Russia fired 36 ballistic missiles and 172 long-range attack drones overnight into November 7, striking Kyiv and the surrounding region and damaging the capital’s Northern Bridge and substations linking the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants to Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities reported 37 people injured nationwide over the past day. Air defenses downed 149 drones and four missiles. The strikes came days before U.S.-mediated peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said several missiles hit the Northern Bridge, damaging the roadway, a trolleybus contact line and a power line. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said six ballistic missiles were fired at the bridge and four struck it. Five trucks parked nearby were damaged, and the bridge was closed to traffic in both directions. Russia previously hit the bridge on October 3 and 4, and Russian missiles struck Kyiv’s Southern Bridge in October.

The State Emergency Service reported six people injured in Kyiv. Klitschko said a 14-year-old was among them and two people were hospitalized. In the Solomianskyi district, a missile left a large crater beside a five-story building. The blast caused part of a kindergarten to collapse and damaged 29 apartment buildings. The kindergarten’s 58 children will attend a neighboring facility. Klitschko said damage to energy facilities disrupted power, heating and water supplies.

In Kyiv Oblast, a 66-year-old man died in a hospital in the Brovary district after suffering serious injuries. A drone hit a private home in Bohdanivka, injuring a woman and her husband. Rescuers freed the husband from the rubble. Ten private houses, 11 cars, gas station premises, a car dealership and two auto repair shops were damaged in the Brovary district. Four homes were damaged in the Bila Tserkva district. Energy facilities were hit in the Bucha and Obukhiv districts. One substation in Kyiv Oblast links the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear plants to Kyiv and central Ukraine.

Zelensky said substations were also damaged in the Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. In Vinnytsia Oblast, a drone damaged a State Emergency Service building, rescue equipment, a market stall and several cars, injuring one person. Drones hit fuel and energy infrastructure in Zhytomyr Oblast and an energy facility in Odesa Oblast.

Russian forces carried out more than 60 attacks on 22 settlements in Sumy Oblast using guided bombs and drones. A drone killed a 52-year-old man in the Lypovodolynska community. Ten people were injured across the oblast, including seven wounded by guided bombs in the Sumy community. In Kharkiv Oblast, Russia struck Kharkiv city and nine other settlements, injuring a 55-year-old woman.

In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, regional head Oleksandr Hanzha reported almost 20 attacks on four districts. In Pavlohrad, one person was killed and four were injured, including an 11-year-old girl. Apartment buildings and an enterprise were damaged. Earlier this month, a Russian drone killed 15 people at the Dnipro train station.

Russian forces carried out 848 strikes on 55 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on November 6, including 22 airstrikes and 654 drone strikes, most involving first-person-view (FPV) drones. An FPV drone injured a 59-year-old man in Kushuhum. Earlier this month, Russian bombing of an aid site in the region killed 42 people. In Kherson Oblast, Russia attacked 31 settlements, damaging two high-rise buildings and a house and injuring seven people.

Ukraine’s General Staff said Ukrainian Navy Neptune missiles struck the Proton-Elektrotex plant in Oryol, which produces switch-inverters for Iskander-M ballistic missiles and modules for Kh-71 cruise missiles. Saratov Governor Roman Busargin reported a drone attack that caused damage and casualties, while Russian outlet Astra reported a fire at Rosneft’s Saratov refinery. Overnight into November 8, Rostov Governor Yuri Slyusar said drones hit a bridge over the Mius River on the highway linking Rostov-on-Don to occupied Ukraine. Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff reported 2,280 Russian casualties over the past day, bringing its cumulative tally to 1,604,110.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky will lead Russia’s delegation at the Abu Dhabi talks on November 10 and 11. He will be joined by Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov and senior General Staff officer Yury Zhigarlovsky. Rustem Umerov will lead Ukraine’s delegation.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said he would introduce legislation supporting Ukraine and urged Congress to impose controls on Starlink and Starshield. “Trump needs new negotiators — not fawning pawns who call this brutal murderer a ‘humanitarian,’” he wrote.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told the Berliner Morgenpost that Germany cannot supply more Patriot air defense systems for now because it could not replace them without leaving gaps in its own defenses. “We cannot do more right now,” he said.

Separately, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Italy faces “a hybrid war” after the pro-Russian hacker group NoName057(16) placed a bounty on 18 people, including Tajani, and posted personal data about him and his relatives on the dark web. He asked the G7 meeting in Paris to take up the issue.

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The “Iowa man” who allegedly opened fire on two McDonald’s employees over a wrong order was Hassan Ali Mohamed, a 25-year-old Somali citizen originally from Kenya.

SCOOP: The “Iowa man” arrested for shooting two McDonald’s employees because he was upset with his order is Hassan Ali Mohamed, a SOMALI citizen from KENYA, DHS confirmed to me.

Mohamed entered our country in 2014 and was granted U.S. citizenship by the Biden admin in 2021.

DENATURALIZE AND DEPORT

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 8, 2026

On Thursday night, Ankeny police responded to McDonald’s after multiple 911 callers reported that a person in a vehicle had fired shots through the drive-thru window.

Officers found one employee with a gunshot wound to the arm and a second employee who was grazed by a bullet.

“Officers found an adult male with a gunshot wound to his arm and immediately provided emergency aid,” Ankeny police spokesperson Sgt. Trevor McGraw told the Des Moines Register. “He is expected to survive. A second adult male was grazed by a bullet as well. He was evaluated at the scene but was not transported.”

The shooting was reportedly over a dispute about an order that Mohamed believed had been filled incorrectly.

Neither employee knew the shooter.

Using security footage and license plate readers, police identified the suspect and located him roughly an hour later. They took him into custody without incident.

Local coverage initially described the suspect simply as an “Iowa” or “Des Moines man.”

Mohamed faces two counts of attempted murder, two counts of intimidation with a dangerous weapon, and additional counts of willful injury causing bodily injury and willful injury causing serious injury.

According to Libs of TikTok, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Mohamed entered the United States in 2014 and was granted citizenship by the Biden administration in 2021.

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Another massive migrant caravan busted through the Mexican border en route to the United States on Friday after the Democrats swept the midterm elections.

At least 800 migrants busted through Mexico, optimistic after the Democrats took control of the House and the Senate.

The latest migrant caravan is mainly comprised of Hondurans.

Video posted to social media shows the migrants walking over the Rodolfo Robles International Bridge from Guatemala into Ciudad Hidalgo Chiapas on Friday night.

Democrats also seized control of the Texas governorship and state House – Governor Abbott was ousted by open-borders zealot Gina Hinojosa.

The migrants told Real America’s Voice correspondent Oscar Ramirez that they are marching toward the US because the Democrats won.

“We have hope now that democrats have won,” a migrant said.

Video courtesy of America’s Voice correspondent Oscar Ramirez:

BREAKING: New 800 migrant caravan entering Mexico.

“We have hope now that democrats have won”

We said this will happen 2 years ago if republicans lose the house and senate. https://t.co/YuotjUYeFG

— Oscar Ramirez – Real America’s Voice correspondent (@OscarRamirezTJ) November 7, 2026

In late October, a migrant caravan of mainly Central Americans was spotted marching through Mexico toward the US border in the final weeks leading up to the midterm elections.

The Central American migrants told journalist Julio Rosas that they hope the Democrats win the midterm elections.

Video via Julio Rosas:

BREAKING: Another large migrant caravan is leaving Mexico’s southern border right now in an attempt to reach the United States.

Some members of the caravan, which is mostly comprised of Central Americans, told me they are hopeful Democrats win the midterms. https://t.co/uiFQzHNrzd

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) October 20, 2026

In September, more than 400 migrants from Honduras entered Mexico en route to the United States.

At least two NGOs funded that caravan.

According to independent reporter Anthony Aguero, “Proyecto Faro and ADRA” are the two main NGOs that assisted that migrant caravan.

President Trump on Friday put Texas’s incoming Democrat Governor Gina Hinojosa on notice.

A reporter asked President Trump if he is going to reinforce the border since Gina Hinojosa is removing state manpower.

“I’m sure they’ll continue my policy and if they don’t continue my policy? I will!” Trump said.

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Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, has responded to Dave Chappelle and Jennifer Welch turning her husband’s assassination into a comedic punchline without naming them directly.

Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, and father to their two young children, was shot and killed while speaking at a campus event in Utah last year.

To see leftist podcasters, comedians, and commentators laugh about political assassination as though it’s entertainment and the destruction of a human life is a punchline, is beyond disgusting.

My husband, Charlie Kirk, was killed in an act of political violence, something our two children and I will live with every day for the rest of our lives.

A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay. It threatens the very foundation of our country and the principles that hold our democracy together.

You do not have to agree with someone’s politics to recognize the value of their life. This should not be so hard.

Political violence must never be something this country tolerates, excuses, or celebrates.

— Erika Kirk (@MrsErikaKirk) November 8, 2026

In a statement posted to X on Sunday, Kirk wrote:

To see leftist podcasters, comedians, and commentators laugh about political assassination as though it’s entertainment and the destruction of a human life is a punchline, is beyond disgusting.

My husband, Charlie Kirk, was killed in an act of political violence, something our two children and I will live with every day for the rest of our lives.

A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay. It threatens the very foundation of our country and the principles that hold our democracy together.

You do not have to agree with someone’s politics to recognize the value of their life. This should not be so hard.

Political violence must never be something this country tolerates, excuses, or celebrates.

In an episode of the “I’ve Had It” podcast hosted by Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan on Thursday, the pair read social media posts celebrating Democrat gains in the midterm election.

One post stated, “We’re digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again.”

Both hosts dissolved into laughter that lasted nearly 30 seconds.

Welch said, “No comment.”

WATCH:

Jennifer Welch can’t control her laughter after reading a tweet that says, “We’re digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again.” Welch is a raging case of cluster B psychopathology. An avatar for contemporary Leftism. Anger, antagonism, petulance. This is grotesque. https://t.co/GbAyx2rt5v

— J.D. Haltigan, PhD (@JDHaltigan) November 6, 2026

The segment was later cut from the episode.

Another THREE more companies just dropped Jennifer Welch:

@PrimalQueenEra
@irestorelaser
@monarch_money

We’re up to 19 companies now. We don’t ask for political agreement, but we must draw the line at endorsing, condoning, justifying, or glorifying political violence. https://t.co/HFiTjXIXS4

— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) November 8, 2026

On Saturday, Welch and Sullivan issued a joint “apology,” after losing tons of their show’s sponsors, that read, “On Thursday’s show, we laughed at a joke about Charlie Kirk. It was an insensitive joke, and we should not have laughed. We regret it, and we apologize. Whatever our political differences, there is nothing funny about gun violence.”

I’ve Had It podcast issues smug “apology” as show sponsors flee after hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan couldn’t stop giggling at the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk’s corpse and killing him a 2nd time.

Cash App, Chewy, and others have stopped sponsoring the show.

Pathetic “apology” and it’s a shame companies are still supporting this show.

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 7, 2026

Separately, comedian Dave Chappelle told a sold-out Madison Square Garden crowd during his “Karmageddon” tour that he has felt better since Kirk’s murder.

Chappelle stated, “I feel f-cked up saying this. It’s scary being a public speaker. And I mean, look, ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered … and I shouldn’t say this publicly, but I feel better. I know I shouldn’t say that, but it’s just a feeling. I didn’t ask to feel this way. I just be driving around like, ‘why am I in such a good mood?’”

WATCH:

“Ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered… and I shouldn’t say this publicly… I feel better.”

-Dave Chappelle at Madison Square Garden

And the New York City crowd laughs like a bunch of hyenas. https://t.co/dLWXZHIYxE

— Lucky Teter (@TheMagaHulk) November 8, 2026

The line drew demented laughter and applause.

Charlie Kirk had publicly defended Chappelle in 2022 after the comedian was attacked on stage by a man objecting to his jokes about the transgender community.

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There are rumblings online that the shocking and unreal midterm results from Texas can be explained by the non-native Texans who moved to the state from California and other states.

Of course, this was a ridiculous argument. For one, if you’re being destroyed financially by radical far-left policies that make energy prices skyrocket, make building anything next to impossible, then you are going to vote for more liberal candidates in your new state.  It’s laughable!

This never happened.

There are even polls that found that new non-native voters in Texas are making the state more conservative, not liberal!

Of course!

A 2023 survey by Chism Strategies found that new non-native voters in Texas were MORE CONSERVATIVE than native voters!

 In 2018, exit polls showed Beto O’Rourke beat Ted Cruz among native-born Texans, while Cruz won those born out-of-state by a wide margin. But exit polls can be unreliable, so we decided to poll non-native Texans to see where they stand politically.

How we conducted the poll

L2, a national voter list, collects data from the National Change of Address (NCOA) database to determine which new registrants have moved across state lines. We used that to pull a sample of Texas voters who—at some point—lived in another state. We then filtered out anyone who said they were born in Texas to find a list of emigrants from other U.S. states. It would have been great to find a list of just California-to-Texas movers, but there were not enough in the database for us to pull a reliable sample. The poll was conducted by sending text messages with a link to an online survey to targeted voters. Responses were weighted by age, ethnicity, gender, and education to match within the voter file for all Texas registered voters who fit the criteria mentioned above.

What we found

Overall, non-native Texans were much more conservative than the state as a whole, and some moved to Texas explicitly because of its conservative politics.

In the 2022 gubernatorial election, new Texans supported Greg Abbott over Beto O’Rourke 47%-34% (12% of those we surveyed did not vote and 6% could not remember who they supported). In a hypothetical 2024 rematch, Donald Trump leads Joe Biden 54%-42% among this cohort. Voters from out West—including California—were the most conservative group, as they supported Trump 64%-32%. Also of note, emigrants from blue states were more Republican (supporting Trump 56%-39%) than those who came to Texas from red states (50% Trump-46% Biden).

When asked why they decided to move to Texas, 4.5% of respondents listed the state’s conservative politics as the motivating factor, with no prompting from us. And when asked how the state’s politics impacted their decision, nearly a third of respondents said they were more excited to move here because of Texas’ Republican-controlled state government (compared to just 18% who said it made them hesitant).

40% of respondents said they were more conservative than the average Texan, while 35% said they were more liberal than the average Texan. Only in the Austin metro area did a majority (56%) of respondents say they were more liberal than the average Texan. And despite fears from conservatives that blue staters are trying to import liberal values to the state, only 33% of those we spoke to who moved here from blue states said they were more liberal than the average Texan.

Maybe it was the charisma of the “Jesus is trans,” and “God is nonbinary” freak who ran as a Democrat?

Again, not likely. This is the bullsh*t that they demand we believe!

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AG Todd Blanche was on “Fox News Sunday” with guest host Gillian Turner to discuss the Democrats threatening lawfare against the Trump administration.

Since the Democrats won the midterms last week, a number of them have been threatening not only the administration, but even donors to the Republican Party, American companies, and college students who would consider working in the Trump administration.

“With the Democrats about to take a majority on the Hill, incoming committee leaders have already promised investigations into the Trump administration,” Turner said.

“Some Democrats are now calling this new Congress that will get underway in January the “lawyer up” era. They are threatening as you well know, investigations, subpoenas, potential impeachment articles,” Turner continued.

“Do you agree with the President that these threats from Democrats are potentially criminal acts, and when do you plan to begin your counter investigation?” Turner asked.

“This has been happening for months now. You had a Senator threatening college students, threatening young people that if they joined the Trump administration, they should look forward to investigations and having to get lawyers. That is not something we can tolerate in this country,” Blanche said.

“Since Tuesday, you have had incoming leaders just do exactly the same thing. They are threatening current members of the administration. They are threatening American companies who have invested in jobs, invested in manufacturing,” Blanche said.

“At some point, we have to say enough is enough. That is not the way this country can survive or live with these ongoing threats,” Blanche continued.

“They have tried this before. It didn’t work last time. It’s not gonna work this time,” Blanche said.

“If you work in this administration, you have a lawyer; it’s me. And we will defend you. We will work hard,” Blanche said.

“Isn’t there a rather fine dividing line between not tolerating, as you say, these kinds of threats and actually investigating, potentially launching criminal charges against these Democrats?” Turner asked.

“Yes, and it depends on what’s said. Some of these threats were horrific. For example, a Senator threatening people who are still in college getting their education that if they choose to go and work, if they choose to exercise their rights to go and work for an administration, that they are gonna be investigated. That’s a threat that should never happen,” Blanche explained.

Blanche was talking about unimpressive leftist Sen. Slotkin in Michigan for threatening college kids.

“President Trump welcomes, welcomes any sort of commentary and criticism. He always has, but what he is frustrated with, what he is angry about, and he should be, is these outright threats to come after people, to investigate people, to ruin their lives, to lawyer up. This is something the Democrats tried four years ago with President Trump and his family. It did not work then, and it won’t work now,” Blanche said.

Watch:

WATCH: @AGToddBlanche responds to Sen Ron Johnson (R-WI) accusations about corruption in the Trump administration: “if there is corruption, this department will investigate it and will prosecute it,” adding however that having success in this economy is not the same thing. https://t.co/Otz8JKW2I5

— Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) November 8, 2026

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