Daily Signal,
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Daniel McCarthy
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President Donald Trump loves a Sharpie pen, and now he has all the more reason to love the company that makes them.
The president signed the flurry of executive orders he issued the day he returned to office with a Sharpie.
He’s used them for years, finding them more reliable than fancier pens.The Daily Signal depends on the support of readers like you. Donate now
Now we know they have another merit, too: They’re almost entirely made in America.
Only the felt tip of a Sharpie comes from abroad—it’s made in Japan, according to The Wall Street Journal’s Natasha Khan, who published an eye-opening article on the penmaker last week.
Townhall,
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Strain Stevenson
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10/14/2025 12:31:51 PM
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The Iranian regime’s imperial delusion is crumbling. After decades spent fueling proxy wars and exporting revolution, Tehran now finds itself more isolated and impotent than ever. The linchpin of its regional empire, Syria, has collapsed into disarray. Its prized proxies, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, are battered, demoralized, or disarmed. And now, with Donald Trump’s bold Gaza peace initiative gaining traction, the Islamic Republic’s game is up.For years, Iran’s ayatollahs dreamed of a Shi’ite crescent stretching from Tehran to the Mediterranean, forged in blood and ideology. They poured billions into Bashar al-Assad’s regime, propped up Hezbollah as a state within a state in Lebanon, armed the Houthis in Yemen,
Associated Press News,
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Ken Sweet
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10/14/2025 12:29:38 PM
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Wall Street had one of its most profitable quarters ever, if the earnings from four of nation’s biggest banks that reported Tuesday are to be believed; as the companies were helped by a flurry of deal making, soaring stock prices and a global economy that remains resilient despite tariffs and geopolitical upheaval.
Despite the strong earnings from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs, bank executives expressed various degrees of caution about the markets and the economy, including worries that asset prices in some markets have gotten overinflated.
“While there have been some signs of a softening, particularly in job growth, the U.S. economy generally remained resilient,”
Daily Sceptic,
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Ben Pile
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On Friday, the FT reported that one of the UK’s largest philanthropic grant makers, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) is withdrawing its support for US-based organisations. According to the pink pages, CIFF “no longer understands the US policy environment governing donations” and that it was “pausing donations until authorities clarified the applicable laws and rules related to the foreign funding of US NGOs”.
CIFF is the philanthropic vehicle of British billionaire hedge fund manage Christopher Hohn, whose firm, The Children’s Investment (TCI), has a history of reckless decisions and shareholder activism. Former Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak was once a partner of the hedge fund,
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New York Post,
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Isaac Schorr
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Jon Stewart has been too rich, too privileged and too coddled with undue praise to have much of a grip on the world outside of his bubble.
It’s an unfortunate affliction for the host of a news-adjacent program called “The Daily Show.”
Stewart’s shtick has been the same for years: Present yourself as a down-the-middle everyman disgusted by America’s political landscape — and then spend 90% of your time mocking only 50% of the culprits.
Last week, a years-old Stewart monologue resurfaced on social media and racked up millions of views, including from an account that’s agitating to draft him as a 2028 presidential candidate.
Associated Press News,
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Lisa Mascaro
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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen.
Standing alone at the Capitol on the 13th day of the shutdown, the speaker said he was unaware of the details of the thousands of federal workers being fired by the Trump administration. It’s a highly unusual mass layoff widely seen as way to seize on the shutdown to reduce the scope of government. Vice President JD Vance has warned of “painful” cuts ahead, even as employee unions sue.
New York Post,
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Matthew Fischetti
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Vaughn Golden
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The Democratic Socialists of America — the organization backing New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani — denounced the “conditional” cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas and called for continued resistance against the Jewish state in a statement released Monday.
The DSA declaration titled “Until Palestinian Liberation” came days after Israel and Hamas agreed to halt fighting and begin exchanging hostages and prisoners under a US- and Arab-brokered deal.
The far-left group said the truce “will not end Israel’s assault on the Palestinian people or the theft and occupation of Palestinian lands,” describing it as a “conditional cease-fire” that “does not wash the hands of the ruling class that …
New York Post,
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Jonathan Turley
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10/13/2025 5:12:49 AM
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In Federalist No. 51, James Madison famously wrote that “ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” He believed that members of each branch would jealously protect their own institutions from the other branches.
Of course, Madison never met Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY). Goldman is an example of how the wrong type of ambition can destroy Congress if it becomes widespread among members.
This week, both Republican and Democratic members raised alarm over the disclosure that Special Counsel Jack Smith tracked the telephone calls by members of both houses of Congress.
New York Post,
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Chris Nesi
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Outgoing NJ Gov. Phil Murphy was not in New Jersey when a state of emergency was declared Saturday night, leaving Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way — now serving as acting governor — to make the declaration in his stead.
“In preparation for this storm, I am issuing a State of Emergency for all 21 counties out of an abundance of caution, authorizing our state’s emergency services personnel to activate as necessary,” Acting Governor Way announced in a statement Saturday.
The term-limited Democrat, who is known for taking frequent vacations, often to his luxe Italian villa,
PJ Media,
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Matt Margolis
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Ever since President Donald Trump brokered the historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas, the left has followed a predictable script—either praising the outcome while refusing to credit Trump or scrambling to hand the credit to someone else entirely. That’s exactly what Joe Biden’s former Secretary of State Antony Blinken is now trying to do. The deal, which involves releasing the remaining hostages and requires Israel to pull back to a predetermined line inside Gaza, aims to create a buffer zone to disarm Hamas. In his self-congratulatory thread on X, Blinken actually tries to spin the Trump-brokered ceasefire as “building on” what Biden supposedly achieved.
Townhall,
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Struan Stevenson
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The mullahs in Tehran are in a blind panic. Haunted by the spectre of another nationwide uprising, the Iranian regime is rushing through one of the most repressive pieces of legislation in its history. Dressed up as the “Countering Intelligence Service Infiltration” bill, this so-called “anti-infiltration” law is nothing more than a charter for mass intimidation, a desperate attempt to choke the last remaining freedoms of Iran’s embattled people. First unveiled in July, the bill is being railroaded through parliament at breakneck speed. The regime’s tame media outlets, like Khabar Online, have described it as a safeguard against foreign espionage.