NEW - EU signs an "agreement on mobility," with India facilitating "the movement of students, researchers, seasonal and highly skilled workers," and launches the "first EU Legal Gateway Office in India" to support Indian talent moving to Europe."
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2016118446585483554
A whale has opened a $38 million Silver short with 20-25x leverage.
Liquidation Price: $125
Current Price: $112
Brave soul under these conditions.
https://x.com/JesseCohenInv/status/2016093771654406531
Top Overnight News
President Trump has received multiple U.S. intelligence reports indicating that the Iranian government’s position is weakening, according to several people familiar with the information. The reports signal that the Iranian government’s hold on power is at its weakest point since the shah was overthrown in the 1979 revolution. WSJ
South Korea scrambled on Tuesday to assure the U.S. it remained committed to implementing a trade deal after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hike tariffs on autos and other imports from its ally, blaming a delay in enacting the pact agreed last year. RTRS
India and the European Union said Tuesday they have reached a free-trade agreement that will open a new market for European cars and other products, showing how the world’s middle powers are expanding alliances in response to President Trump’s tariffs. WSJ
The Trump administration has indicated to Ukraine that US security guarantees are contingent on Kyiv first agreeing a peace deal that would likely involve ceding the Donbas region to Russia. FT
China’s industrial enterprises had their first annual gain in profits since 2021, as producer deflation showed signs of easing in the wake of government efforts to curb excess competition and cut capacity. Profits climbed 5.3% in December from a year earlier, rising for the first time in three months and recovering from a plunge of more than 13% in November. BBG
Japan’s bond meltdown sparked speculation that the $1.8 trillion GPIF might shift its portfolio allocation to JGBs while reducing foreign bond holdings, particularly Treasuries. BBG
Trump said he will increase the tariff rate on South Korean imports from 15% to 25% unless the South Korean National Assembly approved the trade deal struck back in July. NYT
US natural gas fell, with traders taking profits after prices shot up almost 30% on Monday amid freezing temperatures that pushed up heating demand. BBG
Republicans and President Trump designed their tax cuts for this moment, creating a refund bonanza that will land in Americans’ bank accounts well ahead of the midterm elections. The annual tax-filing season that opened Monday will produce a cash surge estimated at $100 billion beyond last year’s $329 billion total. WSJ
Philippines said they conducted joint military exercises with the US in the South China Sea: Al Arabiya.
US ambassador to China Perdue said in Bloomberg TV interview that China and the US completed most agreements made in Busan, South Korea.
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2016140229057392799
President Obama shoots down the whole "stop deportations and just let the illegal immigrants be" argument that the Democrat party is currently pushing.
https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2015921101696585788
🚨 Today, a bill to ban "assault weapons" was voted out of committee in the Virginia Senate– and it essentially makes gun ownership illegal in the commonwealth.
Its author is State Senator Saddam Azlan Salim, who was born in Bangladesh.
In Virginia's code, an "assault weapon" is defined as "any semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles."
The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess or sell an assault weapon under this definition– as well as any magazine that holds over 10 rounds.
Most firearms fit under this definition.
If signed into law, it would turn millions of law abiding gun owners in Virginia into felons with the stroke of a pen.
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/2015911417245807031
🚨 BREAKING: The man who INTIMIDATED women and called them "fcking cnts" for taking a photo with ICE agents in Phoenix AZ is a DEMOCRAT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE official in District 12
"You little fcking cnts!" the grown man yells as he RUNS after young women
WTF!? This dude is scum.
He conveniently walks away when a man, @RCMaxw3ll, asks him questions. Imagine that.
This guy needs a visit from the POLICE. Raid his house and especially search his laptop.
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2016142598134513841
NOW - U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee: "To anyone's knowledge, it has never been proven documented that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad agent."
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2016152050141167950
Palantir, $PLTR, has developed a tool, dubbed ELITE, that ingests data from Medicaid’s and other government databases to generate dossiers and “leads” on people ICE believes may be deportable, per FORTUNE
https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2016148436912070685
https://fortune.com/2026/01/26/ice-allegedly-uses-palantir-tool-tracking-medicaid-data/
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Rick Wilson: "I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done… I want Stephen Miller to be the first one that is tried and convicted and f*cking dangles!"
https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/2016139126555476241
i doubt that. egos to big to have friends
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NEW - Spain approves plan to grant legal status to around 500,000 migrants, passing the plan via Royal Decree, circumventing the need for a vote in parliament.
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2016170913788526789