Patriots’ Daily News – October 16, 2026

MAGA Insider: Top Political Stories for Patriots — October 16, 2026

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1: Newsom Brags About School Spending, The Report Card Says…

Gavin Newsom has another education announcement to celebrate. California parents have another report card to worry about.

The state’s newly released 2025–26 test results show just 49.3 percent of tested students reached proficiency or better in English language arts. In mathematics, only 38.4 percent reached that benchmark. Science proficiency stood at 36 percent. READ MORE

2: Another Blue-State School Under Attack: Will Salem Finally Talk About Protecting Kids, Not Just Gun Bans?

Thursday afternoon, October 15, 2026, started like any other school day in Bend, Oregon. By nightfall, a community was holding a prayer vigil, and parents across the country were asking the question none of them want to ask: could this happen at my child’s school?

A 16-year-old boy opened fire inside Silver Rail Elementary School, killing three children and a teacher. Two others, a child and a teacher, were taken to the hospital. The shooter himself was dead before the first officers made it through the door. READ MORE

3: “Irrefutable Evidence”: Federal Regulator Says America’s 9 Biggest Banks Debanked…

For years, conservatives and religious Americans who said their bank accounts were being closed for political reasons were told they were imagining things. A new federal report says otherwise.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released its debanking review on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. It found that the nation’s nine largest federally regulated banks maintained policies that restricted access to financial services based on political, religious or social views, or lawful business activities. READ MORE

4: Jack Smith’s Spreadsheets: What Else Did He Have on You?

If you ever ordered a red MAGA hat and had it shipped to your front door, a new Senate memo says your name and address may have landed in the files of a special counsel’s office. And according to that memo, the hat orders were only a small piece of a much larger data haul.

The memo, released Wednesday, October 14, 2026, by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, says Jack Smith’s special counsel office and the Biden Justice Department obtained information on sales of red MAGA hats. That included individual buyers, what they purchased, and the shipping addresses for home delivery. READ MORE

5: FAIR Says Birthright Citizenship Is Draining Taxpayers, And The Numbers Are Staggering

One number is now at the center of the birthright citizenship fight: $150.7 billion a year. And the facts surrounding it are raising eyebrows in Washington.

The Center Square reported on October 13, 2026 that the Federation for American Immigration Reform says birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants costs federal, state, and local taxpayers $150.7 billion annually. READ MORE

6: AMERICA FIRST: Trump’s DHS Just Dismantled Two Biden-Era Safety Nets. What’s Next?

For years, a quiet loophole let foreign nationals keep working in America while their paperwork sat in a government pile. That loophole is now closed, and Washington is not stopping there.

The Department of Homeland Security announced on October 29, 2025 that it was ending automatic extensions of Employment Authorization Documents for most renewal applicants. The interim final rule took effect the next day, October 30. READ MORE