Yesterday, TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking to a crowd of students at Utah Valley University. The murder shocked the nation – with heartfelt messages of love and support pouring in from around the world for a man that had become a powerful influence in the conservative movement.

Yet, as most of the nation reeled from the graphic murder, many on the left – after years of being primed by Democrat leadership to engage in violence against ‘nazis’ and ‘fascists’ – could not contain their joy at Kirk’s death. 

“You can tell a lot about a person by how they react when someone dies,” Kirk famously stated on X in 2016. 

You can tell a lot about a person by how they react when someone dies.

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 27, 2016

Kirk couldn’t have been more right…

Let’s begin with Elon Musk, who responded with an exclamation mark to an X post that stated: “I have a friend at Reddit who says they have had over 16,000 posts calling for the Revolution to continue They are saying Charlie Kirk wasn’t enough SO, they aren’t just celebrating Charlie’s demise they are calling for more…” 

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 11, 2025

That post was responding to another one that read: “just spent 30 mins of Bluesky and Reddit. If you don’t believe in the devil, go check it out. Pure evil on the other side.”

I just spent 30 mins of Bluesky and Reddit.

If you don’t believe in the devil, go check it out.

Pure evil on the other side.

— Moron Finder (@FoundAMoron) September 11, 2025

Absolutely unhinged. 

Here’s one of Kamala Harris’s biggest supporters on TikTok, celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk.

You can’t hate these people enough! pic.twitter.com/RIoZn2OpxZ

— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) September 10, 2025

Expose all of the EVIL pic.twitter.com/Ghl6UeNGjE

— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) September 10, 2025

Democrats all over social media are now celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. pic.twitter.com/eKxk94Dirh

— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) September 10, 2025

More unhinged. 

Right. 

They couldn’t beat him in a debate.

They couldn’t beat his energy.

They couldn’t beat his connection to the youth.

They couldn’t beat his movement.

Even with him gone, they will never beat his legacy.

RIP Charlie Kirk.

— theforexathlete (@theforexathlete) September 10, 2025

Dangerous rhetoric from top Democrats on Capitol Hill … does it make sense now? Years of programming their increasingly unhinged followers have led to countless instances of political chaos this year, from leftist burning Tesla showrooms and defacing Tesla vehicles to ICE attacks to riots, to shootings committed by transgender ideologues. And now the assassination of Kirk. 

When Democrats threaten your life, believe them. pic.twitter.com/GS30npfi8O

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) September 10, 2025

Where they learned this from!

Democrats ARE the Party of Hate and of Inciting Violence. pic.twitter.com/ONhiBT5KgV

— Donna Marie (@sabback) September 10, 2025

Remember Democrats put everyone they didn’t like on a ‘hit list’… 

UKRAINE: Remember that Ukraine had Charlie Kirk on its hit list. The Center for Countering Disinformation led by Zelensky associates labeled Charlie Kirk a Russian asset. I’m not saying they killed him, but it might be smart to realize just how many American conservatives are on… pic.twitter.com/TdRlfgOBvo

— @amuse (@amuse) September 11, 2025

US-Linked Ukrainian NGO Unveils ‘Enemies List’ Including ZeroHedge, Tucker, Elon And Trump https://t.co/qBfINKDIB4

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 10, 2024

More unhinged behaviors from Democrats last night. 

🚨 BREAKING: Democrats just started SCREAMING in the House Chamber when Rep. Lauren Boebert requested everyone pray for Charlie Kirk

You can even hear Jasmine Crockett’s ghetto screech, and Speaker Johnson smack the gavel on her.

Democrats are VILE people.

PRAY FOR CHARLIE! pic.twitter.com/2cxVc3izHh

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 10, 2025

MSNBC. 

MSNBC Fires Matthew Dowd For Suggesting Charlie Kirk Had It Coming https://t.co/7LY4unJfkr

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 11, 2025

Musk and Mike Cernovich’s conversation on X provides an early glimpse into who may be fueling this radicalism… 

Well, as we’ve detailed extensively – there’s an entire machine dedicated to stoking division and unrest in the country that’s difficult to ignore here. 

• Trump Calls For RICO Charges Against Soros Over Violent Protest Support; Gates Foundation Abruptly Severs Ties With Rogue Arabella Advisors

• Dark-Money Network Funneled Millions Into ‘No Kings’ Nationwide Color Revolution Operation

• Soros-Funded Dark Money Group Secretly Paying Democrat Influencers To Shape Gen Z Politics

• America Has A “Transtifa” Problem

• The Protest-Industrial-Complex Isn’t Peaceful, It’s “Civil Terrorism”…

• House Republicans Probe China-Based Billionaire Allegedly Bankrolling Anti-ICE Riots

Trump Calls Out Radical Left

Late last night, President Trump addressed the nation in the Oval Office about Kirk’s political assassination, calling it a “dark moment for America” and saying he was a “martyr for truth” and vowed to crack down on the radical left.

“Radical left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives,” Trump told the nation.

pic.twitter.com/ylYDnRyL8W

— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) September 11, 2025

What’s become more evident than ever – which ZeroHedge has been focused on for months – is that the Trump administration might finally get serious about cracking down on the radical left and the NGO sphere. 

Democrats and their billionaire funders feared Kirk. Why? 

Well…

This is why they killed Charlie Kirk:

Gen Z men shifted R+44 in just 2 years.

Charlie was great at waking up the youth which made him very dangerous.

— C3 (@C_3C_3) September 10, 2025

Deseret reporter Brigham Tomco wrote on X that Kirk’s mission was stated as simply as this…

“My job every single day is actively trying to stop a revolution. This is where you have to try to point them towards ultimate purposes and towards getting back to the church, getting back to faith, getting married, having children. That is the type of conservatism that I represent, and I’m trying to trying to paint a picture of virtue of lifting people up, not just staying angry.”

Charlie Kirk told me last month what his mission was:

“My job every single day is actively trying to stop a revolution. This is where you have to try to point them towards ultimate purposes and towards getting back to the church, getting back to faith, getting married, having…

— Brigham Tomco (@BrighamTomco) September 10, 2025

Authored by Richard Woolnough via BondVigilantes.com,

We’ve spent nearly two decades on this blog exploring the economic outlook, and history shows that this is especially relevant for active bond managers.

Currently, risk markets are priced for a benign economic scenario. Credit spreads are historically tight, equity valuations are elevated, and interest rates are on a downward path as central banks unwind tight monetary policies to keep growth on track.

The global economy appears healthy, and markets seem to have rediscovered their appetite for risk.

But as always, we believe it’s worthwhile to explore alternative diagnoses.

Just as one might consult a doctor for a second opinion in life, we can do the same in economics: by turning to Doctor Copper.

Doctor Copper is simply the ratio of the price of copper divided by the price of gold. Copper, an industrial metal, reflects economic activity, while gold is traditionally viewed as a store of wealth.

The theory goes: when the economy is strong, the ratio is high; when it’s weak, the ratio is low.

When we chart the effectiveness of this diagnostic tool over time, we find that it has merit.

Source: M&G, Bloomberg

The chart suggests that previous declines in the Doctor Copper ratio have often aligned with periods of economic slowdown or recession.

While investors remain optimistic, the copper-to-gold ratio is signalling a more cautious view. Whenever the ratio has reached levels this low, it was consistent with a slowdown or even a recession.

With the ratio trending lower again, it’s worth considering whether this indicator is once more highlighting risks that broader markets may be overlooking.

Could this decline be a sign of the Markets’ Risky New Appetite (MRNA)?

Or is it a reminder to trust the traditional economic wisdom of Doctor Copper?

Either way, something is different this time, and it might be worth paying attention.

Given the last 48 hours of extreme tensions between Russia and NATO after Poland said it shot down Russian drones which breached its airspace coming over from Ukraine, causing NATO assets to go on high alert, Moscow is now taking great pains to warn the West that its newest military drills must not be seen as a threat and provocation.

The Zapad-2025 drills will kick off Friday and run through September 16, held in Belarus and involving wide-ranging drills between the Russian and Belarusian militaries. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing Thursday that the drills are not aimed at any third country. His words come as Poland is alleging Russian intentionally sent waves of drones into its airspace.

“There indeed are going to be drills. They are routine drills, not aimed against anyone else. It’s about a continuation of defense cooperation and efforts to improve interaction between two strategic allies,” Peskov said.

He further said that Russia’s intent with these exercises “is absolutely no secret to anyone” – and “I would like to reiterate that none of these actions is directed toward third countries,” he added.

The drills will kick off as tensions with NATO are at their highest. BBC reviews of the avalanche of condemnations directed at Moscow coming in:

• UK PM Keir Starmer called it a “barbaric attack on Ukraine and the egregious and unprecedented violation of Polish and Nato airspace by Russian drones”
• US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social: “What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones? Here we go!”. Our reporter at the White House says Trump’s frustration with Putin is evident
• Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte condemned Russia’s “reckless behavour” and said Nato allies stood in solidarity with Poland and Ukraine
• Defence ministers from the E5 group of nations – Italy, Germany, France, Poland and UK – held a press conference in London, and condemned the incident, during which the UK’s Defense Minister John Healey said he has asked the British armed forces to “look at options to bolster” Nato’s air defence over Poland
• Canada’s PM Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron also decried the “reckless and escalatory”, with Carney saying it was proof that Putin has “total disregard for the path of peace”

During the alleged drone breach, airports in Poland were briefly closed, including Warsaw’s main international airport, and NATO and Polish aerial assets were scrambled. In at least one instance a Polish couple said a drone crashed into their house.

The Zapad drills have of late been happening every two years, and this year it is expected to comprise nuclear weapons and Russian-made hypersonic missiles. Anti-sabotage warfare will also be a focus.

All of the drones shown in Poland have been Gerberas decoy drones.

Damage to a single residential building, no indication it was a drone strike though. pic.twitter.com/fWLTnm51tz

— ayden (@squatsons) September 10, 2025

Poland will actually host drills which mirror the Belarus-hosted war games, holding Iron Defender-25 joint military exercise with NATO, including an estimated 34,000 troops and 600 units of military hardware.

Poland has also sealed its border with Belarus during this time. Earlier this month, Warsaw warned of “special measures” in response to potential “provocations” during the upcoming joint exercises.

Authored by Susan D. Harris via The Epoch Times,

Next year will be the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Most folks who were adults at that time remember it like it was yesterday.

Many of us have also had years when we’ve felt like distancing ourselves from the anniversary commemorations. Even for those not directly impacted, memories of that day—and the days that followed—still bring back traces of a trauma we’d never felt before. A feeling of insecurity we’d never experienced. Perhaps actor Tony Danza summed it up best when he said “I don’t like revisiting how I felt.”

In some ways the trauma seems to deepen with time, as new layers of grief emerge–like memories of loved ones who shared those moments but are now gone.

This year I decided to crack open the door and look back, if only for a little while.

In doing so, I came across some videos I’d never seen before–interviews with celebrities of that time period discussing where they were on 9-11.

Ten years after the attacks, producer and director David P. Levin released his documentary “When Pop Culture Saved America: A 9-11 Story.” Originally produced for A&E Networks, it explored how entertainment, comedy, and music helped Americans cope and rebuild in the months that followed. Levin spoke with numerous celebrities for the documentary, later posting extended interviews on his “Pop Goes the Culture” YouTube channel.

Tony Danza told a riveting, highly emotional story about his role as host of the 75th Miss America Pageant, which was set to be held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Sept. 22—not long after the attack.

Pageant organizers had called him to let him know they were thinking of canceling the event. Danza, a Brooklyn native, argued passionately against it, saying, “You can’t let these guys disrupt our lives.” Ultimately, the contestants themselves voted that the show must go on, and officials asked Danza to write a speech befitting the circumstances.

As he wrote his monologue, heart heavy with grief and the added weight of having to inspire a nation, the tears flowed. Unable to come up with a proper conclusion, he reached an impasse.

Danza’s son, who had read a draft of his father’s speech, came to his assistance.

“When is the last time you said ‘The Pledge of Allegiance’?” he asked.

That was it. Danza realized that was the ending he needed.

On the night of the pageant, emotions were high and security was tight. Danza was so stressed he was afraid he’d mess up the Pledge of Allegiance. As he concluded his speech and began to recite the pledge, he became aware of strange noises.

“I began to hear a weird sound … bang, bang bang, bang,” he said. Pausing, he tried to identify the noise. His mind whirled as he remembered the risks and beefed-up security. The “bangs” increased.

He finally realized the source of the noise:

“It was the people jumping to their feet to say the pledge with me! And they had just refurbished the convention center and those seats were popping back [up], ‘pop, pop pop, pop …’ It was the wildest feeling of all time. … Then I said, ‘Are you ready for Miss America?’ And they went nuts!”

Other compelling stories came from interviews with “Frasier” stars Jane Leeves (Daphne Moon) and Peri Gilpin (Roz Doyle).

Leeves, who had been at home in Los Angeles with her husband and 8-month-old baby when the planes hit the twin towers, said she went into survival mode.

“I thought, ‘I’d better go to the supermarket and stock up on stuff.’”

She said she remembered an eerie silence when she arrived at the store.

“It was so quiet,“ she said. ”I mean there were lots of people there; the music wasn’t playing; everybody was walking around sort of solemnly being very polite to each other. … It was just an eerie feeling.”

Like the rest of us, Leeves said she was glued to her television.

“I don’t think I turned my television off that first few days because … I was just wanted information. I just wanted to know we were safe, you know? I felt if I turned the TV off, I would miss something. I would miss, you know, some sort of warning.”

Peri Gilpin’s husband was in New York. She was sound asleep in Los Angeles when he called to tell her to turn on the TV, explaining that he was in lower Manhattan because the World Trade Center had been struck by an airplane. Not yet realizing the enormity of the situation, he and his friends–who included a newspaper photographer–were walking toward the site of the buildings to see what was going on. After the second plane struck, Gilpin lost contact with her husband for about an hour as he ran through the streets to escape the infamous thick cloud of dust and rubble. He finally got a call through to let her know he was OK.

Both Leeves and Gilpin became emotional when discussing the death of their colleague, who was a passenger on one of the hijacked airplanes. David Angell was a cocreator, executive producer, and writer for “Frasier.” A key figure in sitcom television history, he also cocreated “Wings” and wrote for and produced the iconic show “Cheers.” He had 37 Emmy nominations and 24 wins. David Angell and his wife, Lynn, died on American Airlines Flight 11, which hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center on that sunlit morning.

While it seems like it should get easier to attend commemorations and discuss the events of that day, for many of us it still holds disturbing nuances.

Tony Danza said: “What’s so hard about talking about this is that you never feel like you did it justice. You never feel like you were able to convey … how you felt, and how you want people to understand how you felt. That’s why it’s so much easier to not [talk about it].”

He concluded that it was “[his] generation’s Kennedy assassination.”

Then, mixing philosophy with humor he added: “It’s too bad that … we couldn’t keep a grasp of that incredible spirit that we had right afterwards. … Unfortunately, in L.A., we made a big sacrifice … we put flags on our cars and stopped giving each other the finger for a couple of days.

“But you know, we had that feeling that we were really all one people–that we were in it together. It was really something.”

Click here to see Pop Goes the Culture TV’s playlist “Remembering 9-11.” Highlights include interviews with Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Jackie Mason, Mookie Wilson and many more.

Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times or ZeroHedge.

Time’s Up!

After four years of showing no signs of life, initial jobless claims surged higher last week with 263,000 American filing for jobless benefits for the first time – the most since Oct 2021…

Source: Bloomberg

Under the hood, Texas massively dominated the surge in jobless claims last week (we are struggling to figure out why)…

The spike in Texas looks anomalous (still no details)…

Continuing claims remain above 1.9 million Americans – also the highest in four years…

Source: Bloomberg

Tiffany Wilding, an economist at Pimco, tells Bloomberg Television: 

“We are getting what we expected on inflation. The more concerning news from the data this morning is a jump in claims.

“It has been relatively contained, despite the labor market really slowing to a halt over the last year. and now the jump in claims today looks a little more concerning. We are moving out of a period of very little activity or very little hiring or firing to potentially some more separations. That is going to be super concerning, for the Federal Reserve.”

…get back to work Mr.Powell!

Authored by Rick Moran via PJMedia.com,

France and its hapless President Emmanuel Macron are in deep trouble…

On Monday, Macron’s government failed to survive a “no-confidence” vote as the country spiraled into crisis. What’s most worrying for Macron is that the vote wasn’t even close. Prime Minister François Bayrou was dumped overwhelmingly in a 364-194 vote. At issue: Bayrou’s sensible but unpopular notion that France had to cut spending to address a growing debt crisis.

“Sensible” and “socialism” don’t ordinarily go hand in hand. Thus, in office only since December, Bayrou was given an unceremonious heave-ho.

Macron turned to an old ally to replace Bayrou. He named departing defense minister Sébastien Lecornu to be the fourth prime minister of Macron’s government this year.

Lecornu is the only minister to have been in every government since 2017. He has his work cut out for him. He has to pass a budget by year’s end and deal with a growing protest movement that will fight tooth and nail to prevent Macron’s “austerity budget” from passing.

Macron gambled and called for a “snap” election last year, hoping to increase his slim parliamentary majority. It failed miserably when the populists and the far left made significant gains. Now, the streets are full of angry Frenchmen, and the nation’s stability is in question.

NBC News:

Protesters set fires as they blocked highways and gas stations across France early Wednesday as part of a new nationwide movement. Authorities deployed 80,000 police, who made hundreds of arrests and fired tear gas to disperse crowds.

The “Block Everything” movement was born online over the summer in far-right circles, but spread on social media and was co-opted by left-wing, antifascist and anarchist groups. It now includes France’s far-left parties and the country’s powerful labor unions.

Their joint day of unrest adds to the country’s political turmoil, after the collapse of centrist President Emmanuel Macron’s government earlier this week in a similar backlash over proposed budget cuts and broader anger at the political class.

‼️ Massive riots taking place in France as Macron weighs suspending social media to stem the tide.

France’s government has imploded.
pic.twitter.com/XkyqreoTGZ

— Graham Banks Cull (@1GrahamDaily) September 10, 2025

France is fed up. Streets are blocked, people are angry, cops are everywhere. Macron’s govt already collapsed and the chaos keeps growing.

This isn’t protest anymore, it’s rebellion. #BloquonsTout #protesters #MacronDemission pic.twitter.com/kyVFsXpsar

— Maverick Ops (@maverick2886) September 10, 2025

The far left, the largest bloc in parliament, wants Macron’s scalp. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the longtime leader of the far-left party France Unbowed, said, “Only the departure of Macron himself can put an end to this sad comedy of contempt for Parliament, voters and political decency.”

Jordan Bardella, the president of the populist National Rally, said his party would give Lecornu the benefit of the doubt and refuse to join the far left in attempting to oust him. But Bardella wasn’t enamored of Lecornu.

“Emmanuel Macron’s motto: you don’t change a losing team,” Bardella wrote on social media. “How could a loyal supporter of the President break with the policy he has been pursuing for eight years?”

In the capital Paris, groups gathered and set up barricades at several entry points to the city. Demonstrations were expected to continue throughout the day, with travel disrupted as some of the main transport unions joined the strike.

Hundreds remained gathered outside Gare du Nord, one of the city’s main train stations, despite earlier attempts from police to disperse the crowds with tear gas.

“We are here, even if Macron doesn’t want us, we are here,” they chanted.

There were dramatic scenes outside a high school in eastern Paris, where police clashed with dozens of students who had blocked entry to the building.

French political observers believe it’s only a matter of time before Macron will be forced to call for another snap election. This would please both the left and the right, who believe they can gain a majority in parliament. The result of another snap election will probably be the same as the last: a hung parliament and more unrest in the streets. 

Authored by Anna Mahjar-Barducci via The Gatestone Institute,

Sudan’s brutal civil war, often overshadowed by global headlines, is not just a clash between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their former military allies turned rivals, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). It is a calculated power grab by the Muslim Brotherhood, which appears to be using the SAF as a Trojan horse to dominate northeast Africa and the Red Sea, a critical artery for global commerce.

Despite recent moves by SAF leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan to curb Islamist influence, presumably at the request of the United States or Egypt, the efforts of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has deep roots in his army, to achieve control of Sudan, northeast Africa and the Red Sea, signal a dangerous threat that could disrupt oil supplies, inflate global prices, and revive Sudan as a terrorist hub, imperiling Western interests.

The Muslim Brotherhood, sponsored by Qatar, appears to be hijacking the SAF to stage a takeover, recycling old alliances under new guises. Despite recent concessions to the United States and Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood’s grip in Sudan — backed by Qatar and Iran — threatens regional and global stability, potentially including freedom of passage in the Red Sea. The U.S. would do well to intensify sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and support regional actors in efforts to dismantle these networks.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s influence is increasingly recognized as a global threat by governments in countries such as the United States and France. A May 21, 2025 report requested by the French government on the Muslim Brotherhood’s role in France and Europe, detailed the threats posed by the Islamist movement shaping “parallel Islamic ecosystems,” challenging Western secular values.

A Legacy of Islamist Control

Sudan’s descent into chaos began in 1989, when General Omar Al-Bashir, backed by the Muslim Brotherhood’s National Islamic Front, seized power. For three decades, his regime orchestrated genocides in South Sudan and Darfur, sheltered Osama bin Laden from 1992 to 1997, and enabled Al-Qaeda’s attacks, including the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Bashir’s regime also funneled Iranian missiles to Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and supported Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, making Sudan a global extremist stronghold.

The 2019 ouster of Al-Bashir had sparked hopes for democracy, but Burhan’s 2021 coup against the transitional government and the 2023 war with the RSF, which wanted to defeat Burhan and his Muslim Brotherhood allies and take over the country, crushed those dreams. Beneath the surface, the Muslim Brotherhood — known in Sudan as the Islamic Movement — has entrenched itself in the SAF, and turned it into a tool for their regional ambitions to take control of northeast Africa and the Red Sea.

The Muslim Brotherhood is not just allied with the SAF; individuals in it seem to be steering the SAF to take total control of Sudan in order to make it the Muslim Brotherhood’s stronghold in Africa and the Middle East.

Sudan, at the crossroads of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, happens to be in an extremely critical strategic position. It has access to the Red Sea and vital trade routes such as the Suez Canal, and is also a crucial transit point for migrants traveling from the Horn of Africa and the Sahel to North Africa, then on to Europe.

The SAF is infiltrated by jihadist factions such as the Al-Bara Bin Malik Brigade (the Muslim Brotherhood’s local military arm), the Bunyan Al-Marsous Brigade, and Justice and Equality Movement rebels led by Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim. These groups, tied to Bashir’s ruthless National Intelligence and Security Service, frame their fight as a “jihad” against the RSF, which is backed by Sudan’s secular civil society.

Social media videos show the Al-Bara Bin Malik Brigade, in Omdurman, halting RSF advances and bolstering SAF operations in Khartoum. A retired officer told the media that Islamic extremists have filled critical infantry gaps. Ali Ahmed Karti, the U.S.-sanctioned Islamic Movement leader, is, as reported by Arab media outlets, a key orchestrator of the SAF-Muslim Brotherhood alliance. Since his student days, Karti has organized Brotherhood loyalists in the army, and later packed the SAF with jihadists.

Reports in the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reveal that after 1989, the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan, which was aligned with the Bashir government, purged thousands of non-fundamentalist officers, assassinating some, and took control of admissions to the Military Colleges. By 2019, the SAF was ideologically aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood.

It was Karti’s ideological influence that apparently derailed the possibility of a civilian-led transitional government in Sudan after the October 2021 military coup. Karti also unleashed jihadist battalions, which were rebranded as Burhan’s “Popular Resistance.”

This summer, there seemed to be cracks in the alliance between the SAF and the Muslim Brotherhood. In August, Burhan fired five senior generals who are Islamic extremists, including General Nasreddin, head of the SAF Armored Corps, whom the Muslim Brotherhood had reportedly been grooming as a potential successor to Burhan. One analyst suggested that the five generals were dismissed after Burhan met with U.S. Special Envoy Mossad Boulos in Switzerland, on August 11, 2025. Researcher Mujahid Ahmed, however, warns that the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence persists, extending into civilian institutions, especially the foreign affairs and justice ministries. According to the Ayin Network, Al-Burhan apparently still relies on Karti and Bashir’s loyalist, Ahmed Haroun, for battlefield support, indicating a tactical, not total, break.

Iran’s Arms and Qatar’s Role

Iran has been supplying the Muslim Brotherhood-SAF axis with arms, including Ababil-3 and Mohajer-6 drones, which were delivered to Port Sudan in March and June 2024. Satellite imagery viewed by the BBC confirms their presence at a military site near Khartoum. Iran’s support of this Muslim Brotherhood-SAF axis, tied to its ambitions to have a presence in the Red Sea, coincides with the Brotherhood’s goals: namely, threatening U.S. allies such as Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Why It Matters to the West

The Red Sea handles 10-15% of the world’s maritime commerce, including vital oil and gas shipments. In a conflict, the Muslim Brotherhood-controlled Sudan, using the SAF as a proxy, could choke this route as the Houthis have been doing, thereby spiking prices and impairing American and other economies. The Muslim Brotherhood’s ties to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State risk turning Sudan into a terrorist base targeting Western and allied Middle Eastern interests.

Trump’s Sudan Gamble

The Trump administration is navigating a tightrope, trying, it seems, to balance Egypt’s pro-SAF stance. Egypt is actively supporting the SAF to bolster its stability as a national institution, while simultaneously working to curb the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood and its sponsor, Qatar. Ayin Network noted that Egypt insists “the SAF must remain central to any post-war political order.” Burhan’s “cosmetic” purge of Islamist generals shows that he can indeed be influenced by Egypt and by the United States, but his reliance on the Muslim Brotherhood’s financial and military support limits his ability to implement any reforms .

A Global Wake-Up Call

Sudan is evidently very much a part of the Muslim Brotherhood’s global agenda. Ignoring events there will only allow a hostile stronghold to emerge in a region strategically vital for the interests of the West.

Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ZeroHedge.

Days before the media celebrated Spain’s first full weekday powered entirely by renewables in late April, the unthinkable happened: the grid collapsed, triggering a nationwide blackout. The incident served as a stark reminder to other Western nations, including ‘America First’ folks, that overreliance on intermittent sources, such as solar and wind, creates not just grid fragility but also a national security risk. 

A new report from El País, citing data from the Association of Electric Power Companies (Aelec), based on data published by Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy, and EDP, warned that Spain’s peninsular power grid is severely overstretched and unable to absorb additional demand. In fact, most of the country’s electricity hubs have already reached their limits.

Aelec data showed that 83.4% of all these power nodes in the Spanish grid are at full capacity and can no longer accept new connections. 

Most regions in Spain have limited spare grid capacity to accommodate new energy demand without compromising the system’s stability. 

The problem of grid capacity shortages arises as Europe’s overreliance on intermittent sources, such as wind and solar, has left the continent’s energy grid vulnerable. 

Brussels has had a weird obsession with all things “green” energy, which is not as green as it’s made out to be, sparking the blackout in Spain in late April. Also, energy prices have soared, and power bills have skyrocketed as liberal elites on the continent sacrificed grid reliability to combat some alleged climate crisis. 

As we all know, net zero was bullshit and won’t come until nuclear power generation is ramped up in the 2030s, if not in the decade after. However, the net zero narrative was lucrative for woke politicians and their allies (billionaires). And under the banner of fighting an alleged climate crisis, these lawmakers funneled billions of dollars into subsidies, grants, and contracts that enriched a web of special interests, from renewable energy companies to consulting firms to NGOs and financial institutions.

After this massive boondoggle, what are the Europeans left with? Look no further than Spain: a fragile, maxed-out grid that threatens to paralyze the economy as power constraints will stall new factories and data center buildouts. Well done, Brussels – it’s almost as if these so-called ‘green’ policies were never intended to succeed, but rather to neuter the E.U. and give a clear path for China’s economic rise.