Mario Nawfal

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Israel's defense minister told the IDF to prepare for an October 7 style attack from the West Bank before the election. In a debate with Shabbos Kestenbaum, Omar Baddar argues the danger runs the other way, pointing to the more than 1,200 Palestinians he says have been killed in the West Bank since October 7 and settlers he says work hand in glove with the army: "I think they are provoking some sort of reaction in the West Bank to then justify emptying out the West Bank as well." With Israelis voting on October 24, watch Omar make the case that the warning itself is the setup. @OmarBaddar @ShabbosK

🇨🇳🇺🇸 Trump just kicked China's DeepSeek out of U.S. government systems. Beijing is FURIOUS. And the AI rivalry is getting personal. Washington has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek, including third-party software built using its models, over fears that sensitive government data could end up in Chinese hands. China is demanding an immediate reversal, accusing Trump of violating understandings reached with Xi Jinping. And Beijing is threatening to take measures of its own. The two leaders only recently agreed to cooperate through a new AI dialogue. Now Washington is effectively telling Beijing that its AI models aren't trusted anywhere near American government systems. The U.S. and China are trying to cooperate on artificial intelligence while simultaneously treating each other's technology as a national security threat. That relationship is going to be a hell of a balancing act. Source: Reuters / Writer: Oliver

🇮🇹🇫🇷 Milan shops are BOARDING UP after weekend riots, while many stores in France still HAVEN’T REOPENED after earlier unrest. Milan shopkeepers pulled stock and shut early as protests hit the streets. In France, thousands of businesses were damaged or looted, with many still closed days later because repairs and security risks make reopening difficult. When shopkeepers start treating another night of looting as the base case, like the new normal, you know Europe is collapsing. Writer: Lucas t.co/VqBFtK3oyq

🇺🇸 FEMA wanted two high-tech private jets for its bosses. DHS apparently thought that was a bit much. According to CNN, the proposal was pulled within hours after senior officials discovered it hadn't been authorized. The awkward part? DHS has already spent more than $1.6 billion on aircraft and aviation contracts, including a fleet purchased for deportations that has barely been used. Some of those planes have reportedly been flying government officials around instead. Washington promised to cut waste. Apparently, somebody forgot to tell the aviation department. Source: CNN / Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸 America has somehow turned WEIGHT LOSS into a two-subscription business. First you pay for Ozempic or Wegovy to lose weight. Then you spend another $100 to $300 a month on supplements because apparently losing weight now comes with a shopping list. Nearly HALF of GLP-1 users have started taking additional vitamins and supplements, while America's supplement industry has ballooned past $74 BILLION. And naturally, TikTok influencers have arrived to sell everyone the solution. Some of these products may help with genuine nutritional needs. Others come with questionable claims and little regulatory scrutiny. The FDA is now considering tighter oversight. People are now buying products to manage the side effects of other products, while influencers collect commissions on both ends. What a beautiful business model. Source: Reuters / Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸 The U.S. Justice Department just charged 28 foreign nationals in California for allegedly voting when they weren't allowed to They all have green cards, so they live in the U.S. legally but aren't citizens. They're accused of pretending to be citizens to sign up to vote, and most of them allegedly went ahead and voted. DOJ says every one of them was on a list of over 20,000 likely noncitizen sign-ups that California refused to act on. Washington and California are going at it again. Writer: Daniyal t.co/w9hiBFADQj

🇮🇳 An elephant in India went full wrecking mode and turned on his own caretaker. The poor guy was just feeding him when he got picked up and thrown to the ground, then the elephant tore through shops, trees and power poles until a team of experts came in with a tranquilizer gun and medicines to safely bring him under control. That's straight-up terrifying Writer: Daniyal t.co/rG0m4NB9SL

🇷🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺 European leaders turned to fmr. Serbia's president to find out what PUTIN WAS THINKING. Vučić revealed that whenever he spoke with European leaders, the conversation quickly shifted to Russia. “We need contact with Russia. What do you think? What is Putin thinking?” And his response was always the same: “To achieve peace, you have to talk.” Writer: Sol t.co/jMENlFTYOx

🇷🇸🇺🇦 Serbia’s former president is asking people to see the war through Zelensky’s eyes. “You have to put yourself in his shoes.” He asks how Zelensky could come out and say you fought, but now we’re surrendering and giving up Donbas. Rare sympathy for Zelensky from a leader who refused to sanction Russia. Writer: Daniyal t.co/MJGrZK9kLs

🇺🇸🇫🇷 FRANCE is BURNING... And AMERICAN POLITICIANS are asking if the U.S. IS NEXT What began as students protesting deteriorating schools has turned into something much bigger. Economic frustration, immigration tensions, labor unions and radical political groups are now colliding on French streets. And the American political class has wasted no time turning it into an election argument. Trump blames immigration. Mike Johnson blames open borders and the socialist left. Democrats point to the dangers of aggressive immigration enforcement. But I think France exposes something deeper than either party wants to admit. When governments struggle to provide decent schools, affordable living and a convincing sense of national direction, people eventually stop believing the system works FOR them. Immigration and integration absolutely belong in that conversation. Pretending otherwise is dishonest. But reducing France's entire crisis to immigrants or socialists is just as lazy. The actual question worth asking: How much public frustration can a country accumulate before an ordinary protest becomes the spark for something much bigger? Source: Fox News / Writer: Oliver

🇷🇸 Serbia's President Vučić says Putin spent 20 to 30 minutes explaining why Serbia shouldn't join NATO. Eventually, Vučić interrupted him. “Wait, who told you we're going to join NATO?” Putin apparently replied that Russia wouldn't agree with Serbia joining, but would respect its decision. Pretty funny exchange, considering Serbia wasn't even asking to join. Writer: Oliver t.co/LYHHA7KEHl

🇮🇱 Netanyahu warns Israel could FACE AN ATTACK in the days before its election. Mossad and military intelligence have detected signs that Israel's enemies may launch an operation to INFLUENCE the Oct 27 VOTE. “We have received intelligence about this from the Mossad and the military, and we are preparing for it.” He hasn't publicly identified who might attack, where, or how. Writer: Oliver t.co/ucEDt6CAcB

🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰 TURKEY, SAUDI ARABIA AND PAKISTAN ARE BUILDING THEIR OWN NATO-STYLE MILITARY ALLIANCE The FULL TEXT of the Mecca Defense Pact has now emerged as Turkey moves to ratify it. The central rule is simple: Attack one, and you've attacked all three. The agreement covers military assistance, intelligence sharing, weapons production and joint deployments. And this isn't just paperwork anymore. The three countries have already agreed to activate collective defense measures following Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Egypt is reportedly considering joining. Think about the implications. A NATO member, an oil superpower and a nuclear-armed state are building a collective defense system of their own. And it's happening while the Middle East is already at war. Source: Türkiye Today / Writer: Oliver

🇮🇳 India just took its war on cockroaches to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL During a Hindu festival in New Delhi, organizers built a massive 30-FOOT COCKROACH effigy to set on fire. The politician behind the event, a member of India's ruling party, insisted the giant insect was simply a symbol of FILTH and that burning it was meant to promote cleanliness. India has a youth protest movement called the Cockroach Janta Party, created after the country's top judge compared some unemployed young people to cockroaches. The politician denied any political message behind the stunt 😂 Writer: Sol t.co/KruzFHXfCq

🇮🇩 Protesters in INDONESIA have reportedly set a police crowd-control truck ON FIRE Students and civil society groups took to the streets over rising prices, unemployment, corruption and land disputes. Similar grievances throughout the world, especially for young people struggling to see a future for themselves. Is violence just gonna spill over everywhere? Writer: Oliver t.co/10sMp4tfgj

🇺🇸🇮🇷 America's next strike on Iran could put its aircraft carriers in the firing line. I spoke with former Navy SEAL Matt Bracken about reports that a third U.S. aircraft carrier and thousands of Marines are heading toward the Middle East. He sees a dangerous gamble developing. American carriers need to stay far enough from Iran to avoid its missiles. But that distance makes launching sustained airstrikes much harder, with aircraft spending more time refueling and less time attacking. Move the carriers closer, and they become more vulnerable. Bracken's biggest concern is whether Iran has developed missiles capable of tracking and striking moving warships. He doesn't know if it has, and neither side is revealing its full capabilities. But he reminded me of something worth remembering: military history is full of supposedly invulnerable weapons that suddenly weren't. Then our conversation took an unexpected turn toward Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Red Sea. Bracken believes another dangerous conflict is developing there, driven by Ethiopia's need for access to the sea, its growing control over Nile waters and rival regional alliances. What struck me is how many military flashpoints are now converging around the same shipping routes. Washington is concentrating enormous firepower near Iran while conflicts around the Red Sea threaten to become even more complicated. And Bracken fears one serious miscalculation could turn another round of strikes into something far harder to contain. @matt_bracken48

🇮🇱 Netanyahu is apparently entertaining comparisons between himself and WINSTON CHURCHILL. “Some compare the partnership between Trump and me to the one between Roosevelt and Churchill. I do not presume to be Churchill.” How incredibly modest of him. He then compared Iran's government to Nazi Germany and suggested that he and Trump could destroy it just as the Allies destroyed Hitler's regime. Someone's been watching WAY too many WWII documentaries and has decided he's the main character... Writer: Sol t.co/eCe2PAsUsR

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Russian drones are now HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT along Ukrainian frontline roads, waiting for vehicles to pass. Ukrainian soldiers found an FPV drone painted yellow and covered in autumn leaves, with even its fiber-optic spool camouflaged. The tactic: the drone lands, shuts off its motors, and waits for a target. Because it uses a fiber-optic connection, traditional radio-jamming systems can't disrupt its control signal. Writer: Sol t.co/gfYgJYmXQg

🇶🇦🇮🇷 Iran is saying no Qatari delegation showed up in Tehran today, despite reports claiming otherwise. Tasnim News Agency says someone familiar with the matter has denied the visit. But here's the interesting part. A Qatari plane reportedly did land in Tehran, and it didn't stay long. So what was it doing there if nobody came for a meeting? And given Iran's track record of misleading the public, its denial isn't exactly going to convince everyone. Source: @TabzLIVE / Writer: Daniyal

🇮🇱🇺🇸 NETANYAHU: “President Trump is a once-in-a-century phenomenon.” He said their partnership is UNLIKE ANYTHING Israel has experienced in nearly 80 years of existence. That's quite a statement considering the decades of close U.S.-Israeli relations. Writer: Oliver t.co/yWv4O5Qg1I

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Hegseth is blaming the Biden administration for draining America's weapons stockpiles to support Ukraine. He acknowledges Ukraine's “heroic effort” but argues that Washington gave away so much military equipment that its own reserves suffered. With American forces facing demands elsewhere, the Pentagon is now having to think about what it can afford to send abroad while keeping enough at home. Writer: Oliver t.co/dTgdomfwKw

🇷🇺 A flight attendant doing Tai Chi on top of a plane is still not as BADASS as Jean-Claude Van Damme doing the splits between two Volvo semi-trucks in reverse! This what happened to all the old Spirit Airlines planes? I had hoped that awful PTSD-inducing yellow color would have been retired... Writer: Jamie t.co/IHyiMVdz29

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Hegseth says America's support for Ukraine hasn't changed, but there's a catch. The Pentagon wants to make sure American forces have enough missile interceptors before sending more to Kyiv. “We want to make sure our guys have the most possible as well.” He says Zelensky understands. Ukraine can count on continued support, but it no longer gets first claim on every missile. Writer: Oliver t.co/z9rbDtmWQM

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Pete Hegseth has a rather brief message for Ukraine. “We wish the Ukrainians, obviously, success.” That's it. After years of American involvement and billions spent supporting Kyiv, the War Secretary is keeping Washington's message remarkably short. Writer: Oliver t.co/VFOZLzBSfD

🇾🇪🇸🇦 THREE BALLISTIC MISSILES slammed into a government security forces training camp in Yemen, leaving at least 58 DEAD, more than 200 INJURED, and 14 still missing. The Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack in Shabwa province, saying the camp was operated by Saudi forces. Reuters verified footage showing bloodied bodies scattered across the ground. The strike came as fighting intensifies near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important shipping chokepoints, with Houthi attacks also targeting Saudi Arabia. Yemen's war is getting bloodier Source: NYP, Reuters / Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth was asked whether he was disappointed that an execution wouldn't be livestreamed. “I fully support the president's approach.” That's a remarkable question to have to ask the American War Secretary. And an equally remarkable way to avoid answering it. Writer: Oliver t.co/eujlXpqQKp

🇺🇸 Another heartbreaking loss for the Kennedy family. Kyle Kennedy has died at just 42. The granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy suffered a spinal cord injury in 2020 that left her paralyzed. She spent her final years raising her children, advocating for people with disabilities, and trying to hold on to the humor and determination her family remembers so fondly. Her father died in a skiing accident when she was just 13. Now her own two young sons have lost their mother. A terribly sad story. May she rest in peace. Source: NBC News / Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Nearly 8 months after a school bombing in Iran reportedly killed 120 children, a reporter confronted Pete Hegseth about the attack His response? “There's still an investigation ongoing, and when it's time to release it, we will. Thank you.” Whatever the investigation finds, the public needs to know. Writer: Oliver t.co/7IU4Dv4OOF

🇺🇸 The U.S. Coast Guard caught a makeshift boat packed with 66 migrants between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic The boat was way overloaded, 63 of them got sent back, and 3 now face charges for trying to sneak into the U.S. again after being removed before. Just a few weeks ago, another migrant boat on the same route flipped after a machete fight broke out, and about a dozen people are still missing. That route is incredibly dangerous. Writer: Daniyal t.co/xYoQNIGpif

🇺🇸🇵🇰🇮🇳 Rubio laid out exactly why Pakistan stays on the U.S. call list. “It’s a country that possesses nuclear weapons.” Pakistan’s location is the other reason, and Rubio compared it to India still talking to Iran’s leaders. He said it’s a tough balance, but one that has to be part of U.S. foreign policy. Nukes and a prime spot on the map, still the best diplomatic insurance around. Writer: Daniyal t.co/cw5fZv61gM