Andrew Day and Luke Nicastro discuss the Trump-Putin diesel deal, the Trump-Zelensky spat, the “energy ceasefire” that wasn’t, Ukraine’s grim prospects this winter, and a new book on progressive foreign policy edited by Matt Duss, A World for All.
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Barack Obama is preparing to campaign for far-left Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Obama is scheduled to appear alongside El-Sayed in Detroit on October 24 as Democrats battle to retain the Michigan Senate seat against Republican Mike Rogers.
Abdul El-Sayed announces that Barack Obama will join him on the campaign trail.
He is running on Medicare for All and taxing the rich. pic.twitter.com/21e7EOLoXc
— Democrats Deliver (@DemzDeliver) October 5, 2026
However, court records indicate El-Sayed’s sister-in-law previously sued the federal government over her alleged inclusion on a terrorism watchlist during Obama’s presidency.
Mariam Jukaku, the sister of El-Sayed’s wife, Sarah, participated in two federal lawsuits back in 2016 challenging her placement on the government’s Terrorist Screening Database.
The lawsuits were brought with assistance from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an organization that supports those with ties to Islamism.
CAIR-MI Files Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Terror Watch Lists https://t.co/PwD7AS0elf pic.twitter.com/BUC9cPCq1A
— CAIR-MI (@CAIRMI) April 6, 2016
According to court filings, Jukaku began experiencing difficulties in 2012 after receiving a boarding pass marked with the designation “SSSS,” which triggers additional airport security screening.
She subsequently underwent extensive searches and questioned why she had been subjected to heightened scrutiny.
One lawsuit sought to challenge the alleged watchlist designation on constitutional grounds, while another pursued financial damages.
The litigation concluded without establishing that the government had improperly placed Jukaku on the database.
The FBI has also declined to confirm whether she was ever included on the watchlist, citing its longstanding policy of neither confirming nor denying individual designations.
Jukaku previously served as a leader of the Muslim Student Association at the University of California, Los Angeles, and edited its Muslim student publication, Al-Talib.
In 2004, she publicly rejected allegations concerning the student organization’s supposed connections to extremist groups.
“They were ridiculous allegations that didn’t make sense,” she told UCLA’s Daily Bruin at the time.
The controversy has also drawn attention to El-Sayed’s father-in-law, Tayeb Jukaku, who previously served as president of CAIR’s Michigan chapter.
According to The Midwesterner, Tayeb Jukaku has contributed at least $300,000 to a political action committee supporting El-Sayed’s Senate campaign.
Meanwhile, El-Sayed has faced separate questions about his family’s historical connections to the Muslim Brotherhood after social media posts by his half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, resurfaced.
In a 2012 post, Abdelhadi boasted about her mother’s activism for the organization, which seeks to establish an international Islamic caliphate.
The restoration of an international Islamic caliphate is the explicit objective in the Muslim Brotherhood’s founding ideology. https://t.co/qmee2iN4Dy
— Ben Kew (@ben_kew) October 13, 2026
Latest polling data from RealClearPolling shows that El-Sayed has a lead of around one percent over his opponent, well within the margin of error.
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President Trump reacted to Elon Musk’s new flying Tesla automobile, which Musk said on Thursday “will be an actual car that’s on the roads.”
Trump described it as something “nobody ever thought possible” while commending Musk’s innovation.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Musk held an expo on Thursday evening in Texas to showcase the next-generation Tesla Roadster, revealing its abilities to fly, do flips, and go from 0 to 60 mph in under one second.
The car was seen hovering off the ground, then flipping over multiple cars and a semi-truck cab, and landing safely.
WATCH:
The prototype unveiled this week will not be available until 2028, but it’s still an enormous step in turning what was once science fiction into reality.
Asked what he thought about seeing a flying car in real life, Trump on Friday noted that he recently awarded Elon Musk the National Medal of Science earlier this month and highlighted his historic achievement.
“I’m very happy for Elon because I think he’s— we just gave him the science award along with five other people, and he deserves it,” Trump said. “It’s great.”
Trump joked, “I don’t know from a standpoint whether or not you’re going to see me in that car, but it’s pretty impressive, very impressive.”
“We’re doing, as a country, things that nobody ever thought possible,” he added.
WATCH:
Tesla Roadster flies up a 68-foot wall and eventually upside down, then inverts and lands!
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A massive vegetation fire erupted in South Orange County, California, on Friday afternoon.
The blaze, dubbed the Norte Fire, has exploded to more than 250 acres in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.
Friday marked day two of extremely dry, hot and windy conditions in Southern California.
Evacuation orders have been issued for San Juan zones 4,5 and 10. OC Fire also issued evacuation orders for San Clemente zones 12 and 13.
BREAKING: Crews are battling a vegetation fire, dubbed the Norte Fire, that is threatening structures in San Clemente, CA. The fire has quickly expanded to over 250 acres, with multiple homes already engulfed in flames. Evacuation orders have been issued for San Juan Zones 4, 5 and 10. They have also been issued for San Clemente Zones 12 and 13.
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) October 16, 2026
According to the Orange County Register, at least 8 homes are engulfed in flames.
The Orange County Register reported:
A vegetation fire in San Clemente on Friday morning rapidly grew to 250 acres, prompting evacuations in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano as flames attacked homes.
Eight homes were reported burning in San Juan Capistrano, with flames reaching the backyards of several other residences.
Firefighters responded around 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 16 to the 3000 block of Eminencia del Norte, according to Watch Duty, a nonprofit app that tracks wildfires.
The blaze, dubbed the Norte Fire, initially grew to about 10 acres before expanding to an estimated 50 to 70 acres by 12:20 p.m., driven by wind and terrain. The Orange County Fire Authority later reported the fire had reached 250 acres.
Evacuation orders are in place for San Juan Zones 4, 5, and 10 and San Clemente Zone 12. If you are in one of these zones, leave immediately.
#NorteFire https://t.co/OQ7KckLMp8
— OCFA (@OCFireAuthority) October 16, 2026
Sky5 showed multiple homes engulfed in flames:
#BreakingNews: Sky5 is over the Norte Fire Friday as flames burn multiple homes in San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente. https://t.co/BO1ye9L2A6 https://t.co/tKjWeGF7qP
— KTLA (@KTLA) October 16, 2026
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President Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks at a rally for Republicans in Dalton, Georgia, this afternoon.
Trump will rally in support of Republican Congressman Mike Collins, who is challenging Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff for the state’s Senate seat.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson is also running against Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms to succeed term-limited Governor Brian Kemp.
Races for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and Congress will also be on the ballot.
Supporters were lined up hours early to see Trump speak.
The White House issued a press release ahead of the rally, highlighting Trump’s tax cuts, investment in American manufacturing, support for farmers, southern border security, and public safety:
Today, President Donald J. Trump returns to the Peach State with a proven record of America First results that put Georgia workers, families, seniors, and communities first. Under the leadership of President Trump and Republicans, Georgians are seeing historic tax relief, a surge of private investment and job creation, lower energy costs, support for farmers, the most secure border in a generation, and safer streets.
Delivering Tax Relief for Hardworking Georgians
President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts are putting real money back in the pockets of Georgia workers, families, and seniors.
- No Tax on Social Security: Approximately 1.8 million Georgia seniors benefit from the new senior deduction, with the average senior expected to pay zero federal taxes on Social Security benefits.
- Bigger Refunds: Georgia taxpayers saw average refunds of $3,169 in 2026.
- Protecting Jobs and Wages: The Working Families Tax Cuts safeguarded 198,000 Georgia jobs, $36 billion in state GDP, and $18 billion in workers’ wages.
- Rural Health Investments: Georgia secured $219 million in first-year Rural Health Transformation Program funding from the Working Families Tax Cuts.
Unleashing a Private Investment and Jobs Boom
President Trump’s pro-growth, America First agenda is driving major private investment and high-quality job creation throughout the Peach State.
- Pirelli is investing $1.2 billion to expand its Rome facility, creating 1,000 jobs.
- Mayville Engineering Company is investing as much as $30 million to establish a new metal fabrication facility in Thomson.
- Siemens is investing $185 million to build a new advanced manufacturing facility in Pendergrass, creating 1,400 jobs.
- DeltaX is investing $141 million to establish its North American manufacturing headquarters in Walton County, creating 250 jobs.
- ArcelorMittal Building Solutions is investing $107 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Macon-Bibb County.
- Rideout Arsenal is investing $22 million to build a new manufacturing facility, creating 120 jobs.
- Yancey Engineered Solutions is investing $5.7 million to build a new factory in Cordele, creating 300 jobs.
- Unified Legacy is investing $125 million to construct a new manufacturing facility in Macon-Bibb County.
- UCB is investing $2 billion to build a manufacturing facility in Gwinnett County.
- Pratt & Whitney is investing $200 million to expand operations in Muscogee County.
- Georgia is also positioned to capture a significant share of GE Appliances’ $3 billion U.S. investment, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s $2 billion U.S. investment, Silver Lake’s $400 million U.S. investment, Anheuser-Busch’s $300 million U.S. investment, and General Dynamics’ $200 million U.S. investment, among others.
Supporting Georgia Families, Farmers, and Communities
President Trump is shielding Georgia families from higher costs and delivering support where it is needed most.
- Protecting Ratepayers: Georgia Power is freezing base rates through 2029 and delivering more than $2.8 billion in savings — $180 per year in savings for the typical residential consumer. Georgia’s major utilities have signed President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, ensuring large data centers — not Georgia ratepayers — pay for the power and infrastructure they require.
- Delivering for Farmers: The Trump Administration has delivered more than $177 million to over 4,300 Georgia farmers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program and more than $171 million to over 4,000 producers under a $12 billion national bridge program for trade disruptions and higher input costs left by the Biden Administration.
- Delivering Disaster Relief: After Hurricane Helene, President Trump raised the federal cost-share for Georgia disaster relief from 75% to 90%, approved a $318.3 million Disaster Declaration Request, and announced more than $1 billion in FEMA funding for communities and healthcare facilities.
Securing the Border and Ending the Biden-era Betrayal
President Trump ended the open borders policies that enabled tragedies like the murder of Laken Riley and restored the most secure border in a generation.
- President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, requiring detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft or violence — honoring the legacy of Laken Riley, a Georgia student murdered by an illegal alien previously released into the country.
- The Trump Administration has not released a single illegal alien from the border into the U.S. interior for 17 straight months.
- Refugee admissions are down nearly 90% from 2024 levels.
- Southern border apprehensions in August were 94% lower than the monthly average under the Biden Administration.
- The U.S. recorded negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in half a century, with more than three million illegal aliens having left the country since President Trump returned to office.
- ICE has arrested more than 10,000 gang members during President Trump’s second term.
Making Georgia’s Streets Safer
Crime is falling across Georgia as President Trump’s immigration enforcement, support for law enforcement, and tough-on-crime policies Make America Safe Again.
- In Atlanta, murders dropped 22% last year and continued plunging in 2026 — with homicides down 36% in the first quarter compared to last year.
- In DeKalb County, murders fell nearly 30% last year.
President Trump and Republicans are delivering lower taxes, major private investment, support for ratepayers and farmers, a secure border, and safer communities. Georgians face a clear choice: continue this progress, or return to the higher taxes, open borders, and failed policies of the past.
Trump is scheduled to begin speaking at approximately 3 pm ET.
Watch live below:
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President Donald Trump appears to be deeply unhappy with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his recent decision to resume strikes on Russia’s oil refineries only days ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
Zelenskyy resumed the strikes despite the president having asked him to stop as early as last month, when he warned the Ukrainian leader that the world was experiencing a fuel crisis, according to Reuters.
During an interview on Thursday with Rob Finnerty of Newsmax, the president repeatedly lashed out at Zelenskyy over not only the strikes, but also other issues involving Ukraine.
“Zelenskyy’s not a good guy for us to deal with,” he bluntly said at one point.
Trump continued by using the term “disgrace” to describe the Ukrainian president’s decision to resume strikes despite its effect on oil and gas prices.
“Now, if you tell me that Zelenskyy is again shooting at refineries, all he’s doing is making the world oil price higher,” Trump said. “I think that’s a disgrace. There’s plenty of other targets. They don’t have to hit– there are a lot of targets that you can hit.”
“But when you shoot a diesel refineries where you make diesel oil, and we need that, and the world needs that, then he’s not doing a good service for the world,” the president added.
The president also admitted that to him personally, dealing with Zelenskyy is harder than dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“I find Zelenskyy to be more difficult to deal with than Putin,” he said.
This wasn’t the first instance of him criticizing Zelenskyy in favor of the Russian president:
.@POTUS: “I think, actually, Putin wants to make a deal more than Zelensky.” https://t.co/jakykFpNCP
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 12, 2026
However, Zelenskyy has also been critical of Trump.
“As his clash escalated with Trump, Zelenskyy was in Brussels on Friday to shore up support from European allies, whom he called ‘real leaders’ as they gathered for a crucial summit,” according to NBC News.
All of this comes after President Trump announced a deal last week to buy diesel from Russia. The tentative deal sparked bipartisan backlash, with critics accusing him of acquiescing to Russia.
At least eight Senate Republicans have already publicly criticized the deal, according to The Hill. Several of them, including Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, reportedly wrote a letter to Trump calling the deal “a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our allies.”
The president has nevertheless continued to maintain that he’s made the right decision.
“The European Union paid Russia 250 Billion Dollars for Energy, and the Fake News Media doesn’t want to get near that story,” he wrote in a Truth Social post published Monday. “I made the right choice for the American People — ALWAYS, AMERICA FIRST!”
The president has also been lashing out at Zelenskyy for refusing to reach a final settlement with Russia and conclude the war:
JUST NOW: President Trump criticizes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by saying, “Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to… he better damn well stop.” https://t.co/HS3qmsPaZ7
— WORLD NEWS (@_MAGA_NEWS_) October 10, 2026
“Zelenskyy could have settled this war many times, many, many times, and he chooses not to,” Trump told reporters late last week. “It’s very difficult… But he could have settled it many times, and he chose not to.”
He also spoke about the gas and diesel issue.
“He wants to make problems for the world,” Trump said of Zelenskyy. “He wants to make problems for our farmers, our ranchers, with diesel fuel, because Russia supplies a large portion of the diesel fuel throughout the world.”
“And we told him, do whatever you want, but don’t hit the diesel fuel, because there’s a big problem, a big shortage,” the president continued.
“And what does he do? He goes and hits the diesel fuel. He can do whatever he wants, but he can’t do that, because we have a world problem.”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn resigned amid drone controversies.
Today I informed the men and women of the @SecretService that I will be transitioning out of my role as Deputy Director. Director Curran and I have been working on a thoughtful transition plan for months now. Proud of the men & women of the USSS and all your accomplishments!
— U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn (@SecretSvcDepDir) October 16, 2026
According to Real Clear Politics, Matt Quinn worked for a company that manufactures
Matt Quinn served as a Secret Service Agent for 23 years until 2021 when he left the agency.
Quinn returned to the agency after he worked for DroneHunter.
Per Real Clear Politics:
Secret Service sources want answers and tell RCP an agent or officer took out the agency’s own drone, which then fell on or near I-395.
Quinn, a longtime veteran of the Secret Service, also worked for Fortem Technologies, which manufactures the DroneHunter, before returning as deputy director last year.
The DroneHunter is known to have several technical issues, which have prevented or delayed its full implementation by the Secret Service.
What role did Quinn play in the agency’s purchasing decisions regarding the DroneHunter?
Did the Secret Service shoot down its own drone over the Army-Navy football game last year in a friendly-fire incident, then try to sell it to 60 Minutes as a win?
Secret Service sources want answers and tell RCP an agent or officer took out the agency’s own drone, which then fell on or near I-395.
Quinn, a longtime veteran of the Secret Service, also worked for Fortem Technologies, which manufactures the DroneHunter, before returning as deputy director last year.
The DroneHunter is known to have several technical issues, which have prevented or delayed its full implementation by the Secret Service.
What role did Quinn play in the agency’s purchasing decisions regarding the DroneHunter?
READ THE FULL @RCPolitics story in the link below.
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) October 16, 2026
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A criminal illegal immigrant who was shielded from the Department of Homeland Security for five years by Oregon’s sanctuary state bureaucrats has finally been arrested.
Victor Soseia Hachipan was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations agents, according to a Department of Homeland Security news release.
A targeted operation in Keizer, Oregon, on Oct. 7 led to the arrest of the illegal immigrant from Micronesia.
Agents first tried to detain Hachipan in 2021 while he was in the custody of Marion County, Oregon, after a conviction.
ILLEGAL ALIEN SEX OFFENDER APPREHENDED
Oregonians can rest easy knowing this creep is off their streets.
Victor Soseia Hachipan, an illegal alien from Micronesia, has two convictions for child sex abuse and other drug and burglary convictions.
He was apprehended in Keizer, Oregon after he was RELEASED in a sanctuary jurisdiction.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 15, 2026
The release noted that “sanctuary politicians refused to honor the detainer and released him into the community.”
In 2023, it was the same old song.
Federal officials then began what would be a three-year battle to locate a criminal Oregon officials wanted to protect.
First, federal officials filed an administrative subpoena to force Marion County to provide Hachipan’s address.
After the county refused, HSI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office went to federal court and were able to force the county to reveal where the criminal illegal immigrant was living.
“The Trump Administration will never let sanctuary politicians stand in the way of protecting American citizens,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.
“After sanctuary politicians in the state of Oregon refused to honor an ICE detainer, as well as a subpoena, we finally arrested this illegal alien from Micronesia, a convicted sex offender, after obtaining a court order from a Federal Judge to enforce the subpoena,” he said.
“This Department is steadfast in its mission to arrest and remove the worst illegal aliens like this sex offender who has no place in American society. We will continue to hunt down and remove public safety threats from our communities,” he said.
The DHS said it is unknown where and when Hachipan entered the U.S. illegally. He has been convicted of two counts of second-degree sex abuse involving a victim under the age of 14, two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, two counts of second-degree burglary, and failure to report as a sex offender.
As noted by the Salem Reporter, burglary charges from 2022 involved incidents in which churches in Salem, Oregon, were burglarized before fires were set inside.
The arrest came as Oregon rioters have begun attacking ICE facilities amid an uptick in arrests of illegal immigrants, according to the Chronicle.
An ICE representative said anti-ICE protesters “on foot and in vehicles” blocked the road so agents could not protect civilians from criminal illegal immigrants.
“These rioters struck government vehicles with baseball bats and rocks, threatening harm to our officers and the public while causing significant damage,” the representative said
“Violence against ICE officers, or any law enforcement personnel, will not be tolerated. Our officers carry out their congressionally mandated duties in service to public safety and the rule of law. Any bystander or individual who assaults, obstructs, or violently attacks officers will be subject to arrest and prosecution permitted by law,” the representative said.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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