Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world Arizona Daily Star
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The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act was meant to keep children safe. Instead, it is keeping the public uninformed. Within days of the law taking effect in late July 2025, X (formerly Twitter) started hiding videos of Israel’s atrocities in Gaza from UK timelines behind content warnings and age barriers. A law sold as safeguarding has become one of the most effective censorship tools Britain has ever built. What is unfolding is no accident. It is the result of legislation that weaponises child-protection rhetoric to normalise censorship, identity verification and online surveillance.
The roots of Britain’s online censorship crisis go back almost a decade, to MindGeek, now rebranded as Aylo, the scandal-ridden company behind Pornhub. This tax-dodging, exploitative porn empire worked closely with the UK government to develop an age-verification system called AgeID, a plan that would have effectively handed Aylo a monopoly over legal adult content by making smaller competitors pay or perish. Public backlash killed AgeID in 2019, but the idea survived. Once one democracy entertained the notion that access to online content should be gated by identity checks, the precedent was set. The Digital Economy Act 2017 laid the groundwork, and the Online Safety Act 2023 made it law. Today, several European Union states, including France and Germany, are exploring similar legislation, each cloaked in the same rhetoric of “protecting children”. This is not conspiracy; it is the natural convergence of corporate capture and state control, wrapped in the moral language of child safety.
China’s Rare Earth Export Controls Reshape Global Supply Chains Discovery Alert
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The Trump administration agreed earlier this week to release $4.65 billion of its $5 billion contingency fund to keep SNAP payments flowing. However, the administration made no promises that full SNAP payments would be allocated, and President Trump said the other day that no more payments would be made until Democrats ended the Schumer Shutdown.
The media are, of course, trying to blame the SNAP shortages on President Trump and Republicans. They’ve done their job and voted more than a dozen times to reopen the government. Democrats, on the other hand, have made it very clear they plan to use Americans’ suffering as leverage.
It would perhaps be easier for the media to garner sympathy if they chose stories about people who are more sympathetic. The other day, they spoke to a woman who had been on SNAP for three decades, which proved SNAP critics correct.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared fairly skeptical of President Trump’s implementation of numerous “emergency” tariffs in a pair of key cases before the bench on Wednesday.
The nation’s highest court held oral arguments in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc. The cases center around the legality of Trump’s implementation of tariffs using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which grants presidents the power to “deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, if the President declares a national emergency with respect to such threat.”
As The Federalist previously described, the president “did so in response to existing ‘unfair trade practices’ that lead to trade deficits, as well as to punish countries like China for failing to ‘blunt the sustained influx of synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, flowing from the [People’s Republic of China] to the United States.’” Invoking language contained in IEEPA, Trump reasoned that these problems represent an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the country.
News roundup:
Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump’s tariffs, but some may give leeway
ICE to open call center to help track migrant children for removal
FAA is cutting flights at 40 major airports amid government shutdown
Inside Trump’s “uncomfortable” breakfast with Republican senators
Trump sways some Republican senators on filibuster changes
Democrats tap the brakes on ending government shutdown
St. Paul, Minnesota, Elects Mayor Who Admitted, ‘I Am Illegal in This Country’
Immigration Rights Activists Ask Los Angeles Dodgers to Decline White House Visit over ICE Raids
Trump Highlights Economic Bright Spots in American Business Forum Speech
GOP Sen. Kennedy to Introduce Bills to Withhold Pay from Lawmakers During Government Shutdown
Chinese scholars charged with smuggling biological materials into US under research cover
Mamdani’s socialist and Muslim backers, including Sarsour and Wahhaj, take victory lap
Justice Department charges third man in connection to alleged Halloween terror plot
15-year-old Florida boy guns down classmate after victim bumped him in school hallway: sheriff
Bomb Threats At NJ Polling Stations Connected To Russian Email Address
Trump Announces Major Decision On Nuclear Weapons
Pressure Mounts For Dem Governor To Call In National Guard After Spate Of High-Profile Murders
And that’s all I’ve got, now go beat back the angry mob!
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On Tuesday, in several elections where they were already expected to win, the Democrats bragged that they beat the GOP on “affordability.”
Of the Democrats who will be charged with making America more affordable, now: a socialist mayor-elect in New York City who doesn’t seem to have the slightest idea of how New York City or economics works; a governor-elect in Virginia who doesn’t have the gumption to stand up against a kiddie-assassination fantasist, much less more palatable but still unconscionably free-spending members her own party; and a governor in New Jersey who will likely continue to pursue the same policies that have given the state the eighth-highest cost of living in the nation.
All of these people said they were running against President Donald Trump, who’s been in office for less than a year now.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says that he’s ‘hoping and praying’ that there are enough Democrats in the Senate willing to break ranks and ‘do the right thing’.
But apparently there’s an actual plan in place, and it’s gaining steam.
Reports are now indicating that a group of rogue Democrats are willing to work behind Chuck Schumer’s back to help Republicans end the government shutdown…
Here’s a clip of Speaker Johnson confirming that change of approach:
Speaker Johnson was apparently referring to a very specific group of Democrats in the US Senate.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has a real problem. People are realizing that the extended government shutdown is his own deliberate, cynical strategy.
The Democrats and the propaganda media desperately want Americans to blame President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans for the shutdown. But the facts are simply in their way. The House Republicans did their job on Sept. 19.
They passed a clean budget resolution to keep the government open without increasing spending. There were no new policy issues. There were no so-called poison pills to cost Democratic votes. There was no clever maneuvering. It was a simple, clean resolution – specifically designed to avoid drama and fund the federal government while the Congress and the President negotiate next year’s funding.
Further, this was a normal move. Simple, clean continuing resolutions have been used by Democratic-and Republican-led Congresses and presidents for many years.
China will begin easing an export ban on automotive computer chips vital to production of cars across the world as part of a trade deal struck between the US and China, the White House has said.
The White House confirmed details of the deal in a new fact sheet after Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met in South Korea this week.
The nations also reached agreements on US soybean exports, the supply of rare earth minerals, and the materials used in production of the drug fentanyl.
The deal de-escalates a trade war between the world’s two largest economies after Trump hit China with tariffs after he entered office this year, leading to rounds of retaliatory tariffs and global business uncertainty.
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The state of Texas has secured an “historic” $1.375 billion settlement agreement with Google
The October 31 announcement from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office marked the conclusion of two of the largest data privacy enforcement actions ever brought by a single state against the tech giant. Paxton sued Google for unlawfully tracking and collecting users’ private data regarding geolocation, incognito searches, and biometric data in 2022.
“This historic $1.375 billion price tag for Google’s misconduct sends a clear warning to all of Big Tech that I will take aggressive action against any company that misuses Texans’ data and violates their privacy,” said Paxton in a press release. “If Big Tech thinks they can get away with abusing user data and illegally spying on Texans without consequences, I will make sure they are proven wrong. This monumental settlement is a testament to my office’s commitment to taking on the biggest companies in the world and securing victory on behalf of Texans.”
“The settlement obtained by Attorney General Paxton for these combined abuses far eclipses that of any other one state’s settlement against Google for similar claims, with the largest single-state settlement to date outside of Texas being $93 million,” declared the AG office. “Additionally, a forty-state coalition secured $391 million in its privacy case against Google, which is almost one billion dollars less than what Attorney General Paxton secured for Texas alone.”
SNAP food benefits for around 42 million Americans could resume as early as Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday morning, after two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds during the government shutdown. The action follows rulings on Friday by federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island directing the administration to draw on emergency resources to continue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme payments. Judge Jack McConnell of Rhode Island also instructed that the funds be provided “as soon as possible,” CNBC reported. Boston Judge Indira Talwani gave the administration until Monday to inform her whether it will authorise at least reduced SNAP benefits for November. The aid was originally set to be cut off on November 1.
Since when has it been the job of the U.S. taxpayer to fund the grocery bills of immigrants? Because one Iraqi refugee said he would not be able to stay in this country without government support. And to call that a personal problem would be an understatement.
The uncertainty has left refugees like Bakr Rajab from Iraq worried. Rajab, who arrived in Pima County last December with his wife and two children, expressed his concerns.’
How Some Chinese Companies Obscure Ties to China and What Policymakers Should Do About It Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
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China bans foreign AI chips as Jensen Huang pivots strategy; Nvidia joins India tech alliance livemint.com
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The wanna-be world czar Bill Gates signaled to the world that the climate change hoax jig was up after admitting “The doomsday outlook is causing much of the climate community to focus too much on near-term emissions goals, and it’s diverting resources from the most effective things we should be doing to improve life in a warming world. The biggest problems are poverty and disease, just as they always have been.”
This signals a potential shift in globalist strategy from promising to save the world from human greed and the brown people from the white devil, they’re going to go back to the basics, economic class. President Trump wasn’t letting Gates surrender so gently, however.
He quipped back, “I (WE!) just won the War on the Climate Change Hoax. Bill Gates has finally admitted that he was completely WRONG on the issue,” he added. “It took courage to do so, and for that we are all grateful. MAGA!!!”
President Donald Trump said opponents of the “climate change hoax” had won the struggle after Bill Gates said supporters should pivot their efforts.
Gates has been a longtime proponent of policies to fight climate change, but on Monday he took a far more moderate tone that accepted the survivability of slightly higher global temperatures.
‘Bill Gates has finally admitted that he was completely WRONG on the issue.’
“I (WE!) just won the War on the Climate Change Hoax,” the president wrote on his Truth Social account.
“Bill Gates has finally admitted that he was completely WRONG on the issue,” he added. “It took courage to do so, and for that we are all grateful. MAGA!!!”
Chicago’s schoolchildren need JB Pritzker to protect them from ICE MSNBC News
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- States sue over Trump administration suspending food benefits during shutdown Reuters
- Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts The New York Times
- Dozens of US states sue Trump over Snap food stamp freeze BBC
- At least 25 states plan to cut off food aid benefits in November Politico
- Food banks are preparing for a surge as federal food aid could be paused in the government shutdown AP News
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The ongoing federal government shutdown has put into question whether the federal government will continue to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in November. SNAP is one of the most important safety net programs in the United States, providing food assistance to 42.7 million people in an average month in 2024, at an annual cost of just over $100 billion. Policymakers often debate specific aspects of SNAP, such as the prudence of work requirements and sugary beverage restrictions, but hardly anyone has called for scrapping the program entirely.
SNAP benefits are currently paid entirely by the federal government, with funds delivered to states which then distribute the aid to families. But due to the ongoing shutdown, the Department of Agriculture has announced that they will not be able to transfer the necessary funds to the states for the month of November until the government reopens. Some have argued that the Department of Agriculture could utilize its stockpile of contingency funds to fund benefits, but the department has stated that they can only supplement already appropriated funds.
Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), I estimate the effect of suspending SNAP benefits in November on the number of people in poverty in the United States. The SIPP provides monthly data on families, their incomes, and participation in government programs. Relative to other frequently used surveys, it suffers from less misreporting of income and benefits. It is also the source for monthly poverty rates published by the Census Bureau.
For the 13th time, the U.S. Senate has failed to reach the 60 votes needed to pass the continuing budget resolution that would re-open the government. The vote was 55-45, with two Democrats breaking ranks and voting for the CR while one Republican voted against the CR. Getting a clear picture of the differences between the two is near impossible, with AI tools doing little more than carrying DNC talking points.
From the White House: FACT: Democrats’ proposal would result in nearly $200 billion spent on healthcare for illegal immigrants and other non-citizens over the next decade — enough to fund the entire Children’s Health Insurance Program.
While the DNC CLAIMS it’s not defending illegal aliens from losing healthcare coverage, Republicans insist they do. The language used by the DNC and its illegal campaign advertisers (with Reuters doing the most offensive work) is intentionally obtuse beyond defiantly declaring the DNC doesn’t want to fund illegal aliens. For now, MIA’s stance is the evidence points to the DNC wanting to fund illegal alien healthcare, or worse, destabilize America for the Progmerican revolution to grow.
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is breaking ranks, saying to his own party, “As a committed Democrat, I’m dismayed my party is playing chicken with the food security of 42M Americans. I reject a political gamble that exposes a vulnerable constituency to widespread deprivation and chaos.”
This tactic appears, more and more, about causing “widespread… chaos” for the intentional of revolution than anything else. Read why the DNC should be declared a terrorist organization on pg. 2, remembering the American left STILL exists and should NOT be caught up in the judgement to come for the leaders of the Progmerican left.
Amazon To Cut About 14,000 Corporate Jobs European Supermarket Magazine
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Passenger car registrations in the EU increased by 10.0% Y/T to 888,672 units in September 2025, marking a robust recovery in the region’s automotive market for the month.
The surge in sales was driven by the introduction of new, more affordable
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has pushed back against the media narrative surrounding the current government shutdown, telling ABC News that the American people are hostage to the poll numbers of Democratic leaders.
Host Martha Raddatz asked Bessent on ABC’s “This Week” program whether President Trump should meet with Democrats as federal workers are beginning to suffer under the shutdown.
Bessent responded, reminding Raddatz that Democratic leadership is dug in, telling her, “The American people are hostage to Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries’ poll numbers! 52 Republican senators have voted 11 times to reopen the government.”
🚨 BREAKING: ABC just tried to ‘gotcha’ Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent and he didn’t take ANY of her BS!
ABC: You’re over there. But here, there is a government shutdown. People are SUFFERING. Should Trump meet with Democrats?!
BESSENT: Well, what GOOD does it do, Martha?! They’ve… pic.twitter.com/4UOz0Di6L8
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 26, 2025
China urges joint efforts with Japan, South Korea, ASEAN in science and tech The Straits Times
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Trump Administration Highlights: U.S. and China Reach Trade ‘Framework’ Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting The New York Times
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Med School Researchers Threaten To Walk Off Without Deal Law360
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Recently, in an unprecedented move, Ontario’s provincial government intruded in American politics by trying to divide the Republican Party regarding tariff policy. They did this knowing that there are two strands of GOP thought on tariffs: a pro-free trade belief, and a pro-tariff belief, which the Canadians hope to exploit in their ongoing trade battles with the U.S.
Which brings me neatly back to the issue of higher tariffs. Once again, I am analyzing this as a political issue, and not as an economic one.
The historical GOP was a big fan of tariffs. Abraham Lincoln brought them over from the “American System” of the Whig party, of which he was a prominent proponent. In 1896, the GOP doubled down on them under William McKinley, whom President Trump has praised.
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