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  • Just A Coincidence? Both Trump And Ro Khanna Sold Nvidia Stock Before CEO Scandal Erupted
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 10:40 pm

    Just A Coincidence? Both Trump And Ro Khanna Sold Nvidia Stock Before CEO Scandal Erupted A trust linked to the wife of Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), one of Congress’s most vocal advocates for banning lawmakers from trading stocks, sold Nvidia shares near their peak, weeks before scandal engulfed the company, sending its stock plunging. The scandal also led to Jensen Huang’s ouster as CEO. The sale let the trust avoid a drop of about 26% […]

  • Russia’s Largest Oil Refinery Again Struck, In 8-Hour Drone Attack Wave
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 10:20 pm

    Russia’s Largest Oil Refinery Again Struck, In 8-Hour Drone Attack Wave Ukraine struck Russia’s Omsk oil refinery in its latest long-range drone attack, in at least the third known such attack on the site of the war. Notbaly the Omsk oil refinery is the country’s largest.The drones traveled over 1,800 miles to reach the Siberian refinery, and regional officials say it was subject to eight hours worth of drone waves Wednesday into […]

  • Gun-Grabbers Smell Blood After Democratic Midterm Sweep
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    Gun-Grabbers Smell Blood After Democratic Midterm Sweep Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times,Advocates for stricter gun laws are pushing for new legislation as Democrats are set to take control in Congress and several states after the midterm elections.Groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety, Brady United Against Gun Violence, and Giffords hailed the Democratic wins, with Brady United vowing to “counter the Trump […]

  • Burger Wars Heat Up: Fast-Food Chain Dubbed “100 Times Better” Declares War On McDonald’s With $2 Menu
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    Burger Wars Heat Up: Fast-Food Chain Dubbed “100 Times Better” Declares War On McDonald’s With $2 Menu The fast-food burger wars are heating up as a smaller McDonald’s rival rolls out a new lineup of burgers, fries, and other favorites priced under $2, escalating the battle for cash-strapped Americans squeezed by years of inflation.Checkers & Rally’s has introduced its new “Cha-Ching Menu,” featuring various budget-friendly […]

  • Democratic Senator Says ‘Beauty’ Of Ukraine War Is Paying Ukrainians To Kill Russians
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    Democratic Senator Says ‘Beauty’ Of Ukraine War Is Paying Ukrainians To Kill Russians Authored by Dave DeCamp via Antiwar.com,Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said on Monday that the “beauty” of the nearly five-year-old Russia-Ukraine war is the fact that the US is “paying Ukrainians to kill Russians.” Graves of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war with Russia at a cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine, November 27, 2025. (IMAGO/Andreas Stroh via […]

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  • ‘They Put My Testicles In Bolt Cutters’: White Farmer Details Terrifying Attack In South Africa That Left Wife’s Breasts Scarred
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 8:45 pm

    ‘They Put My Testicles In Bolt Cutters’: White Farmer Details Terrifying Attack In South Africa That Left Wife’s Breasts Scarred A white South African game farmer says three gunmen tortured him and his wife for about three hours at their cottage near Hartbeespoort Dam, cutting around her nipples with a knife and tin snips and clamping his testicles in a bolt cutter, before shoving his own AK-47 into his mouth and pulling the […]

  • NSA Workers Are Committing Suicide At An Alarming Rate
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 8:25 pm

    NSA Workers Are Committing Suicide At An Alarming Rate Authored by José Niño via Headline USA,At least 11 people working for the National Security Agency or U.S. Cyber Command died by suicide during the fiscal year ending in September, according to Bloomberg’s investigation. The findings prompted private congressional and White House inquiries into workforce conditions and mental healthcare.The deaths involved military personnel, […]

  • Hegseth Awards Medal To Soldier Who Reprimanded His Entourage At Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 8:05 pm

    Hegseth Awards Medal To Soldier Who Reprimanded His Entourage At Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier He’s under fire and immense pressure politically from both sides of the aisle related to execution of the Iran war, but this is a stand-up leadership move by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth:Pete Hegseth awarded a medal to a soldier who reprimanded him and his aides for talking and laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National […]

  • Mamdani Hands Nonprofits First Crack At Buying Troubled NYC Apartment Buildings
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 7:50 pm

    Mamdani Hands Nonprofits First Crack At Buying Troubled NYC Apartment Buildings Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness,New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed a law giving nonprofits and community groups the first chance to buy certain apartment buildings before they reach the private market.Mamdani signed the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, known as COPA, on Tuesday. According to a press release from the […]

  • 11 Democrats Skipped The Vote That Buried Hegseth’s ‘Fake’ Impeachment
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 7:35 pm

    11 Democrats Skipped The Vote That Buried Hegseth’s ‘Fake’ Impeachment Republicans buried Rep. Thomas Massie’s impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by seven votes on Tuesday, and 11 House Democrats who could have stopped them never cast a vote. Three of them were at an AIPAC-linked fundraiser with defense lobbyists.  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, […]

  • “Counted Every Single Bar”: Tether Gold Gets Clean KPMG Audit Confirming $2.2B In Physical Gold
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 7:20 pm

    “Counted Every Single Bar”: Tether Gold Gets Clean KPMG Audit Confirming $2.2B In Physical Gold Via Decrypt,Tether’s gold-backed stablecoin, Tether Gold (XAUT), has completed its first full audit by KPMG, which found the token fully backed by physical gold, the company announced on Thursday.KPMG issued an unqualified opinion on the financial statements of TG Commodities, which issues XAUT, for the year ended December 31, 2025. An […]

  • Microsoft Hit By Massive Outage, Scrambles To Reroute Traffic Worldwide
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 7:19 pm

    Microsoft Hit By Massive Outage, Scrambles To Reroute Traffic Worldwide Microsoft 365 Status reports that users are experiencing disruptions and/or outages when accessing Exchange Online mailboxes and other products across the Americas.We’re investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americas. More details can be found in the Microsoft 365 admin […]

  • Massie’s Last Stand: Epstein Files Petition Hits 218 – And Doesn’t Need Speaker Signoff
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 6:50 pm

    Massie’s Last Stand: Epstein Files Petition Hits 218 – And Doesn’t Need Speaker Signoff Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) discharge petition for a second Epstein files bill reached 218 signatures on Wednesday morning, less than two months before he leaves Congress – enough to force a House vote on legislation that would let Epstein’s victims, state prosecutors and members of Congress sue the Justice Department over records it is still […]

  • Yields Hit Session High After Ugly, Tailing 30Y Auction
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 6:22 pm

    Yields Hit Session High After Ugly, Tailing 30Y Auction Amid the now daily firehose of news, the US Treasury managed to sneak in an auction of $25 billion in 30Y paper, and while not as ugly as Tuesday’s terrible 10Y auction, today’s auction was not pretty… at all.Stopping at a high yield of 5.441T%, the yield dipped from last month’s 5.618% largely thanks to the uniform drop across the yield curve following the recent turmoil in […]

  • Newsom’s Napa Vineyard Manager Has A Long History Of Hiring Illegals: Investigation
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 6:20 pm

    Newsom’s Napa Vineyard Manager Has A Long History Of Hiring Illegals: Investigation Authored by Christopher F. Rufo, Ryan Thorpe, and Kenneth Schrupp via City Journal,It’s 5 a.m. in Napa Valley and the field workers have been picking grapes for an hour. Floodlights illuminate the pitch darkness, bringing to life the vines running up and down the sloping hillside. Off in the distance, a tractor rumbles, pulling a small trailer filled […]

  • Zelensky Complains About Starshield “Disruptions” (Again)
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 6:05 pm

    Zelensky Complains About Starshield “Disruptions” (Again) The Ukrainians are back to complaining about “significant disruptions” to Starshield, the military version of Elon Musk’s Starlink, which provides satellite internet connectivity for consumer and commercial use. “Unfortunately, our units have been recording significant disruptions to Starshield’s operations over the territory of Ukraine for several days now – along the […]

  • Dems Eye Bypassing The Electoral College After Swing-State Sweep
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 5:50 pm

    Dems Eye Bypassing The Electoral College After Swing-State Sweep Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times,With Democrats soon to be in full control of Congress following the Nov. 3 elections, Pennsylvania’s governor and Wisconsin’s governor-elect say they support electing the U.S. president by national popular vote and will talk with lawmakers about how to get there.One option is a multistate compact. The National Popular Vote […]

  • BofA Downgrades Victoria’s Secret After “Brand Turnaround Has Played Out”
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 5:30 pm

    BofA Downgrades Victoria’s Secret After “Brand Turnaround Has Played Out” Victoria’s Secret shares dropped the most in two months in the cash session after Bank of America analysts downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral, warning clients earlier this morning of “limited EPS upside from here.””With the stock up meaningfully YTD, our thesis of upward estimate revisions driven by the brand turnaround has played out, and we are […]

  • San Diego State Now Offers A RuPaul’s Drag Race Course To Study “Queens Of Color”
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 5:15 pm

    San Diego State Now Offers A RuPaul’s Drag Race Course To Study “Queens Of Color” Authored by Veronica Webber via The College Fix,San Diego State University currently offers a course in which students will examine “race, gender, sexuality, class, nation, and trans/nonbinary politics” in a drag-race competition show.In “RuPaul’s Drag Race – Media, Markets, and Power,” students will analyze “the framing and reception of queens of […]

  • WTI Dips After Across The Board Inventory Builds, Big SPR Drain, & Record US Production
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 5:05 pm

    WTI Dips After Across The Board Inventory Builds, Big SPR Drain, & Record US Production Oil prices are higher again this morning after President Donald Trump nixed the idea of an eventual deal with Iran.”We don’t need a deal with Iran,” Trump wrote in a social media post. “Those days have long since passed.”The U.S. and Iran had reportedly been in on-again, off-again negotiations over the issue reopening the strait. So far, […]

  • Judge Denies Alaska Democratic US ​Senate Candidate’s Request For Ballot Data
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 4:55 pm

    Judge Denies Alaska Democratic US ​Senate Candidate’s Request For Ballot Data Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,A judge on Nov. 11 denied a request from the Democrat running for a U.S. Senate seat representing Alaska.Alaska Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews turned down a lawsuit from Mary Peltola’s campaign that demanded immediate access to records identifying people whose absentee ballots the Alaska Division of […]

  • Preserve All Evidence: With Huang Out At Nvidia, Democrats Want Every Record Of His Calls With Trump
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 4:40 pm

    Preserve All Evidence: With Huang Out At Nvidia, Democrats Want Every Record Of His Calls With Trump Hours before Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia’s CEO on Thursday, two senior Senate Democrats told the Trump administration to preserve every record of its dealings with him, from his calls with President Trump to a Commerce Department probe of the chip buyer whose executive, a suspected Chinese spy, he has acknowledged a relationship […]

  • Yttrium’s 125-Fold Price Gap Looms Over Trump-Xi Talks In Shenzhen
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 4:25 pm

    Yttrium’s 125-Fold Price Gap Looms Over Trump-Xi Talks In Shenzhen Authored by Michael Kern via OilPrice,China extended its pause on the October 2025 rare earth export controls to Jan. 10, but the April 2025 licensing rules that cover yttrium were never part of the pause.Argus prices yttrium about 125 times higher in Europe than in China, and Chinese customs data show yttrium oxide shipments to Japan fell to 4,000 kg in September […]

  • Crude Spikes As Trump Declares ‘We Don’t Need A Deal’ With Iran
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 4:20 pm

    Crude Spikes As Trump Declares ‘We Don’t Need A Deal’ With Iran President Trump has begun his Thursday morning with statements saying that the United States no longer sees a need to negotiate a diplomatic agreement with Iran. “We don’t need a deal with Iran,” the president stated, saying further: “Those days have long since passed.”He argued that Washington already holds decisive leverage, pointing to hundreds of billions of […]

  • “Stuff You See In The Movies”: Democrat-Elect Goes Rogue, Reveals Shocking Threats From Party Leaders To Fall In Line
    by Tyler Durden on November 12, 2026 at 4:10 pm

    “Stuff You See In The Movies”: Democrat-Elect Goes Rogue, Reveals Shocking Threats From Party Leaders To Fall In Line An incoming Democrat congressman is exposing the ugly consequences that he says party insiders warned him he could face if he refuses to fall in line behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).Rep.-elect Don Leonard (D-OH) said on Wednesday that senior Democrats warned him he could lose committee […]

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