Hegseth: "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."
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this Pete Hegseth speech is indistinguishable from parody. words fail to describe the absurdity. here he's talking about governors coming to the Pentagon to grovel to him and Trump so they can be rewarded with a new military base
Recent articles about children, some as young as three, appearing in court before immigration judges. Prior to March, 2025, a federally funded program existed to provide them with legal representation in court. amicacenter.org/press-releas...
Legal Service Providers Demand Immediate Action as Unaccompanied Children Languish in Immigration Court Without Legal Representation
Immigration courts nationwide are experiencing massive disruptions and lack of meaningful due process for vulnerable unaccompanied children due to the government’s elimination of legal representation…
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“The president described the current choices on the table as ‘wiping Iran out, letting them rot economically or making a deal,'” Yingst said. “He added, ‘My question is if and when do I blow the entire nation up? They better behave.'” thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Trump on Iran: ‘My question is, if and when do I blow the entire nation up?’
President Trump on Sunday speculated on the future of the Iran war, asking “if and when do I blow the entire nation up?” Fox News’s Trey Yingst reported that Trump is in a “…
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"Suárez spoke days after a Department of Homeland Security watchdog confirmed the use of the phone booth-sized cages at the now-shuttered Florida detention camp in a Sept. 11 report." The facility comfirmed to inspectirs use of the cages, calling them calming areas www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Former ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainee says he was placed in phone booth-sized cage for 15 hours
A Homeland Security watchdog confirmed the use of small cages at the now-shuttered immigrant detention center. Facility records say detainees were kept in them for under two hours.
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Donald Trump refuses to open the Kennedy Center unless they put his name on it. Nothing prevents him from going through with renovations without his name.
The Bureau of Land Management has asked its state directors to identify public land ripe for data center development, according to two people familiar with the request, and those leaders have compiled lists for Interior Department leadership. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/09...
Trump orders BLM to find public land for data centers
The Bureau of Land Management has asked its state directors to identify public land ripe for data center development, according to two people familiar with the request, and those leaders have compiled...
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Luttig outlined how Republicans could refuse to seat elected Democrats in January after a Democratic victory in the 2026 midterm elections of November. Could Mike Johnson replace the current House Clerk with a loyalist who refuses to seat dems? heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
September 12, 2026
On Thursday, in The New Republic, conservative judge J.
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Officials at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have warned in documents that the institution faces “certain fiscal collapse within weeks” unless President Trump’s name is added back to the building in some fashion. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...
Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added
The caution, contained in a draft resolution to the center’s board, comes as a federal judge decides whether President Trump’s name should remain off the building.
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An American diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children was "secretly flown out of the UK", according to reports. news.sky.com/story/us-off...
US officials 'secretly flew diplomat out of UK' after indecent image allegations
UK ministers are understood to be in contact with the US embassy over the incident, which is reported to be connected to an investigation in the US.
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Joe Biden — 83, stage 4 cancer, spread to his bones — stood for hours as 9/11 victims' names were read. Trump fell asleep at his own ceremony. One showed up in pain and stood anyway. The other couldn't stay awake.
Mr Patel messaged Ben Williamson, the FBI's assistant director for public affairs, with a link to the post and ordered him to respond to such messages with rebuttals from the official FBI account. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Kash Patel ordered FBI agents to respond to X posts calling him a ‘retard’
Kash Patel ordered FBI officials to respond to a social media post calling him a “retard”.
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25th Anniversary 9/11 Tribute: All former living presidents were there. Donald Trump was notably absent. The 9l11 ceremony forbids partisan politics. Trump would have been forbidden to speak. Instead he attended the ceremony at the Pentagon. He fell asleep.
Kimmel said that during Trump’s administration, the FCC “has threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our network, ABC, our affiliates, our local stations, based on simple, traditional editorial decisions, guest bookings it would seem they don’t like www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... #fascism
Jimmy Kimmel says show won’t air James Talarico interview on TV, citing FCC threats
The late-night host said his interview with the Texas Democratic Senate candidate would air instead on YouTube.
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A crowd at the party’s irregular midterm convention in Dallas repeatedly called for a sitting Senate candidate to be shot, while the Republican senator at the podium never denounced or even noted the outbursts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Calls for Democrats to be shot go unchallenged at Republican convention
Crowd member repeatedly said some Democrats ‘should be shot’ during Ted Cruz’s speech, without senator responding
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Trump, at the mid-term RNC made his followers pledge to cheat: “I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m going to try and cheat like hell like they do,” Trump said, pausing as members of the crowd repeated his words. “There’s never been bigger cheaters.” www.newsweek.com/read-pledge-...
Trump makes RNC swear oath to cheat in midterm elections
Trump jokingly led RNC attendees in a pledge to “cheat like hell” and vote in the midterms even if they were not registered.
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Wow -- RNC video: "On June 14th, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump." It only gets more unhinged and culty from there.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would pay every American adult a $5,000 "Trump dividend" if Republicans retain control of Congress in November's midterm election, an extraordinary attempt to persuade voters to back his party. www.reuters.com/world/us/rep...
Trump offers $5,000 to every American if Republicans win midterm elections
President Donald Trump said he would pay every American adult a "Trump dividend" if Republicans retain control of Congress, an extraordinary attempt to persuade voters to back his party.
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Several European law enforcement officials said in interviews that DOJ has not responded to their requests for mutual legal assistance, which could permit foreign investigators to obtain evidence, information and testimony from the U.S. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Europeans investigating Epstein say DOJ has not agreed to requests for help
Some European law enforcement agencies chasing leads spurred by information in the so-called Epstein Files say the U.S. Justice Department has not responded to their requests.
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Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that analyze Americans’ financial activity and other data, then feed that intelligence to local police who pull people over who are not suspected of any specific crime www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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A reminder: During the 2024 election, Trump repeatedly claimed the votes in PA were being rigged and that there was massive cheating occurring. When it was shown he was winning the state, that rhetoric completely stopped.
...spent more than 10 hours on Sunday posting dozens of AI images... The posts included a depiction of Iran’s defeat, Trump on horseback with George Washington, and an apparently AI-generated image of Robert De Niro holding a shirt that read, “Trump is my president.” www.cnbc.com/2026/09/07/t...
Trump says he's made 'Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks' for the U.S., in stream of AI posts
U.S. President Donald Trump posted a stream of AI-generated images and a series of sweeping and unverified claims on Truth Social on Sunday
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Trump throws fuel on international feuds with Truth Social post bathing multiple countries in the American flag
Trump fuels feuds with post showing American flag map over all of North America
The president’s posts come amid an ongoing trade war with Canada
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Measured against the first 19 months of the Biden administration and of President Donald Trump's first term, no recent defense secretary has reshaped the top ranks at this pace. www.military.com/hegseth-remo...
DOD's Hegseth Removing Military's Senior Leaders Faster Than Any Recent Defense Secretary
The Pentagon defended Hegseth's various moves, telling Military.com it is part of his "statutory authority" and a non-story.
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