Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Stories To Start October

On a warm and sunny Wednesday on the first day of October and the Schumer Shutdown, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's changes will make the U.S. military stronger.

From FrontpageMag, California Highway Patrol officers protect former Vice President Harris on her book tour.

From Townhall, recently arrested former Des Moines school district Superintendent and illegal alien Ian Roberts has reportedly been receiving mail-in ballots from Maryland.  (You can live in Iowa and have a high-ranking job there, but vote in Maryland, all while being in the U.S. illegally.  Interesting how that works.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, AI platforms blame "right-wing ideology" for the murder of activist Charlie Kirk.

From the Washington Examiner, a bunch of congresscritters ask to have their pay withheld during the current government shutdown.

From The Federalist, the military's recruiting crisis under then-President Biden turns out to have been a leadership problem.

From American Thinker, one benefit of the shutdown is that there will be no bull[bleep] economic reports.

From MRCTV, appearing on MSNBC's Deadline White House, former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall claims that the military has never been woke.

From NewsBusters, TV hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert talk about Kimmel's suspension, but avoid the reason for it.

From Canada Free Press, what's in a name that costs lots of money and can't even be pronounced by most people?

From TeleSURthe Federation of Kichwa Peoples of Northern Ecuador declares a temporary truce to open dialogue with the Ecuadorian government.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. is getting choked by Fabian knotweed.

From Snouts in the Trough, is Prime Minister Keir Starmer is greatest U.K. patriot ever?

From EuroNews, three alleged Hamas members are arrested in Germany for allegedly planning attacks on Jewish sites.

From ReMix, a family in Bougival, France defends their home against three armed burglars.

From Balkan Insight, the Serbian government grants citizenship to Russian nationals who were sanctioned by various countries.

From The North Africa Post, Mauritania announces plans for a nanosatellite program to boost its digital sovereignty.

From The New Arab, are Arab states legally bound to protect the Sumud Flotilla heading toward Gaza?

From The Times Of Israel, Druze in Syria push for autonomy.

From the Daily Mail, the Taliban shuts down the internet in Afghanistan to prevent "immorality".

From The Jerusalem Post, Iran claims that its missiles can reach "wherever needed".

From Gatestone Institute, should former FBI Director James Comey be convicted?

From The Stream, a revolution and other matters.

From The Daily Signal, you almost have to respect what Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is trying to do.

From The American Conservative, finding common cause with - believe it or not - activist Greta Thunberg.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) asks Republicans to "strike a deal with" her.

From BizPac Review, former TV host Don Lemon claims that the aforementioned Secretary Hegseth is a DEI hire.

From the Daily Caller, the family of the man convicted of trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh begs a judge for leniency because he's a transgender.

From Breitbart, actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) flies to Rome and joins a call from Pope Leo XIV for Catholics to "terminate climate change".  (The article doesn't say whether he flew on a private jet.  How many Catholics does China have?)

From Newsmax, Florida officials unanimously approve a plan to build the Trump Presidential Library in Miami.

And from the New York Post, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) makes an oopsie.

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