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Man in court over alleged ‘targeted’ attack on Australian lawmaker– www.channelnewsasia.com
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WORLD “MORE DANGEROUS”

The independent lawmaker, 65, was standing near the trunk of her car when she was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser on Monday afternoon.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has led an outpouring of support for Haines, who was widely praised for her efforts to increase transparency in politics and crack down on corruption.

He bemoaned the fact that political debate in Australia had grown too heated and personal over the past few years.

“It’s a reminder that the world is a more dangerous and divided place than it was a generation ago,” Albanese told ABC Melbourne radio on Wednesday.

“I think that Australians do want to see their politicians be able to go about their business, to be able to get something from the back of their car, for goodness sake,” he said.

Australia’s spy agency chief Mike Burgess warned following the alleged attack that “elevated levels of grievance, intolerance and polarisation continue to create a permissive environment of violence”.

Haines entered parliament in 2019 after working as a nurse and midwife, becoming known for stances such as supporting stronger climate action.

 

Fairfax County, Virginia IGNORED 1,670 ICE detainers over 2 years, undercharged criminal illegal aliens: Judiciary Committee report | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Fairfax County is the 5th richest county in the entire United States and “has implemented policies that allow dangerous foreign nationals to reoffend and avoid deportation.”

A new interim House Judiciary Committee report, released Tuesday, says the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia ignored at least 1,670 ICE detainers from 2023 to 2025 and freed criminal illegal aliens instead of handing them over to federal authorities. It also alleges that Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano treated illegal immigrant defendants more leniently than citizens to protect them from consequences regarding immigration. Fairfax County is the 5th richest county in the entire United States.

“This interim report provides evidence of the ways in which just one local jurisdiction has implemented policies that allow dangerous foreign nationals to reoffend and avoid deportation,” the Judiciary report from the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement revealed. “But Fairfax County and prosecutor Steve Descano are not outliers. They are indicative of a modern, radical, socialist Democrat Party that seeks to erase national borders and place illegal alien criminals ahead of law-abiding American citizens. The policies supported by these Democrats, including sanctuary policies, will have negative and lasting consequences for Americans. The Committee and Subcommittee will continue to conduct oversight of these sanctuary policies to inform potential legislative reforms to better protect American communities.”

Slotkin Doubles Down After Criticism of Threatening Comments About Working for Trump– legalinsurrection.com
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Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) faced harsh criticism on Monday for comments at a recent event in which she said she would go after members of Trump’s inner circle to make young people afraid to work for the administration.

In response, Slotkin ran to CNN and MSNOW, doubled down on her position, and played the victim.

Curtis Houck of NewsBusters transcribed the video below:

“Well, look, that’s manufactured outrage. That’s his specialty. I think the — the thing that I’ve heard from my own Republican colleagues and peers, including like interns and folks who work around the Hill who come to our events, they’ll tell you, like I, you know, I was worried. My parents were worried. You know, it’s really messy. I’m not sure what to get involved in. Politics in general has become messy. But, you know, when you’re being forced by this administration, for instance, to sign a contract that is given over to a company that Trump Jr. is on the board of, and you know that that’s a problem. Like, my point is, do not get yourself involved in illegal activity.

It’s the same thing I was talking about a year ago. Whether you’re the uniformed military or a civilian in government, if you’re being asked to do something by the President or his team that’s illegal, you have a responsibility to reject that. That is my point, and that was the point I was trying to make.”

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In her MSNOW appearance, it was all about the fact that she’s a woman.

New Mexico’s Seven-Day Waiting Period Already Lost in the Tenth Circuit. NSSF, NRA and SAF Just Sued to Make the State Stop Enforcing It.– www.usacarry.com
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Key Takeaways

  • Nine plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit against New Mexico to stop enforcement of a seven-day firearm waiting period deemed unconstitutional by the Tenth Circuit.
  • The plaintiffs, including the NRA and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, claim the law violates their rights despite prior court rulings.
  • House Bill 129 enforces a waiting period for buyers who already pass federal background checks, and the plaintiffs argue it remains in effect unlawfully.
  • The complaint requests a formal declaration that HB129 is unconstitutional and seeks to block the Attorney General from enforcing it.
  • The article highlights the tension between state actions and federal court rulings, emphasizing that a win in court does not ensure immediate compliance in practice.

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Nine plaintiffs led by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the National Rifle Association of America, and the Second Amendment Foundation filed a federal lawsuit on October 19, 2026, asking a court to stop New Mexico from enforcing a seven-day firearm waiting period that the Tenth Circuit already held unconstitutional. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico as Case No. 1:26-cv-03514 and names Attorney General Raúl Torrez, in his official capacity, as the sole defendant. The New Mexico Firearms Industry Association, the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association, Calibers Shooting Sports Center, Omni Tactical USA, Right to Bear Arms, and Peter Hackett round out the plaintiff list.

When the district court ruled on remand in August, I covered it: Federal Judge Still Thinks New Mexico’s Seven-Day Gun Waiting Period Is Constitutional. He Blocked It Anyway Because the Tenth Circuit Tied His Hands. What is new is the plaintiffs’ allegation that the judgment did not end the matter. The complaint opens by saying the plaintiffs “regret that they have been left with no choice but to file this lawsuit,” and NSSF’s announcement frames the filing as the response to a governor ignoring court rulings that declared the law unconstitutional. NRA-ILA’s post calls it, pointedly, another lawsuit over the same law.

FTC Chairman: Feds Aim to Seize Half a Minneapolis City Block From Fraudsters – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson bashed mainstream media shills who spent years covering up for fraudsters in Minnesota and other Democrat states on Tuesday. He also explained how the Trump administration plans to hold the most infamous fraudulent Minneapolis childcare center and other fraudulent entities and individuals to account.

Ferguson began, “A lot of journalists [are] in the room today. Everyone knew about the Quality Learing Center. They were cited hundreds of times over the course of a couple years. No one reported it. None of your outlets reported it. It took one brave kid and a camera to make everyone aware of this, and it launched a revolution,” while pointing toward Shirley.

The progressives are planning on enacting a series of violent actions after the midterm elections, should they win decisively. The plan is to trigger a federal response that will allow progressive-controlled states to rebel against the Federal government.

From the main source for the uncovered videos and documents, DataRepublican, “You’ve heard that the DSA is proposing structural reforms to America, including abolishing the Senate and imposing term limits.

“What you not have heard is – there is an operational plan to put it all into action. If the Democratic Party sweeps 2026, then DSA will become ‘foot soldiers”’ in constant clashes with the administration to cross a ‘red line’ or invoke a ‘doomsday scenario’ – meaning, President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, probably sometime in 2027.”

Ex-USAID Democrats Openly Plot Overthrow of U.S. Government in November– gellerreport.com
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And it has started.

Defund the Police 2.0? Leftist group circulating plan for blue cities to repeal laws that criminalize resisting arrest: report | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Local Progress Impact Lab updated its guidance in November of 2025 with recommendations that include banning tear gas and rubber bullets, limiting police dispersal orders, and releasing people arrested at public assemblies.

A left-wing network of elected officials is circulating policy recommendations encouraging Democratic-led cities to repeal laws criminalizing resistance to arrest. The recommendations also call for restrictions on police crowd-control tactics to protect activists arrested during demonstrations.

According to a report by journalist Natalie Winters, Local Progress Impact Lab updated its guidance in November 2025 with recommendations that include banning tear gas and rubber bullets, limiting police dispersal orders, and releasing people arrested at public assemblies. The network’s recommendations extend to preparations for the 2026 elections.

Its August 2026 election bulletin instructs officials to “Create an expedited permitting process for election-related demonstrations” and to “Pre-designate public assembly areas near civic buildings and polling locations and publish them clearly in advance.”

Feds Arrest 28 Registered Noncitizen Voters, All From List of 20,000 Sent to California – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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Remember how California Dems sneered at the list the Trump administration sent of 20,000 registered noncitizen voters who received ballots? Feds just arrested more than two dozen of them while Democrats continue to deny any of the voters are noncitizens.

Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, is tired of the lying propaganda coming from the likes of Secretary of State Shirley Weber (D-Calif.) and Attorney General Rob Bonta (D-Calif.). So on October 19, he pointed out that the most recently arrested registered noncitizen voters are just a drop in the bucket of the tens of thousands the feds identified in the blue state.

He posted, “28 people charged today. All 28 are on the list of 20,000+ likely noncitizen registrants we gave California last week. All 28 are still registered voters, and ballots are going out now. No, this isn’t the total number of noncitizen voters in California. Police can’t catch every speeder, but that doesn’t mean speeding isn’t widespread. 28 is what we could charge in a week. California must verify those 20,000 registrations before counting ballots. One illegal vote is too many.”

Lena Dunham Led a Rape Hoax Against a Republican, Now HBO Is Reviving Her Career– www.breitbart.com
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On “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Lena Dunham.

Marlow said, “She put out a memoir 10 years ago where she falsely accused a Republican of rape. She said she got raped by a Republican and we investigated Breitbart News. John Nolte went to Oberlin College where she was and confirmed for a fact she was not raped by this person.”

The Alex Marlow Show, hosted by Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, broadcasts coast to coast on weekdays from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern on the Salem Radio Network stations. You can listen to the radio show online here. The show also airs at 9 p.m. Eastern on the Salem TV news channel. Marlow’s podcast, The Alex Marlow Show Presented by Breitbart News, is released weekdays at 9 p.m. Eastern. You can subscribe to the podcast on YouTube, Rumble, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Cornell ‘Future of the American University’ report rejects hiring conservative scholars– www.thecollegefix.com
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Conservatives oppose DEI, so we shouldn’t promote ‘viewpoint diversity,’ one professor says

Cornell University should not take proactive steps to recruit right-leaning scholars, according to a faculty report from the Committee on the Future of the American University.

The 238-page report, written by 18 faculty members, largely focused on changes to education, artificial intelligence, and the university’s relationship with the public.

“This report asks how the university must adapt to honor its quietly revolutionary purpose in American life. The answer cannot leave the university exactly as it is today,” the report said.

“Today’s pressures are too intense and the opportunities too promising to prioritize nostalgia over envisioning the future,” the authors stated.

President Trump Responds to Democrat Senator Threatening Political Persecution to Scare Young Conservatives– wltreport.com
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President Trump just issued a stern response to Democrat Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who recently made some threatening remarks during a liberal podcast.

During the podcast taping at the University of Chicago, Slotkin — who is a former CIA agent — called for President Trump’s allies to be persecuted in order to scare young conservatives away from being involved in politics.

“I want young people coming out of school to say, should I go work for the Trump administration?” she said,

“Like, that sounds fun, I might get an opportunity. I want them to be like, Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that. I want that deterrence message sent.”

For reference, here’s the original clip:

Sen. Slotkin: Trump Is Trying to Help Putin Win the War with Ukraine– www.breitbart.com
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Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said Monday on MS NOW’s “Deadline” that President Donald Trump “has always wanted Putin to win, and now he’s acting clearly in that interest and against a democracy and in support of an authoritarian country.”

Slotkin said, “I think it’s hard to overstate what President Trump did this week and what it means for the war in Ukraine, but also for the entire United States of America and our positioning in the world. The president has had this bromance with Putin for a long time. We all know that. He rolled out the red carpet for him in Alaska last year, while they were shooting at Ukraine. And we’ve always seen this. I mean, the average person can see that weird kind of admiration that Trump has for Putin. And but he sort of tried to, like, gloss over who he really wanted to win the war between Russia and Ukraine.”

Sen. Slotkin under fire for suggesting college grads who work for Trump could be prosecuted– www.thecollegefix.com
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin is under fire for suggesting recent college grads who consider working for the Trump administration might want to think twice — as they could be prosecuted.

Speaking Oct. 13 at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, the Michigan Democrat said potential legal problems should be a deterrent against working for Trump.

“I wanna look at these signature cases, and not just focus on the president, but on the people who enabled him,” Slotkin said. “I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds like fun. I might get an opportunity.’”

“I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that,” she said. “I want that deterrent message.”

The Chicago Thinker student newspaper, which broke the news of the comments, posted the clip Saturday with the comments: “U.S. Senator from Michigan Elissa Slotkin hopes planned political prosecutions of republican leaders will scare young conservatives from getting involved in politics.”

Illinois School District Placed Male Roommate Overnight With Teen Girls, Legal Group Claims– www.dailysignal.com
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An Illinois school district allowed at least one male to share overnight accommodations with female high school students while withholding that information from parents, according to a legal group representing concerned parents.

Community High School District 128 in northern Illinois directs staff not to disclose a student’s “transgender” status, to assign overnight-trip rooms according to gender identity, and to incorporate transgender materials into curricula and libraries, according to a legal demand letter from Liberty Justice Center.

“We’re aware of several families whose daughters were directly affected by these policies, meaning not only exposure to unconstitutional curricula and ‘secret gender transition’ policies, but also being forced to share overnight accommodations with a biological male,” Kathryn Cosgrove, counsel at Liberty Justice Center, told the Daily Signal in a statement Friday.

Since the policy directs schools to assign rooms based on gender identity while restricting disclosure of a student’s transgender status, parents were not informed when the school reportedly assigned a male to room with their daughters, Liberty Justice Center claims. The district serves between 3,300 and 3,500 students at Libertyville High School and Vernon Hills High School.

The district allows for students to sleep “in a single bed,” as an exception to the standard minimum of three to a room, but the student “would incur any additional cost for this accommodation,” according to a copy of the overnight trip policy provided by Liberty Justice Center. The policy states that “students will be assigned to rooms with students of their same gender identity.”

Why Mamdani won’t act to reverse soaring subway violence– nypost.com
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With Saturday’s mid-day murder in the tourist-packed 7th Avenue subway station at 53rd Street, the city has now seen seven transit killings since January — almost double the number over the same period last year — and the politicians plainly won’t do what’s needed to seriously reverse the trend.

That grim milestone indicts Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his movement’s anti-public-safety policies — as he all but acknowledged Monday with a long, ugly silence before claiming to be “heartbroken” over the death of Darrel Rodriguez and vague noises about addressing gun violence.

Progressives have been on a “criminal justice reform’ roll for over a decade now — starting with the disastrous “success” of getting city district attorneys to quit prosecuting fare-beating, even though such perps are regularly wanted for more serious offenses.

The state and city measures that followed — from Raise the Age and the no-bail law to How Many Stops — along with the steady shrinkage of the NYPD’s headcount have made it brutally tough for cops to fight crime.

And prog refusal to face facts about serious mental illness, especially among the homeless, further undermines public safety.

And so repeat offenders’ arrests for felony assault more than doubled from 2018 to 2026 over 2018.

Angie Nixon doubles down on comments to target political opponent– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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Watch Louder with Crowder every weekday at 11:00 AM Eastern, only on Rumble Premium!

Check out our Election 2026 Dashboard to keep track ot the upcoming midterms!

Angie Nixon, a Florida State Representative who believes she is the right fit to serve in the U.S. Senate, has decided to double down on recent remarks she made calling for jailing her political opponent, and it is worse than you think.

Someone should remind her that in America, people have rights. Just because you disagree with your political opponent or have a hunch about a vague accusation does not mean that is grounds for an investigation or prosecution. Typically, you need evidence of a crime first.

These are the remarks she is doubling down on:

How is she not embarrassed to double down on such tyrannical and delusional rhetoric? Someone should really inform her that prosecuting your political opponent is no longer a winning campaign strategy, as proven by the left’s efforts to go after Trump.

According to The Hill:

“It’s not a desire to weaponize the justice system. It’s designed to actually hold corrupt politicians accountable for what they’re doing,” Nixon said. “Again, I want an investigation done. I would like the Department of Justice to investigate because nearly $10 million was stolen from sick kids, and people are pointing the finger saying they don’t know who did it, and so we need to bring that in.”

“Look, this is Donald Trump 2.0 here in the state of Florida, and we really need to work to push back. I’m wondering how many kids are going to die because 10 million dollars was taken from Medicaid that was supposed to make sure that those sick kids had the treatment that they needed,” she continued.

Incoming House Socialists Vow to Target Trump and ‘All the Cronies That Helped Get Him Elected’– slaynews.com
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Two socialist Democrats likely headed to Congress are arguing that impeaching President Donald Trump a third time would backfire against their party, while outlining plans to use congressional investigations against his administration and political allies.

Melat Kiros, the Democrat nominee in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, and New York Democratic Party nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier raised concerns during a Politico podcast that impeachment could give Republicans a political advantage.

Both candidates are members of the Democratic Socialists of America running in deep blue districts, and they are expected to win their races next month.

Their hesitation centers on strategy, not support for Trump.

Chevalier said she remains open to impeachment, while Kiros accused him of impeachable offenses without identifying specific conduct.

Chevalier Worries Impeachment Would Play Into Trump’s Hands

“You know, I support accountability,” Chevalier told Politico’s Dasha Burns.

CNN Blames El-Sayed Controversy On ‘Institutionalized Xenophobia’ In Politics– www.newsbusters.org
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On Monday, CNN’s Inside Politics discussed the recent controversies of Democratic Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed, including being asked to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at a campaign event. Host Dana Bash called El-Sayed’s shift from the question to gas prices ”fascinating,” while senior political analyst Mark Preston related the controversies to “institutionalized xenophobia and racism” in politics.

Last week on NBC Nightly News, El-Sayed gave a feisty response to NBC’s Tom Llamas when asked about his family’s possible ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, as if he was insulted by the question

Bash first recalled the Muslim Brotherhood disavowal moment over the weekend at a campaign event:

El-Sayed was asked by a man named Tommy over the weekend in a clip that went viral if he condemns the Muslim Brotherhood. There was a long back-and-forth exchange, and during that, El-Sayed responded, “Sure, yeah, absolutely.” But Rogers said that wasn’t a total disavowal.

If Thune Doesn’t Censure Slotkin, He Supports Nuking GOP Staff– thefederalist.com
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Democrats have been unusually mask-off heading into midterm election season, trying to get voters to believe it’s “moderate” to accept Islamist communism because of high gas prices. The latest foreboding reveal came from Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin over the weekend.

She bird-handed the formerly subtextual part on camera: “I wanna look at these signature cases and not just focus on the president but on the people who enabled him. I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds fun, I might get an opportunity.’ I want them to be like, ‘[Anti-Christian blasphemy], that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, so let me avoid participating in that.’ I want that deterrence message.”

Propaganda Media Downplay France’s Islamo-Marxist Riots– thefederalist.com
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Propaganda media exist for one reason and one reason only — to advance their left-wing political allies’ destructive agenda. Anyone who tuned into their coverage of this weekend’s French riots experienced this unspoken mission statement firsthand.

As far-left radicals and Islamists dressed in dark clothes and masks and wielding Palestinian flags desecrated historic buildings and landmarks throughout the once-respectable republic, the “democracy dies in darkness” crowd worked overtime to convince audiences at home that these violent riots were nothing more than “student protests” against school policies.

While characterizing the riots as “some of the worst violence the country has ​witnessed for decades,” Reuters described the leftist and Third Worlder violence as “demonstrations against rising living costs and declining public services [that] spiralled out of control.” The Associated Press similarly dubbed the riots “nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools.”

On X, the Seattle-based KOMO News summarized this weekend’s violence as “student demonstrations over teacher shortages and poor school conditions [that] broadened into a nationwide protest over rising living costs and fuel prices.” The English division of the Qatari-backed Al Jazeera also described the riots “spreading” in France and other European nations as “student protests.”

DSA Member Angie Nixon Says She Wants To Use The Police To Go After Republican Opponent– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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Watch Louder with Crowder every weekday at 11:00 AM Eastern, only on Rumble Premium!

Check out our Election 2026 Dashboard to keep track ot the upcoming midterms!

Oftentimes, the left likes to pretend they don’t engage in political lawfare. Sometimes, however, they get a candidate dumb enough to admit the quiet part out loud. Angie Nixon is one of those people.

According to Nixon, it is a lie to claim she wants to defund the police, as she wants to see her political opponent jailed. She can’t do that if they are defunded. Duh.

I mean, Chris Murphy says it all, doesn’t he?

You don’t have to know anything about politics to realize she is an objectively dumb person.

According to Fox News:

“The fact remains that Ashley Moody is a lying, cheating, thieving, scamming person who basically took $10 million from sick kids for the Medicaid program. And she rerouted that into two political slush funds for Ron DeSantis to defeat two citizen-led ballot initiatives,” Nixon told CNN host Kasie Hunt. “She also voted to end healthcare for over 440,000 people here in the state of Florida. And they are spreading, like, a lot of disinformation and lies on commercials about me, of saying things like, “I want to abolish prisons and I want to defund the police.”

Left Wing Student Group at NYU Demands 20 Percent Black Enrollment– legalinsurrection.com
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Left wing students always think they’re in a position to make demands. It’s so funny.

Campus Reform reports:

NYU student group demands 20 percent black enrollment despite Supreme Court ruling

New York University’s (NYU) chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is demanding that the school raise Black student enrollment to 20 percent within five years and hire more Black faculty.

Students rallied in Washington Square Park, urging NYU to boost Black enrollment, after a 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard addressed race-conscious admissions policies.

Organizers point to a post stating that Black students make up 3.4 percent of the class of 2029, down 20 percent relative to the 4.2 percent from the class of 2028. New York City’s Black population, by comparison, was 20.2 percent in the 2020 census.

The campaign began with an Oct. 2 Instagram post from SDS stating that “Education is a Right[,] Not Just For The Rich and White.” The post lists four demands, including that NYU “Release detailed admissions and enrollment demographic data,” “Create a designated space for Black students within a year,” and “Increase Black enrollment to 20 percent within 5 years.”

SDS said in a separate post that “NYU continues to fail its Black student body” and that it plans to host a “Black Townhall” on Oct. 22.

One speaker at the rally said: “I started by asking, ‘Do I really belong here?’ Today, I think NYU has to answer a different question. What is this university willing to do to make sure Black students know that we belong?”

WNBA teams SKIP national anthem during playoffs despite league rules | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“Appalling. 162 regular season games plus multiple playoff rounds, wouldn’t catch a MLB team pulling that garbage.”

The WNBA‘s rulebook requires that players and coaches stand and line up along the sidelines when the national anthem is played. However, at Saturday’s game between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries, both finalist teams ignored the rule and left the court. The league has remained silent over the matter.

Reporters at Outkick reached out to the league, and the WNBA has yet to answer for the teams’ absences. The teams had been warming up before they left the court ahead of the national anthem, leading to heavy backlash from online users who said that it was disrespectful.

The 2026 rulebook for the WNBA includes a provision that players, coaches, and trainers must be at the sideline or foul line when the anthem plays, but nothing of the sort took place at Game 1 of the WNBA finals. After the teams left, they were back second after the anthem played.

Game 2 is set to take place on Monday evening at the Chase Center, but when pressed by reporters at Outkick, neither team said what their plans for the anthem are going to be. Users online were outraged that the teams did not take the time to recognize the anthem.

Feds Just Busted a Major Noncitizen Voting Ring in This Blue State– townhall.com
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Federal authorities announced the arrests of more than two dozen foreign nationals in California on Monday.

The suspects are facing charges for illegally registering and voting in U.S. elections, according to Spectrum News.

The statewide sweep is part of a Trump administration effort to root out noncitizen voting ahead of next month’s midterm elections, even though data shows that the problem is incredibly rare, difficult to prove and has not been shown to change the outcome of races.

The arrests also reflect a further escalation in a simmering voter roll fight between the federal government and California that came into focus last week when the Justice Department sued the state and later warned that local election workers who knowingly process or tabulate ballots submitted by noncitizen voters are at risk of investigation and potential prosecution.

The Justice Department said all of those arrested as part of a sweep dubbed Operation Protect the Vote are lawful permanent residents — but not U.S. citizens who are permitted to legally vote. They are charged with crimes including making false statements on a naturalization application and submitting fraudulent voter registrations.

The New York Post noted that most of the arrestees “allegedly cast illegal ballots.”

Alexander Muñoz, a 72-year-old Belizean national, allegedly registered to vote in September 2019, claiming he was a citizen. He voted in 2020 and twice in 2022 and 2024 and allegedly lied on his naturalization application. He faces felony charges, including false statements on the application.

Democrats Don’t Want Anyone Watching the Vote Count. Ask Yourself Why.– townhall.com
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The NAACP and three of its members sued Attorney General Todd Blanche, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, and the Department of Justice, challenging President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy about 1,000 federal “election monitors” to polling places for the midterm elections.

The lawsuit invokes the Voting Rights Act’s protections against voter intimidation and demands a complete list of the jurisdictions the administration plans to target.

The NAACP poll monitors lawsuit has turned the 2026 midterms into a courtroom battle over who gets to watch Americans vote — and why. On Friday, October 16, 2026, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization sued the Department of Justice in federal court, asking a judge to block the Trump administration from deploying 1,000 federal poll monitors to voting sites across the country ahead of the November 3 midterms.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, does not challenge poll monitoring as a concept. It argues that this particular plan — 1,000 monitors dispatched with what the NAACP calls an explicit mission to root out voter fraud — is a pretext for intimidation. “There is no federal statute that gives Defendants the authority to turn polling places into interrogation rooms,” the NAACP wrote, as Democracy Docket reported.

The lawsuit asks the court to block the deployment under the Voting Rights Act’s anti-intimidation protections and demands that the Justice Department hand over a complete list of the jurisdictions it plans to target. With early voting already underway and just 16 days until Election Day, the case sets up a fast-moving legal fight over the physical atmosphere of American polling places — and over whether federal power will be used to protect voters or to pressure them.

The Trump approval rating has hit 33% ahead of the midterms. The same poll shows Democrats are more trusted on the economy than Republicans. Both polls portend poorly for the American republic in the upcoming midterm election, which is an election about Americanism that has been hijacked by the “affordability” narrative.

Trump approval hits record low, handing Democrats a clear midterm edge – The Washington Post– www.washingtonpost.com
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  1. Trump approval hits record low, handing Democrats a clear midterm edge  The Washington Post
  2. Ahead of the midterms, most voters cite the economy and cost of living as top issues and favor political change  AP-NORC
  3. Ahead of US midterms, voters are frustrated with Trump, want change: Poll  Al Jazeera
  4. Transcript: Fox News Poll Shocker Is an Absolute Disaster for Trump  The New Republic
  5. Trump approval hits new low with conservative pollster before midterms  Newsweek

 

Four in 10 U.S. students support criminal prosecution of “offensive speech,” which is up 7 points from last year. The survey came from the Buckley Institute. At the same time, 73% of students agreed the Constitution is an important document for the U.S., not an outdated one.

Four in 10 students believe offensive speech should be subject to criminal prosecution: poll– www.thecollegefix.com
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Four in 10 college students believe offensive speech should be subject to criminal prosecution, according to the results of a nationwide survey published this month by the Buckley Institute.

The students were asked whether they agree or disagree with the statement: “Offensive speech should be subject to criminal prosecution.”

“Four in ten (40%) agree that offensive speech should be subject to criminal prosecution, while 52% disagree. Agreement is up seven points from last year and is the highest in the three years this question has been asked,” according to the survey, which polled 803 undergrads at four-year colleges across the country in mid-September.

The survey also found 46 percent of college students agree it is sometimes appropriate to shout down or disrupt a speaker on campus, while 47 percent disagree.

Another 45 percent agreed physical violence can be justified to prevent a person from using hate speech or making racially charged comments, while 50 percent disagreed.

Trump Threatens Jail Time for California Officials Over Alleged Noncitizen Voters › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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President Donald Trump is warning California election officials they could face lengthy prison sentences if they count ballots cast by suspected illegal aliens and noncitizens in the upcoming midterm elections.

“They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!” Trump declared Friday on Truth Social, sharing a Department of Justice letter warning Los Angeles County officials of potential criminal consequences for allowing illegal votes to be counted.

The warning follows a federal lawsuit filed Thursday against California after the Justice Department provided election officials with citizenship data identifying approximately 20,000 registered voters flagged by the Department of Homeland Security as possible noncitizens.

Federal officials gave California 48 hours to compare the names against state voter records and requested that ballots associated with individuals whose citizenship could not be verified be set aside pending confirmation.

The administration maintains that knowingly allowing noncitizens to vote in federal elections violates federal law and could expose election officials to criminal prosecution.

When Does Religious Belief Become Hate Speech in California? – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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California’s next workplace lesson comes with an uncomfortable question: When does a religious belief become “hate speech”?

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1803 on September 27. Beginning Jan. 1, 2028, employers covered by California’s harassment-training law must teach workers to recognize, report, and confront certain workplace remarks.

The legislation gives employers a new assignment but leaves a contentious phrase open to interpretation.

The law addresses workplace speech that “vilifies, humiliates, or incites hatred” based on protected characteristics, including religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Existing training already covers harassment involving gay and transgender employees. AB 1803 adds no separate course or mandatory hours, and employers may write their own lessons. It even says training on unlawful harassment and abusive conduct can satisfy the new requirement.

Those limits matter, but so does the lack of a precise statutory definition of the speech the bill names.

Consider two employees at a California business. One is a Christian who says their church teaches marriage is between a man and a woman. The other is Muslim and expresses the same religious conviction.

Wisconsin Secretary of State Says “Number One” Priority Is Getting Driver’s Licenses for Migrants– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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The Democratic nominee for Wisconsin Secretary of State is JoCasta Zamarripa. If elected, her number one priority is to ensure illegals get driver’s licenses. It is unclear if she understands that the job title is intended to benefit the American people, not foreign nationals who have broken federal immigration laws, but I digress.

Did you need any more proof that the left is not working for you? I don’t think you do.

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Ms. Zamarripa has pursued the idea for more than a decade. In 2015, she was one of the sponsors of a bill that would have provided licenses to immigrants who lack a Social Security number because they are undocumented or in the process of adjusting their status, FOX6 Milwaukee reported at the time. She called it “an economic development bill” and a public safety measure. The proposals she introduced as a legislator did not become law, according to the Heartland Post.