BREAKING: Harvey Weinstein was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 years in prison for a felony sex crime after being convicted last year of committing a criminal sexual act against a former production assistant, Miriam Haley, in a bedroom in his SoHo apartment in 2006.

At least six major hospitals across the country have recently agreed to stop providing gender-transition treatment to adolescents to end a wide-ranging Justice investigation into potential legal violations related to billing practices and consumer fraud. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...

Hospitals Shut Youth Gender Clinics in Deal with Trump Administration (Gift Article)

At least six hospitals have struck agreements with the Trump administration to pay fines and stop providing gender-transition treatments to minors.

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Dear leader has started his on TV network called "Trump TV" after the recent ban on three media outlets from accessing the White House. It's a YouTube page with Trump's greatest hits on a loop because they have no actual content. Try not to vomit.

In a 15-page order, US District Judge Loren AliKhan dismissed a lawsuit by Stefan Passantino — a former lawyer for one-time White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson — against MS NOW legal analyst and law professor Andrew Weissmann. More: substack.com/profile/2357...

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In a 15-page order, US District Judge Loren AliKhan dismissed a lawsuit by Stefan Passantino — a former lawyer for one-time White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson — against MS NOW legal analyst and law p...

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The Trump administration is attempting to redirect $2.5 billion in foreign aid in the final days of the fiscal year to cover “closeout costs” for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which the White House has worked very hard to dismantle. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Trump to divert $2.5B to shutter USAID, let other cash expire next week, Democrats warn

In the final days of the fiscal year, federal dollars remain unspent.

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This is a very basic, common sense, rational clip of Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed making really solid points about how Trump can't read a room and just do his job to lower the price of gas, but the fact that Fox News is playing this is pretty amazing.

After the Corner Bakery meeting, Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Susan Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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Donald Trump just threatened to “annihilate” Iran at the UN General Assembly. He then predicted that a deal would probably follow the US elections.

JD Vance has led an effort to ejected more than 750,000 enrollees from the ACA marketplaces, claiming fraud. We all know how bogus Trump fraud claims are, so imagine all these people without insurance while Vance plays his games. thehill.com/policy/healt...

Vance-led task force set to remove 750K Obamacare enrollees, citing fraud

The Trump administration is removing close to 750,000 people from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage due to allegedly fraudulent enrollment, Vice President Vance announced Tuesday.  The cancel…

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A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data “on all FBI employees and applicants," a representative of the group, called ShinyHunters confirmed. www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...

‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees

A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.

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ECHEM. Hundreds of flights were canceled in the US Northeast on Monday due to technical problems at a key regional air traffic control center, halting operations at every major airport in the New York City area for several hours just as the UN assembly got underway. 👇🏻

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So it appears the AI rollout at major DC airports that started today is going SUPER GREAT. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

You HAVE to listen to this Newsmax reporter trying to cope: “Yeah…they…okay, so there is no microphone because the pool cameras aren't there...this is one example of it backfiring just a little bit um…and um, obviously the ramifications are right here, you can’t hear what the president is saying…” 😂

When you have to get super fancy with your to do list just to get yourself to make your to do list.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took first place in state elections in northeastern Germany on Sunday, pushing Chancellor Friedrich Merz's mainstream conservative party even farther right. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

AfD leads as Merz rues 'disaster' in worst state election result in postwar Germany

The far-right Alternative for Germany took first place in state elections in northeastern Germany, delivering the worst result for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's mainstream conservative party since 1949.

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Presley Gerber, the son of the supermodel Cindy Crawford who forged a promising modeling career of his own and later spoke openly about his struggles with substance abuse and mental health, died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 27. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/s...

So it appears the AI rollout at major DC airports that started today is going SUPER GREAT. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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* U.S. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TEMPORARILY HALTS FLIGHTS INTO NEWARK AND PHILADELPHIA AIRPORTS DUE TO COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES WITH SOME FREQUENCIES AT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY -- AGENCY @reuters.com

Days after Trump's FCC approved the Paramount Skydance plan to sell large equity stakes to the wealth funds in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, Paramount announced as settlement in the $111 billion acquisition. WONDER HOW THAT HAPPENED... shero.substack.com/p/jared-kush...

Jared Kushner And Trump Family Could Benefit in Another Deal that Depends on Trump's Approval

A new buyout offer made to Warner Brothers Discovery shareholders to counter a recent offer by Netflix is being sold to shareholders as a lock due to Paramount's political positioning.

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Citing the need “to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” major television networks agreed to suspend their pooled coverage as outlets ask the Court to intervene. substack.com/profile/2357...

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Citing the need “to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” major television networks agreed to suspend th...

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Another ICE officer has shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, who is in serious but stable condition at a hospital after being shot in the torso. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said he wants the investigation to have the Austin PD involved to provide “clear, third-party eyes."

Protestors are gathering in Austin, Texas, following a shooting by an ICE officer, as the mayor calls for an independent investigation.* *There is nothing wrong with the sound, I cut it half way through when I couldn't take the bananas Fox narrative anymore.

Maybe he overheard a legal plan regarding some recent arguments his lawyers made on his behalf for his fuhkahktuh ballroom, but concocting a need to store weapons and drones under the guise of somehow defending himself from his monumental arch sounds strait up Looney Toons.

The Trump administration is going after the National Institutes of Health AGAIN. wapo.st/3VEignY

Okay, so the Charles Spencer subsequent book launch and press blitz has everyone spiraling into watching Diana's funeral again, right? (Asking for a friend and three gay guys.)

Earl Spencer is making good on his promise to protect Diana's children and her legacy and as an attorney, I know he has not written a word without having all of the receipts. Good for him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1O...

Full interview: Earl Spencer on Diana book claims, her legacy and Harry and Meghan

YouTube video by BBC News

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Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds launched toward Moscow that hit an oil refinery on the conclusion of the third and final day of parliamentary elections that were devoid of any opposition to Putin.

Trump's FCC just gave all of the funders from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates that Jared Kushner brought in to the Paramount Merger, an equity interest in the deal. apnews.com/article/para... I warned everyone about this nearly a year ago. shero.substack.com/p/jared-kush...

Jared Kushner And Trump Family Could Benefit in Another Deal that Depends on Trump's Approval

A new buyout offer made to Warner Brothers Discovery shareholders to counter a recent offer by Netflix is being sold to shareholders as a lock due to Paramount's political positioning.

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Thousands of protesters gathered around the Kennedy Center on Friday night to showcase the obscured marble facade that remains concealed and protest Trump’s threats to destroy the building further. Just watch these beautiful people chanting: “KEEP YOUR TINY HANDS OFF!” 🩷

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