Hate Crime Charge After Subway Rider Called “White Boy”, Then Brutally Attacked On L Train A young woman is facing hate crime charges after allegedly assaulting a fellow passenger in a violent, unprovoked attack on a Manhattan subway train, according to the NY Post. The incident unfolded around 2:10 a.m. Sunday aboard a southbound L train at the 1st Avenue and East 14th Street station. Authorities said Genesis Gittens — who had […]

Game-Changer? Are Meta And Zuckerberg Ready To Fight For Free Speech Authored by Jonathan Turley, I created a Facebook account recently. No one was more surprised than myself. From my book, “The Indispensable Right,” to my past columns, I have been one of the most vocal critics of Facebook and Meta regarding their free speech policies. From their expansive censorship record to their failure to disclose details on […]

Wall Street Reacts To Powell’s “Risk-Management” Rate Cut As Powell begins his presser, Wall Street’s kneejerk comments start coming in to what the Fed Chair just characterized as a “risk management” rate cut… similar to the rate cut he announced exactly one year ago, only that one was 50bps not 25bps (wonder why). As expected, Powell is getting a hard time from reporters who have spotted inconsistencies in the decision and […]

Watch Live: Will Fed Chair Powell Push Back Against The Dovish Dots? Having delivered the 25bps rate-cut that President Trump had been hoping for, Fed Chair Powell is now facing the gauntlet of a press conference with one governor who has been fired (or not) and another member fresh from The White House.  Will Powell push back against the relatively dovish tone? Aside from the drama, the big question is – will Powell offer a […]

Fed Cuts Rates By 25bps; Powell ‘Bends The Knee’, Signals Dovish Path Ahead Tl;dr: Nine months after it last adjusted rates, The Fed finally bent the knee this afternoon and cut rates by 25bps (as fully priced in by the market). Only once since it started publishing its target rate in the 1970s had The Fed waited longer. That was 2001-2002 when, unlike now, it was a bear-market low, consumer spending was weak, and inflation was […]

US Regulators Investigate Tesla Door Handles After Complaints Of Entrapment In what could be a gentle reminder to Elon Musk that President Trump is still the boss, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into Tesla’s electric door handles, focusing on 2021 Model Y vehicles, according to Bloomberg. Regulators say they are examining whether doors become inoperative after low-voltage […]

Discord Scrutinized In Kirk Assassination, Used By Canadian Far-Left Networks To Circulate Political Target Files, Lawyer Says Submitted by The Bureau’s Sam Cooper, Discord, the communications platform now under scrutiny as U.S. investigators examine chat room messages involving the alleged assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is also being used by left-wing Antifa-aligned networks in Canada to organize and share […]

EU Proposes Freezing Israel Trade Pact As Smotrich Declares Gaza ‘Real Estate Bonanza’ On Wednesday the European Commission presented a proposal for new tariffs and sanctions aimed at pressuring Israel to quickly end its military operations in Gaza, in addition to sanctions measures on two Israeli ministers known for their fiery anti-Palestinian rhetoric. “The horrific events taking place in Gaza on a daily basis must stop,” EU […]

Goldman: Four Questions Investors Are Asking About Walmart  At the start of September, Goldman hosted its 32nd annual Global Retailing Conference, followed by last week’s technology forum. It’s been a packed first half of the month for Goldman analysts, who have been busy digesting comments from corporate executives and sharing key takeaways with clients on how business leaders see the evolving world.  On Monday, Goldman Sachs […]

Dr Strangecurve By Michael Every of Rabobank As Christian Lawrence notes in ‘Under Pressure’, we expect a 25bps rate cut today. However, as the Wall Street Journal puts it, this is “the strangest Fed meeting in years” as “Consequential and contentious debates over the path ahead on rates are playing out under the glare of extraordinary political drama.” Indeed, to project dots, might future Fed meetings look like The […]

General Mills Beats On Profit, Reaffirms Outlook Amid Sluggish Sales And At-Home Dining Trend General Mills reported first-quarter earnings that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations, driven by a divestiture gain, despite slower sales. The maker of Cheerios and Blue Buffalo reaffirmed its full-year outlook, cautioning that EPS will remain under pressure as it invests to reignite volume-driven organic net sales growth. Notably, GIS […]

WTI Extends Gains AFter Biggest Crude Build In 3 Months Oil prices leaked lower overnight after a three-day advance as traders assess the fallout from Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure and a Federal Reserve interest rate decision later Wednesday. WTI was trading around  $64.50 a barrel after gaining 3.2% in the previous three sessions. Ukraine attacked the Saratov refinery in its latest strike on Russian energy […]

Bank Of Canada Resumes Rate Cuts After 6 Month Pause The Bank of Canada cuts rates by 25bp to 2.50%, as expected. This was the 8th consecutive rate cut since the easing cycle started one year ago, and took place after the bank paused following its last rate cut in March, 6 months ago. Governor Tiff Macklem said that while “considerable uncertainty remains”, there was a “clear consensus” within the committee for the first rate cut […]

Lyft Shares Rise Above Multi-Year Trading Range On Waymo Nashville Partnership  News of a new partnership in the robotaxi industry just hit the wires: Lyft and Waymo are joining forces to expand autonomous ride-hailing in Nashville starting in 2026. Lyft shares jumped in New York on the news. Waymo, a private subsidiary of Alphabet, will supply the autonomous vehicles to operate on Lyft’s Flexdrive fleet management platform, which […]

UK, US Sign $42 Billion Tech Deal To Boost AI Partnership Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The United Kingdom and the United States struck a technology pact on Sept. 16 that would bring $42 billion in investments from U.S. tech giants into the UK’s AI infrastructure. The deal was reached as President Donald Trump arrived in the UK for a two-day state visit, during which he is expected to meet King Charles and […]

The Fuse Of History Is Lit Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Earlier this month a British academic named Michael Rainsborough wrote an insightful essay on the United Kingdom’s descent towards civil war.  Once the head of the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, Rainsborough was dismissed from his post for committing a series of “thought crimes.”  His final offense came in the form of a […]

US Housing Starts & Building Permits Plunged In August, But… With homebuilder sentiment hovering near COVID lockdown lows (at 13-year lows), it is perhaps not surprising that this morning’s Housing Starts and Building Permits data is such a shitshow. US Housing Starts tumbled 8.5% MoM (worse than the 4.4% MoM decline expected) US Building Permits plunged 3.7% MoM (worse than the 0.6% MoM rise expected) That is the […]

Interpreting Zelensky’s Shifting Goalposts For Victory Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, He finally accepts the impossibility of restoring Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders… Zelensky recently told ABC News that “Victory, to my mind, Putin’s goal is to occupy Ukraine, this is to destroy us, occupy, and did he occupy it?…He didn’t occupy us, we win, and I think so, because we have our country.” This is a far cry from […]

Futures Flat Ahead Of Royal FOMC Rumble US equity futures are flat into today’s Fed decision, with the long end of the yield curve moving lower. As of 8:10am ET, S&P and Nasdaq futures are down 0.1%, with Nvidia lower in premarket trading after the FT reported that China has ordered some companies to terminate orders for a certain type of AI chip (AMD -1%, AVGO flat). Other Mag7 names are flat. Cyclicals are under pressure. […]

Kid Rock Blasts Mainstream Media As ‘Public Enemy Number One’ Following Kirk Assassination Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Musician and outspoken conservative Kid Rock has labelled the mainstream media as “public enemy number one” in the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s shocking murder… In an interview with Fox News’ Jesse Watters, Rock argued that inflammatory rhetoric from outlets like […]

China Tech Hits Four-Year High, Fueled By “Re-accelerating AI Spend & Product Rollouts”  In recent weeks, our market technicians at The Market Ear desk posed an important question: Are Chinese technology stocks about to blast off after years in the gutter?  Let’s take a step back to mid-August. We had already flagged for Pro Subs that China’s Shanghai Composite was “on the verge of a historic breakout.” Fast forward to […]

Tyler Robinson Charged In Kirk Assassination, Urged Trans Boyfriend to “Stay Silent” Utah prosecutors filed seven charges on Tuesday against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson in the political assassination of conservative thought leader Charlie Kirk nearly one week ago. They’re seeking the death penalty.  The charges include aggravated murder, discharge of a firearm, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering. Prosecutors said […]

Beijing Bans Alibaba, ByteDance From Buying Nvidia’s Custom AI Chip China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) has barred Alibaba, ByteDance, and other tech firms from purchasing Nvidia’s AI chips, including the RTX Pro 6000D custom-built for the Chinese market. The timing underscores the ongoing Sino-US trade spat and tech showdown, as President Trump pushes to force a sale of China-associated TikTok to a U.S. company. Later this […]

Arabica Coffee Prices Soar As Analyst Warns Of “Weather Disasters” Risk Denting Global Production Arabica coffee futures have soared over the past six weeks, reaching their highest level since February as traders closely monitor tightening supplies, adverse weather conditions in Brazil and other top growers, and uncertainty surrounding upcoming harvests, which has fueled a short squeeze. Arabica, the premium bean used by […]

The Rise Of Neo-Feudalism: Germany’s Conservatives Bow To Socialist Wealth Taxes Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In Germany, a heated debate has erupted over the taxation of inheritances and wealth—and the Union (CDU/CSU) isn’t even attempting to curb these anti-civilizational trends. In fact, it has become part of the problem. Unassuming, loyal voters of the Union parties are rubbing their eyes in disbelief these weeks. Faced with […]