Japan GDP report misses expectations.

Japan’s economy grew 0.1%, both on a quarter-on-quarter and a year-on-year basis. This brought the economy back to growth, but missed expectations. The expansion also helped Japan avoid a technical recession. Japan’s economy grew 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared with the previous three months, narrowly avoiding a …

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Federal Government workforce falls to 1966 levels, the reduction of ~317,000 federal employees in 2025 yields estimated annual savings of $58 billion.

Over 330,000 Federal employees have been fired, resigned, or retired last year and were not replaced. The Federal workforce is now at its lowest level since 1966. pic.twitter.com/cRu6x8XAS4 — Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) February 15, 2026 Based on OPM data and analyses, the reduction of ~317,000 federal employees in 2025 …

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BOMBSHELL: Bondi Releases All Epstein Files, Full List; Reports from Files Will “Shock the World”

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) went off on the Department of Justice on Saturday, alleging they’re still protecting powerful individuals, after the Department claimed that all the Epstein files have been released and that the Epstein Files Transparency Act has been fully complied with. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Pam Bondi …

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Why Chinese New Year is so important for luxury brands

Lunar New Year is one of China’s biggest shopping holidays, and global luxury brands are using the 15-day celebration to try to reignite slowing demand. China accounted for more than one-third of global luxury spending in 2019, but that share dropped to 23% in 2025. As consumers welcome the Year …

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Early Signs of Economic Stress (And A Warning From History)

by Peter Reagan One of the advantages of watching the economy for decades isn’t clairvoyance. It’s pattern recognition. If you’ve ever cooked pancakes long enough, you know when one is about to burn – not because you can see the future, but because you’ve seen the signs before. The bubbles …

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United Nations use a picture of a blonde girl to highlight child marriages…UN gets factchecked!

Every 3 seconds, a girl is married somewhere in the world. Child marriage is a human rights violation that denies girls the chance to reach their full potential. This #ValentinesDay, join @UNFPA in speaking out against this form of gender-based violence: https://t.co/UyRhZUcH6G pic.twitter.com/tm0PkNDDYU — United Nations (@UN) February 14, 2026 …

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Trump and RFK Jr. push SNAP crackdown on junk food, states move to ban sugary items for EBT shoppers

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump and RFK Jr. are SURGING MAHA into SNAP — within DAYS, stores across multiple states are banned from selling junk and sugary food to EBT shoppers or they may be kicked off SNAP Even more states are joining later this year pic.twitter.com/Um8tvYPGFA — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) …

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A partial Government shutdown being implemented

During the previous Democrat shutdown, TSA agents were forced to: – Sleep in their cars at airports– Sell their blood and plasma– Take on second jobs TSA agents are once again working without pay because Democrats want to protect illegal alien criminals. pic.twitter.com/x8PtME8SAk — Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) February 15, 2026 …

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Trump and Netanyahu agreed to intensify pressure on Iran, including targeting Iranian oil sales to China.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🛢President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed during their meeting at the White House on Wednesday that the U.S. will increase the economic pressure on Iran, mostly when it comes to oil sales to China. My story on @axioshttps://t.co/YeKCkmhiUR — Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) February 14, 2026 US President …

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Zurich pushes rule forcing hospitals and retirement homes to facilitate assisted suicide

Officials in the Swiss canton of Zurich are backing a proposal that would mandate tolerance of so-called “assisted suicide” across retirement and nursing homes, according to reporting from Swissinfo. https://t.co/yBFqD95IID — “Sudden And Unexpected” (@toobaffled) February 15, 2026 Switzerland’s largest city is advancing a policy that would require hospitals and …

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NYC has its first bread line!

Nothing like NYC to bring back some of the worst of the Soviet experience for the masses. Next stop the gulags for those that don’t produce for the masses. pic.twitter.com/qSwI4M0SeT — R Lee (@RLee19783678) February 15, 2026

ELON: This is your AI girlfriend

And she brought a friend 😉 pic.twitter.com/FxHky1Wktd — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 14, 2026 pic.twitter.com/RxWzzbq91r — mr fundman (@mrfundman) February 14, 2026

Epstein’s network included influential people from across the political spectrum

Epstein was involved in BOTH the far-right and far-left byu/mostcursedposter inconspiracy Submission Statement: Rightoids believe that Epstein was involved with the Left. Leftists believe that Epstein was involved with the Right. In fact, Epstein was involved in corrupting both sides. To divide us, as per Protocol 5:5. Left-Wing ideologies was originally …

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This is a lie. The DOJ simply released a statement with a list of names associated with epstein and the files. There hasn’t been a single new file release since the batch in late January 2026

🚨 JUST IN: AG Pam Bondi just UNLEASHED the FULL Epstein Files under the Transparency Act, ALL 3.5 MILLION pages DROPPED, redactions JUSTIFIED only for victims, and HIGH-PROFILE names EXPOSED with ZERO cover-ups for embarrassment or politics. “No records withheld or redacted… pic.twitter.com/Hr7mnBW1ZX — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 15, 2026 …

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OpenAI and Anthropic are expected to IPO in 2026. OpenAI is targeting a $1T valuation. Anthropic at least $500B. AI is still mostly just a really good and fast Google search?

The reality is that both OpenAI and Anthropic are going to spend hundreds of billions of dollars just trying to out compute each other over the next decade. Instead of guessing which massive software model wins the war at a $500B+ premium, the real opportunity is buying the… — 5to9_M.J. …

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US asset demand shows no sign of abating. Demand for bonds rises and bond yields decline. NY Fed’s Q4 GDP forecast now at 2.71%

US asset demand shows no sign of abating. Demand for bonds rises and bond yields decline.https://t.co/MKLFCKQfrf pic.twitter.com/Y7YdQtGapA — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) February 14, 2026 NY Fed's Q4 GDP forecast now at 2.71% – getting closer to ATL Fed's 3.68% pic.twitter.com/zUGsltCT9n — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) February 14, 2026 Average American's …

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HHS drops biggest Medicaid dataset ever for fraud hunt

Today the HHS DOGE team open sourced the largest Medicaid dataset in department history. This dataset contains aggregated, provider-level claims data for a specific billing code over time. For example, using this dataset, it would have been possible to easily detect the large-scale autism diagnosis fraud seen in Minnesota. Download …

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Epstein couldn’t get to Putin

🚨⚡️ Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly tried (2010 – 2018) to get close to Vladimir Putin through Russian businessmen and European prime ministers… but all of them failed completely. -: While many fell into Epstein's filthy trap.. the "Kremlin" remained a fortress that the billionaire… pic.twitter.com/sMoumFgJNs — RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) February 14, …

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The Private Equity Scam in America Is a Ponzi Scheme

This is a four minute video but worth watching. It describes how there are now more “private equity” funds in the US than McDonalds. Essentially, these private equity funds are buying up businesses and trading them back and forth with each other at ever increasing prices. While they do this …

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Doctor at Epstein autopsy says death must be reinvestigated, autopsy witness disputes suicide ruling in Epstein case

I witnessed Epstein’s post mortem. His death must be reinvestigated In an interview with The Telegraph, Dr Michael Baden raises questions about paedophile’s suicide Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death should be reinvestigated, a doctor present at the paedophile’s post mortem examination has said… https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/02/13/epstein-post-mortem-results-suicide/

Massive protest in Switzerland explodes into chaos, anti vaccine march led by Mass Voll and flanked by Junge Tat shut down by police, tear gas fired in St. Gallen

🚨JUST IN: Massive protest in Switzerland Against Mandatory Vaccination Law! Demonstrators in St. Gallen broke through a police cordon during a protest against compulsory vaccination. Local authorities want to impose mandatory vaccination for future pandemics. pic.twitter.com/aavaPlTace — Mario ZNA (@MarioBojic) February 14, 2026 A charged day of protest escalates: Between …

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Iran U.S. deal remains conditional, no agreement signed and sanctions still in place. Negotiations remain ongoing.

⚡️BREAKING Iran will open certain economic sectors to US companies as part of an upcoming deal The Deputy Foreign Minister has stated that Iranian oil and gas fields and mining investments will be open to US companies Tehran also plans to purchase more than 100 passenger… pic.twitter.com/SNDCLnuQkH — Daily Iran …

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Bezos vs. Musk: New Billionaire Battle for Moon

The contest between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos is only going to get more heated now that the two are directly competing for the moon. After years of charting a path to Mars, Musk surprisingly announced this past week that SpaceX is pivoting to the moon, where he wants to …

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