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Retired four-star General Jack Keane warns Iran’s attacks on Saudi Arabia could trigger major combat operations, as President Donald Trump weighs his response amid rising regional tensions.
“I don’t want to abolish prisons because I want my opponent locked up!” Unserious idiocy. — Citizen Greg Hughes (@CitizenHughes) October 14, 2026
Even Fox News can’t hide their skepticism of the Trump effect ahead of crucial midterms. Republicans are completely UNDERWATER on foreign policy, gas prices, and inflation, with Democrats holding significant leads on all three areas. Trump’s approval rating has plunged to a RECORD LOW 36%, with a staggering 64% DISAPPROVAL and support actively shrinking inside … Read more
Security data released today show at least 10 vessels attacked in or near the Strait of Hormuz since Sunday, the highest single-day totals since the US-Israel-Iran war began. Four were hit Tuesday and six on Sunday. The Singapore-flagged container ship GFS Pride sank after being struck; all 21 crew were rescued. A second vessel, Cape … Read more
During his interview on Al Mayadeen’s The Grand Standoff: Iran and the World program, former intelligence analyst Ray McGovern argued that the United States is facing mounting limits to its military and political power, pointing to its past failed attempt to subdue Yemen and the departure of US vessels from the Red Sea. McGovern described … Read more
This morning the roof of a private school, Al-Khair Education Center in Dir Colony, Peshawar, collapsed onto classrooms below. Rescue workers pulled children from the rubble. Lady Reading Hospital reported at least 27–32 students (mostly under 13) and one female teacher dead, with dozens injured, some critically. The death toll was expected to rise. Police … Read more
Wednesday’s September CPI print (3.7 percent year-over-year, core hotter than expected) sent the S&P down 1.11 percent and the Nasdaq down 1.88 percent, the worst day since July, as October rate-hike odds jumped. On 15 October the selling continued in AI and semiconductor names. Nasdaq futures were down more than 1 percent. CoreWeave fell further … Read more
Demonstrations by lycée students began around 18 September in the Paris suburb of Créteil over missing teachers, overcrowded classes, rundown buildings and the Parcoursup admissions system. The action spread nationwide, with school blockades, marches and clashes. By early October unions estimated hundreds of thousands participating; the government put figures lower. Thousands have been arrested, the … Read more
The Flamingo Revolution began in late May against a luxury coastal project linked to Jared Kushner and expanded into broader anti-corruption demands targeting Prime Minister Edi Rama, who won a fourth term in May. On 13 October student protesters over university conditions, costs and job prospects gathered outside the Education Ministry in Tirana, joined the … Read more
Wall Street Journal reports in late September and early October detailed Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle promoting a Greek construction firm, accepting gifts, and texting Trump donor Eric Deters in July 2025 to wire $100,000 to clear her American Express bill before her Senate confirmation in exchange for access to administration officials. Deters called it pay-to-play. Guilfoyle’s … Read more
Iran hit at least 24 ships near the Strait of Hormuz in the two weeks through mid-October, the heaviest stretch since the US-Israel-Iran war started on 28 February. Six were struck on 12 October alone. On 13–14 October projectiles sank the Singapore-flagged container ship GFS Pride (21 crew evacuated, no injuries; IRGC said it hit … Read more
More than 300,000 public sector workers walked out for 24 hours. Teachers, nurses, doctors, civil servants. Most schools closed. Thousands of hospital appointments canceled. Courts and Leinster House shut. Pay talks stalled after the last deal expired in June. Unions reject the government’s €1.2 billion offer. Another strike set for October 21. Minister Jack Chambers … Read more
by Michael The war in the Middle East has been essentially put on pause until the midterm elections in the United States are over, but once we get to that point Iran is expecting the fighting to go to an entirely new level. So Iran is using this temporary lull in the action to get … Read more
https://t.co/jCuOG5roGx — Common Sense Investor (CSI) (@commonsenseplay) October 14, 2026 Should we believe them? Citadel JUST announced:“We believe systematic buyers are getting ready to load up on stocks again after a massive unwind.” But remember what Ken Griffin (Citadel CEO) said about AI: “Of course it’s hype. How on earth are you going to get … Read more
Pew put Trump at 30 percent approval, 68 percent disapproval. Matches the low of his first term. Among his own 2024 voters it is down to 67 percent. Reuters/Ipsos showed 32 percent, a career low in that tracker. Only 17 percent approved of his handling of the cost of living. Other polls put him in … Read more
Amazing. Back to pre CPI. Hats off to all you rates traders out there. pic.twitter.com/MeMXsZXwAg — Anna Wong (@AnnaEconomist) October 14, 2026 Fed should not hike because inflation is above 2% target. Fed should hike if the economy is running hot. Right now – there is no evidence anywhere suggesting the economy is running hot! … Read more
Trump: "Our country is making more money than it has ever made because of the fact that oil is so high" pic.twitter.com/0dMgdVx3wI — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 14, 2026
BREAKING: Iran announces a large UAE-owned container ship carrying more than 2,500 containers hit a naval mine, exploded and sank this morning in the US-backed southern Omani corridor of the Strait of Hormuz. It is the first vessel sunk by a mine in the war. Initial reports… pic.twitter.com/DB5uolTbhW — The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) October 14, … Read more
Ad spending for the 2026 midterms has crossed $10 billion and is on track for a record, with AdImpact projecting around $11.6 billion by Election Day—more than the entire 2024 presidential cycle. Senate races alone are drawing billions, and outside groups are pouring money into battlegrounds. Republicans are outspending Democrats in many Senate contests but … Read more
CBS News reports that police in Germany have seized a humanoid robot after it allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl in an indecent manner and made sexually suggestive gestures toward her. Investigators are trying to determine whether the robot's actions were deliberately… — Donnie Cope (@dcopechatter) October 14, 2026 Berlin — German police have seized a … Read more