The resurfacing of bigoted blog posts by the president of Media Matters, featuring inflammatory language targeting various groups, adds fuel to the ongoing feud with Elon Musk. Legal experts suggest Musk may have a strong case against Media Matters, with some asserting that bankrupting the organization could be a significant victory for free speech. 

Note the denial, meaning there is a problem….

A new malware campaign targeting Apple products tricks users into downloading a 'browser update' which actually contains a 'one hit smash-and-grab' virus.

Cybercriminals are even creating malicious ads on Google which impersonate familiar and legitimate tech brands to lure in potential targets.

Once you have entered the website, fake pop-ups will prompt you to download a browser update to view the site.

Worryingly, the fake prompts are extremely convincing, and even a savvy user could be tricked if they don't know what to look for.

The rise of Geert Wilders and the anti-immigration PVV party in the Netherlands, securing 35 seats and becoming the largest party, sends a powerful message about the growing influence of nationalist sentiments.

Russia is a superpower nation military speaking.

And China agrees with Russia.

 Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office is launching an investigation of the media watchdog group Media Matters for America in connection with its actions in creating a hit piece on X owner and tech billionaire Elon Musk.

 When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that universities can no longer consider race as a factor when making their admissions decisions, the idea that getting into college would be based on merit was good news for some students but bad news for others.

I can’t help but realize that no actor was canceled for supporting BLM, even though it was a hoax.

Actors are now being canceled for supporting Palestine, despite the fact that we can all look at the news and see that thousands of babies are being slaughtered by the IDF.

The alarming incidents of multiple stabbings involving young school children in Dublin City Center have shaken the community. Witnesses describe a foreign man entering the school and attacking five children.

 A former Democrat Maryland mayor who described Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as his “mentor” was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday for possessing and distributing child sex abuse material.

 The threat of a terrorist attack in New York State is reportedly increasing as a “direct result” of Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israel last month when the Islamic terror group murdered 1,200 Israelis and injured thousands more.

 A large explosion was reported on Wednesday at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls at the U.S.-Canada border, which comes as federal law enforcement officials have warned of increased terrorist threats to the U.S.

 President Joe Biden continues his slump of poor polling as his top rival Donald Trump creates more separation in both Republican primary and general election surveys. 

The current VIX level of 13 reflects a hesitancy among investors to take a bearish stance on the prominent Big 7 stocks. Global corporate buybacks, on a downward trajectory since 2019 despite heightened volatility in inflation and interest rates, may indicate a erosion of savings.

 California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) implied this week that the inflation pains Americans are feeling this Thanksgiving are simply a lie pushed by conservatives.

 New Jersey officials announced Tuesday that the state would be joining a growing list of Democrat-led states slated to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.

 New state abortion bans are resulting in tens of thousands more babies being born per year, a new analysis of the data shows.

 Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) will not be investigated by the House Ethics Committee for pulling a fire alarm in a House office building ahead of a government spending vote at the end of September when there was not an emergency.

As investor purchases in the housing market plummet at an unprecedented rate, dropping 29.7% year over year to 48,667 in Q3 2023—the lowest third-quarter level since 2016—the broader US real estate landscape faces a significant slowdown.

Investors are withdrawing money from sustainable funds as the ESG enthusiasm of the past few years is waning amid high interest rates, poor returns, plunging renewable energy stocks, tightened SEC rules, and political backlash.

So this is why the push to get those forced out to come back?

Since August 2021, up to 100,000 or more members of the Armed Services were wrongfully discharged, kicked off active-duty, forced into early retirement, involuntarily transferred to the inactive ready reserve, or were denied pay or retirement benefits due to Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) COVID-19 vaccine mandate and refusing to take unlicensed, experimental vaccines.

Ever since its maiden flight almost 17 years ago, the US F-35 – an aircraft with a staggering per-plane cost of $70-$90 million – has been plagued by a long list of technical bugs affecting both hardware and software. The latest upgrade to the jet is again proving a challenge for defense giant Lockheed Martin.

The Pentagon has reportedly been scrambling to fix embarrassing delivery setbacks of its beleaguered F-35s due to upgrades hindered by software problems.

The US Defense Department is currently being forced to consider uploading "interim versions" of the Tech Refresh 3 (TR-3) software into the latest F-35s, reported a military outlet. The debut flight of an upgraded F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is said to have been carried out last week with an incomplete version of the software installed. The flight took place at the manufacturer Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, facility.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-abdollahian warned Wednesday that the threat of the Gaza war spreading would grow unless a truce between Israel and Hamas lasts, in an interview as he visited Beirut.

“If this ceasefire starts tomorrow, if it does not continue... the conditions in the region will not remain the same as before the ceasefire and the scope of the war will expand,” Amir-Abdollahian told the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen television channel, according to Iran’s Fars news agency.

“We do not seek to expand the scope of the war,” he added. “If the intensity of the war increases, every possibility is conceivable for the expansion of the scope of the war.”