Hollywood Actors Bring Back Soviet Era “Committee For The First Amendment” A group of 550 Hollywood celebrities led by Jane Fonda (Hanoi Jane) have announced – after a decade canceling conservatives within their industry –  that they are resurrecting a Soviet era celebrity organization called the “Committee for the First Amendment” to “defend the constitutional rights” of actors and public figures from the entertainment […]

Chapter 7 Individual Bankruptcy Filings Jump 15 Percent In First 9 Months Of 2025 Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A total of 249,152 individual Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings were made in the first nine months of this year in the United States, which is a 15 percent jump compared to the same period last year, the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) said in an Oct. 3 statement. A person arrives at […]

Political Turmoil: France’s Le Maire Resigns Hours After Prime Minister Steps Down Update (1240ET):  France’s former finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, who was appointed head of the Ministry of the Armed Forces on Sunday, announced his resignation less than 24 hours after taking the job, amid ongoing political turmoil that rattled stocks and bonds in Paris on Monday.  Bloomberg noted, “President Emmanuel Macron’s decision late […]

First Tricolor Subprime Meltdown, Now UBS Warns: Consumer Weakness Spreading From Low-Income To Middle-Class Restaurant spending has historically been among the first discretionary categories to decline when consumers experience economic hardship. The picture now emerging is one of “lower-income consumer weakness spreading to at least middle-income consumers,” according to a team of UBS analysts led by Dennis Geiger.  This […]

The Great Barrington Declaration At Five Years Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Commentary It was 8:45 a.m. and the date was Aug. 23, 2020. We were five months into the pandemic panic. The isolation and strangeness had become unbearable not only to me personally but to vast numbers. The businesses and schools were closed. Anthony Fauci of NIAID and all his media cheerleaders seemed to be the only […]

Ukraine Mounts Major Drone Attack On Russian Ammo Plant, Oil Terminal & Arms Depot Over the weekend we reported that largescale Saturday overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine reportedly hit major arms production facilities and the energy infrastructure supplying them, particularly in Lviv region, not far from the Polish border. Sumy, Kharkov, Ivano-Frankovsk, Vinnitsa, Poltava, Chernigov and Odessa regions, were also struck in […]

Illinois Sues Trump Admin to Halt National Guard Deployment; FBI Arrests Border Patrol Ramming Suspects By Matthew Vadum of Epoch Times The state of Illinois filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Oct. 6 in a bid to halt the federal government from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago. The state is arguing in the new legal complaint filed in federal district court in Illinois that the federal government has no […]

Wall Street Slaughtered On Its Consensus Yen Long As Traders Position for Much More Losses Versus Dollar After this weekend’s victory of Japan’s first soon-to-be-female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi – which came as a shock to everyone with Goldman saying that “virtually no one—including media, political analysts, opposition parties, and even LDP insiders—had expected this result” – no one perhaps… except our readers whom we […]

Supreme Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s Appeal For Sex Trafficking Minors The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal to overturn her 2022 conviction for sex trafficking minors with Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, had sought to overturn her conviction on the grounds that she was unlawfully prosecuted. She filed her appeal three days after meeting with a top […]

“Freedom” Shirts Reportedly Banned In Kansas Elementary Public School Authored by Jonathan Turley, An elementary school in Kansas has raised a novel question under the First Amendment: whether the freedom of speech includes the right to use the word “freedom.” According to some media reports, Arbor Creek Elementary Principal Melissa Snell stopped the wearing of shirts reading “Freedom,” which have become popular after the […]

WaPo Admits Internal DC Police Scandal Over Manipulated Crime Stats Five weeks ago, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller announced that there was an ongoing DOJ investigation into whether Washington D.C. officials manipulated crime statistics – calling it a “massive scandal.”  Specifically, Miller said: “There’s even accusations that murders and homicides were reported as accidents.” See 55 second mark: […]

AMD Soars Most In Nearly A Decade On OpenAI Chip Deal; Semiconductor Index Hits Record High Update (1005ET): At the cash open, AMD shares jumped as much as 38% to new record highs following news of the OpenAI deal (see previous update for details). In fact, this intraday surge so far marks the largest share gain in nearly a decade, or about 9.5 years, dating back to the 52.3% gain on April 22, 2016.  Record high. Goldman […]

The Cold, Hard Airport-Floor Truth By Michael Every of Rabobank There is some irony that this Global Daily author, who has written about geopolitical events such as drone incursions into Europe regularly, was trapped in Munich airport on Friday night by what were reportedly military reconnaissance drones; had to sleep on the floor with 3,500 stranded souls like a scene from a zombie movie; was rerouted via other destinations so the […]

Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch As Justices Reconvene Authored by Sam Dorman and Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court is set to return on Oct. 6 for its 2025–2026 term, in which it will consider a series of cases that could affect major constitutional issues and impact President Donald Trump’s agenda. The high court is expected to hear challenges to Trump’s policies and has already decided to hear […]

Futures Jump On Latest Burst Of AI Euphoria Amid Global Political Turmoil Stock futures are higher again as traders stay positive on the upcoming US earnings season, ignore the government shutdown (though federal unions are suing to prevent the furloughs from being converted into RIFs) and get a boost from the latest political shock in Japan where pro-stimulus Sanae Takaichi was picked as the next PM (shocking markets and sending […]

What Do Democrats And Republicans Want In Government Shutdown Dispute? Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Partisan deadlock on Capitol Hill has triggered a government shutdown, with Democrats conditioning their support for a stopgap funding bill on health care provisions they say are essential to protecting Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. The U.S. Capitol building on the second day of the government […]

Samsung’s Smart Fridge Turns Your Kitchen Into An Ad Billboard Samsung Family Hub refrigerators are being transformed into a digital ad billboard right in your own kitchen with a new software update, according to a new report. Like it or not, owners of these premium models, priced between $1,700 and over $3,300, will now see ads on the refrigerator’s front-facing monitor whenever it sits idle.  Android Authority spoke with a […]

Treasury Plans To Mint $1 Coin With Trump On Both Sides The US Treasury is working on a $1 coin to celebrate next year’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Rather than featuring George Washington, Thomas Jefferson or James Madison, the current draft has not one but two images of President Trump — in seeming violation of US law.   After drafts of the coin started circulating on social media, US Treasurer […]

Chicago Police Told Officers “No Units Will Respond” As Protesters “Surrounded” Federal Agents: Report Update (2004ET): Fox News’ Bill Melugin reported that Border Patrol agents who were “surrounded” by protesters following a vehicle-ramming attack in the Chicago metro area yesterday had requested local police assistance, which was reportedly rejected by the top brass of the local police force. It remains unclear whether the […]

CDC Says 98 People Sickened In Norovirus Outbreak On Royal Caribbean Ship Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An outbreak of norovirus sickened 98 people on a Royal Caribbean cruise ahead of its final destination in Miami, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sept. 30. Royal Caribbean Cruises liner Serenade of the Sea leaves the access channel from Le Havre harbour, France, on May 8, […]

The Uncertain Future Of UK Oil And Gas Authored by Felicity Bradstock via OilPrice.com, Labour is raising taxes and environmental standards on North Sea oil and gas while refusing to issue new licences, but insists hydrocarbons will remain part of the UK’s energy mix. Wood Mackenzie research suggests up to 14 billion barrels of recoverable reserves may remain, far higher than regulator estimates, fuelling debate over […]

How Europe’s Cities Have Grown Since 1975 Europe’s cities have changed dramatically in size and shape since 1975. Urban areas across the continent have sprawled outward, merging into large corridors of continuous development. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu, highlights the urban growth of major European cities, showing how population and settlement patterns have evolved. The data for this map comes […]

Germany In Shock: Merz’s Media Show Vs. Economic Collapse Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The collapse of the German economy is now becoming visible even in the labor market. Yet instead of pushing for a political turnaround with deregulation measures and genuine relief, the federal government limits itself to empty rhetoric and media appearances. In Berlin, PR is mistaken for economic policy—propagandistic fragments are presented as […]

Geopolitical Risk Rises Globally According to a newly released report by Aon, geopolitical volatility – together with AI-related issues – was the fastest-growing business risk in the world.  As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, geopolitical risk rose from rank 21 in 2023 to rank 9 in 2025 and, according to business leaders, is expected to climb further to rank 5 by 2028. AI-related risks meanwhile were ranked 49th by […]

Supplying Tomahawk Missiles To Ukraine Will Destroy US-Russia Relations, Putin Warns Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that any Washington decision to supply Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles for strikes deep into Russian territory would irreparably damage Moscow’s relations with Washington. The warning comes less than two months after Putin met with President Donald Trump at a summit in Alaska, which sought […]