Gut Changes Persist Years After Stopping Certain Medications Authored by Rachel Ann T. Melegrito via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The body clears medicines within hours to weeks. However, a recent study suggests that drugs you took years ago may continue to affect your gut—and the more frequently and the longer they’re used, the greater their effect. Troyan/Shutterstock Nearly nine out of 10 commonly used medications leave […]

Goldman’s Conversation With Top Execs Reveals What’s Ahead For Single-Family Rentals The Single-Family Rental (SFR) space has become the de facto middle-class housing market across America. With elevated 30-year mortgage rates and high home prices, affordability has collapsed, sidelining multiple generations of Americans from homeownership. For expanded visibility into the SFR market, as well as homeownership affordability, demand […]

Consumer Sentiment Cracking Amid Gov’t Shutdown; 17% Of Americans Delay Major Purchases, Survey The government shutdown has entered its eighth day, with Republicans and Democrats still at an impasse over a resolution. Earlier this week, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett warned that the shutdown could cost the U.S. economy $15 billion per week. If it drags on for several more weeks, the economic disruption could become […]

Rubio Suddenly Interrupts Trump Meeting: ‘We Are Very Close To A Deal In The Middle East’ Update(1707ET): In an unusual moment, during a White House round-table on Antifa, Secretary of State Marco Rubio interrupted things to inform President Trump of something quite urgent. Whether a deal is really imminent or not, it still made for good theater, at the very least. Trump soon after this moment left the meeting, announcing “I have […]

78% Of Americans Favor Deportation Of Criminal Illegal Immigrants; New Poll Finds Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Nearly 80 percent of Americans favor the deportation of immigrants who are in the United States illegally and have committed crimes, and a clear majority favor deporting all immigrants who are here illegally, according to a new poll. President Trump’s policy of deporting criminal illegal aliens is […]

Washington Burns Through $34BN Backing Israel In Post-Oct.7 Wars: Brown University A new study has tried to assess the total amount the United States has spent on military aid to Israel since the Oct.7, 2023 Hamas terror attack. The US has provided Israel with $21.7 billion since the start of the Gaza War, policy analyst and senior Quincy Institute research fellow William D. Hartung wrote in a paper for the Watson School of […]

Only 48% Of US Adults Under The Age Of 30 Have A Full-Time Job Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, I am so glad that I am not a young adult looking for a job in this very difficult economic environment.   Every month, federal bureaucrats tell us that the unemployment rate in this country is low, but at this point everyone knows that the numbers that they give us are fake.  The reality of the matter is […]

Ford To Pause F-150 EV Production After Aluminum Plant Fire Update (1540ET): Ford shares fell slightly in late trading after Reuters reported that Ford Motor will pause production next week at its Dearborn, Michigan, auto plant, which builds the F-150 Lightning electric pickup. The shutdown is linked to a September 16 fire at Novelis’s aluminum plant in Oswego, New York, a major supplier of sheet aluminum used to make the truck’s […]

Recession And Bonds: Navigating The Next Slowdown Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, It’s odd to consider, but a recession could flip our bullish outlook on bonds to bearish. It’s unusual because typically, inflation drops during a recession, leading to lower yields and higher bond prices. While we believe that if an economic downturn or recession occurs soon, the immediate effect on bonds will be […]

Watch Live: Trump Hosts Roundtable On Antifa As Race To Dismantle Radical Left NGOs Accelerates President Donald Trump is hosting a White House roundtable with independent journalists who have experienced Antifa’s violence firsthand. In addition to journalists and influencers, Seamus Bruner, the lead researcher for Peter Schweizer’s Government Accountability Institute, will also be at the table to discuss dark-money-funded NGO […]

The Debasement ‘Trade’: “Blue Horseshoe Loves Gold & Bitcoin” Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, “Blue Horseshoe Loves Gold and Bitcoin” Suddenly the likes of Goldman and  JP Morgan are talking about this and the mainstream press are framing it as “the so-called Debasement Trade” Bitcoiners, of course, have been talking about this for, well since the beginning. Except, it’s not a “trade.” […]

Comey Arraigned, Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ Update (1010ET): As expected, Comey sauntered into court in Alexandria, Virginia today and pleaded ‘not guilty’ at this morning’s arraignment.  Comey pleads not guilty pic.twitter.com/19hapS5N0Q — Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) October 8, 2025 Seems he was even allowed to enter through the back door, avoiding cameras.  🚨 JUST IN: James Comey has arrived at the courthouse to […]

FOMC Minutes Signal Dovish Policy Tilt, But ‘Majority’ Fear Inflation Upside Risks Since the last FOMC meeting (when The fed cut rates by 25bps with one dissent for 50bps on Sept 17th), gold has gone to the moon, stocks are higher (as is the dollar) while bonds are down modestly… Source: Bloomberg As a reminder, at his post-meeting press conference, Chair Powell characterized the rate cut as a risk management decision, […]

Yields Jump After Ugly 10Y Auction Tails, Foreign Demand Tumbles After yesterday’s ugly 3Y auction, moments ago the Treasury sold $39 billion in 10Y paper (technically a 9 Year, 10 Month reopening of cusip NT4), and the reception was again rather disappointing.  The note priced at a high yield of 4.117%, up from 4.033% in Sept, but except for that one month, it was the lowest since Oct 2024. The auction also tailed the 4.114% When […]

DHS Highlights Slew Of September Immigration Arrests In Portland Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested several “worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens” in Portland, Oregon, last month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in an Oct. 7 statement. The announcement comes amid a tussle between the Trump administration and officials in Portland and […]

White House Will Use Tariffs To Fund Low-Income Food Aid Program During Shutdown How’s your shutdown going so far?  Illustration via Politico So far, no mass firings. The sky is intact. Cats are not sleeping with dogs. And low-income food aid isn’t at risk, after the White House found funding to keep the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (also known as WIC) afloat using tariff revenues “for […]

Florida Man Charged In Deadly Pacific Palisades Inferno A former Los Angeles resident turned Florida man has been arrested and charged with starting one of the most devastating wildfires in city history – a blaze that ripped through Pacific Palisades in January 2025, killing a dozen residents and reducing multimillion-dollar homes to ash, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Prosecutors say Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29 – who also […]

Waste Of The Day: Illinois Corrections Employees Exploit Vacation-Overtime Loophole Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: Overtime pay is meant for employees working more than eight hours per day, but the Illinois Department of Corrections has found a way to circumvent that rule. Employees are using paid time off to stay home during work hours and then coming in later the same day to work overtime, […]

50’s Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be By Michael Every of Rabobank The RBNZ cut the OCR 50bps to 2.50% vs. 25bps expectations but in-line with our forecast. Notably, the RBNZ said they are “open to further reductions as required” and we are now forecasting a further 25bp cut to 2.25% in November. Some of the Bank’s comments also raise an eyebrow: “Domestic inflationary pressures have continued to moderate as projected, […]

Could AI’s Growing Thirst For Water Usher In Localized Resource Wars  In the era of artificial intelligence, water availability is poised to become a top concern for developers, just as low-cost, reliable electricity and grid connection delays have become significant issues. These data centers consume massive quantities of water daily to cool next-generation AI servers that, with each new chatbot iteration, demand increasing […]

Momentum From Trump-Putin Talks In Alaska Has Run Out: Kremlin The Kremlin has expressed its view Wednesday that the positive momentum created in the wake of the August 15 meeting in Alaska between Presidents Trump and Putin has waned and come to an end. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has stated bluntly that this momentum has now run out. His fresh words indicated Moscow’s point of view that positive advancement toward […]

WTI Holds Gains After US Crude Production Hits Record High Oil prices are higher this morning as investors brushed off oversupply fears, having digested a decision earlier by OPEC+ to restrain production increases next month. “The disconnect continues between paper pricing and the predicted glut in global balances,” said Keshav Lohiya, founder of consultant Oilytics. “We are back to an oil trading world where flat price is […]

The TDS Is Strong With This One… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a recent segment on his “Uncensored” show, host Piers Morgan engaged in a heated debate with Democrat Jolanda Jones, who laughably attempted to argue that Donald Trump’s 2024 victory lacked a mandate. The exchange, which has since gone viral, serves as a stark illustration of how the left, blinded by Trump Derangement Syndrome, struggle to […]

Homeland Security: Arrests At Southern Border Hit 55-Year Low Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, The 2025 fiscal year had the lowest number of arrests of illegal immigrants made on the U.S. southern border in 55 years, according to the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). “We have had the most secure border in American history, and our end-of-year numbers prove it,” Homeland […]

Signal, AfD Slam EU Chat Control As End Of Privacy In Europe Via Remix News, After Germany dropped its long-standing opposition to EU chat control, leading encrypted messenger Signal issued a dire warning about privacy in Europe, with the post going viral. However, now European parties such as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) have joined in the criticism, with the party warning just before the EU Council vote that so-called […]