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  • Significant shifts in migration patterns across the U.S. are emerging, with people moving towards the South and West regions, driven by factors like affordability and job opportunities.
  • Concerns over the rising price of gold and its implications for economic stability are causing debates among central bankers, signaling potential monetary instability.
  • The Biden administration is reportedly preparing a new phase of operations concerning Venezuela, potentially including efforts to overthrow President Maduro amid mounting tensions.
  • Recent AI advancements have raised alarms regarding misinformation, exemplified by the ease of generating fake studies that appear credible, highlighting the risks of dependence on technology.
  • Amid ongoing crises, Nigeria faces severe security issues with mass kidnappings in schools, as well as escalating violence in Gaza following Israeli airstrikes, raising fears about humanitarian conditions in the region.

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  • Is Global Technocracy Inevitable Or Dangerously Delusional? 5 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Is Global Technocracy Inevitable Or Dangerously Delusional? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us The bewildering truth behind human technological enslavement is that it is impossible without the voluntary participation of the intended slaves. People must welcome technocracy into their lives in order for it to succeed. The populace has to believe, blindly, that they cannot live without it, or that authoritarianism by algorithmic consensus is “inevitable.” For example, the average person living in a first world economy voluntarily carries a cell phone everywhere they go at all times without fail. To be without it, in their minds, is to be naked, at risk,

  • These Are The Cities Americans Are Moving To 6 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    These Are The Cities Americans Are Moving To As migration patterns shift across the U.S., some cities are emerging as magnets for new residents. A combination of affordability, climate, and job opportunities continues to draw people to the South and West. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, highlights where Americans are choosing to move, based on new residency data from 2024 compiled by Point2Homes. SUN BELT CITIES DOMINATE THE RANKINGS Las Vegas stands out with the highest share of newcomers from other states at 33%. Mesa, Arizona (30%), and Colorado Springs, Colorado (30%) follow closely, reflecting the continued appeal of the Sun Belt.

  • Central Bankers Disagree About Gold 7 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Central Bankers Disagree About Gold Authored by Vincent Cook via The Mises Institute, With the fiat US dollar price of gold multiplied 2.6x since October of 2022 (as of October 20, 2025 when this was written) and rising exponentially (Figure 1), some people are deeply worried that something is seriously wrong with the dollar and with the global financial system generally. Is the soaring price of gold a sign of monetary instability? Or is it just a transitory “nothingburger”? Figure 1: Gold spot price per troy ounce, most recent five years Central bankers are now being asked such awkward questions, and they are giving

  • US To Launch "New Phase" Of Venezuela Operations, Options Include Overthrowing Maduro: Report 7 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    US To Launch "New Phase" Of Venezuela Operations, Options Include Overthrowing Maduro: Report One day after the FAA issued a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM), or an alert notifying pilots of potential serious hazards in certain airspace, for the Maiquetía Flight Information Region above Venezula, Reuters reported that the US is poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-related operations in the coming days, citing four U.S. officials. Amid a sharp escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on President Nicolas Maduro's government, including proliferating reports of looming action as the US military deployed forces to the Caribbean amid worsening relations with Venezuela,

  • The Problem Of Fake Science 8 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    The Problem Of Fake Science Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Last week, I was able to generate from artificial intelligence a fake study that proved that eating waffles increases baldness. It was filled with footnotes, citations, and complicated math and models. It was kind of scary to see how credible the results felt. You had to look carefully to see the problems. I shared it with others who immediately said something like, “I can believe it.” Don’t eat those waffles; your hair will fall out. Science says so! Think of this. We’ve never before been in the position to generate such


The Guardian

  • Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped 10 hours ago by AFP
    Nigeria, Africa, World news

    Christian group revises up number of students and teachers missing after one of country’s largest mass abduction Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said on Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation. The early Friday raid on St Mary’s co-educational school in Niger state in western Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary school in neighbouring Kebbi state, abducting 25 girls. Continue reading...

  • South Africa declares gender-based violence a national disaster amid G20 protests 20 hours ago by Jessie Williams
    Violence against women and girls, Women, G20, South Africa, Africa, Women's rights and gender equality

    Women’s groups welcomed the announcement on the eve of the international leaders’ summit in Johannesburg Hundreds of women gathered in cities across South Africa on Friday to protest against gender-based violence in the country before the G20 summit in Johannesburg this weekend. Demonstrators turned out in 15 locations – including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban – wearing black as a sign of “mourning and resistance”. Continue reading...

  • Nigeria reels after 215 children taken in second mass school abduction in a week a day ago by Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
    Nigeria, Africa, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, World news

    Twelve teachers also kidnapped from Catholic school amid threats from Trump to intervene over ‘Christian genocide’ Unknown gunmen have abducted 215 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass abduction in the country in a week. The latest kidnapping, in Papiri community in Niger state, came against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s threat to intervene militarily to end a “Christian genocide”, which the Nigerian government has denied is happening. Continue reading...

  • South Africa’s dispute with US escalates amid row over G20 handover event 2 days ago by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
    G20, South Africa, Africa, World news

    Trump press secretary accuses Cyril Ramaphosa of ‘running his mouth’ after US boycott of summit in Johannesburg The dispute between South Africa and the US over the Trump administration’s decision to boycott the G20 in Johannesburg has continued, with South Africa objecting to a US plan for a junior embassy official to take part in the closing ceremony meant to mark the handover to the next summit, which will take place in Florida. The two-day summit, which opens on Saturday, comes at a febrile moment in global politics. The US has proposed a deal to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which it

  • Keir Starmer defends trip to South Africa for G20 summit as budget looms 2 days ago by Kiran Stacey, Patrick Wintour and Rachel Savage
    Keir Starmer, G20, South Africa, Politics, Budget 2025, Labour, UK news, World news, Africa, Ukraine, UK cost of living crisis, Donald Trump

    PM says he aims to secure investment to help deal with cost of living and shore up support for Ukraine Keir Starmer has defended his decision to travel to South Africa for the G20 summit days before the budget and despite the planned absence of Donald Trump. The prime minister will arrive in South Africa on Friday morning for two days of summit discussions and bilateral talks on topics including sustainability and economic growth. Continue reading...


South China Morning Post

  • Italian left gathers for anti-Meloni campaign despite rivalries an hour ago by Bloomberg

    Italy’s centre-left opposition is testing out a big-tent alliance, guessing it’s the best way to unseat Giorgia Meloni at the next general election. The rest is still being worked out. The alliance pulls together parties with disparate political beliefs – the centre-left Democrats, the populist Five Star Movement, the left-wing Greens and Left Alliance and several smaller groups. The goal is to rally behind single, strategically chosen candidates and consolidate the anti-Meloni vote. The plan...

  • Brazil’s Bolsonaro damages ankle tag with soldering iron ‘out of curiosity’ 3 hours ago by dpa

    Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro damaged his electronic ankle bracelet with a soldering iron hours before his arrest, according to video released by the Supreme Court. The footage shows Bolsonaro telling an officer he had applied “hot iron” to the device “out of curiosity”. The plastic casing around the device appears to be scorched, though the officer said the core mechanism seemed intact. Asked whether he used an iron, he replies: “No, a soldering iron.” Bolsonaro insisted he had not...

  • Toppling Maduro among options as Trump set to expand Venezuela operations 7 hours ago by Reuters

    The United States is poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-related operations in the coming days, according to four US officials, as the Trump administration escalates pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s government. Reuters was not able to establish the exact timing or scope of the new operations, nor whether US President Donald Trump had made a final decision to act. Reports of looming action have proliferated in recent weeks as the US military has deployed forces to the Caribbean amid...

  • Europe scrambles to sway Trump as Ukraine faces make-or-break moment 8 hours ago by Bloomberg

    European leaders and other allies told the US that its peace plan for Ukraine needed “additional work”, in a rushed bid to try and slow walk a Trump administration determined to give concessions to Russia and impose terms by Thanksgiving. They issued a statement at a Group of 20 summit in South Africa that US President Donald Trump blew off but where many of them were headed to when the controversial details of the 28-point peace plan were leaked. The US set an ultimatum for Thursday. In...

  • Trump unveils ‘president’s golf course’ revamp at Joint Base Andrews 11 hours ago by Associated Press

    US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he was enlisting the help of legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to spruce up the courses at Joint Base Andrews – adding a site long known as the “president’s golf course” to his long list of construction projects. The president took an aerial tour of the Courses at Andrews aboard Marine One and promised, “We’re going to do some work” there, as well as to other parts of the base. “We’re doing some fix-up of the base, which it needs. We’re gonna try and...


New York Times

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Resignation Hints at Divisions in Trump’s Movement 12 hours ago by Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein
    Republican Party, live-detached, Conservatism (US Politics), Trump, Donald J, Vance, J D, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2028, Midterm Elections (2022), Carlson, Tucker

    As the president forced a onetime loyalist from Congress, her defiant departure signaled a coming debate over Republican identity in a post-Trump era.

  • For Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Rough Education in MAGA Politics 11 hours ago by Robert Draper
    United States Politics and Government, Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Midterm Elections (2026), ABC Inc, CNN, Democratic Party, Government Efficiency Department (US), House Freedom Caucus, House of Representatives, Republican Party, Greene, Marjorie Taylor (1974- ), Trump, Donald J, Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria, Harris, Kamala D, Mace, Nancy, DeLay, Tom, Blair, James (1989- ), Johnson, Mike (1972- ), McCarthy, Kevin (1965- ), House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

    The Georgia congresswoman strove to be both the ultimate Trump warrior and to be taken seriously. She wound up in political exile.

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Exit Deals a Blow to Republicans’ Majority in Congress 8 hours ago by Megan Mineiro
    United States Politics and Government, Midterm Elections (2026), Elections, House of Representatives, House of Representatives, Republican Party, Green, Mark E (1964- ), Greene, Marjorie Taylor (1974- ), Johnson, Mike (1972- ), Massie, Thomas H, Spartz, Victoria, Trump, Donald J, Georgia

    Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s sudden resignation underscored the fragility of the G.O.P. majority, and exposed deep discontent on the right going into the midterm elections.

  • Georgia Voters Stand by Marjorie Taylor Greene After She Stood Up to Trump 5 hours ago by Rick Rojas and Sean Keenan
    United States Politics and Government, Elections, House of Representatives, House of Representatives, Greene, Marjorie Taylor (1974- ), Georgia

    Ms. Greene’s resignation blindsided her conservative Georgia district, which had stuck by her through ups and downs, including her split with the president.

  • The Federalist Society Is Torn Between Its Legal Philosophy and Trump’s Demands a day ago by Mattathias Schwartz
    United States Politics and Government, Federal Courts (US), Conservatism (US Politics), Courts and the Judiciary, Elections, Courts and the Judiciary, Appeals Courts (US), Leo, Leonard A, Pryor, William H Jr, Oldham, Andrew S, Trump, Donald J, Supreme Court (US)

    Guided by Leonard Leo, the society built a pipeline for traditional conservative judges. But that might not be enough for President Trump in his second term.


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