Switzerland Unrest: Masked Protesters Set Street Fires As Riot Police Launch Water Cannon

 

Switzerland Unrest: Masked Protesters Set Street Fires As Riot Police Launch Water Cannon

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Swiss police deployed water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse masked protesters in Zurich after violent demonstrations broke out in the city centre overnight on October 31.

Protesters blocked streets using rubbish containers, bicycles and other debris before setting fires and setting off fireworks. Riot police advanced through the streets with water cannon as fires burned near a tram stop.

According to Zurich municipal police, several hundred people gathered following social media calls for demonstrations similar to protests in France and other countries. Emergency responders were targeted with fireworks, bottles and stones, while some shops and public transport stops were damaged.

The demonstrations come ahead of a November 20 general strike called by left-wing and student groups against austerity.

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Protests spread to Germany as hundreds of thousands march again in France

People shout as they attend a demonstration organised by 'Gen Z has got this!' in Berlin on Saturday. Ralf Hirschberger/AFP/Getty Images

By  Pierre P Bairin,

Sophie Tanno
Updated 4 hr ago

Cost-of-living protests that began in France have spread to Germany where demonstrations to coincide with Halloween took place on Saturday, with tens of thousands of people turning out across the country.

The new German youth-led movement dubbed “Gen Z has got this!” protested against the high cost of living, underfunded schools and universities, environmental concerns and a potential reintroduction of mandatory military service. Protests occurred in major cities including Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne and Munich.

While the protest in the German capital appeared peaceful, water cannons and riot police were deployed in Cologne and Hamburg.

Police in Cologne said water cannons were used after some protesters set off fireworks during a march in the city center. “Our measures are directed against troublemakers and violent individuals – not against peaceful participants,” the police said in a statement.


In Hamburg, riot police responded after barriers were set on fire and emergency service workers were attacked. “There has been an increase in incidents of emergency personnel being pelted with pyrotechnics and construction (materials) … our riot police are taking immediate action against this,” the police said.

In Frankfurt, police said Molotov cocktails were thrown at emergency personnel and shop windows were smashed, prompting the closure of part of the Zeil shopping street. Officers arrested a suspect and seized two weapons after windows were broken at a gun shop.

Organizers of ‘Gen Z regelt’ planned the large day of action to coincide with Halloween, to maximize turnout and visibility. According to the organization, 120,000 people attended the protests across Germany on Saturday.

“We are young people who no longer want to watch decisions being made about our future without us,” the movement states on its website. It adds that the intention is to protest peacefully and organizers instruct participants to keep their faces visible, even in Halloween costumes.

Extra German police officers have been deployed nationwide in preparation for the protest, and the luxury shops lining Berlin’s upmarket Kurfürstendamm shopping street have boarded up their windows as a precautionary measure.

Some of Chicago’s crimes are merely widespread immigration fraud

Story by Zachary Faria, Washington Examiner

Some of Chicago’s crimes are merely widespread immigration fraud

You may think that Chicago is a haven of violent crime. But wouldn’t you feel silly to learn that some of those documented crimes were merely fabricated for the purpose of immigration fraud?

A Chicago man by the name of Parth Nayi organized hundreds of fake robberies in Chicago to help noncitizens acquire immigration visas. The visas in question are “U visas,” which are granted to noncitizen victims of certain crimes if they assist law enforcement in investigations. The incentive, of course, is to allow people who are not in the country legally to come forward with knowledge of criminal acts without fearing deportation — the same logic Democratic politicians use when justifying the existence of sanctuary cities.

So, in a sanctuary city such as Chicago and in a country that incentivizes entrepreneurship, Nayi turned U visas into a business. Nayi charged people between $5,000 and $30,000 to be “robbed,” paying business owners a cut to use their businesses as public places for documentable “crimes.” He then organized fake robberies, making the noncitizens paying him appear to be crime victims and allowing them to be certified by police as eligible for a U visa.

It all seemingly went swimmingly until one of the actors shot a store employee during one such staged robbery. Gun safety was evidently not emphasized on the set of Nayi’s fake crimes.

Who could have guessed that the U visa would be exploited? Likely anyone who paid attention. Since the visa is designed for “victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are helpful to law enforcement or government officials in the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity,” there was a clear incentive to stage fake crimes.

Some Democratic politicians even abused the system, with the Democratic sheriff of Bexar County, Texas, distributing U visas to the illegal immigrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). You may recall that some liberal pundits accused DeSantis of “human trafficking” for that maneuver. Thus, amnesty for the illegal immigrants must be in order.

The U visa program was well-intentioned, but good intentions are often exploited by those with ill intentions. In this case, those ill-intentioned parties happened to be illegal immigrants hoping to defraud the system, several Chicagoans happy to waste police resources for money, and Democratic politicians looking for excuses for amnesty. Those are the people around whom immigration laws and visa exemptions must be crafted.

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Ignatian Migration Dialogue | Detention in the US

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Sep 30, 2026

We examine detention standards, conditions of deportation, third-country removal to Mexico, and legal remedies to detention. The latter includes the proliferation of habeas corpus petitions. Like all Ignatian Migration Dialogues, this webinar hopes to promote partnerships, greater engagement on this pressing issue, and successful policy/advocacy strategies.

Massachusetts Store Owner Antonio Bonheur Sentenced in $7M SNAP Fraud Scheme

Massachusetts Store Owner Antonio Bonheur Sentenced in $7M SNAP Fraud Scheme

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Oct 30, 2026 

A tiny store in Mattapan, Massachusetts, took in more SNAP benefits than a nearby supermarket. Federal prosecutors say two store owners trafficked nearly $7 million in food stamp benefits by trading benefits for cash, selling liquor for SNAP, and reselling donated MannaPack meals meant for hungry children overseas. In this video, we cover the full story: How SNAP works and what the stores allegedly did The undercover buys and the redemption numbers How prosecutors say the money was hidden The dispute over who should have stopped it Antonio Bonheur’s guilty plea and two-year prison sentence Saul Alisme’s not-guilty plea Antonio Bonheur, owner of Jesula Variety Store, pleaded guilty to food stamp fraud and wire fraud and was sentenced in July 2026. Saul Alisme, owner of Saul Mache Mixe Store, pleaded not guilty. As of the latest information available, he has not been convicted and is presumed innocent. This video is for news and information. It is based on public statements and press releases from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, along with reporting from the Boston Globe, CBS Boston, NBC Boston and Boston 25 News. Court cases can change, so check the federal court docket for the latest status. If you enjoyed this video, like, subscribe, and tell me in the comments: who should have caught this sooner, the state or the federal government.

House ‘Squad’ poised to double in size — and turn America into a ‘socialist hellhole’: source

By  Geoff Earle and Gabrielle Fahmy

Published Oct. 31, 2026, 7:21 a.m. ET

The “Squad” won’t just be a fringe faction in the new House.

The far-left group that began with the 2018 election of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is set to be a substantial block whose members are itching to leverage their newfound power to try to turn their sprawling agenda — abolishing ICE, Medicare for All, expanding gender-affirming care, and government-run supermarkets — into action.

The radical clique is set to double from the current core of seven to as many as 16 after a series of primary wins, election experts say – a number that swells to two dozen when counting left-wing progressives who share some views but are not closely connected to the Democratic Socialists of America.

Much depends on the size of any Democratic majority.

The size of the “Squad” is set to double in the new Congress, giving new political power to expected lawmakers like Darializa Avila Chevalier (D-NY), a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

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If the Democrats win a slim advantage just north of a 218-vote majority on Tuesday, the expanded “Squad” plays an even bigger role — with the ability to tank House rules developed by the leadership and force votes on controversial amendments.

Republicans warn “lunatics” running the Democratic Party would set out on “woke wild goose chases,” dragging Democrats into ideological battles at the expense of more mainstream priorities, RNC spokeswoman Delanie Bomar told The Post.

“These communist wannabes would hold [likely Speaker] Hakeem Jeffries hostage until he helps them turn America into a socialist hellhole.”

Mainstream Dems are also worried.

“They’re going to cause problems. They’re going to try to dominate the narrative,” a former Democratic leadership aide told The Post, predicting socialists would jockey for powerful committee assignments and gain other levers of power within the system.

“Squad” size isn’t the only thing that matters, critics said.

“If they do take back control of the House on Tuesday, the Democratic leadership you’ve been promised will change too,” said former RNC national spokesperson Elizabeth Pipko. “This is not just about the Squad doubling in size, but the consequences of the Squad possibly doubling in influence.”

Republican Party faces imminent 'civil war', warns Steve Bannon

Published : Saturday, 31 October, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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Steve Bannon, one of the primary architects of the "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) movement, warned that the Republican Party will erupt into an intense internal "civil war" immediately following the US midterm elections to determine its future direction.

He added that if President Donald Trump launches another major military operation against Iran, "people will be furious," declaring that he would personally raise his voice against such action.

Party Divisions and Future Leadership

Bannon, who served as chief strategist during Trump's first administration, noted that the Republican Party remains deeply divided over key foreign and domestic policy issues, including Israel, Iran, immigration, and the "deep state".

According to Bannon, a major battle will unfold over these ideological divides, from which the party's leadership for 2027 will begin to take shape. He emphasized that this conflict will not delay for months, but will begin immediately on the Wednesday following the vote.

Noting that no clear frontrunner has emerged for the 2028 presidential nomination, Bannon added, "We are going to have a civil war within our own party".

Is Roman Catholicism Apostolic?

Is Roman Catholicism Apostolic?

THE QUERY COLUMN: Is Roman Catholicism Apostolic?

The answer and reasons behind it

Associate Secretary, Religious Liberty Department

Is Roman Catholicism Apostolic?

Is the Roman Catholic Church correct in claiming to be the original apostolic church?"

NO. The Roman Catholic Church is a system of religion which developed gradually out of the original Christian church in Rome. This original Christian church of the old metropolis had apostolic foundations. It was perhaps started by Jews from Rome who, having been converted on the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem, returned to the city of Rome, and organized a Christian community there. Concerning this early beginning of the Roman Church, we do. not have the actual historical facts. Paul wrote to the church of Rome before he visited there, and was there in person probably as early as A.D. 62. Peter visited the church at Rome (Acts of the Apostles, p. 537), and doubtless made his apostolic contribution to its development. There is a later tradition that Peter visited Rome as early as A.D. 44, but there is no historical confirmation of this.

Out of this beginning the Christian church in Rome increased and prospered. It is impossible to date the beginning of its apostasy. About A.D. 150 Sunday keeping began in the Roman Church. At A.D. 200 the head of the church of Rome, a man by the name of Victor, tried to excommunicate other churchmen who refused to keep the new festival of Easter on Sunday. It was from Rome that Constantine issued his famous Sunday law of A.D. 321, which, although a civil law, was probably instigated in part by the leaders of the Roman Church. As the entire church developed false ritualistic and theological elements, Rome participated, and often led in the process.

The apostasy of the Roman Church became marked by A.D. 400, and objective historians speak of Christianity of that date, which was already looking to Rome for leadership, as having become a "mystery cult." The emperor Valentinian III, in A.D. 445 made Pope Leo the judge of other bishops. By the time of that pope's death the Papacy was already established as an institution. In 533 the emperor Justinian I recognized the pope of Rome as the arbiter of church dogma, and by 538 the power of the Arian Germanic kings of the west was so weakened or destroyed that the Papacy was able to develop its historic temporal and political power.

Therefore, sometime prior to A.D. 400 the church in Rome had already ceased to be the truly apostolic church, and had become the apostate cult of Rome that we now call the Roman Catholic Church. Seeming historic continuity should not be confused with genuine continuity, and the fact that there was an early Christian church in Rome does not mean that the present Roman Catholic Church is the true spiritual continuation of that early church.

It must be understood that the so-called Greek Orthodox Church is a product of a similar apostasy. This church also claims to be apostolic, but is not apostolic for reasons very similar to those applicable to the Roman Church.

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Why Pope Leo is legally allowed to vote in US election — despite being leader of Vatican City

By  Steven Nelson
Published Oct. 30, 2026, 11:47 a.m. ET


WASHINGTON — Pope Leo XIV has voted in the midterm elections despite serving as the head of a foreign country — but don’t bother trying to claim President Trump’s new $1 million voter fraud bounty.

Leo, 71, was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago on Sept. 14, 1955, and online Illinois records reviewed by The Post show that he’s registered to vote at his older brother John’s address in suburban New Lenox.

“He’s an American citizen living abroad. He didn’t lose his voting rights when he moved to the Vatican,” said Richard Hasen, a voting rights expert at the 

Pope Leo XIV voted this week in the midterm elections in Illinois, where he formerly lived.

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The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986 lays out the process for Americans living outside US borders.

That law requires states to allow “overseas voters to use absentee registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot.”

Overseas voters must cast ballots for offices “in the last place in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United States.”

Vatican City has been recognized as an independent state since 1929 and functions as an absolute monarchy without political elections. Unlike other nations, which mainly grant citizenship based on where or to whom a person was born, the Vatican grants citizenship by application — and only the pope holds the privilege for life.

Leo also holds American and Peruvian citizenship, and the Chicago Sun-Times reported that he requested a mail-in ballot from the Will County clerk’s office Oct. 3, ten days before undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his right lung.

G20 Foreign Ministers Press Availability

G20 Foreign Ministers Press Availability

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds the closing news conference at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta

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What People Don't Know About Halloween

 What People Don't Know About Halloween

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Why is Halloween on October 31st? Dr. Eric Walsh traces the holiday from the Celtic night of Samhain, when pagans

believed the veil between the living and the dead grew thin, to the popes who moved All Saints Day to line up with it.

He then asks what that history means for Christians who celebrate it today.

Dr. Walsh is a physician and preacher who returns to LED to compare Halloween's history with what the Bible says

about the dead. He, Scotty and Keith follow the same ideas into Hollywood, from Fantasia and I Dream of Jeannie to

Coco, Lucifer and Sinners. Near the end, Dr. Walsh walks through research on how scary movies affect children,

including G and PG films. The episode closes on the only knock at the door worth answering (Revelation 3:20).

If this one helped, watch Dr. Walsh's earlier episode, The Secret Religion of the Music Industry:    • The Secret Religion of the Music Industry  

Scripture in this episode:

Deuteronomy 18:9-12 • Leviticus 19:31 • Isaiah 8:19-20 • Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 • 1 Chronicles 10:13 • Luke 16 • Ephesians 5:11

• 1 John 4:18 • Psalm 11:5 • Revelation 16:13-15 • Revelation 3:20

Daylight saving time ends Sunday:..

Daylight saving time ends Sunday: Where the move to make it permanent now stands

Updated: Oct. 28, 2026, 3:36 p.m.

Published: Oct. 27, 2026, 7:00 a.m.

Daylight Saving Time will end for the season Nov. 1, as the move to make it permanent has stalled in Congress.Canva/Katherine Rodriguez

By Katherine Rodriguez | NJ.com


Daylight saving time is going away for the season on Sunday.

At that point, clocks will “fall back” one hour to 1 a.m.

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This means most Americans will gain an extra hour of sleep and experience earlier sunsets during the winter.

Although the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent passed the House on July 14, 2026, the Senate failed to act on the bill.

After the bill passed the House, it was headed to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

However, no floor vote is scheduled, and congressional schedules for the remainder of the year leave the issue dormant until at least next year.

If the bill were to pass the Senate and get signed into law by the president, states would opt-in to year-round daylight saving time.

Congressional action is required due to the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which bans states from enacting permanent daylight saving time independently.

According to federal law, states may remain on standard time year-round, but there is no law that allows states to remain on year-round daylight saving time.

In 2026, daylight saving time will end for the season Nov. 1 at 2 a.m. and will start again March 14, 2027.

What states have passed permanent daylight saving time?

If permanent daylight saving time does pass Congress, there are 19 states that have passed legislation to move to permanent daylight saving time.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, these are the 19 states that passed legislation on permanent daylight saving time:

• Texas (2025)
• Oklahoma (2024)
• Colorado (2022)
• Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi and Montana (2021)
• Idaho (Pacific time zone only), Louisiana, South Carolina, Utah and Wyoming (2020)
• Delaware, Maine, Oregon (Pacific time zone only)
• Tennessee and Washington (2019)
• Florida (2018)

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Catalyst: Building Community in Peru

Maranatha Volunteers International

Oct 30, 2026

Maranatha’s Catalyst project connects like-minded young adults at 12,500 feet of elevation, as they construct a new church, provide medical clinics, and lead children's programs in southern Peru

The Legacy of Halloween - James Arrabito

 

Halloween Is Everywhere. But Does It Belong in the Christian Church? Heritage & Hope Ministries

Halloween Is Everywhere. But Does It Belong in the Christian Church?

Heritage & Hope Ministries

Is Halloween really just harmless fun, or is there a spiritual danger that Christians are overlooking? 

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In this episode, Dr. Eric Walsh joins us to uncover the surprising history of Halloween, its connections to pagan traditions, spiritualism, and the Catholic church, and what the Bible really teaches about death and the supernatural. From trick-or-treating and church-sponsored Halloween celebrations to Hollywood's growing fascination with witchcraft, ghosts, and the occult, we examine how these influences may be shaping Christian beliefs without us even realizing it. Should Christians celebrate Halloween? Is there a biblical reason to avoid it? And could something that seems so innocent actually be opening the door to dangerous spiritual influences?

Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayer Leader Calls for Change in Iran’s Nuclear Doctrine

October 30, 2026
IranWire

Mohammad-Javad Haj-Ali-Akbari, Tehran’s interim Friday prayer leader, called for a revision of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear doctrine and a move toward acquiring nuclear weapons during his sermon on Friday, October 30, 2026. He claimed that the issue has now become a “national demand.”

The interim Friday prayer leader stated that, according to recent opinion polls, “70 percent of the public supports changing the nuclear doctrine,” though he did not cite the source of these surveys.

Haj-Ali-Akbari urged experts to draft proposals in cooperation with relevant institutions and submit them to Mojtaba Khamenei for a final decision.

According to him, dispatching mediators and sending letters from the United States will not reduce the risk of a resumption of war. He emphasized that Iran’s seven conditions for de-escalation and reopening the Strait of Hormuz must be implemented.

Meanwhile, Alireza Salimi, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s Presidium, wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Revising defensive policy and changing the nuclear doctrine today enjoys both elite consensus and public demand. Parliament stands ready to introduce a triple-urgency bill in this domain at a moment’s notice.”

In a separate post, the lawmaker claimed: “Withdrawing from the NPT is a definitive right of the Islamic Republic under its various articles, and a draft bill for withdrawal has been prepared by several representatives and is on Parliament’s desk.

Salimi added that strategies must change and that the era of overbearing mandates and royal decrees has come to an end.

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A Religious Tsunami is Forming in America--Socialism

October 27, 2026 Gerry Wagoner



A religious tsunami is forming in America. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) do not just want higher taxes or a larger welfare state – they want a church. And they have built one, a sacred edifice with its own holy texts (the works of Marx, Engels, and the leftist chatter of 1,000 zealous university professors).

Its eschatology is a redeemed classless society, its doctrine of original sin is private property and the free market. It has prophets and martyrs, rituals of protest and moral purification, and a thick community that supplies friends, status, identity, and a sense of purpose. Its good work is social justice.

What was once a fringe movement has become the organizing force of its younger, more indoctrinated, and more urban devotees. Candidates who once treated socialism as a liability now treat it as an asset—to the delight of countless milennials who just want something different, without the historical awareneness of its cost.

Jeffrey Arm, vice president of external affairs at the Manhattan Institute, describes the DSA not as a political movement but as a congregation. It supplies the lonely, the underemployed, and the educationally indoctrinated with what churches once offered: moral vocabulary, social belonging, status, rituals, and a grand narrative of historical struggle in which the individual can play a redemptive role. The DSA offers an explanation and a cause. Capitalism, in this worldview, has cheated them, and they must oppose the owning of private property.

This is not politics as usual. It is the religious impulse emptied of God and poured into the state. Humans are created with a metaphysical hunger for answers about our existence, identity, the meaning of history, and the nature of man (Acts 17:27). When that hunger is denied its proper object, it does not disappear, it attaches itself to the nearest available substitute.

Marxism has always understood this. The Bolsheviks and the Chinese Communist Party did not merely nationalize industry. They offered a total account of history, a doctrine of original sin (class), a path of redemption (revolution), and a Promise Land (the classless society). The DSA is the American, post-Christian version of the same pattern. And it is coming fast.

Its leaders illustrate the point with particular clarity. The New York co-chair, a Yale graduate living in a $1.5 million townhouse, has claimed an immigrant background that does not exist. Zohran Mamdani, now mayor of New York, comes from an elite family. These are not dispossessed victims, they are educated, status-anxious zealous evangelists of this false religion. Their discontent is not primarily economic, but ideological, and spiritual, and they have been invited right into to Seventh-day Adventist churches.

Luther's Separation From Rome - Great Controversy (1911) Ellen

Luther's Separation From Rome - Great Controversy (1911) Ellen G. White

BeYeSeparate (2Cor.6:14-18)

Feb 15, 2014

Foremost among those who were called to lead the Church into the Great Reformation was the humble, but unshakable man, Martin Luther. What kind of a man was he? Where did he come from? And why did he do what he did? Martin Luther, the man who opened the Bible to a world. -- HISTORICAL DATING OF THIS CHAPTER: Events in this chapter covers the period of time between November 10, 1483 and January 2, 1521—the first 37 years of Martin Luther's life. He entered Erfert University in 1501, received his Master's degree in 1505, traveled to Rome in 1510, received his Doctor of Theology in 1512, and began preaching. Luther nailed the 95 theses to the Castle Church door on October 31, 1517. Two years later, Tetzel died. Phillip Melanchthon arrived in 1518. Luther's trial at Augsburg occurred in October 1518. Two years later, Pope Leo X's bull condemned Luther.

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