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Those who were around in the early days of the news megathread may remember Pedro Castillo, the left-leaning leader of Peru who was deposed in December 2022. He was replaced by Dina Boluarte, the first woman to be President of Peru, who described herself as a progressive but afterwards routinely sided with Peruvian conservatives and American interests. To say she was unpopular is an understatement of titanic proportions - she descended to such lows that she was, at one point, the single most unpopular leader on the planet. As with most deeply unpopular leaders that side with the West, she kept power for a bafflingly long time.
However, on October 10th, after a period of protests against the government, she was impeached and removed by Peru’s Congress in a unanimous vote. José Jerí was sworn in as the new President, who was previously the President of the Congress and is a member of a centrist Peruvian party. The government is trying the classic strategy: keep doing the same thing as before, and sacrifice an unpopular figure - here, Boluarte - in the hopes that this appeases the crowd.
Is this strategy working? It doesn’t really seem to be - protests are not only continuing, but strengthening, as it is clear that neoliberalism will not reformed and the brutality by police will not stop (there was very recently a high-profile case in which a musician, Mauricio Ruiz, was murdered). Controversies surrounding Jerí, including allegations of SA, are already being reported. If Jerí is deposed, the next person in line to try their hand at ruling will be the former army general Roberto Chiabra, who would be the ninth President in less than a decade.
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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on Israel’s destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
The Venezuelan government claims to have captured a group of mercenaries linked to the CIA. State media reports that the captured men said a U.S. military exercise that began today in Trinidad and Tobago will be used as a pretext to attack Venezuela.
Argentinian midterms results:
Congress (92% of the votes)
La Libertad Avanza (milei): 40%
Fuerza Patria (Peronism and others): 31%
Provincias Unidas (Remnants of the old UCR party and other local parties): 7%
Frente de Izquierda Unidad (Trots): 5%
Senate (90% of the votes)
La Libertad Avanza (milei): 42%
Fuerza Patria (Peronism and others): 28%
Provincias Unidas (Remnants of the old UCR party and other local parties): 13%
Frente de Izquierda Unidad (Trots): 4%
Somehow milei was able to overturn his pretty terrible defeat in the Buenos Aires province EVEN THOUGH his candidate had to drop out due to links with drug smugglers. They hold a 1% lead over the peronist coalition.
Participation was around 60%, the lowest since 1983.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents in the Pacific, USNI News has learned.
Still in development: milei very likely to win the midterms lmfao
Results in about 15 minutes.
Russian forces have now encircled over 10,000 Kiev regime troops in Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Kupyansk (Kharkov oblast):
https://www.rt.com/russia/626970-putin-visited-command-post-of-russian-forces/
Note, Western imperialist propagandists will probably try claiming that “these aren’t real encirclements”, but Russian forces can now rain artillery fire (and drones) upon any military vehicles or infantry trying to enter or leave these areas.
Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01. We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats. They can continue to hold out for healthcare for illegal aliens and gender mutilation procedures or reopen the government so mothers, babies, and the most vulnerable among us can receive critical nutrition assistance.
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program
Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1
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Israeli doctors were giving chemotherapy to healthy Palestinian detainees, making them think they had cancer.
Emad Al Saraj is one of the cases. After his release, doctors ran tests and told him he didn’t have cancer.
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EU Fails to Agree on Using Frozen Russian Assets to Fund Ukraine Aid - Telesur English
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Von der Leyen seeks to create a ‘reparation loan’ of around 140 billion euros. On Thursday, EU leaders failed to agree on a plan to use frozen Russian assets to finance new loans for Ukraine, after divisions resurfaced at a European Council summit.
The summit’s conclusions contained significantly softer wording than earlier drafts, reflecting Belgium’s objections and legal concerns raised by the European Central Bank (ECB).
EU leaders reaffirmed their political, economic and military support for Ukraine but stopped short of backing any specific funding mechanism. The conclusions merely invited the Commission to present, “as soon as possible, options for financial support based on an assessment of Ukraine’s financing needs,” saying that the issue would be revisited at the next EU summit in December.
The document also reiterated that Russia’s assets should remain immobilized until “Russia ceases its war of aggression against Ukraine and compensates it for the damage caused.”
The dispute centers on a proposal outlined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her September State of the Union address to create a “reparation loan” of around 140 billion euros (about US$163 billion), backed by frozen Russian sovereign assets.
The plan is supported by Germany, France and the Baltic States, but opposed by Belgium and the ECB, which warn that it could breach international law and threaten eurozone financial stability.
Belgium holds most of the Russian central bank assets immobilized by the EU shortly after the conflict began. Speaking ahead of the summit, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said he would block the plan unless other EU members agreed to share the financial risks equally, provide guarantees in case frozen assets must later be returned to Moscow, and ensure all countries holding Russian funds act together.
“If we move, we must move all together, that’s European solidarity,” he said, warning he would use all political and legal means to stop the decision if these conditions were not met.
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107) arrived in Trinidad and Tobago, an island located very close to Venezuela. The small island of Trinidad and Tobago is only 13 km away from Venezuela, separated only by a narrow strip of sea.
- Telegram
U.S. Troops to Arrive in Trinidad and Tobago for Military Drills - Telesur English
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Deployment near Venezuelan coast comes amid rising regional tensions. On Friday, the Trinidadian Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that U.S. troops will arrive in Trinidad and Tobago this weekend to conduct military exercises over several days.
This small Caribbean nation lies very close to Venezuela, with the island of Trinidad located just 7 miles from the Venezuelan coast at its nearest point.
The first troops are scheduled to arrive on Sunday in Port of Spain, the Trinidadian capital, aboard the destroyer USS Gravely, which will later be followed by the U.S. Marine Corps’ 22nd Expeditionary Unit.
The USS Gravely will carry out joint training exercises with the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force and is set to depart on Oct. 30.
President Maduro says the US military buildup in the Caribbean is aimed at Venezuela’s oil, gas and gold reserves, which are among the biggest in the world. He says the US is creating “Hollywood stories” about narco-trafficking to portray him as the villain and justify…
In the coming days, the U.S. Marine Corps will conduct military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago off the Venezuelan coast.
In recent months, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump of seeking to promote political destabilization operations against the Bolivarian revolution.
So far, the United States has deployed warships, a submarine, and fighter jets to the Caribbean Sea to allegedly conduct counter-narcotics operations. These actions have resulted in 37 deaths in nine bombings targeting small motorboats said to be transporting drugs.
Lula da Silva and Donald Trump meet in Malaysia. President Lula says that teams from both countries will meet to resolve the situation regarding tariffs and sanctions against Brazilian officials. Lula offered to mediate an end to the conflict between the United States and Venezuela. The Brazilian president stated that Latin America is a region of peace, without armed conflict.
Trump said he admires Brazil and Lula’s political career. Trump reportedly said that Lula was persecuted in Brazil, but proved his innocence and is now in his third term. When asked about Jair Bolsonaro by journalists, Trump reportedly said, “That’s none of your business.” Trump said he will visit Brazil, and Lula confirmed that he will travel to the United States.
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Elon Musk spent $288M to cost Tesla $1.4B in lost revenue – and more to come
Tesla CEO Elon Musk managed to find a way to turn lobbying, which is typically one of the most efficient ways to spend money as a company, into a net revenue loser for his company – flipping the script again from a true “innovator” in the field of corporate destruction.
But, due to Musk’s social media addiction to his bizarre upside-down twitter feed, he and many others convinced themselves that somehow, harming EVs would be good for an EV company.
To be fair, the only reason why Tesla is worth so much is because Elon’s stupid brain vibes so well with all the stupids who then buy Tesla stock.
spoiler
During the 2024 US election, Elon Musk spent a total of $288 million on bribes to get anti-EV candidates elected. He did this despite full public knowledge that these candidates opposed electric vehicles, and had promised to harm them.
But, due to Musk’s social media addiction to his bizarre upside-down twitter feed, he and many others convinced themselves that somehow, harming EVs would be good for an EV company.
So, Musk spent the millions, got what he wanted, claims it was all because of him (egotistical much?), and as a result, his company… is worse off.
According to the company’s 10-Q filing, Tesla lost $1.41 billion worth of revenue in just the last 9 months that it would have had if not for changes in regulatory regimes. Here’s the passage, in financial speak:
Translated, that means that the value of Tesla’s various contracts to sell regulatory credits to other companies has reduced by $1.41 billion dollars as compared to where they were at the end of last year. Tesla says that the specific reason for this is due to the change in regulatory credits that its bad CEO lobbied for.
Two arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre museum in Paris | BBC
The Paris prosecutor’s office said one of the men had been taken into custody as he was preparing to take a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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