US Politics
Representative Thomas Massie introduced eight privileged articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, requiring a House vote by Wednesday. The articles cover the Iran war, Caribbean drug-boat strikes, Yemen strikes, Nicolás Maduro’s extradition, and alleged retaliation against Senator Mark Kelly. Massie said three Republicans would join Democrats. Some Republicans cited the Iran conflict’s role in midterm losses. Leadership could table the resolution or send it to committee. Massie lost his primary and leaves in January. Hegseth said the Pentagon is unworried. President Trump said he intends to keep Hegseth. Commentators noted several articles address presidential war powers, treating Hegseth as a proxy.
In Texas, on the first day of bill filing after Democrats gained control of the state Legislature, measures were introduced that would:
- create extreme-risk protective orders issuable without notice and requiring firearm surrender within 24 hours
- make transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles larger than .22 caliber to anyone under 21 a state-jail felony
- prohibit assault-weapon transfers
- require background checks on private sales
- raise penalties for reckless discharge and making firearms accessible to children.
Activist Michael Cargill warned of plans to repeal Constitutional Carry, Open Carry, and Campus Carry. Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa has been described as seeking a permit-to-purchase system. Analysts assessed that Republican Senate control makes passage of significant new restrictions unlikely. The 90th session runs January 12 to May 31, 2027; unified Democratic control also exists in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Five Senate Republicans led by Ron Johnson (signed by Rick Scott, John Kennedy, Ted Budd, and Mike Lee) asked Conference Chair Tom Cotton to postpone leadership elections after Democrats won 54 seats. Johnson said the conference needs time to discuss the defeat, hear plans for a collaborative model, and develop a 2028 strategy, calling an immediate vote political malpractice. John Thune is expected to seek another term with no opponent. Newly elected Democrats have not committed to Chuck Schumer. House members reported hundreds of calls urging a vote against Hakeem Jeffries.
Economy
Boeing will cut 5 percent, or about 2,525, of 50,494 commercial-airplane workers through attrition and involuntary layoffs starting in December. Commercial chief Stephanie Pope said slower production ramps left the company overstaffed and the pace must be reset so factories and suppliers can stabilize. This is the first reduction since 17,000 jobs were cut in late 2024 and follows a recent delivery-outlook reduction.
The New York Fed’s October Survey of Consumer Expectations left median inflation expectations unchanged at 3.9 percent (one-year), 3.3 percent (three-year), and 3.0 percent (five-year) for a 14th month. Expected rent increases rose to 7.7 percent and medical costs to 9.3 percent. The mean probability of higher unemployment in a year reached 45.3 percent (highest since April 2020) and 51.1 percent among college graduates. The chance of missing a minimum debt payment rose to 13.8 percent. Expected income growth was 3.0 percent versus 5.3 percent spending growth.
Elderly Americans have lost millions after callers posing as federal agents directed them to liquidate accounts, buy gold bars, and hand them to couriers. A 78-year-old Washington woman surrendered $3 million (~95 percent of her assets). King County recorded $12 million in scam losses this year, $4.6 million gold-related. FBI figures put 2025 gold-courier losses at $312 million and total over-60 losses at $7.7 billion. Florida indicted 10 people (seven California residents aged 20–26). New York City losses exceeded $100 million over two years. Isolated recoveries occurred via stings and tracking.
Dockworkers from more than 25 unions struck 113 ports in 22 countries against arms shipments. Organizers said it could disrupt over 40 percent of Mediterranean cargo and more than $2 billion in freight at hubs including Hamburg, Valencia, Le Havre, Piraeus, Genoa, Tangier Med, and Indian ports. Greek unions halted ferries for 24 hours, and Piraeus work for three hours. Italy’s USB called a nationwide 24-hour strike. The call from Italian, French, Greek, Spanish, Turkish, and Moroccan unions cited the Istanbul Declaration and Europe’s status as the largest arms importer in 2021–2025. Indian representatives noted 15 seafarer deaths tied to the Iran conflict. Reuters said participation and severity remained unclear, with impacts often limited to localized delays.
Health
Psychiatrist Colin Ross said declassified Bluebird, Artichoke, and MKUltra documents show Manchurian candidates are real, created via electroshock, 125 drugs including LSD, hypnosis, and sensory deprivation, and used operationally. At McGill, Ewen Cameron gave one patient 103 treatments of six shocks each—over 600 standard ECT sessions—erasing memory and skills, followed by barbiturate sleep and continuous tape playback of new personality material, without disclosing CIA funding. Programs began in 1950 with 149 subprojects on prisoners, terminal patients, and thousands of soldiers; most files were destroyed, leaving seven boxes. Ross assigns primary responsibility to institutional psychiatry.
Herasight announced MDD-PGT, a genetic predictor of major depressive disorder for IVF embryo screening. The company said it explains 50 percent more variance than the latest public Genome-Wide Association Study, works equally well between siblings, and correlates with 1,494 of 2,328 childhood mood, behavior, and sleep measures from age 9. Selecting the lowest-risk embryo among 10 is projected to cut depression risk by over 40 percent. Company sociologist Tobias Wolfram noted lower-score children tend to sleep better, fight less, and enjoy jokes more. Critics, including Katy Faust, asked how many figures such as Lincoln, Rowling, and Tolstoy would have been screened out and noted that IVF routinely creates and discards most embryos. One analysis suggested the predictor explains only about 9 percent of depression liability.
An analysis of CDC VISION network flu-vaccine reports for ages 65+ across 2021–2026 found half of 12 estimates showed little change after adjustment, resembling trial results, while the other half showed negative confounding that raised effectiveness by 12 to more than 20 points—opposite the healthy-vaccinee effect in prior data. In 2021–22, outpatient effectiveness was near zero versus ~30 percent against hospitalization, with almost no adjustment impact. The 2023–24 interim results showed reverse confounding that disappeared in the final report. Test-negative studies drew cases and controls from people seeking care for respiratory symptoms.
A 2018 Swiss study of 243 market foods selected for suspected high residues found typical glyphosate levels of 139 ppb in durum pasta (peaks 421 ppb) and 2,948 ppb in Canadian chickpeas (flour 2,756 ppb). Cereals and pulses were the main dietary sources. Eggs and milk contained none; meat, fish, potatoes, vegetables, and oats were typically under 1 ppb; bread, honey, and wine measured 2-3 ppb; breakfast cereal averaged 3.6 ppb (some samples to 291 ppb). All wine and fruit-juice samples and nearly all honey samples tested positive at trace levels.
Energy
A drone struck Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline in Madinah, causing a minor fire extinguished with no injuries or operational interruption. A separate attack on Iraqi Kurdistan’s Khor Mor gas field ignited a large fire, suspended production at the region’s largest field, and cut more than 70 percent of power generation for plants serving Erbil, Sulaimaniyah, Bazian, Chamchamal, and Duhok. Workers sheltered; no casualties. Origin unknown; no claim of responsibility. A U.S. envoy condemned it as an attack on the Iraqi people.
Nuclear stocks fell then recovered after Democrats won both chambers. Gallup found 46 percent of Americans want more nuclear emphasis—the only source gaining support since 2021 and the one with the narrowest 10-point partisan gap. Pew reported 59 percent favor more plants. The ADVANCE Act to accelerate Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing passed 393–13 in the House and 88–2 in the Senate and was signed by President Biden, who also banned Russian uranium imports, unlocking enrichment funding later awarded in $900 million blocks to Centrus, General Matter, and Orano. The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced six nuclear bills by 41–0 to 44–0 votes with no Democratic opposition.
Cyberattacks
France accused Iran’s IRGC of a cyberattack that disrupted 700 of 10,000 supermarkets by forcing freezers into continuous defrost at up to 50 °C. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called it the first large-scale sabotage cyberattack on French territory, said the Iranian ambassador was summoned, and vowed European sanctions. The finance minister said it touched food security. Cooperative U CEO Dominique Schelcher called the targeting of fresh-product equipment unprecedented and unacceptable. Iran has not officially commented; some Iranian media dismissed the claims as baseless.
Sources
CDC Flu Vaccine Data: Miracles of Pseudo-Randomization or Just Untrustworthy?
Either VISION data for the elderly substituted for a randomized trial half of the times, or we have gathered enough evidence to question the validity of VISION’s estimates of effectiveness.
MKUltra Created Real Manchurian Candidates Used in Assassinations, Psychiatrist Says
All of that proves that Manchurian candidates are real, have been created, have been used operationally.
Dockworkers Idle 113 Ports in Strike Against Arms Shipments
Dockworkers in 22 countries will strike on Friday, protesting against war and the use of ports for arms exports
Source | Submitted by Boomer41
France Accuses Iran of Cyber Sabotage on 700 Supermarkets, Vows Retaliation
This is the first large-scale cyberattack with an aim of sabotage on the national territory
Senate GOP Revolt: Johnson Bloc Demands Delay of Leadership Vote After Midterm Rout
Tuesday’s result was a stunning defeat, and there are multiple reasons for it.
Seniors Hand Over Millions in Gold to Fake Federal Agents
I’m sitting there holding a million dollars’ worth of gold in my hands, and I hand it to a stranger
Massie Forces Hegseth Impeachment Vote by Wednesday, Needs Three GOP Defectors
Massie is confident that three Republicans will join every Democrat to pass it.
Boeing to Cut 2,500 Jobs as Slow Production Ramp Leaves It Overstaffed
Adjusting our production schedules and reducing aircraft output puts us in an overstaffed position
NY Fed: Inflation Stuck Near 4% as Layoff Fears Hit Highest Since Covid Lockdowns
Layoff Fears Hit Highest Since Covid Crash As Inflation Expectations Stay Stuck Near 3-Year High: NY Fed Survey
Blue Wave, Same Reactors: Nuclear Remains Washington’s Least Partisan Energy Source
None of that changes just because the jerseys have swapped over in Congress.
Saudi Pipeline Hit by Drone Again, Stays Online; Kurdish Gas Field Attack Triggers Blackouts
The whole region remains on edge, awaiting either a possible US-Iran peace deal, or else a return to major fighting which would put Gulf region oil and gas fields in Iran’s retaliatory crosshairs.
Texas Democrats Unleash Anti-Gun Bill Flood After Midterm Blue Wave
On the first day of bill filing in the Texas Legislature following last week’s blue tsunami in the midterm elections, Democrats put forward a slew of legislation going after Texans’ gun rights.
Company Unveils Genetic Test to Screen Embryos for Depression, Ensuring Only ‘Happy’ Offspring
Every parent wants a happy child.
Glyphosate in Swiss Groceries: Pasta and Chickpeas Lead, Study Says No Health Risk
Therefore, glyphosate residues found in the sampled foodstuffs from the Swiss market were of no concern for human health.
In addition to sources submitted by community members, the following were also used in the creation of this report: Keith Ainsworth, No More Glyphosate NZ, Reuters, New York Post, ZeroHedge, BBC, Punchbowl News, Washington Examiner, The Trace, and TheCable.
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