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Who do I give to to get this in front of as many Michigan voters as possible?

#BREAKING: Microsoft offers voluntary exit packages to 60,000 staff

❗️Ukraine's General Staff now also confirms that Starlink/Starshield connection losses are still being recorded at certain speeds. Despite the disruption, Ukrainian forces continue striking Russian military targets. #Ukraine

This is fucking insane. It reads like a bad spy novel. The corruption is almost cartoonish at this point. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

The next 6 months: AI bubble pops (buildout no longer affordable as planned), my bet it starts the day after the election. JSOC gets fed to the woodchipper. Major damaged inflicted on critical infrastructure in the GCC. Pull out of U.S presence throughout the region. Stagflation/ AI slop hell.

ZELENSKIY SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 170 STRIKES ON UKRAINIAN ENERGY FACILITIES SINCE OCT 11

In Venezuela last September, I found people hoping for change, but shocked and surprised by US policy, especially opaque oil deals with former regime cronies. The system looks, one economist told me, like “a coalition of two kleptocracies" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

CARTOON OF THE DAY H/T @sketchyrepublic.bsky.social

Russia and the US are discussing joint data-center projects that could use Russian nuclear power, according to Dmitriev. He said Trump and Putin are also discussing broader cooperation in the Arctic, LNG and other energy projects, with “important initiatives” potentially to be announced soon.

SPR DROPS: after hours of delay, US SPR declines 300,000 barrels in the last week, to the lowest level since 1982, at 282.7 million barrels.

The Democrats should be clear they are going to cancel Elon’s contracts.

❗️The Defense Forces of 🇺🇦Ukraine conducted the world’s first aerial evacuation of a wounded person from the front line using a heavy drone

“.. The equity market is to a degree still quite complacent about this move. SPX is within 2.5% of all-time highs .. Yesterday’s email was titled ‘Make or Break for Risk’ and the above would suggest that we are more likely than not going to ‘break’.” 👀

Albanians just set fire to the Supreme Court after it allowed Jared Kushner to buy land in the country against the their will.

so restricting Ukraine's Starlink was Musk's idea, but after Moscow took advantage he became "alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe" to the "night of carnage" and denied responsibility I mean, it sounds like typical Elon

Strikes on data centers are exposing Russian vulnerabilities at the same time as U.S. support is suddenly looking less reliable. Cathy Young on the state of Ukraine:

❗️The moment a Ukrainian interceptor drone shoots down a Russian jet-powered Shahed kamikaze drone.

This may be the most important emerging story we are tracking. Russia sees confrontation in space as a legitimate military tactic; officials are also on record suggesting it could pop the AI bubble and collapse the US economy. We have the details. spacewar.america2.news?r=r2-17e950

We’re at the part where the only thing that could keep the wheels on the bus is complete and enduring dominance over the entirety of middle-east shipping…

At the NYSE this morning, a floor old-timer came by and said, "Friday Oct. 16, Monday is Oct. 19 - just like in '87..." Sure. One thing different from '87 is you didn't then have people with living memory of a one-day 22% crash who saw a possible rerun on the screen when they blur their eyes...

LATEST: Zacharia is expected to leave her new job within "a few days," according to a senior Trump adviser

The number of civilian deaths in Ukraine rose by 85% in September amid intensified Russian attacks, Bloomberg reports. According to UN data, at least 328 civilians were killed and another 2,105 injured during the month.

Elon Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican party.

❗️❗️BREAKING: Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Surgut Condensate Stabilization Plant in Russia’s Khanty-Mansiysk region, roughly 2,400 km from Ukraine’s border. The Gazprom facility processes gas condensate and produces motor and aviation fuel, with capacity of 12 million tonnes a year. #Russia

Elon Musk, who has major business interests in Texas, appeared to funnel $158 million to back Ken Paxton’s Senate bid.

The order to limit the Starlink system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter, Reuters reports.

Fire in another violating tanker in the Sea of ​​Oman - REPORTS

🎧It's NEW EPISODE DAY!🎧 Listen to "Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe": A defense contractor CEO told the FBI that he had bribed politicians — and that Sen. Susan Collins was his most important patron. Then the anti-corruption unit got gutted www.propublica.org/podcast/susa...

Business bankruptcies up 16.9% year on year. .. 26,941 in the 12 months ended June 30. (via Arbor)

❗️Starshield speeds in Ukraine have returned to unrestricted levels after sudden throttling disrupted military logistics and drone operations, RFE/RL’s Alex Raufoglu reports, citing Ukrainian sources. Kyiv still has no explanation from SpaceX or the Pentagon. #Ukraine

RBADVISERS: “.. Manufacturing pricing intentions lead the Core #PPI and they suggest today’s 5% Core PPI might not be a ceiling on inflation.” #empire

Investors dump data centre bonds as AI borrowers face ‘Darwin moment’ ft.trib.al/gsrUuYP

Airfares .. #PPI (via Schwab)

Some AI-buildout drawdowns as of this am: $CAT: 32% (June 30) $VRT: 44% (May 14) $GEV: 24% (July 6) @cnbc.com

oil, gasoline and diesel futures all moving lower this morning on reports that Trump may ease sanctions on Russia’s “shadow fleet” of ships, allowing more Russian oil to flow. easing up while Russia keeps attacking Ukraine rewards the Kremlin and pads its war chest.

This is a PPI sibling to CPI, calculated using producer prices for products that are directly sold for consumption.... This is brutal

Satellite image of the Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia after a Ukrainian missile attack.

❗️Ukraine needs Starlink’s speed limit raised to at least 450 km/h, or removed entirely, sources told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alex Raufoglu. They say the current 160 km/h limit is insufficient for countering jet-powered Shahed drones. #Ukraine

Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.

🇺🇦🇺🇸 “Starlink service for speeds of up to 160 km/h is being restored. Strike and interceptor drones are expected to resume flights,” says Ukraine’s former Defense Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov.

FBI Director Kash Patel has arrived in Russia. It is reported that he plans to visit Moscow and St Petersburg, and his visit is coordinated by the FSB.

DRY BULK SHIP IS SECOND COMMERCIAL VESSEL TO HAVE SUNK NEAR HORMUZ IN PAST 24 HOURS, SEPARATE DATA FROM MARITIME SECURITY SOURCES

The world's richest man conducts his own foreign policy: "Ukraine has accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX of imposing new restrictions on its Starlink satellite internet service without warning, disrupting Ukrainian military operations." Via CNBC

"One of the most dangerous moments in any military campaign comes when tactical success begins producing strategic overconfidence."

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