Evening Headlines

Bloomberg:

• Biden Says He Will Send American Forces to Eastern Europe.
• Caterpillar Says China Demand to Drop on a Construction Slowdown.
• A Stock Trader’s Guide to China’s Week-Long New Year Holiday.
• Boomerang Stock Market Spins Wildly and Ends Up Going Nowhere.
• Oil Rises for Sixth Week as Growing Chorus Predicts $100 Price.  
• ARK Short Sellers Make $999 Million to Eclipse All Gains in 2021.
• MacKenzie Scott Cut Amazon Stock Worth $8.5 Billion Last Year.
• Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon’s Pay Rockets to $35 Million.  
• U.S. Steel CEO Sees Prices Stabilizing After Recent Decline.  
• Treasury Reconsiders IRS’s Use of ID.Me Face Recognition for Web.  
• A Bomb Cyclone Threatens to Dump Snow in NYC and Bring Blizzards Along Atlantic Coast.

Wall Street Journal:

• Pentagon Warns Russia Could Seize Ukrainian Cities, While Kyiv Pleads for Calm.
• Race, Gender and the Supreme Court. Criticism of Biden’s forthcoming black woman nominee isn’t ‘racially tinged.’
• Ukraine’s Growing Sense of National Identity Puts It in Putin’s Crosshairs.
• U.S. Labor Costs Grew at Fastest Pace in Two Decades.
• Apple’s Smartphone Lead in China Helps Drive Record Profit.
• Hedge Fund Melvin Lost $6.8 Billion in a Month. Winning It Back Is Taking a Lot Longer.
• The Best and Worst U.S. Airlines of 2021.

Fox News:    

• Biden signals plans for US troops as Russia boosts military around Ukraine.
• College admissions counselor punished for ranting about Republican applicants.
• Outspoken NBA player exposes stars quietly cashing in on Chinese slave labor.

CNBC:

• Dow gains more than 500 points in best day of 2022 to wrap up wild week.
• Boot Barn CEO: Oil-related apparel sales are finally growing after 2-year slump.
• First blizzard warnings in 4 years in effect as East Coast braces for powerful nor’easter.
• Key Fed inflation gauge rises 4.9% from a year ago, fastest gain since 1983.

Zero Hedge:  

• "What Have You Guys Been Right About?" Adam Carolla Slams Media Over Joe Rogan Controversy. 
• Florida Trucker In Canada Convoy: "We're Here To Join A Movement".
• BofA: Fed Will Push Until The Market Breaks, And This Is The Best Indicator Of The Coming Crisis.
• George Soros Pledges 'Unprecedented' $125 Million To Help Democrats Win In November.
• Censorship By Algorithm Does Far More Damage Than Conventional Censorship.
• Durham Court Filing Reveals DOJ Inspector General Horowitz Withheld Key Evidence From Special Counsel.
• Russia-Ukraine War Would Be "Horrific", Civilians "Will Suffer Immensely": Pentagon.
• Lax Prosecution Contributing To LA Cargo Theft Surge, Experts Say.
• "Pulling The Plug": After Multiple Recalls, GM May Be On The Verge Of Ending Production Of Its Chevy Bolt.
• Pennsylvania Court Rules Mail-In Voting Unconstitutional.
• IRS Seeing 'Mountains Of Fraud' In Cryptocurrencies, NFTs: Special Agent.
• Public Health 'Experts' Have A New COVID Boogeyman Called "Stealth" Omicron.
• Is Democracy Dying Or America Disintegrating?
• Oaktree Threatens Rift With China After Seizing Evergrande's Prized "Versailles" Plot, Derailing Massive Restructuring Plan.
• S&P Suffers Worst Start To A Year Since 1939 As Yield Curve Yells 'Recession'.

MarketWatch.com:    

• America’s most popular housing markets have an inflation problem.

NewsMax: 

• Austin: Putin Now Has Full Range of Options in Ukraine.
• Rep. Norman: Dems Avoiding 'Toxic' Biden in Pittsburgh.

TheGatewayPundit.com: 

• Nancy Pelosi’s Son Implicated in Sixth FBI Probe – Accused of Bribing San Francisco Officials to Remove Permit Violations at Ex-Girlfriend’s Property.
• WATCH: Ukrainian President Slams Biden After Yesterday’s Phone Call: “I Think I Know The Details Better” – Country Had Just Agreed To Ceasefire When Biden Baselessly Warned of Imminent Attack.
• Canadian Freedom Convoy 2022 Is Now the Longest Truck Convoy on Record at 43 Miles Long! TENS OF THOUSANDS Line Highways to See History — MUST SEE VIDEOS.
• Democrats’ Most Notable Donor – George Soros – Pours Another $125 Million Into Midterms.
• BREAKING: Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang Warns Military Action with US Likely if Taiwan Continues Down Road for Independence.
• ‘No Clear Benefit’ – Sweden Will NOT Recommend Covid Vaccines For Children Ages 5 to 11.
• “I’ve Never Seen as Many Deaths.. It’s Around a 500 or 600% Increase” – Funeral Director in UK Reveals Increasing Number of Thrombosis Death in Vaccinated Young Adults (VIDEO).
• NYC Teen Rapper Who Shot Police Officer Walks Free from Jail After Posting Bond 10 Days After Shooting — Cut a Video on Jan. 2 Flashing His Gun (VIDEO).
• HORRIBLE: Democrats’ ‘China Bill’ Includes Millions of Dollars Going to Organizations to Push Racist Policies in the US that Have Nothing to Do with China.
• An Estimated 2 Million Ballot Images from the 2020 Election Were Illegally Erased in Georgia – Why Is No One Held Accountable or Indicted?

The Epoch Times:

• China Will Play Major Role in Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Experts.

Twitter:

• @LFCNewsMedia - #Canada Canadian farmers join the truckers. Some are taking the road to the capital Ottawa to grow the size of the protest against the vaccination mandates #TruckerConvoy2022 #TruckersForFreedom #TruckersForFreedom2022. (video) Canada Message From the Convoy #TruckerforFreedom #TruckersForFreedom2022. (video)
  

GETTR:

• @DiscloseTV - NEW - Brit footballer, 35, dies suddenly in Dubai after ‘heart attack on the pitch’ as friends pay tribute. JUST IN - UK MPs launch investigation after psychologists criticize totalitarian and "grossly unethical" tactics of "deploying fear, shame and scapegoating" during the pandemic.

OpenVAERS:

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 739,999 Reports(+7,117 from prior week) Through January 21, 2021. 

SKirsch.com:

• Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.

Covid-19(Data, Maps, Graphs):

• Our World in Data:  New Global Covid-19 Cases(7-day rolling average graphs). New US Covid Hospital Admissions/ICU Admissions/Deaths
  
• FT.com:  Fully Vaccinated by Country(graph). Global Lockdown Stringency Index(map).
• Bloomberg.com:  International Travel Restrictions.  Case Graphs by State.
  
• NYTimes.com:  County Trends and Clusters. Local ICU Occupancy.
  
• Brown School of Public Health:  Covid Severity by State/County(map).  US Hospital Capacity(region).
  
• CovidActNow:  Covid Severity/Infection Rate by Metro Area.
  
• KFF:  US Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity.
  
• Carnegie Mellon: Covid-Like Symptoms in Community. Covid Symptom Searches on Google. Covid-Related Dr.Visits.  Restaurant Visits. Wearing Masks. (graphs)
  
• Safegraph.com:  Commerce Patterns(graphs).