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• @Business 

• Hours after Israel withdrew its troops from Gaza City in the opening stage of a US-brokered ceasefire, tens of thousands of Palestinians trudged back to sift through bombed out buildings overseen by Hamas security operatives.
• Trump says he sees “no reason” to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and threatened a “massive increase” of tariffs on goods from China.
• China has found a new pressure point in trade talks: Batteries, which the US is heavily reliant on as it aims to stabilize the grid and support explosive data center power demand.
• Businesses across the global semiconductor supply chain are bracing themselves for disruptions from China’s most targeted move yet to limit their supplies of rare-earth materials.
• Australia is considering setting minimum prices for critical minerals and investing in new rare-earth projects as part of a potential resources deal with the US, the Age reports. 
• The Trump administration scrapped penalties for US liquefied natural gas companies that were set to take effect next week under a sweeping policy aimed at curbing China’s maritime dominance. 
• Germany’s soul-searching over how to revive its moribund economy is running into a hard truth: a sprawling welfare state is part of the problem.
• Trump said he is directing the Defense Department to use funds his administration has identified to deliver paychecks to US troops on Oct. 15 despite the ongoing government shutdown. 
• The day after crypto experienced its biggest one-day selloff, everyone in the industry was trying to figure out who was left holding the bag.
• The US leveraged loan market is coming under further pressure with its second pulled deal in a week and a slew of investor-friendly changes made on other transactions to help get them over the line.
• A record-setting surge in US stocks has traders approaching the start of corporate earnings season with elevated expectations and little patience for companies that don’t meet the bar.
• Target is testing the sale of hemp-derived THC beverages at a handful of locations, marking an important milestone for an industry that’s largely been shut out of national chains.
• Cryptocurrencies tumbled after US President Trump said he would impose an additional 100% tariff on China and export controls on software, with more than $3 billion in positions liquidated within the past hour.
• A powerful explosion ripped through a military munitions manufacturing plant in rural Tennessee on Friday morning, killing multiple people and leaving 19 others missing, authorities said. 
• Friday's nervous trading underscores the risks rippling across the markets. 
• What happened to the global economy this week — in charts. 

• @Zerohedge 

• Goldman Maps Out Power Bill Crisis As Afford Concerns Stay Localized.
• Keith Ellison, Today: Nobody even knows what Antifa is. Keith Ellison, 2018: Tweets photo of himself holding Antifa handbook. (video)
• Hamas Says Tony Blair Not Welcome In Gaza Following Ceasefire.
• *ISRAEL WON'T PARTICIPATE IN GAZA SUMMIT ON MONDAY: AXIOS. 
• Anduril Founder Urges Rapid Reindustrialization As U.S. Defense Supply Chain Remains Alarmingly Reliant On China.
• Total US option volumes on Friday surpassed Liberation Day; in fact they were the highest on record (led by calls) (graph)
• Memphis Dem Rep. Decries 'Military Operation' After Feds Arrest Nearly 500 'Violent Criminals'. 
• Purge Politics: Jeffries Pledges Legal Retaliation When Democrats Take Power. 
• US Deploys 200 Troops To Oversee Gaza Ceasefire Deal.
• What Can We Do About The Agrarian Collapse? 
• No Crying In The Casino. 
• 7 Minutes Outside: The Collapse Of Childhood Play. 
• Gold Is Trading A Larger Theme; Top Goldman Trader Remains 'Responsibly Bullish'.
• Market Crack Or Beginning Of Something Bigger. 
• We just bumped up the max leverage from 20x to 50x on international perpetual futures. A bunch of traders asked for this update. Let us know what else we can add! You know what the market needs? 100x leverage. 
• Crypto Carnage: Trump Tariff Tape-Bomb Triggers Largest Liquidation Event In History. 
• Telegram's Durov: We're "Running Out Of Time To Save The Free Internet".
• VIX term structure exploding to the upside with short end of the curve going absolutely crazy. Under hedged crowd is buying short term protection in pure panic. 
• Wind, Solar Projects Can Stick Taxpayers With The Tab Coming And Going. 
• San Fran Leftists Triggered As Tech Billionaire Calls For National Guard Troops. 
• BREAKING: Crypto liquidations soar to $9.4 BILLION in 24 hours – the LARGEST single-day event ever. Bigger than LUNA. Bigger than COVID. Bigger than FTX. We just witnessed history.
• Lesser-Known Breast Cancer Spreading Among American Women. 
• Paper Chase: A Global Industry Fuels Scientific Fraud In The U.S. 
• Tony Blair met with Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister. 
• BREAKING: Former FBI agent Jack Eckenrode, the DOJ contractor investigating James Comey, not only once worked for Comey's defense attorney Patrick Fitzgerald but praised Comey after Trump fired him, arguing he would be hard to replace because of "his respect for the rule of law.". 
• Social Contagion: Suicide Rates Among Gen Z Have Spiked Over Past Decade.
• Pfizer Left COVID-19 Vaccine Data Out Of Submissions To FDA, Documents Show.
• The Hidden Crisis In Our Classrooms: Why Education Without Character Is Failing America.
• All-In For Civil War 2.0 As Democratic Party Grift-Machine Blows Up.
• Portland Leftists Plan 'Laser Tag' Attacks On Federal Aircraft Saturday Night.
• Jefferies crashing after hours on Bloomberg report Morgan Stanley is pulling cash from Point Bonita fund (which has $3BN invested in trade receivables) in continued fallout from First Brands bankruptcy. Blackrock and Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust have also pulled their money.
• ANTIFA's Mask Slips: Trump's Roundtable Sends Shadow NGO Network Behind "Riot Inc." Into Panic. 
• Trump's Gaza Peace Spillover: Investors Foresee End Of Red Sea Shipping Crisis.
• Stocks Plunge In After-Hours Trade As Trump Confirms 100% Tariffs & Export Controls On China.    

• @BarronsOnline

• Had bullish commentary on (AEP) and (DELL).

• @WSJ

• Surprise lockdowns and a mysterious meeting: How Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrival stirred up a quiet Texas prison.
• From @WSJopinion: The Gaza peace deal accepted by Israel and Hamas is a big new opportunity for the Middle East and a signature moment, if it holds, for President Trump’s foreign policy.
• From @WSJopinion: To fix America’s broken health-insurance system, we need to begin by exposing the truth about ObamaCare’s failures, writes @SenRickScott. 

• @CNBC 

• These stocks reporting next week have a history of posting earnings beats and rallying.
• Global week ahead: Three-speed Europe heads to Washington D.C. 

• @MarioNawfal

• CHINA’S FOOD PRICES ARE FALLING - EVERYONE ELSE IS STARVING FOR RELIEF. While the world’s grocery bills explode, China’s chart just broke formation - the only major economy where food prices are dropping. OECD data shows food inflation has outpaced general inflation across nearly every country since 2019. The outlier? Beijing. As Europe and the U.S. battle double-digit food hikes, China’s prices are quietly deflating. Why? Oversupply, efficient logistics, and government-subsidized staples. Beijing built food security like it was prepping for a siege - and now it’s paying off.

• @OcrazioCornPop

• DID YOU KNOW: Speaker Mike Johnson could IMPEACH any & every left-wing activist judge TODAY with a simple majority vote in the House. These judges would then go on trial in front of the Senate AND the American People and defend their left-wing, pro-criminal activism. Although a 2/3 Senate vote would be needed remove them, they would be forced to answer to the American People! And so would the Democrat Senators enabling the insanity! Do you SUPPORT @SpeakerJohnson IMPEACHING JUDGES?

• @RealLindellTV

• BREAKING: Dominion Voting Systems Sold, Rebranded as “Liberty Vote”. Dominion has been quietly sold to Know Inc, a company already entrenched in U.S. elections. Now, Know Inc controls everything: - Voter registration. - Poll books. - Tabulators. - Election night reporting. This rebrand won’t fool anyone paying attention. The DNA of Dominion is still inside these machines. Election watchdog Jessica Pollema joined the Mike Lindell Show to break it all down - including disturbing ties to Venezuelan election interference and whistleblower-backed evidence you can see at http://ElectionCrimeBureau.com. Same actors. Same systems. New name. End-to-end control of our elections is now in the hands of one company. (video)

• @SpeakerJohnson

• Democrats have now voted EIGHT TIMES to BLOCK pay for our troops and federal workers. Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats think every day of this shutdown “gets better” for them — even as it hurts hardworking Americans. Once again, Democrats are putting AMERICANS LAST.

• @DerrickEvans4WV

• WOW. Tens of thousands of people in China are now homeless because their social credit scores are too low. This is wild. We can never allow this to happen here in the US. (video)

• @MJTruthUltra

• Rep. Burchett explains how politicians are targeted in honeypot blackmail schemes. While traveling abroad, someone aware of your preferences—whether for companionship, drugs, or other indulgences—sets you up with what seems like a discreet encounter. You believe it’s private. Then, just before a critical vote, someone approaches you, referencing that hotel in Istanbul or elsewhere, hinting at exposure. They suggest voting a certain way to keep it quiet. A week after Burchett’s comments, authorities busted a major Chinese prostitution ring in Washington, D.C., with clients including high-ranking U.S. officials, politicians, and lobbyists. (video)
• UPDATE: Charlie Kirk. The guy speaking to Charlie Kirk about Gun Violence when he was assassinated, Hunter Kozak, is seen beforehand Practicing (?) his reaction? If that wasn’t weird enough… he is the son of Steve Kozak, who has worked for Jimmy Kimmel Live! for over a decade as Director of Research and Clearances, handling fact-checking, legal clearances, and content approvals. Ok…. That is weird AF. 

• @WallStreetApes

• Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s security now includes 150 Chicago Police Department Officers. - Average officer salary is $150k. - 150 officers cost $22.5M in base salaries + benefits. With overtime Brandon Johnson’s security is estimated to cost taxpayers $33.7 million PER YEAR. (video)

• @BreitbartNews

• Jeh Johnson says Senate Democrats need to end the shutdown and stop hurting federal workers for their pet issue. "I’m gonna break from the party line here on this. I’m a Democrat. I’m with John Fetterman and Angus King... The most basic function of Congress is to fund the government, turn the lights on, keep the government working so that the 3 million people who are public servants are able to do what they do.” (video)

• @Rothbard1776

• Spanberger spent her career in the CIA. How many more people like Abigail, who refuses to withdraw her endorsement of Jay Jones for VA Attorney General after supporting the murder of his political opponent and his kids, have infiltrated U.S. Intel agencies and positions of power?

• @WideAwakeMedia

• Neil Oliver on the UK government's imminent attempt to impose mandatory digital ID: "There's going to be mass refusal, mass non-compliance... It's going to be a disaster for them, and will probably... be what brings them down." "Anybody that accepts a digital ID is slapping handcuffs around their own wrists." "It's the end of freedom. It's the end of choice. It's the worst possible decision that any... freedom loving person could possibly make." "I was pessimistic about it for a while—I'm not anymore. We've got them on this. We have them surrounded. Their arguments don't stack up. None of the reasons that they've put forward for doing this make any kind of sense." (video)

• @Nichulscher

• Two Studies Confirm Flu Shots Actually INCREASE Your Risk of Flu (+27%) AND Other Infections (+340%). Shrestha et al (Cleveland Clinic): +27% risk of influenza. Cowling et al: +340% risk of non-influenza infections (coronaviruses, rhinoviruses, coxsackie/echoviruses, etc.) (video)
• COMING SOON: Gates Foundation has developed microneedle patch implants that install both mRNA and PERMANENT quantum dot markings into your body. Human testing is already underway. They will function as biological vaccine passports: required to enter stores, gyms & to travel. (video)
• You can’t make this up. NIAID Director Dr. Taubenberger holds a patent for a Bird Flu pandemic vaccine as his agency engineers modified Bird Flu viruses in biolabs. 

• @winwithwinsome

• If fantasizing about murdering a dad and his two boys isn’t enough for Abigail to drop her endorsement of Jay Jones—what is? Does he have to actually pull the trigger? (video)

• @MDBreathe

• South Korea is seeing a 27% increase in cancer, but the US government is hiding cancer data. @CDCgov has not updated the numbers since 2022. Call the CDC today and demand them to release the data: 1-800-CDC-INFO. (pic)

• @guypbenson

• Sears is looking directly at Spanberger as she challenges her on her running mate’s sick comments (and her own cowardice on the situation). Spanberger won’t even look in Sears’ direction. Like there isn’t another human being speaking to her. (video)

• @ValerieAnne1970

• "The Big Problem With 'Trusting The science' Is Who's Behind The science." Dr Eric Berg. "When You Test A Drug, It's Against A Placebo." "Vaccines Are Not Tested Against Placebos...They Are Tested Against Another Active Vaccine." "That's Like Testing Whiskey Against Bourbon." (video)

• @EricLDaugh

• MAJOR BREAKING: Virginia Democrat Jay Jones, who wants Republicans and their children to die, FALLS WAY BEHIND Jason Miyares (R) — and Winsome Sears (R) is within striking distance for governor. AG: Miyares: 49% (+6) [WOW]. Jones: 43%. Governor: Spanberger: 47.7% (+2.6). Sears: 45.1%. REPUBLICANS - GO VOTE!
• HOLY CRAP! This is WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY right now... SCOTT PRESLER: "On Tuesday, November 4th, we are COMING, and we are gonna send Jack Ciattarelli to the GOVERNOR'S mansion!" The energy on the ground is surging. (video)

• @SidneyPowell1

• IMHO and experience, NO computer should be used in ANY stage of the voting process—no scanners, counters, tabulators—whatever they want to call them. The electronic poll books and ERIC and First Net should/must go too. Paper ballots are useless without hand counting.

• @HustleBitch_

• WATCH THIS CLOSELY. Why was Phil Lyman laughing and smiling while discussing Charlie Kirk getting shot? And when asked if he saw what happened... why does he say “no” when later admitting he was a "witness to everything that happened"? He starts to talk about the assassination… then cuts himself off mid-sentence and freezes. His “friend” had just been murdered minutes earlier, so what exactly was he smiling and laughing about? (video)

• @WallStreetMav

• This year’s NFL halftime performer, Bad Bunny, sitting down at Yankee Stadium during ‘God Bless America.’ The stadium plays the song as part of the 7th inning stretch and asks fans to stand to honor America. I’m sick of these America hating scum. (video)

• @LibsofTikTok

• Not even CNN can hide the disaster that is Katie Porter: “I think that Katie Porter is making history because she has potentially annihilated her chances to be the next governor of California, more so than any other candidate I’ve ever seen so quickly.” (video)

• @C_3C_3

• Legacy Media NEGATIVE Coverage: Letitia James: 5%. Kilmar Abrego Garcia: 5%. RFK Jr: 96%. JD Vance: 90%. Elon Musk: 96%. Kash Patel: 96%. Kristi Noem: 89%. Pete Hegseth: 100%. Tulsi Gabbard: 100%. President Trump: 95%. So telling… Legacy Media is the enemy of the people.

OpenVAERS:  

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 1,026,944 Reports(+441 from prior report) Through August 29th, 2025.

SKirsch.com:

• Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.