Trump’s Legacy Will Ultimately Be Determined By The Outcome Of The Third Gulf War Authored by Andrew Korybko via Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter,The Democrats retook control of Congress in an electoral bloodbath that decimated the Republicans during the midterms. Many had predicted that this would happen, and it’s not because of the Canadian meddling that the White House recently drew attention to or any other countries’ related […]

Virginia Now Protects Third-Trimester Abortion With Doctor’s Note Virginia voters on Tuesday approved Amendment 1, writing a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom” into the state constitution. The Associated Press called the race at 9:01 p.m. Eastern with the measure ahead 60.7% to 39.3%, with about 63% of ballots counted.The new Section 11-A of the Bill of Rights, as published by the Virginia Department of Elections, covers […]

Going Postal On The GOP? Kansas Mail Carrier Charged With Stealing Thousands Of Letters A federal grand jury in Wichita indicted a rural route carrier on Election Day for stealing 4,404 pieces of mail, nearly 400 of them political mailers that were all for Republican candidates or Republican-affiliated PACs, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas.Kelly R. Cram, 59, of Baxter Springs, was […]

Space Force Guardians Will Now Officially Serve Alongside Elite Units Like SEALs And Green Berets Authored by Patty Nieberg via Task & Purpose,The Space Force is looking for a new crop of guardians who can keep up physically with troops in highly specialized units like Navy SEALS and Army Green Berets, while bringing technical space expertise to those missions, the head of its new specialized command told Task & Purpose.Col. […]

Aaron Maté: CIA Still Runs 12 Secret Border Bases In Ukraine, Even As Trump Breaks With Zelensky Journalist Aaron Maté told Judge Andrew Napolitano on Tuesday that the CIA is still “running, if the New York Times is to be believed, 12 secret bases inside of Ukraine,” and still controlling Ukrainian intelligence agencies it “effectively rebuilt from scratch after Yanukovych was overthrown in 2014.” He made the claim in an interview […]

How The Historic Blue Tsunami Could End In Tears For Democrats Democrats are celebrating one of their biggest midterm victories in decades, but their historic triumph could come with a nasty political hangover. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, right, and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both of New York Anadolu via Getty Images file The party’s sweeping gains in Tuesday’s elections delivered a major rebuke to […]

Israeli Newspapers Sound Alarm Over Democratic Sweep: ‘Can’t Afford To Ignore’ Via The CradleIsrael’s leading outlets reacted with alarm on Wednesday after the Democratic Party captured both the US House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections, warning that lawmakers opposed to US military aid to Israel are heading to Congress in growing numbers. At least 11 Democrats who have backed Palestinian rights and […]

Vance’s 2028 Odds Tumble After Midterm Bloodbath – And Rubio Isn’t The One Cashing In Vice President JD Vance’s odds of winning the 2028 Republican nomination tumbled overnight as Democrats absolutely torched Republicans in Tuesday’s midterms, flipping both the House and the Senate. On Polymarket, Vance slid from about 37% to 31.4%, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rocketed from around 3% to 15.5%, in a market that has drawn more […]

Questions Mount Over Venezuela’s ‘Biggest Oil Deal In World History’ Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice,Trump’s $100 billion Venezuela oil deal faces growing scrutiny, as NABEP confronts questions over financing, drilling capacity and its ability to develop 65 billion barrels of reserves.NABEP claims production has surged to 223,000 bpd, with plans to deploy 41 rigs in November and eventually exceed 1 million […]

Israel Launches Heavy Strikes On Southern Lebanon For First Time In Weeks Technically there’s still supposed to be a fragile (and not infrequently violated) Lebanon truce in effect.But fighting has been on the uptick in southern Lebanon of late, as encroaching Israeli forces target suspected Hezbollah hideouts and individuals. Wednesay saw the IDF launch a deadly drone strike on the Lebanese town of Qabrikha, which it said involved […]

Global Diesel Crunch Set To Last Well Into 2027 Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice,Asia’s crude imports have nearly recovered to pre-war levels, reaching 26.39 million bpd in October, while refined fuel imports remain 10% below pre-war volumes.Diesel shortages persist despite recovering crude flows, as damaged Middle Eastern refineries, Russian supply disruptions and reduced fuel shipments keep refining margins […]

Knives Out: Hegseth’s Wife Reportedly Paid By Trump-Connected Firm That Also Worked For Lockheed Jennifer Hegseth, the wife of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, was paid last year by Watchtower Strategy, a Trump-connected Washington consulting firm that counted Lockheed Martin as a client the same year, according to Hegseth’s annual financial disclosure report, as Politico’s Daniel Lippman first reported on Wednesday.SCOOP: Jennifer […]

“Ten Weeks Left”: Texas Republican Urges Gov. Abbott To Curb Emergency Powers Before Democratic Takeover Texas Republican Has A Plan For Abbott’s Final Ten WeeksTexas Rep. Brian Harrison (R-Midlothian) posted on X that Republicans still hold power in Texas for the next ten weeks and urged defeated three-term Governor Greg Abbott to convene an immediate special legislative session to curb executive emergency powers before Democrat […]

Biden-Nominated Federal Judge Tosses DOJ Lawsuit Demanding Harvard Admissions Data Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times,A federal judge on Monday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought to force Harvard University to turn over detailed records showing whether its admissions policies are race-based.Biden-nominated U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun in Boston rejected the Department of Justice’s case after finding […]

Trump Turns On Fox News In Series Of Blistering Statements There have been so many surprises in the last 24 hours – one of which is President Trump unleashing on Fox News, blaming his favored network for the Democratic midterm sweep.He on Wednesday turned on Fox in a blistering Truth Social post, writing that the channel [emphasis by ZH] “bears responsibility for these losses by constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat […]

Arrests, Prosecutions, & Deportations Fuel Record Drop In Crime Authored by John R. Lott Jr. via RealClearInvestigations,The United States has been running a real-time experiment on two approaches to criminal justice: the Biden-era emphasis on social justice versus the Trump administration’s embrace of traditional law and order. The results are now in.The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported on Oct. 26 that felony violent […]

NTSB Finds “Very, Very Significant” Evidence Miles From Doomed Learjet’s Crater Federal investigators have recovered most of the left elevator from the Learjet 60 that slammed into a Greenacres, Florida, neighborhood on Sunday, in three pieces scattered between 1.3 and 3.8 miles from the impact site, the clearest sign yet that the jet was coming apart before it hit the ground and killed all nine people aboard.”Finding that piece is […]

NASA’s Swift Telescope’s Journey Ends After Failed $30 Million Rescue NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, Nov. 4, almost 22 years after launch, after a $30M commercial rescue attempt was unable to recover it. NASA says the U.S. Space Force predicted re-entry at about 3:30 a.m. EST, give or take 11 hours. NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory satellite (NASA) The spacecraft weighed […]

“Lawyer Up”: Democrats Prepare To Unleash Political Rage In Congress Authored by Jonathan Turley via Jonathan Turley,Within minutes of the Democrats retaking power in the House of Representatives, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the expected chair of the House Oversight Committee, just posted a menacing two-word message: “Lawyer up.” Across the country, far-left politicians and pundits immediately demanded a spasm of investigations and […]

Major Steakhouse Chain’s Largest Franchisee Files For Bankruptcy As Debt Explodes The casual dining industry has suffered another major blow following the bankruptcy filing of Outback Steakhouse’s largest U.S. franchisee after years of soaring costs, declining customer traffic, and mounting debt.San Diego-based Out West Restaurant Group, also known as Cerca Trova Restaurant Group, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday in […]

El-Sayed Becomes First Muslim Elected To US Senate, Mocks AIPAC In Victory Speech Via Middle East EyeProgressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won a highly coveted Michigan Senate seat on Wednesday, and will become the first Muslim to serve in the upper chamber of Congress come January. El-Sayed declared victory with 80 percent of votes counted, showing him in a comfortable 51.8 percent lead compared to his Republican opponent Mike […]

Midterm Elections: Not A Mandate, Just A Rejection Authored by Ed Dowd via Ed Dowd Beyond the Narrative,The midterms delivered what a handful of clear-eyed observers had been flagging for months: a decisive Democratic sweep that handed them the Senate and put the House firmly in their column. Flips in Texas, South Carolina, Ohio, Kansas, and Iowa were not supposed to be realistic under standard models. Yet they happened, along with […]

Qualcomm To Power SpaceX’s Masive 5G Nationwide Network As Musk Takes Aim At Telecom Giants SpaceX’s bold move to challenge AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile became even clearer on Wednesday after Elon Musk’s company signed a multi-year hardware and software deal with Qualcomm. The agreement provides critical cell equipment for SpaceX’s terrestrial 5G network spanning thousands of towers, complementing Starlink’s low-Earth-orbit […]

Central Banks Just Bought Gold At Fastest Pace Since 2024, World Gold Council Says Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times,Central banks continue to add to their gold reserves amid global inflation and geopolitical risks.Total third-quarter central bank demand rose by 42 percent year over year to 321 tons, “eclipsing recent typical quarterly buying levels,” according to the World Gold Council, an industry body funded by major […]

Vance Boldly Admits Reason GOP Lost Midterms Is Iran War, Crude Slides (Update 11:10ET): The expected rapid blame-game has begun at the highest levels of the Turmp administration, with Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday morning saying bluntly that the Iran war is ‘the reason we lost’ midterms. He had in the opening days of Operation Epic Fury, and just before (per prior NYT reporting), expressed pushback within Oval Office […]