Minnesota Whistleblower Alleges Years Of 'Reckless Disregard' At Fraud-Plagued Agency

Are Investors Finally Waking Up To "The Great Rare Earth Disconnect"? Last week, Canaccord's critical minerals team highlighted what we call the "great rare earth disconnect": tight supplies and elevated spot prices alongside a vicious bear market in mining stocks that began in early summer and extended into October. William Blair's rare-earths analysts also commented on the downturn, challenging the market's expectations that Chinese supply constraints would ease and calling that view "incorrect."The divergence between ongoing critical-material supply constraints, driven by China's "resource nationalism," and depressed mining stocks has some traders...

Ex-CIA Officer Says The Agency Delivered The Same Iran Verdict Three Times Before The War Former CIA officer John Kiriakou says the agency produced three separate national intelligence estimates before the Iran war began, and each one found that Tehran had no nuclear weapons program. He made the claim on the Nov. 6 "Intelligence Community Roundtable" edition of Judge Andrew Napolitano's Judging Freedom, alongside Larry Johnson.Napolitano asked what the CIA had told the president "about the practical consequences of his plan with Netanyahu to win the war in six days."...

Former Alabama Basketball Player Wins Defamation Suit Against NY Times Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, An Alabama jury ruled on Aug. 20 that The New York Times defamed ex-college basketball player Kai Spears when the newspaper falsely reported in 2023 that he was present during a fatal shooting in Tuscaloosa. Kai Spears #32 of the Alabama Crimson Tide dribbles the ball during a practice session at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on April 5, 2024. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Spears, who was then a walk-on basketball player for the University...