Evening Headlines

Bloomberg:

• US Cuts Taiwan Transits Even as China Steps Up Military Pressure.  
• China’s Deep-Pocketed Tourists Are Staying Home, For Now.
• McCarthy Deal With "Rebels" Would Heighten Risk of Debt Standoff.
• Signs of Seller Exhaustion Left Stocks Primed for a Big Bounce.
• Crypto Panic at Silvergate Spawns a New Breed of Bank Run.  
• CLO Managers Face Trading Crunch in Downturn.
• Traders Slash Fed Bets After Data; Key Yield Inversion Deepens.
• Dollar Slides as Wall Street Weighs Fed’s Likely Policy Path.
  
• 3M Spends More Than $450 Million in Legal Costs on Earplug Cases.  
• Bed Bath & Beyond Bankruptcy Path Hinges on Its Fading Baby Brand.   
• Qualcomm Touts Phone Chips That Use Satellite Power: CES Update.  
• DeSantis Calls on National Guard to Handle Migrant Flow, Blames Biden.  
• Party City Nears Bankruptcy That Could Hand Reins to Creditors.

 Wall Street Journal: 

• How to Restore Our Dwindling Attention Spans.
• House to Reconvene This Evening as McCarthy Gains Momentum.
• Southwest Holiday Meltdown to Cause Quarterly Loss.
• Damar Hamlin FaceTimes Teammates, Continuing Recovery.
• Beer Sales Drop as Consumers Balk at Prices.

Fox News:

• Struggling Chicago residents livid over mayor's focus on illegal immigrants.
• Victoria's Secret CEO exits as 'woke' controversies strip once-beloved brand.

CNBC:

• McDonald’s plans reorganization, job cuts as it accelerates restaurant openings.
• FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug that slowed cognitive decline in clinical trial.
• Macy’s warns holiday-quarter sales will come in light, citing squeeze on shoppers’ wallets.
• Credit card rates skyrocketed in 2022 — here’s how to protect your wallet in the new year.

Zero Hedge:

• "We're Going To Win": House Adjourns Until 10PM As McCarthy Grows Confident.
• California Law Allowing Private Residents To Sue Gunmakers Takes Effect.
• German Doctor Gets 2 Years In Jail For Illegally Writing Thousands Of Mask Exemptions.
• With Schools Ditching Merit For Diversity, Families Of High Achievers Head For The Door.
• David Stockman On The Flawed Strategy For A So-Called Public Health Crisis.
• The Fabric Of Our Society Is Coming Apart At The Seams Right In Front Of Our Eyes.
• Canada Bans Most Foreigners From Buying Residential Property.
• Dodge Ram Reveals First EV Pickup To Take On Cybertruck.
• January 6: A Day That Will Live In Alchemy.
• Soft wage growth sees markets rejoice amid dovish Fed repricing - Newsquawk US Market Wrap.
• SBF Seeks Access To $450 Million In Seized Robinhood Shares To Pay His Legal Fees.
• Slowing Salaries & Slumping Services Spark Savage Stock/Bond-Buying Spree.
• Spending On Holiday Items Dropped 3.4% In 2022, Led By Lower-Income Households. 
• Inside The "Strong" Jobs Report: Full-Time Workers -1K; Part-Time Workers +679K.

MarketWatch.com:        

• The Fed delivered a message to the stock market: Big rallies will prolong pain.
  
• 6 value stock picks for 2023 from successful money managers.  
• Redfin CEO predicts ‘terrible consolidation’ in the real-estate sector, but says it will ultimately be good for the industry.

NewsMax:

• Meet the McCarthy Holdouts.
• Gaetz: Will 'Resign' If Dems Reach Speaker Deal With GOP.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• Political Prisoner and FBI Target Jeremy Brown Speaks from His Prison Cell on January 6 – Two Years After a Million Patriots Met in Washington DC to Protest The Election – Prayer Vigil Tonight.
• BREAKING: McCarthy Loses 13th Vote For US House Speaker – One More GOP Holdout Flips Vote to McCarthy – House Votes to Adjourn Until 10 PM.
• Police: Six-Year-Old Student Deliberately Shoots Teacher in School in Newport News, Virginia (Life-Threatening Wound).
• Mother of Ashli Babbitt Arrested by Capitol Police (Video) UPDATE: USCP Statement on Arrest.
• WATCH: Incoming AZ Secretary of State Adrian Fontes Gets Triggered, Staffers Escort Him Away From TGP Reporter – Claims Machines DID NOT Fail On Election Day.
• SELLIN: China’s Research with Mosquitos May Lead to Using Mosquitos in a Bioweapon Delivery Platform.
• So… Who Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipeline? And Why Does No One Care?
• Why Do 201 GOP Reps Continue to Vote for Kevin McCarthy Who Gets an “F” Liberty Score from Conservative Review?
  

The Epoch Times:

• Chinese Regime Intends to Have as Many People in China Infected as Possible: Sources.

Twitter:

• @Johnincarlisle - Factors in infection risk https://youtu.be/Rh7I7fKmzT0 via
  @YouTube This study shows the MORE covid vaccines someone has had the MORE likely they are to get covid. Why the heck are the regulators not all over this? (video)
• @VigilantFox - Attention Parents: The Top 8 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Inject Your Child. (video) Coincidence? The Number of Athletes Collapsing and Dying Is Something Society Has Never Seen Before "The average age of the players suffering cardiac arrest is just 23 years old." "Nearly 800 athletes — young, fit people in the prime of [their] life, falling down on the field." (video).
• @_aussie17 - Peter Mccullough’s interview on Tucker. (video)
  

OpenVAERS:

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 915,411 Reports(+3,337 from prior week) Through December 23rd, 2022. 

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).