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Shellenberger: The Left Is Getting People Killed At This Point
ZeroHedge - Jan 20th 2026 3:20pm ESTShellenberger: The Left Is Getting People Killed At This Point Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger has accused the radical left of getting people killed through ongoing delusions and interference with federal immigration enforcement, pointing to the fatal shooting of Renee Good as a prime example. Appearing on FOX News Channel’s […]
Zelensky Skips Davos As Kiev Plunged Into Worst Power & Water Crisis Of War
ZeroHedge - Jan 20th 2026 1:40pm ESTZelensky Skips Davos As Kiev Plunged Into Worst Power & Water Crisis Of War Ukraine’s energy crisis continues, not only with nationwide rolling blackouts, but with fresh overnight Russian strikes on the capital having plunged nearly 6,000 of the city’s buildings into darkness amid subzero temperatures. President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced Tuesday he is skipping the […]
Markets May Be Wrong About The Risks Of Venezuela & Greenland
ZeroHedge - Jan 20th 2026 12:40pm ESTMarkets May Be Wrong About The Risks Of Venezuela & Greenland Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Most of the recent reports about the potential opportunity in Greenland and Venezuela focus on the large capital expenditure required, technical challenges, and legal security risks. However, markets may exaggerate the risks and underestimate the potential. It is interesting to […]
US NatGas Spikes Most Since Ukraine Invasion On Arctic Blast, Major Winter Storm Threat
ZeroHedge - Jan 20th 2026 11:40am ESTUS NatGas Spikes Most Since Ukraine Invasion On Arctic Blast, Major Winter Storm Threat US natural gas futures surged for a second straight session as an Arctic cold blast and mounting winter storm threats forced traders to reassess energy demand, with heating demand across much of the eastern US now forecast to surge sharply. As […]
“The US Is Basically Not A Good Credit”: Danish Pension Fund To Sell US Treasuries
ZeroHedge - Jan 20th 2026 9:40am EST“The US Is Basically Not A Good Credit”: Danish Pension Fund To Sell US Treasuries Over the weekend, Deutsche Bank’s head of FX George Saravelos laid out one theoretical reason why in his view, Europe has leverage over the US in the latest burst of transatlatnic tensions over Greenland: or rather $8 trillion reasons why […]
Germany’s Censorship Frontier And The Rise Of Digital Control
ZeroHedge - Jan 20th 2026 6:30am ESTGermany’s Censorship Frontier And The Rise Of Digital Control Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Schleswig‑Holstein’s Minister‑President Daniel Günther has, in what felt like a genteel salon, pulled back the curtain on the true censorship ambitions of politics. In the safe biotope of public broadcasting, he simply babbled and hit the spotlight on the repressive tendencies within […]
China’s 200,000-Satellite Filing Sparks Fears Of An Orbital Power Grab
ZeroHedge - Jan 20th 2026 2:45am ESTChina’s 200,000-Satellite Filing Sparks Fears Of An Orbital Power Grab China has filed requests to reserve orbital slots for almost 200,000 satellites, prompting concerns it may be positioning itself to control large swathes of near-Earth space, according to the Daily Mail. The applications, submitted on December 29 by the newly formed Institute of Radio Spectrum […]
Architecture Of Plunder: Why The Modern Democratic Party Is A Kleptocracy
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 11:30pm ESTArchitecture Of Plunder: Why The Modern Democratic Party Is A Kleptocracy Authored by Saggezza Eterna, In the lexicon of polite political discourse, we are told that “kleptocracy” is a phenomenon reserved for the decaying regimes of the third world—banana republics where dictators in gold-braided epaulets stuff suitcases with cash while their people starve. This is a […]
Architecture Of Plunder: Why The Modern Democratic Party Is A Kleptocracy
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 11:30pm ESTArchitecture Of Plunder: Why The Modern Democratic Party Is A Kleptocracy Authored by Saggezza Eterna, In the lexicon of polite political discourse, we are told that “kleptocracy” is a phenomenon reserved for the decaying regimes of the third world—banana republics where dictators in gold-braided epaulets stuff suitcases with cash while their people starve. This is a […]
Eric Swalwell’s Bid For California Governor Hits Snag Over Residency Claims
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 10:00pm ESTEric Swalwell’s Bid For California Governor Hits Snag Over Residency Claims Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has a major hurdle to overcome in his bid to succeed California Governor Gavin Newsom – he has been accused of not living in the Golden State. California’s constitution requires gubernatorial candidates to have resided in the state for the previous five years, however […]
Musk’s Boring Company To Build Free 1-Mile Tunnel In “Tunnel Vision Challenge!”
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 9:00pm ESTMusk’s Boring Company To Build Free 1-Mile Tunnel In “Tunnel Vision Challenge!” In a new contest, Elon Musk’s tunneling firm, The Boring Company, will build a 1-mile tunnel for free to the best idea submitted to the company. The Boring Company’s Prufrock 5 tunneler (via X) “Announcing the Tunnel Vision Challenge!” the company wrote on X. “Pitch […]
Why California Is Bleeding Tech Jobs: Decline Is A Policy Choice
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 8:30pm ESTWhy California Is Bleeding Tech Jobs: Decline Is A Policy Choice Authored by Vance Ginn via the American Institute for Economic Research, For much of the past half-century, California benefited from a powerful first-mover advantage. Dense networks of talent, capital, and research institutions allowed the state to absorb policy mistakes that would have crippled competitors. […]
“Decades Of Underinvestment”: LA Firefighters Turn To Voters Amid Budget Crisis
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 6:25pm EST“Decades Of Underinvestment”: LA Firefighters Turn To Voters Amid Budget Crisis Los Angeles firefighters say years of underfunding have pushed their department into crisis, forcing them to appeal directly to voters for money to cover what they describe as basic public safety needs—even as the city spends about $1 billion a year on homelessness programs, […]
Kansas School Bans Students From Naming Kirk, Trump Or Jesus As Role Models
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 4:45pm ESTKansas School Bans Students From Naming Kirk, Trump Or Jesus As Role Models Yet another example of why American parents are increasingly pulling their kids out of public institutions and turning to home schooling. Parents at an elementary school in Kansas are upset after students were reportedly told that they were not allowed to list President […]
Nigerian King Must Pay $72k Restitution For Defrauding NC Medicaid During Pandemic
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 1:00pm ESTNigerian King Must Pay $72k Restitution For Defrauding NC Medicaid During Pandemic Authored by Stephen Horn via The Triangle Trumpet, Ekelekamchukwu Alphonsus Ngwadom, 61, received a suspended sentence requiring three years probation and $72,014.66 in restitution after pleading guilty to twenty-seven felonies in regards to hundreds of Medicaid claims for children’s therapy he fraudulently filed […]
Mr. Trump Goes To Davos…
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 12:10pm ESTMr. Trump Goes To Davos… Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Monsters Of The Deep “Timing, not haste, drives what will happen next.” – Thomas Sowell Minneapolis, the sucking chest wound on America’s body politic, gets a break this week from Gawda’mighty, who is turning the heat down to subzero so that ICE-Watch nose-rings can hole-up […]
NatGas Futs Erupt As Arctic Air Invasion Penetrates Deep Into US South
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 10:55am ESTNatGas Futs Erupt As Arctic Air Invasion Penetrates Deep Into US South US natural gas futures erupted Monday morning as some of the coldest Arctic air of the Northern Hemisphere winter season poured into the eastern half of the Lower 48. Snow threats across the region are increasing through the end of the month. Average […]
Futures, Global Markets Sink, Gold Soars On Trump Tariff Threat
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 9:11am ESTFutures, Global Markets Sink, Gold Soars On Trump Tariff Threat Stocks sold off and gold hit a new record as trade tensions between the US and Europe erupted over Trump’s push to take control of Greenland (which we learn today is due to Norway’s snub of Trump for the Nobel peace prize). While US cash […]
Kurds Withdraw From Syria’s Largest Oil Field As Jolani Forces Move In
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 7:20am ESTKurds Withdraw From Syria’s Largest Oil Field As Jolani Forces Move In via Middle East Eye Kurdish-led forces pulled out on Sunday from Syria’s largest oil field as government troops expanded their control across large parts of the country’s north and east. Government troops drove Kurdish forces from two Aleppo neighborhoods following clashes last week, […]
Kurds Withdraw From Syria’s Largest Oil Field As Jolani Forces Move In
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 7:20am ESTKurds Withdraw From Syria’s Largest Oil Field As Jolani Forces Move In via Middle East Eye Kurdish-led forces pulled out on Sunday from Syria’s largest oil field as government troops expanded their control across large parts of the country’s north and east. Government troops drove Kurdish forces from two Aleppo neighborhoods following clashes last week, […]
Pornographic ‘Groomer’ Books On Prominent Display In Kids’ Reading Room At London Museum
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 6:20am ESTPornographic ‘Groomer’ Books On Prominent Display In Kids’ Reading Room At London Museum Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Books featuring graphic nudity and pushing contested LGBTQ+ ideologies are currently brazenly displayed in a children’s reading room at London’s Young V&A museum, sparking outrage from parents who see it as a direct threat to childhood […]
Trump’s Planned Mediation Between Egypt & Ethiopia Might Worsen Regional Tensions
ZeroHedge - Jan 19th 2026 4:00am ESTTrump’s Planned Mediation Between Egypt & Ethiopia Might Worsen Regional Tensions Authored by Andrew Korybko, Trump declared in a letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that he shared on social media that “I am ready to restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to responsibly resolve the question of ‘The Nile Water Sharing’ once and for […]
China Tech Boom Leaves Economic Malaise Behind
ZeroHedge - Jan 18th 2026 11:55pm ESTChina Tech Boom Leaves Economic Malaise Behind By Jeanny Yu, Bloomberg Markets Live strategist and reporter Nearly a year after DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough rattled global markets, China is entering 2026 with a fresh wave of technological advances that are powering a stock rally, even as its economy remains fragile. Thanks to fresh progress in sectors from commercial […]
China Tech Boom Leaves Economic Malaise Behind
ZeroHedge - Jan 18th 2026 11:55pm ESTChina Tech Boom Leaves Economic Malaise Behind By Jeanny Yu, Bloomberg Markets Live strategist and reporter Nearly a year after DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough rattled global markets, China is entering 2026 with a fresh wave of technological advances that are powering a stock rally, even as its economy remains fragile. Thanks to fresh progress in sectors from commercial […]
China Tech Boom Leaves Economic Malaise Behind
ZeroHedge - Jan 18th 2026 11:55pm ESTChina Tech Boom Leaves Economic Malaise Behind By Jeanny Yu, Bloomberg Markets Live strategist and reporter Nearly a year after DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough rattled global markets, China is entering 2026 with a fresh wave of technological advances that are powering a stock rally, even as its economy remains fragile. Thanks to fresh progress in sectors from commercial […]