USA - Congressional appropriators dropped the $1.7 trillion, 4,155-page omnibus spending bill at 1:30 am ET Tuesday, giving lawmakers days to read it before the government shuts down Friday. The bill would fund the government through September 2023 and would boost defense spending by $76 billion, totaling $858 billion. Domestic spending is $773 billion.
EUROPE - Following an eight-month blockade, the EU lifts obstacles to supplying African countries with vital Russian fertilizers. According to UN data, the global grain harvest has already slumped by 2.4 percent this year due to the lack of fertilizers. It is expected to drop significantly more next year – up to 20 percent. The main reason is that due to EU sanctions, Russian fertilizers could no longer be delivered to African countries. Russia is one of the world's main fertilizer producers. The EU has continuously denied this publicly, but has now implicitly admitted its responsibility. The existing sanctions have already impeded fertilizer shipments to Africa, it was remarked prior to Thursday's decision to alter the sanctions regime.
USA - An estimated 50 million Americans are under windchill alerts as a "once-in-a-generation-event" could impact Christmas travel. Millions of Americans are set to be affected by severe winter weather this weekend as strong storms threaten to trash Christmas holiday plans. A burst of arctic air that is settling over several states this week is forecast to drop temperatures to potentially deadly levels.
USA - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Northern California early Tuesday, knocking out power for thousands, causing widespread damage and leaving at least two people injured, officials said. The quake hit at a depth of 10 miles just after 5:30 am Eastern Time near Eureka in Humboldt County, the US Geological Survey said. It struck around 7.4 miles west-southwest of Ferndale, the agency said.
ISRAEL - The world is at a transition point analogous to being on the verge of a cliff, after which a series of crises striking simultaneously will reorder the planet’s geopolitics, the place of technology, the economic order and a variety of other disciplines from health to energy, according to Israel’s first government national intelligence estimate. According to the report, the world is on the verge of a cliff and is likely to be struck by a variety of crises affecting all aspects of life.
SWITZERLAND - The World Economic Forum (WEF) will host its annual meeting in Davos next month, and for the second year in a row, The Dossier is the first publication to publish a list of speakers attending the invite-only, ruling class gathering in Switzerland. The World Economic Forum is a fanatical political organization masquerading as a neutral entity, with specific policy goals that involve centralizing power into the hands of hand-picked global elites as the only means to save the earth from a claimed climate emergency.
USA - As The Gateway pundit reported for over a year now – FDA finally admits Pfizer Covid vaccine causes blood clots. This statement was confirmed by an unredacted Pfizer agreement from a FOIA request with the Slovenian government. During a COVID-19 EU hearing last October, Pfizer’s President of International Developed Markets, Janine Small,admitted that the vaccine had never been tested on its ability to prevent transmission, contrary to what was previously advertised.
ISRAEL - The New York Times published an editorial on Saturday warning that Benjamin Netanyahu’s presumed incoming hard-right, ultra-religious government represents a danger to Israel’s democracy. The piece, titled “The Ideal of Democracy in a Jewish State Is in Jeopardy,” argued that while Netanyahu won the election fairly, the far-reaching power he is offering his far-right and ultra-Orthodox partners creates a real threat to democratic values. The incoming government positions “could make it militarily and politically impossible for a two-state solution to ever emerge.” The piece warned of Netanyahu’s partners, notably far-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir.
USA - Global coal consumption will reach an all-time record by the end of 2022 as shortages of natural gas have driven up energy prices, forcing countries to burn more coal, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The international community is set to use over 8 billion tons of coal in 2022, representing a 1.2% increase in coal consumption compared to 2021, as countries began using coal as a cheaper alternative to natural gas after prices spiked following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the IEA’s annual coal report which was released Friday.
USA - The radical left long ago declared war on Christmas, traditional values, and Christianity in general. Now an infamous contestant from RuPaul’s Drag Race is doubling down on the war while shoving a disgusting, anti-Christmas play down America’s throat. Miz Cracker, a biological male whose real name is Maxwell Eiias Heller, is staging a one- “woman” show called Who’s Holiday! The play mocks a prominent character from the classic Christmas tale The Grinch and the story’s moral lesson.
UK - After two years in which the pandemic was the force shaping the immediate future, the main driver now is the war in Ukraine. In the coming months the world will have to grapple with unpredictability around the conflict’s impact on geopolitics and security; the struggle to control inflation; chaos in energy markets; and China’s uncertain post-pandemic path. To complicate matters further, all these things are tightly coupled, like an interlocking series of gear wheels.
USA - America’s new digital dollar is almost here as the Federal Reserve gears up to unleash its “FedNow” program at some point between now and next July. Brannon Howse spoke with Rebecca Walser about the shift, which is right now being piloted in anticipation of a soon full release. Here is how the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System describes the FedNow Service:
USA - Urgently negotiating an end to hostilities in Ukraine would prevent another world war, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger argued in an essay published on Friday. The 99-year-old statesman noted that, in 1916, the US government had the chance to end the First World War through diplomacy, but missed it for reasons of domestic politics. Kissinger laid out his reasoning in the December 17 issue of The Spectator, describing the current conflict as a “war in which two nuclear powers contest a conventionally armed country,” a clear reference to Ukraine being a proxy war between the US and Russia.
USA - According to a recent study, TikTok suggests possible harmful content around topics such as self-harm and eating disorders to new users within minutes of joining the platform. The app is overwhelmingly popular with teens. CBS News reports that a report released on Wednesday by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) revealed that TikTok’s algorithms are recommending self-harm and eating disorder content to new users shortly after they join the platform. The study involved researchers creating TikTok accounts and posing as 13-year-old users interested in body image and mental health content.
USA - On Wednesday, Biden announced they would provide Patriot Missiles to Ukraine. They forgot to mention that they require US troops to manage them. The Gateway Pundit reported that the Biden Administration will be sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine. This was clearly Biden upping the presence of the US in Ukraine’s war with Russia. Russia warned that this is an escalation by the Biden Administration and it will result in unpredictable consequences.
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