In 2023, the establishment/ deep state did everything they could to destroy Donald Trump, the national debt grew a lot bigger, and Joe Biden became more senile.  Oh wait.  That could be the year in review for any time since 2015.

2023 has been a wild ride, yet most people agree that 2024 is going to be wilder.  This includes politics, economics, and whatever plans to destroy Western Civilization that the power elite have in mind.

Exiting COVID Hysteria

2023 marked a return to somewhat normal after three years of virus hysteria.  It is nice that life is somewhat back to normal for most people, but it is also a bit disturbing that the tyrants who wrecked our lives for three years have not suffered many consequences.

Novak Djokovic got his revenge on the COVID tyrants.  After being banned from Australia, he returned in 2023 to win the Australian Open.

In May 2023, the United States (i.e., the Biden handlers) finally permitted non-vaccinated foreigners to enter the country.  Djokovic returned to the U.S. Open and won that title in 2023, even as Moderna was a sponsor of the tournament.

There are still a few hysterics out there who wear masks and are on something like their 9^th shot.  The good news is that it is a low percentage.

If the establishment is going to whip up hysteria and use it as an excuse to terrorize the citizenry, they probably won’t be successful again doing it with a virus.  Even a climate change emergency is not looking promising for them.

Unfortunately, one trend that did not stop in 2023 was overall excess deaths.  The life expectancy in America is going down.  Whether this is due to COVID shots, environmental toxins, diet, or some combination of things, it is something that isn’t being talked about much.  It is a very big deal though, as people are generally dying much earlier than they should be.

Politics

While Joe Biden insists that he is running for president still in 2024, the Republican debates in 2023 gave us some entertainment.  They also gave us some painful moments.

Trump never attended a debate, which was a wise choice.  Every candidate on stage was bad except for Vivek Ramaswamy, who is becoming almost the backup to Trump.

Ron DeSantis never should have run for president this time around.  He has damaged himself greatly.  He has been particularly bad on foreign policy.  The areas where he showed some promise (like anti COVID hysteria measures) have fallen flat.  He could have at least gone after Trump on the vaccines, yet he has completely failed to generate any kind of spark.

Thanks to Vivek, Nikki Haley has been exposed as the establishment shill and war hawk that she is.  She is like a dumber version of Hillary Clinton.  While the establishment has decided to prop her up over DeSantis, she is still a long way away from Trump in the polls.

DeSantis did get to debate Gavin Newsom, which may have helped DeSantis a bit.  It certainly hurt Newsom and his prospects for 2024.  It was surprising how ill-prepared he was for some of the hard questions.

We’ll have to wait and see in 2024 if Biden is actually the candidate for the Democrats.

They got rid of Robert Kennedy Jr. from the Democratic Party.  He made some initial waves and then decided to run as an independent.  Kennedy was quite strong on COVID issues and Ukraine.  Unfortunately, when the conflict in Israel and Gaza came up in October, Kennedy fell right in line with the establishment narrative. Perhaps it is no coincidence that he hasn’t been seen on a lot of alternative media since that time.

In the Libertarian Party, Dave Smith decided not to run for president, presumably for family reasons.  A former Marxist professor named Michael Rectenwald has stepped into the race.  Rectenwald has made a full conversion to libertarianism and is probably the best candidate out there.  There are other good candidates running in the Libertarian Party as well.

We also saw Kevin McCarthy ousted as Speaker of the House.  He was replaced with Mike Johnson, who claims to be a Christian.  His Christianity and his previous rhetoric in favor of smaller government has been put to the test.  So far, Johnson has failed that test.  We can always hope that there will be some positive changes on the margin.

Meanwhile, Trump has been indicted 4 different times.  The establishment is desperately trying to throw him in jail or do whatever it takes to keep him off the election ballots in 2024.  They need to destroy democracy in order to save it.  Trump needs a good insurance policy as his running mate.

Outside of the U.S., we saw the election of Javier Milei in Argentina.  No matter how successful Milei is at reducing the size and scope of government in Argentina, it is encouraging that he was elected on a libertarian platform.

Foreign Affairs

The war in Ukraine rages on.  The U.S. empire is determined to prop up Ukraine at the expense of the Ukrainian people.  The U.S. is standing in the way of any negotiation or peace talks.  If the U.S. government announced a promise to not expand NATO into Ukraine and that ethnic Russians in Ukraine should have some autonomy, that would probably be enough to get Russia to withdraw.  But the establishment and the military-industrial complex don’t want that to happen.

Unfortunately, a new war started on October 7, 2023 when there were terror attacks inside of Israel.  The tragedy in Israel quickly turned into tragedy in Gaza, where the Israeli government has flattened buildings and killed something like 20,000 or more people.  It probably isn’t accurate to even call it a war at this point because it is so one-sided in the use of force.

For some reason, many of the same people who criticized U.S. involvement in Ukraine all of a sudden cheer on U.S. involvement in Israel.  It has helped clarify who some people really are.

Every now and then, leftists like AOC get things right.  This is one of those times.  She is actually more honest than the swamp dwellers.  So, if you are concerned about taking a similar position as AOC when it comes to Israel, you should be more concerned about taking the same position as Joe Biden, Nikki Haley, Hillary Clinton, Lindsey Graham, and George W. Bush.

Economics

The yield curve has been inverted for the entirety of 2023.  This is a long time for an inversion, where long yields are lower than short-term yields.

The Federal Reserve continued to hike its target rate in 2023.  Mortgage rates briefly hit the 8% mark.  This has caused housing activity to plummet.  People don’t want to buy because of high prices and high mortgage rates.  Sellers don’t want to sell because they want to keep their low fixed-rate mortgage.

Price inflation, at least according to the government statistics, cooled in 2023.  It has still not come down to the Fed’s 2% target, but the rate is lower than in 2022.  Still, certain things like car insurance are really hitting Americans hard as wages lag behind the increasing prices.

In March, Silicon Valley Bank failed.  The Fed stepped in for a bailout, which is perhaps a sign of what is to come.  The main issue for the bank is that it was loaded up on bonds.  When interest rates go up, the value of the bonds goes down.  Even a seemingly conservative strategy is proving to be risky.

Other than the short period after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the Fed has continued a policy of draining its bloated balance sheet.  So, while the rate hikes have appeared to stop, the base money supply is gradually contracting.  It’s still looking like there is a major recession ahead.  If it becomes apparent before November 2024, that will surely only hurt Biden and the Democrats.

Conclusion

There are probably many major events that aren’t covered here.  These are just some of the things that I’ve discussed on this blog throughout the year.  As I started this article, 2024 is promising to be much crazier than 2023, and there wasn’t exactly a shortage of headlines in 2023.  Stay alert and prepare for some chaotic times ahead.