Scott Bessent Goes Scorched Earth on Elizabeth Warren – Ends Epic Letter with “Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day”

by Cristina Laila Oct. 10, 2026 6:00 pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent torched Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren in response to her persistent requests for information about the Trump Administration’s monetary policies.

Elizabeth Warren has sent more than 100 letters to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding information.

In her latest letter dated October 10, Elizabeth Warren accused Bessent of increasing costs: “The surge in Treasury yields is self-inflicted and follows the Fed’s decision to raise the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point, driven by concerns about inflation.”

Of course, Elizabeth Warren never said a word about inflation during the Biden years.

Bessent hit back at Elizabeth Warren:“As the federal funds rate climbed from near zero to its highest level in 22 years, with inflation hitting a 40-year high, you were a cheerleader for the Biden Administration’s reckless spending.”

Secretary Bessent savaged Elizabeth Warren at the conclusion of his letter.

“Finally, my offer of a Foreign Exchange for Dummies tutorial still, and if you receive a passing grade to the Yale metric, not the Harvard curve, I would be happy to also include a Fixed Income for Dummies.”

“Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day in advance to you and your family,” Bessent said.

In 2018, Senator Warren released a DNA study where she claims she is 1/512th 1/1024th Native American.

The Boston Globe later issued a correction to their initial report — The DNA test revealed that Elizabeth Warren is not 1/512 Native American, she’s 1/1,024. That’s 0.0009765625.

Warren actually has less Indian in her bloodline than most Caucasian Americans.

But that hasn’t stopped Warren from promoting this lie over the years.

Before the humiliating DNA test results were released, Elizabeth Warren used to claim her paw paw’s high cheekbones were proof she was Native American.

WATCH:Elizabeth Warren's Native American Proof? High Cheekbones…

May 2, 2012

Elizabeth Warren said the Native American "family lore" was high cheekbones that all Native Americans have.

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https://youtu.be/uegqTj3SHO4

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Leftist Agitators Threaten ICE Agents, Bash Federal Vehicles in Salem, Oregon

by Cristina Laila Oct. 10, 2026 5:00 pm

Anti-ICE protestors attacked federal agents and tried to box in their vehicles in Salem, Oregon, on Saturday.

The clash occurred Saturday morning in the parking lot near a Walgreens on Lancaster Drive NE.

An anti-ICE ‘rapid responder’ livestreamed the attack on federal agents on Facebook.

Federal agents deployed tear gas, pepperballs, and other nonlethal munitions to disperse the crowd.

Masked agitators who may be affiliated with Antifa, a designated terrorist organization, used their cars to try to box in agents.

Federal agents rammed their vehicles in order to safely leave the parking lot.

At one point, a man used a baseball bat to bash one of the federal vehicles.

It is unclear if there were any arrests.

Saturday’s clash with leftists comes after ICE agents were attacked earlier this week during a separate immigration enforcement operation in Salem.

The anti-ICE agitators stalked the federal agents and attacked them surrounded their vehicles.

One of the leftists grabbed an ICE agent and tried to punch him.

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US could join Saudi strikes on Yemen – Trump

Washington could intervene in the escalating conflict after a Houthi attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people, including an American citizen

Published 10 Oct, 2026 22:48

US President Donald Trump has said Washington may join Saudi Arabia’s military campaign against Yemen’s Houthis, signaling a possible reversal of his previous reluctance to intervene directly in the escalating conflict.

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Saturday, Trump was asked whether American forces could join Saudi strikes against the Yemeni group, also known as Ansar Allah, following another deadly attack on Riyadh’s international airport.

”We may. We’re going to look at it,” Trump replied. “We just found out about the recent attack. So we’ll make a decision. We move very quickly.”

The remarks came after a Houthi strike on King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital killed 12 people and injured another 309, according to updated figures released Sunday by Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). The dead included four Saudi citizens and eight foreign nationals, among them an American. Some of the injured are in critical condition.

The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack, one of several targeting Saudi airports in recent days. Speaking exclusively to RT, senior Ansar Allah official Mohammed al-Bukhaiti said the strikes were intended to force Riyadh to accept a “comprehensive and permanent peace” and end the war and mutual blockade.

The renewed fighting comes as Saudi-backed Yemeni forces have launched a major offensive to retake territory seized by the Houthis, including strategic areas near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The Saudi-led coalition said Friday that it had launched “large-scale operations” against the group, destroying 136 military targets, according to its spokesman.

Trump’s latest remarks mark a potential shift in Washington’s position. In September, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman repeatedly sought US military assistance against the Houthis, but Trump ultimately backed away from authorizing strikes despite preparations for an operation, according to the New York Times.

Washington has reportedly continued providing Riyadh with intelligence and other non-combat support, but direct US strikes against the Houthis would open another front in the regional conflict.

In March 2025, Trump ordered weeks of US air and naval strikes against Houthi positions, targeting missile launchers, radar installations and other military infrastructure in an attempt to halt attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.

However, the campaign ended abruptly in May under an Oman-brokered ceasefire after the Houthis agreed to stop targeting American vessels.

In September, Trump also claimed that the Houthis had contacted Washington seeking to avoid another confrontation with US forces, saying the group “would much prefer not having us involved.” Ansar Allah denied making such contact.

The latest escalation comes amid the broader regional conflict triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran in February. The Houthis have expanded their control along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, threatening a crucial shipping route that Saudi Arabia increasingly relies on for oil exports amid disruptions to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

https://www.rt.com/news/647035-trump-saudi-strikes-yemen/

State of Corruption: Zelensky crosses tipping point in new poll

Unending scandals have disintegrated trust in his legitimacy and inner circle while putting foreign funding for Kiev into question

Published 6 Oct, 2026 14:211/2

Ukrainians are increasingly disappointed with serving officials and ashamed of their actions, a recent opinion poll indicates. A majority now insists that Vladimir Zelensky must not seek a second term as president, as he once pledged.

Mounting disillusionment with the government, which was highlighted on Monday by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology’s (KIIS) latest omnibus survey, comes on the back of multiple corruption scandals in Kiev involving people close to Zelensky.

Kiev relies heavily on Western financial and military support to pursue its conflict with Russia. Even its staunchest supporters acknowledge that the Zelensky government’s assurances that it is actively tackling corruption are not necessarily sincere.

No second term for Zelensky

The KIIS phone survey, conducted among over 1,000 adults in September, indicates a stark shortage of positive emotions among Ukrainians for public servants. The pollster offered respondents a list of 12 options to indicate their feelings, from which they could pick up to three. The most popular was “disappointment,” chosen by 44%, followed by “shame,” picked by 33%.

More respondents reported negative emotions towards the authorities compared to a similar poll conducted in December 2025, while the share of positive options remained stable. In both surveys, 23% said they were hopeful regarding the authorities and 16% said they sympathized with them.

Asked whether Zelensky should take part in the next presidential election, 53% told KIIS he should not, compared to 46% last year.

Zelensky pledged to be a single-term president during his election campaign in 2019, but has since suggested he may run again. His mandate expired in 2024, but he has retained power under martial law, which critics say violates the Ukrainian Constitution.

Other polls have consistently suggested that in a hypothetical presidential contest, Zelensky would lose in the second round to any of as many as three more popular possible candidates.

Zelensky sinking in graft bog

The Ukrainian leader’s domestic popularity has dropped amid a series of corruption scandals triggered by investigations conducted by Western-backed anti-graft agencies.

The latest major development came in September, when the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) exposed a suspected protection racket run by a senior officer in the Prosecutor General’s Office. The chief suspect was fired, while his boss, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, fled the country before being removed from his position by the Ukrainian parliament.

Previously, Zelensky fired a deputy head of his office after NABU accused her of laundering millions in cash to pay the bail for a former energy minister who is a suspect in a separate anti-graft investigation linked to the Ukrainian leader.

NABU’s reputation in Ukraine is so strong that some crooks are trying to profit off of it. This week, the agency reported helping the police arrest a swindler who had posed as one of its detectives to extort $280,000 from a local businessman, saying the money would allow him to sink a criminal case “commissioned” by competition.

KIIS previously reported that half of respondents in a survey named government corruption as their biggest concern – more than Russian long-range strikes – while 72% said Zelensky personally was responsible for the problem.

German minister admits Kiev has a graft problem

Political opponents of Zelensky, such as his former spokesperson turned vocal critic Yulia Mendel, claim he personally protects corruption networks entrenched in his government. NABU has stressed he is not a suspect in any of his cases, referring to immunity from prosecution that Zelensky retains as long as he claims presidential authority.

https://www.rt.com/russia/646790-ukraine-corruption-zelensky-support/

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The Ukrainian government largely operates on donations and credit provided by foreign sponsors, primarily the European Union.Brussels recently reacted skeptically when asked by Kiev to cover a $27 billion hole in the Ukrainian military budget.

A joint statement by the European Commission and Ukraine last week said they had “identified the means to cover Ukraine’s budget and defence needs for 2026.” The vaguely worded press release was broadly interpreted as a refusal of Zelensky’s request to send “more money, much more.”

Corruption in Kiev is a major concern for foreign donors too, even if they rarely admitted this publicly.

“We want to be sure that this money is used precisely for that [weapons and infrastructure buildup] purpose,” German Economics Minister Katherina Reiche told Bild TV on Monday, when asked about aid sent by Berlin.She stressed that Kiev needs to prove it is actually tackling corruption.

There is an assurance that work will continue. However, we will also have to ensure that this does not remain just an assurance, but that we have measurable results.

EU officials who are not bound to demonstrate support for Kiev by their political allegiances have used more direct language.

“Ukraine is so corrupt. We have no idea how much money is really spent on the functioning of the state or on defense purposes. We don’t know how much is just disappearing,” MEP Fernand Kartheiser told RT’s Rick Sanchez in a recent interview.

https://www.rt.com/russia/646790-ukraine-corruption-zelensky-support/