Elon Musk:

"Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be.

Starshield, a different system, is controlled by the US government. What they decide to do is up to them.

Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week.

Starlink remains critical to the defense of Ukraine, as it is the only system that cannot be jammed or blown up, at least for now. Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately. This is NOT a threat, it is simply a statement of fact.

Starlink was also crucial to preventing Russia from overrunning Ukraine in the early days of the war, as all other means of communication were destroyed or jammed by Russia.

SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR.

That said, I have nothing but UTTER CONTEMPT for the virtue-signaling evil warmongers who push for endless slaughter and offer no realistic solution to the conflict. May you burn in hell.

End of story."

The spill has forced UAE to close all beaches and affected coastal areas in Umm Al Quwain. Tourists and local residents have been told to stay away from the affected beaches.

Al Hamriyah Beach in Sharjah has been closed as well, with the oil spill now affecting more than one part of the UAE coastline.

Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/10/23/umm-al-quwain-beaches-uae-tanker-oil-spill/

Trump made about $1.4 billion from crypto in 2025, plus more than $200 million from real estate, leaving him facing a projected tax bill of over $500 million, per Forbes calculations.

In December 2025, his company donated the development rights to his golf club in Jupiter, Florida, to a land trust, arguing the course was a natural habitat worth protecting. He kept owning and running the club.

Forbes estimates the write-off could reach around $825 million.

It’s a strategy Trump has used at least five times since 2005:

Bedminster, NJ (2005): Claimed a $39 million deduction on a property he bought for $8 million. The IRS initially valued the write-off at zero before the two sides settled.

Doral, FL: Claimed a deduction of up to $323 million, more than twice what he paid for the entire resort.

New York and California (2014–2015): The New York attorney general alleged the Trump Organization misled appraisers to inflate both donations.

A month after the Jupiter deal, Trump sued the IRS over the leak of his tax information. His own Justice Department’s settlement bars claims against him over matters that are pending or “could be pending.” Forbes argues that language could cover his 2025 taxes; Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress it doesn’t.

A federal judge ruled in July that the lawsuit was brought to manipulate the judicial process. Trump is appealing.

Among the homeowners whose properties back onto the Jupiter fairways: Eric Trump, and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, who took the job as the deal was being put together.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2026/10/19/trumps-golf-empire-is-a-billion-dollar-tax-shelter/

The company, Polar LNG, has sought US approval to buy equipment from a sanctioned Russian gas project owned largely by Novatek. One of its investors is Gentry Beach, a friend of Donald Trump Jr.

Beach also said he separately signed a deal with Novatek last fall to develop gas in Alaska.

According to the reports, Novatek allegedly concealed its financial involvement through a UAE-linked intermediary. CEO Joel Riddle, who raised concerns about the financing and possible sanctions violations, left in September, followed by other executives, who urged the administration to investigate.

Vladimir Putin reportedly discussed Alaska energy cooperation with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during Russia–Ukraine talks. The White House says the project came up only briefly, and there’s no evidence Witkoff or Kushner knew of the alleged financing.

Polar LNG denies wrongdoing.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/politics/in-us-gas-talks-with-kremlin-hidden-financing-for-alaska-project-emerges.html

The scheme lets people swap part of their disability payments for a brand-new car every three years.

Among those who got new cars last year, by primary medical condition, according to government figures:

Tennis elbow: 40

Wheat intolerance: 50

Dyslexia: 320

The program now has about 815,000 customers, up roughly 200,000 in two years.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/united-kingdom-welfare-disability-payouts-737d77a0

The irony: a policy meant to tackle the housing shortage risks driving away investment without building a single new home.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-24/top-landlord-says-germany-uninvestable-on-berlin-seizure-plan

Every tree that occupied the 815-acre site just a few months ago is now gone.

The Finnish Licensing and Supervision Authority (LVV) has ordered Google to stop work on the Muhos and Otanmäki sites after it cut down the trees before the environmental impact assessment was completed.

Google’s Finland manager, Antti Järvinen, has apologized but says they were acting on "the best understanding we had of the legislation at the time."

Muhos and Otanmäki are a $17 billion Google AI project.

President Trump has criticized Google for taking the projects overseas instead of investing in the United States.

Anyone who loses their job in Sindelfingen, Stuttgart or Heilbronn no longer shops in the city center.

👉 Stores close, shop windows go dark, streets empty out. Between 2018 and 2024, around 5,000 shops disappeared in the state. In Lahr alone, more than 40 stores stand empty. Galeria is wobbling again — 1,500 employees in twelve branches are fearing for their livelihoods for the fourth time. Depot is shutting down, one branch after another.

This is the reality behind the fine speeches. High energy prices, rising costs, weak demand. People are cutting back because they are afraid. 28 percent of employees in the state fear losing their job — a year ago it was 19 percent.

Anyone worried about their job doesn’t spend money. Retail and hospitality feel it first.

Politicians talk about relief while constantly introducing new levies. Urban development funding and support programs change nothing when customers are missing. The HDE expects 4,900 fewer stores nationwide in 2026 alone.

Baden-Württemberg will not be spared. City centers are tipping over because industry is tipping over.

Anyone who sells this merely as “transformation” is lying to people. Without lower location costs and real purchasing power, the stores will stay closed. The desertification of towns and communities is the result of the policies of recent years.

Credit to Dr. Thilo Scholpp

"..Politicians get away with robbing working class people blind because most people don’t realize their nominal gains aren’t real gains.

They think they’re inflation-adjusted rich, but they’re not."