First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Oct 25, 2026 · 54 min · 37 segments
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And can somebody have a training session? You know, college kids can't get into college, can't have their grades counted until they've finished watching video training programs about what sexual assault is and how to keep yourself safe.
Can somebody train CIA people about who they're sleeping with? I mean, you know, how Casablanca does this have to be? Ian Brinksman, 42 years old, of Washington, D.C., was arrested by, I presume, FBI agents, not under indictment.
Following a search of his residence, he was charged with giving his lover... national defense information, which is lover then punished on Substack.
Justice Department Friday has ordered California election officials to take the list of 20,000 questionable voters and compare them to actual citizenship data before they count their ballots.
Speaking of criminal liability, two former high-ranking FBI officials are facing charges for making false statements to Congress regarding Hunter Biden's laptop in 2023. nicky flores former intel analyst and in charge of the bureau's washington field office and bradley benavides former deputy assistant director for the FBI's Counterintelligence Division, both now under arrest for lying to Congress about the laptop from hell.
Ukraine is about to have a humanitarian ceasefire around the area of Oleshki, thanks to First Lady Melania Trump, who negotiated the deal with Russians and Ukrainians to allow the mostly elderly remaining residents of this region border skirmish town to get aid.
Meanwhile, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy says there's going to be talks in early November in Abu Dhabi about ending the longstanding war.
While announcing the arrest of the highest ranking, most powerful Virginia Democrat, not named Abigail, that would be Virginia Senate President pro tempore, Louise Lucas, on drug smuggling, racketeering and money laundering charges.
It's all politics, right? Todd Blanch was asked if the Justice Department would intercede to block states from certifying elections.
Of course, there are scenarios where that's possible, but I don't think it's proper to make any kind of conclusory statements about what's going to happen in the future.
Speaking of the future, we're going to have to wait another week to find out what Judge Tony Graff thinks about how soon we can have a trial for the man charged in killing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
He didn't want to decide yesterday as he was supposed to and set a new hearing for November 9th.
And can somebody have a training session? You know, college kids can't get into college, can't have their grades counted until they've finished watching video training programs about what sexual assault is and how to keep yourself safe.
Can somebody train CIA people about who they're sleeping with? I mean, you know, how Casablanca does this have to be? Ian Brinksman, 42 years old, of Washington, D.C., was arrested by, I presume, FBI agents, not under indictment.
Following a search of his residence, he was charged with giving his lover... national defense information, which is lover then punished on Substack.
Justice Department Friday has ordered California election officials to take the list of 20,000 questionable voters and compare them to actual citizenship data before they count their ballots.
Speaking of criminal liability, two former high-ranking FBI officials are facing charges for making false statements to Congress regarding Hunter Biden's laptop in 2023. nicky flores former intel analyst and in charge of the bureau's washington field office and bradley benavides former deputy assistant director for the FBI's Counterintelligence Division, both now under arrest for lying to Congress about the laptop from hell.
Ukraine is about to have a humanitarian ceasefire around the area of Oleshki, thanks to First Lady Melania Trump, who negotiated the deal with Russians and Ukrainians to allow the mostly elderly remaining residents of this region border skirmish town to get aid.
Meanwhile, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy says there's going to be talks in early November in Abu Dhabi about ending the longstanding war.
While announcing the arrest of the highest ranking, most powerful Virginia Democrat, not named Abigail, that would be Virginia Senate President pro tempore, Louise Lucas, on drug smuggling, racketeering and money laundering charges.
It's all politics, right? Todd Blanch was asked if the Justice Department would intercede to block states from certifying elections.
Of course, there are scenarios where that's possible, but I don't think it's proper to make any kind of conclusory statements about what's going to happen in the future.
Speaking of the future, we're going to have to wait another week to find out what Judge Tony Graff thinks about how soon we can have a trial for the man charged in killing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
He didn't want to decide yesterday as he was supposed to and set a new hearing for November 9th.
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