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I guarantee you two things. First, there are dozens of U.S. intelligence analysts feveriously watching this video of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin engaged in discussion with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kusher. Second, most of the analysts will get their interpretations wrong.
Beyond the unusual and remarkable transparency of Russia allowing the media to witness and record some very substantive points being made, the animated nature of Vladimir Putin [15:00 forward] is not customary for him. Putin is normally stoic in his body language and does not usually animate his words with his hands; in this discussion he does.
After the formalities and diplomatic niceties expressed by Putin, he gets right down to business asking both Witkoff and Kushner to summarize their perspectives on the recent Abu Dhabi talks. You can see Kushner caught off guard when asked to answer a question -specificicity- that would normally not be asked during public moments [14:45].
I can tell you from experience in studying Russian’s close up over a long timeframe, President Putin is frustrated at the remarks from the U.S. side because Russia doesn’t culturally engage in ‘blah, blah, blah.’ You see this when Putin talks about the “grey zones” that are stunningly antithetical to the mindset of any Russian.
In Russia there is Yes or No, there is not this western talk of ‘maybe.’
In Russia there are clear boundaries in almost everything. There is yours and mine, there is no ours. There is right and wrong, there is no “kinda.” When a Russian has something to say, they say it – and there is a point to it, a specific point.
Russians approach things with a ‘do’ or ‘do not’ perspective, it is just their culture.
President Putin, just like any other Russian, is not being curt or rude, he is being direct. Say or don’t say, but do not talk circles about maybe saying or maybe doing; it will piss off a Russian quickly. Do or do not, but don’t talk about doing for the sake of talking about doing. You either do, or don’t – that’s it.
The failure of Americans or western viewers to understand the Russian mindset leads to poor analysis of what Russia says and does. Russians seem rude to western eyes and ears, but they are not – they’re just very direct and they don’t engage in small talk about anything. Everything a Russian says has a point to it, or they just don’t say anything.
With that in mind, watch the video:
1. Vladimir Putin’s Opening Remarks [00:16]
Gratitude to the U.S. Administration: Putin welcomes Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner and asks them to convey his gratitude to President Donald Trump for organizing contacts with the Ukrainian side.
Humanitarian Track & Prisoner Exchanges: He notes that positive results have been achieved on at least one track—the humanitarian exchange of detained persons between both sides—and mentions that another major step in this direction is upcoming.
This is not good news for the U.S. technology sector and the global race for dominant AI specifically.
Given the dependency of the U.S. AI race on the specific hardware provided by the world’s second largest corporation (measured by capitalization) the resignation of President and CEO Jensen Huang could have significant ramifications.
Obviously, those global interests who are rushing to catch up to the USA position, as well as those who are opposed to datacenters and AI development, are celebrating the news.
PRESS RELEASE – NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) Board of Directors announced today that Jensen Huang has resigned as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board, effective immediately.
Colette Kress, current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NVIDIA, has agreed to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Kress will continue to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer while serving as Interim Chief Executive Officer until a permanent successor has been named. The Board is initiating a search for a permanent Chief Executive Officer and will consider internal and external candidates.
Kress has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NVIDIA since joining the company in September 2013. During her tenure, she has led the company’s finance organization and has played a key role in NVIDIA’s growth and evolution. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Kress spent nearly 25 years in finance roles at leading technology companies, including Cisco and Microsoft.
The Board of Directors appointed Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever Chair of the Board. Mr. Jones has been an entrepreneur, technology executive, and active venture investor for over 30 years, including serving as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Synopsys.
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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When we traditionally think about Red states or Blue states we think about Red being republican, conservative or nationalist, and we think of Blue as being democrat, progressive or socialist. However, that is not the accurate prism, and it never was.
What determines the political ideology of the state is the financial livelihood of the power centers, powerful people that control the political outcomes. The key words there are “financial livelihoods.” It is the money within the power center that determines the ideology.
The political ideology of Illinois, Minnesota and New York directly comes from how the power interests gain their affluence.
What is the driving element of the money within the state that funds the powerful people, and how is that money made? Those are the questions that determine the politics – Red or Blue it matters not. The critical question is where does the wealth of the powerful come from?
When an outside influence starts to challenge the wealth of the powerful, it is the retention of that finance that determines the political outlook. Let me give you examples.
For the powerful interests in California, New York, Illinois and recently -more specifically and visibly- Minnesota, you will notice the power brokers money is made from corruption of government finance. Take away the access of powerful interests to federal government money, eliminate corruption and you are hitting directly at the center of power.
Enforce lawfulness, target corruption and take away the ability to gain wealth from theft of government money and the powerful political interests who control political power lose wealth. The entire system is based on wealthy people engaged in fraud and corruption to remain wealthy. That dynamic applies to California, Illinois, New York and Minnesota.
However, the same dynamic, albeit under a different auspice, applies to Texas.
Texas industry, and more specifically the billionaires who live in Texas, control the industry and control the political power centers, rely on illegal aliens to achieve their wealth status. Start addressing the illegal immigration issue and you start threatening the wealth that underpins the powerful people who control political outcomes.
Because Texas billionaires rely on the industry of illegal aliens, enforcing immigration laws is against their interests. Deporting illegal aliens becomes a threat to the Texas wealth system in the same way that stopping fraud is a threat to the wealth system in NY, IL, CA and MN.
As the events unfold, CTH is referencing this prior list of easily predictable outcomes from the midterm election.
(1) Gasoline prices, specifically diesel fuel prices, will drop fast; election objective fulfilled.
THEY TOLD YOU IT WAS TRUMP’S FAULT. THEN THE PRICES STARTED FALLING BEFORE DEMOCRATS EVEN TOOK OFFICE.
Guy pulls up to the pumps and regular is sitting at $2.97. Down the street it’s $2.99. Democrats just won the midterms and they haven’t even been sworn in yet. The stations… pic.twitter.com/ldf46aSpEB
— TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) November 10, 2026
(2) For a few months datacenter expansion and approvals will be paused. Datacenters will restart after the federal regulatory sub-agency is created and a series of ‘indulgency fees’ determined. [Similar to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)]. Those impact fees will be very lucrative.
🚨 NOW: It's just been exposed that the effort to block a data center on an ABANDONED mall lot in Maryland is LINKED TO CHINESE COMMUNISTS
Imagine that.
"The Party for Socialism and Liberation took notice…that group is reportedly linked to controversial Chinese businessman… pic.twitter.com/IHvmr7TvAc
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 11, 2026
(3) Congress will quickly act on pre-written legislation to slow AI and introduce government regulation; likely a new regulatory agency will be created and taxes assessed on AI investment under the justification of AI economic impact. AI investment fees and federal datacenter impact fees will be distributed to fungible DNC/DSA aligned NGOs (foreign and domestic) to replace missing USAID funds. Congress will skim funds as normal (indulgences).
White House counsel Will Scharf, in a letter to incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Robert Garcia, says Democrats’ repeated public threats to use their new majority to investigate the president and his administration could cross constitutional limits — and amount to illegal threats.
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At the heart of the White House’s complaint is a legal requirement that congressional subpoenas must be rooted in a clear “legislative purpose” and can’t be used simply to harass or intimidate.
Earlier today, President Trump, Vice President Vance and other dignitaries attended a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of Veterans Day.
Both President Trump and JD Vance delivered remarks. The full video is below and prompted to the speech by President Donald J Trump. WATCH:
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This guy is a real piece of work. However, having spent some time around Ukrainians in the past few years, I can tell you from experience many of them are exactly like this.
At the same time that President Trump’s emissaries are trying to negotiate an end to the bloodshed in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy picks this timing to publicly ridicule President Trump. Seriously, this guy is something. WATCH:
How does Zelenskyy think this antagonism is in the best interest of his country?