Source: The Hill
“Anthropic publicly filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on Monday morning in what is expected to be a historic stock market debut. The S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brings the Claude maker a step closer to becoming the first large frontier AI lab to go public. It is expected to be a major test for investors’ interest in the technology. The stock will trade under the ticker ANT on the Nasdaq exchange, according to the filing, and could happen as soon as November. The filing showed Anthropic’s revenue has drastically jumped in the past year, yet the company reported a net loss of $80.7 billion in the first half of this year. The company was valued earlier this year at $965 billion by private investors, The Associated Press reported.” (10/26/26)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6171816-anthropic-files-for-ai-ipo/
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Obama Comes Out Swinging On Iran.” (10/26/26)
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mGPaZyAWVLJN
Source: Asia Times
by Nouroz Khan Bijarani
“Eight months into the Iran war, Washington has neither broken Tehran’s resolve nor found a clear path out. The president’s own remarks point to a narrowing set of options. Trump told Time magazine he does not believe peace with Iran is ever possible, a striking admission from the leader still expected to negotiate one. … The Gulf states have reached the same conclusion. They are hedging accordingly against an American policy they no longer trust to last. The UAE joined the campaign against Iran in February, yet they opened a back channel with Iranians lately after the realization that it is better to deal directly instead of relying on the US.” (10/26/26)
https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/why-the-middle-east-is-already-waiting-out-trumps-presidency/
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Andrew Earvolino
“‘The story of our civilization is the greatest story ever known to man.’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered these triumphalist words earlier this month as he stood before the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Rubio’s speech, which centered the need for Western civilizational rejuvenation, received laudatory marks among conservative circles. On a certain level, this is unsurprising. Civilizationism is indeed the cause du jour on the new right. But on closer examination, one suspects that Rubio is not truly offering some radical new vision, but a lot of the same.” (10/26/26)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/marco-rubio-greece/
Source: American Greatness
by Stephen Soukup
“Over the weekend, Barack Obama appeared at a campaign rally for Democrats in Ohio and managed to make some headlines by ridiculing President Trump’s design skills. ‘He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory’, the former president quipped. The crowd, of course, loved it. The media did too. Republicans responded with some mockery of their own, pointing out that Obama has little room to talk about design preferences, given the architectural monstrosity that is his presidential library in Chicago. All things considered, Obama accomplished what he set out to do: he made himself the center of attention, which is the only place, apparently, that he feels comfortable. Now, I know what you’re thinking: Obama? The guy who left office ten years ago? Why is this multi-deci-millionaire running around the country trying to get socialists and socialist-adjacent candidates (including Abdul El-Sayed) elected to high office?” (10/26/26)
https://amgreatness.com/2026/10/26/thanks-again-obama
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Algeria on Sunday approved sending troops to neighbouring Niger to protect energy facilities, according to statements from both houses of parliament, in what is the country’s first foreign deployment of military forces since the 1970s. The rare measure comes as Algiers and Niamey strengthen security ties after moving earlier this year to repair strained relations and following a thwarted mutiny in Niger in August. The overseas deployment will be a first since Algiers sent troops to support Egypt during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.” (10/26/26)
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20261026-algeria-to-send-troops-to-niger-in-first-foreign-deployment-in-over-50-years
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Laurence M Vance
“Education is a service just like the many other services that Americans purchase every day. … But, it has been argued, education is different. It is one of the most important services there is. It can’t possibly be left up to the free market. If the government doesn’t provide, fund, or regulate education, then many children will receive a substandard education or no education at all.” (10/26/26)
https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/education-vouchers-and-school-choice-2/
Source: Politico
“The Epstein election?” (10/26/26)
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL3043130898.mp3
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser
Cartoon. (10/26/26)
https://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=2612
Source: Town Hall
by Mark Lewis
“There are certainly still millions of God-fearing, patriotic Americans remaining in the country. And they’ll vote next week. But the question has become: Are there enough of us left to save the nation? To too many Americans, politics and politicians have become the do-all and end-all for the country. To them, government is the new Messiah, and the people who work in it are our only hope and saviors. Thus, ‘electing the right people’ is the redemption of the nation. Countless Americans have now been taught to look at the world horizontally, at fallible, carnal, secular humans who have virtually no wisdom to deliver us, rather than looking up where the only answers are truly found.” (10/26/26)
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/10/26/the-problem-is-are-there-enough-of-us-left-n2685277
