Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Zelensky To Trump: ‘Give Me 50 Year Security Guarantee … And More Money!'” (12/29/25)
https://rumble.com/v73m0k6-zelensky-to-trump-give-me-50-year-security-guarantee…and-more-money.html
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Not long ago we were screamed at: ‘Trust the Science!’ So those of us paying attention came to distrust the scientists. Especially ‘scientists’ in positions of political power. Sadly, tragically, more than one scientific discipline has been perverted in shockingly non-scientific ways. A hidebound denialism about new data has crept in. Sure, it is about the money, but often we catch a whiff of ideology.” (12/30/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/12/30/that-non-science-stink/
Source: The American Conservative
by Andrew Day
“Both Ukraine and Russia, before making a deal, want some assurance that the other won’t treat peace as a mere pause in fighting and then restart the war at an opportune moment. As always in the high-stakes game of international politics, no leader wants to be a sucker, and every state tends toward paranoia about its security. … There’s a creative way out of this impasse. Moscow has indicated it would permit [sic] Kiev to join the European Union. And the EU has a mutual defense arrangement that would amount to a long-term security guarantee for Ukraine if it joins the Union.” (12/30/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-trump-can-push-europe-to-secure-ukraine/
Source: US News & World Report
“Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded Budapest’s credit rating to Ba1 from Baa3 and placed it on review for a further reduction, citing its weak liquidity and a financial dispute with Viktor Orban’s national government. The downgrade comes at a delicate time for Budapest, which is run by the liberal mayor Gergely Karacsony, as nationalist Prime Minister Orban will likely face parliamentary elections in April. The centre-right opposition Tisza party is leading most polls. … ‘Ongoing legal disputes over the tax amount, which exceeds the funding received from the central government, add system instability and jeopardize the budgeting process and cash balances,’ Moody’s said, adding the ratings also reflected the partial freezing of European Union funds to Hungary.” (12/30/25)
Source: bloggingheads.tv
“2025: A Year-End (And Quarter-Century-End) Reckoning | Robert Wright & Paul Bloom.” (12/29/25)
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
by Ron Paul
“President Trump recently signed an executive order changing marijuana’s Controlled Substances Act classification from Schedule I to Schedule III. Schedule I is supposed to include especially dangerous drugs that are likely to be abused and have no medical purpose. Whatever one thinks of the wisdom and morality of using marijuana, the fact is it is less addictive, and quite possibly safer, than alcohol. Many Americans who live in one of the 40 states that have legalized medicinal marijuana use it for a variety of ailments. Reclassifying marijuana does not repeal federal laws criminalizing its use. The reclassifying does, though, facilitate research into marijuana’s medical benefits.” (12/29/25)
http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/archives/december-29th-2025
Source: Axios
“Beyoncé is a billionaire following the success of her Cowboy Carter tour, Forbes declared Monday. The Grammy Award-winning star is only the fifth musician to make Forbes'[s] billionaires list, after Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen and her husband, Jay-Z. … The Cowboy Carter tour was the highest-grossing of 2025, making $400 million in ticket sales and a further $50 million in merchandise sold at the shows.” (12/29/25)
Source: Lions of Liberty
“Ideology vs. Evidence: Feminism, Evolution, and Academia with Marc Defant.” (12/29/25)
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“No matter what Trump does, no matter if he does or proposes the same sort of actions as Biden or Obama. Or Clinton or Bush I or II, the action is immediately condemned, and Trump is condemned for suggesting, approving, or speaking about it. And every article, regardless of source, looks to go out of its way to trash-talk Trump. He is not ‘the President’ but rather, ‘the Republican President.’ He is always ‘confused’ and always falsely claiming this or that. The contrast, not just between the media in general during the Obama and Biden regimes, but even the conservative media during those administrations, is phenomenal.” (12/29/25)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/12/29/media-bias-going-strong-as-the-year-ends-whats-next/
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla on Tuesday over what it described as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates. The UAE did not immediately acknowledge the strike. The attack signals a new escalation in tensions between the kingdom and the separatist forces of the Southern Transitional Council, which is backed by the Emirates. It also further strains ties between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, which had been backing competing sides in Yemen’s decade-long war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels [sic] amid a moment of unease across the wider Red Sea region.” (12/30/25)