Taiwan’s volunteer military shrinks amid growing Chinese aggression
Taiwan's Kaoh Shun: As China continues to strengthen its campaign to invade the island, The Taiwanese military is struggling to achieve its professional recruitment goals, and the challenges to reverse this situation are formidable. Between 2022 and 2024, approximately 12,000 services left the Taiwanese army. Both government and military officials have expressed concern, and once […]
Jamie Raskin Enlists ‘Shrinks’ to Help Democrats Cope with Trump’s Win
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has called on psychologists to help the committee's Democrats deal with President Donald Trump's first week in office. The hiring of psychologists suggests that many Democrats are suffering from “Trump derangement syndrome.” “President Trump is only in his first week in office, but he's already cracking the […]
Trump’s win already shrinks thousands-strong migrant caravan
Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday is already having a positive impact on illegal immigration months before his official inauguration. In October, Blaze News reported that thousands of foreign nationals were transiting through Mexico hoping to enter the United States before the change of government. “They are already in the process […]
Trump’s ground game shrinks voter registration gap in key battlegrounds
Former President Donald Trump's campaign said it was devoting its “utmost attention and resources” to campaigning in battleground states, and that it was working. In key battleground states where voters register by party and where the 2020 election was close, Republicans have eroded Democrats' voter registration advantages, in some cases losing registered voters by hundreds […]
Los Angeles mayor celebrates $250 million homeless program as homelessness shrinks for first time in six years
As the Supreme Court makes it easier to restrict homeless encampments, Los Angeles celebrated the first decline in its homeless population in years. Data released Friday show homelessness dropped on two levels in the past six years. Overall, homelessness decreased by 2.2%. That number accounts for people who have found emergency lodging or are sheltering […]
Target shrinks Pride collection from 2,000 last year to just 75
Target is reportedly drastically scaling back its LGBTQ-friendly Pride Collection lineup to just 75 items, down from more than 2,000 a year ago, in the wake of the boycott that plagued the chain last year. The Minnesota-based “cheap chic” discount retailer saw its profits take a hit last year after it was caught in a […]
‘We Need Shrinks and Cult Experts to Explain This’
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said on her “Deadline” show on Wednesday that “experts on religious groups and cults” need to explain former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s support for former President Donald Trump. A partial transcription follows: NBC reporter Vaughn Hilliard: “Donald Trump is everything I taught my kids not to do in kindergarten. I […]
Inflation shrinks buying power as $100 goes a lot less far these days
John Carney, co-author of Breitbart Business Digest, discusses the continued rise in inflation above the Federal Reserve’s target interest rate on “Kudlow.” The amount of household necessities Americans can buy with a $100 bill has fallen by nearly a third over the past five years, according to data showing the pressures consumers face from the […]
New prediction shrinks eclipse path of totality
Your chances of seeing the solar eclipse on Monday may be just a little bit slimmer. New calculations by eclipse calculation guru John Irwin suggest that the path of a total solar eclipse (where the moon completely obliterates the sun) is actually 600 yards narrower than officially predicted by NASA. ing. This means that if […]
ECB to rely more on bank lending as it shrinks balance sheet – Financial Times
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free FT editor Roula Khalaf has chosen her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. The European Central Bank has announced one of the biggest overhauls of its relationship with the financial system in a decade, outlining plans to increase lending to commercial banks while shrinking its vast bond portfolio. ECB Board […]