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December 2025

  • Trump Signs Order Reclassifying Marijuana as Schedule III Drug

    (Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square)  President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance, despite many Republican lawmakers urging him not to. “I want to emphasize that the order I am about to sign is not the legalization [of] marijuana in any way, shape,…

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  • Biden-FBI Wanted Jim Jordan’s Personal Emails

    (Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Biden-era FBI sought access to the personal email account of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as part of its sweeping Arctic Frost investigation, House Republicans revealed Wednesday.  The House Judiciary Committee released via X a screenshot of what appears to be a recently declassified FBI document referencing Jordan’s personal Gmail account. …

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  • Much-Anticipated ‘Epstein Files’ Are Mostly Redacted

    (Headline USA) The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the incomplete and heavily redacted document dump did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier or his ties to wealthy and powerful individuals. The files included photographs of famous people who spent time with…

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  • Gold Standard Explained: 7 Fiat Myths Debunked

    (Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sits down with Peter C. Earle, PhD, of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) to unpack what the gold standard actually is—and why it still matters in a world of fiat money. Earle brings both academic and market experience to the table, having…

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  • Brown University Shooting Witnesses Include Parkland Student, Survivor Contestant

    (Ken Silva, Headline USA) Eva Erickson, a doctoral candidate who was the runner-up earlier this year on the CBS reality competition show “Survivor,” said she left her lab in the engineering building 15 minutes before shots rang out. Erikson had just dodged a shooting during final exams at Brown University that killed two students and wounded…

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  • Biden Fails to Raise a Single Dollar for Presidential Library

    (Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) After being ousted by his own party, former President Joe Biden ended 2024 with a humiliating feat: not a single dollar raised for the construction of his presidential library, raising serious doubts about the project’s viability.  The fragile financial situation was revealed in IRS filings from the Joe and Jill Biden Foundation, the entity…

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  • FBI Fires Whistleblower Steven Friend After Murky Reinstatement Deal, Social Media Threat

    (Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The FBI on Thursday fired Steve Friend, the agent who exposed the Biden administration’s persecution of some Jan. 6 defendants, following a brief reinstatement.  Friend’s ouster was first leaked to the New York Post, which contacted Friend the night before he was officially notified, according to journalist Steve Baker in a tweet…

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  • ‘Rolling Stone’ Magazine Questions Project Veritas’ Terror Plot Report

    (Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Lefty magazine Rolling Stone has cast doubt on a Project Veritas report involving an alleged terrorist plot by two Brazilian nationals. As reported by Project Veritas on Oct. 11, the FBI and local law enforcement in Florida raided the hotel room of Janaina “Jania” Toledo, 32, and Leonardo Corona Ramos, 42, over an alleged investigation into a potential terrorist…

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  • Report: DOJ May Charge Alleged Charlie Kirk Assassin w/ Anti-Christian Hate Crime

    (Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department is considering charging alleged Charlie Kirk killer Tyler Robinson with an anti-Christian hate crime, according to NBC News. Citing three people familiar with the matter, NBC reported Saturday that the justification for charging Robinson with a hate crime largely hinges on his alleged motivation to kill Kirk over…

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  • ‘Seditious Six’ Wife of Russia-Hoax Plotter Oversaw DOJ’s Dud Durham Investigation

    (Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Efforts to investigate the Russia-gate hoax during the first Trump administration may have been derailed by one of the members of the notorious “Seditious Six,” according to a prominent Russia-gate victim and Soviet scholar. Special Counsel Durham had all this evidence about Jake Sullivan and co trying to overthrow President Trump…

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