Democrats and their radical leftist allies need an urgent wake-up call after betting the entire political strategy on transgender ideology, which most notably is the effort to queer America’s youth into “gender-fluid” left-wing activists operating in schoolyards and on city streets. That strategy appears to be collapsing, if it hasn’t already, as a new study reveals a sharp decline in youngsters identifying as something they’re not. In short, youngsters appear to be rejecting the multi-decade social engineering experiment by leftist public school bureaucrats, Hollywood, progressive doctors, left-wing NGOs, and other ideological operatives aligned with the globalist agenda. 

New data from Dr. Eric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics at the University of Buckingham and Director of the Centre for Heterodox Social Science, revealed a surprising trend that may concern strategists of the Democratic Party. 

1/ NEW: trans identification is in free fall among the young

(h/t @FIRE data in particular) pic.twitter.com/i0Z1BNcWG8

— Eric Kaufmann (@epkaufm) October 14, 2025

In Kaufmann’s report titled “The Decline of Trans and Queer Identity among Young Americans,” he discovered that since 2023, both trans and queer identification have fallen sharply among members of Generation Z.

Here are the key findings from the report that was condensed and repackaged for consumption on the British news and opinion website Unheard:

Sharp decline in trans and queer identities:

• Among U.S. university students, the transgender share fell from ~7% in 2023 to under 4% in 2025. Non-heterosexual identification dropped by about 10 points in the same period.

Most affected categories:

• Declines are concentrated in queer, pansexual, asexual, and bisexual identities; gay and lesbian shares remained stable.

Generational reversal:

• Freshmen are now less likely to identify as bisexual, trans, or queer (BTQ+) than seniors, implying that the downward trend is continuing.

Elite institutions lead the decline:

• Schools such as Andover Phillips Academy (9%→3%) and Brown University (5%→2.6%) show the steepest drops, suggesting the trend began in elite academic settings 

Non-binary identification:

• Fell roughly by half across FIRE, Brown, and Andover datasets between 2022–25.

Sexual orientation:

• Bisexual: Peaked around 2022–23, now retreating.

• Queer/Other: Rose sharply through 2023 then collapsed by 2025.

• Gay/Lesbian: Stable near 3–5%.

• Heterosexual: Rebounded to ~77–82% across major datasets by 2025

Kaufmann on X published a wild chartpack (view here) that shows the data (cited from major youth surveys, including FIRE, HERI, Brown Daily Herald, Andover Phillips Academy, CCES, GSS, and CDC YRBSS) that shows the trans bubble has popped. 

Non-conforming sexual identity (queer, questioning, etc) is also in sharp decline. Gay and lesbian are stable while heterosexuality has rebounded by around 10 points since 2023.

Not only this, but freshmen in 2024-25 were less trans and queer than seniors whereas it was the reverse when BTQ+ identity was surging in 2022-23. This suggests that gender/sexual non-conformity will continue to fall.

What explains the sudden reversal of trans and queer? It’s not because the kids became less woke, more religious or more conservative. Those beliefs remained stable throughout the 2020s.

Is it improved mental health? Yes, in part. Less anxious and, especially, depressed, students is linked with a smaller share identifying as trans, queer or bisexual.

But not entirely. Mental illness fell after the pandemic but the sexuality and gender shifts happened at least a year later. All groups, including LGBT, got less mentally ill after the pandemic.

The decline in anxiety and depression occurred within trans, bisexual and queer groups as much as among others. So it wasn’t the case that most of those who solved their emotional problems became heterosexual.

The fall of trans and queer seems most similar to the fading of a fashion or trend. It happened largely independently of shifts in political beliefs and social media use, though improved mental health played a role.

8/ The fall of trans and queer seems most similar to the fading of a fashion or trend. It happened largely independently of shifts in political beliefs and social media use, though improved mental health played a role. pic.twitter.com/KCKzrO3hYc

— Eric Kaufmann (@epkaufm) October 14, 2025

So what’s the bigger picture here? Just like that, the trans bubble has burst, explained away by “improved mental health.”

INSANE: College students are so brainwashed by gender ideology that they’re willing to donate their own t*sticles to a trans person to “fight toxic masculinity.”

📹@Simply_Shula pic.twitter.com/BDLRq6zhwN

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 13, 2024

But the real question now is: Where’s the accountability? For the politicians, doctors, educators, and left-wing activists who spent years pushing the sexualization and queering of America’s youth for a sinister globalist agenda, there must be accountability.

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Here’s the full report:

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Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times,

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 14 rejected radio talk show host Alex Jones’s appeal of a $1.4 billion defamation judgment related to his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting as a hoax.

The court denied the petition in Jones v. Lafferty in an unsigned order without comment. No justices dissented.

The Infowars host, who called the large civil judgment “a financial death penalty,” had argued that a judge was wrong to find him financially responsible for defamation and infliction of emotional distress without first conducting a trial regarding the allegations made by relatives of the victims.

The shooting led to the deaths of 20 first graders and six school employees in Newtown, Connecticut.

Jones filed for bankruptcy in 2022.

His attorneys told the Supreme Court that the “plaintiffs have no possible hope of collecting” the full judgment.

In a separate proceeding, Jones is appealing a $49 million judgment in a related defamation lawsuit in Texas. He allegedly failed to hand over documents sought by the parents of a Sandy Hook victim.

In the Connecticut case, the judge entered a default judgment against Jones and his business in 2021 after saying Jones had repeatedly not abided by court rulings ordering him to produce evidence.

In 2022, a jury returned a $964 million verdict against Jones. The judge later added another $473 million in punitive damages against Jones and Free Speech Systems, which is Infowars’s parent company.

In November 2024, the satirical news outlet The Onion was named the winning bidder in an auction to liquidate Infowars’ assets to help pay the defamation judgments.

But the bankruptcy judge threw out the auction results, citing problems with the process and The Onion’s bid.

The attempt to sell off Infowars’ assets has moved to a Texas state court in Austin.

Jones is now appealing a recent order from the court that appointed a receiver to liquidate the assets.

Some of Jones’ personal property is also being sold off as part of the bankruptcy case.

A growing list of news organizations with access to Pentagon briefings have formally rejected a new Defense Department (or Dept of War) policy that would require journalists to sign a pledge promising not to seek unauthorized materials and limiting their access to certain areas unless accompanied by an official. In essence it’s part of the continuing crackdown on leaks.

But now there’s a full-on, very public revolt against the policy introduced last month by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has himself been thrust into the center of controversy since being named Pentagon chief due to the embarrassing Yemen group chat Signal episode earlier in the Trump administration.

Outlets have been told to sign the pledge by Tuesday at 5 pm or surrender their press credentials within 24 hours, after weeks ago the new policy was introduced.

Establishment media outlets have also been frustrated after long-accredited media outlets were forced to vacate their assigned Pentagon workspaces under what officials described as an “annual media rotation program” – which happened similarly at the White House where independent media, podcasters, and nontraditional media figures have been given access and sometimes even priority. 

Among those which have made clear they are not signing the policy are The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, The Atlantic, Politico, The Hill, The Guardian, Reuters, the Associated Press, NPR, HuffPost, Breaking Defense, and others.

Conservative outlet Newsmax has also made clear it is not signing. “We believe the requirements are unnecessary and onerous and hope that the Pentagon with review the matter further,” Newsmax said in a statement. Notably, Fox News hasn’t revealed its stance.

Executive editor of The Washington Post, Matt Murray, wrote a scathing critique of the policy as a violation of freedoms guaranteed to the press as spelled out in the Constitution. 

“The proposed restrictions undercut First Amendment protections by placing unnecessary constraints on gathering and publishing information,” Murray stated on X. “We will continue to report vigorously and fairly on Pentagon and government activities.”

And The New York Times has said that the new Hegseth policy severely limits journalists’ ability to cover the US military, which “is funded by nearly $1 trillion in taxpayer dollars annually.” The outlet said that “the public has a right to know how the government and military are operating.”

This is all well and true, and yet these MSM gatekeepers would have more of a leg to stand on if they hadn’t already long proven themselves by and large mere pro-war stenographers of official government narratives time and again. This was especially bad in the wars of the GWOT era, from Afghanistan to Iraq to Libya to Obama’s massively expensive covert war in Syria.

The media loves to fawn over military commanders and ‘anon sources’ which they already agree with, from hawkish pro-Israel, pro-Ukraine stances, to regime change operations abroad in places like Syria or Libya. That’s when criticism from the press goes out the window.

Hegseth responded on social media to this MSM media exit with a dismissive wave emoji directed at the outlets’ statements. He subsequently posted a list titled “Press Credentialing FOR DUMMIES,” outlining new restrictions such as visible badge requirements and a prohibition on “soliciting criminal acts.”

👋 https://t.co/wnTQiHJZyC

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) October 13, 2025

Adding insult to injury, he also reshared a cartoon mocking The Atlantic as a crying baby. Now that it has an ‘adversary’ heading up the Pentagon, perhaps the press will finally grow more critical of whatever ‘anonymous military and/or intelligence officials’ tell them? 

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Update (1540ET): Just when you thought it was safe to buy the f**king dip, President Trump takes to social media and spoils the day’s gains again…

“I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act.

We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution.

As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.”

The result was a an instant wave of selling pressure:

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Update (1145ET): US Trade Representative Lamieson Greer told CNBC that “there is a scheduled time for that,” when asked about the possibility of a Trump-Xi meeting, even as Trump has cast doubt on whether the meeting will take place because of China’s new export controls.

Greer also noted that China has now “realized they have overstepped” with its rare earths export controls that he says came “out of nowhere.”

“We’ve been pretty successful in finding a path forward with them in the past, so we think we’ll be able to work through it,” Greer says

That helped extend gains in stocks, pushing Small Caps all the way up to unchanged since President Trump’s initial China ‘hostile’ tweet from Friday…

It appears the China rhetoric overnight has quickly been forgotten.

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Global equity futures slipped on Tuesday after China vowed to “fight to the end” in its trade war with the U.S., following President Trump’s threat last week to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese goods. Despite Washington’s attempts to soften its tone over the weekend, tensions are intensifying into the new week: both countries are imposing new docking fees on each other’s vessels, signaling deepening Sino-US relations ahead of Trump-Xi talks. Adding to the flaring tensions, Beijing sanctioned five U.S. subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean, while U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused China of deliberately undermining the global economy.

Trump’s move last Friday to threaten Beijing with an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods, in response to China’s sweeping new export controls on rare earths and ahead of a planned Trump-Xi meeting later this month, signals that both sides are trying to gain as much leverage as possible before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea. 

The Chinese Commerce Ministry condemned the Trump administration’s tactics, calling them incompatible with dialogue. “If you wish to fight, we shall fight to the end; if you wish to negotiate, our door remains open,” a ministry spokesperson said.

“The United States cannot simultaneously seek dialogue while threatening to impose new restrictive measures. This is not the proper way to engage with China,” the ministry said.

On Sunday, Trump walked back his rhetoric in a Truth Social post that said “it will all be fine”, adding that the U.S. wants to “help” China. This relief sent global equities soaring on Monday, yet the outlook darkened on Tuesday after the ministry sanctioned South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha. 

China’s Commerce Ministry wrote in a statement that Hanwha Ocean’s five U.S. subsidiaries, Hanwha Shipping LLC, Hanwha Philly Shipyard Inc., Hanwha Ocean USA International LLC, Hanwha Shipping Holdings LLC, and HS USA Holdings Corp, are sanctioned over “assisting and supporting the U.S. government’s probes and measures against Chinese maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors. China is strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposes it.” 

Earlier Tuesday, Beijing confirmed it had begun imposing additional port fees on vessels linked to the U.S., while clarifying that Chinese-built ships would be exempt from the new charges. This tit-for-tat followed the U.S. decision to impose on Chinese vessels at U.S. ports.

Also, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Financial Times that Beijing is trying to damage the global economy with its export controls on rare earths and critical minerals, sending some global supply chains into snarled conditions. 

“This is a sign of how weak their economy is, and they want to pull everybody else down with them,” Bessent said on Monday, adding, “Maybe there is some Leninist business model where hurting your customers is a good idea, but they are the largest supplier to the world. If they want to slow down the global economy, they will be hurt the most.”

Bessent added, “They are in the middle of a recession/depression, and they are trying to export their way out of it. The problem is they’re exacerbating their standing in the world.”

There’s been a flurry of developments on the U.S.-China front. UBS analyst Joe Dickinson broke down the past 24 hours, removing the noise to explain market impacts:

EStoxx fell 20bp to start, following U.S. futures lower. Commentary from both the U.S. and China on Trade was conciliatory overnight. China’s commerce ministry indicated working-level talks were held Monday, Treasury Secretary Bessent confirmed that Trump and Xi are still expected to meet at the APEC Summit at the end of the month.

But price action in Asia is cautious and weaker again. Nikkei cash dropped 2.8% while futures were down 1.7%. China reopens lower in the afternoon session, with CSI300 down 80bp after China’s Ministry of Commerce announced curbs on five U.S. units of Hanwha Ocean in response to U.S. probes against Chinese maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding industries, as well as reports that China has started charging port fees for U.S. ships. Note that Samsung slid 4% post earnings.

S&P 500 futures are down a little more than 1% while Nasdaq 100 contracts fell 1.5%. 

Sea of red across global equity futures. 

Bitcoin’s rebound losing momentum. 

WTI futures tumbling. 

Treasuries bid. US10Y tags 4%. 

Now we wait to see whether the Trump administration doubles-down on their tit-for-tat-ing or steadies the ship again?

Amid a dearth of macro data due to the shutdowns, this month’s Small Business Optimism survey suddenly becomes noteworthy with the headline sentiment index dipping in September to a three-month low (down 2 pts to 98.8)on less optimism about the economic outlook and greater concern about excess inventory.

Source: Bloomberg

Five of the 10 components that make up the gauge decreased, while three were unchanged.

Owners grew more anxious about inflation, with 14% of owners reporting that rising costs were their biggest problem in operating their business, up 3 points from August.

A net 31% plan to raise prices in the next three months, up 5 points and the largest share since June.

“While most owners evaluate their own business as currently healthy, they are having to manage rising inflationary pressures, slower sales expectations, and ongoing labor market challenges,” Bill Dunkelberg, NFIB chief economist, said in a statement.

But while uncertainty was elevated (the fourth-highest reading in over 51 years)…

Source: Bloomberg

…the employment components showed improvement – positive employment change, hiring plans continuing to increase, compensation for labor higher.

Hiring plans are at their highest level since January.

So to summarize the somewhat strange NFIB data – Earnings expectations are rising as are hiring intentions but the headline confidence number is lower?

Finally, NFIB notes that whatever impact the government shutdown has on small businesses, it will show up in the October survey. Questionnaires were mailed out on October 1.

Authored by Jeanine Yuen via The College Fix,

About one in three Brown University freshmen say they are gay, bisexual, transgender, or one of the other numerous options, according to a recent survey by the student newspaper.

The numbers are somewhat similar to a survey two years ago, also by the Brown Daily Herald, which found 40 percent of the student body identified as LGBTQ. 

The survey garnered 733 responses, which is about half of the class of 2029.

Of the respondents, 12.8 percent said they were bisexual, five percent said they were “questioning or unsure,” six percent said they were gay or lesbian, and 1.6 percent said they were “pansexual.”

Several social scientists provided insights into the data and broader trends of LGBT identification among college-aged students.

Eric Kaufmann, a professor of political science at the University of Buckingham, said the percentages are close to 30 percent across the entire student data set, with some schools seeing 40-50 percent LGBT identification. 

Kaufmann attributed this to “female bisexuality” – a figure that has nearly doubled since the 2010s.

He previously has conducted research on trends in LGBT identification.

The social scientist says it seems the increase is linked to mental illness and social pressure.

“As the share of female bisexuals has soared, the number of them having same-sex relationships has gone down. That tells you something: it’s more of an identity than a behavior,” Kaufmann wrote in an email to The Fix. 

“And the rate is not higher among university students than non-college young people,” he said.

“So this is only  – in my view – partly connected to woke ideology and politics.” 

A quantitative social scientist who regularly comments on social issue polling and studies provided comments on why the incoming class at Brown might identify as LGBT at a smaller percentage than the student body several years ago.

“First, multiple polls have shown that younger members of Generation Z are more politically conservative than older members of Generation Z,” Professor Michael New told The Fix via email. 

“Additionally, multiple news reports indicate that this generation of young men are more religious and more likely to attend church than previous generations of young men,” the Catholic University of America professor said.

He also explained why LGBT identification might still be higher overall at Brown than other universities.

There is a strong likelihood  “students at elite universities, like Brown, are more likely to identify as LGBT than other members of their age demographic” due to higher socioeconomic backgrounds and secularity,” he said.

Research by Kaufmann, the Buckingham social scientist, has found similar results.

About 23 percent of Gen Z identifies as gay, transgender, or another sexual orientation, according to Gallup.

Gallup’s survey also revealed the average percentage of Gen Z adults identifying as LGBT to be 22.7 percent in the past two years. The average drops as they survey older generations. 

A representative for the polling company told The College Fix the differences could be because “while LGBTQ+ Americans across generations realized they were LGBTQ+ at similar ages, those in older generations came out at much later points in life than young LGBTQ+ Americans today.”

“[I]f you realize you are LGBTQ+ during an era of greater acceptance, you are more likely to self-identify as LGBTQ+ than if you came of age in a time of comparatively less acceptance,” Justin McCarthy wrote in an email to The Fix.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu pulled off the impossible – for now – by suspending President Emmanuel Macron’s 2023 pension reform, which raised the retirement age. The desperate political maneuvering was aimed at securing crucial support from the Socialist Party in France’s National Assembly to survive no-confidence votes on Thursday, where Marine Le Pen’s National Rally has vowed to try to topple him.

French bond markets rallied on the news. The 10-year yield fell seven basis points to 3.4%, the lowest since mid-August, narrowing the spread over German Bunds to 79 bps. This is one of the sharpest intraday tightening moves this year. France’s CAC40 reversed most of the session’s losses as it appears Macron’s last-ditch effort of doing whatever it takes to avoid a snap election has paid off – for now. 

“France’s CAC 40 benchmark closed the session 0.2% lower, after reversing most of the day’s losses. The index had fallen as much as 1.4% in early trading. A Barclays Plc basket containing companies most exposed to French domestic risks turned positive in afternoon trading and ended up 0.7% on the day, led by gains in lender Societe Generale SA, construction company Vinci SA, and telecommunications provider Orange SA,” Bloomberg EMEA Equities Managing Editor Blaise Robinson wrote in a BBG Top Live Blogs post. 

Bloomberg Opinion analyst Lionel Laurent noted, “It looks like Emmanuel Macron’s last-ditch strategy of doing whatever it takes to avoid snap elections has paid off. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu appears to have clinched the support of the center-left Socialists by suspending pension reform until the 2027 presidential elections,” adding, “Meanwhile, the weakened and divided center-right Republicans are also likely to back Lecornu rather than face a potential bruising at the ballot box. That’ll be enough for this government to live to fight another day, and for markets to breathe a sigh of relief. Don’t bet on a lasting peace, though.” 

On Thursday, Lecornu’s government faces no-confidence votes, backed by Le Pen’s National Rally and far-left parties. After Macron’s pension reform news, the Socialist Party said it would not vote to oust Lecornu. 

“I will propose to parliament that we suspend the 2023 pension reform until after the presidential election,” Lecornu said. “There will be no increase in the retirement age between now and January 2028.”

He continued, “Some would like to see this parliamentary crisis turn into a crisis of the regime. That will not happen thanks to the institutions of the Fifth Republic and its supporters.”

Macron’s grip on power has eroded since last year’s failed snap elections. He has given Lecornu “carte blanche” to restore stability and end one of the worst political crises for France in years. If Lecornu loses the confidence vote on Thursday, Macron will be forced to dissolve parliament and call new elections. 

Two of Lecornu’s predecessors, Michel Barnier and Francois Bayrou, have already resigned over their plans to rein in out-of-control spending, which has led to France having the largest budget deficit in the bloc. 

Suspending pension overhaul marks a major retreat from Macron’s economic reform agenda, which had goals to make France “work more” to sustain growth and repair public finances.

National Rally’s Jordan Bardella wrote on X, “The only common denominator of this majority without rhyme or reason, ready for all sorts of deal-making, is the fear of the ballot boxes and the fear of the people.” 

À l’Assemblée nationale, des Républicains au PS, c’est l’amicale des sauveurs d’Emmanuel Macron qui se succède à la tribune.

Le seul dénominateur commun de cette majorité sans queue ni tête, prête à tous les marchandages, c’est la peur des urnes et la peur du peuple. #DirectAN

— Jordan Bardella (@J_Bardella) October 14, 2025

Bardella continued, “With the Faure-Macron pact, the Socialist Party allows the President of the Republic to pursue a policy massively rejected by the French. If there remains a bit of coherence and honor among certain PS deputies, they will have to make it known this Thursday during the vote on the motions of censure. Or accept, before history, to have turned their backs on the French people, ignored their expectations and their sufferings.” 

Avec le pacte Faure-Macron, le Parti socialiste permet au président de la République de poursuivre une politique massivement rejetée par les Français.

S’il reste un peu de cohérence et d’honneur à certains députés du PS, ils devront le faire savoir ce jeudi lors du vote des…

— Jordan Bardella (@J_Bardella) October 14, 2025

All eyes on Thursday. 

Today is October 14, and as the Office of Nuclear Energy wrote back in August, should mark the first meeting of the Defense Production Act Consortium who is seeking agreements with U.S. nuclear companies as part of an effort to rebuild the nation’s nuclear fuel supply chain

The consortium, first announced by DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy on August 22, marks a major step in strengthening domestic nuclear fuel cycle capacity and reducing America’s dependence on foreign sources of enriched uranium.

The DPA Consortium was created in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order on Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base and will use the authorities of the Defense Production Act to coordinate industry efforts across the nuclear fuel cycle. Under the program, DOE will establish voluntary agreements with U.S. companies involved in mining, milling, conversion, enrichment, deconversion, fuel fabrication, recycling, and reprocessing. The goal is to ensure the availability of reliable nuclear fuel for the nation’s reactors and to support the growth of a secure, independent nuclear energy sector.

“There are major gaps in our nuclear fuel cycle infrastructure that leave the United States heavily dependent on foreign sources of enriched uranium,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Mike Goff when the initiative was announced in August. “By leveraging authorities in the Defense Production Act, DOE is able to take swift action to bring all parties to the table to accelerate our path toward a more secure and independent energy future.”

DOE issued an interim final rule this summer that outlines the standards and procedures for executing voluntary agreements under Section 708 of the DPA, which provides a defense from antitrust laws when specific criteria are met. The rule will take effect 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register, and DOE invited public comments within the same timeframe. Since then, the Office of Nuclear Energy has been engaging with industry participants to identify key players and establish both near- and long-term objectives for the consortium’s work.

The first meeting taking place today is expected to focus on mapping out critical supply chain gaps, from uranium conversion and enrichment to fabrication and recycling. Participants will begin discussions on how to coordinate timelines for expanding capacity, share essential data across sectors, and identify regulatory or financial bottlenecks that could be addressed using DPA authorities. The meeting represents the beginning of a sustained effort to organize and align the nuclear fuel industry in a way that balances national security needs with commercial growth.

The DPA Consortium will operate separately from existing DOE programs for low-enriched uranium (LEU) and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) procurement and allocation, but its work may inform future programmatic decisions.

As the United States looks to expand clean, reliable nuclear power as part of its energy future, the DPA Consortium stands as a key mechanism for aligning industry collaboration, government support, and strategic investment in the nation’s nuclear fuel infrastructure.

As we noted weeks ago, readers of ZeroHedge are well aware that we believe Centrus Energy could be the next obvious candidate for the U.S. government to cozy up to and acquire a stake (similar to how the Trump admin recently did with rare earth company MP Materials and of course Intel, both of which we correctly predicted ahead of time, here and here). We have also followed ASP Isotopes closely, which yesterday issued a business update and its largest-ever supply contract for enriched silicon-28.

About a month ago Centrus announced it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and POSCO International to explore potential investment in expanding its enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio.

The signing ceremony drew high-level attention, with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jung-kwan both in attendance. The deal underscores a growing U.S.–Korea partnership in civilian nuclear energy — and highlights the demand for secure, non-Russian sources of uranium enrichment.

On Monday, the Dutch government took control of Chinese-owned semiconductor maker Nexperia – citing risks to Europe’s economic security after alleging “serious governance shortcomings” at the company.

One day later, and the EU is on the cusp of applying major pressure on Beijing. As Bloomberg reports, the European Union is “considering forcing Chinese firms to hand over technology to European companies if they want to operate locally,” in an aggressive new push to make the bloc more competitive – particularly when it comes to electric vehicles and the transfers of battery technology and know-how.

The new rues would apply to companies seeking access to key digital and manufacturing markets such as cars and batteries, and would also require Chinese firms to use a set amount of EU goods or labor, according to people familiar with the plans.

Another lever under discussion would be to force joint ventures. 

The new rules, which would be on the table for November, would apply to all non-EU firms, with the goal of keeping China’s manufacturing from overwhelming European industry.

“We are welcoming foreign direct investment under the conditions that they are real investment,” said EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic in a Tuesday statement to reporters, following an EU trade ministers’ meeting in Horsens, Denmark, adding that the move would mean job creation in Europe, value added to Europe, and technology transfers to Europe, “as European companies have been doing when they’ve been investing in China.”

The potential move comes at a key moment in Europe – as the Chinese government’s subsidized wares have been dominating EU industries, while Beijing’s looming restrictions on rare earth minerals threaten to further hamstring the bloc’s manufacturers. That said, Bloomberg suggests targeting China is likely to provoke retaliation – potentially damaging a critical trading relationship.

“Several measures are being considered to foster a strong, competitive, and decarbonised European industry,” said Thomas Regnier, a spokesperson for the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm preparing the regulations, adding that “no final decision has been made regarding the exact scope and nature of these measures.” ‘Decarbonised’ eh? 

The tit-for-tat between China and Europe has already begun – with the EU recently moving to double tariffs on steel imports to offset Chinese dumping, while Beijing – days later – said it would adopt new export controls on critical rare earth minerals, prompting the EU to adopt a more defensive position in regards to dependency on China – something the bloc has spent the last few years vowing to protect against. The new regulations would accelerate that effort, arriving as part of a legislative proposal called the Industrial Accelerator Act. 

“The future of clean tech will continue to be made in Europe,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last month. “But for that, we also need to make sure that our industry has the materials here in Europe.”

“In sum, when it comes to digital and clean tech: faster, smarter and more European,” she continued. 

With its plan, the EU is mimicking Beijing, which has long put strict parameters on outside firms wanting to enter its market. Simultaneously, China has invested heavily in Europe and other parts of the world through its Belt and Road Initiative, hoovering up technical knowledge in the process. -Bloomberg

Speaking after the ministers’ meeting, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen says that the EU “should be inspired” by the move, adding “We find ourselves in new circumstances. It’s not just about free trade, free trade, free trade, even though we subscribe to this idea.”

Europe’s economy has been dragged down by Germany’s dismal performance, causing lobbying groups to call for the commission to consider drastic action to gain access to technologies for which China has developed an edge.

“It’s essential that foreign investments, such as in batteries and other clean tech, come with technology transfer and the skilling of European workforce,” according to Victor van Hoorn, director at the industry group Cleantech for Europe. “This needs to be agreed upon at EU level.” 

Rasmussen backed the statement, saying “If we invite China’s investments to Europe, it must come with the precondition that we also have some kind of technology transfer.“

To wit, Europe is sucking wind when it comes to EV battery tech, with EU automakers heavily reliant on Beijing for these components.

The Chinese have already begun scaling up their presence in Europe, with companies such as BYD Co. investing in a plant in Hungary, and vowing to ramp up EV battery production across the continent. 

One of China’s largest advanced battery makers, CATL, is planning to send 2,000 workers to build and staff a ($4.6 billion) battery plant in Spain in a joint venture with Stellantis. 

Under the terms of the new proposal, foreign carmakers wanting to sell cars in the EU would have to locally source a specific amount of goods and services, while simplifying the permitting process for European companies. 

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Scott Jennings, the only person with a brain working at CNN, has blasted Democrats, and in particular Barack Hussein Obama, who still refuse to give credit to President Trump for negotiating an historic peace deal in Gaza.

As we highlighted earlier, Obama put out a statement expressing relief and thanks that the killing is coming to an end, but purposefully neglected to mention Trump’s role, prompting massive backlash.

“[Obama’s] been the most hyper-political and hyper-partisan post-president we’ve ever had. He’s STILL acting that way!” Jennings asserted.

He added, “The fact that [Trump] is having this extraordinary success on the world stage…I just think Democrats, from Obama on down, are having a heck of a time understanding where they went wrong, and how Donald Trump has captivated a nation and now the entire World.”

“They’re not over the fact that Donald Trump won the national popular vote last year,” Jennings continued, adding “And they keep warning about the same things that they were warning and fussing about during the campaign, to which the American people then responded to.”

“I think Donald Trump is executing every part of his agenda in almost exactly the way that he promised he was going to,” Jennings urged, adding “including enforcing laws in the United States that have been on the books for a very, very long time that his predecessor chose simply not to execute.”

Watch:

🚨 SCOTT JENNINGS fires back at Barack Hussein Obama and Democrats who REFUSE to credit President Trump for historic peace in Gaza 🫳🎤

“[Obama’s] been the most hyper-political and hyper-partisan post-president we’ve ever had. He’s STILL acting that way!”

“The fact that he’s… pic.twitter.com/U4lbAzQtYM

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 13, 2025

While Obama refuses to credit Trump, others including Bill Clinton and Joe Biden have, however reluctantly, done so.

🚨 BREAKING: Former President BILL CLINTON gives President Trump credit for the ceasefire and hostage release between Hamas and Israel.

Something Hussein Obama couldn’t bring himself to do.

“President Trump and his administration, Qatar, and other regional actors deserve great… pic.twitter.com/lagja8rv71

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 13, 2025

🚨 NOW – PRESIDENT TRUMP on former President BILL CLINTON giving him credit for the Gaza peace deal: “I’ve ALWAYS liked Bill Clinton. Always gotten along with him. He came to my wedding.”

“I’ve always liked him. I thought it was very nice, actually. And what is he doing? He’s… pic.twitter.com/tRQjLrpLXW

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 13, 2025

🚨 BREAKING: Former President Joe Biden says, “I COMMEND President Trump and his team for their work to get a renewed [Gaza] ceasefire deal over the finish line.”

That’s the 2nd Democrat president to acknowledge Trump at least played A ROLE in this. Hussein refused.

“The road… pic.twitter.com/mTydxln97G

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 13, 2025

The extremist wing of the Democratic Party however…

🚨 JUST IN: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) hits a NEW LOW – declaring that the President Trump-drawn Gaza ceasefire, the return of all living hostages, and over two dozen world leaders joining Trump in Egypt for a peace summit is just “pretending to be the president of peace.” pic.twitter.com/rDa9C4Y4Oi

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 13, 2025

Trump was lauded by several world leaders in Israel yesterday, including the Prime Minister of Pakistan, who nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, stating “He is genuinely a man of peace…the most wonderful candidate for the peace prize…saved millions of people. The world will remember you as a man who did everything to stop eight wars.”

🚨 BREAKING: In an incredible moment, the prime minister of Pakistan NOMINATES President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026

“I would like to nominate this great president for NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!”

“He is GENUINELY a man of peace…the most wonderful candidate for the peace… pic.twitter.com/viBiUasRXK

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 13, 2025

They all lined up to shake hands and have a photo with Trump.

All these world leaders lining up to shake @POTUS hand for making this happen

Donald Trump will go down as possibly the greatest President in US history for being THE peacemaker who brings peace to the middle east pic.twitter.com/LecdEcPJn5

— Grifty (@TheGriftReport) October 13, 2025

🚨 JUST IN: After every world leader in Egypt lined up to meet President Trump one-by-one, they pose for a historic photo

TRUMP: “We just made a big deal today, so we’ll smile! Biggest EVER!” 🇺🇸

‘PEACE 2025’

He’s done it. pic.twitter.com/RWyG1IEQYf

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 13, 2025

Even sections of the leftist media can no longer deny Trump is the peace President.

Podcaster Patrick Bet-David succinctly described the bind that leftists find themselves in now when it comes to Trump’s success.

“They can’t stand that this guy is winning!” he told Jesse Watters, adding “Go to ANY game in sports, any comeback, any story of redemption! Tell me a better story of redemption of a living human being in America the last 50 years than Donald J. Trump. Maybe go back 100 years. Who has redeemed themselves the way this man has? Who has done it? I don’t know!”

“Who has come back and, was ‘supposed’ to start World War 3? He’s done some say five, seven plus…peace deals. Who has done that? Not a lot of people!” Bet-David further urged.

He added, “There’s a thing that a lot of people have to be paying attention to, and this is for me, going into 2028, as you put on the scorecard of what skill sets we want of somebody to be the President of the United States, I think those days of diplomacy, the ‘right’ degree, ‘right’ school, ‘right’ pedigree are behind us!”

🚨 JUST IN: Patrick Bet-David NAILS IT on why Democrats are powerless in the face of President Trump’s triumph on the world stage

“Go to ANY game in sports, any comeback, any story of redemption! Tell me a BETTER story of redemption of a living human being in America the last 50… pic.twitter.com/13fbjB1gge

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 14, 2025

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld echoed the sentiments, noting “Where are his critics today? They’re so small, I can’t see them!”

“Perhaps your ego was hurt by the fact he believed these great things could happen. And he was persistent, relentless, positive. That just seemed so alien to you!” Gutfeld continued.

“Where is Bill Kristol? Where is Adam Kinzinger? Liz Cheney? Gavin Newsom? Vindman? Where are these people?” Gutfeld added. “We should do a show on Fox Nation called Where Are They Now? Because I want to know, how do you look in the mirror when you see, after years of mocking people who had faith in this guy, people who risked a lot of stuff to support Trump that you made fun of, the George Takei’s of the world that ridiculed him, where are they!?”

“This guy is solving world peace. He closed the border. He’s trying to reduce crime. He would not accept the managed decline and the constant death. He became unacceptable to them, to the people that were in power. He thought big. He sees everything as a moonshot. ‘What could happen? Maybe not.’ He thought that the impossible was possible,” Gutfeld further asserted.

🚨 BREAKING: Greg Gutfeld GOES OFF on the never-Trumpers following peace in Gaza – “Don’t you owe the people you mocked AN APOLOGY?”

“I would love for never-Trumpers to ask themselves about the possibility that the things that they hated about him are what make him SUCCESSFUL!”… pic.twitter.com/iTL7kpFmMq

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 13, 2025

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