Here are 6 things you may not have noticed, but these short items are important:
1. Government / Public Schools: Exodus Increase
Parents are exiting government run school districts.
Private Christian school enrollment rose 12% between 2019-2020 and 2020-2021.
Catholic school enrollment grew almost 4% in 2021 to close to two million students.
Homeschooling reached nearly 6% of children ages 5-17 in 2023-24, up from 2.8% in 2019.
2. Inflation Alert Warning
Inflation – rising prices – is primarily related to the budget deficit and the Federal Reserve printing money to cover it.
The #1 indicator is the M2 money supply.
The Federal Reserve’s M2 money supply just reached 23.22 trillion – the 27th consecutive monthly increase and $1.43 trillion above the March 2022 level that produced 9% grocery inflation.
The official government figure for inflation is 3.3% CPI. The money supply chart tells us inflation is not going down.
3. 31% of Teens Trust AI Over Friends
Mastercard surveyed 26,000 parents and teens, finding that 31% of teens trust an AI product recommendation more than a friend’s recommendation.
23% trust AI more than their parents’ advice.
62% of teens use AI monthly for product research versus 49% of parents.
27% use a fully AI-run shopping assistant compared with 16% of parents.
4. Pro-Socialist Companies Promote Radical Ideology
Patagonia and Penzeys Spices have openly embraced socialist causes.
5. U.S. Christmas Sales to Top $1 Trillion: Ecommerce the Strongest Growth
U.S. retail sales during the November-December Christmas season are expected to surpass $1 trillion for the first time in America’s history. Bain and Company projects Christmas sales will increase 4.5% from 2025 exceeding the 3.5% growth reported during the 2025 season.
However, more than half of the expected nominal sales growth will be attributed to inflation.
Online sales are expected to provide the strongest growth. It is expected to grow 9% year-over-year and account for about 60% of total Christmas sales growth vs. 50% last year.
Clothing and accessories, along with health and personal care products, are expected to to be among the strongest-performing categories.
6. Top Rated Cable News Networks
Fox News had 13 out of the 15 of the most-watched cable news shows of the week, The Five was the largest with 3.262 million viewers at 5 p.m. ET.
Prime Time:
| Fox News | MS NOW | CNN | |
| Total Viewers | 2,027,000 | 937,000 | 611,000 |
| A25-54 | 169,000 | 80,000 | 113,000 |
Total Day:
| Fox News | MS NOW | CNN | |
| Total Viewers | 1,257,000 | 596,000 | 400,000 |
| A25-54 | 104,000 | 56,000 | 61,000 |