Polymarket Sees 69% Chance Guilfoyle Out By Month’s End As Trump, Rubio Weigh Firing Prediction markets have dramatically repriced the tenure of Kimberly Guilfoyle as US Ambassador to Greece. As of Monday, Polymarket traders put a 69% probability on her being out of the post by October 31 – up sharply from the mid-single digits just days earlier – after reporting that President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are […]

“Too Combustible”: New York Times Calls For Canceling Sophie Cunningham Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, The New York Times demonstrated again this week that it remains solidly part of the cancel campaign culture. The Athletic, owned by the Times, joined the mob in calling for the Indiana Fever to dump Sophie Cunningham for publicly opposing biological males playing in women’s sports – a position shared by the […]

DOJ Lacks Authority To Check Voter Lists Against Immigration Database, Judge Says Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) cannot take the names of registered voters and compare them against a federal immigration database, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, based in Washington, handed down an order on Oct. 9 against the department. The DOJ has been […]

Feds Raid Ilhan Omar’s DC Home As Immigration Fraud Investigation Heats Up Federal agents raided the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) early Monday morning as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman’s immigration paperwork, according to Fox News. The pre-dawn operation began around 6 a.m., with multiple agents wearing Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) jackets observed […]

Saudi Coalition Intercepts More Missiles On Riyadh Update(1500ET): Within the last our, loud booms heard in Riyadh as residents told to shelter ‘for potential hostile threat’ – soon after which authorities announced the threat had passed. FT is reporting the breaking news that– Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted ballistic missile launched by Houthis towards Riyadh There are conflicting reports that the Houthis may have […]

The Biggest Threat To Today’s Data Centers Is In The Battery Room Authored by David Ellis via Data Centre Dynamics, As data centers continue to multiply, facilities are deploying industrial-scale Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units by the hundreds and substation-size front-of-the-meter Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to secure against grid failure, power surges, or other disruptions. But while the battery units are […]

DOJ Probes 5 Major TV Networks Over Suspension Of Pool Coverage Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing five major television networks for possible antitrust violations following their brief suspension of pool coverage of President Donald Trump last month. A DOJ spokesperson said on Oct. 10 that the probe would look into whether CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox News violated the […]

Russian Tech Giant Yandex’s Connectivity “Collapses” As Kiev Targets Data Centers Data from the internet monitoring group NetBlocks show a sharp collapse in connectivity across Russian tech giant Yandex’s networks following Ukrainian drone strikes on its data centers. ⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a second collapse in the networks of Russian tech giant Yandex after a new Ukrainian drone attack on data centers in Vladimir this […]

Judge Orders White House To Stop Airing Taxpayer-Funded Ads Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Oct. 11 issued a temporary restraining order barring the White House from airing the remaining slots of taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies and achievements. U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon said the motion filed by watchdog group Common […]

BofA Bets On Copper And Uranium As Higher Rates Put Gold Under Pressure Bank of America metals and mining analyst Lawson Winder shared his latest outlook for the space in a Friday note titled, “We like copper and uranium, while rates should keep a lid on gold prices.” Winder said his desk favors copper and uranium producers as global supply constraints collide with soaring power-grid demand, supporting higher prices for these […]

Majority Of Voters Concerned About Socialists Running For Office; New Poll Finds Authored by Sarah Roderick-Fitch via The Center Square, A majority of American voters are concerned with socialist candidates running and possibly winning political office, according to a new poll. The Center Square Voters’ Voice poll found that 55% of American voters are concerned about Democratic Socialist candidates running for and winning […]

AI Strikes Again – Getty Images Heads For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Getty Images’ photo, video, and illustration licensing business to news outlets, advertisers, and businesses faces a quick death from AI. Chatbots let users create visual content at a fraction of the cost of licensing, and Getty shares have collapsed since ChatGPT’s launch in late 2022, coinciding with a surge in AI news coverage and the growing adoption of chatbots […]

Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI, Earnings Start And Warsh Speaks This week markets will navigate the latest complex geopolitical news amid a barrage of news including the latest US inflation data, with September CPI on Wednesday and PPI on Thursday, the final readings before the Fed’s October 28 meeting, alongside a broader US activity pulse from retail sales (Thursday) and industrial production (Friday). After Columbus Day today […]

Europe Learns To Love Tariffs, Canada Learns What Happens When You Don’t By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank US and European equity indices were firmly in the black on Friday as the recent run up in bond yields took a breather. The S&P500 closed 46 points higher at 7811 with strong gains across the real estate, consumer discretionary, healthcare and financial sectors. US 10-year yields were just over 1bp […]

“It Comes Down To The Parents”: Teacher Breaks Down As Only 1 Of 34 Students Passes Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A distraught elementary school teacher has described a class of 34 students in which only one child passed, with many unable to correctly copy a simple word written on the board. Educators say the pattern reflects a broader failure by parents to instill basic discipline and listening skills, leaving […]

China’s “Golden September” Stalls: Car Sales Crash 28% As Exports Become Lifeline New data released by the China Passenger Car Association earlier on Monday show that China’s peak car-buying season hit the brakes, with September passenger-vehicle retail sales plunging 28% from a year earlier as manufacturers increasingly relied on overseas buyers to cushion soft domestic demand. The CPCA said in the report that retail sales fell to […]

Tehran Rejects Alleged US Partial Peace Concessions To Iranian Demands As ‘Inadequate’ Talks between Washington and Tehran have obviously long been stalemated, amid a return to ramped-up Iranian attacks on energy transit in the Strait of Hormuz, but messages have continued to be exchanged on an indirect diplomatic level, also as Washington seeks a way out of the crisis. Iran indicated Monday it is reviewing a latest offer from […]

“Memory Remains The Epicenter”: Micron Tumbles Below $1,000 As Kospi Catches-Down And CXMT Shrinks The DRAM Cell Micron just delivered the kind of quarter that would have sent the stock into orbit in June. Instead, it is tumbling and about to lose the $1,000 handle. Barely two weeks after Micron (MU) guided to $60-$63 billion in fiscal Q1 revenue, crushing the $56.8 billion consensus, and a week after Goldman calculated that Micron […]

Starbucks Kills Chipotle Takeover Rumor: “We’re Not Buying” The Burrito Chain Hopes of buying a Starbucks Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso and a Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl under one roof through a possible merger of the two quick-service restaurant chains were squashed Monday morning. “As a matter of policy, we don’t comment on rumors and speculation, but we want to be clear we are not buying Chipotle,” a Starbucks […]

Zelensky Says He’ll Hold Elections If Putin Agrees To 60-Day Ceasefire Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that he would hold elections in Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a 60-day ceasefire, comments that came after President Trump said Ukraine needed a new president to reach a deal with Russia. Zelensky’s term expired in May 2024, but he has […]

“Full-On Truman Show”: Former State Dept. Official Exposes USAID’s Censorship Machine In Brazil Former State Department official Mike Benz laid out USAID’s sweeping involvement in Brazil’s political and institutional landscape, detailing a network of American funding that reached media organizations, universities, activist groups and organizations involved with the country’s election system. Benz, who serves as executive director […]

Cyberattack Disrupts Refrigeration Systems At Hundreds Of French Supermarkets A cyberattack targeting supermarket refrigeration equipment has caused widespread disruption across France, leaving hundreds of stores facing spoiled inventory, financial losses and potentially costly equipment damage, according to France 24. Roughly 150 to 200 Intermarché locations and nearly 100 Coopérative U stores were caught up in the incident, […]

The War On Columbus Was Never Really About Columbus Authored by Jarrett Stepman via The Daily Signal, Christopher Columbus is having a revival thanks to President Donald Trump and the good sense of the American people. This is a remarkable change from just a few years ago, when it seemed likely that the country was ready to purge Columbus, the Founding Fathers, and pretty much any notable figure from our past. It was so over […]

‘No Beardos, No Weirdos’: Hegseth’s ‘State Of The Force’ Speech Shows Recruiting Up, Generals Out Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times, Secretary of War Hegseth’s Sept. 30 State of the Force speech was refreshingly blunt, but it was also extremely informative. On the blunt side of things, Hegseth let the sergeants, chiefs, and junior officers know that the U.S. military was done with the woke mindset that had been […]

Futures Flat As Oil Rebounds After Trump’s “Energy Ceasefire” Unravels, Memory Stocks Slide US futures are flat, with S&P contracts clinging to small gains and the Nasdaq slipping into the red as memory stocks slide, after a weekend of contradictory geopolitical headlines whipsawed oil (see below). As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures were 0.1% higher at 7,865 while Nasdaq futures were down 0.1%. Dow futures are up about 0.1%. That […]