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What Happens When You Shine Three Lights on Sunflowers? The Plants Surprisingly Grow Toward the Dimmest One ZME Science

NASA’s Swift space telescope crashes back to Earth after failed rescue attempt Space.com

A ‘tidal wave’ of severe eye disease is looming. It starts with childhood nearsightedness Los Angeles Times

Climate/Environment

Another day, more record flooding — this time in the southern Appalachians Balanced Weather

India Climate 2026: India faced extreme weather on 92% of days in first nine months of 2026 Down to Earth

Missing the boat on extreme event attribution The Climate Brink

Pandemics

Historic Marburg outbreak hints at long-term viral hideout Nature

Water

Vermont Has Spent Nearly a Billion Dollars to Clean Up Lake Champlain. But the Green Slime Keeps Coming Back. Seven Days

Japan

In Praise Of Japan’s Failure To Keep Up Noema

China?

The New Senators on China ChinaTalk. Bipartisan disconnect from reality.

How Chinese Analysts Interpret the 2026 U.S. Midterms New China Literacy by Yaqi Li

Africa

Congo’s Former President—Installed in a Clinton-Era Regime-Change Operation—Joins Rwandan Rebel Group Covert Action Magazine

Syraqistan

Israel kills five in Gaza, including child New Arab

Sources are telling Reuters that Trump is still planning to bomb Iran: “He is planning to bomb Iran. Don’t listen ⁠to what he’s saying. He held off because of the midterms. We asked him to hold off until the midterms.” https://t.co/QyJ4qab5kS

— Dave DeCamp (@DecampDave) November 5, 2026

Connected Israeli Journalist Takes Report About Netanyahu Urging A Nuclear Strike On Iran Seriously. The Dissident

Turkey says soldier killed by gunfire from Iran at border: What to know Al-Monitor

Iran’s security chief meets Putin, delivers message from Khamenei Al Jazeera

Old Blighty

Britain to ‘recast’ Chagos Islands deal to address US concerns Anadolu Agency

European Disunion

Bomb threats target at least 22 more European flights Politico

An ex-CIA officer with experience “leading intelligence operations across Europe” who has “advised senior CIA leadership” is on the supervisory board of the Vista Rica investment fund, a fund with extensive ownership and investor ties to Aleksandar Vučić and the inner circle of his Serbian Progressive Party

https://t.co/FYAB8kAogt

— Lily Lynch (@lilyslynch) November 5, 2026

Why ‘realistic’ battery sourcing will break Europe’s Gigafactories” The Battery Chronicle

An Israeli Arms Factory Is Testing Germany’s Political Divisions Inkstick

Warning strikes at over 2,000 workplaces in Germany, but the IG Metall union is trying to prevent an all-out strike WSWS

Mass protests sweep France as workers and students demand higher pay and funding RFI

France as the solution. Emmanuel Todd

New Not-So-Cold War

Commission disburses €4.36 billion to Ukraine under the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan European Commission

Spain Pledges €437M in Military Aid to Ukraine Following Talks in Madrid Kyiv Post

Trump meets Russian envoy in Washington ahead of Ukraine peace talks, claims ‘big, beautiful agreement’ coming Kyiv Independent

Kremlin aide Kirill Dmitriev says the Financial Times’ report that two tankers carrying Russian diesel have diverted away from the US is “fake news.”

“Tankers destined for the US continue on course,” he wrote, adding: “Why so much fake news from the FT?” https://t.co/0iCDcCqjFW

— Brian McDonald (@BrianMcDonaldIE) November 5, 2026

Back to Abject Democratic Silliness and Deceit on Ukraine Oliver Boyd Barrett

Russia’s External Energy Strategy amid the Ukraine Crisis: Adjustments and Constraints by GU Wei ChinAffairs

Russia’s ‘eastward pivot’ gains steam as Putin confirms new China border railway South China Morning Post

South of the Border

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Resigns Amid Ueno Bank Crisis TeleSur

A note on Paraguay: we aren’t just mad because we can’t access our money (although that in itself is awful), but because said bank went bankrupt because they used PUBLIC FUNDS to give out GIGANTIC loans to people connected to the president

— mar 🍰 (@jaeheesgf) November 5, 2026

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Further Sanctions on the Cuban Regime’s Foreign Military Support and Illicit Revenue Networks U.S. Department of State. Fresh sanctions!

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Colombia’s rebels no longer considered political actors under landmark new law Bogota Post

Bombings, extraditions, and militarized cities mark De la Espriella’s first 90 days in charge of security El Pais

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Agribusiness and the Compensatory State Phenomenal World

L’affaire Epstein

Leon Black sues Rep. Garcia over remarks about his relationship with Epstein Politico

Spook Country

US intelligence sharing has fractured under Trump, officials say Reuters. “…some former officials are working on a ⁠bipartisan basis at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution to draw up plans to rebuild the intelligence community in the next administration…” Is there ever a time when they aren’t drawing up such plans?

Trump 2.0

Trump purge BEGINS as insiders name scapegoat who the president has already decided will take blame for midterms… as Susie Wiles’ devious plot that will ignite Cabinet civil war leaks… and JD Vance sparks a West Wing squabble Daily Mail

Peace Is Breaking Out Everywhere Except the White House Larry Johnson

The Real Architect of the Iran Mess Ken Klippenstein

The Cook Test: An Early Read on How Trump Governs With a Democratic Congress Garber Files

The Uniparty

I personally think MAGA is in for one hell of a shock…

They think the Democrats are going to aggressively go after and investigate Trump and his family after taking both House and Senate control…Now, that could happen, but I believe it would be theatrical.

I personally think a deal has been made.

I think that Trump is going to do literally everything in his power to appease the Democrats and you are going to see a kind of “unity” government form that is VERY AGGRESSIVE about moving forward the Technocratic NWO surveillance state, war with Iran, and ultimately the destruction of the Constitutional Republic.

The American people are about to bear an unbelievable authoritarian assault, and it will come from BOTH sides of the aisle.

We will get the “best of both worlds” so to speak…ULTRA Zionism & Bolshevism.

The fact that Jeffries and Kushner met secretly months before the midterms, not only shows that Trump KNEW what was going to happen and more than likely orchestrated the outcome, which is evident by the way he was acting up until the midterms (talking about asses, and striking Iran the night before) but it tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about what the ultimate plan is moving forward…

They will be working TOGETHER.

This was thoroughly PLANNED out, to a tee.

Agenda 2030 & Israel doesn’t care about red or blue.

Bookmark this.

— The Patriot Voice (@TPV_John) November 4, 2026

Democrats Suck

After Republican election debacle, Democrats pledge “bipartisan common ground” with Trump WSWS

The Election Wave Could Drown Out Progressives Washington Sun

Raman and DSA Candidates Have Defeated the Odds. That May Be the Easy Part L.A. Taco. Democratic socialist Nithya Raman topples Democrat Mayor Karen Bass in LA.

One Good Sign Phantom Heresy

Democrats Are Reviewing a Plan to Investigate Corporate America Washington Sun

2026 Post Mortem

The 2026 Midterms: Blaming Trump is Temporary but Household Economic Circumstances Are Forever Notes on the Crises

Post-Midterms Report Stresses Economic Populism Propelled Democrats to Victory Common Dreams

2028

‘Next Barack Obama’ becomes new clear frontrunner for 2028 presidential race The Independent

Marco Rubio expected to step down and launch bid to be next US president The Independent

Police State Watch

CoreCivic urges ICE to move quickly on more facility purchases after Democrats’ historic midterm wins Project Salt Box

The Supremes

Conservative US Supreme Court justices Thomas and Alito in spotlight after Democratic landslide Reuters

MAHA

One Subplot To The GOP’s Midterm Debacle Was A Repudiation Of The MAHA Movement TechDirt

Big Brother Is Watching You Watch

Our Famously Free Press

Printed in Place Orion

Mr. Market Wipe Out

AI meltdown: Nvidia and Qualcomm drop more than 9%, pushing Nasdaq to worst day since April 2025 CNBC

Intel’s stock crash shares an uncanny resemblance to its 2000 bust Yahoo! Finance

🇯🇵🇰🇷 Asian stock markets are plunging as a massive selloff sweeps from Wall Street to Tokyo and Seoul, wiping billions off the value of major technology companies.

South Korea’s KOSPI crashed more than 8% shortly after opening today, triggering a 20-minute trading halt, while Japan’s Nikkei plunged around 6%.

The turmoil follows a brutal Thursday on Wall Street, where the Nasdaq lost 5.5%, the S&P 500 fell 4.4%, and semiconductor stocks plunged around 12%.

Israel’s Tel Aviv Stock Exchange also suffered heavy losses, with its benchmark TA-35 index dropping 3.7% to a six-month low.

The selloff comes as investors digest Democratic gains in the midterms, with concerns that tighter restrictions on AI data centers could slow America’s massive technology investment boom.

With Asian chipmakers heavily dependent on U.S. demand, fears surrounding the future of AI infrastructure are now spreading across global markets.

Source: Channel 12, Reuters / Writer: Mhedi

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 6, 2026

AI bubble could kill Anthropic’s IPO before it even happens

Anthropic was preparing for one of the biggest IPOs in history at a potential $2 trillion valuation

But just days before the expected roadshow, everything is starting to fall apart

> AI stocks are getting crushed

> Some investors now value Anthropic at $1.5T instead > of $2T

> $895B in long-term AI infrastructure commitments

> $567M quarterly operating loss

And all of this is happening right before Anthropic is expected to start marketing its shares

Wall Street spent years betting trillions on the AI boom

Now that same boom could collapse before Anthropic even gets to ring the opening bell

The biggest irony?

One of the biggest winners of the AI boom could become one of its biggest victims

Trade $ANT pre-IPO perps: https://t.co/QAd4p36wKx

— Goaty (@goatyishere) November 5, 2026

And there it is.

After today’s market crash, CNBC pundits discuss how an AI government bailout will happen for national security. https://t.co/pJwvnl1fuM

— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) November 5, 2026