U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon has agreed to establish a new Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base (MHAFB) in Idaho.

According to Politico, George Soros wrote a $10 million check for California’s redistricting campaign. Proposition 50 is a power grab to let Democrats redraw California’s congressional maps without a census and steal five to seven GOP house seats. Currently, they only have 9 Out of 52 seats. Redistricting will leave them with 4 to 2 […] The post Soros, Unions, DNC Give $100M to Steal 5-7 CA House Seats appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A graffiti exhibition at Canterbury Cathedral, one of the oldest Christian structures in England dating back to 597, has many people baffled and enraged. The newly unveiled installation by the poet Alex Vellis and curator Jacqueline Creswell includes graffiti-style messages applied directly to the stone walls of the massive cathedral. Questions such as, “What is the architecture of heaven?” and “Does everything have a soul?” can be seen in the customary graffiti style script on the walls and columns of the building. “Why are you indifferent to suffering?” another message found beneath a stained glass window says, per ARTnews. The Church of England decided this week to cover the interior of the oldest cathedral in England in graffiti in order to represent the voices of “marginalised communities.” The Very Rev David Monteith, Dean of Canterbury, said: “There is a rawness which is magnified by the… pic.twitter.com/bQ6BYsNU2A — Drew Pavlou ???????? (@DrewPavlou) October 10, 2025 Creswell explained the exhibition’s goals on Instagram, writing, “By collaborating with marginalized communities—including the Punjabi, black and brown diaspora, neurodivergent individuals, and the LGBTQIA+ population—the exhibition promotes inclusivity and representation. It transforms the cathedral into a space where diverse voices can be heard, validating their experiences and fostering a sense of belonging.” The exhibition has the support of the dean of Canterbury, David Monteith, who said of the display, “There is a rawness which is magnified by the graffiti style, which is disruptive. There is also an authenticity in what is said because it is unfiltered and not tidied up or sanitized. Above all, this graffiti makes me wonder why I am not always able to be as candid, not least in my prayers.” Get 40% off new DailyWire+ annual memberships with code FALL40 at checkout Meanwhile, social media users are voicing their dismay at temporarily desecrating a house of worship. Irish author Keith Woods posted on X, “Was horrified to see this graffiti on Canterbury Cathedral, founded by St. Augustine [himself], then I discovered it was actually an initiative welcomed by the Church of England!” “It’s actually stunning how much the elite of Britain hate their own culture and civilization,” Australian conservative activist Drew Pavlou wrote. “You couldn’t even invent this as satire. They are literally scrawling graffiti on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Everything beautiful is just torn down and destroyed.” The graffiti display is scheduled to remain until January 2026.

The label that launched Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny into stardom was founded by an investor who held a high position in the regime of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. Rafael Ricardo Jimenez Dan founded Rimas Entertainment in Puerto Rico and was the company’s sole owner until 2018. Before that, Jimenez was a top dog in the regime of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez and ran a passport program that brought terrorists and criminals into the country, a Daily Wire review found. Bad Bunny, whose legal name is Benito Ocasio, faced backlash over his anti-ICE stance after he was announced as the Halftime Show performer at Super Bowl LX in February. Ocasio said during a recent interview that he doesn’t perform in the United States over concerns that his fans could be targeted by immigration authorities. “There was the issue of — like, f***ing ICE could be outside. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,” the three-time Grammy Award winner said. Bad Bunny even drew criticism from President Donald Trump. “I never heard of him. I don’t know who he is, I don’t know why they’re doing it, it’s crazy, and then they blame it on some promoter that they hired to pick up entertainment, I think it’s absolutely ridiculous,” Trump told Newsmax host Greg Kelly in a recent interview. While leading Rimas, Jimenez approved artist signings and was part of the decision-making to bring Bad Bunny on board, according to Billboard. Jimenez told Music Business Worldwide in August that he met Bad Bunny “probably in 2016” and recalled seeing “that spark in Benito.” “I met Benito while we were in Puerto Rico. I was very private and reserved, but Puerto Rico is 100 by 35 miles — it’s a small island,” Jimenez recalled. “During several occasions, I was alongside [Bad Bunny] at music events, Billboard conferences, even helping him with personal things,” he said. Jimenez was copied on an April 11, 2016, email regarding the “360 deal and songwriter agreement” with Bad Bunny sent by Rimas attorney Jessie Abad. John Parra/WireImage via Getty Images Get 40% off new DailyWire+ annual memberships with code FALL40 at checkout!  Jimenez served as an army captain in Venezuela and ended his military career in 1999, when Chavez seized power, according to Billboard. He joined the Chavez regime in 2002 to help modernize and digitize Venezuela’s government operations, including its law enforcement. In March 2006, Jimenez was appointed as the Vice Minister of Legal Security in Venezuela’s Interior Ministry, according to Billboard. Months later, he was assigned a director role of Mission Identity, a controversial program Chavez officials allegedly used to bring Cuban agents to Venezuela with false identities, along with suspected Islamist terrorists, Colombian guerrillas, and drug traffickers. Jimenez’s lawyer told Billboard that his client had “no knowledge” of the scheme. Jimenez also denied ever “personally” working with Mission Identity and that he had “no decision-making authority” in his position. “For about one year from 2006 to 2007, I served as Vice Minister of Legal Certainty in my country, Venezuela,” Jimenez told Music Business Worldwide. But he grew “very frustrated” and resigned, he said. “I became very frustrated. I realized [the system] was impossible to change from within, and I resigned from my position. I was never in an administrative or economic position handling money. I was in institutional management on the technical side of government,” Jimenez said. Jimenez said he had “no regrets” and worked to “improve access to justice and transparency — the same things we’re fighting for now in music — and strengthen the rule of law.” He started at least a dozen companies in Venezuela and the Caribbean between 2005 and 2013, according to Billboard. He was also the CEO of a cardboard and paper packaging firm that was nationalized by Chavez. He used the profits from a Miami restaurant and a food import company to fund Rimas and his life in the United States, his lawyer told Billboard. Jimenez recently attempted to downplay his ties to the Chavez regime. “I am not and never have been a political actor. I’m not a member of any political party in Venezuela — not left, not right. I never had any involvement in the coup d’état with Chávez,” he told Music Business Worldwide. Jimenez made Noah Assad, Bad Bunny’s longtime manager, a 40% owner in the label in 2018, according to Billboard. In 2023, he sold his 60% stake in Rimas’s label and talent management firm, he told Music Business Worldwide. He still owns 60% of the independent copyright management firm Rimas Publishing, which touts Bad Bunny on its roster of talent.

WASHINGTON—Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought confirmed Friday on X that his team has begun terminating federal employees as the government shutdown rounds out its second week. “The RIFs have begun,” Vought said, referencing “reductions in force,” the technical term for federal government layoffs. Daily Wire’s White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan confirmed the reductions are “substantial.” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reacted to the news on X, accusing the Trump administration of sowing “deliberate chaos.” “Russell Vought just fired thousands of Americans with a tweet. Let’s be blunt: Nobody’s forcing Trump and Vought to do this,” Schumer wrote. “They don’t have to do it. They want to. They’re callously choosing to hurt people — the workers who protect our country, inspect our food, respond when disasters strike,” he continued. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced his intention to use a potential government shutdown to continue his administration’s efforts to reduce the size and scope of the federal government. Speaking to reporters this week, Trump said that “Because of the shutdown,” his team would be “able to take out billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse,” saying that Democrats “made a big mistake” by keeping the government closed. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Friday told reporters the White House has for 10 days “laid off doing anything in hopes that enough Senate Democrats would come to their senses and do the right thing and fund the government.” But after another failed Senate vote Thursday night, Thune signaled the administration would take action. “That’s what a shutdown does. You put the administration and this presidency in a position where they’re gonna have to make some hard decisions,” Thune said. Now that federal employees are going to start to miss paychecks, “this gets real,” he said. “I just think that the White House, my expectation is, yes, they’re going to start making some decisions about how to move money around, which agencies and departments are going to be impacted, which programs are going to be impacted, which employees are going to be impacted,” Thune said. Not all Republicans are united behind the White House’s RIF effort. “I strongly oppose OMB Director Russ Vought’s attempt to permanently lay off federal workers who have been furloughed due to a completely unnecessary government shutdown caused by Senator Schumer,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Friday. “Regardless of whether federal employees have been working without pay or have been furloughed, their work is incredibly important to serving the public.” Collins said, “Arbitrary layoffs result in a lack of sufficient personnel needed to conduct the mission of the agency and to deliver essential programs, and cause harm to families in Maine and throughout our country.” The American Federation of Government Employees — a union that represents more than 800,000 workers in the federal government and the District of Columbia — is suing to block the Trump administration from “illegally” firing thousands of federal employees. “Federal workers are tired of being used as pawns for the political and personal gains of the elected and unelected leaders,” AFGE National President Everett Kelley said. “It’s time for Congress to do their jobs and negotiate an end to this shutdown immediately.”

WASHINGTON—Dominion Voting Systems, the voting machine system at the heart of many of Donald Trump’s election disputes over the past few years, has been acquired by election reform advocate Scott Leiendecker. Leiendecker, who previously served as a Republican elections director for St. Louis, will assume full ownership and operational control of Dominion Voting Systems, which will now be renamed “Liberty Vote.” He intends to restore public confidence in electoral processes through the use of transparent and reliable voting systems. That includes using hand-marked paper ballots. “Liberty Vote signals a new chapter for American elections — one where trust is rebuilt from the ground up,” Leiendecker explained in a Thursday statement, promising a commitment to “delivering election technology that prioritizes paper-based transparency, security, and simplicity so that voters can be assured that every ballot is filled in accurately and fairly counted.” Scott Leiendecker, then the chief executive officer of KNOWiNK LLC, listens during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing on election security in Washington, D.C. in 2018. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Leiendecker promises 100% American ownership, American staffing, and software development. He’s also focused on using paper ballots, in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order on “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” to ensure that American elections are secure and comply with federal standards. Get 40% off new DailyWire+ annual memberships with code FALL40 at checkout He also plans to incorporate “rigorous, industry-leading third-party auditing standards to verify election integrity at every step,” according to a press release from Liberty Vote. The election technology company promises to champion “reforms designed to ensure every American’s vote is protected and counted accurately.” DENVER, CO – June 2: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell holds a press conference outside the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in Denver, Colorado, on Monday, June 2, 2025. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Donald Trump and his allies accused Dominion Voting Systems of switching votes from Trump to then-presidential candidate Joe Biden or deleting votes altogether during the 2020 presidential election. Dominion filed a number of defamation lawsuits against Trump’s allies and top conservative media outlets like Fox News and Newsmax over the allegations (Fox News settled with Dominion and agreed to pay $787 million, and Newsmax settled for $67 million). The controversy has left many Trump supporters with a negative and distrustful view of Dominion. Leiendecker and Liberty Vote believe they can earn and exceed voter trust through their commitment to transparent systems, third-party auditing, a focus on paper ballots, and 100% American ownership.

Thomas English shows a poll analyzing Buttigieg's standing with voters

The United States will host a new Qatari Air Force facility at a base in Idaho, War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced during a meeting with the nation’s deputy minister of defense on Friday. The facility is to be located at Mountain Home Air Force Base and will host Qatari pilots and aircraft, Hegseth said during […]