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Alleged Classified Leaker Arrested

pgnewser October 29, 2026 0

The FBI arrested a former CIA contractor, Ian Brinksman, 42, for allegedly leaking classified information through his Substack blog. An FBI affidavit alleges he published classified information, claiming the “public deserves to know about” it.

FBI Arrests CIA Contractor In Connection With Classified Information Leak– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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The FBI on Friday arrested Ian Brinksman, a CIA contractor, on charges of unlawfully transmitting national defense information. Brinksman, 42, was taken into custody following a search of his Washington D.C. residence.

According to the Justice Department, Brinksman began working in 2020 as an employee of a U.S. government agency based in the Eastern District of Virginia. In September 2022, he became a systems integration developer for a private contractor, identified in court filings as “Company 1,” that supported the same agency.

Throughout this period he held a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). CIA Director John Ratcliffe stated that Brinksman “provided services to CIA” and that the investigation followed a referral from the agency.

SCOTUS Shuts Down Activist Immigration Judges

pgnewser October 29, 2026 0

The Supreme Court is barring judges from ruling on deportations until the appeals process has run its full course. The ruling allows the Trump administration to deport illegal aliens without a hearing.

Supreme Court Bars Judges From Pausing Deportations While Appeals Are Decided
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The Supreme Court stripped immigration judges of the ability to pause certain deportation proceedings on Tuesday, declining to block a deal slammed as “egregious collusion” between the Justice Department and the state of Texas.

The unsigned order on Tuesday halts the practice known as “administrative closure,” which allows judges to pause deportation cases. The practice affects thousands of cases a year, and has been granted 360,000 times since 1990, according to statistics by the Executive Office for Immigration Review.

The procedure clears a judge’s dockets while other circumstances surrounding the migrant are resolved, including appeals of criminal cases or if they are seeking humanitarian protections or other legal status. It can also give some people relief in difficult circumstances, such as those who were the victims of certain crimes or children who were abused or abandoned.

Data has previously shown that most immigrants whose cases return to court after administrative closure are ultimately allowed to stay in the U.S.

One Million Barrels of Oil from Venezuela

pgnewser October 29, 2026 0

President Trump announced on Truth Social the arrival of 1 million barrels of oil coming from Venezuela at no expense to the taxpayer.

He wrote, “I am traveling to Corpus Christi, Texas to a PACKED Rally, where the United States of America will receive ONE MILLION BARRELS of VENEZUELAN OIL as a result of our Highly Successful Military Operation, followed by the Biggest Oil Deal in the History of the World. Thanks to our renewed relationship with Venezuela, which has turned out to be a truly excellent one, the Oil is being provided to the United States at NO cost to the American Taxpayer.”

NEW: Trump Announces Arrival Of First 1-Million Barrels Of Venezuelan Oil– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the first one million barrels of Venezuelan oil under a major energy agreement had arrived in the United States.

The cargo reached Corpus Christi, Texas, aboard the oil tanker Angerona, which docked at the port the previous day. Trump planned to visit the vessel during a campaign stop in the state, joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as part of a trip that included multiple rallies in support Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton.

“We took over Venezuela very successfully, and they’ve sent me as a gift a boatload of a million barrels of oil, and I’m giving that to the United States of America,” Trump told reporters before departing for Texas. “We’re going to accept a million barrels of oil, and I’m going to give it to you people to use it the way you want,” he added, further noting that oil prices “are going to be dropping very sharply, very soon.”

DEI Defeated Despite Judge’s AI “Ruling”

pgnewser October 26, 2026 0

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Judge Henry Wingate’s ruling that ruled an anti-DEI Mississippi Law was unconstitutional. The judge used AI to create plaintiffs not involved in the case.

In the ruling, the court declared, “Those included mention of plaintiffs and defendants not in the complaint, supposed ‘declarations’ from non-existent or never-present individuals, false quotations purporting to be taken from the text of H.B. 1193, and several erroneous claims that the law had already led to the demise of apparently fictitious programs.”

‘Botch job’: After judge’s ruling riddled with AI errors, appeals court allows Mississippi DEI ban to take effect– www.thecollegefix.com
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A preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of an anti-DEI law in Mississippi has been vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit after it was determined the judge who issued the ruling used AI and presented flawed legal analysis.

In a sharp rebuke, the Fifth Circuit called the proceedings in the district court “a botch job, to say the least.”

“Judge Henry Wingate issued a temporary restraining order (‘TRO’) enjoining enforcement of H.B. 1193 that contained several factual assertions nowhere to be found in the record, or indeed, in any proceeding of the case,” the Fifth Circuit ruled Oct. 22.

“Those included mention of plaintiffs and defendants not in the complaint, supposed ‘declarations’ from non-existent or never-present individuals, false quotations purporting to be taken from the text of H.B. 1193, and several erroneous claims that the law had already led to the demise of apparently fictitious programs,” it added.

The case must now be assigned to a different judge, the Fifth Circuit ruled, noting Wingate also based his decision “on impoverished legal analysis that barely paid lip-service to the precedents of the Supreme Court or this court, seeming at times purposely to misconstrue the law by manipulating the words of statutes and cases, without regard to their texts’ meaning as a whole.”

No Hearings for Illegals

pgnewser October 26, 2026 0

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-7 to continue to allow the Federal government to detain illegal aliens without a hearing. The ruling makes it easier to deport illegal aliens, whose deportations are often delayed by lengthy hearing-delay tactics from progressive activist “lawyers.”

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Trump Administration’s Authority to Detain Illegal Immigrants Without Bond Hearings › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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A federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump’s administration a significant immigration enforcement victory Friday, ruling that illegal immigrants detained within the United States have no constitutional right to a bond hearing, regardless of how long they have lived in the country.

In a 10-7 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld the administration’s detention policy, reversing an earlier panel ruling and limiting legal challenges that had allowed detained migrants to seek release.

The decision affects immigration cases in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, strengthening the administration’s authority to detain illegal immigrants while deportation proceedings are underway.

Writing for the majority, Trump-appointed Judge Cory Wilson determined that migrants who entered the country illegally remain legally classified as seeking admission and are not constitutionally entitled to bond hearings.

Wilson also noted that the individuals challenging their detention could end their confinement “at any moment by agreeing to leave the country.”

Social Security to Get Record Cleanup Affecting 50 Million Records

pgnewser October 21, 2026 0

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has identified 50 million Social Security records that have inaccurate or fraudulent information. They’ve begun a massive database cleanup of Social Security records which are intended to dramatically reduce fraud. This is the largest cleanup operation in the history of the SSA.

Trump admin corrects 50 MILLION Social Security records with largest clean-up in history | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“Accurate SSN records prevent fraud across federal programs and support the proper administration of benefits,” Commissioner Frank Bisignano said in a statement.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) under President Trump has announced that it will be conducting the largest clean-up of SSNs in its history. “The Social Security Number database is our country’s books and records. The database’s accuracy is essential to maintaining integrity of government services for citizens. Accurate SSN records prevent fraud across federal programs and support the proper administration of benefits,” Commissioner Frank Bisignano said in a statement.

“This is the first time SSA has undertaken an effort of this scale, and I am proud of the work we have done to strengthen the foundation of identity data relied upon throughout government and the economy.”

The SSA said that approximately 15 percent or around 50 million of all active SSNs have been corrected across 330 million American citizens and 390 million records. SSNs are referred to be agencies in the federal government and in states to verify identities and prevent improper payments in Social Security fraud. During the clean-up, the SSA added records of 17 million deaths that were previously lacking in the system.

Judge Nixes Progressive Assault on North Carolina Election Integrity

pgnewser October 21, 2026 0

The progressives were hoping to use Judgefare to loosen absentee ballot laws in North Carolina. Their efforts were halted by U.S. District Judge Thomas Shroeder, who threw their lawsuit out.

GOP Foils Dems’ Election Integrity Shenanigans In North Carolina– thefederalist.com
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As President Donald Trump rallied the Republican troops Tuesday in the Tar Heel State two weeks ahead of next month’s midterms, the GOP was coming fresh off a big election integrity victory.

The RNC and the North Carolina Republican Party stopped a last-minute attempt by left-wingers to water down safeguards for absentee ballots.

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, part of a national network of big labor-sponsored activists that advocate for leftist causes, and other leftist groups. Schroeder ruled that the groups sought to block the election integrity directives too late in the game.

As the judge noted, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly admonished lower courts they “should ordinarily not alter the election rules on the eve of an election.” That particularly holds for injunctions seeking to change the rules of engagement in the eleventh hour. In this case, the “election is not merely upcoming; it has already started,’” the judge wrote in quoting a past SCOTUS decision.

“Plaintiffs have also delayed. They waited eighteen days afterthe 2026 Numbered Memo was issued to bring this action, and they did not file their motion for preliminary injunction until the day before the counting of absentee ballots would begin,” Schroeder wrote.

SCOTUS Affirms Trump’s Right to Fire Federal Employees

pgnewser October 20, 2026 0

A challenge to President Trump firing a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member was dismissed by the Supreme Court. Gwynne Wilcox, a progressive, was fired by President Trump. She sued to get her job back.

Supreme Court Hands Trump Major Win In Biden Appointee Firing Case– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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President Donald Trump scored another significant legal victory Monday after the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to his decision to fire a Biden-appointed federal labor official, leaving intact a ruling that reinforces the president’s authority over executive branch agencies.

The justices rejected an appeal from Gwynne Wilcox, a former member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), who argued that Trump violated federal law when he removed her from her position shortly after returning to the White House in January 2025.

The decision effectively ends Wilcox’s legal effort to regain her position and represents another victory for the Trump administration in its ongoing battle over presidential authority.

Wilcox, a Democrat appointed by former President Joe Biden, was dismissed just one week into Trump’s second term. Her removal immediately triggered a legal fight over whether presidents can fire officials serving on federal agencies traditionally considered independent of the White House.

European Parliament Runs out of Patience with Islam

pgnewser October 19, 2026 0

The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning the Muslim Brotherhood and calling on action to be taken against Islamists in Europe. French European Parliament member Céline Imart said of the passage, “This is a historic victory because it is a European first.”

European Parliament Condemns Muslim Brotherhood, Calls for Crackdown on Islamist Influence › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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The European Parliament has approved a resolution condemning the Muslim Brotherhood and calling for stronger action against Islamist influence in European institutions. The resolution is a significant development in the continent’s efforts to combat political extremism.

The center-right European People’s Party spearheaded the resolution, which follows the Trump administration’s designation of the Muslim Brotherhood and four affiliated branches as terrorist organizations.

French European Parliament member Céline Imart, who sponsored the measure, celebrated the vote as a breakthrough.

“This is a historic victory because it is a European first,” Imart said, describing the resolution as Europe’s first parliamentary action specifically confronting Islamist infiltration and the Muslim Brotherhood.

The resolution warns that organized Islamist networks threaten democratic institutions, religious freedoms, the rule of law and equality between men and women.

It calls for greater scrutiny of foreign funding, particularly involving organizations connected to Qatar and Turkey, and increased transparency surrounding European Union funding of groups suspected of Muslim Brotherhood ties.

Lawmakers also urged the European Council to consider whether Brotherhood-linked individuals and organizations should be added to the EU’s terrorist list.

Wallpaper Electric Power?

pgnewser October 19, 2026 0

Researchers from New York’s Binghamton University have developed a wallpaper that generates electricity from the air. The technology is called Moist-electric generators, which have existed for years, but is now closer to becoming practical.

Scientists create wallpaper that generates electricity from air– www.techexplorist.com
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Wallpaper indoors holds an aesthetic value. Other than that, they don’t do much. But a new wallpaper-style device could pull electricity from the moisture already present in the indoor air. At the same time, it also acts as an indoor climate regulator; it absorbs excess moisture from the room and also releases stored moisture to increase humidity.

The study transforms a single sheet of wallpaper into a humidity-responsive platform that not only harvests energy but also helps maintain indoor climate, the researchers say. They also add that this new wallpaper can fuel low-power-demanding gadgets like sensors or wireless modules.

Moist-electric generators (MEGs) are devices that convert humidity into electricity. They have been around for years and have emerged as a reliable energy-harvesting source without an external fuel source. But most of the previous generators have focused on outdoor humidity, “because there is a lot of moisture out there that is an excellent energy resource,” says Seokheun Choi of Binghamton University.

Brennan Lawsuit Dropped

pgnewser October 16, 2026 0

Former CIA Director John Brennan will not be able to go forward with his lawsuit against the Trump administration. The lawsuit hoped to force the administration to “preserve records” for his potential defense against potential criminal charges. A Federal Judge threw out the “speculative” lawsuit.

Federal Judge Throws Out John Brennan’s ‘Speculative’ Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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A federal judge on Thursday threw out former CIA Director John Brennan’s lawsuit, which sought to compel the Trump administration to preserve records for his defense against potential criminal charges, ruling that he lacked standing.

The Department of Justice is investigating claims that Brennan and other national security officials conspired to undermine President Donald Trump.

The suit, filed in July 2026, sought to compel the Justice Department to retain investigative records so Brennan could prove any indictment against him was the result of vindictive or selective prosecution by the Trump administration.

Judge Jia Cobb, a Clinton-appointed judge, described Brennan’s allegations of political targeting as “deeply concerning,” but determined the claimed injury was “speculative” and not yet imminent, as no indictment has been filed.

ICE Unmasking Struck Down by 9th

pgnewser October 16, 2026 0

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

pgnewser October 16, 2026 0

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.

Son of Bolsonaro Wins Brazil’s Presidential First Round

pgnewser October 13, 2026 0

While his father sits in prison, Flavio Bolsonaro is beating the man who imprisoned him, Lula da Silver, in the first round of Brazil’s Presidential elections. He will face Lula in the final round. Bolsonaro was not the only member of his family to win that night, as four more family members won public office. Two of Flavio’s sons won seats in Brazil’s lower house.

Bolsonaro clan sweeps Brazil elections as son Flavio heads into presidential runoff – DD News
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Banned from public office and under house arrest, former President Jair Bolsonaro is currently serving a 27-year sentence for a coup plot following his 2022 election defeat. Yet, from confinement, the 71-year-old watched a stunning political resurrection unfold.

His eldest son, 45-year-old lawmaker Flavio Bolsonaro, has scored a massive, upset victory over leftist President Lula da Silva in the first round of the presidential race.

International reactions were immediate. In the U.S., President Donald Trump hailed the result as an “amazing, very, very big victory.” In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted his congratulations on X, saying that he looks forward to “restoring the extraordinary friendship between Israel and Brazil.”

The result instantly makes Flavio Bolsonaro the favourite heading into the decisive runoff on 25th October. For Bolsonaro Senior though, who is currently serving a 27-year sentence under house arrest for a coup plot, the celebrations are just beginning. Four more members of the Bolsonaro family swept into public office. The former President’s wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, and his second son, Carlos, secured seats in the upper House of Brazil’s parliament. His youngest son, Jair Renan, and his brother, Renato, took seats in the lower House. Analysts say that in Brazilian history, no political clan has ever managed to elect so many members all at once.

That’s not all. Bolsonaro’s right-wing Liberal Party completely redrew the map of Brazil’s parliament, emerging as the largest single-party representation in both Houses. In the 81-seat Senate, the party nearly doubled its footprint — surging from 15 to 28 seats. This marks the strongest performance by any single party since Brazil returned to democracy and enacted its Constitution in the late 1980s. In the lower House, they climbed to 121 seats. Combined with allied centre-to-right blocs, Conservatives now hold a crushing working majority of nearly 250 seats in the lower House and over 30 in the upper House.

Most importantly for Bolsonaro Senior, this legislative fortress could secure him much-needed amnesty. An allied Parliament gives Flavio Bolsonaro the power to erase his father’s legal woes. Flavio’s ultimate campaign promise has been to walk up the ramp of the Presidential compound next year shoulder-to-shoulder with his father. And an amnesty for Bolsonaro Senior could become a reality even sooner if the current Parliament decides to curry favour with the incoming Government. The Senate’s pro-Bolsonaro bloc is even creeping close to the 54-vote threshold required to impeach the very Supreme Court justices who convicted the far-right patriarch.

Christian-Only Franchise Constitutional, Court Rules

pgnewser October 13, 2026 0

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a Christian-only auto repair franchise is not a constitutional violation. The company, Christian Brothers Automotive, only allows self-professing Christians to be franchise owners. There are 300 franchises nationwide.

Appeals court rules Christian auto repair chain can limit franchises to Christians 
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A federal appeals court ruled that Christian Brothers Automotive can make Christianity a requirement for its franchise owners, rejecting a Jewish man’s racial discrimination lawsuit.

Three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Houston-based company in a Sept. 30 ruling. They found no evidence that the chain rejected the applicant based on race.

Mark Carr and a partner opened the first auto repair shop in Mission Bend, Texas, in 1982. Christian Brothers started selling franchises in 1996 and now has more than 310 locations nationwide.

The company says it follows the biblical command to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Its shops close on weekends, giving owners and employees time with their families.

Christian Brothers requires franchise owners to share its faith and give a personal Christian testimony. The company has followed the rule for decades.

Its franchise owners come from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, and at least two are Christians who are ethnic Jews.

Trump Targets Major U.S. Corporations in Foreign VISA Crackdown

pgnewser October 9, 2026 0

Vice President JD Vance announced the Trump administration’s new restrictions on the H-1B Visa program. These new restrictions effectively end U.S. corporate reliance on “cheap foreign labor” for high-level positions, which effectively freeze Americans out of the highest potential seats of power.

US targets Microsoft, Adobe in new visa crackdown – Business– www.france24.com
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The Trump administration continues to crack down on immigration, with new restrictions on the H-1B visa programme. US Vice President JD Vance singled out Microsoft as having abused the system to recruit low-cost foreign workers, to the detriment of the American workforce. The tech giant has defended its hiring practices. Also in the show: Germany could join a UK-led fighter jet development programme, months after pulling out of a joint French project.

CNN Falls to MAGA?

pgnewser October 7, 2026 0

The merger deal between Paramount and Warner Brothers has now officially gone through, meaning a Trump-supporting family, the Ellisons, OFFICIALLY hold the reins of power of CNN, the progressive state cable news flagship.

The current head of CNN, Mark Thompson, said of the merger, “First, I’m convinced that from David Ellison on down, Paramount Skydance leadership really does believe in news alongside entertainment as a top strategic opportunity for our new company… And second, having now spoken to them at length of the topic, I have real confidence that they both understand and will fully support the principle and practice of the kind of independent news that CNN has always stood for.”

Trump Allies Officially Take Control of CNN– slaynews.com
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CNN has now officially come under the ownership of a family with close ties to President Donald Trump, placing one of his most frequent media targets inside the expanding media empire led by David Ellison.

The Ellison family’s takeover of CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery took effect on Tuesday through its merger with Paramount.

Billionaire Larry Ellison, a close Trump ally, has backed the expansion led by his son.

The new owners will retain CNN chief Mark Thompson, according to a leadership announcement Monday.

Thompson will serve as chairman and editor-in-chief, reporting to Skydance CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz.

As Foreign Applications Dry Up, American Universities Lower Tuition for Americans

pgnewser October 7, 2026 0

After a dramatic reduction in foreign customers for U.S. universities, the consequence for Americans is lower tuition. Universities needing American customers are now lowering their tuition prices to get them. Several private schools struggling to exist are now lowering their tuition by 40-50% to win back American customers.

Multiple American Colleges Slashing Tuition Prices in Effort to Attract Students– legalinsurrection.com
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It seems like we should have thought about this years ago. Is it already too late?

US colleges slash tuition by tens of thousands as families balk at sky-high sticker prices

As a record-low number of Americans believe attending college is crucial for success, colleges across the country are slashing tuition by tens of thousands of dollars — though the eye-popping cuts often won’t translate into equally large savings for families.

The Post identified at least a dozen colleges and universities that have cut or announced cuts to tuition or required program fees this year, with several private schools chopping published undergraduate prices by roughly 40% to more than 50%.

Emory & Henry University in Virginia cut tuition roughly in half to $19,990 this fall, while Arizona’s Prescott College lowered on-campus undergraduate tuition 55.8%, from $33,960 to $15,000.

The University of Tulsa plans to cut undergraduate tuition and university fees from $54,000 to $25,000 in fall 2027 — a $29,000, or 53.7%, reduction.

Pastor Freed After Being Arrested for Having 24/7 Church

pgnewser October 7, 2026 0

An Ohio Pastor has seen his conviction for opening his church 24/7 overturned by the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals. The defendant, Pastor Chris Avell, faced “fire code charges” and “jail” for keeping his church open 24/7.

His counsel, Ryan Gardner, said of the ruling, “Pastor Chris has the constitutional right to operate his church free from the government imposing draconian fire code regulations. We hope that this latest ruling will put an end to the years-long legal battle that Pastor Chris has endured. We are grateful to all the work of our co-counsels in this case.”

Ohio Appeals Court Tosses Criminal Conviction of Pastor Facing Jail Time for Opening His Church 24/7– www.standingforfreedom.com
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An Ohio appeals court has vacated the criminal conviction of a pastor who faced fire code charges and jail after he tried to keep his church open 24 hours a day.

The Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals ruled for Pastor Chris Avell of Dad’s Place in Bryan, concluding that the trial court did not address his religious liberty defenses before entering the conviction. The appeals court has now sent the case back to the trial court, where Avell’s claims under the U.S. Constitution and the Ohio Constitution are expected to be considered.

Avell’s attorneys argued from the start that Bryan officials violated the church’s First Amendment rights by using fire and zoning regulations to interfere with its religious ministry. Dad’s Place, located in northwest Ohio, operates around the clock, providing assistance and a place of refuge for homeless and other vulnerable members of the community.

“We are grateful that the court vacated the criminal conviction,” said Ryan Gardner, senior counsel for First Liberty Institute.  “Pastor Chris has the constitutional right to operate his church free from the government imposing draconian fire code regulations. We hope that this latest ruling will put an end to the years-long legal battle that Pastor Chris has endured. We are grateful to all the work of our co-counsels in this case.”

The decision is the latest development in a dispute that has stretched for nearly three years and involved both civil and criminal proceedings.

Earlier this year, the Williams County Court of Common Pleas issued a final order dismissing with prejudice a separate lawsuit filed by Bryan officials that had sought to halt religious activities at Dad’s Place over the same alleged fire code violations. A dismissal with prejudice prevents the same claim from being refiled.

DOJ to Let Suppressor Rule Stand

pgnewser October 7, 2026 0

The Department of Justice has informed congress it will not be appealing a lower court decision that struck down federal regulations on firearms suppressors. The ruling only applies to the states in the jurisdiction of the court.

DOJ Says It Told Congress It Will Not Appeal Texas Ruling That Struck Down NFA Registration for Suppressors, SBRs and Short-Barreled Shotguns– www.usacarry.com
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Key Takeaways

  • The DOJ will not appeal the ruling that struck down the NFA registration requirements for suppressors and short-barreled firearms.
  • Multiple organizations claim the victory, each attributing the win to their specific lawsuits against the NFA.
  • The ruling does not provide nationwide repeal and only protects certain plaintiffs and customers.
  • The DOJ and ATF still need to issue guidance on transfer paperwork for suppressors and SBRs.
  • Gun owners should remain cautious and consult legal advice regarding transactions until further clarification is available.

WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of Justice says it has informed Congress that it will not appeal the federal district court ruling that struck down the National Firearms Act’s registration requirements for suppressors, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns. The statement came in a DOJ motion in Texas federal court asking for more time to respond to the plaintiff states’ motion for clarification, which is a request that the judge spell out exactly what the ruling requires of the government and the states.

The Firearms Policy Coalition posted the filing, calling the ruling “our win against the NFA.” The same DOJ motion, according to FPC, says ATF “is currently working to finalize public guidance regarding the NFA.” That second line matters as much as the first, and I will come back to it.

Islamist Plane Attack Foiled by Brave Israelis

pgnewser October 3, 2026 0

An Islamist attempted to hijack a plane and fly it into Israel. He was the co-pilot of a FlyDubai flight. He stabbed his co-pilot multiple times but was detained by Israelis while the plane was still in a nose-dive. The media reported this as a dispute between the two pilots, protecting the “Islam is the religion of peace” narrative. It has since come out he was an Islamist intending on murdering Israelis by crashing their plane in Israel.

Hero Pilot Stabbed During Terror Attack on Israel-Bound Jet Is Identified– slaynews.com
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The hero pilot repeatedly stabbed during Wednesday’s attempted terror attack aboard an Israel-bound passenger jet, fought his attacker and opened the cockpit door, allowing passengers and two off-duty pilots to retake control of the plunging aircraft.

Indian national Smit Machchhar was flying Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv when his Omani co-pilot attacked him with a knife in a chilling mid-air terrorist attack.

The attacker attempted to seize control of the Boeing 737 MAX 8.

Machchhar suffered serious injuries but survived.

The aircraft landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, and everyone aboard escaped alive.

Islamist Immigration Down 96% Since 2024

pgnewser October 1, 2026 0

The number of immigrants coming from Islamist nations has plummeted under President Donald Trump’s watch. Immigration from Islamist nations has dropped 96% since the President took office.

Legal Immigration from Majority-Muslim Nations Was Cut 96% Since 2024– gellerreport.com
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New figures show that Trump has cut legal immigration from majority-Muslim nations by 96% since taking office in January 2024. This is what should have happened after 9/11.

America’s domestic enemies will club us like baby seals with this (islamofauxbia!) but it is impossible to know how many lives have been saved, how many terror attacks, rapes, fraud crimes and Gd knows what were prevented.

AG Todd Blanche Files Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Virtually the Entire Bench in Minnesota– townhall.com

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All but one of Minnesota’s U.S. district justices received a judicial misconduct complaint from the Department of Justice. AG Todd Blanche filed the complaints after the justices allegedly violated ethical standards by talking about ongoing immigration cases with the press.

Blanche declared, “Seven federal judges in the District of Minnesota talked to the New York Times about cases, some of which are on-going, in a manner that the Department of Justice views as a clear violation of their ethical duties. Their conduct has undermined public confidence in an impartial judiciary in Minnesota.”

AG Todd Blanche Files Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Virtually the Entire Bench in Minnesota– townhall.com
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Attorney General Todd Blanche put Minnesota’s federal bench on notice yesterday by filing formal complaints of judicial misconduct against several judges for speaking to the press about “last winter’s tumult.” Only one district judge wasn’t cited in the filing. Speaking to the media about immigration cases is not permitted (via DOJ):

The Department of Justice filed a complaint of judicial misconduct against Hon. Patrick J. Schiltz, Hon. John R. Tunheim, and Anonymous District Judges at the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

On September 17, 2026, the paper published an article titled Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns. The article explains that Judge Patrick Schiltz of the District of Minnesota sat for a 90-minute interview. Six other “members of Minnesota’s federal bench” also “agreed to speak to the New York Times about last winter’s tumult.” This included “six of the seven judges who held active status in Minnesota last winter.”

Disney Cuts Continue

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Walt Disney Company bet the farm on “modern audiences,” which has caused its prestige and revenue to plummet. Having already cut jobs because of this contraction, Disney has announced hundreds more job cuts effective immediately. This is the third round of cuts since CEO Josh D’Amaro took over the ailing media corporation.

Disney Announces New Round of Layoffs, Cuts Hundreds of Jobs › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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The Walt Disney Company has initiated a new round of layoffs, cutting approximately 300 employees primarily in the company’s human resources and technology departments.

The New York Post reports new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro reportedly kicked off a new round of layoffs on Tuesday and that the Walt Disney Company’s TV division and motion picture studio are not affected by the current staff reductions.

The cuts are part of a continuous effort to streamline operations and reduce enterprise expenses and are specifically focused on corporate infrastructure and tech roles.

Christian Wins Covid-19 Lawsuit

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Theordore DeBlasio was awarded $670,000 in his lawsuit against New Jersey’s Essex County. He sued the county after he was fired for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine. He applied for a religious exemption, but the county refused his appeal. While he was being denied a religious exemption, Muslims in the county were not.

Another Incredible Win Against the Covid Tyrants: New Jersey Jury Delivers Unanimous 8–0 Verdict for Christian Groundskeeper Fired Over a Religious Exemption — Awarded $671,000– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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A New Jersey jury just delivered a message that the Democrat machine in Essex County did not want to hear.

On Friday, an Essex County jury returned a unanimous 8–0 verdict for Theodore “Teddy” DeBlasio, a longtime groundskeeper at Essex County Hospital Center who was fired after the county denied his religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The panel awarded him more than $670,000 for economic and emotional harm. Attorneys’ fees are still to come. Punitive damages are next.

Attorney John D. Coyle of Coyle Law Group called it New Jersey’s first jury verdict in a COVID-19 religious exemption case.

DeBlasio, raised Catholic and now a Christian, objected to taking a shot tested or developed using aborted fetal cell lines. That is a sincerely held religious belief millions of Americans share. Essex County treated it like a punchline.

According to trial evidence cited by Coyle Law Group, in February 2022 the county denied every religious exemption request submitted by Christian and Catholic employees, and approved every request submitted by Muslim employees.

Final Thought: Hope has an Apartment – Updating Our Hope Estate Project

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By Paul Gordon Collier, Editor

“Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12

Before I update you on our Hope Estates Project, I thought I’d recap the project for those who might not have followed it (especially for some of our newer readers).

As our regular readers well know, we preach the message of self-sustainable flourishing. We believe self-sustainable flourishing is not possible without a community of self-stewarded people. To that end, we sought a property that can be used both to house an extended family (5-10 people) and serve the public. Having both public and private space was essential.

We believe that extended family that serves together stays together, so we seek to create space that enables an extended family to serve the public while also serving themselves.

We knew we wanted to serve a rural community, and we wanted that community to be in Pennsylvania, preferably in the Endless Mountain region (North-central PA). Beyond that, we had no idea what we would eventually choose. We knew it would be the building that would choose us, regardless of what town it was in.

It would turn out that Canton had what we felt was the best opportunity. When we made our bid, another buyer offered the seller more money than we were offering. We were given the chance to increase our bid, but I chose not to, believing that the price I offered was the most we could afford (knowing this was a project, not a completed, ready-to-use building).

At the time, we estimated the cost to transform a church to a castle (private and public space blending) would be about $100,000, so we knew we couldn’t afford to pay a high price, even if the church was worth the higher price (and it was, and still is).

Fortunately for us, the deal with the other buyer fell through, which enabled us to buy the property at the low price we did (which would prove to be crucial in light of the deep freeze disaster we had yet to face).

The price to convert the church to a castle might be twice as much now as we thought it would be, but it is still within our capacity (at least as long as our economic situation continues as it has, especially these past few months).

Our plans were first interrupted by two major illnesses, one involving my wife and one involving me (fortunately not at the same time). While I still have health issues, they are nowhere near as debilitating as they were last year. My wife has fully recovered from her illness.

Then an unexpected deep freeze hit Canton just two weeks from us having our heating system prepared for the winter (water lines bled, etc.). At first it seemed like minor damage had happened, but then it became apparent it wasn’t minor at all.

During this time, our mother has had health complications that made it apparent we need to soon assure she does not live alone anymore. She has a property she was hoping to convert to community space long before we began our Hope Exit project. We all decided to combine her property with our efforts (out of necessity). This means we will be serving an urban community in Harrisburg and a rural community in Canton.

This takes us up to the present. Here is the update for this past month:

Our Hope Estates project achieved a major milestone; we have completed the renovations in our Harrisburg estate that creates an apartment for brother Bill. This week, he will be using the apartment to travel to D.C. in search of clients to help fund our project.

When we were carrying a couch from the first floor to the third floor, through tight spaces and in high heat, I had an incident with my adrenal pots that rendered me unable to complete the task. The next day, my brother Bill returned with our friend Anthony to complete the task. Our Mother, Kymm, finished up the work on the apartment afterwards.

As our readers know, our castle in Canton suffered a major setback during an unexpected early sub-zero deep freeze (which I referred to earlier). We now know the consequence of that disaster, which is the complete destruction of our natural-gas-powered steam heating system.

We have received one estimate to install heating/cooling splitters, but that system would require numerous holes to be drilled into our 1-foot-thick stone walls. We do not favor the cosmetics of that choice. Not only would it require holes to be drilled into our walls, but it would also require 6 or more external heating/cooling units to be placed outside the castle.

For now, we are opting to use industrial-strength heaters to get us through the winter without any further damage. This temporary solution will cost us less than $2k, though we are prepared for high heating bills. By next winter, we hope to have decided on and installed the new system(s).

We have not yet decided on a final heating/cooling system, but we are prepared to pay up to $100K to install a heating/cooling system. We’re just not sure which system we will choose.

The first week of October we have something special planned for the Castle, a walk-through church service by our friend Joe, who is a traditional Anglican priest. We will have an update on how that went in our October monthly review.

We have decided our next major investment is going to be for our roof, which is a slate roof. We hope to preserve the roof, not replace it; this is not because of cost, but cosmetic preference. We hope to preserve the original external look of the castle as much as possible.

We believe the roof needs some repairs, a good cleaning, and new gutter systems. We also hope to fix our weathervane spire, which is slightly bent.

After the roof, our next step is to install at least one shower and a laundry hook-up. This will enable myself and my wife to begin living in the Castle one full week a month (to start).

One of the biggest challenges we have in the Canton project is finding quality people available to do the work. For instance, we want to have the old heating system removed but the person we were hoping to do it hasn’t been able to get to it yet.

We knew going in this would be an issue, and it certainly has been.

We had an issue with our property taxes on the Canton property. Apparently, one government agency did not have it on record that we were the new owners, so they sent our bill to the previous owner. Fortunately, the issue was discovered before the bill was due, so we were still able to pay it on time.

We were hoping to be living in the Castle, at least part-time, by this fall, but that seems unlikely right now (barring some unforeseen major windfall). We are hoping to get roof repair work done before the winter, but even that might prove to be difficult. Winter comes earlier in Canton than it does where I currently live, Bethlehem, which is about 3 hours southeast of Canton.

We still have hope we will find someone able to do the work before the winter.

My wife has attained her Notary Public license. She is pursuing a more advanced license that will enable her to close mortgages and similar transactions. She hopes to have an office in Bethlehem and Canton. Eventually, we hope to add Harrisburg to her locations. She chose to develop this skill both to bring in some extra cash and also to provide a free service for people in need.

We have been fortunate this past month economically, enabling us to pay down more debt and plan for our next major investment (the roof repair).

We ask our praying readers to pray for us, both for resources that could accelerate our castle transformation and for endurance in facing the hard physical work needed to bring this project to fruition.

As of right now, we estimate it will be two years minimum before the church becomes a castle, and five years before the Harrisburg property is converted to a castle. We hope and pray for miracles to accelerate that timeline, but are prepared to diligently work within that timeline, if this is the Lord’s will.

Our subscribers have helped fund our Hope Estates Project, as we have used these funds primarily for that purpose. Our salaries mostly rely on our marketing clients (which we hope to expand to help fund this project).

Next month, we hope to give you an update on our church service walkthrough along with anything important that happens in October. God willing, we will have more good news to share as well.

Tools of Engagement – September 2026

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A. ENGLAND’S DEATH OF THE DIVINE KING

In our September 11, 2026, issue of MIA, Paul Gordon Collier analyzed England’s transition from the Divine Right of Kings to “The People Rule.”

In that report, Paul wrote, “I believe that the godly men and women of this 60-year period were struggling to sustain statehood whose God is the Lord without becoming madmen who advance the Kingdom of God with earthly, rather than spiritual, power.

“For Christians, this remains a challenge, how do we sustain the “righteous” state without making it our Kingdom maker?

“Many of those struggling beside these Christians, however, were struggling for advantaged power. They knew God no more than the Muslims did. But they knew the shibboleths of “Christian” power and used that language to “justify” earthly power for themselves.

“England had already established some checks on Royal power long before the Catholic Kings arrived. Had they not, perhaps the Catholic Kings could have succeeded in brutalizing their god onto the English people. But that habit of checking Royal power created in the English a sense of entitlement to do so.

“Even when Cromwell’s Major Generals and mad parliaments attempted to impose their god on the English people, they failed to change the fundamental protestant culture of the English, who continued to chafe at the bit of a hard master, be he Catholic or Puritan.

“I see in the factions unclean hands, men and women who perverted their own gods to serve expediency and satiate fear. Yet somehow, the now-British would find themselves with more liberties than ever, far more, I would surmise, than anyone in 1650 would have wanted.

“This is because, I theorize, amongst the killers and the self-servers were true men and women of God wrestling with His will for their state, their nation, and their own personal lives. This is the story of the state throughout history, a battle between servants and masters, both using the same vehicle of power, but for radically different ends.

“The plumbline for servant and master is imprecise, and thus no guaranteed filter can be applied that can keep the master out of the state.

“For America, the heart of the people is not Christ, and Protestantism has become, in many denominations, more like Islam, Catholicism, and Progressivism. It is difficult to tell how many God-fearing Protestant Americans are left in this country. I fear that number is far less than even 50% today.

“Protestantism’s vestigial hold on institutions long taken over by progressives is nearly gone. Large percentages of today’s youth may be completely outside even the cultural Protestantism that allowed non-Protestants to “inherit” these values, individual sinner, repentance that leads to full restoration, and individual self-stewardship of one’s beliefs.”

As we get ready for election season, we urge our fellow Americans to get engaged in the political process without becoming the political process. One way is to know who to vote for, what are the issues, when, and finally, where to vote.

Here are some Voter Guides to get you started not just in voting, but in choosing which elections to become active in supporting. Our October 30 issue will also include a comprehensive analysis of the midterm elections.

VoterGuide.GOP

Christian Voter Guide

Christian Coalition of America

iVoter Guide

American Voter Services

B. BE LIKE ESTHER, DANIEL, AND JEREMIAH IN TODAY’S AMERICA

In our September 11, 2026, issue’s Final Thought, Paul Gordon Collier explored his stewardship to the state as a Christian when the state turns against Christ.

He wrote, “As our civilizations collapse around us, those without roots outside of those civilizations will experience a collapse within themselves as well. Those with roots outside of those collapsing civilizations will be best equipped to be stewards of what might replace them.

“As Christians, we are called to be good stewards of whatever state we find ourselves in. We have as our examples Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Esther, Mordecai, Daniel, and Joseph (and others as well).

“All of these men and women of faith found themselves subject to a state that, in some way, wanted their people killed. These states were enemies of God’s children. Yet not a one of these people called on others to raise up arms to vanquish the state that wanted to destroy them and their people.

“Jeremiah explicitly is given a prophecy commanding the Israelites to submit to the invaders and live well under their rule. The Israelites refuse to enter God’s rest. Instead, they drag Jeremiah to Egypt, blaming their “unrighteousness” towards the Queen of Heaven for their woes rather than their unrighteousness towards God.

“They will die in Egypt, and the 10 tribes of Israel will be scattered. To this day, they have not been identified, which has led to more than 2500 years of exile from consequence of men entering their own understanding rather than God’s rest.

“Ezekiel prophesized God’s Word, but never incited others to rise up and throw off the yolk they were under. He preached the words God gave him, even when God called him not to mourn for his own wife when she died, because he was to physically prophecy the indifference God held for his unrighteous bride.

“Ezekiel entered God’s rest, and his words today continue to lift the body of Christ towards heaven.

“Mordecai not only served his nation faithfully, without violating God’s laws, but he saved the King from an assassination plot. He saved the instrument of his peoples’ destruction from destruction.

“The book of Esther never mentions God, but all who know His Word can see God moving through all Mordecai did. We can see how God confounds earthly authority, leading it to fulfill His will, no matter how obstinate that authority might be.

“Mordecai entered God’s rest and God raised him up to become the second most powerful man in that same state.”

We recommend those that wish to understand what’s going on right now, and what may be to follow, to get to know the prophets of the Old Testament. Here are some resources to get you started:

The Beginner’s Guide to the Prophets in the Bible – Overview Bible

Old Testament Prophets – Topic Bible

The Old Testament Prophets: An Outline – Bible.org

The Old Testament Background for A Study of the Prophets – Bible Study Downloads

Appendix 1: Understanding the Prophets – Bible.org

C. THE ELECTION FIGHT FOR EASE, NOT THE REPUBLIC

Our Deep Dive for our September 18, 2026, weekly MIA was on the state of the prevailing narratives in the upcoming midterm elections.

In our Deep Dive, we wrote, “If America were not under the thumb of the progressive state media and its cultural agit prop machine, the horrors of the rise of Islam, the depravity of abortion, the anti-American values of progressivism would have been clearly shown by an Americanist press, a true free press and not a content marketing terror machine.

“Were corporate media outlets to regularly show the consequence of abortion, both on the murdered child and the murdering mother, abortion would lose support overnight.

“As it is, they seek to criminalize such exposure, calling the display of their work, mutilated dead babies, ‘hate speech,’ a progressive concept that existentially threatens America’s founding principles of self-stewardship. Every woman that chooses to murder their child is now forced to protect the progressive state, for an American one would rightly shame them.

“The progressive state press is NOT the free press, it is an illegal political action center that willingly and intentionally uses lies, obfuscations, and omissions of truth to demoralize the American republic and protect the depravity of the progressive state.

“It is a criminal operation centrally directed. It deserves no 1st Amendment protections since it is not executing free speech, it’s executing an information terror campaign intended to destroy the republic from within.

“The Progmericans, people like Trump and Vance, want to hold on to that power for themselves. They want to exapt the progressive state press to become the Progmerican state press.

“The failure by the Trump administration, even in his first term, to recognize the ongoing existential threat the progressive state press poses on our Republic continues to shackle our ability to resist an enemy from within who wants us enslaved, starving, imprisoned, or dead.

“Again, we suspect this is because Progmericans like Trump still hope to use that de facto state press to their own ends, for while they value nation-states over a global imperialist Empire (which is the progressive goal) and they value nation-state patriotism as a unifier of a nation, they don’t value true individual liberty, for they hope to control outcomes every bit as much as progressives do, just for more localized ends, not ecumenical ones.”

Even if the Progmericans win, until Americans are fully in charge the corporate press will continue to be a source for party-protecting narratives, not truth.

We recommend you familiarize yourself with Agit Prop tactics, and, more importantly, teach them to anyone you have standing with to do. Teach your children, your receptive friends and family, anyone that will listen.

  1. NOTE: We separate agitprop into agit prop to bring attention to the agitation part of the propaganda technique.

The more people recognize the tactic of violent sophistry, agit prop, the less effective it will be. A people with an ear to recognize agit prop would rightly reject anyone using such tactics to create political power for themselves.

Here are good starting points to learn what Agit Prop is:

What is Agitprop? – New Discourses (video)

Agitprop – Political Strategy – Britanica.com

Agitprop – Poem Analysis

What is Agitprop: The Art Movement That Shaped Propaganda – Filmmaking Lifestyle

SCOTUS Restores some Voter ID Plumblining for Trump

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By a vote of 6-3, SCOTUS empowered President Trump’s administration to resume using Social Security records to confirm only citizens are voting in the election. The three progressive state judges voted against the decision. The ruling removes a lower court injunction against the administration.

SCOTUS Restores Program That Identifies Registered Noncitizens– thefederalist.com
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to pause a lower court blockade on a Trump administration program that helps verify registered voters’ citizenship status. The vote was 6-3, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson in dissent.

In its per curiam opinion, the high court granted the government’s emergency application to temporarily stay a June ruling by D.C. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, a Biden appointee. That decision blocked the use of a revised federal system to determine whether a registered voter is a U.S. citizen for election integrity purposes.

As described by SCOTUSblog, the modified program came about following a March executive order by President Trump that (“among other things”) instructed the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to “create systems that would allow state and local governments to verify the citizenship and immigration status of voters.” Those departments subsequently “overhauled” DHS’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database system “to include the records of U.S.-born citizens, to give it access to Social Security numbers, and to allow bulk searches (rather than requiring users to inquire about one person at a time).”

The Trump administration’s initial request to pause Sooknanan’s decision was rejected by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (2-1) on Sept. 4. The government then filed its application for relief with SCOTUS days later.

GOP Gets Back Missouri Seat After Court Ruling

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The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the Missouri 2026 Midterm election should follow the same map in place for the primaries. That map is the GOP-altered one that eliminates one Democrat House Seat stronghold. The court stated, “This Court holds that Missouri’s current plan to use the 2022 map in the November 2026 general election violates the Constitution. Only use of the 2025 map complies with the Constitution and federal law.”

8th Circuit Orders Missouri To Use GOP-Backed Map For Midterms– thefederalist.com
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Missouri’s chaotic redistricting battle is finally over — or so America thought.

A three-judge panel for the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that the Show Me State must use its 2025 congressional map in the upcoming midterm elections. The new map would take Missouri from a six Republican-two Democrat map (enacted in 2022) to a seven Republican-one Democrat map.

“This Court holds that Missouri’s current plan to use the 2022 map in the November 2026 general election violates the Constitution. Only use of the 2025 map complies with the Constitution and federal law,” the court held.

The panel was comprised of Judge James Loken, a Bush 41 appointee, and Judges David Stras and Justin Smith, both Trump appointees.

The entire kerfuffle began earlier this month, when the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the state must use its 2022 map for the midterms and to include a statewide referendum on the 2025 map on Missouri’s 2026 fall ballot. The left-wing People Not Politicians‘ efforts to get the referendum placed on the ballot were initially rejected by Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins.

Missouri-based Chief District Judge Stephen Clark, a Trump appointee, issued a temporary restraining order days later in a federal challenge brought by several congressional candidates, mandating the Show Me State to use the 2025 map for the midterms. That ruling came moments after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected an emergency request by Missouri officials to pause the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision.

SCOTUS ultimately froze Clark’s TRO without explanation the following day. The high court said that the lower court’s order is paused “pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought.”

Fraud Exposed in Obamacare, Leads to Thousands of Cancellations

pgnewser September 23, 2026 0

Vice President JD Vance announced 750,000 fraudulent Obamacare accounts have been removed from the rolls, saving taxpayers $2.2 billion yearly. “We’re actually making sure that the people receiving Obamacare subsidies are actually entitled to receive them,” Vance declared.

Trump Administration Cancels 760,000 Obamacare Enrollments in Fraud Crackdown › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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The Trump administration is canceling Affordable Care Act enrollments covering more than 760,000 people as part of a sweeping effort to combat fraud and improper taxpayer-funded subsidies.

Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that approximately 315,000 enrollments covering more than 760,000 individuals were canceled after officials determined they were unauthorized. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates the action will return roughly $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies.

“We’re actually making sure that the people receiving Obamacare subsidies are actually entitled to receive them,” Vance said.

The administration also plans additional eligibility verification for hundreds of thousands of other enrollments and has imposed a six-month suspension on new agents and brokers signing people up for coverage.

The crackdown follows evidence that vulnerabilities exist in the ACA marketplace. A Government Accountability Office investigation using fictitious applicants found the federal marketplace approved subsidized coverage for nearly all of its fake applicants during testing for the 2024 and 2025 plan years. GAO cautioned that its undercover testing was illustrative and could not be generalized to the entire ACA enrollment population.