President Donald Trump asked his supporters on Thursday if he should "try for a fourth term" amid the worst approval rating polls of his presidency.
Inflation ticked up to 2.8% November, moving further away from the Federal Reserve's target 2% mark, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports Thursday.
In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high.
The sonic weapon allegedly left soldiers bleeding from the nose and vomiting blood, as they struggled to stand read more
President Donald Trump's retreat from threats of force as an option for acquiring Greenland capped weeks of policy chaos, as top aides scrambled both to accommodate the president's demands and ease the panic they caused among U.S. allies, according to two sources with knowledge of the conversations. read more
@#10 ... All the saber rattling was meant to distracted from the Epstein files ...
Mark Epstein: New autopsy report will prove brother Jeffrey was murdered (January 9, 2026)
www.newsnationnow.com
... When billionaire and convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York on Aug. 10, 2019, and pronounced dead soon after, it set off a million conspiracy theories -- and according to Epstein's brother Mark, those theories may just be right.
While the official cause of death was listed as "suicide by hanging," there were many odd "coincidences" that were too blatant to ignore, including:
- - - Epstein had been placed in a special housing unit but had been removed from suicide watch days earlier despite a prior incident in his cell.
- - - On the night of his death, the required 30-minute checks were not performed, and the two guards assigned to monitor his unit fell asleep and falsified records.
- - - Two surveillance cameras near his cell were claimed to be malfunctioning that night.
While the DOJ and FBI have reaffirmed the suicide determination and found no credible evidence of foul play, Epstein's lawyers and family hired independent pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, who argued some physical findings could be more consistent with homicidal strangulation. ...
Trump Pulls Canadian Prime Minister's Invitation to Gaza Board of Peace'
www.newsweek.com
... President Donald Trump said that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's invitation for Canada to join the "Board of Peace" is withdrawn, in a post to Truth Social Thursday night.
The "Board of Peace," launched by Trump this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and intended to guide Gaza's transition out of war, has drawn mixed responses from allies.
Newsweek reached out to the White House via email for additional information.
Why It Matters
Clarity on the decision surrounding Canada potentially affects humanitarian operations and diplomatic alignment around the U.S.-driven process for Gaza's reconstruction, where membership terms"including a draft provision offering permanent seats for $1 billion"have fueled questions about governance.
What To Know
In a post to Truth Social, Trump said,
"Dear Prime Minister Carney: Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada's joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
Carney previously told reporters that he had agreed for Canada to join in principle, but details still needed to be resolved. ...
@#4 ... the i4 corridor welcomes the facility ...
So, you seem to be championing the abuse of those detained?
Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S.
www.aclu.org
Or, is the abuse the purpose?
CBS News -- Bias and Credibility
mediabiasfactcheck.com
... Overall, we rate CBS News as Right-Center Biased in this update due to emerging editorial decisions and leadership influence under Bari Weiss that suggest a shift away from its historically left-center orientation.
Due to emerging evidence that CBS News is censoring content unfavorable to the government, we are downgrading its rating to Mostly Factual with Medium credibility, despite its historically strong sourcing, professional reporting, and lack of significant failed fact checks. ...
@#2 ... Oracle, a.k.a the Ellison family ... ...
Which current owns Paramount, now wants to buy all of Warner Bros.
So, the demise of CNN?
Paramount extends deadline on hostile Warner Bros bid to February 20
www.reuters.com
Climax Blues Band - Running out of Time (1975)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
Ride across the country
I can hear the people call
Some folks, they got everything
And I got nothin' at all
I don't want revolution
I just want a little something
While I sit and do my thing
The revolution's coming
Lookin' for a silver lining
Searchin' for a sign
If we're gonna make it, make it quick
Because we're runnin' out of time
Can't do things I want to
'Cause that's what money's for
I do things I don't want
Gonna cost me even more
Tomorrow is tomorrow
And a million years away
But I serve up every morning
To the mem' of yesterday
Lookin' for a silver lining
Searchin' for a sign
If we're gonna make it, make it quick
Because we're runnin' out of time, yeah
Money's makin' money
It's just the way it always is
People are makin' people
Who've got no way to pay
...
@#1 ... The social video platform company signed agreements with major investors, including Oracle ...
Oracle, a.k.a the Ellison family ...
As Ellison buys out TikTok, U.S. moves toward one-Party media (September 2025)
mronline.org
... Larry Ellison, founder of the software firm Oracle, is the second-richest billionaire in both the U.S. and the world, and for a brief moment was No. 1 in the world (AP, 9/11/25). But for a long time, unlike many of his peers, he was unable to boast that he controlled a chunk of the news and opinion reaching the American public.
On Forbes US list, he is sandwiched between Elon Musk, No. 1, who bought the social media network Twitter and rebranded it as X, and Mark Zuckerberg, who runs Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram. Jeff Bezos, at No. 4, has the Washington Post. Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Nos. 5 and 6, operate the leading search engine as well as one of the most important news aggregators, Google News. Michael Bloomberg, at No. 13, the former New York City mayor, has Bloomberg and its various outlets.
Ellison seems to have joined the club, as TikTok, under U.S. government coercion (FAIR.org, 1/23/25), is selling 80% of its U.S. operations to an investor consortium that includes Oracle, along with investment firms Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz (Reuters, 9/16/25).
Ellison is a big Trumper, joining in the reactionary denial of the 2020 presidential elections (Washington Post, 5/20/22). Like some of the others in the deal, he is part of the inner circle of Trump's favorite corporate ideologues. This TikTok deal is not just about money. It's about control of the political narrative. ...
@#2 ... Is this what the people of Gaza want for their land? ...
Or, should we just say "OK" to Pres Trump and his billionaire friends exploiting the region for their profit?
A "Two-State" solution seems to be quite needed of late ...
Two-state solution
en.wikipedia.org