Source: United Press International
“Disney is preparing for another round of layoffs, and some managers were told to cut 20% of expenses, unnamed sources told multiple media outlets Tuesday. The cuts will be the fourth round of layoffs in 2026 and under CEO Josh D’Amaro, Forbes, Variety and CNBC reported. The Bloomberg report, which cited anonymous sources, said some departments ‘will be affected disproportionately,’ but didn’t say which ones.” (11/03/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/11/03/disney-layoffs-coming/5511793736423/
Source: Antiwar.com
“Trump Claims He’ll End $4 Billion in Military Aid to Israel, US Watched Qeshm Air Defense, and More.” (11/03/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSJ_buKnNU
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, has fled Brazil after the corrupt socialist incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was ‘reelected’ to a fourth term by what the American Spectator calls ‘a stunningly irregular vote.’ Flávio’s father has been in prison since 2024 for supposedly plotting a coup against Lula. And this October, after the results of the second round of the presidential election were announced, the Lula government tried to prevent the son from traveling by acting to confiscate his passports. But Flávio Bolsonaro saw the writing on the wall and got out before he could be arrested for having the temerity to run for president.” (11/03/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/11/03/escape-from-brazil/
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Source: Associated Press
“Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a drubbing that reached deep into reliable GOP territory. Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and battlegrounds alike: Kansas, which hasn’t elected a Democratic senator in nearly a century, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina. They held on to battleground seats in Georgia and Michigan. In the House, Democrats flipped more than two dozen districts, some that voted for Trump by double digits in 2024.” (11/04/26)
https://apnews.com/live/midterm-election-2026
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“These days, elections don’t end when the votes are cast and counted. In every close race (and many not-so-close races) of consequence, the supposed losers and their supporters move immediately to screeching ‘Rigged! Stolen!’ They demand recounts. They go to court seeking to have ballot boxes seized and election officials indicted. … No matter what happens today, expect Election 2026 to drag on into the new year.” (11/03/26)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/20966
Source: The Fifth Column
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https://www.youtube.com/live/_UZHnuhpm38
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Four oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines while attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran said Wednesday, after it warned no one would benefit from a return to war. It came a day after US President Donald Trump said the United States had launched strikes on the Islamic republic, following reports of a raid on Qeshm, the largest island in the strait. … Indirect contact between the United States and Iran via mediators has continued with little sign of any diplomatic breakthrough, and Iran has said it is ready to reopen the strait but only if Washington agrees to a long-standing list of demands.” (11/04/26)
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261104-four-oil-tankers-destroyed-in-hormuz-after-hitting-mines-tehran-says
Source: Expression
by Cary Davis
“Think of a political or social issue you care about. Now imagine your local city council is considering taking some action related to that issue. You decide to show up to the public comment period and make your voice heard. Then you learn that local police will be monitoring the meeting, looking specifically for ‘unusual questions,’ ‘verbal conflict,’ ’emotional confrontations,’ ‘social media amplification,’ and more. Such conduct will be treated as ‘suspicious behavior’ posing ‘public safety risks.’ Would you think twice about freely sharing your opinion? Unfortunately, that thought experiment isn’t hypothetical.” (11/03/26)
https://expression.fire.org/p/when-police-treat-free-speech-as
Source: Yahoo! News
“A federal judge in Oregon says he can no longer assume ICE agents are telling the truth in their arrest paperwork, declaring Monday that live testimony is now ‘necessary’ after finding that warrantless arrests are still being made and facts are being ‘fabricated in official records’ by immigration officers. In a 50-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai ruled that ICE repeatedly violated an existing court order governing warrantless immigration arrests in the Beaver State, with inaccurate reports, missing records and accounts that did not match what actually happened. The judge’s loss of confidence in the agency was so pronounced that he withdrew the usual presumption that government officials have properly performed their duties.” (11/03/26)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/federal-judge-strips-ice-presumption-192003753.html
