THANK YOU to long-time supporter T (who went above and beyond with a birthday donation) and subscribing contributor BT! Their contributions yesterday, totaling $22.50, bring our year-end fundraiser total (as of 5:30am Wednesday) to $1,133.34!
I prefer a positive “support the freedom movement’s daily newspaper because you value it” approach to our one annual fundraiser, versus a “poor me, let me tell you about the operation my late mother needs” charity plea. But today’s personal news is of both the “good” and “expensive” variety:
After nearly 12 years of renting (since we moved to Florida from Missouri at the beginning of 2013 for my wife’s job), we’re buying a house! “Closing” is this afternoon, and while we have until the end of the year to vacate our rental, we’ll at least TRY to move quickly.
And of course there will be moving expenses. In fact, there already have been. For example, I have $300+ worth of Starlink equipment on the way, as satellite is the only available/reliable Internet access at the new digs. So, if you’re more interested in the “Tom needs help!” angle than the “wow, they’ve been providing me with something I value for years, I should help keep that going” angle, well … Tom needs help (or can at least USE help)!
Our goal is $5,501, but thanks to supporter GL’s “matching funds” pledge, we only have to raise $2,750.50 from our other readers.
Today’s “mini-goal” is to hit the $1200 mark by raising $66.66. Please support the freedom movement’s daily newspaper with some portion (or the entirety) of that sum at …
“Part of a newly opened bridge collapsed in China’s Sichuan province on Tuesday after authorities closed it to all traffic the previous day when cracks appeared on nearby hills and roads. The Hongqi bridge, part of a national highway connecting China to neighboring Tibet, was a 2,500-foot structure that had been in operation for less than a year. Video of the collapse showed a landslide of rock and debris pouring onto the bridge until part of it crumbled into the river below in a plume of dust. Authorities did not report any casualties.” (11/11/25)
“A provision of the legislative package that would end the government shutdown allows senators to bring lawsuits if federal law enforcement seizes or subpoenas their data without notifying them, with potential damages of $500,000 for each violation. The language appears to allow GOP senators to sue over steps that the Justice Department took during special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump related to the 2020 election. In October, Senate Republicans revealed an FBI document that showed investigators had obtained phone record data from eight senators and one congressman for calls they made in the days before and after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The records were obtained pursuant to a subpoena in 2023, and the new legislation covers alleged violations dating back to 2022.” (11/11/25)
“At least eight people were arrested Monday in relation to a Turning Point USA event held on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Four of the arrestees were students at the university, according to The Daily Californian, which omitted the suspects’ names from its report. They were described as females between the ages of 20 and 22. Each was reportedly charged with felony vandalism. Santa Rita County Jail records show four women who fit that description were arrested on Monday. Fox News Digital is awaiting confirmation of their identities from authorities, but UC Berkeley Assistant Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs Dan Mogulof confirmed the arrests. Mogulof told Fox News Digital that they were arrested early Monday morning overnight.” (11/11/25)
“A Turkish C-130 military cargo plane crashed in Georgia after taking off from Azerbaijan on Tuesday, prompting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to offer condolences for ‘our martyrs’ as search and rescue crews headed for the scene. Turkey’s defence ministry announced the crash, near Georgia’s border with Azerbaijan, and said it was coordinating with Georgian authorities to reach the site.” (11/11/25)
“Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies are converging on southern Ontario as tensions rise between the U.S. and traditional allies like Canada over defense spending, trade and uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan in Gaza and efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand said in an interview with The Associated Press that ‘the relationship has to continue across a range of issues’ despite trade pressures as she prepared to host U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and their counterparts from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday. Anand also invited the foreign ministers of Australia, Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, South Korea, South Africa and Ukraine. She said ’15 foreign ministers are coming from around the world to the Great White North and funnily enough on the week of our first large snowfall.'” (11/11/25)
“British journalist and commentator Sami Hamdi is to be released and returned to the UK after being [abducted] by ICE. The activist and outspoken critic of Israel’s military action in Gaza was [abducted] by US immigration agents at San Francisco International Airport on 26 October. Mr Hamdi had spoken at a gala for chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, in California and was heading to Florida for another event prior to his arrest.” (11/10/25)
“Venezuela is deploying weapons, including decades-old Russian-made equipment, and is planning to mount a guerrilla-style resistance or sow chaos in the event of a U.S. air or ground attack, according to sources with knowledge of the efforts and planning documents seen by Reuters. The approach is a tacit admission of the South American country’s shortage of personnel and equipment. U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested the possibility of ground operations in Venezuela, saying ‘the land is going to be next’ following multiple strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and a large U.S. military build-up in the region. He later denied he was considering strikes inside Venezuela.” (11/11/25)
“Yemen’s Houthi rebels [sic] are signalling they’ve stopped their attacks against Israel and shipping in the Red Sea as a shaky ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip. In an undated letter to Hamas’ Qassam Brigades published online by the group, the Houthis offered their clearest signal that their attacks have halted. ‘We are closely monitoring developments and declare that if the enemy resumes its aggression against Gaza, we will return to our military operations deep inside the Zionist entity, and we will reinstate the ban on Israeli navigation in the Red and Arabian Seas,’ reads the letter from Maj.-Gen. Yusuf Hassan al-Madani, the Houthi military’s chief of staff.” (11/11/25)
“Graham Platner was looking for a cover-up. Nearly 20 years ago, the Maine Democrat soldier drunkenly selected a skull and crossbones design while out on leave with his fellow Marines in Croatia. It wasn’t until several weeks into his campaign for a key U.S. Senate seat that Platner says he discovered that the design was recognized as a Nazi symbol. Rather than wait through multiple sessions of laser removal, Platner called a friend to help him get rid of it. ‘It was a phone call like: ‘Hey, I have a tattoo. I found out it’s something I don’t want, can you help me cover it up?’’ Mischa Ostberg, an artist based in Ellsworth, Maine, told The Associated Press in an interview. Ostberg, a self-proclaimed ‘baby tattooer’ who has been licensed to ink for just two years, was eager to help.” (11/11/25)
