There’s so much going on right now, and life can feel overwhelming even without looking at any of it. What follows is a smattering of easily confirmed things that made the actual (not mainstream) news cycle today…
- President Putin responds to President Trump not winning the Nobel Peace Prize: “This award lost credibility. The committee discussed the prize for people who have done nothing for the world. He solves complex problems, crises that last for decades.”
- This week, the State Department fired Foreign Service Officer Daniel Choi, following an O’Keefe Media Group undercover investigation, for failing to report a romantic relationship with the daughter of a Chinese Communist Party official.
- Six former U.S. Surgeons General recently condemned HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a WSJ op-ed, but let’s pull back the curtain: each of these officials has profited from the very industries most threatened by Kennedy’s reforms. Their warning isn’t just medical—it’s monetary.
- Peru’s Congress has voted to remove President Dina Boluarte from office, hours after a late-night session was called to debate her impeachment. An overwhelming majority of lawmakers from across the political spectrum approved her ousting on grounds of “permanent moral incapacity.”
- Layoffs of Federal Workers Begin Today [10/10]: Russ Vought
- Oregon National Guard Chief Brig. General Alan R. Gronewold Vows to “Protect Protesters” Targeting ICE Facilities — Disobeying a Lawful Order from the Commander-in-Chief.
- Senator Roger Marshall is calling for the National Guard to be deployed ahead of the October 18 “No Kings Protest,” claiming the event is being funded by George Soros. He warns that despite being promoted as a peaceful demonstration and endorsed by celebrities, it will be anything but peaceful.
- The Nassau County [NY] District Attorney’s Office has indicted seven people, three of them DMV employees, for their alleged involvement in a commercial driver’s license (CDL) cheating scheme to give unqualified drivers the credentials to drive on U.S. roads.
- Residents in Dearborn, Michigan are now pleading for action over Muslim prayer calls echoing through neighborhoods five times per day, including at 5 AM, arguing that no other religion would be allowed to broadcast worship this loudly or this frequently.
- Billionaire Tom Steyer has donated $12 million to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) gerrymandering effort, after a failed presidential run and an effort to push the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado dedicates her award to Trump: “I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause.”
- The Senate just passed the FY2026 NDAA by a tremendous, bipartisan 77-20 vote. The bill authorizes $925 billion for defense, while repealing the allocation of funds and facilities for sex change surgeries, barring biological males from women’s athletic programs at military academies, and ending DEI programs.
- Mayor Johnson just declared that he will be leading the rebellion in Chicago against the federal DHS agents. “I’m doing everything in my power to lead a resistance that, quite frankly, is desperately needed to protect our democracy and our humanity.”
- Germany joins Britain in the “raise the colours” campaign with thousands of Deutschland flags raised overnight. The German people want their country back.
- Faith Shields-Dixon, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist in Fargo, North Dakota, agreed on October 1, 2025, to plead guilty to three felony theft charges for misusing over $350,000 in state grants intended for the Faith4Hope Scholarship Fund to support low-income Black youth, instead, diverting funds to personal and family expenses.
- PM Viktor Orban has BANNED LGBTQ propaganda from Hungary schools. “The mother is a woman, the father is a man, and leave our kids alone. Full stop. End of discussion.”
- Chris Wray is under National Security investigation for obstruction of justice including obstructing the Durham investigation. Documents were hidden in Wray’s office on the 7th Floor of the FBI HQ. They were put in “burn bags” in a secret room, to be destroyed.
- Citadel CEO Ken Griffin reveals one of America’s largest hedge funds has fled Chicago over crime, even though Democratic leaders claim everything is under control. “We’ve gone from probably 1,300 people in Chicago to a few hundred. From being the primary tenant of one of the largest skyscrapers to I think we’ll be down to 2 floors in a year.”
- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has denied Turning Point USA from becoming an official Registered Student Organization on campus. The Student Government Association at the university reportedly voted it down using false “hate speech” smears, forcing the students to completely restart the application process.
- 16 immigrants were just arrested on Long Island for systematically stealing clothes from Catholic charity donation bins and selling them. They stole over half a million pounds of clothes and cost the charity $750,000. 8 of them are illegals.
- Slovakia Defies EU, Amends Constitution to Protect Sovereignty “in matters of national identity,” effectively overriding the European Union and international law. The new amendment asserts sovereignty over national identity and sovereignty over decision-making on related matters in the areas of healthcare, science, upbringing, education, personal status and inheritance. It recognizes only two genders.
