What’s The Future Of Russia’s Bases In Syria? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Lavrov suggested that they could facilitate the dispatch of aid to Africa, but it’s also possible that they might host complex military-diplomatic talks between all stakeholders in Syria while also helping its armed forces maintain national unity by re-equipping, training, and advising them too. Russian-Syrian relations are interesting for […]

Reporters Leave Pentagon En Masse After All But One Outlet Rejects New Rules Wednesday evening saw reporters from nearly every major network and mainstream news outlet hand in their press badges and exit the Pentagon, following their refusal to sign a new policy issued by War Secretary Pete Hegseth. “Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in […]

Bondi DOJ Backs Warrantless Invasion Of Gun Owners’ Homes By Aidan Johnston, Director of Federal Affairs for Gun Owners of America, The Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi is advancing an argument that threatens to hollow out the Fourth Amendment’s core protection: that Americans may be secure in their homes against warrantless searches. The lawsuit is Case v. Montana. After a difficult breakup, William Trevor […]

Transportation Sec. Duffy Says Leftist Gov. Moore Is ‘Poor Steward’ Of Collapsed Key Bridge Rebuild Funds Leftist Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who appears to be friends with the “dark-money NGO King” – the Soros family, specifically Alex Soros… … and was recently caught “half-naked” on George Clooney’s luxury motor yacht in Italy.  Who has also seen collapsing poll numbers in a deep-blue state overtaken by radical leftists […]

Extending The ACA Subsidies? Authored by Bill King via RealClearPolitics, Over the last week, the decision on whether to extend the enhanced ACA subsidies has increasingly become the defining issue of the shutdown.  It is an issue that is fracturing the Republican Party and threatening to derail their midterm election prospects. Unpacking the numbers From the outset, the Affordable Care Act subsidized the purchase of health […]

Cybertruck Owners Organize Meetups To Trade Tales Of Unhinged Reactions By Strangers There’s probably no more polarizing and outright catchy vehicle on the road than the Tesla Cybertruck. Depending on who you ask, the Tesla Cybertruck is either the future of American engineering or a stainless-steel political statement. But to some at a Cybertruck meetup in Palm Springs, it’s simpler than that, according to a new profile by Wired. […]

Coast Guard Seizes 100,000 Pounds Of Cocaine Since August In Eastern Pacific Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Coast Guard has seized about 100,000 pounds of cocaine since launching Operation Pacific Viper in August, officials reported Oct. 15. The Coast Guard and its partners are targeting vessels suspected of bringing illegal narcotics such as cocaine into the United States from Central and South […]

Obama’s $1 Billion Presidential Library Looks Like A Tower Of Doom After 10 years and nearly $1 billion in total project costs, the Barack Obama Presidential Center is finally nearing completion and has been opened for limited public tours.  The facility is set to officially go into operation in the spring of 2026, however, at least $230 million in construction costs still remain and the Obama Foundation simply doesn’t have it.  […]

‘Where Do We Get Such Men?’ Authored by Jeff Minick via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In the 1954 film “The Bridges at Toko-Ri,” based on James Michener’s novel and set during the Korean War, Adm. George Tarrant ponders the bravery of the Navy carrier pilots he commands, and then wonders aloud, “Where do we get such men?” (L) 1st Lt. Lance P. Sijan in front of a F-4 Phantom II aircraft; and in a formal portrait. Public […]

China Bristles As Rare Earths ‘Retaliatory’ Curbs Foment G7 Backlash: ‘US Stirring Up Panic’ China’s major expansion control measures on its rare earth minerals appear to be backfiring, as on Thursday Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato called for the Group of Seven nations to “unite and respond” to China’s actions from last week. This after the Trump administration slammed the “global power grab” efforts by China as it seeks […]

John Bolton Indicted On 18 Counts Over Mishandling Classified Documents Update (2020ET): CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reports that in the first reaction to his indictment, John Bolton conjures images of himself as true American hero and Trump as Stalin: (emphasis ours) “For four decades, I have devoted my life to America’s foreign policy and national security. I would never compromise those goals. I tried to do that during my tenure […]

The Party Of Panic: How Democrats Turn Every Crisis Into A Skit Authored by David Manney via PJMedia.com, They call it leadership; we call it theater… While the federal shutdown grinds on, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have clearly perfected a strange new art form: performative politics, where each word is a cue, every accusation a prop, and every tweet an audition for those who can look the […]

Watch Live: Cuomo Vs. Mamdani Vs. Sliwa Face Off In NYC Mayoral Debate Watch Live (due to start at 1900ET): *  *  * It’s crunch time in the race for Gracie Mansion. With early voting just a week away, Thursday night’s showdown between Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa could reshape the fight for New York City’s top job – or cement Mamdani’s growing lead. Zohran […]

“If You Don’t Buy, You’ll Miss Out”: Weimar Vibes As Aussies Line Up To Buy Physical Gold With precious metals making new record highs day after day, there are signs that demand is spreading much broader than simply central banks. As we noted earlier, The UK’s Royal Mint is overwhelmed with demand for physical silver coins: Buyers have been flooding into London’s street-level bullion outlets too, with voracious demand for small […]

US Reports Biggest Ever Budget Surplus For Month Of September Thanks To Record Tariffs Those looking for data on the US budget deficit contained in the Monthly Treasury Statement had to wait a few weeks because of the government shutdown, but better late than never, and today at 2pm, the Treasury unveiled the US income statement for the just concluded fiscal year 2025. It was ugly, but not as ugly as it could have been and the […]

Harvard Course On Black Women In Politics Omits Prominent Conservatives Authored by Nancy Bareham via The College Fix, Conservatives are nowhere to be seen in a Harvard University course focused on black women in politics, according to a copy of the syllabus obtained by The College Fix. Dr. Mildred Jefferson, the first black woman to graduate from Harvard University’s medical school; Courtesy of American Life League ‘History […]

Trump Slams DC Judge Who Let ‘Big Balls’ Attackers Walk Free President Donald Trump and other administration officials slammed the lack of jail time for teenagers who admitted assaulting Edward Coristine, 19, a federal worker who was working at the time for the Department of Government Efficiency.  “That’s terrible,” Trump said in response to a question in the Oval Office with top officials to discuss his administration’s […]

‘Disruptions Come First, Benefits Take Time’: Fed Warns Of AI’s Imminent Impact On Job Market Earlier, Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin told an audience at the Aiken Chamber of Commerce in South Carolina that consumers “are still spending … we’re not in 2022 anymore. Consumers aren’t as flush,” while also discussing artificial intelligence trends in the labor market.  “While consumers are still spending, we are not in […]

Trump Signs Executive Order Putting New Restrictions On Federal Hiring Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on late Wednesday signed a new executive order that told agencies to restrict hiring throughout the federal government, providing some exceptions related to immigration enforcement, national and public security, and political appointees. In the order released by the White House, agencies […]

More Than An Accident? Kyle Bass Sounds Alarm On U.S. Military Explosives Supply Chain After Tennessee Plant Blast The massive blast that rocked a Tennessee explosives plant last week that killed 16 people has caught the attention of Kyle Bass, founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management, who warned about potential sabotage by foreign adversaries. Investigators are still trying to determine what sparked the […]

How Trump Crushed The Left’s Media Machine Submitted By Thomas Kolbe Donald Trump is the master of memes — and of the media. No modern political figure understands better how to energize the long-humiliated conservative-patriotic soul that has been crushed for decades by a left-liberal media zeitgeist. His Gaza performance is the latest chapter in the ongoing media revolution of our time. Peace in Gaza. The guns have fallen […]

Wishful Thinking? MSM Speculates Trump To Announce Tomahawks For Ukraine Friday The Financial Times as well as some pro-NATO military analysts say that we should expect President Trump to greenlight a limited number of long-range Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine. “The US president is expected to discuss potential deliveries and how Ukraine would use the weapon with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on […]

Regional Banks Crash As More Credit “Cockroaches” Emerge Just when the market was starting to finally freak out – with a one month delay – about the Tricolor and First Brands bankruptcy following yesterday’s fingerpointing session between JPM’s Jamie Dimon and various private credit firms in which both accused each other of harboring more credit “cockroaches”, this morning the credit freak out went to 11 as two regional US banks […]

Sixth Circuit Rules In Favor Of School Ban On “Let’s Go Brandon” Sweatshirts Authored by Joanthan Turley, We previously discussed the case of B.A. v. Tri County Area Schools, where two middle schoolers in Michigan were prevented from wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts. However, a divided panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that the school district was within its authority to ban […]

Foreign Espionage Arrests Up 50%: FBI Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Oct. 15 that the agency is cracking down on espionage by foreign adversaries, with an increase in arrests as high as 50 percent. “We have gone after espionage activities against our main counterparts in China, Russia, and Iran,” he said at a press conference. “In China alone, we’ve had over a 50 percent […]