In politics, like in everything, money talks, and bullshit walks.
Category: 23 December 2025
MADURO RESPONDS TO TRUMP’S EFFORT TO STEAL VENEZUELA’S OIL, GAS: ‘NOT GOING TO HAPPEN’
Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, said last week that he will not allow President Donald Trump to be successful in his quest to “impose a puppet government” in Caracas to hand over the country’s natural resources to the U.S., despite the recent military buildup in the Caribbean and tough talk from the administration.
ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the nation's inflation pace eased, but as we report in this issue of The Trends Journal, “Did Inflation’s Pace Ease In November?” The hard facts are showing that U.S. inflation is still high and the reality on The Street is that the higher inflation rises the deeper the U.S. dollar falls and falling it is.
THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE… TWO CRISES, ONE FEEDBACK LOOP. EXPECT WAR.
Currently the US is facing two distinct crises, both of which are feeding on the other via a single feedback loop… but that is actually the least of our problems.
‘ARE THESE NUMBERS REAL?’ ECONOMISTS WONDER
Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported November’s inflation rate at 2.7 percent and core inflation, which filters out energy and food prices, at 2.6 percent, both reversing a rise in September.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: LATER STAGE, BIGGER DEALS FOR BIO PHARMA IN 2026
The Bio Pharma industry will likely be spending more in 2026 on Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As).
BRITISH MILITARY CHIEF TO FAMILIES ACROSS UK: PREPARE TO LOSE ‘SONS AND DAUGHTERS’ IN WAR WITH RUSSIA
The anti-Russia hysteria seems to be hitting its peak in the UK, with the country’s top military officer now stating that the public needs to prepare itself to start losing its “sons and daughters” in a major war with Russia as efforts to bring the Ukraine War to an end continue to hit snags over security guarantees and land.
TRUMP KEEPS UP KILLING SPREE IN AS U.S. STRIKES 2 BOATS IN THE PACIFIC
The U.S. announced last week that it carried out airstrikes on two more suspected drug boats in the Pacific Ocean that killed at least five people, bringing the death toll to 104 in these controversial strikes.
‘PEACE’ PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS RECORD-SETTING DEFENSE BILL
President Donald Trump last week signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that authorizes $901 billion in military spending—which benefited from support from both political parties, because the uniparty in Washington is the War Party.
TRUMP’S PRO-ISRAEL MEGADONOR MIRIAM ADELSON PUSHES FOR THIRD TERM, WILL PICK UP THE CHECK
Miriam Adelson, the widowed wife of pro-Israel billionaire Sheldon Adelson and top pro-Israel hawk, urged President Donald Trump to run for a third term during a Hanukkah party at the White House last week, agreeing to pay another $250 million to help fund the campaign.









