to Terrorists in Syria

TEHRAN (Sputnik) – Iranian National Security and Foreign Policy Council spokesman Ebrahim Rezaei accused the Ukrainian government of supplying drones to terrorists in Syria, saying Kiev must be held responsible for its actions, ICANA news agency reported on Saturday.

Jihadists Reach Outskirts Of Damascus Amid Likely Transition Of Power Deal, Assad’s Fate Uncertain

Jihadists Reach Outskirts Of Damascus Amid Likely Transition Of Power Deal, Assad’s Fate Uncertain There are widespread reports that jihadist forces under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and which are backed by Turkey have entered key districts of Homs in central Syria, and other convoys have already reached the outskirts of Damascus. Very little fighting has actually […]

Is the NYPD Looking for the Wrong Guy?

The surveillance footage shows the killer of Brian Thompson wearing a distinct white backpack. When I saw this, it immediately reminded me of the tail of a White-tailed deer. When I was a boy, my dad told me that if you are watching or hunting White-tails bucks, it’s important NOT to focus too much on […]

Is the NYPD Looking for the Wrong Guy?

The surveillance footage shows the killer of Brian Thompson wearing a distinct white backpack. When I saw this, it immediately reminded me of the tail of a White-tailed deer. When I was a boy, my dad told me that if you are watching or hunting White-tails bucks, it’s important NOT to focus too much on […]

CEO Murder Update: Backpack Found In Central Park, Suspect May Have Immediately Left City By Bus

CEO Murder Update: Backpack Found In Central Park, Suspect May Have Immediately Left City By Bus An intensive search of New York City’s Central Park seems to have yielded an important break in the hunt for the assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson: Police think they’ve found a backpack that the killer ditched as he […]

More BS from Lipstadt

Deborah Lipstadt, who is firmly on the left and got in trouble by her past statements on Republicans during her confirmation hearing, is confident that the Trump 2.0 will be good for the Jews and she is probably right. “Lipstadt’s recent insistence that the incoming Trump administration will be well-equipped to handle antisemitism is a […]

Tucker’s interview with Lavrov is important given the Biden administration’s very dangerous recent escalations. The full interview is here  and on X, linked below. There is no transcript so I thought this summary from ZeroHedge would be worthwhile. Tucker Carlson first unveiled Wednesday that he had traveled to Moscow to interview Russian Foreign Minister Sergey […]

South Korea’s President Survives Impeachment Vote As Protests Erupt 

South Korea’s President Survives Impeachment Vote As Protests Erupt  Days after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared a brief state of emergency martial law (probably the shortest on record), an opposition party’s attempt to impeach him failed when most lawmakers from his conservative ruling party boycotted the vote.  The Democratic Party’s move to impeach Yoon was thwarted on Saturday by […]