Daily News Digest - Summary for October 17 2025
The Los Angeles Metro: Unacceptable Crime, High Costs, and Unnecessary Expansions
Flashback: Rotten Apple: Dozens of Former Israeli Spies Hired by Silicon Valley Giant
Apple has quietly brought in dozens of veterans from Unit 8200, Israel’s shadowy military intelligence unit known for blackmail, mass surveillance, and targeted killings

by Alan Macleod
Apple has made headlines in recent weeks for touting its commitment to privacy and human rights, rolling out tools to limit surveillance and spyware. But behind the corporate messaging lies a much darker reality.
The company has quietly brought in dozens of veterans from Unit 8200, Israel’s shadowy military intelligence unit known for blackmail, mass surveillance, and targeted killings…
The Los Angeles Metro: Unacceptable Crime, High Costs, and Unnecessary Expansions
As the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), or LA Metro, reaches its thirty-two-year anniversary, this investigation of the organization’s o...

By Baruch Feigenbaum
As the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), or LA Metro, reaches its thirty-two-year anniversary, this investigation of the organization’s operations has found that Los Angeles is served by a dangerous and costly public transportation system. For those reasons, Independent Institute is awarding LA Metro the eighteenth California Golden Fleece© Award, a dishonor given to California’s state or local agencies or government projects that swindle taxpayers or break the public trust. This report offers key recommendations for upgrading LA Metro’s service delivery…
The BritCard Psyop: What Is True Digital ID in the UK?
The proposed rollout of the so-called BritCard is a bait-and-switch psychological operation (psyop).

by Iain Davis
The proposed rollout of the so-called BritCard is a bait-and-switch psychological operation (psyop). The evident purpose is to frame the debate about digital ID in the UK by fundamentally misrepresenting what digital ID is…
The UK “Government” Can Now Take Money Directly from Your Account: What You Need to Know

By g.calder
HMRC, the UK government tax department, can now tell your bank to send them money from your account – without your knowledge – if they believe you owe them. This new power means they can directly access funds held in current accounts, savings, and cash ISAs. What’s worse is that this process will be automated and appeals will only be possible after the transfer is made. HMRC has a shocking track record of customer service, and its processes are infamously riddled with errors – so what happens when they wrongly take thousands from you because of their broken system? Is it even your money anymore?…
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My apologies for getting Five Meme Friday out late... Julie and I drove to my other hometown Fort Worth, Texas this weekend for my high school reunion. I think part of the reason that I have the courage to fight they organized crime “government,” when many don’t, is that I grew up among REAL cowboys in Fort Worth, Texas. The largest sports team at my high school was the rodeo team and Taylor Sheridan, of Yellowstone fame, was a high school buddy... We caught the Texas State Fair and the Texas-OU game, the biggest rivalry in college sports (Fun Fact I learned at the Game: Bevo, the UT Longhorn, poops and pees in an OU bucket!) and I took Julie to the Fort Worth Stockyards to better understand the cowboy culture of a town famous as the #1 destination for trail rides where the cowboys would (and still do) hit the bars, brothels, and honky tonks after being on trail for weeks at a time…
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