Day: October 19, 2026

🇫🇷 Marine Le Pen urging immediate action against rioting in Paris, calling it an attack on France:

“Behind every looted business lies the work of entire lives.

Behind every police officer assaulted, behind every public servant threatened, it is the Republic itself that is attacked.

France cannot, must not, and will never become accustomed to such scenes.”

Writer: Mhedi

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Alex Polizzi on background music: “I’m militant about it. The nice hubbub of a busy place is all the soundtrack you need.”

What’s your biggest hotel pet peeve?

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Elon Musk:

Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.

This will be the first of many.

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New York Imam Hassan Akbar: Palestine Belongs to the Muslims; If the Palestinians Were to Decide That They Wanted to Worship Snakes, Monkeys, and Dogs instead of Allah, They Would Have to Leave; If They Want to Worship the Cow, They Can Go to India
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Ukraine and Russia should focus on ending their war, warning of the risks of further escalation during a visit to Uzbekistan on Monday.

Rubio made the remarks in Samarkand, where he was meeting officials from the C5+1 group, comprising the United States and five Central Asian countries.
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