Oct292026

Episode 1267 – Wokeness is Alive and Well!

Israeli elections are proving how messy parliamentary governments are.

Artificial Intelligence is making our children dumber and a professor at UC Berkley is changing his grading system based on that.

And European wokeness is alive and well is Scotland. Is it any wonder Western Civilization in Europe is collapsing?

What A Messy System

The elections in happened last night. What a mess.

No clear winner
Israel’s October 27 election is heading for a deadlock. With about 85% of votes counted, neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, has a path to the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.�
Projected seats so far
These are the Central Elections Committee’s projections as of Wednesday morning:�
Key takeaways
Netanyahu’s bloc fell from 68 seats in the outgoing Knesset, but Likud is still the largest single party.�
The Arab parties are on track for their strongest result ever.�
Turnout was nearly 78%, the highest since 1999.�
Exit polls first had the opposition slightly ahead, then shifted to a tie or a small Netanyahu lead.�
What’s next
Hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots, including votes from soldiers and diplomats, still need to be counted, so the seat numbers could change. Official results are expected around November 4. After that, weeks of coalition talks are likely, and if no one can form a government, Israel could hold another election.�

61 seats in the Knesset (out of a total of 120 seats) are needed for a majority.

Netanyahu stays in office for now as the “caretaker” Prime Minister.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/558c1389-24b1-4057-ac43-d1c17ec6f7a7

You Still Need to Know Stuff

According to the California Post:

A UC Berkeley professor has stopped grading students’ homework for correctness after noticing artificial intelligence tools were helping them rack up top marks.

Richard Borcherds, a renowned mathematician who received the prestigious Fields Medal in 1998, said widespread student use of AI has undermined the value of traditional homework grading.

“Student use of AI for homework is now widespread,” Borcherds told The California Post. “Grading for correctness just adds a huge incentive for them to use AI for homework instead of doing it themselves, and penalizes students for honesty.”

Paying graders to evaluate AI generated answers is also a waste of time and money, he said.

Borcherds now awards credit based primarily on whether students complete their assignments rather than whether their answers are correct, acknowledging that he does not know of a better solution.

The professor said it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish work produced by artificial intelligence from work written by students themselves.

“There is no easy way to tell the difference between human and AI generated work,” he told The California Post. “Occasionally one could tell it is AI because AI made a few characteristic errors, but AI has now improved so much that it rarely makes obvious mistakes.”

His comments come as AI tools grow increasingly capable of tackling complex academic problems, raising questions about how universities will assess students’ work and prepare the next generation of mathematicians.

Borcherds’ concerns about the future of mathematics were also highlighted in an interview with the Daily Californian, UC Berkeley’s student newspaper.

“If AI continues to improve at present rate, then, in a few years, there’ll be nothing human mathematicians can do that AI can’t do better,” Borcherds told the paper.

The professor expressed uncertainty about whether aspiring mathematicians should still pursue the field, saying that just five years ago, mathematics appeared to offer relatively strong protection against the technological disruption now sweeping through other professions.

https://nypost.com/2026/10/25/us-news/uc-berkeley-professor-refuses-to-grade-students-homework-after-spotting-surge-in-ai-usage/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Craziness

According to Breitbart:

The museum in question is Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, which has removed its Egyptian mummy exhibition due to lack of “consent from the deceased individual.”

There is a sign in place of the coffin which reads, “We have removed human remains from this display as a mark of respect.”

According to the Telegraph:

The items removed include a coffin with the remains of Nekht, a priest, a mummified right hand recovered from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, and a mummified male head and right foot.

Scottish Tory culture spokesman Murdo Fraser said of the move, “This is woke madness at its most ridiculous.”

“Even Egyptian mummies are now being cancelled by a society so obsessed with modern sensibilities that it has lost all sense of perspective,” he said, adding, “People visit museums to learn about ancient civilizations, not to see history hidden away because it fails to meet today’s ideological standards.”

According to the Daily Mail, the woke moves do not stop there, either, as the charity Glasgow Life is “currently working to remove archaeological human remains from the History Discovery Centre and the Scotland’s Early People gallery at Kelvingrove Museum.”

“Once we have completed work at Kelvingrove Museum, work will begin to remove a coffin and mummified human remains on display in St. Mungo Museum,” it said.

https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2026/10/22/museum-under-fire-for-removing-mummy-due-to-lack-of-consent

Let’s Make This Viral!

  • The X post by @barrycunningham shares a nearly 3.5-minute music video for the patriotic gospel song “My God Bless America” by Jason Bellard, featuring a bearded guitarist performing by a campfire, with a choir in robes, American flag imagery, and emotional tributes.
  • The poster praises the video as “AWESOME” but notes he cannot play it on his YouTube show or channel due to copyright restrictions, though the song’s owner has it available on their channel.
  • The post has strong engagement with over 9,900 likes, 3,500 reposts, and 306,000 views as of late October 2026, resonating with audiences appreciative of faith-based and patriotic American content.

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Episode 1266 – Are the Dems Really Winning?

Dictatorship may have already arrived in Brazil.

Venezuela might be seeing better days in the future.

And the Democrats are pulling out all the stops to win this upcoming election. Could that mean they might not be winning the upcoming election?

Dictatorship is Next

According to Fox News:

Incumbent leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated right-wing challenger Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s presidential second-round runoff, according to Brazil’s electoral court and The Associated Press. The deeply polarized nation returned to the polls for a second round of voting on Sunday.

With 100% of the vote counted, Lula won 51.8% of the vote, defeating Bolsonaro by nearly 4.4 million votes.

Despite trailing by nearly 4.4 million votes, Bolsonaro has refused to concede and has called for the election results to be annulled.

Lula addressed supporters after winning re-election to a fourth, nonconsecutive term, expressing gratitude to the Brazilian people.

“No one is required to like the president-elect, but he must govern for everyone,” Lula said.

Referring to his opponent, Lula said, “This was a defeat for denialism and lies.”

Looking at the economy of Brazil, the rescinding of human rights, and the fact this guy is a communist that served time in prison for corruption might make you wonder how he get re-elected for a forth time, you might be asking how he could have won. Well, the answering is coming:

Lula’s victory followed confusion at polling places after Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin ordered a last-minute, two-hour extension of voting nationwide. The order came three minutes before polls were scheduled to close, and some polling places reportedly received word only after they had already closed.

Both the Lula and Bolsonaro campaigns had requested that voting remain open longer, citing transportation problems and severe weather in different parts of the country. Lula’s campaign pointed to problems with buses in São Paulo and Salvador, while Bolsonaro’s campaign cited heavy rain in southern Brazil.

“I’ve never complained about anything in any election before. Whether I won or lost, I’d just accept it and get ready for the next one. But this time, something abominable is happening,” Lula argued.

Bolsonaro called the extension unprecedented and argued that it changed “the rules of the game in the middle of the game.” He later asked that the election results be annulled.

Brazil’s electoral court president, Kassio Nunes Marques, said the extension did not affect the results. Legal experts also said Bolsonaro would face a high legal bar to invalidate the election.

Bolsonaro defeated Lula by more than 2.2 million votes in the first round on Oct. 4, with 47% of the vote to Lula’s 45%, but fell short of the 50% majority required to win the election outright.

Lula’s victory marked the first time since Brazil’s military dictatorship ended in 1985 that the second-place finisher in the first round went on to win the presidency.

Some things:

  • There were two elections. The election was close but Bolsonaro was ahead by two points.
  • Since neither candidate had 50% so another elections happened.
  • In the second election, Bolsonaro gained 3.3 million votes, and Lula gain 11.5 million votes.
  • It gets worse.
    • The weather was bad in Brazil.
    • Lula asked the Supreme Court to extend the voting time. Bolsonaro did not want that to happen.
    • Initially, the Supreme Court said no.
    • Then the head of the Supreme Court, Lula’s former defense attorney, ruled that the polls should remain opened if they are still opened. Because of the multiple time zones, only Lula’s polls remained open.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/conservative-wave-hits-roadblock-brazil-lula-holds-off-bolsonaro-challenge

Are They Returning to Normal?

According to Fox News:

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado made returned to her home country on Sunday after nearly a year abroad, re-entering a political landscape transformed by the U.S. ouster of Nicolás Maduro.

“I’m here. With you all,” Machado wrote on social media, announcing her return for the first time since December. Her homecoming comes as Venezuela remains under the leadership of acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime Maduro ally backed by the Trump administration, with no presidential election scheduled.

President Donald Trump, asked about Machado’s return by reporters in Port Huron, Michigan, said he was unaware of the development but expressed hope for her safety.

“I don’t know anything about it, but I think she’s a very nice woman,” Trump said. “She gave me her Nobel Prize. So how can I say anything else? And I hope she’s safe. She’s a very nice woman. But we’re doing really well in Venezuela.”

Fellow opposition leader Edmundo González, who ran for president in 2024 after Machado was barred from seeking office, confirmed her arrival on social media and said he would join her “very soon.”

https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuelan-opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-surprise-return-home-after-nearly-year-abroad

This is Why We Might Win

The End of the Free Press Is On Its Way

According to Fox News:

Former Fox News investigative reporter Catherine Herridge is asking the Supreme Court to protect her confidential sources after a federal court ordered her to identify who helped expose a woman’s alleged ties to China’s military.

The outcome of the case could dramatically reshape the legal protections afforded to journalists working in the U.S. under the First Amendment.

Herridge was held in contempt and ordered to pay $800 per day for refusing to reveal sources behind her 2017 reporting on Yanping Chen, a Chinese American businesswoman who operated a university attended by U.S. military personnel. Her reporting raised questions about Chen’s alleged past as a colonel for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China and the potential exposure of sensitive information about American service members.

The Department of War subsequently cut off military tuition assistance funding to Chen’s university following a national security review, according to a filing by Herridge’s legal team. The school had been receiving approximately $200,000 a month in taxpayer-funded tuition assistance.

Now Chen, who was investigated by federal authorities but never charged with a crime, is pursuing a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging that officials improperly disclosed her private records to Herridge in violation of the Privacy Act. She has sought to compel Herridge to identify her sources as part of that litigation.

The dispute has reached the Supreme Court, where Herridge’s attorneys are asking the justices to reconsider the legal standard used to force journalists to disclose confidential sources in civil cases.

Her legal team argues that the lower courts failed to adequately weigh the broader circumstances of Chen’s lawsuit, including the Pentagon’s national security findings and whether Chen can ultimately prevail in her claims against the government.

The case also exposes a longstanding disagreement among federal appeals courts over the scope of the reporter’s privilege, an issue the Supreme Court has not comprehensively addressed in more than five decades.

Herridge’s original investigation, published while she was working at Fox News in 2017, examined Chen’s background and her operation of the University of Management and Technology in Arlington, Virginia, which enrolled U.S. military personnel using Defense Department tuition assistance.

The reporting included photographs appearing to show Chen in a Chinese military uniform and examined allegations that she had concealed her previous military service when applying for U.S. immigration benefits.

It also raised concerns about the university’s collection of information on American service members, including details about their military training and professional backgrounds. A whistleblower interviewed for the investigation alleged that information stored on the school’s computers could be accessed remotely from China.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/800-a-day-penalty-threatens-bleed-investigative-reporter-dry-explosive-legal-fight-escalates

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Episode 1265 – Happy Halloween (Part 1)!

It’s the Season of the Witch, the time of Samhain, Snap-Apple Night, All Saints Eve, or, simple, Halloween. That means it’s time for people to get pissed off about stupid things. Let’s go over a partial list of things that the All Hallow’s Eve wet blankets are being ticked off about this year.

Here We Go!

According to the New York Post:

A Pennsylvania homeowner is facing calls to remove his creepy Halloween decorations depicting bodies hanging from trees — with critics comparing the display to lynching victims.

The controversial decorations outside the unidentified Bristol Borough resident’s home feature phony bodies wrapped in bags hanging from a tree, NBC 10 Philadelphia reported. 

The Bucks County NAACP has called on the homeowner to take down the decorations, saying the imagery of bodies hanging from trees “carries a painful historical significance” for black Americans.

“This is not about restricting Halloween celebrations or freedom of expression. It is about historical awareness, empathy, and respect for our neighbors,” the civil rights chapter said in a statement posted to Facebook. 

The unnamed homeowner told the outlet that he didn’t mean for the decorations, purchased as a decorative kit online, to offend anyone.

And some residents told the outlet that the decorations are simply just another run-of-the-mill Halloween display. 

“At first I looked at it, and it’s a little bit different. Like, but then I’m looking, it’s Halloween,” local Mike Wade said.

“My house is scary. My house is always scary. It’s always set up scary. Same thing. Dead bodies laying around, skeletons. It’s Halloween,” he told the outlet. 

But other locals believe the decorations can evoke disturbing reminders of the racist lynchings that terrorized and killed black Americans throughout the 20th century. 

https://nypost.com/2026/10/19/us-news/halloween-decorations-of-hanging-bodies-outside-pa-home-draws-lynching-comparisons/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Stop Apologizing

According to wyldfm.iheart.com:

Target is facing major backlash after selling a children’s Halloween costume that critics said resembled racist blackface and minstrel-show imagery.

The retailer removed the “Kids’ Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume” from its stores and website after images of the costume began circulating online. The outfit featured an orange-and-black design, black gloves and a mask with an exaggerated smile. Critics said the overall presentation echoed racist caricatures used to demean Black people during the Jim Crow era.

Target later issued a public apology, admitting the costume “should never have been part of our assortment.” The company said it recognizes the hurt caused to Black customers, employees and partners and is reviewing how the product made it through its approval process.

But actress Viola Davis made it clear that she was not satisfied with the response.

“I do not accept your apology,” Davis wrote on Instagram, adding that the imagery represents a painful history of dehumanization and racism. She ended her message by emphasizing, “We MATTER.”

The controversy has also renewed conversations about representation behind the scenes and whether diverse voices are present when major companies make decisions about products and marketing.

https://wyldfm.iheart.com/featured/steve-harvey-morning-show/content/2026-08-27-target-pulls-costume-as-viola-davis-rejects-its-apology

Don’t Get Involved in All This

According to the Jerusalem Post:

Spanish fashion retailer Zara removed a children’s Halloween costume from its website on Wednesday after social media users noted that the gray-and-blue striped outfit resembled prison garb worn by inmates in Nazi concentration camps. 

Zara described the ensemble as “Kids costume featuring vertical stripes with decorative topstitching, a lapel flower and a distressed effect. Includes a cardigan and shorts. Gray / Blue.”

The post was visible via a Google search that continued to display an indexed version of the Zara product page after the listing itself had been removed.

The costume resembles the suit worn by Michael Keaton’s title character in the 1988 horror-comedy “Beetlejuice” and its 2024 sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” Even so, social media users said the vertical stripes and shiny crisscrosses, which some media outlets described as “fake stitched scars,” resembled concentration camp uniforms and the barbed wire visible in many World War II photos.

Priced at $59.90 in the US, according to another indexed version of the listing, the costume drew criticism online in Europe on Tuesday. It gained wider attention Wednesday after Israeli journalist Dov Gil-Har, activist Hen Mazzig and others shared images of it on X/Twitter.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-910391

I Actually Like It

According to the California Post:

It’s a seedy little pumpkin. 

Sure, sex sells. But peeved parents aren’t buying it from an LED-animated Halloween novelty that serenades trick-or-treaters with a “creepy” chant laced with sexual innuendos about kissing and pumping folks full of its “seed.”

“Let me de-influence you from buying this viral Jabberin’ Jack pumpkin if you have children,” spat a mother of three in a “buyer beware” bulletin, scaring up more than 1.3 million video views. 

Representatives for Mindscope Products tell The Post that their kooky commodity isn’t a plaything for kids.

“Jabberin’ Jack was created and marketed as a high tech Halloween home décor product, not as a children’s toy,” a spokesperson said, in part. “The song being discussed is part of the regular programmed content and appears toward the end of the second song track. Customers can skip between tracks or hold the skip button to fast forward through the content.”

That’s not true. I looked it up on Amazon and it is recommended for children 0-3 years.

https://nypost.com/2026/09/17/lifestyle/viral-kiddie-halloween-decoration-bashed-for-sexal-innuedos

Are You Surprised?

According to the American Almanac:

A Raleigh homeowner says city red tape now demands a special events permit for his long-running Halloween display, a burden he warns could push the cost near $6,000 and end the tradition.

Jesse Jones has spent years building an elaborate Halloween setup at his home in a historic Raleigh, North Carolina, neighborhood. Crowds already show up in the weeks before October 31. He told local reporters the display draws annual visitors from as far as China and Dublin, Ireland.

This year the city is requiring a special events permit because nearby streets close during the festivities. Jones says that single demand changes the math and the spirit of what he has done for years on his own dime.

In prior seasons, Jones said he paid out of pocket for off-duty police and street closures. He did not treat the night as a city production. He handled the safety basics himself so neighbors and guests could enjoy the decorations.

Reporting this week laid out his new problem: the permit would force barricades and roadblocks on top of the street closure costs he already carried.

“So now with this special event, I would predict the cost would be around $6,000 some dollars to close the street, and I have to get the barricades I have to put out in front of the roadblocks. So it’s almost like, why even do it?”

That is the practical question hanging over a neighborhood tradition that never needed a city festival stamp before.

.https://americanalmanac.com/raleigh-homeowner-hit-with-costly-special-event-permit-for-annual-halloween-display/

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/e2f4c138-d93b-41a5-a562-90b9951e3b52

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Episode 1264 – Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire!

I haven’t talked about it much, but there is some movement in the Ilhan Omar investigation and she has finally addressed the situation. You’ll be shocked at her response.

Enos Canter Freedom gets an answer about whether or not he could join the WNBA draft. There are still more questions than answers.

And the Supreme Court is going to listen to a case that is based in a 150-year-old law.

Here Is The Latest

Here is the latest on the Ilhan Omar investigation:

  • Investigators have her phone—but reportedly have not accessed it. POLITICO reports today that the phone seized during the October 12 search of her Washington home could contain protected congressional records. Before examining it, investigators must give Omar an opportunity to assert protections under the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause; a court would decide which disputed materials they can access. Her attorneys have challenged how the search was conducted.
  • Her sister has been questioned, and prosecutors have issued subpoenas. NewsNation reported Tuesday that authorities questioned Omar’s older sister, Sahra Noor, and that at least 15 subpoenas had been issued, including some involving relatives. The underlying evidence has not been publicly established.
  • The principal investigation concerns whether Omar or her relatives supplied false information in refugee or citizenship paperwork. Reporting describes scrutiny of her birth date and whether she qualified for citizenship through her father while still a minor.
  • The search warrant remains sealed; reported potential offenses include conspiracy, false statements on immigration paperwork, and immigration fraud—not charges already brought against her.
  • Separately, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has said her office is investigating Omar’s financial disclosures. That is a distinct inquiry from the immigration investigation.
  • There is a separate investigation being done against her husband and his wine business.
  • Some outlets have reported claims about DNA evidence and the longstanding allegation involving Omar’s former marriage. Those accounts rely on unnamed sources; the reported evidence has not been publicly presented or tested in court. They should not be treated as established findings.

Omar spoke to supporters Tuesday. She called the investigation an intimidation attempt ahead of the midterms. Her attorneys say there is “no legitimate basis” to suggest she violated laws concerning her citizenship.

Yeah, she needs money. By the way, this investigation started under the Biden administration. Trump, for his part, says he knows nothing about the investigation.

Let’s be clear, there is a lot of smoke here:

  • She married her brother to illegal immigrate him into the United States.
  • She lied on her immigration forms.
  • She lied during her oath.
  • She is involved in the fraud in Minnesota and she has been named.
  • She lied on her financial form to Congress, saying she was worth $30 million and, when question, said she was worth far less.
  • She and her husband own a winery that no one can find.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/dec11667-f62e-4cf6-8e2e-013288ab5850

Hmm

According to the Post Millennial:

The WNBA has responded to former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom’s request to go out for the League’s draft–and they’ve said that they won’t allow it. Freedom has declared himself a woman and put himself out to be drafted by a WNBA team.

The WNBA has been outspoken about the need for what they call “inclusivity,” meaning allowing men who claim to be women to play in women’s athletic competition. This has been an issue for women and girls in middle schools, high schools, and universities. In fact, when Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham spoke out in favor of protecting women’s sports, she was treated to abuse and vitriol from others in the league. Even her own coach spoke up against her stand for women’s rights.

But apparently, bringing a man who claims to be a woman, such as Freedom, into the WNBA is a bridge too far for the League that doesn’t know what a woman is.

“Ladies and Gentlemen of America,” Freedom said, “the moment you’ve all been waiting for! The WNBA has officially responded!”

Later in the article, the answer:

After discussing fans, fouls, and ejections from arenas, as Freedom was ejected from a game and his courtside seats, they got to the question of eligibility: “With respect to your questions regarding eligibility, only women are eligible to play in the WNBA and the individuals you cite in your letter are both men.”

The WNBA, in proclaiming inclusivity and then rejecting Freedom’s bid for the draft, has shown complete hypocrisy. On one hand, they say that anyone who claims to be a woman is one, while on the other they declare that Freedom isn’t one. It reveals that they don’t believe what they say they do and know that despite their declarations, they know those assertions are lies.

https://thepostmillennial.com/wnba-officially-rejects-enes-kanter-freedoms-eligibility-for-the-draft-declares-him-a-man-despite-his-trans-claim

Why Not?

According to the New York Post:

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a ban on distilling spirits in private homes more than 150 years ago.

Plaintiffs challenging the prohibition on home distilling claim the 1868 law is an antiquated relic of Reconstruction-era politics. They argue that Congress overstepped its taxation powers when it enacted the home distilling ban as part of a tax reform measure designed to curb fraud by commercial distillers.

Government attorneys counter that Congress properly restricted where spirits can be distilled to prevent producers from evading federal excise taxes. They warn that lifting the ban would violate Supreme Court precedent and erode congressional powers.

Federal law makes home distilling a crime punishable by a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Separate challenges to the law divided two federal circuit courts, which issued conflicting decisions in April, only 11 days apart.

A three-judge panel from the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the federal ban in a case brought by John Ream, a brewpub owner from Newark, Ohio, who wants to distill whisky at home for his personal consumption.

A Fifth Circuit panel ruled in favor of different plaintiffs — members of the Texas-based Hobby Distillers Association — and concluded that statutory prohibitions on in-home distilling are outside the scope of Congress’ taxing power under the Constitution.

https://nypost.com/2026/10/19/us-news/supreme-court-agrees-to-review-a-reconstruction-era-ban-on-distilling-spirits-in-private-homes/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

Here We Go!

According to the New York Post:

A Pennsylvania homeowner is facing calls to remove his creepy Halloween decorations depicting bodies hanging from trees — with critics comparing the display to lynching victims.

The controversial decorations outside the unidentified Bristol Borough resident’s home feature phony bodies wrapped in bags hanging from a tree, NBC 10 Philadelphia reported. 

The Bucks County NAACP has called on the homeowner to take down the decorations, saying the imagery of bodies hanging from trees “carries a painful historical significance” for black Americans.

“This is not about restricting Halloween celebrations or freedom of expression. It is about historical awareness, empathy, and respect for our neighbors,” the civil rights chapter said in a statement posted to Facebook. 

The unnamed homeowner told the outlet that he didn’t mean for the decorations, purchased as a decorative kit online, to offend anyone.

And some residents told the outlet that the decorations are simply just another run-of-the-mill Halloween display. 

“At first I looked at it, and it’s a little bit different. Like, but then I’m looking, it’s Halloween,” local Mike Wade said.

“My house is scary. My house is always scary. It’s always set up scary. Same thing. Dead bodies laying around, skeletons. It’s Halloween,” he told the outlet. 

But other locals believe the decorations can evoke disturbing reminders of the racist lynchings that terrorized and killed black Americans throughout the 20th century. 

https://nypost.com/2026/10/19/us-news/halloween-decorations-of-hanging-bodies-outside-pa-home-draws-lynching-comparisons/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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Episode 1263 – Is the Mental Health Industry Working?

American Indians are, once again, using their past to halt American progress.

And the mental health industry has matured and become so advanced, the pharmaceutical companies are helping to flush out mental problems.

Well, Stop All Progress!!

According to the Post Millennial:

A developer is planning to build thousands of homes and a large commercial development on a 520-acre property outside Richmond, Virginia, that American Indian tribes say is a sacred site and the birthplace of Pocahontas’ father.

The groups are seeking to stop or alter the project, arguing that the land holds significant cultural and historical value and could contain burial sites and undiscovered artifacts. The property, known as Tree Hill, is believed to be the birthplace of Powhatan, an American Indian leader and the father of Pocahontas. Powhatan was born in the mid-1500s and was known as the “chief of chiefs,” as other leaders paid him tribute.

The land was later used as a plantation, and during the Civil War, it was used as an encampment for Union troops. In the last two decades, Tree Hill has been owned by Gray Land and Development Company, which currently leases the property to farms that grow crops. The land is slated to be sold to real estate company Brookfield Residential, which plans to construct approximately 2,300 single-family homes, townhouses, and condominiums, along with roughly 1.1 million square feet in commercial, office, and retail space.

Construction is expected to begin next summer and continue for over a decade. Roughly 320 acres would be reserved as public green space, while 7.5 acres would be set aside as a commemorative site for American Indians.

The opposition coalition, known as Protect Powhatan’s Birthplace, includes six tributes and historians and preservationists. Members have different goals for the property, with some advocating for its sale to American Indians and others calling for a larger portion of the land to receive dedication.

Disagreement has also been raised about the property’s historical significance. Wolf Creek Cherokee, which is not a federally or state-recognized tribe, has rejected the claim that Tree Hill is the birthplace of Powhatan.

https://thepostmillennial.com/native-american-tribes-fight-developers-over-520-acres-in-virginia-claim-site-is-sacred-birthplace-of-pocahontas-father

What Is Wrong With These Kids?!

According to the Post Millennial:

A 19-year-old trans-identified man was arrested in Illinois over the weekend after allegedly plotting to carry out a mass shooting at a Hindu temple. Police said that Alexandros Paporakis had driven to the Hindu Temple in southwest suburban Aurora armed but the gun jammed when he attempted to carry out his plan.

Authorities said that Paporakis drove from his mother’s home in Palatine to the temple in Aurora on Sunday, which had been filled with people. Police said he wanted to “kill a significant number of Indians,” Per NBC Chicago. The outlet referred to Paporakis as “he” despite his identifying as trans. The same outlet referred to the Tumbler Ridge trans shooter as “she” the difference is the target.

Investigators said they found a modified AR-style rifle in his possession, as well as 300 rounds of ammo, body armor, gasoline cans, and swastikas. When he attempted to open fire, his gun jammed, and he drove home, where he “searched internet trying to learn how to unjam his gun & called a colleague informing them of (his) intent to carry out a mass shooting.” 

That coworker reported to police that he had received concerning communications from Paporakis that day, which led law enforcement to obtain a search warrant and arrest Paporakis. The police were able to identify a red Acura registered to Paporakis after the tip, and surveillance video showed the suspect entering the temple’s parking lot at around 12:25 pm and exiting three minutes later. He was later observed driving to his mother’s residence. He was arrested before he could return to the temple. 

Investigators said that they recovered a manifesto believed to have been written by Paporakis, who referred to himself as the “Aurora shooter.” The writings “expressed words of hate, violence, superior race and mass shooting of Indian people,” and expressed hatred against African Americans, Indians, Jewish People, and “non-white” people. Investigators said he “expressed pleasure calling himself a sociopathic white supremacist Neo-Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day.”

Paporakis is facing gun charges and is accused of making a terrorist threat. He has been ordered to be held without bond by a Cook County judge, who placed a healthcare order on the teen, noting that he’s being treated for ADHD, depression, anxiety, and is receiving cross-sex hormones for a sex change.

https://thepostmillennial.com/trans-identified-male-arrested-in-illinois-for-attempted-mass-shooting-at-hindu-temple?utm_campaign=64494

Here We Go

According to the Post Millennial:

The mother of a 5-year-old who was found beaten to death in her home in Queens on Monday admitted to the 911 operator: “I killed my daughter,” according to a new report. 

The mother, Francis Cabello, made the admission just before police were sent to 110th Street near 95th Avenue in South Richmond Hill on Wednesday, the New York Post reported. The mother was waiting at the front door when police arrived. She told them when they entered the home, “She’s upstairs not breathing.” 

The 5-year-old girl, identified as Fabiana Cabello, was found unresponsive and lying on the ground with blood coming out of her nose. Although she had a weak pulse, efforts to revive her were not successful as emergency personnel took her to the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead. 

Her mother appeared to be emotionless and did not shed tears over the incident when she was taken away in handcuffs, a neighbor told the outlet.

The mother’s father, Franklin Cabello, told reporters that the mother “wasn’t 100 percent there.” He said that the mother had been off her psych meds and was hospitalized just three months before the daughter was killed. 

https://thepostmillennial.com/i-killed-my-daughter-queens-mom-confesses-to-killing-her-5-year-old-child-family-says-suspect-was-off-her-psych-meds?utm_campaign=64494

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Oct212026

Episode 1262 – Listen to What These People Are Saying!

They have a real nut job running for congress in Florida. She’s not going to win, but we should listen to her words.

France may have finally fallen and they deserve every bit of it.

And district judges in the United States are doing everything they can to turn the United States into France.

Listen When They Talk

Now, Angie Dixon isn’t going to win. But there are people sitting in Congress, right now, that are saying the same thing. Here’s Alyssa Slotkin saying that the DoJ should investigate Republicans who are in or support the Trump administration. Why? So if young people are thinking of supporting the wrong people, they may face consequences and may change their minds. Listen:

This is called a “purge.” Communist and dictatorships like the Soviet Union and China do this. They either imprison or kill the opposition to get rid of political enemies and discourage any other opposition.

You will see this if Congress is taken over by Democrats (I don’t think it is going to be as bad as all that). You will definitely see it if they take over the presidency in 2028.

They Deserve Everything They Are Getting

According to the Daily Wire:

France went up in flames Saturday.

Masked mobs hijacked a nationwide day of protest, torching a 143-year-old town hall, storming government buildings and fighting police in the streets. In the middle of the chaos, protesters waved Palestinian flags.

In the heart of Paris, demonstrators climbed the monument at Place de la République, the towering statue of Marianne that symbolizes the French Republic. A Reuters photographer captured them perched on it holding a French tricolor alongside a Palestinian flag amid pink smoke. One outlet reported that rioters pulled down the statue’s French flag and hoisted a Palestinian banner in its place.

In Marseille, several dozen mostly young protesters battered through the doors of City Hall and briefly overran the lobby, according to Agence France-Presse. They overturned tables and chairs, smashed a screen, and knocked a bust of Marianne to the floor. Some of the intruders wore yellow vests. Others carried Palestinian flags. Someone spray-painted an anarchist symbol on the wall.

In Strasbourg, a local news site counted some Palestinian flags among thousands of marchers packed into Place Kléber. The same flags had appeared at student marches there earlier this month. Video given to Fox News also showed a Paris mob carrying Soviet and communist flags.

The worst destruction hit Limoges in central France. In the evening, a masked gang set a police car on fire outside the city’s landmark town hall, then smashed the windows and set fires inside. The building dates to 1883 and has been a protected monument since 1975. The flames raced to the roof, which caved in on the floors below, and the bell tower came crashing down.

Rioters set Lyon’s tourist office ablaze.

Mobs looted shops and attacked police in Bordeaux and Lille. In Paris, gangs broke away from the official march route, threw up barricades on the Champs-Élysées, and clashed with cops just blocks from the Élysée Palace. Video circulating online appeared to show a Christian Dior boutique being looted.

By midnight, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said 1,200 people had been arrested and 150 officers injured. He blamed far-left criminals, and vowed the government would not be bullied. Macron promised the attackers would be prosecuted.

Those numbers are old. About 2500 rioters have been arrested. Over 1000 police officers have been injured. Hundreds of cars and businesses have been burned, looted, and

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez put turnout at 550,000 nationwide, including 110,000 in Paris. Organizers claimed up to 800,000.

And here was the French president, Emanual Macron? For almost a week, no one heard from him.

He was in a private box at a Celine Dion concert with his wife.

He finally made a statement. It was less than satisfying:

He needs to resign. His is completely ball-less and completely out of touch.

By the way, this is what suicidal empathy for foreigners who hate your civilization leads to. Don’t think this won’t come to the United States.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/france-burns-palestinian-flags-fly-over-frances-republic-statue-as-riots-rock-the-country?author=Hank+Berrien&category=undefined&elementPosition=7&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=France+Burns%3A+Palestinian+Flags+Fly+Over+France%E2%80%99s+Republic+Statue+As+Riots+Rock+The+Country
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nero-fiddled-while-rome-burned-macron-blasted-for-attending-celine-dion-concert-as-france-riots?author=Hank+Berrien&category=undefined&elementPosition=6&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=%E2%80%98Nero+Fiddled+While+Rome+Burned%E2%80%99%3A+Macron+Blasted+For+Attending+Celine+Dion+Concert+As+France+Riots

We’re Closer to France Than We Think

According to the Daily Wire:

A federal judge born in South Korea has ordered the Trump administration to restart the diversity visa lottery, the program President Donald Trump suspended last year after a green card holder who came through it allegedly killed three people in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

U.S. District Judge Jinsook Ohta of the Southern District of California issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to hold the 2027 lottery, which offers up to 55,000 green cards a year to applicants from countries that send relatively few immigrants to the United States. Ohta, a Biden appointee, was born in Seoul in 1976 and immigrated to the U.S. at age six.

Under a revised timeline both sides requested, the State Department must announce the registration period by October 29, open online entries by November 1, keep the window open for 30 days, and notify winners by December 3. The department must then process selectees’ applications until that year’s visas run out or the fiscal year ends on September 30, 2027.

Some things:

  • When it comes to positions like judges, Congressman and other positions of power, You should have to be born in the United States.
  • The President must be born in the United States. Why doesn’t that apply to everyone in government.
  • Finally, this is just more overreach by the courts.
    • A U.S. District Court judge has no say in foreign policy which is what the diversity visa lottery falls under.
    • It is not a human right or a constitutional right to hand out visas.
    • The Supreme Court has ruled on this multiple times over the last twos years so the State Department really doesn’t need to listen to this judge.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/foreign-born-judge-orders-trump-to-reopen-diversity-visa-lottery?author=Thomas+English&category=undefined&elementPosition=10&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Foreign-Born+Judge+Orders+Trump+To+Reopen+Diversity+Visa+Lottery

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Oct122026

Episode 1261 – I Bet This Execution Won’t Be Botched!

Donald Trump makes some iffy decisions.

The pope might have a difficult time in the future. It is time for some prayers.

And, it turns out, Christa Pike is just fine and back in prison. So when are they going to finish executing her?

News

Here is some news:

  • Pope Leo XIV told the faithful gathered for the Angelus on Sunday that his doctors have found a “localized nodule” in his lung and he will be operated on in a few days.
    • “Dear friends, during some recent medical examinations, the doctors found a small, localized nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and is well-localized. The doctors believe that it is best to intervene, so, following their advice, I have decided to undergo surgery to remove it. The operation is already scheduled to take place in the coming days. I thank you for your spiritual closeness and entrust myself to your prayers. Thank you, and happy Sunday!”
  • Convicted murderer Christa Pike has returned to prison and is recovering from her failed execution, according to a statement from her attorneys.
    • Pike, who tortured and killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, had been in the hospital since September 30 after a botched execution. She is the first known person to survive after execution drugs were actually administered, according to a statement by the Death Penalty Information Center.
    • The state previously confirmed there is no pending order for another execution attempt, but the possibility is still on the table.
  • A Philadelphia police officer died Saturday after a gunman shot him and another officer who had answered an overnight call about an armed man in West Philadelphia, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said.
    • Officer Shane Seiber, 40, a ten-year veteran with a 7-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter, was hit three times. The second officer, 33 and a father of five, was struck 12 times. Bethel said that officer is stable but “not out of the woods yet,” 6ABC News reported. Both were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
    • Officers from the 19th District were sent to the scene just after 12:20 a.m. for a report of a man with a gun on the porch, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The shots came soon after the officers reached the porch, about half an hour after dispatch. The gunman then reportedly ran through an alley and fired at other officers, missing them. Police found him in a tree and arrested him.
    • Investigators recovered a shotgun and two handguns. One of the handguns had been taken from a wounded officer, Bethel said.
    • Mayor Cherelle Parker, who said the officers were “badly wounded,” used the briefing to urge state lawmakers to expand Pennsylvania’s involuntary commitment law to cover substance use disorder and other behavioral conditions. 
    • Police have not publicly named the man in custody or said what prompted the shooting. Law enforcement sources have identified him to the Inquirer as Eric Lewis, a Philadelphia Water Department employee.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/christa-pike-discharged-from-hospital-after-failed-execution?author=Thomas+English&category=undefined&elementPosition=9&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Christa+Pike+Discharged+From+Hospital+After+Failed+Execution
https://www.dailywire.com/news/gunman-kills-philadelphia-police-officer-shoots-another-12-times?author=Thomas+English&category=undefined&elementPosition=10&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Gunman+Kills+Philadelphia+Police+Officer%2C+Shoots+Another+12+Times
https://www.dailywire.com/news/christa-pike-discharged-from-hospital-after-failed-execution?author=Thomas+English&category=undefined&elementPosition=9&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Christa+Pike+Discharged+From+Hospital+After+Failed+Execution
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-10/pope-leo-xiv-to-undergo-surgery-remove-nodule-lung.html

Drop the Hammer

According to the Associated Press:

A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said. The Houthis claimed responsibility for those attacks and others.

Saudi authorities said there were injuries in the latest attack on the King Khalid International Airport complex for terminals 3 and 4, serving domestic flights. The airport — struck four times in the past five days — has been closed since Saturday’s missile attack, which was the deadliest in a Gulf Arab nation since the Iran war began. Over 300 other people were wounded, some critically.

The sharp escalation in the war’s new front threatens to draw in greater U.S. military involvement. President Donald Trump has said he is weighing joining the fight against the Houthis. There was no White House comment Sunday.

India’s embassy in Saudi Arabia said one of its citizens died Sunday of injuries sustained in Saturday’s attack, which would bring the toll to 13. Saudi authorities later said King Fahd International Airport in Dammam also was attacked, with few details. The city is on the Persian Gulf near Bahrain and Qatar.

The latest strike in Riyadh came shortly after the Houthis said the airport in the rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa had been struck again, and blamed the Saudis. On Sunday night the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV channel reported further strikes on Sanaa, blaming Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has not commented on the strikes.

At stake, again, in this escalation are global supplies and prices of oil as well as commercial shipping through a crucial alternative waterway to the Iran-threatened Strait of Hormuz — along with civilians and aviation throughout the region.

https://apnews.com/article/saudi-yemen-houthi-riyadh-airport-d2e0868ffb18d883c16465d7d6a87ccb

I’m Not Sure This Is A Good Idea

According to the Associated Press:

President Donald Trump said he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.

Trump said on social media on Friday that he struck the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call in which he was expected to discuss a suspected case of plague in Russia. Instead, Trump announced that Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter.” Russia will deliver an additional 3 million tons “within a short period of time” after that, he wrote.

Trump’s shocking announcement was in stark contrast to a sweeping Russia sanctions law he signed last month that aimed at clamping down on the oil and gas revenues that fuel Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it “a weak decision, unfortunately, a weak decision by strong partners,” according to a statement released by the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington.

Trump announced the deal as his envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner were meeting with Ukrainian officials in Miami to discuss a proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

“I believe our team is simply being used as a smokescreen. And that is certainly not fair. It is certainly not how partners should treat each other,” Zelenskyy said.

Trump’s move casts doubt on the likelihood of the White House imposing new sanctions on Russia, given that the law that passed overwhelmingly by Congress directs the administration to target countries that purchase Russian oil and gas. Lawmakers this week had urged the Trump administration to act quickly to use the tools available to help Ukraine.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, along with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who is the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the ranking Democrat on the Banking Committtee, called Trump’s announcement a betrayal of Ukraine, the European allies and U.S. national security.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-will-halt-strikes-refineries-if-russia-stops-energy-attacks-zelenskiy-2026-10-11/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-diesel-midterms-12baccc7aade559bf329079b0548c9da

This Is How You Death Penalty!

According to the Daily Wire:

War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday that Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan’s December 3 execution by firing squad will be made public, saying, “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it.”

Hegseth told “Human Events” host Jack Posobiec that he wanted to make sure people understood the serious consequences of Hasan’s attack, which killed 13 people in 2009.

Hegseth said the execution has been scheduled to mirror Hasan’s massacre, taking place at Fort Hood on a Thursday at 1 p.m. local time, matching the day of the week and time of the attack.

Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood in 2009, killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others while yelling “Allahu Akbar.” He was sentenced to death in 2013.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/fort-hood-terrorists-execution-will-be-public-and-mirror-his-deadly-attack?author=Virginia+Kruta&category=undefined&elementPosition=23&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Fort+Hood+Terrorist%E2%80%99s+Execution+Will+Be+Public+And+Mirror+His+Deadly+Attack

He’s Just Wrong Here

According to the Washington Post:

ROME — Pope Leo XIV waded into the debate over the death penalty Saturday, calling it “an attack” on human dignity a day after senior Church officials pointedly condemned the decision by the U.S. Defense Department to live-stream the execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.

On a day that capital punishment opponents have dubbed “World Day Against the Death Penalty,” Leo did not specifically reference the United States or Hasan, who on Dec. 3 is scheduled to die in the first known U.S. military execution by firing squad since 1945.

Writing on X, Leo reiterated his opposition, describing the death penalty as “inadmissible” and arguing that the “common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment.”

He ended with the hashtag #NoDeathPenalty.

Hasan, a former U.S. Army psychiatrist, opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. In an unprecedented move, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said this week that Hasan’s execution by firing squad would be live-streamed for the public. President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that he had personally authorized the live stream.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/10/10/pope-criticizes-death-penalty-us-plans-public-execution-nidal-hasan

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Oct062026

Episode 1260 – We Need Radical Change Or Else…

The United States is getting a preview of what will happen here from the country of France.

A pair of has-been actors a screaming and cursing about Trump again, trying to encourage people to get out and vote.

And Donald Trump has been a busy bee.

This Is What Cowardice and Suicidal Empathy Get You

According to the Daily Wire:

French teenagers stormed back to the barricades Tuesday for a third round of their increasingly violent school revolt, and this time the grown-ups joined them.

Scuffles erupted between protesters and cops on the streets of Paris, and clashes flared in Lyon and Strasbourg as thousands of high schoolers once again blockaded their schools. Authorities braced for as many as 40,000 marchers to flood the capital.

The students now have reinforcements. A coalition of teachers’ unions, the hard-Left Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) labor federation, the Socialist Party, and French Left-wing politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise joined the students. A radical farmers’ union even urged its members to roll up to the blockades on their tractors.

The movement, which started over complaints about crumbling classrooms, packed schedules, and a shortage of teachers, has spiraled into riots.

Cops have made more than 6,000 arrests since September 28, and over 5,000 people, most of them minors, have been hauled into custody, according to France’s Interior Ministry. More than 700 police officers and nearly 100 school staffers have been hurt.

Protests have disrupted 589 schools and left at least 190 students injured. In the northern town of Lens, a 15-year-old lost his hand after picking up a police grenade.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/student-agitators-storm-back-for-biggest-day-yet-as-far-left-foments-riots?author=Hank+Berrien&category=undefined&elementPosition=1&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Student+Agitators+Storm+Back+For+Biggest+Day+Yet+As+Far-Left+Foments+Riots

These People Are Ridiculous

Here is Mark Ruffalo:

Here is Robert DeNiro:

Good Move!

According to the Daily Wire:

President Donald Trump has approved the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by a U.S. Army firing squad, a step toward what would be the first military execution of a U.S. service member in more than six decades, the Pentagon announced Monday night.

Hasan, an Arab-American and former Army psychiatrist, was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in the November 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. Prosecutors said he shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the rampage.

Trump’s stamp of approval follows a pledge from Hegseth, who said in September that he was committed to carrying out Hasan’s death sentence. 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-approves-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-muslim-terrorist?author=Jacob+Wheeler&category=undefined&elementPosition=5&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Trump+Approves+Firing+Squad+Execution+Of+Fort+Hood+Muslim+Terrorist

This Is What They Wanted

According to the AP News:

 President Donald Trump on Sunday tapped Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence.

Trump is calling it the “Super Intelligence Force,” because he has tried to rebrand AI as “super intelligence.” The announcement comes after Trump hosted top executives of AI companies at the White House last week and said they had signed a voluntary accord that would effectively self-police the development of the technology.

The task force will coordinate the federal effort “to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans,” Trump in a post on social media Sunday.

The task force will reach out to consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers and AI companies, the Republican president said.

Others on the task force include the Federal Trade Commission’s chairman, Andrew Ferguson; Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer; and Scott Kupor, the director of the Office of Personnel Management.

The group will report to Trump and his chief of staff, Susie Wiles.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-jay-clayton-artificial-intelligence-task-force-b8689ea07de9102a52bd1cd2049b5901

Who’d of Thunk It?

According to the California Post:

LA’s “mansion tax,” sold to Angelenos as a way to tax the rich and boost housing, has instead blocked the building of 9,100 homes, wiped out 16,650 full-time construction jobs and cost $452 million in revenue.

A damning new report says the tax, officially known as United to House LA, or ULA — has had a negative impact on the city’s high-end and multi-family real estate markets and collected less than half what it was expected to generate to tackle the city’s housing crisis.

The ULA was expected to raise about $900 million a year, or $2.7 billion over its first three years. Instead, it brought in about $1.2 billion.

The tax — which went into effect in April 2023 and was championed by socialist mayoral hopeful Councilwoman Nithya Raman — means if a property in LA sells for more than $5.4 million, the seller is taxed 4% of the price at closing. If it sells for more than $10.9 million, it increases to 5.5%.

Despite its nickname, LA’s “mansion tax” applies far beyond luxury homes. Apartment buildings, offices, warehouses and vacant land can all trigger the tax if they sell above the thresholds.

About 1,000 of the 9,100-plus new homes lost would have been affordable units — the very thing the tax was supposed to create — according to RAND corporation, a non-partisan, nonprofit research group.

Westside real estate broker Danny Brown told The California Post the tax was ”another disaster initiated by the incompetent socialists who run our city.”

“ULA has chopped the legs from under the residential and commercial real estate industry, which is one of the largest parts of our city’s economic engine,” Brown said.

https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/real-estate/la-mansion-tax-blocked-9100-homes-killed-16650-jobs-and-cost-452m-report/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter

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Oct062026

Episode 1259 – I Hate To Say I Told You So, But…

Donald Trump has done something else that I cannot support. This leads me to worry that Conservatives have lost their way.

Gavin Newsom signs a bill into law that will further lead this country away from our founding principles.

And, I hate to say that I told you so, but, I told you so.

This Is A Bad Idea

According to AP News:

President Donald Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections — this time, to more than 20 million seniors, giving them $90 each to help pay for Medicare premiums.

The announcement, made late Friday night by Trump on social media, comes after the president last month said about 1 million people would get rebate checks of $500 for Affordable Care Act premiums. He has also promised on the campaign trail to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.

That pledge — which would require approval from Congress — would likely cost more than $1 trillion, adding to the deficit and worsening inflation.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-medicare-payments-midterms-2a314c1c4b5ae929f3dfc8a262b4f1c7

Well, He Did It

According to the California Post:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that formally recognizes two Muslim holidays as state holidays on Sunday, making it the second state to formally recognize both holidays statewide.

California Assembly Bill 2017 officially added Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to the list of state holidays, which would permit public schools and colleges to close and allow state employees to be eligible to observe the holidays. 

However, schools and businesses will not be required to close on these days, and courts will be required to stay open.

This makes California the second state in the country, after Washington state, to pass statewide legislation recognizing the Muslim holidays.

Before signing AB 2017, Newsom had multiple bills on his desk that provided protections and exceptions for other religious observances, including Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. 

https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/media/gavin-newsom-signs-eid-al-fitr-and-eid-al-adha-into-law-as-new-california-state-holidays/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost

I Told You So!

Four orders of Catholic nuns, joined by Catholic health-care organizations and the Diocese of Rockville Centre, sued New York officials in federal court over the state’s new Medical Aid in Dying Act. Their central claim is that the law’s counseling, referral, documentation, and accommodation requirements could force religious ministries to facilitate physician-assisted suicide in violation of their Catholic beliefs and federal constitutional/conscience protections.dioceseofscranton+1

The lawsuit

The plaintiffs include:

  • Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm
  • Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne
  • Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict
  • Little Sisters of the Poor
  • The Diocese of Rockville Centre and Bishop John O. Barres
  • Several Catholic health-care ministries, including Catholic Health

The suit was filed July 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. It names New York Attorney General Letitia James and state health officials—not Hochul personally—as defendants, although the challenge is to the law Hochul signed.san+1

What the law does

Hochul signed New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act on February 6. It permits certain mentally capable, terminally ill adult New York residents—generally those expected to have six months or less to live—to request medication that they may self-administer to end their lives. A clinician can prescribe the medication but does not administer it.san+1

Hochul’s position is that participation is voluntary and that religious facilities can opt out.wfmd

Why the nuns object

The Catholic plaintiffs do not contend that they would have to directly prescribe or administer the drugs. Rather, they argue that the statute and related patient-information requirements may compel them to do things they consider participation, such as:

  • Counseling patients about assisted suicide.
  • Discussing eligibility or access to life-ending medication.
  • Making referrals or transfers to providers who participate.
  • Adopting policies or recordkeeping that support a patient’s pursuit of the procedure.
  • Permitting staff to assist patients in navigating the process within their facilities.san+1

They say those duties conflict with Catholic teaching, which regards euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide as morally impermissible. Their legal theories include the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause and federal health-care conscience protections.dioceseofscranton+1

Where it stands

A federal judge, U.S. District Judge Anne M. Naracci, issued temporary protection on July 30, preventing enforcement of the disputed provisions against the religious plaintiffs while the litigation proceeds. Reporting says the state agreed not to apply those requirements to the plaintiffs for the time being; that is not a final decision on the constitutionality of the law.san+1

So the short version is: this is a religious-liberty challenge to the institutional participation requirements surrounding assisted suicide—not a ruling that has struck down New York’s assisted-dying law statewide.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/3a9b2414-9b1d-478d-8afa-356448ddee07

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Oct062026

Surprise Podcast: Things Actually Ain’t That Bad!

More of This Please

According to the California Post:

The US federal workforce has plunged to about 2.7 million employees under the Trump administration — the lowest level in 60 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The government has shed more than 300,000 workers since President Trump returned to office in January 2025, shrinking the federal workforce by about 11%, according to the latest analysis from the BLS.

The majority of the cuts occurred in the first year of Trump’s second term, with federal employment remaining at a consistent level through 2026.

Trump campaigned on a promise to shrink the federal government, with the president giving Elon Musk, the richest man on Earth, free reign to purge employee payrolls to find savings under his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The cuts hit nearly every major federal agency, with the Departments of Education, Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development.

The Department of Homeland Security was a notable exception, with headcount barely changing since Trump took office and rolled out his anti-immigration policies.

The biggest cuts occurred at the end of September 2025, when more than 150,000 federal employees accepted buyouts from the government, resulting in the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years.

Despite the downsizing, the government has yet to see any notable savings.

Notice the last statement? There are no noticable savings? Does this mean this policy has failed to do what it intended to do?

No, not at all. What it shows is how enormous the government is and the tremendouse amount of money they spend. If you can cut 2.7 million jobs and it isn’t even a speck in the government spending, the government is spending too much.

This is a big win for Trump, whether the Democrats like it or not.

In fact, Trump has a lot of big wins that should be touted before the elections. Let’s go over some:

  • The ending of several wars.
  • The closing of the border.
    • Says it has deported 3M+ people, arrested 800K+ undocumented immigrants and cut border encounters by 96%.
  • Signed the Laken Riley Act and halted refugee admissions.
  • The lowering of inflation.
  • Passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” tax cuts, including no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and tax relief for seniors on Social Security.
  • Points to these figures:�
    • Median household income of $87,460, the highest on record after inflation
    • Poverty rate down to 10.2%
    • Record household wealth
    • S&P 500 up 31% this term
    • 159.1M jobs on payrolls
  • Launched “Trump Accounts,” investment accounts for children.
  • Revoked more than 250,000 visas.
  • Says homicides fell 21% in 2025.
  • Ended the Israel–Hamas war with a ceasefire and a Gaza peace plan, and secured hostage releases.
  • Says military strikes destroyed Iran’s nuclear program, in Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Epic Fury.
  • Captured Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and removed his government.
  • Carried out military strikes on drug cartels.
  • Moved forward on the Golden Dome missile defense system, raised military spending and pushed NATO allies to commit to more spending.
  • Expanded oil drilling, backed coal and revived nuclear power.
  • Required Big Tech companies to pay for their own data-center power needs, and set up a “Ratepayer Protection Pledge”.
  • Reformed SNAP (food stamps) and reset federal nutrition guidelines, under “Make America Healthy Again”.
  • Revamped childhood vaccine recommendations.
  • Lowered prescription drug prices.
  • Says SNAP enrollment is down by 4.3M people.
  • Ended DEI programs in the federal government.�
  • Made federal policy recognize only two sexes.�
  • Restricted transgender athletes in women’s sports.�
  • Made English the official language.�
  • Took on White House construction projects costing at least $900M.
  • Launched America.gov which uses AI to streamline processes for citizens to access government services such as registering for a passport.
  • Finally, believe it or not, we are winning the Iran war (economically and militarily). This will lead to a normalization of relations between Israel and the other Middle Eastern countries and will lower fuel prices.

There have been a lot of wins. Heck, some of the wins happened so quick (illegal immigration), no one thinks of them as great victory. Even “Conservative” outlets like Fox News kind of ignore all these accomplishments. No Republican politicians are touting these accomplishments (most of these accomplishments had nothing to do with Congress which explains why they are probably going to lose).

Here’s the reality, the economy is in really good shape. Add AI into the mix, the economy could boom. That doesn’t mean that things aren’t expensive, they are. Here’s the reality, the prices of certain things are going to stay high. The great lie of the Biden administration is that the high prices that occurred under his administration were transitory and prices would go down. They didn’t and won’t.

The only way to fix the economy and defeat the “affordability crisis” is to explode the economy. That means less government spending (including entitlements), less government interference against business (less taxes, fewer regulations, and, dare I say it, less tarifs), and an embrace to technology (AI and the space race).

https://nypost.com/2026/09/30/us-news/us-federal-workforce-drops-to-lowest-level-in-60-years-after-trump-purged-hundreds-of-thousands
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/74f115d7-fb29-4c37-bbf2-e1ff5245cd5a

F-ing California

According to the City Journal:

California runs the nation’s largest welfare system, devoting more than $180 billion annually to food, health care, and other programs for the poor and downtrodden. To sustain the arrangement, the state imposes the nation’s highest tax rates.

In theory, these programs are supposed to help struggling Californians. In reality, many serve large numbers of illegal immigrants. Today, California oversees a shadow welfare system that allows noncitizens to receive health care, rental assistance, college grants, tax credits, low-cost car insurance, and even smartphones on the taxpayers’ dime.

We visited four public-services offices in Southern California, each of which admitted that illegal aliens can enroll in public-welfare programs or receive benefits on their children’s behalf. In total, California taxpayers spent at least $11 billion subsidizing illegal immigrants in the last fiscal year. The state’s shadow welfare system, it seems, shows no signs of slowing down.

Local officials were remarkably transparent. In Glendale, we spoke to a welfare officer about California’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI), a state-funded alternative to Supplemental Security Income that provides monthly cash assistance to low-income noncitizens who are elderly or disabled.

“If [you are] a citizen, you cannot get CAPI,” he said. “I don’t care about legal or not. Not being [a] citizen [is the key].”

In Los Angeles, we heard more of the same. We asked another welfare officer about the benefits available to illegal immigrants and their children. While some state programs are closed to illegals, we learned, they are open to those aliens’ U.S.-born children.

“If you were born here and the child was born here, you get money for two,” the officer said of CalWORKs, the state’s version of the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. “Because she is not and the child is, she only gets money for the child, and not for her.”

These benefits add up. In California, illegal immigrants can qualify for CAPI, public health insurance, and various tax credits. Their children qualify for others, including CalWORKs and, as in other states, Section 8 rental subsidies. All told, a family of five in California with two illegal-alien parents, two U.S.-born children, and one illegal-alien grandparent can receive public services worth more than $100,000 per year.

State leaders are proud of it. In a recent podcast episode, Governor Gavin Newsom bragged about his “controversial” decision to extend Medi-Cal coverage to illegal immigrants. His wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, encouraged people to sign up for the California Earned Income Tax Credit, a program whose promotional materials assure applicants that “no Social Security number” is “no problem.”

How is all this possible?

Federal law generally prohibits states from using federal dollars to serve illegal aliens. To dodge those restrictions, California created parallel state- and locally funded programs that allowed the state to extend benefits to illegal immigrants. Perhaps as a result, more than one in four California residents today is foreign-born.

Medicaid is a good example. Federal law prohibits states from using federal dollars to provide wraparound coverage to illegal immigrants. So, California used a state-funding “bucket” within its Medi-Cal program to extend “full-scope” coverage to illegal aliens. The expansions enrolled some 1.7 million people, costing the state an estimated $10 billion annually—more than twice what the state legislative analyst originally projected.

California also uses a distinct legal category that enables certain migrants to qualify for state programs. The state deems certain aliens to be “permanently residing under color of law”—living in California with the “knowledge and permission” of immigration enforcement—and allows them to use this designation to enroll in Medi-Cal, CAPI, and other government programs. In practice, because aged or disabled individuals are typically not deported, this means elderly foreign retirees can arrive in California and receive extensive benefits.

Another way that California shuffles cash to illegal immigrants is through those aliens’ children. CalWORKs allows illegal-immigrant parents to receive benefits on behalf of their U.S.-born kids. BenefitsCal, the state’s welfare clearinghouse, even tells applicants that the program will accept a “statement” that the applicant “intend[s] to file or [is] taking steps to become federally eligible” to qualify for the program.

This model—permissive rules and large loopholes—costs the state billions per year. As benefits and eligibility continue to expand, that figure will only increase in the years ahead.

https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-illegal-immigrants-shadow-welfare

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