Lingering Iranian Diplomats In New York ‘Kicked Out’ By Rubio The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly took place September 22–29 in New York City, with the Iranian delegation being allowed into the country (even as the delegation of the Palestinian Authority was blocked). President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the UNGA without any problems, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi engaged in talks with the US on the […]

Key Roles Over Payrolls By Michael Every of Rabobank Friday’s US payrolls were weaker than expected at 29K, another random walk which helped walk soaring bond yields back from the edge of the cliff, at least temporarily. However, far more important things are happening than that report, much as it’s a markets catechism to repeat it. Europe agreed to US demands to release 50m barrels of its diesel reserves over the next two […]

Massive Fires Along Saudi Oil Export Pipeline, Regional Outlet Says Update(1015ET): The news outlet of pro-Iranian factions in Iraq, Sabereen News, has cited new satellite imagery to report “massive fires in the Saudi oil export pipeline.” The outlet posted the following image on its official Telegram channel. Newsquawk, which picked up the Sabereen report, has noted that it remains unclear whether this is a new incident or is […]

We May Finally Be Rid Of Jack Smith Authored by Susan Quinn via American Thinker, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn wants to make sure that Special Counsel Jack Smith never practices law again. It’s about time. Jack Smith tried to lay waste to Donald Trump, his administration, and other Republicans by practicing lawfare, and Sen. Hagerty reported him to the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Board of Professional Responsibility. Smith’s actions […]

Tech Leads Strong Growth Signals From US Services Sector Surveys; But Prices Are Soaring After last weeks impressive moves in Manufacturing survey data (though burdened with the baggage of a surge in Prices Paid), all eyes are on the Services side of the US economy with mixed results expected (S&P up, ISM small down). S&P Global US Services September slightly better than expected (58.8 vs 58.7 exp/flash vs 56.5 prior) – […]

84% Of Gen Z Democrats Back Socialism; New Poll Finds Authored by Pedro Rodriguez via The Daily Signal, A groundbreaking new poll conducted ahead of November’s midterm elections has uncovered that over 30% of Americans have a favorable view of socialism. According to the OnMessage poll, which surveyed 800 American voters from July 12-16, 35% of respondents identified as Democrats, 84% of whom identified as Gen Z. “Embracing […]

UBS Says Watch Beaten-Down Consumer Stocks, But Is “Reluctant To Call Outright Bottom” The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index has fallen to its lowest level since April 2014, but UBS equity trader Mark Paski is watching closely for signs of a bottom in beaten-down consumer stocks. Paski explained: Some of the US consumer sector’s biggest laggards are beginning to outperform despite little improvement in the underlying […]

Supreme Court To Hear Pivotal Climate Case With Billions At Stake Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Oct. 5 regarding a lawsuit from Boulder, Colorado, demanding compensation from energy companies for local weather damage allegedly caused by global greenhouse gas emissions. The question before the court, however, is not whether global warming theories hold water. It’s […]

Russian Lab Worker’s Abrupt Death Sparks Plague Crisis Concerns; Trump Team “Monitoring Outbreak” With wars in Eastern Europe and the Gulf already sending the world down a dangerous trajectory toward worsening instability ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter (see the global refining crisis), a suspected plague case at a Russian research institute has added a potential public health crisis to that risk landscape. Axios reports […]

Stock Futures Drift As Attention Turns To European Debt Crisis Futures are lower to start the week and global markets struggle for direction, as political upheaval and mounting concern over Europe’s public finances dampened risk sentiment and sent the euro to a 17-month low against the dollar while the US yield curve twists steeper and USD appreciates. As of 8:00am ET S&P futures are down 0.1% and Nasdaq futures slip 0.2% […]

US Pulls Entire B-1 Supersonic Bombers From UK Base After Suspected Iran-Linked Terror Plot The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday afternoon that all US Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic bombers had been removed from Britain’s RAF Fairford air base over mounting security concerns following a suspected terrorist plot against the facility one week ago. The Department of War confirmed to the news outlet that all supersonic, […]

Navarro: The Jobs Report Reveals Federal Reserve Election Interference Authored by Peter Navarro via RealClearMarkets, CNBC and Yahoo Finance called the jobs report a miss. Fox said it was lower than expected. More bad analysis from a Keynesian financial press that has shown extraordinary supply-side ignorance throughout the Trump 47 term. The deeper story is indeed more complicated – and considerably more reassuring. Start […]

Left Under Pressure: Bolsonaro Leads Socialist Lula In Brazil As Spain’s Sanchez Calls Snap Elections Amid Turmoil Political developments in Brazil and Spain overnight are adding volatility to certain overseas markets, highlighting mounting pressure on failing left-wing regimes.  In Brazil, right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s first-round lead over socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva significantly strengthens his […]

Iran “Decision Week”: Trump Teases “Easy Way Or Hard Way” As Tankers Burn, Rial Craters And Tehran’s Oil Minister Quits Seven months into the war, the Iran story has settled into a familiar loop: Tehran sets conditions, Washington rejects them, a tanker catches fire, oil stays at $100, repeat… then a modest de-escalation before markets open on Monday morning and reversal around Friday’s closer.  This weekend, though, felt […]

Vistra In Line For $4 Billion Nuclear Loan As Washington’s Lending Spree Continues The Trump administration plans to offer Vistra roughly $4 billion in loans to uprate an additional 433 MW from its Perry and Davis-Besse plants in Ohio and Beaver Valley in Pennsylvania, Bloomberg reported Friday. Energy Secretary Chris Wright could announce the package Monday during a visit to the Perry plant.  Earlier this year, Meta signed a […]

Europe’s Soaring Gas Bill Is Sending Utilities Back To Coal Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, Europe’s energy crisis isn’t over. Gas prices remain punishingly high across the continent as Europeans stare down the barrel of a long winter. In response to back-to-back-to-back energy crises stemming from Europe’s continued reliance on imported liquefied natural gas against the backdrop of ongoing global geopolitical […]

Hey Coders, ‘Learn To Nurse’ The U.S. labor market is projected to add nearly 5.9 million jobs between 2025 and 2035 and with AI replacing coders left and right, maybe it’s time for a career transition? This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, ranks 30 occupations by their projected increase in employment over the decade. The data for this visualization comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, using […]

As French Riots Escalate, ‘Wild Horde’ Beats Police Commander Unconscious, Stomps His Head Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A French police commander in his sixties was chased, knocked down and kicked in the head until he blacked out outside a Belfort high school on Friday morning. Prosecutors have opened an investigation for attempted murder of a public official. The officer is the local chief of territorial […]

Cowen: “Early Stages Of Looming EV Comeback” Cowen analysts led by Itay Michaeli say the EV market has entered the early stages of stabilization as a combination of more self-driving capabilities and elevated gas and diesel prices has shifted consumers toward these vehicles. “We are still in the early stages of this looming EV comeback,” Michaeli told Bloomberg in an interview on Friday. “EV market coverage, by our estimation, […]

Trump’s Diesel Threat Worked: G7 Dumps 100 Million Barrels As Europe’s Energy Dependence Laid Bare Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In the end, Donald Trump’s threat to prohibit diesel exports apparently proved credible after all. Faced with rapidly rising prices at the pump and an emerging acute shortage of middle distillates, from diesel and heating oil to aviation kerosene, the G7 heads of government decided on Friday, under […]

How Crowded Has Mount Everest Become? Mount Everest is seeing more human traffic than at any point in the last three decades of available data, according to Visual Capitalist’s Sofie Gilbert. Successful climbs are now overwhelmingly concentrated in the spring, when favorable weather can funnel hundreds of climbers toward the summit within a matter of days. Meanwhile, the workforce supporting expeditions has grown alongside the […]

UK Taxpayers (Unknowingly) Funding Free Hijabs For Illegal Immigrants Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The British government has been handing out thousands of hijabs to illegal migrants washing up on the shores of the country in boats, while Home Office staff have been spending time in Calais cooking meals for them. Internal figures show 974 hijabs issued to small-boat arrivals between January and June, at a rate of […]

What Are Russia’s Top Three Strategic Challenges? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The new “cordon sanitaire” that Trump 2.0 assembled around Russia, the difficulty in maintaining its Sino-Indo balancing act, and the broken feedback loops that afflict its Foreign Ministry are the main strategic risks that must be urgently addressed in order to most effectively ensure Russia’s future. Putin wisely advised Russians during […]

US Navy Super Hornet “Sub Buster” Marking Hints At Iranian Submarine Kill Military aviation and defense news website The Aviationist reports that a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet returned from Operation Epic Fury carrying a “Sub Buster” marking, raising the possibility that a carrier-based fighter jet was credited with an Iranian submarine kill. Photographs taken by Jeff Rojas and highlighted last week by The Aviationist show a […]

Trump Admin Proposes Rules For 1st National School Choice Program Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Department of the Treasury and the IRS have proposed regulations to implement a new educational scholarship tax credit program that expands school choice options for parents and students. New students tour Nora Sterry Elementary School in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2025. (Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty ImagesThe […]