Battle Fatigued,
Trilateral peace talks with Russia, Ukraine and the US should start up in 3-4 weeks, after Israeli and US midterm elections, and likely another concerted attack on Iran, and after Russia pounds the electrical, transportation, fuel, military and storage infrastructure of Ukraine for another month, ahead of winter. Ukrainians are fleeing their cities to take refuge in EU countries. Russian advances on the ground are accellerating in both the north and the south of Ukraine.
EU countries face a winter of heating and electrical generation fuel shortages, and potentially crippling diesel shortages, which will depend upon developments in both current wars. European countries are already subject to rioting and higher interest rates on bonded debt as all of their costs rise and real economies shrivel from high fuel and feedstock expenses and low availability.
Richard Cook (excerpt) Monetary Reform for the 2028 Election: Monetary Wars Begin in the US: 1795-1832. Part 1.4
Fortunately for the nation, President John Adams, nominally a Federalist but also an ardent patriot and distrustful of banks and debt, made peace with Napoleon after a period of naval skirmishes called the “Quasi-War,” so that Hamilton’s desired war against France never took place.
Instead, a dozen years later, Jefferson’s successor, President James Madison, fought a short but violent conflict with Great Britain that ended with the Capitol and White House being burnt by British troops but also with General Andrew Jackson’s stunning victory over British regulars at New Orleans after the peace treaty had already been signed on the basis of status quo ante bellum.
The War of 1812 also saw the last attempt by the U.S. to conquer Canada at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane. The U.S. had previously failed to take over Canada during the Revolutionary War. From now on, the U.S. would be sharing North America with an aggressive Great Britain growing in power. The head of the Canadian state was, and would remain until today, the British monarch.
Returning to Thomas Jefferson’s electoral victory in 1800, Hamilton said what he had always believed: that the Constitution was a “frail and worthless fabric.” (Age of Jackson,p. 15) Jefferson’s fiscal policy, implemented by Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin (served 1801-1814), was to slash government expenditures, reduce reliance on the financiers who ran the First Bank, and diminish the Bank’s role in the growing US. economy.
Jefferson and Gallatin cut military spending nearly in half, eliminated excise taxes, and abolished “unnecessary offices.” The resulting budget surplus, combined with tariff revenues from a growing economy, was directed at paying down the federal debt. The Jeffersonians also understood that the federal government didn’t need to borrow money to spend on promoting manufactures, because the expanding private sector was doing that on its own.
Rather than continuing to run up the debt to ensure support of the government by the financial elite, the Jeffersonians did the opposite. Countering Hamilton, they saw the financial aristocracy, whose wealth lay in pieces of paper of artificially inflated worth, as the greatest threat possible to both agricultural and, as time went on, manufacturing value derived from honest skilled labor. They also understood that the best way to defeat the Money Power was to make peace, not war.
The Money Power always viewed war as their pathway to control, and continue to do so today. “Endless war” might well be their motto, with any competing power subject to attack under whatever pretext is convenient. https://www.globalresearch.ca/monetary-reform-2028-election-monetary-wars-begin-us-1795-1832-part-1-4/5944123
The Super-Entity That Owns the World , An analysis by Eric Buesing https://michelchossudovsky.substack.com/p/super-entity-owns-world
Voters More Worried About Iran War Than Immigration Or Crime: Polls https://www.zerohedge.com/political/voters-more-worried-about-iran-war-immigration-or-crime-polls
Plurality of active-duty service members oppose Iran war: poll - Veteran-led, progressive advocacy group finds that 49% of people currently serving in the military, veterans, and family members oppose military being used in Operation Epic Fury
Many of the commentators following the epically stupid Iran war, which has revived the Saudi-Ansar Allah conflict, exhibit frustration and gloom at what looks to be a new and potentially culminating round in a disastrous game of chicken. Netanyahu is reportedly amping up Trump to pound Iran again, sooner rather than post-midterms, although we’ll see if those rumors are accurate. But Iran appears to believe them, or at least see danger in not believing them. From the Hormuz Report on Twitter:
BREAKING: Iranian officials now believe a joint U.S.-Israeli attack is imminent and instructing the country’s armed forces to directly activate the decentralized “Mosaic Defense” doctrine, with commanders reportedly receiving extensive lists of U.S. economic and political targets to strike if war erupts, per Fars News.
A senior Iranian security official warned that U.S. political assets and infrastructure in countries participating in the conflict could be directly targeted. The doctrine disperses military command across 31 provincial commands, designed to allow Iran to continue fighting even if its central leadership is attacked. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-iran-believes-attack-imminent-as-netanyahu-reported-to-persuade-trump-to-launch-before-midterms-global-stocks-fall-as-oil-price-increases-continue.html
Vance Blindsided By Grieving Military Husband Who Blasts 'Fundamental Failures' Of Iran War https://www.zerohedge.com/military/vance-blindsided-grieving-military-husband-who-blasts-fundamental-failures-iran-war
Plurality of active-duty service members oppose Iran war: poll - Veteran-led, progressive advocacy group finds that 49% of people currently serving in the military, veterans, and family members oppose military being used in Operation Epic Fury
Though Republicans surveyed in the poll backed Operation Epic Fury at a rate of 77% to 16%, overwhelming opposition among Democrats and independents left respondents opposed to the war overall, 49% to 44%. Veterans were by far the most supportive of the ongoing conflict, with 53% in support and 44% opposing, while active-duty service members opposed it by a 16-point margin and military families by 38 points. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/military-poll-iran-war/
Naked Capitalism, Iran War: Iran Believes Attack Imminent as Netanyahu Reported to Persuade Trump to Launch Before Midterms
BREAKING: Iranian officials now believe a joint U.S.-Israeli attack is imminent and instructing the country’s armed forces to directly activate the decentralized “Mosaic Defense” doctrine, with commanders reportedly receiving extensive lists of U.S. economic and political targets to strike if war erupts, per Fars News.
A senior Iranian security official warned that U.S. political assets and infrastructure in countries participating in the conflict could be directly targeted. The doctrine disperses military command across 31 provincial commands, designed to allow Iran to continue fighting even if its central leadership is attacked. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/iran-war-iran-believes-attack-imminent-as-netanyahu-reported-to-persuade-trump-to-launch-before-midterms-global-stocks-fall-as-oil-price-increases-continue.html
US evacuating Middle East bases as Trump weighs new Iran strikes – NBC
The Pentagon and State Department reportedly made similar preparations before launching the war against Iran in February https://web.archive.org/web/20261022040355/https://rt-english.com/news/647505-us-relocating-troops-diplomats/
The present actions of the U.S. President and the response of his Russian counterpart must be set against what happened in the opening weeks of Trump’s second term, when he briefly suspended provision of U.S. intelligence to Kiev and otherwise showed a predisposition strongly favoring Russia over Ukraine...
The Pentagon and State Department reportedly made similar preparations before launching the war against Iran in February https://web.archive.org/web/20261022040355/https://rt-english.com/news/647505-us-relocating-troops-diplomats/
Gilbert Doctorow on the Ukraine War, The war’s end game explained
..Vladimir Putin was not listening then. He continued his war of attrition, his gently, gently approach to conduct of the war. And that remained the Russian course until six weeks before the Duma elections when, for a variety of reasons, the Kremlin leadership changed course to massive destruction of Ukraine, to beat them into submission by missile and drone attacks that are rendering Kiev and other Ukrainian cities uninhabitable and forcing the urban population to flee the country.
On the one hand, the Kremlin saw that it was heading for electoral defeat if it did not respons to the broadly popular demands to end the war here and now by destroying Ukraine. On the other hand, serious damage to 40% of Russia’s refining capacity and broader infrastructure destruction from drones supplied by Britain and other Western countries and launched from Ukraine, was no longer tolerable and had to be stopped at all costs.
The results of the Russian daily attacks are there now to see: multi-kilometer long lines of cars at the Western frontiers of Ukraine seeking passage into Western Europe, where their arrival will strengthen the hand of the Rightist, anti-immigrant and pro-Russian parties, causing political mayhem and weakening EU resolve to continue aiding Ukraine. On the one hand, the Kremlin saw that it was heading for electoral defeat if it did not respons to the broadly popular demands to end the war here and now by destroying Ukraine. On the other hand, serious damage to 40% of Russia’s refining capacity and broader infrastructure destruction from drones supplied by Britain and other Western countries and launched from Ukraine, was no longer tolerable and had to be stopped at all costs.
Donald Trump’s ‘deal’ with Vladimir Putin over diesel fuel has been widely misunderstood. Yes, the price of diesel dropped by 5% yesterday in response to news that Moscow is now sending a couple of tankers of diesel to the USA today. But Trump knows full well that the Russian deal will not change the electoral trends against him for the upcoming midterms. The sense in the deal was to give positive proof to Putin that there is a broad rapprochement coming. It was to embarrass the EU over its pigheaded refusal to reconsider its ban on Russian hydrocarbons.
Trump has possibly understood that in the midterm elections he will lose control of one and possibly two houses of Congress. But even if the worst case he still has until January 1st to exercise his powers over foreign policy and to change the world order in the direction he seeks, which means an accommodation with Russia and China hammered out in a Yalta-2 arrangement.. The forthcoming meeting of all 3 leaders in China may be the opportunity to do that, And in the meantime he will continue to apply maximum pressure on Kiev to kneel, kiss the ring and sign a peace that will be largely favorable to Russia. https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/the-wars-end-game-explained
Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-10-23
Two big changes. Renewed US-Israeli strikes on Iran now have a timeline: NYT reports a target list for after the midterms, and Drop Site reports a third carrier group heading in. Meanwhile, Houthi missiles reached Riyadh and the Red Sea end of Saudi Arabia's Hormuz bypass, and Aramco sent its Dhahran HQ staff home. The AI selloff hit the whole index (Nasdaq 100 -2.9%, SOX -5.8%), Treasuries finally worked as a hedge, and France now borrows above the US; Russia-Ukraine talks slip to mid-November and metals are still being sold.
Iran: strike plans move from rumour to target list: NYT: the US and Israel have drawn up plans for renewed strikes after the midterms. Likely targets are energy infrastructure, nuclear facilities and missile and drone stocks (zerohedge, YuriPodolyaka)
Some US planners think an "intensive three-day campaign" could change Tehran's position. That is eight months into what was sold as a four-to-five-week war (glcarlstrom)
Trump: the US is "not negotiating" and "something" will happen "fairly soon"...
Some US planners think an "intensive three-day campaign" could change Tehran's position. That is eight months into what was sold as a four-to-five-week war (glcarlstrom)
Trump: the US is "not negotiating" and "something" will happen "fairly soon"...
..Tehran's reply, per WSJ: if the air campaign restarts, it will hit airports, pipelines and other civilian targets in Gulf states, not only US bases and warships (WSJ)...
..US bases: leaked images show damage the Pentagon hasn't acknowledged - MeidasTouch/VALOR photos from bases in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain show destroyed barracks and dining halls. At Prince Sultan, one strike damaged an AWACS and two KC-135s and reportedly injured 10-12 (TheApeOfGoldST, clashreport) Muwaffaq Salti, Jordan: a ballistic missile got past interceptors and hit barracks on July 17, killing three. Troops say they heard the wounded calling from inside the flames (TheApeOfGoldST)...
..Hormuz: IRGC hits ship-to-ship transfers and threatens US bases over escorts - The IRGC says it hit 4 "violating ships" transferring oil ship-to-ship in the northern Gulf, and 3 more hit mines in the western Strait (MenchOsint). Videos show the strikes; UKMTO reported nothing (MenchOsint, BrettErickson28)
The IRGC calls it a "serious warning": US bases become targets if Washington keeps escorting ships through the Omani route (BrettErickson28)
Trump says Iran is "making up fake" attacks (zerohedge)
Bahrain: families say the Pentagon blocked an evacuation because it would "look bad at home", and then the airport was hit. Some paid tens of thousands to get out on their own (clashreport) Sources say they were threatened with disciplinary action for sharing...
The IRGC calls it a "serious warning": US bases become targets if Washington keeps escorting ships through the Omani route (BrettErickson28)
Trump says Iran is "making up fake" attacks (zerohedge)
Bahrain: families say the Pentagon blocked an evacuation because it would "look bad at home", and then the airport was hit. Some paid tens of thousands to get out on their own (clashreport) Sources say they were threatened with disciplinary action for sharing...
..Iran-US: a third carrier group reportedly inbound, Russian Il-76s at Bushehr, and Kushner's phone leaks - Military build-up
Drop Site: the USS Theodore Roosevelt group and the 13th MEU (~10,000 personnel) are moving from Japan to join the Bush and Washington groups in the Arabian Sea. CENTCOM's Gen. Cooper is reportedly pushing for major combat operations, possibly before Israel votes next Tuesday (maxosintintel) Same report: Trump has called off seven major strikes on Iranian or Houthi targets since July. Tehran expects Israel to hit its air defences first, then US strikes on southern Hormuz defences and possibly an island seizure (maxosintintel) Against that: senior Israeli officers see "no reason to strike Iran before US elections" (Ynet) (FirstSquawk)
FT: UN ambassador Waltz admits the US could still be in a stalemate a year from now, and says the blockade of Iranian ports can be held "for the foreseeable future" (MenchOsint)...
..Tehran's posture - Iran has fully activated its "Mosaic Defense" plan: 31 largely independent provincial IRGC commands, each pre-authorised to fire and holding target lists (GeromanAT). GeromanAT says it was never switched off...
FT: UN ambassador Waltz admits the US could still be in a stalemate a year from now, and says the blockade of Iranian ports can be held "for the foreseeable future" (MenchOsint)...
..Tehran's posture - Iran has fully activated its "Mosaic Defense" plan: 31 largely independent provincial IRGC commands, each pre-authorised to fire and holding target lists (GeromanAT). GeromanAT says it was never switched off...
..Netanyahu reportedly told the IDF to "overthrow the Iranian regime" (zerohedge). Haaretz says that with dismal polls he is looking "to Iran for salvation" (haaretzcom)
Russian Il-76s reportedly landed at Bushehr to evacuate Rosatom staff from the nuclear plant, and may be delivering weapons. The last evacuation was February 28, the day the war started (HormuzLetter, Nostre_damus).
Peter Thiel, who still backs Trump: "I think we should not have done it... Maybe we don't have the hard power" (AFpost, MarioNawfal)
Russian Il-76s reportedly landed at Bushehr to evacuate Rosatom staff from the nuclear plant, and may be delivering weapons. The last evacuation was February 28, the day the war started (HormuzLetter, Nostre_damus).
Peter Thiel, who still backs Trump: "I think we should not have done it... Maybe we don't have the hard power" (AFpost, MarioNawfal)
..Kushner's phone - A Vanity Fair excerpt from the book "Princes and Thieves" says Dutch military intelligence got access to a Russian GRU hack of Kushner's iPhone (michaeldweiss)
It alleges a ~$750M UAE account funded through Azerbaijan plus a ~$1B account in Israel, at least $2B in total from MBS and MBZ (BreannaMorello). More than $10B was discussed at first (TheApeOfGoldST)
Kushner calls it "outrageous fabrications", and his lawyer says they will sue Vanity Fair and Simon & Schuster (TheApeOfGoldST, zerohedge). Middelkoop questions the timing (wmiddelkoop)
It matters because Kushner is still running Iran-war diplomacy that involves the same two royals https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-10-23
The Iran story moved from mediation to strike preparation. The US ordered departures from Saudi Arabia, Trump says Washington is "not negotiating" and something will happen "fairly soon", four outlets (NYT, FT, Haaretz, Drop Site) describe strike plans already drawn up, and Houthi strikes killed four people in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
A Qatar-Pakistan "compromise proposal" on Iran took about $5 off WTI, and a diplomat and Ghalibaf shot it down within hours. Meanwhile the FT reported that Israel had a strike package ready for October 10, which Trump shelved until after the November 3 midterms, and a third US carrier group is now sailing to arrive by the end of November. Britain joined Saudi air defence against the Houthis, and Anthropic's draft S-1 (an $80.7B half-year loss) landed on the same day the list of failed data-centre deals reached eight. Ongoing stories: Witkoff meets Putin in St Petersburg today, the French-German bond spread sits near crisis levels and copper premiums keep setting records. https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-10-21
Lavrov backs Iran, hours after Trump says Russia doing 'very little' to help Tehran
Lavrov means that the requirements for Russian collaboration in military and intelligence-sharing with Iran of the strategic partnership pact of January 2025 are being met now, and will continue to be honoured by the Kremlin despite the “known circumstances” – that’s the euphemism for US warnings and threats, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s summons to Lavrov of July 13, 2026.
Lavrov was defending Putin against his Iranian doubters and attacking the Americans. He was replying to President Donald Trump’s claims, tweeted on October 18 and repeated the next day, October 19. “Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing, and I want to keep it that way”, Trump had written. Putin, he told reporters, “[is] laying off Iran, that’s nice because we’re hitting Iran very hard, as you know, and economically as well as militarily. And Russia has done nothing there that we can see, and I think that’s a very positive. And of course, we’re negotiating with him on Ukraine. So, I’m not looking to break up negotiations right in the middle… I’m in the midst of negotiating a deal. When you’re negotiating a deal, you don’t do that to the people you’re negotiating with. And the deals — the Ukraine deal. Also, I’m negotiating with them [Putin] on Iran because they’ve been very well-behaved on Iran.”
“Russia could have done a lot more? That’s right, Russia could have done a lot more to help. If you put it bluntly, Russia could have done a lot more to help Iran. Russia has done very little for Iran.”
Trump had been briefed to contradict Rubio’s warning to Lavrov, and to play up Iranian suspicion of Putin’s readiness to betray the 2025 strategic partnership treaty in exchange for Trump’s concessions on Ukraine war terms.
Lavrov asked Araghchi and Rezaei to believe Russia’s “commitment to this fundamental document”, and to set aside Putin’s record. Araghchi’s reply of “never in our history” was a vote of confidence. https://johnhelmer.net/sergei-lavrov-tries-to-lay-russian-ghosts-in-teheran/
Saudi Aramco Evacuates HQ, All Staff Put On Remote Work https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/saudi-aramco-evacuates-hq-all-staff-put-remote-work
Mapped here: Subsea cable network that enables intercontinental data flow through Strait of Hormuz https://www.aa.com.tr/en/info/infographic/54552
Iran warns Hormuz undersea cables at risk if infrastructure attacked - IRGC’s Yadollah Javani warns Hormuz undersea cables won’t be safe if Iran’s infrastructure is attacked. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iran-warns-hormuz-undersea-cables-at-risk-if-infrastructure
Netanyahu Says He Discussed ‘Eliminating’ the Iranian Government With Trump https://news.antiwar.com/2026/10/20/netanyahu-says-he-discussed-eliminating-the-iranian-government-with-trump/
Lighting up Iranian air-defense radars to locate them: Israeli F-35s Launch Multiple Simulated Strikes on Iran Across Iraqi and Syrian Skies https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/israeli-f35-launch-multiple-simulated-strikes-iran
The proposal, often referred to as Section 219, would go far beyond agreements with Washington’s closest allies
Increasingly Toxic To Candidates, Pro-Israel AIPAC Retreats From Endorsements And Direct Donations
Israel Detains NY Congressional Nominee In West Bank Olive Grove, Sets Free After Learning Who He Is https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/harvesting-headlines-israel-detains-ny-congressional-nominee-west-bank-olive-grove
It alleges a ~$750M UAE account funded through Azerbaijan plus a ~$1B account in Israel, at least $2B in total from MBS and MBZ (BreannaMorello). More than $10B was discussed at first (TheApeOfGoldST)
Kushner calls it "outrageous fabrications", and his lawyer says they will sue Vanity Fair and Simon & Schuster (TheApeOfGoldST, zerohedge). Middelkoop questions the timing (wmiddelkoop)
It matters because Kushner is still running Iran-war diplomacy that involves the same two royals https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-10-23
Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-10-22
Russia agreed to three-way talks with the US and Ukraine after Witkoff's three-hour meeting with Putin, then fired about 22 missiles at Kyiv with no interceptions reported. Markets also had to absorb a PHP zero-day, a French 10-year yield above 5% and a liquidation that started in Asia and pulled gold and silver down with it. https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-10-22
Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-10-21
Lavrov accused Washington and Israel of launching what he described as an unprovoked military campaign against the country whilst reaffirming Moscow's commitment to continue supporting Tehran.
His remarks came hours after US President Donald Trump defended easing economic pressure on Moscow, arguing that further sanctions could jeopardise negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. He said he also wanted to ensure that Russia did not provide further support for Iran.
"Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing, and I want to keep it that way," Trump wrote on Truth Social. https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/19/lavrov-backs-iran-hours-after-trump-says-russia-doing-very-little-to-help-tehran
His remarks came hours after US President Donald Trump defended easing economic pressure on Moscow, arguing that further sanctions could jeopardise negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. He said he also wanted to ensure that Russia did not provide further support for Iran.
"Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing, and I want to keep it that way," Trump wrote on Truth Social. https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/19/lavrov-backs-iran-hours-after-trump-says-russia-doing-very-little-to-help-tehran
John Helmer, SERGEI LAVROV TRIES TO LAY RUSSIAN GHOSTS IN TEHERAN
Lavrov was defending Putin against his Iranian doubters and attacking the Americans. He was replying to President Donald Trump’s claims, tweeted on October 18 and repeated the next day, October 19. “Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing, and I want to keep it that way”, Trump had written. Putin, he told reporters, “[is] laying off Iran, that’s nice because we’re hitting Iran very hard, as you know, and economically as well as militarily. And Russia has done nothing there that we can see, and I think that’s a very positive. And of course, we’re negotiating with him on Ukraine. So, I’m not looking to break up negotiations right in the middle… I’m in the midst of negotiating a deal. When you’re negotiating a deal, you don’t do that to the people you’re negotiating with. And the deals — the Ukraine deal. Also, I’m negotiating with them [Putin] on Iran because they’ve been very well-behaved on Iran.”
“Russia could have done a lot more? That’s right, Russia could have done a lot more to help. If you put it bluntly, Russia could have done a lot more to help Iran. Russia has done very little for Iran.”
Trump had been briefed to contradict Rubio’s warning to Lavrov, and to play up Iranian suspicion of Putin’s readiness to betray the 2025 strategic partnership treaty in exchange for Trump’s concessions on Ukraine war terms.
Lavrov asked Araghchi and Rezaei to believe Russia’s “commitment to this fundamental document”, and to set aside Putin’s record. Araghchi’s reply of “never in our history” was a vote of confidence. https://johnhelmer.net/sergei-lavrov-tries-to-lay-russian-ghosts-in-teheran/
Larry Johnson on the fragility of the Gulf monarchies: Another Round Against Iran Will Break What Is Left of the Gulf https://sonar21.com/another-round-against-iran-will-break-what-is-left-of-the-gulf/
When the Senate returns to session after the midterm elections, it will face sharp debate over a highly contested Fiscal Year 2027 (FY2027) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The House version passed with a slim margin of 216-212, and included a provision entitled, “United States – Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” often referred to simply as “Section 219”; the pending Senate bill contains a related, but not identical provision, entitled “Section 1217: United States-Israel Framework for Upgraded Technologies, Unified Research, and Enhanced Security (FUTURES) Act of 2026”...
Moon of Alabama, Pentagon Installs New Economic Spying And Sabotage Units
There was some grumbling in Congress when the Trump administration installed Stephen Feinberg, a billionaire from New York, as the second man in the Pentagon. Feinberg had previously led Cerberus Capital Management which has various financial interests in Pentagon purveyors. He had also been chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board from 2018 to 2021, during the first Trump administration.
Feinberg first made headlines when the Pentagon invested billions to take equity stakes in more than a dozen private businesses. There are serious concerns that Feinberg is directing money to businesses he himself and/or Donald Trump’s family are interested in.
His newest endeavors though seem to be less concerned with business. They look like attempts to duplicate the Central Intelligence Agency within the Defense Department. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/10/pentagon-installs-new-economic-spying-and-sabotage-units.html
The House version passed with a slim margin of 216-212, and included a provision entitled, “United States – Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” often referred to simply as “Section 219”; the pending Senate bill contains a related, but not identical provision, entitled “Section 1217: United States-Israel Framework for Upgraded Technologies, Unified Research, and Enhanced Security (FUTURES) Act of 2026”...
..So which parts of Section 219 put the system at greatest risk? It starts with directing the secretary of defense to designate an executive agent responsible for synchronizing U.S.- Israel cooperative efforts to expand and accelerate bilateral defense technology research and development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation, with particular focus on counter-unmanned systems, missile and air defense, AI, quantum, autonomous systems, directed energy, cyber defense and electronic warfare, biotechnology and medical defense, network integration, and data fusion. These are some of our most sensitive, and classified, areas of research and development. Additionally, Senate Section 1217 directs the secretary of defense to “consult with” (i.e. formally seeking and considering views or input of) the Israeli minister of defense in establishing the initiative, providing a foreign nation with influence over access to and integration of U.S. sensitive technology. https://israelpalestinenews.org/us-israel-integration-plan-puts-us-military-tech-in-israels-hands/
There was some grumbling in Congress when the Trump administration installed Stephen Feinberg, a billionaire from New York, as the second man in the Pentagon. Feinberg had previously led Cerberus Capital Management which has various financial interests in Pentagon purveyors. He had also been chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board from 2018 to 2021, during the first Trump administration.
Feinberg first made headlines when the Pentagon invested billions to take equity stakes in more than a dozen private businesses. There are serious concerns that Feinberg is directing money to businesses he himself and/or Donald Trump’s family are interested in.
His newest endeavors though seem to be less concerned with business. They look like attempts to duplicate the Central Intelligence Agency within the Defense Department. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/10/pentagon-installs-new-economic-spying-and-sabotage-units.html
AIPAC isn't abandoning the political battlefield, but is choosing to emphasize stealthy means of influencing election outcomes. AIPAC will continue operating its cryptically-named United Democracy Project independent super PAC. That entity is prohibited from coordinating with candidates or giving them money, but can spend a limitless amount to promote favored candidates or undermine their opponents. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/increasingly-toxic-candidates-pro-israel-aipac-retreats-endorsements-and-direct
"We Should Not Have Done It": Thiel Breaks With Trump Over Iran War, Warns America May Not "Have The Hard Power" https://www.zerohedge.com/political/we-should-not-have-done-it-peter-thiel-breaks-trump-over-iran-war-warns-america-may-not
Sell The Bailout: Skydance Tumbles As Musk's $1 Billion Check Reminds Everyone Paramount Needs One https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/sell-bailout-skydance-tumbles-musks-1-billion-check-reminds-everyone-paramount-needs-one
1.4 million Palestinians still acutely food insecure in Gaza https://en.mehrnews.com/news/248714/1-4-million-Palestinians-still-acutely-food-insecure-in-Gaza
Israeli Strike Burns Gaza Mother Alive in Front of Toddler, ‘Without Generating Any Headlines’
Ministry of education calls for protecting Gaza schoolchildren
Israeli colonists on Monday evening attacked farmers and torched two vehicles in the Wadi al-Shaer area, east of Salfit, according to local sources.
They said that colonists assaulted olive-harvesting farmers and set two vehicles ablaze in the area. https://english-wafa-ps.translate.goog/Pages/Details/176075?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
IOF, settlers carry out 20 attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters in West Bank https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/10/19/372250/
US Officials Face Fresh Pressure After Another American ‘Brutalized’ by Israeli Settlers in West Bank
Israel issues tenders for 1,080 new settlement units in Occupied Jerusalem https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/10/19/372247/
HEBRON, October 19, 2026 (WAFA) – The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said Israeli occupation authorities have issued two new declarations designating 182.81 dunums of land in the towns of Battir, Sa'ir, and Ash-Shuyukh, in the Bethlehem and Hebron governorates, as “state land,” in a move that consolidates colonial control over Palestinian land. https://english-wafa-ps.translate.goog/Pages/Details/176085?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
‘We will build palaces for Jews in Gaza’: Right-wing activists establish new outpost near border https://israelpalestinenews.org/we-will-build-palaces-for-jews-in-gaza-right-wing-activists-establish-new-outpost-near-border/
Netanyahu map shows RSF 'friendly' to Israel and UAE, backing for separatist movements
Israeli leader broke the Middle East into competing blocks in new security presentation showing Ethiopia and Greece as 'friendly' states
Netanyahu Says His Directive to the Israeli Military Is to ‘Overthrow the Iranian Regime’
The Financial Times reported that Netanyahu wanted to restart the bombing campaign against Iran earlier this month, but that Trump decided to wait until after the US midterms https://news.antiwar.com/2026/10/21/netanyahu-says-his-directive-to-the-israeli-military-is-to-overthrow-the-iranian-regime/
Israeli attacks target six areas in southern Lebanon - Israeli occupation forces carry out airstrikes, artillery shelling, and demolitions across six areas in southern Lebanon, including Wadi al-Hujair. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-attacks-target-six-areas-in-southern-lebanon
Israeli Defense Minister Katz Says Over 60 Lebanon Villages Have Been Destroyed - DM boasts that 200,000 permanently displaced using ‘Gaza model’ https://news.antiwar.com/2026/10/19/israeli-defense-minister-katz-says-over-60-lebanon-villages-have-been-destroyed/
A reputable Polish outlet cited unofficial defense findings to report that the explosives-laden Ukrainian drone that crashed there on the same day as a major attack against St. Petersburg had actually been launched from within Lithuania itself and didn’t enter the country from Poland like Vilnius claimed.
Lithuania claimed that an explosives-laden Ukrainian drone that recently crashed in its territory on the same day as a major Ukrainian attack against St. Petersburg entered the country from Poland, while Poland said that it’ll demand an explanation from Ukraine about this after the news became public. Some in Russia have long suspected that Ukraine has been flying drones over NATO airspace for facilitating strikes against their country’s second-largest city. This latest incident lends credence to that. https://korybko.substack.com/p/there-might-be-a-cover-up-going-on
Alberta votes to remain in Canada but take more control from Carney gov’t - Most Albertans opposed independence in yesterday’s election but voted for greater control over immigration and election integrity, among other issues. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/alberta-votes-to-remain-in-canada-but-take-more-control-from-carney-govt/
A Palestinian toddler watched, screaming in horror, as her mother was burned alive in an Israeli airstrike on their Gaza City home early Wednesday that left the wounded girl orphaned—and received almost no coverage in US corporate media.
Reem Asaad Awad was killed when an Israeli helicopter attacked her family’s apartment in the Rimal neighborhood at approximately 3:48 am. https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-strike-burns-gaza-mother-alive-in-front-of-toddler-without-generating-any-headlines/
With the death of five schoolchildren in recent Israeli attacks, the Palestinian ministry of education has issued a stern warning over the unrelenting targeting of students and children in the Gaza Strip. https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/10/20/372299/
They said that colonists assaulted olive-harvesting farmers and set two vehicles ablaze in the area. https://english-wafa-ps.translate.goog/Pages/Details/176075?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Just days after Israelis assaulted 63-year-old Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine in the illegally occupied West Bank, settlers who have invaded the Palestinian territory attacked another American there, spurring calls for action by US officials.
“Over a dozen masked settlers just attacked Turmus ‘Ayya. Burned an American home and severely beat an American citizen, Chicagoan Mohammed Sakat,” Jasper Nathaniel, an American journalist who covers the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, wrote on the social media platform X, sharing footage of the bloodied man and floor. “One town over from Abu Falah and was attacked on the same day,” he noted. https://israelpalestinenews.org/us-officials-face-fresh-pressure-after-another-american-brutalized-by-israeli-settlers-in-west-bank/
“Over a dozen masked settlers just attacked Turmus ‘Ayya. Burned an American home and severely beat an American citizen, Chicagoan Mohammed Sakat,” Jasper Nathaniel, an American journalist who covers the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, wrote on the social media platform X, sharing footage of the bloodied man and floor. “One town over from Abu Falah and was attacked on the same day,” he noted. https://israelpalestinenews.org/us-officials-face-fresh-pressure-after-another-american-brutalized-by-israeli-settlers-in-west-bank/
Israeli leader broke the Middle East into competing blocks in new security presentation showing Ethiopia and Greece as 'friendly' states
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a map of the wider Middle East showing his country and the UAE aligned with a paramilitary in Sudan, accused of committing genocide, and separatists in Libya, Yemen and Somaliland. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanyahu-map-shows-rsf-friendly-israel-and-uae-backing-separatist-movements
The Financial Times reported that Netanyahu wanted to restart the bombing campaign against Iran earlier this month, but that Trump decided to wait until after the US midterms https://news.antiwar.com/2026/10/21/netanyahu-says-his-directive-to-the-israeli-military-is-to-overthrow-the-iranian-regime/
"At least six months after the war": Zelenskyy again changes his mind about holding elections https://en.topwar.ru/291938-minimum-cherez-polgoda-posle-vojny-zelenskij-snova-peredumal-provodit-vybory.html
Andrew Korybko, There Might Be A Cover-Up Going On Over The Latest Lithuanian Drone Incident
Lithuania claimed that an explosives-laden Ukrainian drone that recently crashed in its territory on the same day as a major Ukrainian attack against St. Petersburg entered the country from Poland, while Poland said that it’ll demand an explanation from Ukraine about this after the news became public. Some in Russia have long suspected that Ukraine has been flying drones over NATO airspace for facilitating strikes against their country’s second-largest city. This latest incident lends credence to that. https://korybko.substack.com/p/there-might-be-a-cover-up-going-on
French Police Identify Antifa as the “Ideologically Distinct Group” Behind the Riots Despite Democratic Denials https://jonathanturley.org/2026/10/22/the-greatest-trick-the-devil-ever-pulled-french-police-identify-antifa-as-the-largest-ideologically-distinct-group-behind-the-recent-riots-despite-democratic-denials/#more-250812
Sulfur comes from Saudi heavy, sour crude these days: The Sulfur Crisis Threatening the World's Food Supply - By Kurt Cobb
Disruptions to Persian Gulf sulfur exports have driven prices sharply higher, threatening phosphate fertilizer production worldwide.
Mining companies and fertilizer producers are competing for increasingly expensive sulfur, putting additional pressure on agricultural costs.
Fertilizer shortages, high energy prices, and a potentially historic El Niño could combine to threaten crop yields and global food security. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Sulfur-Crisis-Threatening-the-Worlds-Food-Supply.html
Workers are spending more time correcting AI-generated content than doing actual work https://www.techradar.com/pro/workers-are-spending-more-time-correcting-ai-generated-content-than-doing-actual-work
Top MAHA Adviser Calley Means Resigns Amid Reported Frustration Over White House Food-Policy Delays
Disruptions to Persian Gulf sulfur exports have driven prices sharply higher, threatening phosphate fertilizer production worldwide.
Mining companies and fertilizer producers are competing for increasingly expensive sulfur, putting additional pressure on agricultural costs.
Fertilizer shortages, high energy prices, and a potentially historic El Niño could combine to threaten crop yields and global food security. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Sulfur-Crisis-Threatening-the-Worlds-Food-Supply.html
Meryl Nass MD, Bet you did not know that libraries have come into the crosshairs of the globalists and are being downsized or sold off, while controversial books have disappeared - Like RFK’s Wuhan Conspiracy and Pierre Kory’s book on ivermectin https://merylnass.substack.com/p/bet-you-did-not-know-that-libraries
Paul Marik MD spells out what might or might not be obvious: Do We Need Vitamin and Mineral Supplements? It depends on what you eat https://paulmarik.substack.com/p/do-we-need-vitamin-and-mineral-supplements
Nicolas Hulscher, STUDY: Tart Cherry Juice Increased Sleep Duration by 84 Minutes in 2 Weeks - A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial found that adults with chronic insomnia slept 84 minutes longer after 14 days of tart cherry juice consumption. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/study-tart-cherry-juice-increased
Calley Means, who has worked on a range of Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiatives, did not disclose a reason for his resignation on Oct. 22, and said he has tremendous respect for both Kennedy and President Donald Trump.
"They laid out a vision of combatting the entrenched, dark forces in DC that profit from Americans getting sick. More policy and cultural change has happened around these goals in the past 2 years than any time in history - and I know this movement is just getting started," Means wrote on X.
"It was an honor to advocate for MAHA moms in the administration and steer policies like Dietary Guidelines reform, psychedelic reform, removing soda from [food stamps], removing food dyes, GRAS reform, and overhauling government food procurement."
The White House and the Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to requests for comment by the time of publication. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/top-maha-adviser-calley-means-resigns-amid-reported-frustration-over-white-house-food
Federal Court case forces Health Canada to hand over its secret review of undeclared SV40 DNA in Pfizer's COVID shots
Pfizer’s shot carries fragments of the DNA template it was made from, including an undeclared monkey-virus switch. Health Canada wanted it out. Pfizer refused. Ottawa told Parliament it didn’t matter. https://scoopsmcgoo.substack.com/p/federal-court-case-forces-health
"They laid out a vision of combatting the entrenched, dark forces in DC that profit from Americans getting sick. More policy and cultural change has happened around these goals in the past 2 years than any time in history - and I know this movement is just getting started," Means wrote on X.
"It was an honor to advocate for MAHA moms in the administration and steer policies like Dietary Guidelines reform, psychedelic reform, removing soda from [food stamps], removing food dyes, GRAS reform, and overhauling government food procurement."
The White House and the Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to requests for comment by the time of publication. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/top-maha-adviser-calley-means-resigns-amid-reported-frustration-over-white-house-food
Peter McCullough MD, Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurt’s Battle with Venous Thromboembolism - Lessons learned from another high-profile case in the national spotlight https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/philadelphia-eagles-quarterback-jalen
They seek to murder the bereaved mother to cover up the vaccine-murder of her twins: Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Mom Accused of Murdering Twins Who Died 8 Days After Vaccines - Idaho prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Andrea Shaw, accused of murdering her twin toddlers eight days after they received routine vaccinations. Shaw denies the charges. Under a law that took effect in July 2026, firing squads are Idaho’s primary method of execution. Shaw’s attorney Joseph Filicetti called the prosecution’s intent to seek the death penalty “outrageous.” https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-andrea-shaw-accused-murdering-twins-death-8-days-after-vaccines/
Meryl Nass MD on misusing the religion called "SCIENCE": Astroturf “Stand Up for Science” organization tries to stop a trial of Hepatitis B vaccine at birth, claiming to be anti-censorship, while its Board member is the queen of censorship
Who is on the Board? Kate Starbird, who was in charge of online censorship under Biden at U Washington, and other questionable characters. Michael Mann, global warming guru https://merylnass.substack.com/p/astroturf-stand-up-for-science-organizationPfizer’s shot carries fragments of the DNA template it was made from, including an undeclared monkey-virus switch. Health Canada wanted it out. Pfizer refused. Ottawa told Parliament it didn’t matter. https://scoopsmcgoo.substack.com/p/federal-court-case-forces-health
Nicolas Hulscher, The Most Comprehensive Ivermectin–Mebendazole Cancer Paper to Date Finds 37 Distinct Anticancer Mechanisms Across 25 Human Cancer Types - We synthesized decades of evidence from over a 100 studies, revealing one of the broadest repertoires of anticancer mechanisms ever documented for an off-patent drug combination. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-the-most-comprehensive-ivermectinmebend
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