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US extends sanctions waiver for Russian oil giant Lukoil until 2027– www.euronews.com

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US extends sanctions waiver for Russian oil giant Lukoil until 2027– www.euronews.com
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The US Treasury Department on Thursday extended a sanctions waiver for Russian oil giant Lukoil, allowing its service stations outside Russia to continue operating until April 2027.

The extension allows Lukoil-branded petrol stations in countries including the United States to continue serving customers until 24 April 2027, replacing an earlier licence due to expire later this month.

However, the latest licence maintains restrictions on the “transfer of funds to any person or account located in the Russian Federation”.

The decision comes a week after US President Donald Trump announced an agreement with Russia to supply diesel to US and global markets, prompting the Treasury to issue a temporary licence to facilitate deliveries.

The deal, as announced by Trump on social media, envisages that Moscow will release 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets immediately, with an additional 500,000 tonnes in November and one million more after that.

The Trump-Putin diesel deal has been badly received by EU foreign ministers, who say it undermines transatlantic unity at a time when Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine.

Nine U.S. Banks Debanked Dissenters of the Progressive Orthodoxy

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Nine major U.S. banks have been found to have debanked Americans for holding views not acceptable to the anti-American ideology of progressivism. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a report exposing the unconstitutional, and possibly criminal actions.

The nine banks listed were: BMO Bank, Capital One, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, PNC Bank, TD Bank, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank. These debankings happened between 2010 and 2025, meaning they continued after Trump took office.

Trump admin. report finds 9 major banks discriminated against conservatives – One America News Network
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a report after finding that the nine largest banks it supervises discriminated against conservatives, religious organizations and lawful businesses.

The report, released Wednesday, examined bank policies between 2020 and late 2025 that denied financial services based on political, religious or social views.

The OCC’s supervisory review was conducted in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO), “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,” which directs regulators to investigate whether banks have policies or practices that encourage politically or religiously motivated debanking — abruptly closing an account or cutting off financial services.

The nine banks found to have shown bias against certain customers are: Bank of America, BMO Bank, Capital One, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, PNC Bank, TD Bank, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank. Its investigation involved reviewing nearly 100,000 complaints to OCC-regulated institutions, as well as 50,000 documents consisting of approximately 420,000 pages about the banks’ policies, procedures, practices, and customer decisions.

“Today’s report provides irrefutable evidence that the nation’s largest banks have denied, debanked and discriminated against customers and lawful businesses,” said Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould. “Americans should have access to financial services regardless of their beliefs, affiliations, or political views. Fair access to financial services is not a mantra—it is a mandate. The Trump administration is committed to ending the weaponization of finance against hardworking Americans, once and for all.”

Over Half a Million Americans were Stalked by Jack Smith

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The progressive pit bull special prosecutor Jack Smith was spying on far more than the GOP leadership, including President Trump; he was also spying on over half a million Americans.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley claimed, “This update shows that Jack Smith and the Biden Justice Department collected incredibly invasive donor data — and voter data — beyond what could conceivably be necessary for Smith or his team to fulfill the Special Counsel’s mandate. The new findings further corroborate that Smith and his partisan team aimed to map out the entire Republican Party apparatus.”

Jack Smith Nabbed 639K GOPers’ Personal Data In Arctic Frost– thefederalist.com
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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith seized the personal information of at least 639,000 Republican voters, donors, and supporters as part of his Arctic Frost lawfare against Donald Trump, according to newly reviewed federal whistleblower disclosures.

“This update shows that Jack Smith and the Biden Justice Department collected incredibly invasive donor data — and voter data — beyond what could conceivably be necessary for Smith or his team to fulfill the Special Counsel’s mandate. The new findings further corroborate that Smith and his partisan team aimed to map out the entire Republican Party apparatus,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

Grassley revealed the bombshell discovery in a memo sent to his Senate Judiciary colleagues on Wednesday. In addition to recapping some of his staff’s findings on Smith’s intrusive inquiry thus far, the Iowa Republican noted that newly reviewed subpoenas issued by Smith’s team show how the special counsel’s lawfare was more expansive than originally thought.

According to Grassley, Smith’s team and the Biden Justice Department “obtained spreadsheets containing Republican campaign donors, supporters, and detailed personal voter information in various formats, totaling over 639,000 individuals, at minimum.” “Out of those,” the chairman wrote, “over 148,000 rows are identified in the spreadsheets as donors.”

The type of data Smith and Co. acquired as a result of these spreadsheets was vast. Not only did they purportedly obtain these Republicans’ names, addresses, and dates of birth, but also their email addresses, occupations and employers, congressional and state legislative districts, and whether they’re officially registered as Republicans. Information on how much these Republicans donated, their credit card information (“including last four digits of credit card numbers”), and “donor analysis data (such as one-time versus recurring donations and the amount of the donation)” was also acquired.

Harvard Professors and Alumni Are Against Hiring Conservatives

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A recent suggestion by Harvard that it should do more to get conservative professors hired was met with stiff resistance from progressive professors. Over 95% of Harvard’s professors are self-identifying progressives.

Progressive alumni joined in the resistance, with one alumnus claiming, “Even supposing that [silencing] takes place, how would the hiring of conservative faculty act as a countervailing force? Surely such hiring may inhibit viewpoint diversity rather than nurture it.”

Harvard leftists oppose plan to hire conservative professors for viewpoint diversity– www.lifesitenews.com
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(LifeSiteNews) – Leftists at Harvard University are pushing back against the institution’s efforts to hire conservative professors to increase viewpoint diversity among the faculty of the infamously left-wing school.

Back in April, the Harvard Crimson reported that the university has been soliciting donors for a $10 million endowment for dozens of new professorships to be filled by conservatives across various departments. The effort was said to be spearheaded by Harvard Provost John F. Manning, a conservative legal scholar.

Now, the Washington Times reports that the plan has been facing resistance from liberal professors and teachers, who comprise 69 percent of the faculty. Forty-seven percent faculty members said they were opposed to the plan and 31 percent supported it, according to a survey.

“The answer is not partisan quotas, but a credible commitment to intellectual openness and hiring excellent scholars across a genuinely broad range of perspectives,” claimed political scientist Daniel Schatz. 

“Even supposing that [silencing] takes place, how would the hiring of conservative faculty act as a countervailing force? Surely such hiring may inhibit viewpoint diversity rather than nurture it,” argued Harvard graduate Dominique Padurano, founder and president of college counseling company Crimson Coaching.

Anthropic Announces Restrictions on Being Mean to its AI Agent, Claude

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Anthropic has announced plans to implement a new governance policy for users of its AI agent, Claude. The change of policy would eventually block users from using Claude who are consistently “mean” to Claude.

They claim the rule will be enforced selectively, “only in extreme cases, where users repeatedly act cruelly toward our models, with no discernible purpose.”

Anthropic Wants You to Be Kind to Claude– www.thenation.com
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…even as AI courts serial real-world disasters, defaces the environment with data centers, and is not about to return your empathy in kind.

A phone displaying the logo for Anthropic’s Javascript property, Bun, brandished before a display of logos for the company’s chatbot, Claude.(Harun Ozalp / Anadolu via Getty Images)

So now it’s against the rules to be mean to Claude. Last week, chatbot-maker Anthropic quietly announced that it was prohibiting what the company called “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models.” This ban wouldn’t apply, the company stressed, toward normal outbursts of frustration directed at a tool known for feeding its users hallucinated bullshit, as all chatbots do from time to time. The rule would be enforced “only in extreme cases, where users repeatedly act cruelly toward our models, with no discernible purpose”; what’s more, company flacks said, the disciplinary action in most cases would only result in Claude shutting down the conversation, which is something Claude was already doing anyway. Why on earth someone might get their jollies from endlessly abusing their fake computer friend was not addressed.

In response to the Anthropic announcement, the Internet did what the Internet does. On X, investment guru Joseph Carlson declared that “Claude, like every AI, has zero moral agency. It doesn’t make decisions, it has no feelings, it’s not sentient. Being rude to Claude is like being rude to a chair, or a desk.… you do infinitely more damage to a sentient being stepping on an ant than you do being rude to AI.” On Bluesky, sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom suggested that yelling at Claude was like “cussing out [a] tractor…. you don’t have to hand it to Anthropic because it’s weird to talk mean to its talking word toaster. It’s not real.”

AI debt looming threat on World Economy

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a warning to global markets about the looming debt in the AI industry. It claims all the major American tech companies are saddled with AI investment bills not met with AI-producing revenues.

IMF Warns AI Stock Collapse Could Unleash Global Financial Crisis– slaynews.com
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark warning that a collapse in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks could send shockwaves through international markets and trigger a devastating global financial crisis.

The warning comes as soaring valuations and massive borrowing expose the financial system to mounting risks.

In its latest Global Financial Stability Report, the IMF identifies an increasingly dangerous combination: concentrated technology investments, rising corporate debt, and complex financial relationships tying major companies to weaker AI businesses.

A sudden loss of confidence could force investors to sell, drive prices lower, weaken financial institutions, and spread turmoil far beyond Silicon Valley.

The IMF highlights the extraordinary concentration of market value in America’s largest technology companies.

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla, the so-called Magnificent Seven, now account for more than 35% of the S&P 500.

Child Gender” Therapists Continue Shut-Down Operations under New Names

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When child transgender therapists and operations are shut down from organizations relying on Federal tax dollars, they turn to independent trans zealots to both fund and protect them. The Trump administration is working on identifying shut down operations and following them when they go “independent.”

Sex-Rejecting Facilities For Kids Are Re-Opening Under New Names– thefederalist.com
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As the Trump administration forces pediatric transgender facilities to close, a new reality is becoming clear: It’s a game of whack-a-mole.

In Pasadena, California, an infamous pediatrician named Johanna Olson-Kennedy who provides transgender intervention procedures for children was forced to close her medical office at the end of September (as The Federalist reported), after a pro-trans parent corporation read the political climate and switched to an adults-only operation. It was the second time in two years Olson-Kennedy was driven out of business, as Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles closed her first practice in 2025.

The Pasadena office reopened a few days later, at the same address, with a new sign on the very same front door. (If you need to use the bathroom, that patients-only sign about using the key has yet to reappear.)

This development comes at an unusually important moment, as California just changed the way it funds sex-rejecting procedures for minors, as of October 13. You can read a detailed discussion of those changes here, on the website of the California Department of Health Care Access and Information. Following recent federal guidance, California will no longer pay for pediatric gender mutilation through Medi-Cal, the state’s version of the federally funded but state-administered Medicaid and CHIP.

Ending federally funded sex-rejecting procedures, California is switching to a more limited grant program funded only with state dollars. The state legislature has budgeted three pools of money, totaling $66 million, that can be used to pay for sex-rejecting procedures, with $10 million specifically designated for doctors who butcher children.

ICE Unmasking Struck Down by 9th

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An effort by progressive California to unmask ICE agents in an effort to help their street fighters locate and terrorize (or worse) ICE agents has been struck down by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

From summary of the ruling, “In sum, if a state law directly regulates the governmental conduct of the United States without congressional authorization, it is void irrespective of whether the regulated activities are essential to federal functions or operations, and irrespective of the degree to which the state law interferes with such functions or operations.”

9th Circuit Court Smacks Down CA Law Unmasking ICE Agents– thefederalist.com
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A federal appellate court shot down a California law on Wednesday that sought to require ICE agents to show identification while conducting immigration operations in the state.

In its unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Section 10 of the state’s No Vigilantes Act violates the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, which specifies that federal law supersedes state law. The panel was comprised of Judge Jacqueline Nguyen, an Obama appointee, and Judges Mark Bennett and Daniel Collins, both Trump appointees.

According to The Hill, the Justice Department sued the Golden State last year after Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the No Vigilantes Act, “which demands that plainclothes law enforcement officers operating in California ‘shall visibly display identification.’” In conjunction with California’s No Secret Police Act — “which banned federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks while carrying out operations in the state” — “the law took effect on Jan. 1 and required officers to show identification while performing their duties.”

The 9th Circuit previously granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to block the contested statute while the court considered the merits of the issue.

In affirming that blockade, Bennett and his colleagues concluded that the Trump administration is “certain to succeed” on the merits of its supremacy clause argument because Section 10 of the No Vigilantes Act “attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions, and Congress has not authorized such regulation.” The Supremacy Clause, the Trump appointee noted, explicitly bars states “from directly regulating federal operations even when regulating state operations in the same manner.”

Greenland Gold Coming America’s Way

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Trump: ‘Massive Oil, Gas, and Mineral Exploration’ Ready to Go in Greenland– legalinsurrection.com
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President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. is ready to start a “massive oil, gas, and mineral exploration” project in Greenland.

Trump wrote on Truth Social:

Massive Oil, Gas, and Mineral Exploration is getting ready to begin in our new and beautiful Greenland! There are Experts that are saying that the amount of easily available Oil is far greater than that of almost any land, anywhere in the World and, even more importantly, from a Security Purpose in the Defense and Offense of both the United States of America, and Europe, is second to none. Any future attack on the United States will have to come across Greenland, where our Defense will routinely knock down drones, missiles, or any other form of weapon not yet even conceived. It gives us time, location, and sightline, like nowhere else in the World! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Leslie has done a great job tracking how the Trump administration has tried to end China’s grip on critical minerals and expand U.S. critical minerals production.

The announcement comes shortly after the Trump administration and Denmark reached a security agreement over Greenland.

However, Greenland’s deputy mining minister Jørgen Hammeken-Holm contradicted Trump:

While Greenland’s deputy mining minister Jørgen Hammeken-Holm acknowledged that “there are activities by US companies,” he told CNN that “we are very far away from ‘massive’ exploration.”

“There are many smaller explorations underway but these could take years to become operational,” he added, echoing researchers who have pointed out the difficulties and enormous expense involved in extracting resources from Greenland.

At least 28 pupils and teacher killed after horror school roof collapse in Pakistan– www.mirror.co.uk

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At least 28 pupils and teacher killed after horror school roof collapse in Pakistan– www.mirror.co.uk
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A teacher and at least 28 pupils have been killed after the roof of a private school in Pakistan collapsed – with more feared trapped under rubble as a massive search and rescue mission is underway.

At least 40 children have also been taken to hospital after being injured in the incident in the country’s Peshawar city. Some are believed to be in critical condition.

All the children killed or injured were aged between seven and 13 years old, with the roof happening during lessons. Local news outlets report that the incident took place at a private school in Dir Colony. The owner of the school has been arrested and an investigation has been launched.

The school reportedly had three classrooms across its three storeys. The ground floor classroom had 45 children, the first floor one 40 and the second floor one 30.

US corporate media portrays violent Nicaraguan coup plotter as ‘political prisoner’– thegrayzone.com

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US corporate media portrays violent Nicaraguan coup plotter as ‘political prisoner’– thegrayzone.com
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US media and the human rights industry are portraying Jeffrey Jarquin as a heroic freedom fighter tortured and wrongly imprisoned by Nicaragua’s government. It turns out he was an opposition hooligan who destroyed a public university during the violent US-backed 2018 coup attempt.

On 1 October 2026, Jeffrey Isaac Jarquin, a 35-year-old Nicaraguan man, was deported from the United States by ICE and, on arrival in Managua, was immediately sent to prison by Nicaraguan authorities. Reports described him as a “torture victim,” a “political prisoner,” and a “prominent figure in the anti-government protests” that occurred in Nicaragua in 2018. His story was covered in uncritical fashion by the Washington Post, CNN, ABC News, The LA Times and other outlets. It featured on Democracy Now and he received support from the longtime former head of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth.

Not one of the reports, however, investigated Jarquin’s role in those “protests” nor recorded that in November 2018, he was found guilty of various acts of terrorism and sentenced to more than 16 years in prison.

“Tortured” or “torturer”?

Who is Jeffrey Isaac Jarquin, the man being championed by corporate media as a heroic freedom fighter tortured by an authoritarian regime?

In April 2018, protests began in Nicaragua which were part of a U.S.-led and funded coup attempt. Since the protests were ostensibly “student-led,” several universities in Managua were occupied and used as command centers by paid criminals whose financing originated from USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy.

Loudoun County trans substitute teacher convicted over threats to go on ‘murder spree’ at VA high school | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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Loudoun County trans substitute teacher convicted over threats to go on ‘murder spree’ at VA high school | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Hadyn James Dollery, who goes by “Sophie,” was convicted on four of five counts.

A trans-identified male former substitute teacher in Loudoun County, Virginia has been convicted of making death threats and threatening to go on a “murder spree” at a local high school. In total, Hadyn James Dollery, who goes by “Sophie,” was convicted on four of five counts.

Dollery had been arrested in April and indicted on three counts of threatening to injure or kill a person, one count of making threats on school grounds, and one count of threatening to damage a building. Dollery had worked as a substitute teacher at Eagle Ridge Middle School.

The jury of seven men and five women began deliberating on Thursday, and on Friday evening found Dollery guilty of two counts of threatening to injure or kill a person, one count of making threats on school grounds, and one count of threatening to damage a building, and not guilty on the third charge of threatening, per Loudoun Now.

In opening statements, Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Dircia Schubert said that Dollery, who goes by “Cotton Candy” on Discord, had made the threatening statements the day after one of the victims broke up with him. He messaged his ex-boyfriend on Discord at 1:49 am on April 15. Dollery had threatened to kill the ex, members of both his and the ex’s families, undertake a “murder spree at your school,” and cannibalize one of the victims after killing them. Dollery had also sent a message to his ex saying he wanted him to return a shirt “if I’m deemed fit to work after this sh*t I’m about to do.”

Federal Judge Sides with CNN, Politico, MS NOW in Battle Against White House– www.westernjournal.com

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Federal Judge Sides with CNN, Politico, MS NOW in Battle Against White House– www.westernjournal.com
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A federal judge on Tuesday extended an order that keeps CNN, Politico, and MS NOW inside the White House complex while they fight a ban that President Donald Trump imposed last month.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a preliminary injunction late Tuesday. It blocks the administration from yanking the three outlets’ “hard passes” until the lawsuit is decided.

A “hard pass” allows reporters access to White House press areas unaccompanied.

Venezuela’s Maduro pleads not guilty to US conspiracy to torture charges | Donald Trump News– www.aljazeera.com

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Venezuela’s Maduro pleads not guilty to US conspiracy to torture charges | Donald Trump News– www.aljazeera.com
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Flores have pleaded not guilty to new charges of ‘conspiracy to commit torture’, which were unsealed last week.

Maduro and Flores appeared in a New York City courtroom on Thursday after being abducted from Caracas in a United States military operation in January.

The pair had previously pleaded not guilty to several other charges, including narco-terrorism, cocaine importation conspiracy and possession of machineguns and destructive devices.

Maduro spoke briefly at his January court appearance, days after the US military abduction.

“I am innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man. I am still president of my country,” Maduro said then, adding that he had been “kidnapped”.

US Attorney Jamie McDonald said last week that the couple had for more than two decades “engaged in a conspiracy to commit torture, including the torture of United States citizens, in addition to the narcotics trafficking and weapons offences already charged”.

Mamdani’s Nanny State Is About to Kill a 150-Year NYC Tradition– townhall.com

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Mamdani’s Nanny State Is About to Kill a 150-Year NYC Tradition– townhall.com
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin reached an agreement on a measure to ban horse-drawn carriage operations in the city. This ends a tradition stretching back more than 150 years.

Mamdani and Menin reached the agreement on Tuesday and will enact Romanch’s Law. The bill is named after 18-year-old tourist Romanch Mahajan, who died in June after a carriage horse bolted and overturned the vehicle in Central Park. It was the first carriage fatality in the industry’s history.

The Council will vote on the measure on October 22, with 29 of 51 members co-sponsoring. Menin predicted a veto-proof majority.

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Mamdani has agreed to back a bill supported by Julie Menin, the speaker of the New York city council, that would make it illegal to operate horse-drawn carriages beginning in June 2028, Politico reported on Tuesday. The city council is expected to vote on the legislation next week.

“The horse carriage industry is coming to an end in New York City. Our administration will make sure workers and owners are protected and the horses are safe,” Mamdani wrote on X on Tuesday.

A person familiar with the mayor’s office confirmed a deal had been struck.

While horse-drawn carriage rides are ubiquitous in Central Park, animal rights activists have long expressed concern over the treatment of horses. Multiple horses have died since 2020, occasionally collapsing in the middle of carriage rides.

The push for a ban increased over the summer after an 18-year-old tourist, Romanch Mahajan, died after being thrown from a carriage.

In a statement, Menin said horse-drawn carriages had “become a growing public safety liability”.

“We can honor our city’s traditions while recognizing when it’s time to move forward in the interest of public safety, protecting workers, and strengthening our city’s economic vitality,” Menin said.

NYT: DOJ Subpoenas Ilhan Omar’s Relatives in Immigration Investigation– www.breitbart.com

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NYT: DOJ Subpoenas Ilhan Omar’s Relatives in Immigration Investigation– www.breitbart.com
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The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas to relatives of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as part of its immigration-related investigation into the Somalia-born congresswoman, the New York Times reports.

This week, agents with the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations unit raided Omar’s Washington, DC, residence after a federal judge approved a search warrant.

As part of an immigration investigation into Omar, federal investigators have issued subpoenas to some of her family members, the Times reports:

Federal agents investigating Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, have issued subpoenas to some relatives as officials scour her family’s history for evidence of fraud and false statements in immigration paperwork, according to people familiar with the matter. [Emphasis added]

A sister of Ms. Omar’s, Sahra Noor, received a subpoena, as did at least one other member of her family circle, according to people familiar with the investigation. On Monday, D.H.S. agents executed a search warrant at her home in Washington, carrying out boxes of documents, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss investigative steps. [Emphasis added]

Trump says Nidal Hasan execution won’t be livestreamed– www.cnbc.com

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Trump says Nidal Hasan execution won’t be livestreamed– www.cnbc.com
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Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is pictured in an undated Bell County Sheriff’s Office photograph.

Bell County Sheriff’s Office | Reuters

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the planned execution by firing squad of convicted Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan would not be livestreamed, canceling the Pentagon‘s plans to do so.

Trump’s announcement came after growing backlash against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s effort to show the former U.S. Army major’s execution live online, with concern that the footage would become a recruiting tool for terrorists.

Hasan, who is paralyzed from the waist down, is scheduled to be executed Dec. 3 by an Army firing squad at 1 p.m. Central Time in Fort Hood, which is located in Killeen, Texas.

FBI Investigates Suspicious Letters Sent to Election Offices With DSA Return Address– legalinsurrection.com

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FBI Investigates Suspicious Letters Sent to Election Offices With DSA Return Address– legalinsurrection.com
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The FBI and Capitol Hill police have begun investigating “multiple letters containing suspicious substances” mailed to congressional and election offices.

The Sergeant at Arms’ notice urged everyone to treat all suspicious items “as potentially hazardous.”

The email informed recipients that officials will attempt to intercept “any additional letters before they are delivered, however, it is possible that some letters may reach their destinations.”

“The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating a series of suspicious mailings sent to various addresses nationwide, including Secretary of State offices and their related election offices,” an FBI spokesperson told Fox News. “Some of the letters contained an unknown substance and we are working closely with our law enforcement partners to respond to each incident.”

The notice included an image of one of the envelopes.

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

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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
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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: EPA
Smoke 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

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Terrorists could use AI to target UK with drones and bioweapons, MI5 chief warns– www.independent.co.uk
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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

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Ukraine and Russia’s grain harvest under threat amid Black sea attacks– www.cnbc.com
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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

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MS NOW Implores Americans to Protest, Like France, Over Economy– www.newsbusters.org
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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.”

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

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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
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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.’

The audience erupted into applause.

Partial transcript via Overton News:

Democrat James Talarico just got EMBARRASSED by a pro-life Catholic Texan from the audience at his CNN town hall.

His face at the end was priceless.

Talarico claimed that the Bible “is silent” on the issue of abortion.

The audience member — Jody — let him finish, before she dropped a brutal Biblical reminder that brought the town hall to its feet.

JODY: “And I just want to add that the Bible is not silent on abortion.”

“There is the Ten Commandments. ‘Thou shalt not kill.’’

“And as Catholics, we take great, um, insult, I guess sometimes when it’s spouted that way.”

The audience immediately erupted in applause for her.

Notoriously Woke James Talarico Stumbles Through CNN Town Hall, Posing Unconvincingly as Moderate › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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Notoriously Woke James Talarico Stumbles Through CNN Town Hall, Posing Unconvincingly as Moderate › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D-Texas) stumbled through a 90-minute CNN townhall Wednesday night, desperately dissembling about his radical left-wing record.

The Democrat posed as a moderate on issues like abortion, border security, and Texas energy as he faced questions from Democrat, Republican, and independent voters. At one point, he admitted he was just being “provocative” when he said God was transgender to justify child mutilation.

Talarico tried to claim he’s a big supporter of oil and gas, despite proposing a climate bill in 2021 that would have crushed the oil and gas industry.

“I’m campaigning on an ‘all the above’ energy strategy that includes oil and gas, he said. “I want to protect the good-paying oil and gas jobs that support whole families across the state and I want us to invest in the energy sources of the future.”

The Texas Climate Action Act, dubbed the “Texas’ Green New Deal,” would have mandated steep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions statewide, wiping out energy jobs in the state. The bill set statewide goals to cut emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, with further reduction goals by 2050. Critics said it would have eliminated up to two million Texas jobs.

Now posing as a border hawk, Talarico claimed in a “stunning” ad released this week “I called out Joe Biden for failing us on the border.”

However, despite being asked repeatedly, he was unable to provide a single instance where he criticized Biden’s open border policies during his presidency. In fact, in 2023, Talarico voted against border-security bill HR712, which appropriated $5.1 billion for border security operations, including $1.5 billion for border-barrier infrastructure.

BREAKING: Steven Crowder suing CNN, Jubilee, James Talarico over ‘Change My Mind’ townhall event | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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BREAKING: Steven Crowder suing CNN, Jubilee, James Talarico over ‘Change My Mind’ townhall event | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“We need to find out who flagrantly disregarded the trademark, who flagrantly plagiarized, who profited off of it most, and for what degree of time.”

Steven Crowder announced on Thursday that he is suing CNN, digital media company Jubilee, and Texas Senate candidate James Talarico after CNN and Jubilee held an event featuring Talarico on Wednesday that used the format of “Change My Mind,” a video concept Crowder has been using for years.

Crowder announced on his show Thursday, “Well, I guess we should officially announce that we’re suing.” Change My Mind is an active, registered trademark, per Louder with Crowder.

“Maybe Jubilee has generated all of their profit off of a completely unoriginal idea, disguised it, and then the mask came off. Or maybe CNN suggested, well, you know what? Change my mind has more brand familiarity because billions of people have seen the meme and the video,” Crowder said.

“We need to find out who flagrantly disregarded the trademark, who flagrantly plagiarized, who profited off of it most, and for what degree of time.”

GOP Rep. Dismantles Dem Opponent’s Gas Prices Talking Point In Viral Debate Moment– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) torched his Democratic Party opponent, former local news anchor Janelle Stelson, after she attempted to blame the Republican Party for high gas prices.

Stelson linked higher gasoline and diesel prices in Pennsylvania to the ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran, noting that Perry had voted multiple times to continue the war. She stated that ending the war would be among her first priorities in Congress if elected, citing effects on family farmers who face elevated diesel costs for harvest operations that cannot be delayed.

When asked specifically about steps to lower prices, Perry responded with a focus on domestic policy rather than the war. “One of the reasons that gas prices are high, and have been high, regardless of what happens in Iran, is because of policy,” the congressman stated.

“We actually turn food into fuel in the United States. You spend about 30 cents more per gallon to do that, and your car is less deficient because of that. It’s called the Renewable Fuel Standard, and I’ve been fighting to end that, because we don’t need to pay that extra 30 cents or have less efficiency,” he continued.

“The United States not only must pump enough oil and gas to support itself, but we need to be able to refine it. Her party has slowed or stopped refining for about 50 years.”

Desperate Democrats Trot Out Clintons for Midterm Push as Strategists Question Their Reach– slaynews.com

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Bill and Hillary Clinton are once again being trotted out into the campaign spotlight as Democrats make their desperate final midterm push, even as party strategists question whether the former political power couple can reach beyond an already committed Democratic Party audience.

Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to campaign October 20 for Florida Democrat gubernatorial nominee David Jolly.

Meanwhile, twice-failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is launching a midterm-focused podcast with Kara Swisher and appearing at Democratic Party fundraisers.

Their return comes as socialist-backed candidates challenge the party establishment and Democrats search for a winning message ahead of Election Day.

Trump says Abdul el Sayed is ‘100%’ a ‘Muslim Brotherhood guy’– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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President Donald Trump described Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El Sayed as a “Muslim Brotherhood guy” on Thursday.

Trump made the comments while previewing an upcoming trip to Michigan in support of Republican nominee Mike Rogers during a White House Rose Garden lunch for law enforcement officials.

Dems’ ‘Affordability’ Pitch Is Hogwash—Here’s What Their Socialist Policies Will Actually Cost You – RedState– redstate.com

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Dems’ ‘Affordability’ Pitch Is Hogwash—Here’s What Their Socialist Policies Will Actually Cost You – RedState– redstate.com
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Democrats sure do love to talk about affordability when they’re out on the campaign trail, but something they’d rather not discuss is the hefty price tag that comes with their veer toward socialism and socialist policies.

No matter, the White House did the heavy lifting for them, producing an economic report on the immigration policies being pushed by the Democrat Party’s increasingly large socialist wing – and, no surprise, those policies could come with a price tag north of half a trillion dollars.

A new analysis from President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) estimates that the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) open-borders and mass-amnesty agenda could cost taxpayers between $440 billion and $613 billion over the next 10 years.

Super affordable, right?

The CEA report also looked at the cost of several major DSA policy proposals being touted ahead of the midterm elections, including Medicare for All, student-loan cancellation, free college, rent control, the Green New Deal, and a 32-hour workweek.