Tom Nichols: The American president has said I can point the U.S. military any place I want and kill anyone I want, and that eventually is going to become a principle in the domestic use of the military... sometimes I wonder how far he's going to go to stop the release of the

Why it's so hard to settle the government shutdown: GOP position is "The president can tax without regard to Congress, spend without regard to Congress, make war without regard to Congress - and keep the House of Representatives out of session forever." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Israeli settlers trying to stop water access for Palestinian farmers In the same land,settlers have swimming pools while Palestinians watch their crops die of thirst

The military is building concentration camps for the federal government. What could possibly go wrong?

The Emir of Qatar boarded Air Force One during a refueling stop to speak with Trump Bribing Trump with a $400 million jet turned out to be money well spent for the Qataris.

What's in the Epstein files is so damning and elicits so much fear amid a few wealthy individuals, one of whom is president, that we might not see the House reconvene for weeks, months, or ever. Another Epstein-panicked elite is Tim Mellon, who is being lauded for paying $130M

An SIU report found that suspended Gauteng health department head Lesiba Malotana benefitted to the tune of R1.6m in questionable ATM cash deposits, suspected to be linked to the R1.8bn looting at Tembisa Hospital. timeslive.co.za/news/2025-10-2…

The City of Tshwane blew R125 million on a single water trucking company in one year – making it the largest profiteer in the metro’s water tanker budget for 2025 – as water mafias continue to cash in on the city’s deepening water crisis. | Masondo Inc. brnw.ch/21wWW92

“Israel has damaged or destroyed 90+% of Gaza’s homes, destroyed 22 of its 36 hospitals…, damaged most of its road network, devastated most of its commercial sector, and razed thousands of educational facilities, including all 12 of its universities.” trib.al/suw0ocl

Statement on grenade attack on peacekeepers:   This afternoon, at about 5:45 p.m., an Israeli drone came close to a UNIFIL patrol operating near Kfar Kila and dropped a grenade.

1/n The science doesn’t support these statements: 1) There are real environmental exposures that interact with autism genes, like valproate but not Tylenol. 2 The MMR vaccine is one of the safest most effective vaccines we have, breaking it up into components makes no sense…

2/n breaking it up will cause kids to miss vaccines bring back measles and congenital rubella syndrome, which is a virus cause of autism. Missing hepatitis B vaccinations at birth will mean that many kids will acquire liver cancer unnecessarily as adults, I don’t understand this

The US Army Col. who carried out the only on-the-ground US investigation of Shireen Abu Akleh's shooting concluded that the Israeli soldier deliberately shot Shireen, but his boss rejected his conclusions and released a report saying exactly the opposite - that it was accidental.

A US colonel who investigated Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s 2022 killing by an Israeli soldier concluded it was intentional but his boss undermined that conclusion for political reasons. nytimes.com/2025/10/27/wor…

“A US colonel has gone public with his concern that official findings about the 2022 killing of a Palestinian American reporter were soft-pedaled to appease Israel” “That the US…avoided calling it intentional, he said, ‘continued to be on my conscience’” nytimes.com/2025/10/27/wor…

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

A U.S. colonel was at the scene of Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder within hours and was able to conclude quickly the shooting had obviously been intentional. His boss then covered it up so as not to “displease” the Israelis, the Times reports.

Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. She was elected more than a month ago.

A US official revealed that the Biden State Department protected Israel and ensured that the killing of an American Palestinian journalist by the IDF was deemed a tragic “accident,” notwithstanding the US's own investigation showing the #ShireenAbuAkleh murder was deliberate.

It appears that Ka$h took the FBI jet to meet his girlfriend for a wrestling match/concert. thebulwark.com/p/regular-amer…