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The Taliban takeover has not been good for Pakistan. Drug-trafficking from Afghanistan has increased under Taliban rule, my new piece shows, with frequent large seizures of opiates and crystal meth, the latter feeding a domestic 'ice' epidemic.
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This new Reuters report is stunning.
A week before the U.S. captured Venezuela's leader, JD Vance reportedly met at a private Montana ski club with John Addison, an oil trader who had given $300,000 to help elect Vance to the Senate in 2022. Vance allegedly asked how fast Venezuela's oil could be sold if America took control of it.
Both men deny the meeting.
Flight records show their planes parked together that day.
Two days after the Venezuela operation, Energy Secretary Chris Wright called Addison and offered his company, Vitol, the job of selling Venezuela's oil. There was no public bidding. Vitol and one rival have since made hundreds of millions of dollars.
Addison and his wife also gave $7 million to help elect Trump, and he now chairs a board advising Secretary Wright.
Congress has a duty to act.
We should bring Secretary Wright, Vitol, and Addison in to testify under oath. We should demand the phone records, emails, and flight logs. We should find out whether anyone got a heads-up about a military operation. And we should require open, competitive bidding before any company profits from our foreign policy.
If nothing was wrong, let’s see the records.
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Semafor: Multiple US Justice Department probes threaten to sweep up Nvidia, according to two administration officials, as the fallout from former CEO Jensen Huang’s resignation continues to ripple across Washington. One of those probes, on antitrust grounds, is focused specifically on the chipmaker, these people say, while two other inquiries focus on tech companies Megaspeed and Supermicro.
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I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S. The Blue States, such as Minnesota, California, Illinois, and many more, are all poorly run, corrupt disasters. Billions of Dollars is being stolen each and every month. Our Budget could be quickly BALANCED with the correction of this large scale criminal activity. CORRUPTION is in the Democrat Leadership’s blood! We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT
( TS: Nov 12 2026, 8:07 AM ET )
Rupert Stone retweeted
In looking at the case of JD Vance, I was struck at how poorly vice presidents have performed when they become presidential nominees. Among VPs since Humphrey, only two have won general elections and both (Bush Sr. and Biden) were one-termers.
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BREAKING: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns over controversy surrounding two extramarital affairs, including one involving a woman suspected of spying for China.
The departure comes as Nvidia investigates whether Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation.
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We expect Jensen to be removed as CEO of Nvidia at this point and it’s in the Board’s hands. We see the stock valuation at $225 without Jensen ($300 with Jensen as CEO). At this point, writing on the wall for Street as stock will now bake in Nvidia without Jensen going forward 👇
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“We’ve had enough.”
Nvidia gets its second downgrade of the day, this time from Bernstein, as the crisis surrounding CEO Jensen Huang deepens.
Analyst Stacy Rasgon (@Srasgon / @BernsteinRasgon) warns the full extent of the scandal may not yet be known, slashing his price target in half from $400 to $200.
Shares were down 8% after hours.
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אני מזהיר, ממשלת מעבר אינה רשאית לקבל החלטות העלולות לגרור את ישראל למלחמה ללא פיקוח פרלמנטרי, וללא הסכמה מלאה של כל גורמי הביטחון. אני מדגיש, כל גורמי הביטחון.
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Trump is fully standing by Lutnick so far amid a barrage of criticism over his handling of export controls on AI chips. A White House official tells me:
“Secretary Lutnick is a champion of President Trump’s America First trade and tariff policies, which have secured almost 20 fair trade deals and trillions in manufacturing investments. President Trump maintains complete confidence in the secretary and his ability to carry out the position as the most transformative Commerce Secretary in modern history.”
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This from the former Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC).
Watch this story very closely. China’s Megaspeed received between 5 and 7 billion dollars worth of Nvidia chips, or in reality, China did, which they should not have. Jensen and Alice may only be part of the story which eventually emerges. The race for the narrative, blame, and hearings has begun. Eyes wide open.
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BEYOND DISGRACEFUL. And absolutely typical.
This is Hegseth’s entire self-centered and disgraceful tenure as SecDef captured in one more massively shameful moment.
I’ve laid a wreath there. The Tomb is NEVER a place for laughing and selfies.
“All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times!”
That intrepid sentinel speaks for all Americans.
And especially for our troops.
Congress should vote again to impeach Hegseth. TODAY. On Veterans Day. NOW.
AP calling the Mississippi senate race for the Democrats now, too. Colom will be the first black Senator in the state since the Reconstruction Era.
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Rupert Stone retweeted
Scoop by @RWhelanWSJ @jdawsey1:
Nvidia’s board is preparing to oust CEO Jensen Huang, its founder and chief executive after he had two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy. wsj.com/business/nvidia-is-p… via @WSJ
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Statement from @SeanParnellASW:
A Tomb Guard from the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, “The Old Guard” was forced to verbally reprimand Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and a group of his senior advisers Wednesday after some in the group laughed and loudly talked in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington.
Video of the incident, posted by CNN, shows Hegseth standing and taking photos in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver as well as senior adviser and deputy assistant Tami Radabaugh, following a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery for Veterans Day.
CNN projects Democrat win in Mississippi Senate race. Basically no one expected this before the midterms. An amazing upset. youtube.com/watch?v=eCQKppsq…
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New York Times: Jensen Huang, the leader of Nvidia who is under investigation for an affair with a woman who U.S. intelligence determined is a Chinese spy, also had an extramarital relationship with an executive who reports to him, according to five people who worked at the company.
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