Freedom Works with Paul Molloy, 10/01/25
Source: Freedom Works
“Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center ‘The Looming Government Shutdown.'” (10/01/25)
https://internetradiopros.com/freedomworks/?name=2025-10-01_zfw10012025.mp3
Battlefield America: The Federal War on the “Enemy Within”
Source: Tenth Amdendment Center
by John Whitehead
“Distractions abound. Don’t be distracted. The American police state under Donald Trump has mastered the art of delivering endless diversions, constant uproar, and wall-to-wall chaos designed to prevent us from focusing on any single issue for long. This is how psyops work: keep the populace reactive, confused, fearful and pliant while power consolidates. According to the Trump administration, ‘we the people’ are now the enemy from within.” (10/01/25)
https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2025/10/01/battlefield-america-the-federal-war-on-the-enemy-within/
Hybrid Thursday! (and Year-End Fundraiser Update)
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Mediterranean Sea: Pirates attack 14 aid boats, abduct crews
Source: Reuters
“Israeli [pirates] stopped 14 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, flotilla organisers said on Thursday, but 23 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, according to the flotilla’s tracking system. … The flotilla is the latest sea-borne attempt to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, much of which has been turned into a wasteland by almost two years of war. The flotilla’s organisers denounced Israel’s action as a ‘war crime.’ They said the [pirates] used aggressive tactics, including the use of water cannon, but that no one was harmed. ‘Multiple vessels … were illegally intercepted and boarded by Israeli [pirates] in international waters,’ the organisers said in a statement.” (10/02/25)
Free Speech and Its Discontents
Source: Antiwar.com
by Andrew P Napolitano
“Prior to the Warren Court, and notwithstanding the pithy language of Thomas Jefferson or the direct language of James Madison in the Bill of Rights, the federal courts equivocated in their protections of speech. In wartime, the courts often looked the other way as presidents and Congresses tried to silence and punish the words they hated or feared. Both Jefferson and Madison believed that the freedom of speech is a natural right. This view originated with Aristotle, was refined by St. Augustine, was codified by St. Thomas Aquinas, and was argued compellingly for jurists by John Locke and for the masses by John Stuart Mill. All maintained in their writings that freedom of thought is a natural absolute individual right; and the freedom of speech is expressing one’s thoughts.” (10/01/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2025/09/30/free-speech-and-its-discontents/
The Political Orphanage, 10/01/25
Source: The Political Orphanage
“Katie Herzog Gives Me Advice On My Drinking Problem.” (10/01/25)
https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/katie-herzog-gives-me-advice-on-my-drinking-problem
Bitcoin Tops $119k, XRP, SOL, ETH Surge as US Government Shutdown Takes Effect
Source: CoinDesk
“Bitcoin jumped to its highest in over two months as the U.S. government shut down operations, likely setting the stage for a positive fiat liquidity impulse. The leading cryptocurrency has risen nearly 4% in the past 24 hours, with prices briefly rising to $119,455 for the first time since mid-August, CoinDesk data show. Other major tokens such as ether, XRP, solana and DOGE have risen 4% to 7%. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) has jumped 5% to 4,217 points.” (10/02/25)
Trump’s “domestic terrorism” memo chillingly targets people by ideology
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Adam Goldstein
“It may well be that some people who engage in politically motivated violence have anti-American beliefs, oppose the traditional family, or dislike organized religion. They should be prosecuted. And if there’s evidence of conspiracy or concrete steps toward violence, that may warrant an investigation. But we cannot start investigating other people simply because they happen to share those beliefs. Doing so would open the door to investigations of any political movement or ideology if any one of its adherents happened to engage in violence.” (10/01/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/trumps-domestic-terrorism-memo-chillingly-targets-people-ideology
New Trump Military Policy: “Qatar First”
Source: Politico
“The White House published an executive order on Wednesday vowing to defend Qatar in the event of an attack from another country …. The order, which President Donald Trump signed Monday, states that the White House will now consider ‘any armed attack’ on Qatar ‘as a threat to the peace and security of the United States.’ And, in the event of any attack, the U.S. would take ‘all lawful and appropriate measures — including diplomatic, economic and, if necessary, military — to defend the interests of the United States and the State of Qatar.’ Trump signed the executive order on the same day that he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House and orchestrated a phone call with the Qatari prime minister during which Israel’s leader apologized for missile strikes last month targeting Hamas officials while they were in Doha for ceasefire talks.” (10/01/25)
Don’t be puppet for government
Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal
“Long ago, someone pointed out to me that if I alter my behavior for no reason but to defy someone, they are controlling me as surely as if I were obeying their every command. I don’t want to be a puppet. Wouldn’t you feel stupid if you ended up damaging your health, the health of your child, or costing yourself extra money simply because you wanted to do the opposite of what some politician told you? It’s smarter to weigh everything someone tells you to do. If it makes sense and is good for you, do it. If it seems like it would be bad for you, do something else.” (10/01/25)