The latest earnings reports from America&#8217;s top tech companies reveal that Silicon Valley is going all-in on artificial intelligence, sometimes in spite of users&#8217; concerns.
Financials from <a href="https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-events/">Meta</a>, <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/earnings/fy-2026-q1/press-release-webcast">Microsoft</a>, and <a href="https://s206.q4cdn.com/479360582/files/doc_financials/2025/q3/2025q3-alphabet-earnings-release.pdf">Google</a> released Wednesday show that all three companies beat experts&#8217; earnings and revenue expectations. On earnings calls, all three companies pointed to increased AI investment, and increased spending in general. Google parent company Alphabet raised spending by about 7% for the year, Microsoft discussed spending above their original goal of 42% this year, and Meta discussed aggressive and substantial investment, but did not provide a specific number. 
“Across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, our AI recommendation systems are delivering higher quality and more relevant content, which led to 5% more time spent on Facebook in Q3 and 10% on Threads,&#8221; Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. &#8220;Video is a particular bright spot, with video time spent on Instagram up more than 30% since last year.&#8221;
This week also brought good news for the AI sector across the board. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday told investors that he doesn’t see a bubble in the AI space, noting that artificial intelligence companies “have real earnings and business models,” rather than just &#8220;ideas.&#8221; As if to underscore that point, Nvidia, a major player in the AI space, became the world’s largest company in terms of market capitalization, reaching <a href="https://companiesmarketcap.com/nvidia/marketcap/">$5 trillion</a> in value.
This is good news for Big Tech. But is it good for America?
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Beneath the AI hype and rosy growth numbers, Meta’s latest <a href="https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001326801/aa3d2e89-2568-4c4c-b3cc-6df47166435e.pdf">financial filing</a> reveals something darker: the company is facing tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its apps are addictive and harmful.
“Beginning in January 2022, we became subject to litigation and other proceedings alleging that Facebook and Instagram cause &#8216;social media addiction&#8217; in users.”
The company noted the lawsuits are ongoing and that a “favorable outcome” for the company cannot be assured. 
“Substantially all of our revenue comes from advertising,” Meta reported to investors, noting that prominent revenue streams depend on users staying on Instagram and Facebook.
 “Advertising revenue could be adversely affected by decreases in user engagement, including time spent on our products.”
With AI investment accelerating across big tech, the coming quarters will show whether the technology continues to drive growth, as well as how companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Google balance innovation, profitability, and potential public scrutiny.
Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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A broad coalition of business associations representing hundreds of companies as diverse as Apple and Walmart united to call on Congress Thursday to immediately reopen the government. 
The coalition <a href="https://www.businessroundtable.org/business-associations-issue-statement-on-government-shutdown">warned</a> that with each day of the shutdown, “the larger and more durable the economic damage becomes — and some of it might never be recovered.” 
Top CEOs from hundreds of major U.S. companies also warned of potential irreversible economic damage.
Representing virtually every sector of the economy, from airlines, banking, hotels, manufacturing, software, real estate, and travel, the associations estimated that the ongoing shutdown costs the nation between $10 and $15 billion in lost output per week. 
While the joint statement avoided taking a political stance, the groups urged lawmakers to “avert further economic disruption” by reopening the government immediately. The associations proposed a compromise to negotiate major policy issues in a longer-term funding package rather than a continuing resolution. 
House Democratic Minority Whip Katherine Clark <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1981030897873781156" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> why Democrats want to negotiate now rather than for a longer-term funding package. 
“I mean, shutdowns are terrible, and, of course, there will be families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have,” Clark said in an <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sitroom/date/2025-10-23/segment/03">interview</a> with CNN last week. 
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The standoff on Capitol Hill centers on health care funding. Democrats refuse to back the Republican-led continuing resolution (CR) unless it includes an extension of ACA tax credits. The credits were established in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act and were temporarily enhanced and expanded in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Republicans maintain that health care discussions can begin after the CR is passed. 
House Speaker Mike Johnson told The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro, “To President Trump’s great credit, he is doing everything possible to protect families and keep vital services running.” 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer disagreed. 
“Republicans own this shutdown,” said Schumer. “Every job lost, every family hurt, every service gutted is because of their decisions.”
Last week, the White House released <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/airlines-pilots-demand-action-as-democrat-shutdown-pushes-air-travel-to-the-edge/">statements</a> from leaders in the aviation industry urging Congress to reopen the federal government. 
President of NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots Pedro Leroux said, “It is indisputable that our system is less safe today than it was on Oct. 1 when the shutdown began.”
Air-traffic controllers are among the many federal workers currently working without pay. Others include government employees,  military service members, Capitol police, and thousands of third-party contractors whose payments halted when the shutdown began.  
In response, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to divert funds previously allocated for research and development to paychecks for the military. Trump also claimed an unnamed “friend” gave $130 million to pay service members. 
Next, the shutdown hits SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is projected to run out of funds on Saturday. 
“If there are any Democrats out there who care about the damage this shutdown is doing, then I have a bill at the desk,” stated Senate Majority Leader John Thune. 
The bill is “a clean, nonpartisan CR to fund WIC, SNAP, troop pay, air traffic controller pay, farm programs, housing assistance, national defense, and more.” 
Shortly after Thune’s statement, the Senate adjourned, pushing shutdown conversations to next week.

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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut the interest rate by 0.25% for the second time this year. The current interest rate is now 3.75% &#8211; 4.00%, a range that many investors had predicted, and the lowest level in three years. 
At September’s meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that more rate cuts could be coming. Today, he shared a different message, <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/mediacenter/files/FOMCpresconf20251029.pdf">saying</a>, “In the Committee’s discussions, there were strongly differing views on how to proceed in December. A further reduction in policy rate at the December meeting is not a foregone conclusion — far from it. Policy is not on a preset course.” 
There were two dissents from today&#8217;s 0.25% rate cut decision. One Fed Governor voted for 0.50% and another voted for no cut at all. 
During the Q&amp;A portion of Powell&#8217;s address, he added that December’s decision will be complicated due to strong economic activity and growth forecasts contrasted by a cooling labor market. 
The Federal Reserve continues to walk a tightrope, balancing its dual mandate of targeting inflation at 2% while seeking to reduce unemployment. Recent inflation data showed inflation at 3.0%, slightly above target and the highest since January. 
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Powell addressed higher tariffs, saying that they are raising the prices of a few categories of goods, but also noted that a reasonable base case regarding tariffs is that &#8220;the effects on inflation will be relatively short-lived as a one-time shift in the price level.&#8221; 
The Federal Reserve closely follows the Producer Price Index (PPI) to see whether companies are absorbing higher tariff costs or passing them along to consumers. Recent PPI reports indicated that so far, businesses have largely kept those costs from reaching consumers.
However, due to the government shutdown, the Federal Reserve did not receive September’s PPI Report. 
&#8220;The public and private sector data that has remained available will suggest that the outlook for employment and inflation has not changed much since September,&#8221; stated Powell, addressing the fact that the government shutdown has resulted in the Fed missing critical government data. 
Along with the delay in data, Powell noted that the government shutdown will weigh on economic activity. Powell expects these effects to reverse once the government reopens. 
Expanding on employment, Powell stated, “Job gains have slowed this year, and the unemployment rate has edged up … labor demand has clearly softened.” 
This week alone, Amazon, Target, General Motors, UPS, Chegg, and other large companies have announced mass layoffs citing AI, economic uncertainty, and global tensions. The first signs of these layoffs could appear in spikes in initial jobless claims, which document the number of individuals who file for unemployment insurance benefits. However, this report will be delayed due to the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-weekly-jobless-claims-report-will-not-be-released-if-government-shuts-down-2025-09-30/">government shutdown</a>, as the Department of Labor has had to furlough employees who produce the report.
Despite concerns of a weakening labor market and potential persistent inflation, Powell eased concerns that the economy is in an AI bubble.
&#8220;If you go back to the 90s and dot.com, these were ideas rather than companies, so there was a clear bubble there. Today, companies have business models and earnings, so it&#8217;s really a different thing,&#8221; Powell said.

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A Jewish man was assaulted near a Kosher restaurant in New York City on Monday, video obtained by The Daily Wire shows.
Rami Glikstein, 58, was walking by Mr. Broadway Kosher restaurant in midtown Manhattan when an African American man tore off his yarmulke, throwing it to the ground and stomping and spitting on it before punching him in the face and pushing him to the ground.
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WATCH: A Jewish man was attacked in broad daylight in midtown Manhattan. His yarmulke was ripped off and thrown in the street before he was punched in the face.
The NYPD told the Daily Wire it’s been reported and is being investigated by the hate crimes task force. <a href="https://t.co/1B8pgLpC2S">pic.twitter.com/1B8pgLpC2S</a>
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Glikstein was treated and later released from Mount Sinai hospital for his injuries. Police are expected to arrest the attacker in the next few hours, The Daily Wire has learned.
This attack comes days before the city’s mayoral election. The frontrunner in that race, socialist Zohran Mamdani, has a complicated relationship with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dont-know-how-hes-still-in-office-new-york-congresswoman-slams-zohran-mamdani">New York Police Department</a> and New York’s Jewish population. Mamdani has supported defunding the police and has come under fire for his criticism of Israel and Hamas sympathies.
Critics say that electing Mamdani could cause a spike in crime and antisemitic incidents. The Mamdani campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Rami Glikstein’s attack.
“Seeing someone punched for wearing a yarmulke makes my blood boil, and in New York, you should be able to walk in your faith without fear,&#8221; Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Hate has no place in this city, and I will stand against it every day by empowering the NYPD to hunt down these attackers, protecting our communities, and ensuring bias crimes are prosecuted to the fullest.”
The video shows the man stopping Glikstein, who appears to walk off. The man follows him, tearing off his yarmulke, throwing it to the ground and stomping and spitting on it before assaulting him. 
The man walks onto the crowded Manhattan street before turning back around. As Glickstein picks up his yarmulke, the man comes back to punch him in the face and knock him to the ground onto the road.
Another man from the street emerges into the frame and comes to the victim’s assistance, standing between the attacker and Glikstein. More bystanders enter the frame to support Glickstein as the attacker appears to get into another altercation with bystanders.
At the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-and-cuomo-square-off-on-gaza-free-housing-and-more-in-nyc-mayoral-debate?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=10&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mamdani+And+Cuomo+Square+Off+On+Gaza%2C+Free+Housing%2C+And+More+In+NYC+Mayoral+Debate">first NYC Mayor debate</a>, moderators pressed Mamdani on his refusal to condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada.” Mamdani also released a rap praising men convicted of funneling money to Hamas.
Mamdani addressed the moderators’ concerns, explaining he has had many conversations with Jewish New Yorkers and now understands their reservations as well as past experiences with hate. 
However, one Jewish New Yorker remains unconvinced. 
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Do we want to live in a NYC where our politicians with their actions and inactions inspire violent hate crimes? <a href="https://t.co/eKlJCkYbTT">https://t.co/eKlJCkYbTT</a>
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillAckman/status/1983583335797362840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square, retweeted a video of Rami Glikstein’s attack on X, with the comment, “Do we want to live in a NYC where our politicians with their actions and inactions inspire hate crimes?” 
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It’s Friday, and we finally have inflation numbers.
The <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_10242025.htm">report</a> showed that inflation came in cooler than expected at 0.3% versus a forecast of 0.4%. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) completed the report nine days past the due date and five days before the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) decision.
In a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/inflation-remains-low-as-democrat-shutdown-threatens-progress/">statement</a> released today, Karoline Leavitt said, “Under President Trump, America is back &#8211; but inflation is not.” 
Normally, the BLS releases the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report around the middle of the month, typically in the middle of the week. But America’s not in a normal situation, as today is the 24th day of the government shutdown.
To get the inflation numbers from the <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_10242025.htm">Social Security Administration</a> (SSA), the Department of Labor brought back furloughed employees to complete September’s CPI report. The Social Security Administration uses CPI as a benchmark for cost-of-living adjustments when issuing benefit checks. The SSA needed September’s numbers.
The FOMC decision will be based on the analysis of September&#8217;s CPI report. However, the looming FOMC decision wasn’t enough on its own to bring back the furloughed employees. And the Social Security Administration’s need for the numbers most likely won’t be enough to get a report generated for October. 
Every month, the BLS dispatches staff to collect price data for everyday goods. Before the shutdown, they had already done their “field work” for September, allowing the Bureau of Labor Statistics to finalize the report. Since the lapse in appropriations, employees were not dispatched to gather data for October.    
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This month, the main driver of inflation was gasoline, which rose 4.1%. In times of high global tensions and uncertainty, this index typically increases. Wars and sanctions, or even the fear of them, can drive up gas demand, often raising prices. Sanctions and international conflict have the potential to cause shortages and supply shocks, sending the price of gasoline skyward. 
On Thursday, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0290">expanded sanctions</a> on Russia’s two largest oil companies. The effects of those sanctions will appear in the next report that the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides. 
Energy also rose 1.5%. In most years, energy typically falls as the cooler months approach. However, America is not in a normal year for energy. AI demands energy. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright stated in a letter to Congress this week that the “United States is experiencing an unprecedented surge in electricity demand.” AI Infrastructure and Data Centers require vast amounts of energy, and that demand is only expected to increase as the technology expands.
Based on information provided by the U.S. Inflation Calculator, since Trump took office, inflation has averaged 2.65% each month.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated, “The inflation report today is just the latest warning sign that Donald Trump continues to squeeze the life out of working people in our economy.” 
The Biden Administration had an inflation average of 4.9%. The Federal Reserve has a goal of keeping inflation at 2%.

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Modernizing the banking system has been a priority of the Trump Administration. In March 2025, President Trump signed an executive order <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/modernizing-payments-to-and-from-americas-bank-account/">mandating all federal disbursements</a> and receipts to be electronic, accelerating the shift towards a fully digital payment system. On August 7, President Trump signed the “<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/guaranteeing-fair-banking-for-all-americans/">Fair Banking</a>” executive order to ensure “federal regulators do not promote policies and practices that allow financial institutions to deny or restrict services based on political beliefs, religious beliefs, or lawful business activities, ensuring fair access to banking for all Americans.” Now, the Senate takes a turn by proposing a bill updating longstanding financial reporting regulations. 
Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced a bill to raise reporting thresholds for currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). Currently, the reporting thresholds for both currency transactions and suspicious activity have remained unchanged since 1970. This means that, back in 1970, banks had to report transactions at $10,000; 55 years later, they still report the same $10,000 threshold. The <a href="https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm">U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI calculator</a> shows that $10,000 in 1970 has the purchasing power of $85,700 today. Transactions exceeding $2,000 to $5,000, depending on the circumstances, must be reported for review of “suspicious activity.” 
The 1970s saw the “Great Inflation,” which peaked at 14.8%. Despite experiencing these high inflation rates, the reporting thresholds were never updated, even though there are significantly more transactions over $10,000 today than in 1970. More transactions over $10,000 mean more filings. The Senators proposing the bill argue that the original reporting requirements were made to “identify legitimate illicit financial activity” rather than “overwhelm the financial institutions with excessive paperwork.”
This also creates more paperwork for the Treasury Department, whose Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) oversees these reports.
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) believes, “When banks and credit unions are bogged down by red tape and outdated reporting rules, it’s small businesses and everyday Americans who pay the price.”
Senator Kennedy said, “Washington’s financial reporting requirements may have made sense in the 70&#8217;s, but in today’s economy, they simply weigh down our financial institutions.”
If passed, the bill allows the Treasury Department to adjust reporting thresholds for inflation every five years.  
While answering Trump’s call for modernization, the bill does not address one of the President’s core issues with the banking system: issuing explanations to customers whose accounts are closed. 
In 2025, the Trump organization sued Capital One, claiming the bank closed hundreds of accounts affiliated with the Trump organization without providing an explanation. 
Eric Trump recently commented on this issue in his new book, Under Siege.
“The most devastating surprise came from Capital One, after being a client for nearly twenty years. ‘Eric, I just received notice via overnight mail terminating all our bank accounts, effective March 21, 2021,’ the opening of the three-sentence letter read. ‘Your account has been closed,’ and ended with this line: ‘If you have any questions, please get in touch.’”
 “I had questions,” wrote Eric Trump.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday highlighted President Donald Trump&#8217;s willingness to cross the political aisle as the government shutdown drags on.
Five minutes before the briefing, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that after a conversation with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, he decided to hold off on deploying the National Guard to the city, citing Lurie&#8217;s request to tackle crime in the city without federal aid. Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan asked Leavitt if this was &#8220;what the President hopes for in every city?” 
“The President is willing to work with anyone across the aisle, across the country to do the right thing and clean up American cities,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;He is genuinely interested in this effort to make our streets safer, our cities safe and clean again.” 
Olohan also asked Leavitt about the &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protesters who threatened government officials, including Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
 “I would think myself, the President, and everyone else at the White House would hope anyone making violent threats against public officials will be arrested and prosecuted,&#8221; Leavitt said.
Leavitt also warned of mounting consequences of the government shutdown, which just hit its 23rd day with no end in sight. The press secretary said that half a million federal employees would miss their next paycheck tomorrow and noted that $4 billion in capital was withheld from small businesses while warning of lapses in SNAP funding and strain on air traffic controllers.
&#8220;If the Democrats continue to keep the government closed, we fear there will be significant delays and disruption for airlines this holiday season,&#8221; Leavitt said before reading quotes from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Whip Katherine Clark boasting the shutdown gave Democrats &#8220;leverage.&#8221;  
But neither crime nor the shutdown dominated the question and answer portion of Thursday&#8217;s briefing. That honor went to President Trump&#8217;s White House renovations.
“Is it a big story?” Leavitt asked sarcastically after the first question on the ballroom.
The reporter responded, &#8220;It seems that way.&#8221; 
Leavitt confirmed the president would release an exact figure detailing how much of his own funding he was giving to the White House. It’s estimated that the ballroom will cost $300 million dollars. President Trump has stated that it will be funded privately and the full list of donors has been released. 
Of the 30 questions reporters asked, 11 were about the ballroom. 
Leavitt stated that Trump has been incredibly transparent and showed reporters models in the Oval Office, noting how she had already given remarks to the press exclusively about the ballroom. 
By the end of the press conference there had been so many inquiries about the ballroom that Fox News&#8217;s Aisha Hashmi started her line of questioning with, “Thanks Karoline. Two questions not on the ballroom.&#8221;

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The most likely employer listed by donors to the Democratic National Committee so far this year is actually no employer at all.
An analysis of donors listed by the DNC in its most <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00010603/?tab=raising">recent federal election filing</a> found that &#8220;not employed&#8221; was the top occupation listed in the filing, donating a total of $12 million so far in 2025.
Following “not employed,” some of the top occupations among DNC donors for 2025 include retired, attorney, physician, consultant, investor, professor, chairman, president, and CEO. 
By contrast, the top ten Republican occupations were retired, CEO, self-employed, chairman, founder, president, homemaker, entrepreneur, and investor. 
The donor profiles also show which states contribute the most. Four states appear on both parties’ top-ten lists: California, New York, Texas, and Illinois.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) gained the most donations in all four. California donors gave $6 million to the DNC but twice as much to the RNC — $12.2 million. New York Donors gave $2.9 million to the DNC compared to $4 million to the RNC. The pattern continued in Illinois with the RNC outpacing the DNC by $700,000. Texas gave $11.7 million to the RNC, compared with $1.5 million to the DNC. 
The DNC currently reports $12 million in cash on hand, while the RNC reports $86 million, revealing a $74 million gap between the two organizations. 
Additionally, the filings revealed <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/22/dnc-kamala-harris-campaign-debt">$1.6 million</a> paid to help pay down Kamala Harris’s 107-day campaign debt. She spent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-paid-closer-to-2-5-million-for-oprah-sit-down-report-shows">$1.5 billion</a> during her run for the nation’s highest office. Her 2024 presidential campaign was notable for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-paid-closer-to-2-5-million-for-oprah-sit-down-report-shows">high-profile</a> endorsements and performances by celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Cardi B, Jon Bon Jovi, and Beyoncé. 
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Despite financial constraints and $500,000 in outstanding loans, DNC Chair Ken Martin believes “there’s no such thing as an off year.” In a post on X, he highlighted the DNC’s commitment to hiring regional organizers and field staff across Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. 
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There’s no such thing as an off year. The DNC is all-in on hiring regional organizers and field staff across Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey for the final sprint.
We’re going to spend the next two weeks fighting for every single vote. <a href="https://t.co/lPR1dKLXoc">https://t.co/lPR1dKLXoc</a>
— Ken Martin (@kenmartin73) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenmartin73/status/1980665062135328799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Martin joined CNN host Dana Bash on Sunday and discussed the state of Democratic fundraising. Bash said the party had been struggling with donors, but Martin disagreed.
 “Fundraising is not going as poorly as you would suggest. We’ve raised a record amount of money in the first eight months of the year,” said Martin, who added that the main driver of funds was from grassroots contributions in small $5, $10, $15 monthly donations.

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Authorities have arrested the man accused of threatening to kill Babylon Bee founder Seth Dillon.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the development on X, <a href="https://x.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/1980421106524672425">stating</a>: “Last week, our Office of Statewide Prosecution was notified of multiple death threats made to Jewish conservative media members who live in Florida.”
Following the notification, prosecutors secured an arrest warrant, which law enforcement then executed. The suspect, now in custody, faces “charges of extortion, written threats to kill, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.”
User &#8220;zionistarescum,&#8221; who authorities now identify as 28-year-old Nicholas Ray, allegedly posted a disturbing message directly threatening Dillon.
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The Daily Wire reviewed Ray’s alleged account and uncovered disturbing posts criticizing Israel and President Trump, as well as Republican lawmakers.
Ray’s arrest comes at a time plagued by a troubling surge in political violence. On Monday, Dillon published an article with the Free Press urging both sides, Right and Left, to take an introspective look at the ideology and policies they promote.
Dillon launched his satirical news site in 2016 in an effort to “<a href="https://www.heritage.org/press/heritage-foundation-awards-babylon-bee-ceo-seth-dillon-the-2025-salvatori-prize-american">speak truth through humor</a>.”
The outlet grew into a major force with 2.2 million followers on Instagram and more than 5 million on X.
However, the company’s rise brought conflict. Before Elon Musk purchased Twitter in 2022, the company <a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/twitter-has-shut-down-the-bee">suspended</a> Dillon’s account over a post poking fun at USA Today’s “Woman of the Year.”
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Elon Musk reinstated the account seven months later when he assumed ownership of Twitter and rebranded it as X.
Most recently, the Babylon Bee found itself in court arguing over a bill signed by Gavin Newsom limiting the use of “deep fake images.”
After the court sided with the Babylon Bee, their attorney commented, “The court was right to rein in California’s blatant censorship. We can’t trust the government to decide what is true in our online political debates.”
Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) <a href="https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-to-chair-judiciary-subcommittee-hearing-on-politically-violent-attacks/">announced</a> on Tuesday that he will host a hearing on politically violent attacks to address the disturbing upward trend. This summer alone saw the murder of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and the assassination of Turning Point Founder Charlie Kirk.
Schmitt stated, &#8220;The rise of political violence on the left is deeply disturbing and antithetical to American values, disturbs the free exercise of our constitutional rights, and is a threat to our constitutional order.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump this week praised the FBI for making a “record breaking” string of arrests since his inauguration.
“More than 28,000 violent criminals have been arrested,” the president wrote on Truth Social Monday. “Over 6,000 illegal weapons seized, more than 1,700 child predators and 300 human traffickers taken off the streets, 5,000 innocent children rescued, 2,000 criminal enterprises disrupted, 1,900 kilos of fentanyl taken out &#8211; historic results.”
&#8220;The FBI, under my administration, is doing an incredible job,&#8221; Trump added before praising FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
Thank you for your leadership letting good cops be cops Mr. President,&#8221; Patel wrote on X. &#8220;This FBI is working non stop to make America safe again.&#8221;
Thank you for your leadership letting good cops be cops Mr. President &#8211; this FBI is working non stop to make America safe again. 🇺🇸<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"> @realDonaldTrump</a><a href="https://t.co/DfLvG5kJx6"> pic.twitter.com/DfLvG5kJx6</a>
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash)<a href="https://twitter.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1980409061297516898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"> October 20, 2025</a>
Patel and Bongino recently concluded &#8220;Operation Summer Heat,&#8221; a three month, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=president+trump+announces+operation+summer+heat&amp;sca_esv=e4e3b1ba951674fc&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS1183&amp;ei=CqT3aJSgMOWe5NoP9o2RmAk&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiUzdaWy7WQAxVlD1kFHfZGBJMQ4dUDCBE&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=president+trump+announces+operation+summer+heat&amp;gs_lp=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_M_ougYECAEYB5IHCDEzLjkuMi4xoAek2gGyBwgxMi45LjIuMbgHvhfCBwY0LjIwLjHIByM&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:ec0da5e9,vid:nui6shIVS-o,st:0">nationwide</a> crackdown on crime.
Speaking to Fox Business&#8217; <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6382861786112">Larry Kudlow</a>, Patel said the purpose of the operation was simple: &#8220;Let good cops be cops.&#8221;
Patel noted that the “28,000 violent offender arrests year to date&#8221; were &#8220;double the amount of violent offenders compared to the Biden administration in the same time period a year ago.” He also noted that the FBI seized “1,900 kilograms&#8221; of fentanyl, &#8220;enough to kill 125 million Americans and a 31% increase compared to the Biden Administration.”
Trump tapped Patel in December to “shake up” the independent agency, which the president said suffered from “years of political bias and inefficiency.” Patel&#8217;s appointment marked a turning point in Trump&#8217;s relationship with the agency, which he faulted for its handling of Hillary Clinton&#8217;s classified email scandal and the Russia collusion hoax.
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Alongside revamping the FBI, President Trump deployed the National Guard to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/10/nx-s1-5567177/national-guard-map-chicago-california-oregon">four cities</a> this year in his “crackdown on crime” efforts &#8212; and after Monday, it will become five cities, with a federal appeals court overturning a lower court’s ruling, allowing him to send the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-can-deploy-oregon-national-guard-amid-anti-ice-protests-appeals-court-rules">Oregon National Guard</a> into Portland. President Trump expressed interest in sending the National Guard to New York, Baltimore, St. Louis, and New Orleans. However, only Republican governors welcomed this suggestion.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry sent a <a href="https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/2025-Letters/9-29-25-LANG-RFApdf.pdf">letter</a> to U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth requesting the activation of 1,000 Louisiana National Guard personnel.
&#8220;The proposed mission and scope for the Louisiana National Guard would be to deploy throughout the state to urban centers, supplement law enforcement presence in high-crime areas, provide logistical and communication support, and secure critical infrastructure.&#8221;
Governor Landry expects Louisiana will see the troops as early as next month, right before the holidays.
Commenting on his decision to send troops to Los Angeles, President Trump said, “We will always do what is needed to keep our citizens safe, so we can, together, Make America Great Again.” 
In 2028, Los Angeles will host the Olympics, drawing an estimated <a href="https://laist.com/news/politics/2028-olympics-homeland-security-los-angeles-police-state">15 million people</a> to the city.

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Daily Wire host Michael Knowles will testify before the United States Senate next week on the rise of political violence in America.
Knowles will appear before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution Tuesday at the invitation of subcommittee chairman Eric Schmitt for a hearing titled Politically Violent Attacks: A Threat to Our Constitutional Order.
Knowles, who frequently speaks on college campuses and faced the threat of Antifa violence during a 2023 speech, says the hearing could not come at a more crucial time.
“This recent uptick in left-wing violence is the culmination of years—really decades—of consistent assaults on their opponents,” Knowles said.
“A ‘free marketplace of ideas’ simply cannot exist when ideological bandits keep shooting up the marketplace. I’m grateful to Senator Schmitt for convening this important hearing to discuss how Congress can reassert order and hold to account the left-wing ideologues undermining our public square.”
In Pennsylvania, multiple individuals were sentenced to years in jail earlier this year for throwing smoke bombs at Michael during a 2023 speech at the University of Pittsburgh.
The United States has seen a stark increase in political violence in recent years, which includes two assassination attempts on President Donald Trump and the recent assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
“The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk shook the nation to its core, and it was the latest in a long list of examples of left-wing political violence,” Schmitt said in a statement. “The rise of political violence on the left is deeply disturbing and antithetical to American values, disturbs the free exercise of our constitutional rights, and is a threat to our constitutional order,” said Senator Schmitt.
Knowles, host of The Michael Knowles Show, spoke at the first stop of Charlie Kirk’s campus tour in Minnesota the day after the TPUSA founder’s funeral, where activists chanted &#8220;Michael Knowles has got to go&#8221; and displayed signs mocking Kirk’s death.
As one of the most prominent cultural commentators at The Daily Wire, Michael has dedicated significant attention to exposing the conditions that enable left-wing political violence and has urged policymakers to take meaningful steps to safeguard civil discourse.
“As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, I look forward to getting the American people the answers they deserve about the realities of left-wing political violence,” said Senator Schmitt.
The hearing will take place on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 2:30 pm ET.

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Amazon Web Services experienced a massive outage Monday, sending shockwaves across the globe as dozens of popular websites experienced issues.
Shortly after midnight Monday, AWS issued a <a href="https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notice</a> announcing latencies and error rates affecting multiple Amazon Web Services. Reports estimate around <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazons-cloud-unit-reports-outage-several-websites-down-2025-10-20/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10,000 affected users</a>.
Although most individuals do not use Amazon Web Services directly, many popular apps and websites depend on Amazon’s cloud technology.
Companies like Netflix, Snapchat, Facebook, Capital One and more use AWS to power their organization’s infrastructure as well as government agencies like NASA.
The outage disrupted one of AWS&#8217;s largest data center hubs, which houses systems that authenticate users and keep websites loading. As a result, companies are dealing with reports of users not being able to load their website or be authenticated, locking them out of services.
AWS believes the root cause of the issue is a down subsystem that monitors load balance. When the monitoring system is impacted, the network load balancer health checks have problems resulting in increased errors and latencies.
&#8220;Our mitigations to resolve launch failures continue to progress and we are seeing increased launches and decreasing networking connectivity issues in the US-EAST-1 region,&#8221; AWS said.
AWS reported <a href="https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status" target="_blank" rel="noopener">29 service interruptions this year</a>.
Billionaire Elon Musk weighed in on the outage on X, using the outage to encourage people to switch to X chat.
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The messages are fully encrypted with no advertising hooks or strange “AWS dependencies” such that I can’t read your messages even if someone put a gun to my head.
You can also do file transfers and audio/video calls. <a href="https://t.co/l0GIIZYz6y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/l0GIIZYz6y</a>
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1980210961152926044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The messages are fully encrypted with no advertising hooks or strange &#8216;AWS dependencies&#8217; such that I can’t read your messages even if someone put a gun to my head.&#8221;
Musk&#8217;s post seems to be a reference to the encrypted messaging app Signal, which was affected by the outage.

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