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‘I wonder if this discarded confidence survey is accurately indicating that the foundation under the contemporary bull market is far less structurally sound than most perceive.’ paulsenperspectives.substack.com/p/has-the-us... by @jimwpaulsen.bsky.social

If you’re MAGA, do your best to enjoy the next two years. Because you will spend the remainder of your life looking back and realizing how you crushed your own reputation, and how you will never have power again. Two years seems like a long time, it isn’t when you look in the rear view mirror.

Hundreds of lawyers are spending election week in war rooms & courthouses, ready to file at a moment's notice More than a dozen national firms are in it w/ @democracydefendersaction.org & our complaints are already written Bring it on More @financialtimes.com👇 -TN

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Ukraine says satellite access still restricted despite Trump saying otherwise
The president said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk lifted restrictions on Ukraine’s access to Starshield, but Ukrainian soldiers said the service was still disrupted Friday. wapo.st/3UeuOlS Gift article

‘A perfect storm is gathering over food prices with a confluence of three factors at work: the soaring price of diesel, ubiquitous in agriculture; a shrunken supply of fertilizer inputs; and El Niño, the periodic climate pattern that wreaks havoc with weather everywhere.’ www.wsj.com/economy/a-fo...

Unvetted AI Agents Are Accessing US Bank Accounts - Axios www.axios.com/2026/10/22/a...

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GM. We are going to win. An internet where 4 corporations wall us all into their surveillance state and make us pay rent forever is just incompatible with human flourishing. The only question is how long it takes everyone propping up history's worst billionaires to figure this out.

UNITED CEO Scott Kirby: “.. Wealth inequality has become a danger to our society, .. We should have a national wealth tax ..” @nytimes.com $UAL www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/b...

* MERZ SAYS RUSSIA'S PUSH TO DESTABILIZE EUROPE IS UNDERESTIMATED

A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.

When I was a 20 year-old intern at All Things Considered, it was Noah Adams who would pull me aside, listen to and critique my terrible audition tapes, offer me tips on diction and delivery. Just astounding generosity. #RIP 🙏🏼

BARCLAYS: “.. investors have asked whether there is spillover risk .. to which I would point them to the below chart. This is an equal-weight basket of six pureplay data center bonds .. .. the market is looking at the neocloud price action .. and now pricing in some degree of contagion.” $CRWV

The OBBBA was designed so that Medicare cuts “wouldn’t take effect until after the midterm elections. .. .. But for many, it has already arrived.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

It’s the cowardice that gets me. Every damn time.

Sara Pierce has run Mendocino County government as interim chief executive since July. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors votes on whether to make the job hers for three years, at $275,000 a year. mendovoice.com/2026/10/mend...

no kings includes billionaires who think they’re kings

(THR) - TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies. .. raises concerns about Big Tech suppression that the very film seeks to expose.” @thr.com www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

This is a hostage video

TERNUS: ".. The constraints in memory are absolutely a crisis." @time.com $AAPL time.com/collection/b...

(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite 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.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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Four days after Musk wrote, “Zelensky has gone too far.” @financialtimes.com #ukraine www.ft.com/content/3708...

“.. bringing the spotlight back on a pain point that was at the heart of the 2023 regional-banking crisis.” @bloomberg.com $BAC www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#tariffs 🇺🇸 www.foxnews.com/politics/ame...

Zelenskyy: “Don’t attack us. Don’t kill our children. We will stop attacking your diesel. I think it’s a fair deal.”

#SC 1000+measles cases this year. South Carolina is the epicenter. Lindsey Graham voted to put RFK Jr. in charge of public health-now his sister Darlene (with no experience) is running to perpetuate this nightmare for families. Your kids are paying the price for incompetence. Vote for Dr. Andrews!

“Why don’t more women report sexual assaults?”

Page One: “.. this is a full-blown crisis.” ✈️ @financialtimes.com

ZELENSKYY: At this very moment, when we are talking about peace, America gives Russia the opportunity to export diesel — that's millions, billions. It all goes toward the war against people, against Ukraine, against all of us.

Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

“.. the energy watchdog said these 100mn barrels would come from the 400mn barrel stock release agreed in March, and would not include additional barrels.” @financialtimes.com ⛽️ www.ft.com/content/2761...

RBADVISERS: “.. Equity markets haven’t yet caught on but the debt markets are sniffing problems with AI debt expansion. Technology CDS spreads are significantly widening vs defensive sectors.”

nightmare fuel over here

Kenso Soai – awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – designed the first chemical reaction in which only one of the potential mirror images was formed. Other than life itself, no one had ever achieved this feat. The Soai reaction is one of the most spectacular chemical experiments ever conducted.

"He further stated that there is no law against him walking around a voting site dressed as ICE," the arrest report said.

Skydance CEOs Acknowledge Layoffs Will Be Coming After Paramount-WBD Merger – Variety variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

WIKIPEDIA OPERATOR SAYS OPENAI'S ROGUE AGENTS POSSIBLY TIED TO DATA SERVICE DISRUPTION IN MAY

Saudi Aramco chief says replenishing global oil stockpiles could take two years

Data centers are booming. All other private construction is shrinking.

“.. following the illness of an employee at an anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/s...

JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...