Sam Altman Denies OpenAI Needs A Government Bailout: He Just Wants Massive Government Subsidies About one month ago, when the Mag 7 stocks were screaming higher every day without a care in the world, and before the masses had even considered who would fund the trillions in future capex needs once the organic cash flow topped out – something we had just discussed in “AI Is Now A Debt Bubble Too, Quietly Surpassing All Banks To Become […]

Lavrov Exposed Washington’s Double Standards Towards Resolving The Levantine & Ukrainian Conflicts Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave an informative interview to Kommersant in mid-October. Russian international media mostly focused on his remarks about ties with the US, concerns about its potential transfer of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, and the special operation, […]

Eggs, Gas, & Women’s Clothing Prices Down; Beef, Smokes, & Electricity Up In 2025 Even as headline inflation stabilizes, the cost of everyday items and services in the U.S. continues to shift unevenly across categories. For example, while beef has gotten more expensive, eggs have gotten cheaper. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu breaks down inflation by product type, revealing where Americans are seeing the […]

DOA: Republicans Reject Democrats’ One-Year ACA Extension To End Shutdown Update (1508ET): That didn’t take long… * And now Thune, who says the Democrat proposal ‘not close’ to what needs to be done.  30 minutes after Democrats offered to reopen the government if Republicans agree to extend pandemic-era (temporary) Obamacare enhancements, Republicans rejected it outright – with one senior Senate GOP aide saying it’s ‘dead on […]

Lessons From The Longest-Living Among Us Authored by Amy Denney via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sister Pacis Bao spent 31 years longing for revenge against the communists who murdered her family—then made a decision at age 79 that may have added 25 years to her life. The 104-year-old nun turned from hatred to forgiveness, which put her mind and body at ease. Sister Pacis Bao embodies many traits of a “superager,” keeping her […]

New Mexico Is The State Most Dependent On Food Stamps The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal food assistance initiative in the U.S., supporting roughly one in eight Americans. The program helps low-income households purchase groceries, with monthly benefits averaging around $180 per person nationwide. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, highlights the states most […]

Trump’s Unpredictability Keeps Beijing Off Balance: Analysts Authored by Terri Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Since day one in office, President Donald Trump has taken Beijing on a roller coaster ride of tariffs and export controls. For a regime that is already struggling with a stagnant economy and an international market increasingly wary of Chinese dumping, Trump’s actions have added an extra layer of uncertainty. […]

Nearly One In Five Americans Still Work From Home Regularly Many companies, particularly among the finance and tech sectors, have started calling employees back to the office. Firms such as Microsoft have announced expectations for workers to spend more time on-site, while Amazon has gone further, requiring employees to return to the office five days a week. As Statista’s Anna Fleck details below, according to data from […]

Americans Are Increasingly Alone, But Are They Really Lonely? Authored by Christopher J. Ferguson via RealClearInvestigations, In 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a bombshell report, “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation,” that painted a bleak picture of citizens feeling “isolated, invisible, and insignificant.” Most provocatively, it stated that perhaps half of Americans face a personal crisis of […]

North Dakota & Texas Saw The Greatest GDP Growth Of US States Over The Past 35 Years, Louisiana The Least The 1990s were a different time. Dial-up internet, gas costing a dollar, and many states still leaning on manufacturing. Even then, new tech clusters and improved drilling methods were starting to reshape the map, setting up today’s energy-rich and tech-focused states for the strongest economies. The visualization, via […]

Cheap Power Is The Secret To Winning The Global AI Race Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly stated that China is positioned to win the global AI race due to its significantly lower energy costs and less stringent regulation compared to the United States and Europe. The pursuit of net-zero ambitions has led to high electricity costs in the UK and EU, which directly threatens their plans […]

Arctic Blast To Plunge U.S. East Temperatures To Nuuk, Greenland Levels By early next week, much of the eastern United States “will be about as cold as Nuuk, Greenland,” warned meteorologist Ben Noll, adding, “It will be warmer in St. John’s, Newfoundland, than in parts of northern Florida.”  On Tuesday morning, parts of the Southeast U.S. will be about as cold as Nuuk, Greenland — near the edge of the Arctic Circle. It will be […]

The Democrats’ Man Problem Authored by Kurt Schlichter via Townhall, It’s a challenge when you want to be a major political party and you can’t seem to avoid alienating about 90 percent of 50 percent of the population, but that’s the challenge the Democrats have accepted. People with penises who identify as men, I have some bad news for you. They don’t like you. Not at all. And their solution to this problem – and it’s […]

UN Bends The Knee, Revokes Sanctions On Syrian Leaders Ahead Of Trump Meeting The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to end terrorism-related sanctions on Syria’s interim president and interior minister, acknowledging the country’s change after Bashar al-Assad was deposed in early December 2024. The resolution, sponsored by the United States, was adopted via 14 votes in favor and an abstention by China. It removes Ahmed […]

America’s Future: Food Stamp Riots And Communism? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us There’s a lot of black-pilling Republicans out there this week after a handful of elections in the northeastern US led to “sweeping” Democrat victories in New York, New Jersey and Virginia. As is always the case whenever Republicans lose any race no matter how insignificant to the bigger picture, suddenly the sky is falling and […]

Maduro Open To ‘Managed Exit’ If Trump Provides Amnesty; Putin On Standby With Military Aid Last week, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reached out to Russia, China and Iran for possible military aid, after US President Donald Trump mulled a military attack amid a massive buildup of American forces in the region. “The requests to Moscow were made in the form of a letter meant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and was […]

Supreme Court Issues Major Opinion On Transgender Identity & The Trump Passport Policy Authored by Jonathan Turley,. In a significant win for the Trump Administration, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion on Thursday afternoon on the Trump Administration’s requirement that passport holders use their sex assigned at birth and that such requirements do not violate equal protection guarantees. While a brief, […]

Obama-Appointed Judge Restricts Trump’s Use Of Tear Gas, Other Anti-Riot Measures In Chicago A federal judge has restricted the federal government’s use of tear gas and other types of anti-riot measures in Chicago. On Thursday, Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said during a hearing that government witnesses’ claims of violence at protests in Chicago were not credible, citing several occasions where she said video […]

What Might Happen If The Shutdown Never Ends… Authored by Chuck Devore via DailyCaller.com, Shutdown, Day 100 I’m walking through the haze of what still lays claim to be the capital city of the United States of America. The monuments still stand, though graffiti covers a few now. Weeds are starting to poke up in lawns that were once well-tended. Trees and bushes look a bit rangy. Leviathan bureaucracy has simply… stopped. […]

Inside Meta’s $16 Billion Scam Ad Economy Internal Meta documents reveal that the company expected to make about 10% of its 2024 revenue—roughly $16 billion—from ads promoting scams and banned goods, according to a new expose from Reuters.  The files show that Meta knew for years Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were flooded with fraudulent ads for investment schemes, fake e-commerce, illegal gambling, and prohibited medical […]

Good Luck To The Big Apple’s Moiling Masses Of Latté-Clutchers Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Side of Jihad With That Pastrami on Rye? “Socialism is a wonderful idea. It’s only as a reality that it has been disastrous.” – Thomas Sowell Does Zohran’s radiant smile put you in mind of a labradoodle puppy? The guy was just that soft and fluffy during the mayoral election campaign, beaming remorselessly for the cameras, […]

Consumer Credit Jumps More Than Expected To New Record High Driven By Surge In Student Loans The consumer credit rollercoaster continues. One month after total consumer credit grew far less than expected, barely printing in the green, moments ago the Fed reported that in September consumer credit jumped once again, rising by $13.093 billion to a new record high of $5.077 trillion.  The increase was driven by a modest rebound by […]

Appeals Court Lets Texas Enforce Law Limiting Drag Shows Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal appeals court on Nov. 6 allowed Texas to enforce a state ban on drag shows performed in the presence of minors. Conservative Texans showed up to protest a drag-queen event held at a Katy, Texas, church Sept. 24, 2022. Darlene McCormick Sanchez/The Epoch Times A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of […]

Un-Sustainables: ESG Outflow Bloodbath Hits Ninth Consecutive Month The downward spiral of sustainable equity stocks built on the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) globalist movement has deepened under the Trump era, as investor focus and capital flows have pivoted sharply toward the booming artificial intelligence trade. A Goldman Sachs team led by analyst Varsha Venugopal offered clients a fresh snapshot of the […]

Can’t Afford A Vacation? Blame The Fed Authored by Ron Paul via DailyReckoning.com, According to data collected by the research firm Statista, 29 percent of Americans cannot afford to take a vacation this year. A vacation is not the only thing Americans are struggling to afford. The failure of wages to keep up with price inflation is why household debt hit a record level of 18.4 trillion dollars this year, with the average […]