Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Public Occurrences October 1, 2025

FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League, FBI director says

Why do you think they would do that?

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The FBI said on Wednesday it cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish group that tracks antisemitism, after conservatives criticized the group for including slain activist Charlie Kirk's organization in a glossary on extremism.
In a social media post, FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau "won't partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs."
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Patel's announcement followed criticism of the ADL by right-wing voices, including billionaire Elon Musk, over its inclusion of Kirk's Turning Point USA in a "Glossary of Extremism and Hate." Kirk was assassinated in September.
After that criticism, the ADL removed the entire glossary (!😂) from its website. The glossary had said Turning Point USA had a history of "bigoted statements," a charge the group rejects.

Reuters

The FBI director said the bureau is cutting all formal ties with the Jewish civil rights group


🤭To my friends in ADL, welcome, from one member of a Trump terrorist org. to another. Question: can we have the ADL acro.?, you know, for Antifa Defense League?


7:53 am

Gestapo Raid in Chicago

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other. That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'fuck them kids.'"
--Eboni Watson, Chicago resident, on ICE raid at her apartment building.

Pritzger: "25th Amendment Ought to be Invoked" on Trump

"It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in, but he's copying tactics of Vladimir Putin. Sending troops into cities, thinking that that's some sort of proving ground for war, or that indeed there's some sort of internal war going on in the United States is just, frankly, inane and I'm concerned for his health. There is something genuinely wrong with this man, and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked."--Gov. JB Pritzker, Illinois

There’s a growing number of Americans who think violence might be necessary to get the country back on track

Nearly a third of Americans – 30% – say people may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

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