Poland has more to lose from this than Hungary does, but it’s happy to let Hungary feel the heat for impeding Ukraine’s plans, unless Orban is ousted next spring and Poland is then compelled to replace its role...

APAC stocks were mostly subdued with the region failing to sustain the positive global risk momentum that had been spurred by US-China trade optimism and US government reopening hopes, while there were few fresh catalysts overnight to fuel the recent rally.

World War III is already underway, but most people don’t recognize it because they’re conditioned to expect war to look like traditional physical violence with bombs, guns, and battlefield confrontations...

"Trump needs to ditch the foreign policy crap and focus all his attention on the domestic economy, which is still not working for the majority of people."

 

 

Current spending on all welfare programs, as a percentage of GDP, is 12 times higher than it was in 1962...

...more of a 'shuffle' than a 'wobble'... the Santa rally is still on for this year.

Called the speech "the most aggressive yet" on defense-acquisition reform, warning that large...

Iraq has halted all cash & crude payments to Russia's Lukoil...

“We've seen a significant increase - about 38 percent - in completion of our job training programs compared to last year..."

The BBC apologized for an ‘error of judgement’ after the British broadcaster was accused of selectively editing the president’s speech on Jan. 6, 2021.

"Ex-USAID employees describe how, before January 20, they moved internal groups off government systems and into encrypted Signal chats...then quickly linked with foreign partners and NGOs after the inauguration"

“We are affected by temporary delays related to a third-party data center developer who is behind schedule”

So they debanked Trump, but not Epstein? 

After a crushing Prop 50 loss, California Republicans sue to block new congressional maps they call unconstitutional, as Newsom celebrates a win that could fuel his 2028 ambitions...

"... may be the most extreme weather event we've seen in 100s of years."

 

Trump’s first-year economy is surging, but the race ahead hinges on perception, messaging, and whether voters see the boom before the 2026 midterms...

“The biggest issue we are now having is not a compute glut, but it’s power...”

“You will never be perfect, but you can always be better.”

We see a growing risk that the imbalances that built up in the 1990s will become more visible as the AI investment boom extends...