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Trump has accepted Chinese hegemony. And that’s a good thing.

by Bret Stephens

Exactly! Why do we need to live with that as if it is perfectly normal?

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I'm at the Montpelier Hunt Races in Virginia and they're doing Jack Russel races.

We're not! Let us be not okay

Yes, please!

These are the U.S. ships and aircraft massing off Venezuela The large-scale buildup of U.S. military forces and assets in the Caribbean suggests that the Trump administration is preparing to expand operations.

Eight warships, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, a floating base for Special Operations and an aircraft carrier on the way. Trump prepares for a land invasion of Venezuela to topple the government of Nicolás Maduro and install one more to his liking in its place.

Thank you!

There Is No Peace in Gaza Since President Trump announced his plan for a ceasefire, people I know have been killed. One relative described torture during a year in Israeli custody.

Gaza: The "Ceasefire" that isn't. The day after Donald Trump announced his plan for a ceasefire, Israel struck more homes in Gaza City, reportedly killing dozens, including a three-month-old baby. In a new essay, Mosab Abu Toha shares what’s happening to people he knows in Gaza.

Yep

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Saturday Report 11/1/25 — Tear gassing trick-or-treaters: Noem’s new definition of American values... The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion…

Saturday Report 11/1/25 — Tear gassing trick-or-treaters: Noem’s new definition of American values...

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If you're after a wild weekend read, check out our deep dive into the flashy Utah leasing firm that somehow racked up $2bn of exposure to the First Brands debt debacle

Featuring prominent Mormon sports stars, a private jet, cheerleaders and an epic corporate rap video

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Un jesuita investigado por abuso sexual admite ante su víctima parte de los hechos: “Me acuerdo de que había sangre” Un Juzgado de Mallorca investiga a tres religiosos que agredieron sexualmente durante más de tres décadas a una mujer con discapacidad. Uno de los sacerdotes se puso en contacto recientemente con la d...

Un jesuita investigado por abuso sexual admite ante su víctima parte de los hechos: “Me acuerdo de que había sangre”.

Un Juzgado de Mallorca investiga a tres religiosos que agredieron sexualmente durante más de tres décadas a una mujer con discapacidad

Carney Says He Apologized to Trump Over Ad Reviving Reagan’s Tariff Criticism

I know it's instinctive, but don't apologize, Canada. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...

Under Trump, Becoming a U.S. Citizen Gets Harder

As Trump plans to deny US citizenship to permanent residents who are deemed to hold "anti-American" views—that is, they are critical of him or any policy he embraces. You also may not criticize Benjamin Netanyahu or Viktor Orbán or anything they do.

Exclusive | Elon Musk’s SpaceX Set to Win $2 Billion Pentagon Satellite Deal The funding would support the development of satellites for President Trump’s Golden Dome project.

Trump gives Elon Musk $2 bn from the Treasury in a non-competitive tender relating to the worthless Golden Dome technology. This is pure corruption. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Life in the age of Trump

Perfectly sensible criticism from Erickson.

Is AI the Real Threat? Deepfakes Target Top Physicists to Admit 3I/ATLAS Is An Alien Ship Hidden by NASA AI deepfakes of physicists Michio Kaku and Brian Cox are spreading false claims that NASA secretly confirmed 3I/ATLAS is an alien spacecraft.

Is AI the Real Threat? Deepfakes Target Top Physicists to Admit 3I/ATLAS Is An Alien Ship Hidden by NASA | IBTimes UK www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-real-thre...

Whistleblower lawsuit against Idaho Attorney General’s Office appealed to state Supreme Court • Idaho Capital Sun Daphne Huang, who represented the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, appealed her lawsuit's dismissal to the Idaho Supreme Court.

After a judge dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit against Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office, the fired attorney appealed to the Idaho Supreme Court.

Federal Court Blocks Trump-Vance Administration’s Attempt to Cut Off Food Assistance for 42 Million People in America - Democracy Forward

Here is the complaint in that case: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

And the TRO motion memo: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Here is a statement from @democracyforward.org as well: democracyforward.org/updates/snap...

A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ceasing to pay SNAP benefits during the U.S. government shutdown. The oral ruling by Judge Jack McConnell came a day before the administration was set to cut off those food stamp benefits from 42 million Americans.

BREAKING: In a second case over the suspension of SNAP benefits, a federal judge in Rhode Island has issued a TRO from the bench against the Trump administration.

There is no written order yet, but here is CNBC's report: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/s...

IV. Conclusion The Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order remains under advisement. No later than Monday, November 3, 2025, Defendants shall advise the court whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November and, if so, their timeline for determining whether to authorize only reduced SNAP benefits using the Contingency Funds or to authorize full SNAP benefits using both the Contingency Funds and additional available funds. October 31, 2025 /s/ Indira Talwani United States District Judge

Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, keeps the TRO request under advisement while the Trump administration decides — by Monday — if it is going to use the contingent funding to proceed with (at least reduced) November SNAP benefits.

Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL., Plaintiffs, V. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL., Defendants. * * * * * * * * * * * Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT MEMORANDUM AND ORDER October 31, 2025 TALWANI, D.J. Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc. No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.

A. Likelihood of Success on the Merits Plaintiffs have demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits of their claim under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), (C), that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is contrary to law. At core, Defendants' conclusion that USDA is statutorily prohibited from funding SNAP because Congress has not enacted new appropriations for the current fiscal year is erroneous. To the contrary, Defendants are statutorily mandated to use the previously appropriated SNAP contingency reserve when necessary and also have discretion to use other previously appropriated funds as detailed below.

As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4]; Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138 Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L. No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available 10 Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT Document 26 Filed 10/31/25 Page 11 of 15 through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at 93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].

Defendants argue out that a "suspension" is permitted under USDA's regulations, and that USDA "has consistently interpreted its authority to allow for the suspension or cancellation of benefits when necessary." Defs. Opp'n 6 [Doc. No. 18). The regulation at issue, 7 C.F.R. $ 271.7(a), sets forth procedures to be followed if monthly SNAP allowances "must be reduced, suspended, or cancelled to comply with section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008" (emphasis added). But that the regulation allows for a suspension when there are no funds does not mean that Defendants may choose a suspension over a reduction while funds do remain. If the regulation did authorize such discretion, it would be inconsistent with the statutory mandate that benefits "shall" be paid unless funding is no longer available.

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.

Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.

Judge denies ex-judge’s bid to change name to ‘Judge’ A Ramsey County judge denied former Anoka County Judge John Dehen’s request to legally change his first name to “Judge,” calling the move misleading and made in bad faith.

An R state judge in Minnesota – whose previous claims to fame included being a Tea Party town councilman, beating his daughter, and wanting to carry a gun in court – was removed from the bench for "egregious" misconduct

So he tried to change his name to "Judge"

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I love this. I wonder if any ex Professors have tried changing their name to 'Professor'. Liz Truss might achieve closure by changing her name to 'Prime Minister'.

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The show-specific ads are genius. They did The Bachelor and Survivor too