The venture capitalist has hosted and attended events and lectured on the topic for decades, going back to the 1990s, according to a report by Wired. In recent months, he has spoken to theologians and podcasters about the antichrist both publicly and in private. His beliefs are diffuse, meandering and often confusing, but one tenet he’s steadfastly maintained over the years is that the unification of the world under one global state is essentially identical to the antichrist. In his talks, he uses the term “antichrist” almost interchangeably with “one-world state”.

He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, AI, and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: “It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.”

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

^{Johana Bhuiyan (The Guardian)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55244373

Months passed. Her partner was deported. In July, Pérez said, she got a call from someone in the CBP Home program telling her she’d be on a flight out of the country in mid-August. She began packing.

But as the departure date neared and the plane tickets hadn’t arrived, Pérez got nervous. Again and again, she called the toll-free number she’d been given. Finally, somebody called back to say there might be a delay obtaining the documents she’d need to travel to Venezuela.

Then there was silence. No further information, no plane tickets. Pérez registered on the app again in August, then a third time in September, as immigration arrests ramped up in Chicago.

Today, Pérez feels trapped in a country that doesn’t want her. She’s afraid of leaving her apartment, afraid that she will be detained and that her children will be taken away from her. “I feel so scared, always looking around in every direction,” she said. “I was trying to leave voluntarily, like the president said.”

Immigrants Who Tried to Self-Deport with Trump’s CBP Home App Are Stuck in America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates have come and gone. They’re still stuck here.

^ProPublica

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University history professor who wrote "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," is relocating to Spain with his family after receiving death threats and harassment¹. The threats emerged after President Trump designated antifa as a domestic terrorist organization in September 2025, when conservative activists began targeting Bray on social media².

The Rutgers chapter of Turning Point USA circulated a petition calling for Bray's dismissal, labeling him "Dr. Antifa" and claiming he was an "outspoken, well-known antifa member"¹. After Fox News contacted him about the petition, Bray received death threats, including one promising to "kill him in front of his students," and his home address was posted on social media³.

Bray, who has taught courses on anti-fascism at Rutgers since 2019, maintains he has never been part of any antifa group, saying "I do not have any affiliation with any antifa group and don't plan to"¹. His initial attempt to leave the U.S. on October 9, 2025, was blocked when his family's flight reservations were mysteriously canceled at the gate⁴, but they successfully departed the following day[^7].

He plans to teach his classes remotely for the current academic year and hopes to return to campus in fall 2026¹.

1. AP News - Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
2. NJ.com - N.J. professor's attempt to flee to Spain blocked after threats over antifa research ↩︎
3. The Independent - Rutgers University's Antifa expert flees US after MAGA death threats ↩︎
4. The Guardian - US anti-fascism expert leaves country day after being blocked from flying to Spain ↩︎

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

^{Edward Helmore (The Guardian)}

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/china-vs-americas-industrial-growth-2019-2024/

When the Trump administration awarded a $1.26 billion contract this summer to build and operate a new tent city detention center in Texas, it made headlines, and not just because the facility, located at the Fort Bliss Army base, was expected to be the biggest of its kind in the country. The company that won the job, Acquisition Logistics, was so small it operated out of a single-family home in Richmond, Virginia. Almost nobody had heard of it. “A random house…just won $1.26 billion from ICE,” wrote the New Republic.

As it turns out, ICE had tried to award the contract, in April, to the firm Deployed Resources. It canceled the deal days later “for convenience,” according to a government website that cited an executive order about “wasteful spending.” Such a move is extremely unusual, and some current and former ICE officials speculate that ­Deployed lost the job for political reasons. Back in 2023, the Washington Free Beacon reported that the firm had snagged no-bid contracts for immigrant detention under President Joe Biden, and that a member of its board was married to Doug Emhoff’s former chief of staff, who later joined a sister company, Deployed Services. (The DC Enquirer interpreted all of this as “Kamala’s cronyism.”) A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson dismissed the speculation, saying the contract was canceled due to an “inability to meet the specialized needs of the facility.”

How a tiny, inexperienced firm landed a $1.3 billion detention deal

To hold 5,000 human beings.

^{Mother Jones}

An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant left multiple people dead and missing on Friday, authorities said, as secondary blasts forced rescuers to keep their distance from the burning field of debris.

The blast, which people reported hearing and feeling miles away, occurred at Accurate Energetic Systems in rural Tennessee. The company’s website says it makes and tests explosives at an eight-building facility that sprawls across wooded hills near Bucksnort, a town about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Nashville.

“We do have several people at this time unaccounted for. We are trying to be mindful of families and that situation,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said at a news conference. “We do have some that are deceased.”

https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-blast-military-explosive-plant-3c26b71217a2ebe7fb4ca4e21b4edcd7

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/37359935

Israel kills 17 Palestinians over the past 24 hours in Gaza. Ceasefire goes into effect at 12 noon local time; Israeli troops withdraw to agreed upon lines, retaining control of 53% of Gaza. Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza return to the north. Exchange of Israeli and Palestinian captives expected on Monday. United States will send 200 troops to Israel to help oversee the ceasefire. New York Attorney General Letitia James is indicted in fraud case after pressure from President Donald Trump. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatens to fire air traffic controllers who do not show up for work during the government shutdown. Peru Congress swears in new president after ousting Boluarte. The Trump administration finalizes its $20-billion bailout of Argentina. A new UN report says violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 700,000 children. Russia claims to have captured 8 more villages along the Ukrainian front lines.

Peter Link

2025-10-10 18:25:52

Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza return north as ceasefire takes effect; NY Attorney General Letitia James indicted; Peru swears in new president

Israel kills 17 Palestinians over the past 24 hours in Gaza. Ceasefire goes into effect at 12 noon local time; Israeli troops withdraw to agreed upon lines, retaining control of 53% of Gaza. Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza return to the north. Exchange of Israeli and Palestinian captives expected on Monday. United States will send 200 troops to Israel to help oversee the ceasefire. New York Attorney General Letitia James is indicted in fraud case after pressure from President Donald Trump. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatens to fire air traffic controllers who do not show up for work during the government shutdown. Peru Congress swears in new president after ousting Boluarte. The Trump administration finalizes its $20-billion bailout of Argentina. A new UN report says violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 700,000 children. Russia claims to have captured 8 more villages along the Ukrainian front lines.

Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza return north as ceasefire takes effect; NY Attorney General Letitia James indicted; Peru swears in new president

Drop Site Daily: October 10, 2025

^{Drop Site News}

At least nine armed Guard members began their patrol at the Bass Pro Shops located at the Pyramid, an iconic landmark in Memphis, and a nearby tourist welcome center along the Mississippi River. Wearing Guard fatigues and protective vests labeled “military police,” they were being escorted by a local police officer and posed for photos with visitors.

It was unclear how many Guard members were on the ground or were expected to arrive later.

Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, said he never requested that the Guard come to Memphis. But after President Donald Trump made the Sept. 15 announcement and Republican Gov. Bill Lee agreed, Young and others said they wanted the task force to focus on targeting violent offenders rather than use their presence to scare, harass or intimidate the general public.

https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-troops-memphis-chicago-trump-abf0fab0c6010bc5ab5a1ac3eaee6eae

People made large amounts of money from María Corina Machado being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Archived version: archive.is/newest/swedenherald…

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Norwegian Nobel Committee Investigates Possible Peace Prize Leak

^{TT (Sweden Herald)}

A high-stakes meeting Friday concluded without any apparent breakthroughs.

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Macron forging ahead with plan to tap new PM, leaving opposition ‘dumbfounded’

^{Victor Goury-Laffont (POLITICO)}

America isn’t the land of the free. We abandoned that title when we returned Donald Trump to office — the same person who refused to engage in the peaceful transfer of power in 2020 and, immediately upon his return to power, pardoned almost everyone who engaged in an attempted insurrection on his behalf.

DHS Sends A Journalist Back To His Home Country To Be Tortured Because ‘Live Streaming’ ICE Activities Is ‘Threatening’

America isn’t the land of the free. We abandoned that title when we returned Donald Trump to office — the same person who refused to engage in the peaceful transfer of power in 2020 and…

^Techdirt

BMA Scottish Resident Doctors' Committee has voted to enter a formal dispute with the Scottish Government after a pay agreement was reversed

Scottish doctors threaten industrial action after pay dispute

^{Alex/Rose Cocker (The Canary)}

The White House budget office says mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf

Indonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming gymnastics world championships in Jakarta, a government official says.

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American companies could get dibs on high-end chips.

U.S. Senate passes bill that forces AI chipmakers to prioritize sales to American companies — House now set to amend or pass legislation

^{Jowi Morales (Tom's Hardware)}

An Israeli drone strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed at least two people around 6 pm local time on Friday, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.

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Israeli drone strike kills two people in Gaza in ceasefire breach

^{Middle East Eye}

AMD is rolling out a new graphics driver preview under version 25.10.1 with optimizations for Battlefield 6.

https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-releases-new-25101-preview-graphics-driver-with-battlefield-6-support/

The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says.

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US says Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho

^{Jaroslav Lukiv (BBC News)}

Senate Democrats are blasting Trump's increasingly authoritarian behavior and congressional Republicans for shutting down the US government to preserve devastating healthcare cuts, but over half of them voted with the GOP to give nearly $1 trillion to the Pentagon.

While Ripping Trump Authoritarianism, Over Half of Senate Dems Help GOP Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill

"Congress continues to expand military spending while denying investments in the programs that will truly build a safer, healthier future for working- and middle-class families," said Sen. Ed Markey, who voted no.

^{jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)}

An Israeli Army Unit Storms a Quiet Palestinian Village in the West Bank. Jeeps Tear Through the Streets as Soldiers Seize a Family Home. From a Window, a Sniper Spots a Student Waiting for a Shared Taxi, and Shoots Him Dead. IDF Spokesperson: 'A Terrorist Threw an Explosive Device'

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A Palestinian student was waiting for a ride. An Israeli army sniper shot him dead

An Israeli army unit storms a quiet Palestinian village in the West Bank. Jeeps tear through the streets as soldiers seize a family home. From a window, a sniper spots a student waiting for a shared taxi, and shoots him dead.

^{Gideon Levy (Haaretz)}

Overworked and understaffed, over 45,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are poised to strike.

23 Unions Plan to Strike Together If Kaiser Fails to Address Workplace Crises | Truthout

^{britney (Truthout)}

Internet providers may no longer have to itemize discretionary fees under the FCC proposal

https://www.techspot.com/news/109802-fcc-could-roll-back-rule-requiring-isps-list.html

Republican lawmakers smear upcoming "No Kings" rallies as "hate-America" events. Organizers vow peaceful protests against Trump administration.

GOP Leaders Smear Upcoming 'No Kings' Marches as 'Hate America Rallies' by ‘Terrorists’

"Looks like everyone in my former political party has signed on to the Donald Trump/Stephen Miller game plan, which means calling Democrats 'terrorists,'" wrote a disgusted ex-Republican in response.

^{brad-reed (Common Dreams)}