White House, FTC Turn Up The Heat On Institutional Shareholder Services & Glass Lewis  Federal scrutiny of proxy-advisory firms and major index-fund managers intensified this week, following reports that the White House is weighing new measures to rein in their growing influence over corporate America, as well as news that the Federal Trade Commission just launched a preliminary investigation into whether these firms violated […]

Elon Musk Is Building The Backbone of America’s High-Tech 2030s Economy – And The Numbers Prove It Authored by Larry Goldberg, Managing Partner of Knowledge Partners International,  Few understand that quite apart from making himself rich, Elon Musk is a job-creating, tax-paying, economy-boosting force. Through his companies – Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, The Boring Company, and Neuralink -Musk has funneled hundreds of billions into […]

Coinbase Abandoning $2 Billion Deal For Stablecoin Company BVNK Coinbase Global has scrapped plans to acquire BVNK, a London-based stablecoin infrastructure startup, ending what would have been a roughly $2 billion deal — and one of the largest stablecoin-focused acquisitions to date, according to Yahoo Finance. “We’re continuously seeking opportunities to expand on our mission and product offerings,” a Coinbase […]

How Far Will Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal Go? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, A major scandal is rocking Ukraine after its National Anti-Corruption Bureau, which Zelensky unsuccessfully tried to subordinate over the summer, charged several important figures in connection with its investigation into a $100 million energy graft scandal. This includes Timur Mindich, Zelensky’s longtime business partner, who fled […]

After 43 Days, Congressional Democrats Fold, Vote To End Historic US Govt Shutdown Update (0800ET): After a record 43 days (and 14 failed votes)… …the shutdown is finally over as Democrats folded (amid the fire and brimstone from their colleagues), voting with Republicans to reopen the government. The 222-209 vote saw 6 Democrats vote to reopen the government and 2 Republicans vote against the measure (h/t Jake Sherman) […]

A Tale Of Two Consumer Worlds – Captured In A Single Chart Our extensive reporting across household income tiers reveals a widening divide across the economy, increasingly bifurcated into two separate worlds.  At the top, affluent households are reaping the windfall of wealth generated by soaring AI-linked stocks. Meanwhile, middle- and lower-income consumers remain squeezed by persistent inflation, a softening labor market, and […]

Nationalist MP Enrages UK Far-Left With Call To Create A “Hostile And Unwelcoming Environment” For Illegals Via Remix News, U.K. television personality and millionaire businesswoman Deborah Meaden has drawn criticism on social media after rebuking Rupert Lowe, MP and leader of Restore Britain, for suggesting Britain should create “a hostile and unwelcoming environment” to discourage illegal immigration. Meaden replied, […]

Colombia Joins Britain In Suspending Intel-Sharing With US Following the UK announcement it would not cooperate with the US military’s ‘illegal’ actions targeting alleged drug boats off Venezuela, Colombian President Gustavo Petro is the latest to announced the suspension of intelligence sharing with the United States. This development is less of a surprise, however, given Colombia’s relations with Washington have been severely […]

EU Should Tariff China To Kick Its Rare Earths Dependency Authored by Anders Corr via The Epoch Times, The European Union is planning a rare-earth element stockpile, mining, and refinement strategy to be more fully revealed in mid-November. The plan is to use import substitution to counter China’s rare-earth export controls on seven rare earths imposed in April. However, it could take 10 to 15 years for Europe to become […]

‘Sarajevo Safari’: Italy Probes Claim That Wealthy Tourists Paid To Go To Bosnia To Snipe Civilians Various reports including in The Guardian and European outlets have detailed one of the most shocking ‘war tourism’ stories in a long time. The reports claim people in the 1990s paid large sums of money to travel to the Balkans, where they didn’t just observe the long-running Yugoslav wars, but picked up rifles and shot people for […]

Germany Offers Afghans Taxpayers’ Cash To Abandon Resettlement Pledges Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The German government has sent letters offering Afghan nationals taxpayer-funded cash incentives to withdraw from resettlement programs and either return to Afghanistan or move to a third country, as reported by the German Press Agency (dpa). The letters, distributed via the German Society for International […]

The Trans-Caspian Pipeline Is Resurrected As Washington Plots Return To Central Asia Authored by Conor Gallagher via NakedCapitalism.com, If the inflation of President Trump’s ego was any indication at the C5+1 summit at the White House last week that brought together the US President with the five presidents of Central Asia, big things are coming to the region. “You are a great leader, a statesman sent from above to restore […]

Maduro’s ‘Massive Mobilization’ Includes Millions Of Poorly Armed Civilian Militia Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has launched a “massive mobilization” of military personnel, weapons and equipment in order to “optimize command, control and communications” and ensure the defense of the country just as the US took the major step of sailing the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier into the Caribbean, amid an already unprecedented […]

Experts Doubt China’s Claims On AI, Quantum Radar Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Commentary There is little doubt that China’s recent announcements on quantum radar and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered submarine detection, which collectively rip away the operational advantages of submarines and stealth aircraft, are aimed at discouraging any thought by any country to be actively involved in […]

Dems Dump New ‘Epstein Files’ With Trump – Redact Witness Who Already Exonerated Him New Epstein files have dropped – this time from House Democrats, and Trump is mentioned. But while they’re taking victory laps on X, it didn’t take long for sleuths to uncover that the dems redacted the name of a witness who already exonerated Trump in testimony, and revealed a weird relationship between Epstein and a ‘famous’ journalist.  In […]

Trump Pens Letter Urging Full Israeli Pardon Of Netanyahu In Corruption Cases Just as he previously strongly hinted he would do, President Donald Trump has penned an official letter asking the Israeli president to grant a full pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his ongoing major corruption trial. Trump wrote, “I hereby call on you to fully pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been a formidable and decisive War Time […]

Cloned Foods Are Coming To A Grocer Near You Authored by Sylvain Charlebois via The Epoch Times, Cloned-animal foods could soon enter Canada’s food supply with no labels identifying them as cloned and no warning to consumers – a move that risks eroding public trust. According to Health Canada’s own consultation documents, Ottawa intends to remove foods derived from cloned animals from its “novel foods” list, the process […]

Move Over Mamdani, Seattle Set To Elect Socialist Mega-Karen Mayor Self-avowed socialist Katie Wilson is on the brink of winning Seattle’s mayoral race in what is the latest sign that the Democrat Party is shifting even further to the left. As of Tuesday, Wilson pulled ahead of incumbent Bruce Harrel by a mere 1,300 votes. Wilson overtook Harrel with the help of mail-in ballots, which have favored the socialist by wide margins, […]

3 US States Report New Avian Flu Outbreaks Authored by Naveen Athrappully viaThe Epoch Times, Five new avian flu outbreaks affecting thousands of birds across three U.S. states were recently confirmed, according to a Nov. 6 update from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). In Indiana, outbreaks were reported in three counties, affecting 25,610 birds. Around 113,000 birds were affected in Michigan, and in […]

RFK Jr. Exposes Big Pharma’s Stranglehold On American Media RFK Jr. sounds the alarm: the evening news isn’t just a broadcast – it’s a billion-dollar echo chamber for corporate interests. As ‘Camus’ writes in a post on X, according to insiders, pharmaceutical giants bankroll up to 75% of ad revenue for TV news, flooding broadcasts with a barrage of drug commercials. On a typical night, 17 out of 22 ads push pharmaceutical […]

China’s CO2 Emissions Have Been Flat For 18 Months Straight By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com China has seen its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions keep a flat or falling trend for 18 consecutive months as electric vehicles and renewable energy uptake soars, a new analysis for Carbon Brief showed on Tuesday.   CO2 emissions in China, the world’s biggest polluter, were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, […]

Public School Teachers Have A Serious Child Sex Abuse Problem Every month, around 300 to 500 public school teachers are arrested or charged for incidents involving a minor, including sexual assault on minors.  The majority of these cases do not receive much attention in the media and often school districts will “pass the trash”; quietly removing an offending teacher and using confidentiality agreements to cover up incidents, […]

Justice Department Launches Investigation Into Security Failures At Berkeley TPUSA Event Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week that it is investigating the University of California, Berkeley, over the security arrangements for the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event. Antifa and others threatened many entering or leaving the event, including reportedly blocking hundreds from the sold-out event […]

Fetterman Says Democrats Are Rudderless, And Total Dicks Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said on Tuesday that “no one really knows” who’s in charge of Demorats on Capitol Hill – as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “never” even discussed the government shutdown with him. Appearing on “Fox & Friends,” Fetterman addressed an Axios report that Schumer privately pressured a group of moderate Democrats in […]

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince May Provide Boost To US Nuclear Industry Authored by Steffan Szumowski via The Nuclear Review I recently enjoyed a conversation with an American energy industry executive who has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia for a number of years. He provided some unique insight into the US nuclear industry’s potential opportunities with Saudi Arabia. When the future King of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin […]