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- Christa Pike survives a failed lethal injection in Tennessee, reigniting debate over the death penalty and the gruesome 1995 murder that put her on death row. - New details emerge from the FlyDubai incident as passengers and off-duty crew members reportedly overpower the co-pilot after he allegedly attacks the captain and the plane plunges thousands of feet. - The episode criticizes major outlets for initially describing the FlyDubai incident as an “altercation” or “fight” between pilots rather than immediately framing it as an attempted hijacking. - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issues a lengthy message to Americans criticizing Trump and urging voters to change the direction of the U.S. government ahead of the midterms. - Texas authorities arrest a man accused of threatening to “shoot up” the state Capitol, with court documents cited in the episode saying anger toward AIPAC is part of the alleged motive. Today's podcast is sponsored by  PARAMOUNT PLUS - Don't Miss ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠“MobLand.”⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ All episodes NOW STREAMING on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paramount Plus.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Got a comment or question? Send it to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EmailGreta@newsmax.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and it may be used or answered on an upcoming episode. You can watch the video version of the “Greta Wire” podcast on NEWSMAX social media channels, plus YouTube and Rumble, on the same afternoon the audio version launches. Listen to Newsmax LIVE and subscribe to our entire podcast lineup at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://Newsmax.com/Listen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don't miss Greta every weekday on “The Record with Greta Van Susteren” at 4 PM ET, only on NEWSMAX TV. Watch the show anytime, anywhere with NEWSMAX+. Get your 15-day free trial of NEWSMAX+ at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://NewsmaxPlus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Greta on Social Media: Facebook: / greta  X/Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/greta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: / greta  TikTok: / greta.com  Follow NEWSMAX on Social Media: Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://nws.mx/FB⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X/Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://nws.mx/twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://nws.mx/IG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: / newsmaxtv  Rumble: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TRUTH Social: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://truthsocial.com/@NEWSMAX⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ GETTR: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://gettr.com/user/newsmax⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Threads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://threads.net/@NEWSMAX⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Telegram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://t.me/newsmax⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/newsmax.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Parler: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://app.parler.com/newsmax⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ THANKS FOR LISTENING! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would a skinny crown make you look thinner, or is that just the vibe talking?Tricia wraps Thursday with Things We Learned: Texas DPS and the FBI shutting down a credible threat against the Texas Capitol before it could happen, her new crown getting the official skinny crown seal of approval from JB and Sandy, and the Irish dentist bit that somehow ends with English dental health taking a beating.If you love The JB and Sandy Show, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend who needs a laugh.

Would a skinny crown make you look thinner, or is that just the vibe talking?The complete podcast-clean edition of The JB and Sandy Show for October 1, 2026. Sandy, JB, and Tricia cover First Laugh rhombus shapes and Bam Bam, Story We Love UT Tower windows and scaffolding, Care Don't Care Rockefeller Christmas trees plus Doodlepalooza and Fat Bear Week, Story We Love Capitol threat arrest, Colin Simmons sack celebration and the bye week, Dad's one-liner that's not saying much with a skinny crown digression, Perry's 79-cent pork chop line, first-time hearing videos and babies getting glasses, Story We Love Arch Manning Heisman odds, Book of Records most spent on a ticket, the first Tesla factory worker the show has met, Sandy Stampede growing for Livestrong, and a Things We Learned wrap with the Capitol arrest, skinny crown, and Irish dentist.If you laughed, subscribe, leave a review, and share The JB and Sandy Show with a friend who needs it.

Voter sentiment on the economy has reached record lows; worse now than it was during COVID and the 2008 financial crisis. Trump's desperation is clear because he released a taxpayer funded ad about it. January 6 rioters have found a new way to get slush fund compensation. Right wing activists are trying to shut down the last remaining Capitol attack investigation – the one with the alleged pipe bomber. Allison Gillhttps://muellershewrote.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrote.comHarry DunnHarry Dunn | Substack@libradunn1.bsky.social on BlueskyWant to support this podcast and get it ad-free and early?Go to: https://www.patreon.com/aisle45podTell us about yourself and what you like about the show - http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Capitol and Kayfabe - Exploring the Intersection of Wrestling and Politics. This week, hosts Jack Hunter and John Poz discuss LA Knight title chances, Greenland, White House Press Media ban, AEW, Kenny Omega, Roman Reigns, Donald Trump, MJF, Cody Rhodes, plus so much more! About Capitol and Kayfabe Capitol and Kayfabe is a podcast that explores the intersection of political issues and professional wrestling. Hosted by John Poz and Jack Hunter, the show offers in-depth discussions on current events, political figures, and wrestling legends, providing a unique take on both worlds. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Conspiracy theories aren't a sign of poor judgement or personality flaws. Constructed from a shared language, they actually offer a means for someone to try and make sense of an uncertain or stressful event.That's according to Henrich Greve, Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD, speaking on this episode about his new book, co-authored with Stanford University's Huggy Rao: Ctrl+Alt+Doubt: Decoding the Language of Online Conspiracy Talk.Greve explains why anyone can end up believing in conspiracy theories, how "gateway" theories work like gateway drugs, why the calmest, most rational-sounding posts spread the furthest, and why people often hold several contradictory theories at once as a kind of psychological safety net.The conversation also covers real-world harms, from vaccine hesitancy and the return of measles to South Africa's HIV denialism and the January 6th Capitol attack, before turning to what actually works, and what doesn't, in slowing the spread of harmful conspiracies.Chapters00:00 Introduction: why conspiracy theories spread faster than ever02:03 Why the book was written, and what past research got wrong06:36 Defining a conspiracy theory, and how widespread they are11:23 Reframing believers as problem solvers, not "dupes"15:00 How the conspiracy "toolkit" is learned and spreads 21:03 The language of conspiracy talk: calm words, hashtags and community24:23 Why people believe multiple, even contradictory, theories26:56 Real-world harms: vaccines, violence and the return of measles30:28 Conspiracy theories at state level: South Africa, Russia, January 6th34:04 What actually works, and doesn't, in limiting the spread40:34 Closing thoughts and where to find the bookRead the related INSEAD Knowledge article.

Genein grew up with the adversity of a stutter, but the challenge to solidify her voice pushed her to find other mediums to express herself. She found music and the arts. She found resilience and the beauty of building brain skills. She didn't know it at the time, but all of these experiences would fuel her future work.Genein went on to get her Masters in Education. Today, she is an author, global speaker, Executive Director at the Arizona Brain Capital Alliance, and podcast host of the Create and Grow Your Brain Capital Podcast. She's on a mission to promote the message of brain health and brain capitol development for the entire lifespan. (She was a speaker at the 2026 Weave & Cleave conference, too!) Genein is a wealth of knowledge, and this episode is filled with information to help you protect your greatest resource: your mind. This episode covers intriguing topics such as social justice and brain health, creativity's role in breath health, and ways to build brain skills from infancy well into maturity. You don't want to miss this one!To learn more about Genein's nonprofit: https://www.brainolicious.org/Resources To Grow Your Intercultural Creativity: https://caffestrategies.com/store/To connect with Genein: https://caffestrategies.com/speakers/

Big K Hour 02: Rich Fitzgerald joins from our nation's capitol as he continues to help our region! full 1426 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:27:47 +0000 6we81N3aiXGx7X82LH8WiLWmpXOlVyUz news The Big K Morning Show news Big K Hour 02: Rich Fitzgerald joins from our nation's capitol as he continues to help our region! The Big K Morning Show 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News

- Greg Kelly blasts British authorities for releasing five suspects on bail after an alleged plot targeting U.S. military aircraft at a U.K. air base, while President Trump says he would not have released them. - Former FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam and national security analyst Charles Marino analyze the alleged U.K. terror plot, warning about threats to American military installations and questioning Britain's handling of the suspects. - Kelly revisits January 6, raising questions about undercover sources, people disguising themselves as Trump supporters and unresolved questions surrounding what happened at the Capitol. - Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox criticizes Gov. Wes Moore's spending, taxes, energy policies and support for data centers while pitching his own economic agenda for the state. - Kelly examines questions surrounding accused January 6 pipe-bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr., highlighting surveillance footage, questions about his behavior and his parents' insistence that authorities have the wrong man. Listen to Newsmax LIVE and see our entire podcast lineup at http://Newsmax.com/Podcasts Make the switch to NEWSMAX today! Get your 15 day free trial of NEWSMAX+ at ⁠http://NewsmaxPlus.com⁠ Looking for NEWSMAX caps, tees, mugs & more? Check out the Newsmax merchandise shop at : ⁠http://nws.mx/shop⁠ Follow NEWSMAX on Social Media:  -Facebook: ⁠http://nws.mx/FB⁠  -X/Twitter: ⁠http://nws.mx/twitter⁠ -Instagram: ⁠http://nws.mx/IG⁠ -YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/NewsmaxTV⁠ -Rumble: ⁠https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV⁠ -TRUTH Social: ⁠https://truthsocial.com/@NEWSMAX⁠ -GETTR: ⁠https://gettr.com/user/newsmax⁠ -Threads: ⁠http://threads.net/@NEWSMAX⁠  -Telegram: ⁠http://t.me/newsmax⁠  -BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/newsmax.com⁠ -Parler: ⁠http://app.parler.com/newsmax⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Smith, who led multiple DOJ investigations into Donald Trump, testified today in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. We heard about classified documents, 2020 election lies, and the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Which begs the question: Why is the GOP relitigating old grievances when they could be addressing what's driving voters right now as we steamroll toward the midterm elections?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast summary: On this Sept. 29, 2026 episode of The News & Observer politics podcast Under the Dome, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with higher education reporter Jane Winik Sartwell and legislative and lobbying reporter Esther Frances about political power and the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees -- and what the university is asking for from the General Assembly. Plus our election race to watch for this week, NC House District 62. And their picks for Headliner of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this hour of Priority Talk Radio, Greg highlights several opportunities for Christians across Alabama to put faith into action. Pastor Jacky Connell joins Greg to discuss Celebration 250 Alabama, a statewide effort bringing churches together for prayer, evangelism and gospel outreach—including a major gathering at Pell City High School and football stadium on October 1.Greg also previews the culmination of the Alabama Prayer Initiative at the Alabama Capitol, talks about additional Celebration 250 events around the state, including the large gathering at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, and encourages listeners to pray and participate in local outreach opportunities.The conversation also turns to gas prices, with Greg comparing current prices with prices during the Biden administration and discussing the effects of supply, demand and world events.Greg closes by promoting Priority Talk's Pray, Prepare & Vote resources, including a nonpartisan voter bulletin designed to encourage Alabamians to participate in the November 3 election.Listen for:Alabama Prayer Initiative and the September 30 Capitol prayer rallyPastor Jackie Connell and Celebration 250 AlabamaPell City gospel outreach featuring Chad Pruitt and The Voice of MobileStatewide and Mobile-area evangelistic gatheringsA discussion of current gas prices and historical comparisonsPriority Talk's nonpartisan Pray, Prepare & Vote resources

Cameron the Capitol Cat could get statue after revamped design breathed new life into project, University of Nebraska at Omaha study finds past criminal charges are not uniform predictor of future offenses, Omaha postal workers are promoting mail-in voting ahead of November election, University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved four Nebraska Medicine board members, six Nebraska Catholic schools will launch career and technical education pilot program next school year, Center for Legal Immigration Assistance is marking 25 years of connecting people with legal immigration help as demand for services rises in Nebraska, Trump administration has eliminated thousands of federal jobs for experts who help farmers with conservation efforts.

William T. Cavanaugh — professor of Catholic studies at DePaul, director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, and author of The Uses of Idolatry, Torture and Eucharist, Migrations of the Holy, and Being Consumed — joins James Spencer and Ashish Varma for the fifth episode in the faith and politics series. Cavanaugh begins where politics itself begins: not with elections, but with how people organize a shared life. He traces how the sacred trappings once belonging to the church migrated to the modern state, and points to the Apotheosis of Washington on the Capitol dome as a reminder that ostensibly secular nations still deify. Much of the conversation is about idolatry — why the word is worth recovering despite its colonial baggage, and what Latin American theologians saw when they applied it to economics rather than atheism. Cavanaugh works the argument through Amazon packages, cobalt mines, and Milton Friedman's definition of a free transaction, then answers the obvious objection about whether ordinary people can do anything at all. He closes on why the pursuit of Christian political power keeps producing the opposite of what it promises, with Hungary as the case in point. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome 01:24 Politics before it meant elections 03:38 Ecclesia: the church as a third thing 05:30 Migrations of the holy 08:25 The Apotheosis of Washington 09:12 We didn't have to end up here 11:30 Why the fall is an optimistic doctrine 14:58 Chile, Argentina, and the habits of a church 17:17 Kennedy's Pyrrhic victory 20:59 Why Christians think they need power 22:59 Recovering the word idolatry 27:08 Economics as theology 30:31 Amazon, cobalt, and what's invisible by design 34:51 If I don't buy the bananas, who eats? 41:06 Neither the status quo nor a treehouse 44:46 Mondragon and worker ownership 46:12 What you can actually do 48:12 A migrant ministry in Oak Park 51:13 Framing a midterm election 54:34 Hungary, Orbán, and what power costs the church 57:02 The churches everyone assumed were holding Follow and subscribe Subscribe to Thinking Christian: https://episodes.thinkingchristian.org Website: www.thinkingchristian.org Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

After fire destroyed West Virginia's capitol in 1921, leaders decided to create a new magnificent building to replace it and who better to design it than America's first star architect, Cass Gilbert. Around the nation, Gilbert's structures graced town squares, capital cities and vaunted skylines. Gilbert's Woolworth Building in New York set the standard for the American skyscraper. So, when he came to Charleston, he guided everyone to a large plot of land in the city's east end, where he could build his latest masterpiece, a lasting monument to his reputation and a testimony to the people of the Mountain State.

On today's program, Michael Rogers talks with Ime Ekpenyong, PhD, owner of SGRX Health and a VIP member of the Small Business Association of Michigan. SGRX is a Michigan-based healthcare organization that's been providing a combination of pharmacy benefit management services and third-party administration (TPA) services to private and public sector  payers since 2001. On the pharmacy benefit front, they work with employer groups to help manage employee benefits from a prescription management standpoint. They also recently launched a prescription savings program called SGRX Saves, tailored for both the uninsured and underinsured who face high copays or deductibles, and partnered with major chains including CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and Kroger. The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan's small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We're located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol. Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own.  Our 32,000 members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it! (music licensed from www.jukedeck.com)  

MAGA, it would seem, is on the ropes. Things are looking dire. Tucker Carlson is appearing on NPR talking about removing Trump for threatening nuclear war, even though, you know, not long ago he was telling Ted Cruz that we should definitely nuke a country if they tried to assassinate our president. Here is Ben Shapiro:Marjorie Taylor Greene has learned the trick of the elite Left that you can be as rich as you want, live wherever you want, party all you want, marry and spend lavishly as long as you also hate on Trump and name-drop the “resistance.” Hey, it's nice work if you can get it.The idea is that Trump was supposed to rebuff Israel, ignore Iran's threats of building a nuke because of Israel, find pedophiles that do not exist in the Epstein Files buried because of Israel, and listen to Tucker Carlson for advice OR ELSE. But really, it's the Jews. It's always been the Jews. After ten years of Trump giving himself over to fight for representation of people who have been thrown away like human garbage by a country ruled by an aristocratic ideological utopian cult, after being the target of the worst attacks I've ever seen - his hair, his weight, his hands, his skin, his daughter, his sons, his wife, his walk, his clothes, what he says, what he does, where he goes, what he eats- here we are again: the walls are closing in, only this time the calls are coming from inside the house.How hard would it be, you know, just for old times' sake, to use your vote to prevent what is likely to be the Series Finale of the Trump Show? Him getting impeached a third time, maybe booted out of office this time. Sure, it would take a large majority of Senate Republicans, but by now, why wouldn't they go along with it? Then, he'd be prosecuted and frog-marched off in an orange jumpsuit as Jen Psaki and Kara Swisher throw a party at Rosie O'Donnell's house, livestreamed on The View.I mean, this is your future MAGA, should you choose to accept it:And for these folks, their dream is finally coming true. Their ten-year war is about to come to an end because Trump supporters are jumping ships like rats. But someone should tell them their future will look grim with Trump out of the way.Maybe they don't realize what's coming, how much worse it will be than either the country under Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Maybe they have no idea what's in store for them after the revolution. Maybe the revolutionaries somehow take X from Elon. Maybe they take control of AI and gain mind-control capabilities for generations to come. I know these people. They do it with a smile and the best intentions, but they want absolute power. They want their utopia back, and you are in the way. The biggest threat is what will happen to our freedom, something most are not even factoring into the equation, but I know because I come from the Left. In China, in Iran, in other countries run by dictators, everything seems to be going very well. People are smiling, going to work, living their lives and saying nothing. They stay silent because they know what will happen if they ever say what they really think. My daughter has grown up inside of a culture now that is ruled by the same kind of fear. She already knows that she can't say what she really thinks because everyone on the Left knows. They can't write books they want to write—they can't tell the truth—but they still have to smile and pretend everything is going great in utopia!They have scared an entire generation into compliance. And it's oh so much worse now that Sharia Law has entered the chat. Oh, I know we're not supposed to think of guys like Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani as anti-American terrorists - that's racist! But the more I think about it, the more I think this alliance was inevitable: two strident fundamentalist ideologies that hate America's history and want to remake it from the ground up as something completely different, and they're prepared to use their army of fanatics and scolds to make everyone go along with it.The Left and their legacy media have spent ten years lying about Trump, saying fascism or authoritarianism was the threat. But it was never the Trump side that represented oppression and societal control. It's always been the Left. And now, it's gone to the next level. And the only one standing in their way, the Gray Champion of the Fourth Turning, the guy so many in MAGA have turned against, is The Donald. Perfect? No. Flawed, beyond. Messy — he makes it up as he goes along. Offends people casually. Can't be controlled, but this man is the one, the only one who was tough enough, rich enough, and determined enough to stand up to the most powerful political party in American history and beat them twice. He's not done smart things this time around. He's been too careless with his second win. He enriched himself and his family. He might have made a mistake trying to end the forever war with Iran. But on his worst day, he is still the one to lead us to a brighter future, away from totalitarianism, away from fanaticism, away from societal control. A Blue TsunamiThe conspiracy theories started instantly after Charlie's death. The Jews did it, the same people who are hidden in the Epstein Files - the Pizzagate of it all - the dangerous invisible menace that was choking the life out of all good things in America. Genocide and pedophiles, Epstein and Iran. And all of that came before they found their real weapon: affordability. Note the pivot by the Left away from “abolish ICE” and “Trans women are women” to kitchen table issues. Don't be fooled. It's just a new strategy to the same end goal. Affordability! That got MAGA's attention. Gas prices are high. Trump couldn't wave his magic wand and get rid of the inflation hangover from 2020. Tariffs were implemented to help Americans bring back manufacturing, but they seem to have had the opposite effect by making things cost more—or so they say. I haven't seen it myself. It just looks like politics as usual to me. Mark Halperin keeps suggesting a Blue Tsunami wipeout is coming in November. They could lose both the House and the Senate. And Texas.Cook Political Report has now predicted doom as well, and even Rasmussen is coming up blue. One of Trump's gifts has always been eternal optimism. They threw their whole arsenal at him, and he'd pop up cheerily, wave to the crowd with a thumbs up, and get one with it. Now, that might not work for the first time in ten years because his own side is going against him. Rick Wilson must be uncorking the champagne every night. Rachel Maddow is probably dancing naked under the full moon. Should this be the moment MAGA has had enough and turns on the only guy who saw them at all, let alone fought for them, people like this sad woman will finally have their dreams come true. Some people are still out there trying to hold the line, but it seems nearly impossible now. How to Stop the Islamo-Commie TakeoverFor ten years, the Democrats never figured out that the only way to stop Trump was to offer the people something better. Fear can only take you so far. The GOP can't sell fear alone because most Americans don't understand an existential threat like Communism fused with Islam. In 1932, Herbert Hoover was painted as out of touch, with “rugged individualism” not matching the suffering of America's underclass hit hard by the Great Depression. FDR won in a landslide and served for four terms, through World War II.So how bad will it get if the Democrats win? Will they keep Trump or persecute him for the next two years? Will they impeach all of his Cabinet members? Try them for war crimes? Trump was the MoonshotIn 2020, nothing in my life made sense anymore. The media I trusted were lying. The friends I had were too scared to speak out, and mobs were coming for me on almost a daily basis. I was alone. My daughter was away. All I could see coming off of my social media was hate. The most overwhelming and ugly hate I'd ever seen in my life, all aimed at one man and his supporters.I don't know exactly what happened to me, but something did. I pulled back. I knew I could not live that way anymore. I decided to find out for myself who Trump really was, who his supporters were, and what this MAGA movement was really about. What I found was a guy who had fame, wealth, and power who had dropped into a story where he was cast as the unlikely hero, the guy who would represent forgotten Americans. If Obama represented the New America built mostly online - where geography did not matter as much as ideology- then Trump represented the other America - out there in the real world. I saw this America when I drove across the country. There it was. The churches, the towns. The highways. The tire shops. The parks. The World War II memorials. It was an America those of us living our lives virtually didn't think much about, but Trump reached them as they reached out to him.The side with all of the power wanted their complete destruction. They were called racists, bigots, transphobes, extremists, fascists, Nazis, Christian Nationalists. None of it worked because they had the truth on their side, and they had Trump, and he was indestructible. Trump did big things: kept his promises on the border, transgender ideology foisted upon children, and protecting women in sports. Perfect, no, but he gave us a chance at a better future. He wanted to move mountains, build ballrooms, and end wars. He took on crime directly and changed things. But of course, it wasn't enough because it's never enough for the permanently aggrieved. Trump was never going to be destroyed by the Left. They tried and failed. Ah, but if he's destroyed from within, that's the best way to bring down the hero. Such a lowly finale, isn't it, for such a mighty warrior as Trump, who dodged bullets and came back to win a second time, handing his supporters more power than they've ever had or will ever have.It's hard for me to watch them give it all up after Trump gave so much. It's hard for me to watch them leap off the cliff to their own demise, like lemmings. No future is written for them in this story except to paint them as the rioters at the Capitol who almost overthrew the United States. As for me, well, I learned my lesson in 2016. I won't be wasting much of my time trying to save people who don't want to be saved. I'll just have to stand back and watch in horror as they learn their lesson the hard way.Either way, I will hold out hope for the decent Americans I know who are ride-or-die MAGA and who stood with Trump even when they were freezing to death, even in the midst of a shooting, and in the rain, watching the water come down in sheets, refusing to move, refusing to find shelter from the storm, and hanging on every word. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sashastone.com/subscribe

Trump just hosted Xi Jinping at the White House like it was a friendship tour. Bald eagle sculpture at dinner. Invitation to walk the unfinished ballroom. Granite helipad. Marine One. Fighter jets and a B-2 overhead. A photo of the two of them already hanging in the West Wing. This is the first White House meeting between the two men. Trump greeted Xi at Andrews, showed him the renovations, cracked the Biden autopen bit, and talked “mutual respect.” Xi talked market access for Chinese cars and “partnership” on advanced AI chips. Two pandas are headed to Atlanta. Tech names were on the dinner list. What you did not get was a public answer on the fentanyl pipeline that has killed about 488,000 Americans in a decade, on Taiwan, or on imprisoned publisher Jimmy Lai. If this is “America First” diplomacy, you should be able to see the trade. If it's just the show, you should be able to say that too. Pat also covered: Delegations walk out the second Netanyahu takes the U.N. podium Macklemore announces a Gaza tour coming to a city near you Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.V.) rolls baby dog in a covered wagon for a Capitol birthday bash Trump at Neyland: Tennessee-Texas and the "GameDay" guest pick Sunny Hostin's “I was the lone holdout” jury story doesn't match the 1991 reporting Does a state dinner with an eagle gift count as leverage — or as a photo the Chinese will use at home? Have we seen this movie before: pomp first, fentanyl and chips later? If you want unfiltered truth and commonsense analysis that cuts through the noise, hit subscribe and turn on notifications. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 00:14 Xi Jinping Arrives at the White House 01:32 Donald Trump and Xi Jinping Inside the White House 02:23 Trump Shows Xi the Autopen in the Presidential Walk of Fame 03:25 Xi Jinping Loves Granite 04:01 Trump Shows Xi the New White House Helipad 06:02 Xi Provides Two Pandas as Gifts to the U.S.A. 08:07 Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan at the Smithsonian 09:06 Trump goes Off-Script to Talk about the White House Ballroom 14:30 Benjamin Netanyahu Calls Out the Fleeing Cowards at the UN 15:47 Netanyahu's Show and Tell 16:16 Netanyahu Addresses the Genocide Claims 17:35 Netanyahu on Attacking Iran 18:52 Netanyahu Gifts Starlink to Iranian President 19:53 Netanyahu Calls Out Zohran Mamdani 23:03 Netanyahu on the Phony Human Rights Protestors 25:07 Macklemore's "Free Palestine Tour" 29:55 Fat Five 47:23 Football Talk 48:48 James Talarico's Pastors are Not Real Christians 1:03:06 Joseph Arminio Booed for Misgendering Tim / Sarah McBride 1:08:49 Adam Hamilton Doesn't Want to Campaign with Kamala Harris 1:12:21 Caller Eric 1:15:12 Discussing our Call with Mike from Yesterday 1:19:30 Barack Obama on Fixing the Federal Government 1:23:12 Barack Obama on Social Media 1:24:16 Barack Obama's Political Fantasy 1:25:54 Caller Leo 1:27:07 Caller James 1:31:12 Sunny Hostin Lied about Being a Holdout Juror?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Hagenow and John Hendrickson are back in the Hendrickson Library — Dr. Pepper Zero in hand, courtesy of friend Mark Beardmore from Carroll — with a lot to cover six weeks out from Election Day.ITR has been crisscrossing the state for the constitutional amendment. If you want yard signs or want them to come to your community, reach out.On the campaign environment, Chris pushes back on the doom-and-gloom narrative taking hold in Republican circles. Then: a Capitol report from a property tax task force this week, an economic development story developing in southeast Iowa worth watching, and a new ITR Foundation research piece on school infrastructure spending and what the evidence actually shows about outcomes. Des Moines provides a timely real-world case study.The episode closes on a question worth asking about every government program: what's the return on investment?0:06 Welcome & Dr. Pepper Zero is back2:54 Trivia4:07 Amendment One on the road5:30 The political environment9:05 What ITR's polling shows13:38 Ground game matters14:59 Capitol report20:33 Southeast Iowa economic development23:03 School spending and outcomes27:26 Des Moines bond referendum31:12 ROI and government spending32:53 Sign off

Another round of the Capitol Clash, featuring former state senators Jeff Hayden and Amy Frederiksen, discussing a few key races across the metro and state, come November.

Dr. David Stansfield, a retired family medicine physician, recently spoke with Jamie Morris on MCC from the Capitol podcast, about the critical need to restore basic protections for women at abortion clinics that were lost after the passage of the 2024 pro-abortion constitutional amendment.Dr. Stansfield, president of the Catholic Medical Association's St. Louis Guild, stated that Amendment 3 is a step in the right direction toward more ethical and medically responsible abortion regulations.

If there's any television network out there that intentionally tries to buck the trends of modern day media consumption, it's C-SPAN. With its live unedited broadcast of political events and congressional hearings and call-in shows featuring the full range of the country's political views, C-SPAN has held firm to its mission of providing unfiltered access to political decision makers since it first streamed from the U.S. Capitol in 1979. But that doesn't mean they don't innovate. Leading that effort is Amy's guest today, Sam Feist.Sam joined C-SPAN in 2024 after 30 years at CNN, where he was involved with pretty much every facet of that cable news outlet's political coverage. Feist has helped C-SPAN launch a new project that he hopes will not only give viewers that same unfiltered access to candidates, involved in the most competitive races this cycle, but it can also help struggling state and local news media. This project, Road to the Capital: Candidate Coverage from the Trail, has C-SPAN video journalists out on the road, tracking and capturing the candidates and their campaign events. C-SPAN then shares this coverage with local media outlets in those states, helping them with political reporting they need but can no longer afford. Sam and Amy talked about this project, but also the role he sees C-SPAN playing at a time of changing consumer habits and massive media upheaval. We recorded this conversation on Monday, September 14th.

We're delving into the practical effects of Minnesota electing its first woman as governor and what issues might get new attention at the state Capitol.Barring something unforeseen, Minnesota will join the current list of 32 states that have elected a female chief executive. MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with correspondent Dana Ferguson about the campaigns of Democratic nominee Amy Klobuchar and Republican nominee Lisa Demuth. Both have personal experience with breast cancer and both are talking about women's health in a more-prominent way.Then, a discussion of election polls. They're everywhere this time of year. But the weight they carry is a source of debate.Guests:Dana Ferguson is a correspondent for MPR News.Todd Rapp is the president and CEO at Rapp Strategies and an MPR News politics analyst.Peter Leatherman is chief executive officer of Morris Leatherman Company and has served in various research roles at the Minneapolis market and research firm.Ellie Roth is a politics reporter for MPR News.Peter Cox is a senior politics reporter for MPR News.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation or subscribe to the Politics Friday podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS.

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There are 41 days until Election Day, and Republicans are throwing everything and the kitchen sink at their sinking political fortunes. Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer discuss what Republicans are doing in the Capitol and beyond to try to save their own careers. Plus, crypto's Ohio spending blitz. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Capitol and Kayfabe - Exploring the Intersection of Wrestling and Politics. This week, hosts Jack Hunter and John Poz discuss WWE in Mexico, Sami Zayn, Penta, Mitch McConnell's return, AEW, Kenny Omega, Roman Reigns, Donald Trump, MJF, Cody Rhodes, plus so much more! About Capitol and Kayfabe Capitol and Kayfabe is a podcast that explores the intersection of political issues and professional wrestling. Hosted by John Poz and Jack Hunter, the show offers in-depth discussions on current events, political figures, and wrestling legends, providing a unique take on both worlds. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this week's "Capitol Chats," Sen. Howard Marklein discusses constituent and lawmaker pushback against two proposed transmission lines that would cross his district, his thoughts on school funding issues, and what he thinks should happen with the state's budget surplus.

Trey reflects on returning to the U.S. Capitol for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's portrait unveiling and looks back on the political battles, personal sacrifices, and friendships that shaped McCarthy's time in Congress. He shares a personal side of his longtime friend, from the setbacks that nearly kept him from the speakership to the loyalty and optimism Trey says defined him through it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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“Democracies don't die silently, sleepwalking. Democracies die by going through periods of pretty serious political violence.” — Robert Pape Forget all the long-term civil war scenarios of everyone from Kurt Andersen to Stephen Marche. Today's guest Robert Pape has spent the last thirty years at the University of Chicago studying political violence, and his warning is about the next six weeks rather than the next ten years. In his new book, Our Own Worst Enemies, Pape argues that tens of millions of Americans, on both left and right, now support political violence. When it comes to an American age of violent populism, his comparison is 1968 rather than 1861. What produced that era of assassinations, violent protest, and state violence, Pape argues, was rapid social change outpacing the political system. Back then, it was fueled by the gap between the Great Migration of African-Americans and the absence of political representation, and a military draft falling hardest on the unrepresented. And it only ended in the early Seventies, with the end of the draft in 1973 and the arrival of Black mayors and the Congressional Black Caucus. Today, rapid social change is once again outpacing the political and economic system. On the one hand, America is a country moving from white-majority to white-minority — with its non-Hispanic white population dropping from 76% in 1990 to 57% today. On the other, America is experiencing a dramatic economic transformation that has moved something like a tenth of American wealth from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. The details of Pape's observations are unsettling. Only one in ten of the 1,575 people prosecuted for the January 6 insurrection belonged to a militia, with 45% being doctors, lawyers, CEOs or government employees. While five to seven per cent of the George Floyd protests turned violent. But social media, he insists, is the gasoline, not the fire, of this crisis. So at least we can't blame the internet for everything. Pape does, however, offer a couple of glimmers of hope. Firstly, he reminds us that 70% of Americans still abhor political violence. Secondly, he notes that all gaps eventually close, and that we should expect American government to eventually address economic inequality. But that won't happen before the November 2026 midterms which, he warns, might be a return of the political violence of 1968. Five Takeaways •       Democracies Don't Sleepwalk. Pape's opening correction: the danger isn't a civil war five or ten years out, it's the next few months. Democracies don't die silently — they die through periods of serious political violence, and America is in one now. He calls it the era of violent populism, and what makes it different from the familiar extremism of recent decades is that political violence has moved from the fringe to the mainstream: tens of millions of Americans on both sides of the aisle now support it. His image is a layer cake — bottom-up violence from the left in the George Floyd protests, bottom-up violence from the right on January 6, and violence by the state, with a whole chapter on ICE and the two protesters killed in Minneapolis. Conversations about this era usually seize on one layer as though it were the whole thing. And the state violence isn't a few rogue agents: tens of millions of Americans support the president using force against Democratic protesters.•       The 1960s Rhyme. Not since the 1960s, Pape says, has political violence run this high — and that decade is the book's best evidence, because it both began and ended. The late sixties brought assassinations (King, Robert Kennedy), hundreds of Black riots across five years, anti-war violence and the Weather Underground's twenty bombings; Gallup surveys from the period, which Pape has collected, show millions supported it. Two social changes drove it: the Great Migration, the largest internal population movement in American history, which delivered Black populations to northern cities without political representation — by the mid-sixties Chicago had no Black mayor and two Black aldermen, the context for Malcolm X's “The Ballot or the Bullet” — and Vietnam, where the draft fell hardest on those same unrepresented Americans. And it ended when the gap closed: the draft was abolished in 1973, the Congressional Black Caucus formed, and Black mayors took office in Atlanta, Detroit and elsewhere.•       Two Social Changes. The present era began about ten years ago, and rests on two shifts. First, demography: America is moving from a white-majority to a white-minority democracy. It was 76% non-Hispanic white in 1990 and is 57% today, and the tipping point was 2012, the first year most children born were not non-Hispanic white — which is Pape's answer to why this didn't erupt under Obama, along with an immigration policy he rates the best of any modern president: keep it going, keep it moderate, deport the worst of the worst. Second, wealth: since the late 1980s roughly a tenth of American wealth has moved from the bottom 90% to the top 1%, producing what he calls a negative-sum society in which even a household on $100,000 loses ground year by year. Put the two together and you get the poisonous cocktail. Andrew's challenge — what about the internet? — got a flat answer: social media is gasoline on a fire, not the fire. The average January 6 defendant was 42, not 22.•       Not the Proud Boys. The book's most counterintuitive finding, drawn from research teams reading all 100,000 court documents behind the 1,575 January 6 prosecutions: only one in ten belonged to the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers or any militia — including one in ten of those who assaulted police. Who did storm the Capitol? Forty-five per cent were doctors, lawyers, CEOs, State Department employees and intelligence executives. Dentists, too, Andrew noted. And since Andrew told him the show's audience skews left, Pape supplied the other half of the ledger: five to seven per cent of the George Floyd protests turned violent — some six hundred protests across the top hundred cities, out of 28 million people — with looting and smash-and-grabs tracked separately; and the post-October 7 campus protests, which hit nearly a hundred universities and were, by his $300,000 survey of 5,000 undergraduates, about 75% from the left.•       The 70%. Then the hopeful half. Against the substantial minorities who support violence stands the 70% of Americans who abhor it, and who have never been mobilized — which is why he wrote the book for the mainstream rather than for the academy. His mechanism is unglamorous: politicians respond to squeaky wheels, and right now the squeaky wheels are billionaire donors on both sides. His example of what the 70% might demand is a flat tax above $30,000 with no deductions at all — Warren Buffett would stop paying less than his cleaner. (Andrew raised his University of Chicago colleague Eric Zwick, on the show last week: tax the three million millionaires too, not just the billionaires. “He's exactly right.”) And the danger ahead is specific: the November midterms, six weeks away, with gas at $5 in Chicago after the Iran crisis, and...

It's Monday, September 21st, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Chinese Communists arrest 11 from Early Rain Covenant Church As the elders of the 500-member Early Rain Covenant Church met quietly on September 10th at a local teahouse to discuss church matters, Chinese Communist authorities were already on to them, reports International Christian Concern. Around 3:00 p.m., police entered the teahouse, interrupted the meeting, and arrested 11 of the elders. Early Rain has a nearly 10-year history of being harassed, monitored, and pressured by the Chinese Communist Party. Most of the elders are in their 70s. He Futao, age 73, has notable health conditions. He recently underwent surgery to remove a lung infected by cancer. Police told church members and relatives that they were doing “an investigation into a cult.” At midnight the following day, an ambulance arrived. They speculated that one of the elders needed emergency medical assistance.  By 10 a.m. on Saturday, police had finally released nine people. However, Elder Wu Wuqing and Shen Xiaqing are still being held and are accused of “illegally organizing proselytizing activities.” They were fined and sentenced to 10 days of detention. The Early Rain Covenant Church members in China are boldly living out Romans 1:16 which says, “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.” Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the Chinese Ambassador to America, Xie Feng, urging him to tell Chinese President Xi Jinping to stop harassing the Early Rain Covenant Church members. Send it to the Chinese Embassy, 3505 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008. Kellyanne Conway: It's not who they will vote for but whether they will vote In an interview with former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, Fox News host Martha MacCallum cited a New York Times story about how the November 3rd election is shaping up, reports RealClearPolitics.com. MACCALLUM: “Let's go to this headline from earlier today. ‘Less than seven weeks before the midterm elections, the political environment has deteriorated so badly for Republicans that the battlefield now extends deep into states and districts that Mr. Trump carried three times, often by double digits.' “When you look at where the money's going, where the president's going to spend his time, what does it tell you about the challenge here?” CONWAY: “So, there are a few challenges here. Obviously, 92% of the midterms, the party in power loses seats. A 73% loss of Senate seats. So that's a historical trend. I think if anybody can defy political gravity in some of these places and spaces, it's President Trump and his team. … “The non-college educated voters right now favor Republicans over Democrats by 16 points. Why is that relevant? That's the heart of the Trump coalition. But for them, Martha, they are feeling some economic grievance and uncertainty and pressure. “For them, the question is not for whom to vote; it's whether they're going to bother at all. And that's the big question here. “I think if the president and his money goes to turnout mechanisms, he's basically saying, ‘I'm the big turnout mechanism. I will go to 35 places in 30 states.' I think sometimes it's more important than money. … “I was waiting for the Democrats to tell the press they were expanding the map. And that tells you that they're not satisfied with the 21 truly toss-up seats going their way.” Senator Hawley urges Congress to outlaw chemical abortions Last Wednesday, Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri announced that 50,000 Americans from across the country signed a new, 4-page “Declaration for Life” within hours of its public release that calls on Americans “to stand for life” and for Congress ‘”to ban the chemical abortion drug mifepristone,” reports The Washington Stand. He added, “We think this declaration, written by pastors, is calling on spiritual leaders and everyday Christians across America to stand for life and to confront the scourge of chemical abortion. It is so critical on this the 250th anniversary of America.” Earlier this year, Senator Hawley introduced Senate Bill 4066, the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act that would outlaw chemical abortions. [On the House side of the Capitol, the same legislation was introduced as House Resolution 7902 by Republican Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee. The Senate bill has seven co-sponsors, all Republicans, while the House bill has 11 co-sponsors, also all GOPers.] Sadly, neither the Senate nor the House proposal has been advanced to committee hearings, as Republican leaders focus on other issues. Americans fail the Constitution pop quiz Last Thursday, September 17th, was Constitution Day, an annual federal observance. The day commemorates the September 17, 1787, signing of the U.S. Constitution by 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. According to the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania,  which conducted a Constitution Day Civics Survey, over 35% of U.S. adults cannot name all three branches of the U.S. government, reports The Daily Citizen.  If you're listening to the newscast with your family right now, pause it and see which of your younger children can correctly identify the three branches of government.   If they said, the three branches are legislative, executive and judicial, give them a high five. The survey also found Americans' knowledge of their First Amendment rights is sorely lacking. The Amendment contains five enumerated rights, including: The right to free speech The right to freely exercise religion The right to peaceably assemble The right to freedom of the press The right to petition the government for redress of grievances. While 73% of Americans can name freedom of speech as a right guaranteed by the First Amendment, only 43% can name freedom of religion, an embarrassing 31% can identify freedom of assembly, a paltry 29% can name freedom of the press, and a pathetic 12% can name the right to petition the government. Worse yet, 24% of American adults cannot name one of them. Seattle City Council voted to protect polygamy and infidelity And finally, on September 15, the Seattle City Council, in a unanimous vote, removed the legal reality of male and female in city statute. Plus, the leaders gave legal recognition and protections to a whole host of very unhealthy sexual and gender identities, reported KUOW. Glenn Stanton, the director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, said, “They even backtracked on the lie that sexual orientation rests on ‘just being born that way.' And Seattle's City Council had to do all this because the gender and sexual revolution keeps moving its own goal posts.” The fools who call themselves wise said this vote “updates the existing protected class of ‘sexual orientation'” by removing any “reference to the male and female gender binary.” Stanton insists that this claim of being non-binary is a “fictitious ideological construct which does not exist in nature. Every cell in the human body is sexed. That sex is either male or female.” Worse yet, Seattle now recognizes “‘pansexuality' as a sexual orientation subject to civil rights protections.” Pansexuality is also a made-up term, created to cover over the embarrassment that “bisexuality” rests on the dreaded “gender binary.”  The Focus on the Family expert asserted, “The creation of pansexuality was needed because gender theory now incoherently holds that anyone can be any of the 20, 68, 72, 81, or 87 sexualities” that exist in the minds of different leftists. Being bi- is now the flat-earther of gender theory and the Seattle City Council is just trying to keep up with the moving goal posts. In Matthew 19:4, Jesus asked, “Have you not read that God who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female'?” Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, September 21st, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

State Rep. Vikki Goodwin, the Democrat who is challenging Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is November, joined The Texan's Reporter Meridith Dyer to discuss some of the leading issues in Texas like healthcare, education, and THC, as well as the differences between the Texas House and Senate and how she would handle crossing the Capitol rotunda.Listen to more interviews from The Texan wherever you get your podcasts. If you like what you hear, follow us and leave a review.

Your Nebraska Update headlines for today, Sept. 19, include: Nebraska State Patrol is moving ahead with plans for added security at state Capitol, new governor voting guide looks at who is running for state's top seat, Nebraska Public Media and Omaha World-Herald will host 2nd District Congressional debate Oct. 14, former Husker football head coach Tom Osborne became first living Nebraskan inducted into state Hall of Fame, tourism officials say lodging tax revenue supports tourism efforts and nearly 42,000 jobs in Nebraska, disability advocates told lawmakers people with disabilities need more support, new sober living home in Omaha is serving men going through outpatient addiction treatment, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) is expected to close Oct. 5.

1701 ARABIASaudi Nuclear Ambitions Spark Congressional OversightHenry Sokolski analyzes the controversial US-Saudi nuclear cooperation agreement, which permits Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium domestically. Congressional leaders from both parties are demanding transparency regarding classified documents stored in Capitol facilities that conceal vendor lists and fuel supply terms. Sokolski warns that domestic enrichment creates severe proliferation risks, as inspectors cannot guarantee timely warnings before potential weaponization, especially since Saudi Arabia refuses comprehensive IAEA inspections at undeclared sites. Furthermore, constructing nuclear reactors in an active conflict zone exposes facilities to Houthi missile strikes and cyberattacks, while global powers simultaneously escalate offensive space-control capabilities. (9)

CAPTION 1900 BAKU.California Coastline Destruction And Economic ShiftsJeff Bliss highlights severe coastal erosion along Southern California beaches during El Niño storms, noting how homeowners unsuccessfully battle nature despite strict Coastal Commission permit restrictions. Fuel prices in California have reached record highs, with low-grade gasoline exceeding six dollars per gallon and diesel climbing over eight to ten dollars, forcing gas stations to update tote boards. Meanwhile, Mayor Karen Bass discussed jurisdiction confusion between state and city lands during the Pacific Palisades fire. In Las Vegas, the old Royal Resort was demolished to make way for a parking lot. Furthermore, major entertainment companies like Paramount and tech firms are exiting California for business-friendly states like Tennessee. (1)Navigating Canada Trade Relations With AmericaConrad Black examines Canada's evolving trade dynamics following the Prime Minister's address to the European Parliament advocating for broader international partnerships. While expanding trade with Europe is positive, Black emphasizes Canada's deep economic vulnerability, given that nearly half of its GDP is tied to trade with the United Statescompared to just three percent for America. President Trump's rhetoric suggests America could produce goods domestically, threatening Canadian market access. To maintain competitiveness, Black supports internal economic reforms, such as reducing federal civil service numbers, offering corporate tax cuts, and bolstering industries like filmmaking. Ultimately, Canada must expand global trade while maintaining strong American relations. (2)Congress Must Aid Fed Against InflationVeronique de Rugy argues that the Federal Reserve cannot defeat inflation solely by raising interest rates without fiscal assistance from Congress. Higher interest rates increase national debt service payments, which have surged from $250 billion to over one trillion dollars, fueling further inflation through government borrowing. Drawing historical parallels to Paul Volcker in the 1980s, she highlights how monetary tightening requires legislative spending cuts and structural tax or Social Security reforms. With the US debt-to-GDP ratio now exceeding 100% and the Social Security trust fund facing depletion by 2032, Congress must exercise fiscal responsibility rather than relying on endless borrowing. (3)Inflation Drives Divided Spending In PennsylvaniaJim McTague shares observations on inflation while traveling across Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, illustrating a bifurcated K-shaped economy. High gasoline prices, averaging over $4.20 to $4.39 per gallon, are heavily squeezing lower-income families and reducing convenience store spending. Conversely, wealthier residents and affluent tourists continue spending heavily at specialty venues, such as Groff's butcher shop in Elizabethtown and boutique stores in Lititz. While local meat suppliers and pretzel shops report booming demand, even prosperous shoppers are beginning to display subtle penny-pinching habits on expensive goods like artisanal chocolates, reflecting widespread pressure from sustained energy costs. (4)Borgotaro Celebrates Porcini Mushrooms And CultureLorenzo Fiori explores Borgotaro in the Italian province of Parma, calling it the capital of porcini mushrooms owing to its rich forests, varying altitudes, and unique microclimate. He describes local culinary highlights, recommending pairings of dark and light porcini varieties preserved in olive oil alongside authentic Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, Parma ham, and ciabatta bread. Fiori highlights government initiatives encouraging travelers to visit smaller historic towns to relieve over-tourism pressures in major cities like Rome and Florence. Despite recent hot weather across Europe, localized late-afternoon thunderstorms, high humidity, and a rising moon have produced optimal conditions for a plentiful mushroom harvest. (5)Sudan Conflict Faces Foreign Power InterferenceHussain Abdul-Hussain details the ongoing civil war in Sudan between General Burhan's Sudanese Armed Forces(SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces. Foreign powers are actively influencing the conflict; Turkey supports the SAF through Muslim Brotherhood ties and drone strikes launched from Egyptian airfields. At the UN Security Council, the United States, France, and Britain are advocating for an expanded, nationwide arms embargo. However, Russia and China oppose the measure, with Russia eyeing strategic Red Sea port access and gold exports. With neither side capable of controlling the vast territory, the war has reached a stalemate, resulting in a de facto partition. (6)Syria Resolves Nuclear Noncompliance Case InvestigationAndrea Stricker discusses the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) unanimously closing Syria's formal nuclear non-compliance finding from 2011 after Damascus permitted access to historical nuclear sites. Inspectors visited the destroyed Al-Kibar reactor at Deir ez-Zor and Site 99, where they uncovered 73 tons of undeclared natural uranium metal, fuel rods, and a graphite moderator. While placing these materials under safeguards represents positive progress, critical questions persist regarding North Korean assistance, potential plutonium reprocessing, and untracked equipment. Consequently, the United States emphasizes that the IAEA investigation remains incomplete and demands detailed further reporting from the Director General. (7)Ghosts Of Hiroshima Uncovers Atomic HistoryCharles Pellegrino, author of Ghosts of Hiroshima, traces the origin of nuclear weapons from theoretical physics concepts to the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He compares the 27-kiloton Nagasaki bomb to Hiroshima's smaller device, explaining how intense heat, shockwaves, and toxic black rain caused long-term genetic damage and lingering fatalities. Pellegrino chronicles the lives of double-survivors (hibakusha) like Tsutomu Yamaguchiand Kenshi Hirata, who endured both blasts yet faced intense social ostracization in post-war Japan. The narrative also covers the forced internment and unjust deportation of Japanese-American families back to devastated Hiroshima ruins. (8)Saudi Nuclear Ambitions Spark Congressional OversightHenry Sokolski analyzes the controversial US-Saudi nuclear cooperation agreement, which permits Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium domestically. Congressional leaders from both parties are demanding transparency regarding classified documents stored in Capitol facilities that conceal vendor lists and fuel supply terms. (9)Commercial Space Operations Advance Rapidly WorldwideBob Zimmerman reviews commercial space developments, beginning with SpaceX's upcoming Starship 14 orbital test flight designed to deploy 26 Starlink version 3 satellites. (10)

Are our skies being visited by anomalous craft, and did the government know as early as 1952? In this interview, investigative journalist Ross Coulthart joins host Walter to break down the declassification and release of a long-hidden 1952 reel-to-reel audio recording. The tape captures Colonel Edward Ruppelt—head of Project Blue Book—admitting to elite MIT civilian scientists that radar, visual, and witness evidence of UAPs could no longer be ignored. From the historic July 1952 Washington D.C. flyovers buzzing the Capitol to Congressional pressure forcing the MITRE Corporation to surrender the tape, this episode uncovers what the Pentagon knew during the biggest UFO wave in history.

A GOP senator leaned over and told Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) how to vote. The clerk still couldn't hear him. This is day three back for an 84-year-old senator after more than 90 days away — a fall, pneumonia, two months in the hospital, and a wheelchair through the Capitol. The Senate Agriculture Committee had already stalled the farm bill without him. On Wednesday, they needed that vote. So they brought him in, called his name, and the country watched Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) lean in with “no” while McConnell quietly said “aye,” then had to say it again louder because nobody caught it the first time. The bill cleared 12-11, party lines. The question is why Republicans keep pretending this is just a tough recovery and not a fitness problem. If a Democrat this frail needed a neighbor to coach a roll call, this network would not be told to look away. Farm policy, nutrition fights, and a chamber that already runs on people who should have gone home years ago — and the party of “common sense” wheels a man in because the math is 12-11. Pat also covered: The last pennies ever minted just sold at auction for $16.7 million. We killed the coin, then collectors paid a fortune for the funeral. The Fed just hiked rates for the first time since 2023 — a quarter point, to 3.75%–4%. Warsh did it unanimously. Is America ready for a gay president? Not as a slogan. As an actual ticket. The Wachowski brothers are now the Wachowski sisters. Hollywood called it progress. Everybody else called it a pattern. James Talarico's own minister, Rev. Babs Miller, got caught on camera saying the makeover is a lie.   Should a senator who has to be walked through a committee vote still be holding that seat? If this were the other party, would you still be told to show respect and move on? If you want unfiltered truth and commonsense analysis that cuts through the noise, hit subscribe and turn on notifications. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 01:43 Mitch McConnell was Late to Congress 03:53 Mitch McConnell is DIALED IN!!! 04:15 Mitch McConnell Struggles to Vote for Farm Bill 06:52 Too Many Old People in Congress 10:00 Karl Rove to Vote for Any Democrat over Bo French 13:15 Trump on Raising Interest Rates 15:27 Talking about Kings 17:20 Trump at North Carolina Rally 19:00 No Atlantic Hurricanes in Sight 23:40 Kamala Harris Wants You Registered to Vote 25:14 Pete Buttigieg on Potentially Being the First Gay U.S. President 31:23 Fat Five 50:27 The Craziness of the Wachowskis 55:15 James Talarico VS. Tom Oliverson 1:00:16 James Talarico's Pastor has some Interesting Things to Say 1:07:20 James Talarico & Drag Queens 1:10:44 Jelly Roll Leaving the Music Industry? 1:12:09 Confrontation between Reporter & Ilhan Omar 1:17:55 Layne Lundeen Doesn't Remember his American Airlines Rampage 1:20:52 Woman Arrested for Complaining about City's Drinking Water 1:24:44 AI-Generated Video of Jeff Fisher 1:27:13 Interview with AI Actress Tilly Norwood 1:30:28 AI Rabbit Hole Conspiracy Theory from Andrei Jikh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

//The Wire//2000Z September 17, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: SAUDIS CLAIM THAT THE EAST-WEST PIPELINE WILL BE REPAIRED SOON, DESPITE THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF SEVERAL PUMPING STATIONS. UNITED STATES WEIGHS MITIGATION ACTIONS TO PREVENT DIESEL CRISIS FROM EXPANDING. PRESIDENT XI AND PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA REPORTEDLY FELL ILL DURING BRICS SUMMIT.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----  -International Events-India: Multiple world leaders have reportedly fallen ill after attending the BRICS summit in New Delhi. Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the gala dinner and returned to China early, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa also had to depart India early due to an unspecified illness. His Deputy President, Paul Mashatile, also fell ill at the same time, as has been confirmed by the South African government.Analyst Comment: Right now, it's not clear as to if the illnesses are the result of malign action, or just the natural reaction to being in India. Multiple leaders from separate countries falling ill at around the same time is a big clue, but Chinese sources are speculating that President Xi might have had a stroke. At the moment, there is nothing confirming this as Xi's personal life tends to be extremely private, and there has been no official confirmation regarding why he departed the BRICS summit early.Saudi Arabia: Repair work up and down the East-West Pipeline continues, along with repairs at Yanbu. Saudi forces have also requested air defenses from various European nations, as the United States has declined to become involved in defending their refineries.-HomeFront-Washington D.C. - Concerns continue to mount regarding the status of Senator Mitch McConnell. Yesterday, he was transported to the Capitol to vote on an agricultural spending bill, and footage of him continues to indicate that he is very visibly not well or coherent. Sen. McConnell has generally been conscious, but unresponsive to verbal comments made by journalists attempting to ask him questions.USA: Around the nation, reports of gasoline and diesel shortages are beginning to manifest, as several gas stations have announced that they are out of gas. Gas stations in North Texas, Florida, and California have all reported being out of gas as of last night.Analyst Comment: Right now it's hard to pinpoint exactly what is causing these specific shortages. To be sure, a handful of gas stations running out of gas is not indicative of a dire and imminent nationwide shortage; based on the EIA's Weekly Status Report, last week gasoline stocks in the US were only down 4.6% from what they were last year. However the empty pumps don't lie, and right now the most likely explanation for localized gasoline shortages is a combination of logistical issues delaying shipments to individual gas stations...and panic buying which will drain a gas station much faster than normal. Due to oil execs saying gas prices are going to increase over the next few days, people are probably trying to get ahead of the curve. Since most gas stations only have a day's worth of gas (and rely on nearly daily deliveries to refill their underground tanks), it doesn't take much of an increase in demand to generate a localized shortage.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: Saudi oil contracts continued to be canceled as the scale of Houthi attacks continues to expand. All oil onloading at Yanbu has been halted for at least six days, and the only other source for Saudi exports is now through smaller ports, or through Ras Tanura via the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the devastation, some Saudi officials claim that the East-West Pipeline will return to at least 50% of it's capacity within a few days, though this appears to be wishful thinking at best. At the moment, formalized force majeure declarations have not taken place, but Aramco has "deferred" deliveries of crude for the rest of the month of September, and various contracts continue to be canceled.As it stands, Saudi Arabia is seriously in trouble and it's extremely unlikely that Saudi Arabia will be exporting any sizable amount of oil for a while. European oil traders seem rather adamant that Saudi Arabia has already canceled most of their contracts with various customers for oil deliveries, however Saudi officials assure the world that everything is fine and they will be back to full capacity soon. Saudi sources have claimed that the SUMED pipeline (with it's capacity of 2.5 million barrels per day) can be used as a partial-backup to the East-West Pipeline being down. However there is one problem with this plan...geography. The SUMED pipeline is not in Saudi Arabia, it's in Egypt. And the only way that the Saudis can use this pipeline, is to load oil at Yanbu, sail it on ships across the Red Sea, and deposit the crude in Egypt to be sent down the pipeline. The single point of failure for this "backup" pipeline is the same point of failure for the East-West Pipeline...Yanbu. Which is currently offline due to Houthi strikes. Whatever the truth is regarding exactly how much oil is able to exit the Middle East, it will be discovered rather quickly as crude cannot be conjured up out of thin air, and at some point the sheer lack of volume will have to be acknowledged.Within the homeland, the United States has begun more serious mitigation efforts due to the Saudis being offline for presumably a long time. The Department of Transportation has issued a 90-day waiver for truckers carrying fuel, easing Hours-of-Service (HOS) regulations to allow truckers to drive more hours in a 24 hour period. The White House is also still considering an export ban on diesel, in order to ease rising costs in the United States. If this were to be enacted, domestic prices would probably dip, but the shock to the system could result in unintended consequences in the long term.Analyst: S2A1 Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground NomadNet: 5fa68c88be727a0e1a250a75e5e79269 Disclaimer: No LLMs were used in the writing of this report. //END REPORT//

Stephanie Miller unpacks the absolute absurdity of Don Jr.'s oligarch-funded wedding, ongoing GOP chaos, and Kash Patel's surreal Congressional testimony—all without losing your sanity.Joined by investigative journalist David Corn to dissect his book How Russia Won, this episode cuts through the noise of covert influence and the Trump orbit's entanglements.Instead of doom-scrolling, you'll get a sharp, hilarious reality check that leaves you with the exact facts and talking points needed to stay informed and engaged ahead of the midterms. Also with Bob Cesca!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The outrage continues to grow over the post that Texas railroad commission candidate Bo French made about the UT Austin game. Now political commentator Ben Shapiro decided to clutch his pearls about the post in a long-winded statement, with the true point of the issue going completely over his head. They are all crying that we're racist and continue to be ignorant to the real issue: that we are slowly being pushed out of our own country, our homes, and our jobs. That wasn't the only drama from the Longhorns game. ESPN reporter Holly Rowe threw a fit after UT head coach Steve Sarkisian brushed off her weak interview to celebrate the legendary win with his team. AI videos started surfacing after the blow-off, including one that showed Sark slapping the reporter — a harmless, fake AI video that UT QB Arch Manning found funny. Now he's receiving backlash and badgering for it. We can't just all celebrate and have a good time; liberals just have to get so worked up and be so hurt all the time. Lefitsts are so hypocritical that they will be so upset about this but will be OK with fake ghetto hood rat Jasmine Crockett celebrating Chris Brown, a known abuser. Gavin Newsom, Democrat governor of California, makes the shocking remark that if Kamala Harris ran for president, he would back down to let his queen bee win. Newsom has been setting himself up to run for president for years, and now decides to cuck for drunk Aunt Kamala. We might be seeing a ghost, but it seems like Mitch McConnell is back from his medical leave. They wheeled him back to the Capitol, but it seems like the lights are on and nobody is home. He released a statement, stating that he's back and ready to vote … just for him not to show up to vote.   ► Catch up on my H-1B visa investigations:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkJEwf2wliqrtNlYs9D78nmE_Gnja_PpC    ► Email me at saratips@blazemedia.com if you have uncovered potential fraud in your area.   ► Subscribe to my second YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SaraGonzalesTX?sub_confirmation=1    ► Home Title Lock  Go to https://hometitlelock.com/sara and use promo code SARA to get a FREE title history report and a FREE TRIAL of Triple Lock Protection! For details visit https://hometitlelock.com/warranty Timestamps:  00:00 - Ben Shapiro Gets It Wrong 25:08 - Arch Manning AI Video Outrage 36:28 - Gavin Newsom Might Not Run 42:37 - Mitch McConnell Is Back ... or Is He? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show is PACKED. Mitch McConnell returns to the Capitol after online death rumors, while Vice President JD Vance joins a major federal crackdown on suspected pandemic-era fraud. The Small Business Administration says 870,000 borrowers tied to an estimated $39 billion in suspected PPP and EIDL fraud have been suspended from SBA programs.The Chicks also get into the Supreme Court's decision rejecting the Trump administration's attempt to impose new mail-ballot restrictions ahead of the midterms, California legislation restricting the hiring of former federal immigration officers for many state and local government jobs, and reported federal scrutiny involving Rep. Ilhan Omar. Public reporting says Tom Homan acknowledged an investigation but did not disclose evidence or specific allegations being investigated.Then it's on to Kamala Harris dodging another 2028 question, Pete Buttigieg teasing his political future, and a much bigger conversation about artificial intelligence. A viral AI researcher warning kicks off a debate about whether rapidly advancing AI poses a genuine threat—and whether government regulation would actually make things safer.Plus: Macklemore's “Free Palestine” controversy, politicians weighing in on the dispute, the Goo Goo Dolls taking a very different approach to politics at concerts, and a full Emmys fashion roast to close out the show.SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS TO SUPPORT OUR SHOW! Get a FREE Two-Week Trial of HealthyCell's REM Sleep, AND a $10 gift card- all for $10 shipping. Go to https://HealthyCell.com/ChicksTrial Save 20% off Cozy Earth's home and sleepwear with code CHICKS for up to 20% off at https://CozyEarth.com.Give your liver the support it deserves with Dose. Visit https://DoseDaily.co/CHICKS35 and use code CHICKS35 to get 35% off your first subscription.OneSkin's is helping you unlock your healthiest skin now and as you age. For a limited time, try OneSkin with 15% off using code CHICKS at https://OneSkin.co/CHICKSSubscribe and stay tuned for new episodes every weekday!Follow us here for more daily clips, updates, and commentary:YoutubeFacebookInstagramTikTokXLocalsMore InfoWebsite

The news to know for Tuesday, September 15, 2026! We're talking about how the world is responding as A.I. giants call for a slowdown — with pushback now coming from China, the White House, and Silicon Valley. And why the U.S. says it now has a weapon in space. Also, the Supreme Court's ruling on mail ballots is in, while voters head to the polls in the final primary before the midterms. Plus, what Senator Mitch McConnell said about his return to the Capitol, why a popular concert tour is breaking up over politics, and who won the biggest prizes at last night's Emmy Awards. Those stories and even more news to know in about 15 minutes!    Join us every Mon-Fri for more daily news roundups!  See sources: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes Become an INSIDER to get AD-FREE episodes here: https://www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider Get The NewsWorthy MERCH here: https://thenewsworthy.dashery.com/ Sponsors: Upgrade your sleep with Boll & Branch. Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at BollAndBranch.com/newsworthy with code newsworthy. If you want to take your language skills to the next level, don't wait to try Rosetta Stone Sapphire! Get 20% off when you sign up today at https://www.rosettastone.com/newsworthy To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to ad-sales@libsyn.com 

Supreme Court blocks new Postal Service rules for mail ballots in blow to Trump, Sen. Mitch McConnell returns to Capitol after three months, and more than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean.

Today's show is PACKED. Mitch McConnell returns to the Capitol after online death rumors, while Vice President JD Vance joins a major federal crackdown on suspected pandemic-era fraud. The Small Business Administration says 870,000 borrowers tied to an estimated $39 billion in suspected PPP and EIDL fraud have been suspended from SBA programs. The Chicks […]

//The Wire//2000Z September 15, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: SABOTAGE ATTACKS STRIKE DUTCH RAIL NETWORK. JOLIET REFINERY OFFLINE DUE TO UNPLANNED POWER OUTAGE. SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCES COMPLETE HALT TO EXPORT OPERATIONS IN YANBU, FURTHER SEPTEMBER CONTRACTS FOR OIL WILL NOT BE DELIVERED. LIBYAN OIL FIELDS SHUT DOWN DUE TO WORKER PROTESTS.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----  -International Events-Russia: Yesterday evening the conflict escalated, as Ukraine continued to target Russian petroleum infrastructure. The Syzran Refinery was struck by Ukrainian drones, which heavily damaged the facility.Analyst Comment: This series of attacks was notable as they occurred immediately after President Trump announced that both sides had agreed to not target each other's energy infrastructure. About six hours after this ceasefire was announced, it was broken by Ukraine's attack on this refinery. As of this report, Russia had not retaliated yet.Lithuania: NATO fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept an unidentified drone within Lithuanian airspace. The drone, which Lithuanian officials claim was Russian, originated from Belarussian airspace, and was shot down near the region of Kaunas.Netherlands: Early this morning a series of sabotage incidents were noted throughout the nation's rail network. Malign actors located all around the country placed metal pipes across the tracks at more than 20x locations. These pipes contacted both rails, tripping the sensors which register train movement on a particular section of track. This prompted automated systems and network operators to shut down much of the rail lines around the country, while authorities inspected the tracks.Analyst Comment: As discovered by ecoterrorists within the United States years ago, this is an effective way to shut down a rail line, because it tricks the automated sensors along the line into thinking that a train is on the track. When replicated at dozens of locations along a national rail network, the entire country can be effectively shut down without any explosives or kinetic attacks being used. No word yet on who caused this specific attack, but it does fit the historical trend of various ecoterrorist groups, which have used similar tactics over the years.Libya: This morning, Libyan officials announced the shut down of most of their oil fields, after the security guards at their main oil fields have begun protests related to pay issues. The Petroleum Facilities Guard, a quasi-militia force that has provided security for the oil fields since the collapse of the Gaddafi government years ago, has essentially taken the oil fields hostage, in order to demand higher pay for their security forces.Analyst Comment: For the context of how much this matters, Libya has been exporting a little more than a million barrels of oil per day, roughly 85% of which gets sold directly to Europe. By comparison, Venezuela exports about the same amount. As such, security guards taking over random oil fields in northern Africa has effectively canceled out any perceived benefit that the capture of Venezuelan oil has made to the global oil markets.Middle East: Overnight targeting between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia resulted in more Saudi oil facilities being struck. Combined with the attacks over the weekend, a total of three major pumping stations along the East-West Pipeline have been completely destroyed, and several other larger refineries have been hit hard by Houthi missiles and drones. The Abha Bulk Plant was struck and remains on fire as of this afternoon, and facilities continue to be taken offline due to the constant exchange of fire between the Saudis and Houthis.-HomeFront-Washington D.C. - This morning Senator Mitch McConnell made his first public appearance since his illness struck months ago, with Capitol Police escorting him from his residence to the Capitol. The media was present as Sen. McConnell was brought out of his residence, and the footage indicates that he was visibly not well or coherent as he was put inside the vehicle transporting him to the Capitol.Illinois: Yesterday evening the Joliet Refinery was shut down due to an undisclosed power outage caused the majority of hte facility to shut down. Emergency flaring was observed by locals as the entire refinery was shut down. As of this morning, the refinery is still offline, and is expected to be down until later this week.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: The shutdown of multiple major refineries around the world over the past 72 hours is exceptionally concerning, and will have serious impact the longer these refineries and pumping stations remain offline. As nearly all refineries in the U.S. have been redlining at their absolute maximum production level for months now, it is absolutely certain that mechanical issues will emerge; when we run American refineries this hard for this long....things break.However, the other side of COIN is the passive understanding that right now, American refineries are ripe for malign action. This has been true throughout the war, but right now, any malign actor so interested can cause a lot of problems which are compounded by the effects of the war dragging on for so long. When refineries are being run at 100%, when the supply of crude is already spread thin, and when the Strategic Reserve is dwindling...there is less room for error, and the smallest effort from a malign actor can snowball and have more catastrophic effect than would be achieved during peacetime.This morning, Saudi Arabia announced that they will not be able to meet their September contracts for oil, due to the strikes on the East-West pipeline, and continued Houthi targeting. Oil onloading at Yanbu has completely shut down, and right now, the main way for the Saudis to export oil, would be to sneak tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, which they have been trying to do. However, with Iranian missiles continuing to fly, the global energy crisis is becoming more desperate by the hour. Libya is also offline for completely unrelated reasons, and now a major American refinery is offline too. All of these incidents would be very important even in isolation, but since they are taking place all at the same time, the negative affect to the global energy market becomes that much more significant.Analyst: S2A1 Research: https://publish.obsidian.md/s2underground NomadNet: 5fa68c88be727a0e1a250a75e5e79269 Disclaimer: No LLMs were used in the writing of this report. //END REPORT//

Attorney General Todd Blanche fills in as White House press secretary for today's news conference and is asked about the Supreme Court blocking the Trump Administration's plans to restrict mail-in ballots for the midterm elections; FBI Director Kash Patel tells the Senate Judiciary Committee FBI agents may be sent to the polls on election day; Director Patel is also asked about changes to hiring standards to no longer automatically disqualify applicants who had engaged in prostitution or bestiality; More questions to lawmakers about potential dangers of Artificial Intelligence and whether legislative action is needed, after President Donald Trump called such concerns a 'hoax'; Senate does not vote to advance a cryptocurrency regulation bill amid a dispute over whether there are enough ethical safeguards to prevent elected leaders from profiting off of digital assets; Federal judge rules the Kennedy Center Board cannot put President Trump's name on the building. Then the Board, comprised of the president's allies, votes to close the center for renovations, and the president posts the renovations will not take place unless his name is added because only he can raise the money needed; Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) tells reporters he will not switch to the Republican party; Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has an official Speaker's portrait unveiled in the U.S. Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Competing CEOs are now joining forces to warn about the pace of AI development and its potential threat. We go live to Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are under pressure to act ... Diesel, oil and gas hit record highs due to the war with Iran. How much more you might pay to stay warm this winter? rowing measles outbreak. Pennsylvania officials now say a third person has died from measles ... A ProPublica investigation reveals that a Russian oligarch reportedly footed a big part of the bill for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding the Bahamas.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share a fresh batch of songs that deserve more attention- what they call "buried treasures." They also pay tribute to Dolly Parton.Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/4frcVZoMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lUSend us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundopsFeatured Songs:Portraits of Tracy, "Caught In A Jam," Q: From Where Do Our Primal Instincts Originate? A: MTV!, self-released, 2026The Beatles, "With a Little Help from My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967Dolly Parton, "Jolene," Jolene, RCA Victor, 1974Dolly Parton, "9 to 5," 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, RCA Victor, 1980Dolly Parton, "Down from Dover," The Fairest of Them All, RCA Victor, 1970Dolly Parton, "Cash on the Barrelhead," The Grass Is Blue, Sugar Hill and Blue Eye, 1999Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter, "Aba Daba Honeymoon," Aba Daba Honeymoon (Single), MGM, 1950Ado, "Vivarium," Vivarium (Single), Capitol, 2026Prisoner, "La femme qui s'était faite toute seule," Prisoner, Wicked Cool, 2026Hemlocke Springs, "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Ankles," The Apple Tree Under The Sea, Good Luck Have Fun, 2025Nia Archives, "Danger," Emotional Junglist, Hijinxx, 2026Kelly Hogan, "The Song of the Great Licking," Congressman Davy: A Musical, Plenty Tuff, 2026St. Divine, "Spit," The Devil You Know, Reel to Reel, 2026Park Hills Circle, "The Way Up," All of a Sudden, Pravda, 2026Absolute Grey, "More Walnuts," live at CBGB's 1985, Real Gone , 2026The Odyssey Cult, "The Yeti's Eyes," Vol. 3, Silver Current, 2026The Jaws of Brooklyn, "Lie to Me," Unstoppable, Weekend Furlough, 2026David Porter, "Soul Man," The Classics, Made in Memphis, 2019See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

9/11 conspiracy theories, the Saudi 9/11 files, and the al Qaeda attack still being planned. Twenty-five years after September 11, former CIA targeting officer Sarah Adams takes every theory head on with Jillian Michaels. Building 7, the Pentagon, the dancing Israelis, the Saudi money. Sarah goes through all of it on the record. Then the one that was never a theory: the August 6, 2001 brief titled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." Condoleezza Rice called it a historical document. Thirty-six days later he did it. Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were Saudi. Bush classified the file. Obama kept it classified and vetoed the bill that would have let the families sue the Kingdom. Two presidents, two parties, one buried record. Sarah's answer cuts against both sides. And al Qaeda isn't finished. Their own plotting describes something three times the size of 9/11. The Capitol is still on the target list. Sarah says American counterterrorism collection is running at a fraction of what it was fifteen years ago, and almost nobody is saying it out loud. IN THIS EPISODE: - The Building 7 Conspiracy - What the August 6 brief really said, and the word buried on page one - The dancing Israelis, Michael Chertoff, and 71 days in custody - Saudi donor money versus Saudi government Involvment- Why Iran left the hijackers' passports unstamped, and why nobody made them pay - Al Qaeda's next plot, the aviation piece, and the target they never got - The Muslim Brotherhood hearing Democrats refused to show up to - Benghazi: who actually wrote the story America was told - Tulsi Gabbard's 120 bio labs, and the handful that matter - Plus Abdul El-Sayed's 9/11 comments