The Department of Homeland Security announced that 1.6 million people who were in the United States illegally have self-deported, and another 500,000 have been deported.
The department has been pushing self-deportations, spending millions on advertisements that showcase a $1,000 payment and a plane ticket that people who register to self-deport are given.
America again flirts with its own “Bleeding Kansas”—a cycle of partisan violence and defiance where lawless zealots are hailed as patriots and the rule of law bleeds away.
n the late 1850s, “Bleeding Kansas” was the term used to describe the escalating cycle of violence, when surrogates for the Union and soon-to-be Confederacy fought each other over whether Kansas would be admitted as a free or slave-owning state.
As the assaults and killings increased, radicals set the agenda. The logical next step was the nightmares of Fort Sumter and Bull Run.
Those of us sitting in the pews as our bishops deliver thinly-veiled social justice diatribes must work to empower pro-Christian leaders.
Mass immigration and rising godless progressivism have resulted in a surge of hostility and violence against Christians in Europe, but the same could happen in America if American Christians aren’t careful. José Luis Bazán, a consultant to Europe’s Catholic bishops, recently issued a report on the phenomenon, documenting roughly 1,600 attacks against Catholic Churches in France and Greece, as well as similar attacks in Spain and Italy. “These attacks reflect a climate of ideological hostility toward religion,” Bazán told Catholic News Agency. “Attacks or acts of vandalism against places of worship are pandemic,” he emphasized. “We have fragmentary elements here and there, but if you put them all together, you realize the upward trend.”
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Negotiators have reached a framework of a trade deal to avert additional 100 percent tariffs that President Donald Trump had threatened to impose on imports from China, setting the stage for the U.S. president’s highly anticipated meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in interviews Sunday that constructive meetings with his Chinese counterparts led to the deal, with the delegation from Beijing agreeing to defer restrictions on rare earth minerals that were poised to harm the U.S. economy. The announcement marked a significant de-escalation of a whiplashing trade war between the world’s two largest economies, which heated up when Trump threatened to ratchet up tariffs earlier this month in response to China’s restrictions on the minerals, which are essential components in most electronics.
And from CBC – Shadow of Trump’s trade war follows Carney to Malaysia
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Malaysia late Saturday in search of trade opportunities with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
But the question on everyone’s mind is whether he’ll get any face time with U.S. President Donald Trump, who is expected to arrive at the same gathering on Sunday.
Learn Mandarin Cheap!
JUST IN: US Treasury Secretary Bessent says China is ready to make a trade deal which would remove President Trump’s 100% tariff. pic.twitter.com/OdJbLMhuYZ
— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 26, 2025
The United States and Thailand reached a Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade. This historic Agreement will eliminate tariff barriers on approximately 99% of goods, covering a full range of U.S. industrial and agricultural products.
Learn more: https://t.co/FCgLGcY8oL pic.twitter.com/lp38ocnOCY
— United States Trade Representative (@USTradeRep) October 26, 2025
The Soybean Summit!
h/t Mauser and Clink9
At the beginning of the month, multiple news sources hailed the 64-year-old Sanae Takaichi as the soon-to-be first female prime minister of Japan. She is the president of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The LDP has dominated Japanese national politics since the 1950s. This unprecedented run, with only two brief exceptions, was not always based on a parliamentary majority. The LDP often formed a coalition with the Komeito Party, a socially conservative-centrist party, which is associated with the Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. At the last minute, this long-standing LDP-Komeito coalition fell apart, and it appeared that Sanae Takaichi would not become prime minister. However, the LDP formed a new alliance with the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP). This party is considered centre-right and more conservative than Komeito. Following the new alliance, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took office on October 21.
The drone circled high above the Caribbean Sea as its target skipped across the waves below carrying another bounty of drugs bound for America.
A sudden flash and the boat was engulfed in flames, its cargo disintegrated and its 11 crew dead.
Donald Trump had just fired the opening shot of a new campaign against “terrorist” cartels in Latin America. The strike, he declared, was “only the beginning”.
If you know somebody who lost their job over something they said about Charlie Kirk Venezuelan Narco boats need captains pic.twitter.com/2iH1bDG6X3
— “Dark30Arts” Jess & Nick (@Dark30Arts) October 22, 2025
The recent collapse of the prosecution in a major China spy case has unfolded as one of the most significant scandals for the U.K.’s Labour government since it assumed power last year.
At the center of this case are Christopher Berry and Christopher Cash, British citizens who both have connections to China. Witness statements from Matthew Collins, the U.K.’s deputy national security adviser, reveal that Berry was recruited by China’s spy agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), to gather intelligence on the U.K. parliament while he was teaching in China.
At a meeting with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Rep. Robert Garcia announced that the House Democrats on the Oversight Committee would be launching a ‘Master ICE tracker’. This follows the previous removal of ICE trackers by Apple and Facebook after the apps and sites tracking activity by immigration law enforcement personnel led to multiple violent confrontations with illegal alien activists, ugly acts of violence and at least one death so far.
New York City mayor hopefuls sparred for the last time on Friday night before early voting opened on Saturday for the race on Nov. 4.
Democrats Mamdani, Independent Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa faced off in the final debate before early voting opens in New York City.
@fancypants_s https://t.co/m4UcsGnUug
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) October 25, 2025
Ha! @fancypants_s https://t.co/0j9qXWAR4Q
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) October 26, 2025
h/t Auntie Polly and Patti Jo
Anti-ICE activists have reportedly filed a notice of violation against the Department of Homeland Security, alleging Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino violated a judge’s order restricting federal agents from using aggressive crowd control tactics during anti-ICE riots.
BREAKING – CHICAGO, IL: Earlier today, our partner Alejandro was on the ground in Little Village near the intersection of 27th and Whipple. Awareness of ICE activity prompted the rapid response networks to mobilize to the scene, and at some point, ICE deployed at least five… pic.twitter.com/BPqQvfcsjn
— Christopher Sweat (@SweatEm) October 23, 2025
Ppl willing to do this to ICE Agents should be willing to do this to gangbangers who terrorize our neighborhoods.
Keep the same energy morons. pic.twitter.com/jtpVshwsdX
— Libs Of Chicago (@Libs_OfChicago) October 23, 2025
NBC “Propaganda Press” News has an exclusive, and it sent a press release about it to other press so all press can report that a handful of Democrat senators have written a letter. Sure, senators write strongly worded letters all the time — and often they result in no action — but NBC is marketing this letter as a big deal, doing its part to spread Democrat propaganda.
Wednesday evening, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s official X account posted an AI-generated campaign attack ad against his opponent in the New York City mayoral race, titled, “Criminals for Zohran Mamdani.” The video features several criminal characters endorsing Mamdani due to his proposed decriminalization policies: a domestic abuser bragging that a “kumbaya” social worker will show up instead of an officer; a smug shoplifter comforted by decriminalization laws; a drug dealer hailing the policies as open season; a sex trafficker revealing a van full of women and boasting of better business; and more. It ends with a protester burning an American flag and declaring, “Long live the intifada.”
This is the wildest attack ad I’ve ever seen in politics. Andrew Cuomo pulling out all the stops. pic.twitter.com/rPQ77Z3bE7
— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) October 23, 2025
This entire exercise is a thought experiment, an attempt to look at illegal immigration through the lens of simplicity. Regardless of whether the numbers are distorted, underinflated, or politically manipulated, the point remains: the cost to the U.S. taxpayer is enormous. It takes away from their children’s future, their retirement security, and their ability to pay monthly bills. This is not a partisan rant, it’s a segmented breakdown of a quiet crisis.
In a time when families are tightening budgets and questioning every dollar spent, one cost remains largely invisible, yet it drains billions from our economy and erodes the moral foundation of our republic. That cost is illegal immigration. Not the emotional narrative, not the political theater, but the real, measurable, taxpayer-funded burden that most Americans haven’t been told they’re carrying.
A crash on Tuesday in California involving an illegal alien truck driver resulted in three deaths and the hospitalization of several others.
Authorities identified the commercial truck driver allegedly responsible for the deadly collision as Jashanpreet Singh, a 21-year-old Indian national in the United States illegally.
BREAKING: 3 kiIIed in California by an illegal alien truck driver, Jashanpreet Singh. Singh entered in 2022, was released by Biden.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the murder of Charlie Kirk, the Heritage Foundation’s Liana Graham, a research assistant for domestic policy, was inspired by headlines she saw in the Canadian press about Kirk’s assassination to write an op-ed arguing that Canadian censorship and silencing of dissent lead to a dehumanizing culture that invites political violence.
In turn, the National Post reached out to Graham, a dual citizen of both Canada and the United States, to discuss what she sees as the political and media forces impacting censorship and free expression in Canada.
This interview has been condensed for length and clarity.
