Dateline📍: Reporting tonight from Grand Rapids, Michigan, ahead of the Mike Rogers vs. Abdul El-Sayed debate tomorrow.
October 7th🙏: On the 3-year anniversary of Hamas putting Jewish babies in microwaves, killing 1,200 Israelis and kidnapping 251 into Gaza–
🚨The most prominent politicians on the Left blamed Jews (the victims) for the attack, and college campuses celebrated “the resistance.”
More‼️: The growing power of Jew hatred and acceptance of expansionist Islam across Europe and now America is real — we ignore it at our peril.
Just today, the FBI announced a foiled ISIS plot — he wanted to fight the infidels by shooting up the Mall of America.
Missing the warning: “The October 7 Lesson the West Refuses to Learn”
Reportedly, United Airlines reinstated a pilot who celebrated the October 7 attacks
More on the pilot
Gad Saad@GadSaadWow, @united.
StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemitesIbrahim R Mossallam is a United Airlines pilot who stated on an October 7th Facebook post the massacre in Israel that left 1400 people dead, women raped, and babies burned alive was "resistance by brave people". This is abhorernt @united - how can Jewish passengers feel safe12:11 AM · Oct 6, 2026 · 245K Views227 Replies · 2.45K Reposts · 11.6K LikesLook back🔙: War Notes started as an internal email right after October 7 to anchors and executives at NewsNation — mostly it was my analysis based on 4 years as a Middle East correspondent.
Three years later, we seek to provide moral clarity based on what’s right and wrong.
El-Sayed Is Trump 👀
🗣️Last night, we went to an Abdul El-Sayed rally in Port Huron, Michigan. The line wrapped around both sides of the local community theater.
Look back🔙: The energy felt a LOT like a Trump rally circa 2016 — not as big, but the same feel.
Many of the people we interviewed said VERY similar things to 2016 Trump rallies.
Anger😡: El-Sayed is essentially Trump; they both captured a grievance by a group that feels betrayed, blamed and left behind
El-Sayed tells poor, overcredentialed, bitter whites that America’s political class screwed them and got rich while leaving them behind — fact-check: true.
Trump told traditional-values Americans they could say “Merry Christmas,” keep boys out of girls sports and would build a wall.
Difference‼️: El-Sayed’s solutions are mostly anti-America — Trump’s mostly pro-American.
Raw talent🤷: Both are generationally-talented politicians — sure, it’s different styles, but there are more similarities than differences
They have both captured raw energy
Bulletproof🎯: Like Trump in 2016, the more crazy things that come out about El-Sayed, the stronger he gets
He supported the Muslim Brotherhood crackdown on journalism
He blamed America for Muslim terrorism
He can’t say if Iran or Israel is a bigger threat
He likely lied about being a dual citizen of Egypt — we still don’t know which time he was lying
The list goes on…
And yet, his supporters say that’s only proof he is threatening the establishment and becoming more rabid
🤷Sounds like Donald Trump to me
Verdict☑️: El-Sayed is incredibly dangerous — he reminds me of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders I spent time with in the Middle East.
They are not jihadis themselves but jihadi-adjacent and seek expansionist Islam through political means.
Danger⚠️: El-Sayed may or may not win, but his popularity and candidacy should be a blaring warning to liberty-loving people everywhere.
Both the Democratic and Republican political establishments have badly failed America
They have protected themselves, the donor class, and their power.
The rich have gotten richer and left America behind.
Even if El-Sayed doesn’t win without rapid course correction, it’s only a matter of time till someone like him does.
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Economic Storm🌪️
⚠️One of our highest-rated segments last week was about the coming disaster in the bond market — and now there are fresh warnings that time may be up for the only good parts of the economy.
📰“U.S. Treasury Yields Hit New 24-Year Highs and French Bonds Underperform,” headlines The Wall Street Journal, writing:
“The 10-year traded as high as 5.361%, the highest intraday level since April 2002, according to Tradeweb. The 30-year touched 5.730%, highest since May 2002. The two-year hovered near a 2024 high, at 4.954%.”
Why it matters‼️: Washington only runs trillion-dollar deficits because the rest of the world buys our debt — and they didn’t get much interest for it either.
Now, our debt is over $40 trillion, and foreign buyers are demanding higher interest.
Bond markets underpin absolutely everything in America
Warning: Michael Burry, the investor who predicted the 2008 stock market crash, says:
‼️The biggest problem for Republicans today is that, when it comes to the economy, there is no way out right now.
This was Trump today:
The average long-term mortgage rate hit its highest level in 3 years
Watch tonight📺: Steve Cortes, who has been sounding the alarms on this bond-mageddon from the start.
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Today is a somber day indeed. 3 years since a horrific attack, that alot of young people have been brainwashed into forgetting. And also to forget who was attacked by whom.., and where that attacked originated. the response by Israel seems to be the focus of all discussions now about Gaza. History being instantly re-written by the DSA machine.
.-I am very disturbed by the info on that United pilot reinstated who approved of the Oct 7 attacks by Hamas. I don't think I'll be flying United now... in fact, I've been driving to see family this summer, think I'll continue doing that for the foreseeable future. It's a great way to see this Big Beautiful Country. I feel blessed to be able to do it.
.- Looking forward to the show tonight!
Look forward to your show as usual. Please stay on the United Airlines pilot with the pro-Hamas views of the 10-7 terrorist barbarism. I take that back—even barbarians had a line they didn’t cross.