Hamas Ready To Release All Hostages In Major Trump Deal Breakthrough

Update(1608ET): Late Friday evening Hamas has announced it has agreed to release all of the Israeli hostages as well as the bodies of those who had died. This is in direct response to President Trump's peace proposal, contained in the 20-point plan released by the White House earlier this week. According to the breaking announcement via the NY Times:

In a statement posted online on Friday night, the armed group said it would release the hostages “according to the exchange formula contained in President Trump’s proposal, and as the field conditions for the exchange are met.”

“In this context, the movement affirms its readiness to immediately enter into negotiations through the mediators to discuss these details,” the group added.

But as the wording suggests, there will be more hurdles to go as the group enters fresh "negotiations". Trump had earlier said there's little room for this, but it's unlikely that Hamas will sign on to all points of the White House plan. Additionally, it remains to be seen whether the IDF will engage in a 'partial withdrawal' from the Strip, as the plan calls for.

Nevertheless, at this early moment in entering the new deal, this is the first positive news out of Gaza in a long time, and the US administration is likely to hail it as a major victory going into the weekend.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-sets-sunday-deadline-hamas-accept-peace-deal

Mossads gayway pundit hyping up angry letters again

New Palantir ad shows the horrors of digital currency (cbdc)

https://rumble.com/embed/v6xjh8i/?pub=4

Paramount installs Bari Weiss as CBS News editor as media trust falls to 28%, streaming dominates, and partisan pressures threaten civic cohesion

Paramount Skydance is about to put Bari Weiss in charge of CBS News. This is not a small shuffle. Weiss has built a career on provocation and taking sides. She will report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison, bypassing CBS leadership. That means she will have almost total control over what millions of Americans see and hear.

“Paramount is set to announce on Monday its acquisition of ‘The Free Press’ and its plans to name the journalist CBS News’ inaugural editor in chief.”

https://www.thewrap.com/paramount-bari-weiss-free-press-cbs-news/

Trust in media is at a historic low. Gallup finds only 28 percent of Americans now have faith that newspapers, television, and radio report fully and fairly. People do not just doubt the news—they expect bias, spin, and hidden agendas.

“Americans’ confidence in the mass media has edged down to a new low with just 28% expressing a ‘great deal’ or ‘fair amount’ of trust in newspapers, television, and radio to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly.”

https://news.gallup.com/poll/695762/trust-media-new-low.aspx

Meanwhile, the old TV audience is disappearing. Nielsen shows streaming now takes more than broadcast and cable combined. Cable TV is down to five networks, mostly ESPN and three news channels. The market favors content that grabs attention fast, not reporting that takes time or tells inconvenient truths.

“Streaming represented 44.8% of TV viewership in May 2025, its largest share of viewing to date, while broadcast and cable combined represented 44.2%.”

https://www.nielsen.com/news-center/2025/streaming-reaches-historic-tv-milestone-eclipses-combined-broadcast-and-cable-viewing-for-first-time/

“More accurately, the cable TV bundle is just ESPN, three cable news networks, and one lifestyle network on a given evening.”

https://theankler.com/p/cable-tv-now-basically-down-to-5

Look at it: one editor pushing stories that divide, people jumping from platform to platform, and almost nobody trusting what they read. Anger spreads fast, communities fight, and everyone ends up stuck in their own bubble where fear is louder than facts. Millions could start seeing the world only through screens that make them anxious, frustrated, and suspicious of everyone around them.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/paramount-installs-bari-weiss-as-cbs-news-editor-as-media-trust-falls-to-28-streaming-dominates-and-partisan-pressures-threaten-civic-cohesion/

The Courage to Stand Alone in an Age of Cowards

True courage is resisting conformity—standing firm in truth while the crowd bends, even when applause fades and loneliness is the price.

The bravest souls are rarely the loudest in the room, but they are often the most misunderstood. In an age when conformity is dressed up as virtue and applause is the currency of self-worth, those who refuse to play by the script become lightning rods. They provoke discomfort simply by existing in truth. They trigger the insecure, unsettle the complacent, and disturb the carefully curated illusions of the fake.

We like to imagine that the pressure to conform ends with adolescence, with the awkward teenage years when belonging matters more than authenticity. But Solomon Asch’s conformity experiments in the 1950s proved otherwise. In a simple exercise—identifying which line matched another in length—he planted actors in the room to all give the same obviously wrong answer. Time and again, the lone real participant abandoned the truth they could plainly see with their own eyes and went along with the group. Three out of four conformed at least once. Not because they were fooled, but because they did not want to stand out. The fear of sticking out, of being “that person,” overpowered reality itself.

And here is the sobering part: that experiment never ended. It repeats itself every day in classrooms, workplaces, media echo chambers, and politics. People choose the safety of the crowd over the solitude of truth. They surrender what they know is real because they do not want the chill of unpopularity or the sting of rejection. The applause comes cheap, but the price of dissent feels unbearable.

Pair that with Stanley Milgram’s obedience studies in the 1960s—where 65 percent of participants willingly administered what they thought were lethal shocks to another person simply because an authority told them to—and you see the bleak pattern. Obedience to authority and conformity to the crowd are the twin forces that crush truth. And yet, every turning point in history has been authored by those who resisted both—the prophets, the dissidents, the whistleblowers, and the reformers.

To live this way is to accept loneliness as a companion. It is to endure suspicion, ridicule, and rejection, not because one is wrong but because one refuses to settle for the comforting lie. Truth costs dearly, but its reward is integrity: an internal compass that does not lose its bearing when the crowd veers off course.

Applause fades. It always does. What endures is the quiet, steady force of those who never sold out, never bent, and never exchanged their essence for acceptance. They may never be fully understood in their time, but they will always be remembered as the ones who saw clearly, stood firmly, and lived bravely.

https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/03/the-courage-to-stand-alone-in-an-age-of-cowards/

Teacher accused of driving 60 miles to meet with teenage girl for sex in Massachusetts

At least six people were arrested in a Washington State Patrol child exploitation sting operation that converged in Liberty Lake this week.

Washington State Patrol says those people tried to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex. That girl turned out to be an undercover detective. One of those men was an employee of the KXLY Radio Group.

According to court documents, WSP detectives used online apps to pose as fictitious underage girls. Detectives exchanged messages with several people who agreed to meet with these girls, knowing they were underage.

Five men and one woman are now being charged with attempted rape of a minor in the second degree. They faced a Spokane County judge for the first time Thursday.

Their names are:

Jennifer L. Whittaker, 54

Ted A. Whittaker, 54

Michael B. Lewis, 53

Rocky L. Dailey, 63

Trenton S. Watkins, 24

Michael D. Ferguson, 51

Prosecutors say Jennifer Whittaker helped her husband Ted Whittaker meet up with an underage girl for sex. When she and her husband were arrested, she told police this wasn't the first time her husband had arranged something like this.

"Also at that point, the defendant in this case Mrs. Whittaker did state that her husband had been hands-on with children in the past that she was aware of," said Anastasiya Krotoff, deputy prosecutor for Spokane County.

Both Whittaker and her husband are being charged with attempted rape of a child in the second degree and commercial sexual abuse of a minor.

Another man who was arrested in this sting operation was Michael Ferguson, a salesman for the KXLY Radio Group. According to court documents, Ferguson thought he was texting with a 13-year-old girl, but was actually talking to a WSP detective. Investigators say Ferguson agreed to drive to a parking lot in Liberty Lake, then walk to a nearby apartment to meet her.

"This included very explicit language about sexual acts he was going to commit. The defendant was arrested with $250 on his person in exchange for the agreed-upon sexual acts," Krotoff said.

WSP says it used surveillance drones to follow Ferguson to help its officers make the arrest. Investigators say Ferguson confessed and even wrote an apology letter to his family and his community.

Ferguson is charged with attempted rape of a minor in the second degree, commercial sexual abuse of a minor and communication with a minor for immoral purposes.

All six defendants are being held on bonds ranging from $100,000 to $150,000. They're due back in court on the seventh.

https://www.kxly.com/news/six-people-arrested-in-child-exploitation-sting-operation/article_dc1330c4-71d0-4e92-88c4-1010b9441d92.html