USA - Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO: “We are focused on one account [@realDonaldTrump] right now, but this is going to be much bigger than just one account, and it’s going to go on for much longer than just this day, this week, and the next few weeks, and go on beyond the inauguration. So, the focus is certainly on this account [@realDonaldTrump] and how it ties to real world violence. But also, we need to think much longer term around how these dynamics play out over time. I don't believe this is going away anytime soon. You know, the US is extremely divided. Our platform is showing that every single day.” Dorsey said that censoring Trump was just the beginning.

USA - Many Christians absolutely refuse to believe that these are the end times. Instead, they are absolutely convinced that we are headed directly into times that will be more glorious than ever before. So why do so many believe this? Well, it is because of a relatively new theology that has been spreading like wildfire in recent years. It is called “Kingdom Now theology”, and this is how it is described on a Christian apologetics website called “Got Questions”…

USA - As lawmakers prepared to impeach Donald Trump for inciting a mob to attack the Capitol and DC readied for Joe Biden's inauguration, Cliff Dyrud wasn't focused on man-made actions. He was listening for the words of prophets.

EUROPE - Europeans are a step closer to finding all sorts of creepy crawlies on the menu as the EU Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has officially deemed the first such species – a yellow mealworm, to be specific – safe to eat. The development means that people buying pasta, burgers and even biscuits in a store somewhere in Europe might soon find out that their food is made of mealworms, thoroughly dried and ground into powder, while those of a more adventurous nature may be able to buy a baggie of whole dried insects as a snack. Such possibilities are about to open up following the decision by the European food safety watchdog. The EFSA panel has concluded that dried yellow mealworms are “safe under proposed uses” and their consumption is “not nutritiously disadvantageous,” the agency said in what it called “the first completed assessment of a proposed insect-derived food product.”

GERMANY - Germany could follow Britain out of the EU as a result of ongoing disillusionment with its supposed benefits, a renowned economist warned. Italy would be the most likely of the "Big Four" member states to consider exiting the EU if Brexit proves to be beneficial to Britain, according to a Euronews poll. Data from the Redfield and Wilton Strategies survey found that nearly half of Italians would be likely to support their country leaving the EU if the UK and its economy is in good health in five years. In the event, France and Spain both showed moderate support for changing their relationship with the bloc, while Germany was the member state least likely of the four major players to consider breaking away from Brussels.

USA - Although it's currently experiencing a full frontal attack, for decades the United States of America has been under covert, slow-motion assault by the revolutionary Left, a religious-political movement fundamentally at war with both Christianity and America. From the sexual revolution and the “marriage-is-legalized-rape” radical feminists of the 1960s, to today’s open love affair with socialism, sexual anarchy, abortion, identity politics, radical environmentalism and “defunding the police,” the Left has relentlessly pursued its goal, as Barack Obama put it, of “fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” And although President Donald J Trump fought mightily against this tide for four years, tirelessly pursuing a pro-life, pro-religious freedom, pro-Constitution, pro-America agenda, as of the end of 2020 the revolutionaries are clearly ascendent.

USA - The COVID pandemic has caused the gap between the ultra-wealthy and the rest of us to grow larger than it ever has been before. Thanks to the hyperinflationary policies of the Federal Reserve and our politicians in Washington, stock prices have soared to unprecedented heights in recent months. This pushed the wealth of the uber-rich to dizzying heights, but for the rest of the country 2020 was an unmitigated nightmare. As I have discussed previously, one survey found that 2020 was a “personal financial disaster” for 55 percent of all Americans. More than 110,000 restaurants shut down permanently last year, Americans filed more than 70 million claims for unemployment benefits, and tens of millions are potentially facing eviction in 2021. But even though we are mired in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, those at the very top of the economic pyramid are laughing all the way to the bank.

USA - Twice failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is waging all out war on Trump supporters. Clinton labeled Trump supporters “white supremacists” and “domestic terrorists” in a Washington Post op-ed. The Democrat-media complex is using the chaos at the US Capitol last week as a pretext to label Trump supporters domestic terrorists. Last Wednesday President Trump repeatedly called for peace and law and order, however the left is blaming him for the chaos at the Capitol. Not all protesters who stormed the US Capitol last week were Trump supporters. According to a former FBI agent who was on the ground at the Capitol last week, at least one bus load of Antifa terrorists infiltrated the Trump demonstration as part of a false flag operation. Emboldened by the Big Tech purge of President Trump and thousands of conservatives, Hillary Clinton is now calling for Trump supporters to be surveilled and tracked.

ITALY - Italy is on the brink of a political crisis as former prime minister Matteo Renzi has withdrawn his support from the ruling coalition. Such a move by Mr Renzi, whose party has just two government ministers and is currently polling at less than three percent, has sparked outrage among Italian citizens as the country remains gripped by the coronavirus pandemic. A recent poll found almost three quarters of Italians thought the leader of Italia Viva was pursuing his own selfish political objectives rather than the interests of the country. Pulling support from prime minister Giuseppe Conte’s government could cause the coalition to collapse entirely as it leaves the government without a majority in parliament and on the brink of collapse. If the current political crisis prompts an early election, Mr Salvini is likely to return to power with a coalition of right-wing parties. The political infighting comes as Italy continues to grapple with COVID-19, as deaths near 80,000.

TURKEY - Istanbul could run out of water within 45 days as Turkey continues to suffer from its worst drought in a decade. Sprawling urban development has been blamed for dams drying up the city of 17 million people along with many of the country's other metropolises. Water levels in the Omerli dam, the city's main water source, are at their lowest in the last 15 years - at just 20 per cent capacity due to a lack of rain. Meanwhile in the capital Ankara, mayor Mansur Yavaş said there are only 110 days worth of water left in dams and reservoirs. Turkey’s next two biggest cities İzmir and Bursa have seen their dams depleted to just 36 and 24 per cent respectively.

USA - Parler's CEO has said the site may never get back online after it was scrubbed from the web by Amazon and pulled from the app store by Apple and Google. John Matze told Reuters Wednesday: 'It could be never. We don't know yet.' Tech giants have accused the social media site - which is favored by Donald Trump fans - of failing to police violent content in the wake of the January 6 riot at the Capitol aimed at preventing Joe Biden from becoming president. Matze later added: 'I am an optimist. It may take days, it may take weeks but Parler will return and when we do we will be stronger.' Matze said that Parler was talking to more than one cloud computing service but refused to disclose names, citing the likelihood of harassment for the companies involved. He said the best thing would be if Parler could get back on Amazon. Parler, which claims to have more than 12 million users, on Monday filed a lawsuit against Amazon, which the tech giant said has no merit. The lawsuit accuses Amazon of making an illegal decision to shut Parler down to benefit Twitter Inc.

USA - Arguing he incited an “armed rebellion” against the US, the Democrat-dominated House has voted to impeach President Donald Trump again. But with his term expiring in a week, it is unclear when the trial will proceed. After several hours of debate on Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to formally impeach the president over the January 6 unrest at the US Capitol, when a group of Trump supporters broke into the building and interrupted the joint session of Congress meeting to certify Democrat Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.

USA - The rushed proceedings against Donald Trump are not about accountability, but a politicized act of theater that will deepen the ideological chasm which divides America today and drag us ever closer to the suicide of the Union. One hour into the two-hour debate, it became abundantly clear that President Donald Trump was destined to become the first American President ever to be impeached twice.

UK - The attempted seige of the Capitol may be over, but symbols of the hate groups behind the violence remain. What is the Confederate flag? Why is it offensive? Many on this side of the pond may have not been familiar with the Confederate flag until its re-emergence in recent years thanks to the emboldening of the Far Right by outgoing President Donald Trump. Lawless mobs descended on the Capitol in Washington DC last week to attempt an insurrection on the democratically elected incoming US Government, headed by Joe Biden. Rioters inside and outside the building were carrying one of the most infamous symbols of racism and extremism in modern-day America: the Confederate flag. The flag, colloquially known as the Stars and Bars, is emblematic of the ideal of whiteness and social and political exclusion of non-white people in America.

USA - The Biden administration is embracing "systemic racism" as a matter of official policy. "Our priority will be Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American owned small businesses, women-owned businesses, and finally having equal access to resources needed to reopen and rebuild." — President-elect Biden — Biden-Harris Presidential Transition (@Transition46) January 10, 2021. So, White people to the back of the bus. More Democrat racism. Let the healing begin!