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Trump steps up to shield Americans from Bidens disastrous energy policy

He will be requiring AI companies to find their own way to power their data centers.

The Luddite left is left seething and malding.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/trump-microsoft-data-centers-electricity
Trump says Microsoft will pay more for its datacenters’ electricity
Microsoft’s president said firm won’t accept tax breaks in towns for its datacenters as backlash against facilities grow

Donald Trump said he is partnering with tech companies to ensure the large energy-hungry datacenters vital for AI do not drive up electricity bills in the US. On Tuesday, the US president announced that Microsoft was “first up”.

“We are the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World, and Number One in AI. Data Centers are key to that boom, and keeping Americans FREE and SECURE but, the big Technology Companies who build them must ‘pay their own way.’” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Thank you, and congratulations to Microsoft.”

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, outlined the company’s plan at an event on Tuesday near the White House titled Community-First AI Infrastructure. He said the initiative aimed to minimize water use and ensure that Microsoft’s electricity usage does not add to individuals’ utility rates. In towns where Microsoft has datacenters, he said, the company would pay its property taxes and accept neither tax reductions nor electricity rate discounts.


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A closely watched market valuation gauge long favored by billionaire investor Warren Buffett is flashing its strongest warning yet as 2026 begins.

The indicator, commonly known as the Buffett Indicator, compares the total market value of publicly traded U.S. stocks to the nation’s gross domestic product.

It is designed to show whether the stock market is growing in line with economic output or racing ahead of it.

When the ratio moves far above its historical norm, it suggests investors are paying increasingly high prices for each dollar of economic activity, raising the risk of sharp corrections or recessions.

According to the latest data, the Buffett Indicator has surged to roughly 224%, the highest level on record. This means the total value of U.S. equities is now more than twice the size of the U.S. economy, an extreme divergence that has historically preceded periods of significant market stress.

What makes the current signal especially concerning is that the rise has occurred despite slowing growth signals in parts of the real economy. When market capitalization accelerates faster than GDP for prolonged periods, it implies expectations embedded in stock prices may be overly optimistic.

Historically, the adjustment back toward economic reality has tended to come through falling asset prices rather than rapid economic expansion.

The warning is emerging as many economists caution that the risk of an economic downturn is rising. Some analysts, including Henrik Zeberg, have pointed to increasing vulnerability to a prolonged market correction, citing slowing indicators such as labor market trends and weakening momentum across parts of the economy.

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration has tried to shut down federal welfare spending in Democratic states over fraud cases in Minneapolis, proclaiming it the government’s duty “to protect taxpayer dollars and ensure these programs serve the families they were created to help.”

But the same administration let Republican-led Mississippi off the hook last year for one of the biggest welfare fraud scandals of all time.

Shortly before President Joe Biden left office, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families levied a $100 million penalty against Mississippi for allowing fraudsters to embezzle funds from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The penalty reflected the estimated size of the fraud.

But the Trump administration reversed the decision in April after the Mississippi Department of Human Services said it uncovered records that could validate some of its allegedly improper spending, rescinding the penalty, and telling the state it would “issue a new penalty letter at the appropriate time.” Eight months later, no new letter has been sent.

In a statement on Monday, a spokesperson for HHS told HuffPost the ACF is “evaluating options to follow up with Mississippi.”

The deliberative back-and-forth between Mississippi and the federal government stands in stark contrast to the preemptive funding cutoff the Trump administration announced last week for several Democratic-led states. It calls into question whether the administration’s professed desire to stamp out fraud has more to do with politics than good governance.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/minnesota-welfare-fraud-trump-hhs-blue-states_n_69655c91e4b0365ff4dfc607?origin=top-ad-recirc

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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/greenland-mayor-says-fake-news-36539340
The mayor of Greenland’s capital city has admitted that she is now dreading the day that American warships appear on the horizon. Avaaraq Olsen said it is clear the fear felt among the 20,000 strong community of Nuuk is growing by the day.

The civic leader has issued a personal message to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is seeking to coordinate a NATO response to the growing crisis over Greenland by sending troops for a major security force to persuade Donald Trump that his US intervention is not necessary.

The mayor said: “Denmark or others make plans and announcements about Greenland - but they talk about us without us. So if Keir Starmer wants to plan anything like that, or even talk about it, he should definitely include the inhabitants of Greenland.”

Speaking in her office in Nuuk’s Civic Hall, Olsen points to the fjord that is visible from the window and says: “Yesterday I needed to take a walk, on the path we have on our coast line.

“There’s always this calming feeling when you listen to the ocean. I was standing myself and it was getting dark, and then a boat came and it was dark and it had no lights on.

“And suddenly I was wondering, will they (the US) come without the light? And even though I’ve been the one who’s telling everyone to keep calm I also understand that people are afraid.

“I really understand why people are looking towards the sky and the ocean for what might come.”


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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/trump-credit-card-limit-banks-jpmorgan-citi.html

Banks and financial services stocks slid Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump called for a 10%, one-year cap on credit card interest rates.

Capital One shares dropped 7% in early trading and Synchrony Financial tumbled 8%. Credit cards account for a large share of both banks’ business models. Other banks that are more diversified saw smaller losses. Citigroup lost almost 4%, JPMorgan Chase shed 2% and Bank of America fell 1%. Visa and Mastercard, credit card processors that don’t put any of their capital at risk, were down 2% each.

Other financial services names were caught in the downdraft. American Express
slumped 5%, while Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley declined about 1%.

The proposed cap would come into force on Jan. 20, according to a post on Truth Social on Friday, though Trump didn’t provide details on how it would work.

“Effective January 20, 2026, I, as President of the United States, am calling for a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%,” Trump wrote, echoing a pledge he made in the 2024 presidential campaign.

“Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies,” he added.

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King Mango Mussolini is launching criminal investigations against the chair of the Federal Reserve trying to get him to bend to Trump's will, crashing the stock market in the process

https://thehill.com/business/5683977-stocks-fall-federal-reserve-investigation/

Stock futures fall after Powell confirms criminal probe into Fed

Stocks fell in overnight trading Sunday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell confirmed the Trump administration had opened a criminal investigation into the central bank.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 200 points shortly after 8:30 p.m. EST, falling 0.4 percent. S&P 500 futures were down 0.5 percent and Nasdaq futures were down 0.7 percent.


The slide came after Powell announced in a stunning statement that he and the Fed were under investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ), which had issued subpoenas to bank officials Friday night and had threatened a criminal indictment.

The slide came after Powell announced in a stunning statement that he and the Fed were under investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ), which had issued subpoenas to bank officials Friday night and had threatened a criminal indictment.

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/americas/cuba-push-back-trump-oil-deal-intl-hnk

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kv2gn62vo

Donald Trump has urged Cuba to "make a deal" or face consequences, warning that the flow of Venezuelan oil and money would now stop.

The US president has been turning his attention to Cuba since US forces seized Venezuela's leader Nicolás Maduro in a 3 January raid on its capital, Caracas.

Venezuela, a long-standing ally of Cuba, is believed to send around 35,000 barrels of oil a day to the island.

Cuba's foreign minister responded by saying his nation retained the right to import fuel "without interference", while its president said: "No one dictates what we do."

The Trump administration's tactic of confiscating sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers has already begun to worsen a fuel and electricity crisis in Cuba.

On Friday, it seized a fifth oil tanker it said was carrying sanctioned oil from Venezuela.

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How do you top war crimes of murdering shipwrecked fishermen? More war crimes by disguising your military plane as a civilian craft.

https://apnews.com/article/drug-boats-trump-military-law-venezuela-beb8ebd91d8c2d8950c9438ad379d5b2

WASHINGTON (AP) — The plane used by the U.S. military to strike a boat accused of smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, a move that appears to be at odds with the Pentagon’s manual on the laws of war.

The plane, part of a secret U.S. fleet used in surveillance operations, also was carrying munitions in the fuselage, rather than beneath the aircraft, raising questions about the extent to which the operation was disguised in ways that run contrary to military protocol.

Details of the plane’s appearance, first reported Monday by The New York Times, were confirmed by two people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.

Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson said in a statement that “the U.S. military utilizes a wide array of standard and nonstandard aircraft depending on mission requirements.”

The new details come after the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on Venezuela — which began with it massing military resources in Latin America and attacking a series of alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing at least 115 people — culminated this month in a stunning raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. He and his wife were spirited to the United States to face federal drug trafficking charges.

Alarmed by the actions, the U.S. Senate is preparing to vote this week on a war powers resolution that would prohibit further military action in Venezuela without authorization from lawmakers.

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> Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAgLTrkwDEk

> https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5685118-fine-introduces-greenland-bill/

Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) has introduced a bill to make Greenland the 51st state in the U.S., following President Trump’s recent push to acquire the Danish territory.

The “Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act” was introduced by the Florida Republican on Monday, his office said in a press release. The bill’s goals, according to its text, include enabling “the annexation and subsequent admission to statehood of Greenland.”

“Greenland is not a distant outpost we can afford to ignore—it is a vital national security asset,” Fine said in the press release. “Whoever controls Greenland controls key Arctic shipping lanes and the security architecture protecting the United States.”

“America cannot leave that future in the hands of regimes that despise our values and seek to undermine our security,” he added.

The bill states that President Trump “is authorized to take such steps as may be necessary, including by seeking to enter into negotiations with the Kingdom of Denmark, to annex or otherwise acquire Greenland as a territory of the United States.”

After the U.S. owns Greenland, under the bill, Trump then has to send a report to Congress featuring possible federal law changes “as the President may determine necessary to admit the newly acquired territory as a State.”

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https://www.cpr.org/2026/01/11/usfws-reviewing-national-wildlife-refuges-fish-hatcheries/

The Trump administration is reviewing hundreds of national wildlife refuges and dozens of fish hatcheries.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it's looking for sites "established for a purpose that no longer aligns with the mission" of the bureau, according to a Dec. 16 order from Director Brian Nesvik, who used to lead Wyoming's state wildlife agency.

He said the review should also consider "opportunities to achieve efficiencies in the areas of governance, oversight, and span of control," along with ways to remove organizational barriers and staff capacity to work with local communities, and state and tribal wildlife management agencies.

Senior Advisor Joshua Coursey, a Wyoming mule deer advocate, will lead the review of wildlife refuges, while Acting Deputy Director for Operations David Miko will lead the one for fish hatcheries.

Some conservationists and former Fish and Wildlife Service employees worry the effort is being rushed, as the team leads were given three weeks over the Christmas and New Year holidays to conduct their initial review.

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https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/four-migrants-die-us-ice-custody-over-first-10-days-2026-2026-01-12/

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/trump-orders-us-army-to-prepare-contingency-plans-to-invade-greenland-report/ar-AA1TYLLy?ocid=BingNewsSerp

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https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jerome-powell-speech-doj-investigation-11347278

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski called for a congressional probe into the Justice Department’s investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying the inquiry over project cost overruns amounts to political coercion and threatens the Fed’s independence.

Murkowski said after speaking with Powell that the Trump administration’s actions could undermine market stability and the broader economy if the central bank’s independence is compromised. She warned that Congress must act to prevent what she described as an attempt to pressure the Fed.

The Alaska senator backed a move by Sen. Thom Tillis to block any of President Donald Trump's Federal Reserve nominees until the dispute is resolved, arguing that the stakes are too high to ignore. Murkowski said the Justice Department should face scrutiny if it continues pursuing Powell over routine cost overruns.

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The U.S. government issued a new security alert Saturday urging Americans in Venezuela to leave the country immediately, citing security concerns and the U.S. government’s inability to provide emergency assistance, according to the U.S. Embassy Caracas.

"U.S. citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately," the embassy said in a Jan. 10 security alert.

The warning cited reports of armed groups operating on Venezuelan roads.

The U.S. government issued a new security alert Saturday urging Americans in Venezuela to leave the country immediately, citing security concerns and the U.S. government’s inability to provide emergency assistance, according to the U.S. Embassy Caracas.

"U.S. citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately," the embassy said in a Jan. 10 security alert.

The warning cited reports of armed groups operating on Venezuelan roads.

The alert comes as international travel options have reopened.

"As international flights have resumed, U.S. citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately," the embassy said.

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> Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5NqO2v_xnY

> https://abc7.com/post/haul-drives-crowd-during-anti-iranian-regime-rally-westwood-lapd-says/18388519/

WESTWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Chaos erupted after a driver allegedly plowed a U-Haul into a crowd during an anti-Iranian regime rally near the federal building in Westwood on Sunday afternoon.

As AIR7 arrived at the scene shortly before 3:30 p.m., a large group of people was seen surrounding the U-Haul. Some protesters were seen smashing windows, with tensions quickly escalating.

Eventually, law enforcement at the scene pulled a man from the U-Haul and appeared to take him into custody. As police walked the man away, some protesters were seen trying to punch him and hit him with flag poles.

Eyewitness News later learned that the man allegedly drove the U-Haul into the crowd during the planned protest. Video from the ground shows the moment he drove through, angering the crowd.

The video shows the side of the U-Haul says, "NO SHAH. NO REGIME. USA: DON'T REPEAT 1953. NO MULLAH." It appeared the protesters ripped several signs off of the U-Haul.

Los Angeles police were at the scene, working to control the crowd.

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