NATO Scrambles Jets Amid One Of Deadliest Russian Attacks On Western Ukraine Russia overnight carried out its typical aerial and drone strikes on Ukraine, but this time escalated attacks in Ukraine’s West, which apparently were close enough to the border to cause alarm in nearby Poland and Romania. The two NATO member countries scrambled jet fighters in response amid the massive Russian and drone and missile strikes which killed […]

“What Has Become Of Us”: Rosie O’Donnell May Have Just Handed Trump A Golden Defamation Lawsuit Authored by Jonthan Turley, I have previously expressed skepticism over some defamation cases against the media brought by President Donald Trump under existing case law. However, comedian Rosie O’Donnell may have supplied the President with a another defamation case if she cannot back up sensational claims made against the President […]

‘Russia Feels It’s Being Heard’: Trump Advancing Secret 28-Point Plan To End Ukraine War Here we go again: the Trump administration is desperately seeking to revive the peace effort in Ukraine, this time coming up with a 28-point plan which is modeled off the so far successful Gaza ceasefire. The US is said to have been quietly working with Moscow on a new initiative to end the war in Ukraine. It’s being called a ‘secret’ plan and […]

Cloudflare Blames Database Error For Outage That Took Down 20% Of The Web Authored by Brayden Lindrea via CoinTelegraph.com, Internet services provider Cloudflare says that a fault in its bot detection system triggered an outage that took down around 20% of webpages, including several crypto platforms. Cloudflare said in a post-mortem statement on Tuesday that a “feature file” used by its Bot Management System to fight off […]

Surprise Crude Draw Stabilizes Oil Prices After Early Plunge On Russia Peace Talk Headlines Oil prices tumbled overnight following API’s report suggesting a large build in crude inventories, , which would take oil stored in commercial tanks to the highest level in more than five months, if confirmed by official data this morning. The supply buildup may help cushion the impact of US sanctions against Russian producers Rosneft PJSC […]

Rearranging The Chairs By Michael Every of Rabobank Rearranging the Chairs Tuesday was another down day for most markets as the US weekly ADP jobs report suggested the labor backdrop is weakening and housing starts sagged. As the FT puts it, ‘Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $60bn.’ Here Is The Batshit Insane Chart That Sent Oracle Stock Soaring 25% After Hours https://t.co/Haus5Ueybg — […]

MP Materials Stock Spikes After JV Deal With Saudi Arabia’s Flagship Mining Company MP Materials stock is up more than 6% heading into the cash open after the company announced a rare earth refinery joint venture with Saudi Arabia’s flagship mining company. MP, the U.S. Department of War, and Saudi Arabia’s state mining giant Maaden have announced a joint venture to build a rare earth refinery in Saudi Arabia, marking one of the […]

“There’s No Emergency Here”: Blue Owl CEO Says As Private Credit Provider Abandons Merger Plan Less than 24 hours ago, we noted that Goldman’s Delta-One Desk head, Rich Privorotsky, warned, “while we’re all laser-focused on ORCL CDS and NVDA, maybe what we should have been watching was OWL and COF,” following up on our extensive writing on the subject of private, as far back as March 2024 “What’s Behind The Recent Explosion In […]

Leading Advanced Nuclear Companies Announce More Progress Toward Commercialization With the US badly lagging China in nuclear power plant rollout, and the Trump admin slow-playing its Industrial Policy in this most critical sector, the private sector is taking matters into its own hands, with two notable developments announced this morning by two of the leading companies in the space, as they pursue commercial rollout.  We start […]

Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI Board; Harvard Launches Investigation After Epstein Revelations Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from the board of OpenAI following the release of messages in which Summers was asking Jeffrey Epstein for dating advice to try and bed a female mentee whose father was a former CCP official.  Then-Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers speaks at the University’s 2004 Commencement […]

TJ Maxx Hikes Outlook As Consumers Trade Down In Ominous Economic Signal  We’ve been hammering on the same theme for months: low- and middle-income consumers are getting financially squeezed.  Goldman has flagged imploding sentiment, UBS has revealed the tale of two consumer worlds, and consumer behavior and spending trends show a pullback in discretionary spending, from restaurants to big-box retailers.  The strain has become […]

As ‘Golden Toilet’ Corruption Scheme Rocks Ukraine, Support For Zelensky Plunges Below 20% Via Remix News, After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s close associate, Timur Mindich, fled to Israel after allegedly masterminding a €100 million corruption scheme, it appears the Ukrainian public is turning on their leader — at least according to polls cited by a Ukrainian member of parliament. “According to the polls […]

Futures Rebound After 4 Day Slide With Nvidia Earnings On Deck After 4 days of steep declines, futures are finally higher ahead of Nvidia earnings, with AI bulls hoping for strong numbers to provide respite from the market selloff. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are 0.3% higher and Nasdaq futs gains 0.4%, both bracing for big moves later: NVDA alone has accounted for almost 20% of S&P 500 gains this year. FOMC minutes and a […]

This Was A Major Red Flag In 2008, And Now It Is Happening Again! Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, The alarms are getting even louder each week.  It has become exceedingly clear that the U.S. economy has entered a crisis that is similar to what we experienced in 2008 and 2009, and a lot of people are really starting to freak out.  For those that cannot see the stunning parallels between the Great […]

First Home Depot, Now Target Reports Soft Demand  At the start of the week, Goldman’s top consumer specialist Scott Feiler pointed out this would be a “very important week” for earnings across the consumer sector. Home Depot set the tone on Tuesday by cutting its full-year outlook as big-ticket spending and home-renovation demand continue to fade. Now, the next major earnings report just hit the tape, and it’s delivering […]

Dutch Retreat: Beijing Wins Control Fight Over Nexperia After Chip Shipments Squeezed The Dutch government has fully withdrawn its emergency powers over chipmaker Nexperia, returning control to Chinese parent Wingtech and ending the tense standoff that had led Beijing to halt key automotive-chip shipments, Bloomberg reported. If tensions persisted, this would’ve sparked snarled automotive supply chains worldwide. The reversal […]

‘Europe Is Persecuting Christians’ Via Spiked  Free speech is under serious attack all across Europe. To criticise the sacred cows of the progressive worldview – from transgenderism to immigration and even Islam – is to invite a knock on the door from the thought police. The recent, harrowing trial of a Finnish parliamentarian reveals how it is often Christians who find themselves in the firing line. Päivi Räsänen has spent […]

Senate Unanimously Approves Bill To Release Epstein Files Update (1730ET): Well that didn’t take long… The Senate has just agreed by unanimous consent to approve the House-passed bill to require the Justice Department to release all unclassified records and documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – upon receipt of the legislation from the House, only hours after the lower chamber voted 427-1 to approve it – […]

Newly-Leaked Emails Expose A Legitimate LGBTQ Mafia Presence At The BBC Authored by Olivia Murray via AmericanThinker.com, If we’re lucky, the BBC may soon cease to exist. As you may have already heard, President Trump’s threat to sue the outlet for an edited speech that was grotesquely distorted and then aired in a documentary has increased from $1 billion to $5 billion—in the wake of Trump’s threat, BBC released a […]

Witkoff, Zelensky, Erdogan To Meet In Turkey In Effort To Revive Peace Talks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced he is going to Turkey Wednesday in order to try and revive negotiations with Russia toward reaching a settlement to end the war. US special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to be there for the talks, which would see Turkey play mediator, as it did during short-lived talks in the opening months of the […]

Like “Helping An Alcoholic By Sending Another Crate Of Vodka”: Orbán Blasts Brussels Over EU Funding Ukraine Via The Libertarian Institute Ukraine will need over $150 billion from its Western backers in 2026 and 2027. The President of the European Commission admitted there were no easy options.  In a letter to the leaders of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen argued it was essential for the bloc to plug Ukraine’s $157 […]

EU Launches Cloud Antitrust Probes Into Amazon, Microsoft What would Europe be without a mountain of regulations aimed at curbing free speech and privacy?  Attendees at Amazon.com Inc. annual cloud computing conference walk past the Amazon Web Services logo in Las Vegas, Nev., on Nov. 30, 2017. Salvador Rodriguez/Reuters File Photo The European Commission (EC) on Monday launched three separate investigations into Amazon and […]

Syria Has Put A Big Western Flag In Its Gas Patch, Less Than Year After Assad Overthrow Authored by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com, Syria has just put a big Western flag in its gas patch. The state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with ConocoPhillips to develop existing gas fields and hunt for new ones, in a bid to drag the country’s power sector out of wartime ruin. Damascus says the deal […]

Xi And Trump To Both Be Absent From G-20 Gathering In South Africa Chinese President Xi Jinping will skip next week’s G-20 summit in Johannesburg, a setback for host South Africa, which is already dealing with a boycott by US President Donald Trump, according to Bloomberg.  China’s Foreign Ministry said Premier Li Qiang will attend instead, without giving a reason for Xi’s absence, even though he joined the summit last […]

Leftist Berlin Mayoral Candidate Calls For Voting-Rights For All Migrants Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The Left Party’s (Die Linke) newly-chosen lead candidate for next year’s state election has called to extend voting rights to all migrants living in the capital, including those who do not hold German citizenship. Elif Eralp’s remarks were delivered during a party strategy meeting on Saturday, where 163 […]