Russian MiG-29 fighter jets have touched down in Iran, giving the country’s aging air force a short-term boost amid escalating Middle East tensions, an Iranian lawmaker said Tuesday.

Abolfazl Zohrevand, a member of parliament’s National Security Committee, called the MiG-29s a “short-term solution” while Tehran awaits the more advanced Sukhoi Su-35 jets, signaling a broader push to strengthen its military capabilities.

“Once these systems are fully in place, our enemies will understand the language of power,” Zohrevand told local media, highlighting Tehran’s determination to project strength as regional and global powers watch closely. (These are modernized MIG 29s, not  primitive jets.)

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New data from Germany and Poland is putting a spotlight on aid to Ukraine, including welcoming refugees who end up receiving benefits from the state. These countries are now asking just how much more they are willing to give.

Ever since Russia’s invasion in 2022, Ukrainian citizens aged 18 to 60 have been able to leave the country only with official permission. But at the end of August, Kyiv decided to liberalize the law, allowing young men aged 18 to 22 to travel abroad. 

According to data from the German Interior Ministry, the number of Ukrainians coming to Germany per week increased from just 19 in August to over 1,000 in September.

In October, the number increased even further to 1,400-1,800 per week.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/germany-and-poland-are-growing-weary-ukrainian-refugees-and-war

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A drone strike that hit southern Somalia on Tuesday may have caused civilian casualties, according to Somali media reports.

Garowe Online reported that the strike hit the Lower Shabelle Region, which neighbors Mogadishu, in an area controlled by al-Shabaab militants. The report did not say how many civilian casualties were caused by the strike, which was likely carried out by US Africa Command.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/civilian-casualties-reported-us-conducts-record-number-somali-drone-strikes

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Donald Trump has ordered the world's largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean in a major escalation in his war on narco-terrorists from Venezuela.

The USS Gerald R. Ford is joining the deployment of US Southern Command, Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on Friday. 

The $20 billion, 1,090-ft vessel — which can carry more than 75 warplanes —  moves as part of a carrier strike group that includes a cruiser, three destroyers and nine aircraft squadrons.

(Putin can give them missiles that can sink an aircraft carrier.)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15224905/Massive-escalation-Trumps-war-drugs-sends-worlds-biggest-carrier-Caribbean.html

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When HAL 9000, the artificial intelligence supercomputer in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, works out that the astronauts onboard a mission to Jupiter are planning to shut it down, it plots to kill them in an attempt to survive.

Now, in a somewhat less deadly case (so far) of life imitating art, an AI safety research company has said that AI models may be developing their own “survival drive”.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/25/ai-models-may-be-developing-their-own-survival-drive-researchers-say

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Social Security benefits for seniors will rise 2.8 percent in 2026, agency officials announced Friday. 

Starting in January, the average monthly check for the nearly 71 million Social Security recipients will be around $2,064, up $56 from this year.

The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is an annual uplift to payments which is designed to keep up with inflation. 

It was announced following the release of September's long-awaited inflation report, which was delayed due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/real-estate/article-15224235/fury-social-security-cola-rise-2026-announced.html

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The government shutdown continues to wreak havoc on the nation's airports as it heads toward a second month of many employees going unpaid. 

Both Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and San Diego Airport reported ground delays Friday due to lack of staff. 

Americans are likely to face even more flight interruptions after Congress failed to provide last-minute relief for air-traffic controllers and other federal aviation workers whose paychecks will stall due to the government shutdown.

While Donald Trump's administration moved funds to delay impact on some areas – such as pay for the troops – lawmakers warn that next week aviation workers will not receive their paychecks.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15223873/government-pay-air-traffic-controllers-shutdown.html

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Democrats just blocked a bill to pay essential workers during the Schumer Shutdown. They're inflicting pain on purpose.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/democrats-just-blocked-a-bill-to-pay-essential-workers-during-the-schumer-shutdown-theyre-inflicting-pain-on-purpose/

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Oct. 23 that California could lose its ability to issue commercial driver’s licenses and risk losing more funding if it fails to comply with federal transportation rules.

The Transportation Department has already withheld more than $40 million in funding from California after an investigation found that the state had not met federal English-language proficiency standards for truck drivers, Duffy said in a post on X.

In an interview with Fox News aired on Oct. 23, Duffy threatened to pull another $160 million from California if it refused to adhere to federal regulations governing the issuance of commercial driver’s licenses.

“I’m doing a quick review of [the state’s] lack of compliance for our rules. I have the ability and I’m going to pull almost another $160 million,” Duffy said.

“And then I have the ability for California to say, listen, you don’t follow any of these rules that keep Americans safe, we’re going to revoke your ability to issue a commercial driver’s license.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/duffy-threatens-strip-california-ability-issue-commercial-drivers-licenses

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Israel will lose US support if it annexes West Bank, US Pres. Donald Trump warns in Time interview

https://citizenwatchreport.com/israel-will-lose-us-support-if-it-annexes-west-bank-us-pres-donald-trump-warns-in-time-interview/

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More than half of Americans said that they considered the cost of living among the biggest issues plaguing the country.

As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, this is more than any of the other 17 issues surveyed by Statista Consumer Insights among 60,000 Americans between October 2024 and September 2025.

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Digital ID has already been hacked before most of the UK even knows it exists. The government’s new “One Login” system meant to unify passports, licenses, and tax records — has already exposed citizens’ data to major risks. According to reports from The Telegraph and The Guardian, multiple cybersecurity researchers have warned that the infrastructure behind Keir Starmer’s Digital ID rollout is vulnerable to attack and already leaking sensitive information. (One logon, one password seems safe. As safe as allowing prisoners to have access to your credit card.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y69_QVFVg00

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Canadians, get ready to be a full on police state by Christmas with full 1984-level government control if Parliament passes three bills this session. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is warning about bills C-2, C-8 and C-9. We'll break them down but together they would allow the government to open your mail, criminalize the use of cash, allow for warrantless search, prosecute Canadians for opinions, kick you off the Internet, have full access to your social media data straight from the social media companies and allow your neighbor to report you for possible hate crimes so that the government would put you on house arrest because they don't like how you use the Internet!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y69_QVFVg00

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Wrong thinking prohibited

Digital IDs

2030 Agenda

Watch https://x.com/i/status/1981732559366082875

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Digital ID's already exist in Chines Social Credit Score.

Watch     https://x.com/i/status/1981979396249616893