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More than midway through October, and as the elections in the US and Israel approach, many peace-minded folks wonder what evil and insane acts of aggression Netanyahu and Trump will add to their long list of crimes. Some speculate that Trump will use an MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Burst, 21,6000 lb bomb) on Iran. But that won’t do anything to what is in Pickaxe Mt. (not a nuke weapons facility, and if it were, the US still has no moral or ethical authority to make you pay to bomb it). The logistics of getting the MOAB over its target are tricky, since it only can be delivered on a slow-flying C-130. On Friday, Eric Peters gave me a call, and we had a great opportunity to chat about the possibility that Trump knows he is striking nothing close to a bomb-making facility, that he knows he couldn’t destroy such a place with MOAB, anyway, but that he will use it, then claim he has achieved victory, allowing him to “negotiate” a close with Iran. On the flipside, what if you were in a position of political power in Iran? With foresight, one might expect the US to try an attack on the mountain, and, even though it’s a remote location, the blast could kill many innocent people. What kinds of thoughts must one handle when thinking about whether to fight back by downing the C-130 (inviting heavier retaliation from the US), or to look like the military is fighting back but misses, and thus allowing Trump to drop the useless killing machine, and giving Iran an opportunity to engage the US in some kind of rekindled negotiations? Just ugly possibilities, but the likelihood that Trump WILL use a MOAB against Iran is only dampened by the C-130 logistics prob. Here are Anthony Aguilar and Brandon Weichart on Mario Nawfal’s stream today, discussing just this set of factors.

While that bubbles on the stovetop, we also see terrible economic data, new info about an Israeli tech co spying on virtually all US cell phone users it wants to target, more terrible results of tariffs and mo-mo-more! As always, please feel free to read all, or just portions, of the Assembly, to leave and return, and to SHARE the internal links and the whole release! Be sure to head to Rumble or Gardner’s X at 6 PM eastern each M-F for the news, from Liberty Conspiracy LIVE! We hope to provide as much big info for freedom fighters as we can!! ALSO, check out the new Former Star Trek Writing Fellow Channels - On YT, and on Rumble! **AND feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of the Assembly, and you also can donate to help the Liberty Conspiracy, itself! Just visit PayPal to help out!

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Let’s begin with one of the most darkly ironic statements of the week, from, of course, JD Vance, who seems completely ill equipped to see his own hypocrisy as he spouts his propaganda…

In case anyone expected the govt to actually release this prior to the Midterms… “Report: Pentagon Plans To Withhold Report on Minab School Massacre Past Midterms - News From Antiwar.com” LINK
-Saturday, at the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers’ meeting in Baghdad, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Iran has conveyed through Qatar a concrete seven-day plan to restore normal maritime passage through the Strait of Hormuz, if necessary conditions are met. He said the choice now rests with the United States and that security cannot return while military strikes, threats, and blockades continue. This follows Trump utterly disregarding the June Memorandum of Understanding and Rubio literally negotiating a “ceasefire deal” between Lebanon and Israel that allows Israel to occupy Lebanon south of the Litani River - a term that runs completely contrary to the MOU.
From the standpoint of a peace-seeking U.S. taxpayer aware that Congress has issued no Declaration of War authorizing attacks on Iran, such a short-term, condition-based offer represents a diplomatic off-ramp. “Iran ready to restore normal maritime passage in Strait of Hormuz within 7 days - www.tabnak.ir” LINK
AND “Ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz hit record high since Iran war began” LINK
-Saturday was day 231 of the disruption that began February 28, and roughly four commercial ships per day are transiting the Strait of Hormuz—about 6 percent of the pre-crisis average of approximately 74 daily transits. Independent monitors describe the waterway as effectively closed to normal commercial traffic, with elevated war-risk insurance premiums. Iranian officials have claimed control and closed status; U.S. statements assert continued US control and that the Strait is “open” which is delusional and insulting... Here are Dimitri Lascaris and Brandon Weichart on the situation, first, discussing how the lies by US politician cannot hide the lack of supply, then, discussing how much worse off the Europeans are, THEN digging into the fact that the WEST must make concessions to Iran, and seems unwilling to do so. AND, btw, even if the US can increase the number of ships that can sneak out oil, Iran can hit the land-based loading areas used by Qatar, UAE, and Saudi.

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Ansarallah continues to demonstrate its capacity to resist the aggressor that has waged war on Yemen for years and still occupies three major provinces rightfully belonging to the Yemeni people. On October 16–17, missiles struck Aden International Airport—the second such attack in under a week—while Saudi-backed forces and their coalition claimed to intercept a ballistic missile headed for Yanbu and destroy drones and cruise missiles over Riyadh and other areas. These actions come as Ansarallah presses against the Saudi-supported occupation of southern territory. The long Saudi campaign of blockade, airstrikes, and territorial control has failed to subdue Yemen; instead, Ansarallah’s strikes force the aggressor to confront the consequences of holding Yemeni land and resources that do not belong to it. LINK

Numerous news sites and X-posting journalists report an explosion at a Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF/Hashd al-Shaabi) headquarters in eastern Baghdad. Iraqi security and medical sources reported one PMF member killed and four or five others wounded. The group attributed it to a stockpile of damaged or obsolete ammunition that detonated and caused a fire, later controlled. This sounds bogus. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered an investigation. Some local accounts mentioned possible aircraft involvement, though PMF and forensic statements described that “internal malfunction.” This occurs amid regional tensions from the U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran that began in February without any Congressional Declaration of War authorizing attacks or related occupations. Iraqi paramilitary stocks and readiness remain strained by external conflicts that US taxpayers and future taxpayers will be forced to fund. From a moral perspective, the US occupation of Iraq that lasted 23 years is a black mark, and it is not over, since the US receives and manages all payments for Iraqi oil sales. This could be an accidental blast. It could be an Israeli attempt to kill and cause chaos, to invite renewed US activity. It could be a US move to do the same, or it could be a splinter Iraqi Shiite group trying something foolish and deadly, counter to Shiite better interest in the long term. “Explosion at Iraqi paramilitary alliance base kills one member, sources say | Reuters” LINK

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Oh, look!

And a reminder…

“Two Wounded, Including Four-Year-Old Child, In Israeli Airstrike on South Lebanon - News From Antiwar.com” LINK

As they say in France:

“Ouch.”

Roughly 550,000 French protesters Saturday filled the streets over rising living costs, failing schools, and what many of them see as “neglected public services”, exposing the false dichotomy of statist collectivism: your money will be seized for X or for Y, but it WILL be seized…
While self-described “peaceful” citizens demand more for social spending, President Macron continues expanding military budgets and aid to Ukraine, framing Russia as the primary threat and aligning France more tightly with NATO and EU defense goals. The protesters at least DO note that escalating under NATO and EU banners risks wider war while deepening hardship at home. The demonstrators reject that trade-off, calling for their preferred domestic priorities over foreign militarism. AND…

Albania and Italy also see unrest

ALBANIA - where Jared and Ivanka already sparked the massive backlash against Trump and Israel…

-Those earlier demonstrations, known as the “Flamingo Revolution,” began around late May/June 2026. They opposed a large tourism development (including on Sazan island and near the Narta Lagoon wildlife area) tied to Kushner’s Affinity Partners, citing environmental damage to flamingo habitats and protected coastline, plus allegations of opaque land deals and government corruption. Protesters, often using flamingo imagery, called for Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation; the movement ran for months with regular gatherings. The current wave is an escalation of that same movement. Students have joined over education costs, university conditions, and job prospects, and the protests have turned more violent—with clashes, fires at government buildings and banks, and police responses including tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets. Multiple reports describe the October events as a continuation or intensification of the broader anti-Rama campaign that originated with the Kushner project controversy. In short, it is the same country and the same underlying protest movement, which began over the resort plans a few months earlier and has since broadened and intensified.

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AND - “Russian forces liberate key Ukrainian stronghold in Donbass – MOD — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK

“Can the public see DOGE’s records? The Supreme Court takes up a key fight” LINK

BREAKING, IN WASHINGTON STATE

“Burien City Council unanimously approves resolution strengthening immigrant protections” LINK What did they do? They prohibited city contracts with ICE and prohibited local cops working to help ICE enforce its bogus “Administrative Warrants” that are not warrants at all… They have drafted legislation to ban detention centers, as well…
AND…Seriously? “Tearful ICE agent says he was forced into Trump crackdown after charges” LINK
PLUS - “Advocates fear potential witnesses handcuffed in back of ICE vehicle that struck Houston man could be deported” LINK
AND “ICE detainees ask judge to intervene over inhumane Texas camp” LINK
AND “Scathing lawsuit details disturbing claims against ICE contractor” LINK
AND, Play The Specials! “Battleground states turn into 'ghost towns' as ICE swarms early voting” LINK (Why not include this great ol’ ska tune?)

-AND, another, “SERIOUSLY?!!” “Texas trooper used encrypted app to help ICE detain high school senior, prompting DPS warning” LINK

Here’s a perfect ouroboros… “Rep. John James proposes using tariff revenue for tariff relief fund” LINK

He’s insufferable. No apology, no admission of wrongdoing. Incredible. If a private safety group you hired behaved like that, you would be massively liable and no one would hire that policing company again. “Georgia cop who killed donkey claims immunity, citing 'imminent threat'“ LINK

“Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduces anti-Flock bill” LINK The Flock cams leverage private data collection on public (tax funded) roads to try and get around the 4th Amendment.

“Licensure Is a Protection Racket for Lawyers – The Future of Freedom Foundation” Thank you, Jacob Hornberger!! LINK

“Interesting Books, Reviewed” does it, again!

And here is the video he’s mentioning!

And one more, from Brandon, with Lt Col Karen Kwiatowski!

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“Trump calls off firing squad livestream — RT World News” link

IRAN

Trump two days ago said, “Wait ‘til you see what we’re gonna do” to Iran and Iranian civilians, obviously. Now, it appears he has spoken with advisors about using the MOAB. The MOAB, or Massive Ordnance Air Blast (GBU-43/B), nicknamed the “Mother of All Bombs,” is the largest non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal. Weighing 21,600 pounds and packed with 18,700 pounds of high explosive, it yields the equivalent of 11 tons of TNT. It is delivered by a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft (which means it will present logistical burdens to those trying to get it into Iran and drop it on innocent Iranians), extracted from the rear ramp on a pallet via parachute, then guided by GPS to detonate in an airburst. It immorally and unconstitutionally has been used once in combat, on April 13, 2017, against people in a tunnel complex in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province, reportedly killing 94 (according to US reports, so take them as one might take any US report - with skepticism.)

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Houthi forces struck Saudi Aramco’s headquarters complex in Dhahran late Tuesday, damaging upper floors of an administrative building and sparking a limited fire, with no casualties reported. The group also claimed attacks on King Khalid International Airport and an Aramco refinery in Riyadh, vowing further strikes on Saudi oil facilities and airports in coming days as retaliation for recent Saudi actions.Saudi-led coalition warplanes hit oil depots and fuel sites near Sanaa and in Hodeidah province, which Yemeni sources said killed civilians. The exchanges mark a sharp escalation after the breakdown of a 2022 truce, with Houthis intensifying cross-border missile and drone attacks.President Trump said the United States might join Saudi efforts against the Houthis, stating after a deadly airport strike that “we may” and “we’re going to look at it,” while the U.S. has so far limited support to intelligence and refueling.

The leitmotif continues to be the pretense of Trump purportedly being upset that Zel won’t stop hitting Russian Diesel and other fuel sources, but the US strategy for decades has been to cut off Russian fuel exports, and the US has to facilitate the Ukrainian attacks on Russia, esp long-range attacks. This, IMO, is another fake by Trump… Meanwhile, NATO continues to buy US weapons, mostly funded by 66% through the US, and that money is going to US arms makers.

Here is more, from RT “US proposes unfreezing Russian assets for Ukraine peace – FT — RT World News” LINK
And, connected with our next X tie (below)…
Over the past day, fighting between Russia and Ukraine has intensified with no sign of de-escalation. Responding to Ukrainian attacks that only could have been conducted with US aid, Russian forces launched a large-scale aerial assault involving hundreds of drones and missiles, striking energy infrastructure, residential areas, and logistics sites across multiple Ukrainian regions. Reports indicate at least ten people killed and dozens injured, with significant power outages in central areas such as Kirovohrad. Reports of zero electricity in Kiev are everywhere, but I can’t confirm them at this time.
Ukraine responded by resuming attacks on Russian oil refineries, including a strike that caused a fire at a facility in the Ryazan region, and by hitting the Borisoglebsk airbase in Voronezh with Neptune missiles, claiming damage to several Su-34 aircraft. These reciprocal strikes underscore a conflict prolonged by external involvement. Had Ukraine proceeded with the near-agreement reached in Istanbul talks in March 2022—under which it would have accepted neutrality and forsworn NATO membership—much of this destruction might have been avoided. Instead, Western figures, including Boris Johnson during his April visit to Kyiv, reportedly urged Zelensky to reject any deal and continue fighting, locking both sides into a costly war of attrition supported by US and NATO resources.US Messaging to NATO Reinforces Prolonged Confrontation with Russia.
In recent days, US officials have reaffirmed their approach to the Russia-Ukraine conflict in discussions involving NATO partners, emphasizing continued intelligence sharing with Kyiv while pressing for a negotiated end. President Trump inadvertently admitted that Washington is still providing intel to Ukraine and working with both sides to stop the fighting, even as reciprocal energy strikes continue and what he told us was a “ceasefire on such targets” has collapsed. NATO-linked statements, including from the alliance’s military commander, have stressed readiness to counter any Russian move against member territory while maintaining support channels for Ukraine. This posture sustains a policy that treats the conflict as an opportunity to weaken Moscow and make more money for arms corporations, rather than prioritize settlement.
Boris Johnson’s intervention in Kyiv, according to accounts from Ukrainian negotiators, encouraged rejection of that path in favor of continued resistance backed by Western arms and intelligence—an approach that has extended the war, increased civilian costs, and drawn the US and NATO deeper into an avoidable confrontation.

And here is that “Commander-in-Chief” of NATO, a US Airman via Judge Napolitano and Lawrence Wilkerson. Notice how his words run a route that is slightly different from Rutte’s “we’re not worried about a Russian hit” approach that we got to play yesterday.

Once more, I want to offer subscribers this link to the excellent RT documentary “Inventing Ukraine”, which covers the history of Ukraine prior to WWI and through the overthrow of Yanukovych in late 2013, early 2014. LINK

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In the US, GOP-ers tend to blame for the increasing price of Diesel (and other fuel) anyone other than Trump and their own support of unconstitutional attacks on Iran. As I have noted in numerous MRCTV articles, the previous Administrations (including Trump’s) continued to restrict domestic fuel exploration and refining (only Biden allowed for a new refinery in 2024, and it won’t be ready until at least mid 2027). None of those restrictions is constitutional, and they all decrease supply, increasing price. But it is deceptive to promote the idea that the main driver of high fuel costs is not the US aggression against IRAN. So, here is the now infamous MD GOP Con-gressman, Andy Harris, yesterday spouting the MAGA mania at a League of Women Voters debate w Dem opponent Dan Schwartz.

AND…

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THE MAGA MANIA - Let’s keep in mind the assault of a woman who spoke out at a half-filled Trump rally

ALSO, this video I almost played last night, but we focused on a larger block re the illegitimate creation of Israel (all states are illegitimate, of course, and some are more evil than others). The point about how Zionists see Jesus comes early on…

But I want to note that some folks have mentioned that Ben Shapiro is the son or grandson of a man who spied for Israel. As much as Ben Shapiro embraces a despicable genocidal view re Palestinians, I do want to let folks know that the claim about the spy in the fam is not correct. Zalman Shapiro (the person named in these rumors) was not Ben Shapiro’s uncle. The claim is an unsubstantiated online rumor with no support in biographies, family records, genealogies, or reliable sources. Online claims almost always point to Zalman Mordecai Shapiro (1920–2016), a chemist and inventor who founded the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in Apollo, Pennsylvania. He contributed to nuclear fuel work (including for the USS Nautilus) and held multiple patents. He was a longtime Zionist and had business and personal contacts in Israel.
The NUMEC/Apollo Affair (the “spying” or diversion allegations)In the mid-1960s, NUMEC was found to have large unexplained losses of highly enriched uranium (HEU)—estimates commonly cited in the range of roughly 200–600 pounds (about 90–270 kg), with some Department of Energy figures pointing to hundreds of pounds unaccounted for before 1968. This was far above typical industrial process losses at other facilities.

• U.S. agencies (FBI, AEC/NRC, CIA) investigated extensively from the 1960s into later decades. Suspicions focused on possible diversion to Israel’s nuclear weapons program.

• Factors fueling suspicion included Shapiro’s Zionist activities, NUMEC’s contracts and partnerships involving Israel, and a 1968 visit to the plant by Israeli officials that included Rafi Eitan (later linked to the Jonathan Pollard case).

• In 1976, the CIA briefed the NRC that it believed the missing material had gone to Israel. President-elect Jimmy Carter’s national security staff described the CIA case as “persuasive, though not conclusive.” Some isotopic traces and other circumstantial points have been cited by analysts over the years.

• Shapiro denied diverting any material. He and others attributed losses to normal processing waste, contamination of equipment/floors/clothing, air/water emissions, and incomplete accounting. Some later analyses (including by Seymour Hersh in The Samson Option) concluded there was no diversion and that the material remained in the plant or local environment. Significant quantities were recovered during later decommissioning, though accounting was never fully closed.

• No charges were ever filed against Shapiro or others. Investigations continued for years without producing prosecutable evidence of theft or diversion. The NRC later stated it could not unequivocally rule out diversion or confirm that every pound had been accounted for.

This remains a genuine historical controversy in nuclear nonproliferation and intelligence history, with declassified documents showing strong suspicions and incomplete resolution. It is not a proven case of successful espionage or theft resulting in convictions. No Family Connection to Ben ShapiroBen Shapiro (born 1984 in California) is the son of David Shapiro, a Hollywood composer. Public biographies, Wikipedia entries, and available genealogical information list his known relatives (including cousin actress Mara Wilson) but contain no reference to Zalman Shapiro. Zalman Shapiro’s documented children were Joshua, Ezra, and Deborah. He was based in Ohio/New Jersey/Pittsburgh; there is no verified overlap with Ben Shapiro’s family tree. Shared surnames are common among Ashkenazi Jewish families and do not indicate relation. The “uncle” framing appears to be a circulating rumor (often in certain online political or conspiratorial spaces) that conflates the two men solely because of the last name. Reliable sources do not support it. Ben Shapiro has publicly noted having an uncle named Robert Shapiro, but that is a different person unrelated to the NUMEC matter.
In short: the NUMEC missing-uranium case involving Zalman Shapiro is a real, long-investigated episode with unresolved suspicions about possible diversion to Israel, but no proven diversion or charges. The specific claim that he was Ben Shapiro’s uncle (or that this somehow implicates Ben) has no factual basis.

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Cato offers a look at another bleak result of Trump’s taiff taxation “President Trump’s Tariffs Are Pricing Kids Out of Music | Cato at Liberty Blog” LINK

AND “DHS says immigration fine blitz helped spur 82,000 self-deportations” LINK

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Trump’s FDA is still pushing them, the HHS is pushing them on kids, yet… “They Got the COVID Vaccine. When They Were Injured, Doctors, Military and Health Agencies Blew Them Off • Children’s Health Defense” LINK

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Many thanks to all the good people who joined us tonight to dig into major stories and find eternal truths for freedom in them. And thanks to the excellent YT Ch "Interesting Books, Reviewed" for his excellent work on the Zionista Dispensationalist insanity, and to the excellent journalists whose work we got to cover. I hope many more folks will be able to follow their work, and that they will join us, m-f 6 pm on Rumble or on X! Find the breakout segs at YT (Liberty Conspiracy) and the audio on Spotify or Substack! Here is the link to the full vid stream, housed at Rumble: Liberty Conspiracy LIVE 101426 Economy Slides, Starlink Semi-Cuts Ukraine, ICE Hit n Run

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FIRST, Trump claims that he’s had enough with Iran, even though he claims he’s already beaten Iran, after beating them before, after claiming they had a nuke bomb program (they didn’t) that he claims he ended last year, but which he still claimed was an extant threat this year, before claiming he had ended that threat, and trying to find another insane rationale to continue bankrupting us and engaging in war crimes.

And his self-made prob, fuel prices?

THE ECONOMIC HITS KEEP COMING —

SHOCKER (NOT) - INFLATION MEASUREMENT, UP for SEPT.

AND someone might want to tell Stephen Moore. THIS IS SIX MONTHS OF THIS DOWNWARD AFFORDABILITY TREND. As I noted, the only people seeing their living standards NOT go down in the US are the big-money stock holders, but, as we will see, the stock market cannot sustain these price-to-earnings ratios much longer, even with Fed money pumping into the exchanges. The housing crash has begun, and that is going to systemically hit major banks, heavy-equipment makers, and more, in addition to the increasing problems for fuel Trump’s Middle East insanity is causing. Even Cramer kinda sees the light here… And it’s one thing to see the problems of special-tie corporatism, it’s another to push it the way Marx did, which was to want to abolish private property. Marx suggested that such activity would lead to freedom for the “working man”, but Marx required a state entity to take the property and keep it from falling into anyone’s hands. The result: dictatorship, total state control, lack of market signals, starvation, and on and on. Both Fascism (as we have now for DC, state level politicians, and corporations) and Marxism are collectivist disasters.

EUROPE

S and P 500 - Whoops!

And… fuel, transport… more

AND, thanks to Danny Haiphong and Alistair Crooke!

UKRAINE HIT MORE RUSSIAN FUEL RESOURCES LAST NIGHT

AND the Ukrainian action appears to have sparked MUSK to act, after far too much time has elapsed. The Starlink links will be restricted to slower moving devices, essentially ruling out many airborne Ukrainian munitions. “Ukraine Starlink access restricted as Musk says Zelensky has gone too far” LINK

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This shines light on a new “Russian Interference” claim. “How the Yandex ‘Russian bots’ lie fell apart — RT World News” LINK
AND - “Russia strikes military-linked energy facilities across Ukraine (VIDEOS) — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK
NATO must have realized that the Rutte stand on the climate canard runs in contradistinction w the continued sabre-rattling for a wider war w Russia (wink)

She is attaching herself and her taxpayers to the wrong cause.

GAZA - Keep this in mind when listening to Huckabee, next.

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Huckabee adores apostacy, and he loves to deceive, it seems

Huckster might want to watch this:

THE WEST BANK

In the past 36 hours, Israeli forces uprooted hundreds of productive olive trees and leveled farmland in Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, on October 14, per WAFA reports linked to a prior military order for security measures near a bypass road. The same day, settlers set fire to a mosque, an olive tree, and a vehicle in Mikhmas near Ramallah, spray-painting Hebrew graffiti; the IDF confirmed an investigation with no suspects identified. Settlers also beat olive harvesters, injuring a 17-year-old boy in Beita south of Nablus, while forces fired tear gas to block coordinated access for farmers in Jenin-area villages and conducted raids elsewhere. These actions occurred during the olive harvest season amid reports of crop thefts and detentions.

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David Bier says it well...

ICE - HIT AND RUN - A FOLLOW-UP, FROM TX:

“Breaking: Ilhan Omar’s staff changed her birthdate on official records, her citizenship may be fraudulent - report” LINK

“Appeals court rules California can’t require ICE to show visible ID” LINK
AND “Trump administration offering migrant children $3,000 to self-deport” LINK
AND “H-1B visa renewals face tougher reviews under Trump proposal” LINK

Hmmmmm…

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Ever since Trump announced additional steel tariffs in Feb of 2025, steel prices in the US have risen faster than all the rest of the world. “Trump’s Steel Policy Is Working. That’s the Problem | Cato Institute” LINK

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Immense thanks to all the fine people who joined us tonight to conspire for freedom and to dig into key news stories, from journalists. - I hope many more folks get to see their work and that they will join us, m-f 6 pm on X and on Rumble! Audio Pod follows after each show, via Spotify or Substack! - Here is the link to tonight’s stream, housed at rumble: Liberty Conspiracy LIVE 101326 Kim Fired? Russia-Ukraine, FCC v Speech, ECONOMICS!

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Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns as U.S. ambassador to Greece after White House request.

On October 13, 2026, the White House asked Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host and ex-fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., to step down amid reports of improper conduct. Press Secretary Katie Zacharia said, “We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign. She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well.”
The move followed Wall Street Journal reporting that Guilfoyle allegedly asked a Trump donor to cover a $100,000 credit-card bill before her 2025 confirmation, among other claims involving gifts and influence. Guilfoyle denied the allegations as false and said she would “vigorously defend” her name and integrity. Trump noted she had been “doing a good job” but that he “didn’t like what I read.” LINK

Here she is in better days for her and Trump

IRAN

Wha?

And, because shipping is so damaged by Trump…

Netanyahu, as he always is - evil. “Netanyahu demands criminal probe into Israeli soldiers in award-winning doc — RT World News” LINK
MILSTEIN, HUCK -

Due Process, accusation of crimes? No. Just petty Zionism. Dave DeCamp, of Antiwar, has this covered

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Donald Trump announced on October 11, 2026, via Truth Social that an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine was effective immediately, asserting both parties had agreed to halt attacks on energy infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the claim was news to him, though Kyiv would accept a mutual halt if Moscow did the same. Russia offered no confirmation, and strikes on Ukrainian power plants continued shortly after the post.
Trump later suggested the parties had agreed simply because he declared it so. The episode echoed an earlier unconfirmed announcement in September, underscoring persistent gaps between public claims and battlefield realities amid ongoing energy warfare and U.S. efforts to ease diesel pressures.

AND… NOT COOL “Russia accuses France of ‘piracy’ over tanker seizure — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK

Kevin Hassett’s assertion that “we’re building factories like nobody’s business” raises an immediate question: what does he define as a “factory”? Announcements, groundbreakings, construction spending, expansions of existing plants, or fully completed facilities ready for production? Official government data do not publish simple yearly tallies of “factories completed” that cleanly separate the Biden years from Trump’s second term. Census Bureau figures on manufacturing construction spending—the closest reliable proxy—show the surge began and peaked under Biden. Annual averages rose from roughly $76–82 billion in 2021 to $124 billion in 2022, $202 billion in 2023, and a record $236 billion in 2024, driven largely by the unconstitutional subsidies of businesses under the CHIPS Act and Inflation Reduction Act. The annual rate peaked near $250 billion in September 2024 then declined, averaging about $215–220 billion in 2025 and falling to around $171 billion (seasonally adjusted annual rate) by August 2026—more than 30 percent below the 2024 high. The number of private manufacturing establishments (Census Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages) has risen steadily—from about 366,000 in 2021 to roughly 397,000 in 2024 and over 400,000 more recently—but the increase has been gradual across administrations rather than a sharp Trump-era acceleration. Comprehensive public aggregates of annual factory closures are not standardized in the same way. WARN Act notices document ongoing manufacturing plant closures and related job cuts under both administrations. BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey data show manufacturing layoffs and discharges typically running in the 80,000–150,000 range per month in recent years, with net manufacturing employment gains remaining at a net zero when healthcare-related construction is factored out, and that comes after earlier losses in late 2024 and early 2025. Construction jobs are temporary; permanent production employment and operating capacity lag projects by years. Mr. Hassett might want to check a few sources including: the U.S. Census Bureau Construction Spending series, FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), BLS JOLTS and QCEW, and analyses from FactCheck.org.

But at least Fox hosts are full of poise and decorum as the GOP spews more “It’s Biden” nonsense. Biden caused lots of problems, and his Dem allies expanded debt, shifted what should be private resources and decisions, facilitated genocide, funded and continued to arm Ukraine, but the MAGA GOP has made things even worse, starting with the tariff terrorism, then going into the continued militarism and slaughter worldwide.

Let’s recall this, from yesterday: ”Orange County family seeks answers after son detained by ICE during asylum visit” LINK
AND THIS: “Feds confirm surge in troops, Chinooks for border mission” LINK
AND “Federal judge upholds Virginia illegal immigrant ‘equity’ tuition deal” LINK
AND “ICE detains Hong Kong exiles shielded by Biden directive” LINK
AND, an ongoing case from 2024. “ICE agent uses rank, duty weapon to evade DUI arrest” LINK
AND “Exclusive: ICE detains dozens of faith leaders under Trump’s crackdown” LINK
AND “ICE accused of tear gassing protesters who blocked in their vehicles” LINK
AND “Homeland Security targets Democratic campaign after ICE arrest in Pennsylvania” LINK

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The FCC represents the opposite of free speech. Trump’s extant pressures on 8 Disney channels (ABC) to go through their licensing process earlier than scheduled is an intimidation tactic, and is a bureaucratic nightmare for those stations’ staff. Now, he wants to expand his intimidation. It always is important to note that the First Amendment and the FCC cannot coexist. “A sad, desperate thing to do: Trump launches probe into TV networks, mad they don’t air him enough” LINK

We did not get to discuss Vance’s desire to make you pay to kill someone, and his acceptance of it being live-streamed. But, heyyyy, he says he won’t watch. What a guy.

Patrick Henningsen joined Danny Haiphong and Daniel Davis to discuss this and other matters today. He reiterated that this US move might be intended by US govt minds to provoke violent retribution from people who might agree with Hasan’s anger re US international aggression.

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This is an example of the glorious claims of hegemony that statists claim over us

WE DID NOT GET TO DIG INTO THIS YESTERDAY ON LCL!
For centuries, the Maine lobster fisheries have been managed by the people who earn their livings in them. The system grew organically, sans statism. Now… “Maine lobsterman fights GPS tracking mandate after Supreme Court setback” LINK

For students of economics, it’s a classic example of spontaneous order via markets and property claims. James M. Acheson’s 1975 article “The Lobster Fiefs: Economic and Ecological Effects of Territoriality in the Maine Lobster Industry,” published in Human Ecology (Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 183–207).
Acheson (an anthropologist at the University of Maine) examined how lobstermen in central Maine coastal communities informally claimed and defended inshore fishing territories (which he called “fiefs”), even though the state did not recognize those claims. Enforcement relied on social pressure and occasional surreptitious vigilantism (such as cutting traps placed by invaders). Key points from the abstract and paper:

• Two main types of territories existed: “nucleated” (stronger exclusive rights near the home harbor that weaken farther out) and “perimeter-defended” (more exclusive control of a defined area).

• These informal arrangements affected fishing effort, catch levels, incomes, and the biological condition of the lobster stock.

• The paper analyzes the economic and ecological consequences of these de facto property-rights systems in an otherwise open-access fishery.

It is a classic study of informal/common-property institutions in fisheries and has been widely cited in work on the tragedy of the commons, common-pool resources, and institutional economics (including by scholars such as Elinor Ostrom). Acheson later expanded on the topic in the book The Lobster Gangs of Maine (1988) and other papers.

This, a small victory “California city backs down on $20K daily fine threat against pastor’s food pantry after outpouring of support” LINK
AND “New minimum-wage hike threatens to hit California shoppers: ‘Couldn’t have come at a worse time’“ LINK

A SAD NOTE FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT REALM

“RJ Mitte, “Breaking Bad” actor, dies at 34” LINK A report I read last night said he committed suicide. I will look for more updates.

AND, AGAIN! INVENTING UKRAINE! “Inventing Ukraine” LINK

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LIBERTY CONSPIRACY NEWS NOTES:

We got to go into “Extended Play” tonight, covering key news from great journalists, economists, and peace advocates. Thanks, to all, and to our upbeat and wise audience! Join us, m-f 6 pm on Rumble or on X, and get the audio Pod shortly after each show, via Spotify or Substack! Be Seeing You - Liberty Conspiracy Live 101226 Execution? Russian Diesel? Zelinsky Going? Here is the link to the stream, housed at Rumble!

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And here are some of the key stories we got to investigate, tonight!

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BAD ATTITUDE NOMINEE?

He seems to love state propaganda, and we’ll have more to discuss about him, down the page…

IRAN

After a call with Vladimir Putin, Trump Friday announced that Russia would supply diesel to U.S. and global markets. According to TASS, RT, and Sputnik, the volumes include more than 300,000 metric tons immediately, another 500,000 tons in November, 1 million tons shortly thereafter, and up to 3 million more within a short period, conditional on the state of Russian refineries damaged by Ukrainian strikes. The U.S. Treasury issued a temporary general license lifting the unconstitutional “sanctions” blocking Russian diesel until April 7, 2027, exposing the hypocrisy of the Trump Admin and how it will apply or not apply what Trump two weeks ago proudly signed, the Lindsay Graham Act attacking Russia…
No specific purchase price was disclosed in these reports.
Curiously, observers have noted reports that some of this oil was already moving. Sonar21 highlighted the tanker MINERVA ZEN, which left St. Petersburg on September 22 and arrived on the U.S. East Coast less than a day after Trump’s announcement, prompting questions about whether arrangements predated the public statement. Trump has linked the deal to an energy understanding with Russia and Ukraine. Antiwar.com reported that he claimed both sides agreed not to strike each other’s energy infrastructure, including fuel plants, though Zelensky indicated the truce was news to him and strikes continued. Antiwar repeatedly has documented that Ukrainian long-range drone attacks on Russian refineries have been supported by U.S. intelligence and technical aid.
From a peace advocate’s perspective, the arrangement underscores a troubling inconsistency. Trump has claimed he wants an end to hits on Russian diesel sites while his administration has continued enabling Ukraine’s capacity to carry them out. The modest volumes—equivalent to only a few days of U.S. demand, per Sonar21 analysis—do little to resolve underlying shortages driven by wider conflicts, and the continued flow of weapons and targeting support undercuts any genuine de-escalation.
Measured against global needs, the scale remains limited. Sonar21 analyses put average world diesel and gasoil consumption near 29 million barrels per day, or roughly 200 million barrels in a typical week. The immediate 300,000-ton tranche converts to about 2.2 million barrels—barely one percent of one week’s global demand. The firm near-term package of roughly 13–14 million barrels covers well under a tenth of a weekly average, while the full announced total of about 36 million barrels equates to only a fraction of a single week’s worldwide use. These amounts cannot meaningfully close the multi-million-barrel daily shortfall driven by broader disruptions.
Trump also has pressed for political change in Kyiv, stating that Ukraine needs a new leader who can conclude a deal, noting Zelensky could have settled the conflict many times but chose not to. Zelensky responded by offering to hold elections if Russia agrees to a 60-day ceasefire, a proposal that falls short of comprehensive peace. Russia has rejected such pauses as delaying tactics that would allow Ukraine to rearm, regroup, and replenish arsenals—consistent with its view of past agreements. Sergei Lavrov has reiterated in recent statements that Moscow’s demands remain clear and unchanged: a lasting settlement that addresses root causes rather than a temporary halt enabling further military buildup. The only “ceasefire” Russia would allow would be for the election in Ukraine.

Shortly after Trump announced the deal, he called for a “new leader” in Ukraine, claimed that he would have stopped the war if he had been in power in 2022, and said other dumb things that are belied by his own behavior having armed Ukraine in his first Admin and given them technical aid with secret boots on the ground. The Judge and Scott Ritter cover this, and Zelinsky’s response.

and Dave DeCamp, editor at AntiWar, gets into key details about Trump’s claim that Russia and Ukraine agreed not to hit “energy infrastructure” (or was the agreement only re fuel, not all energy supply lines, like electric lines?) and then he digs into the Trump claim of a Diesel “deal” w Russia. Again, how can the US buy the Russian fuel without engaging in towering hypocrisy, based on years of sanctions and secondary sanctions?

RT covered the Zelinsky anger, the EU and its new “sanctions” against Russia, and more

Rick Sanchez dug into this and got wise thoughts from Craig Murray on the EU thirst to hit Russia as long as doing so lines their political pockets! LINK

RUSSIAN “OUTBREAK” BOGEYMAN

Karen Carpenter, of Surreal Surroundings (Tues, 8:30 PM eastern on YT and on the Knights of the Storm ch on Rumble) sent me this the other day, and I did not get to show it. This woman offers valuable insight into the way psyop makers try to take advantage of physical distance or the public’s lack of info to fool people.

Netanyahu, as he always is - evil. “Netanyahu demands criminal probe into Israeli soldiers in award-winning doc — RT World News” LINK
MILSTEIN, HUCK -

Due Process, accusation of crimes? No. Just petty Zionism. Dave DeCamp, of Antiwar, has this covered

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THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, IMO

Cato’s team has been doing fine work digging into the costs of Trump’s disastrous and immoral tariffs. “Surprising (Almost) No One, the US Trade Deficit Is Back to Pre-Tariff Levels | Cato at Liberty Blog” LINK
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Markwayne Mullin makes a “for the greater good” argument - defining for you what is good, then forcing you to pay to kidnap and kill people, to separate families, crush due process, and more. Classic. “Trump’s DHS chief offers wild justification for ICE killings” LINK
“ICE agents arrest man inside Texas H-E-B as video sparks debate” LINK (from X)

”Orange County family seeks answers after son detained by ICE during asylum visit” LINK
AND “Feds confirm surge in troops, Chinooks for border mission” LINK
AND “Federal judge upholds Virginia illegal immigrant ‘equity’ tuition deal” LINK
AND “ICE detains Hong Kong exiles shielded by Biden directive” LINK
AND, an ongoing case from 2024. “ICE agent uses rank, duty weapon to evade DUI arrest” LINK
AND “Exclusive: ICE detains dozens of faith leaders under Trump’s crackdown” LINK
AND “ICE accused of tear gassing protesters who blocked in their vehicles” LINK
AND “Homeland Security targets Democratic campaign after ICE arrest in Pennsylvania” LINK

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Mullin, again, steps into all kinds of doo-doo as he speaks about the livestream of the execution. We can watch the exchange in X or here in this segment from Judge Napolitano’s excellent conversation with Scott Ritter, and note, again, the Mullin embrace of this “Commander-in-Chief” canard: that the Prez always is commanding the military and always commanding the government. He is the Chief Executive, to execute the constitutional statutes passed by Congress, and he BECOMES the “Commander-in-Chief” when there is a Declaration of War and the Militia is called up. The problem of a standing army comes to the fore, again, showing us how it contributes to the idea of an Imperial Presidency. This has been a problem since the end of WWII. Then, there is the problem of the Death Penalty, payment for which is forced on all in the collective of the polis, and there is the extra bizarro prob of streaming it. Just nuts.

Let’s see Hegseth on it, showing his unbalanced and rabid desire to project strength at the expense of your taxes and ethics. AND, let’s see Vance, Mr. “Really, I’m a Catholic” who has no prob forcing others to pay for an execution.

Patrick Henningsen drilled into this, with excellent historical points and solid conjecture, IMO, that this might be intended by US govt minds to provoke violent retribution from people who might agree with Hasan’s anger re US international aggression.

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On Friday, Oct 9, the ATF announced it will no longer enforce registration and approval requirements under the National Firearms Act for short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, silencers, and other specified weapons. The decision follows a federal court ruling in Texas that invalidated these rules after Congress zeroed out the associated taxes via the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Background checks, state laws, and taxes on businesses still apply. How kind of them to allow us to be sliiiiiightly freer. Do you agree with this man’s assessment?

MAINE, LOBSTERMEN, NEW IMPOSITIONS BY FEDS

For centuries, the Maine lobster fisheries have been managed by the people who earn their livings in them. The system grew organically, sans statism. Now… “Maine lobsterman fights GPS tracking mandate after Supreme Court setback” LINK

For students of economics, it’s a classic example of spontaneous order via markets and property claims. James M. Acheson’s 1975 article “The Lobster Fiefs: Economic and Ecological Effects of Territoriality in the Maine Lobster Industry,” published in Human Ecology (Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 183–207).
Acheson (an anthropologist at the University of Maine) examined how lobstermen in central Maine coastal communities informally claimed and defended inshore fishing territories (which he called “fiefs”), even though the state did not recognize those claims. Enforcement relied on social pressure and occasional surreptitious vigilantism (such as cutting traps placed by invaders). Key points from the abstract and paper:

• Two main types of territories existed: “nucleated” (stronger exclusive rights near the home harbor that weaken farther out) and “perimeter-defended” (more exclusive control of a defined area).

• These informal arrangements affected fishing effort, catch levels, incomes, and the biological condition of the lobster stock.

• The paper analyzes the economic and ecological consequences of these de facto property-rights systems in an otherwise open-access fishery.

It is a classic study of informal/common-property institutions in fisheries and has been widely cited in work on the tragedy of the commons, common-pool resources, and institutional economics (including by scholars such as Elinor Ostrom). Acheson later expanded on the topic in the book The Lobster Gangs of Maine (1988) and other papers.

LITTLE LEVIATHAN

This, a small victory “California city backs down on $20K daily fine threat against pastor’s food pantry after outpouring of support” LINK
AND “New minimum-wage hike threatens to hit California shoppers: ‘Couldn’t have come at a worse time’“ LINK

NICK CAGE AND AI

“Nicolas Cage refuses Amazon AI waiver, hints at TV move” LINK

KEANU R does it again - more nice examples of proper behavior and humility. https://youtube.com/shorts/8saxretmym0?si=KTuTl3f_EhmFA30Z

AND, AGAIN! INVNETING UKRAINE! “Inventing Ukraine” LINK

FINALLY, FOR STAR TREK FANS!

“Star Trek’s lost spinoff returns this week” LINK
AND! “Ben Stiller surprises William Shatner with Gorn head at NYCC” LINK

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