The nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed missile is likely to keep NATO’s planners up at night thinking of ways to defend against it, but that will be an impossible task unless the alliance is prepared to radically ramp up its already bloated defense spending. Leading international affairs and defense experts weigh in for Sputnik.
During its latest flight test, the Burevestnik “performed vertical and horizontal maneuvers, demonstrating its ability to evade missile and air defense systems. This is where its main uniqueness lies,” IMEMO fellow and Vatfor Project founder Dmitry Stefanovich told Sputnik.
Since its range is effectively unlimited, “it can avoid entering areas where enemy air defense systems are located” altogether, approaching targets from literally any attack vector. This distinguishes it from other nuclear weapons delivery systems, Stefanovich explained
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The Well Has Run Dry: Are The People That Are Having Epic EBT Meltdowns Serious About What They Plan To Do Next?
https://citizenwatchreport.com/the-well-has-run-dry-are-the-people-that-are-having-epic-ebt-meltdowns-serious-about-what-they-plan-to-do-next/
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Brazil Launches Online Platform to Track and Prosecute Disrespectful Speech
Brazil’s left-wing government has unveiled a sweeping new “anti-disinformation” online system that will track down dissenters and prosecute those caught using “disrespectful” speech.
Critics are calling the chilling new system, which is driven by artificial intelligence (AI), one of the most dangerous censorship tools in the Western Hemisphere.
The publicly funded project is designed to monitor, track, and criminally prosecute citizens who question radical ideology.
Branded the “Platform of Respect,” the initiative was launched by Brazil’s Ministry of Human Rights in partnership with the NGO Aliança Nacional LGBTI+.
https://slaynews.com/news/brazil-launches-online-platform-track-prosecute-disrespectful-speech/?utm_source=mailpoet
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The nation’s largest federal workers’ union, the American Federation of Government Employees, is urging Democrats to concede the government shutdown fight and vote to reopen the government, revealing a significant fracture in the Democratic coalition as the shutdown nears the one-month mark.
The shutdown began 27 days ago after Democrats refused to back a clean government funding bill, demanding instead that Republicans extend temporary Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year. But AFGE, a major ally to the Democratic party which represents 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers, now says it’s time for the party to give up on its demands.
“It’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today. No half measures, and no gamesmanship,” AFGE President Everett Kelley said in a Monday statement provided to NBC News.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/largest-federal-workers-union-urges-dems-to-cave-on-government-shutdown-revealing-cracks-in-coalition/
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Private credit has turned into the blind spot of American banking. It started small, just a niche corner for high-yield loans, and now it’s a $1.7 trillion machine that barely anyone can see inside. Banks keep pouring money into these private lenders, hundreds of billions at a time, but almost none of it shows up where it should. The rules don’t make them say much, and most don’t.
“US banks have lent out about $300 billion to private credit providers, as lending to all non-depository financial institutions (NDFIs) has surged to $1.2 trillion… The data is based on the banks’ quarterly reporting of their NDFI exposure to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.”
https://dailyhodl.com/2025/10/25/us-banks-now-exposed-to-nearly-300000000000-in-private-credit-debt-signaling-increased-levels-of-asset-risk-moodys/
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law formalizing a strategic partnership with Venezuela, bolstering bilateral cooperation in vital sectors such as energy, mining, and finance, in steadfast opposition to Western sanctions.
Driving the news:
The decree, published on Russia’s official legal information portal, formalizes an accord first signed on May 7 during a Moscow meeting between Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Why it matters:
The agreement underscores the growing alignment between Moscow and Caracas as both nations face sweeping U.S. sanctions. It also highlights Russia’s efforts to consolidate a multipolar global order and reduce dependence on Western financial structures.
https://iranpress.com/content/311967/putin-signs-law-moscow--caracas-strategic-partnership-pact
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Republican policy analyst and commentator Steve Hilton is leading the latest poll in California’s 2026 gubernatorial race, a development that suggests widespread voter dissatisfaction with the state’s Democratic leadership.
The Emerson College poll shows Hilton narrowly ahead of all major Democratic contenders, including former Representative Katie Porter.
https://www.objectivist.co/2025/10/shock-poll-gop-candidate-leads-california-gov-race-as-democratic-party-throws-itself-off-a-cliff-watch/?utm_source=daily-email
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"The goal of Grok and Grokipedia.com is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/musks-anti-woke-grokipedia-has-landed-hosts-900000-articles-day-1
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