Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is newly warning that EU leaders are preparing for war with Russia, soon after he participated in the European Political Community meeting in Copenhagen.

He has denounced this as “horrifying” that “the EU has decided to go to war” and that at Wednesday’s informal EU summit, leaders pushed a war strategy on how to defeat the Russians.

This reportedly features plans for a ‘drone shield’ to counter Russian incursions into member states’ airspaces, as well as long-planned efforts to confiscate seized Russian assets held in Europe. Conformity is being demanded of all member states.

“The pressure is great. So I will suggest to the Fidesz presidency that we start a signature campaign in Hungary against the EU’s war plans. Because we need all our strength to stay out of this war,” Orbán said.

He summarized the situation on X in an English-language post:

“Copenhagen, day two. The situation is serious. Outright pro-war proposals are on the table. They want to hand over EU funds to Ukraine. They are trying to accelerate Ukraine’s accession with all kinds of legal tricks. They want to finance arms deliveries. I will stand firmly by the Hungarian position.” 

The Hungarian prime minister additionally argued that full EU membership for Ukraine is a terrible and dangerous idea as it means “the war would enter the European Union”. Instead, he suggested an arrangement which stops short at a strategic partnership as a “better idea”.

Further in a fresh interview Orban highlighted that Europe is signing on to a climate of “endless war”…

Brussels has chosen a strategy of wearing Russia down through endless war. This means pouring billions into Ukraine, sacrificing Europe’s economy, and sending hundreds of thousands to die at the front.

❌ Hungary rejects this. Europe must negotiate for peace, not pursue endless… pic.twitter.com/iA5LmpuDLI

— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) October 2, 2025

Orban’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, also sounded off, saying on X that “Brussels is preparing for war, and they want Europeans, including Hungarians, to pay the price. As part of this war preparation, the EU Commission has drafted a 7-year budget that is more about Ukraine than about the European Union.”

“This is practically a Ukraine budget,” he then emphasized. “Instead of tackling Europe’s real challenges, such as restoring competitiveness, ensuring energy security, and rebuilding economic growth, they focus on financing the Ukrainian army and the Ukrainian state.”

More signs of hawkish voices dominating the discussion…

The man whose role in making this war happen needs to be properly investigated wants to depopulate a Russian-occupied Ukranian region. That irrational fixation on Crimea has been a feature of British politics lately – can’t think of any other reasons but phantom pains of losing… https://t.co/jMPc3HkQaK

— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) October 2, 2025

Alternately, stepping back in time a bit…

Throwback: Even Barack Obama acknowledged the pro-Russian stance of Crimea’s population

The British political class still believes in dangerous delusions over Crimea, including that somehow attempts to make Crimea ‘uninhabitable’ would not start World War 3. https://t.co/btwy4fM5E8 pic.twitter.com/P5Ctwp3hu1

— Afshin Rattansi (@afshinrattansi) October 1, 2025

Meanwhile, European Council President Antonio Costa described at a press briefing, “Leaders broadly supported initial priority flagship projects that will strengthen Europe’s security, including the European drone wall and the Eastern Flank Watch.” A lot of noise has been made over last month’s alleged several incursions of Russian aircraft, mostly drones, in European airspace.

Via Remix News,

A sticker featuring a target over a photo of Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader, Alice Weidel, is allegedly being distributed by the Left Party Youth in Hannover, Germany. The sticker, which also features the text, “Aim Here,” has sparked an investigation by the German police.

“This sticker is being distributed by the youth organization of the Left in Hannover. This is not just a call to violence, this is an incitement to attack in the spirit of the left-terrorist Antifa. The radical Left should finally have the plug pulled. Criminal complaint is being filed!” wrote Thorsten Weiß, the deputy chairman of the AfD parliamentary group in Berlin.

Diesen Aufkleber verteilt die Jugendorganisation der Linken in Hannover. Das ist nicht nur ein Gewaltaufruf, das ist eine Anschlagsaufforderung im Geist der linksterroristischen Antifa. Der radikalen Linken gehört endlich der Stecker gezogen. Strafanzeige geht raus! pic.twitter.com/4TO9RT4I8E

— Thorsten Weiß, MdA (@WeissAfD) October 1, 2025

Other X users have brought light to the troubling sticker, which appears to be openly calling for the assassination of Weidel.

The official X account of the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office indicated that an open investigation is underway.

“Thank you for the tip! We have forwarded it to the relevant department,” the police account wrote on X.

Danke für den Hinweis! Wir haben ihn an die zuständige Stelle weitergeleitet.

— LKA Niedersachsen (@PolizeiNI_lka) October 1, 2025

The police were responding to a post pointing to the dangerous image.

“Mrs. Dr.@Alice_Weidel in the crosshairs of the youth organization of the party DIE LINKE. The question is, what are the State Security and the @BfV_Bund doing? Isn’t that an incitement to a crime (murder)?” wrote X user J. Eckleben.

Notably, this is not the first post from the Left Youth in Hanover that has been condemned as of late. The group wrote a message after the assassination of Charlie Kirk that celebrated Kirk’s death in graphic terms.

“Bloody and right-wing politics lead to bloody bullets,” the group wrote in an image, adding: “With a targeted shot to Kirk’s neck, the end of his right-wing inhumane and exploitative policies was sealed.”

This is a machine translation, the original image is attached.

It further reads: “There is international mourning – but this is a fatal mistake.”

A link to the original post (still up at time of publication).https://t.co/rfwDkmSKPd pic.twitter.com/6aswv0yzqd

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) September 11, 2025

Notably, the first post on this topic from Remix News was censored on X, potentially at the request of German or European authorities.

The Left Party Youth message of hate against Kirk was widely condemned across the political spectrum, including from conservative youth from the Christian Democrat Union (CDU), known as Young Union (JU).

“Immediate monitoring of the Hanover Left Youth the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, due to extremist activities that glorify violence and undermine the rule of law. Immediate funding freeze for the Left Youth Hanover, so that state funds do not benefit organizations that publicly glorify violence and act against democracy,” wrote the JU.

Apparently, the criticism did not phase the Left Party Youth in Hanover, with the group issuing an arguably even more explicit image of Weidel.

The federal Left Party has not yet commented on the image.

Read more here…

Some of the more tiny NATO countries are pretending to carry the biggest stick, at least judging by their outspoken jingoistic rhetoric of late. Small ‘Eastern flank’ countries like Estonia and Lithuania have long exhibited this loud anti-Moscow rhetoric, but Denmark is increasingly joining in.

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen in a fresh interview given to Financial Times has declared NATO must step up its response to Russia, warning that recent drone incursions are “only the beginning” of an alleged ‘hybrid war’ and sabotage campaign aimed at dividing Europe.

“We need to be very open about [the fact] that it probably is only the beginning,” she told FT. “We need all Europeans to understand what is at stake and what’s going on. When there are drones or cyber attacks, the idea is to divide us.”

Over the last couple weeks Danish authorities have claimed that hundreds of mystery drones have at various times over that span sought to disrupt commercial and military aviation over the small northern European country. Top officials have linked these to Russian operations, though without presenting any evidence.

The FT interview itself admits there’s no evident Russian linkage to the drone phenomenon of the past month, but still Federiksen and other European leaders are pushing for more defense spending and readiness:

Copenhagen has not established who was behind its drone sightings, but Frederiksen has said Europe’s “primary enemy” is Russia. Increased European spending on anti-drone and cyber defense equipment alone would not suffice, she warned.

“The idea of a hybrid war is to threaten us, to divide us, to destabilize us. To use drones one day, cyber attacks the next day, sabotage on the third day. So this will not end only by [boosting] capabilities,” she said.

The incidents in Europe, which have largely been blamed on Russia as an act of “hybrid warfare”, remain largely unexplained. However, they are similar to the numerous drone sightings over protected sites in the Northeastern US last year. 

That prior event inspired mass public concerns – and serves as reminder of the potential for hype and hysteria (without evidence for a foreign power’s involvement) – after officials suggested the car-sized drones might be a test of American security by a foreign enemy like Iran.  

Meanwhile, somebody is as expected seeking to take full advantage of this current climate of fear in Europe…

I had a meeting with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen @Statsmin, President of France @EmmanuelMacron, @bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz, and Prime Minister of Poland @donaldtusk.

Russia’s violations of European airspace require an effective response. We are ready to ramp… pic.twitter.com/7RZGVxnVrH

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 2, 2025

“We are ready to ramp up the production of drones, electronic warfare systems, and other critical components, including through joint production format and with the help of the SAFE instrument,” Zelensky stated. “All of this can protect all of us – the whole of Europe.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated on Thursday that it is “impossible to believe that Russia will attack NATO.”

Via The Cradle

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Wednesday that Turkey will not allow Syria’s fragmentation if a deal to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the Syrian military led by self-appointed President Ahmad al-Sharaa collapses.

“We have engaged all channels of diplomacy, both to preserve Syria’s territorial integrity and prevent a terrorist structure from forming across our borders. We continue to use these channels with patience, sincerity, and common sense,” Erdogan explained while giving a speech to mark the Turkish parliament’s re-opening. “If diplomatic initiatives are left unanswered, Turkey policy and position are clear. Turkey will not allow a deja vu to take place in Syria,” he added.

The US-backed SDF controls large swathes of oil-rich territory in north and east Syria, which it administers under the name of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).

The US-backed SDF was established under US guidance in 2015. It is an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which Ankara considers a terrorist organization.

Erdogan has threatened to take military action against the SDF if it does not integrate its forces into the Syrian state, based on an agreement reached with President Sharaa, the former Al-Qaeda leader, on March 10.

Turkey occupies large areas of land in northern Syria and has deployed forces against the SDF in the past. Erdogan claims Ankara needs a “buffer zone” to protect against PKK attacks. 

Earlier this week, Syria’s government asked factions within the military to prepare for operations against the SDF, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported.

According to SOHR, Turkish-aligned factions in the Syrian army were asked to “prepare for operations” against the SDF in Deir Hafer and the Tishreen Dam area. SOHR added that officials in Damascus have requested that a campaign against the SDF not take more than a week. 

If launched, the operation would aim to pressure the Kurdish–dominated group into accepting the agreement signed with Damascus in the wake of the Syrian government’s large-scale massacre of Alawite civilians on the country’s coast.

The SDF leadership is worried the Kurds could be subjected to similar massacres if they give up their weapons and allow their fighters to integrate into the Syrian military as individuals rather than as units under Kurdish command.

SDF Press: Since this morning, HTS terrorists have continued, in a systematic manner, to target the Tishreen Dam and its surroundings with heavy weapons, including tanks and field artillery.

The shells have directly struck the dam’s structure, in addition to the workers’… pic.twitter.com/PGoerFp3Bi

— Rojava Network (@RojavaNetwork) October 1, 2025

Recent days have seen a significant buildup of both Syrian army forces and SDF troops on the front lines in eastern Aleppo. On Monday, SOHR reported escalating clashes, as more than 10 artillery shells struck areas around the Tishreen Dam following exchanges between the SDF and Turkish-backed Syrian factions. 

Earlier in the day, SOHR sources confirmed that orders were issued to Syrian government forces to deploy “show-of-force” units with heavy vehicles, tanks, and artillery to the Deir Hafer frontline in anticipation of possible SDF operations.  There are also reports that the SDF has stationed kamikaze drones, rocket launchers, and long-range artillery near the local sugar factory.

The Turkish army, which has operated against the SDF in the past, may be gearing up for a new campaign, Sharaa said earlier this month. Turkey “may act militarily if full integration is not achieved by December,” Sharaa warned. 

An US Military patrol set out from the city of Mansoura, west of Raqqa, heading toward the Rusafa desert area, marking the first time a US patrol has moved toward this area pic.twitter.com/5wpnME1UHZ

— Rojava Network (@RojavaNetwork) October 1, 2025

In late May, Erdogan warned the SDF to “quit stalling” and integrate with the Syrian army. Turkey is currently training Syria’s new extremist-dominated military. 

The National reported on August 17 that Damascus is assembling a force of 50,000 to capture Deir Ezzor and Raqqa from the SDF.

Update (1320ET):

As we mentioned earlier, Democrats voted for a full-blown government shutdown, which has inadvertently given the Trump administration the greatest gift ever: the ability to revive DOGE-style efforts to cut waste and fraud.

“I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame,  to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity,” Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier. 

He continued, “They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT.” 

It’s only a matter of time before Democrats start viewing their miscalculated move as “regrettable”… 

How many government workers are on the chopping block? 

BREAKING: Trump says Democrats have given him an “unprecedented opportunity” to fire potentially millions of government employees.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) October 2, 2025

Just wait until the administration’s new joint task force begins enforcement against the dark money that rules the corrupt NGO space. 

* * * 

Democrats voted for a government shutdown, and that’s precisely what they got.

They find themselves in an optics nightmare – as party leaders were surely aghast watching CNN‘s Jake Tapper call out House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) over the hill they’ve chosen to die on – restoring provisions that were eliminated in Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ that provides free healthcare to illegal immigrants.

Tapper: Here is the provision that shows you want to give illegals healthcare. I understand it’s not an accurate depiction.

Jeffries: It’s a lie.

Tapper: It’s a lie… but it does bring back funding for healthcare for illegals. pic.twitter.com/jyQS3RMj7e

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 1, 2025

What’s more, Democrats handed President Trump a gift – not only do they look stupid for trying to add $1.5 trillion to the national debt, they’ve opened the door for President Trump to deliver on one of his core campaign promises; cutting waste and fraud, a crusade that began with Elon Musk and DOGE in his first term but has since lost momentum – well, until now. 

On Tuesday, the president warned that he could “get rid of a lot of things” that would heavily impact the Democratic Party, adding, “We can eliminate many things we didn’t want … and they’d be Democrat things.” 

President Trump on “A lot of good can come down from shutdowns. We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn’t want.” pic.twitter.com/8VoDQ2cdq8

— CSPAN (@cspan) September 30, 2025

By Wednesday morning, left-wing New York Governor Kathy Hochul and fellow Democrats were furious about Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s announcement that the Trump administration withheld $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects due to “unconstitutional DEI principles“. This shows how the administration has a lot more power during the shutdown to slash and burn spending that funds the Democratic Party machine.

Late last night, Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Republicans must use this opportunity of Democrat forced closure to clear out dead wood, waste, and fraud. Billions of Dollars can be saved.” 

Vought has fired up the chainsaw … again.

Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being cancelled. More info to come from @ENERGY.

The projects are in the following states: CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OR, VT, WA

— Russ Vought (@russvought) October 1, 2025

Panic mode sets in for Democrats in the far-left state of Maryland. 

🚨 JUST IN: Nationwide, Democrats are in full-blown panic mode upon hearing that Russ Vought is being unleashed to fire federal workers during the Schumer Shutdown.

“It is deeply offensive that the president is threatening to FIRE workers!”pic.twitter.com/D0CRlrfdpA

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 1, 2025

Trump did warn Democrats ahead of the shutdown that his administration was ready to slash jobs and programs …. 

White House memo says Democrats’ plan could spend $200B on healthcare for illegal immigrants https://t.co/vteQhPPbkF

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 1, 2025

Democrats appear to have made a miscalculated move in forcing a shutdown, one that now inadvertently gives the Trump administration the runway to cut even more waste and fraud from a bloated federal bureaucracy. A January Ipsos poll found that a majority of Americans support downsizing the federal government. With the national debt soaring to $37.5 trillion, savings must be found wherever possible. Those savings now appear to be coming from defunding the Democratic Party’s globalist machine, which has squandered not only the inheritance of previous generations but also the future of young Americans through its nation-killing woke policies. 

The Kremlin is downplaying reports out of the Wall Street Journal and Reuters which cite unnamed US officials to say the Trump White House has quietly reversed policy on providing Ukraine with intelligence to assist in hitting long-range targets on Russian territory. The entrenched narrative is that the US under Trump had resisted this, and that it was Biden who had really put in place the American intelligence-sharing apparatus in Ukraine.

Specifically, as The Wall Street Journal reports, “The U.S. will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, American officials said, as the Trump administration weighs sending Kyiv powerful weapons that could put in range more targets within Russia.”

But Moscow’s response has been unexpectedly calm and cool, with a statement describing that nothing in fact has change, highlighting that US intelligence had already been flowing to Kiev for a long time.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “The US transmits intelligence to Ukraine on a regular basis online. The supply and use of the entire infrastructure of Nato and the US to collect and transfer intelligence to Ukrainians is obvious.”

In the opening months of Trump’s second term, the president got the warring sides to agree to a halt on attacking each other’s energy sites. Though it held for perhaps weeks, it didn’t take long for the moratorium to break down.

Ukraine especially has used it as a tactic to try and bring Russia’s war machine to its knees. And there are recent reports showing some degree of success in inflicting economic pain.

Unprecedented refinery crisis in Russia after Ukrainian drone strikes.

— 38% of Russia’s refining capacity is offline, the highest ever disruption.

— Gasoline output fell by 1 million tons in September, creating a 20% domestic shortfall.

Economist cited by EP via RBC:… pic.twitter.com/PRfvSPkfUM

— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 1, 2025

“President Trump recently signed off on allowing intelligence agencies and the Pentagon to aid Kyiv with the strikes. U.S. officials are asking North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to provide similar support, these people said,” WSJ continues, marking the first such instance of Trump openly greenlighting Ukrainian strikes on Russia with long-range missiles.

The question of providing Tomahawks still remains an open one, and the Kremlin has said it would be “surprised” if the White House allowed such a serious escalation. Still, J.D. Vance early this week said the administration is seriously looking at the European request.

“The expanded intelligence-sharing with Kyiv is the latest sign that Trump is deepening support for Ukraine as his efforts to advance peace talks have stalled,” WSJ adds.

International estimates are that thus far during the war Ukraine has struck a whopping 21 out of Russia’s 38 refineries, some of them more than once, which has proven costly – also as sanctions have made it hard to find parts for quick repairs.

This alleged ‘policy change’ may be the direct result of heightened lobbying from Zelensky and the Europeans. After Zelensky was in New York last week for the UN General Assembly, Trump wrote on social media, “After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.” But this was also a way of simply handing off the bulk of the war effort to the Europeans, which itself could prove highly dangerous, even if Trump wants to washing his hands of it.

Submitted by Peter Schweizer & Seamus Bruner of The Drill Down,

Unless distant second Andrew Cuomo can whip up support quickly, Zohran Mamdani is currently favored to win the New York City mayoral election come November. Mamdani, a far-left radical, is promising millions in questionable handouts, destructive soft-on-crime policies, and government-run supermarkets.

Tax the rich! Housing is a right! Universal healthcare! Renewable energy! Just a few more policy positions the Democratic Socialist will try to implement — at all costs, no matter how destructive.

Zohran Mamdani won the 2025 NYC Democratic mayoral primary back in June by about 12 percentage points — and has maintained a comfortable lead ever since.

But “Mamdani Momentum” comes at a price, leading many to wonder: Who’s filling Mamdani’s war chest? Just where does the Socialist darling get his dollars from?

GAI President and New York Times bestselling author Peter Schweizer knows the answer.

According to Schweizer, 78% of Mamdani’s funders are NOT New Yorkers, and include radical funders tied to the 1993 WTC bombing, a New Mexico school shooting plot, Hezbollah/Iran propaganda machines, and more.

“Radical Islamic Cleric Siraj Wahhaj (an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 WTC bombing) funneled cash into Mamdani’s support network. Three (3!) of the cleric’s children were sentenced to life in prison in 2024 for running a New Mexico terror training camp for school shootings,” Schweizer shared on X.

💣 Radical Islamic Cleric Siraj Wahhaj (an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 WTC bombing) funneled cash into Mamdani’s support network.
Three (3!) of the cleric’s children were sentenced to life in prison in 2024 for running a New Mexico terror training camp for school… pic.twitter.com/rNFHDwaGlI

— Peter Schweizer (@peterschweizer) October 1, 2025

Who else is excited about Mayor Mamdani? How about Hezbollah…

Hezbollah’s main mouthpiece, Al-Khandiq media, celebrated Mamdani’s rise, calling the NYC mayor’s office the “2nd most powerful in America,” a stepping stone to Congress, Cabinet…even VP.

Iran’s state media bragged that Mamdani’s team mobilized 100+ mosques across NYC.

Having said all that, it should surprise precisely no one that Mamdani calls Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal and has accused him of carrying out a genocide in Gaza.

When asked repeatedly if he condemns “Globalize the Intifada” (an antisemitic slogan glorifying violent uprisings and the elimination of Jews), Mamdani REFUSED. Instead, he claimed it “means different things to different people.”

As Schweizer said: “Hezbollah couldn’t have scripted it better.”

Mamdani has now even lost MSNBC after his refusal to condemn the antisemitic statement “globalize intifada.”

Wait for the reaction by Deutsch. It’s brutal. pic.twitter.com/SfEkVZdaQH

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 30, 2025

But, perhaps Mamdani’s family members are more sensible than his “associates” — maybe they are more politically centrist and less controversial?

Nope.

“Mamdani’s mother has received millions from Qatar for her film projects,” Schweizer said on X. “Qatar, a known funder of Hamas, is one of the top state backers of Islamist political influence worldwide. And Mamdani’s father? He’s apparently an apologist for suicide bombing (it shouldn’t be ‘stigmatized’) and supports China as the CCP escalates its confrontation with the USA.”

“The big immediate significance of China’s role [In Africa] is that it has eroded this monopoly and from an African point of view, it can only be good,” Mamdani’s father, Mahmood Mamdani, said.

He’s also been a staunch critic of Israel.

Now that we have a consensus that Israel is an apartheid state, the next step is to call for sanctions against the apartheid state.

— Mahmood Mamdani (@mm1124) May 19, 2021

…and defender of Palestine.

Palestinians have a right to resist. This is a colonial occupation, not a conflict!

— Mahmood Mamdani (@mm1124) May 12, 2021

Quick recap: Mamdani is a Socialist whose campaign is funded almost entirely by out-of-staters — some with terror ties. Hezbollah, a terror organization, wants him to win. His parents are suicide bomber apologists with ties to Qatar, funders of Hamas.

Instead of voting for Mamdani, Schweizer has another idea:

• Investigate & prosecute foreign agents bankrolling campaigns.

• Close the “green card / red money” loophole.

• Overturn soft-on-crime policies letting radicals bankroll radicals.

That sounds like a better plan to us.

*  *  * 

Earlier this week, Peter Schweizer joined John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby on WBAC Radio. He discussed the troubling foreign-linked money flowing into New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign. 

🇨🇳 Meanwhile, CCP operative Neville Roy Singham (now under multiple federal investigations) is part of the same radical donor ecosystem behind Mamdani’s rise. Lawmakers are calling for the feds to freeze and/or seize Singham’s assets. See my recent interview with @JCats2013 and… pic.twitter.com/RLbE7KjaKd

— Peter Schweizer (@peterschweizer) October 1, 2025

Full episode: 

. . . 

Authorities in North Korea have been ordered to identify women with “un-socialist” and “bourgeois” breast implants, The Telegraph reports, citing local media.

Undercover agents are now groping for ‘enhanced’ women, as well as for doctors who perform the cosmetic procedures, primarily around the city of Sariwon, with perpetrators facing potential detention in the country’s notorious labor camps.

Suspected women will be “taken to hospitals to undergo medical examinations to ascertain whether any procedures have taken place,” a tough job for whoever has to do it. 

The controversy bounced into the headlines after a dropout medical student was busted performing the surgery out of his home. During his trial, prosecutors displayed his surgical devices, along with imported Chinese silicone breasts and bundles of cash. 

The Telegraph reports:

The city’s residents, who had turned out to attend the public hearing, watched as the women and the doctor were dragged out onto an open stage, where they stood with their heads bowed for the proceedings.

The two women told prosecutors and the presiding judge that they had undergone the surgeries because they “wanted to improve their bodies”.

The judge called the breast augmentation surgery an “un-socialist act” and said one of the defendants “had no intention of being loyal to the organisation and group, but was obsessed with vanity and ended up becoming a poisonous weed that was eating away at the socialist system”.

A source, who refused to give their name out of fear, revealed to Daily NK: “Among the residents who watched the trial, there were voices of criticism such as ‘doctors do all kinds of things for money,’ but at the same time, there were also sympathetic comments such as ‘Isn’t he doing such things because he has no way to make a living?'”

Question of the day – and this is very serious as we are trying to raise awareness… are these unsocialist Korean breasts?

How about these? (unrelated… because dry skin is the worst)

And these?

Unsocialist AI breasts? DELETE!

Wait, what???

Clearly we have some BIG fans of IQ Male Enhancement and our Waxed Canvas Hat. Unless Sanj is up to his old tricks.

So anyway… Kim’s directive follows a pattern of measures targeting Western cultural influence in North Korea, including the execution of young citizens for listening to K-pop and a ban on commonplace terms such as “hamburger” and “ice cream.”

Would she be targeted for Western cultural influence?

The situation in the isolated nation was detailed in a recent United Nations report, which documented that North Korea’s secret police are conducting public executions for offenses including watching foreign films or sharing South Korean television dramas. The report cited one case in which a 22-year-old man from South Hwanghae province was publicly executed in 2022 for listening to 70 South Korean songs and distributing three films, actions deemed violations of the regime’s restrictive laws. Defectors have suggested these public executions serve to “block people’s eyes and ears,” using fear to maintain control over the population.

Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

American businesses signed 98 contracts valued at $170 billion with foreign government buyers during the first nine months of the Trump administration, the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) said in a Sept. 30 statement.

“The record $170 billion in contracts signed with foreign government buyers so far in 2025 vastly surpasses the $12 billion in contracts signed during the same period in 2021,” ITA said.

The contracts are expected to support 589,000 American jobs and ensure $144 billion worth of made-in-USA exports.

“The record-breaking U.S. business wins under President Trump’s leadership reflect an unwavering commitment to rebuilding U.S. industry for the American worker,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.

“With record business deals abroad, America is strong again, and together with the American worker, President Trump is transforming the U.S. economy, rebalancing our global trade, and restoring America’s place in the world.”

In terms of value, the U.S. aerospace and defense sector inked $153 billion in contracts with foreign government entities, which is expected to keep the American industrial base strong, according to ITA.

Roughly $5 billion in deals have been signed that will strengthen energy security in the country, especially in the oil, gas, and nuclear sectors.

According to ITA, more than $800 million in contracts have been signed in the information technology sector. In the safety and security equipment sector, more than $600 million worth of deals have been entered, thereby countering untrusted tech and unfair tactics of foreign adversaries.

“In the first nine months of the Trump Administration, ITA advocacy has worked tirelessly to win contracts to support hundreds of thousands of American jobs,” said Commerce Undersecretary William Kimmitt.

“We will continue to be an unrelenting advocate around the world in support of American workers.”

The sharp uptick in business performance comes amid concerns about the state of the U.S. economy over the coming months.

In a Sept. 18 statement, think tank The Conference Board said that its leading economic index fell by 0.5 percent in August from the previous month, suggesting a near-term decline in the economy.

This was the largest monthly fall since April, according to Justyna Zabinska-La Monica, senior manager of business cycle indicators at the think tank.

“Overall, the LEI suggests that economic activity will continue to slow. A major driver of this slowdown has been higher tariffs, which already trimmed growth in H1 2025 and will continue to be a drag on GDP growth in the second half of this year and in H1 2026,” Zabinska-La Monica said.

Despite these projections, GDP growth has increased in the recent second quarter, signaling a strengthening of the economy.

In the first quarter of 2025, GDP contracted by 0.6 percent, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. However, in the second quarter, the first full quarter under the Trump administration, GDP grew by 3.8 percent, higher than initial estimates of 3 percent.

“America’s economic resurgence under President Trump continues: revised data show even stronger real GDP growth of 3.8 percent in Q2 2025 thanks to the Trump agenda of tax cuts, deregulation, tariffs, and energy abundance,” White House deputy press secretary Kush Desai wrote in an X post on Sept. 25.

A Sept. 24 statement from the Chamber of Commerce said that small business confidence continued to climb in the third quarter, according to a survey of small business owners.

“This quarter’s Index reflects a resilient small business community that’s cautiously optimistic about the economy,” said Tom Sullivan, vice president of small business policy at the chamber.

“But high costs are still holding many back from expanding and investing.”

Among the respondents. 46 percent said inflation was the biggest challenge, while 34 percent blamed the cost of goods and services as the most significant roadblock to expansion.

The economic outlook improved among respondents, with 40 percent saying the U.S. economy was in good health.

In a striking move for an administration that caters to the State of Israel and its American supporters, the FBI has severed its ties with the staunchly pro-Israel Anti-Defamation League (ADL), with Director Kash Patel saying the bureau refuses to team up with “political fronts masquerading as watchdogs.” 

The move comes after the ADL found itself facing a conservative uproar over including the recently-assassinated Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA in its “Glossary of Extremism and Hate.” On Tuesday, the ADL announced it was retiring the glossary, a measure that failed to spare the 102-year-old group from an extraordinarily rare rebuke from a senior US official. 

The ADL is a hate group https://t.co/E7SXOajgoU

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 1, 2025

“James Comey wrote ‘love letters’ to the ADL and embedded FBI agents with them – a group that ran disgraceful ops spying on Americans,” wrote Patel on X. “That era is OVER. This FBI won’t partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs.” 

Patel’s jab at Comey referred to a speech the then-FBI director gave at the ADL’s National Leadership Summit in 2017, where he declared his “love” for the ADL. He called his previous 2014 speech a “love letter to the ADL,” adding, “from the perspective of the FBI, we’re still in love with you.”

FBI Director James Comey gushing about the ADL in 2014: “If this sounds like a love letter to the ADL, it is, because I intend it so.”

Comey to the ADL in 2017: “We are still in love with you.”pic.twitter.com/cdfHIpH8AM

— Decensored News (@decensorednews) November 2, 2023

As it announced the termination of its controversial 1,000-entry glossary, the ADL didn’t acknowledge any regrets about the content. Instead, the group said it “saw a number of entries intentionally misrepresented and misused,” casting itself as a victim and ignoring those whom the group has vilified as bigots for criticizing the Israeli government.  

Categorized under “Extremism, Hate or Terrorism,” the ADL’s now-deleted entry on Turning Point USA claimed the group had a history of “bigoted statements,” “attract[s] racists” and offers a “vast platform for extremists and far-right conspiracy theorists.” In July, pro-Israel groups and individual were outraged when the Turning Point USA 2025 Student Action Summit gave a platform to the likes of Dave Smith and Tucker Carlson, who condemned Israel’s conduct in Gaza and American interventions in the Middle East on Israel’s behalf, and said Jeffrey Epstein was an Israeli intelligence asset. The Grayzone reported that, after the event, “Kirk was bombarded with infuriated text messages and phone calls from Netanyahu’s wealthy allies in the US, including many who had funded TPUSA.”   

The FBI was taking their “hate group” definitions from ADL, which is why FBI was investigating Charlie Kirk & Turning Point, instead of his murderers … https://t.co/xTAfSY8vqr

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 1, 2025

The ADL has long delivered workshops on hate crimes, extremism and antisemitism to not only the FBI but many other law enforcement agencies and police departments across the country. In the past, the ADL has also facilitated programs where American police officers receive training from Israeli officers. That program was paused following significant backlash springing from concerns about the often-heavy-handed tactics employed in Israel, particularly against Palestinians. 

The ADL has also furnished the FBI with data on hate crimes since the 1940s. The group has faced significant criticism for using an expansive definition of an “antisemitic incident” that includes vocal opposition to the political philosophy of Zionism or comparing the actions of the Israeli government to those of Nazi Germany. For example, by counting the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as inherently antisemitic, every rally in support of Palestinians has presented an opportunity to pad the numbers and cast antisemitism as a far larger problem than it actually is.  

Where the FBI is concerned, all the data sharing, workshops and alleged embedding of FBI employees at the ADL are a thing of the pst. As Patel told Fox News with a heavy sense of finality, “The FBI formally rejects any partnership with the ADL.”

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