Pro-Trump narrative

Protecting Venezuelan oil revenue from creditors through executive action ensures economic stability and prevents decades of legal claims from derailing reconstruction efforts. Routing funds through Qatar shields the money from judicial seizures that would undermine critical U.S. efforts to help Venezuela recover after Maduro's removal. This framework guarantees proceeds directly benefit the Venezuelan people rather than enriching foreign creditors.

Anti-Trump narrative

Stashing $500 million from Venezuelan oil sales in Qatar banks creates an offshore slush fund beyond congressional oversight and normal transparency requirements. This unprecedented arrangement lacks public accountability structures and anti-corruption controls that would prevent misuse of billions in proceeds. Setting up foreign accounts to control seized assets represents exactly the kind of suspicious financial maneuvering that demands scrutiny.

Nerd narrative

There is a 11% chance the U.N. General Assembly will adopt a resolution condemning the U.S. operation in Venezuela before Feb. 1, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Pro-China narrative

Strengthening ties with China through a new strategic partnership delivers concrete economic benefits and security cooperation that serves Canadian interests. This comprehensive understanding advances collaboration across trade, energy and law enforcement, creating boundless opportunities and prosperity for both Canadians and the Chinese people.

Anti-China narrative

Carney's cosying up with China's communist government is nothing short of a complete sellout of Canadian values and sovereignty. All that this so-called strategic partnership achieves is to disastrously align Canada with an authoritarian regime under the promises of an ill-defined "new world order." In doing so, Carney has made Canada in hock to the CCP.

Nerd narrative

There's a 42% chance that the U.S. will impose any new import restriction upon China before March 14, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Pro-Trump narrative

Pursuing a closer bond with Greenland boosts U.S. security by securing rare earth metals and countering Russian moves in the Arctic. International law supports this since Greenland can choose association with the U.S. through a referendum, fitting precedents like Puerto Rico or free association deals. And threatening tariffs is just part of the art of the deal, giving the U.S. leverage it has every right to use.

Anti-Trump narrative

Greenland stays firmly under Denmark as its people reject any shift toward the U.S. Deploying more NATO troops underscores the commitment to defend against such overreach, while stalled talks highlight the dead end of forced ownership. Respecting Greenland's choice will strengthen NATO and curb President Trump's reckless aggression, as he now brazenly threatens allies with tariffs.

Pro-Ukraine narrative

Ukraine has never been a stumbling block in the way of peace. It is the barrage of Russian drones and missiles that repeatedly targets Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, namely its energy facilities, preventing peace. Doing so in the middle of these winter conditions, it's clear that Putin has no goal other than to terrorize Ukrainian civilians. Pressure needs to be applied so he's finally ready to take negotiations seriously.

Pro-Russia narrative

Russia believes it is essential to continue the dialogue with the U.S. on Ukraine, particularly as the U.S. has had several rounds of discussions with Ukrainian and European officials in recent weeks. It is important that Russia is able to express its views on these matters also so it expects that the special envoys of President Trump will soon be making their way.

Pro-Europe narrative

Europe is in favor of restoring relations with Russia — but it's not quite there yet. Namely, because one man by the name of Putin continues to stand in the way of making any meaningful progress towards a Ukraine peace deal. Europe can theorize about the future but there's no indication that Putin is serious about peace at this stage.

Nerd narrative

There's a 50% chance there will be a bilateral ceasefire or peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine by March 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Pro-Trump narrative

Imposing a 25% tariff on semiconductors not built for the U.S. market is a crucial measure for national security. As it stands, the U.S. lacks the industry to construct the number of chips required to maintain its military, technological and economic power. Leveraging tariffs will solve this conundrum by incentivizing domestic chip production and reducing American reliance on foreign sources.

Anti-Trump narrative

While the Trump administration may have lofty ambitions for this tariff in the long run, in the short to medium term, it will throw the semiconductor industry and its supply chains into chaos. The tax will cause decisive pricing complications for technology companies and data centers in the Asia-Pacific region, while undercutting the competitiveness of U.S. chips in the Chinese market.

Narrative A

The Corruption Investigation Office fabricated evidence to justify Yoon's arrest by forcing the 55th Guard Unit commander to hand over his official seal and stamping documents themselves without proper authorization. This amounts to abuse of power and to the forgery of official documents, proving that the investigation was illegitimate from the start. The CIO lacked legal authority to investigate insurrection charges, making the entire prosecution a politically motivated witch hunt rather than legitimate law enforcement.

Narrative B

Yoon's five-year sentence for resisting arrest and fabricating martial law documents signifies necessary accountability for a president who privatized state institutions and showed zero remorse for his crimes. The court correctly found that Yoon bypassed constitutional safeguards, ordered armed guards to intimidate investigators and systematically destroyed evidence to conceal his wrongdoing. Restoring the rule of law demands severe punishment for this unprecedented betrayal of public trust.

Narrative A

Saudi Arabia has completed its hostile takeover of southern Yemen by purging the last UAE-backed official from the Presidential Leadership Council. The sacking of Bahsani and forced dissolution of the STC under Saudi pressure reveal a foreign power crushing local autonomy and imposing total control through military force and political coercion.

Narrative B

The appointment of Foreign Minister Shaya Zindani as Prime Minister is a crucial step toward restoring legitimate state institutions and ending the Iranian-backed Houthi coup. This cabinet reshuffle advances comprehensive reforms, combats corruption and strengthens unified sovereign decision-making after years of instability.

Nerd narrative

There's a 50% chance that Yemen will no longer be classified as being in a state of civil war by November 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Pro-Trump narrative

Bringing whole milk back to schools marks a massive victory for children's health and common sense. Whole milk delivers essential nutrients, protein and healthy fats critical for brain development that kids desperately need to grow and thrive. The Obama-era ban on whole milk contributed to skyrocketing childhood obesity and diabetes rates over the past 15 years, and ending this war on saturated fat finally puts real food back on lunch trays, just as Secretary Kennedy's new inverted food pyramid intended. This is what MAHA looks like.

Anti-Trump narrative

Forcing full-fat dairy back into schools prioritizes dairy industry profits over children's health and ignores decades of research linking saturated fats to heart disease and obesity. Early signs of cardiovascular disease are appearing in children with increasing frequency, and adding more saturated fat to lunch trays will only worsen this crisis. Whole milk provides zero nutrients unavailable from healthier sources like beans, nuts and fortified plant-based alternatives. If this is MAHA, it’s just industry marketing dressed up as nutrition.

Establishment-critical narrative

Trump’s whole-milk move isn’t real MAHA reform — it’s a timid half-measure that exposes the movement’s fault lines. Whole milk is still pasteurized, still industrial, still controlled by Big Agribusiness. Real food freedom means raw dairy straight from small family farms, not government-approved milk with a different fat percentage. Until raw milk is legalized, this is politics, not a revolution.

Techno-skeptic narrative

Social media platforms are destroying children's lives through violent content, gang recruitment and mental health crises, with a fold rise in eating disorders among teens. Parents overwhelmingly demand action — as shown by the 100,000 letters sent to MPs in just 36 hours — because they can't fight trillion-dollar attention economies alone. Setting age limits at 16 isn't government overreach; it's the same common-sense protection applied to drinking and driving.

Techno-optimist narrative

Contrary to popular belief, research on thousands of adolescents recently found zero evidence that social media or gaming causes mental health problems. Bans won't reduce screen time; kids will just migrate to other platforms or darker corners of the internet while losing vital support networks that youth, especially vulnerable youth, depend on. The real solution is regulating platform design and algorithms, not stripping young people of their right to access information and develop digital literacy skills.

Government-critical narrative

Canadians won today. The Federal Court of Appeal confirmed the Trudeau government unlawfully weaponized emergency powers against peaceful protesters, criminalizing dissent and freezing bank accounts of ordinary Canadians who simply opposed government policy. This landmark ruling proves the legal threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act was never met and governments cannot override fundamental freedoms at their whim. Accountability must begin now for this profound democratic failure that vilified and punished citizens instead of engaging in dialogue.

Pro-government narrative

Today's Federal Court of Appeal ruling is a loss for good governance in Canada. The Emergencies Act met the very high legal threshold needed to address a national crisis, where lawful protest had descended into lawlessness, with downtown Ottawa gridlocked for 18 days and border points blocked. Commissioner Rouleau found credible evidence of a public order emergency, and cabinet reasonably feared the situation was worsening. The extraordinary powers were necessary to restore peace, order and good government after policing failures created conditions requiring federal intervention.

Cynical narrative

The court ruled the Emergencies Act was used illegally, but nobody will face consequences. Trudeau, Freeland and Ottawa’s officials violated Canadians’ rights, froze bank accounts and made arrests — and yet, will face zero accountability. If breaking the Charter carries no cost, what’s the point of this “victory” for justice at all?