YouTube Notes: Barbara Boyd opens with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presenting the EU’s new Arctic strategy (“it’s not someone else’s frontier. It’s part of the European Union”) and, in Montreal for the EU–Canada summit, saying that the principles defended in Ukraine include “also the Arctic.” She ties both to an old […]

 YouTube Notes: Israel election too close to call and Netanyahu fighting for his life, Trump’s Iran war strike loaded, Brazil election flipped to Lula, the midterms polls astroturfed, 20,000 California ballots in the DOJ’s hands. Whoever ends up running Israel decides whether Trump pulls the trigger. Here’s what happens next. In this episode: Israel […]

 YouTube Notes: Susan Kokinda opens with: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrating Brazil’s election; Von der Leyen’s partnership “thriving” and Carney’s “flourishing;” Set against Volkswagen’s plan to cut 100,000 jobs, Canada’s lost manufacturing jobs, and Audi’s first U.S. plant.  Audi’s plans were announced with President Trump in […]

October 28, 2026, x.com/DataRepublican https://tinyurl.com/349uvp7u I’ve told this story many times, but here again: I was DOGE adjacent from the very beginning. I was recruited by several DOGE teams in January 2025, because I was excited about the opportunity to finally cut spending and taming the national debt. But then – Tesla Takedown protests happened. […]