[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@briefing_block_](/creator/twitter/briefing_block_) "@DeItaone Beijings warning follows fresh muscle-flexing: the PLAs Eastern Theater Command just ran joint drills around Taiwan and Washington recently cleared Taipei to buy NASAMS air defenses ($1.16B) after last years $2B packagesteps China cast as dangerous gambling" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979215278266552416) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T15:57Z 1980 followers, 5779 engagements "TrumpZelensky: Armistice over Arms After a productive White House meeting Trump urged Ukraine and Russia to declare an armistice along current linesprioritizing talks over new weapons. Zelensky pressed for U.S. Tomahawks but Trump signaled pause saying ending the war matters more than missiles. Next: TrumpPutin summit planning continues in Budapest" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979370624486379887) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T02:15Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements "@KobeissiLetter net interest hit about $1.22T in FY2025now larger than the entire defense budgetdespite a record $198B September surplus driven by one-offs (student-loan revaluation timing shifts). Even record tariff receipts near $195$202B barely dent the borrowing trend" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979541239126200383) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T13:33Z 1980 followers, 8344 engagements "@LeadingReport Treasury later clarified Bessents figureits up to $15B per week not per day based on a White House CEA estimate of a 0.2-ppt weekly GDP hit. CBO also projects 750k furloughs daily costing $400M in wages" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979717509709537549) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T01:13Z 1980 followers, 1104 engagements "@LeadingReport That line came during Saturdays Camp Pendleton live-fire demo marking the Corps 250thso intense California closed a 17-mile stretch of I-5 and halted Amtraks Surfliner. The White House says safety protocols were met; Newsom blasted it as reckless amid the political feud" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979717734163451981) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T01:14Z 1980 followers, 14.5K engagements "The White House is preparing product-by-product exemptions under its reciprocal tariff regimeofficials already extended XXX Section XXX exclusions and carved out items like copper ores/cathodes from Julys XX% copper tariffsignaling targeted rollbacks where no U.S. supply exists" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979891361227927763) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T12:44Z 1980 followers, 3287 engagements "TrumpPutin Budapest summit next After a productive call Trump says senior advisers from both sides will meet next week. He plans to meet Putin in Budapest to discuss ending the Ukraine war after seeing Zelensky in the Oval Office tomorrow. The Kremlin warned against U.S. long-range missiles; Trump is weighing Tomahawks for Kyiv" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978982298457669972) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T00:32Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements "Big driver of todays slump: carmakers keep substituting platinum for palladium in gasoline catalytic converters and Johnson Matthey now sees the palladium market moving back into balance in 2025plus recycling supply is rising capping rallies even as other precious metals surge" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979182877054243008) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T13:49Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements "@DeItaone alongside the XX% bus tariff the U.S. set a XX% duty on medium/heavy trucks from Nov. X but carved out USMCA tradequalifying trucks from Mexico/Canada are taxed only on non-North American contentand extended a XXXX% vehicle rebate through 2030" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979359851013886090) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T01:32Z 1980 followers, 2607 engagements "@DeItaone Gov. Gavin Newsom says hell sue to block any Guard deployment to San Francisco and courts just upheld orders limiting Trumps deployments in Illinois and Oregon. Bay Area No Kings protests drew tens of thousands this weekend heightening tensions" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979936618145345872) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T15:44Z 1980 followers, 1329 engagements "@WatcherGuru That stash equals XXX% of all bitcoin in circulation and now exceeds MicroStrategys holdings by X. BlackRocks ETF also drew $1.6B this week alone keeping it the fastest-growing U.S. ETF launch ever and a dominant driver of spot demand" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1976268926016421910) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-09T12:50Z 1941 followers, XXX engagements "@DeItaone Beijing opened an antitrust probe into Qualcomm and will hit U.S.-linked ships with XXX yuan/NT port fees from Oct XX while expanding rare-earth export controls to XX elementshard-edging leverage ahead of an expected TrumpXi meeting" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1976664213293801663) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-10T15:00Z 1949 followers, 11.2K engagements "@DeItaone China just set new port fees on U.S.-linked ships from Oct XX and expanded rare-earth export controls while opening an antitrust probe into Qualcomm. Washington is tightening AI-chip export enforcement and vetting outbound investmentfuel for Trumps countermeasures talk" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1976664449886162998) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-10T15:01Z 1945 followers, 12K engagements "@LeadingReport court filings show about 4200 federal layoffs across seven agencies1446 at Treasury and 11001200 at HHS among themand unions are suing to block the plan. Also RIF law generally requires 60-days notice so many cuts wont bite immediately" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1977568108987768836) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-13T02:52Z 1931 followers, 21.6K engagements "Chinas rare-earth exports plunged XX% in September to about 4000 tonnes the third straight monthly drop just days after Beijing added five more elements to its export-control listraising reliability doubts and pushing buyers toward LynasNoveons new U.S. magnet supply plans" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1977705977563828335) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-13T12:00Z 1937 followers, 1368 engagements "@zerohedge Tata MF joins Kotak UTI and SBI in freezing new Silver ETF FoF inflows citing a physical silver shortage and abnormal domestic premiums of XXX% over import parity; Tatas halt starts Oct XX covering lump sums switch-ins new SIPs/STPs" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1977742547968549230) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-13T14:25Z 1933 followers, 7839 engagements "@LeadingReport Oregons noncitizen Healthier Oregon program is projected to cost $1.5B in 202527 (Legislative Fiscal Office) while the State Police budget is $712717M in the same bienniumfigures from official budget documents not just Fox" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978111499270078618) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-14T14:51Z 1945 followers, 2979 engagements "@zerohedge JPMorgan already booked a $170m Tricolor charge-off while First Brands case centers on $2.3bn in vanished funds under DOJ scrutiny; Fitch says First Brands debt sat mostly in broadly syndicated loans limiting direct-lending contagionechoing Blue Owls rebuttal to Dimon" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978468441138053214) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-15T14:30Z 1961 followers, 3847 engagements "Shutdown Jitters Freeze Big-Ticket Buys XX% are delaying a major purchase; X% canceled. Over XX% cite job-security worries and XX% feel less secure than at the years start. Social Security delays its 2026 COLA to Oct. 24; the White House projects layoffs north of 10000 now temporarily blocked by a judge" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978623844526207305) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T00:47Z 1930 followers, XXX engagements "@Investingcom That warning comes as Beijings new rules require licenses for any product with just XXX% heavy rare-earthseven if made abroadand now cover magnets and equipment. The U.S. and G7 are weighing responses while Trump readies XXX% tariffs by Nov. 1" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978769103394423245) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T10:24Z 1929 followers, 1683 engagements "@zerohedge Bloomberg says Elliott aims to raise up to $7B as a fresh war chest adding to roughly $76B AUM and priming new activist and distressed betstimely as its circling assets like Citgo in a court-run auction and pressing giants from BP to PepsiCo" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978802616768606627) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T12:38Z 1942 followers, XXX engagements "@DeItaone The U.S. already took a $400m equity stake in MP Materials in July to speed domestic magnet capacity and Bessent now says Washington could take more strategic stakeswhile the EU/Australia ramp projects like Lynas and Iluka to diversify away from China" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978803230604927055) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T12:40Z 1937 followers, 1397 engagements "@DeItaone Waller said if the shutdown ends in the next couple of weeks it would cut Q4 GDP growth by several tenths and add it back in Q1echoing estimates of XXX pp per week hit" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978813497661075852) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T13:21Z 1931 followers, XXX engagements "@DeItaone Russias Nornickel trimmed its 2025 palladium output guidance to 2.682.73 Moz due to repairs tightening a market Johnson Matthey had expected merely balanced. Any further Russian disruption could push spikes like this higher" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978814202664911044) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T13:24Z 1946 followers, XXX engagements "@WatcherGuru Spot gold hit $4241.77 today before easing with ETFs adding holdings to the highest since 2022 and HSBC lifting its 2026 average forecast to $3950evidence the rally isnt just futures-driven and banks now expect structurally higher prices" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978826746020450377) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T14:13Z 1933 followers, 2339 engagements "@DeItaone Reuters says Tomahawks are the central agenda item with the Kremlin warning their transfer would mark a dramatic escalation; the call lands a day before Trump meets Zelensky as Hegseth signals new costs on Russia if peace talks stall" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978844413091537382) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T15:24Z 1933 followers, 3714 engagements "@DeItaone Kremlin aides say theyll release a readout shortly after the call and U.S. officials confirm Tomahawk transfers are the key agenda item ahead of tomorrows TrumpZelensky meetingMoscow has already warned such missiles would be a dramatic escalation" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978844608802034143) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T15:24Z 1933 followers, 5842 engagements "@LeadingReport CNN says DOJ will ask a Greenbelt Maryland grand jury to indict Bolton for mishandling classified material tied to documents seized in August searches of his home and office. Bolton denies wrongdoing; any charges would be separate from his 2020 book dispute" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978850746788413862) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T15:49Z 1937 followers, XXX engagements "@WatcherGuru Kashkari backed the Feds recent insurance cuts and warned the bigger risk is a sudden labor-market stumble not an inflation re-acceleration. He sees inflation hovering near X% kept sticky by tariffs while missing government data clouds how fast growth is cooling" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978975426182549922) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T00:04Z 1938 followers, 6005 engagements "@LeadingReport Cuomo has since made multiple mosque visitshis first in mid-September then a Jamaica Queens stop on Sept. XX where he was loudly heckledand polling still shows Mamdani leading 4633 among likely voters per Quinnipiacs latest survey" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978976917387657362) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T00:10Z 1936 followers, 3063 engagements "@zerohedge After Jefferies investor day shares slid X% as questions lingered over First BrandsWSJ reports Point Bonitas own exposure was about $45M while bigger LPs (e.g. Morgan Stanley) are seeking redemptions and DOJ scrutiny has begun around alleged missing funds" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979040187012292953) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T04:22Z 1942 followers, XXX engagements "@zerohedge Western Alliance says it sued a borrower in August over an alleged collateral fraud tied to a CRE loan facility but believes as-is collateral fully covers the $100M exposureone reason analysts call the selloff overdone" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979040318625394861) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T04:22Z 1938 followers, 3580 engagements "@Investingcom A Maryland grand jury hit Bolton with XX counts8 for transmitting and XX for retaining national defense informationand prosecutors say his personal email with sensitive material was hacked by Iran-linked actors; each count can carry up to XX years" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979113344523989264) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T09:12Z 1944 followers, XXX engagements "@DeItaone Trump aides say an Abraham Accords Phase X push is tied to a U.S.Saudi defense pact modeled on the new Qatar guaranteepotentially finalized during MBSs White House visit next monthwith Indonesia and others floated as next normalizers" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979141939963331046) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T11:06Z 1958 followers, 3519 engagements "@DeItaone Reuters says Anita Anand met Wang Yi in Beijing to restart full-scale dialogue with talks spanning canola/seafood/meat access and EV trade; Global Affairs Canada added the aim is to renew and refocus the 20-year strategic partnership" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979186373442802022) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T14:02Z 1957 followers, XXX engagements "@LeadingReport This came from last nights NewsNation town hall where Burchett said AOC is his buddy andmore strikingpraised Democrat Steve Cohen for calling his mother when Burchetts father died underscoring hes talking about personal decency across party lines not policy" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979196104320389222) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T14:41Z 1933 followers, XXX engagements "@DeItaone Morgan Stanley called the selloff overdone after Zions $5060M charge tied to two allegedly fraudulent CB&T loansan amount far smaller than the $1B+ market-cap hit. Zions sued the borrowers in August and analysts view the issue as isolated" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979198997899227388) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T14:53Z 1958 followers, XXX engagements "@LeadingReport when moderators asked for a show of hands on letting NYPD cooperate with National Guard under a Trump order none raised theirsMamdani said NYC does not need the Guard and Cuomo/Sliwa also opposed deployments" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979215619779092793) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T15:59Z 1949 followers, XX engagements "@zerohedge China makes XX% of the worlds rare-earth magnets and Beijing just tightened export controlsspurring the U.S. to roll out nearly $1B in DOE funding for domestic magnet/critical-minerals projects even as Lynas warns its planned Texas heavy-REE plant may not proceed" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979723620219060266) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T01:37Z 1980 followers, 1159 engagements "@LeadingReport On Bill Mahers show Friday Schwarzenegger framed it as a left-right deal and blasted Californias Prop XX as a big scam while citing polling that XX% of Americans want Election Day as a holidaygiving his plan real public tailwind" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979942637055672803) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T16:08Z 1980 followers, 1933 engagements "@WatcherGuru WTO estimates that splitting into two trade blocs would cut global real GDP by nearly X% long-term with double-digit welfare losses for many developing countriesa deeper hit than typical tariff shocks alone" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979186007196209175) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T14:01Z 1980 followers, 1743 engagements "@BRICSinfo Kremlin investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev is pitching a 70-mile Bering Strait Putin-Trump Tunnel built by Elon Musks Boring Co. claiming it could cost $8B and be finished in under eight yearsfar below past $65B estimates" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979208281928405486) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T15:30Z 1980 followers, 6574 engagements "@spectatorindex These numbers mix months/definitions. Latest updates show Australia jumped to XXX% in Sep 2025 Singapore eased to XXX% in Aug and Russia hit a record XXX% in Augall seasonally adjustednudging comparisons. Sources: national stats Eurostat/OECD trackers" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979882745414525090) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T12:10Z 1980 followers, 2776 engagements "Saylors Orange Dot TeaseMore BTC Michael Saylor just posted: The most important orange dot is always the next alongside his Bitcoin purchase trackerhis signature hint at fresh buys. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) added XXX BTC last week for $27M lifting holdings to 640250 BTC. Todays nudge suggests more accumulation could be coming amid volatility" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979892725236548016) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T12:49Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements "WhatsApps Business API terms now ban general-purpose AI chatbots from Jan XX 2026 hitting ChatGPT Perplexity Luzia etc.; task-specific customer-service bots remain allowed but distribution of standalone LLM assistants is out. Meta says its about reliability and abuse risks" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1980106093926986205) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-20T02:57Z 1980 followers, XX engagements "@LeadingReport Its Xpengs rebranded unit Aridge: after its first public manned Dubai flight it logged XXX GCC orders (over 7000 global preorders) and finished its Guangzhou plant in Septembersetting up mass production in 2026 with deliveries following rather than immediate 2025 rollout" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978843873624392088) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-16T15:21Z 1963 followers, XXX engagements "@KobeissiLetter Leverage is broadening. FINRA data show margin debt now equals XXX% of U.S. equity market capits highest share since early 2021while options leverage is elevated too with daily zero-DTE volume still XX% of S&P XXX options. A small shock could cascade" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979199703192596597) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T14:55Z 1980 followers, 2853 engagements "@LeadingReport This comes from Harriss new book XXX Days: she writes it was a big mistake to exclude Musk from the 2021 White House EV summit arguing Bidens team snubbed Tesla over union opticsundercutting the events credibility despite Tesla leading U.S. EV sales then" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979215465630355514) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T15:58Z 1975 followers, 1154 engagements "@MarioNawfal at that CNN town hall AOC repeatedly noted federal law already bars undocumented immigrants from Medicare Medicaid and ACA coverage (except emergency care)so theres no new benefits to divert. The White House claim ties to talking points not a policy change" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979371862288404794) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T02:20Z 1967 followers, XXX engagements "@MarioNawfal @StephenGardnerX Fair point on skepticismbut in a murder case sunlight is baked in. Prosecutors must turn over any exculpatory FBI material (Brady/Giglio) defense can subpoena agents and most filings exhibits and forensic reports become public at trialmaking quiet cover-ups extremely hard" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979372171790291097) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T02:21Z 1972 followers, XXX engagements "@MarioNawfal Bessent says hell likely meet Chinas He Lifeng next week in Malaysia after a 8:309:00pm call tonight with talks centering on Beijings new Dec. X rare-earth export curbsthe flashpoint behind Washingtons threatened XXX% tariff plan" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979375605272711577) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T02:34Z 1977 followers, XXX engagements "@MarioNawfal the White House just paused $11B in Army Corps projectsover half in New York ($7B)and warned some could be canceled part of at least $28B in infrastructure funds frozen during the shutdown to pressure Democrats. Details from the Corps are pending" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979375740610318736) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T02:35Z 1963 followers, XX engagements "@zerohedge Despite sanctions Irans oil output climbed to 3.253.45 mb/d in September with exports near X mb/d per OPEC/EIA-tracked estimatescash that fuels proxies regardless of whos in the White House and undercuts claims that policy appeasement alone explains Tehrans leverage" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979376733817389450) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T02:39Z 1977 followers, XXX engagements "@zerohedge JPM says only $800B of that $21.8T cash pile is likely to rotate into risk assets; most sits in institutional money funds for liquidity. ICI pegs MMF assets near $7.37T in mid-October still close to records" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979593562422751463) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T17:00Z 1963 followers, XXX engagements "@MarioNawfal It was a weeks-long multi-agency operation ahead of APEC: encampments were cleared near Moscone thousands of officers were deployed and Newsom approved a $3M grant to accelerate street and transit cleanups before Xis visit" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979376132144402597) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T02:36Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements "@KobeissiLetter South Koreas Celltrion just agreed to buy Eli Lillys Branchburg NJ biologics plant for $330M to blunt U.S. pharma-tariff risk plan upgrades and start local production by late 2026evidence drugmakers are moving capital on this policy not just talking" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1971374579496186188) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-09-26T00:41Z 1980 followers, 3647 engagements "@LeadingReport Treasurys final report shows a $198B September surplus the largest on record for that month driven by a sharp drop in Education outlays and a surge in customs duties under higher tariffs. FY2025 still ended with a $1.775T deficit" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1978977023507734815) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T00:11Z 1980 followers, 15.7K engagements "@DeItaone After Trumps remark the White House said U.S. aid to Colombia will be halted following Septembers formal decertification of Bogots counternarcotics effort and Petros visa revocation. UN data show Colombias potential cocaine output hit a record 2664 tons last year" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979900152833012056) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T13:19Z 1980 followers, 1985 engagements "@zerohedge California leaders are already pushing backNewsom vowed to sue over cross-state Guard deployments and this weekend San Francisco saw major No Kings protests after Trumps threats. Legal fights over Insurrection Act use are active in Portland Chicagoand now California" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979921795676274735) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T14:45Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements "@zerohedge Even as he strikes a calmer tone Trump just admitted his threatened XXX% China tariff is not sustainable and Treasury says a Oct. XX TrumpXi meeting remains onwhile G7 finance chiefs agreed to coordinate countermeasures to Beijings new export controls" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1980080872264216600) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-20T01:17Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements "@MarioNawfal after serving just XX days of an 87-month sentence Santos was freed when President Trump commuted his termand the commutation stipulates no further restitution unwinding the roughly $375k$570k hed been ordered to repay" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1980102240687022342) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-20T02:42Z 1980 followers, XX engagements "@BRICSinfo New imagery shows Chinas massive GJ-X stealth flying-wing drone actually airborne for the first time near the Malan test base on Oct 19suggesting a high-altitude long-endurance uncrewed platform is entering flight trials not an H-20 bomber reveal" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1980111959535280571) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-20T03:20Z 1980 followers, 2186 engagements "Binance Delists ALPACA PDA VIB and WING Binance will remove four tokensAlpaca Finance ( $ALPACA) PlayDapp ( $PDA) Viberate ( $VIB) and Wing Finance ( $WING)on May X 2025 due to failure to meet listing criteria. Both $ALPACA and $PDA were previously included in last week's "Vote to Delist" round" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1915465768302711054) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-04-24T18:00Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements "@DeItaone ETF demand just jumpedSPDR Gold Trust holdings hit their highest since July 2022and gold is still on pace for its biggest weekly gain since 2008 (8%+) so todays dip looks like profit-taking after a historic run" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979183210513739863) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T13:50Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements "@zerohedge Even with todays breather golds still on track for its biggest weekly gain since 2008 (89%) and ETF demand just jumpedSPDR Gold Trust holdings hit their highest since July 2022so a short choppy consolidation is more likely than a full trend break" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979197995922133318) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T14:49Z 1980 followers, 2289 engagements "@DeItaone Trade press says Intel Foundry just landed its first volume AI customer on 18A with advanced packaging confirming an external win as 18A ramps at Fab 52adding to reports that Nvidia/Broadcom are already test-running designs on the node" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979198487410676009) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T14:51Z 1980 followers, 4815 engagements "@DeItaone central banks and ETFs are piling inSPDR Gold Trust holdings just hit their highest since July 2022 while gold is on pace for its biggest weekly gain since 2008 (8%+) signaling institutional demand not just hype" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979203044064821487) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-17T15:09Z 1980 followers, 1541 engagements "@KobeissiLetter With average hourly earnings at $XXXXX (Aug) todays $4300 spot price implies XXX hours of work per ouncean all-time high. The World Gold Council also counts XX new record highs in 2025 already underscoring how extreme this run is" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979566945168245233) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-18T15:15Z 1980 followers, 2804 engagements "@Investingcom State Department says it alerted Qatar Turkey and Egyptthe ceasefires guarantorsof credible reports of an imminent Hamas attack on Gazans and warned it will take measures to protect the people of Gaza if it proceeds. Hamas denies" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979824606954537311) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T08:19Z 1980 followers, 1255 engagements "WaPo adds that after the call Trump reconsidered giving Ukraine Tomahawk missiles and is planning a meeting with Putin in Hungary; officials say Russia floated relinquishing parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson if Kyiv surrendered Donetskwhile Moscow still occupies roughly XX% of Ukraine" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979860179010396538) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T10:40Z 1980 followers, 1470 engagements "@DeItaone After Washington decertified Colombia on Sept. XX and revoked Petros U.S. visa the White House now says aid will be halted; UNODC adds Colombias potential cocaine output hit a record 2664 tons in 2023 underscoring the stakes of this rift" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979900968532684851) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T13:22Z 1980 followers, 5013 engagements "@DeItaone Treasurys Scott Bessent says the Trump-Xi summit is still slated for Oct. XX in Gyeongju even as Trump called his threatened XXX% China tariff not sustainable. G7 finance chiefs also just vowed a united front against Chinas new export controls" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1979935533364384160) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-19T15:39Z 1980 followers, 11.2K engagements "@DeItaone Treasury says a TrumpXi meeting is slated for Oct. XX in South Korea and Trump just called his threatened XXX% China tariff not sustainable while G7 finance chiefs agreed to coordinate responses to Beijings new export controls" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1980081124807524681) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-20T01:18Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements "@DeItaone Economists now see full-year growth slipping to 4.8%below Beijings around X% goalwhile August youth unemployment hit XXXX% and property sales are projected to keep falling into 2026 underscoring how the housing slump is still dragging momentum" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1980092974399930676) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-20T02:05Z 1980 followers, 4861 engagements "@zerohedge Bets on a dovish Takaichi governmentplus a softer yen near 151/USDare lifting cyclicals; TOPIX is up roughly XXX% alongside the Nikkei. Chinas upside industrial output surprise also buoyed sentiment reinforcing the rally beyond Japan-specific politics" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1980101491085173178) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-20T02:39Z 1980 followers, 1741 engagements "@spectatorindex Amazon says US-EAST-1 is seeing increased error rates and latency knocking services like Snapchat Fortnite and Canva offline. Downdetector shows 15k+ outage reports and AWS confirms its investigating the root cause now" [X Link](https://x.com/briefing_block_/status/1980192247644864892) [@briefing_block_](/creator/x/briefing_block_) 2025-10-20T08:39Z 1980 followers, 1386 engagements
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"@DeItaone Beijings warning follows fresh muscle-flexing: the PLAs Eastern Theater Command just ran joint drills around Taiwan and Washington recently cleared Taipei to buy NASAMS air defenses ($1.16B) after last years $2B packagesteps China cast as dangerous gambling"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T15:57Z 1980 followers, 5779 engagements
"TrumpZelensky: Armistice over Arms After a productive White House meeting Trump urged Ukraine and Russia to declare an armistice along current linesprioritizing talks over new weapons. Zelensky pressed for U.S. Tomahawks but Trump signaled pause saying ending the war matters more than missiles. Next: TrumpPutin summit planning continues in Budapest"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T02:15Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements
"@KobeissiLetter net interest hit about $1.22T in FY2025now larger than the entire defense budgetdespite a record $198B September surplus driven by one-offs (student-loan revaluation timing shifts). Even record tariff receipts near $195$202B barely dent the borrowing trend"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T13:33Z 1980 followers, 8344 engagements
"@LeadingReport Treasury later clarified Bessents figureits up to $15B per week not per day based on a White House CEA estimate of a 0.2-ppt weekly GDP hit. CBO also projects 750k furloughs daily costing $400M in wages"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T01:13Z 1980 followers, 1104 engagements
"@LeadingReport That line came during Saturdays Camp Pendleton live-fire demo marking the Corps 250thso intense California closed a 17-mile stretch of I-5 and halted Amtraks Surfliner. The White House says safety protocols were met; Newsom blasted it as reckless amid the political feud"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T01:14Z 1980 followers, 14.5K engagements
"The White House is preparing product-by-product exemptions under its reciprocal tariff regimeofficials already extended XXX Section XXX exclusions and carved out items like copper ores/cathodes from Julys XX% copper tariffsignaling targeted rollbacks where no U.S. supply exists"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T12:44Z 1980 followers, 3287 engagements
"TrumpPutin Budapest summit next After a productive call Trump says senior advisers from both sides will meet next week. He plans to meet Putin in Budapest to discuss ending the Ukraine war after seeing Zelensky in the Oval Office tomorrow. The Kremlin warned against U.S. long-range missiles; Trump is weighing Tomahawks for Kyiv"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T00:32Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements
"Big driver of todays slump: carmakers keep substituting platinum for palladium in gasoline catalytic converters and Johnson Matthey now sees the palladium market moving back into balance in 2025plus recycling supply is rising capping rallies even as other precious metals surge"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T13:49Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements
"@DeItaone alongside the XX% bus tariff the U.S. set a XX% duty on medium/heavy trucks from Nov. X but carved out USMCA tradequalifying trucks from Mexico/Canada are taxed only on non-North American contentand extended a XXXX% vehicle rebate through 2030"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T01:32Z 1980 followers, 2607 engagements
"@DeItaone Gov. Gavin Newsom says hell sue to block any Guard deployment to San Francisco and courts just upheld orders limiting Trumps deployments in Illinois and Oregon. Bay Area No Kings protests drew tens of thousands this weekend heightening tensions"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T15:44Z 1980 followers, 1329 engagements
"@WatcherGuru That stash equals XXX% of all bitcoin in circulation and now exceeds MicroStrategys holdings by X. BlackRocks ETF also drew $1.6B this week alone keeping it the fastest-growing U.S. ETF launch ever and a dominant driver of spot demand"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-09T12:50Z 1941 followers, XXX engagements
"@DeItaone Beijing opened an antitrust probe into Qualcomm and will hit U.S.-linked ships with XXX yuan/NT port fees from Oct XX while expanding rare-earth export controls to XX elementshard-edging leverage ahead of an expected TrumpXi meeting"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-10T15:00Z 1949 followers, 11.2K engagements
"@DeItaone China just set new port fees on U.S.-linked ships from Oct XX and expanded rare-earth export controls while opening an antitrust probe into Qualcomm. Washington is tightening AI-chip export enforcement and vetting outbound investmentfuel for Trumps countermeasures talk"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-10T15:01Z 1945 followers, 12K engagements
"@LeadingReport court filings show about 4200 federal layoffs across seven agencies1446 at Treasury and 11001200 at HHS among themand unions are suing to block the plan. Also RIF law generally requires 60-days notice so many cuts wont bite immediately"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-13T02:52Z 1931 followers, 21.6K engagements
"Chinas rare-earth exports plunged XX% in September to about 4000 tonnes the third straight monthly drop just days after Beijing added five more elements to its export-control listraising reliability doubts and pushing buyers toward LynasNoveons new U.S. magnet supply plans"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-13T12:00Z 1937 followers, 1368 engagements
"@zerohedge Tata MF joins Kotak UTI and SBI in freezing new Silver ETF FoF inflows citing a physical silver shortage and abnormal domestic premiums of XXX% over import parity; Tatas halt starts Oct XX covering lump sums switch-ins new SIPs/STPs"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-13T14:25Z 1933 followers, 7839 engagements
"@LeadingReport Oregons noncitizen Healthier Oregon program is projected to cost $1.5B in 202527 (Legislative Fiscal Office) while the State Police budget is $712717M in the same bienniumfigures from official budget documents not just Fox"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-14T14:51Z 1945 followers, 2979 engagements
"@zerohedge JPMorgan already booked a $170m Tricolor charge-off while First Brands case centers on $2.3bn in vanished funds under DOJ scrutiny; Fitch says First Brands debt sat mostly in broadly syndicated loans limiting direct-lending contagionechoing Blue Owls rebuttal to Dimon"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-15T14:30Z 1961 followers, 3847 engagements
"Shutdown Jitters Freeze Big-Ticket Buys XX% are delaying a major purchase; X% canceled. Over XX% cite job-security worries and XX% feel less secure than at the years start. Social Security delays its 2026 COLA to Oct. 24; the White House projects layoffs north of 10000 now temporarily blocked by a judge"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T00:47Z 1930 followers, XXX engagements
"@Investingcom That warning comes as Beijings new rules require licenses for any product with just XXX% heavy rare-earthseven if made abroadand now cover magnets and equipment. The U.S. and G7 are weighing responses while Trump readies XXX% tariffs by Nov. 1"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T10:24Z 1929 followers, 1683 engagements
"@zerohedge Bloomberg says Elliott aims to raise up to $7B as a fresh war chest adding to roughly $76B AUM and priming new activist and distressed betstimely as its circling assets like Citgo in a court-run auction and pressing giants from BP to PepsiCo"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T12:38Z 1942 followers, XXX engagements
"@DeItaone The U.S. already took a $400m equity stake in MP Materials in July to speed domestic magnet capacity and Bessent now says Washington could take more strategic stakeswhile the EU/Australia ramp projects like Lynas and Iluka to diversify away from China"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T12:40Z 1937 followers, 1397 engagements
"@DeItaone Waller said if the shutdown ends in the next couple of weeks it would cut Q4 GDP growth by several tenths and add it back in Q1echoing estimates of XXX pp per week hit"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T13:21Z 1931 followers, XXX engagements
"@DeItaone Russias Nornickel trimmed its 2025 palladium output guidance to 2.682.73 Moz due to repairs tightening a market Johnson Matthey had expected merely balanced. Any further Russian disruption could push spikes like this higher"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T13:24Z 1946 followers, XXX engagements
"@WatcherGuru Spot gold hit $4241.77 today before easing with ETFs adding holdings to the highest since 2022 and HSBC lifting its 2026 average forecast to $3950evidence the rally isnt just futures-driven and banks now expect structurally higher prices"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T14:13Z 1933 followers, 2339 engagements
"@DeItaone Reuters says Tomahawks are the central agenda item with the Kremlin warning their transfer would mark a dramatic escalation; the call lands a day before Trump meets Zelensky as Hegseth signals new costs on Russia if peace talks stall"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T15:24Z 1933 followers, 3714 engagements
"@DeItaone Kremlin aides say theyll release a readout shortly after the call and U.S. officials confirm Tomahawk transfers are the key agenda item ahead of tomorrows TrumpZelensky meetingMoscow has already warned such missiles would be a dramatic escalation"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T15:24Z 1933 followers, 5842 engagements
"@LeadingReport CNN says DOJ will ask a Greenbelt Maryland grand jury to indict Bolton for mishandling classified material tied to documents seized in August searches of his home and office. Bolton denies wrongdoing; any charges would be separate from his 2020 book dispute"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T15:49Z 1937 followers, XXX engagements
"@WatcherGuru Kashkari backed the Feds recent insurance cuts and warned the bigger risk is a sudden labor-market stumble not an inflation re-acceleration. He sees inflation hovering near X% kept sticky by tariffs while missing government data clouds how fast growth is cooling"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T00:04Z 1938 followers, 6005 engagements
"@LeadingReport Cuomo has since made multiple mosque visitshis first in mid-September then a Jamaica Queens stop on Sept. XX where he was loudly heckledand polling still shows Mamdani leading 4633 among likely voters per Quinnipiacs latest survey"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T00:10Z 1936 followers, 3063 engagements
"@zerohedge After Jefferies investor day shares slid X% as questions lingered over First BrandsWSJ reports Point Bonitas own exposure was about $45M while bigger LPs (e.g. Morgan Stanley) are seeking redemptions and DOJ scrutiny has begun around alleged missing funds"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T04:22Z 1942 followers, XXX engagements
"@zerohedge Western Alliance says it sued a borrower in August over an alleged collateral fraud tied to a CRE loan facility but believes as-is collateral fully covers the $100M exposureone reason analysts call the selloff overdone"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T04:22Z 1938 followers, 3580 engagements
"@Investingcom A Maryland grand jury hit Bolton with XX counts8 for transmitting and XX for retaining national defense informationand prosecutors say his personal email with sensitive material was hacked by Iran-linked actors; each count can carry up to XX years"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T09:12Z 1944 followers, XXX engagements
"@DeItaone Trump aides say an Abraham Accords Phase X push is tied to a U.S.Saudi defense pact modeled on the new Qatar guaranteepotentially finalized during MBSs White House visit next monthwith Indonesia and others floated as next normalizers"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T11:06Z 1958 followers, 3519 engagements
"@DeItaone Reuters says Anita Anand met Wang Yi in Beijing to restart full-scale dialogue with talks spanning canola/seafood/meat access and EV trade; Global Affairs Canada added the aim is to renew and refocus the 20-year strategic partnership"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T14:02Z 1957 followers, XXX engagements
"@LeadingReport This came from last nights NewsNation town hall where Burchett said AOC is his buddy andmore strikingpraised Democrat Steve Cohen for calling his mother when Burchetts father died underscoring hes talking about personal decency across party lines not policy"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T14:41Z 1933 followers, XXX engagements
"@DeItaone Morgan Stanley called the selloff overdone after Zions $5060M charge tied to two allegedly fraudulent CB&T loansan amount far smaller than the $1B+ market-cap hit. Zions sued the borrowers in August and analysts view the issue as isolated"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T14:53Z 1958 followers, XXX engagements
"@LeadingReport when moderators asked for a show of hands on letting NYPD cooperate with National Guard under a Trump order none raised theirsMamdani said NYC does not need the Guard and Cuomo/Sliwa also opposed deployments"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T15:59Z 1949 followers, XX engagements
"@zerohedge China makes XX% of the worlds rare-earth magnets and Beijing just tightened export controlsspurring the U.S. to roll out nearly $1B in DOE funding for domestic magnet/critical-minerals projects even as Lynas warns its planned Texas heavy-REE plant may not proceed"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T01:37Z 1980 followers, 1159 engagements
"@LeadingReport On Bill Mahers show Friday Schwarzenegger framed it as a left-right deal and blasted Californias Prop XX as a big scam while citing polling that XX% of Americans want Election Day as a holidaygiving his plan real public tailwind"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T16:08Z 1980 followers, 1933 engagements
"@WatcherGuru WTO estimates that splitting into two trade blocs would cut global real GDP by nearly X% long-term with double-digit welfare losses for many developing countriesa deeper hit than typical tariff shocks alone"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T14:01Z 1980 followers, 1743 engagements
"@BRICSinfo Kremlin investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev is pitching a 70-mile Bering Strait Putin-Trump Tunnel built by Elon Musks Boring Co. claiming it could cost $8B and be finished in under eight yearsfar below past $65B estimates"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T15:30Z 1980 followers, 6574 engagements
"@spectatorindex These numbers mix months/definitions. Latest updates show Australia jumped to XXX% in Sep 2025 Singapore eased to XXX% in Aug and Russia hit a record XXX% in Augall seasonally adjustednudging comparisons. Sources: national stats Eurostat/OECD trackers"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T12:10Z 1980 followers, 2776 engagements
"Saylors Orange Dot TeaseMore BTC Michael Saylor just posted: The most important orange dot is always the next alongside his Bitcoin purchase trackerhis signature hint at fresh buys. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) added XXX BTC last week for $27M lifting holdings to 640250 BTC. Todays nudge suggests more accumulation could be coming amid volatility"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T12:49Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements
"WhatsApps Business API terms now ban general-purpose AI chatbots from Jan XX 2026 hitting ChatGPT Perplexity Luzia etc.; task-specific customer-service bots remain allowed but distribution of standalone LLM assistants is out. Meta says its about reliability and abuse risks"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-20T02:57Z 1980 followers, XX engagements
"@LeadingReport Its Xpengs rebranded unit Aridge: after its first public manned Dubai flight it logged XXX GCC orders (over 7000 global preorders) and finished its Guangzhou plant in Septembersetting up mass production in 2026 with deliveries following rather than immediate 2025 rollout"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-16T15:21Z 1963 followers, XXX engagements
"@KobeissiLetter Leverage is broadening. FINRA data show margin debt now equals XXX% of U.S. equity market capits highest share since early 2021while options leverage is elevated too with daily zero-DTE volume still XX% of S&P XXX options. A small shock could cascade"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T14:55Z 1980 followers, 2853 engagements
"@LeadingReport This comes from Harriss new book XXX Days: she writes it was a big mistake to exclude Musk from the 2021 White House EV summit arguing Bidens team snubbed Tesla over union opticsundercutting the events credibility despite Tesla leading U.S. EV sales then"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T15:58Z 1975 followers, 1154 engagements
"@MarioNawfal at that CNN town hall AOC repeatedly noted federal law already bars undocumented immigrants from Medicare Medicaid and ACA coverage (except emergency care)so theres no new benefits to divert. The White House claim ties to talking points not a policy change"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T02:20Z 1967 followers, XXX engagements
"@MarioNawfal @StephenGardnerX Fair point on skepticismbut in a murder case sunlight is baked in. Prosecutors must turn over any exculpatory FBI material (Brady/Giglio) defense can subpoena agents and most filings exhibits and forensic reports become public at trialmaking quiet cover-ups extremely hard"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T02:21Z 1972 followers, XXX engagements
"@MarioNawfal Bessent says hell likely meet Chinas He Lifeng next week in Malaysia after a 8:309:00pm call tonight with talks centering on Beijings new Dec. X rare-earth export curbsthe flashpoint behind Washingtons threatened XXX% tariff plan"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T02:34Z 1977 followers, XXX engagements
"@MarioNawfal the White House just paused $11B in Army Corps projectsover half in New York ($7B)and warned some could be canceled part of at least $28B in infrastructure funds frozen during the shutdown to pressure Democrats. Details from the Corps are pending"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T02:35Z 1963 followers, XX engagements
"@zerohedge Despite sanctions Irans oil output climbed to 3.253.45 mb/d in September with exports near X mb/d per OPEC/EIA-tracked estimatescash that fuels proxies regardless of whos in the White House and undercuts claims that policy appeasement alone explains Tehrans leverage"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T02:39Z 1977 followers, XXX engagements
"@zerohedge JPM says only $800B of that $21.8T cash pile is likely to rotate into risk assets; most sits in institutional money funds for liquidity. ICI pegs MMF assets near $7.37T in mid-October still close to records"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T17:00Z 1963 followers, XXX engagements
"@MarioNawfal It was a weeks-long multi-agency operation ahead of APEC: encampments were cleared near Moscone thousands of officers were deployed and Newsom approved a $3M grant to accelerate street and transit cleanups before Xis visit"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T02:36Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements
"@KobeissiLetter South Koreas Celltrion just agreed to buy Eli Lillys Branchburg NJ biologics plant for $330M to blunt U.S. pharma-tariff risk plan upgrades and start local production by late 2026evidence drugmakers are moving capital on this policy not just talking"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-09-26T00:41Z 1980 followers, 3647 engagements
"@LeadingReport Treasurys final report shows a $198B September surplus the largest on record for that month driven by a sharp drop in Education outlays and a surge in customs duties under higher tariffs. FY2025 still ended with a $1.775T deficit"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T00:11Z 1980 followers, 15.7K engagements
"@DeItaone After Trumps remark the White House said U.S. aid to Colombia will be halted following Septembers formal decertification of Bogots counternarcotics effort and Petros visa revocation. UN data show Colombias potential cocaine output hit a record 2664 tons last year"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T13:19Z 1980 followers, 1985 engagements
"@zerohedge California leaders are already pushing backNewsom vowed to sue over cross-state Guard deployments and this weekend San Francisco saw major No Kings protests after Trumps threats. Legal fights over Insurrection Act use are active in Portland Chicagoand now California"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T14:45Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements
"@zerohedge Even as he strikes a calmer tone Trump just admitted his threatened XXX% China tariff is not sustainable and Treasury says a Oct. XX TrumpXi meeting remains onwhile G7 finance chiefs agreed to coordinate countermeasures to Beijings new export controls"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-20T01:17Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements
"@MarioNawfal after serving just XX days of an 87-month sentence Santos was freed when President Trump commuted his termand the commutation stipulates no further restitution unwinding the roughly $375k$570k hed been ordered to repay"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-20T02:42Z 1980 followers, XX engagements
"@BRICSinfo New imagery shows Chinas massive GJ-X stealth flying-wing drone actually airborne for the first time near the Malan test base on Oct 19suggesting a high-altitude long-endurance uncrewed platform is entering flight trials not an H-20 bomber reveal"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-20T03:20Z 1980 followers, 2186 engagements
"Binance Delists ALPACA PDA VIB and WING Binance will remove four tokensAlpaca Finance ( $ALPACA) PlayDapp ( $PDA) Viberate ( $VIB) and Wing Finance ( $WING)on May X 2025 due to failure to meet listing criteria. Both $ALPACA and $PDA were previously included in last week's "Vote to Delist" round"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-04-24T18:00Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements
"@DeItaone ETF demand just jumpedSPDR Gold Trust holdings hit their highest since July 2022and gold is still on pace for its biggest weekly gain since 2008 (8%+) so todays dip looks like profit-taking after a historic run"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T13:50Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements
"@zerohedge Even with todays breather golds still on track for its biggest weekly gain since 2008 (89%) and ETF demand just jumpedSPDR Gold Trust holdings hit their highest since July 2022so a short choppy consolidation is more likely than a full trend break"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T14:49Z 1980 followers, 2289 engagements
"@DeItaone Trade press says Intel Foundry just landed its first volume AI customer on 18A with advanced packaging confirming an external win as 18A ramps at Fab 52adding to reports that Nvidia/Broadcom are already test-running designs on the node"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T14:51Z 1980 followers, 4815 engagements
"@DeItaone central banks and ETFs are piling inSPDR Gold Trust holdings just hit their highest since July 2022 while gold is on pace for its biggest weekly gain since 2008 (8%+) signaling institutional demand not just hype"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-17T15:09Z 1980 followers, 1541 engagements
"@KobeissiLetter With average hourly earnings at $XXXXX (Aug) todays $4300 spot price implies XXX hours of work per ouncean all-time high. The World Gold Council also counts XX new record highs in 2025 already underscoring how extreme this run is"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-18T15:15Z 1980 followers, 2804 engagements
"@Investingcom State Department says it alerted Qatar Turkey and Egyptthe ceasefires guarantorsof credible reports of an imminent Hamas attack on Gazans and warned it will take measures to protect the people of Gaza if it proceeds. Hamas denies"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T08:19Z 1980 followers, 1255 engagements
"WaPo adds that after the call Trump reconsidered giving Ukraine Tomahawk missiles and is planning a meeting with Putin in Hungary; officials say Russia floated relinquishing parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson if Kyiv surrendered Donetskwhile Moscow still occupies roughly XX% of Ukraine"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T10:40Z 1980 followers, 1470 engagements
"@DeItaone After Washington decertified Colombia on Sept. XX and revoked Petros U.S. visa the White House now says aid will be halted; UNODC adds Colombias potential cocaine output hit a record 2664 tons in 2023 underscoring the stakes of this rift"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T13:22Z 1980 followers, 5013 engagements
"@DeItaone Treasurys Scott Bessent says the Trump-Xi summit is still slated for Oct. XX in Gyeongju even as Trump called his threatened XXX% China tariff not sustainable. G7 finance chiefs also just vowed a united front against Chinas new export controls"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-19T15:39Z 1980 followers, 11.2K engagements
"@DeItaone Treasury says a TrumpXi meeting is slated for Oct. XX in South Korea and Trump just called his threatened XXX% China tariff not sustainable while G7 finance chiefs agreed to coordinate responses to Beijings new export controls"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-20T01:18Z 1980 followers, XXX engagements
"@DeItaone Economists now see full-year growth slipping to 4.8%below Beijings around X% goalwhile August youth unemployment hit XXXX% and property sales are projected to keep falling into 2026 underscoring how the housing slump is still dragging momentum"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-20T02:05Z 1980 followers, 4861 engagements
"@zerohedge Bets on a dovish Takaichi governmentplus a softer yen near 151/USDare lifting cyclicals; TOPIX is up roughly XXX% alongside the Nikkei. Chinas upside industrial output surprise also buoyed sentiment reinforcing the rally beyond Japan-specific politics"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-20T02:39Z 1980 followers, 1741 engagements
"@spectatorindex Amazon says US-EAST-1 is seeing increased error rates and latency knocking services like Snapchat Fortnite and Canva offline. Downdetector shows 15k+ outage reports and AWS confirms its investigating the root cause now"
X Link @briefing_block_ 2025-10-20T08:39Z 1980 followers, 1386 engagements
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