Source: News 4 San Antonio
“Police are investigating a late-night residential burglary that ended with gunfire and a suspect being flown to San Antonio for medical treatment. The Del Rio Police Department said officers responded at about 10:39 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, to the 200 block of Ricks Drive after a report of a residential burglary involving shots fired. Police said officers contacted the homeowner, who reported he discharged a firearm after discovering an unknown male inside his residence. … Despite being injured, the suspect fled before officers arrived, police said. After an investigation and a search of the surrounding area, police said the suspect was later located and transported to San Antonio for further medical treatment because of the nature of his injuries.” (10/26/26)
https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/homeowner-shoots-intruder-during-burglary-police-investigating
Source: Antiwar.com
“Israeli Exit Polls Show Netanyahu Ahead But Short of Majority, Oman Says Gulf Should Unite, and More.” (10/27/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i305vqpEmwQ
Source: Independent Institute
by K Lloyd Billingsley
“Plate readers are scanning more than license plates, prompting calls for limits on how governments and vendors collect and use personal data.” (10/27/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/10/27/reading-between-the-bumpers/
THANK YOU to subscribing contributor T, whose $5 monthly payment yesterday broke our “zero-dollar day” streak! Our annual fundraiser total currently (as of 5am) stands at $1,058.
That’s $1,693.50 short of our $5,503 goal (once we’ve raised half, $2,751.50, supporter GL will “match funds” for the other half).
This year, I’ve tried to be a little less verbose in appealing to you for support, but I guess it’s time to thump the podium and yell a bit:
You already know the story! We’re coming up on 24 years as Rational Review News Digest, with another 11 years before that as Libernet and Freedom News Daily! We’re the Internet’s oldest daily news and commentary roundup for libertarians!
We’re solid, reliable, we get the job done for you, and we only come to you once per year with the “fundraising telethon” schtick!
Once we reach a fairly modest goal, we STFU about money entirely for the rest of the year and mostly for the first three quarters of the following year!
I’d love to STFU about money entirely for the next two months and mostly for nine more months after that! You’re in control of whether or not I get to!
Stop me before I exclaim again! Oh, no, too late!
And, of course, have a great day!
Yours in liberty,
Tom Knapp
Publisher
Rational Review News Digest / Freedom News Daily
Source: Associated Press
“Votes were being counted as dawn broke in Israel on Wednesday morning, but exit polls suggested that its momentous national election left no clear winner. That likely meant the beginning of weeks of wrangling among parties to form a governing coalition and declare a new prime minister. In the meantime, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains as interim caretaker head of the government. Exit polls released by major Israeli TV stations right after polls closed on Tuesday night and revised overnight indicated that neither Netanyahu’s political bloc nor that of his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, secured the 61 seats needed for a majority in the parliament, known as the Knesset. … With 60% of votes counted, Netanyahu’s Likud party has 21.4% and Eisenkot’s Yashar has 16.2%, according to official election data.” (10/28/26)
https://apnews.com/article/israel-elections-netanyahu-eisenkot-gaza-iran-28102026-52c6f5a0a720a4ffc08633229e796415
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Jim Bovard
“This month, a Trump administration report confirmed Joe Biden’s White House secretly connived to destroy Americans’ financial freedom. Those bureaucrats were upholding hallowed precedents stretching back to the Nixon era, when Congress passed the Bank Secrecy Act. That law made it a crime for banks to keep secrets from the government. … This is like a bad horror show that gets repeated at least once a decade. During the Barack Obama administration, the FDIC and the Justice Department launched the original Operation Choke Point, supposedly to ‘choke’ illegal businesses’ access to financial services. But the target list was stretched to include attempts to destroy financial access for porn stars, coin dealers, online tobacco companies, and other targets.” (10/27/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/will-the-feds-kill-your-bank-account/
Source: Gracearchy with Jim Babka
“Netflix’s ‘The Bombing of Pan Am 103’ Finds Gracepoints.” (10/27/26)
https://rumble.com/v7gmkxe-panam-flight-103-gracearchy-with-jim-babka.html
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“A ceasefire that began with the aim of getting food and medicine to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky has been extended across the wider southern region of Kherson, according to sources. Several thousand residents are trapped in the city with no access to food, water and electricity. On one side is the Dnipro river, while Russian forces are on the other and all the roads out are too dangerous. However, no breaches of the truce that began early on Tuesday have so far been reported. US First Lady Melania Trump, who helped broker the ceasefire along with Pope Leo XIV, said on Tuesday that the area involved had been expanded to provide ‘safe passage’ for humanitarian convoys.” (10/27/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6lye1w9p2l8o
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“In a rather strange lawsuit — United States v. State of Alaska, filed on October 23 — the US Department of Justice asked a court to block that state’s election authority from certifying an election result that isn’t even known yet and won’t be known until, at the earliest, November 3. Weird enough, but it gets even weirder: DOJ wants certification of the result blocked if, and only if, incumbent US Senator Dan Sullivan loses the election. If he wins? Move along, nothing to see here. The ‘problem,’ DOJ claims, is that voters may be ‘confused’ by the presence of two Dan Sullivans on the ballot — the aforementioned Daniel S. Sullivan, a Republican, and ‘independent’ Daniel J. Sullivan — in addition to Democrat Mary Peltola and a second Republican, Gerald L. Heikes. In other words, DOJ wants the court to rule that Alaska’s voters are really, really stupid.” (10/27/26)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/20958
Source: CoinDesk
“Datavault AI (DVLT) shares plunged nearly 50% on Tuesday after a filing revealed that the company had been unable to withdraw bitcoin from crypto exchange Biconomy since June and would have to restate its financial results. The stock closed at $0.067, down 49.55%, with roughly 244 million shares traded. The problem traces back to a September 2025 agreement with Scilex Holding Company, which agreed to purchase $150 million of Datavault shares and warrants using bitcoin.” (10/28/26)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/28/bitcoin-treasury-datavault-ai-plunges-50-after-firm-says-it-can-t-access-its-btc
