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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Fighting In North To Pause Daily

NYT Puts Out Astonishing Statement on ‘Photojournalist’ Who Was With Hamas During Terror Attack

US Strikes Iran-Linked Weapons Storage Site in Syria

Credit card balances spiked in the third quarter to a $1.08 trillion record. Here’s how we got here

What’s more, other countries have acknowledged deaths “likely” or “probably” related to mRNA vaccination, whereas the CDC, which says it has reviewed nearly 20,000 reports (far more than other countries) hasn’t acknowledged a single death linked to mRNA vaccine.

Researchers Discover First Examples of ‘Vampire Viruses’ in U.S. Soil Samples

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Hamas ‘Lost Control In The North’

You have to read to the end to find out it has been confirmed. The Houthis in Yemen reportedly shot down the MQ-9 drone off its shores amid a huge buildup of American naval power in the region.

Brazil nabs suspected Hezbollah operatives said planning attacks on Jewish targets

Toxic toddler fruit pouches: “Extremely high” lead levels sicken 7 in 5 states

CDC sounds alarm on newborn syphilis ‘epidemic’

County and municipal economic development agencies play a key role in New York’s wind and solar buildout — but some say it’s not their job.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Dutch F-16s For Ukrainian Training Arrive In Romania

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Push Into Heart Of Gaza City Looms, Civilians Flee

Developing countries owe China at least $1.1 trillion – and the debts are due

FedEx Express is encouraging pilots at its cargo airline to take jobs at a regional passenger carrier because there isn’t enough shipping demand to fill everyone’s flying schedules.

Trucking employment is contracting the fastest on record this century

US credit card balances see largest yearly leap on record

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: This May Be Our First Image Of An M1 Abrams In-Country

CCP Defense Spending May Exceed America’s on a purchasing power parity basis.

Microsoft Discovers Chinese Cyber Group Spying on Guam, Other US Locations

U.S. diplomats slam Israel policy in leaked memo

SpaceX selling ‘Starshield’ will be a gamechanger

Treasury Borrowing Running At Crisis-Era Levels

Healthcare minimum wage expected to cost $4 billion in first year as California budget deficit looms

Midtown, Lower Manhattan foot traffic down 33% — one of worst post-COVID rates in US: survey

Free speech is in trouble

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Russian missile hits Ukrainian military award ceremony in Zaporizhzhia region, preliminary reports say at least 20 soldiers killed

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: IDF Encircles Gaza City

Europe’s gas storage is nearly full, yet this may not be sufficient for winter needs, leading to continuous LNG imports and additional storage strategies including utilizing Ukraine’s facilities.

Nothing new, but who is reporting it is new. Fresh revelations contradict Joe Biden’s sweeping denials on Hunter

What is behind the 40% drop in China’s U.S. Treasury holdings?

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 4, 2023

How a Telegram channel created to tell the truth about the war in Ukraine ended up fomenting anti-Semitic riots in Dagestan

Horrific video purportedly shows Gaza street strewn with at least a dozen bodies gunned down by Hamas

Nepal earthquake kills at least 128, toll could rise, officials say

The stakes are high as Supreme Court considers this obscure, unconstitutional tax

US banks hit by deposit delays

How The U.S. Is Pumping More Oil With Fewer Rigs

Common dietary nutrient blasts blood vessel plaques in study

Some benefits of exercise stem from the immune system, suggests new study

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Putin fake death rumors are being spread by the Kremlin to gauge Russian reactions, Ukraine intelligence says

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Northern Gaza ‘Largely’ Cut Off From South

The helmet camera video shows a Hamas dash toward a tank, place an explosive device on it, then run back to a tunnel and fire and RPG.

Hamas sent a large group of women and children to act as human shields against Israel Defense Forces troops who were attacking a key compound of the terror group in the Gaza Strip, according to soldiers.

In 2011, then United States President Barack Obama personally requested that the Emir of Qatar take the leadership of Hamas into his country.

Federal jury verdict on broker fees rocks real estate industry

Hertz backpedals on rush into EV rentals: CEO says repair costs can run “twice as high”

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: 1M North Korean Artillery Rounds Sent To Russia, Seoul Says

MODERN POSITIONAL WARFARE AND HOW TO WIN IN IT, Valerii Zaluzhnyi Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Drone Fragment Offers Clue About Russia’s Shahed-136 Production Rate

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Sa’ar 5 Corvettes Moved To Red Sea

Israel Abandoned My Son Out of Fear

Will Europe freeze? Questions remain about the continent’s energy supplies amidst volatile markets and reduced gas imports from Russia

France’s Nightmare Is Yours Now

Germany Passing Japan Aging Population as Third Largest World Economy

The combination of significant borrowing during the pandemic, together with the rise in interest rates means that debt interest payments have been rising fast for the US government. Annual interest payments look like they will soon hit $1 trillion, and likely rise even further as maturing debt will need to be refinanced at higher rates. Just for comparison, total US Defense Spending was 877 billion dollars in 2022.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 31, 2023

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Arrow Interceptor Downs Ballistic Missile Over Red Sea (Updated)

On Sunday, following US pressure, Israel restored communications and internet access to the Gaza Strip. Residents believe that Israel was forced to restore communications under international pressure to allow Gazans to call ambulances and civil defense.

Just in case you did not know that this was a thing.

Treasury to borrow $776 billion in the final three months of the year

Cornell University Jewish threats prove how deep campus rot runs

The video at the bottom of this report is impressive (not the first once which is a boring news report). Semi Hits Pickup Carrying $100,000 in Fireworks, Hour-Long Show Ensues

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, OCTOBER 30, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Air Defense System Struck In Crimea

Georgia DA Offers ‘Nothingburger’ Plea Deals To Build Parade Of Witnesses For Later Show Trials

‘It could have all ended with us getting killed’ Passenger on flight from Israel to Russia’s Dagestan recounts anti-Semitic riot at airport It might have been stirred up by someone in Ukraine.

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: IDF Moving To Cut Off Gaza City From South

Inadequate U.S. Patriot Missile Force Size Highlighted By Middle East Crisis

French Suburb Thrives After Ditching Ugly Commie Architecture

US to Build New, ‘Highly Destructive’ Nuclear Gravity Bomb

Fed Admits Banks Suffered Massive Deposit Outflows Last Week

Suicide Rates Are up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Especially for Girls

CAFE Compliance Will be Harder with DOE Proposed Rule Change