02 U.S. Politics

In Issue 2026.30, Amos Elections, we cover Election Predicting, Lula’s Brazil, Brexit Reduxing

Our Situation Report has been replaced in this issue by our 2026 Election Report. We cover the issues, the laws, the races, and offer a prediction on the results.

Our Bellwether Digest covers Non-Citizen Balloting, Vucic’s Fall, Activist Judge Handcuffing

Tools of Engagement include resources to be informed in the news, informed in the elections, and how to build your own search engine.

In our Final Thought, Editor Paul Gordon Collier and Publisher Bill Collier offer their final word on the upcoming election.

I. 2026 Election Report: Pt. 1 – Issues, Election Laws, Ballot Initiatives

II. Bellwether Digest – Global Outlook, Headlines Missed, People Advance

III. Tools of Engagement

IV. Bellwether Report – U.S Politics – World – Culture – Market- Sci-Tech

V. 2026 Election Report: Pt. 2 – House Races – Senate Races – Predictive Analysis

VI. Final Thought – Last Comments on the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election

MIA Monthly 26 10 30 FINAL DRAFT WORD

III. TOOLS OF ENGAGEMENT

A. THE BIRTH OF THE ECUMENICAL NATION-STATE

In our October 16, 2026, MIA issue Paul Gordon Collier wrote about his experience researching the immigration crisis in Europe. He wrote: “In the course of our research, we have discovered that the narratives around the three bellwether European countries we are using for this report are being buried by search engines that assure only progressive state media shows up in current news search results.

“Even when prompting AI to present data outside of the progressive state press, not one major AI deployed could comply. Even when we provided them with a list of websites that we use for news aggregate analysis, the AI could still not produce research results outside of the progressive state press.

“A couple of websites, like Breitbart and PJ Media, made it into the aggregation analysis process because they are some of the very few non-progressive sites that show up in current news searches.

“Without AI, the research process is considerably more time-consuming than with it. In order for us to have a more complete picture of views on the planvasion, it will take us a lot more time than we previously thought, therefore we are offering here a scaled down version of what the final report will be.

“We are in the process of building AI bots that will regularly search websites outside the progressive state press to assure we get current news research results not so overwhelmingly dominated by progressive talking points.”

Using search engines to get the latest news is fraught with non-disclosed filtering of websites not aligned with progressive orthodoxy. Our website, bellwetherintel.com/, archives news blurbs and links from a disparate news pool, one that includes the progressive state press and non-progressive state press.

If you want to get information on a current news story, we recommend you do one of three things, build your own news aggregate website, your own personal-use search engine, or use bellwetherintel.com/.

Our site is not comprehensive, so it should be used as a supplement to other sources, not the exclusive source.

Here are three sources for search engine builders:

Why Choose Programmable Search – Google

Build Your Own Search Engine – wiby.org

How to build a search engine: A complete guide for developers – meilisearch.com

B. JOAN OF HAMAS?

In our October 23, 2026 issue of MIA, we covered the French Riots. We reported: Here are four headlines that bellwether the progressive state press narratives on the French riots:

  1. FACT FOCUS: Trump and Republicans blame France’s immigrants for riots without evidence – AP News – This headline asks Americans not to believe their lying eyes, the hundreds of thousands of videos showing African and Middle Eastern men praising Allah while they unleash hell on French citizens.
  2. France has a proud tradition of protesting, and sometimes people lose their heads – abcnews.com – This headline attempts to make a somewhat grim joke; though the lesser context, the disproportionate outrage version of “lose their heads,” is their punchline, not the French Revolution. The article is accusing people of being hysterical for reacting with existential concern about what’s going on in France right now.
  3. France: Protests “brought the entire population together for a common purpose”– France 24 – This French publication is all-in on the riots, even attempting to popularize the riots by claiming everyone is participating in them. We wonder how the French citizens who are not in on the insurrection feel about this headline
  4. Looters Seize on massive French protests to raid and vandalize shops – France 24 – This is that same treasonous French press protecting the insurrection again. This headline is attempting to shift all the blame for the violence not on the politically motivated insurrectionists aiming to destroy the republic, but on “selfish looters.”

The French press has decided that “far right” candidates noticing the riots and the Islamists’ roles in the riots is problematic, even racist.

MS Now may take the case. Their mouthpieces decided to implore Americans to protest (meaning riot) here like they are in France over our economic woes. Not only are they pushing the narrative that this is an unaffordability protest, but they are also openly trying to trigger similar French-styled arsonist attacks against American businesses.

Another story from our Bellwether Digest that week showed Americans are mostly getting the kind of “news” highlighted above. We reported: LEFTIST NEWS AGGREGATORS DOMINATE U.S. NEWS – 58% of Americans are getting their “news” from far-left news aggregators that block non-progressive media from being seen. These four far-left news aggregators are run by progressive-controlled corporations aligned with the Democratic Party. The four aggregators are Apple News, Google News, Yahoo News, and Microsoft’s MSM.

Our news research compels us to track multiple news sites, on the left, right, and otherwise. Here are 10 sites that are not progressive which we regularly monitor. We encourage you to create your own RSS aggregate of these sites, or bookmark them so you regularly have sources for news not filtered through the enemy’s lens.

The Federalist – TheFederalist.com

PJ Media – PJMedia.com

American Thinker – AmericanThinker.com

Townhall – TownHall.com

The American Spectator – Spectator.org

Breitbart – Breitbart.com

Daily Caller – DailyCaller.com

The Daily Wire – DailyWire.com

Liberty Nation – LibertyNation.com

Just the News – JustTheNews.com

C. THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

In this issue of MIA, on page 2, we concluded our election report with this claim, “While we would not be shocked, or even surprised, if the Republicans hold on to the House, at this point we must assume they will not.

“A DNC win will trigger criminal investigations and prosecutions at state and local levels, bury our congress in constant sham hearings intended on convicting Trump and his allies of crimes they mostly didn’t actually commit, and embolden the street fighters that gave them this victory to ratchet up their violence.

“You will see more and more progressives openly calling for the American republic to be scrapped, to form a new constitution with a new name for their progressive state.

“We have long-recommended President Trump use every legal means possible to declare the Democratic Party an insurrectionist terrorist operation. We have called on him to use his emergency and insurrection act powers to arrest its leaders, prosecute them for treason, confiscate their assets (including the progressive state press, a treasonous information terror network), and punish the insurrections to the fullest extent of the law.

“We should not be holding elections in which Islamists and Socialists are allowed to rule over a country they all want to murder. Yet here we are.

“If it happens as we imagine it will, it is a judgment of God on the land, a land that accelerated its descent into progressive madness the day its own court protected child murderers from rightful prosecution.”

We suspect the results of the election will not be known on the first night so we encourage our readers to track those results, as well as the fall-out from those results on our website bellwetherintel.com/.

Our website contains archives of news blurbs and links of both the progressive state press and independent press. We tag our archives to make it easier for readers to follow certain topics.

Here are links to those tags that will be updated regularly throughout the week. These tags are related to the 2026 election:

2026 Elections

Senate Races

Alaska Senate Race

Maine Senate Race

Michigan Senate Race

North Carolina Senate Race

Texas Senate Race

House Races

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PA House Races

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Election Fraud

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Mass Mailer Election

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BELLWETHER REPORT – OCTOBER 2026

By STAFF

This month’s report covers political, world, culture, market, and sci-tech news from October 1-30

This report includes People Advance Reports.

TOP NEWS TAGS

  1. 2026 Elections
  2. AI Watch
  3. Progressive State Press
  4. France Riots
  5. Ukraine War
  6. Iran War
  7. China Watch
  8. Judgefare
  9. Trump Deportations
  10. Election Fraud

U.S. POLITICS

  1. PROGRESSIVES CAUGHT PLOTTING OVERTHROW OF AMERICA – 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.”

  1. BIDEN’S DOJ STALKED PARENTS OPPOSED TO WOKE SCHOOLS – Parents who dared speak out against progressive policies in American public schools were tracked and harassed by the FBI. If you dared go to a school board meeting and speak out against pro-transgender policies, or gay porn in school libraries, Biden’s FBI viewed you as a national security risk.

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon stated, “Under the Biden Administration, parents were the enemy. They were labeled as terrorists, targeted, and investigated by a government weaponized against them. That era is over. The Trump Administration is acting with unprecedented energy and purpose to restore parents’ natural rights as the primary protectors of their children.”

  1. JACK SMITH WAS SPYING ON EVERYONE – A new document drop by the White House Government Transparency Task Force has revealed “special prosecutor” Jack Smith was spying on almost everyone in the Trump inner circle, including his lawyers. He did this by monitoring the phone of the President’s key administrative organizer and coordinator, Susie Wiles. She is currently President Trump’s Chief of Staff.

U.S. ELECTION

Read our full report on the 2026 midterm election on pg. 2.

  1. APPEALS COURT PROTECTS 20,000 NON-CITIZEN CALIFORNIA BALLOTS – A Federal Appeals court ruled 2-1 to deny the Department of Justice’s request to remove 20,000 non-citizen ballots from California’s voter rolls. The court passed on a technicality, claiming it had no power to act until a lower court had ruled. They also claimed, “The United States’s claimed emergency, at least in part, is a self-constructed one.”
  2. CALIFORNIA TELLS THE FEDS A FEW ILLEGAL VOTES ARE NO BIG DEAL – California’s progressive governor Gavin Newsom recently condoned a few non-citizen votes for the sake of not fully checking their voting rolls as the Department of Justice has requested. After the DOJ caught 28 illegal aliens registered to vote and planning to vote, Newsom’s government responded with indifference to the news.

Newsom claimed, “Yes, non-citizen voter registration and voting does happen in isolated instances — in California and the rest of the country alike — but it is so rare that the Trump admin is parading around town about .0001% of California voters. If the feds were serious about this, they would have done this long ago — not in the middle of people voting, which inherently and needlessly sows distrust and doubt in our democracy.”

  1. ARE THE POLLS RIGGED? – Another polling company has confessed to creating fake polls. Wedgwood Polls confessed it created fake polls to show Democrats ahead as part of a social experiment. They claimed, “Our fabricated numbers were given instant credibility across platforms and cited on air and reporting.”

WORLD

  1. NETANYAHU CRIES FOUL AS ELECTION LEAVES NO FINAL WINNER – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to win a majority needed to form a government after the Israeli election, but so did his opponent. Netanyahu beat his opponent 21.4% to 16.2%. Netanyahu is claiming Islamist factions have infiltrated the election process, robbing his coalition of their “rightful” victory.

Golan posted on X, “We must no longer accept Netanyahu’s racist division between Jewish votes and Arab votes. We have a responsibility. And we have an opportunity to form a government of change in partnership with Israel’s Arab citizens.” Netanyahu responded, “We must not endanger Israel and establish a government that relies on anti-Zionist Arab parties.”

  1. BOLSONARO LOSES IN “QUESTIONABLE” ELECTION – The Chinese won Brazil’s Presidential election when their candidate, Lula da Silva, won re-election for the third time. He defeated the American candidate, Senator Flavio Bolsanaro, the son of the former President, Jair Messias Bolsanaro. Lula lost in the first round of votes but came back in the run-off to defeat Bolsonaro by a 51-48-point margin.

The controversy with the election began when a Lula-supporting activist judge decided to extend the closing hour of the polls by 2 hours. It is believed this is where Lula “manufactured” the votes he needed to hold on to power. The win by Lula assures China will continue to have a strong presence in South America. It also means Brazilians will face draconian social media censorship laws.

  1. AFTER IRAN REJECTS PEACE TALK OFFER, U.S. THREATENS STRIKES – Vice President JD Vance’s letter to the Iranians offering another round of peace talks was summarily rejected by the Iranian regime. As a result, the U.S. is threatening to resume air strikes against the Islamic Republic. Iran has countered that it would consider peace talks, but only if brokered by Pakistan.

The U.S. has reached out to its Gulf State allies and informed them there may soon be an “intense” war with Iran. The Strait of Hormuz is not completely opened, and Iran has been able to score hits on tankers still. President Trump once again claimed the war will be over soon, but hinted at a last intense stage.

  1. SERBIA FALLS TO A STUDENT REVOLUTION – Candidates in support of the “Student List” won the majority of seats in Serbia’s election, overthrowing the long-standing power of pro-Russian and Pro-Chinese Prime Minister Aleksander Vucic. The Student List won 52.7% of the vote and 140 of the 250 Parliament seats. The incumbent party, the Serbian Progressive Party, has been in power since 2012.
  2. FRANCE ISLAMIST-PROGRESSIVE RIOTS CONTINUE – Under the guise of “education reform,” which is mostly demanding more resources and creating policies aligned with the Progressive-Islamist alliance, riots across France in most major cities continue unabated. So far, more than 5,000 people have been arrested.
  3. IN WAKE OF MASS “MIGRANT INVASION,” SPAIN’S PM FORCED TO CALL SNAP ELECTIONS – Spaniards are joining the growing national protests against their country’s policies of open borders and the state’s attempt to destroy their national identity. The pressure is mounting on the regime in power, the progressives. They rule under their current Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, who rules thanks to a coalition of leftists.

His own party fared worse than the pro-Spanish party in the last election (which finished first but was kept out of power by the far-left coalition). Now, Sanchez must call a Snap election before any hope of winning another election (if he even makes it to that point) dies as the resistance to his Spain-hating policies grows.

  1. ALBERTA CHOOSES SOVIET CANADA – The vote to secede from Canada failed in Alberta by a convincing margin, with only 23% voting to start the process of secession. With results being delayed, and polls not opening in all places when they should have been, some doubt might remain about the results, but the margin makes it difficult to sustain.
  2. BURNHAM BLAMES RUSSIA FOR BREXIT – UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has telegraphed his next major move, setting up an election with Brexit on the chopping block. He is leading an international effort to paint Britain’s choice to leave the EU as a Russian-manipulated outcome, justifying a revisiting of the question. He accused Russia of meddling not only with the 2026 vote, but with other European elections as well.
  3. HAMAS SUPPORTERS MARCH ON OCTOBER 7 – Hamas supporters in London decided to march on the 3rd anniversary of the October 7 slaughter of innocent Israelis by the organization they are marching for. The march was not seen as racist by British police, despite it clearly sending a message to the Jews that they’re still next. It is an embrace of the slaughter of the Jewish race, nothing more.
  4. WOMEN IN INDIA STERILIZED TO WORK SUGARCANE FIELDS – With little opportunity outside of working sugarcane fields, hundreds of thousands of women in India choose to have their wombs removed to stop having periods. They do this to ensure they don’t miss workdays.

One woman described what they must endure: “We never have a day off. Once we arrive here, it’s constant work every single day for the next four to five months. Even removing my own uterus requires taking on debt. It feels like my body itself has become a slave to the system.”

CHINA

  1. CCP AGENT CAUGHT SPYING ON TAIWANESE AMERICANS – The DOJ has arrested Wanying “Heather” Zeng, 34, under charges she was spying on Taiwanese Americans for the Chinese government. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg declared, “The central allegation here – that Zhang, at the behest of the People’s Republic of China, covertly surveilled relatives of a high-ranking foreign government official in the United States – is deeply troubling…”

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli added, “Ms. Zhang is charged with acting at the direction of Chinese government officials to spy on the family of a senior Taiwanese official here in the United States. She violated our laws and will be held accountable in our courts. We will aggressively investigate and prosecute illegal foreign operations on American soil.”

  1. CHINA LOSES TRILLIONS AS FAITH IN AI FALTERS – The Chinese STAR 50 Index has lost trillions of dollars in value in recent months thanks mostly to lost faith in AI. The total value of AI stocks accounts for 40% of the market. The AI machines being built aren’t making money off their domestic market, a problem the U.S. might be facing soon as well.
  2. CHINA WINS IN U.S. COURT – A Federal judge has decided the Pentagon does not have a right to block firms from having defense contracts that lobby for Alibaba. The company rewarded in the ruling is a CCP-controlled and supporting enterprise. This ruling allows the CCP to continue to infiltrate American military procurement infrastructures. They can effectively even “lobby” congress to make it happen.
  3. CHINA ENTERS LAOS – China has sent a military convoy into the border nation of Laos, which is raising concerns of Laotians who have bad memories of colonization from world powers. The military is being moved into a permanent “Training Center,” which is raising even more red flags among the local population.
  4. CHINA ADDS AIR BASE TO “TRAINING” IN LAOS – China has extended its presence in Laos following reports it had set up a training camp inside the country. Now, China appears to have built an air base within Laos as well. Satellite imagery showed Chinese military aircraft leaving from and landing in the region identified as the new air base. Beijing has now claimed the base is to train Laotian pilots to fly Chinese fighters.

CULTURE

  1. LEFTIST NEWS AGGREGATORS DOMINATE U.S. NEWS – 58% of Americans are getting their “news” from far-left news aggregators that block non-progressive media from being seen. These four far-left news aggregators are run by progressive-controlled corporations aligned with the Democratic Party. The four aggregators are Apple News, Google News, Yahoo News, and Microsoft’s MSM.
  2. SHARIA GAINING FAVOR AMONG AMERICAN YOUTH – Thanks in large part to great efforts by progressive-controlled government schools promoting Islam and excoriating Christianity, a new poll reveals 4 in 10 young Americans have a favorable view of Sharia, Islamic Law.

The poll indicts the public education system, which has fallen to insurrectionist progressives. These “teachers” are more aligned with Chairman Mao and Osama Bin Laden than they are with George Washington and Jesus Christ.

3. AMERICAN UNDERGRADS BECOMING VIOLENT PROGRESSIVES – A new poll from the Buckley Institute claims 45% of American undergrads support violence against “hate speech.” 30% of self-identifying “conservative” undergrads agreed. 22% of undergrads believe America deserved 9/1. Among those who support violence against “hate speech,” 72% say “hate speech” is a constitutionally protected form of free speech.

4. SOMALI TEEN PLOTTED MASS MURDER IN MALL OF AMERICA – The FBI caught another wanna-be terrorist before they could act by first seemingly enabling their actions. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, an 18-year-old Somali American, was arrested and accused of plotting to kill Americans in the Mall of America. He was going to use an AK-47 and 200 rounds of ammo. The teen purchased the inert AK-47, and the ammo, from the FBI. This is how the arrest was made.

The DOJ released a statement that, in part, exclaimed, “The FBI rendered the AK-47 rifle inert prior to the transaction. During the sale of the firearm and ammunition, Mohamud reaffirmed his plan to use the firearm and ammunition to shoot people at the Mall of America”

5. CHILD GENDER “THERAPISTS” CONTINUE SHUT-DOWN OPERATIONS UNDER NEW NAMES – When child transgender therapists and operations are shut down from organizations relying on Federal tax dollars, they turn to independent trans zealots to both fund and protect them. The Trump administration is working on identifying shut down operations and following them when they go “independent.”

6. HARVARD PROFESSORS AND ALUMNI ARE AGAINST HIRING CONSERVATIVES – A recent suggestion by Harvard that it should do more to get conservative professors hired was met with stiff resistance from progressive professors. Over 95% of Harvard’s professors are self-identifying progressives.

Progressive alumni joined in the resistance, with one alumnus claiming, “Even supposing that [silencing] takes place, how would the hiring of conservative faculty act as a countervailing force? Surely such hiring may inhibit viewpoint diversity rather than nurture it.” We will leave that statement represent the mind of the progressive in all its incongruity with reality.

7. UK SUPPORTS GLOBAL HATE SPEECH CRACKDOWN – The UK is coming out in support of a UN resolution demanding worldwide action to prevent hate speech. The Burnham administration declared, “… we, the UK, thank the African Group for bringing forward this resolution and pay particular tribute to South Africa for their principled leadership in keeping the fight against racism high on the international agenda.”

8. WOMAN ALMOST SUICIDED BY CANADA FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO COOK – A woman who was depressed because she felt she could no longer cook for her family was approved for suicide by Canadian doctors. Fortunately, she was talked out of it, but not by the doctors, who may have wanted to profit from her organs.

Canada’s embrace of euthanasia, which was supposed to be a measure of last resort for the truly terminally and pain-ridden ill, has led it to expand the reasons people can apply for state-assisted suicide. We can add to that growing list not being able to cook for your family. Now, even euthanasia supporters are raising the alarm on Canada’s seemingly careless reliance on suicide to cure its social and economic woes.

9. SUPPORT FOR CRIMINALIZING OFFENSIVE SPEECH SPIKES – 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.

10. IDAHO PROPOSITION WOULD ALLOW MINORS TO CONSENT TO ABORTION – Despite what the ACLU has been saying about Idaho’s Proposition 1, critics counter that it does, in fact, allow minor children to consent to abortions without parental notice. The proposition, if passed, would remove limits on abortion and effectively allow children to have abortions without parental consent.

11. BELGIUM’S EUTHANASIA EXPLODES – Over 1,100 people have been euthanized by Belgian authorities for ailments that are not immediately terminal. In 2025, euthanasia deaths jumped 12.4% from last year. They accounted for 4% of all national deaths.

MARKET

  1. NINE U.S. BANKS DEBANKED DISSENTERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ORTHODOXY – Nine major U.S. banks have been found to have debanked Americans for holding views not acceptable to the anti-American ideology of progressivism. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a report exposing the unconstitutional, and possibly criminal actions.

The nine banks listed were: BMO Bank, Capital One, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, PNC Bank, TD Bank, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank. These debankings happened between 2010 and 2025, meaning they continued after Trump took office.

  1. AI DEBT LOOMING THREAT ON WORLD ECONOMY – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a warning to global markets about the looming debt in the AI industry. It claims all the major American tech companies are saddled with AI investment bills not met with AI-producing revenues.
  2. META GETS $25 BILLION BILL OVER 2016 ELECTION – A New Mexico court is ordering Meta to pay $25 billion in a civil lawsuit for allowing Cambridge Analytica access to user data during the 2016 election. The company was working for the Trump campaign. It used that information to help the Trump campaign more effectively target potential voters.

SCI-TECH

  1. U.S. AXES DEEPSEEK, CHINA THREATENS COUNTERACTION – The U.S. has announced a ban on China’s DeepSeek AI from U.S. government systems, citing security risks. China has responded by threatening consequences if the U.S. doesn’t reverse this decision. DeepSeek models “present multiple threat pathways,” according to a notice published in the U.S. Federal Register.
  2. GOP HANDS AI GOVERNANCE OVER TO CALIFORNIA – Because the Republican-controlled national legislature failed to pass a measure to block them, California is set to be the definer of AI standards. Now, Anthropic is using California’s AI standards to push a national bill forward that could allow their AI agents to work without government intervention unless the high threshold of 50 lives in danger is met.
  3. ANTHROPIC WANTS TO MERGE WITH THE PRESIDENT – Anthropic has launched a “presidential engagement” project in preparation for the 2028 Presidential election. They plan on engaging with major U.S. presidential candidates on AI policy to determine their political strategy. From this, their political funding strategy would follow. It’s a transparent “buy influence” program being advertised in advance ahead of the 2028 elections. It is projected Anthropic will be a $2 trillion plus venture. With no limits on campaign finance, this will make Anthropic an instant President maker.
  4. ANTHROPIC ANNOUNCES RESTRICTIONS ON BEING MEAN TO ITS AI AGENT, CLAUDE – Anthropic has announced plans to implement a new governance policy for users of its AI agent, Claude. The change of policy would eventually block users from using Claude who are consistently “mean” to Claude.

They claim the rule will be enforced selectively, “only in extreme cases, where users repeatedly act cruelly toward our models, with no discernible purpose.”

PEOPLE ADVANCE

  1. SOCIAL SECURITY TO GET RECORD CLEANUP AFFECTING 50 MILLION RECORDS – 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 is intended to dramatically reduce fraud. This is the largest cleanup operation in the history of the SSA.
  2. NO HEARINGS FOR ILLEGALS – 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.”
  3. OREGON SCHOOL SHOOTING STOPPED BY AMERICAN GUN OWNER – A shooting at an Oregon high school left three children, aged five, eight, and 1l, along with one teacher, dead. The shooter has been identified as John J. Griffin III. The shooter was stopped by a parent with a concealed carry license, saving many lives, but tragically not all lives.
  4. TRUMP TARGETS MAJOR U.S. CORPORATIONS IN FOREIGN VISA CRACKDOWN – 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 higher potential seats of power.
  5. SCOTUS AFFIRMS TRUMP’S RIGHT TO FIRE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES – A challenge to President Trump firing of 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.
  6. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RUNS OUT OF PATIENCE WITH ISLAM – 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.”
  7. CNN FALLS TO MAGA? – 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.”

  1. ICE UNMASKING STRUCK DOWN BY 9TH – 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 the 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.”

  1. CHRISTIAN-ONLY FRANCHISE CONSTITUTIONAL, COURT RULES – 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.
  2. GREENLAND GOLD COMING AMERICA’S WAY – President Donald Trump announced 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!”
  3. AS FOREIGN APPLICATIONS DRY UP, UNIVERSITIES LOWER TUITION FOR AMERICANS – 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.
  4. PASTOR FREED AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR HAVING 24/7 CHURCH – 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 time 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.”

  1. DOJ TO LET SUPPRESSOR RULING STAND – 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.

BELLWETHER DIGEST – WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 30, 2026

By STAFF

This week’s report covers political, world, culture, market, and sci-tech news from October 23-30

This report contains the Global Outlook, Headlines Missed, and People Advance Reports.

For 2026 Election News, read our report on the midterm elections on pg. 2. You can read part two of the report on pg. xx.

TOP NEWS TAGS

  1. 2026 Elections
  2. AI Watch
  3. Progressive State Press
  4. China Watch
  5. Brazil Watch
  6. France Riots
  7. Ukraine War
  8. Israel Watch
  9. Europe Riots
  10. Iran War

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

  1. APPEALS COURT PROTECTS 20,000 NON-CITIZEN CALIFORNIA BALLOTS – A Federal Appeals court ruled 2-1 to deny the Department of Justice’s request to remove 20,000 non-citizen ballots from California’s voter rolls. The court passed on a technicality, claiming it had no power to act until a lower court had ruled. They also claimed, “The United States’s claimed emergency, at least in part, is a self-constructed one.”
  2. NETANYAHU CRIES FOUL AS ELECTION LEAVES NO FINAL WINNER – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to win a majority needed to form a government after the Israeli election, but so did his opponent. Netanyahu beat his opponent 21.4% to 16.2%. Netanyahu is claiming Islamist factions have infiltrated the election process, robbing his coalition of their “rightful” victory.

Golan posted on X, “We must no longer accept Netanyahu’s racist division between Jewish votes and Arab votes. We have a responsibility. And we have an opportunity to form a government of change in partnership with Israel’s Arab citizens.” Netanyahu responded, “We must not endanger Israel and establish a government that relies on anti-Zionist Arab parties.”

  1. BOLSONARO LOSES IN “QUESTIONABLE” ELECTION – The Chinese won Brazil’s Presidential election when their candidate, Lula da Silva, won re-election for the third time. He defeated the American candidate, Senator Flavio Bolsanaro, the son of the former President, Jair Messias Bolsanaro. Lula lost in the first round of votes but came back in the run-off to defeat Bolsonaro by a 51-48-point margin.

The controversy with the election began when a Lula-supporting activist judge decided to extend the closing hour of the polls by 2 hours. It is believed this is where Lula “manufactured” the votes he needed to hold on to power. The win by Lula assures China will continue to have a strong presence in South America. It also means Brazilians will face draconian social media censorship laws.

  1. AFTER IRAN REJECTS PEACE TALK OFFER, U.S. THREATENS STRIKES – Vice President JD Vance’s letter to the Iranians offering another round of peace talks was summarily rejected by the Iranian regime. As a result, the U.S. is threatening to resume air strikes against the Islamic Republic. Iran has countered that it would consider peace talks, but only if brokered by Pakistan.

The U.S. has reached out to its Gulf State allies and informed them there may soon be an “intense” war with Iran. The Strait of Hormuz is not completely opened, and Iran has been able to score hits on tankers still. President Trump once again claimed the war will be over soon, but hinted at a last intense stage.

  1. CHINA LOSES TRILLIONS AS FAITH IN AI FALTERS – The Chinese STAR 50 Index has lost trillions of dollars in value in recent months thanks mostly to lost faith in AI. The total value of AI stocks accounts for 40% of the market. The AI machines being built aren’t making money off their domestic market, a problem the U.S. might be facing soon as well.
  2. ARE THE SAUDIS ATTEMPTING TO BUY THE HOUTHIS OFF? – Saudi Arabia is allegedly working with Iran to broker a deal with the Houthis that would see the Houthis get $1 billion to quit the war. The allegations were released in the Israeli newspaper, Israel Hayom. The Houthis have expanded their attacks on Saudi Arabia, launching six strikes in recent days.

They are also threatening to declare war on Egypt should it aid the Saudis in the war. Their efforts to shut down the Red Sea have not quite materialized, but trade has been slowed, though not significantly.

  1. COMEY GETS NEW CHARGE RELATED TO NY TIMES LEAK – James Comey will face more charges connected to an allegation he “knowingly and willingly” passed sensitive top secret national defense information to the New York Times, a flagship of the progressive state press.

The DOJ stated it filed a “waiverless criminal information to toll the statute of limitations as it relates to allegations concerning former FBI Director Comey. Filing a criminal information to toll the statute of limitations is a widely recognized practice in federal court and has been approved by multiple Circuit Courts of Appeals.”

  1. SWALWELL INVESTIGATION LEADS TO NEW FBI RAID – A raid of a mansion in Southern California is connected to a federal investigation into the potential criminal activity of former congressman Eric Swallwell. He is suspected of having ties to the CCP. He is also suspected of committing sexual assault on women, with one accusing him of rape. It was his rape allegations that led to his resignation, not his ties to the CCP.
  2. CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES DECLARED CCP FRONTS BY U.S. – The U.S. Department of War has declared China’s “cultural outreach” centers in progressive-run U.S. universities security threats.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared, “These Chinese government-backed propaganda cultural programs had infiltrated our nation’s universities in almost every state. Now, thankfully, Congress banned them a few years ago, these Confucius Institutes. But they came back disguised in new forms, just like DEI does. Just call it a different name. Well, the Department of War has taken action to stop this as well.”

HEADLINES MISSED

  1. SERBIA FALLS TO A STUDENT REVOLUTION – Candidates in support of the “Student List” won the majority of seats in Serbia’s election, overthrowing the long-standing power of pro-Russian and Pro-Chinese Prime Minister Aleksander Vucic. The Student List won 52.7% of the vote and 140 of the 250 Parliament seats. The incumbent party, the Serbian Progressive Party, has been in power since 2012.
  2. CHINA WINS IN U.S. COURT – A Federal judge has decided the Pentagon does not have a right to block firms from having defense contracts that lobby for Alibaba. The company rewarded in the ruling is a CCP-controlled and supporting enterprise. This ruling allows the CCP to continue to infiltrate American military procurement infrastructures. They can effectively even “lobby” congress to make it happen.
  3. BREXIT TO BLAME FOR UK UNREST, BURNHAM CLAIMS – The UK’s radical progressive Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, continues to push an anti-Brexit narrative intended to set up a redo election. He hopes to bring the UK back into the EU, and he aims to use the riots and unrest in Britian to stigmatize Brexit. He is now directly accusing Brexit of being the underlying cause of the unrest in the country, not the unfettered immigration of foreigners that hate Britian, nor the criminalization of dissent against it.
  4. U.S. JAPAN MILITARY DRILLS DISRUPTED BY CHINESE AND RUSSIAN SPY PLANES – While the U.S. and Japan were engaged in military drills in the Indo Pacific, China and Russia sent spy planes to disrupt the action. Japanese fighters were scrambled to escort the spy planes out of the region. The drills involved thousands of troops, hundreds of aircraft, and dozens of naval vessels.
  5. 60 CHRISTIANS KILLED IN ETHIOPIA – Islamist assaults on Ethiopian Orthodox Churches have left 60 Christians dead. One attack claimed 14 lives, and another attack 4 days later left 46 dead. Local authorities blamed the Oromo Liberation Army for the slaughter. The terror group has failed to respond to the accusations.

PEOPLE ADVANCE

  1. NO HEARINGS FOR ILLEGALS – 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.”

The Supreme Court affirmed the lower

  1. DEI DEFEATED DESPITE JUDGE’S AI “RULING” – The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Judge Henry Wingate’s ruling that held 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.”

court. The ruling allows the Trump administration to deport illegal aliens without a hearing.

  1. ALLEGED CLASSIFIED LEAKER ARRESTED – 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.
  2. ONE MILLION BARRELS OF OIL FROM VENEZUELA – 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.”

The Chinese won Brazil’s Presidential election when their candidate, Lula da Silva, won re-election for the third time. He defeated the American candidate, Senator Flavio Bolsanaro, the son of the former President, Jair Messias Bolsanaro. Lula lost in the first round of votes but came back in the run-off to defeat Bolsonaro by a 51-48-point margin.

Bolsonaro is disputing the election. Not wanting to end up like his father, Bolsonaro has fled to America, with the blessings of President Trump. However, the President is reportedly not going to back Bolsonaro’s claim he is the rightful President of Brazil. The U.S. press (the progressive state press) is celebrating the Chinese win because it stymies their own President, Trump.

The controversy with the election began when a Lula-supporting activist judge decided to extend the closing hour of the polls by 2 hours. It is believed this is where Lula “manufactured” the votes he needed to hold on to power. The win by Lula assures China will continue to have a strong presence in South America. It also means Brazilians will face draconian social media censorship laws.

Flavio Bolsonaro Declares Himself Rightful President Of Brazil, Denounces ‘Tyranny’ After Fleeing To US– dailycaller.com
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Flavio Bolsonaro proclaimed himself the rightful president of Brazil after losing Sunday’s election and fleeing to the United States to dodge a court-ordered travel ban.

Liberal Party Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro reached Miami on Tuesday, having refused to surrender his passports, according to Reuters. He first called himself Brazil’s “elected president” in a letter on X, then deleted it posted another message describing himself as the country’s rightful “leader.” He blamed his loss on an electoral coup by the Supreme Court and Workers’ Party President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Lula won the runoff with 51.79% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21%, a gap of about 4.43 million ballots, according to Latin Times. The federal electoral court, foreign governments, and Bolsonaro’s own party accepted the outcome, Reuters reported.

“I want to say, not only to my 60 million voters but to the Brazilian people, that I am the leader and that the criminals who stole Brazil’s election are part of a criminal organization that has established a tyranny,” Bolsonaro wrote, according to Reuters.

Vice President JD Vance’s letter to the Iranians offering another round of peace talks was summarily rejected by the Iranian regime. As a result, the U.S. is threatening to resume air strikes against the Islamic Republic. Iran has countered that it would consider peace talks, but only if brokered by Pakistan.

The U.S. has reached out to its Gulf State allies and informed them there may soon be an “intense” war with Iran. The Strait of Hormuz is not completely opened, and Iran has been able to score hits on tankers still. President Trump once again claimed the war will be over soon, but hinted at a last intense stage.

US resumes strikes after Iran rejects JD Vance’s proposal to restart peace talks– www.mirror.co.uk
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A letter by US Vice President JD Vance to Iran requesting to resume peace talks has reportedly been rejected . The request was met with the pushback that no new steps will be taken until all seven of Iran’s conditions have been met simultaneously.

Mr Vance contacted a top Iranian political and military official to propose a renewal of peace negotiations, the New York Times reported, quoting a US official and an Iranian official. Mr Vance’s letter was sent just days before the US midterm elections next week, which could be devastating to the Republican Party.

He reached out in a letter sent last week via Qatari meditators and delivered on Sunday to General Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and former commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guards Corps.

The letter reportedly suggested that American and Iranian officials meet soon, adding that he would lead the talks for the US. The proposal was reportedly received well by Iran’s leaders, many of whom view Mr Vance as someone would could help end the conflict, the Iranian official said.

 

Saudi Arabia is allegedly working with Iran to broker a deal with the Houthis that would see the Houthis get $1 billion to quit the war. The allegations were released in the Israeli newspaper, Israel Hayom. The Houthis have expanded their attacks on Saudi Arabia. launching six strikes in recent days.

They are also threatening to declare war on Egypt should it aid the Saudis in the war. Their efforts to shut down the Red Sea have not quite materialized, but trade has been slowed, though not significantly.

$1 Billion For Peace? Report Flags A Secret Saudi Deal With Houthis Via Iran– www.ndtv.com
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Saudi Arabia offered a $1 billion financial package to Yemen’s Houthi rebels through an Iran-brokered deal to secure a ceasefire and halt attacks on the kingdom, according to a report by Israel Hayom, an Israeli newspaper.

The report by Israel Hayom cites Gulf diplomatic sources and states that the proposal aims to completely halt Houthi strikes on Saudi infrastructure.

The deal was reportedly discussed during a surprise visit by Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman to Tehran, where Iran offered to act as a regional diplomatic mediator. The report alleged that the Saudi minister carried the $1 billion physically aboard a Hercules military transport aircraft on which he arrived in Tehran.

In an official statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said that, “The visit to Tehran by Prince Khalid bin Salman, the defense minister, and representatives of the member states of the Mecca Joint Defence Alliance comes as part of the alliance’s ongoing efforts to de-escalate tensions between the parties to the current crisis, encourage dialogue and diplomatic solutions, and support the mediation efforts undertaken by the State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.”

Brazil’s Leftist President Wins Re-Election After Controversial Last-Minute Order– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s incumbent left-wing president secured a shocking fourth term victory on Sunday, October 25, defeating Liberal Party Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in the presidential runoff. The election immediately generated controversy due to a controversial judicial order in which a single Brazilian Supreme Court Justice — who previously worked as a personal attorney for Lula — extended voting for two hours after polls were set to close.

With approximately 99.9 percent of polling sections tabulated by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Lula received about 51.77 percent of valid votes (roughly 64.17 million) to Bolsonaro’s 48.23 percent (roughly 59.79 million), a margin of about 4.38 million votes. Abstention declined from roughly 21 percent in the first round to about 19 percent in the second.

The outcome constituted a significant reversal from the opening round. In the October 4 first round, Bolsonaro led with approximately 47 percent to Lula’s 45 percent, ahead by about 2.2 million votes. No candidate since Brazil’s return to direct presidential elections in 1989 had finished second in the first round and won the runoff.

‘Bribery, Threats, Violence’: Netanyahu Accuses Arab Parties Of Stealing Israeli Election– dailycaller.com
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Israel’s Arab political parties of election fraud Wednesday, amid record-level Arab voter turnout and election wins in the ongoing Knesset polls.

Netanyahu alleged that the Arab parties “support terrorism and the elimination of the Jewish state” and had “stolen” the elections “through serious criminal offenses of bribery, threats, violence, forgeries, and the use of prohibited software to mobilize voters,” according to a translation of his statement posted on X.

The two main Arab parties are Ra’am and the Joint List, according to the Times of Israel.

Speaking for his Likud party, Netanyahu accused the Arab parties of trying to rig the elections through “thousands of envelopes with cash and Ra’am slips, threats and violence against polling station members, multiple voting behind the curtain, voting with double identities, discrepancies between the number of envelopes and the number of voters, the use of prohibited mobilization software, and more.”

His party demanded an investigation of the Arab parties by the police, the Shin Bet — Israel’s domestic security and counterintelligence agency—and the Central Elections Committee, which oversees the general elections for the Knesset.

New Jersey Keeps Enforcing Its Rifle and Magazine Bans and Asks the Supreme Court to Park Its Appeal Behind Viramontes– www.usacarry.com
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Key Takeaways

  • New Jersey filed a Supreme Court petition on October 1, 2026, asking the justices to hold Davenport v. ANJRPC pending decisions in Viramontes and Grant.
  • New Jersey’s rifle and magazine bans remain in effect under a Third Circuit stay granted August 4, 2026, while the case proceeds.
  • The full Third Circuit voted 10-5 on July 17, 2026, ruling that semiautomatic rifles and magazines over ten rounds are arms in common use that cannot be banned.
  • New Jersey warned that denying the petition now would cause a flood of currently restricted weapons entering the state that are near-impossible to retrieve.
  • The Third Circuit acknowledged it stood alone, as the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits have upheld similar laws.

The Chinese STAR 50 Index has lost trillions of dollars in value in recent months thanks mostly to lost faith in AI. The total value of AI stocks accounts for 40% of the market. The AI machines being built aren’t making money off their domestic market, a problem the U.S. might be facing soon as well.

Chinese markets lose trillions as race for AI supremacy with US takes its toll | China– www.theguardian.com
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Trillions of dollars have been wiped from China’s stock markets in recent months amid increasing anxiety about the future of artificial intelligence, as Beijing races against the United States for dominance in the sector.

The STAR 50 Index, which tracks technology and innovation companies on the Shanghai stock exchange, has plunged 40% since June. Other indexes of major companies dropped by about 20% over the same time period.

The precipitous drop has wiped out $2.4tn from the Chinese stock market since May, according to Bloomberg.

AI stocks account for over 40% of the stock market value in China and Hong Kong, according to Goldman Sachs, meaning that any dent in value will send shockwaves across the whole domestic market.

While the U.S. and Japan were engaged in military drills in the Indo Pacific, China and Russia sent spy planes to disrupt the action. Japanese fighters were scrambled to escort the spy planes out of the region. The drills involve thousands of troops, hundreds of aircraft, and dozens of naval vessels.

China, Russia Send Spy Planes Amid Massive US-Led Military Drills; Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets
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Japan has scrambled fighter aircraft after Chinese and Russian intelligence planes conducted five flights near the country between October 20 and 23. The activity involved three Chinese Y-9 aircraft and two Russian Il-20 reconnaissance planes, according to Japan’s Joint Staff. The missions coincided with Keen Sword 2027, a major Japan-US military exercise running until October 29. With thousands of troops, hundreds of aircraft and dozens of vessels involved, the developments highlight heightened military activity across the Indo-Pacific. No Japanese airspace violations were reported.#China #Russia #Japan #SpyPlanes #MilitaryAircraft #KeenSword2027 #USJapanAlliance #IndoPacific #MilitaryNews #Geopolitics #Y9 #IL20 #JapanAirSelfDefenseForce #BreakingNewsRead Less

A Federal judge has decided the Pentagon does not have a right to block firms from having defense contracts that lobby for Alibaba. The company rewarded in the ruling is a CCP-controlled and supporting enterprise. This ruling allows the CCP to continue to infiltrate American military procurement infrastructures.

China’s Alibaba wins court ruling over Pentagon ban that made the company fire dozens of American lobby firms
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A US federal judge has ruled that the government cannot block companies from getting Pentagon contracts simply because they work with firms that lobby for Alibaba, reports Reuters. The Chinese company sued the US government in June this year after the Pentagon added the Chinese company to a list of firms accused of helping China’s military. The list also included search engine company Baidu, electric vehicle maker BYD and other Chinese technology and manufacturing firms.

What the ruling means for Alibaba

The court’s decision allows Alibaba to continue working with Washington lobbyists who also represent companies that do business with the Pentagon. As per the report, this could help the Chinese company fight its inclusion on the US military-related list.Alibaba reportedly dropped dozens of lobbyists after the Pentagon named it in June. The company has challenged the decision, arguing that there is no evidence to support the claim that it has links to China’s military.Being on the list does not bring direct sanctions, but it can affect a company’s ability to secure Pentagon contracts.

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.”

Photos show Ukraine’s Starlink was throttled during Russian strike that killed 5 in park– www.cbsnews.com
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Kharkiv, Ukraine – Yulia Spichak, a 34 year-old makeup artist in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, dropped her son off at an English-language lesson on Oct. 19 and sat down in a nearby park to send a selfie to her sister, Alina. Seconds later, a Russian drone slammed into the park, killing Spichak and four others, including a 1-year-old girl.

The attack came six days after Elon Musk’s SpaceX throttled Ukraine’s access to Starlink, which Ukraine has been using to coordinate its defenses against Russian attacks and for some of its offensive operations. In a post on X, Musk accused Ukraine of violating Starlink’s terms of service by also using it for attacks on Russia.

Ukrainian officials told CBS News that the restrictions imposed without advance notice affected ground-based air defense radars and drone interceptors, hindering the military’s ability to stop incoming Russian strikes.

“It’s an essential part of the air defense infrastructure,” Vadym Ivchenko, a Ukrainian member of parliament on the National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee, told CBS News Monday. “I couldn’t say that all other air defenses stopped working, no. But this part is quite essential for the defense of civilians in Ukraine.”

US tells Gulf allies to brace for ‘intense’ war with Iran – WSJ — RT World News– rt-english.com
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Washington is reportedly preparing for a new military campaign after the November 3 midterm elections, although Trump has yet to make a final decision

The US has warned several Gulf Arab countries to prepare for a short but intense military campaign against Iran after the November 3 US midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

According to the WSJ, US President Donald Trump is leaning toward launching major strikes on Iran’s infrastructure and nuclear facilities, although no final decision has been made. The warnings to Gulf allies reportedly indicate that Israel is also preparing to participate in renewed combat operations.

The US is reportedly deploying an additional Patriot air defense missile battery to the region and moving troops away from vulnerable bases in anticipation of Iranian retaliation. Washington is also replenishing munitions and preparing additional aircraft and warships for possible operations.

Ohio Senate Passed Its Suppressor Bill 31-1. Now a House Lawmaker Wants Short-Barreled Rifles and Shotguns Added.– www.usacarry.com
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COLUMBUS, OH — Ohio Senate Bill 214 would remove firearm mufflers and suppressors from the state’s classification of dangerous ordnance. Sen. Koehler introduced it in the 136th General Assembly. It amends sections 1533.04, 2923.11 and 2923.17 of the Ohio Revised Code.

The bill passed the Senate 31-1 in March and is now pending before the House Public Safety Committee, as reported by the Ohio House of Representatives. The release comes from State Rep. Monica Robb Blasdel (R-New Waterford). It identifies the sponsor as Sen. Kyle Koehler (R-Springfield). It also backs proposed amendments that would extend the bill’s changes to short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns. NRA-ILA also reported the Senate’s passage of the bill in March.

Here is why this matters. Under current Ohio law, suppressors, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns are all classified as dangerous ordnance. According to Blasdel’s office, possessing one without federal National Firearms Act registration or another qualifying exemption can result in state felony charges.

The timing is tied to changes at the federal level. Blasdel’s office points to “a landmark federal court ruling limiting federal enforcement,” which I covered previously. It also cites the federal government’s announcement that it will end enforcement of “dangerous ordnance registration under the NFA.” The concern is that Ohio’s own parallel enforcement statute stays on the books. That could leave law-abiding Ohio gun owners exposed to state penalties even as federal enforcement backs off.

Italy: Leftist and Migrant Rioters Storm Rome’s Colosseum as Violence Spreads Across Europe– slaynews.com
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Leftist and migrant rioters pushed past security barriers and turnstiles at Rome’s Colosseum, entering the historic site while tourists were present as demonstrations across Italy erupted into violence.

The group broke away from an authorized procession along Via Cavour and entered the archaeological landmark, where participants chanted slogans, displayed placards, and waved Hamas flags alongside other Middle Eastern flags.

Security personnel escorted them out after several minutes.

Italy’s Ministry of Culture said initial assessments found no structural damage or injuries connected to the intrusion.

The breach came amid a wider wave of demonstrations over living costs, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s policies, military spending, and the Gaza conflict.

Mississippi Woman Shoots and Kills One of Two Masked Men Who Broke Into Her Jackson Apartment at 2:30 A.M.– www.usacarry.com
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Key Takeaways

  • A woman shot and killed one of two masked men who broke into her apartment at Park at Inverness Apartments in Jackson at 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 8.
  • The resident fired after fearing for her life when the two ski-masked intruders broke in; one suspect died inside and the other fled.
  • The dead suspect was identified as 15-year-old Kaden Young; the resident was interviewed by police and released.
  • Police arrested the second suspect, 18-year-old Quintavion Myles, the same day on murder and burglary charges.
  • Myles faces the murder charge under a law that holds felony participants responsible for deaths that occur during the crime, regardless of who fired.

26 Percent of Marijuana Consumers Say They Are More Likely to Buy a Gun After Supreme Court Struck Down Federal Ban– www.usacarry.com
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Key Takeaways

  • A NuggMD poll found 26 percent of marijuana consumers are more likely to buy a gun after the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban.
  • The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that criminalizing gun possession by cannabis users under federal law violates the Second Amendment.
  • Among Republican cannabis consumers, 41 percent said the ruling makes them more likely to buy a gun, compared to 26 percent of Democrats.
  • NuggMD surveyed 654 cannabis consumers in state-legal markets between October 8 and 15, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.83 percentage points.
  • The Supreme Court has begun applying the ruling to other cases involving cannabis consumers prosecuted for possessing firearms.

Former Florida Prosecutor Wants Stand Your Ground Style Immunity for Gun Owners Arrested in Gun-Free Zones Without Intent– www.usacarry.com
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Key Takeaways

  • Former Florida prosecutor Lisa Chittaro is calling for a ‘Second Amendment immunity defense’ modeled on Florida’s Stand Your Ground statute.
  • Chittaro’s proposal would give gun owners arrested in gun-free zones a fast route to appellate courts without waiting years.
  • Under her model, prosecutors would bear the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that immunity does not apply.
  • Chittaro says cases involving no knowledge or intent, such as a parent forgetting a firearm near a school, should be covered.
  • The proposal targets prosecutions in gun-free zones like schools, sporting events, and airports where criminal intent was absent.

Lula secures victory in Brazil, but faces challenge as Bolsonaro contests victory– abcnews.com
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BRASILIA — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ‘s comeback to win Brazil’s presidential runoff Sunday is already facing its first hurdle as his competitor, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, challenges the results, setting the stage for a possible showdown between the country’s two polarizing political forces.

Lula, who convinced an extra 10.4 million voters to support him in the runoff, is expected to take office on Jan. 5, 2027, for his fourth non-consecutive term. He will serve as a counterweight in a region where leaders are shifting to the right and aligning with U.S. President Donald Trump. Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, promised to cozy up to the Trump administration.

At a news conference Sunday, Bolsonaro said he planned to request an annulment of the election following a chaotic extension of voting at the request of both candidates. However, it’s unclear what legal avenue he would have to do that. His father also contested his loss to Lula four years ago and now serves a 27-year prison sentence for a coup attempt.

Early signs from Brazil’s institutions and from leaders across the region, including conservative presidents who oppose Lula, suggest the results will be respected nationally and internationally. Trump has yet to weigh in.

Even with the vote extension, Lula’s win was decisive. The soon-to-be 81-year-old incumbent won more than 64 million votes compared to just under 60 million for Bolsonaro, a margin of nearly 4%.

Iran War Updates: Tehran shrugs off Trump’s attack threats, says diplomacy ongoing as oil prices stay high– www.cbsnews.com
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High-level delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey were in Tehran on Monday for meetings with Iranian authorities to try to avert renewed fighting in the Iran war, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said. Iran and the three countries party to the Mecca defense pact — Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan — agreed to continue talks after a “first” meeting in Tehran, Iranian state television reported.

Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistani army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and Ibrahim Kalin, the head of Turkey’s intelligence service, met with Iran’s top security officials and negotiators to push for a deal between Tehran and Washington.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters in Tehran that the agenda for the Monday meeting wasn’t set, but the talks would “undoubtedly address the most pressing threats to regional security,” while Saudi Arabia said in a statement that the delegations hoped to find “ways to de-escalate tensions, enhance regional security and promote its stability.”

Two regional officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to reporters, told the Associated Press that the war in Yemen and strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels against Saudi Arabia were also among the topics discussed during the talks.

Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink service agreement– www.cnbc.com
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump speaks to the press after a meeting with technology executives about artificial intelligence at the White House in Washington, Sept. 29, 2026.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday said the company restricted Ukraine’s access to its high-speed technology because Kyiv violated Starlink’s terms of service.

In a post on X, Musk said: “Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week.”

He added: “SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR.”

Ukraine officials said earlier in the day that SpaceX’s Starlink and Starshield satellite communication systems had restored high-speed service, a day after they said the service remained throttled. Ukrainian official said the service disruption left the country vulnerable to Russian attacks.

“The monitoring systems of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine officially record the restoration of the speed of Starlink/Starshield,” it said in a statement. “The connection remains stable [while equipment is moving] at speeds over 400 km/h (249 miles per hour).”

Rubio calls on Cubans seeking “positive change” to work with CIA: “Now is the time”– www.cbsnews.com
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Cubans seeking “positive change” to work with the CIA, the latest ploy in the growing efforts from the Trump administration to remove Cuba’s communist regime from power.

“To those who seek to create positive change in Cuba – now is the time,” Rubio wrote Friday on X. “The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete partnership with the CIA.”

Shortly afterward, the CIA reposted Rubio’s message and a similar call in Spanish for Cubans to work with the agency. A video was posted alongside the message showing the steps needed to contact the intelligence agency.

A strict U.S. embargo and sanctions seeking to put pressure on Cuba’s communist government have led to prices of basic goods skyrocketing and decreased access to medical care for its citizens. Cubans reported waiting in bread lines for hours and others reported lining up to see a doctor.