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OMFG. People on X are calling for her to be speaker. https://x.com/RepPressley/status/2120326108679635266 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

The pro-Ukraine war cause summed up in a tweet. https://x.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/2120153787494973746 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

Scott brings Rich Baris back on the show to discuss the Democrats’ big win in the midterm elections. Baris and Scott reflect on why the Republicans lost and just how tragic the right’s squandered opportunity has been since 2024. Watch [HERE] 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

The US is set to spend 1.5 trillion on its military to wage losing and destructive wars next year while its society crumbles. Meanwhile in China... https://x.com/GeopoliticsDH/status/2045230086979252692 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇱⚡️ - A major investigation by The Midas Project has uncovered a network of more than 400 apparently fake social media accounts that spent the past year publishing thousands of posts defending Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang, promoting the sale of advanced American AI chips to China, and attacking US lawmakers and national security experts who supported export restrictions. When revelations emerged that Huang had been targeted by a Chinese intelligence operative, dozens of these accounts immediately began defending him, posting nearly identical arguments intended to discredit the reporting. The network also systematically targeted Huang's critics across both political parties, including members of Congress, while promoting his position on semiconductor exports to China. Investigators traced the network to Koios, an Israeli influence firm previously implicated in a covert pro-Qatar campaign involving two advisers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Although Koios claims to have shut down in September 2025, researchers uncovered substantial connections to a successor company called IntelliACT, which reportedly shares personnel and continues similar operations. The same network has also promoted Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, which the United States has accused of committing genocide. Nvidia denies any involvement, and the identity of whoever financed the campaign remains unknown. Huang has spent years pushing for greater access to China's semiconductor market, even as American officials warn about the enormous national security consequences of transferring advanced AI technology to Beijing. Now an apparent foreign influence operation has been discovered defending him, attacking his critics, and attempting to manipulate the American debate over semiconductor exports. The timing and scale of this operation raise serious questions that deserve a thorough congressional investigation, particularly given Nvidia's extraordinary strategic importance to the United States.

A Complete Overview of Ukrainian Propaganda (2022-2026). Follow Nick from Mariupol. t.me/RussianBaZa

Remember that time your government bombed a school full of children? t.me/RussianBaZa

🎥 Russian Foreign Minister: We will not agree to any agreement or ceasefire without knowing what will happen in the future @TasnimNews

💥💥 🛸. A giant, jellyfish-like UFO was filmed hovering in the direction of a US military base in Alaska before disappearing within minutes. Sara Jane Osborn told the Daily Mail she was photographing a rainbow in Anchorage when a dark object emerged above distant trees near what she believed was Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). JBER hosts F-22 Raptor fighters and supports air defense, surveillance and military airlift operations.  The encounter unfolded on June 15 at around 10.13pm, she recalled, while the evening sky remained bright.   The object appeared to have dangling appendages that moved independently as it hovered and turned from side to side. Osborn estimated it was visible for about three minutes before vanishing almost as abruptly as it appeared.  'It disappeared almost as quickly as it came,' Osborn said.  Its apparent size also puzzled them, with a small aircraft spotted during their outing looking tiny by comparison. Osborn said the search afterward failed to uncover a kite, its operator or another explanation for what they had witnessed. She added that 'only God and the government'  would know what it was, describing an eerie sight that left her and her husband, Pete, looking for answers. Read More [HERE] 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

💥💥 🇱🇹🇱🇻 NATO Scrambles Fighter Jets as Drone Threats Trigger Air Alerts Across Lithuania and Latvia NATO fighter jets were dispatched after unidentified aerial objects approached Baltic airspace from Belarus and Russia. Lithuania's National Crisis Management Centre issued warnings, while Latvian authorities urged residents near the border to seek shelter. Kaunas Airport temporarily suspended operations amid the alerts. The incident comes as Ukrainian drones increasingly stray into NATO territory during strikes on Russian energy infrastructure. Reports suggest some drones were heading toward Russia's St. Petersburg region, although their origin remains unconfirmed. https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2120316704039239957 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

💥💥 Update (1750ET): Hours after publication, Ballard Partners notified ZeroHedge that they do not, and never have represented Pfizer.  "Ballard Partners does not represent Pfizer and never has ... Federal law requires lobbying firms to publicly register their lobbying clients under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, and those registrations are posted on public databases kept by the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate. Ballard Partners has never filed a registration for Pfizer. A firm cannot have a “number one client” that does not appear anywhere in its public disclosures." We have accordingly edited this piece to reflect this. Furthermore, all statements and claims conveyed in this article are the words of those making them, and not the position of ZeroHedge. Pollster Mark Mitchell, an adviser to Vice President JD Vance, says Susie Wiles, Trump's former chief of staff, warned him off criticizing Pfizer, which he called her old lobbying firm's "number one client." Before she ran Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and then his White House, Wiles spent nearly a decade as a managing partner at Ballard Partners, the Florida-founded lobbying firm that has become the top-earning shop in Washington under Trump. Since leaving her post as CoS shortly after midterms, several people in Trump's administrative orbit have accused her of protecting various industries. The loudest of them has been Calley Means, a former top aide to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who, as we reported, told Joe Rogan that Wiles said "I need the sugar industry money." On Sunday Means took the case to CBS's "Face the Nation," telling Margaret Brennan that Ballard Partners "controlled" White House policy and that the firm's rise to the top of the lobbying rankings "did not happen by accident." Read More [HERE] 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

BREAKING 🚨 The House Oversight Committee has released a report on the federal government’s mishandling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell criminal investigations: The consensus of EVERY witness examined before the Committee was that President Trump was not involved in any crimes committed by Epstein and Maxwell. According to the committee, the U.S. and foreign government authorities failed to identify indicators of human trafficking and immigration fraud. Institutions such as American Express enabled this activity, with company agents allowing Epstein to use fraudulent decoy flights and refundable or dummy itineraries to transport foreign women across borders directly to his residences. The committee suggests that Congress should pass the Survivor’s Voice Protection Act (H.R. 10389), introduced by Chairman Comer, to ensure witnesses and survivors of sexual crimes are not deterred from speaking freely by nondisclosure agreements.

🤯 New Ohio Rep, Don Leonard (D) blows the whistle on the dirty Dems. https://x.com/donwinslow/status/2120173460978901008 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

💥💥💥 Poland's defense minister said Tuesday that the Pentagon had given a “green light” to plans for a permanent U.S. military base in the country, with President Donald Trump expected to make a final decision in early December. Speaking after talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said his American counterpart told him that “everything is moving in the right direction.” “We interpret that as a green light from the Pentagon,” he said. The project has not yet received formal U.S. approval. The Pentagon’s own account stopped short of endorsing the base or confirming the December timetable, but acknowledged ongoing talks about strengthening the permanent U.S. military presence in Poland. Hegseth praised Poland’s military buildup, calling its army “one of the most formidable” in Europe. He also pushed for European NATO allies to take greater responsibility for their own defense, potentially allowing Washington to reduce its troop presence on the continent. Poland already hosts thousands of American troops, largely on rotating deployments. But Warsaw is pushing for a permanent base as the Pentagon reviews its military presence across Europe, with other NATO allies fearing Trump could withdraw thousands more troops. The review is expected to conclude by December. Read More [HERE] |🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

💥💥💥: Sen. Bernie Sandars (I-VT) announces he will NOT vote for Sen. Chuck Schumer as Democrat's Senate Majority Leader. “The time is now for change and I will not be supporting Chuck to be reelected as the Democratic Leader.” 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

💥💥💥 House Republicans on Tuesday selected Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to lead Republican lawmakers in the minority in the next Congress. ORDAN: 106 SCALISE: 73 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

BIG: A Western intelligence estimate cited by Bloomberg says Iran can still produce about 50 ballistic missiles a month, roughly half its prewar rate, and likely has at least 1,700 ballistic missiles in its arsenal. READ MORE

A federal judge took sharp aim at FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday, ruling in favor of The Atlantic and freezing most discovery in his defamation lawsuit against the publication. The ruling shields The Atlantic from potentially intrusive demands for its reporting materials and confidential sources while the court weighs dismissing the case entirely. "Plaintiff misrepresents Defendants' argument, the court's reasoning in Moldea, and the standard applicable in this District," U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan wrote in his 16-page ruling. "The Court concludes that discovery should be stayed at this juncture because of Defendants' legitimate First Amendment concerns and because discovery may be unnecessary," Sullivan wrote. Patel sued The Atlantic after the magazine reported in April that he allegedly drinks excessively and is sometimes unavailable or difficult for his staff to wake because he was seemingly intoxicated. The story also alleged that Patel had grown increasingly worried about losing his job. Patel denied the reporting and sued the publication shortly after the story aired. Read More [HERE] 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.

ℕ𝔼𝕆ℕ ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕆𝕃𝕋 In control of what, exactly? The House? The Senate? Get the social media intern Susie Wiles hired away from the White House's social media accounts. "Hey MAGATards! Remember how you spent the last two years cheering every idiotic decision we made, instead of holding us accountable and demanding tangible results that impact your daily lives, while absolving us of responsibility, which ultimately lead to a generational loss that may jeopardize the composition of the Supreme Court and lock out a Conservative majority for the next 30 years? Do more of that, please! It's easier than having to think about the fallout and repercussions of everything." I swear.... 🤦🤦🤦🤦 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2120192282070540766 🎱@MagicEightBallRedux.