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Trump Talks Peace While The CIA Is Fueling The War In Ukraine Authored by Larry C. Johnson via Sonar21,I spent enough years at the Central Intelligence Agency that I learned how to read the press stories that the agency's friends place for it. Shane Harris's new profile of CIA Director John Ratcliffe in The Atlantic, published October 23, is one of those stories. It is written to make Ratcliffe look like the sober professional in a chaotic administration. But read it carefully and it confirms something Washington has spent four...

"Texas Will Be Red Again": Cruz Opens 'Saving Texas' HQ After Democrat Rout Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) office on Tuesday announced the senator will launch a new headquarters for his "Saving Texas" initiative following major losses in his state during last week's midterm elections.In a statement from Cruz released by his communications director on X, the senator said a Cruz-aligned nonprofit office will open in the state capital, Austin, to establish Republican infrastructure designed to win future elections."Texas is my home. It's where...

'The Pricking Is Coming': Dalio Warns AI Bubble Will Burst Like Dot-Com, But Tech Will Endure Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio appeared on Bloomberg TV today and delivered a measured yet cautionary assessment of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy. He highlighted classic bubble dynamics - sky-high valuations, rampant speculation, and "paper wealth" vastly outpacing actual cash flows - while drawing direct parallels to the 2000 dot-com era. "All great technology changes produce bubbles," Dalio said in the Wednesday Bloomberg Television interview. "Nobody can get it exactly right. You have to either...