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Compiled by Mike Hernandez, CaliRed Oct. 17, 202
There are so many stories making up the mosaic of national/international news that we can’t cover them all every week. The biggest stories now seem to be: Israel and Iran, the Trump presidency (lawfare and judges), immigration (migrants and illegals), wars, weaponization of government (the deep state) against Trump and conservatives, our nation’s debt, massive inflation, climate change controversy and related expenses of government, industry attempting to address these issues, the Chinese threat, national security, abortion, taxpayer cuts, Ukraine peace, and hatred and violence against Christians. Here are just a few:
Oct. 11: Breibart ByJasymn Jordan
Donald Trump Moves To Pay U.S. Troops Despite Shutdown
President Donald Trump is taking steps to ensure that U.S. service members receive their paychecks next week despite the ongoing government shutdown, directing his administration to find and allocate available funds as congressional gridlock threatens military pay.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump announced he had ordered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth “to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th.” He affirmed, “We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.” The president emphasized that he would not allow Democrats “to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown.”
Oct 11: Gateway Pundit By JIm Hoft
Trump Administration Axes Dozens At CDC — Entire Washington Office
The Trump administration has reportedly implemented sweeping cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), targeting dozens of senior scientists and epidemiologists (commonly known as “disease detectives”) and even the agency’s entire Washington, D.C. office.
According to multiple media reports, layoff notices were sent late Friday evening, notifying affected CDC employees that their roles were being eliminated in connection with the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Among those impacted: senior researchers, members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), lab leadership fellows, and entire policy and administrative teams at CDC’s capital office. Employees were informed that their positions had been deemed “unnecessary” or “duplicative.”
The layoffs also hit the Epidemic Intelligence Service, the CDC’s storied team of “disease detectives” who deploy globally to investigate outbreaks. Nearly 70 officers were reportedly notified that their services were no longer required.
Oct. 11: Breitbart By Jasmyn Jordan
Gavin Newsom Signs Bill To Build Reparations Bureaucracy
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has approved legislation establishing a new state agency tasked with administering programs for descendants of slaves, marking the latest step in his years-long effort to advance reparations policies despite ongoing political and fiscal challenges. The move follows years of stalled negotiations, activist pressure, and budget shortfalls, as Newsom continues working to push the issue forward in the nation’s most populous state.
The new law, Senate Bill 518, creates the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery within the California Civil Rights Department. The bureau will be led by a governor-appointed deputy director and organized into three main divisions: Genealogy, Education and Outreach, and Legal Affairs. The agency will be responsible for verifying individual lineage, managing public education efforts about historical discrimination, and ensuring legal compliance as reparations-related initiatives expand.
Implementation of the bureau depends on future legislative appropriations, and the bill authorizes the agency to receive funding from federal, state, and private sources. The law also establishes privacy requirements for handling genetic and personal information and explicitly limits public access to that data.
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Oct. 13: Breitbart By Elizabeth Weibel
Chuck Schumer Praises Trump For Helping To Free ‘Last Living Hostages’ Held By Hamas
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) praised President Donald Trump and his administration for helping to make happen the release and safe return of 20 living Israeli hostages.
Schumer’s statement praising Trump and his administration comes as other Democrats such as former President Bill Clinton also stated that Trump and his administration, as well as Qatar and “other regional actors deserve great credit” for keeping Israel and Hamas “engaged until” the peace agreement was reached.
Oct. 13: Breitbart By Nick Gilbertson
Donald Trump, Middle Eastern Leaders Sign Peace Agreement In Historic Egypt Summit Flanked By World Leaders
President Donald Trump and about two dozen world leaders displayed robust unity at the Middle East Peace signing ceremony regarding the first phase of a historic peace agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Trump, along with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, signed the documents in Sharm el-Sheik hours after Trump gave a powerful speech to the Knesset in Tel Aviv.
World leaders, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and many more, looked on as the four leaders signed the documents.
Oct. 14: Fox News By Jasmine Baehr
Erika Kirk Honors Late Husband Charlie In Emotional White House Tribute: ‘A Free Man Made Fully Free’
At a White House ceremony in the Rose Garden on Tuesday on what would have been her husband’s 32nd birthday, Erika Kirk accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of Charlie Kirk and delivered a powerful, deeply personal tribute to his life and legacy.
“Thank you, Mr. President, for honoring my husband in such a profound way,” she began. “Charlie always admired your commitment to freedom.”
She offered thanks to the first lady, the vice president, and friends and family “watching from all around the world,” along with Turning Point USA staff and chapters nationwide. “You are the heartbeat of this future and of this movement,” she said. “Everything Charlie built lives through you.”
Erika recalled Charlie often saying that “without God, freedom becomes chaos” and that liberty can only survive “when anchored to truth.” She remembered him telling an audience: “The opposite of liberty isn’t law. It’s captivity. And the freest people in the world are those whose hearts belong to Christ.”
She ended with a final tribute: “To live free is the greatest gift, but to die free is the greatest victory. Happy birthday, Charlie. Happy freedom day.”
Oct 14: RedState By Katie Jerkovich
Trump Sends Incredible Message To Charlie Kirk With Engraving On Medal Of Freedom
President Donald Trump sent a message to his late friend Charlie Kirk with an engraving on the back of the Presidential Medal of Freedom that included his name and a cross.
Speaking later to Fox News’ Jesse Watters about the ceremony, Benny Johnson, pal of the late founder of Turning Point USA, told the host that Trump clearly understands the “power that Charlie Kirk brought to the advancement of the Kingdom of Christ, because Erika Kirk showed me something remarkable at the White House right before coming over here to do your show.”
“She opened up the medal of freedom….and then she turned it around back, and what you can see here on the back is the first Christian cross…ever engraved on to a Medal of Freedom given by the president,” Johnson said.
“This is a historic moment. The first time that religious iconography has ever made it on to this award,” he added. “And it is done in honor of Charlie Kirk. And what Erika told me was that this is for the advancement of what Charlie Kirk and his work are for the Kingdom of Christ. And the president understood that so profoundly that he gave him this great honor.”
October 15: RedState By Joe Cunningham
The Voting Rights Act Probably Won’t Be ‘Gutted,’ But Supreme Court Appears Set To Restrain It
If you only read the headlines after the Supreme Court’s re-argument in Louisiana v. Callais, you’d think conservatives on the Court were sharpening their knives to “gut” the Voting Rights Act. The reality inside the courtroom was more nuanced—and, for those who actually care about constitutional limits, more encouraging.
The justices weren’t preparing to demolish Section 2. They were trying to rescue it from the legal contradictions that have plagued redistricting for forty years.
October 16: RedState by Rusty Weiss
Fetterman Torches Dems on Shutdown
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) criticized Democrats for the ongoing Schumer Shutdown, accusing them of holding the government hostage while suggesting they are prioritizing their party’s own interests over the best interests of the American people.
Fetterman made several comments during NewsNation’s live town hall at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday that demonstrate why he is considered a maverick among Democrats in the Senate. “I follow country, then party,” he explained.
“You don’t hold the government hostage,” Fetterman added, noting that the Schumer shutdown is “what the Democratic Party wants to do.”
October 16: Gateway Pundit By Mike LaChance
Trump Appointed U.S. Attorney In California Begins Investigating Billions Wasted On Homelessness, Has Already Made Two Arrests
Bill Essayli is a Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney in California and he is investigating the billions upon billions of dollars the state has spent in an effort to combat homelessness.
California still has a massive homeless problem, despite all of this spending. There are also a lot of people who have made a ton of money supposedly fighting this problem which never goes away and only keeps growing.
Essayli announced today that there have already been two related arrests. Essayli says:
California has spent billions of taxpayer dollars to combat its homelessness crisis with very little to show for it. Six months ago, I announced the Homelessness Fraud and Corruption Task Force. Today, we begin to hold people accountable by announcing two cases where more than $50 million of homelessness funding was fraudulently obtain.
October 17: Breitbart By Jeff Poor
Whirlpool CEO Credits Trump Tariffs For Making $300 Million Investment In Ohio Possible — ‘Creates A Level Playing Field’
During an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” Whirlpool CEO Marc Bitzer discussed his company’s $300 million investment in Ohio and credited the Trump administration for making it possible.
“All we want is a level playing field,” Bitzer explained. “We’re not looking for subsidies or gifts. And in a level playing field, this factory, and all our factories, can compete very well, and that’s what the tariff policy does. And as such, we’re strong and supportive of tariff policy and actually very thankful.”
Mike Hernandez, is co-founder of the Citizens Journal–Ventura County’s online news service and writes for Citizensjournal.net and MountainTopMedia.com. He is a former Southern California daily newspaper journalist and religion and news editor, writer of “CaliRed News” on Substack.com and “Prayer Over News Daily” and edits the weekly “Stories Speak Volumes” and other columns. Mr. Hernandez mentors citizen journalists and can be contacted at MikeHernandezMedia.com.
