Thursday, October 29, 2026
"AI Mass Dementia Has Started" — Yuval Noah Harari’s Shocking Interview
NeuralHegemony
Oct 26, 2026
Interview: Hyde Park Civilizace, Czech Television (CT24), October 2026.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Collective Dementia
1:11 Who Is Harari?
2:35 Trust Moves to Machines
4:20 Who Carries the Risk?
7:03 We Are the Cows of the Future
8:55 Musk and the End of Money
11:31 Not Destiny. Lobbying.
13:49 The Hugging Face Break-In
15:21 Who Holds the Button?
17:21 Voice Scams and Your Family
19:39 Outrage and Algorithms
21:28 AI Companions for Children
24:01 My Verdict
Historian Yuval Noah Harari warns that trust is moving from people to machines, and that the real danger isn't killer robots, it's collective dementia. We play his interview and check it: the money riding on AI and who carries the risk, the claims systems already deciding about your money, what Elon Musk really said about the end of money, the lobbying behind "it's inevitable", the 700 AI agents that broke into Hugging Face's systems, the day one update crashed 8.5 million computers, the voice scams aimed at grandparents and the one-word fix, the algorithms that feed outrage, and the chatbots talking to children.
Interview quoted for commentary and criticism (fair use): Hyde Park Civilizace, Czech Television (CT24). Additional footage from news and archive sources.
Hegseth fires the Pentagon’s top military planner even as Trump considers new Iran strikes
This photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Maj. Gen. Brett Sylvia, at a 101st Airborne Division change of command ceremony at Fort Campbell, Ky., May 30, 2025. (Sgt. Timothy Jackson/U.S Army via AP).
By Konstantin Toropin
Associated Press
Updated: 10:51 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s top military planner, a defense official said Wednesday, the latest in a series of generals to be ousted and one that comes even as President Donald Trump is weighing renewed strikes on Iran in the eight-month-long war.
Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was removed as head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is the second general to be ousted from the post, known in military circles as the “J5,” under Hegseth. His predecessor, Lt. Gen. Joseph McGee, was forced to retire last October.
The defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters, said there is no immediate replacement for Sylvia and no reason has been given for the firing. The move was reported earlier by The Atlantic.
Typically, the J5 director and their staff are responsible for generating and coordinating military plans with both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the president. Sylvia’s firing comes as Trump has repeatedly floated starting new military operations against Iran.
Trump has vowed to “finish the job” in Iran after launching the war with Israel eight months ago and said new strikes are an option after the midterm elections next week.
U.S. officials have told several Middle East countries and regional allies to be prepared for potential renewed military action after Tuesday’s elections as well as for the possibility that Iran will attempt to retaliate against them, two diplomats briefed on the matter said. They say Trump has not made a final decision on new strikes.
A third U.S. aircraft carrier and thousands of additional troops are making their way to the region.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s top military planner, a defense official said Wednesday, the latest in a series of generals to be ousted and one that comes even as President Donald Trump is weighing renewed strikes on Iran in the eight-month-long war.
Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was removed as head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is the second general to be ousted from the post, known in military circles as the “J5,” under Hegseth. His predecessor, Lt. Gen. Joseph McGee, was forced to retire last October.
The defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters, said there is no immediate replacement for Sylvia and no reason has been given for the firing. The move was reported earlier by The Atlantic.
Typically, the J5 director and their staff are responsible for generating and coordinating military plans with both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the president. Sylvia’s firing comes as Trump has repeatedly floated starting new military operations against Iran.
Trump has vowed to “finish the job” in Iran after launching the war with Israel eight months ago and said new strikes are an option after the midterm elections next week.
U.S. officials have told several Middle East countries and regional allies to be prepared for potential renewed military action after Tuesday’s elections as well as for the possibility that Iran will attempt to retaliate against them, two diplomats briefed on the matter said. They say Trump has not made a final decision on new strikes.
A third U.S. aircraft carrier and thousands of additional troops are making their way to the region.
Why Are Governments Suddenly Telling Everyone to Prepare?
Why Are Governments Suddenly Telling Everyone to Prepare?
reallygraceful
Oct 28, 2026
Suddenly, governments around the world are warning citizens to prepare for emergencies, power outages, and disruptions to essential services. It seems like each day brings a new doom. So, I figured we needed to take a closer look.
From America's FORTRESS initiative and military power-grid independence plans to Britain's 72-hour emergency "BE READY" campaign to Dutch preparedness booklets to Japan's disaster warnings (not to mention the EU's latest crisis simulation), governments across the world seem to be preparing for the worst.
Today, I'm following the money behind emergency preparedness, examining billions in very recent potential defense contracts, the plans for military microgrids, counter-drone systems, fuel logistics, and the growing industry built around preparing for catastrophe.
We also have to factor in something else of importance: political dissatisfaction, ongoing riots, and contentious elections unfolding around the world while governments are "preparing" for scenarios involving cyberattacks, infrastructure failures, blackouts, and international conflict.
History has shown us how "emergencies" can reshape government authority, surveillance, and take away our freedoms.
So here's the question: *Does a disaster actually have to happen for everything to change?*
In this video, we investigate:
- The Pentagon's FORTRESS America preparedness initiative
- Billions in potential U.S. military contracts and infrastructure investments
- Emergency preparedness campaigns in Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Japan
- The EU Integrated Resolve 2026 crisis simulation
- The business of emergency preparedness
- How national emergencies can affect government power and individual freedoms
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Fire at South Carolina nuclear site triggers emergency...
Fire at South Carolina nuclear site triggers emergency but no contamination found outside lab, officials say
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A fire at a South Carolina laboratory on a site that produces materials for US nuclear weapons triggered an emergency response, but the fire was extinguished and no contamination was reported outside of the facility, site officials said.
The emergency at the Savannah River National Laboratory near Aiken, located on the US Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site, was declared at 5:39 p.m., prompting a temporary shutdown of traffic at the facility’s entrances, the site’s emergency response organization said.
Rail, river and air traffic in the area were also restricted out of precaution, a news release said. As of 9:18 p.m., there were no “operational emergencies or scheduled delays” at the facility and traffic at all entrance barriers resumed, a later update said, and the site emergency was terminated at 9:45 p.m.
All oncoming shift workers were allowed to report to work as usual, the update said.
Facility officials had directed emergency response efforts, as well as notified state and local government agencies, they said.
Earlier Wednesday, officials had advised residents to stay tuned to local news for updates on any actions they may need to take. Employees who were working in the impacted areas of the site had been sheltered “as a precaution” if they were not involved in the emergency response or shutdown operations, officials said.
The Savannah River Site contains both the national laboratory and a defense complex overseen by the semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration. The site is managed by a pair of private contractors: the lab by Battelle Savannah River Alliance, and the defense site by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC. More than 13,000 contractors and federal employees work there.
The complex was built in the 1950s to produce tritium and plutonium for US nuclear weapons. Today, the site still produces tritium, and it also handles spent nuclear fuel and stores uranium and plutonium. The laboratory area of the site, where the fire occurred, focuses primarily on research, rather than large-scale nuclear material production and storage.
Savannah River Site is also at the heart of the US government’s push to reestablish mass production of US nuclear warheads. NNSA recently gave the site the green light to start full-scale construction on a major facility for producing plutonium pits — the explosive core of modern nuclear weapons — that is expected to cost roughly $23.5 billion, according to trade publication Exchange Monitor.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Davis Winkie’s work at CNN is supported by a partnership between Outrider Foundation and Journalism Funding Partners (JFP). CNN retains full editorial control of the reporting.
Exclusive: National Guard Mobilizes for Election
The Guard’s 2026 midterm election mission, revealed
Ken Klippenstein
4 hours ago
Elections are 6 days away, and I’m still digging. I’ve revealed the Pentagon’s Task Force Raider, DOJ’s election doomsday planning, and now the National Guard’s role - but the next story depends on you. Not taking a dime of corporate ad money gives me the independence I need to do this work, but I’m ENTIRELY dependent on the support of ordinary readers. Please become a paid subscriber (or chip in via my GoFundMe here) — Ken
National Guard units across the country are being quietly mobilized for next week’s midterm elections, despite reassurances from the Pentagon brass that it has “no plans” to involve itself in the elections.
The Guard’s mission spans all 50 states, military sources tell me. Its focus is supporting federal government cybersecurity efforts; but Guardsmen will also be observing ballot drop boxes and
polling places, in addition to safeguarding so-called critical infrastructure.
This follows Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s unprecedented decision to order military spy agencies to “mobilize every asset … to defend our election” so that “every lawful voter can cast their ballot free from foreign intimidation, coercion, or fear.” It is not clear if Hegseth’s insistence that voters be “free” of foreign influence includes that which Donald Trump has alleged for months, resulting in a “doomsday” plan alluded to by Attorney General Todd Blanch (that I detailed here).
Also without precedent is the direct involvement in the election of Task Force Raider, U.S. Cyber Command’s effort to “protect” the midterm elections (the existence of which I reported earlier this month). Since that report, sources tell me that Task Force Raider is already in full swing.
MASS ARRESTS, Enraged Drivers as Anti-ICE Protest BLOCKS Brooklyn Bridge
MASS ARRESTS, Enraged Drivers as Anti-ICE Protest BLOCKS Brooklyn Bridge
FREEDOMNEWS TV - NATIONAL / SCOOTERCASTER
Oct 28, 2026
October 28 2026 MANHATTAN, NEW YORK - Anti-ICE protesters SHUT down all three Manhattan entrances to Brooklyn Bridge. Enraged Drivers begged protesters to leave, while one driver spoke in support.
Mass Arrests with one person carried away by the NYPD
A US cruise ship suspends a global voyage in Asia due to fuel costs,..
BY SOPHENG CHEANG
Updated 8:19 AM EDT, October 28, 2026
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SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — A U.S. cruise ship on an around-the-world voyage that touted its cabins as floating homes suspended its three-year voyage in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to disembark.
The MV Odyssey set sail two years ago on a voyage to the seven continents marketed as combining long-term living at sea with global travel. Its operator had offered to “make the Odyssey your permanent home,” with the purchase price of a suite for the lifetime of the vessel starting around $230,000.
For now, it is docked at the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville on the Gulf of Thailand, with no certain departure date.
The ship has been carrying 203 passengers, mostly Americans, along with 156 crew members, according to Cambodian officials. It has a 650-passenger capacity.
Its Florida-based operator, Villa Vie Residences, said monthly fuel expenses per cabin that historically averaged $1,800 have reached an estimated $6,000 to $8,000 in parts of Asia due to the war in Iran. The company said it sought to reduce fuel consumption by slowing the itinerary and spending more time in port, but was unable to offset the surging costs.
Traffic has been curtailed in the Strait of Hormuz since the war in Iran began, squeezing supplies of all kinds of petroleum-based fuels, especially in Southeast Asia, and sharply increasing prices.
“We have been unable to continue carrying the resulting operating losses,” Villa Vie Residences said in a statement issued Tuesday. “Passing the full increase on to residents is not a realistic solution. Our focus now is on supporting residents, crew, and employees” while it tries to restructure.
“The company is working with residents to coordinate disembarkation and identify temporary living arrangements,” it said.
Those on the ship had hoped to sail for years to come
Passengers however, said they received no support and had to make their own arrangements after being given seven hours notice on Tuesday to disembark. Some were devastated and expressed hope a new company could rescue the venture so life at sea can continue.
The Worship of Mammon - Giving It way
THE KEEPING OF THE COMMANDMENTS.
"The Worship of Mammon-Giving It Away.”
“I AM the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Ex. 20:2, 3.
Last week we noticed that phase of idolatry manifested in the worship of Mammon, in the getting of money. A further method of manifesting idolatry in the worship of Mammon is in giving away the money that has been so obtained. There is just as much idolatry in giving away money that is obtained by idolatry, as there is in getting it by idolatry. Not all Mammon worshipers are misers: only a few of them. Many of them are abundant givers; and these have just as much satisfaction in giving away the money as they had in getting it, because it is further indulgence of the same idolatry.
Last week we cited how the laboring man is oppressed and robbed in his wages; the poor man is oppressed and robbed in the increased prices; small dealers are oppressed and robbed or driven entirely out of business in order that a few in the great combinations may draw to themselves the tribute of all the people. And when that is done, they will make gifts of millions to colleges and universities, hundreds of thousands to hospitals, thousands to churches, etc., etc.; and then further pride themselves upon the world’s idolatry of their “great benevolence.” But there is not a particle of benevolence in any gift that is thus made: it is sheer idolatry.
By the Lord, in perfect justice and righteousness, all our gifts are measured, and stand, altogether upon the basis upon which we get the money.
We say it again; for it is applicable to people who are not millionaires, as truly as to those who are: All the value of our giving as measured by the Lord, in perfect justice and righteousness, rests altogether upon the basis upon which we make our money. If my money is not made honestly, not a cent that I ever gave away will stand to my credit: it can not in righteousness: it can not in justice. I robbed another man to get it; it is his still, and when I give it away, it is his money that I give away.
And this is another reason why the two mites of the poor widow that day when she gave it, was more than all that the wealthy put in of their abundance. We know that the Mammon worshipers in Christ’s day were like the Mammon worshipers in this day: they would crowd down in the dealing when people were selling to them; and they would crowd up on the price when people were to buy of them, and thus at both ends they increased their gains. Of these it is written: “It was this spirit that was manifested by the priests and temple officials in their gatherings for the Passover. Cattle were bought by the dignitaries, the moneyed men, who oppressed those of whom they purchased. The representation was made [to these owners out in the country, who had the cattle, the sheep, and the doves, and whoever had these to sell] that these animals were to be offered as a sacrifice to God at the Passover, and thus urged, the owners sold them at a cheap price. Then these scheming men brought their purchases to the temple,—purchases which meant double robbery,—robbery of the men of whom they had purchased, and robbery of those who wished to sacrifice, to whom they were again sold at exorbitant prices.”
Samsung TVs might use the mics of connected devices to listen to you, researcher says
Is your smart TV listening to you? Probably. But, this may be a step too far.
By Matt Binder
on October 26, 2026
Samsung TVs allegedly scans third-party devices with microphones to listen to consumers, according to a cybersecurity researcher. Credit: Chris Farina/Corbis via Getty Images
If you own a Samsung TV without a built-in microphone, it might still be listening to you, according to a researcher who shared his findings this week.
On the social media platform X, cybersecurity researcher @log4j shared that an investigation into Samsung smart TVs found that televisions without a mic will scan for connected devices that are equipped with a microphone. The smart TV will then utilize the audio data collected from the soundbar or other connected Bluetooth devices.
"This is pretty evil and clever," @log4j said about their discovery.
The researcher recently gained administrator root access to their own 2025 Samsung smart TV and has been sharing their findings in a series of posts on X.
Your smart TV is likely listening to you. At this point, that shouldn't be a surprise. Many televisions advertise this functionality, since your TV has to be listening to you to take voice commands and interact with other smart home devices.
However, other unadvertised and concerning privacy issues are arising from the device's ability to listen in.
For example, @log4j started looking into their TV after receiving oddly specific advertisements and found that their television was logging things like "dog barking" and "baby crying" under an event called EV201/SOUNDSENSOR_ON.
As NotebookCheck.net points out, while Samsung 2025 Vision AI TVs advertise that the devices detect barking dogs and crying babies and send alerts through the company's SmartThings app, Samsung does not advertise that this data is also sent back to the company.
Researcher @log4j also found that Samsung TVs track what happens inside specific apps. For example, the TV monitors what a user does in the YouTube app and even logs data such as the ads a user skips.
Mashable has reached out to Samsung for more information about the reports from @log4j and will update this piece when we hear back.
These privacy issues are not unique to Samsung TVs either. Last month, Mashable covered a report from YouTuber Gamers Nexus, which claimed to find that LG TVs were secretly recording users even when the televisions were turned off. LG later responded, denying some but not all the claims.
Former Alpha News reporter looks back at breaking the Ilhan Omar scandal in 2016
Alpha News
Oct 27, 2026 Liz Collin Reports
Ten years ago, Praya Samsundar was working at Alpha News when she began investigating allegations that U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar married her brother.
Ten years have passed and an official investigation is now finally underway. However, Samsundar — who was one of the first to break the scandal — remains the only reporter to ever receive a response from Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, the man at the center of the story.
Samsundar joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about the striking differences — and strange similarities — between then and now along with some of the other controversies surrounding Omar.
"I believe that the reporting that we did 10 years ago was really the loose thread that once authorities started pulling on it, things started to unravel and folks realized that this was probably much bigger than anyone would have imagined,” said Samsundar.
Black Church Degenerate Culture Exposed
Black Church Degenerate Culture Exposed
Carmen Jaycee and Carmen Jaycee
⛪ Are Black churches becoming more degenerate? Today, we’re discussing questionable behavior inside the church, including a pastor who reportedly announced he’s taking a second wife. 👀 Where do we draw the line between faith and foolishness?
SPLC Dismisses Debanking as ‘Conspiracy Theory’ while Encouraging Banks to Engage in It, Says Expert
August 28, 2024
In response to a recent Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claim that the pattern of debanking of Christian organizations by American financial institutions is a “false narrative” and a “conspiracy theory,” a leading legal advocacy organization is pushing back.
The SPLC, which has been mired in controversy for years over its vilification of mainstream conservative organizations as “hate groups” and its founder being ousted over sexual abuse and racial discrimination, published an article on August 15 claiming that there is a “lack of evidence for any broad-based” movement by banks to involuntarily cancel the accounts of conservative Christian organizations.
But Alliance Defending Freedom’s (ADF) Jeremy Tedesco begs to differ. As the senior vice president of Corporate Engagement pointed out on “Washington Watch” Tuesday, part of the SPLC’s strategy is to lobby financial institutions to cancel conservative organizations’ bank accounts.
“[O]ne hand doesn’t know what the other hand is doing over at SPLC headquarters, because they are one of the biggest proponents of urging financial institutions to debank people they disagree with,” he pointed out. “Namely Alliance Defending Freedom, where I work, Family Research Council … and several other Christian mainstream ministries that they disagree with. And they are actively urging financial institutions to debank us. Yet they come out with an article saying that we’re making the whole thing up. So it is really laughable. … Debanking is a serious issue. It is happening. It’s on the rise. It’s impacting Christian ministries.”
In response to a recent Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claim that the pattern of debanking of Christian organizations by American financial institutions is a “false narrative” and a “conspiracy theory,” a leading legal advocacy organization is pushing back.
The SPLC, which has been mired in controversy for years over its vilification of mainstream conservative organizations as “hate groups” and its founder being ousted over sexual abuse and racial discrimination, published an article on August 15 claiming that there is a “lack of evidence for any broad-based” movement by banks to involuntarily cancel the accounts of conservative Christian organizations.
But Alliance Defending Freedom’s (ADF) Jeremy Tedesco begs to differ. As the senior vice president of Corporate Engagement pointed out on “Washington Watch” Tuesday, part of the SPLC’s strategy is to lobby financial institutions to cancel conservative organizations’ bank accounts.
“[O]ne hand doesn’t know what the other hand is doing over at SPLC headquarters, because they are one of the biggest proponents of urging financial institutions to debank people they disagree with,” he pointed out. “Namely Alliance Defending Freedom, where I work, Family Research Council … and several other Christian mainstream ministries that they disagree with. And they are actively urging financial institutions to debank us. Yet they come out with an article saying that we’re making the whole thing up. So it is really laughable. … Debanking is a serious issue. It is happening. It’s on the rise. It’s impacting Christian ministries.”
NY Times Endorses Migrants’ Law-Breaking, Poverty, and Exploitation
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The New York Times is blessing the city’s population of illegal migrant street vendors as noble martyrs, despite the diverse economic damage they impose on ordinary New Yorkers.
The article’s headline, “For Senegalese Street Vendors in New York, ‘Work Is Worship,” obscures the reality that the poor illegal migrants survive by selling knockoff products, paying higher rents by crowding into apartments, and by dodging the property and city taxes paid by normal retailers.
But all is forgiven, perfumed, and downplayed by author Aimee Ortiz as she trills about the migrants’ diverse lawbreaking:
Most days, Khadim Ndiaye wakes up in the apartment he shares with five people in the Bronx and heads down to Canal Street, where he sets up shop on the sidewalk. Cat-eye, oversize and aviator frames bearing familiar logos — Prada, Gucci, Fendi — are among the sunglasses he hawks to passers-by.
Nearly all the migrants are men who have left their wives and families behind in Senegal.
Ortiz and her editors also wink at the cruel border policies that helped kill thousands of migrants during President Joe Biden’s term:
Mr. Ndiaye, 33, is among the thousands of Senegalese migrants who have made their way across the Atlantic from Dakar, Senegal’s capital, followed by a perilous overland trek through South and Central America to New York with one goal: to create a better life for themselves and their families in Senegal.
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The New York Times is blessing the city’s population of illegal migrant street vendors as noble martyrs, despite the diverse economic damage they impose on ordinary New Yorkers.
The article’s headline, “For Senegalese Street Vendors in New York, ‘Work Is Worship,” obscures the reality that the poor illegal migrants survive by selling knockoff products, paying higher rents by crowding into apartments, and by dodging the property and city taxes paid by normal retailers.
But all is forgiven, perfumed, and downplayed by author Aimee Ortiz as she trills about the migrants’ diverse lawbreaking:
Most days, Khadim Ndiaye wakes up in the apartment he shares with five people in the Bronx and heads down to Canal Street, where he sets up shop on the sidewalk. Cat-eye, oversize and aviator frames bearing familiar logos — Prada, Gucci, Fendi — are among the sunglasses he hawks to passers-by.
Nearly all the migrants are men who have left their wives and families behind in Senegal.
Ortiz and her editors also wink at the cruel border policies that helped kill thousands of migrants during President Joe Biden’s term:
Mr. Ndiaye, 33, is among the thousands of Senegalese migrants who have made their way across the Atlantic from Dakar, Senegal’s capital, followed by a perilous overland trek through South and Central America to New York with one goal: to create a better life for themselves and their families in Senegal.
The article’s enthusiasm for diversity extends to praise for Islam, despite its role in suppressing democracy, human rights, and economic development:SUBSCRIBE
A US appeals court ruled 10-7 that immigrants detained after entering the country illegally are not constitutionally entitled to bond hearings,..
A US appeals court ruled 10-7 that immigrants detained after entering the country illegally are not constitutionally entitled to bond hearings, reversing a July ruling affecting Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi
World|TOI World Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Oct 27, 2026, 11:23 IST
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A US federal appeals court has ruled that certain immigrants who entered the country without lawful admission are not constitutionally entitled to individual bond hearings while their removal proceedings are pending. On October 23, 2026, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, issued a 10-7 decision reversing an earlier ruling that had granted relief to three detained immigrants. According to the court’s opinion in Alvarado v. Vergara, available on Justia, the majority concluded that the Fifth Amendment does not require individual hearings to assess whether the men pose a danger to the community or a flight risk under the immigration detention provision at issue. The ruling reverses orders requiring authorities to provide the men with hearings within 90 days.
Appeals court reverses earlier ruling
The decision arose from consolidated cases involving Ignacio Sosnava Rodriguez, Alejandro Villegas Angel and Miguel Angel Gomez Alvarado. The three men challenged their detention through habeas corpus petitions, a legal procedure that allows people held by the government to ask a court to review the legality of their detention.
The men argued that holding them without individual bond hearings violated the Fifth Amendment’s protection against deprivation of liberty without due process of law. Federal district courts in Texas granted habeas relief, ordering the men’s release and barring immigration authorities from detaining them again without first conducting individual bond hearings to assess their dangerousness and flight risk.
In July 2026, a divided three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit upheld those orders, concluding that the men were entitled to individual bond hearings within 90 days of their detention. The full appeals court subsequently reconsidered the cases. In its October 23 decision, the en banc court reversed the earlier rulings, concluding that the men were not constitutionally entitled to individual bond hearings while their removal proceedings remained pending.
Why the Heck is the Pentagon Prepping for Doomsday?
Why the Heck is the Pentagon Prepping for Doomsday?
Ashley Brasfield
Oct 26, 2026
The Pentagon is preparing for a scenario where America's military could have to survive 90 days without relying on civilian infrastructure. From power grid failures and fuel shortages to factories switching to wartime production, the new Fortress initiative aims to keep the military operational even if a major conflict disrupts America's supply chains. Here's what the plan reveals about the growing threats facing the U.S. homeland.
Pope says ‘there is no such thing as a holy war’ in message to religious leaders
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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday denounced any religious justification for wars raging around the world, saying “there is no such thing as a holy war.”
“Only peace is holy,” Leo said in a video-message to a gathering of religious leaders in the Italian hilltop town of Assisi.
The American pope was supposed to have presided over the gathering in person, but had to cancel his participation as he recovers from Oct. 13 lung cancer surgery.
Instead, Leo sent a videotaped message that was broadcast to the delegates, who included the Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as Muslim, Buddhist and other Christian leaders.
They were in Assisi, the birthplace of the peace-loving St. Francis, to mark the 40th anniversary of a landmark interfaith peace meeting called by St. John Paul II. That encounter, controversial at the time because it featured leaders of different faiths praying together, spawned a movement of interreligious peace appeals and gatherings.
In his message, the American pope denounced the “troubling revival of war as an instrument of international politics” and its religious justifications by leaders.
“Precisely in these times marked by a culture of power, there is a need to cultivate the spirit of Assisi,” he said. “War can never be waged in the name of God,” he said. “We must rebuild peace everywhere, not prepare for more wars.”
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