Senators Say Trump Admin Is Illegally Sitting On Secret Court Ruling About Warrantless Spying Democrat Senators Ron Wyden and Adam Schiff say the Trump administration is illegally withholding a secret surveillance-court ruling that faulted how intelligence analysts search Americans’ messages, while pressing Congress to renew the program the ruling covers. The two lawmakers laid out the charge in a demand letter first reported by […]

Iran Signals Rare Flexibility Toward US In Talks With Mecca Pact Representatives Update(1635): Somewhat surprisingly, Iran appears ready to be flexible concerning its conditions and matters of the timeline related to the Hormuz crisis and standoff with US forces: Iran Says It Could Accept Shortening Proposed Seven-Day Deadline if Conditions Are Met In Tehran on Monday, Iran informed delegates from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and […]

Kunstler: “It’s All A Giant Mind-F**k” Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Clusterfuck Nation, “We are also starting to consult federal workers on how to do some blocking inside the govt agencies during emergency situations – but please do not put that on the form.” – Eric Manton, of the DRG They put it on the form, though, cuz somebody screwed up. Oopsie. . . . Color Revolution Ninja, the Lovely Danielle Reiff Get this: […]

Foreign Demand Craters For Ugly, Tailing 2Y Treasury Auction Ahead Of Fed Decision A week that sees a barrage of macro news, earnings, political developments, capital markets events including the massive Anthropic IPO offering doc and a record equity offering by Meta, also has a flood of coupon issuance to contend with starting with today’s $69BN in 2Y paper which sold to tepid demand ahead of this week’s FOMC decision.  Let’s see […]

Trump Posts Longest Truth Social Rant Of His Career – 1,300 Words At Bill Maher President Donald Trump posted the longest message of his social media career on Sunday night, a rant of more than 1,300 words on Truth Social aimed at HBO host Bill Maher, two days after Maher defended his second White House dinner with him on air. At just over 1,300 words, it’s Trump’s longest ever.  “Let’s talk about this COMPLETE AND TOTAL […]

60,000 Microsoft Workers Offered Buyouts As AI Spending Boom Reshapes Workforce Job cuts and downsizing announcements across corporate America have gained momentum, a trend we featured in a report last week titled “Tech Layoffs Surge As Corporate America’s AI Blitz Raises Fears The Worst Is Yet To Come.” Days later, Bloomberg reports that Microsoft will offer voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees while spending heavily on […]

Lula Runoff Shock Sparks Brazilian Market Carnage: Stocks Collapse, Real Plunges As ‘Bolsonaro Trade’ Implodes Summary: Ibovespa Stock Index Plunges 20%, Triggers Circuit Breaker  Real Crashes 11% To 5.58/USD Brazil Markets Crater After Socialist Lula’s Shock Victory; Bolsonaro Seeks To Annul Runoff Market Shock Brazilian assets crashed after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s surprise runoff victory over Flávio Bolsonaro […]

Creepy Paid Democrat Propaganda Script Drops… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, Democrat-aligned influencers have flooded social media with near-identical videos accusing Elon Musk of trying to buy the midterm elections. The clips use the same phrasing, the same framing, and the same call to action. Accounts that normally post independent-sounding commentary suddenly received the same memo. Wall Street Apes highlighted […]

Fed Over-Tightening: How Much Runway Is Left Before It Bites? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The risk of Fed over-tightening rises when 5% Treasury yields, a thin savings cushion and a hike-cut-hike Fed all converge at the same time. The Fed raised rates in September, and the 10-year Treasury yield has since topped 5.3%, the highest since 2007.  That combination raises a question the market isn’t […]

“Crackgate” Begins: Apple Aware Of Duo Screens Breaking As Complaints Mount The iPhone Duo has a lead time of about 79 days, Bank of America analysts said on Monday. International availability for the new foldable handset is now expected in mid-to-late January, as Apple Stores nationwide sell out of inventory. Apple Confirms “Crackgate”  *APPLE IPHONE DUO DRAWS EARLY COMPLAINTS OF THE SCREEN CRACKING — zerohedge (@zerohedge) […]

Serbian Student-Led Movement Ousts Vucic In Huge Upset, Opening Door To EU Serbia finds itself in a new political reality on Monday, after Sunday night saw former President Aleksandar Vučić concede defeat following the 14-year rule of his right-wing party, called in English (ironically enough) the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). Vučić’s long-running total dominance in Serbian politics has effectively come to an end. There were […]

Former DOGE Staffers Hacked Into Anthropic’s Internal Systems In 12 Hours – And What They Found Is Alarming A months-old cybersecurity startup founded by former DOGE staffers says its AI agents found paths into Anthropic’s internal systems in under 12 hours, the Washington Post reported Monday, citing a draft report it reviewed. The company, Cathedral, says it reached meeting transcripts, salary and job-offer details, and Slack […]

FBI Arrests CIA Contractor Accused Of Leaking Classified Defense Secrets To Romantic Partner Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, The FBI arrested a CIA contractor Friday for allegedly leaking highly classified national defense information to a romantic partner who operated an online publication known for publishing sensitive government intelligence. Ian A. Brinksman, 42, of Washington, D.C., faces federal charges […]

NANO’s Laser Partner Finally Files For IPO: LIS Technologies Wants $17 Million To Fix America’s Enrichment Problem We have been previewing this one since January. On Monday morning, it finally arrived. LIS Technologies (LIST), the Oak Ridge laser enrichment startup in which NANO Nuclear (NNE) is a shareholder, strategic partner, landlord and, through chairman Jay Yu, something close to a sibling, filed its S-1 for a Nasdaq IPO […]

‘Botch Job’: After Judge’s Ruling Riddled With AI Errors, Appeals Court Allows Mississippi DEI Ban To Take Effect Authored by Jennifer Kabbany via The College Fix, A preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of an anti-DEI law in Mississippi has been vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit after it was determined the judge who issued the ruling used AI and presented flawed legal analysis. In a sharp rebuke, […]

Anthropic’s S-1 Is Out: A $974 Million Operating Profit, An $800 Billion Compute Bill, And Elon Musk As Landlord After three leaks, two “updated drafts” and one closed-door investor day, the real thing is finally here. At precisely 9:00:11am ET, Anthropic PBC publicly filed its S-1 with the SEC, applying to list its Class A shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker “ANT”, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley […]

Oil Spill Off UAE Coast Widens, More Beaches Closed, After Tanker Hit The disastrous oil spill impacting the United Arab Emirate’s coast is spreading, which has resulted in government authorities closing more beaches. “Satellite images show the oil spill approaching the Emirate’s northern Umm Al Quwain shores. Efforts are underway to contain the leakage, the UAE’s Environment Ministry said,” as quoted in Al Jazeera. via […]

Somaliland Accuses Ilhan Omar Of Leaking Classified Congressional Info To Somalia Authored by Catherine Salgado via PJ Media, Another day, another Omar scandal, another piece of evidence indicating foreign loyalties and domestic betrayal. AP Photo/Jim MoneRep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) father participated in genocide in Somaliland, and Omar herself has connections to top Somali thugs, so unsurprisingly there is a natural antipathy […]

French Officials Say 1,300 Arrests Made Amid Latest Unrest Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, More than 1,300 people were arrested in another day of protests and riots, after a mass march in Paris a day earlier, according to authorities in France. The French Interior Ministry said officials responded to 75 fires during Saturday’s riots, and added that 24 shops were looted, reported the AFP news agency. “Several […]

“You Have This Superpower”: Jury Nullification Becomes The Latest Attack On The Court System Authored by Jonathan Turley via Jonathan Turley, “You have this superpower.” That statement from Qiana Johnson is part of reported training material for residents to engage in “jury nullification,” whereby jurors ignore the law and incriminating facts in a given case to nullify any prosecution. Notably, Johnson is the newly elected clerk […]

Appeals Court Raises Doubt Over Trump Admin’s Ballot Lawsuit Against California Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court on Sunday expressed skepticism over the Trump administration’s bid to require California to set aside mail-in ballots from voters whom the government suspected of being noncitizens. The Ninth Circuit of Appeals held an emergency teleconference hearing after the Department of […]

Iranian Army Says It Shot Down US LUCAS Drone That Was Flying Over Southern Iran Authored by Dave DeCamp via Antiwar.com, The Iranian Army said on Sunday that its forces shot down a US LUCAS drone over the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, an incident that comes as the US and Israel appear poised to launch another round of major strikes against Iran. So far, the US hasn’t confirmed losing a LUCAS and hasn’t responded to […]

“Guppy-Level Death”: Musk Warns Of Mass AI Neocloud Failures Amid Funding Crunch Authored by Felix Ng and Yohan Yun via Cointelegraph, Elon Musk warns that over 200 specialist AI cloud providers could fail or consolidate as lenders tighten up their purse strings. Musk said Sunday on X that lenders had largely stopped providing financing to companies without substantial revenue streams outside AI data centers. He said SpaceX had […]

Futures Rise As Meta Jumps On $95BN Equity Raise, Oil Slides; Brazil Crashes After Lula Shock US futures are higher as oil slides on hopes that a regional delegation in Tehran can breathe some life into US-Iran peace talks, and as Meta jumps after finally unveiling how it plans to pay for its AI capex binge, offsetting a stunning comeback win by Lula in Brazil’s runoff which has sent Brazilian ADRs crashing as much as 30-50% […]

EU Climbs Escalation Ladder With Beijing, Plans Wider Curbs On Chinese Imports Europe’s political elite is belatedly confronting the electoral cost of deindustrialization, as right-wing gains in local elections expose surging voter anger over globalist policies that have crushed the industrial base. The push to curb cheap Chinese imports suggests Brussels is scrambling for political survival, as Nomura analysts recently said […]