Steve Bannon Claims ‘There’s a Plan’ to Secure Trump a Third Term

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Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has stirred a new political firestorm after suggesting that there is an active plan to help Donald Trump secure a third presidential term—a move that would directly challenge the 22nd Amendment.

In an interview with The Economist, Bannon boldly declared, “He’s gonna get a third term. Trump ’28—Trump is gonna be president ’28, so people just ought to get accommodated with that.”

When pressed by The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes about the constitutional limits, Bannon claimed there were “many different alternatives” to achieve it. “At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is,” he said. “But there’s a plan, and President Trump will be the president in ’28.”

Bannon, who has remained one of Trump’s most vocal allies since leaving the White House, framed the effort as a continuation of a divine mission. “The country needs him to be President of the United States. We have to finish what we started,” he told The Economist.

He described Trump as an “instrument of divine will”—noting that while the former president isn’t “churchy,” he still sees himself as chosen to lead the nation through what Bannon and many of Trump’s supporters view as a battle against the deep state.

Bannon’s claim echoes Trump’s own remarks. On multiple occasions, Trump has hinted at serving beyond the traditional two terms. In March, during an interview with NBC News, he said, “A lot of people want me to seek a third term. I’m focused on the current one, but there are methods which you could do it.”

When pressed about what those “methods” might entail—including a scenario in which Vice President JD Vance runs for president and later hands back the office—Trump responded, “That’s one, but there are others too.”

Constitutional experts quickly pushed back, warning that Trump allies may be exploring legal loopholes in the 22nd and 12th Amendments.

Laurence Tribe, a constitutional scholar and former Harvard Law professor, cautioned that the 22nd Amendment doesn’t technically bar someone from serving more than two terms—it only prohibits being elected to more than two.

“Anyone discounting a 3rd Trump term per the 22nd and 12th Amendments is thinking magically,” Tribe wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “The 22nd doesn’t bar serving a 3rd term, only being elected 3 times. The 12th doesn’t bar running for VP unless ‘ineligible’ to serve as President—but Trump isn’t ineligible. QED!”

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Pentagon Accepts Mystery $130 Million Donation As Democrats Withhold Troop Pay

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The Pentagon has accepted a $130 million donation to partially pay for troops while the government is shut down, the agency said Friday.

President Donald Trump announced the donation on Thursday, saying that a “friend” made the donation but did not elaborate on the benefactor’s identity. The Pentagon has shifted unused funds intended for research to pay out mid-month paychecks to troops, but it remains unclear if the shutdown will cause troops to miss their next paycheck at the end of the month.

“The donation was made on the condition that it be used to offset the cost of service members’ salaries and benefits,” Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “We are grateful for this donor’s assistance after Democrats opted to withhold pay from troops.”

The shutdown started on Oct. 1 after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer led nearly all Senate Democrats to block a bipartisan clean continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government. Nearly all Senate Democrats have voted down funding measures. while only a handful of Democratic caucus members have crossed party lines to vote for the stopgap bill. (Read more from “Pentagon Accepts Mystery $130 Million Donation As Democrats Withhold Troop Pay” HERE)

Judge To Make Ruling On Alleged Charlie Kirk Shooter Tyler Robinson’s Civilian Clothes Request After Tense Closed-Door Hearing

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A Utah judge will decide Monday if accused assassin Tyler Robinson can appear in civilian clothes during future court appearances after a tense legal battle ended in a closed-door hearing Friday afternoon.

Lawyers for the 22-year-old alleged killer and state prosecutors met privately before District Judge Tony Graf after a secret Monday motion sought to block the defense’s bid to let Robinson — charged with gunning down conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk — ditch his shackles and prison duds for a suit in court.

In the classified filing, reportedly co-authored by the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, prosecutors claimed the legal doc contained “secure information that might endanger personal and public safety if disclosed,” the Salt Lake Tribune reported.

On Tuesday, the defense pushed back, urging the judge to strike the state’s response, insisting it should come exclusively from the Utah County Attorney’s Office and not jointly filed with the sheriff’s office.

The state, in another filing Wednesday, argued that law enforcement has the legal right to respond to motions and that joint filings are “both appropriate and efficient,” noting that the sheriff’s office was specially asked to respond because it oversees court security, ABC 4 reported. (Read more from “Judge To Make Ruling On Alleged Charlie Kirk Shooter Tyler Robinson’s Civilian Clothes Request After Tense Closed-Door Hearing” HERE)

Trump Pulls Plug On Trade Negotiations With Canada Over Ad Featuring Ronald Reagan

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President Trump has pulled the plug on trade negotiations with Canada, where the economy relies in significant ways on the United States, over what he has called a “FAKE” ad that appears to be trying to influence the U.S. Supreme Court’s looming decision on tariffs.

Further, the ad may actually misrepresent President Ronald Reagan, whose words it uses.

The bigger picture is Trump’s use of tariffs to bring about fair trade agreements for American manufacturers, consumers and economy with foreign nations that long have taken advantage of unbalanced practices.

The Supreme Court right now is considering the status of those tariffs.

Canada, of course, has a significant interest in making them go away. And Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who repeatedly has opposed Trump’s economic agenda, revealed he was pushing an ad campaign weeks ago.

(Read more from “Trump Pulls Plug On Trade Negotiations With Canada Over Ad Featuring Ronald Reagan” HERE)

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Trump’s ‘Whipping Boy’ Says He’s ‘Tired’ of Doing the Dirty Work

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. . .While speaking on POLITICO’s “The Conversation” released Friday, [Rand] Paul was asked about newly surfaced text messages allegedly sent by Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his nomination from Trump to lead the Office of Special Counsel on Tuesday. In a chat to a group of Republicans, first reported by the outlet, Ingrassia reportedly said that he has “a Nazi streak” and that Martin Luther King Jr. Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” . . .

“What I say to the president and to his administration: you need to read the messages, and guess what? You need to make a decision on whether you want to send him forward,” Paul said when asked whether the Senate should halt consideration of Ingrassia for the top ethics spot until a full inquiry is conducted.

He continued: “I’m tired of being the only one that has to block everything and do everything… I hear a lot of flack from Republicans and they want me to do it. They say, ‘Oh, well, you’re not afraid of the president. You go tell him his nominee can’t make it.”

Paul described himself as the “whipping boy,” adding that “I’m tired of the only one that has any guts to stand up and tell the president the truth.”

“These Republicans, if they’re going to vote no, they need to man up and need to say, ‘We’re going to vote no because of this reason.’ And they need to tell the president,” Paul said, before adding: “But so far, what I’m hearing is rumbling and griping, and want me to do their job for them. So they need to step up.” (Read more from “Trump’s ‘Whipping Boy’ Says He’s ‘Tired’ of Doing the Dirty Work” HERE)

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Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Dispute Plans to Have ‘Crowd Control’ Troops in Every State Ahead of 2026 Midterms

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth didn’t deny reported plans to have National Guard ‘response force’ in every state ahead of the 2026 midterms.

During a conference on Thursday (23 October), a reporter asked Hegseth about  a memo circulating on social media detailing, “the establishment of a National Guard response force that will be trained in crowd control and civil unrest  deployed in all 50 states by April of 2026”.

(Read more from “Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Dispute Plans to Have ‘Crowd Control’ Troops in Every State Ahead of 2026 Midterms” HERE)

NASA Launches Global Defense Probe as ‘Manhattan-Size’ Comet Raises Alarm

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NASA and its international partners are ramping up planetary defenses after a mysterious Manhattan-sized comet began behaving in ways that have scientists scratching their heads — and, in some cases, raising the possibility of something not entirely natural.

The cosmic object, known as Comet 3I/ATLAS, was first spotted on July 1 and has since exhibited a string of bizarre behaviors that prompted the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) — a NASA-coordinated global coalition — to officially list it as a potential threat.

While there’s no immediate cause for panic, experts say the comet’s strange composition, trajectory, and emissions have forced them to treat it seriously.

3I/ATLAS, roughly the size of Manhattan Island, stunned astronomers when it was found emitting a rare alloy — nickel tetracarbonyl — at a rate of 4 grams per second, without any detectable iron. That compound, scientists note, has only ever been observed in human manufacturing, not in nature.

The comet also displayed an anti-tail, meaning that instead of trailing particles away from the sun, it was releasing jets pointed directly toward it — a highly unusual and unexplained phenomenon.

Adding to the mystery, researchers have detected non-gravitational acceleration and an anomalous orbital path that will carry the object close to Jupiter, Venus, and Mars before it slingshots near Earth’s neighborhood.

In response, NASA and IAWN have launched what they’re calling a “comet campaign”, scheduled from November 27 through January 27, aimed at refining detection and response techniques for potentially hazardous interstellar objects.

“To prepare for the campaign, we will hold a workshop on techniques to correctly measure comet astrometry,” IAWN said in a statement, referring to precision tracking methods used to calculate orbital movement and rotation.

Although officials have described the initiative as a “test of improved astrometry methods,” some astronomers and sky watchers have expressed concern that 3I/ATLAS simply isn’t behaving like a typical comet.

Among those intrigued by 3I/ATLAS is Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who has previously suggested that some interstellar objects may be artificial in origin. Loeb noted that the comet’s chemical emissions and acceleration patterns could point to an engineered probe rather than a random rock.

In a recent blog post, Loeb speculated that the object’s upcoming close approach to the sun — followed by a rapid change in trajectory — might indicate an intentional gravitational slingshot maneuver, similar to how spacecraft use planetary gravity to alter their speed and direction.

“If 3I/ATLAS is a massive mothership, it will likely continue along its original gravitational path and ultimately exit the Solar System,” Loeb wrote.

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Amazon’s Massive Internet Outage Left ‘Smart Bed’ Owners with Overheating Mattresses

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The widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on October 20 caused an unexpected disruption for owners of Eight Sleep’s high-end “Pod” smart beds, leaving many stuck with overheating or unresponsive mattresses. This is just the latest evidence that plugging everything in your house into the “Internet of Things” is a really bad idea.

Dexerto reports that in the early hours of October 20, the major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage wreaked havoc on a wide variety of apps, games, and online services. However, one unexpected side effect of the outage was the chaos it caused in the bedrooms of owners of Eight Sleep’s “Pod” smart bed across the United States.

Eight Sleep’s smart beds, which retail for over $2,000, rely on cloud connectivity to control temperature and track biometric data. When AWS went down, users found themselves unable to access the app that manages the bed’s water-cooled coils, leaving them stuck with whatever settings were last active before the outage. This posed a problem specifically for users in the United States. Based on the timing of the outage, most Americans were still in bed as apps, including the one controlling their bed, went dead.

Reports from affected users poured in, with some complaining of overheating beds, while others found their mattresses had stopped cooling altogether. In some cases, the smart beds became completely unresponsive, leaving owners frustrated and unable to get a good night’s sleep.

One viral post from tech enthusiast Alex Browne highlighted the absurdity of the situation, as he found his Pod locked at nine degrees above room temperature. “Backend outage means I’m sleeping in a sauna,” he wrote, adding that Eight Sleep confirmed there was no offline mode available, although they were working on implementing one. (Read more from “Amazon’s Massive Internet Outage Left ‘Smart Bed’ Owners with Overheating Mattresses” HERE)

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Seattle Jail Hires Illegal Migrants to Guard Citizens

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The King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (DAJD) has not only admitted to breaking state laws by hiring nearly three dozen illegal migrants as corrections officers, but has also pledged to fight the state law preventing such hiring.

In a statement to The Jason Rantz Show, DAJD said:

All are fully trained as corrections officers and authorized to work in the United States. King County is committed to safety and the fair treatment of these officers and continues to work closely with the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC). We are keeping all available avenues of relief open at this time.

The jail’s allegedly illegal hiring practices came to light after a whistleblower filed a complaint claiming that the department had hired as many as 100 illegal aliens, which would violate the Revised Code of Washington 43.101.095, which states that only legal U.S. citizens may be hired as corrections officers, according to KTTH AM radio’s Jason Rantz Show.

According to Rantz, the state law does allow jails to hire “lawful permanent residents [and] individuals covered” under Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. (Read more from “Seattle Jail Hires Illegal Migrants to Guard Citizens” HERE)

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Liberal Judges Rule Powerlifting Ban on Male Athletes in Women’s Division ‘Discriminatory’

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In a decision drawing sharp criticism from conservatives and women’s sports advocates, the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that USA Powerlifting discriminated against a biological male athlete identifying as female by barring him from competing in the women’s division.

The unanimous ruling — issued by a seven-member bench composed entirely of Democrat-appointed justices — sided with transgender athlete JayCee Cooper, who sued USA Powerlifting in 2021 under Minnesota’s Human Rights Act after being rejected from women’s competition in 2018.

The decision reignites the national debate over whether biological males should be allowed to compete in women’s sports, with critics saying the ruling undermines decades of progress in protecting fair competition for female athletes.

“At some point, we are going to have to defend the biology and stand on women being a protected class, and it might as well start in Minnesota,”
— Former USA Powerlifting President Larry Maile

USA Powerlifting has long maintained that male physiology provides an undeniable strength advantage in powerlifting, where muscle mass, testosterone levels, and bone density are directly tied to athletic performance. Despite this, the Minnesota court declared the organization’s exclusion of Cooper “discriminatory,” though it sent the case back to a lower court to determine whether “fair competition” constitutes a legitimate business defense.

Cooper’s attorneys at the activist group Gender Justice celebrated the ruling as a “historic victory.”

“This ruling sends a clear and powerful message: transgender people have a right to enjoy public spaces in Minnesota like sporting events,” said Jess Braverman, legal director at Gender Justice.

Their message comes at the expense of biological women, whose opportunities and records are being eroded by the inclusion of male competitors.

Republican Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth blasted the ruling as “another setback in the fight to protect girls’ sports,” vowing that GOP lawmakers will move to amend the state’s human rights laws in 2026 to clarify gender-based athletic protections.

Meanwhile, USA Powerlifting’s legal team says it will continue fighting to preserve fair competition based on biological sex, not gender identity.

“We have a compelling case to make on our inability to provide fair competition for our women athletes if USAPL is forced to include those born with male physiology,” said USA Powerlifting attorney Ansis Viksnins.

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