The attached chart from the CFTC’s Commitment of Traders report reveals record commercial short positions exceeding 110,000 contracts, heightening squeeze risks as physical demand tightens supplies. (Grok)

The chart attached to the ZeroHedge post illustrates data from the CFTC’s Commitment of Traders (CoT) report, showing commercial traders’ net short positions in silver futures reaching a record high of approximately 110,789 contracts as of October 8, 2025. Commercial traders in this context primarily include large bullion banks and financial institutions like JPMorgan, HSBC, and Bank of Nova Scotia, which often hold these positions for hedging, market-making, or speculative purposes. Each silver futures contract represents 5,000 ounces, so this equates to a staggering net short exposure of over 550 million ounces—equivalent to roughly half of annual global silver mine production.

Banks holding these short positions are facing substantial unrealized losses as silver’s price climbs. For instance, if a bank shorted silver at an average of $30 earlier in the year, the move to $51 represents a per-ounce loss of $21—multiplied across hundreds of millions of ounces, this could translate to billions in mark-to-market hits. Historical precedents, like the 2011 silver rally to nearly $50, saw banks incur heavy losses before intervening to suppress prices. (Grok analysis)

The Washington Times Monday, July 27, 2020

Rep. Jerrold Nadler declared Sunday it’s a “myth” that Antifa provocateurs are behind the ongoing violent protests in Portland, Oregon.

In a now-viral video posted on Twitter, writer-producer Austen Fletcher caught up with the House Judiciary Committee chairman on his way to his vehicle.

“I ran into Jerry Nadler in DC and asked him to disavow the Antifa violence/rioting in Portland. His response? ‘THAT’S A MYTH,’” Mr. Fletcher said in a tweet along with the video. “It is true,” Mr. Fletcher tells Mr. Nadler in the video.

“There’s violence across the whole country. Do you disavow the violence from Antifa that’s happening in Portland right now? There’s riots—” “That’s a myth that’s being spread only in Washington, D.C.,” Mr. Nadler responded.

The above story has been erased from the Washington Times site. You can find the archived information here.

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Flash forward to today:

And Trump will now designate Antifa as an international terrorist group:

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Chinese SIM “farms”, infrastructure failures, and hackers are all threatening our ability to stay connected…

By now we all know of the nationwide network of SIM card “farms” that have been discovered in the United States. These farms are a massive telecommunications threat, not only in New York City and New Jersey where they have been discovered, but to the entire nation, as they can cripple the nationwide cellphone system, emergency services and they even lead to the swatting of federal officials and political leaders.

This was an act of war by the CCP, more specifically China’s Ministry of State Security. Blaze Media has reported on this as well as The RAIR FOUNDATION. The risk to our critical infrastructure cannot be overemphasized, and it must be assumed that these “farms” exist in major cities throughout the United States. The risks to our country and our way of life are immense.

Assuming that they have discovered even a significant portion of them is unwise. These can be set up on huge racks in one location as in the image above, or in multiple locations, perhaps hundreds or even thousands of them, sitting silently until activated. The risk is huge, and is occupying a great deal of our own federal and state resources just in an effort to track these down. Another consideration is that China doesn’t just build hundreds of these devices, known as SIM banks or SIM gateways, each that can host hundreds of SIM cards in a single device. They build hundreds of thousands of them. They can be placed, and likely are, everywhere.

The purpose of this essay is not to rehash what others have written about extensively, other than to emphasize the dangerous nature of this threat and the catastrophic repercussions should our networks be systematically disabled, while other seemingly unrelated attacks take place at the same time. Rather, this is to emphasize and provide solutions for individuals who wish to keep their families safe, or as safe as possible, WHEN these attacks take place.

Do you use your phone to get your news? Of course you do. Everyone does. Do you even know how to use the radio in your car? Do you have local stations programmed in it? Twenty years ago that would be a stupid question, but not anymore. Pre-program a couple of news stations.

And, of course you use it to call home, friends, your kids, everyone. What if you can’t call? Will someone worry? Can you stop at a pay phone? Oh wait, what’s a pay phone, you ask? Have you even seen one of those recently?

So, what’s your solution? Smoke signals?

Please see the entire essay here…

A Dallas-based auto lender built on giving car loans to illegals has just gone belly up, and it’s dragging Wall Street down with it.

Tricolor Holdings was once hailed by the US Treasury as a “community development” success story. Now, they’ve just filed for bankruptcy as fraud allegations and a full-blown federal investigation overtake them. The company, which sold overpriced used cars to illegals and wrapped the scheme in a feel-good “social lending” label, is leaving major US banks like JPMorgan, Barclays, and Fifth Third staring at massive losses.

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We’re literally financing our own demise. If this doesn’t infuriate you, something is wrong.

More…

We didn’t start the fire.

h/t Wes