Source: SFGate
“A man and a woman from Dublin have been arrested in the fatal shooting of Mark Calcagni, the manager of San Francisco’s historic strip club, the Condor Club, Santa Rosa police confirmed Saturday. Richard Lund, 43, and Asia Morton, 25, were romantic partners that had been previously employed at the storied venue, known as the first and oldest topless bar in the U.S. Detectives believe Lund shot Calcagni, 60, outside of his Santa Rosa home after waiting for him to return from work in the early morning hours of Oct. 3.” (10/26/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/san-francisco-club-employees-arrested-killing-21120966.php
Source: CounterPunch
by Jeffrey St. Clair
“So, here we are on the precipice. Not just CounterPunch, but the country, even the 30% who refuse to believe it. Indeed, we may well be off the precipice, suspended in air above the chasm, like Wile E. Coyote, as the icy grip of gravity takes hold, pulling us down into political darkness. Is that dark pit we’re being dragged into ‘fascism?’ I’m reluctant to use that word to describe the retrograde policies and savage tactics of the Trump regime. There’s no reason to import a European ideology from the last century to explain a domestic political pathology that can be traced back to the origins of the Republic. In fact, what if we’re entering a dispensation that’s even worse than ‘fascism?’ Worse, you say? What could be worse than fascism?” (10/24/25)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-an-appeal-in-a-time-of-darkness/
Source: Associated Press
“A judge in New Mexico has halted a federal death penalty case, citing the pinch of the U.S. government shutdown and a funding shortfall for specialized public defenders that stretches back to the summer. The Trump administration in July announced plans to seek the death penalty for Labar Tsethlikai in connection with a string of kidnappings that involved sexual abuse and two deaths — a hallmark case in efforts to bring justice for missing and murdered individuals in Native American communities. The 52-year-old defendant from Zuni Pueblo has pleaded not guilty. Death penalty cases are especially costly to prepare, and the delay in Tsethlikai’s case provides an early warning about escalating impacts of the shutdown on the judiciary.” (10/24/25)
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-courts-death-penalty-9e0072e3e4d423c3967d120c4c9d6ece
Source: Freakonomics
“The Doctor Won’t See You Now.” (10/24/25)
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-doctor-wont-see-you-now/
Source: Orange County Register
by Steven Greenhut
“The upset is palpable. News reports that the Trump administration is planning to cut state grants to build permanent housing for homeless people has led state officials and homeless activists to claim that the likely decision will send thousands of people back on the streets just as California is turning the corner on this massive problem. … It’s time to take the proverbial chill pill. Yes, I believe the homelessness situation is a travesty and addressing it is a legitimate government function — for the sake of people living on the streets and the rest of us who want to reclaim public parks and sidewalks. But dig a little deeper and the cuts might not be as troubling as expected.” (10/24/25)
https://archive.is/sCTcp
Source: New York Post
by staff
“Strip away the lies about Obamacare subsidies set to expire this year, and Democrats’ main excuse for shutting the government goes up in smoke. Above all else, Dems claim they’re looking to protect health care, that expiring Bamcare subsidies will send premiums soaring and cost many their coverage. The truth? Premiums are expected to rise by $1,665, or 20%, on average, a Paragon Health Institute study found — yet the expiring subsidies account for only four of those percentage points, or just $333. Fact is, most ObamaCare subsidies are not expiring. What’s set to vanish is merely the added cash Democrats in Congress agreed to pay insurers (using taxpayer money) during COVID. That’s it.” (10/25/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/10/25/opinion/ignore-dem-lies-on-obamacare-and-their-excuse-for-the-govt-shutdown-collapses/
Source: Expression
by Michael Hurley
“Over the past several years, some politicians have tried to ban or limit discussion of controversial ideas in higher education, particularly those related to critical race theory, gender identity, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. FIRE has been on the front lines of this fight, opposing bills that target classroom speech and challenging those that become law. We’ve warned legislators that attempts to ban ideas from the college classroom are unconstitutional. As the Supreme Court explained, the First Amendment ‘does not tolerate laws that cast a pall of orthodoxy over the classroom.’” (10/24/25)
https://expression.fire.org/p/how-anti-woke-laws-and-cancel-culture
Source: CNN
“Police have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of priceless jewels from the Louvre museum, just as one attempted to leave the country, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Thieves last week targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry worth tens of millions in a matter of minutes. … French media first broke news of the arrests, with CNN-affiliate BFMTV reporting that two suspects in their thirties and known to police were detained on Saturday evening local time. At least two other individuals suspected of being involved in the heist remain at large, according to BFMTV.” (10/26/25)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/26/europe/louvre-robbery-france-arrests-intl
Source: System Update
“Glenn Takes Your Questions on Bill Ackman’s Meddling in the NYC Election, Dems’ Refusal to Endorse Zohran; MAGA Abandoning ‘America First,’ and More.” (10/24/25)
https://rumble.com/v70qpfg-glenn-takes-your-questions-system-update-537.html
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“[A]lthough republics are limited in power and have other features far superior to democracies, they are still mandatory human government, and only marginally better than unbridled democracy. As TPOL has recently stated, we need no kings, no presidents, no chairmen, no prime ministers. And we do not need people who claim that The People or a majority or a plurality of people can have the power of a king or prime minister or any other ‘ruler.’ As Mama Liberty pointed out, we have a hard time governing our individual selves, let alone other people. And as TPOL also points out, the intelligence of a committee (or any significant group of people) is calculated by taking the IQ of the smartest person in the group and dividing it by the total number of persons (or feet, or fingers) in the group.” (10/24/25)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/10/24/republics-democracies-and-the-dangers-of-all-human-government/
