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  10.  <title>Nvidia's New RTX6000 AI Chip Met With Dismal Demand From Chinese Firms</title>
  11.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nvidias-new-rtx6000-ai-chip-met-dismal-demand-chinese-firms</link>
  12.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Nvidia's New RTX6000 AI Chip Met With Dismal Demand From Chinese Firms&lt;/span&gt;
  13.  
  14.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nvidia’s RTX6000D, its newest artificial intelligence chip tailored for the Chinese market, has seen lukewarm demand with some major tech firms going so far as not placing any orders, the &lt;a href="https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3325740/nvidia-sees-tepid-demand-new-rtx6000d-ai-chip-chinese-tech-firms-sources?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=cm&amp;utm_campaign=enlz-china&amp;utm_content=20250916&amp;tpcc=enlz-china&amp;UUID=21cfbca7-2c02-4409-9eb5-7e91d0418de9&amp;next_article_id=3325722&amp;article_id_list=3325740,3325722&amp;tc=3"&gt;SCMP reported &lt;/a&gt;citing sources. &lt;/p&gt;
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  17.  
  18. &lt;p&gt;The reason for the snub: the RTX6000D, designed mainly for AI inference tasks, is seen as expensive for what it does (just wait until the rest of Nvidia's produce lineup gets the same treatment when China reverse engineers its products and sells them for 90% off). They added that testing of samples showed its performance lags the RTX5090 – a chip banned by the US government for use in mainland China, but which is still readily available through grey market channels at less than half the RTX6000D’s price of around 50,000 yuan (US$7,000).&lt;/p&gt;
  19.  
  20. &lt;p&gt;Chinese technology giants - including Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance - are also waiting for clarity on whether orders for Nvidia’s H20 chip will be processed, separate sources said earlier this month. The US firm regained permission to sell the H20 in July, but shipments have yet to restart.&lt;/p&gt;
  21.  
  22. &lt;p&gt;Chinese firms are also hoping that Nvidia’s B30A, a much more powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) than the H20, will be approved by Washington.&lt;/p&gt;
  23.  
  24. &lt;p&gt;Those three chips are downgraded versions of GPUs sold outside China, developed to comply with export restrictions put in place by the US, which wants to rein the mainland’s tech progress and retain its lead in AI development.&lt;/p&gt;
  25.  
  26. &lt;p&gt;The muted demand for the RTX6000D contrasts with optimistic projections from sell-side analysts. JPMorgan said in a report last month that it expected some 1.5 million RTX6000Ds to be produced in the second half of this year, while Morgan Stanley predicted in July that Nvidia would have 2 million RTX6000Ds in its pipeline. &lt;/p&gt;
  27.  
  28. &lt;p&gt;Nvidia began shipping the RTX6000D this week, according to one of the sources. &lt;/p&gt;
  29.  
  30. &lt;p&gt;The RTX6000D is based on Nvidia’s latest Blackwell architecture with conventional graphics double data rate memory and a memory bandwidth of 1,398 gigabytes per second, just below the 1.4 terabyte threshold set under restrictions laid out by the US in April. It was developed in part to fill a void left by the H20, which was banned from sale in April before that decision was reversed.&lt;/p&gt;
  31.  
  32. &lt;p&gt;The H20, which is priced between US$10,000 and US$12,000, uses older Hopper architecture but has a greater memory bandwidth of 4TBs per second. Shipments of the H20, however, have not started for several reasons, including Nvidia’s need to sort out some issues related to a recent deal to give the US government a portion of its China sales.&lt;/p&gt;
  33.  
  34. &lt;p&gt;In unrelated news, on Monday Beijing accused Nvidia of violating China’s anti-monopoly law, casting more uncertainty on its business in the world’s second-biggest economy. The move came as delegations from both sides are meeting in Madrid this week to discuss a trade agreement.&lt;/p&gt;
  35.  
  36. &lt;p&gt;Chinese authorities have also &lt;strong&gt;summoned companies, including Tencent and ByteDance, over their purchases of the H20, asking them to explain their reasons and expressing concerns over information risks, &lt;/strong&gt;sources have said. Nvidia has said its products do not pose any back door risks that would give anyone a remote way to access or control them.&lt;/p&gt;
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  39. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T23:40:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 19:40&lt;/span&gt;
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  46.  <title>Damning Report Card: California Schools Get An 'F'</title>
  47.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/damning-report-card-california-schools-get-f</link>
  48.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Damning Report Card: California Schools Get An 'F'&lt;/span&gt;
  49.  
  50.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_62a7afdb-42d4-403c-8a7f-a12715a46fff.html"&gt;Via TheCenterSquare&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  51.  
  52. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Free Speech Rankings crowned California's Claremont McKenna College with a grade of B- as the best college in the U.S. for free speech, while &lt;strong&gt;a string of other California schools received F grades amid anti-free speech environments across campuses.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  53. &lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/68c08963ddf1a.image_png_92.jpg?itok=d6S0_hdg" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/68c08963ddf1a.image_png_92.jpg?itok=d6S0_hdg"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;figure role="group" class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"&gt;&lt;img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="dcb29be2-7295-4436-8719-b7f8a392978e" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/68c08963ddf1a.image_png_92.jpg?itok=d6S0_hdg" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500" /&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Kravis Center stands at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif. The college got the best score in the nation in a foundation report on free speech at campuses: a B-.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  54.  
  55. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FIRE released its sixth annual &lt;a href="https://rankings.thefire.org/?_gl=1*fdkvsp*_gcl_au*OTA3NjczNzQuMTc1NzExMjI5Mw..*_ga*MTYyNDA1NDk2MS4xNzU3MTEyMjk1*_ga_5TVTV1MZ9T*czE3NTc3MDQxNTUkbzMkZzAkdDE3NTc3MDQxNTckajU4JGwwJGgw"&gt;College Free Speech Rankings,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which pulled responses on free-speech topics from 68,510 students attending 257 American &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/colorado/article_8622c519-c319-42a4-b9a1-f43662b5dbf8.html"&gt;colleges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; The survey highlighted a decline in support for free speech among all students. &lt;/p&gt;
  56.  
  57. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Students on both sides of the political aisle are showing a deep “unwillingness” to face controversial ideas, &lt;/strong&gt;the press releases &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/2026-college-free-speech-rankings-americas-colleges-get-f-poor-free-speech-climate"&gt;stated.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  58.  
  59. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;“This year, students largely opposed allowing any controversial campus speaker, no matter that speaker's politics,” said FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff. “Rather than hearing out and then responding to an ideological opponent, both liberal and conservative college students are retreating from the encounter entirely … We must champion free speech on campus as a remedy to our culture's deep polarization.”&lt;/p&gt;
  60.  
  61. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;According to the FIRE survey, &lt;strong&gt;Claremont McKenna College is ranked in the top 10 best schools for free speech on  “Comfort Expressing Ideas,” “Openness” and “Self-Censorship,” among other categories. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  62.  
  63. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Shortly after the horrific &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_19cec844-c079-475e-9e1c-55f69970c75b.html"&gt;assassination&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus event, Claremont Independent, the college newspaper, wrote a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.claremontindependent.com/post/political-violence-is-not-a-punchline"&gt;story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on how CMC students reacted to the killing of Kirk.&lt;/p&gt;
  64.  
  65. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;“Even those who despise Kirk and everything he stood for should mourn the damage his assassination will do to America’s fragile architecture of free speech and civil discourse. There can be no picking and choosing in the world of free expression. It’s free speech for all, or free speech for none,” the editorial board wrote.&lt;/p&gt;
  66.  
  67. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Out of the 257 schools surveyed, 166 of them &lt;a href="https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/2026-college-free-speech-rankings"&gt;received an F&lt;/a&gt; for their free speech climate. Only 10 schools received a free speech grade of C. Claremont McKenna was the only college to get a better grade than a C.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  68.  
  69. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Stanford University and Chapman University ranked 75 and 97 and received a D- grade and an F, respectively. Other colleges such as University of California, Los Angeles; UC San Francisco; UC Davis; Pomona College;  UC Santa Barbara; and California State University, Fresno all received an F grade for their free speech environments. &lt;/p&gt;
  70.  
  71. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UC Berkeley, which was known for its free speech &lt;a href="https://www.berkeley.edu/free-speech/"&gt;movement&lt;/a&gt; in 1964-65, also got an F on free speech.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  72.  
  73. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Schools are not meeting the bare minimum for neutral stances on political controversies, Sean Stevens, chief research adviser for FIRE, told The Center Square.  &lt;/p&gt;
  74.  
  75. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The survey also noted that, nationally, 71% of students believe it is acceptable to shout down a speaker, and 53% believe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is too sensitive to discuss.  &lt;/p&gt;
  76.  
  77. &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;“Those students who are the furthest to the left have been the most accepting of violence for as long as we’ve asked the question,” Stevens told The Center Square. “But a rising tide of acceptance of violence has raised all boats. Now, regardless of party or ideology, students across the board are more open to violence as a way to shut down a speaker.”&lt;/p&gt;
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  80. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T23:15:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 19:15&lt;/span&gt;
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  87.  <title>Bondi Faces Rare Conservative Rage For 'Hate Speech' Comments</title>
  88.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bondi-faces-rare-conservative-rage-hate-speech-comments</link>
  89.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Bondi Faces Rare Conservative Rage For 'Hate Speech' Comments&lt;/span&gt;
  90.  
  91.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Following the assassination of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk last week, terrible human beings celebrated his death instead of simply saying "I'm sorry for your loss" and letting their political opponents mourn in peace. And as vile as these assholes may be, they have a right to be vile - lest we jump back onto that slippery slope of 'hate speech' that Democrats used to try and take &lt;i&gt;your&lt;/i&gt; rights away - in a return to innocent bakers who run private businesses being prosecuted for refusing to do 2SLGBTQI++#0 wedding cakes.&lt;/p&gt;
  92.  
  93. &lt;p&gt;This is why immense backlash among conservative commentators has sent Attorney General Pam Bondi &lt;a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/16/bondi-clarifies-hate-speech-not-prosecute"&gt;scrambling to clarify&lt;/a&gt; her earlier controversial words over prosecuting hate speech. She had said during a &lt;a href="https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1967754339612758178"&gt;Monday podcast&lt;/a&gt; that the Justice Department would &lt;strong&gt;"absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech." &lt;/strong&gt;Prominent voices on the right are &lt;strong&gt;calling for her immediate firing&lt;/strong&gt;, given this slippery term 'hate speech' when weaponized by the government will inevitably be used against conservatives in any future Democratic or left-leaning administration. Matt Walsh had among the most cogent critiques...&lt;/p&gt;
  94.  
  95. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  96. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Get rid of her. Today. This is insane. Conservatives have fought for decades for the right to refuse service to anyone. We won that fight. Now Pam Bondi wants to roll it all back for no reason. The employee who didn’t print the flyer was already fired by his employer. This stuff… &lt;a href="https://t.co/Ry7PEUz1ca"&gt;https://t.co/Ry7PEUz1ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  97. — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1967955017551478895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  98. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Walsh pointed that out that these incidents wherein people celebrate the death of Charlie Kirk are &lt;strong&gt;"being handled successfully through free speech and free markets"&lt;/strong&gt; and so this is "totally gratuitous and pointless." He emphasized, &lt;strong&gt;"We need the AG focused on bringing down the left wing terror cells, not prosecuting Office Depot for God’s sake&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;strong&gt;"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  99.  
  100. &lt;p&gt;Indeed it is especially professors and public school teachers who are losing their jobs or being disciplined by their institutions, after rightly being called out - and with their institutions being notified. &lt;em&gt;Things are happening&lt;/em&gt; - yet without the government having to step in to play police force. &lt;/p&gt;
  101.  
  102. &lt;p&gt;As Walsh elsewhere explained, "There should be social consequences for people who openly celebrate the murder of an innocent man. But there obviously shouldn’t be any legal repercussions for 'hate speech,' which is not even a valid or coherent concept. &lt;strong&gt;There is no law against saying hateful things, and there shouldn’t be&lt;/strong&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;
  103.  
  104. &lt;p&gt;People need to remember that at the end of the day the government is not your friend, no matter who is in power. As we've &lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-09-16/ag-bondi-declares-war-hate-speech-post-charlie-kirk-assassination"&gt;been highlighting&lt;/a&gt;, the government, irrespective of ideology, does not miss opportunities to revoke civil liberties of the peasants, which are inherently and irrevocably in opposition to the interests of the governing authorities; there is no upside to them allowing the rabble to express their grievances, only headache and threat to their rule. A few examples of apparent justification for censorship and other unconstitutional abuses of power from just the first quarter of this century include 9/11, COVID, and January 6th — and, now, the assassination of Charlie Kirk.&lt;/p&gt;
  105.  
  106. &lt;p&gt;One Libertarian writer for &lt;em&gt;Reason&lt;/em&gt; magazine had this to say...&lt;/p&gt;
  107.  
  108. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  109. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;This is psychotic. The federal government cannot, in fact, prosecute you for refusing to print a message you disagree with—which was core to Republicans' ideology until all of 5 seconds ago. I am speechless. &lt;a href="https://t.co/9rUZOx8wJw"&gt;https://t.co/9rUZOx8wJw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  110. — Billy Binion (@billybinion) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/billybinion/status/1967794076671164614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  111. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;And journalist Glenn Greenwald went off on a seething attack, while highlighting "There's only one law and Constitution for everyone" - and &lt;a href="https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1967934918417334734"&gt;that&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  112.  
  113. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  114. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;None of this has anything to do with "hate speech," which is what Pam Bondi said was distinct from "free speech." She's too dumb to describe basic law without notes. She has too little integrity to just admit she erred. She has no respect for anyone who heard what she said.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  115. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  116.  
  117. &lt;p&gt;This was Greenwald's &lt;strong&gt;fierce reaction to Bondi's Tuesday morning effort at doing damage control&lt;/strong&gt;, wherein she &lt;a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1967913066554630181"&gt;wrote&lt;/a&gt; on X, "Hate speech that crosses the line into threats of violence is NOT protected by the First Amendment. It’s a crime. For far too long, we’ve watched the radical left normalize threats, call for assassinations, and cheer on political violence. That era is over.&lt;/p&gt;
  118.  
  119. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  120. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Nobody asked for this actually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  121. We do not want Hate Speech laws. &lt;a href="https://t.co/zFbSk1OofT"&gt;https://t.co/zFbSk1OofT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  122. — Nicholas J. Fuentes (@NickJFuentes) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/NickJFuentes/status/1968008030429249590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  123. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;She had continued: "Free speech protects ideas, debate, even dissent but it does NOT and will NEVER protect violence. It is clear this violent rhetoric is designed to silence others from voicing conservative ideals. We will never be silenced. Not for our families, not for our freedoms, and never for Charlie. His legacy will not be erased by fear or intimidation."&lt;/p&gt;
  124.  
  125. &lt;p&gt;But Bondi is being urged to halt this dangerous confusing of terms: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do not call true threats or incitement hate speech &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;- given the federal government has long proven its willingness to weaponize this incredibly loose label &lt;em&gt;in cases where there is no violence or real direct threat&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  126.  
  127. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  128. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Unbelievably bad take by Bondi, worthy of immediate resignation of an Attorney General.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  129. Hate speech does not exist, you can say mean things about people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  130. We have very specific limitations such as direct calls for violence, but amorphous “hate speech” does not exist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  131. Charlie…&lt;/p&gt;
  132. — Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1967929801026531614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  133. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Former Fox show host and political pundit Megyn Kelly was more conciliatory in her response. Kelly wrote:&lt;/p&gt;
  134.  
  135. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  136. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hate speech is not prosecutable in America (which is good). Pam Bondi knows this&lt;/strong&gt;. I am guessing, given the statements by Stephen Miller yesterday about targeting violent cells, she means those who actually plan violence, which would not be about the speech but the conspiracy.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  137. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  138.  
  139. &lt;p&gt;But again, there are plenty of leading conservative voices who are not buying it, amid continued demands for her removal - also after botching the handling of the Epstein files.&lt;/p&gt;
  140.  
  141. &lt;p&gt;Alas, the only problem is that President Trump might be in agreement with Bondi's initial take...&lt;/p&gt;
  142.  
  143. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  144. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;President Trump defined “hate speech” as those being “unfair” to him, adding that they might be prosecuted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  145. WHY ARE WE DOING TIHS! &lt;a href="https://t.co/EDe0DjHfFK"&gt;pic.twitter.com/EDe0DjHfFK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  146. — Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Lukewearechange/status/1967986796291354995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  147. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's the late Charlie Kirk, in his own words:&lt;/p&gt;
  148.  
  149. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/kirk_1.jpg?itok=cRlM00z5" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/kirk_1.jpg?itok=cRlM00z5"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="11d0ce13-672a-4a81-b736-80c0ad3341bf" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="359" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/kirk_1.jpg?itok=cRlM00z5" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  150.  
  151. &lt;p&gt;Lastly, one anon commenter on X &lt;a href="https://x.com/FedPoasting/status/1968004131244880079"&gt;voiced&lt;/a&gt; fear that &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"The republicans are currently setting up the infrastructure that will ensure that the democrats can put us in jail for saying words like retard and faggot."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  152. &lt;/div&gt;
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  154. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T22:50:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 18:50&lt;/span&gt;
  155. </description>
  156.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
  157.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  161.  <title>Elderly Suspect In Charlie Kirk Assassination Tried To "Distract Police" From Real Shooter</title>
  162.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/elderly-supsect-chalie-kirk-assassination-tried-distract-police-real-shooter</link>
  163.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Elderly Suspect In Charlie Kirk Assassination Tried To "Distract Police" From Real Shooter&lt;/span&gt;
  164.  
  165.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;When dealing with the political violence of the woke left, their actions can sometimes look like grand conspiracy when it is actually a product of their unhinged hive mind mentality.  Theories initially spread like wildfire when George Zinn, 71, was detained moments after the shooting of Charlie Kirk.  The elderly suspect approached police and screamed "I shot him, now shoot me!" &lt;/p&gt;
  166.  
  167. &lt;p&gt;This action diverted police resources, possibly helping the real shooter to escape.  As i turns out, this was Zinn's intention according to recently reveled police reports. &lt;/p&gt;
  168.  
  169. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  170. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;NEW: The 71-year-old audience member who was arrested at Charlie Kirk’s UVU event says he told cops he shot Kirk to distract police so the real shooter could escape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  171. “I shot him, now shoot me,” George Zinn allegedly said immediately after Kirk was shot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  172. While speaking to… &lt;a href="https://t.co/2JiwWXKgR3"&gt;pic.twitter.com/2JiwWXKgR3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  173. — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1967974510109528414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  174. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once at the police department, Zinn asked for an attorney and then claimed that he did not, in fact, shoot Kirk and had only claimed to have done so "to draw attention from the real shooter." As he was later being transported to the hospital due to a medical condition, &lt;a href="https://www.kpax.com/us-news/crime/police-man-falsely-claimed-he-shot-charlie-kirk-to-distract-from-real-gunman"&gt;Zinn made similar comments&lt;/a&gt;, adding that he "wanted to be a martyr for the person who was shot."&lt;/p&gt;
  175.  
  176. &lt;p&gt;Nearly 48 hours after the shooting, Tyler Robinson, a verified political leftist with a trans boyfriend, was arrested and charged after his conservative parents turned him in.  The bizarre actions of Zinn were initially suspected by some as an organized plot in which Zinn and Robinson were part of a larger network. &lt;/p&gt;
  177.  
  178. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/ZinnArrest1.jpg?itok=GhpYOmtb" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/ZinnArrest1.jpg?itok=GhpYOmtb"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="116d21e4-9088-41f0-b5b1-c252bc4a7a87" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/ZinnArrest1.jpg?itok=GhpYOmtb" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  179.  
  180. &lt;p&gt;The Trump Administration is looking into any and all possible connections between Robinson and trans militant groups in the Utah area.  However, as of Monday, police have not made any statement indicating that Zinn knows Robinson or was even aware of the plan to shoot Kirk. &lt;/p&gt;
  181.  
  182. &lt;p&gt;Zinn was booked into the Utah County Jail on a charge of obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony. &lt;/p&gt;
  183.  
  184. &lt;p&gt;An even darker twist, if that's possible, was reported on Tuesday when investigators revealed that Zinn had images of child pornography on his phone.  He is facing four felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after police found images of young girls in "various stages of undress and sexual posing" on Zinn's phone.  Police said Zinn admitted to getting "sexual gratification" from viewing and sharing those types of images.&lt;/p&gt;
  185.  
  186. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  187. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Breaking: George Zinn, the elderly leftist activist who caused a scene at the Charlie Kirk assassination and diverted law enforcement resources, has allegedly been caught having child s—x abuse material. &lt;a href="https://t.co/5FFcb9VEOT"&gt;https://t.co/5FFcb9VEOT&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/KA6OTF6C0A"&gt;pic.twitter.com/KA6OTF6C0A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  188. — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1968014334023422179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  189. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;One is immediately reminded of the Kyle Rittenhouse incident, in which a mob of leftists chased Rittenhouse down with the intent to kill him.  Of the three people the young conservative shot with his AR-15, all of them had prior violent criminal records.  One of the men, Joseph Rosenbaum, had an extensive sex offender record and was a convicted pedophile.  &lt;/p&gt;
  190.  
  191. &lt;p&gt;It would appear that you can't thrown a rock into a crowd of leftists without hitting a pedo.  Truly, the woke movement is on the right side of history.&lt;/p&gt;
  192. &lt;/div&gt;
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  194. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T22:25:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 18:25&lt;/span&gt;
  195. </description>
  196.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
  197.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  201.  <title>'Nihilistic Violent Extremism' Spreads: FBI's Patel Confirms 1,700 Domestic Terrorism Cases Being Investigated</title>
  202.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nihilistic-violent-extremism-spreads-fbis-patel-confirms-1700-domestic-terrorism-cases</link>
  203.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;'Nihilistic Violent Extremism' Spreads: FBI's Patel Confirms 1,700 Domestic Terrorism Cases Being Investigated&lt;/span&gt;
  204.  
  205.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Over the last few months, we have routinely brought readers' attention to the rise of so-called 'nihilistic violent extremism' in America (&lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/america-has-transtifa-problem"&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nihilistic-accelerationists-rogue-extremist-group-claims-responsibility-wave-college"&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;most recently):&lt;/p&gt;
  206.  
  207. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  208. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nihilistic violent extremism refers to &lt;strong&gt;acts of violence driven by a belief in the meaninglessness or futility of existence, often rejecting societal norms, values, or institutions.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  209.  
  210. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It’s rooted in nihilism, a philosophy that denies inherent meaning or purpose in life, but when paired with violent extremism, it manifests as destructive acts aimed at disrupting or dismantling systems perceived as meaningless or oppressive. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  211.  
  212. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Individuals or groups engaging in this type of extremism may target governments, communities, or symbols of authority, often with no clear alternative vision or goal beyond destruction. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  213.  
  214. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unlike ideological extremism (e.g., driven by religious or political motives), nihilistic violent extremism lacks a constructive agenda and may be fueled by despair, alienation, or a desire to impose chaos.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  215. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  216.  
  217. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/fbis-patel-confirms-1700-domestic-terrorism-cases-being-investigated-5915755?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge"&gt;And now, as Jack Phillips reports via The Epoch Times,&lt;/a&gt; FBI Director Kash Patel has brought the term into the mainstream.&lt;/p&gt;
  218.  
  219. &lt;p&gt;Patel confirmed on Tuesday that the bureau is investigating more than 1,700 domestic terrorism cases, as he was speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee.&lt;/p&gt;
  220.  
  221. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  222. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“We have 3500 international terrorism investigations ... 1700 domestic terrorism investigations, a large chunk of which are nihilistic violent extremism ... those who engage in violent acts motivated by a deep hatred of society,”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Patel told lawyers in a prepared &lt;a href="https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1967957328335978932"&gt;statement&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  223. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  224.  
  225. &lt;p&gt;The FBI has experienced &lt;strong&gt;a “300% increase in cases opened this year alone versus the same time last year.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  226.  
  227. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/image%20-%202025-09-16T102643.893.jpg?itok=-JmFqThy" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/image%20-%202025-09-16T102643.893.jpg?itok=-JmFqThy"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3cfbbaa8-eded-4932-8a38-2657e85c1d6a" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image%20-%202025-09-16T102643.893.jpg?itok=-JmFqThy" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  228.  
  229. &lt;p&gt;In his remarks, &lt;strong&gt;Patel also made reference to the “764” group, a decentralized international network of online predators that has been classified as an extremist group.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  230.  
  231. &lt;p&gt;His appearance on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee represents the first oversight hearing of Patel’s tenure amid mounting concerns about political violence inside the United States.&lt;/p&gt;
  232.  
  233. &lt;p&gt;Patel returned to the committee for the first time since his confirmation hearing in January.&lt;/p&gt;
  234.  
  235. &lt;p&gt;Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the committee’s chairman, signaled his support for Patel at the outset of the hearing, praising the director for having “begun the important work of returning the FBI to its law enforcement mission.”&lt;/p&gt;
  236.  
  237. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“It’s well understood that your predecessor left you an FBI infected with politics,” &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Grassley stated.&lt;/p&gt;
  238.  
  239. &lt;p&gt;But the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, described Patel as “arguably the most partisan FBI director ever,” accusing him of already having “inflicted untold damage on the FBI, putting [U.S.] national security and public safety at risk.”&lt;/p&gt;
  240.  
  241. &lt;p&gt;Vice President JD Vance and White House adviser Stephen Miller said on Monday that they plan on launching investigations into left-leaning nongovernmental organizations and other groups, with Miller &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/stephen-miller-says-administration-working-to-dismantle-domestic-terror-movement-5915251"&gt;saying&lt;/a&gt; that networks that have organized riots, street violence, and other activities may constitute a “domestic terror movement.”&lt;/p&gt;
  242.  
  243. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“The organized doxing campaigns, the organized riots, the organized street violence, the organized campaigns of dehumanization, vilification, posting people’s addresses, combining that with messaging that’s designed to trigger and incite violence, and the actual organized cells that carry out and facilitate the violence. It is a vast domestic terror movement,” &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Miller said on “The Charlie Kirk Show,” which was hosted by Vance days after Kirk was assassinated last week in Utah.&lt;/p&gt;
  244.  
  245. &lt;p&gt;Patel told Fox News on Monday that DNA on a towel wrapped around a rifle found near where Kirk was assassinated matched that of the 22-year-old accused in the killing. Investigators also have used DNA evidence to link the suspect, Tyler Robinson, with a screwdriver recovered from the rooftop where the fatal shot was fired, he said.&lt;/p&gt;
  246.  
  247. &lt;p&gt;It’s not clear whether Robinson has an attorney. Officials have said that his initial court date will come later on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;
  248.  
  249. &lt;p&gt;Officials have said Robinson carried a hatred for Kirk and ascribed to a “leftist ideology” that had grown in recent years. Robinson’s family and friends said he spent large amounts of time scrolling the “dark corners of the internet,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;
  250.  
  251. &lt;p&gt;On Tuesday, Patel noted that Robinson had been communicating with others on Discord and that other people in the Discord chat are being investigated.&lt;/p&gt;
  252.  
  253. &lt;p&gt;The FBI director said the Discord chat with Robinson involved a “lot more than 20” people, responding to a senator’s question.&lt;/p&gt;
  254. &lt;/div&gt;
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  256. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T22:00:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 18:00&lt;/span&gt;
  257. </description>
  258.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  259.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  263.  <title>Jair Bolsonaro Rushed To Hospital, Days After Being Handed 27-Year Prison Sentence</title>
  264.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/jair-bolsonaro-rushed-hospital-days-after-being-handed-27-year-prison-sentence</link>
  265.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Jair Bolsonaro Rushed To Hospital, Days After Being Handed 27-Year Prison Sentence&lt;/span&gt;
  266.  
  267.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been taken to a hospital, CNN Brasil reports Tuesday, with his family saying he was &lt;strong&gt;"feeling sick"&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  268.  
  269. &lt;p&gt;Just days ago the man dubbed the "Brazilian Donald Trump" was sentenced by the country's supreme court to 27-years in prison after being convicted of coup plotting, related to his rejecting the outcome of the presidential election which saw Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva return to power.&lt;/p&gt;
  270. &lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bols1_0.jpg?itok=quQlplRe" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bols1_0.jpg?itok=quQlplRe"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;figure role="group" class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"&gt;&lt;img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3cc5927a-d8d8-420d-a02d-525818bfa8fd" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bols1_0.jpg?itok=quQlplRe" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500" /&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;&lt;em&gt;Via Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  271.  
  272. &lt;p&gt;Bolsonaro has suffered serious health issues ever since he was &lt;strong&gt;stabbed while campaigning in 2018&lt;/strong&gt;. This resulted in several surgeries, and recurring intestinal issues.&lt;/p&gt;
  273.  
  274. &lt;p&gt;He's still under house arrest, and the top court had also ruled that he's &lt;strong&gt;barred from running for public office until 2060&lt;/strong&gt; - which would be eight years after the conclusion of his sentence.&lt;/p&gt;
  275.  
  276. &lt;section&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;p&gt;His son Flavio Bolsonaro wrote on X late in the day Tuesday, "President Bolsonaro felt unwell a short while ago, with a &lt;strong&gt;severe bout of hiccups, vomiting, and low blood pressure&lt;/strong&gt;." He added: "I ask for everyone's prayers so that it is nothing serious."&lt;/p&gt;
  277. &lt;/section&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jair Bolsonaro has arrived at DF Star Hospital in Brasília. The former president is reported to have low blood pressure and a hiccup crisis, according to his son:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  278.  
  279. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"&gt;
  280. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="pt" xml:lang="pt" xml:lang="pt"&gt;Jair Bolsonaro já chegou ao hospital DF Star, em Brasília.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  281. Ex-presidente apresentou quadro de pressão baixa e crise de soluços &lt;a href="https://t.co/FrwI4qNLGb"&gt;pic.twitter.com/FrwI4qNLGb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  282. — Sam Pancher (@SamPancher) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/SamPancher/status/1968032798209692033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  283. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Likely his political opponents are going suspect this as a ploy to avoid the next phase of his high-stakes saga involving prison time - or they'll accuse him of seeking to gain national sympathy.&lt;/p&gt;
  284.  
  285. &lt;p&gt;He's been under house arrest since August, after being accused of stoking external political interference, due to President Trump's public commentary accusing the Lula government of being on a witch hunt.&lt;/p&gt;
  286. &lt;/div&gt;
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  288. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T21:40:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 17:40&lt;/span&gt;
  289. </description>
  290.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
  291.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  295.  <title>Conrad Black: What I Saw In The Oval Office As Trump Learned Of Charlie Kirk Assassination</title>
  296.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/conrad-black-what-i-saw-oval-office-trump-learned-charlie-kirk-assassination</link>
  297.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Conrad Black: What I Saw In The Oval Office As Trump Learned Of Charlie Kirk Assassination&lt;/span&gt;
  298.  
  299.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/conrad-black-what-i-saw-in-the-oval-office-as-trump-learned-of-charlie-kirks-assassination-5914970?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&amp;src_src=morningbriefnoe&amp;utm_campaign=mb-2025-09-15&amp;src_cmp=mb-2025-09-15&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;est=d5Ubn4zo9xU6EGzybJcpNXbyQMY7VcVB6Tr%2BffLH4dXYy96GiK%2BRwPfDRp4Y6GA%3D"&gt;Authored by Conrad Black via The Epoch Times&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis ours),&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  300.  
  301. &lt;p&gt;In an astounding coincidence, &lt;strong&gt;as the news broke that Charlie Kirk, founder and head of the enlightened traditionalist movement Turning Point USA, had been assassinated, I was sitting in the Oval Office of the White House across the Resolution desk from the President of the United States.&lt;/strong&gt; Although I have known Mr. Trump for more than 25 years and have generally been in touch with him throughout that period, I had not seen him in person for some years. I have written approximately 2 million words about him, almost all of it reasonably or unambiguously favorable, though not uncritically so, mainly on U.S. internet sites, as well as a book that was appreciative of him, though no hagiography (“A President Like no Other”).&lt;/p&gt;
  302. &lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/image_92%2883%29_2.jpg?itok=gLmPh6IT" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/image_92%2883%29_2.jpg?itok=gLmPh6IT"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;figure role="group" class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"&gt;&lt;img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="799315fc-7f82-4a8b-909c-004906e782fd" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image_92%2883%29_2.jpg?itok=gLmPh6IT" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500" /&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;&lt;em&gt;President Donald Trump speaks as conservative activist Charlie Kirk listens at a forum dubbed the Generation Next Summit at the White House in Washington on March 22, 2018. Mark Wilson/Getty Images&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  303.  
  304. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I had developed a few ideas about a couple of his programs&lt;/strong&gt;, in emails and by telephone, and he suggested I visit him. Wednesday, Sept. 10, was the day. As I was arriving at the White House visitors’ entrance, &lt;strong&gt;I saw on my mobile phone that Charlie Kirk had been wounded in an assassination attempt.&lt;/strong&gt; I did not really know him and was only generally conversant with his Turning Point movement, and from the initial wording of the bulletin I hopefully assumed that he would recover. There was no sign of alarm as I sat in the outer anteroom with a number of distinguished fellow visitors, including a prominent senator and the well-known economist Arthur Laffer, whom I had not seen in 30 years. A few friends in the administration came and went and we exchanged greetings, and the time passed pleasantly.&lt;/p&gt;
  305.  
  306. &lt;p&gt;The outer anteroom for the Oval Office is rectangular and has doors on three walls, and in the middle of what I assume was a typical weekday afternoon, an astonishing number of people were constantly coming and going through all three doors, one the entrance and the other two into parallel inner anterooms to the Oval Office. &lt;strong&gt;The ambience is one of constant and purposeful activity in a shared and good-spirited cause&lt;/strong&gt;. Occasionally, it happened that successive doors were simultaneously ajar, and the familiar voice of the chief occupant would be heard, good-humored but authoritative. A pleasing aesthetic aspect, as usual in Trump matters, is the presence of very capable and attractive youngish ladies on the presidential staff.&lt;/p&gt;
  307.  
  308. &lt;p&gt;Although I had been to the White House a number of times before, it was in groups and in reception rooms. Here, it was possible to see how the private office functioned, and it was clear the president’s staff is devoted to him personally and that he, unlike some holders of great offices that I have known, is unfailingly polite to staff. &lt;strong&gt;In this he reminded me of Margaret Thatcher, who frequently beat up her cabinet ministers because she thought they could and should defend themselves if they were any good&lt;/strong&gt; (and if they weren’t she sacked them), but never forgetting her own modest socioeconomic beginnings, she was unfailingly courteous to people in lesser positions.&lt;/p&gt;
  309.  
  310. &lt;p&gt;After about an hour, I was invited to leapfrog the crowded intermediate waiting room and was cordially greeted by my eminent host. He was looking trim, fit, and completely undaunted by the requirements of his position. In my observations, going back to the Eisenhower years, U.S. presidents either enjoy their position and get on top of it or are worn down by it and the presidency imposes itself upon them. Donald Trump is distinctly in the first category. We were briefly joined by Art Laffer who wanted a photograph taken of himself with the president in front of the painting of President Reagan to the right of the president’s desk. &lt;strong&gt;After a few pleasantries and reflections, Art departed and the president said that Charlie Kirk had died.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  311.  
  312. &lt;p&gt;I condoled with him, and &lt;strong&gt;when he indicated that it would be appropriate, I started into my reasons for being there&lt;/strong&gt;. He listened intently and made a few comments, and we were shortly joined by the vice president, J.D. Vance, known even by me to be a close friend of Charlie Kirk. He was reporting on the initial results of the investigation. &lt;strong&gt;My offer to excuse myself was declined and there followed a surrealistic and unforgettable scene: the president and vice president lamented their deceased friend,&lt;/strong&gt; and I was likely almost as improbable a third party as could be found to participate in such an exchange. In the circumstances, I only commented when my opinion was asked.&lt;/p&gt;
  313.  
  314. &lt;p&gt;Especially in the light of ungenerous imputations of motives to both men in their public remarks in ensuing days, I would be remiss not to emphasize that neither the president nor the vice president expressed any sentiment except sorrow at the death of their friend and sympathy for his wife and family and close associates, and calm, deep concern at the extent of violence in the country. &lt;strong&gt;There was not a vengeful or partisan word, or even an ill-tempered one.&lt;/strong&gt; Both men were absolutely exemplary, and in fact somewhat inspiring in their sole preoccupation with the horribly premature and violent death of a talented friend and supporter, and their shared concern at the frequency of recourse to political violence in America and much of the Western world.&lt;/p&gt;
  315.  
  316. &lt;p&gt;*  *  * SALE *  *  *&lt;/p&gt;
  317.  
  318. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/10-lb-grass-fed-ground-beef-bundle" data-image-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/10-lb-grass-fed-ground-beef-bundle" data-link-option="2" href="https://store.zerohedge.com/10-lb-grass-fed-ground-beef-bundle"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="fead531d-dc2f-4283-82db-3d540dabca90" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="240" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/BECK%20SALE.jpeg?itok=ZH0yA6zX" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  319.  
  320. &lt;p&gt;*  *  *&lt;/p&gt;
  321.  
  322. &lt;p&gt;The only reference to the immediate political implications of this tragic event was by me when I said that this was such a ghastly episode it might have a salutary effect in sobering public discourse and discouraging violence. This elicited a non-committal response. All Americans, whatever their political leanings, should be reassured that &lt;strong&gt;the two holders of the national offices of the United States, in a poignant hour of great sacrifice and sadness, had no thoughts except charity for the bereaved and concern for the country&lt;/strong&gt;. It was my sad privilege to be a witness to this, and the completely spontaneous tastefulness and generosity of the thoughts of the president and vice president did not reduce but somewhat ameliorated the deep sadness of the occasion.&lt;/p&gt;
  323.  
  324. &lt;p&gt;The vice president departed and the president invited me to finish what I'd come to say, which I did with uncharacteristic economy of words and got up to leave. He said he had then to telephone Mrs. Kirk.&lt;/p&gt;
  325.  
  326. &lt;p&gt;I was staying near the White House and walked back, reflecting on the fortuitously fine qualities of America’s leaders, whatever controversies they may arouse on other grounds. And for the 31-year-old Charlie Kirk, whom I knew to be a committed and patriotic Christian, I could only wish him eternal rest with the Prince of Peace as he reposes in the honored memory of the great nation for which he made the highest and noblest sacrifice.&lt;/p&gt;
  327.  
  328. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article was originally provided to the New York Sun.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  329.  
  330. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times or ZeroHedge&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  331. &lt;/div&gt;
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  333. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T21:00:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 17:00&lt;/span&gt;
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  335.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  336.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  340.  <title>North Korea Bristles At US, South Korean &amp; Japanese Nuclear War Games</title>
  341.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/north-korea-bristles-us-south-korean-japanese-nuclear-war-games</link>
  342.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;North Korea Bristles At US, South Korean &amp; Japanese Nuclear War Games&lt;/span&gt;
  343.  
  344.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;South Korea is hosting major joint military exercises, which kicked off Monday and involves the United States, South Korea, and Japan. The drills are dubbed &lt;em data-end="368" data-start="354"&gt;Freedom Edge&lt;/em&gt; - which is currently running near Jeju Island through Friday, and &lt;em data-end="424" data-start="413"&gt;Iron Mace&lt;/em&gt;, described as being focused on preparing for nuclear conflict scenarios.&lt;/p&gt;
  345.  
  346. &lt;p&gt;These have naturally evoked the wrath of North Korea, which has issued a sharp condemnation while warning of escalating tensions and vowing a strong response. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said this is focused on &lt;strong&gt;"countering North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats and safeguarding peace and stability in the region."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  347. &lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/skwargames.jpg?itok=CgsoWNap" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/skwargames.jpg?itok=CgsoWNap"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;figure role="group" class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"&gt;&lt;img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3c785b8d-26af-42c3-8ded-1ec126b4c8a4" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/skwargames.jpg?itok=CgsoWNap" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500" /&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;&lt;em&gt;US Air Force Image&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  348.  
  349. &lt;p&gt;The US military’s Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii described the drills as being utilized to &lt;strong&gt;"refine ballistic missile defense"&lt;/strong&gt; between the US and its two key Asian allies and represents "the most advanced demonstration of trilateral defense cooperation to date."&lt;/p&gt;
  350.  
  351. &lt;p&gt;Pyongyang's fierce denunciation of the games included the &lt;a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/asia/us-japan-south-korea-exercises-analysis-intl-hnk-ml"&gt;following&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;
  352.  
  353. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  354. &lt;p data-article-gutter="true" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmfm2ui8t000a3b6npctx1rn8@published"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A statement from North Korea’s Central Military Commission called Freedom Edge “the most comprehensive and offensive war drill for aggression in terms of scale, content and nature” that has been conducted on the southern Korean Peninsula.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  355.  
  356. &lt;p data-article-gutter="true" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmfm2ui8t000b3b6n86a9hchx@published"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“The US and its allies are gradually &lt;strong&gt;undermining the security environment of the Korean Peninsula&lt;/strong&gt;,” the statement from Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, said.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  357. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  358.  
  359. &lt;p data-end="1294" data-start="1064"&gt;He further warned that North Korea would not remain passive in the face of such drills. "If the hostile forces continue their military provocations, the DPRK will respond with even clearer and more intensified countermeasures," he stated.&lt;/p&gt;
  360.  
  361. &lt;p data-end="1294" data-start="1064"&gt;Although the drills were scheduled long in advance, they&lt;strong&gt; follow closely on the heels of Xi's giant military parade&lt;/strong&gt; which also involved Presidents Putin and Kim Jong Un side by side with the Chinese leader in a rare display of unity.&lt;/p&gt;
  362.  
  363. &lt;p data-end="1294" data-start="1064"&gt;It grabbed the world's attention, highlighting China’s latest military capabilities, including advanced ballistic missiles and equipment of China's nuclear triad.&lt;/p&gt;
  364.  
  365. &lt;p data-end="1294" data-start="1064"&gt;Interestingly, perhaps wishing to countersignal, US military officials have described these fresh exercises in and off South Korea as the most advanced example of trilateral defense cooperation to date. It highlights the deepening military cooperation with South Korea and Japan.&lt;/p&gt;
  366.  
  367. &lt;p data-end="1294" data-start="1064"&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/kimofficersstatemedia.jpg?itok=_r0-Igvd" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/kimofficersstatemedia.jpg?itok=_r0-Igvd"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2fab1a85-c29d-4e2f-a95a-3f7b94819a2f" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/kimofficersstatemedia.jpg?itok=_r0-Igvd" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  368.  
  369. &lt;p data-end="1294" data-start="1064"&gt;As of this past summer, North Korea has been demanding that the United States &lt;strong&gt;recognize it as a permanent nuclear power&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  370.  
  371. &lt;p data-end="1294" data-start="1064"&gt;"Any attempt to deny the position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state, which was established along with the existence of a powerful nuclear deterrent and fixed by the supreme law reflecting the unanimous will of all the DPRK people, will be thoroughly rejected," Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un," she &lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/north-korea-demands-us-recognize-it-irreversible-nuclear-power"&gt;said&lt;/a&gt; in July.&lt;/p&gt;
  372. &lt;/div&gt;
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  374. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T20:40:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 16:40&lt;/span&gt;
  375. </description>
  376.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
  377.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  381.  <title>NY Judge Tosses Terrorism Charges Against Luigi Mangione, Murder Count Stands; Democrats Cheer In Streets</title>
  382.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ny-judge-tosses-terrorism-charges-against-luigi-mangione-murder-count-stands-democrats</link>
  383.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;NY Judge Tosses Terrorism Charges Against Luigi Mangione, Murder Count Stands; Democrats Cheer In Streets&lt;/span&gt;
  384.  
  385.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;A New York state judge just moments ago dismissed terrorism charges against &lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/person-interest-nyc-assassination-being-questioned-police-pa"&gt;Luigi Mangione&lt;/a&gt; in the state's case over the late 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but kept second-degree murder charges in place. &lt;/p&gt;
  386.  
  387. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  388. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Luigi Mangione has arrived for his New York State Court Hearing. &lt;a href="https://t.co/xoOhziXAhb"&gt;pic.twitter.com/xoOhziXAhb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  389. — prosper (@prosperluigi) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/prosperluigi/status/1967943910782800224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  390. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York Judge Gregory Carro ruled that although Mangione's actions were ideologically motivated, New York law requires proof of intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population for terrorism charges, which prosecutors failed to present.&lt;/p&gt;
  391.  
  392. &lt;p&gt;Carro ruled that prosecutors presented&lt;strong&gt; "legally sufficient evidence of all other counts, including Murder in the Second Degree."&lt;/strong&gt; Mangione has pleaded not guilty to the rest of the charges.  &lt;/p&gt;
  393.  
  394. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  395. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;The ruling means that the 27-year-old won’t face the prospect life in prison without parole. &lt;a href="https://t.co/nMfXCJLuS6"&gt;https://t.co/nMfXCJLuS6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  396. — zerohedge (@zerohedge) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1967949315772649625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  397. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was the first time in five months that Mangione, a 27-year-old Ivy League graduate from Baltimore, Maryland, returned to a Manhattan courtroom.  &lt;/p&gt;
  398.  
  399. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/G0-NX3pXsAAjwm5.jpg?itok=EhPS4Ood" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/G0-NX3pXsAAjwm5.jpg?itok=EhPS4Ood"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5b9b6faa-75db-4968-9182-df328cbb7614" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="625" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/G0-NX3pXsAAjwm5.jpg?itok=EhPS4Ood" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  400.  
  401. &lt;p&gt;Mangione's "intentions were obvious from his acts, but his writings serve to make those intentions explicit," prosecutors wrote in a recent filing, adding that the writings "convey one clear message: that the murder of Brian Thompson was intended to bring about revolutionary change to the healthcare industry."&lt;/p&gt;
  402.  
  403. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Law enforcement indicates the words "delay," "deny," and "depose" that were etched into the bullet casings,&lt;/strong&gt; echoing a phrase commonly used to describe how major insurance companies avoid paying claims.&lt;/p&gt;
  404.  
  405. &lt;p&gt;Mangione has remained in custody at a Brooklyn jail since his arrest, about five days after the December 4 killing of Thompson.&lt;/p&gt;
  406.  
  407. &lt;p&gt;Mangione has developed a cult-like following within the Democratic Party, which conservative activists such as Charlie Kirk have long warned is a symptom of normalizing and spreading "assassination culture."&lt;/p&gt;
  408.  
  409. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  410. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;🚨 NOW: People are cheering and hugging in reaction to Luigi Mangione having his terrorism charges dropped. The murder count will stand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  411. "Free Luigi!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  412. They want him to be released, and view him as a hero. We have massive issues as a country. &lt;a href="https://t.co/6OQlv8cEKo"&gt;pic.twitter.com/6OQlv8cEKo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  413. — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1967947931849543769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  414. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Omg. &lt;/p&gt;
  415.  
  416. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  417. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;"I'm married to Luigi's AI, I'm not kidding" Luigi Mangione supporter who is in Ai Relationship with him, Speaks Outside NYC Court &lt;a href="https://t.co/mVGIgUGW61"&gt;pic.twitter.com/mVGIgUGW61&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  418. — Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1967965989779419181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  419. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kirk was assassinated last week by what appears to be a "radical left, Antifa-adjacent creep" who also etched revolutionary terminology into bullet casings, including the word "Fascists."&lt;/p&gt;
  420.  
  421. &lt;p&gt;The radicalization timeline of Mangione should be scrutinized, including whether the &lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/elite-woke-maryland-private-school-asks-young-students-about-gender-and-if-they-had-oral"&gt;Baltimore-based Gilman School&lt;/a&gt; or the University of Pennsylvania played any role in shaping his leftist ideology.&lt;/p&gt;
  422.  
  423. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/anza-knives-1/" data-image-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/anza-knives-1/" data-link-option="2" href="https://store.zerohedge.com/anza-knives-1/"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="877260dd-b822-4d09-8fb7-6b57cf6af77c" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="228" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/anza%20SEPTEMBER%20SPECIAL_2.jpg?itok=5ARka-fg" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  433.  <title>How The Left Programmed Young People To Hate</title>
  434.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/how-left-programmed-young-people-hate</link>
  435.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;How The Left Programmed Young People To Hate&lt;/span&gt;
  436.  
  437.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Authored by David Betz and Michael Rainsborough via &lt;a href="https://dailysceptic.org/2025/09/16/how-the-left-programmed-young-people-to-hate/"&gt;The Daily Sceptic&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  438.  
  439. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the spring of 1975, the Red Army Faction, more popularly known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, stormed the West German Embassy in Stockholm and murdered two of its staff before setting the building ablaze. In its aftermath, a British tabloid printed a headline whose bluntness masked its profundity: ‘&lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1459569/?ref_=ttep_ep_4"&gt;So, Who’s Sick?&lt;/a&gt;‘&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  440.  
  441. &lt;p&gt;It was less a headline than a rhetorical diagnosis, reflecting the bewilderment at these seemingly senseless acts of terror. Was it the bourgeois world condemned as corrupt by these self-styled revolutionaries, or was it the revolutionaries themselves, who in their righteous fervour appeared possessed by demons?&lt;/p&gt;
  442.  
  443. &lt;p&gt;The question was never one that admitted an easy answer in that moment, and it remains just as piercing in ours. &lt;strong&gt;For when, half a century later, Charlie Kirk was struck down in the midst of civic debate, and when voices on the ‘progressive’ Left respond not with horror but with unholy glee, we are forced once again to confront the same ambiguity. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  444.  
  445. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Antifa.jpg?itok=qwuHvDyz" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Antifa.jpg?itok=qwuHvDyz"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8bf1686b-b374-48ca-8f4d-2b149d1a35b5" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Antifa.jpg?itok=qwuHvDyz" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  446.  
  447. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who is diseased? Who is truly sick? The question still hangs in the air, accusing its audience as much as its subjects.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  448.  
  449. &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Eclipse of Compassion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  450.  
  451. &lt;p&gt;The murder of Charlie Kirk was barbarous enough, but what followed was more chilling still. Social media, that great theatre of contemporary sentiment, resounded with elation rather than grief. Where the natural response should have been mourning and sober reflection, there was instead celebration, applause, even exultation. The old pieties of compassion and human dignity were trampled beneath a chorus of malevolence.&lt;/p&gt;
  452.  
  453. &lt;p&gt;If we return to 1975, we can discern that the spectacle is hardly without precedent. The chronicler of the Red Army Faction’s rise and fall, Stefan Aust, described the psychosis that fuelled its violence as the &lt;a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-baader-meinhof-complex-9781847920454"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Baader-Meinhof Complex&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: a toxic brew of revolutionary ideology, middle-class angst and personality cultism, in which politics fused with pathology. Terror and bloodshed were the logical expression of this worldview.&lt;/p&gt;
  454.  
  455. &lt;p&gt;Jillian Becker, in her study of the same phenomenon published in 1977, placed the emergence of the Baader-Meinhof gang within an extended historical frame, tracing how West Germany’s post-war radicals were the children of those who had lived through the Third Reich — parents whose relationship with Nazism was often ambivalent, sometimes unrepentant. Their children judged them guilty of complicity or cowardice. In turn, they felt they had no tradition to receive let alone uphold, no cultural authority to embrace as their own. Becker memorably described them as &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Hitler%C2%92s-Children-Baader-meinhof-Terrorist/dp/149184437X"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hitler’s Children&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, who expressed their alienation in violence against the very society that had given them life and often prosperity.&lt;/p&gt;
  456.  
  457. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The parallels with today are clear. The obnoxious, jeering, bratty mobs on social media and their elevation of spite into virtue: these too are not simply political stances but symptoms of generational breakdown.&lt;/strong&gt; Becker’s ‘lost children’ of post-war Germany were orphaned by the silence and ambiguities of their parents’ Nazi past. Today’s youth, though shaped by different conditions, are estranged in an analogous way — heirs to a liberal order that preached emancipation but delivered only deracination.&lt;/p&gt;
  458.  
  459. &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Children of the Void&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  460.  
  461. &lt;p&gt;Becker’s account of Germany’s post-war radicals was of a generation forsaken by history — children who, faced with no inheritance they could accept without shame, turned their fury against the civilisation that had produced them. That revolt finds its echo 50 years later.&lt;/p&gt;
  462.  
  463. &lt;p&gt;The YouTube channel &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZCznzZl67E"&gt;Richard The Fourth&lt;/a&gt;, one of the few voices to offer measured and calm reflections on our troubled times, spoke in similar terms of those TikTokkers, X users and BlueSkyers who rejoiced in Charlie Kirk’s murder. “Who are these lost souls? Where did they come from?” he asked. They were, he suggested, “the lost children of the boomer generation”, alienated by the failures of a secular progressivism that promised transcendence through empathy and emancipation from tradition, but in the end gifted them only spiritual vacuity.&lt;/p&gt;
  464.  
  465. &lt;p&gt;These people are not monsters by nature; they are the offspring of a culture that extolled compassion while detaching it from justice, that proclaimed liberation even as it erased the sources of meaning. The progeny of flower power have become the children of a void, and in that void, savagery takes root.&lt;/p&gt;
  466.  
  467. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The historical parallels, then as now, are evident: youth cut adrift from their cultural moorings find themselves drawn less to renewal than to destruction. &lt;/strong&gt;Then as now, dislocation breeds violence and scorn rather than reflection. Becker’s &lt;em&gt;Hitler’s Children&lt;/em&gt; and Richard’s “lost souls” are separated by time and circumstance yet bound together by the same pattern: a society that cannot pass down its traditions to its successors is liable to be repudiated by them.&lt;/p&gt;
  468.  
  469. &lt;p&gt;If Aust diagnosed the &lt;em&gt;Baader-Meinhof Complex&lt;/em&gt; and Becker revealed the deeper dereliction&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;that sustained it, Richard The Fourth’s reflections illuminate the pathology of our own time. The cheering at murder and the inversion of empathy into its opposite are the symptoms of a &lt;em&gt;Liberal Nihilism Complex&lt;/em&gt;: a syndrome in which the promises of modernity collapse into petulance and hostility, leaving only a cohort of ‘feral goblins’, mocking and howling into the abyss.&lt;/p&gt;
  470.  
  471. &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Creating the Land of Hatred&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  472.  
  473. &lt;p&gt;Contemporary academics, especially in the social sciences, have little of real value to offer humanity, but the few decent ones — those who write for this outlet, of course — still have the capacity to bring depth and perspective to some of our present predicaments.&lt;/p&gt;
  474.  
  475. &lt;p&gt;We are neither spiritualists nor psychologists and cannot claim to have a greater window into the minds of these lost souls than anyone else. What we can offer, though, is decades of engagement with the study of strategic conduct: the motives and means of those who resort to violence in pursuit of political ends. And it is here that we wish to advance a thesis that goes further than viewing the collapse of empathy as an unfortunate by-product of social confusion.&lt;/p&gt;
  476.  
  477. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we are witnessing is not a mishap. &lt;/strong&gt;Whatever the spiritual degradation and cultural dispossession of these young minds, they are, nevertheless, instruments of history. The way they have been psychologically programmed is no quirk of fate; it has been done with intent. They have been conditioned for a purpose.&lt;/p&gt;
  478.  
  479. &lt;p&gt;To explain this means walking backward into history. We could begin with the French Revolution, but for simplicity’s sake let us start a decade before 1975; in 1966, when Mao Zedong unleashed the Cultural Revolution in China, mobilising youth against their elders, students against teachers, children against parents. He did not stumble into chaos; he conjured it — because chaos was useful.&lt;/p&gt;
  480.  
  481. &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Wild-Swans-Three-Daughters-China/dp/0743246985"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wild Swans&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Jung Chang’s memoir of her family’s turmoil during the Cultural Revolution, she recounts that Mao ruled by getting people to despise one another. He understood the ugliest human instincts — envy and resentment — and knew how to weaponise them. “By nourishing the worst in people, Mao created a moral wasteland, a land of hatred.”&lt;/p&gt;
  482.  
  483. &lt;p&gt;What Jung Chang described was not an incidental consequence of revolutionary excess but the very heart of its method: hatred deliberately sown, division systematically engineered, cruelty unleashed as a political instrument.&lt;/p&gt;
  484.  
  485. &lt;p&gt;The lesson travelled westward. &lt;a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781403905284"&gt;French intellectuals&lt;/a&gt;, jaded by the ossified torpor of Soviet communism, visited China and found in Mao’s carnival of destruction a perverse vitality. They imported his ideas, transmuting them into the currency of post-structuralist thought, which in turn shaped the practice of the Baader-Meinhof gang and others like them. From there it was but a short step to their entrenchment on Anglo-American campuses.&lt;/p&gt;
  486.  
  487. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the United States, groups that emerged from 1960s student radicalism, such as the Weather Underground, adopted similar tactics.&lt;/strong&gt; Their manifesto, &lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/PrairieFire_20170422/page/n1/mode/2up"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prairie Fire&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (1974), named after Mao’s dictum that a single spark can ignite a conflagration, urged radicals to exploit racial and class divisions precisely because such divisions could be rendered unbridgeable.&lt;/p&gt;
  488.  
  489. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prairie Fire&lt;/em&gt;, which is still an influential text on the American radical Left, is a handbook for permanent confrontation. Its pages bristle with the conviction that America’s prosperity, its institutions, its constitutional liberties are all obstacles to be torn down. It demanded escalation over reconciliation — more division, deeper fractures, sharper antagonisms. For its authors, harmony was stasis, and stasis was defeat. Hatred was no passing symptom; it was the weapon itself.&lt;/p&gt;
  490.  
  491. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This was not a politics of justice but of immolation. Harmony was the enemy; hatred the accelerant.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  492.  
  493. &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Long March into the Academy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  494.  
  495. &lt;p&gt;The campaigns of violence waged by groups such as the Weather Underground and the Baader-Meinhof gang were eventually broken. In the latter’s case, their downfall was signalled by the successful storming of a &lt;a href="https://warhistory.org/@msw/article/landshut-hijacking-and-gsg-9-rescue-in-mogadishu"&gt;hijacked Lufthansa jet&lt;/a&gt; in Mogadishu in October 1977 by German GSG9 Special Forces, assisted by the &lt;a href="https://www.lordashcroftonbravery.com/heroes/davies-barry/"&gt;SAS&lt;/a&gt;, which led to the suicide of the first generation of leaders in Stammheim Prison. After these reversals, many radicals withdrew to safer ground: the universities. There, sheltered by tenure and steeped in jargon, they recast their struggle into something less visible but more enduring.&lt;/p&gt;
  496.  
  497. &lt;p&gt;What could no longer be pursued through bombs and bullets was now carried forward in the idiom of theory. Critical theory, post-colonialism, gender studies — all served the same end. Established systems of knowledge and reasoning were methodically dismantled, and in their stead rose the new orthodoxy of ‘social justice’. In this dispensation, social justice meant rancour without limit. The effort of the intellect was no longer a quest for truth. Instead, it was to be redirected into the calculated manufacture of animosity.&lt;/p&gt;
  498.  
  499. &lt;p&gt;Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe set out this programme with striking clarity in &lt;a href="https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/1158-hegemony-and-socialist-strategy?srsltid=AfmBOoqqM5ASZXuBYnNUP9nOQOqmrQPRE6ZMAkmMacFjL-78cNXjQqVL"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hegemony and Socialist Strategy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (1985). Their project was never the reconciliation of differences. It was, rather, in their words, “to extend social conflictuality to a wide range of areas” in order to generate “new antagonisms”, arising out of “highly diverse struggles: urban, ecological, anti-authoritarian, anti-institutional, feminist, anti-racist, ethnic, regional, or that of sexual minorities”. The aim was less to close fissures in the body politic than to ensure they remained open wounds. The scholarly mind was recast: no longer to think and analyse, let alone to seek concord, but to irritate and inflame.&lt;/p&gt;
  500.  
  501. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What they offered was more than theory; it was revolutionary strategy re-clothed in academic garb.&lt;/strong&gt; Laclau and Mouffe made plain that the task of progressive politics was to create new fronts of enmity, new identities defined not by their substance but by their opposition — a creed of victims and oppressors, endlessly proliferating, endlessly unreconciled. In their schema, the intention was never to knit society together into an equilibrium, only to drive it into perpetual dissonance.&lt;/p&gt;
  502.  
  503. &lt;p&gt;Nor was this movement hidden, or without its early critics. Allan Bloom in &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Closing-American-Mind-Education-Impoverished/dp/1451683200"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Closing of the American Mind&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (1987) saw where it was all leading. He warned that the university was ceasing to be the guardian of truth and culture. Instead, relativism was being allowed to erode tradition, while grievance displaced learning. He foresaw the battlelines forming long before the wider culture wars broke out.&lt;/p&gt;
  504.  
  505. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the decades that followed, the academy was unmade: from bastions of learning into factories of disaffection. &lt;/strong&gt;The lecture hall, once devoted to dispassionate inquiry, became a place where conflict and division were intentionally stirred.&lt;/p&gt;
  506.  
  507. &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Engineering Discord&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  508.  
  509. &lt;p&gt;The end of the Cold War gave the enterprise added impetus. With the supposed ‘end of history’, liberal triumphalism licensed universities and institutions to reinvent themselves as moral tribunals. Politics was recast as ethics, and ethics as indictment.&lt;/p&gt;
  510.  
  511. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;‘Diversity’, ‘equity’ and ‘inclusion’ became less articles of faith than a set of tactics — no longer instruments of compromise but of humiliation, tools by which resentment was stoked and sustained. &lt;/strong&gt;Generations of students have since been trained to denounce rather than to reason, to persecute rather than to persuade. This is Mao’s Red Guards reconstituted for a digital age: armies of accusation, armed less with AK-47s than with hashtags and HR manuals.&lt;/p&gt;
  512.  
  513. &lt;p&gt;Those who dismiss the ‘culture wars’ as a distraction misunderstand the nature of conflict in our time. The sociologist &lt;a href="https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/08/09/culture-wars-james-davison-hunter-politics"&gt;James Davison Hunter&lt;/a&gt;, who coined the phrase three decades ago, cautioned that when disputes cease to be arguments within a shared reality and instead become clashes over what reality itself is, rapprochement is no longer possible. At that point, the logic of civic debate and constitutional politics gives way to the logic of force.&lt;/p&gt;
  514.  
  515. &lt;p&gt;To see all this as a tragic misfortune is deeply mistaken. What has emerged is not spontaneous disorder but a carefully tended culture of antipathy — fertilised by theory, irrigated by resentful passions and sustained by bureaucracies whose survival depends on perpetual conflict.&lt;/p&gt;
  516.  
  517. &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Fruits of Permanent War&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  518.  
  519. &lt;p&gt;The harvest is plain to see — in the mayhem and murder on a Utah campus, in the digital mobs that revel and rage across social media, and in a public discourse poisoned by denunciation, where opponents are cast as existential threats — Nazis, fascists, and every other heresy of the age — solely for the crime of disagreement. In such a climate, the very possibility of civil discourse dissolves, leaving only the grammar of hatred.&lt;/p&gt;
  520.  
  521. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is the very condition Jung Chang described: a polity increasingly characterised by malice, nurturing the worst in its citizens, sustained by leaders who profit from fracture.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  522.  
  523. &lt;p&gt;To reiterate, this is not collateral damage. It &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; the design. A fractured society is a pliable society. The more its members despise one another, the easier it is for elites to consolidate power under the guise of adjudicating conflicting rights-claims. A peaceful society cannot be radicalised. A society at war with itself can be subverted from within.&lt;/p&gt;
  524.  
  525. &lt;p&gt;Here we confront the image of our times: young people clapping bloodshed, institutions that tremble before mobs, elites that fan flames for advantage. This is no vision of reform. No accommodation of political differences. It is the shadow of perpetual strife — the deliberate cultivation of a land of hatred.&lt;/p&gt;
  526.  
  527. &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Terminal Condition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  528.  
  529. &lt;p&gt;Thus, the question of 1975 — “Who’s sick?” — has found its answer. It is no longer only the young who jeer at murder, though they remain responsible for their choices. Yet their conduct reflects more than personal failing. It is the outcome of a society that abandoned its traditions, hollowed out its own authority and left its youth open to manipulation by those who profit from discord. Individuals may bear the guilt, but the culture that fashioned them must also stand condemned.&lt;/p&gt;
  530.  
  531. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The signs of decay are no longer hidden. It is the parable of the Emperor’s New Clothes: the pretense sustained only so long as no one dares to speak what all can see. What we are living through is an epidemic of noticing&lt;/strong&gt; — a slow, reluctant recognition that the social fabric is threadbare and that the fractures are premeditated, not incidental.&lt;/p&gt;
  532.  
  533. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Destructive-Generation-Second-Thoughts-Sixties/dp/1594030820"&gt;David Horowitz&lt;/a&gt;, who as editor of the radical 1960s periodical &lt;em&gt;Ramparts&lt;/em&gt; once marched in the ranks of the radical Left before renouncing it, understood these dynamics better than most. He argued that the upheavals of the era were not motivated by the “longing for justice”. It was “not a quest for peace but a call to arms. It is war that feeds the true radical passions, which are not altruism or love, but nihilism and hate.” The reality of their political programme, he lamented, “entails only permanent war, that observes no truth and respects no law, and whose aim is to destroy the only world we know”.&lt;/p&gt;
  534.  
  535. &lt;p&gt;*  *  *&lt;/p&gt;
  536.  
  537. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;David Betz is Professor of War in the Modern World, King’s College London. Michael Rainsborough is a former Head of the Department of War Studies, King’s College London.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  538. &lt;/div&gt;
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  547.  <title>U.S. Reportedly Weighing $5 Billion Rare Earth Investment Fund, Sending Miners Soaring</title>
  548.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/rare-earth-miner-shares-surge-after-report-us-weighing-5-billion-mining-investment-fund</link>
  549.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;U.S. Reportedly Weighing $5 Billion Rare Earth Investment Fund, Sending Miners Soaring&lt;/span&gt;
  550.  
  551.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The US is weighing the creation of a $5 billion mining investment fund,&lt;/strong&gt; which would mark its largest step yet into direct dealmaking to secure critical minerals, according to a Bloomberg report out this morning.&lt;/p&gt;
  552.  
  553. &lt;p&gt;As a result, shares of rare earth companies MP Materials and USAR are both surging higher on the news...&lt;/p&gt;
  554.  
  555. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/mp.jpeg?itok=iFXVmTor" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/mp.jpeg?itok=iFXVmTor"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8b3d2831-d31f-4057-88d7-b6ba32e692ba" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="237" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/mp.jpeg?itok=iFXVmTor" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  556.  
  557. &lt;p&gt;Ironically, the amount proposed is about half of what we suggested earlier this summer...&lt;/p&gt;
  558.  
  559. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  560. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Or just invest $10BN in MP and USAR to kick start US rare earth production. &lt;a href="https://t.co/ZTluZnotTn"&gt;https://t.co/ZTluZnotTn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  561. — zerohedge (@zerohedge) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1933264079172276327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;June 12, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  562. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p data-end="495" data-start="87"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bloomberg &lt;/em&gt;writes that the US International Development Finance Corp. (DFC) is in talks with New York–based Orion Resource Partners to form a joint venture, though terms are still under negotiation and no deal is certain.&lt;/p&gt;
  563.  
  564. &lt;p data-end="908" data-start="497"&gt;The proposed structure would see both parties contribute equally, scaling toward a combined $5 billion—similar to Orion’s $1.2 billion partnership with Abu Dhabi’s ADQ earlier this year.&lt;/p&gt;
  565.  
  566. &lt;p data-end="908" data-start="497"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Orion, which manages about $8 billion across mining-focused private equity, credit, and trading, has argued governments must play a bigger role in critical minerals markets, echoing China’s strategy of building stockpiles.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  567.  
  568. &lt;p data-end="908" data-start="497"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Screenshot%202025-09-16%20at%208.53.54%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?itok=Bs4S-Wna" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Screenshot%202025-09-16%20at%208.53.54%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?itok=Bs4S-Wna"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e0d3b36b-f7ec-4d00-95ac-7074054e8077" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="293" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Screenshot%202025-09-16%20at%208.53.54%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?itok=Bs4S-Wna" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  569.  
  570. &lt;p data-end="1214" data-start="910"&gt;The initiative reflects rising concern over mineral supply chains. China dominates processing of metals such as copper, cobalt, and rare earths while its companies expand aggressively abroad. Longer-term forecasts point to shortages driven by weak investment, declining ore grades, and slow permitting.&lt;/p&gt;
  571.  
  572. &lt;p data-end="1533" data-start="1216"&gt;The DFC, created late in Trump’s first term, has already backed mining ventures from Mozambique to central Africa, including a $150 million loan to Syrah Resources (a Tesla supplier) and $550 million for rail upgrades on the Lobito Corridor. A $2.5 billion commitment to Orion would be the agency’s biggest to date.&lt;/p&gt;
  573.  
  574. &lt;p data-end="1790" data-start="1231"&gt;MP Materials' stock surge since the beginning of this year has been dramatic.&lt;/p&gt;
  575.  
  576. &lt;p data-end="1790" data-start="1231"&gt;On the day the Pentagon’s investment was announced, MP shares surged more than 50% as investors priced in the guaranteed revenue and government backing. In the days that followed, the stock rallied further after Apple revealed a $500 million supply deal with MP, ultimately pushing the company’s year-to-date gains to well over 200–250% by mid-July.&lt;/p&gt;
  577.  
  578. &lt;p data-end="1790" data-start="1231"&gt;In the last 12 months, shares are now up more than 370%. &lt;/p&gt;
  579.  
  580. &lt;p data-end="1790" data-start="1231"&gt;*  *  *&lt;/p&gt;
  581.  
  582. &lt;p data-end="1790" data-start="1231"&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/iq-male-enhancement/" data-image-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/iq-male-enhancement/" data-link-option="2" href="https://store.zerohedge.com/iq-male-enhancement/"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ff1d1f16-cfb0-4098-b281-ec6a6ee18a46" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="240" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/hey%20grandpa%203.jpeg?itok=Sszp4INh" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  583. &lt;/div&gt;
  584.      &lt;span rel="schema:author" class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"&gt;&lt;a title="View user profile." href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" lang="" about="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" class="username" xml:lang=""&gt;Tyler Durden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  585. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T19:50:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 15:50&lt;/span&gt;
  586. </description>
  587.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
  588.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  590.    </item>
  591. <item>
  592.  <title>TikTok US Will Be Controlled By Oracle, Silver Lake And Andreessen</title>
  593.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/tiktok-us-will-be-controlled-oracle-silver-lake-and-andreessen</link>
  594.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;TikTok US Will Be Controlled By Oracle, Silver Lake And Andreessen&lt;/span&gt;
  595.  
  596.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;After months of intense debate, the fate of TikTok's US business appears to have been decided: according to the JPM, one of the world's most valuable media properties will be &lt;strong&gt;controlled by an investor consortium including Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz &lt;/strong&gt;under a framework the U.S. and China are finalizing as talks shift into high gear.&lt;/p&gt;
  597.  
  598. &lt;p&gt;The arrangement which was discussed by U.S. and Chinese negotiators in Madrid this week, would &lt;strong&gt;create a new U.S. entity to operate the app, &lt;/strong&gt;with US. investors holding a roughly 80% stake and Chinese shareholders owning the rest. This new company would also have an American-dominated board with one member designated by the U.S. government.&lt;/p&gt;
  599.  
  600. &lt;p&gt;Existing users in the US would be asked to shift to a new app, which TikTok has built and is testing. More importantly, &lt;strong&gt;TikTok engineers will re-create a set of content-recommendation algorithms for the app, using technology licensed from TikTok's parent ByteDance&lt;/strong&gt;, although even the smallest deviation from the parent algo would likely doom the US-based app to failure as that particular highly addictive "secret sauce" is why the app is so popular.&lt;/p&gt;
  601.  
  602. &lt;p&gt;Oracle, a longtime TikTok partner, would handle user data at its facilities in Texas, the WSJ noted. &lt;/p&gt;
  603.  
  604. &lt;p&gt;Both sides are still working out the final details of the proposed deal and terms could change. Negotiations over TikTok come as both Washington and Beijing lay the groundwork for a potential meeting between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this year, with Beijing pushing for a Trump visit to China.&lt;/p&gt;
  605.  
  606. &lt;p&gt;For the TikTok plan to comply with U.S. law, tech industry executives argue, &lt;strong&gt;its algorithms must be created and maintained by an American engineering team insulated from Chinese influence&lt;/strong&gt;. Beyond the financial terms, deciding how to handle TikTok's algorithm has been a tricky part of the deal because it is seen as arguably the most lucrative part of the company.&lt;/p&gt;
  607.  
  608. &lt;p&gt;"We've got a deal on TikTok. I've reached a deal with China. I'm going to speak to President Xi [Jinping] on Friday to confirm everything," Trump said outside the White House Tuesday morning before leaving for a trip to the U.K. "These are very big companies that want to buy it."&lt;/p&gt;
  609.  
  610. &lt;p&gt;The framework of the agreement came together during the Madrid trade talks in recent days. The contours of the deal have been under consideration since this spring. The two sides began discussions in January, when Trump said he would keep TikTok from going dark under a 2024 law by executing a deal to save it in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;
  611.  
  612. &lt;p&gt;"Both sides have reached a basic consensus on resolving the TikTok issue, " Wang Jingtao, deputy director of China's top cyberspace regulator, told reporters in Madrid.&lt;/p&gt;
  613.  
  614. &lt;p&gt;Existing ByteDance investors, including Susquehanna International, KKR and General Atlantic, would be part of the group owning roughly 80% of the new company. &lt;strong&gt;The stake of ByteDance's Chinese shareholders would dip just under 20% to comply with a U.S. law passed last year requiring the firm to do a deal or stop operating in America.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  615.  
  616. &lt;p&gt;Beijing had expressed concern about a U.S.-controlled entity using technology that TikTok's parent developed in China, in particular the algorithm that decides which videos to recommend. But Wang said China was now open to "licensing the use of TikTok's algorithm and other intellectual property rights." He also said both sides have agreed on "entrusting the operations of U.S. user data and content security business."&lt;/p&gt;
  617.  
  618. &lt;p&gt;The details will receive scrutiny from officials in both countries who are still worried about the national-security implications. Concerns about Chinese control of an app used by some 170 million Americans led Congress to pass the law that President Joe Biden signed last year.&lt;/p&gt;
  619. &lt;/div&gt;
  620.      &lt;span rel="schema:author" class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"&gt;&lt;a title="View user profile." href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" lang="" about="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" class="username" xml:lang=""&gt;Tyler Durden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  621. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T19:34:47+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 15:34&lt;/span&gt;
  622. </description>
  623.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
  624.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  628.  <title>'Armed Queers' Marxist Revolutionaries Under Investigation For Possible Foreknowledge Of Kirk's Assassination Plot</title>
  629.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/armed-queers-marxist-revolutionaries-under-investigation-possible-foreknowledge-kirks</link>
  630.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;'Armed Queers' Marxist Revolutionaries Under Investigation For Possible Foreknowledge Of Kirk's Assassination Plot&lt;/span&gt;
  631.  
  632.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Monday that Charlie Kirk's accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, described by some as a "&lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/day-3-charlie-kirks-assassin-still-large-new-footage-released-gop-demanding-probe-radical"&gt;radical left, ANTIFA-adjacent creep&lt;/a&gt;" with a &lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/charlie-kirks-assassination-suspect-lived-transgender-partner-discord-denies-use"&gt;radicalized transgender partner&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;may have been "aided and abetted" by an "extended network." &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  633.  
  634. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/15/us-news/fbi-probing-possible-extended-network-that-helped-charlie-kirk-shooter-tyler-robinson/"&gt;The New York Post&lt;/a&gt; confirms that federal agents are investigating whether &lt;strong&gt;pro-trans online groups, "furries" with sexualized animal obsessions, and others tied to Robinson had advance knowledge of the political assassination plot&lt;/strong&gt;. These groups include communities on the online gaming platform Steam, as well as &lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/white-house-plans-security-boost-civil-terrorism-fears-after-fbi-investigates"&gt;Armed Queers Salt Lake City&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  635.  
  636. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  637. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;🚨Mainstream outlets now reporting: Alleged assassin Tyler Robinson did not act in a vacuum. There may even be DOZENS (!) with advanced knowledge of his sinister plans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  638. Marxist infiltration…transgender ideology….trips to Cuba…money from CCP Operatives…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  639. This investigation is… &lt;a href="https://t.co/0O3DRLDrU1"&gt;pic.twitter.com/0O3DRLDrU1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  640. — Peter Schweizer (@peterschweizer) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/peterschweizer/status/1968021149285224499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  641. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Instant messaging and VoIP social platform Discord stated that Robinson did not plan violence on the platform. However, a Discord spokesperson said the &lt;strong&gt;assassin wrote in a channel - just hours before arrest - that he was responsible for Kirk's killing&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
  642.  
  643. &lt;p&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;Hey guys, I have bad news for you all&lt;/strong&gt;," read a message from an account that allegedly belonged to Robinson, according to &lt;a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/charlie-kirk-suspect-appeared-to-confess-to-murder-on-discord-sources-say/"&gt;CBS News&lt;/a&gt;, citing a law enforcement source. "&lt;strong&gt;It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this&lt;/strong&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;
  644.  
  645. &lt;p&gt;Robinson was formally charged moments ago with murder in Utah. He will be appearing in court at the top of the hour. &lt;/p&gt;
  646.  
  647. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  648. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;*CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTING SUSPECT CHARGED WITH MURDER IN UTAH&lt;/p&gt;
  649. — zerohedge (@zerohedge) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1968015514095194588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  650. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recall that on Sunday, we cited an Axios report stating that federal law enforcement was broadening its investigation to include radical leftist groups. We noted, "&lt;strong&gt;There is still suspicion surrounding multiple groups, including Armed Queers Salt Lake City and the Socialist Rifle Association" (&lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/white-house-plans-security-boost-civil-terrorism-fears-after-fbi-investigates"&gt;report here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  651.  
  652. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://justthenews.com/nation/extremism/armed-queers-trains-radical-marxists-shoot-just-miles-where-charlie-kirk"&gt;John Solomon's team at Just The News&lt;/a&gt; also had its crosshairs on Armed Queers Salt Lake City on Sunday, reporting:&lt;/p&gt;
  653.  
  654. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  655. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Not far from where FBI agents continue to scour for more evidence in Charlie Kirk's assassination, a self-described &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;armed revolutionary group openly aligned with Cuba has risen up on the streets of one of America's most conservative states&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  656.  
  657. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Armed Queers SLC&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; says its mission is to train gay, queer and transgender people to arm themselves and to fight against capitalism. Although their purported Facebook page does not directly appear to encourage the use of firearms in their claimed mission, many of the images used depict firearms. As recently as this spring, its members &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;traveled to Cuba for a meeting to celebrate the May Day holiday and participate in a march and events alongside revolutionaries from around the world&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  658.  
  659. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;. . . &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  660.  
  661. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Two &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;leaders of Armed Queers — Ermyia Fanaeian&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; and a man who called himself "Connor" — discussed their trip to Cuba in a since-deleted May video titled, "&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cuba Report Back: Our Time as 2025 May Day Brigadistas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;." A search by Just the News could not positively identify him.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  662. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  663.  
  664. &lt;p&gt;Which leaves us with &lt;em&gt;X user DataRepublican&lt;/em&gt;, also known as Jennica Pounds, who leads DOGE-adjacent efforts full-time, went down the Armed Queers rabbit hole last night.&lt;/p&gt;
  665.  
  666. &lt;p&gt;What Pounds found expanded on Solomon's report, and we are sure that the FBI and Rubio's State Department are also investigating this &lt;strong&gt;radical leftist group, which has ties to Cuba&lt;/strong&gt; and other organizations working to &lt;strong&gt;subvert the nation, with the ultimate goal of sparking a Marxist revolution to collapse capitalism and the nation&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
  667.  
  668. &lt;p&gt;*  *  *&lt;/p&gt;
  669.  
  670. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pick up a &lt;a href="https://store.zerohedge.com/wise-food-storage-heirloom-seed-vault-39-varieties-4-500-seeds/"&gt;seed bucket&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  671.  
  672. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/wise-food-storage-heirloom-seed-vault-39-varieties-4-500-seeds/" data-image-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/wise-food-storage-heirloom-seed-vault-39-varieties-4-500-seeds/" data-link-option="2" href="https://store.zerohedge.com/wise-food-storage-heirloom-seed-vault-39-varieties-4-500-seeds/"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1301d8a3-e56d-4536-88c6-fec410ca1b0d" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="141" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/seeds4.jpeg?itok=ve3bFcnB" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  673.  
  674. &lt;p&gt;*  *  *&lt;/p&gt;
  675.  
  676. &lt;p&gt;Highlights from Pounds' report on Armed Queers:&lt;/p&gt;
  677.  
  678. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  679. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Armed Queers SLC&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; is under investigation for possible foreknowledge of Charlie Kirk's assassination.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  680. &lt;/li&gt;
  681. &lt;li&gt;
  682. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Their leader, Ermiya Fanaeian&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, was recognized by a State Dept–affiliated NGO, Utah Global Diplomacy, as a recipient of the "7 for 17" Award for advancing the UN's 17 Goals&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  683. &lt;/li&gt;
  684. &lt;li&gt;
  685. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Utah Global Diplomacy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; has since scrubbed Fanaeian's presence from their website. Unknown when this purge happened. The receipts remain.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  686. &lt;/li&gt;
  687. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  688. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;🧵🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: State Department &amp; UN ties to Armed Queers SLC leader now confirmed 🚨🚨&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  689. First, credit to &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/SKDoubleDub33?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@SKDoubleDub33&lt;/a&gt; for the crucial tip, PLEASE follow, they'll be doing a podcast on this soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  690. Here’s what you need to know:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  691. 🔻 Armed Queers SLC is under investigation… &lt;a href="https://t.co/7P7yoAVN44"&gt;pic.twitter.com/7P7yoAVN44&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  692. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967758989791465856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  693. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Her deep dive into the &lt;strong&gt;Marxist revolutionary group&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;/h2&gt;
  694.  
  695. &lt;p&gt;This is what pops up when you search for her name in connection to Utah Global Diplomacy. All scrubbed.&lt;/p&gt;
  696.  
  697. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  698. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;This is what pops up when you search for her name in connection to Utah Global Diplomacy. All scrubbed. &lt;a href="https://t.co/5YCXJuKMe1"&gt;pic.twitter.com/5YCXJuKMe1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  699. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967759403790258603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  700. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;And, yes, she was an organizer with Armed Queers SLC.&lt;/p&gt;
  701.  
  702. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  703. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;And, yes, she was an organizer with Armed Queers SLC. &lt;a href="https://t.co/Izjtk5t3E3"&gt;pic.twitter.com/Izjtk5t3E3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  704. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967759966154133869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  705. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Per the 990 form with Utah Global Diplomacy (EIN 876128308), the nonprofit is a partner with the US State Department to cultivate emerging leaders and diplomacy initiatives. In other words, she was selected to "help shape U.S. Foreign relations." Their words, not mine. &lt;/p&gt;
  706.  
  707. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  708. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Per the 990 form with Utah Global Diplomacy (EIN 876128308), the nonprofit is a partner with the US State Department to cultivate emerging leaders and diplomacy initiatives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  709. In other words, she was selected to "help shape U.S. Foreign relations." Their words, not mine. &lt;a href="https://t.co/60krjc4m0i"&gt;pic.twitter.com/60krjc4m0i&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  710. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967760435538694424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  711. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  712.  
  713. &lt;p&gt;Fanaeian was selected as Utah Global Diplomacy's first "7 for 17" Award Winner , honoring her work to advance UN's 17 Sustainable Goals. I'm pulling together the exact nature of the work that she did for the UN.&lt;/p&gt;
  714.  
  715. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  716. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Fanaeian was selected as Utah Global Diplomacy's first "7 for 17" Award Winner , honoring her work to advance UN's 17 Sustainable Goals. I'm pulling together the exact nature of the work that she did for the UN. &lt;a href="https://t.co/PNgRC9azNI"&gt;pic.twitter.com/PNgRC9azNI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  717. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967760999991349460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  718. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Utah Global Diplomacy reports receiving most of its income in government grants.&lt;/p&gt;
  719.  
  720. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  721. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Utah Global Diplomacy reports receiving most of its income in government grants. &lt;a href="https://t.co/s38Uq6948n"&gt;pic.twitter.com/s38Uq6948n&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  722. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967761577362547157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  723. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;I managed to pull one of the scrubbed pages off the Internet Archive ... and it recognized her work in "gender equality" (Sustainable Development Goal #5). Specifically for trans youth.&lt;/p&gt;
  724.  
  725. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  726. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;I managed to pull one of the scrubbed pages off the Internet Archive ... and it recognized her work in "gender equality" (Sustainable Development Goal #5). Specifically for trans youth. &lt;a href="https://t.co/SsKWR83dsT"&gt;pic.twitter.com/SsKWR83dsT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  727. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967761979143229745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  728. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let me emphasize. SLC Armed Queers is not "adjacent" to the honor that Ermiya Fanaeian got from Utah Global Diplomacy. Utah Global Diplomacy specifically awarded her for her work with trans people, of which SLC Armed Queers is key. This may be why they scrubbed their pages.&lt;/p&gt;
  729.  
  730. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  731. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Let me emphasize.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  732. SLC Armed Queers is not "adjacent" to the honor that Ermiya Fanaeian got from Utah Global Diplomacy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  733. Utah Global Diplomacy specifically awarded her for her work with trans people, of which SLC Armed Queers is key.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  734. This may be why they scrubbed their pages.&lt;/p&gt;
  735. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967762372690682243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  736. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;I find mention of Fanaeian on an UN website where she was a speaker at an affiliated event. Topic: LGBTQ+ Nonprofits&lt;/p&gt;
  737.  
  738. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  739. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;I find mention of Fanaeian on an UN website where she was a speaker at an affiliated event. Topic: LGBTQ+ Nonprofits. &lt;a href="https://t.co/IPJKEUPlGl"&gt;https://t.co/IPJKEUPlGl&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/Qt57L2BkdR"&gt;pic.twitter.com/Qt57L2BkdR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  740. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967763084929544545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  741. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fanaeian was honored as a "Young Diplomat of Utah."&lt;/p&gt;
  742.  
  743. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  744. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Fanaeian was honored as a "Young Diplomat of Utah." &lt;a href="https://t.co/PGBeZvbRdD"&gt;pic.twitter.com/PGBeZvbRdD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  745. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967763529517371578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  746. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to trace the exact award (unknown if they get money from the State Department directly or if it's granted through Utah state), but it seems that they've applied for awards at the Utah level.&lt;/p&gt;
  747.  
  748. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  749. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;I'm trying to trace the exact award (unknown if they get money from the State Department directly or if it's granted through Utah state), but it seems that they've applied for awards at the Utah level. &lt;a href="https://t.co/XeU8zNhZ9g"&gt;pic.twitter.com/XeU8zNhZ9g&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  750. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967765128184729780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  751. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Their entire 7 for 17 site seems to be scrubbed.&lt;/p&gt;
  752.  
  753. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  754. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Their entire 7 for 17 site seems to be scrubbed. &lt;a href="https://t.co/vShgEd2OmB"&gt;pic.twitter.com/vShgEd2OmB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  755. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967765395638804615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  756. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Very ironically, Fanaeian also appears to have co-founded the Utah chapter of March for Our Lives. @davidhogg111 if you're serious about gun control, you. might want to kick out this person who also runs an armed, pro-gun group.&lt;/p&gt;
  757.  
  758. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  759. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Very ironically, Fanaeian also appears to have co-founded the Utah chapter of March for Our Lives. &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@davidhogg111&lt;/a&gt; if you're serious about gun control, you. might want to kick out this person who also runs an armed, pro-gun group. &lt;a href="https://t.co/ac3uCfqRsd"&gt;pic.twitter.com/ac3uCfqRsd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  760. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967766410366689407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  761. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;She specifically works to arm queer and trans communities for "communal militant defense."&lt;/p&gt;
  762.  
  763. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  764. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;She specifically works to arm queer and trans communities for "communal militant defense." &lt;a href="https://t.co/Iws6oEZ9Lc"&gt;pic.twitter.com/Iws6oEZ9Lc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  765. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967767244970373585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  766. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Iranian.&lt;/p&gt;
  767.  
  768. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  769. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;There it is right there: "I'm originally from Iran...." &lt;a href="https://t.co/iHhtSttZqv"&gt;pic.twitter.com/iHhtSttZqv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  770. — Saint James Hartline (@JamesHartline) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JamesHartline/status/1967787015866663149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  771. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 2025 May Day trip of SLC Armed Queers to Cuba: "Well, if we're terrorists, we're proud to be terrorists"&lt;/p&gt;
  772.  
  773. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  774. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;In the above video, SLC Armed Queers describe how Palestinian med students in Cuba "studied revolution" alongside medicine, and how brigadistas from around the world were recruited for "revolutionary orientation" to learn how to fight the U.S. blockade. But there's more.&lt;/p&gt;
  775. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967822687155392832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  776. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the same deleted video, SLC Armed Queers recount Cuban med students declaring, "If we're terrorists, we're proud to be terrorists" at an official school event. They also praise Cuba's president for sounding like a U.S. street organizer and openly backing a "liberated Palestine."&lt;/p&gt;
  777.  
  778. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  779. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;In the same deleted video, SLC Armed Queers recount Cuban med students declaring “If we’re terrorists, we’re proud to be terrorists” at an official school event. They also praise Cuba’s president for sounding like a U.S. street organizer and openly backing a “liberated… &lt;a href="https://t.co/rIn4uBMg5M"&gt;pic.twitter.com/rIn4uBMg5M&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  780. — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/1967823786818089192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  781. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Separate from Pounds' report, using publicly available data via Sayari, &lt;strong&gt;Ermiya Fanaeian appears to serve as a director at Great Salt Lake Abortion Access Fund&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
  782.  
  783. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/abbdbc106cdcd3e5c9b9022db56320cd20364731ee35e2f012a0c32884fb8fe3-1.png?itok=uWaDKyzw" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/abbdbc106cdcd3e5c9b9022db56320cd20364731ee35e2f012a0c32884fb8fe3-1.png?itok=uWaDKyzw"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ac18f238-f231-4585-bcc2-5ca18790e94e" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="289" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/abbdbc106cdcd3e5c9b9022db56320cd20364731ee35e2f012a0c32884fb8fe3-1.png?itok=uWaDKyzw" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  784.  
  785. &lt;p&gt;Profiling Armed Queers SLC's X following list, we noticed &lt;strong&gt;numerous revolutionary groups&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  786.  
  787. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  788. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Communist Party USA, UTAH &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  789. &lt;/li&gt;
  790. &lt;li&gt;
  791. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Salt Lake Democratic Socialists of America&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  792. &lt;/li&gt;
  793. &lt;li&gt;
  794. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Democratic Socialists of America&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  795. &lt;/li&gt;
  796. &lt;li&gt;
  797. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Communist Billionaire Neville Roy Singham's New York-based People's Forum&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  798. &lt;/li&gt;
  799. &lt;li&gt;
  800. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Socialist Rifle Association&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  801. &lt;/li&gt;
  802. &lt;li&gt;
  803. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Socialist Rifle Association, NYC&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  804. &lt;/li&gt;
  805. &lt;li&gt;
  806. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Socialist Rifle Association, L.A.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  807. &lt;/li&gt;
  808. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Follower List&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  809.  
  810. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-16_11-33-46.png?itok=QTTZ73hQ" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-16_11-33-46.png?itok=QTTZ73hQ"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="294ab05a-56df-4101-8aef-b76288930e54" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="1842" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-09-16_11-33-46.png?itok=QTTZ73hQ" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  811.  
  812. &lt;p&gt;One big club of furries. &lt;/p&gt;
  813.  
  814. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-16_12-43-13.png?itok=nPtu1KT4" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-16_12-43-13.png?itok=nPtu1KT4"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7dbef508-cafb-4812-85e2-cf6e2a734744" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="523" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-09-16_12-43-13.png?itok=nPtu1KT4" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  815.  
  816. &lt;p&gt;Meet the &lt;strong&gt;Marxists, and their nihilistic accelerationist pals&lt;/strong&gt; ... &lt;/p&gt;
  817.  
  818. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/G0yH6orbcAgzF2C.jpg?itok=AO9YfZDy" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/G0yH6orbcAgzF2C.jpg?itok=AO9YfZDy"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="16e6e38f-4dc4-401f-be22-681111133187" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="650" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/G0yH6orbcAgzF2C.jpg?itok=AO9YfZDy" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  819.  
  820. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-08-30_09-04-33.png?itok=_8pAgQ0D" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-08-30_09-04-33.png?itok=_8pAgQ0D"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2487bfe2-b70a-4e64-b622-50b9b6e0b106" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="1776" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-08-30_09-04-33.png?itok=_8pAgQ0D" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  821.  
  822. &lt;p&gt;Also, &lt;strong&gt;Armed Queers had an obsession with "No Kings" protest and the 50501 movement&lt;/strong&gt; ...&lt;/p&gt;
  823.  
  824. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-14_10-38-11.png?itok=JwJVA8In" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-14_10-38-11.png?itok=JwJVA8In"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b07f3d82-0798-42a6-8231-a8cfaec97dc1" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="536" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-09-14_10-38-11.png?itok=JwJVA8In" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  825.  
  826. &lt;p&gt;And guess who funds No Kings? As per &lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dark-money-network-funneled-millions-no-kings-nationwide-color-revolution-operation"&gt;Schweizer's reporting&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
  827.  
  828. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  829. &lt;p&gt;"&lt;em&gt;New Schweizer team investigation reveals how &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;'No Kings' and its partners bagged $114.8 million from the Arabella dark money network&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; and how these professional protest organizations use tax dollars as a force multiplier."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  830. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  831.  
  832. &lt;p&gt;Are you beginning to see how the Democratic Party's dark-money-funded NGO network operates?&lt;/p&gt;
  833.  
  834. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/G00ZxJ2WwAEpHIG.jpg?itok=L9efYd6b" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/G00ZxJ2WwAEpHIG.jpg?itok=L9efYd6b"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="440aa554-488d-45a0-8f64-62fd9d884f39" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="458" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/G00ZxJ2WwAEpHIG.jpg?itok=L9efYd6b" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  835.  
  836. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/JCAndersonNYC"&gt;Civil terrorism expert Jason Curtis Anderson of One City Rising&lt;/a&gt; has previously warned:&lt;/p&gt;
  837.  
  838. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  839. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;One of the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;hardest parts of confronting rising left-wing extremism is that even those who care about the issue often don't understand how it operates&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;. That's not their fault—it's extraordinarily complex. The &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;revolution against the West spans thousands of organizations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; that may not be formally linked but are &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;marching in unison toward the revolution&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  840.  
  841. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A concise &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;overview&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; looks like this:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  842.  
  843. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  844. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Political Orgs:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the primary political arm, with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) close behind. PSL is part of the Neville Roy Singham network and serves as their vehicle for running political candidates.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  845. &lt;/li&gt;
  846. &lt;li&gt;
  847. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Militant Anarchists:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; A growing militant wing trains in weapons and self-defense, including groups such as Antifa, the Socialist Rifle Association, Armed Queers, Behind Enemy Lines, and Unity of Fields.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  848. &lt;/li&gt;
  849. &lt;li&gt;
  850. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Climate Activism:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Billions have flowed into climate-activist organizations, many of which increasingly employ anarchists.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  851. &lt;/li&gt;
  852. &lt;li&gt;
  853. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Social &amp; Racial Justice Groups:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Since the rise of BLM, billions—public funds included—have supported the social and racial justice groups that regularly advocate for burning down the country.  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  854. &lt;/li&gt;
  855. &lt;li&gt;
  856. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Civil-Rights &amp; Legal Orgs:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Legacy anti-Western activists ("movement lawyers") staff these groups, suing governments, police, and schools while training allies to push limits without triggering terrorism charges.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  857. &lt;/li&gt;
  858. &lt;li&gt;
  859. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Foreign Interest Groups:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Beyond the Neville Roy Singham network, other foreign powers, including the CCP, maintain domestic footholds.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  860. &lt;/li&gt;
  861. &lt;li&gt;
  862. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funding:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Much of the money for this revolutionary activity comes from the progressive NGO ecosystem—Open Society Foundations, Tides, Ford, Rockefeller Brothers, Arabella Advisors, and the broader dark-money network.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  863. &lt;/li&gt;
  864. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  865.  
  866. &lt;p&gt;As of Monday, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller &lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/identify-disrupt-dismantle-destroy-white-houses-stephen-miller-declares-war-radical-left"&gt;announced an all-of-government approach&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;disrupt and dismantle "left-wing organizations that are promoting violence in this country." &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  867.  
  868. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  869. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;"It is a vast domestic terror movement, and with God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have... throughout this government to identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy these networks... and we will do it in Charlie’s name."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  870. Steven Miller and JD Vance update the… &lt;a href="https://t.co/PhZys5WdEP"&gt;pic.twitter.com/PhZys5WdEP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  871. — Connor Tomlinson (@Con_Tomlinson) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Con_Tomlinson/status/1967629381293240774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 15, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  872. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Back to Curtis' quote above, we'll leave you with this: "&lt;em&gt;The &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;revolution against the West spans thousands of organizations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; that may not be formally linked but are &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;marching in unison toward the revolution&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;." &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  873. &lt;/div&gt;
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  875. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T18:45:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 14:45&lt;/span&gt;
  876. </description>
  877.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
  878.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  882.  <title>Bitcoin, Ether Could Make "Monster Move" In Next 3 Months: Tom Lee</title>
  883.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/bitcoin-ether-could-make-monster-move-next-3-months-tom-lee</link>
  884.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Bitcoin, Ether Could Make "Monster Move" In Next 3 Months: Tom Lee&lt;/span&gt;
  885.  
  886.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-ethereum-monster-move-next-3-months-fundstrat-tom-lee"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  887.  
  888. &lt;p&gt;Bitcoin and Ether are set for a huge rally in the fourth quarter this year thanks to easing monetary policy in the United States, according to Fundstrat co-founder and BitMine chairman Tom Lee.&lt;/p&gt;
  889.  
  890. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/01995107-dd01-7e53-8fa2-ecb682ab.jpg?itok=Z3AZ_70C" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/01995107-dd01-7e53-8fa2-ecb682ab.jpg?itok=Z3AZ_70C"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="08c8c2ec-ca7f-4388-be8e-3300e8cb00e5" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/01995107-dd01-7e53-8fa2-ecb682ab.jpg?itok=Z3AZ_70C" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  891.  
  892. &lt;p&gt;Monetary liquidity sensitivity and global central banks’ easing, along with strong seasonality will drive Bitcoin and Ether prices, &lt;a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/09/15/tom-lee-ai-still-has-many-years-to-propel-earnings-surprise-and-innovation.html"&gt;said&lt;/a&gt; Lee on CNBC on Monday. &lt;/p&gt;
  893.  
  894. &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“I think they could make a monster move in the next three months … huge.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  895.  
  896. &lt;p&gt;He added that these might be one of the “stand-out trades” for the rest of this year, also partially driven by the Federal Reserve &lt;a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-renews-push-oust-fed-governor-ahead-expected-rate-cut"&gt;reducing rates&lt;/a&gt; for the first time this year.&lt;/p&gt;
  897.  
  898. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ether-breaks-below-tom-lee-trendline-is-a-10percent-incoming"&gt;Lee&lt;/a&gt; compared the situation to September 1998 and 2024 when the Fed was on an “extended pause” and cut rates that month.&lt;/p&gt;
  899.  
  900. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  901. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“The Fed can actually reinject confidence by saying we’re back into an easing cycle,” he said, adding that a rate cut will be a “real improvement in liquidity.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  902. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  903.  
  904. &lt;p&gt;The US central bank is expected to cut rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday, though futures markets &lt;a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html"&gt;predict&lt;/a&gt; a slim 4% chance of a larger 50 basis point cut. &lt;/p&gt;
  905.  
  906. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"&gt;
  907. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;TOM LEE: "Ethereum could make a monster move in the next 3 months, like huge" &lt;a href="https://t.co/AhJIo2FttT"&gt;pic.twitter.com/AhJIo2FttT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  908. — Crypto-Gucci.eth ᵍᵐ🦇🔊 (@CryptoGucci) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/CryptoGucci/status/1967956136604107142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  909. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tom Lee is bullish on BTC and ETH. Source: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/09/15/tom-lee-ai-still-has-many-years-to-propel-earnings-surprise-and-innovation.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CNBC&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  910.  
  911. &lt;h2&gt;Ethereum trades like 1971 Wall Street &lt;/h2&gt;
  912.  
  913. &lt;p&gt;When asked if BTC and Ether were still risk-on assets, Lee said that Bitcoin was particularly monetary policy and liquidity sensitive, while Ether also has elements of being sensitive to liquidity.&lt;/p&gt;
  914.  
  915. &lt;p&gt;“But it’s also part of this AI moving onto the blockchain and Wall Street moving onto the blockchain and that whole stablecoin ChatGPT moment for crypto,” he said before adding:&lt;/p&gt;
  916.  
  917. &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“So Ethereum, I think, almost trades like 1971 Wall Street when the dollar went off the gold standard and there was a lot of innovation … Ethereum essentially is a growth protocol.” &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  918.  
  919. &lt;p&gt;Lee closed by saying this was why BitMine was aggressively &lt;a href="https://cointelegraph.com/explained/ether-vs-bitcoin-treasuries-which-strategy-is-winning"&gt;acquiring&lt;/a&gt; Ether.&lt;/p&gt;
  920.  
  921. &lt;h2&gt;BitMine accumulates more ETH&lt;/h2&gt;
  922.  
  923. &lt;p&gt;In its latest &lt;a href="https://x.com/BitMNR/status/1967577261948666199"&gt;update&lt;/a&gt; on Monday, the company revealed that it had $10.77 billion in cash and &lt;a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitmine-widens-lead-biggest-ethereum-treasury-200m-buy"&gt;crypto holdings&lt;/a&gt;, including 2.15 million ETH.&lt;/p&gt;
  924.  
  925. &lt;p&gt;The company now holds $9.7 billion worth of Ether, or almost 1.8% of the entire supply. &lt;/p&gt;
  926.  
  927. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  928. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“The convergence of both Wall Street moving onto the blockchain and AI and agentic-AI creating a token economy is creating a supercycle for Ethereum,” &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;said Lee.&lt;/p&gt;
  929. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  930.  
  931. &lt;p&gt;ETH prices were trading at just over $4,500 at the time of writing, down 2.7% on the day, but up almost 5% since the same time last week. &lt;/p&gt;
  932.  
  933. &lt;p&gt;*  *  *&lt;/p&gt;
  934.  
  935. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/iq-male-enhancement" data-image-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/iq-male-enhancement" data-link-option="2" href="https://store.zerohedge.com/iq-male-enhancement"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="cec2edd6-276c-42df-a8db-e1b67e021579" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="329" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/hey%20grandpa%201%20jpg.jpg?itok=4sfzBdAN" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  936.  
  937. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://store.zerohedge.com/iq-female-enhancement/"&gt;Take this too&lt;/a&gt;, it's dangerous to go alone.&lt;/p&gt;
  938. &lt;/div&gt;
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  940. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T18:25:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 14:25&lt;/span&gt;
  941. </description>
  942.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
  943.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  947.  <title>Goldman Spots "Strong Demand" For iPhone 17 In New Lead Time Data </title>
  948.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/goldman-spots-strong-demand-iphone-17-new-lead-time-data</link>
  949.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Goldman Spots "Strong Demand" For iPhone 17 In New Lead Time Data &lt;/span&gt;
  950.  
  951.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apple hosted its "&lt;a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/goldmans-iphone-17-breakdown-ahead-awe-dropping-event"&gt;Awe Dropping&lt;/a&gt;" product launch event one week ago, unveiling the iPhone 17 lineup alongside updates for the Apple Watch and AirPods. Aside from more megapixels and incremental improvements to processing, display, and other features, &lt;strong&gt;the iPhone 16 remains sufficient and does not warrant an immediate upgrade&lt;/strong&gt;. Still, the decision to upgrade weighs heavily on &lt;strong&gt;many consumers trapped in Tim Cook's Apple ecosystem hole&lt;/strong&gt;. To gauge initial demand signals, we turn to new lead-time data from Goldman Sachs. &lt;/p&gt;
  952.  
  953. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/G01HGAcXMAA2CBN.jpg?itok=AwBtiZT9" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/G01HGAcXMAA2CBN.jpg?itok=AwBtiZT9"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a61ae5d8-1caf-4639-99fd-4910c27039ec" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="485" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/G01HGAcXMAA2CBN.jpg?itok=AwBtiZT9" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  954.  
  955. &lt;p&gt;A team of Goldman analysts, led by Michael Ng, provided clients with new &lt;strong&gt;lead-time data on iPhone 17 models&lt;/strong&gt; just days after the product launch, highlighting what they describe as "&lt;strong&gt;strong iPhone 17 demand signals from pre-order trends&lt;/strong&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;
  956.  
  957. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-16_08-40-16.png?itok=9yW0FXin" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-16_08-40-16.png?itok=9yW0FXin"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4fcb87e6-e009-447e-a46d-20955739c810" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="126" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-09-16_08-40-16.png?itok=9yW0FXin" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  958.  
  959. &lt;p&gt;Across the board, Ng's team found that &lt;strong&gt;pre-order lead times for iPhone 17 models are longer than the iPhone 16 launch in all regions&lt;/strong&gt; (USA, Mainland China, Japan, UK, India, and Hong Kong), supporting their view of "outlook for +8% iPhone revenue growth in F4Q25, which should also benefit from some channel fill as AAPL ended F3Q25 at the low end of its channel inventory target range." &lt;/p&gt;
  960.  
  961. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Findings: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  962.  
  963. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  964. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lead times are extended for all iPhone 17 models globally versus iPhone 16. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  965. &lt;/li&gt;
  966. &lt;li&gt;
  967. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pro and Pro Max models show the longest wait times, maintaining their premium demand profile.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  968. &lt;/li&gt;
  969. &lt;li&gt;
  970. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mainland China has the longest delays (up to 5 weeks), though the iPhone Air launch is delayed there due to eSIM regulatory hurdles.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  971. &lt;/li&gt;
  972. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;In-depth findings that support robust demand for the latest iteration of the iPhone:&lt;/p&gt;
  973.  
  974. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  975. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 17 lead times are up across all models on Day 1 pre-orders on Apple.com.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; By model, the global lead times were 8 days longer for the base iPhone 17 model relative to the iPhone 16 base, 3 days longer for the iPhone Air relative to the iPhone 16 Plus, 3 days longer for the iPhone 17 Pro v. iPhone 16 Pro, and 8 days longer for the iPhone 17 Pro Max v. the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Lead times also remain elevated on day 4 of pre-orders (Monday, September 15). For our global analysis across regions, we assume the following regional weights on regions where we tracked lead times: USA (51%), Mainland China (27%), Japan (9%), UK (6%), India (6%), and Hong Kong (1%). These assumptions are consistent with the proportional distribution of Gartner's 2024 estimates of iPhone shipments by region.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  976. &lt;/li&gt;
  977. &lt;li&gt;
  978. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lead times are also up across most regions. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;By region, average lead times in the USA were 3 days longer across all models for Day 1 pre-orders on Apple.com. Specifically, lead times for iPhone Air were 4 days (v. no lead time for the iPhone 16 Plus) and 24 days for the iPhone 17 Pro Max (v. 17 days for the iPhone 16 Pro Max); lead times for the iPhone 17 Base and Pro in the USA remained at 0 days. Day 1 lead times were also up in Mainland China (+17 days to 27 days), the UK (+8 days to 18 days), India (+3 days to 13 days), and Hong Kong (+1 day to 13 days). In Japan, lead times moderated relative to the iPhone 16 with 23 day lead times on average (v. 29 days prior). For our analysis across iPhone model types, we assume the following unit mix: iPhone (23%), iPhone Plus/Air (8%), iPhone Pro (33%), and iPhone Pro Max (36%). The assumptions are in-line with Canalys' reported mix of iPhone 16 units by model life-to-date as of 4Q24.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  979. &lt;/li&gt;
  980. &lt;li&gt;
  981. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Press reports that planned production &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;for Base, Pro, and Pro Max models is up +25% yoy, iPhone Air up 3x as compared to the iPhone 16 Plus, per technology analyst Ming Chi Kuo. Longer lead times against a backdrop of longer lead times suggests stronger pre-order demand across these models.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  982. &lt;/li&gt;
  983. &lt;li&gt;
  984. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone Air launch delayed in China over eSIM regulation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;. There is minimal eSIM carrier support in China today, though Apple noted publicly that is it working with regulators to bring iPhone Air to China as soon as possible. Beyond the iPhone Air, eSIM-only iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max are available in Bahrain, Canada, Guam, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the USA, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. eSIM-only models have larger batteries than those with a physical eSIM card slot.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  985. &lt;/li&gt;
  986. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lead times by model:&lt;/p&gt;
  987.  
  988. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  989. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 17 (starting at $799 with 256 GB storage):&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Available ~3 weeks after September 19th launch in the US across all colors expect Mist Blue which is available in ~2 weeks. Lead times in India were ~1 week, UK was ~2 weeks, Hong Kong was ~3 weeks, Japan was ~4 weeks, and Mainland China was ~5 weeks.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  990. &lt;/li&gt;
  991. &lt;li&gt;
  992. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone Air (starting at $999 with 256 GB storage):&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Available ~1 week after September 19th launch in the US, UK, and India, with ~2 week lead times in Japan. The launch of the iPhone Air is delayed in Mainland China due to eSIM regulation.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  993. &lt;/li&gt;
  994. &lt;li&gt;
  995. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 17 Pro (starting at $1,099 with 256 GB storage):&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; ~2 week lead times in the US and India, ~3 weeks in UK and Japan, and ~5 weeks in Mainland China. By color, Cosmic Orange &amp; Silver have the longest lead times (~3 weeks), followed by Deep Blue (~2 weeks).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  996. &lt;/li&gt;
  997. &lt;li&gt;
  998. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 17 Pro Max (starting at $1,199 with 256 GB storage):&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; ~4 week lead times across all regions and colors except Hong Kong &amp; India, where lead times are closer to ~3 weeks. By color, Cosmic Orange &amp; Silver have the longest lead times (~4 weeks), followed by Deep Blue (~3 weeks).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  999. &lt;/li&gt;
  1000. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chart of The Day &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1001.  
  1002. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-16_08-41-13.png?itok=VJjQd_fq" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-16_08-41-13.png?itok=VJjQd_fq"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b01dd5e5-09e8-43f6-b12f-81055975f1d5" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="472" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-09-16_08-41-13.png?itok=VJjQd_fq" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1003.  
  1004. &lt;p&gt;The analysts &lt;strong&gt;maintain a "Buy" rating on Apple&lt;/strong&gt; with a 12-month price target of $266.&lt;/p&gt;
  1005.  
  1006. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-16_08-40-51.png?itok=iTc7KHUl" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-09-16_08-40-51.png?itok=iTc7KHUl"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="be2578d3-6d13-4b3f-b161-67b50cbbdf9a" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="357" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-09-16_08-40-51.png?itok=iTc7KHUl" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1007.  
  1008. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$250 Resistance. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1009.  
  1010. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Snag_1b747d07.png?itok=lXTxTnRk" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Snag_1b747d07.png?itok=lXTxTnRk"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="fe515b1d-3eaa-40bc-860b-ea13058fe3bc" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="275" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Snag_1b747d07.png?itok=lXTxTnRk" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1011.  
  1012. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Moar buybacks Mr. Cook? &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1013. &lt;/div&gt;
  1014.      &lt;span rel="schema:author" class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"&gt;&lt;a title="View user profile." href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" lang="" about="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" class="username" xml:lang=""&gt;Tyler Durden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1015. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T18:05:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 14:05&lt;/span&gt;
  1016. </description>
  1017.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1018.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  1020.    </item>
  1021. <item>
  1022.  <title>Trump Supports Designating Antifa A Terrorist Organization</title>
  1023.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-supports-designating-antifa-terrorist-organization</link>
  1024.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Trump Supports Designating Antifa A Terrorist Organization&lt;/span&gt;
  1025.  
  1026.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-supports-designating-antifa-a-terrorist-organization-5915447?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1027.  
  1028. &lt;p&gt;President Donald Trump on Monday said that he would support designating the antifa movement a terrorist organization in the wake of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s assassination last week.&lt;/p&gt;
  1029.  
  1030. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/image%20-%202025-09-16T085655.178.jpg?itok=WjpLhGxb" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/image%20-%202025-09-16T085655.178.jpg?itok=WjpLhGxb"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="83e0655f-68bf-4d7f-be87-c2a288993ae6" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image%20-%202025-09-16T085655.178.jpg?itok=WjpLhGxb" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1031.  
  1032. &lt;p&gt;In response to a question in a White House news conference, Trump was asked about the assassination and whether he would designate antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.&lt;/p&gt;
  1033.  
  1034. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  1035. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“It’s something I would do, yeah, if I have support from the people back here,” &lt;/strong&gt;Trump &lt;a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1967700861314011378"&gt;said&lt;/a&gt;, referring to administration officials standing behind him, including Attorney General Pam Bondi.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1036.  
  1037. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“I would do that 100 percent,” he said, adding that &lt;strong&gt;“antifa is terrible.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1038.  
  1039. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“There are some other groups” who are “pretty radical groups, and they got away with murder,” &lt;/strong&gt; Trump said. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1040. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1041.  
  1042. &lt;p&gt;He did not provide any specific details about those organizations.&lt;/p&gt;
  1043.  
  1044. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The president said he would also bring RICO, or Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, charges against “some of the people you have been reading about that have been putting up millions and millions of dollars for agitation.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1045.  
  1046. &lt;p&gt;Antifa supporters generally hold extreme political views, including communist or anarchist beliefs. Supporters, who are usually organized through decentralized cells, often favor “direct action” rather than electoral politics or policy reform.&lt;/p&gt;
  1047.  
  1048. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A commonly used tactic involves participants wearing black clothing and masks during protests to shield their identifying features. In many cases, antifa participants engage in violence during demonstrations, such as during the &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/fbi-director-antifa-is-a-real-thing-confirms-investigations-into-violent-anarchist-extremists-3503958"&gt;unrest&lt;/a&gt; that occurred throughout the summer of 2020 in the wake of George Floyd’s death.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1049.  
  1050. &lt;p&gt;The suspect in Kirk’s assassination, Tyler Robinson, is believed to have held leftist viewpoints, say FBI Director Kash Patel and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. He also engraved anti-fascist messages on bullets that were recovered by officials.&lt;/p&gt;
  1051.  
  1052. &lt;p&gt;Officials have not said whether Robinson was in communication or was associated with any particular antifa groups. The FBI is currently scrutinizing online accounts that are alleged to have shown awareness of Kirk’s assassination before the incident unfolded, a source familiar with the FBI’s investigation &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/fbi-probing-posts-indicating-foreknowledge-of-kirk-assassination-5915393?preview_id=5915393&amp;preview_nonce=42650b77fb&amp;preview=true"&gt;confirmed&lt;/a&gt; to The Epoch Times on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;
  1053.  
  1054. &lt;p&gt;Screenshots highlighted by the Washington Free Beacon show several X accounts mentioning the date of Kirk’s assassination, which occurred Sept. 10, and ominous messages. The Epoch Times has not independently examined the screenshots and accounts that were singled out by the Free Beacon.&lt;/p&gt;
  1055.  
  1056. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/fbi-looking-into-other-possible-charlie-kirk-assassination-accomplices-deputy-director-bongino-5915294"&gt;told&lt;/a&gt; Fox News that the bureau is currently investigating whether Robinson had other accomplices. So far, no other individuals have been charged in the case.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1057.  
  1058. &lt;p&gt;Earlier Monday, both White House adviser Stephen Miller and Vice President JD Vance said that the administration is &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/stephen-miller-says-administration-working-to-dismantle-domestic-terror-movement-5915251"&gt;moving&lt;/a&gt; to investigate networks that organized riots, street violence, and other activities in the United States. At one point, Miller used the term “domestic terror movement” to describe such actors.&lt;/p&gt;
  1059.  
  1060. &lt;p&gt;It’s not clear if Robinson has an attorney. His court arraignment date has been set for Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;
  1061.  
  1062. &lt;p&gt;Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10 while he was holding a debate forum at Utah Valley University with his Turning Point USA organization. The suspect was captured around 33 hours later, the FBI has said.&lt;/p&gt;
  1063.  
  1064. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/zerohedge-waxed-canvas-hat/" data-image-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/zerohedge-waxed-canvas-hat/" data-link-option="2" href="https://store.zerohedge.com/zerohedge-waxed-canvas-hat/"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ed3bd425-5377-4861-81db-30f2cfa1ee91" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="238" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/signal-2025-06-24-134846_002_19.jpeg?itok=MlrmvM-i" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1065. &lt;/div&gt;
  1066.      &lt;span rel="schema:author" class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"&gt;&lt;a title="View user profile." href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" lang="" about="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" class="username" xml:lang=""&gt;Tyler Durden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1067. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T17:45:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 13:45&lt;/span&gt;
  1068. </description>
  1069.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1070.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  1072.    </item>
  1073. <item>
  1074.  <title>Record Direct Demand For Stellar, Stopping-Through 20Y Auction</title>
  1075.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/record-direct-demand-stellar-stopping-through-20y-auction</link>
  1076.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Record Direct Demand For Stellar, Stopping-Through 20Y Auction&lt;/span&gt;
  1077.  
  1078.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;After 3 stellar coupon auctions last week, with 10Y yields trading effectively at the lowest level since last October (excluding the Liberation Day basis trade freak out) , and with the Fed set to cut by at least 25bps, there was little anxiety ahead of today's 20Y coupon auction. And with good reason: moments ago the day's coupon auction, a reopening of the 19-Year, 11-Month cusip UN6, went without a glitch in what was a very solid auction. &lt;/p&gt;
  1079.  
  1080. &lt;p&gt;The auction priced at a high yield of 4.613%, down from 4.876% last month and the lowest since October 24. It also stopped through the When Issued 4.615% by 0.2bps, the 3rd consecutive through auction in a row.&lt;/p&gt;
  1081.  
  1082. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/20y%20tail%20sept%2016.jpg?itok=6SzNiwqQ" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/20y%20tail%20sept%2016.jpg?itok=6SzNiwqQ"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8495ad0d-d780-48e9-83e7-138d974611c0" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="301" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/20y%20tail%20sept%2016.jpg?itok=6SzNiwqQ" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1083.  
  1084. &lt;p&gt;The bid to cover was 2.74 up from 2.54 in July, the second highest since March and above the 2.65 six-auction average. &lt;/p&gt;
  1085.  
  1086. &lt;p&gt;The internals were a bit weaker, with Indirects taking down 64.6%, up from 60.6% last month (which was the lowest since Feb 24), and with Directs taking down 27.9%, the highest on record...&lt;/p&gt;
  1087.  
  1088. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/20y%20direct%20award.jpg?itok=Y1hoDuoL" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/20y%20direct%20award.jpg?itok=Y1hoDuoL"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5854d6a2-4fdc-4bb5-9537-fca7ad2d4652" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="299" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/20y%20direct%20award.jpg?itok=Y1hoDuoL" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1089.  
  1090. &lt;p&gt;... Dealers were left holdings just 7.6%.&lt;/p&gt;
  1091.  
  1092. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/20Y%20Sept%202025.jpg?itok=AHd05Uun" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/20Y%20Sept%202025.jpg?itok=AHd05Uun"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="491c2643-51f9-4c28-a6f6-e81390ab0422" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="298" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/20Y%20Sept%202025.jpg?itok=AHd05Uun" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1093.  
  1094. &lt;p&gt;Overall, this was a very solid auction, whose highlight this month was the record Direct award, any in any event the demand was clearly there and the yield on the 10Y is now back down to session lows with just 24 hours left until tomorrow's FOMC decision. &lt;/p&gt;
  1095. &lt;/div&gt;
  1096.      &lt;span rel="schema:author" class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"&gt;&lt;a title="View user profile." href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" lang="" about="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" class="username" xml:lang=""&gt;Tyler Durden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1097. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T17:27:24+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 13:27&lt;/span&gt;
  1098. </description>
  1099.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
  1100.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  1103. <item>
  1104.  <title>Zelensky Is 'Going To Have To Make A Deal' With Russia, Trump Urges</title>
  1105.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-going-have-make-deal-russia-trump-urges</link>
  1106.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Zelensky Is 'Going To Have To Make A Deal' With Russia, Trump Urges&lt;/span&gt;
  1107.  
  1108.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;President Trump told reporters in passing on the White House lawn Tuesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky&lt;strong&gt; "is going to have to make a deal"&lt;/strong&gt; with Russia to end the the long-running war.&lt;/p&gt;
  1109.  
  1110. &lt;p&gt;Last month's historic Alaska Trump-Putin summit failed to produce or lead to anything substantial, other than perhaps an improvement of bilateral relations. Trump acknowledged in the fresh remarks that the Ukrainian and Russian leaders "hate each other," and said&lt;strong&gt; "it looks like I have to sit in the room with them, because they can't sit in a room together."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1111. &lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/trumprome.jpg?itok=aH8zLa_y" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/trumprome.jpg?itok=aH8zLa_y"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;figure role="group" class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"&gt;&lt;img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f48d48ac-fae7-4307-84d5-74abbbb3fc0d" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="330" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/trumprome.jpg?itok=aH8zLa_y" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500" /&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ukrainan Presidencial ServiceAFP via Getty Images&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  1112.  
  1113. &lt;p&gt;"There's great hatred there. But no, that meeting accomplished a lot," he said in reference to the Alaska summit.&lt;/p&gt;
  1114.  
  1115. &lt;p&gt;And yet the reality remains that Putin and Zelensky are at this point no closer to actually being in the same room together, much less the same venue, even if other mediators like Trump are there.&lt;/p&gt;
  1116.  
  1117. &lt;p&gt;Trump also in his comments took the opportunity to apply more pressure on the European Union, saying it must stop all purchases of Russian oil "immediately".&lt;/p&gt;
  1118.  
  1119. &lt;p&gt;"They've got to stop immediately, not fair to us. &lt;strong&gt;They're purchasing Russian oil, and we have to do this&lt;/strong&gt;," he said.&lt;/p&gt;
  1120.  
  1121. &lt;p&gt;Ukraine's Zelensky without doubt wants the next round of EU sanctions to hit Moscow, but has also appeared supportive of Trump calling out Europe's oil and other energy imports.&lt;/p&gt;
  1122.  
  1123. &lt;p&gt;"I'm sure the US can apply enough sanctions in order to hurt the Russian economy, plus Donald Trump has enough force to make Putin afraid of him," Zelensky said.&lt;/p&gt;
  1124.  
  1125. &lt;p&gt;Still, Kiev wants to see more and more robust sanctions leveled from Washington's direction. "Europe has already introduced 18 sanctions packages against Russia. &lt;strong&gt;And all that's lacking now is a strong sanctions package from the US&lt;/strong&gt;," Zelensky has said.&lt;/p&gt;
  1126.  
  1127. &lt;p&gt;As for Trump admitting that Zelensky must make a deal, the big question remains whether Trump is willing to use the significant leverage the United States has over the Ukrainian leader.&lt;/p&gt;
  1128.  
  1129. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  1130. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;🇺🇸🇺🇦 "Zelensky’s gonna have to make a deal!" - Trump &lt;a href="https://t.co/Ob2RL0kCF0"&gt;pic.twitter.com/Ob2RL0kCF0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1131. — DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1967950711226003591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1132. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;So far Trump has not been willing. &lt;strong&gt;He could simply cut off the weapons and money flows to the Zelensky government if he wanted to&lt;/strong&gt; - but he's not even threatening to at this point. Such actions would result in huge pushback from Trump's own Republicans. So for now, his urging Zelensky to the peace table appears to just be empty words, with no threat of repercussions. Meanwhile:&lt;/p&gt;
  1133.  
  1134. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  1135. &lt;p&gt;TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CLEARS FIRST UKRAINE ARMS AID PACKAGE PAID FOR BY ALLIES, SOURCES SAY&lt;/p&gt;
  1136. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1137.  
  1138. &lt;p&gt;Currently, there are reports indicating that Trump and Zelensky might meet again next week. At this point, there's no sign of a Putin-Zelensky meeting being anywhere on the horizon.&lt;/p&gt;
  1139. &lt;/div&gt;
  1140.      &lt;span rel="schema:author" class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"&gt;&lt;a title="View user profile." href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" lang="" about="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" class="username" xml:lang=""&gt;Tyler Durden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1141. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T17:15:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 13:15&lt;/span&gt;
  1142. </description>
  1143.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1144.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  1146.    </item>
  1147. <item>
  1148.  <title>Mystery Trader Makes Record Bet On 50bps Rate Cut Tomorrow</title>
  1149.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/mystery-trader-makes-record-bet-50bps-rate-cut-tomorrow</link>
  1150.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Mystery Trader Makes Record Bet On 50bps Rate Cut Tomorrow&lt;/span&gt;
  1151.  
  1152.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With a 25bps rate-cut fully priced in tomorrow, a mystery trader made a massive bet yesterday&lt;/strong&gt; to hedge against the possibility of a much larger 50bps cut - very much against the consensus in the market.&lt;/p&gt;
  1153.  
  1154. &lt;p&gt;After last week's jobless claims and CPI/PPI malarkey, there has been some rotation in the market relating to The Fed's rate-cut trajectory (with 2025 expectations declining and 2026 expectations increasing)...&lt;/p&gt;
  1155.  
  1156. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfm2CB4_0.jpg?itok=KJnTO46i" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm2CB4_0.jpg?itok=KJnTO46i"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="13df0607-40c0-4a20-8915-3b9f1f5abac9" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="337" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfm2CB4_0.jpg?itok=KJnTO46i" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1157.  
  1158. &lt;p&gt;The 2025 shift has seen September odds of a 50bps cut tumbled (from almost 20% to only around 4% now) while October's odds of a 25bps cut are also falling...&lt;/p&gt;
  1159.  
  1160. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfm3C86.jpg?itok=l5zwTJdH" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm3C86.jpg?itok=l5zwTJdH"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="826d7dcb-d3fc-4d71-a077-6622151fe4c7" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="334" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfm3C86.jpg?itok=l5zwTJdH" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1161.  
  1162. &lt;p&gt;So, despite that hawkish shift, Bloomberg's Ed Bolingbroke reported an eventful morning session in the US yesterday for flows in the front-end of the curve included the largest ever block trade in fed funds futures.&lt;/p&gt;
  1163.  
  1164. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The trade took place in the October fed funds, for an amount of 84,000 contracts which is equivalent to $3.5 million per basis point in risk. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1165.  
  1166. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfmE63C.jpg?itok=fHbliL-A" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfmE63C.jpg?itok=fHbliL-A"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0557c7af-9f23-4ccd-8160-810cc8c4e696" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="338" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfmE63C.jpg?itok=fHbliL-A" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1167.  
  1168. &lt;p&gt;As Bolingboke notes, the price and timing of the trade was &lt;strong&gt;consistent with a buyer, potentially indicating a hedge against a half-point rate cut at Wednesday’s policy meeting,&lt;/strong&gt; given a quarter-point cut is now fully baked into the swaps market.&lt;/p&gt;
  1169.  
  1170. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The CME confirmed this was the largest ever block trade in Fed Funds Futures...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1171.  
  1172. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  1173. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;The largest ever Fed Funds futures block trade was executed this morning (84,000 contracts, equivalent to $3.5m per basis point), underscoring the significant risk transfer enabled by CME Group's deeply liquid markets. &lt;a href="https://t.co/eV3EsnUMKe"&gt;pic.twitter.com/eV3EsnUMKe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1174. — CME Group Interest Rates (@Interest_Rates) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Interest_Rates/status/1967690926123303226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 15, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1175. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;Along with the massive fed funds futures flow, and perhaps reflecting the shift seen in the first chart above, &lt;strong&gt;there was also a huge SOFR spread trade via a September 2026/March 2027 steepener&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  1176.  
  1177. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfmC9C4_0.jpg?itok=DiTCG6zm" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfmC9C4_0.jpg?itok=DiTCG6zm"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ba4e202a-6dab-4b64-8301-28a216a6be51" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="336" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfmC9C4_0.jpg?itok=DiTCG6zm" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1178.  
  1179. &lt;p&gt;This position may reflect &lt;strong&gt;a wager on more front-loaded and deeper rate cuts&lt;/strong&gt; vs. current policy pricing.&lt;/p&gt;
  1180.  
  1181. &lt;p&gt;As we noted earlier, and bearing in mind these new large positions, Goldman believes&lt;strong&gt; the main near-term risk to equity markets would be an unwind of Fed cutting expectations, particularly for some of the lower quality pockets&lt;/strong&gt; of the market that have benefited from a more ‘goldilocks’ backdrop.&lt;/p&gt;
  1182.  
  1183. &lt;p&gt;*  *  *&lt;/p&gt;
  1184.  
  1185. &lt;p&gt;Ever had &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://store.zerohedge.com/masa-tallow-tortilla-chips-3-pack/"&gt;tallow chips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; with no seed oils? Organic corn, no pesticides, just a healthy snack. &lt;/p&gt;
  1186. &lt;/div&gt;
  1187.      &lt;span rel="schema:author" class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"&gt;&lt;a title="View user profile." href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" lang="" about="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" class="username" xml:lang=""&gt;Tyler Durden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1188. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T17:00:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 13:00&lt;/span&gt;
  1189. </description>
  1190.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1191.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
  1192.    <guid isPermaLink="false">1066900 at https://www.zerohedge.com</guid>
  1193.    </item>
  1194. <item>
  1195.  <title>Clearinghouses And The Basis Trade</title>
  1196.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/clearinghouses-and-basis-trade</link>
  1197.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Clearinghouses And The Basis Trade&lt;/span&gt;
  1198.  
  1199.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Russell Clark of the &lt;a href="https://www.russell-clark.com/p/clearinghouses-and-the-basis-trade"&gt;Capital Flows and Asset Markets substack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1200.  
  1201. &lt;p&gt;In a recent post, I wondered if the Trump administration was going to force the Federal Reserve out of the “QE Business” - or in other words ban them from buying assets, and get them to focus solely on interest rate markets.&lt;/p&gt;
  1202.  
  1203. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/guns%20teaser_0.jpg?itok=dm0JQZNJ" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/guns%20teaser_0.jpg?itok=dm0JQZNJ"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7dc301c6-d4ac-4014-a561-0ee87b34834f" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="322" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/guns%20teaser_0.jpg?itok=dm0JQZNJ" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1204.  
  1205. &lt;p&gt;This could be a huge issue for markets. Whenever asset markets have threatened to unwind, central banks have stepped in as buyers. The UK gilt market is good example, where the Truss budget was a shock, that caused initial margins on gilt trading to rise which caused the market to have no bidders and yields to surge. &lt;strong&gt;It required the BOE to restart QE to bail out basis traders.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1206.  
  1207. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/uk%20govt%20yields_0.jpg?itok=He7HxSke" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/uk%20govt%20yields_0.jpg?itok=He7HxSke"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e89d3d7f-d3a5-4cea-9f94-e3318e2fc40d" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/uk%20govt%20yields_0.jpg?itok=He7HxSke" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1208.  
  1209. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When looking at basis trades (typically buying physical treasuries and then selling interest rate futures or derivatives) there are two different market to look at. &lt;/strong&gt;LCH owned by the LSE Group and has dominant market share in interest rates derivatives and European bonds. CME dominates Treasury trading, and JSCC dominates JGB trading. We are mainly concerned with treasuries here, so we will look at date from LCH and CME. Looking at variation and initial margin data, there is a cyclicality to this. Spikes in variation and initial margins SHOULD be correlated.&lt;/p&gt;
  1210.  
  1211. &lt;p&gt;As of the most recent data point, q2 2025, margins look low at LCH.&lt;/p&gt;
  1212.  
  1213. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/IRPs_1.jpg?itok=tAK4bKj9" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/IRPs_1.jpg?itok=tAK4bKj9"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="64b243cf-bac7-473e-b3ed-1c7393e74a19" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="309" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/IRPs_1.jpg?itok=tAK4bKj9" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1214.  
  1215. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CME data is more interesting&lt;/strong&gt;. Q2 data shows much more of a spike in both variation and initial margins, more inline with the air pocket we saw in Treasuries during the “Liberation Day” tariff sell off.&lt;/p&gt;
  1216.  
  1217. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/var%20margin%20chart_1.png?itok=6L6lZG8o" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/var%20margin%20chart_1.png?itok=6L6lZG8o"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7addd998-ed7b-46d5-9a71-0393c6863f02" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="315" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/var%20margin%20chart_1.png?itok=6L6lZG8o" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1218.  
  1219. &lt;p&gt;More surprising was the lack of margin breaches at LCH&lt;/p&gt;
  1220.  
  1221. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/margin%20breaches_0.png?itok=vCrjuPXW" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/margin%20breaches_0.png?itok=vCrjuPXW"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d034eebb-201b-4c00-ac4f-cd71b3adf3c2" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="305" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/margin%20breaches_0.png?itok=vCrjuPXW" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1222.  
  1223. &lt;p&gt;Something we also saw at CME.&lt;/p&gt;
  1224.  
  1225. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/margin%20breaches%202_0.png?itok=28G4nOtw" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/margin%20breaches%202_0.png?itok=28G4nOtw"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8b2624f6-00c0-4dc5-ae5c-c6f57dce73d9" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="307" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/margin%20breaches%202_0.png?itok=28G4nOtw" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1226.  
  1227. &lt;p&gt;Having studied clearinghouses for a while, this would match up with market moves. The MOVE Index (a measure of bond volatility) tends to match initial margins, and spikes from low levels to high levels tend to march up with margin breaches. So 2020, and 2022 saw margin breaches, but since 2023, the MOVE index has tended to be moving lower.&lt;/p&gt;
  1228.  
  1229. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/MOVE%20chart_0.png?itok=sEVgIgWr" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/MOVE%20chart_0.png?itok=sEVgIgWr"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1d121afe-75c5-4750-8d6e-2e973f2dfde5" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="322" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/MOVE%20chart_0.png?itok=sEVgIgWr" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1230.  
  1231. &lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, clearinghouses tend to cause trend following to work well. So when things are going well, for example the MOVE Index is going lower, then initial margins will fall, and asset markets will behave. It is only a problem when volatility inflects higher. So generally speaking, IF the Fed gets out of the bond buying business, AND the Trump administration delivers inflationary fiscal policy or we get an oil shock, then we will have a problem. But the data above suggests that will be more likely a 2026 or 2027 problem. The only data point that I found particularly bearish was a huge drop in KCCP - which determines the capital charge for trading with LCH.&lt;/p&gt;
  1232.  
  1233. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/KCCP%20rates_0.jpg?itok=0mzjE_np" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/KCCP%20rates_0.jpg?itok=0mzjE_np"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="99979002-c835-415a-b41d-319cab1b4a0e" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="465" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/KCCP%20rates_0.jpg?itok=0mzjE_np" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1234.  
  1235. &lt;p&gt;This fall in capital charge is very good for basis traders and other users of the clearinghouse, as it allows less capital to be put aside. The fall was driven by a regulatory change, which in essence allows the clearinghouse to net trades. But netting is the key issue with clearinghouses. Netting is the fundamental driver of basis trade, and leverage. LCH reports initial margin numbers on a total and net basis. As I understand it, the net number is purely hypothetical. Is the amount of initial margin LCH calculates would be necessary if all trades could be netted.&lt;/p&gt;
  1236.  
  1237. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Initial%20margin%20total%20net_0.jpg?itok=HJ3Er5IW" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Initial%20margin%20total%20net_0.jpg?itok=HJ3Er5IW"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d7da3524-a9fd-43c1-831e-503227d73112" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="304" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Initial%20margin%20total%20net_0.jpg?itok=HJ3Er5IW" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1238.  
  1239. &lt;p&gt;Theoretically this should be fine. But analysis suggests that we are ending up with a bifurcated market, with hedge funds all one side, and banks all the other side. As an old report form the BIS noted, all US banks have become a net lender to the repo market.&lt;/p&gt;
  1240.  
  1241. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/big%20four%20us%20banks_0.png?itok=zLLOUrf2" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/big%20four%20us%20banks_0.png?itok=zLLOUrf2"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="47f4bd02-e07e-4a94-b2a6-58c3e40614a6" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="343" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/big%20four%20us%20banks_0.png?itok=zLLOUrf2" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1242.  
  1243. &lt;p&gt;Putting it all together, conditions are nearly perfect for a clearinghouse blow up - but not yet. A sustained period of the MOVE index trading in the 50 to 60 range should allow sufficient leverage to build for a blowout move. I still think long dated government bond yields go higher. But an air pocket move like we saw in gilts in 2022, or treasuries earlier this year looks unlikely until 2026.&lt;/p&gt;
  1244. &lt;/div&gt;
  1245.      &lt;span rel="schema:author" class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"&gt;&lt;a title="View user profile." href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" lang="" about="https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" class="username" xml:lang=""&gt;Tyler Durden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  1246. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T16:45:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 12:45&lt;/span&gt;
  1247. </description>
  1248.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1249.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
  1250.    <guid isPermaLink="false">1066868 at https://www.zerohedge.com</guid>
  1251.    </item>
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  1253.  <title>Biden FBI Targeted Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA</title>
  1254.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-fbi-targeted-charlie-kirks-turning-point-usa</link>
  1255.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Biden FBI Targeted Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA&lt;/span&gt;
  1256.  
  1257.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/09/16/bidens-fbi-targeted-charlie-kirks-turning-point-usa-n4943765"&gt;Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1258.  
  1259. &lt;p&gt;FBI Director Kash Patel faces questions during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday morning, during which Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) revealed that whistleblower revelations showed that &lt;strong&gt;Joe Biden’s FBI targeted not just Donald Trump, but a wide swath of Republican organizations — including Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1260. &lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/fcead6ca-9c54-4d92-9612-541b1ce276b5-1052x615_jpg_92.jpg?itok=UjZXVVBf" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/fcead6ca-9c54-4d92-9612-541b1ce276b5-1052x615_jpg_92.jpg?itok=UjZXVVBf"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;figure role="group" class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"&gt;&lt;img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a0c0bfb0-4492-4486-b9d1-6645735a6077" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="292" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/fcead6ca-9c54-4d92-9612-541b1ce276b5-1052x615_jpg_92.jpg?itok=UjZXVVBf" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500" /&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;&lt;em&gt;AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  1261.  
  1262. &lt;p&gt;Grassley reminded Patel of the FBI’s recent history of political weaponization, pointing directly to an operation known as “Arctic Frost.”&lt;/p&gt;
  1263.  
  1264. &lt;p&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;At your nomination hearing, I made public records that whistleblowers provide me about Arctic Frost,&lt;/strong&gt;” Grassley said. “Arctic Frost was the FBI case opened and approved by anti-Trump FBI Agent Thibeau. Arctic Frost then became Jack Smith’s elector case against then-citizen Trump and now-President Trump.”&lt;/p&gt;
  1265.  
  1266. &lt;p&gt;According to Grassley, newly obtained records show that &lt;strong&gt;the Arctic Frost probe was far broader than previously known&lt;/strong&gt;. “The case was expanded to Republican organizations,” Grassley explained. “Some examples of the group that Wray and FBI sought to place under political investigation included the Republican National Committee, Republican Attorney General’s Association, and various Trump political groups.”&lt;/p&gt;
  1267.  
  1268. &lt;p&gt;The scope was staggering. “&lt;strong&gt;In total, 92 Republican targets, including Republican groups and Republican-linked individuals, were placed under investigative scope of Arctic Frost,”&lt;/strong&gt; Grassley said. “On that political list was one of Charlie Kirk’s groups, Turning Point USA.”&lt;/p&gt;
  1269.  
  1270. &lt;p&gt;Grassley argued that the evidence proves that Arctic Frost was more than just an anti-Trump operation. It was actually about crippling the Republican political infrastructure. &lt;/p&gt;
  1271.  
  1272. &lt;p&gt;“In other words, &lt;strong&gt;Arctic Frost wasn’t just a case to politically investigate Trump&lt;/strong&gt;,” Grassley declared. “It was the vehicle by which &lt;strong&gt;partisan FBI agents and Department of Justice prosecutors&lt;/strong&gt; could achieve their partisan ends and improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus.”&lt;/p&gt;
  1273.  
  1274. &lt;p&gt;“So today, Sen. Johnson and I are making these records public for the entire country to see, and I hope a lot of people are interested in seeing what government can do when various agencies have a political agenda,” Grassley said.&lt;/p&gt;
  1275.  
  1276. &lt;p&gt;Grassley also connected the dots to the politically charged prosecution of former Trump adviser Peter Navarro. “My investigative work has also exposed the political way in which Peter Navarro was investigated and prosecuted,” he said, noting one FBI agent’s reaction to Navarro’s charges: “&lt;strong&gt;When FBI Agent Thibeau found out that Biden’s DOJ would prosecute Navarro, he said, ‘Wow, great.’ &lt;/strong&gt;That’s a quote-unquote.”&lt;/p&gt;
  1277.  
  1278. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"&gt;
  1279. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;🚨BREAKING: Senator Chuck Grassley just announced that a FBI whistleblower revealed to him an FBI project called "Artic Frost" that targeted groups like Charlie Kirks TPUSA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1280. This is a BOMBSHELL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1281. He says that they are releasing those documents TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1282. "In total, 92 Republican… &lt;a href="https://t.co/FLEpkrtlsZ"&gt;pic.twitter.com/FLEpkrtlsZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1283. — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1967940081668264137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1284. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;The exposed weaponization of the FBI isn’t just a matter for Washington insiders; it’s a direct assault on the very foundation of our republic. Americans must demand full transparency and accountability before our institutions become irreparably politicized. &lt;/p&gt;
  1285.  
  1286. &lt;p&gt;This scandal isn’t some partisan gripe; it’s a glaring threat to the democratic process that affects every voter and every election ahead. &lt;strong&gt;And let’s not forget, Biden himself set the tone by labeling Trump supporters as enemies of the state&lt;/strong&gt;. That rhetoric, coupled with a weaponized FBI, created the toxic political climate that ultimately led to Kirk's assassination.&lt;/p&gt;
  1287.  
  1288. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If this scandal enrages you, join the club. PJ Media calls out the FBI’s corruption while legacy outlets will no doubt look away. Help us keep exposing what the Left wants hidden—&lt;a href="https://pjmedia.com/subscribe?tpcc=60saleMM091625_3&amp;promo_code=FIGHT"&gt;subscribe to PJ Media VIP with code FIGHT for 60% off&lt;/a&gt;. Exclusive content, ad-free! browsing, and comment privileges! Rally now—your voice matters more than ever.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1289.  
  1290. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/rancher-s-seasoning-trio/?m=search&amp;st=seasoning&amp;aq=true" data-image-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/rancher-s-seasoning-trio/?m=search&amp;st=seasoning&amp;aq=true" data-link-option="2" href="https://store.zerohedge.com/rancher-s-seasoning-trio/?m=search&amp;st=seasoning&amp;aq=true"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f0c67891-f01d-4c68-b73a-b2cfdc4bb60b" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="264" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/ELKINS%20SEASONINGS_0.png?itok=dYzzhaa-" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1291. &lt;/div&gt;
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  1293. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T16:05:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 12:05&lt;/span&gt;
  1294. </description>
  1295.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1296.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  1300.  <title>EU Delays New Sanctions On Russia After Trump's Oil Warning</title>
  1301.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/eu-delays-new-sanctions-russia-after-trumps-oil-warning</link>
  1302.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;EU Delays New Sanctions On Russia After Trump's Oil Warning&lt;/span&gt;
  1303.  
  1304.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;The European Union has put its next round of sanctions against Russia on hold, with no new timeline for when the measures will move forward, according to a report by &lt;em data-end="301" data-start="291"&gt;Politico&lt;/em&gt; citing EU officials.&lt;/p&gt;
  1305.  
  1306. &lt;p&gt;Politico correspondent Sarah Wheaton &lt;a href="https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/the-eus-russian-gas-ban-pipe-dream/"&gt;writes&lt;/a&gt; Tuesday, "The next sanctions package against Russia — the 19th since Moscow began its war against Ukraine — &lt;strong&gt;is no longer expected to be presented on Wednesday&lt;/strong&gt;, an EU diplomat and a national official told my colleague Camille Gijs."&lt;/p&gt;
  1307.  
  1308. &lt;p&gt;"It’s fallen off the Coreper II agenda as U.S. President Donald Trump and the EU’s own &lt;strong&gt;pressure build on Slovakia and Hungary to cut their reliance on Russian oil&lt;/strong&gt;," the report adds.&lt;/p&gt;
  1309. &lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/eucomm.jpg?itok=mJ6dxdgo" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/eucomm.jpg?itok=mJ6dxdgo"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;figure role="group" class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"&gt;&lt;img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="929b1a9e-f65f-4e40-b95e-855abe3fa340" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/eucomm.jpg?itok=mJ6dxdgo" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500" /&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;&lt;em&gt;Via AP: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her deputy, Foreign Affairs High Representative Kaja Kallas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  1310.  
  1311. &lt;p data-end="561" data-start="324"&gt;EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas had previously said the 19th sanctions package should be ready by the end of the month, which suggests that indeed the &lt;strong&gt;new Trump pressure is likely a major obstacle which explains the delay&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  1312.  
  1313. &lt;p data-end="561" data-start="324"&gt;There's also been some behind the scenes wrangling over how far-reaching the punitive measures might be, especially on the question of visas for Russians.&lt;/p&gt;
  1314.  
  1315. &lt;p data-end="987" data-start="563"&gt;Some EU member states are pushing for the new sanctions to include &lt;strong&gt;tougher, bloc-wide rules on visas for Russian citizens&lt;/strong&gt;. As it stands, each country sets differing policies related to tourist visas, with several EU members blocking all Russian tourist visas outright - though countries like Spain and Slovakia recently reopened their visa centers in Moscow.&lt;/p&gt;
  1316.  
  1317. &lt;p data-end="987" data-start="563"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some anti-Putin activists have admitted that a blanket EU ban would only harm everyday people&lt;/strong&gt;, and the Kremlin would see itself justified in alleging 'Russophobic' policies out of Brussels.&lt;/p&gt;
  1318.  
  1319. &lt;p data-end="987" data-start="563"&gt;Against the backdrop of the internal EU policy debate, over the weekend President Trump urged NATO members to stop buying Russian oil and pushed the idea of imposing steep tariffs, possibly up to 100%, on Chinese goods in order to pressure Beijing from supporting Moscow.&lt;/p&gt;
  1320.  
  1321. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  1322. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;Europe stumped by Trump demands to stop buying Russian oil before he moves on punishing Moscow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1323. EU has already banned most imports of Russian oil after the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, slashing the share of oil it imports from Russia from 29% in early 2021 to 2% by mid-2025… &lt;a href="https://t.co/7bMSfQejAF"&gt;pic.twitter.com/7bMSfQejAF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1324. — AFP News Agency (@AFP) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1967855383801626993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1325. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p data-end="987" data-start="563"&gt;But the reality remains that especially Turkey, Slovakia, and Hungary are heavily reliant on Russian energy, and aren't going to agree to drastic measures which harm their own populations and economies.&lt;/p&gt;
  1326.  
  1327. &lt;p data-end="987" data-start="563"&gt;The newest proposes sanctions would take aim at Russia's payment and credit card networks, cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as impose additional restrictions on its oil trade. In total it would target about &lt;strong&gt;half a dozen Russian banks and energy companies&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  1328.  
  1329. &lt;p data-end="987" data-start="563"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Below&lt;/u&gt;: Trump's latest to reporters:&lt;/p&gt;
  1330.  
  1331. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  1332. &lt;p data-end="987" data-start="563"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Zelensky is gonna have to make a deal."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1333.  
  1334. &lt;p data-end="987" data-start="563"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Trump once again slams Europe for buying Russian oil: &lt;strong&gt;"You know, they talk, but they're gonna have to stop buying oil from Russia."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1335. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1336.  
  1337. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"&gt;
  1338. &lt;p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en"&gt;'Zelensky is gonna have to make a DEAL' — Trump&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1339. Slams Europe for buying Russian oil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  1340. 'You know, they talk, but they're gonna have to stop buying oil from Russia' &lt;a href="https://t.co/6C2Im3KQK7"&gt;https://t.co/6C2Im3KQK7&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/3XYqePLxX6"&gt;pic.twitter.com/3XYqePLxX6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1341. — RT (@RT_com) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1967952377392296206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;September 16, 2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1342. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;p&gt;US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a &lt;em&gt;Meet the Press&lt;/em&gt; interview on Sunday said: "We are prepared to &lt;strong&gt;increase pressure on Russia&lt;/strong&gt;, but we need our partners in Europe to follow."&lt;/p&gt;
  1343.  
  1344. &lt;p&gt;Urging Europe to act more aggressively, he said, "We are talking about what the two, the EU and the U.S., do together. &lt;strong&gt;But we need our European partners to follow us&lt;/strong&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;
  1345. &lt;/div&gt;
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  1347. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T15:45:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 11:45&lt;/span&gt;
  1348. </description>
  1349.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1350.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  1354.  <title>News Anchor Resigns After Being Suspended Over On-Air Charlie Kirk Tribute</title>
  1355.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/news-anchor-resigns-after-being-suspended-over-air-charlie-kirk-tribute</link>
  1356.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;News Anchor Resigns After Being Suspended Over On-Air Charlie Kirk Tribute&lt;/span&gt;
  1357.  
  1358.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/news-anchor-resigns-after-being-suspended-over-on-air-charlie-kirk-tribute-5915658?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1359.  
  1360. &lt;p&gt;A WICS-ABC20 News anchor in Springfield, Illinois, has announced that she is resigning from her position after her employer suspended her for paying tribute to the late Charlie Kirk on air.&lt;/p&gt;
  1361.  
  1362. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/image%20-%202025-09-16T081423.632.jpg?itok=nCrsD2DG" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/image%20-%202025-09-16T081423.632.jpg?itok=nCrsD2DG"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b83cc7d0-e148-4b99-b507-e50542badf9b" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image%20-%202025-09-16T081423.632.jpg?itok=nCrsD2DG" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1363.  
  1364. &lt;p&gt;Beni Harmony paid an impassioned tribute to Kirk, whom she knew personally, during a Sept. 12 segment on ABC20’s Marketplace program.&lt;/p&gt;
  1365.  
  1366. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  1367. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“I want you to know that it’s OK if you feel sadness, it’s OK if you’re grieving,”&lt;/strong&gt; the host told her TV audience.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1368.  
  1369. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Two days ago, I lost a mentor, my first boss, the first person who made me believe in myself, that encouraged me to chase this dream that you’re watching right now, Charlie Kirk.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1370.  
  1371. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“I want to share with you one of my favourite sayings that Charlie would always tell us at the office, he would yell it from the mountain-tops, so please listen: When conversations stop happening, when individuals become wordless, that’s when violence begins. So, if you do one thing today, make it be with passion, with conviction. Stand up for your friends, stand up for your beliefs, and speak loudly, even if your voice shakes. Your words have meaning, your values have purpose. Never forget that.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1372.  
  1373. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Thank you, CK, you changed my life.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1374. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1375.  
  1376. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/popular-illinois-tv-news-anchor.jpg?itok=46woAiFA" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/popular-illinois-tv-news-anchor.jpg?itok=46woAiFA"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="540c44d2-084d-4fcb-9670-a4c4f5774e7c" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="500" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/popular-illinois-tv-news-anchor.jpg?itok=46woAiFA" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1377.  
  1378. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;According to a post Harmony made three days later, she was suspended by her network for the tribute to her former employer,&lt;/strong&gt; whose assassination on a Utah college campus on Sept. 10 made national headlines.&lt;/p&gt;
  1379.  
  1380. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  1381. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Many in the mainstream media have been fired or punished for mocking his assassination,” Harmony &lt;a href="https://x.com/BeniRaeHarmony/status/1967716797915787669"&gt;wrote&lt;/a&gt; in a Sept. 15 post on X.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1382.  
  1383. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“I believe I am the first to be targeted for honoring him on air.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1384.  
  1385. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Effective immediately, I have resigned from @WICS_ABC20 after being SUSPENDED for airing a non-partisan tribute to Charlie Kirk this past Friday.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1386. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1387.  
  1388. &lt;p&gt;Explaining the reasoning behind her decision to leave the network, Harmony wrote:&lt;/p&gt;
  1389.  
  1390. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  1391. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“My resignation is guided by values that are essential to who I am, which I refuse to set aside in order to keep a job. I choose my faith and love of country, and always will.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1392. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1393.  
  1394. &lt;p&gt;She then thanked her community in the city of Springfield and shared a prayer for the country, Kirk, and his wife and two young children.&lt;/p&gt;
  1395.  
  1396. &lt;p&gt;When asked on X about how people could support her, Harmony said, “While I’m still looking for my next job in media, I recommend everyone support Charlie’s family first.”&lt;/p&gt;
  1397.  
  1398. &lt;h2&gt;Recent Spate of Firings&lt;/h2&gt;
  1399.  
  1400. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Numerous people in leadership positions have lost employment over inappropriate comments in response to the assassination of Kirk.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1401.  
  1402. &lt;p&gt;One of the more prominent early cases was the &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/msnbc-fires-matthew-dowd-over-comments-on-assassination-of-charlie-kirk-5913579"&gt;firing&lt;/a&gt; of MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd on Sept. 11, the day after Kirk was fatally shot.&lt;/p&gt;
  1403.  
  1404. &lt;p&gt;Another media commentator, Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah, also said she had been fired over her comments on the assassination of the conservative influencer.&lt;/p&gt;
  1405.  
  1406. &lt;p&gt;Several universities, including Clemson University in South Carolina, and companies, including American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, have &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/employees-fired-suspended-for-celebrating-charlie-kirks-death-5914800"&gt;terminated&lt;/a&gt; employees over their inappropriate comments on Kirk’s murder.&lt;/p&gt;
  1407.  
  1408. &lt;p&gt;Military officials have also &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/colleges-fire-employees-over-remarks-about-charlie-kirks-murder-5914120"&gt;said&lt;/a&gt; they are looking into disparaging remarks made by service members about the assassination, and that actions that discredit the service will be addressed immediately.&lt;/p&gt;
  1409.  
  1410. &lt;h2&gt;Confronting Political Violence&lt;/h2&gt;
  1411.  
  1412. &lt;p&gt;Vice President JD Vance, who was a close friend of Kirk, &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/jd-vance-honors-charlie-kirk-by-hosting-special-broadcast-of-kirks-show-5915303?ea_src=frontpage&amp;ea_med=top-news-9-top-stories-0"&gt;hosted&lt;/a&gt; a special broadcast of “The Charlie Kirk Show” on Sept. 15—a show that Kirk personally hosted every day from October 2020, right up until his death on Sept. 10, 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
  1413.  
  1414. &lt;p&gt;In the special broadcast, &lt;strong&gt;Vance called on his fellow Americans to confront the problem of political violence, which he said has “terrible consequences,” &lt;/strong&gt;such as the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump and the shooting of GOP leader Steve Scalise.&lt;/p&gt;
  1415.  
  1416. &lt;blockquote&gt;
  1417. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“I really do believe we can come together in this country. I believe we must. But unity, real unity, can be found only after climbing the mountain of truth, and there are difficult truths we must confront in our country,” Vance &lt;a href="https://x.com/JDVance/status/1967659982507372822"&gt;said&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1418.  
  1419. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“One truth is that 24 percent of self-described liberals believe it is acceptable to be happy about the death of a political opponent, while only 3 percent of self-described very conservatives agree. Three percent is too many, of course.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1420.  
  1421. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Another truth is that 26 percent of young liberals believe political violence is sometimes justified, and only 7 percent of young conservatives say the same—again, too high a number.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1422.  
  1423. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;The data is clear, people on the left are much likelier to defend and celebrate political violence—this is not a both-sides problem.&lt;/strong&gt; If both sides have a problem, one side has a much bigger and malignant problem, and that is the truth that must be told.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1424. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  1425.  
  1426. &lt;p&gt;His comments come after Kirk’s suspected assassin was identified as Tyler Robinson, who Utah Gov. Spencer Cox &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/utah-governor-says-suspected-charlie-kirk-assassin-left-note-has-leftist-ideology-5914857?ea_src=ca-frontpage&amp;ea_med=title-1"&gt;said&lt;/a&gt; had “clearly a leftist ideology.”&lt;/p&gt;
  1427.  
  1428. &lt;p&gt;FBI Director Kash Patel said on Sept. 13 that Robinson’s father identified his son from footage released during the manhunt for the suspect.&lt;/p&gt;
  1429.  
  1430. &lt;p&gt;Cox also confirmed that investigators are assessing writings, some with anti-fascist content, allegedly left by Robinson, who had a transgender romantic partner. Authorities have not publicly said whether this is &lt;a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/charlie-kirks-alleged-assassin-lived-with-transgender-partner-fbi-5914681"&gt;relevant&lt;/a&gt; as they investigate Robinson’s motive.&lt;/p&gt;
  1431. &lt;/div&gt;
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  1433. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T15:25:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 11:25&lt;/span&gt;
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  1435.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1436.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  1440.  <title>Fani's Final Push Stopped Up After Georgia Supremes Wipe Her From Trump Case</title>
  1441.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fanis-final-push-stopped-after-georgia-supremes-wipe-her-trump-case</link>
  1442.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Fani's Final Push Stopped Up After Georgia Supremes Wipe Her From Trump Case&lt;/span&gt;
  1443.  
  1444.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday &lt;strong&gt;tossed Fulton County DA Fani Willis from her criminal prosecution against President Trump &lt;/strong&gt;and his allies.&lt;/p&gt;
  1445.  
  1446. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/fani%20o%20face1%20-%20Copy_2.jpg?itok=ZsQOY4_b" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/fani%20o%20face1%20-%20Copy_2.jpg?itok=ZsQOY4_b"&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9db319c3-86a7-442f-8ba6-da0dcc4ba5af" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="334" width="500" class="inline-images image-style-inline-images" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/fani%20o%20face1%20-%20Copy_2.jpg?itok=ZsQOY4_b" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1447.  
  1448. &lt;p&gt;In a 4-3 decision, &lt;strong&gt;the state supremes declined to review a lower court's ruling disqualifying Willis &lt;/strong&gt;over a "significant appearance of impropriety" based on her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor she hired to &lt;s&gt;work on the case&lt;/s&gt; tax that Fani on lavish vacations.&lt;/p&gt;
  1449.  
  1450. &lt;p&gt;While Georgia's Prosecuting Attorneys' Council could appoint a new prosecutor to take Fani's place, the process could take months - meaning their case against Trump is effectively dead, or at least in limbo.&lt;/p&gt;
  1451.  
  1452. &lt;p&gt;Willis told &lt;a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5505353-willis-disqualification-trump-georgia-case/?email=c14f3288a64818ecb98f8e0573beceb318faed57&amp;emaila=eb3b115abed24cacb59032280aed3dee&amp;emailb=67a847116066088d41479c6f1dae9ff2f033f69b05a6b0ce26810fdcc2c7acc9&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=9.16.25%20RS%20-%20Breaking%20Alert%20-%20Fani%20Willis"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Hill&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; that while she disagrees with the court's decision not to review her appeal, she respects the legal process and the courts. Just not enough to resist hiring her married boyfriend with taxpayer funds. &lt;/p&gt;
  1453.  
  1454. &lt;p&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;I hope that whoever is assigned to handle the case will have the courage to do what the evidence and the law demand&lt;/strong&gt;," Fani said, venting. &lt;/p&gt;
  1455.  
  1456. &lt;p&gt;Trump's lead Georgia attorney, Steve Sadow, said in a statement that the court had "correctly denied review."&lt;/p&gt;
  1457.  
  1458. &lt;p&gt;"Willis’ misconduct during the investigation and prosecution of President Trump was egregious and she deserved nothing less than disqualification. This proper decision should bring an end to the wrongful political, lawfare persecutions of the President," he said. &lt;/p&gt;
  1459.  
  1460. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After a Biden DOJ operative parachuted into the case&lt;/strong&gt;, Willis indicted Trump and over a dozen allies with racketeering charges over allegations that they entered a months-long unlawful conspiracy to overturn former President Biden's 2020 win in Georgia - with Trump and most of his co-defendants pleading not guilty.&lt;/p&gt;
  1461.  
  1462. &lt;p&gt;Yet, &lt;strong&gt;when one of the co-defendants revealed bombshell evidence that Willis was banging her top investigator, Nathan Wade, &lt;/strong&gt;Fani's case fell on its ass - with a trial judge ruling that either Fani or Wade had to go. An appeals court went further, however, ruling that the "appearance of impropriety" made both Fani and Wade unqualified to prosecute Trump. &lt;/p&gt;
  1463.  
  1464. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Georgia Supreme Court Justice&lt;/strong&gt; Andrew Pinson elaborated on their decision, noting that the "public spotlight" on the case.&lt;/p&gt;
  1465.  
  1466. &lt;p&gt;"If this question — whether conduct creating an appearance of impropriety alone is grounds for disqualifying a prosecutor — is presented by future cases, we may well need to take it up in one of them," Pinson wrote, adding that the appeal didn't meet the threshold for the court's consideration because the appeals ruling was a "case-specific" decision which only analyzed whether Wade stepping aside was sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;
  1467.  
  1468. &lt;p&gt;"But, in my view, that possibly cert-worthy question is not presented by this case, at least not as it appears before this Court."&lt;/p&gt;
  1469.  
  1470. &lt;p&gt;Dissenting was Justice Carla Wong McMillian, who said she would have taken up the case because it affects "every single active lawyer" in the state. Two other justices joined her in the dissent. &lt;/p&gt;
  1471.  
  1472. &lt;p&gt;"No doubt, the facts of these cases are unusual and the cases are politically-charged due to the subject matter and the parties involved, including the current President of the United States," Wong McMillian wrote. "But neither the unusual underlying facts nor the identities of the parties deprive these cases of gravity."&lt;/p&gt;
  1473.  
  1474. &lt;p&gt;Two of the court's nine justices didn't vote. &lt;/p&gt;
  1475.  
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  1481.  
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  1484. &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;⚡ Peak Focus: Sharpen your mental edge. Featuring Alpha-GPC, Huperzine A, Galantamine, and PQQ, Peak Focus powers memory, clarity, and brain energy to help you stay focused, learn faster, and think sharper.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  1487. &lt;span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-09-16T15:05:00+00:00" class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"&gt;Tue, 09/16/2025 - 11:05&lt;/span&gt;
  1488. </description>
  1489.  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
  1490.    <dc:creator>Tyler Durden</dc:creator>
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  1493. <item>
  1494.  <title>Hanged, Drawn, And Quartered</title>
  1495.  <link>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/hanged-drawn-and-quartered</link>
  1496.  <description>&lt;span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"&gt;Hanged, Drawn, And Quartered&lt;/span&gt;
  1497.  
  1498.            &lt;div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Michael Every of Rabobank&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1499.  
  1500. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From a “because markets” perspective, the key story today is President Trump saying he would like the US to shift from quarterly to biannual corporate reporting&lt;/strong&gt;: "&lt;em&gt;This will save money, and allow managers to focus on properly running their companies…&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Did you ever hear the statement that, 'China has a 50 to 100 year view on management of a company, whereas we run our companies on a quarterly basis??? Not good!!!&lt;/em&gt;" One can hear the wails of those in the ouroboros of 3-monthly higher/lower games. Yet from an economic statecraft perspective, is this wrong?&lt;/p&gt;
  1501.  
  1502. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agree there and you have to ask why US firms are supposed to fixate on short-term returns to shareholders rather than a long-run vision&lt;/strong&gt;. The Chinese EVs sweeping all before them --and cementing control of key supply chains-- are losing money hand over fist; does that matter if they can keep it up longer than western markets would allow? Neomercantilism says yes. Accept that, and you quickly turn to what quarterly GDP is and isn’t measuring and is and isn’t “for”.&lt;/p&gt;
  1503.  
  1504. &lt;p&gt;That &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; starting to happen, as a quick round-up of geopolitics underlines:&lt;/p&gt;
  1505.  
  1506. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  1507. &lt;p&gt;"America risks making frenemies of old allies", argues the FT: what did Machiavelli say about being feared vs loved?&lt;/p&gt;
  1508. &lt;/li&gt;
  1509. &lt;li&gt;
  1510. &lt;p&gt;\x9f&lt;strong&gt;The US struck a second alleged drug boat from Venezuela&lt;/strong&gt;, as the State Department approved a possible sale of F-16s to Peru.&lt;/p&gt;
  1511. &lt;/li&gt;
  1512. &lt;li&gt;
  1513. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The US announced that it will broaden its anti-narcotics strikes to land &lt;/strong&gt;and named Afghanistan, the Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela as countries with drug production inputs, facilities, or key transit channels. Monroe Doctrine, anyone?&lt;/p&gt;
  1514. &lt;/li&gt;
  1515. &lt;li&gt;
  1516. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The US struck a second alleged drug boat from Venezuela&lt;/strong&gt;, as the State Department approved a possible sale of F-16s to Peru.&lt;/p&gt;
  1517. &lt;/li&gt;
  1518. &lt;li&gt;
  1519. &lt;p&gt;\x9f&lt;strong&gt;Israel’s invasion of Gaza City has begun for real&lt;/strong&gt;, with the region in turmoil over that and the recent Israeli strike on Qatar, which sources say Trump &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; informed of in advance. Negotiations are apparently also taking place behind the scenes to try to avoid a full  invasion.&lt;/p&gt;
  1520. &lt;/li&gt;
  1521. &lt;li&gt;
  1522. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Australia’s Papua New Guinea defence treaty will require both to 'act' if either is attacked, though it’s still unsigned&lt;/strong&gt;, Vanuatu hasn’t signed the same deal, and PM Albanese is now aiming for Fiji as whispers are of Chinese regional counter-lobbying.&lt;/p&gt;
  1523. &lt;/li&gt;
  1524. &lt;li&gt;
  1525. &lt;p&gt;\x9fIn Europe, &lt;strong&gt;Denmark will bypass more than 20 laws and regulations to allow Ukraine’s Fire Point to build a solid rocket fuel plant near a Danish airbase.  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1526. &lt;/li&gt;
  1527. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Geoeconomics makes the same point:&lt;/p&gt;
  1528.  
  1529. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  1530. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Poland closing its border with Belarus &lt;/strong&gt;has frozen €25bn in EU-China rail trade.&lt;/p&gt;
  1531. &lt;/li&gt;
  1532. &lt;li&gt;
  1533. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\x9fChina threatened “decisive countermeasures” &lt;/strong&gt;should Europe and the US impose secondary sanction tariffs on it for buying Russian oil.&lt;/p&gt;
  1534. &lt;/li&gt;
  1535. &lt;li&gt;
  1536. &lt;p&gt;Reuters underlines &lt;strong&gt;China and Russia are using bilateral barter &lt;/strong&gt;to avoid the US dollar.  &lt;/p&gt;
  1537. &lt;/li&gt;
  1538. &lt;li&gt;
  1539. &lt;p&gt;\x9f&lt;strong&gt;‘China’s curbs on defence metal germanium create ‘desperate’ supply squeeze’&lt;/strong&gt; (FT): prices are at a 14-year high for the crucial input a GDP-and-P/E-focus saw China gain total control of.&lt;/p&gt;
  1540. &lt;/li&gt;
  1541. &lt;li&gt;
  1542. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;China says Nvidia violated anti-monopoly laws, &lt;/strong&gt;escalating tensions with the US, though the two have &lt;strong&gt;reached a TikTok “consensus’, &lt;/strong&gt;perhaps setting up a Trump-Xi call, as Treasury Secretary Bessent underlined China is making “aggressive asks.”&lt;/p&gt;
  1543. &lt;/li&gt;
  1544. &lt;li&gt;
  1545. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Australia has unveiled plans to boost its exports to China &lt;/strong&gt;even as it suffered economic coercion on that front in recent years, and as it tries to sign defence treaties with Pacific nations which could risk that happening all over again.&lt;/p&gt;
  1546. &lt;/li&gt;
  1547. &lt;li&gt;
  1548. &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\x9fAn India-EU trade deal has been hit by a basmati rice dispute &lt;/strong&gt;as Pakistan says the vaunted grains are theirs, leaving Brussels to play for time. It certainly symbolises how the usual “grain-ular” EU approach on free trade doesn’t work in a geopolitical world.&lt;/p&gt;
  1549. &lt;/li&gt;
  1550. &lt;li&gt;
  1551. &lt;p&gt;Indeed, &lt;strong&gt;Israeli PM Netanyahu stated his country is economically isolated and will need to become self-reliant for the weapons it needs: &lt;/strong&gt;he even mentioned “autarky”.&lt;/p&gt;
  1552. &lt;/li&gt;
  1553. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Political news also flows away from a business-as-usual focus on GDP and quarterly earnings:&lt;/p&gt;
  1554.  
  1555. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  1556. &lt;p&gt;Politico argues ‘Why Macron thinks Lecornu can save France from the abyss’&lt;/p&gt;
  1557. &lt;/li&gt;
  1558. &lt;li&gt;
  1559. &lt;p&gt;\x9f&lt;strong&gt;The AfD tripled its vote share in a key western state in Germany&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1560. &lt;/li&gt;
  1561. &lt;li&gt;
  1562. &lt;p&gt;A Tory MP defected to Reform UK as a poll has the party 16 points ahead of Labour and the Conservatives; “Labour MPs talk openly about replacing PM, as third senior ally in two weeks departs after publication of messages”&lt;/p&gt;
  1563. &lt;/li&gt;
  1564. &lt;li&gt;
  1565. &lt;p&gt;\x9fThe White House says it will crack down on the political left&lt;/p&gt;
  1566. &lt;/li&gt;
  1567. &lt;li&gt;
  1568. &lt;p&gt;\x9f&lt;strong&gt;The Wall Street Journal notes “fascist” has been normalised as an insult by all in US politics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1569. &lt;/li&gt;
  1570. &lt;li&gt;
  1571. &lt;p&gt;\x9fA US free speech lobby group poll of Harvard students has 32% backing violence to stop political voices they oppose on campus.&lt;/p&gt;
  1572. &lt;/li&gt;
  1573. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;In markets, an appeals court ruled Trump can’t fire Governor Cook before the next Fed meeting, so how will Cook vote - unless the Supreme Court quickly steps in? That’s as Trump appointee Miran won confirmation to the Fed, which Bloomberg calls a “Watershed policy moment”. &lt;strong&gt;The current trend suggests a lot higher watersheds than that to come&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  1574.  
  1575. &lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, &lt;strong&gt;Thailand is weighing taxes on physical gold trading &lt;/strong&gt;as the metal is dragging THB higher as the struggling economy needs a lower exchange rate; and the Bank of England proposes strict limits on stablecoin ownership - that’s one way to avoid the threat of dollar stablecoins, but I doubt the US will stand for it. Does either move say, “because markets” or “expect further changes to the global architecture”?&lt;/p&gt;
  1576.  
  1577. &lt;p&gt;To summarize all of the above, &lt;strong&gt;just looking at the usual numbers in the usual “because markets” ways at times like these risks seeing you hung, drawn, and quartered.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  1578. &lt;/div&gt;
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  3. Add this HTML to your page (change the image src attribute if necessary):

If you would like to create a text link instead, here is the URL you can use:

http://www.feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//feeds.feedburner.com/zerohedge/feed

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