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🇮🇷🇺🇦 Iran says Ukraine has been secretly sending thousands of tiny drones into Iraq. An Iranian security source told Tasnim that Ukrainian teams have brought drones into several countries around Iran, including thousands into Iraqi Kurdistan. And Tehran says it knows which countries are hosting these teams, but isn't naming them just yet. Iran sees this as part of a bigger push by Europe and NATO against it and is now deciding how to respond. It also claims Ukraine attacked one of its ships in the Caspian Sea before, but Iran let that one slide. Given that all this is coming from an unnamed Iranian source, probably best to take it with a grain of salt. Source: Tasnim / Writer: Daniyal

🇺🇸 Trump is running out of patience with reporters again. “Hey! I don't know who the hell you are but you better be careful.” The White House press corps really is the only workplace where a routine question can turn into a personal feud in under 5 seconds. Writer: Oliver t.co/wmF3bImZ9V

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Rubio says sanctions on Russia hit a lot more than just Russia. “People don’t realize that sanctions come at a consequence because sanctions aren’t just on Russia, they are on anyone who does business with Russia.” He calls it a balancing act, one that’s always there. Trump already waived new penalties on Russia’s biggest oil buyers last week, so the balancing is well underway. Writer: Daniyal t.co/HqQS9KkpGz

🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽 Trump was asked whether cracking down on government fraud could help reduce the federal budget deficit next year. “Absolutely.” Then he started talking about trade deficits with Canada, Mexico, and the EU. The reporter meant the gap between what Washington spends and what it collects. Trump was talking about imports and exports. Two completely different deficits. Same word. Entirely different conversation. Writers: Sol, Oliver t.co/o7c1mjbxsv

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Ben Hodges thinks Trump is deliberately squeezing Zelensky. Not through speeches. Through weapons, intelligence and support Ukraine actually needs. Asked whether delays involving Patriots, Starlink and intelligence are being used to pressure Kyiv into accepting a deal, Hodges was unequivocal: “That’s exactly what’s happening.” His fear is that Washington wants a settlement badly enough that Ukraine itself becomes secondary. Hodges points to talk of Trump, Putin and Xi discussing Ukraine without Ukraine at the table as the clearest warning sign. His comparison is brutal: Great powers carving up smaller countries as if we’re back in the 18th century. And if Europe can’t stop that, it may be the one left dealing with the consequences. @general_ben

🇮🇱🇱🇧🇮🇷 Netanyahu said he had discussed completing the elimination of Iran's regime with Trump, arguing that Hezbollah's defeat and peace with Lebanon would follow. He also boasted about destroying Hezbollah's infrastructure and transforming security along Israel's northern border. Apparently, the road to peace runs through a LOT MORE WAR. Writer: Sol t.co/AzgQR6p9hu

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇱 Trump says Europe refused to help him. But apparently, there's a consolation prize. “But they were nice enough to give us Greenland, despite all the bad talk.” That's quite a sentence. After all the diplomatic drama over Greenland, Trump is now talking about it like the Europeans finally handed him the keys. Writer: Oliver t.co/A5oqvJdKxn

A Qatari delegation arrived in Iran and then left in less than an hour. WTF is going on?? t.co/I9nLduqCkS

🇺🇸 Trump just SHUSHED a female reporter in the middle of a press conference 🤣 It feels like high school all over again 😂 Writer: Sol t.co/aQRWekkJWa

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Ben Hodges thinks a third U.S. aircraft carrier would be very hard to explain as simple pressure. His point is that moving that much naval power into the region is enormously expensive, requires a much wider logistical buildup, and even pulls assets away from the Pacific. So while he stresses this is speculation, Hodges thinks the deployment would raise the odds of another U.S. military operation against Iran. And timing may be the key. He believes Washington could be waiting until after the election, partly because another strike now would risk sending oil and diesel prices even higher. His broader read is pretty stark: America may already be too committed to simply walk away. @general_ben

🇺🇸🇫🇷 Trump has had enough of watching what's happening in France. He's now calling on the French government to remove what he calls “insurrectionists” from the country. France has been dealing with scenes that would have seemed unimaginable in some of its most famous streets just a few years ago. Trump's essentially telling France to get its house in order. Writer: Oliver t.co/PgvRDFKWJ4

🇺🇸 Trump was asked why his proposed fraud whistleblower reward is just 1% when an existing federal law offers substantially more. His response: “At 1% people will make millions and millions of dollars.” And he's got a point about the money. If someone exposes $500 million in fraud, even 1% is a $5 million payday. But the reporter's question is fair too. Why offer 1% when the False Claims Act already allows eligible whistleblowers to collect much larger percentages? Paying people to expose fraud makes sense. Paying them less than they might already be entitled to makes considerably less sense. Writer: Oliver t.co/MCXLFGxgGS

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky says the missile warnings are finally coming through again. “We are thankful for the Americans. Now it works. It’s great.” He says the intelligence is working now, and Ukraine can hear ballistic missiles coming before they hit. Before this, he’d said several times that Ukraine was getting zero warning ahead of Russian ballistic strikes on Kyiv. At least one thing is working again. Writer: Daniyal t.co/bvFYhbKJFG

🇺🇸🇫🇷 Trump is coming to Marine Le Pen's defense: “I think she was badly treated. It looked like weaponization to me.” He also calls her “the conservative voice” in France. Le Pen's conviction over the misuse of European Parliament funds has already drawn criticism from Trump, who sees her legal troubles as politically motivated. Writer: Oliver t.co/aRTJNcXhJX

🇺🇸 Stephen Miller says Somali-Americans are buying Mercedes, BMWs and expensive homes, while their children fly first class around the world. The obvious subtext is Minnesota’s massive fraud scandals, where prosecutors have documented defendants spending public money on exactly these items. Writer: Oliver t.co/61072ZRCAo

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Zelensky says Ukraine is NOT LOSING THE WAR, then admits it's losing people, time, and an entire generation's childhood. If your people are dying, time is running out, and children are growing up surrounded by war, what exactly does winning look like? Writer: Sol t.co/cPxSAo9YeF

🇺🇸 TRILLIONS of dollars stolen from American taxpayers by corrupt politicians? Trump is making a MASSIVE accusation, claiming that crooked politicians have robbed the country of staggering amounts of money. The U.S. government has long struggled with fraud and improper payments, but Trump's trillion-dollar claim goes far beyond what has been publicly established. If politicians really stole TRILLIONS, Americans deserve to know exactly WHO took the money, WHERE it went, and why nobody stopped them 🔥 Writer: Sol t.co/x5l2gjguuG

🇺🇸 JD Vance announced that Nick Shirley would receive a financial reward after his viral investigation into daycare centers collecting taxpayer-funded subsidies. WaPo reports that Trump plans to give him a $10,000 check for his investigation into fraud in Minnesota. The controversy put enormous pressure on Dem Gov. Walz, who ultimately abandoned his reelection bid. And Vance had a warning for the rest of America: “Your tax dollars are being stolen.” He says that money is being taken from programs meant to feed struggling families and provide medical care for children. Now Trump wants MORE Americans hunting for fraud, with a new $25 MILLION whistleblower reward fund. Investigate suspected fraud, expose it, and potentially GET PAID. Writer: Sol t.co/zX8f4y8w9T

🇫🇷 This French cop just hit a woman right in the middle of the street They're standing face to face, and suddenly she gets hit without a single reason. WTF MAN!? COULDN'T YOU FIND an actual looter or rioter out there to put in their place?! PATHETIC. Writers: Daniyal, Oliver t.co/yOiCPDFzOY

🇷🇸 Serbia is SURROUNDED BY NATO, and Vučić says that's exactly why his country is arming itself. The fmr. Serbian president resigned on September 27 and is now seeking to return to power as PM in the October 25 snap parliamentary elections. He argues that Serbia is the only genuinely militarily neutral country in the region and says neighboring Bosnia remains outside NATO because its Serb-controlled region opposes joining the alliance. “We know how small our country is. And yet we are like a thorn in everyone's eye.” Writer: Sol t.co/ImgdfMItj7

🇬🇧🇮🇷 UK police have REARRESTED 2 men over the incident near a U.S. air base The 2 were among 7 arrested near RAF Fairford in September. All were later released on bail. One is British, the other British-Iranian. This time, both were arrested under the National Security Act on suspicion of helping a foreign intelligence service. Police believe Iranian state involvement is highly likely, but they're still investigating what role Iran may have played. And if the trail eventually leads to Tehran, it wouldn't be the biggest surprise. Source: Financial Times / Writer: Daniyal

🇩🇪🇪🇺 AfD wants to STRIP BRUSSELS OF ITS POWER, and Alice Weidel has a plan to make it happen. She wants to scrap direct elections to the European Parliament, shrink the EU's executive branch, slash its budget, and return major powers to individual countries. And Germany has a BIG bargaining chip: MONEY. The AfD wants to threaten to withhold German funding unless Brussels agrees to sweeping reforms, while seeking exemptions from EU rules on immigration, taxation, and defense. The target is 2029. And if Brussels refuses? A referendum on Germany LEAVING THE EU 🔥 Source: Politico / Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 RON PAUL WARNED ABOUT AMERICA'S DEBT, ENDLESS WARS AND A FUTURE CONFLICT WITH IRAN Decades later, we're living through much of what he feared. I had the privilege of speaking with former Congressman Ron Paul about the warnings he made more than twenty years ago. Back in 2002, he was warning about runaway debt, the erosion of personal freedoms, rising gold prices and America's addiction to foreign wars. In 2011, he specifically warned that an American president might overreact and bomb Iran. And here we are. I wanted to understand how he saw so much of this coming. His answer was surprisingly simple. He wasn't predicting the future. He was studying history, economics and what happens when governments accumulate too much power. One thing he told me really stayed with me. Most politicians, he believes, actually enter Congress with good intentions. But the system gradually teaches them to serve party leadership, donors and special interests instead of their principles. And he hasn't given up on changing that. He reminded me that meaningful change doesn't require convincing everyone. Sometimes a small group of people committed to an idea can change an entire country. What struck me most was that, after decades of watching the very mistakes he warned against unfold, Ron Paul still believes ordinary people can turn things around. At 91, thankfully, he's still making the case for peace, liberty and honest money. @RonPaul

🇺🇸 NICK SHIRLEY went from documenting FRAUD in MINNESOTA to standing beside the president in the OVAL OFFICE 🔥 Trump is publicly recognizing the young independent journalist whose viral investigation helped put Minnesota's taxpayer-funded childcare programs under a national spotlight. @nickshirleyy started with a camera and some uncomfortable questions. Now he's being recognized by the president. Writer: Oliver t.co/Ti251h9oPe

🇺🇸 Trump just announced a plan to PAY AMERICANS FOR EXPOSING GOVERNMENT FRAUD Under his new whistleblower incentive program, people will be able to report suspected corruption and theft of taxpayer money through Fraud gov page, with the possibility of receiving a 1% commission. And he gave a pretty wild example: uncover $1 BILLION in fraud, and you could walk away with $10 MILLION. Imagine your neighbor getting rich because he discovered someone was stealing your tax dollars 😂 Writer: Sol t.co/xctlX1odGN

🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Trump is calling on Attorney General Todd Blanche to LAUNCH A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION into Minnesota Governor TIM WALZ Their feud has officially moved from campaign insults to potential criminal proceedings. Trump looked at his 2024 opponent's running mate and decided the fight wasn't over yet Writer: Oliver t.co/PoRQFlz5Mv

🇮🇹 Meloni has had ENOUGH of watching Italy's cities get TORN APART. After the riots in Milan, her government has approved new measures targeting looters and violent protesters. Up to 5 years in prison and €20,000 in fines for certain group violence. Parents could be forced to pay for damage caused by their children. Another 500 soldiers are heading to Milan. Meloni says 330 people have been arrested, nearly 200 officers injured, and the youngest suspect identified is just 11 years old. Her message is simple: Protest all you want. Smash someone's livelihood, and expect consequences. Source: Giorgia Meloni / Writer: Oliver t.co/q5wijZfuwF

🇵🇰 IMRAN KHAN'S SISTERS have spent 30 DAYS IN DETENTION. Their family still doesn't know when they're coming home. @KhanShershah says his aunts, Dr. Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, have now reached the end of their 30-day detention under Pakistan's Maintenance of Public Order law. He says the family has received no new detention order, no explanation for their continued imprisonment, and neither woman has been allowed to see her family or lawyers. I find this absolutely disgraceful. These are two women whose brother happens to be Imran Khan. If the authorities have lawful grounds to keep them imprisoned, produce the order and let their lawyers challenge it. Otherwise, RELEASE THEM! A government that cannot tolerate the political loyalty of someone's sisters has a serious problem explaining what it thinks justice means. And after an entire month, their family deserves something considerably better than silence. @PTIofficial / Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇳🇴 Zelensky is meeting Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff in NORWAY, and the stakes couldn't be higher. The talks in Oslo are focused on reviving peace negotiations with Russia, securing guarantees for Ukraine, and addressing its increasingly desperate shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles. Finnish President Stubb and Norwegian PM Gahr Støre are also involved, with Jared Kushner joining remotely. The interesting part? Witkoff could head to RUSSIA next for talks with Putin. Meanwhile, Zelensky has offered to suspend strikes on Russian oil refineries for 30 DAYS in exchange for U.S. help securing Patriot missiles. With Ukraine running critically low on air defenses and relations with Trump deteriorating, these negotiations come at an especially difficult moment for Kyiv. Writer: Sol t.co/cg96XW4nRw

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Asked whether he would block the creation of a PALESTINIAN STATE, NETANYAHU didn't even bother pretending otherwise. “I have been blocking it.” And when pressed about continuing, he argued that Palestinian statehood would mean the end of Israel as a Jewish state. “We have to be crazy to do it.” That's quite a thing to hear while world leaders are still talking about a two-state solution. Writer: Oliver t.co/0UXw5C0MQ1