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December 19, 2023

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UKRAINE LAUNCHES DRONE STRIKES AT MOSCOW, RUSSIA TAKES MORE UKRAINE TERRITORY BEFORE ALASKA PEACE SUMMIT

Ukrainian drone strikes killed three across Russia and targeted Moscow on Sunday night that largely included industrial targets and a......

HONG KONG TESTS STABLECOINS AS BEIJING WATCHES

Cryptocurrencies are banned in mainland China, but Hong Kong has passed a law that will allow any business with a license to issue stablecoins backed by a fiat currency of its choice.

MICROSOFT PLAYING KEY ROLE IN HELPING ISRAEL CARRY OUT ETHNIC CLEANSING IN GAZA: REPORT

The Israeli military has been using Microsoft software to help determine targets to hit in airstrikes across Gaza, which was called by WSWS an “unprecedented integration” of the company “with the war crimes” committed by the IDF.

OPENAI PLANS A SHARE SALE THAT VALUES THE COMPANY AT $500 BILLION

OpenAI has begun discussions about a sale of billions of dollars worth of stock to present and previous employees that would value the company at $500 billion, a two-thirds increase to the $300 billion value set in its funding round last March.

CAR SALES IN CHINA INCREASED MORE SLOWLY IN JULY

Beijing’s efforts to rein in the bloody price war that has battered the country’s automakers in recent months showed some effect last month.

LONDON ARRESTS 522 FOR SUPPORTING A PRO-PALESTINE GROUP

Police in London arrested 522 people on Saturday for demonstrating against the British government’s decision to label Palestine Action, a protest group banned under the U.K.’s Terrorism Act 2000 after members damaged planes inside a British military base for the country’s role in supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR

On 7 August, new U.S. tariffs took effect on goods arriving in the U.S. from more than 90 countries. U.S. businesses and consumers now pay an average tariff rate of about 18 percent, economists have calculated, the highest rate in 90 years and eightfold more than the 2.3 percent when Donald Trump took office.

THE TRUMP CRUSADE TO CRUSH ANY CRITICISM OF ISRAEL ON CAMPUSES

U.S. President Donald Trump has delivered on his campaign promise to smash free speech on college campuses to defend the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza and is now shifting his attention to public and private universities.

AS FORECAST: CHINA HAVING TROUBLE RESPONDING TO CRYPTO INNOVATION

The Chinese regime’s penchant to control and surveil all mechanisms, in order to exert and maintain its political will, is facing greater challenges from crypto technology, now supercharged by the U.S. embrace of it.

SMOTRICH SAYS HE ‘LOST FAITH’ IN NETANYAHU

Bezalel Smotrich, the powerful finance minister in Israel, said in a video posted on social media on Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “made a U-turn” after their discussions on how to crush Hamas and said he “lost faith” in his motivation to achieve success.

CORPORATE STOCK BUYBACKS FUEL STOCK MARKET RALLY

To 11 August, U.S. companies have announced $983.6 billion in stock buybacks, the most in this part of a year since at least 1982, according to research firm Birinyi Associates.

TRUMP OFFERS $50M BOUNTY FOR MADURO, AS HE CONTINUES PUSH FOR REGIME CHANGE IN VENEZUELA

After failing to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during his last term in office, the Trump administration announced last week that it doubled its reward for the arrest or conviction of the strongman in Caracas to $50 million, claiming that he is a major drug trafficker.

KENNEDY DEFUNDS RADICAL mRNA TECHNOLOGY

HHS (Health and Human Services) Director Robert F Kennedy Jr. this past week cut off 500 million in public funding earmarked for mRNA medical treatments and technology.

SYNTHETIC DEVOLUTION: NPR TRIES TO REHABILITATE HE JIANKUI AND GENE-EDITING BABIES

Yes, the science world (though unfortunately not enough of the general populace) professed to be shocked and horrified in 2018, when a Chinese scientist declared he had successfully gene edited twin babies.

EGYPT INKS DEAL FOR ISRAELI GAS EVEN AS TEL AVIV CARRIES OUT GENOCIDE IN GAZA

Despite Egypt calling Israel’s war in Gaza a genocide, the country last week inked a record-breaking deal with an Israeli energy company called NewMed to provide Cairo with more gas than ever, which the company called a “win-win.”

NEW ‘DIRTY DOZEN’ LIST WARNS ABOUT RISING PESTICIDE RESIDUE IN COMMON PRODUCE

The Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) 2025 Dirty Dozen list includes two new entries—blackberries and potatoes—both flagged for high pesticide levels and exposure to banned or hormone-disrupting chemicals

ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW

Again, and again, and again, as we say, “You can’t make this shit up.” Month-after-month, week-after-week, day-after-day, President Trump says he will do one thing then backtracks and/or does another of his this or that.

POST-REALITY SYSTEM—HISTORICAL MARKET AND ECONOMIC TRENDS ARE NO LONGER WORKING

This is THE TRUTH. Historical models on the economy and the markets are failing… but not because the fundamentals have changed, but because they’ve been hijacked.

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CORPORATE STOCK BUYBACKS FUEL STOCK MARKET RALLY

To 11 August, U.S. companies have announced $983.6 billion in stock buybacks, the most in this part of a year since at least 1982, according to research firm Birinyi Associates.

SYNTHETIC DEVOLUTION: NPR TRIES TO REHABILITATE HE JIANKUI AND GENE-EDITING BABIES

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SECURITY CABINET APPROVES NETANYAHU’S PLAN TO OCCUPY GAZA CITY, AS IDF ESCALATES KILLING SPREE

The Israeli security cabinet last week approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for the IDF to occupy Gaza City, a sign that the government is fully committed to carrying out the Trump-Kushner plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians to make room for lavish hotels in the oceanside enclave.

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UKRAINE LAUNCHES DRONE STRIKES AT MOSCOW, RUSSIA TAKES MORE UKRAINE TERRITORY BEFORE ALASKA PEACE SUMMIT

Ukrainian drone strikes killed three across Russia and targeted Moscow on Sunday night that largely included industrial targets and a......

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Global Economy

SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER

Blackstone, the world’s richest private equity firm, is negotiating with several potential private lenders to secure about $3 billion in loans to buy Enverus Inc., a data and software service for the energy industry, people familiar told Bloomberg.

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HONG KONG TESTS STABLECOINS AS BEIJING WATCHES

Cryptocurrencies are banned in mainland China, but Hong Kong has passed a law that will allow any business with a license to issue stablecoins backed by a fiat currency of its choice.

SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR

The Israel War

Palestinian People Walking Through The Rubble And Massive Destruction Of Their Homes And Businesses By IDF Airstrikes

GAZA DEATH TOLL

Israel has killed at least 61,430 Palestinians and wounded 153,213 in its genocide campaign inside Gaza. More than 11,000 are missing.

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TRUMP GIVES ISRAEL GREEN LIGHT TO KEEP UP MASSACRES IN GAZA, SAYS ‘REMEMBER OCTOBER 7’

U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview on Monday that he had a “good” telephone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and appeared to—once again—offer his support for the IDF to ramp up its killing sprees inside Gaza.

SECURITY CABINET APPROVES NETANYAHU’S PLAN TO OCCUPY GAZA CITY, AS IDF ESCALATES KILLING SPREE

Trends in AI

AI: A MATH GENIUS AND SCIENCE DECEIVER

Last May, 30 of the Western world’s leading mathematicians gathered in Berkeley, Cal. Their purpose: to give a math test to OpenAI’s o4-mini AI.

CHINA PROPOSES GLOBAL ORGANIZATION TO GUIDE AI

At its World Artificial Intelligence Conference in late July, China said it wanted to help create a worldwide organization to guide AI’s development, regulate it, and foster global cooperation in the AI revolution, officials said.

OPENAI OPENS NEW MODELS TO DEVELOPERS

OpenAI has released its first two “open-weight” AIs, breaking with the subscription model it has relied on since its inception.

Global Economy

The Israel War

Trends in AI

Hi-Tech Science

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