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  • Cocaine: Local Cultivation, Global Consumption

    ZeroHedge - Dec 15th 2025 2:45am EST

    Cocaine: Local Cultivation, Global Consumption Although cocaine is consumed in every part of the world, its base, the coca plant, is mainly cultivated in three Latin American countries: Peru, Bolivia and Colombia. As Statista’s Anna Fleck details below, according to figures by UNODC, Colombia was responsible for almost two thirds of the total coca cultivation area in 2023 […]

  • When You’re In A Hole, Stop Digging

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 11:20pm EST

    When You’re In A Hole, Stop Digging Authored by J. Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics, President Trump was onto something when he replaced Joe Biden’s White House portrait with a mocking picture of an autopen. Given our recent history of failed leadership, why stop there? To truly capture the impact of this century’s presidents, let’s replace […]

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  • A New Republican Vision For Health Care

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 10:10pm EST

    A New Republican Vision For Health Care Authored by Monique Yohanan via RealClearHealth, The shutdown dispute offered a clear view into a problem that has shaped federal health policy for more than a decade. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) directs subsidies to insurance companies rather than to individual Americans. Democrats portrayed their position as a […]

  • DC Pipe Bomb Arrest Raises Questions About Christopher Wray’s FBI

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 9:00pm EST

    DC Pipe Bomb Arrest Raises Questions About Christopher Wray’s FBI Authored by Julie Kelly via RealClearInvestigations, It’s a tale of two investigations. In one version – based on past comments by former FBI Director Christopher Wray – the arrest last week of Brian Cole Jr. as the individual who allegedly placed pipe bombs near the […]

  • ICE Announces Arrest Of 400 Illegal Immigrants In Minnesota

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 7:50pm EST

    ICE Announces Arrest Of 400 Illegal Immigrants In Minnesota Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than 400 illegal immigrants have been arrested in Minnesota by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of Operation Metro Surge, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement on Dec. 12. Federal […]

  • Santa Vs The Grinch, Diets, & QE

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 6:25pm EST

    Santa Vs The Grinch, Diets, & QE By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Santa vs The Grinch, Diets, & qe The week ended with a bang. At Academy’s Holiday Party, the Marines pulled out all the stops to win the annual “service song” contest (they actually brought out instruments, with Dakota leading the charge on […]

  • Brown University Shooting: Benjamin Erickson Reportedly Identified As Person Of Interest

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 5:10pm EST

    Brown University Shooting: Benjamin Erickson Reportedly Identified As Person Of Interest Update (1715ET): Both The Washington Post and NBC News cite sources briefed on the investigation who name “Benjamin Erickson” from Wisconsin as a “person of interest” in the Brown University shooting late Saturday night. It is important to note the distinction between a person […]

  • We’re “At The Beginning Of The Credit Destruction Cycle”; Ed Dowd Warns

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 4:20pm EST

    We’re “At The Beginning Of The Credit Destruction Cycle”; Ed Dowd Warns Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Former Wall Street money manager and financial analyst Ed Dowd of PhinanceTechnologies.com warned in September we were at the “Beginning of Panic Rate Cut Cycle.”  Since that prediction, the Fed has cut interest rates three times.  Looks like Dowd called it […]

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  • We’re “At The Beginning Of The Credit Destruction Cycle”; Ed Dowd Warns

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 4:20pm EST

    We’re “At The Beginning Of The Credit Destruction Cycle”; Ed Dowd Warns Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Former Wall Street money manager and financial analyst Ed Dowd of PhinanceTechnologies.com warned in September we were at the “Beginning of Panic Rate Cut Cycle.”  Since that prediction, the Fed has cut interest rates three times.  Looks like Dowd called it […]

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  • Gunman Who Killed 3 Americans In Syria Was Member of Syrian Government Forces

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 3:10pm EST

    Gunman Who Killed 3 Americans In Syria Was Member of Syrian Government Forces Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com The gunman who killed two members of the Iowa National Guard and an American civilian interpreter in an attack in Palmyra, central Syria, on Saturday was a member of the Syrian government’s security forces, according to the […]

  • Liam Neeson, MAHA Ally? Narrates RFK Jr. Doc Slamming Lockdowns And COVID Jabs

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 2:00pm EST

    Liam Neeson, MAHA Ally? Narrates RFK Jr. Doc Slamming Lockdowns And COVID Jabs Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In an unexpected pivot that’s sending shockwaves through the pharma lobby, Liam Neeson has narrated a documentary titled Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical Corruption Exposed, an adaption of Dr. Judy Mikovits’ book and backed by […]

  • Slovak PM Fico Blast Brussels Warmongers, Wants No Part Of Western Europe If Russian & Ukrainian Lives Are “Worth Shit”

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 10:30am EST

    Slovak PM Fico Blast Brussels Warmongers, Wants No Part Of Western Europe If Russian & Ukrainian Lives Are “Worth Shit” Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said he will block any European Union solution that finances Ukraine’s military expenditures, accusing Western Europe of treating Russian and Ukrainian lives […]

  • Brown University Shooting Suspect In Custody; Gunman “Yelled Something” Before Attack On Econ Classroom

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 9:55am EST

    Brown University Shooting Suspect In Custody; Gunman “Yelled Something” Before Attack On Econ Classroom A person of interest connected to the Brown University shooting was taken into custody early Sunday morning at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island, according to law enforcement officials. Latest: Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez told reporters he was limited in […]

  • 83% Of Hungarians Fear Foreign Interference In 2026 Election; New Poll Finds

    ZeroHedge - Dec 14th 2025 8:10am EST

    83% Of Hungarians Fear Foreign Interference In 2026 Election; New Poll Finds Via Remix News, The vast majority, 83 percent, of respondents to a Mediana survey say next year’s parliamentary election in Hungary could face interference from foreign intelligence agencies. The poll, published by the daily newspaper Nepszava, also indicates that 53 percent of respondents […]

  • Birthing Pains For A Multipolar World

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 11:20pm EST

    Birthing Pains For A Multipolar World Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com, After World War 2, the U.S. emerged as the only major power with its industrial base intact. Europe, the USSR, and Japan were all devastated. The Soviet Union alone had 26 million deaths due to the war. The rest of Europe had approximately […]

  • 20 States Sue Trump Over $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 10:45pm EST

    20 States Sue Trump Over $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee California, Massachusetts, and 18 other states filed a lawsuit Friday against President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions. “President Trump’s illegal $100,000 H-1B visa fee creates unnecessary—and illegal—financial burdens on California public employers and other providers of vital services, exacerbating labor shortages in […]

  • Belarus Frees 123 Political Prisoners In Exchange For US Lifting More Sanctions

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 9:35pm EST

    Belarus Frees 123 Political Prisoners In Exchange For US Lifting More Sanctions Despite the frustrating lack of real progress in the stalled Ukraine peace deal talks, the United States continues to achieve smaller separate deals with Russia, and their appears to be a slow improvement of bilateral ties. On Saturday, Belarus, which forms a ‘Union […]

  • Cover-Up Or Frame-Up? How Democrat’s Epstein Releases Are A Classic Example Of False Light

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 7:50pm EST

    Cover-Up Or Frame-Up? How Democrat’s Epstein Releases Are A Classic Example Of False Light Authored by Jonathan Turley, Many years ago, as a law student, I had the honor of working with the great prosecutor William J. Kunkle Jr., who put away John Wayne Gacy. I was a young intern at the litigation firm of […]

  • Who Are The Bad Guys?

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 5:30pm EST

    Who Are The Bad Guys? Via Financial Preparedness, “Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”  ~ Benjamin Franklin I think virtually everyone would agree that there are “bad guys” in this world. Of course, there are varying degrees of “bad,” but we should concern ourselves with the […]

  • Minnesota Gets New Fraud Czar Amid Somali Welfare Scandal

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 3:45pm EST

    Minnesota Gets New Fraud Czar Amid Somali Welfare Scandal Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday named Tim O’Malley the state’s director of program integrity, tapping the judge and former superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to root out fraud in government. O’Malley, who also worked as an FBI agent and spearheaded reforms in the […]

  • US Commandos Raided Cargo Ship Travelling From China To Iran, Seized ‘Dual Use’ Tech

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 3:10pm EST

    US Commandos Raided Cargo Ship Travelling From China To Iran, Seized ‘Dual Use’ Tech Via The Cradle US special forces raided a cargo ship travelling from China to Iran in November that was allegedly transporting “dual-use military technology,” according to a report published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Friday. Citing unnamed US officials, the WSJ […]

  • Two US Soldiers & A Civilian Killed, Several More Wounded, In Central Syria Ambush

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 1:25pm EST

    Two US Soldiers & A Civilian Killed, Several More Wounded, In Central Syria Ambush Washington’s Syria intervention is the mess that keeps on giving. And now more tragedy has struck after years of a Pentagon quagmire and endless occupation in the northeast of the country. Two US Army soldiers and an American civilian who was […]

  • The Gulf Of America Is Back

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 10:30am EST

    The Gulf Of America Is Back Authored by Erik Milito via RealClearEnergy, After years of market swings, regulatory uncertainty, and deep staffing cuts, America’s energy workforce is overdue for a stabilizing signal. December 10th provides exactly that: the first federal Gulf of America lease sale in nearly two years, offering long-awaited certainty for the companies and […]

  • Seized Tanker Reveals Cuba’s Secret Oil Lifeline As Trump Turns To Gunboat Diplomacy

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 9:55am EST

    Seized Tanker Reveals Cuba’s Secret Oil Lifeline As Trump Turns To Gunboat Diplomacy Secretary of State Marco Rubio has realized that it is all about following the money. If the U.S. military posture in the Caribbean is one of “gunboat diplomacy” aimed at ushering in regime change in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, against the country’s autocratic […]

  • Ukraine War Comes To… The Caspian Sea

    ZeroHedge - Dec 13th 2025 8:45am EST

    Ukraine War Comes To… The Caspian Sea Ukraine has extended the war to a far flung body of water and unexpected place. Ukraine’s military has newly revealed that its special forces conducted successful operations against Russian oil, military, logistics assets in the Caspian Sea. The Caspian Sea is some 700 miles from the front lines in […]