French Govt Collapses As PM Loses Confidence Vote, To Resign Tomorrow

Update (1300ET): As we previewed and expected, French PM Francois Bayrou, the fourth prime minister in just 20 months, became the latest to depart having failed to get sufficient support to push a budget through parliament as 194 voted for him, 364 against.

Bayrou is reportedly going to submit his resignation to Macron early Tuesday, according to a government course.

Macron has limited options to steer France out of this crisis, according to PoliticoEU.

He is reportedly leaning toward appointing another prime minister — the fifth since January 2024 — but a new premier would face the same intractable parliament.

So too would a technical government made up of civil servants.

Another snap election looks unappetizing, though, as it could easily deliver another hung parliament.

In an extreme scenario, Macron could even resign, but that’s highly unlikely given his past statements.

Macron’s office hasn’t said whether he will speak tonight.

The EURUSD dipped very modestly on the news but remains higher on the day…

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/french-investors-should-brace-further-tempests

Over Half Of Berlin's New Police Recruits Need German Language Training, Officials Admit

For some reason, Germany loves recruiting migrants into its police force in the name of diversity. In 2022, roughly 42% of police recruits who took the most common path into Berlin's police force were migrants or came from migrant families, according to a major survey (37% including all pathways).

What's more, Berlin is the only German state where the proportion of new police recruits with a migration background matches or exceeds the city's own population share (35%) according to that same survey.

Now, (shocker!) roughly 55% of Germany's new police recruits don't meet German language standards for the job - so obviously that percentage of migrant recruits went way up.

Out of 240 police trainees who began their training in spring 2025, a staggering 132 recruits, roughly 55% need extra German-language support, the Berlin Police confirmed to Nius (via Apollo News).

The problem, authorities say, hits hardest in the first semester of training. “About half of the new recruits require regular language support at the start of their training,” the police statement said. However, they noted that the need for assistance drops over time as recruits progress through the program.

No word on where these recruits are migrating from. Maybe it's the Poles? The Turks?

Police Blame Broader Social Decline

Berlin’s police stressed this isn’t just a law enforcement issue, it’s part of a nationwide trend of falling written-language skills.

Authorities cited multiple causes:

Teacher shortages

Increasing diversity in classrooms

Rising demands on schools, particularly in German language instruction and digital media literacy

The agency also pointed to cultural and technological shifts as contributing factors. Young people are growing up in a world “where written text is everywhere,” the statement said, but that doesn’t mean they’re writing it correctly.

“There are hardly any error-free texts anymore,” the police noted, blaming a growing reliance on technology like spellcheck, autocorrect, and AI tools for weakening spelling and grammar skills.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/over-half-berlins-new-police-recruits-cant-speak-basic-german-officials-admit

“The Senator from Virginia Should be Ashamed of Himself” – Trump SMOKES Tyrant Tim Kaine For Claiming Rights Come From Government, Not God and Calling God-Given Rights an “Extremely Troubling” Iranian Belief

Kaine: The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator, that’s what the Iranian government believes. It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Shia law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians and other religious minorities. And they do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.

https://rumble.com/embed/v6wb9z4/?pub=4

RFK Jr. EXPOSES Former CDC Vaccine Chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis — BLOCKED Him for 7 MONTHS from Accessing Vaccine Safety Data and Withheld Funds from Texas Measles Response

Rachel Campos-Duffy:

“Yeah, it’s a really tall task to do that, to restore that trust back into public health. Because, as you pointed out so well, they want us to forget what they did during COVID. And it was such a watershed moment for the American people to realize how compromised so many of our leaders in health were.

You wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. You said, ‘We’re restoring public trust in the CDC — the agency’s COVID failure systems from politicized science, bureaucratic inertia, and mission creep.’

They’re also criticizing you for firing some people. One of them was the previous CDC Director of Immunization — somebody who was a self-proclaimed Satanist and had a really strange lifestyle. But more importantly, he was responsible for so many of these decisions. Can you talk about that?”

RFK Jr.:

“I mean, that individual actually came to my attention early on during the measles outbreak. I promised Governor Abbott to send badly needed money and help down to Texas.

And this individual blocked that money for a month. I couldn’t figure out what was happening. I gave the order. I’m running this agency. How come nothing’s happening?

Then we tried to get the Vaccine Safety Data Link — the data the CDC supposedly uses to make good decisions on whether vaccines are hurting people and whether there are side effects. For seven months, he stonewalled us so we could not get that data.

He’s also the individual who runs the VAERS system — the surveillance system for injuries that captures, according to the CDC’s own study, fewer than 1% of vaccine injuries. This is malpractice.

These are the people who ordered our children to walk around in masks. They’re the people who closed our schools. They’re the people who imposed social distancing with no science, shut down our businesses — and they need to go.

We need new blood. We need people committed to public health, integrity, and gold standard science.”

https://twitter.com/i/status/1964688908857250278

GM CEO Mary Barra Sells 40% Of Stock As EV Slowdown Pauses Cadillac Lyriq, Vistiq Production

A General Motors spokesperson confirmed to the Detroit Free Press that CEO Mary Barra sold 994,863 shares last month, valued at roughly $35.4 million. The sale accounted for 40% of Barra's personal stake in the struggling legacy automaker, which is facing a slowdown in electric vehicle sales.

Barra's fire sale, one of her largest ever, included shares linked to performance rewards dating back to 2011, plus a wind-down of her estate-planning trust. It should be noted that these sales occurred under her 10B5-1 plan.

Here's the breakdown (view Form 4 here) of the selling:

Sold 297,000 shares at an average price of $58.24, making up to roughly $17.3 million.

Sold 235,000 in money options at a strike price of $39, adding up to roughly $4.5 million.

Sold 375,024 in the money options with a strike price of $35.49, adding up to roughly $8.5 million.

Sold 87,839 shares from the annuity trust priced at $58.13, making roughly $5.1 million.

The Detroit Free Press cited Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives, who said Barra's stock sale should not be viewed as alarming.

"We are not concerned about this, and it's about shares that hit some triggers," Ives said, adding, "Barra remains a key part of the GM's success, and we do not view this as a needle mover."

Barra's selling raises a new question: What does that say about GM's future?

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/gm-ceo-mary-barra-sells-40-stock-ev-slowdown-pauses-cadillac-lyriq-vistiq-production

"A Clear Defeat": Argentina Bonds, Peso Plunge After Milei Routed In Buenos Aires Polls

Argentina’s President Javier Milei suffered a heavy defeat in Buenos Aires province, where the Peronist Fuerza Patria coalition won 47% of the vote against his Libertad Avanza’s 34%, according to FT.

Pre-election forecasts had predicted a closer contest, which Milei had hoped would boost momentum for the October 26 midterms.

“Buenos Aires province is traditionally very Peronist, but this margin is even worse than expected,” said Alberto Ades of NWI Management. He warned markets would react with weaker bonds, equities, and higher country risk.

FT writes that the setback comes amid Milei’s struggles in Congress, where his veto was recently overturned, and a corruption scandal involving leaked recordings and alleged kickbacks linked to his sister Karina. His approval has dropped below 40%.

“Without any doubt, today we suffered a clear defeat,” Milei conceded. “But the economic course for which we were elected will not change. We will continue to defend fiscal balance tooth and nail.”

Analyst Ana Iparraguirre said, “This result was primarily a negative message to Milei’s government,” warning financial turbulence could deepen voter discontent.

Markets are already stressed: short-term dollar bonds have fallen 15% since July, equities 34%, and debt spreads widened nearly 2 points to 9%. To defend the peso, Milei has raised rates, tightened reserves, and sold dollars, but economists fear recession.

“The resounding defeat of President Javier Milei’s La Libertad Avanza in the Province of Buenos Aires election will likely confirm the worst of market fears and unleash an adverse feedback loop of negative price action, unpleasant policy moves, and more downbeat expectations heading into October’s national mid-terms," Bloomberg economist Jimena Zuniga said.

“The government engineered a sharp recession with high rates to defend the peso, but Buenos Aires voters are saying jobs matter more than squeezing out the last bit of inflation,” said Walter Stoeppelwerth of Grit Capital.

Despite this blow, polls still predict Milei’s coalition will gain seats in Congress, though it holds less than 15% in either chamber. The result, however, bolsters Peronist governor Axel Kicillof, a rising figure in the opposition.

The peso plunged 7% to 1,450 per US dollar, near the upper limit of its trading band, at the start of local trading.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/clear-defeat-argentina-bonds-plunge-after-milei-suffers-buenos-aires-defeat

South Korea’s Dangerous Shift to Communism: Prosecutors Abolished, Media and Data Reports Brought Under State Control, Opposition Jailed

On September 7, President Lee Jae-myung’s administration announced a radical reorganization plan that, according to critics, dismantles prosecutorial independence, centralizes media oversight, and places national statistics under direct political command.

Officials describe this as “streamlining government” and “reducing fiscal burdens,” but many observers warn it may represent the construction of a one-party system, resembling patterns historically seen in communist regimes.

Please find below a detailed report that I have prepared in English for your review and consideration. The original Korean news source is also included for verification.

The source article from the Korean media:

MBC News: “Abolition of Prosecutors’ Office, Division of the Finance Ministry, Abolition of the Broadcasting Commission… Lee Jae-myung Government Reshapes the State”

A Radical Overhaul in the Name of “Efficiency”

On September 7, the administration of President Lee Jae-myung unveiled a sweeping government reorganization plan that would significantly alter South Korea’s legal, economic, and media institutions. Officials claim the plan is designed to “streamline government” and “reduce fiscal burdens.” Critics, however, argue that it risks concentrating power in ways that mirror authoritarian systems.

At its core, the plan calls for abolishing the Prosecutors’ Office and replacing it with two politically dependent bodies:

The Prosecution Office (공소청) under the Ministry of Justice, handling indictments.

The Serious Crimes Investigation Agency (중수청) under the Ministry of Interior, handling investigations.

This change eliminates the semi-independent prosecutorial system and consolidates both indictment and investigation within the executive branch.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/south-koreas-dangerous-shift-communism-prosecutors-abolished-media/

White House Deputy Chief Of Staff: 'Massive Scandal' Uncovered In D.C. Crime Stats

In a shocking revelation, Stephen Miller uncovered a massive scandal in Washington, D.C. The Democratic-led police department has been systematically concealing crime statistics, even classifying homicides as accidents rather than murders.

“The whistleblower stated this manipulation is accomplished by supervisors — with only a cursory understanding of the facts and circumstances of the crime — ignoring the judgement of patrol officers who actually interviewed witnesses and collected evidence by recommending reduced charges.”

https://twitter.com/i/status/1964314138416460082

Trump: ‘You Hear About Anti-Semitic, But You Don’t Hear About Anti-Christian.’

President Trump stressed that there is a “strong anti-Christian bias,” but that his administration is “ending that rapidly,” adding: “We’re in a much different world today than we were one year ago.”Infamously, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the former Biden-Harris government distributed the so-called Richmond Memo to over a thousand employees, describing traditional Catholics as “Radical Traditionalist” ideologues and linking them to “racially or ethnically motivated” violence.

Speaking more broadly, President Trump affirmed that “America was founded on faith, as we know, and I’ve been saying it for a long time, when faith gets weaker, our country seems to get weaker.”The America First leader announced that he had donated his family Bible to the Museum of the Bible, remarking that the Christian holy book has “[f]or thousands of years… shaped civilization, ethics, art and literature, and it’s brought hope, healing, and transformation to untold millions and millions of lives.”

He also addressed his previously expressed desire to take federal action to crush crime in Democrat-run cities like Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, similar to his takeover of law enforcement in Washington, D.C., saying, “We’d love to go into Chicago and straighten it out.”

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1vAxRQlnOlrJl

Another false flag to stop Trump's peace deal???? Looks like it!

Six killed, 6 seriously injured in Jerusalem as terrorists open fire on bus, pedestrians

2 West Bank Palestinians behind attack at Ramot Junction; off-duty soldier, armed civilians shoot attackers dead; IDF raids their home villages

Six people were murdered Monday and 12 were wounded, six of them seriously, when a pair of Palestinian terrorists opened fire on vehicles and pedestrians in Jerusalem’s Ramot Junction.

The two gunmen, residents of the West Bank, arrived at the junction shortly after 10 a.m. — according to some reports, by car — and opened fire at people waiting at a bus stop as well at a bus that had just stopped there.

Police said that a soldier and a number of civilians who were present at the scene fired at the terrorists and killed them.

The military said the soldier was an off-duty squad commander in the military’s new Hasmonean Brigade, a unit for ultra-Orthodox troops. Magen David Adom said four of the victims were declared dead at the scene, while two others were rushed to hospital and later succumbed to their wounds.

At least six others were listed in serious condition, as well as two whose status was moderate and three who were lightly hurt, according to MDA.

The dead were named as Levi Yitzhak Pash, 57, Yaakov Pinto, 25, Yisrael Matzner, 28, and Rabbi Yosef David, 43, Rabbi Mordechai Steintzag, 79, and Sarah Mendelson, 60.

The two terrorists were identified by the Shin Bet security agency as Mohammad Taha, 21, from Qatanna, and Muthanna Amro, 20, from Qubeiba. Neither had prior arrests, according to the Shin Bet.

The two villages are adjacent to each other on the outskirts of Ramallah in the West Bank, west of the junction and over the Green Line. The Israel Defense Forces said troops were encircling the villages.

The military said troops were also dispatched to carry out scans for potential accomplices in the area alongside police.

The attackers used makeshift “Carlo” submachine guns, according to images from the scene. The improvised gun, also known as a Carl Gustav, is commonly manufactured at illegal workshops in the West Bank and has been used in numerous Palestinian attacks in the past.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/six-killed-6-seriously-injured-in-jerusalem-as-terrorists-open-fire-on-bus-pedestrians/

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Spain sanctions Israel over Gaza ‘genocide,’ recalls envoy after antisemitism charge

Israel sanctions two Spanish ministers, accuses country of ‘overt antisemitism’ after Madrid freezes defense ties, bans settlement goods and bars entry of those taking part in war

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced an arms embargo and partial import ban over Israel’s wartime conduct in Gaza, setting off an angry back-and-forth that culminated in Madrid pulling its envoy from Tel Aviv.

In a televised address, Sanchez said the sanctions and other measures against Israel were aimed to “stop the genocide in Gaza, pursue its perpetrators, and support the Palestinian population.”

Aside from an embargo on defense trade with Israel, Sanchez said Spain would also bar entry of those participating in what he dubbed a “genocide” against Palestinians, prohibit Israel-bound ships and aircraft carrying weapons from docking at Spain’s ports or entering its airspace, and ban the import of goods from West Bank settlements.

The wide-reaching measures were condemned by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who announced shortly ahead of Sanchez’s address that he would impose sanctions on two Spanish ministers, accusing Spain’s government of advancing antisemitic policies.

“The government of Spain is leading a hostile, anti-Israel line, marked by wild, hate-filled rhetoric,” Sa’ar said, accusing Sanchez’s administration of trying to “divert attention from grave corruption scandals” with its anti-Israel stance.

Puig de la Bellacasa / LA MONCLOA / AFP)

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced an arms embargo and partial import ban over Israel’s wartime conduct in Gaza, setting off an angry back-and-forth that culminated in Madrid pulling its envoy from Tel Aviv.

In a televised address, Sanchez said the sanctions and other measures against Israel were aimed to “stop the genocide in Gaza, pursue its perpetrators, and support the Palestinian population.”

Aside from an embargo on defense trade with Israel, Sanchez said Spain would also bar entry of those participating in what he dubbed a “genocide” against Palestinians, prohibit Israel-bound ships and aircraft carrying weapons from docking at Spain’s ports or entering its airspace, and ban the import of goods from West Bank settlements.

The wide-reaching measures were condemned by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who announced shortly ahead of Sanchez’s address that he would impose sanctions on two Spanish ministers, accusing Spain’s government of advancing antisemitic policies.

“The government of Spain is leading a hostile, anti-Israel line, marked by wild, hate-filled rhetoric,” Sa’ar said, accusing Sanchez’s administration of trying to “divert attention from grave corruption scandals” with its anti-Israel stance.

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In response to Sa’ar’s accusations, Spain’s Foreign Ministry said it was recalling its ambassador from Tel Aviv for consultations.

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares made the decision “in the face of the slanderous accusations against Spain and the unacceptable measures against two members of our country’s government,” a foreign ministry source said.

The Foreign Ministry in Israel did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the move.

The exchange marked a new low in ties between Jerusalem and Madrid, which have steadily deteriorated, as Spain’s government has expressed increasing anger and frustration against Israel over the war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, which killed some 1,200 people, most of them civilians.

Spain’s government has prohibited sales and purchases on military equipment with Israel since the start of the war, however, the recently announced measures would enshrine the prohibition in law, Sanchez said in his statement.

The Spanish premier added that “those people participating directly in the genocide, the violation of human rights and war crimes in the Gaza Strip” will be barred from entering Spanish territory.

Spain will also ban the importation of products from “illegal settlements” in the West Bank with the aim of stopping “the forced displacement of the Palestinian population” and supporting the two-state solution, he continued. Consular services for Spanish citizens residing in Israeli settlements will also be limited “to the legally obligatory minimum assistance.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/spain-sanctions-israel-over-gaza-genocide-recalls-envoy-after-antisemitism-charge/

Gen. Laura Richardson lists the Lithium Triangle in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, Venezuela’s gold and oil, Guyana’s crude, and 31% of the planet’s fresh water as “national security” interests.

No mention of democracy, human rights, or self-determination, just resources.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1964847259008340423

Cybercriminals Exploit X's Grok AI to Bypass Ad Protections and Spread Malware to Millions

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new technique that cybercriminals have adopted to bypass social media platform X's malvertising protections and propagate malicious links using its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Grok.

The findings were highlighted by Nati Tal, head of Guardio Labs, in a series of posts on X. The technique has been codenamed Grokking.

The approach is designed to get around restrictions imposed by X in Promoted Ads that allow users to only include text, images, or videos, and subsequently amplify them to a broader audience, attracting hundreds of thousands of impressions through paid promotion.

To achieve this, malvertisers have been found to run video card-promoted posts with adult content as bait, with the spurious link hidden in the "From:" metadata field below the video player by taking advantage of the fact that it's not scanned by the social media platform.

It's worth mentioning here that the "From:" field is typically used to indicate the original poster of the video, but has been repurposed by the scammers in this campaign to share a link instead.

In the next step, the fraudsters tag Grok in replies to the post using a throwaway account, asking something similar to "where is this video from?," prompting the AI chatbot to visibly display the link in response.

"Adding to that, it is now amplified in SEO and domain reputation - after all, it was echoed by Grok on a post with millions of impressions," Tal said.

"A malicious link that X explicitly prohibits in ads (and should have been blocked entirely!) suddenly appears in a post by the system-trusted Grok account, sitting under a viral promoted thread and spreading straight into millions of feeds and search results!"

Guardio said the links direct users to sketchy ad networks, sending them to malicious links that push fake CAPTCHA scams, information-stealing malware, and other suspicious content via direct link (aka smartlink) monetization.

https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/cybercriminals-exploit-xs-grok-ai-to.html

Bill Gates, alongside President Trump and Melania, said he is in talks with Trump about vaccines and gene editing.

He explained that the goal is to take American innovation to the next level, with hopes of curing and even eradicating most diseases.

Gates said his work will change the world.

https://x.com/i/status/1963751242523345238

Over 19,400 children killed in Gaza by Israel as genocide marks 700th day

The death toll is equivalent to one person killed every 52 minutes in the 'most dangerous place to be a child'