December 2025

Ex-NY Aide Did China’s Bidding To ‘Get Rich’, Prosecutor Says In Closing Arguments Authored by Nicholas Zifcak & Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Linda Sun, former aide to New York governors, did Beijing’s bidding to enrich herself and her family, prosecutors said in closing arguments on Dec. 10 after a month-long trial.

Can Anyone Believe Anything? Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “The fire consuming you is the fire that tempers.” – EKO on “X” ‘Tis the season to be flummoxed. Now you see what it’s like when all authority is suspect and nobody can believe anything. The question, of course, is how much of that is engineered

Trump Signs Order Cracking Down On ‘Politically Motivated Agendas’ Of Proxy Advisors President Donald Trump on Dec. 11 signed an order directing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to review rules on proxy advisors, saying they wield influence that “prioritize radical political agendas over investor returns.” Trump’s order directs the SEC to conduct a review

Russia Retaliates: Turkish-Owned Cargo Ship Attacked At Ukrainian Port Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has warned against the ongoing escalation of the war on maritime shipping in the Black Sea, after on Friday serious damage was sustained by a Turkish-owned vessel during a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk, in Odesa oblast. The ministry

OCC Says 9 Big Banks Took Part In ‘Inappropriate’ Debanking Practices Via American Greatness, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released a report saying that the nine largest lenders in the U.S. made “inappropriate distinctions” that it used to restrict services among certain customers. Following the signing of an executive order by President

Wall Street Eyes Lithium As Battery Storage Demand Poised To Spark New Upcycle Commodity desks at Goldman Sachs, UBS, Citigroup, and Bernstein all see lithium demand poised to surge after the electric vehicle boom-and-bust cycle. This time, however, the growth engine is not EV batteries. Instead, analysts point to energy transition systems, such as the