Don’t let Qatar build a military base in the United States!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Hegseth announces Qatar will be building a military base on US soil
Yes, you read that right. Apparently, the Trump administration has decided to put our national sovereignty up to sale for the highest bidder; the price? Just one $400 million jumbo jet. Brian Tyler Cohen sits down with former Obama State Department official Ned Price to break down the shocking news that the Qataris will be building an air force base in Idaho. Yes, THAT Idaho.

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Vought sounds layoff siren:"The RIFs have begun"
The Grim Reaper of the federal government, Project 2025 architect Russel Vought, has begun swinging his unholy scythe and putting into motion the "reduction-in-force plans" that the White House tried to implement earlier this year but gave up on after resistance. “The RIFs have begun,” posted Vought on Twitter. It’s unclear how many people were laid off, and Vought provided no further details. But an administration official granted anonymity to discuss the layoffs told POLITICO they hit agencies including: Interior, Homeland Security, Treasury, EPA, Commerce, Education, Energy, HHS and HUD. We're solidly in the "Smash" part of Vought's "smash and grab" plan for the government.

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Trumpers launch SECRET ATTACK on our voting rights
While the nation is distracted by Trump's attacks on our cities and ICE's gratiutious acts of heinous violence, right-wingers are working behind the scenes to make it harder for Americans to vote! Over 200,000 comments have been submitted by Trumpers to the Election Assistance Commission urging them to increase the documentation requirements for Americans to register to vote! This will create more obstacles and make it harder for new voters to exercise their right to a political voice. We need YOU to go to the EAC website and submit a comment telling them NO, we DON'T want to make it harder for Americans to vote! You can submit your own comment, or if you don't feel like it, you can copy and paste this sample comment into the text box:
I’m against requiring citizens to submit a passport, birth certificate, or other citizenship documents to register to vote! Only half of American citizens have a passport and 69 million American citizens don’t have a birth certificate with their current legal name on it, most of them women who changed their names when they got married.
The deadline is October 20th, so we need all the comments we can get before it's too late! Click HERE to make your voice heard!

White House blasts Nobel Committee for not awarding Peace Prize to Trump
In a statement that would have made Kim Jong-un blush, White House comms director Steven Cheung wrote on Twitter that “President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will. The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.” LOL, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

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Pete Hegseth allegedly got botox shots, lmao
A new report from the Daily Mail claims that the “Secretary of War” is waging his own personal battle…with wrinkles, and got a round of cosmetic surgery last month. This comes just a few weeks after he publicly berated a room full of generals for being “fat” and not fit enough, and a few more weeks after he had a makeup studio installed in the Pentagon so he can look good on camera, which is the only thing he’s remotely qualified to do besides chug liquor. “It's all an ego play for Pete. He's always been full of himself, but lately his ego is off the charts,” said an insider. “He’s obsessed with his body and now he wants to create the entire military in his image.” Heggy getting plastic surgery is so emblematic of the entire MAGA movement. The obsession with masculinity and appearance masks deep-rooted insecurities and superficiality, reducing people to objects whose worth is dependent on their external appearance. Pete, if you’re gonna get gender-affirming surgery, then put a good word in with your boss so everyone else can, too!

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Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner
The stock market immediately lost $1.5 trillion in value. That's good, right?

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