Update 12-21-2025 (world)

Apparently, the most important event since my last update was the Sydney Islamic Terror attack. News and comments relevant to that are in separate files:

Terror Attack in Bondi

Reduce Islamic Terror Threats 

And I am writing more. 

Below is other news. 

World 

1. Rubio: Does US Stand With European Allies 'Against Any Kind Of Attack?' (12-21) 

2. *BREAKING: US strikes Syria in retaliation to 3 American deaths (12-20-25) 

3. Gen. Keane: The next ESCALATION is coming (12-20)  

4. *Defense Chiefs Tell Europeans to Prepare for War (WSJ op 12-20)  

5. *'NOT AFRAID': Trump is going after China 'across the board.' (12-19)  

6. *Europe Gets (More) Serious About the Threat From Vladimir Putin (WSJ op 12-18)   

7. *NATO Tells Europe to Prepare for War https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i-6giPl9qSg 

8. Gen. Keane breaks down how US will retaliate after ISIS attack in Syria (12-17)  

9. How Can We Strengthen America’s National Defense? | Condoleezza Rice (clip) 

10. Hal Brands 12-14 The ‘Free World’ Is at Peak Disunity | AEI 

11. *DOWNER Australian 12-15 We must learn from economic, security mistakes of Europe · 

12. *US Navy Admiral Explains Why China and Japan Are Edging Toward Conflict (12-14) good, 

Legal 

1. iron-clad evidence Jack Smith and Biden weaponized government: GOP lawmaker (12-19) 

2. 'She Is Everything That Is Wrong With Insider Trading In Congress' | Hawley (12-19) 

3. Turley: THIS is stretching the scope of executive powers (12-18)  

4. Are 'Independent’ Agencies Unconstitutional? Supreme Court Justices Debate (12-18)  

Politics

1. GOP rep sounds alarm as new intelligence exposes rapidly escalating danger (12-19) 

2. GOP rep delivers FIERCE rebuke, accuses Dems of lying to the American people (12-19)  

3. JUST IN: Minnesota fraud scandal EXPANDS (12-19) 

4. Why Dan Bongino LEAVING FBI and Trump Admin, w Glenn Greenwald (12-19) 

5. Senators demand crackdown after SHOCKING de-banking report (12-18)  

6. 'DERELICTION OF DUTY': Trump confronts China with new defense bill  (12-18)

7. *Europe Gets (More) Serious About the Threat From Vladimir Putin (WSJ op 12-18)   

8. Pompeo WARNS of terrorism threat after Australia attack (12-17) 

9. JD Vance Reacts To Susie Wiles 'A Conspiracy Theorist For A Decade' (12-17)   

10. Leavitt blasts 'FAKE NEWS' piece on Trump admin (12-17) 

11. Tulsi Gabbard On 18,000 Terrorists Who Entered The US Under Biden (12-14) 

Economy & AI 

1. OpenAI should strike while iron's hot, raise $200 billion at $1 trillion: Jim Cramer (12-20) 

2. Dan Ives: 2026 will be key period next stage of AI trade from software and cyber (12-20)  

3. *LLMs will be stressed by enterprise systems, says Wedbush's Sherlund (12-20)

4. *'SIGNIFICANT LABOR PROBLEM': Expert reveals US concerns (12-20) Rick Rieder 

5. Underlying inflation is running pretty close to the Fed's target, Stephen Miran (12-20)  

6. OpenAI aiming to raise as much as $100 billion, valuing $830 billion/ WSJ (12-19)

7. AI ASSIST: Goldman Sachs CIO explains future of AI personal assistants (12-19) 

8. *Palantir CEO Reveals the Truth About AI Safety (12-19) 

9. 'MASSIVE REFUND CHECKS': Kevin Hassett teases 'biggest' refund cycle (12-19)  

10. Trump Media Targets Nuclear Fusion Through Merger With TAE: Dan Ives (12-19) 

11. AI demand increasing, productivity increases are real: Partners Group's Amoroso (12-19)  

12. AI demand is off the charts, says Bernstein's Stacy Rasgon (12-19) 

13. Core inflation has gone sideways year-over-year in 2025, Goldman Sachs' Hatzius (12-19) 

14. CPI data provided 'downwardly biased view of inflation,' says EY-Parthenon's Daco (12-19)

15. *OpenAI's Sam Altman: Google is still a huge threat (12-19) 

16. *Google's chip challenge to Nvidia (12-19)  

17. Are We Doing This Again? Andrew Ross Sorkin on “1929” / GoodFellows 2025 (12-18) 

18. Bessent delivers urgent message to American workers: ‘Become an AI native’ (12-17) 

19. Dan Ives: How To Pick Generational Tech Winners (12-15) 

20. Ton of demand for Nvidia's chips in China, says Bernstein's Stacy Rasgon (12-16) 

21. AI Czar David Sacks talk Pres. Trump's order limiting state regulation on AI (12-16)

22. Elon Musk's Advice That Transformed Palantir | Peter Thiel & Joe Lonsdale (12-1) 

23. *CEO warns: AI will reshape the workforce faster than anyone expected (12-15) 

Health 

1. House Majority Leader Scalise on GOP’s Healthcare Reforms (wsj op 12-18) 

2. Trisha Pasricha WaPo 12-15  What the science says about multivitamins, magnesium and 7 other supplements | I’m a doctor. Here are 11 foods I recommend to fight inflammation.

(a note. I tried WaPo but it was difficult to locate them. Gemini gives you a good answer.) 

History 

1. Why the Allied Alliance Worked (and the Axis Didn’t) – Sarah Paine (12-17)  

2. American Professor SHOCKS Palestinian Students With This Map! (12-15) 

Religions & Ideologies  

1. Why Islam Has a Virulent Anti-Semitism Problem (12-19-2025) 

2. Milton Friedman on Slavery and Colonization (2007)  

3. How Socialism Becomes Communism |Yeonmi Park at Texas A&M University (12-17-2025)  

Others

1. Tiny Cars and 70’s Problems with Ben Sasse (12-10) GoodFellows  

2. Harvard's Arthur Brooks on the affordability blame game, ways to 'buy' happiness (12-20) 

3. Top Political Soundbites of 2025, Trump's Israel and Tucker Friendships, Pardon 2-up 

4. Bernie Sanders: Stop All AI, China's EUV Breakthrough, Inflation Down, Golden Age in 2026?

5. Feminists Are Wrong About Eve (Jordan Peterson clip 12-4)