Schumer rejects Trump’s claim that bipartisan government shutdown negotiations are under way – live | Trump administration– www.theguardian.com Source Link Excerpt:
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations with Democrats are underway.
“Trump’s claim isn’t true – but if he’s finally ready to work with Democrats, we’ll be at the table,” Schumer said in a statement. “For months, Democrats have been calling on Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to come to the table and work with us to deliver lower costs and better healthcare for the American people.”
Minority leader Chuck Schumer on 3 October 2025. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock
He added: “If President Trump and Republicans are finally ready to sit down and get something done on healthcare for American families, Democrats will be there – ready to make it happen.”
Earlier today, Trump told reporters that “we are speaking with Democrats” regarding the ongoing government shutdown and that “some good things could happen with health care.”
“Just hang in there, because I think a lot of good things could happen, and that could also pertain to health care,” Trump said.
Russia mocks Donald Trump’s America – ‘Civil war is coming in US’ | World | News– www.express.co.uk Source Link Excerpt:
A Russian lawmaker has claimed civil war is brewing in America, as he called Donald Trump “dumb”. Andrey Lugovoy, an MP in the State Duma, the lower chamber of Russia’s parliament, claimed Moscow should take advantage of Republican–Democrat “divisions” and cause a “shutdown”.
In a staggering appearance on Russian state TV, he claimed differences between the two US political parties are “entering a phase of being impossible to resolve” and the Kremlin should “interfere”. He said he doesn’t treat claims that a “civil war in America is coming” as a “conspiracy theory”. In reference to the Republicans and Democrats, he said: “They’re currently using political repressions against each other in the most proactive way.
“Secondly, they will never agree about migration, we’ve heard it from their statements.
“Of course, we should take advantage of this unsolvable problem.”
He went on to accuse the US of “meddling” in Russian affairs and said Moscow should be “more politically aggressive”.
Virginia Dem AG candidate Jay Jones said in 2020 that if ‘a few’ officers died, police would stop ‘killing people’: Del. Carrie Coyner | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com Source Link
Rep. AOC demands her social media fans laugh at MAGA, while still claiming without evidence they’re “dangerous”– www.louderwithcrowder.com Source Link Excerpt:
It would appear that fifteen years of Democrats calling every opposing viewpoint “violence” and every differing opinion “hate” is having an adverse effect on Democrat political fortunes. Assassinating your opponents and calling for their children to be murdered in front of them will do that. So super popular social media influencer Rep. AOC is suggesting a new tactic: laughter. She wants Democrats, who have no sense of humor, to laugh at people while also accusing them of being -ists and evil and dangerous.
This is the same Rep. AOC who is the de facto architect of the Schumer Shutdown. Schumer is so scared of her social media fans (as other Democrats are as well), he shut down the government to make it look like he “fights” and to hopefully encourage the social media influencer not to primary him next year.
Let’s not get it twisted. Rep. AOC still declares that Americans who hold a different opinion than her, like that our immigration laws should be enforced, are “dangerous.” But she says they need to be able to convince Americans that Hitler is coming back from the dead, while also thinking it’s funny or something.
One of the most powerful cultural things that you can do to a political movement that is predicated on the puffery of insecure masculinity – that’s what this is about. People talk about toxic masculinity, let’s put that to the side for just one second, this is about insecure masculinity, and one of the best ways that you can dismantle a movement of insecure men is by making fun of them.
Zach Bryan Teases New Song With Anti-ICE Lyrics. DHS Official Responds.– townhall.com Source Link Excerpt:
A top Department of Homeland Security official gave some advice to country singer Zach Bryan after he teased a new song criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Captioning the Instagram post, “the fading of the red white and blue,” Bryan posted a clip of his song, “Bad News,” with lyrics that say, “ICE is gonna come bust down your door. Try to build a house, no one builds no more.
“Well I got a telephone, kids are all scared and all alone,” the lyrics continue. “The bars start bumping, the rocks start rolling, the middle finger’s rising and it won’t stop showing, got some bad news.”
Director Kash Patel Busts Jack Smith For Tracking Private Phone Calls of Several GOP Senators During J6 Probe– conservativeroof.com Source Link Excerpt:
Joe Biden’s FBI – and later Jack Smith – spied on eight Republican Senators during the ‘Arctic Frost’ investigation into January 6.
Republican Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson earlier this year released new records detailing the FBI and DOJ’s sweeping investigation that formed the basis of Jack Smith’s DC case against President Trump.
Grassley and Johnson previously blew the lid off another sham investigation orchestrated by Biden’s corrupt Department of Justice and compromised FBI. According to the documents released earlier this year, the FBI and DOJ weaponized their power to target President Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, and their allies through a probe dubbed “Arctic Frost.”
“Operation Arctic Frost” was a taxpayer-funded witch hunt launched in April 2022 that seized government-issued cell phones belonging to Trump and Pence while conducting a barrage of interviews across the country.
Now this… Jack Smith tracked private phone calls of eight GOP Senators.
U. Delaware students thank Charlie Kirk’s killer in TV program with school oversight– www.thecollegefix.com Source Link Excerpt:
Key Takeaways
University of Delaware students gave ‘special thanks’ to Charlie Kirk’s assassin during a live TV comedy show episode.
The university condemned the language used in the broadcast, stating it was deeply offensive and insensitive, and the reference was subsequently removed.
A message from the campus TV station advised members to avoid media comments on the incident.
Delaware Republican leaders called for accountability, criticizing the university for allowing such content to air under faculty oversight and demanding an investigation into the incident.
Leftists Put $10K Bounty on Killing ICE Officers, Chicago Mayor Johnson Escalates Violent Rhetoric– gellerreport.com Source Link Excerpt:
Anti-American leftist anarchists are doxing, stalking, and targeting federal agents in coordinated plots across major U.S. cities, with some groups offering thousands of dollars to kidnap or kill them, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Democrat rioters are chant “K*LL ICE” rhetoric. ICE agents are being called the Gestapo.
In yet another dangerous escalation of rhetoric. The socialist mayor of Chicago was decrying efforts from ICE law enforcement officials: “For now, let me just say that we are unequivocally going to continue to reject the military occupation of our city. The Trump administration must end the war on Chicago. The Trump administration must end this war against Americans. The Trump administration must end its attempt to dismantle our democracy. Right as we are making historic progress in reducing violence, the Trump administration is seeking to destabilize our city and provoke chaos. We said that they would use ICE as a pretext to send in the National Guard, and now they are doing just that. I’ve also said for the last couple of years that the extreme right in this country refused to accept the results of the Civil War. They have repeatedly called for a rematch. In the coming weeks, we will use this opportunity to build greater resistance” (Real Clear Politics).
WTO downgrades global trade growth forecast to 0.5% for next year– www.channelnewsasia.com Source Link Excerpt:
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization sharply lowered its 2026 forecast for global merchandise trade volume growth to 0.5 per cent on Tuesday (Oct 7), citing expected delayed impacts from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
It marks a significant revision down from its previous estimate in August of 1.8 per cent growth.
“The outlook for next year is bleaker … I am very concerned,” Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told reporters in Geneva.
However, she said the world trading system is showing resilience, with the rules-based multilateral system providing some stability amid trade turmoil.
For 2025, the WTO upgraded its forecast for global trade volume growth to 2.4 per cent, from 0.9 per cent previously, driven primarily by the front-loading of imports into the United States ahead of tariff hikes and growth in the trade of AI-related goods. It is still below the 2.8 per cent growth seen in 2024.
Trump’s tariff decisions since he took office in January have shocked financial markets and sent a wave of uncertainty through the global economy.
On Aug 7, Trump imposed higher tariffs on imports from dozens of countries, leaving major trade partners like Switzerland, Brazil and India scrambling for a better deal, while the EU struck a deal that set duties at 15 per cent on most EU goods imported into the United States.
Trump Convinces Supreme Court to Review Hawaii Gun Restriction Case– slaynews.com Source Link Excerpt:
At President Donald Trump’s request, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review Hawaii’s gun law that restricts people from carrying a firearm on private property unless the owner specifically allows it.
The Trump administration encouraged the high court to rule on the Hawaii law in light of its 2022 ruling that expanded Second Amendment protections broadly.
Three Hawaii residents sued the state’s Democrat attorney general, Anne E. Lopez, and the lower courts split on the decision.
The district court blocked the law, but the appeals court reversed the decision.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Ratings Collapse, Only Took ‘Comedian’ 5 Shows to End Up Back in the Basement– www.westernjournal.com Source Link Excerpt:
They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Love him or hate him, that adage did bear true when ABC semi-funnyman Jimmy Kimmel was yanked off airwaves for lying about the Charlie Kirk assassin in mid-September.
Kimmel came back from his five-day suspension to an undeniably massive audience: 6.48 million viewers, according to Mediaite.
But if absence makes the heart grow fonder, does presence make the heart grow weary?
Love him or hate him, that appears to be true about Kimmel, as well.
Greta Thunberg among 171 flotilla activists deported from Israel after failed bid to reach Gaza– www.euronews.com Source Link Excerpt:
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau are amongst 171 flotilla activists deported by Israel to Greece and Slovakia on Monday after a failed bid to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza last week.
The flotilla’s goal had been to break Israel’s long-standing blockade of the Strip and to bring crucial aid into the war-ravaged enclave.
“The deportees are citizens of Greece, Italy, France, Ireland, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Denmark, Slovakia, Switzerland, Norway, the UK, Serbia, and the United States,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry wrote on X, attaching photograhs of the released activists in white T-shirts and grey sweatpants.
Several activists were already released over the weekend by Israel to Turkey, Spain and Italy. They spoke to reporters about the harsh conditions Thunberg and other prisoners were subjected to. Earlier, Swiss and Spanish activists said they were subject to inhumane conditions.
“We were detained in a maximum security prison where there was no rule of law, they didn’t respect any of our rights,” former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau claimed.
Cruz vows accountability for Nigerian Christian killings and violence– www.foxnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
FIRST ON FOX: A diplomatic battle is being waged between leading Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Nigerian government officials. The Texas senator has warned he will hold them accountable for the reported “mass slaughter” of tens of thousands of Christians in Nigeria. The officials say Cruz is lying, with one claiming that despite even the pope publicly calling out the killings, there is religious harmony in the country.
Nigeria is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian, according to international Christian advocacy group Open Doors International’s 2025 World Watch List (WWL). An estimated 48% of the population is Christian. But of the 4,476 Christians reported killed worldwide in WWL’s latest reporting period, 3,100 – 69% – were in Nigeria.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act, which he said would target officials “with powerful sanctions and other tools.”
Netflix value continues to plummet as subscribers reject its trans grooming of kids– www.lifesitenews.com Source Link Excerpt:
(LifeSiteNews) — Netflix has ended this week having lost an estimated $25 billion in stock value.
On October 1, Elon Musk encouraged his 227 million X followers to cancel their subscriptions following troubling accounts of the giant streaming platform pushing radical transgender messaging on young children and teens.
In one of many posts calling for the boycott of Netflix, Musk wrote “Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids.” The post has been viewed over 90 million times and has received 1 million “Likes.”
Steak ‘n Shake Will Install the Biggest Possible American Flags at Its Restaurants Nationwide – PJ Media– pjmedia.com Source Link Excerpt:
Whether the move is genuine or just shows that Steak ‘n Shake has an uncanny ability to read the room, the hamburger chain last night did something that is sure to win over more than a few American patriots. In a post on X, Steak ‘n Shake revealed that it’s begun American flag installations at its branches.
The flag installations have begun at Steak n Shake.
Every Steak n Shake is getting the tallest and biggest American flag that local governments will allow!
Because local zoning ordinances vary from location to location, Steak ‘n Shake said that the size of the flags and flag poles will be dictated by what is permissible in each location, but the policy itself is to erect the largest flags and tallest poles possible.
In response, X posters were universally supportive with a huge response, starting with none other than X owner Elon Musk, who replied to Steak ‘n Shake’s post, “I’m ordering from there tomorrow!”
White House Notches Significant Court Victory On ‘Sanctuary City’ Funding– trendingpoliticsnews.com Source Link Excerpt:
A federal judge in Massachusetts denied a request for an injunction sought by two “sanctuary cities” in the state — Chelsea and Somerville — that sought to bar the Trump Administration from withholding federal funds due to their support for illegal aliens.
Somerville and Chelsea had requested a preliminary injunction in June, arguing that the targeting of cities and towns over their “sanctuary” policies — which openly defy federal immigration law by barring local authorities from working with immigration agents — is unconstitutional and at odds with advice from local law enforcement, according to a report from the Boston Herald.
The cities have also claimed that if the federal government withheld funds while their legal challenges were ongoing, there would be “irreparable harm” to municipal services.
U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton indicated that he was not buying those arguments when he denied the request for an injunction on Friday. In his Judge Gorton noted that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “has not frozen any particular funding, denied any grant application or withheld any reimbursement from plaintiffs.”
Judge Rules Biden’s Offshore Oil Drilling Ban Illegal– conservativeroof.com Source Link Excerpt:
President Joe Biden’s ban on offshore drilling in certain parts of the ocean and the Gulf of America was illegal, a federal judge ruled on Oct. 2.
U.S. District Judge James Cain of Louisiana ruled that both Biden and President Barack Obama went beyond their authority when they banned offshore drilling in parts of the Outer Continental Shelf because the bans were imposed without an expiration date.
Their orders “purported to apply for ‘a period of time without specific expiration,’ i.e., indefinitely,” Cain wrote in a 16-page decision. That “constituted a departure from the executive branch’s longstanding practice” and exceeded the authority outlined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, he added. Biden, on Jan. 6, shortly before his term ended, barred oil and gas leasing across 625 million acres of ocean, including the entire East and West coasts.
“My decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses, and beachgoers have known for a long time: that drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation’s energy needs,” Biden said in a statement at the time. “It is not worth the risks.”
On Jan. 17, several groups and five states sued the government over the action.
Washington Post in Chaos: Terminates Over a Dozen Opinion Staffers in Latest Layoff Bloodbath | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Washington Post has executed a sweeping round of layoffs in its Opinion section, firing more than a dozen employees, including longtime veterans and contractors.
This move comes amid ongoing financial struggles and internal shake-ups at the Jeff Bezos-owned outlet.
According to reports, the layoffs were orchestrated by Adam O’Neal, the newly appointed Opinion Editor, as part of a broader plan to “shake up” the section.
New York Times media reporter Ben Mullin broke the story on X, stating: “Scoop: Adam O’Neal, the new Opinion Editor at The Washington Post, is laying off staffers as part of a plan to shake up the section. A source says six employees are affected. I’ve also been told some contractors are being terminated.”
Mullin shared an internal email from O’Neal outlining the changes, which emphasized streamlining operations but offered little insight into the financial motivations behind the cuts.
NYU caves, reinstates free speech event after backlash– www.thecollegefix.com Source Link Excerpt:
Key Takeaways
New York University has agreed to host a free speech event featuring law scholar Ilya Shapiro after initially canceling it due to security concerns.
The event is set for Oct. 7, coinciding with the two-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, and will discuss free speech controversies and campus antisemitism.
Shapiro criticized NYU for its initial cancellation, suggesting it reflected a bias against non-progressive speakers and described the situation as a classic heckler’s veto.
New York University has “magically found a way to host” an event featuring law scholar Ilya Shapiro, agreeing to secure a venue for the speech on campus after administrators initially canceled the event, citing security concerns.
The event is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 7 — the two-year anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel — and will go on as originally planned, the Federalist Society announced late Friday.