NPR Politics Podcast, 10/27/26
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“How are voters feeling before Election Day?” (10/27/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/27/nx-s1-6019227/how-are-voters-feeling-before-election-day
CBP Really Doesn’t Want To Reveal What It Does to Americans’ Phones
Source: Reason
by Matthew Petti
“Customs and Border Protection (CBP) insists that it has the right to search Americans’ private data without a warrant when entering the country. But ordered to explain one of these searches by a judge, the agency is now trying to wiggle out from under the microscope, invoking its own data privacy. On Friday, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia ordered CBP to explain the seizure of a local psychiatric nurse’s phone and laptop at Washington Dulles International Airport. CBP argued that the court should seal this information from both the public and the nurse himself in order to protect ‘privileged law enforcement information.’ Brinkema initially agreed …. After reading the filings, the judge declared on Tuesday afternoon ‘that most of the redacted information is not privileged law enforcement information and should not be sealed.'” (10/27/26)
https://reason.com/2026/10/27/cbp-really-doesnt-want-to-reveal-what-it-does-to-americans-phones/
Somalia: Islamic militants kill at least 20 regime troops
Source: ABC News
“Islamic extremist militants killed at least 20 Somali soldiers in an ambush, a military officer who survived the attack said, as the government acknowledged damage to military vehicles but disclosed no troop casualties. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group, which has fought Somalia’s government for nearly two decades, claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack near Jameeca village in southern Somalia. The Defense Ministry said its troops killed about 75 militants and wounded 56 during hours of fighting. Al-Shabab claimed it killed 321 soldiers and captured prisoners and military equipment.” (10/28/26)
TAC Right Now, 10/27/26
Source: The American Conservative
“Netanyahu Fails to Provoke Iranian Attack Pre-Election, w/ Robert Wright.” (10/27/26)
Who is Making Billions from the Iran War?
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
by Ron Paul
“At a campaign rally over the weekend, President Trump dismissed Americans’ concerns over high oil and gas prices, claiming that it’s a small price to pay for the hundreds of billions of dollars ‘we’ are making from these higher prices. ‘We’re making a fortune,’ he said. ‘Hundreds of billions of dollars. Trillions of dollars.’ People are paying a little bit more for gas, he explained, but it doesn’t matter because ‘we’ are making so much money. The question is, ‘Who is ‘we’?’ We know it is not the American people.” (10/27/26)
https://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/archives/who-is-making-billions-from-the-iran-war
Houthis say Saudi-led airstrikes killed 14 at a market in northern Yemen
Source: SFGate
“Iran-backed Houthi rebels say Saudi-led airstrikes have killed 14 people in a busy market in northern Yemen. Yemeni officials, meanwhile, appealed for international support to protect civilians in Taiz as the Houthis tightened their siege of the city. Separately, a police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in the Serbian capital of Belgrade shot and killed a man who attacked him with a knife. Police called the incident ‘a terrorist attack’.” (10/28/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/iran-hails-tehran-security-talks-as-a-step-toward-22497963.php
After Midterms, Let’s Make Politics Boring Again
Source: Racket News
by Matt Taibbi
“For the last twenty years, politics was our most fascinating news story and the most interesting thing on the Internet. Now, one senses huge portions of the electorate would rather take baths in battery acid than listen to even one more word from a politician. Americans have by now been screwed over so many times that the problem may no longer be that the government doesn’t work. It’s that government doesn’t work, and we can’t shut up about it. Other countries manage to deliver lousy economies and naked corruption without so much talking. Can’t we just be Mexico or Paraguay and have peace and quiet while things mostly go to hell?” (10/27/26)
The Crest of a New Wave
Source: In These Times
by Miles Kampf-Lassin
“In mid-September, the next generation of movement [sic] candidates assembled in Washington, D.C. (where they’re on track to be sworn into Congress next year) to scheme how to most effectively bring working-class politics into the halls of power. The group includes Chris Rabb from Pennsylvania, Melat Kiros from Colorado, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier from New York, Adam Hamawy from New Jersey and Donavan McKinney from Michigan. All were endorsed by local chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) except for Hamawy, who had the backing of socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders [I-VT] and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]. Each of them won their Democratic primaries this year in heavily blue districts with essential locks to win the general in the November 3 elections.” (10/27/26)
TX: Homeowner shoots intruder during burglary
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)
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 10/27/26
Source: Antiwar.com
“Israeli Exit Polls Show Netanyahu Ahead But Short of Majority, Oman Says Gulf Should Unite, and More.” (10/27/26)