https://x.com/emmanuelmacron/status/1932177807372653042?s=46

https://x.com/marinetondelier/status/1964332050661376146?s=46

https://youtu.be/k08ZTVyr6dE?si=j9YSF-iPqu0p28sC

https://youtu.be/k08ZTVyr6dE?si=j9YSF-iPqu0p28sC

https://youtu.be/k08ZTVyr6dE?si=j9YSF-iPqu0p28sC

https://youtu.be/jxaG1q0DW74?si=ZcPXaQsSIkbjmviC

https://pjmedia.com/athena-thorne/2025/09/07/the-image-that-killed-the-democrats-in-2026-and-beyond-n4943417

And just like that, it's over for the Dems in the 2026 midterms. Maybe even the 2028 general election. Maybe this is even the final nail in their creaky, splintering, mentally ill, Marxist coffin.

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Right now, they're trying to ignore it, the way they tried to pretend Hunter Biden's laptop didn't exist back in 2020. They were successful enough that time to push their vote machine over the finish line in Biden/Harris's favor, but that won't happen this time. This story, this image, is already out there.

Still, they're trying to ignore it, hoping it goes away:

0 AP stories on this deadly attack

0 PBS stories on this deadly attack

0 NYT stories on this deadly attack

0 NPR stories on this deadly attack

0 WSJ stories on this deadly attack

0 BBC stories on this deadly attack

0 CNN stories on this deadly attack

0 WAPO stories on this… https://t.co/962qmFOBNm

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1964511538103923183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The only explanation I've seen anywhere is, "Oh, it was never covered nationally because it was only a local story." Sure. Like George Floyd's overdose in police custody was only a local story. Good luck with that dodge, lefties.

In all fairness to Democrats, their policies have made this situation so common that it may well have disappeared into the din. A violent lunatic with fourteen previous arrests under his belt but who still freely roamed the streets randomly and viciously stabbed a young woman on the train, killing her. The https://www.charlottenc.gov/cmpd/News-Information/Newsroom/Homicide-Investigation-in-the-Central-Division-08.22.25

occurred over two weeks ago, and they had every reason to believe the "local crime story" was as dead as the beautiful young victim.

But then, the video emerged. It's chilling and terrifying, the horror that every urban female (and plenty of males) fears. The still image of the moment the madman's knife begins its descent is the most damning optic I've seen in years, and it will now become the face of the modern Democrat party.

It gets worse for Democrats: The victim was not only young, female, and stunning, but https://www.wbtv.com/2025/09/05/light-rail-stabbing-graphic-video-shows-moments-before-after-woman-killed-charlotte/

— one of their fetish victims.

She ran from war in Ukraine. She came here for safety.

And America FAILED her.

23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was butchered on a Charlotte light rail, her throat cut open by a violent repeat offender who had been arrested 14 times and was STILL free.

Zero news yet. https://t.co/6rddKPmMTp

— Stanlee (@stanleedrawss) https://twitter.com/stanleedrawss/status/1964516276967277051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The New York Post is one outlet that https://nypost.com/2025/09/06/us-news/ukrainian-refugees-stabbing-death-on-north-carolina-train-caught-on-video/

:

Haunting new video revealed the terrifying moment a homeless ex-con allegedly fatally https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/us-news/ukrainian-refugee-23-who-fled-war-for-safer-life-in-us-knifed-to-death-by-homeless-career-criminal-in-north-carolina/

in what police said was a random attack on a Charlotte light rail train.

Iryna Zarutska, who fled war-torn Ukraine for a safer life in America, was on the Lynx Blue Line just before 10 p.m. Aug. 22 when she was ambushed, https://www.charlottenc.gov/cmpd/News-Information/Newsroom/Homicide-Investigation-in-the-Central-Division-08.22.25

The https://www.wbtv.com/2025/09/05/light-rail-stabbing-graphic-video-shows-moments-before-after-woman-killed-charlotte/

, released Friday by the Charlotte Area Transit System or CATS, shows Zarutska boarding the train in her pizzeria uniform at 9:46 p.m. and sitting, looking at her phone, unaware of the danger behind her.

Just four minutes later, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. allegedly whips out a folding knife and lunges forward, stabbing her three times, at least once in the neck, police said.

Those eyes, that brave smile, her courageous backstory — fleeing war-torn Ukraine for a chance at safety and freedom in America, taking a humble job as a pizza clerk in Charlotte, N.C.

Laken Riley, the young nursing student murdered by one of then-President Joe Biden's illegal aliens, became a poster child for stopping the invasion. The description of her murder was shocking to the public consciousness, but still, it was only words.

Robin Westman's murder and maiming of young Catholic school kids at prayer was a shocking and tragic story. It was powerful enough to finally spark the public debate about what kind of medications are given to youth with gender dysphoria and whether they are sane enough to own guns. But still, that story was also only told in words.

Here, we have the video of the savage act committed by another Democrat sacred cow, a black, homeless man — you know, the kind of sweet, innocent victim those awful racist cops are always trying to murder.

Even as Democrats surge in the streets of Washington, D.C., protesting the president's crackdown on crime, this chilling video and this electrifying still image have hit the internet. The left could not be caught further out on the wrong side of the issue. They are exposed as the heinous morons they are.

🚨 BREAKING: Leftists are STORMING the streets of Washington DC to protest against the drop in crime, currently marching to the White House to tell President Trump "free DC!"

People came in from VERMONT and other blue states for this.https://t.co/k4YashfsQO

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1964390251989995729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

A confession: I do occasionally worry about Trump's over-the-top rhetoric and willingness to push the bounds of executive power even further than former President Barack Obama did. I know he's doing the right things, but every time he calls out the guard or sics the FBI on someone or blows up a boat of our enemies, I can all too easily picture the next rabid Democrat president goring my ox in the same way.

But then I see something like this, and I thank God for the man in the White House who has climbed athwart history, yelling, "Stop!" (With apologies to the Buckleys.)

Because in the end, Democrats champion mental illness, crime, and the breakdown of civil order; they champion evil. Republicans fight it. Period.

It's over, Democrats. Begone with you.

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Sun, 09/07/2025 - 12:50

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/image-killed-democrats-2026-and-beyond

https://x.com/emmanuelmacron/status/821081311720964098?s=46

For much of the past two months, ever since the https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/japan-votes-fate-ishibas-premiership-yen-and-jgbs-all-stake-key-scenarios-and-trades

, we have mocked the highly unpopular Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba, who was clinging to the post despite record disapproval and a clear shift in popular sentiment that had clearly stripped him of mandate to be Japan's leader.

Japan’s PM Ishiba: Have No Intention of Clinging to Post

... he says as his coalition lost the majority in both houses of Japan's parliament, a humiliating blow to a PM who just keeps on clinging and refuses to quit

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1963031850823070126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Japan’s PM Ishiba: Have No Intention of Clinging to Post

... he says as his coalition lost the majority in both houses of Japan's parliament, a humiliating blow to a PM who just keeps on clinging and refuses to quit

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1963031850823070126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

A few hours ago, Ishiba finally decided to prove us wrong and announced he will step down - following weeks of calls for his departure - a decision that will set in motion a leadership race that may generate concerns for investors.

“While I feel there are still things I wish to do as premier, I have made the difficult decision to step down,” Ishiba said at a press conference in Tokyo on Sunday. “Having seen the US trade negotiations through, I felt that now is the right time to stand down and give way to my successor.”

“I felt that if I continued amid a vote on an early leadership race, it could have created an irreversible division within the party, which is certainly not my intention.” He will stay on as prime minister until his successor takes over.

Ishiba’s resignation brings to an end a tenure marked by humiliating election results that stripped the Liberal Democratic Party’s ruling coalition of its majorities in both chambers of parliament and left market participants unsure of Japan’s fiscal plans. His departure is likely to fuel uncertainty among investors over the coming weeks until a new leader is chosen. It will also likely spark debate among market participants whether his replacement will follow through with the trade deal that Japan reach with Trump.

How soon until Japan's next real prime minister - Ishiba is just a lame duck now - renegs on this deal? https://t.co/CDuk3dAmdr

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1947798420359377382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

As Bloomberg warns, the risk of further instability could weigh on the yen and longer-term bonds when trading opens Monday in Asia. Japan’s currency was one of the weakest performers among its Group of 10 peers last week, while yields on longer-term Japanese government debt reached fresh multi-decade highs.

“Prime Minister Ishiba was known for his strict stance on fiscal discipline,” said Katsutoshi Inadome, senior strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management, flagging the likelihood of upward pressure on super-long yields. “While it remains unclear who will become the next prime minister, it’s difficult to envision anyone with a fiscal discipline stance better than or even equivalent to his.”

Which, in a country best known for the short tenure of its prime minister, more easing to placate the masses is on deck, even if it means another surge in inflation, and even higher prices in gold and crypto as the local population protects what little is left of its purchasing power.

The LDP was set to hold a vote Monday if it should bring forward a leadership election by two years, but that had looked increasingly likely to turn into a vote of no confidence in the premier. That vote will now be canceled, and instead the LDP will hold a leadership race, Ishiba said.

Lawmakers jockeying to position themselves as the next premier will need at least 20 other members of parliament to support their candidacy in order to enter the race. Whoever emerges top in the party contest will then have to win a vote in parliament to become prime minister in a fractured Diet.

Potential candidates within the ruling party include Sanae Takaichi, 64, a former internal affairs minister who finished second to Ishiba in an LDP leadership race last year. If chosen, Takaichi would be Japan's first female prime minister.

A party veteran who has held a variety of roles, including economic security and internal affairs minister, she is known for conservative positions such as revising the pacifist postwar constitution; Takaichi is a regular visitor to the Yasukuni shrine to honor Japan's war dead, viewed by some Asian neighbors as a symbol of past militarism.

She is a fan of Abenomics economic policies and favors stimulus measures which means any hope for a rate hike by the "independent" Bank of Japan would be quietly put to pasture under her leadership (we leave the discussion of BOJ "independence" to an other time).

A member of Japan’s largest nationalist organisation Nippon Kaigi and known as a hard-line conservative, Takaichi opposes same-sex marriage and supports a requirement for couples to share a surname after marriage. She has also stated that a government gender equality plan could "destroy the social structure based on family units" has voiced opposition to proposals to change the law so that a woman could become the Emperor of Japan.

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Takaichi supports imprisoning those who damage Japan's national flag, and is considered a China-hawk when it comes to foreign policy and supports revising article 9 of the Japanese constitution which prohibits Japan from entering armed conflict.  She’s also a vocal critic of Chinese economic practices such as intellectual property theft and calls on Japan to lessen its economic dependence on China.

Most notably, she believes that immigration to Japan risks destabilizing Japanese society and argues that Japanese heritage must be protected. As such, should she replace Ishiba, she would become the latest hard-line conservative to take charge in blowback to the catastrophic policies unleashed by the liberal left in recent years.

Among other possible candidates, Takayuki Kobayashi, a former economic security minister, is on the right-wing of the party and would be a possible rival to Takaichi in garnering support from that section of lawmakers. Yoshimasa Hayashi, the current chief cabinet secretary, as well as Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato, might also show interest in succeeding Ishiba.

“If Ms. Takaichi is appointed, bond selling could intensify due to the risk of a credit rating downgrade,” Sumitomo Mitsui Trust’s Inadome said. In that scenario, “we could see a triple dip: falling bond prices, a weaker yen, and declining stock prices.”

A Koizumi or Hayashi win is more likely to return the yield curve to its previous shape, he added.

Traditionally, the LDP’s dominance in parliament all but assures that its leader will become prime minister. With no majority in either house, there’s only a slim chance the leader of the LDP could fail to clinch the premiership, though that decision is still some weeks away.

The next premier will have to navigate challenges ranging from global trade headwinds to simmering resentment at home over soaring costs of living. Ishiba had called for fresh cash handouts to support consumers, while opposition parties sought tax cuts or higher spending, proposals that have given investors cause for concern.

In the press conference held Sunday, Ishiba said that consumers and businesses will need more support and pressed the need to maintain momentum for wage hikes. He indicated that he essentially decided to step down following the July election setback, but saw a need to make more progress on the trade deal with the US first.

US President Donald Trump signed his trade agreement with Japan and put it into effect with an executive order on Thursday. Although current tariff rates will be lowered with the new order, Japan will still have to pay a maximum 15% tariff on its products, including exports of cars and auto parts.

Still, the signing of the deal leaves Ishiba with some kind of legacy to walk away with after a troubled year at the helm.

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Sun, 09/07/2025 - 12:35

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/japans-prime-minister-ishiba-resigns-most-likely-be-replaced-hard-line-conservative

https://www.youtube.com/live/o8roJRHebys?si=ENnGu65izY85X3N9

https://youtu.be/KV2ssT8lzj8?si=P1caFzfVQk36VY_0

https://x.com/datirachida/status/1959587745141064057?s=46

Read this report and many others on my Substack (trust me, it's a much better format for this sort of thing and any questions for Mikhail and I will be answered there): https://open.substack.com/pub/maratkhairullin/p/brief-frontline-report-september-446?r=3upj8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Brief Frontline Report – September 7th, 2025

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports: "Units of the 'East' Group, as a result of offensive actions, have liberated the settlement of Khoroshee in the Dnepropetrovsk Oblast."

Stormtroopers of the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance towards the Arestopol-Novonikolaevka bypass and the formation of the southern encirclement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces defense node Velikomikhailovka-Arestopol-Sosnovka. (Velikomikhailovka is spelled "Velykomyhaylovka" on the map).

The farmstead Khoroshee (abandoned/uninhabited) at 47°56′04″N 36°31′19″E, with about 20 residents, is a forward position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces before the important defense area of Sosnovka, which controls the transport network consisting of the radial road Sosnovka-Khoroshee-Voronoe, the Arestopol-Sosnovka-Novonikolaevka bypass, and two ravines, Ternovaya (Thorny) and Ryadovaya, stretched along the bypass to the south and providing positions for the Ukrainian Armed Forces south of Sosnovka up to the settlements Berezovoe and Ternovoe. The right flank of our advancing groups is covered by the position Novoselovka, liberated on September 4th, from the area of which a parallel advance along the radial road to Arestopol is possible.

Apparently, the Velikomikhailovka-Arestopol-Sosnovka node threatens our right flank on the Novoselovka-Zaporozhskoe line, and the immediate task will be its elimination.

An additional note on Kupyansk (3rd and 4th images):

According to available information, the territory of the northern districts of Kupyansk controlled by the Russian Armed Forces as of 07.09.2025 looks like this.

https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/RealKhairullin/status/1964716408975011857#m

https://x.com/chowtingagnes/status/1964657807707488643?s=46&t=uNQKi-_xa-yRcxMHJJYWCA