Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump's maximum-pain shutdown tactics. Read more
"U.S. national debt reached a new record high of $38.019 trillion. It took only 71 days to add an additional $1 trillion to our national debt, with $382.260 billion added this fiscal year, during the government shutdown," said JEC Chairman David Schweikert. "Our current level of deficit spending is unsustainable. We are rapidly approaching the point where interest payments on the national debt will consume the majority of federal spending. Even today, interest is already the fourth-largest line item in the federal budget. This trajectory poses a serious threat to our economy and jeopardizes the financial future of our children and grandchildren. I urge my colleagues to confront the hard facts, look at the math, and prioritize fiscal responsibility to reduce our national debt before it's too late." Read more
Understand what it is to be a family in Chicago. The next day, October 25th, federal agents tear-gassed children in Old Irving Park. Again, no warnings were heard. On October 26th, agents arrested a 70-year-old man and threw a 67-year old woman to the ground in Old Irving Park, then tear-gassed neighbors in Avondale. That same day, federal agents deployed tear gas at a children's Halloween parade in Old Irving Park.
"Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer. They just don't. And you can't use riot control weapons against them," Judge Ellis said to Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino.
A prominent far-right German activist and influencer is seeking political asylum in the US, arguing she is being persecuted at home for her beliefs. Naomi Seibt, 25, said that German domestic intelligence is tracking her movements; she is an outspoken supporter of the anti-immigration Alternative fr Deutschland party, which authorities have labeled extremist. Her application for asylum reflects both Berlin's increased scrutiny of the country's far right and Washington's sympathy for such actors.
Eight members of the Democratic caucus, who backed a late-night deal aimed at reopening the government and ending the 40-day shutdown, have ignited backlash from inside their own coalition, with critics slamming the move as a "pathetic" surrender.
Trump has pardoned a long list of allies who faced court proceedings in connection with accusations they tried to overturn the 2020 election, according to the Justice Department (DOJ). Ed Martin, the DOJ's pardon attorney, shared a document on X on Sunday that named the 77 people who had received "full, complete and unconditional" pardons. They include people who, in several swing states won by President Joe Biden in 2020, declared themselves to be the rightful electors who would vote for Trump in the Electoral College. Among those pardoned are Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell. Read more
Millions of Ukrainians are enduring cold temperatures and darkness after a wave of Russian attacks against energy facilities caused widespread power outages across the country. The large scale of the damage will take time to restore energy flows. Electricity supplies across Ukraine are being rationed and people in Kiev went without power for 10-12 hours. Russia's attack was "one of the largest direct ballistic attacks on energy facilities" since the start of the war. Emergency power cuts were implemented across almost all regions to stabilise the network. "We then switched to hourly power cuts, so that consumers could more easily plan their activities around the outages," said a Ukrainian spokesperson. The attack came just as temperatures in Ukraine began to drop to single digits degrees Celsius. Russia has targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure on numerous occasions since it launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, increasing attacks against them at winter time. Read more
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte bleated the Trumpf junta is "working on" a plan to introduce 50-year mortgage terms for home buyers. "Thanks to President Dummkopf Trumpf, we are indeed working on the 50 year Mortgage, a complete game changer," Pulte posted. It followed a post by Dotard Trumpf where he shared a graphic juxtaposing an image of him next to former President FDR. FDR established the 30-year mortgage standard during the New Deal to help citizens recover from the Great Depression. Median income households spend approximately 38.4% of their monthly income on mortgage payments. Trumpf campaigned on creating affordability for the younger generation last year, but his own idiotic economic policies have sent consumer prices and ACA health insurance premiums sky-high, driving down his approval rating to a dismal 37%. Read more
The Dunning-Kruger Times is a parody site that openly acknowledges that nothing posted on the site is real. The sites also says that if you believe anything they publish then "you should have your head examined." I guess that means Donald Trump is going to need another visit to the doctor because he shared a claim on social media from the site which stated that Barack Obama has received $40M in royalties from the US Government for the use of the name Obamacare. A White House spokesperson did not dispute that Trump believed the report was real. Donald Trump is a very stupid man.
British fascists are being trained by American white supremacists linked to a deadly terror attack. Members of Vanguard Britannica, a racist, anti-Semitic group based in the UK, travelled to the US in September to attend the first national conference of the Patriot Front, America's most prolific neo-Nazi group. The members returned to the UK "ready to apply what they have learnt in our home country." During their trip to Texas, delegates took part in training "workshops". They also met with prominent American white nationalists including Jared Taylor, the editor of American Renaissance magazine and Thomas Rousseau, the leader of Patriot Front. James Alex Fields marched at the 'Unite The Right' rally before mowing down a peaceful crowd. Vanguard America has denied Fields was a member. Mr Taylor is an academic who believes in voluntary racial segregation and has been credited with intellectualizing the US white nationalist movement away from Klansmen and skinheads. Read more
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have blamed Pakistan for a lack of results after mediated talks by Qatar and Turkiye in Istanbul, but have insisted a previously agreed ceasefire will hold despite recent clashes between the two neighbouring countries. The end of the talks on Friday without any resolution came shortly after the Taliban said several Afghan civilians were killed and others were wounded in clashes along the border with Pakistan. Read more
Shots were reportedly fired at U.S. Border Patrol agents during immigration enforcement operations in Little Village Saturday afternoon.
In the wake of the heist, the country's minister of culture, Rachida Dati, assured the Louvre's security systems didn't fail. However, experts have been raising concerns about the museum's security for more than a decade, according to a report by French newspaper Liberation that examined confidential documents. For example, in 2014, the museum's video surveillance server password was "LOUVRE," while a software program provided by the company Thales was secured with a password "THALES."
America's biggest export might soon be its own citizens. According to the American Psychological Association, 63% of adults ages 18 to 34 have considered leaving the country this year because of "the state of the nation." Among parents, more than half (53%) say the same. The study found that stress about the country's future has hit a historic high. 75% of Americans say they're more worried about the direction of the nation than they used to be, and 76% call that fear a "significant source of stress." Dummkopf Trumpf's approval rating is 37% and thanks to his fascist, xenophobic, and oligarch-oriented junta, record numbers of American students have been applying to attend college outside the US. Tuition costs, school shootings, and ICE oppression against free speech on American college campuses have taken their toll: drudge.com. Who can blame America's youth for wanting to leave? Read more
Two Major League Baseball pitchers were indicted Sunday on charges they took bribes to give sports bettors advance notice of the types of pitches they'd throw and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes to ensure successful bets.
Like Donald Trump, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman understands the power of personal branding. So you can't go anywhere in the Saudi capital without seeing the face of the monarch known as MBS.
