Trump: U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels - Fire at Chevron: flames engulf El Segundo refinery

A massive fire erupted in Chevron refinery in El Segundo.

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Trump Says US Is In ‘Non-International Armed Conflict’ With Caribbean Drug Cartels - Forbes Breaking News | 2.10.2025

President Donald Trump has labeled drug cartels operating in the Caribbean as “unlawful combatants” and said the U.S. is engaged in an “armed conflict,” multiple outlets reported Thursday, following recent strikes targeting alleged drug smuggling boats in the region.
https://youtu.be/CF0A9uLTX4Q?si=MiJz6xySXazXxD2p


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Massive fire breaks out at Chevron refinery in L.A. area | 3.10.2025

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A massive fire erupted Thursday night at a refinery in Southern California. Firefighters were dispatched around 9:35 p.m. to the Chevron refinery in El Segundo after receiving calls of smoke in the area. Images from SkyFOX show large flames shooting through the refinery. It's unclear what caused the fire or if any injuries were reported.

https://youtu.be/XO3niKFT4NU?si=fgH9GkXhhA7uDsMF

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Most certainly not relaxing or sleeping well, this report details, is President Donald Trump, who declared the United States is now at war with drug cartels deemed by the White House as terrorist groups and informed Congress yesterday: “The United States is in a non-international armed conflict with designated terrorist organizations”—a declaration of war that followed the United States government grimly warning: “The drug trafficking threat in Chicago encompasses virtually every aspect of the threat facing our nation—wholesale supply, transshipment, distribution, use, and money laundering—all of which are occurring at very high levels...
The vast majority of illegal drugs distributed in Chicago are supplied by Mexican cartels, including the Sinaloa Cartel, Beltran-Leyva Cartel, Gulf Cartel, La Familia Michoacana, the Guerreros Unidos, and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación”.

Immediately prior to President Trump informing Congress that the United States is in a non-international armed conflict with designated Mexican cartel terrorist organizations, this report notes, it was revealed: “Customs and Border Protection asked for an unprecedentedly massive drone flight ban over Chicago due to a credible threat of small, unmanned aircraft systems being used against law enforcement during Midway Blitz...Midway Blitz is the name of the operation taking place in the Chicago area...The flight restriction extends for a 15-mile radius over the greater Chicago area and into Lake Michigan”.

Along with President Trump waging war against Mexican drug cartels in Chicago with the Midway Blitz operation, this report notes, he is also attacking their main base of operations in Los Angeles-California, and his federal officials gravely warned: “The Sinaloa Cartel’s reach is vast and unremitting..This ruthless cartel is intent on cashing in, permeating our communities with their poison, with no regard to human suffering”.

A few hours after President Trump informed Congress that the United States is in a non-international armed conflict, this report continues, it was revealed:

“A massive fire erupted at an oil refinery in Southern California Thursday night...Firefighters were dispatched around 9:35 p.m. to the Chevron refinery in El Segundo after receiving calls of smoke in the area, according to authorities...Billowing smoke and orange flames could be seen in the sky for miles across the South Bay Area”

—eyewitness Miguel Morales told Fox News Digital:

“So I saw the sky turn orange, and I was just wondering, like, what the hell happened...What is that?...And then I saw the whole explosion happen...It was just like a whole mushroom cloud of fire...It just started popping up”—and was an eyewitness account that exactly matches those given by Russian peoples who daily watch Ukrainian Nazi unmanned drones attacking Russian refineries.

Kept from the American peoples knowledge by their leftist fake news media, but not to President Trump, as evidenced by his massive ban on drones over Chicago, this report concludes, was the grave news revealed last month:
“Mexican media recently confirmed something many experts had already suspected: local drug dealers are sending representatives to fight for Ukraine...
Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Mexican newspaper Milenio reported that one of the country’s largest drug cartels is acquiring advanced military capabilities, especially in drone warfare...This knowledge is due to the return of Mexican veterans from Ukraine after participating in the war to gain military experience”.

Source: 
SORCHA 10/3 | Friday, 3-Oct-2025, www.rumormill.news/260157

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Fire at Chevron refinery sends massive flames shooting into Southern California night sky

Witnesses describe the Los Angeles County sky glowing orange as flames engulf the El Segundo refinery

 By Christina Shaw Fox News

Published October 3, 2025 1:33am EDT | Updated October 3, 2025 3:12am EDT

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6381173914112

Fire at Chevron refinery sends flames shooting into Los Angeles County sky

Large flames could be seen coming from Chevron's El Segundo Refinery in Los Angeles County, California, after reports of an explosion.

A massive fire erupted at an oil refinery in Southern California Thursday night.

Firefighters were dispatched around 9:35 p.m. to the Chevron refinery in El Segundo after receiving calls of smoke in the area, according to authorities.

Billowing smoke and orange flames could be seen in the sky for miles across the South Bay Area.

Fire Division Chief Casey Snow with the El Segundo Fire Department told Fox News Digital that some of the products – gasoline and diesel – were burning.

EXPLOSION ROCKS PALM SPRINGS, DAMAGING BUILDINGS AND SENDING DEBRIS INTO THE STREET

Smoke and flames could be seen coming from Chevron's El Segundo Refinery in Los Angeles County, California, late Thursday night after reports of an explosion.  (KTTV)

Witnesses described the fiery scene as visible for miles.

"So I saw the sky turn orange, and I was just wondering, like, what the h--- happened. What is that? And then I saw the whole explosion happen. It was just like a whole mushroom cloud of fire. It just started popping up," Miguel Morales, told Fox News Digital.

Snow said crews contained the flames to the refinery and were focusing on preventing the fire from spreading.

"It’s contained to the Chevron refinery, so there’s no hazard to the adjacent cities or residents in El Segundo or Manhattan Beach," Snow said. "Units on scene are working to depressurize and isolate the incident and suppress the fire."

Massive flames lit up the night sky in Los Angeles County on Thursday after an explosion at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo, California. (Video Screenshot/@Sri_Shenoy on X)

He also noted that while it is a "waiting game" because of what's burning, there is no threat to residents in surrounding cities at this time.

"It’s just a waiting game right now because there’s residual gasoline and diesel that’s going to burn, and there’s not much we can do about it. We’re just keeping everything around it cool and trying to depressurize it, and eventually that gasoline will burn out and we’ll be in good shape," Snow said.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE GROWS FROM 50 ACRES TO OVER 1,000 ACRES IN JUST HOURS

He added that there are no injuries to report, which was also confirmed by a Chevron spokesperson.

"All refinery personnel and contractors have been accounted for and there are no injuries," Allison Cook said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

She added, "No evacuation orders for area residents have been put in place by emergency response agencies monitoring the incident, and no exceedances have been detected by the facilities fence line monitoring system."

An explosion took place at Chevron's oil refinery located in El Segundo, California, on Thursday night.  (Eric Quintanar for Fox News Digital)

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The refinery is one of the largest on the West Coast and serves as a critical hub for the region’s fuel supply. It spans about 2 square miles and processes crude oil into jet fuel, gasoline and other petroleum products.

The facility employs more than 1,000 Chevron employees and another 1,000 contractors work at the site daily, underscoring its role as a major employer in the South Bay Area.

Fox News Digital's Eric Quintanar contributed to this report.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fire-chevron-refinery-sends-massive-flames-shooting-southern-california-night-sky

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Watch: Massive Fireball Erupts at Los Angeles Oil Refinery

New York Post

https://youtu.be/cqWYOB6_HSI?si=JmVTgCeHKZJP0Wxm 3.10.2025 #refineryexplosion #chevronoil #losangeles

A massive fire erupted at a Chevron oil refinery outside of Los Angeles on Thursday night, forcing residents to shelter in place following multiple reports of an explosion. Videos taken when the explosion occurred showed a massive fireball erupting amid a loud, extended roar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqWYOB6_HSI

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US provides Ukraine w intel on L-R energy infrastructure targets in Russia

Helena--Today, Trump openly declared war on Russia without Congressional approval.   The United States will provide Ukraine with intelligence on long-range energy infrastructure targets in Russia.

Operation Goldfish trained Ukrainians to pose as Russians, not only in Russia but in third countries around the world in joint operations with the CIA under the banner of Unit 2245.  Training was done primarily in the US - most likely at the 9000 acre military base dubbed The Farm in Virginia.  Trump halted this briefly, but allowed it to resume by March.  There never was any intention of creating a peace deal with Russia.  It was all a fraud.

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Trump’s Undeclared War On Russia Announced

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Helena 

Today, Trump openly declared war on Russia without Congressional approval. The United States will provide Ukraine with intelligence on long-range energy infrastructure targets in Russia. And no one blinked. Instead, the Fox Headlines discuss Pelosi snapping at a reporter and Charlie Sheens marriage mishaps. I imagine this declaration of War was the real reason Hegseth brought all the Generals to Quantico vs the body shaming video that made everyone’s eyes roll with apathy.

Although the CIA has been operating in Ukraine since 2014 infiltrating and compromising Ukraine’s sovereignty. By 2016, there were 12 spy bases along the Russian Border. Operation Goldfish came about when a top Ukrainian, General Kondratyuk, brought Russian military Intelligence to the Pentagon and Russia became an official target for destruction.

Operation Goldfish trained Ukrainians to pose as Russians, not only in Russia but in third countries around the world in joint operations with the CIA under the banner of Unit 2245. Training was done primarily in the US – most likely at the 9000 acre military base dubbed The Farm in Virginia. Trump halted this briefly, but allowed it to resume by March. There never was any intention of creating a peace deal with Russia. It was all a fraud.

The US approved the immigration of more than 270,000 Ukrainian refugees into America between 2022 and 2023. 117,000 were sponsored by US citizens. Another 150,000 Ukrainians came thru the Mexican Border – under Biden. Achton Kutcher and his wife Mila used Go Fund Me to raise funds to bring Ukrainians into the US – unvetted. Kutcher is connected to the CIA, raises funding for the NGO Friends of the IDF, practices Kabbalah, and is a WEF member.

These same Ukrainians have most recently hailed Stepan Bandera, a consorter and conspirator with Hitler, as their Hero. With Ashkenazi Zelenskky promoting this bizarre diaspora of history while shutting down Orthodox, Catholic, and all religious accoutrements in Ukraine. Redefining Ashkenazi Jews as who they are – Khazarian militant warriors. And Secular Netanyahu has supported this redefining.

Ukrainian soldiers have been accused of working in Africa as militants coordinated with Boko Haraam and ISIS. US supplied weapons to Ukraine have been cited on the Dark Web as sold to militants in Africa who are butchering Christians. And the US approves this … under Biden, under Trump, under the CIA, under the Mossad.

These trained CIA operatives are not simply assimilated in Russia and Africa, but in the US. Sometime in 2014, Ukraine created their Hit List published as the – Myrotvorets website. The site lists thousands of people Ukraine deems their enemies – one of which named was Charlie Kirk. The sites founder, Georgy Tuka claims the site lists over 25,000 persons.

There has been an undercurrent of information linking – Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens as being on The List. And most recently both Twitter and Facebook have launched huge campaigns denouncing Tucker and Candace going so far as to claim they are BOTS of Qatar. Why? Because they both are unveiling and unraveling the Israeli occupation of America including within our government.

Given Ukraine became a governance of Soros, an Ashkenazi Jew of Nazi heritage, who has also been linked to the CIA – the Charlie Kirk HIT – gains prominence. And the narrative is no longer a conspiracy theory – but an accumulation of FACTS. It confuses the narrative of WWII. Of FDR. Of even Eisenhower. And takes us into the JFK ‘conspiracy’ wherein he wanted AIPAC to register as a Foreign Agent and Wanted the CIA DISBANDED. And nothing has changed. The CIA and AIPAC have fomented a pact of allegiance to destroy America – just as Kennedy speculated 60+ years ago.

Contrary to his campaign pledges, Trump has made zero effort to contain the rogue CIA. Instead, he has joined forces pledging to incite a nuclear war inside Russia using Ukraine as his personal launch pad.

The CIA are the foot soldiers. Every country embroiled in government coups and war factions can find a singular common source – the CIA. In May 2025, the CIA released two Mandarin-language videos aimed at recruiting Chinese officials as spies. The videos appeal to officials who may be disillusioned with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and fear its anti-corruption purges.

Unfortunately, the CIA represents America and America Taxpayers. Therefore its initiation of coups and assassinations reflect not just on the CIA but on Americans – which is demonstrated in Bully Tactics and PR Narratives. While we had hoped and believed that Trump would at last end this monstrosity – he chose to expand it, to the point that he has accelerated bombing campaigns which includes Russia, a major global power with some 5,000 Nukes positioned strategically.

This does not bode well.

SOURCE:
https://helenaglass.net/2025/10/02/trumps-undeclared-war-on-russia-announced/

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Putin Vows to Destroy "Bloodthirsty" Israel's Satanic Grip on Washington DC | 6 days ago

Long before the world even noticed, Vladimir Putin shook the globalist order to its core. He kicked the Rothschilds out of Russia—yes, the very family behind the creation of the modern state of Israel—and declared war on the New World Order, vowing to dismantle it with his own hands.

Now, he’s gambling on a last stand. Putin has set his sights on international Satanism and the shadowy influence of Zionists in the West, warning that these forces are corroding civilization from within—pushing it toward a planned total collapse.
https://rumble.com/v6zi8iy-putin-vows-to-destroy-bloodthirsty-israels-satanic-grip-on-washington-dc.html

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Germany on the brink of war – the memory of Hitler throbs in the minds of Germans

 
Those who do not learn the lessons of history are condemned to go through them again and again.

Investigative

Analysis: Germany on the brink of war – the memory of Hitler throbs in the minds of Germans

Published 01.10.2025 16:23, 1546 views, 4 comments

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the other day that his country is no longer at peace. The hint of an impending confrontation with Russia is more than obvious. For the first time since 1945, Germans are changing their civilian clothes into uniforms, turning their tank turrets to face east, and once again Russia has been declared the Germans' main enemy.

So it was in 1914, and so it was in 1941. A similar scenario was followed in Russia in the 13th century by the German Livonian Knights and the Prussian troops who invaded the Russian Empire in 1812 as part of Napoleon's army.

In the mind of the new Chancellor , the German economy must immediately switch to a war economy in order to repel the invasion of the “barbarian hordes from the East.” To support this, the German parliamentarians who left the globalist parliament, who lost the elections, removed the state borrowing restrictions as their last step – now the new German government has the right to take out any loans for military needs, and thus reach into the pockets of future generations.

What will these loan funds be used for? First of all, for the benefit of the main German arms manufacturer, the Rheinmetall Group. The shares of the company, which is actively involved in the “Ukrainian direction”, are increasing in price every day: since 2022, their price has increased 11 times, and the order book has grown to $ 63 billion.

Recent initiatives by the arms industry group include:

• Increasing ammunition production at a factory near Madrid to 450,000 pieces per year;

• Opening of a factory in Hungary for the production of ammunition for the KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle and, in the future, for the production of ammunition for the Leopard 2 and Panther tanks;

• Plans to open gunpowder factories in Romania and a factory for the production of 350,000 rounds of ammunition in Bulgaria;

• A memorandum on the construction of a munitions factory in Lithuania and negotiations on starting production in Latvia are on the table.

Merz is following a historical example. Germany has not experienced such a rate of production of death-sowing since the time of Adolf Hitler , who was once elevated to Chancellor . History textbooks well know what the complete militarization of Germany will lead to.

Both world wars began on German territory just after German leaders began dreaming of “expanding their living space.” The price of such dreams is tens of millions of lives, devastated territories, and bitter memories of 14,000 German concentration camps, the Holocaust, and the burning of 700 Belarusian villages—with their inhabitants.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has begun a new militarization of Germany, probably following the “voice of blood” and the instructions of his Nazi ancestors. But the only thing this can lead to is World War III.

However, Merz should take into account that in such a war the victims would not be in the millions, but even in the billions. Otherwise, the German bourgeoisie, given the geographical location of their country, would be the first to be thrown into the merciless incinerator of nuclear weapons.

In principle, we can agree with the Chancellor that Russia's war with Germany and NATO is already underway: German Leopards with crosses on their armor are currently crawling through Ukraine, NATO weapons are being fired at Russian cities, NATO satellites are directing NATO-made missiles at Moscow, and Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in NATO countries, while German officers are planning missile strikes to destroy the Crimean bridge.

There remains the final stage – a provocation that would give rise to the transition of hostilities to a hot phase. The whole world knows that the Germans are masters of this: it was they who organized the famous fake attack on the Gleiwitz radio station in 1939 in order to find a reason to attack Poland.

Kimberly Lowe, the US-recommended special envoy for Europe, sees in such actions a dangerous tendency towards the revival of a totalitarian state in Germany – similar to the Third Reich.

“Germany is doing everything it can to lead Germans down this path, starting with destroying the German economy and flooding the country with violent immigrants, which is washing away German culture and language. It is also one of the countries with the highest percentage of people imprisoned for social media posts, with 3,500 people arrested in Germany in 2023 for their online comments alone.”

"They completely rewrote the Soviet Union's role in World War II. They did everything they could to make most of the Western world hate what Russia is today. They told lie after lie to sow sentiment in support of World War III and against Russia," Lowe described the mood in Germany in a recent interview.

It is worth noting that Merz's words hit the ground well-fertilized by the revanchists of history. In West Germany, where the post-war process of denazification was rather formal, many really dreamed of settling accounts with the victorious countries again. According to the media, the revanchists often belonged to the highest circles of the leadership of the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr – German counterintelligence uncovered more than one such conspiracy.

But now all restrictions have been lifted – the descendants of veterans of the Gestapo, the Kriegsmarine, the SS, the Wehrmacht and the Luftwaffe have been assigned a specific target, Russia. And they say: “Let’s face it!”

Against this background, the question involuntarily arises: why is historical research so difficult for Germans? And why don't they remember the wise German saying: those who do not learn the lessons of history are condemned to go through them again and again?

Analysis: JiiPee
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White House orders federal agencies to shut down

Broke?.. why not start some lucrative wars and steal oil, again.

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It’s official: White House orders federal agencies to shut down

Russell Vought said federal employees should still report to work so they can “undertake orderly shutdown activities.”

Michael Stratford

09/30/2025, 8:23pm ET

White House budget director Russell Vought on Tuesday evening directed federal agencies to begin implementing their shutdown plans after Senate Democrats blocked a Republican plan to keep the government open beyond midnight.

The leaders of executive branch departments and agencies “should now execute their plans for an orderly shutdown,” Vought wrote in a memo, formally initiating the first closure of the federal government since President Donald Trump’s first term.

The directive sets in motion furloughs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers and the suspension of a wide range of government services. Federal agencies have published plans over the past several days detailing which roles and services are deemed essential enough to continue during the shutdown despite the lapse in funding. Vought has separately asked agencies to prepare plans to permanently reduce the federal workforce through mass firings during a shutdown.

In the Tuesday memo, Vought said that federal employees should “report to work for their next regularly scheduled tour of duty to undertake orderly shutdown activities.” He added that federal agencies “should continue to closely monitor developments, and OMB will provide further guidance as appropriate.”

Lead Art: Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought testifies during before the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 25. | Mariam Zuhaib/AP

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Trump posts another deepfake video mocking Jeffries

After Jeffries accused Trump of “bigotry” for an AI-generated video, Trump posted a similar video belittling his response.

Aaron Pellish

09/30/2025, 9:26pm ET

President Donald Trump posted another deepfake AI-generated video of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday hours before the federal government is expected to shut down, further signaling the significant divide between the two parties.

On Monday, Trump posted a vulgar AI-generated video of Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaking outside the White House. The video portrayed Jeffries wearing a mustache and a sombrero while mariachi music plays in the background.

Jeffries condemned the deepfake as “bigotry” in a social media response and called it a “disgusting video” in an MSNBC interview later Monday evening.

On Tuesday, Trump shared a clip of Jeffries’ MSNBC interview criticizing the original video, again adding an AI-generated mustache and sombrero. The latest video features four depictions of the president playing mariachi music as Jeffries speaks.

Trump’s repeated antagonization of Jeffries sets the tone for what may be difficult and drawn-out negotiations over a government-funding solution as lawmakers on both sides continue to dig into their positions.

During a House Democratic conference presser on Tuesday, Jeffries dared Trump to confront him personally rather than “cop out” through the AI-generated videos.

Later, in an interview on MSNBC, Jeffries sought to downplay the videos.

“We need from the president of the United States an individual who actually is focused on doing his job, as opposed to engaging in racist or bigoted stereotypes designed to try to distract or throw us off as Democrats from what we need to do on behalf of the American people,” Jeffries said.

Trump also posted several photos of his Oval Office meeting on Monday with Jeffries, Schumer, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson. Two images shared by Trump show the four Congressional leaders in conversation. A third shows Trump pointing at Jeffries with a sneer. All three images feature “Trump 2028” hats on the president’s desk.

The government is expected to shut down just after 12 a.m. Wednesday.

Lead Art: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks on the steps of the Capitol to insist that Republicans include an extension of expiring health care benefits as part of a government funding compromise, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/30/congress/white-house-orders-federal-agencies-to-shut-down-00589330

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