A Biden-appointed judge dealt the Trump administration another legal blow Thursday, tossing its lawsuit seeking to upend New York City’s sanctuary policies after ruling that the Justice Department’s arguments amounted to a “backdoor around the Tenth Amendment.”
The Trump administration sued New York City in July 2025, alleging that its sanctuary laws unlawfully hinder federal immigration enforcement by restricting local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal authorities.
The New York City case is one of more than two dozen lawsuits the Trump administration has filed against state and local jurisdictions over sanctuary and related policies restricting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
But U.S. District Judge Ramón E. Reyes Jr. ruled the federal government lacked standing to challenge New York City’s restrictions on honoring ICE detainers and rejected the Justice Department’s claims that the city’s sanctuary policies are preempted by federal law.
Oregon teacher fought school attacker before armed dad killed suspect– www.bbc.co.uk News Source
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An Oregon teacher threw her mobile phone before she tackled and attempted to disarm a teenager who opened fire on a special educational needs class.
As she tried to wrestle a shotgun off him on the floor of the classroom – where three children and a teacher were killed – a bystander armed with a pistol ran inside and killed the teen.
The bystander, a father of two girls at the school, had been driving past Silver Rail Elementary in Bend at lunchtime on Thursday when he saw the suspect firing in the school’s car park and then shooting through a window to enter.
Police said the 16-year-old suspected attacker used to be a student at the school.
Police say he had been armed with about 44 more rounds of shotgun ammunition when he was stopped. He fired as many as 15 rounds in the class.
“To the people who showed courage in the face of such violence and intervened to prevent this tragedy from being any worse, we owe you a debt of gratitude,” Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said.
Scientists discover a natural compound that could protect the brain from too much salt– www.sciencedaily.com News Source
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Consuming too much salt can affect more than blood pressure. Growing evidence suggests that excessive salt intake may also interfere with memory, thinking, and emotional well-being. High salt (HS) consumption is already a major public health concern because of its connection to hypertension, but its potential effects on the brain make finding ways to reduce the damage even more important.
Researchers in Japan have identified a promising possibility in LPC70, a compound derived from soy. Previous research found that this ingredient could reduce high blood pressure and cognitive problems associated with a high-salt diet (HSD) in mice. The latest study takes a closer look at how it works, revealing that the compound influences important chemical signals in the brain and kidneys.
How a Soy Compound May Counter the Effects of Excess Salt
The research centers on prostaglandins (PGs), signaling molecules made from a fatty acid called arachidonic acid (AA). These substances act much like local hormones, helping regulate essential functions throughout the body.
In the cardiovascular system, prostaglandins help control blood pressure by balancing the widening and narrowing of blood vessels. Their effects in the brain are more complicated. Depending on which receptors they activate, they can trigger signals that either protect nerve cells or contribute to harmful processes, potentially affecting memory, thinking, and emotional responses.
LPC70 is a form of soy lysolecithin in which lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) accounts for more than 70% of the phospholipids. Although earlier experiments showed that LPC70 could ease salt-related hypertension and cognitive difficulties, scientists had not fully understood the mechanisms responsible, particularly its influence on prostaglandin signaling.
To investigate, a research team led by Professor Akihiro Mouri and Dr. Hisayoshi Kubota, working with Dr. Kazuhiro Kagotani, examined how LPC70 affected these signaling pathways in mice consuming a high-salt diet.
Dr. Kubota, the study’s first author, played a central role in the experiments. He assessed blood pressure, monitored behavioral changes, and analyzed molecular activity associated with prostaglandins. His work helped clarify how LPC70 produces different effects in the organs involved in salt-related cardiovascular and cognitive problems.
Prof. Mouri and Dr. Kubota are affiliated with the Department of Regulatory Science for Evaluation and Development of Pharmaceuticals & Devices at Fujita Health University Graduate School of Medical Science, as well as the International Center for Brain Science (ICBS) at Fujita Health University in Japan. Dr. Kagotani is affiliated with Tsuji Oil Mills Co., Ltd, in Japan and the Tsuji Health and Beauty Science Laboratory at Mie University, Japan.
Trump Threatens Jail Time for California Officials Over Alleged Noncitizen Voters › American Greatness– amgreatness.com News Source
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President Donald Trump is warning California election officials they could face lengthy prison sentences if they count ballots cast by suspected illegal aliens and noncitizens in the upcoming midterm elections.
“They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!” Trump declared Friday on Truth Social, sharing a Department of Justice letter warning Los Angeles County officials of potential criminal consequences for allowing illegal votes to be counted.
The warning follows a federal lawsuit filed Thursday against California after the Justice Department provided election officials with citizenship data identifying approximately 20,000 registered voters flagged by the Department of Homeland Security as possible noncitizens.
Federal officials gave California 48 hours to compare the names against state voter records and requested that ballots associated with individuals whose citizenship could not be verified be set aside pending confirmation.
The administration maintains that knowingly allowing noncitizens to vote in federal elections violates federal law and could expose election officials to criminal prosecution.
Macron rejects minister’s resignation as rioting and looting expose policing failures– abcnews.com News Source
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PARIS — France’s interior minister offered his resignation over the weekend’s rioting and looting in several major cities, but President Emmanuel Macron asked him to stay to respond to police needs in an emergency situation, Macron’s office said Monday.
Macron refused Laurent Nuñez’s resignation “given the need for continued command of law enforcement in the current context,” according to the statement.
He instructed Nuñez “to take all necessary steps to ensure full transparency about the failures in planning and intelligence-gathering that led to the violence,” Macron’s office said.
Macron also asked for the introduction of “new policing tactics on the ground as quickly as possible” to put an end to violent events.
On Sunday evening, groups of people set fires to trash bins, bicycles and other objects in the streets and looted businesses in Paris, Lyon, Marseille and other cities, a day after major violence erupted Saturday during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. At least 2,400 people were arrested across the country.
The legislation gives employers a new assignment but leaves a contentious phrase open to interpretation.
The law addresses workplace speech that “vilifies, humiliates, or incites hatred” based on protected characteristics, including religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Existing training already covers harassment involving gay and transgender employees. AB 1803 adds no separate course or mandatory hours, and employers may write their own lessons. It even says training on unlawful harassment and abusive conduct can satisfy the new requirement.
Those limits matter, but so does the lack of a precise statutory definition of the speech the bill names.
Consider two employees at a California business. One is a Christian who says their church teaches marriage is between a man and a woman. The other is Muslim and expresses the same religious conviction.
JD Vance Might Not Run in 2028, and He Gave His Primary Reason– townhall.com News Source
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We’re not done with the 2026 cycle, but whispers about 2028 are already circulating regarding Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Marco has vowed not to challenge Vance if he runs. In fact, both men seem to have no bad blood toward one another — you all know this. Yet the vice president dropped something worth noting. He might not run, and the reason is simple: he has four young children. Sure, he didn’t outright say he’s out, but just something to bookmark (via NY Post):
Vice President JD Vance revealed “there’s a chance” he won’t run for president in 2028 — and second lady Usha and the couple’s four young kids could help make the decision for him.
Vance — the frontrunner to succeed Trump as Republican nominee — acknowledged during a CBS News town hall in Michigan that he could sit-out the next election.
University of Michigan voting hub where foreign student illegally voted remains active– www.thecollegefix.com News Source
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County GOP leader calls for more election integrity measures
The location where a student illegally voted at the University of Michigan in the last election remains active heading into this month’s midterm voting, prompting some election integrity concerns.
In 2024, 19-year-old Chinese national Haoxiang Gao was charged with voting illegally in the 2024 presidential election at a voting site set up in the university’s Museum of Art. He has since fled the country.
Currently the museum is listed as one of two “Campus Voting Hubs,” where early voting will start Oct. 21 and run through Nov. 1 and will be open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
The University of Michigan’s media relations division did not respond to requests from The College Fix asking what measures have been taken to ensure that no illegal voting occurs at the museum site again.
GOP Lawmaker Calls For Investigation After Rubio Says Ukraine’s Starlink Slowdown ‘Sort Of Happened’– dailycaller.com News Source
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Republican Ohio Rep. Mike Turner said on Sunday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s explanation for Ukraine’s Starlink slowdown is not good enough.
When CBS News host Margaret Brennan asked on “Face the Nation” whether “it sort of happened” was a sufficient explanation, Turner, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, said, “Absolutely not,” and called for a congressional investigation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that Ukraine’s use of the SpaceX satellite network remains partially restricted, Axios reported.
“Secretary Rubio said no one at the White House ordered it to be slowed down this week so that drones couldn’t use it. But effectively, that was the outcome,” Brennan said before playing Rubio’s remarks.
Rubio said “nobody ordered that Starlink speed to be slowed down. It sort of happened. But my understanding is it’s been restored.” He made the remarks Saturday evening before leaving on a trip to India, according to Axios.
“Absolutely not. I mean, this is something where there needs to be an investigation. There needs to be a congressional investigation,” Turner said.
Mark Carney makes closing argument to Alberta against path to independence from Canada– fortune.com News Source
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made a final appeal to voters considering a path toward independence in his home province of Alberta on Friday, warning that a referendum is a dangerous gamble at a time of growing threats to Canada’s sovereignty.
With U.S. President Donald Trump waging a trade war and threatening to make Canada the 51st state, Carney warned that the referendum comes at the “worst possible time” and urged Albertans not to take the outcome for granted.
“Don’t let anyone tell you this is already decided. Turnout will determine the outcome,” Carney told a pro-Canada rally in Edmonton, where he grew up.
“This is not a game. This is not poker. A vote against Canada is a dangerous bluff that will lead to years of deep uncertainty and lost opportunities for Albertans and Canadians,” he said.
GOP candidates backtrack on abortion despite past pro-life support– www.lifesitenews.com News Source
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On January 11, 2023, Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany took to the floor of Congress during a conversation on the overturn of Roe v. Wade to defend crisis pregnancy centers and call for laws protecting the unborn. “(Dobbs) reestablished the authority of states to prohibit the killing of unborn children,” he declared. During his 2020 Congressional campaign, he described himself as a “proven fighter for life.”
But as a recent report observed, Tiffany is one of several GOP gubernatorial candidates who has changed his tune. Asked recently in an interview about his co-sponsorship of a six-week abortion ban in Congress, Tiffany backtracked:
So I voted on that bill a decade ago, and I just really thought that we hit a middle ground. What I heard from my constituents at the time is they’re like, ‘we want to compromise.’ And ‘we want you to hit the middle ground here.’ And so we voted on that five-month bill. I voted for it. It was signed into law. It’s the law now in Wisconsin. And I will uphold that law as it’s written.
The Alberta referendum in focus: FP Video explores– financialpost.com News Source
EXCERPT: This week, FP Video takes a deep dive into the impending referendum in Alberta over whether the western province will remain in Canada, or more seriously consider separation and independence, including a primer on the referendum and a plea from the prime minister directly to Albertans. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith explains why she voted against leaving the country. Plus, a look at why the province’s oil is selling at a deep discount as global energy prices continue to soar.
GOP senator rebels against Trump’s ‘beyond irresponsible’ new war ‘capitulation’– www.rawstory.com News Source
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is furious that President Donald Trump put sweeping new Russia sanctions on hold. Trump signed those sanctions into law only last month.
“Beyond irresponsible,” Tillis wrote on X Saturday. “What part of enforcing a law passed 86-11 by the Senate does the President and his advisors not understand?”
“It’s unconscionable that this administration is capitulating to a Russian dictator who illegally invaded Ukraine and butchers innocent civilians every single day,” he added.
Trump signed an executive order Friday that pauses the package. He told Congress the move was in the national interest, the Associated Press reported. The White House didn’t immediately say how, and the order came before the sanctions took effect, according to CNBC.
The law is named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a longtime Russia hawk who died in July. It targets Russian officials, banks and the “shadow fleet” of tankers that carries Russian energy. It also tells the president to put tariffs of up to 100% on the biggest buyers of Russian oil and gas.
Far-left Philly DA Larry Krasner says accused anti-white cop killer Eric Lewis was acquitted of previous murder charges due to police misconduct during investigation | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com News Source
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Krasner said that Lewis had been out of custody “because a balanced, good, and fair judge did what he had to do.”
A scheduled press conference in which Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner was set to talk about the criminal history of a suspect charged with killing one officer and injuring another in a shooting was canceled and Krasner instead released a video. Krasner said the judge in a prior case “did what he had to do” because of misconduct in the case, leading to the suspect being acquitted.
Per Fox News’ CB Cotton, the press conference had been scheduled to take place at 11 am, and in its place, a news release was issued. Krasner had been set to talk about Eric Lewis, who has been charged in the weekend ambush shooting of two police officers. Lewis, a city employee, has been charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with an ambush shooting that took place over the weekend. Officer Shane Seiber was killed in the shooting. Lewis allegedly told authorities that he shot the two cops because they were white.
The press release stated that Krasner’s office was “aware of several reports of 911 calls and other potential complaints of violence (including domestic violence) involving this defendant.” Krasner said Lewis had been charged in 2019 with murder, aggravated assault, and other offenses in relation to a “road rage” double shooting.
Krasner said in a video alongside the press release that Lewis had been out of custody “because a balanced, good, and fair judge did what he had to do. Because two absolutely excellent prosecutors did everything humanly possible with a case and an investigation that was so deeply flawed, it was not just full of errors and mistakes—very serious ones, but some of the conduct involving one police officer and one detective is arguably criminal.”
Iran’s brutal rebels are strangling Middle East – UK must put boots on ground to break Red Sea siege, ex-Nato boss warns– www.thesun.co.uk News Source
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BRITAIN should put boots on the ground in the Middle East to defeat Iran’s bloodthirsty Houthi rebels before global trade collapses, a former Nato commander has warned.
Escalating missile and drone attacks by the Iran-backed terror group have left the gulf kingdom reeling and oil prices surging across the world.
Houthi supporters hold up weapons during a protest against Saudi Arabia Credit: EPASmoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport after the missile barrage that killed three Credit: Reuters
Sir Richard Shirreff told The Sun: “This is Europe’s issue, Nato’s issue and we cannot bury our heads in the sand.
“It’s a very complex problem. You need a properly thought through joint operation – land, sea, air, space, special forces, logistics.”
Terrorists could use AI to target UK with drones and bioweapons, MI5 chief warns– www.independent.co.uk News Source
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Terrorists could exploit artificial intelligence to target Britain with drones or biological weapons, the head of MI5 has warned.
Speaking after his annual speech at MI5 headquarters in London, Sir Ken McCallum said the UK had entered a “new era of national security” and the security service was directing more resources to keeping Britain safe now than in the Cold War, warning that essential services such as banking, flights, and healthcare were at risk of being disrupted by adversaries, including Iran and Russia.
He warned about the growing threat of AI provoking real fear that terrorists could use the technology for warfare, saying “we’ve caught terrorists seeking to exploit AI to improve their reconnaissance and attack methodologies”.
He said the possibility of AI-enabled drones added “a new twist” for bad actors and warned the greatest concern is “AI’s potential to change the stakes on existing or even new bioweapons”.
“These risks are real. The UK Intelligence Community – MI5, GCHQ, MI6 – is working closely with the UK’s globally respected AI security institute to take them on. Part of that means retaining the capability edge against those who mean the UK harm. As they seek to harness AI, we must stay ahead, so these powerful technologies bolster rather than undermine our shared security,” he said.
Ukraine and Russia’s grain harvest under threat amid Black sea attacks– www.cnbc.com News Source
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A combine harvester loads mustard seeds into a tractor trailer on an agricultural field on August 25, 2026 in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. Farmers of Sumy region continue to work in the border area, despite massive shelling from Russia.
Global Images Ukraine | Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images
Ukraine’s harvest season is moving from wheat and barley into corn, soybeans and sunflower, and farmer Oleksandr Chumak has had a strong yield so far. That should be good news.
Instead, after 11 years of growing a range of crops in the Odesa region of southern Ukraine, Chumak has had enough.
Storage facilities across both Ukraine and Russia are filled with millions of tons of produce that would normally be sent to Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa — but are instead trapped in the warring countries.
Russian drone and missile hits on Black Sea targets intensified over the summer and into fall, making it impossible to insure commercial ships. Kyiv’s retaliatory attacks mean Russian exports are now also stuck, further squeezing global supply.
MS NOW Implores Americans to Protest, Like France, Over Economy– www.newsbusters.org News Source
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On Thursday, MS NOW’s Money, Power, Politics with Stephanie Ruhle actually discussed the “student protests” in France that have turned violent and made it about the state of the economy around the world. MS NOW analyst Ayman Mohyeldin, who no longer has a show on the network, took the discussion of the French protests to implore Americans to protest like the French, which he said they have “unfortunately” not done.
Ruhle was the first to connect French protests to economic problems, as she said, “Like, you can tie all of this together. Enormous economic frustrations that people are feeling.” She added, “We are seeing country after country start to say, this system just don’t work anymore.”
Ruhle tied to the thought to frequent panelist Eddie Glaude: “And it’s actually Eddie who’s been saying to me for years, ‘No, people want to break the system’. And I’m like, ‘No, Eddie, everything is fine.’ And I’m saying that from a very privileged seat. As we’re watching, scores of voters say no to the system, to both parties.”
Thursday’s ‘Money, Power, Politics’ on MS NOW actually discussed the “protests” in France and framed them as being about economic issues, as Ayman Mohyeldin seemed to implore more Americans to protest over the economy, like the violent “protests” in France. pic.twitter.com/XyrrdUvsDd
During CNN Town Hall James Talarico Says the Bible is Silent on Abortion, Gets Schooled by Catholic Woman From the Audience (VIDEO)– www.thegatewaypundit.com News Source
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Screencap of Twitter/X video.
CNN wants to help loony lefty Democrat James Talarico so badly that they gave him a town hall event on Wednesday night. As part of the event, people from the audience were allowed to come to the stage to ask him questions directly.
At one point, a Texas voter named Jody asked Talarico about his pro-choice views on abortion. Talarico bent over backwatds to make himself sound reasonable on the issue, suggesting that he could come together with pro-life people.
Then he suggested that the Bible is silent on abortion.
Jody schooled him on this, reminding him that the Ten Commandments includes ‘Thou shalt not kill.’
Trump’s Grid Security Order Could Backfire on America’s AI Boom– energynewsbeat.co News Source
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President Donald Trump’s August 26, 2026, Executive Order 14421, “Declaring a National Emergency to Secure the United States Bulk-Power System,” aims to protect the U.S. electric grid from foreign supply-chain and cybersecurity risks. The order cites digital backdoors, malicious remote access, and supply disruptions as threats magnified by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence data centers, advanced manufacturing, and defense production. It authorizes the Secretary of Energy to prohibit or condition acquisitions, imports, transfers, or installations of foreign-produced bulk-power system electric equipment linked to a “Covered Foreign Entity” when the Secretary finds undue or unacceptable national-security risks. Rules are due by December 24, 2026 (120 days), with recommendations for Federal Acquisition Regulation changes due in 180 days. Souce White House
Rystad Energy’s analysis, published via OilPrice.com and its own channels on or around October 12, 2026, argues the order is more likely to disrupt battery storage supply chains critical to AI and data center resilience than the transformers and switchgear that have already largely shifted away from Chinese sources. This assessment aligns with the order’s explicit coverage of battery energy storage systems (BESS) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems supporting critical infrastructure, which extends to behind-the-meter systems used by data centers.Source Oilprice
Indiana Attorney General Opens Investigation in Muslim Brotherhood Terror Group CAIR– gellerreport.com News Source
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Love to hear it. CAIR has abundantly documented ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, which is dedicated, according to a captured internal document, to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within, and sabotaging its miserable house.”
State Attorney General Todd Rokita announced the inquiry on October 7. From Rokita’s office: Attorney General Rokita is taking this action using new authority created by legislation that his office helped draft with State Rep. Matt Commons and State Sen. Chris Garten, and that the Indiana General Assembly passed last legislative session. The new law became effective in July of this year. “Last session, we worked hard to ensure our land, businesses and institutions are safeguarded from adversarial threats,” Commons said. “I am grateful for the strong actions of the Attorney General and the investigations that will result because of this new law to combat foreign terrorist influence on Indiana campuses” (Indiana).
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is doing what every responsible Western leader should be doing, given the large amount of irrefutable evidence connecting these entities to the global jihad. Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have already officially designated the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist and transnational criminal organizations (Jihad Watch).
Here’s a link for the vast network Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Palestinian Networks in our nation (IPT). One can only hope the nation is waking up to our contemporary threats.
California Breaks Ground to Build Its First New Steel Mill in Fifty Years › American Greatness– amgreatness.com News Source
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The state of California is building its first new steel mill in more than 50 years, on a 174-acre site in Kern County, roughly 70 miles southeast of Bakersfield.
The mill is being built by San Diego-based Pacific Steel Group, which broke ground on the project last year, according to the SF Gate.
The Mojave Micro Mill project will will feature a massive 500,000-square-foot main building and several smaller structures and is anticipated to create some 700 new jobs and to usher in a new era of steel manufacturing for the state.
“California’s economy forges ahead: Pacific Steel breaks ground on state’s first new steel mill in 50 years”
50 years spent writing climate regulations while building zero new steel mills in California.
Pacific Steel just ended the drought. Zero carbon emissions, 700 jobs, $540M investment.
Industrial civilization doesn’t maintain itself through policy papers.
— Zane Hengsperger (@zanehengsperger) May 16, 2025
Germany: AfD reaches record high 40% in Brandenburg as party continues to dominate in the east– rmx.news News Source
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The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has reached 40 percent support in Brandenburg for the first time in a new poll, twice the level of the governing Social Democrats (SPD) and enough to make any coalition without the party or its potential partners extremely difficult.
The Insa survey, conducted for the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Märkische Oderzeitung and Lausitzer Rundschau and published this week, put the AfD at 40 percent, up 6 points from the institute’s previous Brandenburg poll in March.
BRANDENBURG | Sonntagsfrage Landtagswahl INSA/MAZ, MOZ, LR
The Unknown Donor Axis Behind the Radical Left’s Rise to Power– gellerreport.com News Source
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In past elections, big donors to progressives were generally older, wealthy hippies or successful Hollywood players. Now, our analysis of campaign filings shows a crew of virtually unknown donors stepping in to fund the far left. The emerging group skews younger, is often South Asian or Middle Eastern, and works in fields such as technology and medicine. Many had never given to politics before last year, but they are now donating as much as $1 million each to fund progressive candidates and a new “anti-Aipac” super PAC, reports the Wall Street Journal. One of the major financial players in this election jihad is the contemptuously named American Priorities – more accurate would be “American Subversion.”
Key points (based on The Wall Street Journal investigation, October 10, 2026):
– A new class of wealthy political donors is financing progressive candidates. Some had little or no recorded political giving before 2025 but are now contributing hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars.
– An anti-AIPAC super PAC is emerging as a major financial force. American Priorities is directing substantial funding toward progressive candidates critical of Israel and seeking to counter the influence of pro-Israel political spending.
– Abdul El-Sayed is a major beneficiary. American Priorities spent more than $500,000 supporting his Michigan Senate campaign.
German police ‘arrest’ child-groping robot (VIDEOS) — RT World News– rt-english.com News Source
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German police have seized a humanoid robot that allegedly groped a 16-year-old girl on the streets of Cologne, and are investigating its owner for sexual harassment.
Officers seized the robot in the early hours of Sunday morning after it “allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl’s buttocks and made thrusting motions against her,” according to a statement from Cologne Police.
The teenage girl was standing outside a fast food restaurant with her friends when the robot approached her from behind and made obscene motions, the statement continued. Shortly afterwards, officers found the robot in the trunk of a nearby car and confiscated it, along with the mobile phones of its 16-year-old owner and his 19-year-old accomplice.
The red and gold robot, modeled on Marvel’s ‘Iron Man’, was seen in an evidence photo clad in a white vest, a gold chain, and a stick-on mustache.
Police are now “examining how the robot was functioning at the time of the incident and whether someone was deliberately controlling its movements.” The two teenagers operating the droid – who live-streamed the incident online – are being investigated on suspicion of sexual harassment.
Video footage shared on TikTok showed the sex-pest robot, named ‘Ahmed’ by his owner and accomplice, harassing multiple women. The droid made masturbatory hand gestures and thrusting motions at several women as his alleged operators laughed, and approached one woman from behind, causing her to scream. It is unclear if this is the incident that triggered the investigation.
According to Germany’s criminal code, sexual assault requires contact between perpetrator and victim. Acts “carried out by machines or by third parties” do not rise to the level of assault, The German Federal Court of Justice ruled in 2021. If found guilty of sexual harassment, however, the suspects could face a fine or up to two years in prison.
As AI mass-produces historical dramas in China, where are the boundaries? · TechNode– technode.com News Source
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In 2026, AI is changing how historical dramas are produced in China. In the past, dramas featuring ancient battles, palace architecture and elaborate costumes often required large budgets and professional production teams.
Today, AI generation and virtual compositing tools are making it possible for smaller teams and even individual creators to produce historical scenes that were once difficult to realize. As production barriers fall, the volume of content is growing rapidly.
But as AI makes it possible to generate historical figures, battle scenes and depictions of ancient societies at scale, an important question emerges: when seemingly realistic historical narratives can be produced at low cost and in large quantities, how do we distinguish artistic interpretation from historical distortion?
The AIshort drama boom raises questions about content quality
According to the 2026 H1 AI Drama and Animation Data Report released by industry research firm DataEye, China’s AI drama and animation market exceeded RMB 22 billion ($3.29 billion) in the first five months of 2026.
The market is projected to reach RMB 40 billion ($5.98 billion) for the full year, representing year-on-year growth of 138%. The audience base has also expanded rapidly, with the number of AI short-drama users in China surpassing 600 million in the first half of the year.
From January to June, 221,900 new AI short dramas were released, of which 1,055 surpassed 100 million views. These titles generated a combined 515.738 billion views. Monthly incremental views rose to 155.78 billion in June, the highest monthly figure in the first half of the year.
AI-generated historical content is also beginning to reach longer formats. The AI series Wielding Weapons in the Song Dynasty has reportedly maintained popularity scores above 46 million across multiple seasons.
Meanwhile, The Later Journey to the West, an AI-generated series, aired during Hunan Satellite TV’s prime-time slot, ranking first among provincial satellite channels in the same time slot during its broadcast.
For historical dramas, AI is lowering not only production costs but also the technical barriers to creating complex scenes. Ancient cities, palaces and large-scale battlefields can now be designed and composited with generative tools, giving smaller production teams more opportunities to explore historical storytelling.
However, an increase in output does not necessarily translate into better content. AI can generate convincing characters, costumes and architecture, but that does not mean these details are historically accurate. As images become increasingly realistic, audiences may find it easier to mistake visual authenticity for historical accuracy.
Historicaldramas can take creative liberties, but fact and fiction should not be confused
Historical dramas are not the same as documentaries. Time travel, alternate histories and fictionalized retellings have long been part of screen storytelling. Artistic interpretation should not automatically be treated as a problem. The real question is how productions handle the boundary between historical fact and fiction.
AI introduces a new challenge because it can generate large amounts of detail in a short time. When information is incomplete, models may produce claims that sound plausible but lack historical evidence. Errors can involve people’s lives, clothing styles, the uses of artifacts and even the timelines of historical events.
A meticulously rendered ancient palace is not necessarily an accurate representation of architecture from that period. Likewise, a convincing dialogue attributed to a historical figure does not mean that the exchange is supported by historical records. If unverified details are presented as fact and repeated across large volumes of content, they may distort audiences’ understanding of history.
AI can therefore assist with historical research, scene design and image generation, but it cannot replace historical verification. For productions based on real historical events and figures, checking primary sources and consulting qualified experts remain essential.
Rules governing short-form dramas are also evolving. The National Radio and Television Administration’s Measures for the Administration of Micro-Dramas, which took effect on September 1, 2026, introduced a classification-based management framework and set out requirements covering filing, review, distribution and disclosure labels for AI-generated content.
However, stronger content oversight does not mean that all AI historical dramas should face the same restrictions. Clearly identified alternate-history stories differ in their potential risks from productions based on real historical events that audiences may mistake for fact. The focus should not simply be on whether a work matches historical records in every detail, but also on whether it misleads audiences, violates applicable content rules or fails to meet reasonable standards of verification.
Platforms also need to look beyond views and engagement. As AI-generated content expands, stronger review processes, timely action against violations and appropriate disclosures about how content was produced will become increasingly important.
AI labels can tell audiences how a work was made, but they cannot replace fact-checking or exempt a production from other content requirements.
AI historical dramas are giving more creators the opportunity to tell historical stories and bringing previously difficult creative ideas within reach. That is a meaningful change.
Yet as generating images becomes easier, the scarce skill may no longer be the ability to create an ancient palace, but knowing what that palace should have looked like in its historical context. It may no longer be the ability to generate a historical figure, but understanding that person’s era, background and documented experiences.
The challenge for AI historical dramas is therefore not simply how to increase production efficiency. It is how to balance artistic expression, historical accuracy and responsible distribution.
AI can certainly offer new ways to tell stories about the past, but the ability to generate a historical narrative does not justify disregarding historical facts. Technology can lower the barriers to creation, but creators’ understanding of history, their judgment about the boundaries of fiction, and platforms’ responsibility for the content they distribute will ultimately shape the results of this transformation.
DOJ Investigating Fox News, CNN, Broadcast Networks for Possible Violations of Federal Law– www.westernjournal.com News Source
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TV networks pictured a refusal to broadcast what President Donald Trump was doing last month as a moment of media solidarity.
The Department of Justice is wondering whether it violated anti-trust laws.
Last month, Fox News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton, who chaired the TV pool covering the White House at the time, ruled that pool coverage would not take place after Trump put CNN, Politico, and MSNOW in time out and banned them from the White House.
CNN is a member of a five-network pool covering Trump that includes ABC News, CBS News, CNN, NBC News, and Fox News. The pool network shares White House news with other networks.
The ban on CNN, MSNOW, and Politico has been temporarily put on hold by a court, but now the Justice Department is looking into whether the brief suspension of pool coverage was illegal, according to The New York Times.
On Friday, federal officials demanded information from the networks in the pool, the Times reported, citing sources it did not name.
Justice Department representative Emily Covington said the networks “proudly boycotted covering White House events.”
Do you believe the DOJ’s investigation into media boycotts is warranted?
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“Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act,” Covington wrote.
“The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws,” she said.
Although a judge ruled CNN cannot be blocked from covering Trump at the White House, it is blocked from serving as the pool reporter when Trump is on Air Force One.
Trump administration officials continued to block the network from acting as the TV pool when the president travels on Air Force One.
At the time, the pool chair said, due to Trump “preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties,” there would be “no replacement pool put in place,” according to CNN.
After the networks waged war on Trump, White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro said Fox should pay for being part of the pack.
“Fox is not real news. It is CNN with better lighting, a fake slogan and a flag graphic. Stop watching its dangerous drivel,” Navarro wrote in an Op-Ed for The Washington Times.
“A network that sells itself to conservatives has blacked out a Republican president and put out a press release about it, arm in arm with CNN. Fox is the more dangerous of the two, because it pretends to wear our colors,” Navarro wrote.
“Fox’s own Trump derangement syndrome is new. Its CEO Suzanne Scott keeps removing the people most willing to honestly cover the MAGA agenda. Lou Dobbs was canceled in February 2021. Tucker Carlson was out in April 2023,” he wrote.
“Maria Bartiromo was gone this month, after she passed her producers’ July 15 text from Fox Business programming up the chain,” he noted. Fox did not want its reporters to cover Trump’s indictment of the 2020 election.
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Tiny robots could shrink weeks of heart infection treatment into a single day– www.digitaltrends.com News Source
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Treating a heart infection is no walk in the park. Patients often spend weeks on IV antibiotics, and if that fails, open-heart surgery enters the picture. Johns Hopkins University engineers may have found a better way.
The team has developed magnetic “millirobots” that are about as wide as a pencil tip and roughly as long as a grain of rice. As detailed in their study published in Advanced Materials Technologies, the robots are designed to deliver medicine directly to infected heart tissue.
What’s wrong with current heart infection treatments?
Endocarditis is an infection of the heart tissue that about 50,000 Americans get each year. The usual treatment is several weeks of IV antibiotics, but the drugs get watered down on their way to the heart and often fail. Doctors must then raise the dose and risk toxic side effects or turn to risky open-heart surgery.
How do these tiny robots work?
The robots work as a tag team. The first one, called the needle module, grips the heart tissue near the infection and stays put as a parking spot for its partner. The second one, the drug module, carries the antibiotics, snaps onto the needle using magnets, and gradually releases them at the infection site.
Since the needle stays anchored, doctors can swap in a fresh drug module for repeat doses. Neither robot carries a battery or motor. Instead, a set of electromagnetic coils placed outside the body steers them wirelessly using magnetic fields similar to the ones in an MRI machine.
Johns Hopkins University
“With just a little pinprick, you insert a micro robot and do a procedure without infection or blood loss,” said senior author Axel Krieger.
The robots have already navigated heart models that mimic a human heart, even against simulated blood flow, and were tested on pig heart tissue. If everything works as planned, first author Anuruddha Bhattacharjee says a procedure could take about 10 minutes, or around an hour for a couple of rounds, turning four to six weeks of treatment into a day or less.
Next, the team plans to test the robots in phantom hearts that beat and contract like the real thing. The same tech could one day help deliver cancer drugs too.