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When police confronted a man with a long rap sheet for bike theft and car break-ins, things escalated quickly with a knife pulled during the struggle. BLM is protesting the outcome, but the details tell a more complicated story. What happens when patterns of violence meet split-second decisions?

December is here. Traders are praying for a 25 bp Fed cut and the famous Santa Claus rally — but China is still contracting, silver is quietly exploding, Airbus just grounded half the world’s short-haul fleet, and geopolitical headlines are getting spicy. Is this the calm before a beautiful year-end sprint… or a nasty correction? One thing is sure: the next four weeks will NOT be boring.

The government shutdown has left us without the usual monthly jobs report. Private sources are stepping in — and what they’re showing isn’t pretty. Job postings collapsing, layoffs ticking up, hiring freezes spreading. Is the Fed about to pivot harder than anyone expects?