The latest report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a firm that publishes a monthly update on hiring and firing activity, showed U.S.-based employers announced 153,074 job cuts in October, up 175% from the same month a year ago, and up 183% from those announced in September.

In 1787, George Mason pushed for sumptuary laws to curb luxury and promote frugality. And now this⬇️

Russians, on average, are vile people. But not all.

The Editorial Board of the WSJ: Ukraine Corruption and U.S. Interests — Kyiv’s critics see an excuse to abandon our strategic partner.

In an age of manufactured heroes, these boys—2000 meters from Avdiivka—carry the weight of your freedom at the gate of Europe. youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4Cgy…

A false-flag attack, like today, is all it will take for Trump to wash his hands and tell Ukraine their security guarantee is void. B) If Ukraine ... opens fire at Russian territory without provocation, the security guarantees will be considered void. kyivindependent.com/zelensky-revea…

Moscow… very soon

Who is next?

A good one.

Russians ask why Venezuela’s government could collapse in hours, yet Ukraine has been annihilating them for four years. They still fail to grasp the fundamental difference between autocratic regimes and democratic societies.

Maduro waited too long to join the party.

I recognize the hand.

Trading Venezuela for Ukraine isn’t diplomacy—it’s moral bankruptcy. Free nations aren’t bargaining chips. Accepting this logic = endless coercion: 1st Ukraine, then another ally. Appeasement rewards aggression & undermines our security. #StandWithUkraine s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6543…

Russian cope of the day: Delta capturing Maduro is nothing special. Russian Alpha SOF could snatch Zelensky anytime—just say the word.

When you’re excited to meet the President of your country, but instead meet an old, tired, confused man asleep in the middle of a public event.

Since it became clear Trump would return to the presidency, the gap between the Fed’s policy rate and market-implied rates has widened sharply. Markets are pricing in weaker Fed independence, blunting—or even reversing—the usual transmission of rate cuts to the real economy.

Am I the only one who cannot post critical comments about Elon Musk?

A nearly 2:1 killed‑to‑wounded ratio is almost unheard of. Remarkable, if true.

The S&P 500 triggered a rare technical event today, gapping above both its 50D and 200D moving averages simultaneously. This looked weird to me, so I did some digging. Since 1950, this specific signal has occurred only four times. In every instance, the index faced significant