Florida’s Department of Transportation (DOT) recently tore up the LGBT crosswalk on Miami Beach — a move which comes as the state removes political street art across the state. Video shows the crosswalk being removed from the Ocean Drive entertainment district — a process which began over the weekend. ABC News notes that this process began “just two days after Miami Beach officials learned they had lost their appeal against the state order.” “By Monday, the intersection was paved over in asphalt,” the outlet reported. Once again, some leftists are grieving the removal of LGBT street art... DeSantis addressed the backlash in August, making it clear that “We will not allow our state roads to be commandeered for political purposes.” Monday evening flights into multiple major cities were delayed as the government shutdown continued, just hours after the Department of Transportation (DOT) warned that the funding halt has led to stressed-out air traffic controllers calling out sick as they wait to get paid again. While the air traffic controllers will receive their pay retroactively when the government reopens, the timing of that is up to Congress — where Senate Democrats blocked the Republicans’ clean continuing resolution (CR) last week when they did not get to add everything they wanted to it. The Trump administration is unleashing a full-scale crackdown on the financial pipelines propping up America’s radical left. During a White House roundtable on Wednesday, President Donald Trump met with independent journalists and researchers who’ve directly encountered Antifa’s violence. Among the panelists was Seamus Bruner, research director at the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), who described the administration’s “whole-of-government” crackdown now underway. “President Trump is taking it very seriously,” Bruner said. “This is not just a story about violence and chaos, as you alluded to, Mr. President. This is a money story. At the Government Accountability Institute, my colleague Peter Schweizer and I, along with our team, followed the money — and we followed it to the top of what we call the protest industrial complex:Riot, Inc.” Bruner laid out shocking findings from GAI’s research, revealing that over $100 million has flowed through radical networks connected to Antifa and similar groups, including at least $4 million in U.S. taxpayer cash. He noted that these networks bankroll bail funds and activist legal groups that help violent offenders return to the streets within hours of arrest, perpetuating an endless protest cycle in Democrat-run cities like Portland, Seattle, and Chicago. GAI investigations, Bruner said, have uncovered patterns of paid transportation, coordinated logistics, and exploitation of homeless individuals, all tied to left-wing funding pipelines that stretch across states. Perhaps most damning, Bruner revealed that U.S. taxpayer funds have been intertwined with these radical networks, either through grants to partner nonprofits or government-backed foundations. Seamus Bruner: ...like any corporation, Riot, Inc. has many divisions. It doesn’t just have the Antifa “boots-on-the-ground” division — it has PR divisions, marketing divisions, and a very well-funded legal division to get these “boots on the ground” back on the streets as quickly as possible. Elon Musk chimed in, blasting the report and declaring, “It’s way more than $100 million in U.S. taxpayer money.” https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/white-house-reveals-100-million-taxpayer-cash-laundered/ ...the White House is pressing ahead with sweeping plans to slash government. Trump described the impasse not as a crisis but as a chance to purge bureaucratic excesses and reshape federal power in line with conservative priorities. Officials say the meeting with Vought will lead to mass layoffs, departmental closures, and funding freezes, according to Reuters. The President’s post signals that these changes may not simply be temporary austerity measures, but irreversible restructuring. Trump wrote on Truth Social: “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. “I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT” On January 28, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memo to the entire federal civil service titled “Fork in the Road,” offering employees a deferred resignation option. The offer promised continued salary and benefits through September 30 if workers left voluntarily, but only if they signed away legal rights and accepted the exit by a looming deadline. By mid-February, approximately 75,000 federal employees had signed the exit agreement. More than 100,000 additional workers are expected to depart following the shutdown, making this breakaway the largest one-day drop in federal workforce history, according to The Guardian. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/breaking-layoffs-federal-workers-begin-today-russ-vought/ Military recruitment and reenlistment suffered significantly under Joe Biden’s command. Things were so dire in the Spring of 2024 that the United States Army and Air Force issued calls for retirees to return to active duty. Recruiting was hampered by COVID-19 vaccine requirements as well as an increasingly woke military atmosphere where trans soldiers are give special privileges while Christian soldiers are persecuted, bases host drag shows, and leaders with a history of anti-white statements are hired. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had positive news for President Trump during a Cabinet meeting that indicated recruitement is rapidly improving under the President’s leadership. Hegseth shared, “We saw record recruitment in 2025, Mr. President. The first 2 weeks of 2026 already blows that out, FY2026, already blows it out of the water.” “In fact, reenlistment’s already met its year-long goal in the Marine Corps in 2026 — in 2 weeks.” Under the Biden-Harris administration, the military was more focused on a woke agenda than war-fighting. Some of President Donald Trump’s first actions after returning to the White House in January were shifting the military’s DEI focus and returning to building the best fighting force on the planet. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Oct. 9 recognizing Oct. 13 as Columbus Day in honor of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. “Columbus Day, we’re back, Italians. We love the Italians,”Trump said after signing the proclamation at the White House. In his proclamation, Trump hailed Columbus—whose 1492 expedition from Spain reached the Caribbean and marked the beginning of sustained European exploration and colonization of the Americas—as “the original American hero” and “a giant of Western civilization.” “As we celebrate his legacy, we also acknowledge the contributions of the countless Italian-Americans who, like him, have endlessly contributed to our culture and our way of life,” the president stated in his proclamation. Trump denounced who he called “left-wing radicals” who attempted to “erase our history” and “attack our heritage” by toppling Columbus statues and tarnishing the explorer’s character. “Under my leadership, those days are finally over—and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination,” he stated. The federal holiday was still known as Columbus Day during Biden’s term, but also as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Activists had long wanted to shift the focus from commemorating Columbus’s navigation to the Americas to his and his successors’ exploitation of the indigenous people he encountered there. During his first term, Trump stated in a 2020 proclamation that “radical activists have sought to undermine Christopher Columbus’s legacy,” amid reports of vandalism targeting statues of the Italian explorer in some states. In October 2019, vandals threw red paint and sprayed graffiti on two Columbus statues in Rhode Island and California. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-signs-proclamation-reinstating-columbus-day Last week, I wrote about some of the results of the 2025 State of Theology Survey published by Ligonier Ministries and Lifeway Research. The results were pretty appalling and showed a lack of biblical knowledge... But there was one statement on the survey, reworded from previous years, that I wanted to focus on here in a separate post—and it’s about politics. Survey respondents were asked to either strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with the following statement (or they could select “not sure”): "Christians should not allow their religious beliefs to influence their political decisions." Over half (54%) of US adults agreed with this statement. Ironically, at the same time, 95% of the same group believe that “The Bible has the authority to tell us what we must do.” So the Bible has the authority to tell us what to do—unless it’s a political decision. That’s inconsistent nonsense! We cannot leave our Christian beliefs—our biblical worldview—at the door when we engage in politics as a citizen or as a politician. We’re not neutral, and neither is the sphere we’re entering. We’re to seek the good of the nation we’re in and use our influence to be salt and light for such a time as this as we do the King’s business until he returns. Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton was indicted by a grand jury in Maryland on Thursday. If convicted, Bolton is facing decades in prison, which would be a life sentence for him because he is 76 years old. John Bolton transmitted classified emails over a private server system and they were intercepted by Iran, according to the indictment. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/bolton-indicted-18-counts-under-espionage-act-shared/ The corrupt United Nations’ attempt to force a major backdoor tax down the throats of Americans has failed thanks to the bold leadership of President Trump. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the U.N. this week was “poised to impose what amounts to a global tax on carbon emissions” — what the WSJ called “the ultimate in taxation without representation.” Despite lacking both sovereign authority and enforcement power, the U.N.’s London-based International Maritime Organization (IMO) could attempt to saddle ships with taxes ranging from $100 to $380 per metric ton of carbon dioxide that exceeds a certain emissions level. The Trump administration had threatened sanctions against countries whose U.N. bureaucrats voted for such nonsense. “I am outraged that the International Maritime Organization is voting in London this week to pass a global Carbon Tax,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The United States will NOT stand for this Global Green New Scam Tax on Shipping, and will not adhere to it in any way, shape, or form.” “We will not tolerate increased prices on American Consumers OR, the creation of a Green New Scam Bureaucracy to spend YOUR money on their Green dreams. Stand with the United States, and vote NO in London tomorrow!” Thankfully, the threats have paid off. On Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the tax will not be implemented. While this is a welcome win, the fact that the UN was even considering such an authoritarian move is highly alarming. Imagine if Kamala Harris or another Democrat had been in office instead of Trump. A family outing to a local farmer’s market turned ugly in Wisconsin after Democrats from Winnebago County handed an eight-year-old child a bracelet calling for President Trump’s death. As the family wandered the various booths at the Oshkosh Farmers Market, Oshkosh resident Katy Neubauer told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that although she and her sister-in-law are not Democrats, they met near the Winnebago County Democrat Party tent because it had activities for kids. Neubauer said the bracelet read, “Is he dead yet?” Neubauer said she later returned to the booth and noticed other bracelets with anti-Trump messages, including ones marked “8647.” The phrase combines “86,” slang for “get rid of” or “kill,” with “47,” referring to Trump as the 47th president. The mother said she contacted the market’s manager, who told her she wasn’t the first to complain. FOX 11 News Green Bay notes the manager of the farmers market confirmed the booth was operated by the Winnebago County Democratic Party, and the decision was made that the group would not return for the remaining markets of the season. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/wisconsin-democrats-under-fire-after-giving-young-child/ 
Florida Transportation Department Tears Up Pride Rainbow Crosswalk in Miami Beach:
It comes on the heels of the removal of the rainbow crosswalk outside of Pulse nightclub in Orlando — another move which generated controversy and buzz. However, all of these actions come as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans follow through with their plan to keep roads distraction-free.
Flights Around U.S. Delayed by Hours as Air Traffic Controllers Go Without Pay in Government Shutdown:
White House Reveals Over $100 MILLION in Taxpayer Cash and Laundered Democrat Donations Funneled to Antifa-Linked Orgs and “Protest Networks”
“We found a network of NGOs. It’s not just the Soros network — the Open Society network — it’s other funding networks: the Arabella funding network, the Tides funding network, Neville Roy Singham and his network, and foreign cash. It’s also big left-wing funders. Some of them are not even citizens of this country — Mr. Hansjörg Wyss of Switzerland.
Layoffs of Federal Workers Begin Today: Russ Vought:
Secretary of War Hegseth Announces Record Military Recruitment Numbers for FY 2026: ‘Marine Corps Reenlistment Met Year-Long Goal in Only Two Weeks’
Trump Signs Proclamation Reinstating Columbus Day:
54% of US Adults Think Religion Should Not Influence Political Decisions:
...nearly 1 in 3 supposed Evangelicals does not believe that their religious beliefs should impact their political decisions. They don’t understand what a truly biblical worldview is.
Bolton Indicted on 18 COUNTS Under Espionage Act – Shared More Than 1,000 Pages of Highly Classified Information… Assigned to Obama Judge:
Bullet Dodged: Attempt by United Nations to Force Massive Climate Tax Down the Throats of Americans Goes Down in Flames Thanks to President Trump:
Wisconsin Democrats Under Fire After Giving Young Child Bracelet Calling for President Trump’s Death:
