GOP ads around the country for state and federal campaigns have featured themes on combating "Radical Islam" and "Sharia law," and warning of "Islamic movements" taking root. n.pr/4iYllsG

Anti-Muslim rhetoric is finding a growing foothold in GOP messaging ahead of November

GOP ads around the country for state and federal campaigns have featured themes on combating "Radical Islam" and "Sharia law," and warning of "Islamic movements" taking root.

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On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the President says the crown prince of Saudi Arabia who is a murderer is his good friend....🤬

I don’t want to alarm anyone, but it only gets worse after midterms. Republicans signing the OBBB was one of the most devastating singular acts in the history of the United States. This current Congress won’t go down favorably in the books and all to give tax cuts to billionaires.

Women who accept this? WHY?! “Unleased men” are defined by very specific traits – they usually can’t get an apartment of their own due to poor credit history or criminal offenses, so they instead live rent-free in their partner’s home and break nearly every rule www.theroot.com/rent-free-an...

“Stop Making Sense” turns 42 today. Of his performance, David Byrne said: “You see this person in the beginning [of the film] who's kind of angsty, stumbling around .. And then, by the end, he's surrendered to the music and is fairly joyful .. He’s found a kind of community." 🙏🏼 “Slippery People”

Belfi Rivera was 14 when the Arizona Diamondbacks made a handshake deal that would pay him $1.8M after he turned 16. But $630K went to a trainer who brokered the deal, and $950K+ went to a lender whose business partner is Red Sox legend David Ortiz.

How the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False Promises

Teams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it.

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The Confederacy KKK Jim Crow Daughters of the Confederacy Southern Strategy War on Drugs Three Strikes Mandatory Minimums Stop & Frisk All of these strategies were designed to assail black people in America. Certain white people don’t think their children should learn about even this little bit.

On the Trump administration's "sweeping campaign to control speech in America" through lawsuits, regulation and threats: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech (Gift Article)

President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

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I’m staggered to learn that 100 million Americans have been born since the Twin Towers were brought down on 9/11 a quarter century ago. It’s fitting that Donald Trump was away while the 4 living former presidents — Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden — stool solemnly by, near Ground Zero in Manhattan.

Good morning 😃

This NY Times story is largely a summary of Trump’s anti-free-speech moves. But there’s an interesting nugget: Trump’s access ban against the Associated Press had a motive beyond the “Gulf of America” dispute. Trump wanted AP to give him rights to that photo of him after the Butler, PA, shooting.

How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech (Gift Article)

President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

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Speaker Mike Johnson early recessed to avoid the discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act 2. But @robertgarcia.house.gov won’t let the Files be ignored. He joined me to explain how a Democratic majority on Oversight will change how investigations are done. youtu.be/UN51ioCzmhM?...

Trump PANICS As House DEMS CLOSE IN On Epstein Files After MAGA Mike SENT THEM HOME!!

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on this day in 1940 Lascaux cave paintings are discovered. "Near Montignac, France, four teenagers discover a collection of prehistoric 15,000- to 17,000-year-old cave paintings when they stumble upon the ancient artwork after following their dog down a narrow entrance into a cavern."

good morning sisters/brothers from the tip of the mit. may each day bring you a sunrise, of hope, discovery, and beauty.

"It's a horrible regime. But they are outmaneuvering the Trump administration," says David Rohde, after Iranian-backed Houthis rebels in Yemen take seize a key waterway for transporting oil to global markets.

He yells at female reporters, (sorry… Black female reporters) and NO ONE in the White House Press Corps will attempt to defend the women. That’s how low we have sunk.

New 9/11 documents renew focus on survivors' health: Former Ground Zero first responder Paul Rieckhoff wants officials held accountable for insisting the air was safe in Lower Manhattan after the attacks: 'If people lied and committed crimes, they should go to jail. No one should be above the law.'

I saw the Bayeux tapestry some 40 years ago, on my first trip to Europe. I don't remember crowds; we just walked in. The memory is still clear, not just the tapestry, but the Normandy beaches, Caen... I'm glad so many people will see it in London, but I hope it will return to a quieter life.

“…U.S. officials think that hundreds of IRGC officers are currently in Yemen working with the Houthis to shut down the Bab el-Mandeb.” Yet trump refused to stop Iranian takeover of Red Sea yesterday, even after being asked to assist by the Saudis. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

September 10, 2026

We woke up today to news that Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants have taken control of the city and seaport of Mocha and much of the shoreline of the Red Sea near the Bab el-Mandeb strait, another c...

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Ken Paxton, one of the slimiest politicians in American history, got 886,010 votes in a GOP runoff and won the endorsement of the convicted-felon president of the United States. The Republican Party is a soulless army assaulting our democracy.

It’s difficult to believe that twenty-five years have passed since the devastation of 9/11 changed so much in our county and our lives. In the response, we also saw the best of America.

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?

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Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."

Burns.

I was proud to begin this day of remembrance alongside FDNY Commissioner Bonsignore by laying a wreath at the foot of the Firemen’s Memorial. For more than a century, this monument has honored the heroes who risk their lives to keep us safe.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani shaking hands at the Sept. 11 ceremony via ABC7NY

Happy Friday! It's your morning news rounup! B*tch Better Have My Money. Tabs, Fri., Sept. 11, 2026 www.wonkette.com/p/btch-bette... By Rebecca Schoenkopf @wonkette.bsky.social

B*tch Better Have My Money. Tabs, Fri., Sept. 11, 2026

You said you’d never forget!

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Leonard Leo/Opus Dei MAGA Catholics are the backbone of trump fascism. Without MAGA Catholics, it collapses overnight. Until Pope Leo & US Bishops address & excise that cancer in the front pew, it will grow & threaten both US democracy & the body of the church. www.ncronline.org/news/direct-...

In direct appeal to Trump, Catholic bishops' president urges end of mass deportations of Haitians

Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference president, urged President Donald Trump to cease the deportation of “large numbers” of Haitian immigrants.

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Diesel prices in the U.S. has hit yet another record, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Washington's war with Iran disrupts the world's flow of fuel n.pr/4ynU5Iw

US diesel prices soar past $6 a gallon, deepening strain for hauling everyday goods

Diesel prices in the U.S. has hit yet another record, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Washington's war with Iran disrupts the world's flow of fuel

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Here's Dr. Carr's Harvard source on 9/11 materials, in case you wanted to get more information. #UrbanViewMornings www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe

PDF | We have discovered distinctive red/gray chips in all the samples we have studied of the dust produced by the destruction of the World Trade... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...

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