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đ Todayâs Edition: Carney Goes to Washington, Europeâs Moral Whiplash, Soviet-Era Publisherâs Mysterious Death, Giuliani Endorses Sliwa For NYC Mayor, NYC Teen Decapitates Man, Elonâs Optimus Takes On Hollywood⌠& much more!
đTHE HIGHLIGHT
One killer insight to stash in your back pocket
Canadian PM Mark Carney with President Donald Trump at the White House. Source: X/@WhiteHouse
đ Canadaâs Carney At The White House For Round 2
President Trump hosted Canadian PM Mark Carney at the White House for a tense, high-stakes meeting aimed at thawing U.S.-Canada relationsânow chilled by a 35% tariff wall on Canadian goods.
The talks hit all the flashpoints: steel, autos, lumber, and the fate of USMCA, up for review soon.
đŹ Carneyâs pitch: Canadaâs hurtingââstronger togetherâ only works if tradeâs fair.
đĽ Trumpâs counter: Weâre great neighbors, but thereâs a ânatural conflict.â Translation: tariffs stay⌠for now.
đŤNo breakthroughs, no handshakes-for-the-cameras dealâjust polite frost and political theater.
Carney, under fire at home, needs a win. Trump, meanwhile, teased âthere are things weâre working onâŚand theyâre [Canada] gonna be very happyâ, but offered zero concessions.
đŻ The optics:
Carney laid it on thick; complimenting Trump on ending many wars including India-Pakistan; something India has publicly refuted many times.
Trump responded with compliments as well, but kept his America First poker face.
đ The damage so far:
Carney's already bent the knee: scrapped a digital tax Trump hated, dropped legal challenges
Result? Zero concrete wins. Canada's opposition is screaming "no more losses"
Public mood: Canadian trust in the U.S.? Lowest ever. Tourism's tanking and Trump's "51st state" jokes aren't landing.
đ Bottom line: The White House luncheon promises to be cordial, but not conciliatory. The real fight begins at the USMCA review table, where North Americaâs trade futureâand Carneyâs credibilityâare on the menu.
âď¸THE CHESSBOARD
Geopolitics Decoded In 3 Moves
đ° Russia's Deadliest Architectural Feature Strikes Again
Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, publisher of Soviet-era Pravda, âfellâ from a seventh-floor window in Moscow. No suicide note. Authorities are investigating.
The context: Leontyev controlled Pravda's publishing empireâa Soviet-era cash machine tied to "the Party's money."
Translation: He knew where billions in Communist wealth went after 1991.
The pattern: His death echoes a string of mysterious elite falls in Russia since 2022, often tied to figures with political or financial intel.
đĄBottom line: When you're a Russian insider with financial secrets from the USSR era, "retirement" means something very different.
đŞ Pro tip: In Moscow, ground-floor apartments = life insurance.
đ Europeâs Moral Whiplash
Two years after Hamasâs 2023 attack on Israel, Europe marked the anniversary with dueling realities â memorials and protests.
Berlin lit the Brandenburg Gate with Israelâs flag and yellow ribbons for hostages.
London saw student-led pro-Palestinian rallies, denounced by PM Starmer as âdisgracefulâ and un-Britishâ. Nearly 500 arrests followed.
Paris marches drew antisemitism warnings, with some protesters accused of glorifying Hamas.
Amsterdam, Rome and Brussels also drew big pro-Palestinian crowds
Yet, the very governments that condemned the protests were the ones granting permits for these marches - many of which veered into open Hamas support.
đ Bottom line: Eighty years after defeating the Nazis, Europeâs streets are again chanting against the Jewsâand its leaders look paralyzed by their own contradictions.
đĄ German Mayor Stabbed in Shocking Attack
Germany was jolted today after Iris Stalzer, the newly elected mayor of Herdecke (SPD), was found stabbed multiple times at her home in western Germany.
The 57-year-old, whoâd just won office on Sept. 28, was discovered by her teenage son and remains in critical condition.
Police launched a large-scale manhunt after Stalzer reportedly said she was attacked by several men near her home before dragging herself back.
Chancellor Merz condemned the âheinous crime,â calling for swift justice.
đĄBottom line: Germanyâs political class is reelingâthis feels too close to past assassinations for comfort.
đ˝THE EMPIRE FILES
Political Drama From DC To NYC
đ Giuliani Backs Sliwa, Torches Cuomo & Mamdani
Rudy Giuliani - known for being one of New Yorkâs most successful Mayors, just dropped his NYC mayoral endorsementâand ripped everyone else a new one in the process.
The 81-year-old, threw his full support behind Curtis Sliwa, blasting independent Andrew Cuomo and socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani as âeverything evil.â
Giuliani called Mamdani an âavowed communistâ who âprefers Islamic extremism over America,â while shredding Cuomo for his ânursing home deathsâ and âsoft-on-crimeâ legacy.
âĄBottom line: Sliwa gets the Giuliani blessing which will certainly help his campaign. Other major endorsements include U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik and former Gov. George Pataki.
đĄ Staten Island Teen Charged in Decapitation Murder
New York is reeling after 19-year-old Damien Hurstel was charged with murder for allegedly decapitating his motherâs boyfriend, a 45-year-old NYC sanitation worker, inside their West Brighton home.
The victimâs 16-year-old daughter found the body in the bathtub with a knife still in his neck.
Police say Hurstel, who has a history of mental illness, was arrested at the scene.
đ Staten Island horror storyâreal-life American Psycho vibes.
đ¤ CODES & POWER
Tech Wars, Crypto Chaos, and AIâs Black Mirror Moments
Left: Tesla Optimus showing its Kung fu skills; Right: With Jared Leto
đ¤Teslaâs Tron Takeover
Teslaâs Optimus robot stole the show at Disneyâs Tron: Ares Hollywood premiere â striking kung fu poses and even sparring playfully with Jared Leto on the red carpet.
The stunt was part of a DisneyâTeslaâxAI collab to blend robotics and immersive AI experiences.
âĄGuests built Tron-style avatars using xAI tech while Optimus flexed its real-world agility â a flashy preview of Muskâs bet on humanoid robotics as Teslaâs next big frontier.
đ¤ Nvidia x Fujitsu = Japanâs AI Power Play
Nvidia and Fujitsu are teaming up to build a full-stack AI infrastructure to supercharge Japanâs industrial transformation â and go global by 2030.
Theyâre fusing Fujitsuâs Monaka CPUs and AI tech with Nvidiaâs GPUs and NeMo platforms to power next-gen AI agents in healthcare, robotics, and manufacturing.
âĄJensen Huang calls it the start of an âAI industrial revolution.â Translation: Japan wants a front-row seat to the future.
đş FUN FACTS & TRIVIA
Fluffy, Dreamy AndâŚHeavy
Your average cloud weighs a whopping 500 metric tons (or 1.1 million pounds), equivalent to about 100 elephants.