Source: United Press International
“The nation’s trade deficit rose by 94.6% in November after posting the lowest imbalance in years a month earlier, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday. The trade deficit’s sharp rise occurred despite tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and after the nation posted its lowest trade deficit since the first quarter of 2009, CNBC reported. The United States exported $292.1 billion in goods and services in November, which was $10.9 billion and 3.6% less than in October, according to the Census Bureau report. … The United States imported $86.9 billion more goods than it exported in November, but that sum was offset by exporting $30.1 billion more in services than the nation imported, for a total deficit of $56.8 billion.” (01/29/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/01/29/trade-deficit/6961769714202/
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“After only two weeks on the job, The Hill reports, Kevin Couch resigned in late January as head of artistic programming at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Couch’s brief tenure might seem surprising, but a better question is why Couch sought or accepted the position in the first place. With a reasonably impressive record dating back 30 years as a drummer, manager, and midwest talent booker, why swim toward a sinking ship? And a better question yet is: Why bother to keep that ship afloat at all?” (01/29/26)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/20292
Source: Reason
“Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the latest videos of Alex Pretti, their own Reason origin stories, and how Joe Biden broke everything.” (01/29/26)
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/01/29/alex-pretti-prestige-television-and-how-joe-biden-broke-everything/
Source: The Federalist
by Kylee Griswold
“emember just three months ago, when conservatives self-immolated over a smarmy little twerp named Nick Fuentes, who was supposedly going to be the downfall of the conservative movement because he was being platformed? … The Fuentes hysteria looks especially stupid now — first because of a new report from Eric Kaufman at the University of Buckingham Center for Heterodox Social Science showing just how weak Fuentes’[s] influence really is …. nd second, because we’re once again experiencing a flare-up of a phenomenon with way more power than Nick Fuentes and frog memes have ever had: low-information Instagram performance posting.” (01/29/26)
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/29/forget-about-online-groypers-instagram-influencers-will-be-the-real-death-of-america/
Source: mint [India]
“American Airlines announced on Thursday that it intends to restart daily flights to Venezuela for the first time since 2019, pending government approval and subject to security review. This comes weeks after US forces [abducted] former president Nicolas Maduro during Operation Absolute Resolve. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump directed the Transportation Department to lift the current limitations that bar US flights following a conversation with Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez, according to Reuters.” (01/29/26)
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/american-airlines-to-fly-to-venezuela-for-first-time-since-2019-marking-return-of-us-service-11769710598707.html
Source: Underthrow
“Storytelling Beyond Politics w/ Erin O’connor.” (01/29/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLtvMkN7AkU
Source: Instant Gracearchy with Jim Babka
“Magic Policy Pills Immigration Edition.” (01/29/26)
https://rumble.com/v7514yc-magic-policy-pills-immigration-edition-instant-gracearchy-with-jim-babka-ig.html
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Jacob Mchangama
“On Oct. 17, 1961, tens of thousands of Algerians marched through the streets of Paris in peaceful defiance of a discriminatory curfew imposed by the French state. Police opened fire, beat protesters, arrested them en masse — and, in some cases, threw people into the Seine, where they drowned. Historians later called it ‘the bloodiest act of state repression of street protest in Western Europe in modern history.’ At least 48 — but possibly hundreds — were killed. Yet for decades, the official story minimized the violence. The death toll, it was claimed, was three. Police had acted to defend themselves. The protesters were terrorists. The French state actively buried the truth. Records were falsified. Evidence suppressed. Investigations blocked. Publications seized. The paper trail was shaped to match the story. … Paris 1961 is a historical warning. Minneapolis 2026 is its modern counterpoint.” (01/29/26)
https://www.thefire.org/news/american-people-fact-checked-their-government
Source: New York Times
“Canada, facing U.S. tariffs that threaten its auto industry, announced on Thursday an agreement with South Korea to explore establishing a Korean automotive footprint in the country. Though scant on details, the accord was another move by Prime Minister Mark Carney to diversify Canada’s trade away from the United States in response to Mr. Trump’s volley of tariffs. The agreement also fits with Mr. Carney’s widely hailed call at the World Economic Forum last week for middle power nations to band together after what he characterized as an irreversible ‘rupture’ to the world order by Mr. Trump’s aggressive economic and diplomatic policies.” (01/29/26)
https://archive.is/vw1YD
Source: US News & World Report
“Burkina Faso’s military-led government has dissolved all political parties and scrapped the legal framework governing their operations, according to a decree approved by the West African nation’s council of ministers on Thursday. The decision by the military rulers who seized power in September 2022 is the latest move to tighten control following the suspension of political activities after the coup. Burkina Faso’s Interior Minister Emile Zerbo said the decision was part of a broader effort to ‘rebuild the state’ after what he said was widespread abuses and dysfunction in the country’s multiparty system.” (01/29/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-29/burkina-faso-military-government-dissolves-political-parties
