Comex Collapse: 29 Million Silver Ounces Vanish in 30 Days

The physical silver market just flashed a red alert. As silver expert David Morgan revealed, a desperate shortage in London triggered a staggering 29 million ounce drain from COMEX vaults in a single month—one of the most acute stresses in years.

While Morgan says the immediate "panic has subsided," he warns this was a critical lesson. The system runs on razor-thin inventories, a paper paradigm perpetually on the brink. The underlying issue of a "world running short of metal" remains completely unresolved. This was merely a preview. The day of reckoning, when the physical market finally seizes control from the paper manipulators, is not a question of if, but when. The squeeze was a tremor before the real earthquake.

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University Of Colorado TPUSA Student Leader Attacked After Antifa Posted "Hit List"

As Democratic leaders like Rep. Dan Goldman (D, N.Y.) insist that Antifa does not exist as a group, two Antifa groups — Front Range Antifa and Colorado Springs Antifa — put out a hit list poster on a University of Colorado sophomore and leader in Turning Point USA. He was promptly attacked by a person in the signature Antifa black outfit on roller blades who used a hockey stick to mete out the punishment.

According to a press release, Boulder Police are looking for a suspect accused of attacking a 19-year-old Turning Point USA student leader near the University of Colorado, Boulder on Thursday evening. The attacker is suspected to be an Antifa member and to have followed the victim in the premeditated attack.

The suspect is described as dressed in “all black clothing, a black ski mask, and had a green Gatorade bottle with an orange top in his back right pants pocket. He was skating with a hockey stick. The suspect fled the scene after the victim called 911, and Boulder Police and CU Police officers searched the area but did not locate him.”

Police added:

“In the interest of transparency, detectives are also confirming that they are aware that the victim was the subject of some social media posts and a digital flyer circulated by others prior to last night’s incident. Whether these played a role in the reported assault is part of the investigation, and police are not commenting further on this finding.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/university-colorado-tpusa-student-leader-attacked-after-antifa-posted-hit-list

Major Disruptions Reported Across Key Internet Services: Downdetector

A sudden spike in internet disruptions has been reported across major websites and services, according to Downdetector.

Users are reporting outages at Google, Amazon. com, AWS, Microsoft (Azure, 365, Store, Teams, Entra), the XBOX network, Comcast's xfinity, Starbucks, and Alaska Airlines, to name a few.

Microsoft announced they are investigating reports of issues with 365 services.

According to reports there are ongoing outages at AWS' US-East-1 region, and is possibly related to an Oct. 20 outage. Further confirmation is needed.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/major-disruptions-reported-across-key-internet-services-downdetector

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Warns Of Nationwide Flight Delays Amid Government Shutdown

Flight delays throughout the country could increase as more and more controllers call in sick over their first full missed paycheck due to the ongoing government shutdown, officials warned on Tuesday.

National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) President Nick Daniels also said that many air traffic controllers have temporarily taken on second jobs, citing living expenses such as housing, child care, food, and gas as their primary concerns. That number will increase the longer the shutdown continues, he said.

“This job is stressful enough,” Daniels said Tuesday at La Guardia International Airport in New York.

“We go to work day in and day out and make thousands of decisions. We do it five days a week. Most of us actually do it six and five is hard enough, and we do it in 10 hours a day. Now, you add in the fact that we had a partial paycheck already and we missed a full paycheck.”

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)—already short approximately 3,000 controllers who routinely work six-day, 10-hour shifts—has reported delays as a result of staffing gaps.

The FAA limits landings and takeoffs amid shortages, causing disruptions that last from 30 minutes to more than two hours long. Staffing shortages can even result in temporary ground stops.

Aviation data shows no sharp spike in overall delays, despite the government shutdown beginning Oct. 1.

Analytics firm Cirium determined that about 80 percent of flights at 14 major U.S. airports were on time this month, in line with historical patterns where approximately 20 percent of flights face delays longer than 15 minutes for various reasons.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-warns-nationwide-flight-delays-amid-government

104 Palestinians killed in latest Israeli strikes on Gaza – health officials

Israel and Hamas have charged each other with breaking an October 10 truce, with both sides now again pledging to uphold it

Overnight Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed 104 Palestinians, including 46 children, the local health authorities have reported. Despite trading accusations of ceasefire violations, both Israel and Hamas have said they are still committed to honoring a US-brokered truce that was agreed on October 10.

In a series of posts on X on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that it had “begun the renewed enforcement of the ceasefire,” following a “series of strikes, in which dozens of terror targets and terrorists were struck… in response to Hamas’ violations.”

Late on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of failing to follow the agreed upon schedule and procedure for the repatriation of the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages.

On top of that, an Israeli serviceman was killed on Tuesday. His vehicle reportedly came under fire in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

Hamas denied any involvement in the attack, and attributed delays in body repatriations to the immense destruction in Gaza caused by Israeli strikes, which it says is hindering efforts to locate remains.

In a statement cited by the media, Hamas charged that the “treacherous escalation… reveals a clear Israeli intention to undermine the ceasefire agreement.” The Islamist group went on to accuse the US of providing “political cover” for its ally.

Hamas urged ceasefire mediators and guarantors, which include Egypt, Qatar, and Türkiye, to “immediately pressure the occupying government to halt its massacres.”

Speaking on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said that Israel’s response to the soldier’s death was appropriate. He added that “nothing is going to jeopardize [the agreement],” warning that should Hamas fail to “behave… their lives will be terminated.”

The previous flare-up between Israel and Hamas happened on October 19, with Israeli airstrikes killing at least 44 people across Gaza.

Israel launched its military campaign in the Palestinian enclave in response to a Hamas surprise attack in which 1,200 people were killed and 250 others taken hostage in October 2023.

According to Hamas-controlled Gaza health authorities, Israeli military action has left at least 68,000 Palestinians dead since.

https://www.rt.com/news/627114-israel-airstrikes-gaza-hamas-truce/

“We’ve Handed This to Pam Bondi on a Silver Platter”: James Comer Demands Bondi to Nullify Biden’s Autopen Pardons and Executive Orders After GOP Oversight “Did All the Heavy Lifting”

“We've handed this to Pam Bondi on a silver platter. We've done all the heavy lifting… Now it's up to her to bring these people in,”

@RepJamesComer demands @GPamBondi take steps to invalidate all of Joe Biden’s pardons and executive orders signed by autopen

https://twitter.com/i/status/1983298249684394366

Putin aide to sue Washington Post

Kirill Dmitriev has accused the US outlet of misquoting him once again

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s economic aide, Kirill Dmitriev, has said he is suing the Washington Post, accusing the newspaper of misquoting him for the second time in two weeks.

Dmitriev previously condemned the outlet for “truth distortion” after it treated a reposted message from another Telegram channel as the Russian official’s own quote in an article published on October 18. The newspaper’s actions were “like blaming users for retweets,” Dmitriev argued. The Post later issued a correction, admitting that an earlier version of its article had an “incorrectly attributed” comment.

On Tuesday, Dmitriev wrote on X that the “fake Washington Post already corrected quotes falsely attributed to me by Moscow bureau chief Robyn Dixon just two weeks ago. Yet sloppy or biased Ms. Dixon at it again –misquoting me in yesterday’s piece.”

He did not provide a link to the article or specify which of his comments he believed had been distorted, but called on the paper to make another correction, apologize, and “finally learn the lesson.”

Dmitriev commented on his own post several hours later, saying the article in question had not been changed.

“We will file a court petition tomorrow. We gave them sufficient time to correct – still not corrected,” he wrote.

In her piece on Monday, Dixon described Dmitriev’s visit to America last week, which he undertook after the cancelation of the Budapest summit on settling the Ukraine conflict scheduled between Putin and US President Donald Trump.

Dixon reported that in Dmitriev’s interviews during the trip he insisted that the latest sanctions on Russia would not harm its economy and would only cause a spike in fuel prices in the US. She also reported that he had rejected accusations of the Russian military attacking civilian targets in Ukraine, and that he had “claimed that a diplomatic solution to the war was reasonably close.”

Speaking about his visit on Sunday, Dmitriev said his delegation had “clearly” communicated to the US side “that only constructive, respectful dialogue will bear fruit. Any attempts to pressure Russia are simply pointless.” The aide also reiterated Moscow’s stance that the Ukraine conflict can be resolved only through “eradicating its root causes.”

https://www.rt.com/news/627087-dmitriev-washington-post-lawsuit/

Ron Paul: Under Marco Rubio's State Department The Neocons Are Back!

Interventionist foreign policy is surging ahead with figures like Marco Rubio leading the charge for more regime change and destabilization.

According to several recent news reports, the two major Trump foreign policy shifts last week are the handiwork of Marco Rubio, the President’s Secretary of State and (acting) National Security Advisor. As with all neocon plans, they will be big on promises and small on delivery.

First up, according to Bloomberg it was Rubio who finally convinced President Trump to take “ownership” of the US proxy war on Russia, and for the first time place sanctions on Russia. Up to this point President Trump chose to portray himself as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia. But with this move against Russia’s oil sector he can no longer credibly claim that this is “Joe Biden’s war.”

The Trump move followed a confusing few weeks since the Trump/Putin Alaska summit in August. After that meeting Trump dropped the neocon position that a ceasefire in the Russia/Ukraine war must occur before any peace negotiations. It was a sign that Trump was looking more realistically at the war. He also said he did not think Ukraine would win, which is pretty obvious.

A surprise call to Putin the day before Ukrainian president Zelensky was to arrive in town just over a week ago reinforced that position and Zelensky left Washington empty-handed. He was seeking Tomahawk missiles that could strike deep into Russian territory.

Then out of the blue President Trump last week announced through his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that the US would be sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies until Russia declares a ceasefire in the war before negotiations. That won’t happen, but what it does mean is that Rubio and the neocons have successfully gotten Trump to step on the escalation escalator. That is what they always do. It will be much harder to back down now.

At the same time the US Administration was jumping deeper into the Russia/Ukraine war, a long-time neocon dream was suddenly back in play. Although in Trump’s first term a “regime change” operation was attempted against Venezuela, it failed spectacularly. But the neocons have long dreamed of overthrowing the Venezuelan government – they almost got their way back in 2002 – and suddenly after several weeks of extrajudicial murder on the high seas in the name of fighting the drug war, President Trump announced that land strikes on Venezuela would begin soon.

He did mention that he might brief Congress on his plans for war on Venezuela, not that Congress can be bothered to care much one way or the other.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/foreign-affairs/ron-paul-under-marco-rubios-state-department-the-neocons-are-back

https://youtu.be/OyBgG2veF4Q

https://www.antiwar.com/

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Out Israel for Slaughtering Dozens of Children in Gaza

“Israel’s military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials,” Greene wrote on X. “46 CHILDREN!!! Are these not war crimes?”

Israel’s heavy airstrikes that began on Tuesday pounded targets across Gaza and also killed 20 women, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry said that another 253 people were wounded, including 78 children and 84 women.

In recent months, Greene has been outspoken in her opposition to US military aid to Israel and has introduced bills attempting to strip assistance to Israel from the annual Pentagon spending bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act.

Back in July, Greene became the first Republican in Congress to label Israel’s campaign in Gaza a genocide. “It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct 7th in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis, and starvation happening in Gaza,” she said.

Greene has also clashed with the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC after it attacked her in response to her criticism of Israel. “The truth is AIPAC needs to register as a foreign lobbyist by US law because they are representing the secular government of nuclear armed Israel 100%!!!” Greene wrote on X in August.

https://news.antiwar.com/2025/10/29/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-out-israel-for-slaughtering-dozens-of-children-in-gaza/

Nothing about investigating the IDF sodomy that killed an in mate?

Criminal probe launched into leak of detainee abuse video; IDF’s top lawyer goes on leave

Investigation ordered by AG looking into involvement of individuals at Military Advocate General’s office in distribution of leaked footage from Sde Teiman detention facility

In a dramatic announcement on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces said a criminal investigation had been launched into the leaking of surveillance video from the Sde Teiman detention facility that purported to show soldiers severely abusing a Palestinian detainee last year.

Due to the investigation, which is probing individuals at the Military Advocate General’s office, the IDF’s top lawyer Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi went on indefinite leave.

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara had ordered the opening of the criminal probe after new information was recently received regarding the leak, and following consultations with the state attorney and head of the police’s investigations division, her office said in a statement.

The investigation was being carried out by the Israel Police with support from the State Attorney’s Office, and not the army.

Military Advocate General Tomer-Yerushalmi requested leave “until further details on the matter are clarified,” the IDF said in a statement, adding that IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has approved her request.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/criminal-probe-launched-into-leak-of-detainee-abuse-video-idfs-top-lawyer-goes-on-leave/

Kash Patel shuts down Charlie Kirk foreign intelligence probe in explosive feud with Trump’s counterterror chief

FBI Director Kash Patel crushed efforts by Tulsi Gabbard's closest advisor to see if a foreign power was involved in Charlie Kirk's assassination.

The head of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, analyzed FBI files to determine whether Kirk's alleged killer received assistance from a foreign power.

Kent's investigation alarmed Patel, who believed the counterterror chief was overstepping by interfering with an ongoing FBI investigation, according to the New York Times.

Kirk was shot in the throat by a high-powered sniper rifle while speaking to college students at Utah Valley University on September 10. Tyler Robinson, 22, was charged with the murder and now faces the death penalty if found guilty.

The Times spoke with supporters of Kent who claim he was doing his job by chasing down any leads to ensure no foreign groups were involved in Kirk's death.

After Patel discovered Kent had gone through FBI case material related to the Kirk killing, a tense White House meeting was held to discuss the matter.

A round table meeting between Patel, Kent, Gabbard, Vice President JD Vance, White House chief of staff Susie Wilies, and senior DOJ officials was held at the White House.

Kent told administration officials that he was granted access to FBI files by a low ranking agency official.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15238181/Charlie-Kirk-White-House-Patel.html

'The bomb was on its way to the plane': Mossad's Yossi Cohen reveals how Israel prevented an attack in a Western country

Cohen's intelligence sharing saved hundreds from a plane attack. The former Mossad chief says Israel must demand better diplomatic support for sharing life-saving intelligence with Western allies.

At the conference, Cohen revealed cases where the Mossad during his tenure shared life-saving intelligence, including with Australia. "We gave the Australians probably one of the most critical intelligence items, which saved hundreds of lives, when a bomb was en route to an Etihad aircraft scheduled to depart Sydney for Dubai or Abu Dhabi. This was our intelligence, and what do we receive back from Australia?" Cohen asked, referring to Canberra's recognition of a Palestinian state.

Cohen indicated Israel provides life-saving intelligence to other Western intelligence agencies, primarily the American CIA and British MI6. Cohen emphasized Israel shouldn't stop intelligence sharing, explaining, "We need to trade this coordinated intelligence, which ultimately saves lives, for improved support. I'm not proposing the Mossad or Israel's intelligence forces cease collecting or sharing intelligence with our global partners to protect other people's lives [meaning non-Israelis], but I am proposing we trade it differently."

Earlier this week, the Mossad exposed an Iranian operative who planned attacks in Australia, Germany and Greece. Cohen officially stated at the conference he won't run in the upcoming elections. However, he didn't rule out entering political life later. When asked about running for office in elections a year away, Cohen responded, "The answer is no. Not now. We'll see what develops."

Cohen revealed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously told him he considered him his successor. "When I served as Mossad chief, Prime Minister Netanyahu suggested I was his successor. One day I approached him and asked if he genuinely said this, and he confirmed it, explaining his reasoning. This occurred in 2018 or 2019 I believe, and then my wife responded, 'No, absolutely not. We're not entering this.' But I believe everything shifted dramatically after October 7, and there's a need for fresh leadership. So the possibility can't be completely ruled out. I'm weighing everything, but my decision now is no."

https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/10/28/yossi-cohen-mossad-intelligence-sharing-australia/

Father of slain IDF soldier Rabbi Doron Perez to be new World Zionist Organization chair

Perez is set to become the World Zionist Organization chair as part of a power-sharing rotation between World Mizrachi and Yesh Atid, which will take charge in the second half of the term.

World Mizrachi CEO Rabbi Doron Perez is set to become the new chairman of the World Zionist Organization, in a power-sharing rotation with Yesh Atid in the second half of the term, according to proposed World Zionist Congress coalition agreements that are set to be signed.

Leadership of KKL-JNF is set to be split between Yesh Atid and the Likud, in another rotation. MK Meir Cohen is set to be the chairman of the Jewish National Fund on behalf of Yesh Atid, ending his service as a member of the Knesset in the coming weeks.

Perez was featured prominently in the opening World Zionist Congress ceremony on Tuesday night, wielding a torch in memory of his son, Captain Daniel Perez, who fell defending kibbutzim from the Hamas-led October 7 Massacre. The tribute to honor fallen Israeli soldiers saw four torch bearers opening proceedings, with the final carried by Perez in recognition of his work and his family's experience.

Rabbi Doron Perez and the loss of his son

Perez's story has resonated as a symbol of resilience and Zionistic ideals since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas War. Another son, Yonatan, was wounded the same day fending off Hamas attacks. The rabbi's son's body was taken hostage, and was only returned in a ceasefire deal and buried on October 15.

The pain of the Perez family has been public, but despite the suffering in a March interview, the World Mizrachi CEO called for a departure from blame politics and called for Israeli and Diaspora politics to focus on fostering healing and rebuilding.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-872077

New pro-Israel org. aims to expose antizionism as a rising hate threat

Adam Louis-Klein’s Movement Against Antizionism (MAAZ) calls for a paradigm shift, identifying antizionism as a hate movement that endangers Jewish communities through dangerous narratives and libels.

While antizionism is different to classic antisemitism, both are forms of Jew hatred, anthropologist Adam Louis-Klein told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Whereas classical antisemitism opposed Jews assimilating into nation states, antizionism opposes Jews in their own nation state.

"We would like to see antizionist hate categorized for what it is," he added.

The conversation was prompted by the launch of Louis-Klein's new organization - Movement Against Antizionism (MAAZ) - which is seeking to create a paradigm shift in the discourse around antizionism.

MAAZ launched on Sunday with the tagline “antizionism is a hate movement.” Among some of MAAZ's listed partners are JPPI fellow Samuel J. Hyde, scholar Dr. Naya Lekht and historian Dr. Sheree Trotter. The first MAAZ Conference will take place in Pittsburgh in Summer 2026.

What is MAAZ?

MAAZ describes itself as a non-partisan, emergency-response initiative confronting a rapidly escalating antizionist hate movement that is actively endangering Jewish communities today. It aims to address the spread of harmful narratives - including libels, denialism, and dehumanizing rhetoric -through education, advocacy, and coalition-building.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-871973

AIPAC Begins Lobbying in Taiwan As Brand Turns Toxic in The U.S.

From Taiwan's Office of the President [Emphasis added]:

On the evening of October 27, President Lai Ching-te attended an American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) dinner event. In remarks, President Lai thanked AIPAC for long highlighting the importance of peace across the Taiwan Strait to regional and global peace and prosperity. He also stated that Taiwan, the United States, and Israel may be geographically distant, but are all firmly committed to freedom, human rights, and the rule of law, standing on the frontline against authoritarianism and defending our way of life and fundamental values. The president said that Taiwan will continue to increase military investment and bolster its self-defense capabilities. He expressed hope that Taiwan will make the most of its advantages as a semiconductor industry hub by integrating US and Israeli resources in research and development, and deepen economic and trade collaboration to help achieve regional peace, stability, and prosperity.

A transcript of President Lai’s remarks follows:

I extend a warm welcome to the first ever delegation to Taiwan from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. AIPAC is a prominent nonprofit, dedicated to advancing US-Israel relations. It is a highly prestigious and influential organization in the United States. I am so pleased to see that AIPAC’s first delegation to Taiwan comprises over 200 people.

I would like to thank President [Bernard] Kaminetsky and the delegation for their high regard and support of Taiwan. Let me also recognize Mr. Jeffrey Schwartz, founder of the Jeffrey D. Schwartz Jewish Community Center, for his long-term promotion of exchanges between Taiwan, Israel, and the US Jewish community, and in particular his efforts in facilitating this visit.

The delegation includes leaders from politics, business, and other sectors of the United States. Many of you are visiting Taiwan for the first time. Over the past few days, I am sure you have experienced Taiwan’s freedom, diversity, and vibrancy. Taiwan and the United States are steadfast partners that share the values of freedom and democracy. We are delighted that with cross-party support, Taiwan-US-Israel ties continue to deepen.

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=65063

Biden Judge Releases Man Who Ordered $45K Hit On Pam Bondi

A federal magistrate judge appointed during the Biden administration earlier this week released the anarchist accused of posting a bounty targeting Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The judge, Douglas Micko, allowed Tyler Maxon Avalos to be released from a Minnesota federal prison as long as he does not travel outside the state and undergoes GPS monitoring.

Avalos was arrested on Oct. 16 after allegedly posting a $45,000 bounty on Bondi, alongside an image of her with a target symbol over her head.

Authorities were alerted to the threat on Oct. 9, describing it as a murder-for-hire scheme.

The post included the caption, “cough cough when they don’t serve us then what?”

According to prosecutors, Avalos’s TikTok profile used an anarchist symbol in place of the letter “A” in “Wacko.” The page also featured a link to “An Anarchist FAQ Book,” according to Law and Order.

An FBI affidavit detailed Avalos’s lengthy criminal record, including a 2022 felony stalking conviction and a 2016 felony third-degree domestic battery.

He was also charged in April 2016 with misdemeanor domestic assault, which was later upgraded to felony domestic assault by strangulation.

Under Micko’s order, Avalos must avoid alcohol, surrender any weapons, stay away from the internet and comply with a daily curfew while awaiting further court proceedings.

Micko was appointed to the bench by the district judges of the District of Minnesota in April 2023, replacing Judge Kate Menendez, who was elevated to a higher district court position by President Joe Biden.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-judge-releases-man-who-ordered-45k-hit-pam-bondi

Fox News released a bombshell today exposing Zohran Mamdani is funded by a $2.9 million dollar network of George Soros and Islam activists donors

But that’s not all

“Records have revealed that George Soros funneled $37 million to support Democrat socialist Zohran Mamdani’s campaign”

“According to those recently released records, Soros, through his Open Society Foundation, funneled the money in recent years to the Working Families Party and at least nine other left-wing organizations that supported Mondani's successful campaign in the New York Democrat mayoral primary.

The WFP, a far Our Left Socialist Friendly Group received $23.7 million from Soros through its nonprofit fundraising arm, then used that money to help Zohran Mamdani.

— Other unnamed NGOs also received funds totaling the more than $13.9 million figure. Zohran Mamdani, who has been accused of being a Marxist and communist”

https://twitter.com/i/status/1982906783162376405

John McAfee already told us who the real drug and human traffickers are.

No one listened. The truth is stranger than fiction.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1983122475958571459

Report: Gavin Newsom’s Prostitution Shield Law Creates Sex Market Full of 12, 13-Year-Old Girls in Downtown L.A.

The New York Times has shone a spotlight on the Democrats’ long-ignored “kiddie stroll” sex market on Los Angeles’ Figueroa Street, yet the newspaper downplayed the pimp shield law pushed by a libertarian Democratic legislator, Rep Scott Wiener, and signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

“For the 77th Street Division, which covers the northern half of the Figueroa Corridor, prostitution had always been a problem. But in recent years, the officers had seen the magnitude of child sex trafficking explode,” says the article, written by reporter Emily Baumgaertner Nunn.

Gangs that had long sold drugs began to take advantage of Figueroa’s lucrative opportunity. With a dozen girls, one trafficker could easily make $12,000 a night. “Drugs are sold once and gone forever, but girls can be resold indefinitely,” said [police sergeant Alvaro] Navarro, who had been in the division for two decades. Motel owners who noticed the parades of customers but feared the gangs’ retribution kept quiet.

But the Democratic-run state has cut funding for cops and handcuffed their efforts to pull young girls — some aged 12 — from the sex-trafficking street, the newspaper noted:

As trafficking grew, the means to deal with it shrank. In 2021, the Police Department’s central human-trafficking unit was disbanded following budget cuts, leaving each division fewer resources to tackle the problem. According to Navarro, the 77th Street Division was supposed to have six investigators at Armendariz’s rank in its vice unit. Instead, she was the only one.

Their jobs grew even more challenging when California repealed the law allowing the police to arrest women who loitered with the intent to engage in prostitution. The repeal, known as SB 357, was intended to prevent profiling of Black, brown, and trans women based on how they dressed. But when it was implemented in January 2023, the effect was that uniformed officers could no longer apprehend groups of girls in lingerie on Figueroa, hoping to recover minors among them. Now officers needed to be willing to swear they had reason to suspect each girl was underage — but with fake eyelashes and wigs, it was nearly impossible to tell. One girl told vice officers that her trafficker had explained things succinctly: “We run Figueroa now,” he said.

“By the end of 2023, the city attorney had taken to calling Figueroa the Kiddie Stroll because so many of the girls weren’t even 13,” the newspaper wrote.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/28/report-gavin-newsoms-prostitution-shield-law-creates-sex-market-full-of-12-13-year-old-girls-in-downtown-l-a/

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UPS axes 48,000 workers in sweeping cost-cut push, sparking stock surge

United Parcel Service has slashed 48,000 jobs this year — one of the largest single-year reductions by a US company since the pandemic — as the package giant scrambled to contain costs and revive its lagging stock price.

The Atlanta-based delivery behemoth disclosed the reductions Tuesday while reporting third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations.

UPS said 34,000 of the cuts hit drivers and warehouse operations, while 14,000 targeted management.

The company employed about half a million people at the start of the year, the New York Times noted.

Chief Executive Carol Tomé said the job losses, a mix of layoffs and buyouts, were part of a restructuring aimed at positioning UPS to be at “the most efficient peak in our history.”

“We are executing the most significant strategic shift in our company’s history, and the changes we are implementing are designed to deliver long-term value for all stakeholders,” she said in a statement.

UPS shares jumped nearly 9% in Tuesday afternoon trading, even as the company reported weaker revenue and profits.

The shipping giant earned $1.3 billion in the third quarter, down from $1.5 billion a year earlier, on revenue of $21.4 billion — a 3.7% decline from last year.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/business/ups-axes-48000-workers-in-sweeping-cost-cut-push-sparking-stock-surge/

States Sue Trump Admin To Try To Stop Suspension Of Food Stamps

Massachusetts and nearly two dozen other states on Oct. 28 sued the Trump administration to try to force the government to keep funding the food stamp program even if Congress approves no new funding.

The lawsuit cited federal law, which states that SNAP benefits “must be furnished to all eligible households.”

Some $5 billion in contingency funds can be used in lieu of new funding from Congress amid the government shutdown, the officials said. The government can also pull from a separate fund that has more than $23 billion in it, they said.

The USDA recently told states not to issue SNAP benefits because of the lack of new funding from Congress. The agency, which administers SNAP with the help of states, said in a memorandum that it could not legally use contingency funds to cover the shortfall in November, which has been estimated at $9 billion.

The officials with states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday asked the federal court in Massachusetts to declare the department’s directive illegal and order the department to furnish benefits already calculated by state agencies for November.

“More than one million people in Massachusetts rely on SNAP to put food on the table,” Campbell said in a statement. “Despite having the money to fund SNAP, the Trump Administration is creating needless fear, angst and harm for millions of families and their children especially as we approach the holidays. It is past time for the Trump Administration to act to help, rather than harm, those who rely on our government.”

Defendants in the suit include the USDA and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

The USDA has said it does not comment on pending litigation.

The White House declined to comment.

“Democrats chose to shut down the government knowing full well that SNAP would soon run out of funds. It doesn’t have to be this way,” a spokesperson for the Office of Management and Budget told The Epoch Times in an email.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/states-sue-trump-admin-try-stop-suspension-food-stamps

TPUSA fires back- compares us all to drug addicts for wanting answers- Clip

https://youtu.be/9gwN1Yv_OZo

Over 130 Killed In Deadliest Police Raid In History Of Brazil (Videos)

Over 130 people, including several police officers, died in a massive raid by Brazilian security forces aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro on October 28.

Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro told reporters at a press conference that police confiscated a “large quantity of drugs” in the raid, according to Reuters. Authorities also claimed on social media that 81 people were arrested and at least 42 rifles were seized during the operation.

Castro went on to pronounce the raid “the biggest operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro” in a post to the X social network.

Separately, Rio de Janeiro’s government said that the police launched the operation to “combat the territorial expansion” of the Comando Vermelho criminal group.

The operation was in the works for over a year, the government said in a lengthy statement posted to X, and involved more than 2,500 military and civilian police personnel.

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Sudanese Government Says 2,000 Were Killed By Rapid Support Forces In El-Fasher (18+ Videos)

Thousands of Sudanese civilians have been reportedly killed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in el-Fashe after the withdrawal of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) from the city in western Sudan.

The battle in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur, began with the start of the power struggle in Sudan between the paramilitary force and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) more than two years and a half ago. However, the RSF’s final attack on the key city started only in April of last year. Within a month, the city was besieged by the group.

The RSF finally announced the capture of el-Fasher on October 26. The very next day, SAF chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan said that his forces withdrew “for military reasons” but vowed to retake the city.

Horrific videos purported to show RSF militants rounding up and executing civilians near el-Fasher began to surface online right after the fall of the city.

During a press conference in the city of Port Sudan on October 29, Mona Nour Al-Daem, Sudan’s Deputy Commissioner of Humanitarian Aid, said that at least 2,000 civilians were killed by the RSF in el-Fasher, describing what happened as “genocide against unarmed civilians.”

She said that the RSF has “executed patients and the wounded in hospitals” and hunted fleeing civilians, with many victims subjected to sexual violence.

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