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November 14, 2025
OUCH: Oil climbs as Russian port suspends oil exports after Ukrainian attack.
Oil prices climbed around 2% on Friday, boosted by supply fears after the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk halted oil exports following a Ukrainian drone attack that hit an oil depot in the major Russian energy hub.
Brent crude futures were up $1.50, or 2.4%, at $64.51 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude advanced $1.57, or 2.7%, to $60.26 a barrel.
Friday’s attack damaged a ship in port, apartment blocks and an oil depot in Novorossiysk, injuring three of the vessel’s crew, Russian officials said.
The port paused oil exports and oil pipeline monopoly Transneft suspended crude supplies to the outlet, two industry sources told Reuters.
“The intensity of these attacks has increased, it’s much more often. Eventually they could hit something that causes lasting disruption,” said Giovanni Staunovo, commodity analyst at UBS.
The market is trying to assess the impact of the latest attacks and what this means for Russian supply longer term, he said.
Plus: “About 1.4 million barrels per day of Russia’s oil, or almost a third of seaborne export potential, has been added to stocks held on tankers as unloading slows due to U.S. sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil, JPMorgan said on Thursday.”
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Dems Need a Permanent Time-Out for Their Childish Anti-Trump Antics. “Rather than spend any time coming up with policy ideas that would appeal to American voters, the TDS Dems spend their days looking for petty foot-stomping gestures that they believe prove they’re sticking it to President Trump. That’s what the government shutdown was all about. The Dems who wanted it to go on didn’t really care about who would be adversely affected, they just wanted to keep resisting the president.”
ACCOUNTABILITY: Judge refuses to toss assault case against New Jersey Democrat.
A federal judge on Thursday rejected Rep. LaMonica McIver’s (D-N.J.) claims the Trump administration is selectively and vindictively prosecuting her for accusations she assaulted agents during a visit to an immigration facility in May.
U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper’s ruling enables McIver’s prosecution to proceed closer to trial, denying her bid to immediately dismiss the criminal charges. McIver pleaded not guilty.
“Defendant has failed to offer clear evidence that the charges in this case had a discriminatory effect, thus her claims of selective enforcement and prosecution must fail,” wrote Semper, an appointee of former President Biden.
Semper’s 41-page ruling also largely rejected McIver’s arguments that she is immune under the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause, which protects lawmakers for things they say or do as part of their legislative activities. But the judge said he’d rule on the defense later for one of the three counts.
Nobody knows how this plays out, but it’s nice to see something more than a judicial shrug for a congresscritter.
IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Meet the Monsters.
On Wednesday, the federal Department of Transportation took action against California. “U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy announced today that the California Department of Motor Vehicles has admitted to illegally issuing 17,000 non-domiciled Commercial Drivers Licenses to dangerous foreign drivers,” the department said in a press release. “Thanks to the Federal Motor Center Safety Administration’s ongoing audit, each of these licenses is being revoked.”
Duffy placed the blame squarely on California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and the state’s lenient policies. “After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed,” Duffy said in a statement. “Now that we’ve exposed their lies, 17,000 illegally issued trucking licenses are being revoked. This is just the tip of the iceberg. My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel of semitrucks and school buses.”
Newsom denied any problems with California’s system but has gone along with the revocation of the 17,000 licenses. The governor’s spokesman mocked the secretary as Sean “Road Rules” Duffy, a reference to his appearances on an MTV reality show 27 years ago. Newsom’s spokesman also accused Duffy of lying “in a sad and desperate attempt to please his dear leader,” using a favorite Resistance phrase for President Donald Trump.
People died, Newsom enabled it — which is cause for amusement, apparently.
November 13, 2025
LIFE… FINDS A WAY:
Multiple restaurants in New York City have found a way around paying the minimum wage
They are hiring virtual cashiers from the Philippines via zoom calls and only have to pay them $3.25 per hour
The locations doing this still ask for 18% tips on orders
Sansan Chicken, Sansan… pic.twitter.com/zqiYqkEyTO
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November 13, 2025
Even at $3.25/hour, I’m still not tipping 18% for walk-up service.
IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Meet the Monsters.
We all have our blind spots, and a recent Thursday Essay brought one of mine into clear view.
“You Only Think the ‘Trans’ Crisis Is Over,” looked at four categories of so-called transgender people: those who are genuinely gender dysphoric, male loser athletes who can only win against women and girls, un-closeted autogynophiliacs, and the sex predators taking advantage of the current political atmosphere to force their way into women’s spaces — and worse.
Even though I was mostly happy with that essay, there were two problems with it. The first is that I neglected to mention that there is often overlap between the four categories. It was in my notes, but I just flat-out missed including it. My bad.
The second problem is that my particular blind spot caused me to miss the fifth category: the monsters.
Much more at the link.
THE NEW SPACE RACE:
BOOSTER TOUCHDOWN! New Glenn returns to its blue origin.
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) November 13, 2025
Bravo! And on the second attempt.
Update: Here’s the video feed.
LIVE NOW: Tune in to watch the NG-2 webcast! https://t.co/PZaV8KOyK8
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) November 13, 2025
YUGE:
BREAKING:
Rubio announces that the USA has decided to designate 4 Antifa groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists
The federal government will now start spending major resources on combatting them. pic.twitter.com/64uB0wzU84
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 13, 2025
Developing…
I VOTED FOR THIS SO HARD: You Voted for This: ‘The Golden Age of Aid Is Over.’ “When you look at the way the Trump administration has been cutting spending, it’s much more strategic than simply trying to save money. In cutting the spending on certain things, Trump is cutting the financial lifeline to much of the left’s corruption.”
WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE UP YOUR MINDS? JUST LAST WEEK HE WAS A DICTATOR: Donald Trump Is a Lamer Duck Than Ever.
WE HAVE A FEMALE PROBLEM: 40 Percent of U.S. Women 15-44 Want to Move to Another Country.
I’M SO OLD, I REMEMBER WHEN DEMS WERE ACTUALLY GOOD AT POLITICS:
This release blew up in Dems' faces https://t.co/aXer1kiGfr
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) November 13, 2025
And:
Is… is this a bad thing to you??? https://t.co/cZMGla7Ifx
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) November 13, 2025
Today’s Dems play well inside their blue bubbles, but they’re pretty clueless about the way normies think in the rest of the country.
EPSTEIN FILES: Johnson says vote on Epstein files to take place next week after discharge petition. “The petition itself will not force the release of the files, but is merely a vote that will force lawmakers to go on the record with their position on the release. A discharge petition forces a bill or resolution to be brought directly to the House floor for consideration, even if it’s previously been held up in the committee process.”
AT THIS POINT, I’M TEMPTED TO SUGGEST WE SHUT DOWN CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE AND LET THE MILITARY HANDLE THE VITAL STUFF: New Docs Show More Connections Between Wuhan Lab and U.S. Intelligence.
CHRISTIAN TOTO: It’s Official: ‘South Park’ Duo Has Trump Derangement Syndrome.
If anyone deserved the benefit of the doubt, it’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
The rebels behind “South Park” have spent decades putting comedy first. Silly, raunchy, outrageous and crass comedy, to be exact.
But comedy always mattered most. And that meant “South Park” punched up and down, Right and Left sans apology.
That seemingly ended a few months ago, roughly 28 years after the show’s 1997 Comedy Central debut. Suddenly, Cartman and co. attacked President Trump and various GOP figures nonstop.
Fair and balanced? Not even close. They contracted Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS.
Read the whole thing. I’d just add that it would be a damned shame if Parker and Stone lost their edge over TDS.
WATCH WHAT THEY DO, DON’T LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY:
BREAKING: Gazans who left Gaza are stuck on a plane because South African authorities refused to let them enter the country.
Yes, the same South Africa that blames Israel for “genocide” doesn’t want Gazans in their country.
You can’t make this up, lol.
— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) November 13, 2025
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Zohran Mamdani: The Far Left’s New Anti-Gun Golden Boy.
The corporate press is branding him as a “visionary reformer,” but gun owners can see what’s coming: another smooth-talking radical working to erode freedom, one executive order at a time. But Mamdani’s platform reads like a wish list for Everytown, Giffords, and the rest of the billionaire-funded gun-confiscation machine.
He has already called for a nationwide ban on so-called “assault rifles.” And, as a New York State Assembly member, Mamdani voted in favor of red flag gun confiscation laws, and a ban on civilian body armor. He voted to require disclosure of social media accounts for those applying for handgun licenses. He also voted to require a license to not just carry, but to own a firearm, something far more restrictive than nearly every state in the country.
But probably the most damning statement came from a 2022 tweet when Mamdni said the quiet part out loud: “We need to ban all guns,” making it that just like the rest of the gun confiscation lobby, he actually wants you fully disarmed.
None of this is news, and New Yorkers voted for it.
JUST ISSUE DIRECTIVE 10-289:
Seattle’s new mayor Katie Wilson: "We will not allow grocery chains to close stores at will" pic.twitter.com/YQUpJyWy0H
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 13, 2025