🇺🇸 Scott Bessent says there will be an AI economic boom "as soon as the first quarter of next year."

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🇺🇸📉 After a SECOND data revision, the US went from "adding" 147,000 jobs in June 2025, to LOSING -13,000 jobs.

Cumulative payrolls have now officially been revised down by -1.1 MILLION jobs since February 2022.

If you take a look at NET revisions just for 2025, the US has seen -482,000 jobs revised out of the initially reported data.

This is roughly equivalent to the entire population of Atlanta, GA.

All revised out of just 2025's data year-to-date.

In August 2024, this issue began gaining some publicity.

This was when the BLS revised 12-month job growth down by a massive -818,000 jobs.

It marked the largest downward revision since 2008 in an economy where the Fed was calling for a "soft landing."

Last month, the US revised -258,000 jobs out of the June and May jobs report.

If you factor in the revisions from yesterday, June fell by another -27,000 jobs, for a total of -285,000.

This now marks the LARGEST negative 2-month net revision in US history, outside of 2020.

In exactly 3 days, we will receive this data for the 12-months ending March 2025.

Estimates range from -500,000 to up to -950,000 jobs set to be revised OUT of reported data.

If Goldman Sachs' top end estimate of -950,000 revisions occurs, it would be the largest since 2010.

The even bigger issue is that confidence in economic data has been lost.

The post-COVID expansion period saw 60+ months of consecutive payroll gains, the 2nd longest streak in history.

After June's double-revision, this streak has ENDED.

In July 2025, a poll was conducted regarding the reliability of US economic data.

89% of economists that were polled agreed that the reliability of this data is a "big problem."

In fact, we no longer base our analysis on initially reported jobs data.

🔗 Kobeissi Letter

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🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, on X/Twitter:

"Now that August is in the books, tariff revenues topped over $31 billion in the month: a new record high. As collection continues to grow, the Trump Administration is fixing the financial shambles it inherited".

📝: Is 31 billion dollars enough to cover one day of the federal government's spending?

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🇺🇸❌🇷🇺 U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, is discussing plans with the European Union to coordinate new sanction packages on countries who buy Russian goods & services in order to "collapse" the Russian economy and force Vladimir Putin to negotiate a favorable peace to the West.

The U.S. and EU first introduced sanctions on Russia in 2014 and not only did the Russian economy not collapse, it expanded and allowed Russia to field the best and most numerous army on the European continent.

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🇻🇦🤝🏳️‍🌈 LGBT pilgrimage at the Vatican!

Hundreds of homosexuals and other degenerates, with the blessings of several Catholic cardinals, entered St. Peter's Basilica in Rome

Pope Leo XIV never gave his blessing to this act but didn't condemn it either, despite the so-called "pilgrims" being dressed inappropriately for the Latin Mass and the obscenities some of them were making, putting a lot of doubt on their commitment to faith.

Although he was present at the Basilica when the LGBT "pilgrims" entered, he refused to greet them and focused on the saintification of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint.

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🇵🇱❌🇲🇽 Polish authorities detained two Sinaloa Cartel members near the German border. The raid reportedly seized chemicals about to be converted into meth indicating the target was a possible narco laboratory.

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🇺🇸🇮🇳 Ben Shapiro deemed Trump’s policy on India “not useful,” demanding the US cater to India because they are the “bulwark” against Islam and China.

Shapiro's stance echoed pro-Trump accounts on X that cast China as the enemy and India as the ally.

🔗 AF Post

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🇩🇪 55 percent of police candidates in Germany's capital, Berlin, do not speak sufficient German, needing language support.

🔗 Disclose

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🇺🇸🇰🇷 ICE released video of Korean workers in Georgia’s Hyundai/ LG battery plant being rounded up.

At least 300 South Korean workers and engineers were detained and are going to be deported with the future of Hyundai's battery plant uncertain.

The South Korean government has condemned the arrests.

South Korea is a key U.S. ally not just because it is a key component of U.S. domination of the Pacific Ocean and East Asia but also because of the American reliance on South Korean industry.

Seoul supplies the U.S. with steel, aluminium, electronics, cars, ammunition and artillery shells.

Because previous U.S. administrations didn't take care of American shipyards, the U.S. Navy and Coastguard are building their new vessels inside South Korean shipyards and Hyundai is one of those shipbuilders.

Losing South Korea as an ally would be as damaging if not, worse than losing Taiwan.

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🇫🇷 Leftist revolt in France

Leftist parties are calling on their supporters to revolt over French prime-minister, François Bayrou’s draft 2026 budget, which includes scrapping two national holidays, freezing pensions and cutting €5 billion from health spending.

The French Left are organising under the slogan “Block everything” (“Bloquons tout”) and seek to repeat the scale of the Yellow Vest protests of 2018-2019 but if the Yellow Vests were led by rightwing parties, this wave of social unrest is left-coded.

A poll conducted on the people who plan to partake in the "Block Everything" movement, 69% voted for the communist Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the 2022 presidential first round (versus 22% nationally), and 10% backed anti-capitalist candidate Philippe Poutou (against just 1%). By contrast, only 2% supported President Emmanuel Macron (28% nationwide) and 3% for rightwing leader Marine Le Pen (23%).

More than half of respondents (51%) placed themselves at the far left of the political spectrum, compared to just 3% of the French public. "If you broaden the scope, 86% describe themselves as belonging to the radical left," the study said.

Telegram chat groups linked to the campaign are filled with calls for a general strike and attacks on "ultra-rich capitalists", the foundation said.

The study showed that 54% of supporters cited rising inequality as a top concern, compared with 13% nationally. Other priorities included the environment (43% vs. 23%) and the health system (30% vs. 19%).

Immigration and crime – frequent themes in French politics – ranked low, with just 4% and 3% citing them, compared with 21% and 22% nationwide.

🔗 https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250906-young-politicised-far-left-who-are-france-block-everything-protesters

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🇧🇷🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸 The Brazilian frigate Independência (F44) has arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico alongside the Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Ship HMS Medway (P223).

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 With the Ukrainian presence west of the Vovcha River in Area 1 now isolated and likely coming to an end, and Russian forces enjoying steady advances westwards in Area 2, it appears that Russia is trying to reach the town of Pokrovskoye and subsequently the rear of Gulyaipole.

A significant portion of movement in and out of Gulyaipole goes through Pokrovskoye, so if the Russians can capture Velykomykhailovka (another important Ukrainian logistical hub), then get close to, and capture Pokrovskoye, it will put them in a much stronger position to storm Gulyaipole from three directions.

Currently Russian forces are advancing downhill to the rest of Gulyaipole - reminiscent of the operations to reach the rear of Ugledar. If they cross the Yanchur River and establish a solid bridgehead west of it, the city will be in danger of being taken into a pocket. Area 3 won't have to be activated unless it becomes the "bottom of the salient", where supply for Ukraine is the most difficult due to its distance from the outside of the salient, similar to the current situation in Pokrovsk-Myrnograd.

But there is one other thing to consider with a prolonged operation like this: It may depend on the situation on other fronts - namely Novopavlovka to the northeast. Depending on how strong Ukraine is in the Pokrovskoye area when the town falls, Russia may have to have collapsed the Novopavlovka salient, and advance north of the Vovcha River to the north of Pokrovskoye, but that could be difficult due to the placement of Mezhevaya. This is why it would be impossible to put a timeline on an operation like this, as all sections of the frontline influence each other.

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🌐🤝🇺🇦 We can't get Ukraine to join NATO so we bring NATO to Ukraine

The European Union has drafted a detailed plan to deploy over 10,000 troops to Ukraine

According to WSJ, one group would train and support Ukraine's armed forces, while the other would provide security to prevent a "possible Russian incursion."

The report notes that the plans were prepared with the involvement of several U.S. generals, including the head of NATO's U.S. operations command.

Russian officials have repeatedly threatened that they will not refrain from bombing Western military contingents if they are deployed to Ukraine with predictable consequences for the military-political balance of the European continent.

📝: US-EU sleepwalking into WW3

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🇺🇸⚔️🇻🇪 Multiple sources told CNN that Tuesday’s strike was just the beginning of a broader U.S. effort to combat narcotics trafficking in the region and potentially dislodge Maduro from power.

The Trump administration has told Speaker Johnson it cannot inform Congress on the scope or duration of military operations against Venezuela - CNN

Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the U.S. strike in the that killed 11 alleged Venezuelan “narcoterrorists,” calling it an “assassination.” He warned cooperation with Washington hinges on respect for international law – AlbertoNews

Nicolás Maduro says that if Venezuela were attacked, "it would move to a stage of armed struggle"

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🇺🇸❌🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 US to cut some security funds for European countries bordering Russia

The US is to phase out security assistance programmes for European armies along Russia’s border, as it pushes the continent to pay for more of its own defence.

Pentagon officials last week informed European diplomats that the US would no longer fund programmes that train and equip militaries in eastern European countries that would be on the frontline of any conflict with Russia, people familiar with the matter said.

Spending for the Pentagon programme, which falls under an authority known as section 333, must be agreed by the US Congress, but the Trump administration has not requested more money. Funds already approved will be available until the end of September 2026.

Winding down the section 333 funding would affect a programme with a worldwide budget of more than $1bn, according to estimates from Senate aides, potentially cutting hundreds of millions of dollars the US sends to the Russian border countries. The Pentagon has not informed lawmakers of the exact amount that will be phased out.

The programme allocated $1.6bn in Europe between 2018-2022, roughly 29 per cent of the global 333 spending, according to the US Government Accountability Office. Key recipients include Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Officials from dozens of European embassies in Washington, including from countries that do not receive the assistance, attended a meeting where Pentagon officials told them about the cuts.

The move appeared intended to encourage wealthier European countries to pay for more of the frontline states’ security assistance, one European official said.

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📈 G20 countries — GDP per capita growth from 2000 to 2024

Japan is excluded, the only country to decline.

📝: Even with 11 years of continuous sanctions placed on Russian businesses, Russia has had the 2nd highest GDP growth in G20 in the past 24 years

Sanctions do not work.

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🇺🇸 Treasury buybacks are accelerating:

The US Treasury has bought back a record $138 billion in bonds YTD.

This significantly surpasses the $79 billion repurchased during the entire 2024.

This buyback program aims to boost liquidity and manage cash, as deficit spending continues to surge.

In July, the Treasury said it would buy back 10- to 30-year Treasuries TWICE as often.

As a result, Bloomberg’s measure of Treasury liquidity has materially improved over the last year.

The world’s largest bond market can no longer function without intervention.

🔗 Kobeissi Letter

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🇺🇸📉 US Treasury Secretary Bessent: revisions for 2024 jobs may be reduced by 800k

🔗 Financial Juice

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian troops captured the hamlet of Khoroshe and entered the village of Sosnovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Russia continues to exploit a gap in Ukraine's defenses, and is overrunning the Zaporozhzhia line from the east.

The capture of Khoroshe, puts Russia 13.5 miles (21.6 km) away from the city of Pokrovskoye an important mining center and logistical hub for Ukraine's frontline in the Zaporozhzhia region.

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🇯🇵🗳📝 — NHK News reports that Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba finalized his intention to resign!

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 According to the Ukrainian General Staff, last night's Russian drone attack on Ukraine was the largest since the beginning of the war.

They claimed that 805 Geran-2/Gerbera drones were launched. This is corroborated by the massive number of targets that were hit in several different regions.

📝: The ability of Russia to launch 1000 drones at Ukrainian cities in a single night is a matter of time.

🔗 AMK Mapping

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🇺🇸 JD Vance on killing "cartel members" and war crimes

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🇺🇸🇰🇷 ICE crackdown at Hyundai-LG Georgia battery factory: Korean companies investing billions cannot get proper visas, are then criminalised for bringing skilled workers to fill gaps American labour cannot.

Sentiment is one of betrayal. The language in Korean media is visceral:

Chosun Ilbo: "Built tens of trillions [KRW] factories for America... to then get slapped as illegal immigrants."

News1: "Told us to invest, then treated us as illegal immigrants." This isn't about law, it's about perceived duplicity.

One of the core issues is that S. Korea has no country-reserved work visa. By contrast, Australia for instance gets E-3 (10,500/year) and Singapore/Chile get H-1B1 (5,400/1,400). Korea has neither, despite FTA status and massive investment commitments.

The Partner with Korea Act, which would in theory allow specialty visas, has been repeatedly introduced in Congress, but never passed. This is seen as a must to facilitate even more Korean investment in batteries, semiconductors, and other industries.

Then there's the cap on the highly competitive H-1B of 85,000 total (65k regular + 20k US master's). No per-country quotas. Processing takes months. Many construction trades don't qualify as "specialty occupations" requiring degrees.

Crackdown is clearly to increase American employment. Chosun Ilbo quotes a Korean construction official: "It's impossible to meet construction deadlines with only Americans. We have no choice but to urgently dispatch our technicians to solve problems."

Same source continues: "They tell us to invest but won't give visas for essential personnel, I don't know what they expect us to do." This basically encapsulates the impossible situation Korean companies say they are facing.

Chosun Ilbo describes finding qualified local workers as "like picking stars from the sky." News1 too notes that local workers simply cannot build semiconductor, battery, or shipbuilding factories.

This is all happening right after President Lee Jae Myung's meeting with Trump the other day and Korean firms pledging $150bn in US investments on top of the country's earlier pledge to invest $350bn.

🔗 https://fxtwitter.com/koryodynasty/status/1964339298087673947

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🇪🇺❌🇷🇺🇨🇳 EU's Diplomacy Chief, Kaja Kallas, dismissed China and Russia's contribution to the defeat of the Axis Powers in WW2

"Russia turned to China and said: 'Russia and China fought in World War II, we won World War II, we defeated Nazism' and I thought: 'Okay, that's something new'. If you know history, it raises a lot of questions. Nowadays, people don't read much and don't remember history. It's clear that they believe these narratives,"

Kallas' remarks insulted Beijing who responded by saying:

"The statement made by the relevant EU official is full of ideological bias and lacks basic historical common sense, and blatantly stokes rivalry and confrontation. This is disrespectful to the history of WW2 and undermines the EU's own interests. It's preposterous and irresponsible."

📝: One of Ursula von der Leyen's goals after the reelection of Donald Trump was to make the European Union less dependent on the U.S. as the Europeans do not like the American president. Yet, the only thing ultraliberals like Kallas do is to isolate themselves further from the rest of the world and sink deeper into the clutches of the U.S.

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🇧🇷🕊🇺🇸🇻🇪 Brazilian defense minister, José Múcio, declares neutrality in the face of heightened tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela

🔗 https://diarioversionfinal.com/mundo/ministro-de-defensa-de-brasil-afirma-que-no-tomaran-partido-en-tension-entre-ee-uu-y-venezuela/

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Russian Army has advanced deep into the city of Pokrovsk getting close the city's center.

Although they were close to doing so at the beginning of August, Ukrainian reinforcements and subsequent counterattacks managed to push back the Russians away from the city's neighbourhoods but the Russians recovered all lost ground and are now pushing further.

The Russians have fully captured the Lazurnoye and Kalinovska districts, the hamlet of Troyanda and are assaulting the Shakhtarskoye district.

🔗 Map by AMK Mapping

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🇺🇸🪖📹 — Fox News shares a video showing U.S. Marines and Navy sailors carrying out amphibious landing exercises in Puerto Rico.

It happens as United States and Venezuela face tensions in Caribbe

🔗 Fox News (@FoxNews)

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🇱🇻 Latvia is considering introducing mandatory military conscription for women starting in 2028

Defense Minister Andris Spruds announced plans to expand the country's armed forces, which include a proposal to draft women into compulsory service. His party intends to present the plan to the government.

If approved, female conscription could begin as early as 2028. Mandatory service for men aged 18 to 27 was reinstated on January 1, 2024, in response to the war in Ukraine. Currently, women are allowed to serve in the Latvian army voluntarily.

🔗 Visegrad24

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🇻🇪✈️ Venezuela’s Air Force

— Su-30MK2: 21 in service, main air-defense/strike asset.

— F-16A/B Block 15: Only 3-5 flyable; rest in storage/cannibalized.

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🇺🇸🇻🇪🇹🇹 The "drug boat" when it was destroyed, was most likely still in Venezuelan territorial waters as it was going to Trinidad and Tobago.

The likelihood of the boat going to the United States as claimed by president Trump himself is very low due to the considerable distance between Venezuela and the United States and the perils such a journey carries.

📝: Trump and Rubio are twisting the narrative related to the destination of the "drug boat" to incite a response from Venezuela and justify an intervention and the toppling of Nicolas Maduro.

🔗 https://archive.ph/6k3EN

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