https://www.objectivist.co Objective reporting for the educated American. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:45:38+0000 en-us hourly 1 https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/minnesota-homecoming-shooting-suspect-walks-free-on-bond-days-after-gunfire-sends-fans-fleeing-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260814 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Talk Red Adam Abdihakeem Adam, 18, was released on $100,000 bond two days after his arrest in a homecoming shooting that injured two teenagers, emptied an Eden Prairie football stadium and intensified scrutiny of gang violence and bail policies. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/judge-sparkle-throws-another-roadblock-in-trumps-push-to-clean-dirty-voter-rolls/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260812 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Talk Red Judge Sparkle Sooknanan blocked voluntary state cooperation with the Trump administration’s voter roll effort, prompting renewed scrutiny as Rep. Abe Hamadeh pursues impeachment articles and Democracy Restored presses a separate ethics complaint. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/casualties-mount-as-iran-backed-militants-pummel-saudi-airport-again-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260804 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Talk Red A Sunday projectile strike set a Riyadh airport terminal ablaze and caused injuries, one day after a Houthi missile attack killed 13 people and wounded 309, as Saudi authorities kept the facility closed and assessed the damage. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/talarico-breaks-his-silence-and-his-flu-story-somehow-gets-even-worse-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260806 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Talk Red James Talarico blamed the flu for his extended campaign absence, but conflicting descriptions of his medical care, continued work from home, and his campaign’s use of older rally footage left critics with even more questions. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/congress-races-to-block-china-from-spying-on-americans-through-their-cars-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260808 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 RVM News Congressional Republicans and Democrats are backing restrictions on Chinese connected vehicles and components amid growing concerns that foreign adversaries could collect Americans’ behavioral, geographic, and infrastructural data through the cars they drive. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/iran-escalates-hormuz-threats-vows-to-strike-undersea-cables-and-ai-centers-if-war-resumes-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260810 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 RVM News Iran is threatening more than $2 trillion in technology infrastructure while demanding concessions over Hormuz, but the Trump administration is maintaining its naval blockade, tightening economic isolation, and refusing to yield on Tehran’s nuclear program. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/abc-anchors-goofy-communist-spin-gets-flattened-by-house-majority-whip-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260796 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Talk Red Jonathan Karl tried to dismiss concerns about communists on midterm ballots, but Tom Emmer refused to budge, citing the Democratic Socialists of America platform and a slate of costly, radical policies. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/el-sayed-goes-all-in-on-medicare-for-all-billionaire-taxes-and-mass-amnesty-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260798 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Talk Red After debating Mike Rogers, Abdul El-Sayed faces scrutiny over an agenda featuring mass amnesty, Medicare for All, 100% renewable energy, and billionaire taxes that fall dramatically short of solving the nation’s $40 trillion debt. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/trump-boils-over-at-kimberly-guilfoyle-as-firing-threat-explodes-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260802 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 RVM News Trump and Rubio could decide Kimberly Guilfoyle’s fate this week as reports alleging improper gifts, threats, lavish perks, and influence trading fuel anger inside the administration and scrutiny from the State Department inspector general. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/dsa-demands-mamdani-fire-nypd-commish-as-socialists-erupt-over-ice-shooting-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260800 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 RVM News The DSA is pressuring Mayor Zohran Mamdani to fire NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch after an ICE shooting in the Bronx, but Mamdani says he will review the incident while keeping the city’s top cop in place. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/mullin-erupts-at-margaret-brennan-for-blaming-ice-after-criminal-alien-endangered-his-child-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260794 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 RVM News Markwayne Mullin rejected Margaret Brennan’s attempt to fault ICE officers after Oscar Belgal allegedly accelerated toward officers with his five year old child inside, arguing that Belgal alone chose to place the child in danger. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/quiet-part-roars-anti-israel-leaders-admit-their-goal-is-to-erase-israel-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260792 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 RVM News Three activists said they envision one state called Palestine across Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, with a Palestinian right of return and equal political rights, a framework that would eliminate Israel as a separate Jewish state. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/cash-for-clout-influencers-paid-to-push-talarico-praise-on-tiktok-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260788 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 LifeZette Staff The New York Times reports that TikTok creators received $4 per 1,000 views for positive Talarico videos, while his campaign denies involvement and Frontier Media’s funding remains unknown amid a separate controversy over paid voter outreach. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/maricopa-teen-melts-hearts-by-giving-an-elderly-stranger-the-shoes-off-his-feet-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260790 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Bored Trash Panda Jordan Hope gave an elderly man his own shoes, bought him candy, arranged lunch and stayed to talk. After the encounter spread online, Hope kept calling daily, while a fundraiser raised about $1,000 within one day. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/a-series-of-hard-times-hillary-clinton-ranks-her-trump-loss-alongside-9-11-and-covid-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260768 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 LifeZette Staff At a Nebraska Democrat Party event focused on 2026, Hillary Clinton revisited her 2016 defeat, grouped it with major national traumas, and promoted independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn without using his name. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/dsa-darling-says-violent-record-doesnt-even-matter-after-ice-shoots-accused-gangbanger-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260786 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Talk Red Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier said Oscar Belgal’s violent history “doesn’t even matter,” accused NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch of villainizing him, and demanded his release after ICE agents wounded him during a Bronx operation. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/trump-warns-us-may-strike-houthis-after-american-killed-in-saudi-airport-terror-attack-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260764 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 LifeZette Staff Trump is considering possible American military action after a Houthi attack killed 12 people at a Saudi airport, including one American, as Riyadh retaliates and the terror group threatens further operations involving airports. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/pope-leo-faces-lung-surgery-after-doctors-find-early-stage-nodule-watch/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260766 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Talk Red Pope Leo XIV says doctors detected the localized lung nodule at a very early stage. Surgery is scheduled at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, while Vatican officials estimate his recovery will take about one week. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/nfl-doctors-fear-another-jayden-daniels-elbow-injury/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260744 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Air It Out Bro Jayden Daniels will play Sunday against the New York Giants with a brace, but some NFL doctors believe his two elbow dislocations over the past 11 months place him at higher risk of another. https://www.objectivist.co/2026/10/oklahoma-shocks-no-1-texas-with-last-second-red-river-win/ https://www.objectivist.co/?p=260738 2026-10-12T9:48:20+00:00 Air It Out Bro Tate Sandell’s 47-yard field goal with no time remaining completed Oklahoma’s 27-24 victory over No. 1 Texas, ending the Sooners’ two game rivalry skid and reclaiming the Golden Hat.