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A man was detained by Los Angeles police after pulling a knife during a confrontation inside a Wendy’s restaurant in Northridge on Wednesday. Video from inside the restaurant shows a man in a baseball hat confronting a couple who were eating a meal. The man who was eating then stood up and confronted the other man before eventually pulling out a knife in a threatening manner. “You gonna stab me?” the man in the hat can be heard saying. The scene then turned even more chaotic as expletives were shouted and chairs were thrown before both men went outside. A...

A batch of mailers sent to Texas households ahead of the November midterm elections may be connected to an Illinois printing company whose owner and his son have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trump-aligned groups and Republican committees, CBS News reports.The flyers, which appeared to come from a transgender advocacy organization, have been linked to Three Z Printing, an Illinois company. U.S. Postal Service records show the company holds the bulk-mail permit used to send the flyers to more than 1 million Texas addresses.According to the United States Postal Service, the company — dubbed Three Z Printing —...

In the Substack immediately preceding this (Did “DataRepublican” just single-handedly save our nation? ) I lauded DataRepublican’s ongoing exposes of a color revolution / coup d’etat / seditious conspiracy against our Constitutional Republic — one that is currently “baking in the pre-midterms / pre-2028 election oven.” Her series, “The Democracy Files,” is still being rolled-out on X. IF YOU CARE ONE WHIT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY, YOU SHOULD REVIEW “THE DEMOCRACY FILES” TO DATE, AND FOLLOW ALL FUTURE INSTALLMENTS. As I’ve watched the excerpts from Zoom meetings amongst the conspirators, it occurred to me that they come across...

The U.S. Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) website was targeted by a hacker or hackers just days before the November midterm elections. The outage disrupted the agency’s electronic filing system, preventing electronic filings while leaving the public’s access to previously submitted campaign finance reports unaffected. An FEC spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Caller that the agency’s IT staff are working to restore service. The spokesperson emphasized that the public can still access previously filed reports through the FEC’s online database. “At this time, we can point to the status update posted to the FEC’s website that the electronic filing system is...

Several years ago, when I headed marketing at a major public university, a colleague suggested we needed our own “moonshot” to stem the tide of declining enrollment. I took the question seriously, given the catastrophic demographic “cliff” American higher education will soon endure, and then offered up the kind of moonshot I’m sure he didn’t expect. Namely, a national campaign funded by the higher education industry to encourage the growth of families and reverse the baby dearth that has left the U.S. procreating below replacement levels. This was no doubt a long-term strategy, and quite an expensive one at that,...

Hundreds of ballots were found piled in an open hallway at a Skid Row homeless shelter where more than 1,100 voters are registered, a California Post investigation found. The ballots were spotted at The Midnight Mission, a downtown LA homeless shelter offering meals and mail services, where 1,160 voters are registered. The Post authenticated a photo of the ballots and independently confirmed the scene during a visit to the shelter on October 13. The discovery comes four months after the California Post exposed 7,600 voter registrations linked to homeless shelters and service providers across Los Angeles, including facilities that don’t...

What's happening? Two high-speed ​trains have collided in Spain, causing the ‌suspension of the line connecting Madrid to the southern Andalusia region, rail operator Adif said At least 64 people have been killed in the crash, the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha said The trains crashed just after 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) and the cause of the crash and full details of casualties are still being determined It's the second major deadly train crash this year, after an accident in January between high-speed trains belonging to the same operators on the same line killed 46 people The crash comes at...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Republican Bill Essayli is not legally serving as the top U.S. prosecutor in Los Angeles. The ruling is the latest roadblock to the Trump administration’s effort to extend handpicked acting U.S. attorneys beyond the 120-day limit set by federal law. The strategy was designed to bypass confirmation by the U.S. Senate — something that generally requires a degree of bipartisan support. Essayli “is unlawfully serving as a ‘de facto’ United States Attorney,” U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright wrote. The order won’t take effect until the court rules on the government’s motion for a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced stronger bilateral cooperation with Mozambique in strategic sectors, adding that bilateral trade nearly doubled between January and August this year, during a meeting in Moscow with his Mozambican counterpart. “Trade and economic interaction is getting stronger. Our trade nearly doubled in January through August,” the Russian head of state said as he opened the meeting with the delegation led by Daniel Chapo, on the sidelines of the 8th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit, on Tuesday. Quoted in statements released by Russian diplomatic channels, Putin said the two countries shared a commitment to...

Democrats are outpacing Republicans in early ballots Registered Democrats so far represent a larger share of early voters in the midterms than Republicans, having cast roughly 45% of early ballots compared to 31% cast by GOP voters, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab data. Another 24% of Americans who have voted early are not registered with either party. This data is only available for the 27 states that have a formal party registration system, and signifies only the party with which a voter is registered, not the candidates selected on their ballot. Experts caution that Democrats' higher turnout...

CORPUS CHRISTI — President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted the arrival of 1 million barrels of Venezuelan oil to be refined in Texas as he swung through the state on another round of campaign stops for Ken Paxton and other Republicans.Speaking at the Port of Corpus Christi, the president said the shipment was a sign of an upswing for Americans as many face stiflingly high gas prices and have grown weary of the war in Iran. The U.S. “is making an absolute fortune because of the situation in the Middle East,” Trump said. He reiterated his promise that the war,...

Oh look, the snowflakes are melting again. President Trump's planned 250-foot-tall arch would cast shadows on many graves and monuments in nearby Arlington National Cemetery, the @washingtonpost's 3-D analysis found. On some days, Trump's arch would even shade the grave and eternal flame of JFK. https://t.co/uWuEsJcpGW— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) October 27, 2026They made a 3D rendering!! TDS TO THE MAX. 🤡 Trump wants to build a big beautiful arch. And yes, that's making liberals mad for some reason. They even analyzed every single grave or monument that would be touched briefly by the shadow of the arch, then added up...

A residential cruise ship halted operations in Cambodia on Tuesday amid soaring fuel costs, leaving passengers in limbo after the U.S. company that operates it ordered them to disembark. Florida-based Villa Vie Residences said in a news release that it was working to identify “temporary living arrangements” for people aboard The Odyssey, a 642-foot cruise ship that launched from Belfast, Northern Ireland, three years ago and promised passengers “an unparalleled lifestyle of luxury and exploration” as it toured the planet. Cabins on The Odyssey were for sale or rent. According to the company, the ship can accommodate 650 residents. A...

For those of us who have spent our lives trying to dismantle this endlessly destructive paradigm of patriarchy, it has become increasingly clear in recent months that something more terrifying is afoot. The wheels are off the cart. We are in the midst of a chaotic, demented acceleration of the most violent and cruel aspects of this system which has evolved into what I am calling Psychopatriarchy. Psychopatriarchy is a reaction, a backlash against the progress we have made on all fronts: women’s rights, civil rights, immigrant rights, workers rights, trans rights etc. It has birthed an authoritarian fascist reality,...

Bangladesh and Japan have signed a new employment agreement, paving the way for recruitment of Bangladeshi workers to Japan from 1 April 2027. The Memorandum of Cooperation on Employment Skills Development (ESDP-MOC) was finalised and signed on Saturday (17 October) following nearly a year of efforts by the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment and the Japanese government, according to a press release. The agreement was signed by the secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment on behalf of Bangladesh and representatives of Japan's Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, Labour and...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (10/28/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 66 For the director of music. A song. A psalm.1 Shout for joy to God, all the earth!2 Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious. 3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. 4 All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing the praises of your name.”[a]5 Come and see what God has done, his awesome deeds for mankind! 6 He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the...

The song "Rockin' in a Free World," according to the filing, aims to capture the irony of "celebrating freedom that clearly isn't shared by all," which is “the opposite of everything that Donald J. Trump stands for.” ================================================================= Musician Neil Young filed a $10 million lawsuit against the Trump 47 Committee on Monday, claiming copyright infringement for its use of "Rockin' in a Free World" at a campaign rally. In the filing, Young alleges that his 1989 hit was played just before President Donald Trump took the stage at a Youngstown, Ohio, rally on Oct. 12, The Hill reported. According...

A federal judge on Tuesday disqualified Trump appointee Bill Essayli as the First Assistant US Attorney in California. US District Judge John Seabright, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled that Bill Essayli unlawfully overstayed his 120-day temporary appointment. Recall that Judge Seabright last October said that Bill Essayli had been in the role of an Acting US Attorney unlawfully and disqualified him. President Trump chose California Republican Assemblyman Bill Essayli to serve as the acting US attorney for the Central District of California in 2025. Bill Essayli is a staunch Trump supporter who has been aggressively investigating and prosecuting illegal...

Maybe this should be expected, as polls do tighten in the waning days of an election cycle, but this is different: we have a summer chock full of blue death coming for Republicans. The blue terminal is crashing, after a wild prediction that Democrats would get 230-plus seats in the House bolstered it for a bit. Then, the Midwest tightened up, leading Democrat operatives to acknowledge they weren’t as confident about a blue wave. This isn’t 2018. The truth is we’re flying blind. It’s 50/50, because the polling isn’t reliable anymore. We have multiple fake poll controversies, all of which...

An alleged Microsoft whistleblower has raised concerns regarding overseas engineers accessing U.S. government cloud information through the company’s “escort” support process. Screenshots mentioned in an October 28 post by the X account Conspiracookie allegedly show approval for an engineer based in India to view logs associated with Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud (GCC). However, these claims remain unverified. According to the post, the screenshots show that engineer Viraj Chokhany requested and received escort access to the DPRODMGD151 environment, described as GCC Moderate. The whistleblower claims the engineer is not a U.S. citizen. However, the available evidence has not independently verified either...