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  [October 30, 2025 (13:45 PDT) Welcome back, critical thinkers, Lots of news, mostly on the foreign policy arena; meanwhile, on the domestic front, it seems my hypothesis that something is afoot--completely unrelated to ICE deportation--such as intelligence of an internal domestic terror plot to plunge the country into any number of scenarios akin to an insurrection or impending civil war. Over the last week, pundits,  bloggers, podcasters, talk radio, have been suggesting that the SNAP benefits cuts [now less than 48-hrs away] may be the catalyst for just such an uprising. Case in Point: Drudge Report Hyping a Martial Law Narrative Pentagon readying thousands of 'reaction forces' as DOMESTIC missions widen... Troops across country being trained for civil unrest... Top White House Officials Moving Onto Military Bases... The Don Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGE staffer... DOD can't say who it killed in military strikes against 'drug smugglers'... Dems e...

  [OCTOBER 28, 2025 (19:15 PDT)] Alright Critical Thinkers, we have had plenty of news on the Jamaican Hurricane , In case you have been checked-out, above, there is a link. We do not do sports here, but much as many of us have suspected for decades: games have been rigged, some players have been on the take, and the gambling subculture drives the corruption. For those who put on face-paint, responding to advertising by drinking watered-down ButtWipper,  Coors Light, and Bud Light . . . Not Talking to our regular readers who are informed, but frustrated by sports preempting news on every local TV channel! ESPN: Sports Mafia Ties Run Deeper Than NBA Gambling Scandal Message to Obsessed Sports Junkies: We hope you can muster-up a fraction of time to know who your county supervisors, state legislators, and congresspersons are and vote, for example. Try Regularly Reading CT& Reasoning: We Aggregate Top Stories for You . . . also try listening to talk radio, podcasts, and strea...

  [OCTOBER 23, 2025 19:30 PDT)] Crazy day in the Bay, critical thinkers, THINGS LOOK PRETTY NORMAL FOR HERE Anti-immigration demonstrators protest and block the entrance to the U.S. Coast Guard Island, where more than 100 federal agents, including personnel from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), are expected to arrive in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)  EAST BAY TIMES:  PROTETERS CLASH WITH FEDERAL AGENTS ON COAST GUARD ISLAND KRON 4: Live Updates: Protests Fears Continue in Bay Area After Trump Pauses SF Surge Locally, the crime epidemic and homelessness, has improved over the last 4-8-months in SF; if federal help needs to go anywhere, it is Oakland. Today, it was strange to see a surge of the CHP on city streets; in fact, a string of multiple groups of 2 or 3-CHP-Dodge Chargers seemed to be heading down Market Street in the late afternoon--towards onramps to the Bay Bridge....

 This Should Be Interesting: Will 85-yr-old Pelosi Hang Up Her Dentures Rumors have been swirling for over a week, and a campaign website has been up for at least that long. Let us take a look: https://www.scottwiener.com/meet-scott A Bit of Marxist Imagery from this Fulbright Scholar CBS San Francisco: State Senator to Challenge Pelosi in 2026 I predict Pelosi will retire. . . . maybe Pelosi's daughter--who was in place with a camera crew to make a documentary on J-6--will jump in (?) Drake (15:45 PDT) KRON 4: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SENDING FEDERAL AGENTS TO SAN FRANCISCO DMD

  [OCTOBER 21, 2025 (19:00 PDT)] So much to cover, but I will try to do my best, critical thinkers, This aerial picture shows protesters forming a human banner during the "No Kings" national day of protest on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif. on Oct. 18, 2025. Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty Images The federal government shutdown has now completed a third week , strange clemency order for disgraced former Congressman, George Santos, and Saturday's No Kings protest failing to produce much of any violence predicted by some on the Right. THE HILL: Santo's Fines Restitution Wiped Out by Trump Clemency Order After my initial reaction--upon being reminded of the extent of the crimes committed--the suspension of his prison time after three-months served seems to defy justification. April 25, 2025: US ATTORNEY OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT NEW YORK SANTOS SENTENCED TO 87 MONTHS FOR WIRE FRAUD AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT FBI Assistant Director in Charge Raia stated, “Today, former U...

  [OCTOBER 16, 2025 (13:00 PDT)] Lots of things-a-brewing on the news front, critical thinkers, Yesterday, it was revealed from Trump himself of CIA operating in Venezuela; this, going back at least a couple of months. An MH-6 helicopter flies over Tampa Bay, Florida, during a capabilities demonstration in 2024. (Demetrius Munnerlyn/Special Operations Command)   MSN/WAPO: US SPECIAL OPS HELICOPTERS MANUVERING NEAR VENEZUELA Look What I Found: Clear Evidence of Plagiarism by Washington Post  I wanted to go to some of the military sites for further info; surprisingly, almost paragraph after paragraph were lifted. They did not even switch around the order of what equipment or tactics are being deployed! An Attempt a Community College Professor Would Flag with an 'F STARS AND STRIPES: SPECIAL OP HELICOPTERS 90 MILES OFF VENEZUELA DAILY EXPRESS US: US DEPLOYS B-52s OVER YUCATAN CHANNEL WHICH SEPERATES MEXICO & CUBA Now, I have been aware of this special-ops ship operating ...

 [Not sure if the site can be reached at this hour & seeking tech support.] LIVE AP FEED Jubilation as hostages returned to families who fought for deal © Heidi Levine/For The Washington Post Working on getting accessible issue fixed, Drake

[OCTOBER 10, 2025 (15:20 PDT)] It is Fleet Week in San Francisco, and I have the roar of the Canadian Snowbirds overhead; unfortunately, the Navy Blue Angels will not be performing due to the government shutdown.  Well, it is another one of these where do I begin in the CT&Reasoning newsroom. We have rumors circulating regarding Trump's health , a second grand jury indictment  of those who are accused of unleashing lawfare on then President and ex-president over a ten year period, and Trump announcing a 100% tariff on China -- driving the market down 878 points. On this AG indictment, I will go with this link to InfoWars which includes James' response declaring her innocence, Trump's post on True Social, and media-types responses. Knowing some do not want to hear Jones rattle-off his 6:00m analysis when it came in yesterday, I will also link to a more traditional outlet. I-WARS: DOJ INDICTS NY AG LETITIA JAMES NY POST: AG JAMES ADMITTED VIRGINIA HOME INVESTMENT PRO...

  [October 8, 2025 (11:00 AM PDT)] Hey critical thinkers,  Currently, we have a lot of continuing back-and-forth between state and local officials and Trump administration on these various national guard deployments; theoretically, the administration is on solid legal ground if the troops are used to provide security for federal law enforcement and property, yet then we get into uncharted waters with the engagement and arrests of protesters, in my opinion. We have local police refusing to assist, ICE and CBP vehicles being rammed--by up to ten vehicles--boxed-in and then an agent opening fire on one person who had an assault rifle in one of the vehicles. At this hour, a pastor has been shot in the eye with a pepper ball round! I think Team Trump is losing the PR or Infowar, at this point. THE DAILY BEAST: TRUMP CALLS FOR IL GOV ARREST   tasos katopodis / Getty Images President Donald Trump called for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to be jail...

  OCTOBER 4, 2025 (22:00 PDT)] Parking this here for tomorrow's post, critical thinkers, WSJ: Shutdown Lays Bare America's Latest Crisis: A Total Breakdown in Trust Too late, see ya tomorrow, DMD Sorry, looks like WSJ paywalled us again [OCTOBER 5, 2025 (18:30)] From Chicago to Portland, civil unrest continues in these and other major metros, critical thinkers, CBS NEWS: FEDERAL AGENTS SHOOT ALLEDGED ARMED TERRORIST IN CHICAGO That was yesterday, during the daytime in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, IL  WHITEHOUSE.GOV: PORTLAND RIOTS  [1:02M] Immigration protestors confront federal agents and California Army National Guardsmen in Los Angeles, on June 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times EPOCH TIMES: OREGON CHALLENGES TRUMP'S DEPLOYMENT OF NG TO PORNLAND “The Trump Administration is unapologetically attacking the rule of law itself and putting into action their dangerous words—ignoring court orders and treating judges, even those appointed by the President himself, as ...

  [October 1, 2025 (9:45 AM PDT)] Much has happened since my last post five-days-ago, critical thinkers, I have avoided the questions swirling around Charlie Kirk and the official narrative; there are plenty of sites dissecting the forensics of the crime scene, surrounding security complete with hand signals, and speculation the Israeli Mossad was behind the hit; arguably, much of the footage being examined raises questions. We seem to having had drones flying around, and the most interesting claim revolves around if his lapel microphone exploded. About a year-ago, we had the Mossad attack using beepers worn by Hamas leadership; it even involved the creation of a communications company to market the devices which played-out over years! I will leave the speculation to firearms experts, forensic digital videographers, and others, but without an autopsy report and claims of lack of an exit wound--or the talk of the exit wound being what we saw as Kirk blead-out--we have a new conspira...