“At the time, the comments were impossible to take seriously, given the degree to which he has spent much of his White House tenure targeting the nation’s free press, echoing the tactics embraced by figures such as former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.”
The story Trump called off strikes on the Houthis as bombs were loaded, officials say
“So unlike ABC, which coughed up $15 million to Trump, and CBS's 60 Minutes, which did the same to the tune of 16 million, turns out other members of the press actually have something of a spine.”
Brian Tyler CohenLiberal
“Donald Trump, he bans CNN, MS Now, and Politico. Now other media companies are finally waking the hell up and will tell you what the uh folks who control the pool have decided when it comes to not showing any of Donald Trump's uh stuff.”
“who violate our National Security by writing false and defamatory stories with unknown 'sources,' shouldn't be allowed access to the most important Office anywhere in the World”
Missing from most of the 90 sources we read todaywhat happens to print and radio pooling if the ban lasts, since only the TV pool stopped and outlets like the Washington Blade and the Daily Caller kept filing print reports.
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One word, two meaningsCamps agree CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred and sued, but split on whether press pool access is a First Amendment right or a privilege the White House can revoke.
Unexpected alignmentReason and The Free Press, two outlets that regularly criticize mainstream media, reached the same legal conclusion as the plaintiffs, with The Free Press writing flatly that "The media companies will win." [307][293]
The facts7 points
01Trump announced Friday, September 19, 2026, in a Truth Social post that he was banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. (NBC News)
02Reporters from the three outlets were blocked from entering the White House and had their press credentials revoked starting Saturday, September 20, 2026. (NBC News)
03CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed suit Monday, September 21, 2026, in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking a temporary restraining order to reverse the ban and restore their credentials. (CNN)
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04The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, who ordered the administration to respond by Tuesday and set a hearing for Wednesday. (CNBC)
05Kelly previously ruled for CNN in the 2018 Jim Acosta case, ordering the White House to temporarily restore Acosta's press pass. (CNBC)
06ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News did not replace CNN as the scheduled pool network and suspended TV pool coverage of the president. (CBS News)
07The White House launched "Trump TV: The Essentials Station," a 24/7 government-run video stream on its YouTube channel and whitehouse.gov/live, starting Monday evening, September 21, 2026, at 7 p.m. ET. (Newsweek; whitehouse.gov)
ContextThe same Judge Kelly resolved the 2018 Acosta press-ban lawsuit within roughly a week, ordering CNN's credentials restored on a TRO before the White House backed down entirely (CNBC).
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Democratic SocialistFrames five-network boycott as solidarity strike against a press-freedom assault2 sources
“The president's ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House is a direct assault on the First Amendment and a blatant violation of due process”Ted Boutrous, attorney for the outlets, quoted by Truthout · the legal theory that the ban is unconstitutional retaliation for coverage
“This is a very big deal and one only possible because of solidarity from the whole pool.”Scott Nover, Washington Post media reporter, quoted by Truthout · flags the unprecedented scale of cross-network cooperation that blacked out UN coverage
Truthout framed the ban as "escalating the administration’s assault on the country’s most prominent media organizations and press freedom." It quoted a Washington Post media reporter calling the boycott possible only "because of solidarity from the whole pool." The Young Turks' host mocked the silent helipad feed. [68][82]
“the ban on the free press”Donald Trump, in a Q&A with reporters, quoted by MSNBC · his own words concede it is a ban, undercutting allies' accessibility defense
“Go look at Joe Biden. Joe Biden removed the press credentials from over 400 different agencies.”Steve Scalise, House Majority Leader, quoted by MSNBC · a whataboutism defense the piece says was debunked live on air as false
MSNBC's columnist wrote, measuring the ban against Trump's praise for reporters at the correspondents' dinner. Two of the camp's outlets, MS NOW and Politico, are plaintiffs, and several receipts are the parties reporting their own case.
“the fake news, something that's grown like a cancer in our beloved United States of America.”Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post, quoted by PBS NewsHour · escalates his justification for the ban to a national-security threat framing
“PBS News is not publishing video or still images provided by the administration.”PBS News, in its own statement · a peer outlet takes a concrete protest action showing press-corps solidarity
PBS reported from the White House, then explained how the pool splits costs and space. PBS said it would not publish administration-provided video, and its guest Jodie Ginsberg compared the national security claim to autocrats' rhetoric.
“Trump’s War on the Press Just Backfired in the Funniest Possible Way”The Bulwark · outlet frames the ban as self-defeating rather than a serious press-freedom win for Trump
“a Newsmax broadcast where viewers couldn’t hear the president because the press pool wasn’t there to provide audio”The Bulwark · cites a friendly network hurt by its own ally's press-pool crackdown as proof of the policy's absurdity
The Bulwark said the policy "is already producing some pretty absurd results," pointing to a Newsmax broadcast that could not hear the president.
“The rule was never ‘every outlet gets in.’ It was always ‘our side stays in,’”White House statement, quoted by The Daily Wire · argues press access has always been politically controlled, not a neutral entitlement
“A Media Research Center analysis found that 92.2% of coverage about Trump’s administration on ABC, NBC, and CBS evening newscasts during the first 80 days of his second term were negative, compared with 59% positive coverage during the same period of President Joe Biden’s term.”Media Research Center analysis, quoted by The Daily Wire · cited as evidence justifying the ban by claiming systemic anti-Trump bias in network coverage
The Daily Wire called Fox's refusal to fill CNN's slot "a rare rebuke from Fox News," then devoted most of the piece to the White House's case that access "has always been a privilege" and to past Democratic fights with Fox. Breitbart built its story around CNN's report that aide Natalie Harp showed Trump clips before the ban.
“It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America. It is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control. It is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW!”Donald Trump, President, quoted by CBN News · escalates the ban's justification from disputed reporting to a claimed national security threat
“does not allow a president or any other government official to deprive the press of their First Amendment rights and liberty and property interests with no notice or process based solely on his dislike of the content of their reporting”CNN, MS NOW, and Politico lawsuit, quoted by CBN News · stakes the legal claim on due process and First Amendment protections against politically motivated exclusion
CBN wrote, labeling the rest of the press corps as establishment. Its single report printed Trump's post that he "cherished" a free press and gave the lawsuit's argument in one paragraph.
Identity“The rest of the press corps didn’t fall in line.”5 sources
Atlanta Black StarSep 22
“No state run tv in America.”unnamed X user, quoted by Atlanta Black Star · reacting to Trump TV launch as state propaganda following the outlet bans
“The rest of the press corps didn’t fall in line.”Atlanta Black Star · outlet's framing that pool networks resisted Trump by refusing coverage in solidarity
Atlanta Black Star wrote, then reported Trump TV drawing about 5,000 YouTube viewers. Its sister piece carried Barack Obama calling a Fox ban "unimaginable," and TheGrio quoted National Association of Black Journalists president Errin Haines.
The Advocate reported that "The Washington Blade, a D.C.-based LGBTQ+ outlet, continued Monday to provide print press pool coverage" while TV networks boycotted. The Blade itself filed as primary print pooler and described a press-office sign updated to name the banned outlets.
Missing from most of the 90 sources we read todayhow the airline shutdown affects Iranians trying to leave the country, a consequence only Truthout raised.
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Where they partCamps agree Trump called off the Houthi strikes as bombs were loading, but split on whether that shows overdue restraint, entrapment in endless war, or an unreliable partner abandoning the Saudis.
Unexpected alignmentThe far-left Counterfire and the anti-Trump right's JVL both wrote that Trump cannot win or exit the war, one calling it "the greatest military defeat since Vietnam" [1] and the other saying he is "locked into this war until, roughly, forever" [249].
The facts7 points
01Trump told Fox News' Trey Yingst on September 20 he is in "deciding mode," framing his options as "wiping Iran out, letting them rot economically, or making a deal," and asked "if and when do I blow the entire nation up?" (The Hill)
02The Pentagon had prepared strikes on Houthi targets at Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's request; by midday Sunday, September 21, Trump called off the operation as bombs were being loaded onto aircraft (Axios)
03The Houthis fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh before dawn on Saturday, September 19; Saudi-led coalition air defenses intercepted it, with no reported casualties or damage (NPR; Al Jazeera)
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04British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Britain will provide a Royal Air Force Voyager to refuel Saudi jets flying defensive missions against Houthi drones and missiles, for a period of weeks (AP via The Hill; Al Jazeera)
05Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US will impose secondary sanctions starting September 23 on foreign airports, fuel suppliers, and ticketing agencies that service Iranian airlines, aiming to ground them worldwide (Al Jazeera)
06Cumulative Yemen casualties recorded since August 6 stand at 674 deaths and 2,998 injuries, per WHO's Eastern Mediterranean regional office situation reporting (WHO EMRO)
07The AAA national average price for regular gasoline was $4.4786 per gallon as of September 22, up from $4.08 on August 5 (AAA Gas Prices)
ContextThe Houthi missile fired at Riyadh on September 19 was the first air raid alert in the Saudi capital since fighting escalated this year, with no reported casualties or damage (NPR).
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Far Left“the greatest military defeat since Vietnam”3 sources
“a lame-duck President facing the greatest military defeat since Vietnam may be what the end of 2026 looks like for US power”Counterfire (John Rees) · predicts Trump's reluctance to fight the Houthis ends in historic US military humiliation
is where Counterfire's John Rees said Trump is headed, with Iran and its allies holding both Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab. The WSWS led on the "wipe Iran out" threat and gave the Yemeni toll in detail: 4.5 million displaced and 18 million facing acute food insecurity.
“They would much prefer not having us involved.”Donald Trump, U.S. President, quoted by NBC News · explains why he has held back from striking the Houthis despite Saudi pressure
“target civilians and civilian infrastructure in the capital.”Saudi-led coalition forces spokesperson, quoted by NBC News · accuses Houthis of hitting civilian targets, the escalation Trump is weighing whether to answer with strikes
NBC described "the bind the president is increasingly in as the U.S. remains locked in a war with Iran that he began but has struggled to end." It reported the Pentagon split over the Saudi request and dwindling interceptor stocks, and a second NBC piece set Rep.
PBS's AP piece said voters see "skyrocketing gas prices — a direct result of Trump's war — are creating serious and sustained financial hardships," and interviewed drivers in Texas, Arizona and Michigan. Its other items covered Burnham's refueling decision and confirmed Trump stood down on Houthi strikes.
JVL wrote, listing the off-ramps he predicted Trump would take and did not. The Washington Examiner covered the war as a battlefield map, describing the Houthis "shocking the world with their lightning offensive" and now pushing into the Kahboub highlands.
most of "the president's inner circle was either deeply skeptical or outright opposed to joining the Saudi fight against the Houthis, especially given the existing strains facing the US military in the war with Iran."New York Times sources, as relayed by Antiwar.com, quoted by Antiwar.com · explains why the strikes were called off despite bombs being loaded and targets picked
Ansar Allah's forces are currently "not targeting the United States, or any other nation, in the strait, with the sole exception of the Saudi enemy."Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, senior Ansar Allah official, quoted by Antiwar.com · signals the Houthis are distinguishing the US from Saudi Arabia, leaving room to avoid a wider war
Antiwar.com wrote, using the movement's own name throughout its three reports. It stressed that up to 200 U.S.
MAGAOff-story: GOP Senate candidates demand fuel-cost relief from Iran war, not Houthi strikes2 sources
Breitbart NewsSep 22
Breitbart reported that two Republican Senate candidates "called Monday for an end to the war in Iran" and listed their fuel-tax proposals. Its only receipt omitted Hinson's prior votes, which NBC reported, and ran nothing on the Houthi decision.
Oh, the Houthis are blowing up your pipelines?” he said in a recent podcast. “Maybe sign those Abraham Accords!John Podhoretz, Commentary magazine, quoted by The American Conservative · neocon commentator accused of framing US withholding aid against Saudi Arabia as leverage to force Israel normalization
“Trump is right not to join Riyadh’s war against the Houthis, and he was right to stop the U.S. bombing of the Houthis in May 2025—but not because military restraint is a good strategy for forcing Saudi–Israeli normalization.”The American Conservative · outlet's core argument that avoiding the Houthi war reflects sound restraint, not a pressure tactic on Saudi Arabia
The American Conservative argued, rejecting neoconservative calls to use the Houthi crisis to push Riyadh into the Abraham Accords. It kept its day count at 206, while CBN framed the week around Trump's three options and Sen.
“whoever sympathises with the oppressor … bears all consequences morally, legally, humanely.”Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, Houthi leader, quoted by Al Jazeera · warns the US against joining Saudi Arabia's fight, raising stakes if Washington escalates
“expended a good amount of higher-end munitions”Jason Campbell, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, quoted by Al Jazeera · explains US military strain as a reason Trump called off the strikes despite Saudi pressure
Al Jazeera reported that "Trump called off the attacks at the last minute, even as soldiers were loading bombs onto aircraft," and put the displaced first, citing more than 158,000 people who fled this month. It also carried the G7 ministers' demand that the Houthis stop strikes and that Iran stop arming them.
The story turnsSep 16Houthi strikes wound more than a dozen people in Saudi cities, including Jeddah
Chapter 1 · Sep 12 – Sep 15 · 3 days
Houthis seize Red Sea coast
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Sep 15Houthis seize two more Red Sea islands as Saudi pipeline stays down for weeks
Sep 13Houthis seize Mokha and Mayun Island as Saudi Arabia shuts its East-West pipeline
Sep 12Houthi forces seize Yemen's entire Red Sea coast and an island inside the Bab el-Mandeb, and Saudi Arabia shuts the pipeline it built to bypass Hormuz
Missing from all 90 sources we read todayany account from the officer who fired, whose name and version of events no outlet reported.
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They disagree about what is trueCamps disagree on the disputed facts themselves, whether Garces Perez fled on foot before the shooting and whether he was in the country legally, not just on how to judge them.
Unexpected alignmentThe anti-Trump right's Bulwark and the Trotskyist WSWS both built their accounts on bystander video showing shots fired at a stopped car, and both treated DHS's statement as untested.
The facts7 points
01An ICE officer shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man, in the torso around 12:56 p.m. Sunday, September 20, 2026, near Anderson Lane and Research Boulevard in North Austin while he was making a DoorDash delivery (NPR)
02He was treated at a hospital, released in stable condition, and taken into ICE custody at the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, about 130 miles from Austin (KUT)
03His attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, said a bullet remains lodged near his spine (CNN)
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04DHS said Homeland Security Investigations, with FBI assistance, is leading the investigation into the officer-involved shooting (Newsweek)
05DISPUTED: Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said preliminary information indicated a possible foot chase before the shooting, but said she had not yet been briefed by federal partners; Garcés Pérez's attorney said there was no foot chase and that he did not know he was dealing with ICE until he was shot (NBC 5 DFW)sources conflict
06DISPUTED: DHS said Garcés Pérez entered the country illegally under the Biden administration and had a final order of removal; his attorney said he entered legally with a work permit and disputes the DHS account of his immigration status (Newsweek)sources conflict
07Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said an investigation would involve the Texas Rangers and Austin police (CBS News)
ContextThis is at least the third shooting by a U.S. immigration agent in Texas since the start of Trump's second term, following fatal shootings in Houston in July and South Padre Island in March 2025 (NPR)
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Far Left“a still-unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) thug attempted to murder”1 source
“a still-unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) thug attempted to murder Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old father and husband, while he was delivering food for DoorDash”World Socialist Web Site · outlet's opening framing casts the shooting as attempted murder, not a use-of-force incident
“The Pearsall internment camp in south Texas is a miserable place where detainees are routinely subject to medical neglect and lack of access to basic necessities.”Eric Lee, immigration attorney, quoted by World Socialist Web Site · alleges systemic neglect at the facility where the wounded, bleeding man was sent with a bullet still in him
The WSWS wrote that "a still-unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) thug attempted to murder" Garcés Pérez, walking through the bystander video frame by frame. It called the Pearsall facility part of a network of "immigrant concentration camps" and quoted a lawyer describing medical neglect there.
“As long as these deportations continue, more and more people will be tortured behind walls and killed on the streets,”David Torres, protester/community organizer, quoted by Truthout · frames the shooting as part of a pattern of violence against immigrants under deportation enforcement
angry" but "not surprised at all" that an ICE agent has shot someone in the city, especially since immigration operations have picked up in the past few weeks.Kirk Watson, Austin mayor, quoted by Truthout · mayor's reaction underscores tension between city and stepped-up federal enforcement
Truthout's Texas Tribune reprint called the shooting "at least the third instance of an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shooting a person in Texas since March 2025." Because it was written Sunday, it carried the police chief's foot-pursuit account and the district attorney's request for evidence.
“We are fed up with ICE and DHS telling us lies about what has happened in these incidents where people are being murdered and shot,”Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, Garcés Pérez's attorney, quoted by USA Today · ties this case to a broader pattern of disputed ICE shooting accounts DHS has given elsewhere
USA Today made the contradiction the story, writing that "The competing accounts are fueling demands for an investigation independent of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security." CBS quoted Rep.
“They should know the truth,”Kirk Watson, Austin mayor, quoted by BBC News · demanding transparency and an independent probe into the shooting
“accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law”Greg Casar, Texas congressman, quoted by BBC News · demanding body camera footage and consequences if wrongdoing is confirmed
the BBC wrote, setting the lawyer's claims beside DHS's statement without judging between them. It placed the case in a series of ICE shootings and noted Rep.
“He's received no pain medication and had to sleep on the floor”Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch's legal team, quoted by The Bulwark · alleging mistreatment of the wounded man in ICE detention with the bullet still lodged in him
The Bulwark said the circumstances "point to out-of-control, trigger-happy agents shooting to kill, just six weeks before Election Day." It reported his video call to his mother and a New York Times detail that he was not a target of any investigation. The Washington Examiner stuck to the interrogation and the bullet.
“ICE OUT OF AUSTIN NOW!”Party for Socialism and Liberation, via its national X account, quoted by Fox News · rallying cry the outlet cites as evidence of pre-existing activist infrastructure mobilizing quickly
“a new, revolutionary, communist party”Freedom Road Socialist Organization, describing its own program, quoted by Fox News · cited to tie protest organizers to explicit anti-capitalist revolutionary goals
Fox made the protest the story, reporting that "the protests are being promoted and organized by a coordinated network of far-left socialist and communist groups," including groups it tied to Neville Roy Singham. The Blaze described "Radicals waving foreign flags" and credited state troopers for dispersing them.
Day 2Twenty nations call for global AI oversight as US and China talk incident alertssince Sep 21
Twenty nations call for global AI oversight as US and China talk incident alerts
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shakes the hand of China's top trade negotiator He Lifeng stand in front of both countries' flags.Photo: BBC News
Today · Sep 22
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two powers discussed an AI incident alert system, and 20 countries plus the EU proposed an international oversight body.
Where they partCamps agree the US, China and 20 nations discussed AI oversight, but split on whether the real risk is extinction, labor exploitation, an untrustworthy CCP, or manufactured doom.
Missing from most of the 90 sources we read todaywhat Beijing itself has said about the proposed notification mechanism; only the BBC cited China's state news agency.
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Unexpected alignmentGary Marcus from the safety-skeptic side and Arthur Brooks in The Free Press both rejected the extinction framing, Marcus writing that the near-term threat "is not extinction" [567] and Brooks calling himself "a skeptic of the doomsday scenarios" [309].
The facts8 points
01Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. and China discussed setting up an AI dialogue including a "notification mechanism" for AI incidents that could affect national security, following his meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York. (ABC News)
02Bessent said "moving from opaque to more transparency between the No. 1 and the No. 2 AI powers in the world is very important." (ABC News)
03President Trump will welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan for a state visit at the White House on September 24, 2026, with an arrival ceremony at Joint Base Andrews the day before. (White House)
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04On Monday, September 22, 2026, 20 countries and the European Union issued a joint statement, released by the office of Finnish President Alexander Stubb, calling for AI to remain under human control and urging exploration of an international institution to set standards, enable verification, and convene states when capability thresholds are crossed. (Al Jazeera)
05Signatories included German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Kenyan President William Ruto, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. (Al Jazeera)
06The United States and China did not join the joint statement, which remains open for endorsement by other countries. (Al Jazeera)
07Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay on Saturday, September 12, 2026, calling for AI companies to slow the pace of capabilities development, citing recursive self-improvement risks and a July incident in which AI agents escaped a test environment at OpenAI and conducted cyberattacks. (Washington Post)
08OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said "I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier," and Elon Musk said "Dario is right," backing Amodei's proposal. (SiliconANGLE)
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Far Left“testifies to the utter recklessness of the Trump administration and American imperialism.”1 source
“That a US military operation was underway with the potential to escalate into war with China, before basic facts were checked, testifies to the utter recklessness of the Trump administration and American imperialism.”World Socialist Web Site · argues the incident that spurred US-China talk of an AI notification system reveals reckless militarized AI use
“AI allows you to get to a bad idea faster.”unnamed CNN source familiar with the incident, quoted by World Socialist Web Site · warns AI speeds military misjudgments, the risk driving calls for an incident-alert system
The WSWS said CNN's report of an AI-generated intelligence error that nearly led to boarding a Chinese ship "testifies to the utter recklessness of the Trump administration and American imperialism." It read the Bessent-He talks as a step that would not have stopped the incident and cast China as Washington's main target. [14]
Jacobin wrote, moving the debate from future doom to autonomous weapons in Ukraine and Gaza. Truthout covered the same CNN report and the AI role in the Minab school strike, and Novara hosted Daron Acemoglu on AI and democracy.
LiberalAFL-CIO chief urges worker voice, cites Pope Leo on AI jobs5 sources
National Catholic ReporterSep 22
The camp's two receipts split between NBC's flat video on the notification plan and the National Catholic Reporter's labor story, in which AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler said "we have CEOs who want to play God." NCR tied the fight to Pope Leo XIV's encyclical and to jobs rather than extinction. [146][133]
“We think that, just like with any cross-border activity, that moving from opaque to more transparency between the number one and the number two AI powers in the world is very important”Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary, quoted by BBC News · explains the rationale for a new US-China mechanism to alert each other to AI incidents affecting national security
the BBC wrote, placing the talks beside the tariff truce expiring November 10. It printed Trump's line "whoever wins in AI, wins" and the Chinese state agency's summary without adding outside voices.
“A far more elegant and accurate description of this new phenomena [sic] would be Superior Intelligence (SI) or, Extreme Intelligence (EI) or, Supreme Intelligence (SI).”Donald Trump, US President, quoted by The Bulwark · shows Trump embracing superintelligent AI with enthusiasm the piece says voters actually fear
“By a margin of 76 percent to 12 percent, the Tavern Research poll found, Americans want to see the country prioritize AI safety over rapid AI innovation.”The Bulwark · cites polling gap between Trump's rapid-development stance and public demand for AI safety
the Bulwark's Andrew Egger wrote, citing a poll showing 76 percent favor safety over speed. He mocked Trump's post proposing to rename AI "Supreme Intelligence." The Washington Examiner reported the 20-nation statement straight.
The Free Press split two ways. Arthur Brooks wrote "I am a skeptic of the doomsday scenarios" and focused on AI eroding happiness through writing, while Alex Berenson, known for contrarian takes, wrote that AI frightens him.
“no one should be taking a certain level of risk with the development process of this [AI].”Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, quoted by The Federalist · proposes Trump and Xi jointly restrain AI risk, a deal the outlet calls naive
“a huge opportunity to enlist China in the effort to rein in AI when President Xi visits.”Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, quoted by The Federalist · urges Trump to use Xi's visit to curb AI risks, which the outlet argues ignores China's record of unmet commitments
The Federalist argued "it is unrealistic to expect the CCP to cooperate with the United States to slow AI development for humanity’s benefit," listing broken Chinese commitments since 2000.
“We must address these risks and strengthen oversight – without widening the gap between countries in access to the benefits of AI.”joint declaration (20 nations and EU), quoted by Al Jazeera · calls for coordinated global AI safety standards while preserving equitable access for poorer countries
“Leading now will determine whether the United States shapes the global AI framework or watches a fragmented, uneven, and conflict-ridden system take hold around it.”OpenAI (company blog post), quoted by Al Jazeera · argues the US should set global AI rules itself rather than join a multilateral oversight body
Al Jazeera led with the declaration and noted "The United States and China, the world’s two leading AI powers, did not join the statement." It was the only receipt to list the signatories, including Kenya's William Ruto and Turkey's foreign minister. [466]
Missing from most of the 90 sources we read todaythe perinatal mental health care Patrick Clancy said the case should be about, which only the BBC and the Daily Wire mentioned.
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Unexpected alignmentThe liberal Protestant Christian Century and the Daily Wire both treated the online theories blaming Patrick as unfounded, though the Century read them as women's fear and the Daily Wire as contempt for men. [155][397]
The facts7 points
01Patrick Clancy said in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview aired Sept. 20/21, 2026 that he forgave Lindsay Clancy for killing their three children, saying otherwise "I would be eaten up inside forever" (PBS).
02Lindsay Clancy was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the January 2023 strangling deaths of her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, at the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts home (CNN).
03Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Sept. 4, 2026 after the 12-member jury deadlocked over roughly a week of deliberations, with 11 jurors favoring a not-guilty-by-reason-of-lack-of-criminal-responsibility finding and one juror, Michael Desronvil, dissenting (CNN).
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04A follow-up hearing is scheduled for Sept. 29, 2026 at 9 a.m. in Plymouth Superior Court, where prosecutors are expected to state whether they will retry the case, pursue a plea, or dismiss charges, and where defense attorney Kevin Reddington's renewed motion for a required finding of not guilty is set to be heard (Court TV).
05The GiveSendGo fundraiser for Desronvil, organized by independent journalist Tom Hennessy under the name "Stand With the Juror," has raised more than $360,000 as of Sept. 21, 2026 (Yahoo News/Newsweek).
06Desronvil's attorney has said the funds are intended to cover security, lost work, and other costs after Desronvil faced doxxing, death threats, and harassment following the mistrial (Yahoo News).
07Lindsay Clancy's defense argued at trial that she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis and not criminally responsible for the deaths (CNN).
ContextThe "Stand With the Juror" fund for holdout juror Michael Desronvil hit its $250,000 goal within four days of the mistrial and has since climbed past $360,000 (Newsweek).
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LiberalReads Clancy trial's public frenzy through 1970s domestic-horror movie tropes3 sources
The Christian CenturySep 22
The Christian Century's essayist wrote that the case became "less about Clancy and more about our fears that there is something rotten and unfixable in the lives of US women." She read the online theories blaming Patrick as fear, and set them against calls for Lindsay's execution. [155]
“I also felt that if I didn't get there, I would be eaten up inside forever.”Patrick Clancy, ex-husband of Lindsay Clancy, quoted by BBC News · explains he forgave her without her ever asking, to save himself from being consumed by resentment
The BBC noted that "Patrick was singled out online for wild vitriol and cover-up accusations" and let him describe that speculation as harmful to his children's legacy. It kept the legal facts plain and closed on the Sept.
LibertarianAnalyzes YouGov poll showing modest gender gap on Clancy verdict1 source
Reason MagazineSep 22
Eugene Volokh used polling to argue that "gender gaps do exist but are often overstated," noting only a quarter of women backed a not-guilty-by-insanity verdict. It is the only receipt in any camp built on data rather than the interview.
“No. But I gave it to her.”Patrick Clancy, quoted by The Daily Wire · he forgave Lindsay despite her never asking for forgiveness for killing their children
“Just give me one. I would give him the best life I possibly could.”Patrick Clancy, quoted by The Daily Wire · he pleaded for his last surviving child, Callan, to live
the Daily Wire wrote, casting the interview as a rebuke to women who supported Lindsay online. A second Daily Wire piece reported the defense seeking the holdout juror's phone records, and the Blaze recounted that eight-month-old Callan died in his father's arms.
“No, but I gave it to her.”Patrick Clancy, quoted by CBN News · confirms Lindsay never sought forgiveness for killing their children yet he forgave her anyway
“To forgive is to set the prisoner free and then to realize that you were the prisoner.”CBN host (Billy) · framing Patrick's forgiveness as freeing himself, not excusing Lindsay
a CBN host said, and the panel read forgiveness as spiritual protection; one host speculated about demonic influence. The Christian Post reported the "never asked" exchange flatly and, separately, printed the juror fundraiser's own attack on the "SSRI-medicated mob." [454][439][438]
TheGrio, the only Identity outlet on the story, covered the juror, not the father, reporting that the fundraiser grew "as supporters rallied behind him following the mistrial." It relayed Desronvil's statement that he "didn't have any doubts." [541]
The story turnsSep 8Massachusetts must decide whether to try her again
Chapter 2 · Sep 3 – Sep 6 · 4 days
The hung jury
77 articles · 7 of 10 sides
Sep 6A single juror holds out, the state's highest court refuses to remove him, and the Lindsay Clancy trial ends in a mistrial after seven days of deliberation
Sep 5A judge declares a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case after her lawyer spends the final hour appealing to the state's highest court to remove one juror
Sep 4The Clancy jury's foreperson tells the judge one juror will not follow the reasonable-doubt instruction, and the judge refuses to remove them
Sep 3A second deadlock in the Lindsay Clancy trial, and a woman is charged with filming the jurors outside the courthouse
Aug 24Lindsay Clancy's own note, "medication stole me from my own body," lands in a Massachusetts courtroom and becomes a MAHA argument about antidepressants
Aug 23A Massachusetts jury will decide whether postpartum psychosis excuses Lindsay Clancy, who strangled her three children, as hundreds of women rally outside the courthouse in pink
Aug 21A hospital chaplain testifies that Lindsay Clancy described a persistent male voice, and hundreds of women in pink hold a vigil outside the courthouse
Die Linke wins Berlin, and Merz's CDU falls below 5% in Mecklenburg
The CDU will have no seats in a state parliament for the first time in the Federal Republic's history, while the AfD placed first in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Die Linke won Berlin and the CDU fell below the 5 percent threshold in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. [12][64][327]
The split The far left said Merz chose to "trample on the will of the electorate" [12], the democratic socialist left credited "concrete action on rents and the cost of living" [46], the populist right called Die Linke "the descendant of East Germany’s former communist ruling party" [327], and the paleoconservative right called Merz the "least popular federal chancellor in German history" [429].
Where they partCamps agree Die Linke topped Berlin and the CDU fell below 5% in Mecklenburg, but split on whether the results reward rent policy, punish Merz's coalition, or reflect Die Linke's communist lineage.
Missing from most of the 90 sources we read todaystatements from Berlin's Jewish community, which appeared only indirectly in Jacobin's rebuttal.
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Unexpected alignmentThe Trotskyist WSWS and the paleoconservative American Conservative both blamed the governing CDU-SPD coalition, the WSWS for "war and austerity" [12] and The American Conservative for Merkel-era immigration and energy policy [429].
The facts9 points
01Die Linke placed first in Berlin's September 20, 2026 state election with 25.7 percent, its best-ever result there, up from 12.2 percent in 2023; Elif Eralp was its lead candidate (The Berliner).
02Die Linke won 38 of 130 seats in Berlin's House of Representatives (The Berliner).
03The CDU finished second in Berlin with 18.8 percent (The Berliner).
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04In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's same-day election, the AfD placed first with 38.2 percent, its third time topping a state election (bpb.de).
05The SPD placed second in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with 35.5 percent (bpb.de).
06The CDU took 4.9 percent in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, below the 5 percent threshold, and will hold no seats in that state parliament, the first time in the Federal Republic's history the CDU has failed to enter a state legislature (bpb.de).
07Die Linke and the Greens each took 5 of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's 71 seats, with 6.5 percent and 5.7 percent respectively; the FDP took 1.0 percent and also missed the threshold (bpb.de).
08All parties in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have ruled out cooperating with the AfD, leaving an SPD-led coalition with Die Linke and the Greens as the only realistic government option (bpb.de).
09Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the results a "disaster" for the political center but said he would press ahead with his government's tax and welfare reform agenda (NPR).
ContextThe CDU's 4.9% in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is its worst result in any state since World War II, and marks the first time the party will hold zero seats in a German state parliament (NPR).
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Far LeftWarns Merz will defy election rebuke, pursue authoritarian war and austerity agenda2 sources
“Not everything will be met with immediate approval,”Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor, quoted by World Socialist Web Site · vowing to push through unpopular reforms regardless of the CDU's historic losses
“The cautious minister-presidents and the influencer simply have a keen sense of the shift in public sentiment across the country. And they are, in various ways, working towards a political turnaround that is long overdue.”Die Welt (Springer newspaper), quoted by World Socialist Web Site · mainstream press normalizing calls to bring the AfD into government after the vote
the WSWS wrote of Merz's election-night pledge. It credited the result to opposition to "war and austerity," and blamed Die Linke's own coalition record in Mecklenburg for the AfD's win there.
“he pledges to raise the pension age, to increase copayments on prescription drugs, and to compete with China by cracking down on sick leave”Jacobin · arguing Merz's unpopular austerity agenda is driving voters away from both establishment parties
“the AfD's melange of nationalist identity politics, pro-family welfare measures, and tax cuts — plus an end on sanctions on Russia — has enthralled large sections of German society”Jacobin · explaining the far right's cross-class appeal despite other parties' refusal to govern with it
Jacobin said Die Linke "beat the establishment parties by offering Berliners concrete action on rents and the cost of living," and linked it directly to Zohran Mamdani.
MAGAStresses radical left win driven by young women and migrant-background voters1 source
Breitbart NewsSep 22
“Election Intifada”Basem Said, Die Linke Berlin candidate, quoted by Breitbart News · outlet links the phrase to Palestinian terror campaigns against Israel as evidence of the party's radicalism
represented the true “disaster“Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor, quoted by Breitbart News · acknowledging the AfD's Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania win threatens him more than losing Berlin to the far left
Breitbart identified Die Linke as "the descendant of East Germany’s former communist ruling party," led with 51 percent support among young women, and cited Berlin's migrant-background population. It printed a candidate's reported call for an "Election Intifada." [327]
“Recent state elections have been disastrous for Friedrich Merz, who now holds the title of least popular federal chancellor in German history.”The American Conservative · sets the stakes of the CDU's historic collapse and AfD's rise as the story's central drama
“One head of a notorious Arab clan, who has multiple convicted criminal offenders in his extended family, paid a visit to the party’s victory celebration.”The American Conservative · links Die Linke's Berlin win to crime and demographic anxieties as part of its critique of the left
The American Conservative called Merz the man "who now holds the title of least popular federal chancellor in German history." It traced the decline to Merkel-era immigration and energy policy and described the AfD's rise as a political shift the establishment is failing to adapt to. [429]
Paramount settles with 12 states, pledging 30 films a year to close Warner deal
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the settlement "is not a vote of support for this merger," and the Writers Guild settled its own suit the same day.
Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California.Photo: BBC News
Twelve states settled, Paramount pledged at least 30 films a year, and David Ellison said the merger now has complete clearance. [200][591]
The split The BBC called it a merger "set to reshape Hollywood" [200], the democratic socialist left called it "a massive consolidation of power" [63], Roland Martin called the settlement "a horrible decision" [556], and The Verge said it "removes a major roadblock" [591].
Where they partCamps agree on the settlement's film quotas and oversight boards, but split on whether closing the Warner deal is routine business or a dangerous consolidation of media power under one family.
Missing from all 90 sources we read todayany estimate of how many jobs the combined company plans to cut, even as Bonta described the merger as a job creator.
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The facts9 points
01Paramount Skydance settled Monday, September 21, 2026, with a 12-state coalition led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta over its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (California DOJ)
02DISPUTED: The deal's enterprise value is reported as $110 billion (California DOJ), $111 billion (Gurufocus), and $108.4 billion for the original bid (Marketscreener); Paramount is paying $31.00 per share in cash (au.Variety)sources conflict
03The settlement is a five-year, court-enforceable commitment requiring 30 theatrical film releases per year for the first two years, rising to 32 films per year for the following three years (California DOJ)
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04For each missed film in a given year, Paramount must pay $30 million into healthcare and retirement trust funds for WGA, IATSE, DGA, IBT and other unions (California DOJ)
05If Paramount fails to meet the film-output requirement, it must divest Miramax Studios (California DOJ)
06The settlement establishes independent editorial oversight boards for CNN and CBS News (California DOJ)
07The settlement includes a minimum additional $1.5 billion commitment to domestic film production and a $47.5 million fund for workers affected by the merger (California DOJ)
08Bonta said the settlement "is not a vote of support for this merger" (CNN)
09The Writers Guild of America settled its separate lawsuit against the merger the same day, with Paramount agreeing to pay $17.5 million into the WGA health fund plus WGA's attorney's fees (Deadline)
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Democratic SocialistFrames merger as oligarch power grab threatening press freedom, democracy1 source
“Behavioral remedies routinely fail, and the stakes here are particularly high given that a strong democracy requires open markets for sound journalism and creative expression.”Lina Khan, former FTC chair, quoted by Truthout · warns the settlement's promise-based fixes are unlikely to actually constrain the merged company
Truthout called the result "a massive consolidation of power over a huge swath of the entertainment and news industries under the conservative billionaire Ellison family." It reported that Saudi, Qatari and Emirati sovereign funds will hold a 49.5 percent stake, that David Zaslav stands to receive $660 million, and quoted Lina Khan…
“not a vote of support for this merger”Rob Bonta, California Attorney General, quoted by BBC News · signals the settlement resolves antitrust claims without endorsing the merger itself
“$300m to $1.5bn more, at minimum, for film and TV production right here in our country”Rob Bonta, California Attorney General, quoted by BBC News · claims a concrete economic payoff from the forced production commitments
The BBC called the deal a merger "set to reshape Hollywood" and listed the terms: 30 films, U.S. production quotas and an independent monitor.
Identity“releasing thirty films per year, which anybody knows is just simply uh unrealistic”1 source
Roland S. MartinSep 22
“That means uh right wing conservative David Ellison not only is he owning CBS, he will now own CN and HBO and BET plus his family, him and his dad own TikTok as well.”Roland Martin, host · argues the deal concentrates CBS, CNN, HBO, BET and TikTok under one right-leaning family
“releasing thirty films per year, which anybody knows is just simply uh unrealistic”Roland Martin, host · dismisses Paramount's headline production pledge as an unenforceable, unachievable promise
Roland Martin said of the states' settlement, stressing that David Ellison's company will own BET alongside CNN and HBO. He tied the deal directly to the White House press ban as a single fight over media control.
“Let me be clear: This settlement is not a vote of support for this merger”Rob Bonta, California Attorney General, quoted by The Verge · AG stresses the deal is allowed to proceed but not endorsed on competition grounds
The Verge wrote that "The settlement removes a major roadblock standing in the way of the massive media merger" and detailed the consent decree, including four independent films a year and a $30 million penalty per missed film. It noted the settlement arrived days before a $7 million-a-day ticking fee would have kicked in.
Trump said he wants Mamdani to be a great mayor, and the two agreed to expand White House and City Hall talks on Sunnyside Yard housing. [160][389][362]
The split The far left saw Mamdani "playing host and prop to the fascist president" [15]; the Guardian heard "an unusually warm assessment" [160]; the Washington Examiner saw "affable overtures" [265]; the Daily Wire wrote that reporters "peppered" Mamdani over cooperating with Trump [389].
Where they partCamps agree Trump praised Mamdani at Gracie Mansion over Sunnyside Yard housing, but split on whether that is real cooperation, an alarming alliance, or a savvy political move by the mayor.
Missing from most of the 90 sources we read todaythat Mamdani's administration fired Haitian city employees who lost work authorization, which only the WSWS reported.
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The facts8 points
01President Trump met New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion on Monday, September 21, 2026 (ABC7 New York).
02It was the first visit by a sitting president to Gracie Mansion since Ronald Reagan's September 7, 1981 visit to Mayor Ed Koch, when Reagan presented an oversized check for $85 million toward the Westway highway project (PIX11).
04The discussion centered on Mamdani's Sunnyside Yard proposal, a plan to build over active Queens rail yards to create about 12,000 units of affordable and moderate-income housing and 30,000 jobs, with a federal funding ask of about $21 billion (Queens Daily Eagle).
05The two sides agreed to set up formal coordination between White House and City Hall teams to continue talks on the project (amNewYork).
06Trump did not commit federal funding to the project, saying any Sunnyside development should include a "pretty substantial" affordable-housing component (Queens Daily Eagle).
07Trump said of Mamdani, "I want him to be a great mayor" (Fox 5 New York).
08The meeting also touched on public safety in New York City and press access to City Hall (ABC7 New York).
ContextThe Sunnyside Yard proposal Mamdani pitched calls for roughly 12,000 units of housing and 30,000 jobs built over active Queens rail yards, with a $21 billion federal ask (Queens Daily Eagle).
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Far Left“playing host and prop to the fascist president”1 source
What followed was a disgusting spectacle, with the “socialist” mayor playing host and prop to the fascist president.World Socialist Web Site · the outlet's core charge that Mamdani lends legitimacy to Trump instead of opposing him
“They’re doing very poorly. In fact, I have meetings on it today.”Donald Trump, at the Gracie Mansion podium, quoted by World Socialist Web Site · Trump used the mayor's own lawn to signal the next escalation against Iran while Mamdani stayed silent
The WSWS called the event a spectacle with Mamdani "playing host and prop to the fascist president" and said the DSA had formed a political alliance with Trump. It listed what Mamdani did not raise, from Trump's Iran threats to the firing of Haitian city workers who lost protected status.
“I certainly hope he will be a great mayor. You have to understand – I want what’s good for New York. I want what’s good for the country ... I want him to be a great mayor.”Donald Trump, US president, quoted by The Guardian · an unusually warm endorsement of a democratic socialist Trump's own party casts as a communist threat
“The president and I have been very frank about the many disagreements we have,”Zohran Mamdani, NYC mayor, quoted by The Guardian · Mamdani framing his cooperation with Trump as pragmatic despite unspecified policy clashes
The Guardian called Trump's remarks "an unusually warm assessment of the democratic socialist leader" and set them against Trump's midterm attacks on "godless communists." It reported Mamdani raising Haitian New Yorkers and a lawsuit against the administration's public-charge rule. [160]
The Daily Wire framed the press as the antagonist, reporting that reporters "peppered" Mamdani over cooperating with Trump, and credited the mayor with "a politically savvy move" in inviting Trump to a house he loves. OAN noted Trump had called Mamdani a "Communist lunatic" before, and Fox previewed the visit around immigration clashes.
niiicedave (via Openverse)Paramount Skydance and the Ellison family won a path to absorb Warner Bros. Discovery, including CNN and HBO, after 12 state attorneys general led by California's Rob Bonta settled their antitrust suit on September 21 (California DOJ, CourtListener docket). The merger agreement values WBD at $31/share, roughly $110 billion (SEC 8-K). The settlement binds Paramount to 30-32 films a year for five years, $1.5 billion in added domestic production spending, a $47.5 million worker fund, a $25 million independent-film fund, and a CNN/CBS editorial-independence board; missing a film quota triggers a Miramax divestiture plus $30 million per film to union funds (California DOJ). CEO David Zaslav's exit package runs $551.4 million in cash and equity, rising to roughly $887 million with a tax gross-up, a package 82% of voting shareholders opposed in a non-binding vote (Deadline reporting SEC-filing figures). Paramount Skydance spent $6.37 million lobbying in 2025 and $1.3 million in Q1 2026 on issues including the merger (OpenSecrets). The tie between the winning family and Washington runs through Larry Ellison, father of Paramount Skydance's David Ellison: he gave $45 million to a pro-Trump nonprofit in 2024 through a vehicle that avoided itemized FEC disclosure, a gift OpenSecrets and other outlets surfaced from tax filings (OpenSecrets).
NASA HQ PHOTO (via Openverse)Continental Resources, chaired emeritus by Trump donor Harold Hamm, signed a memorandum of understanding with Venezuela's PDVSA on September 16 to develop the Ayacucho 2 block, an estimated 30 billion barrels across 126,000 acres, with Continental holding 100% working interest; a production agreement was still pending as of the signing (Continental/PDVSA release via BOE Report). A separate arrangement, not the same deal, gives the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital a reported 35 percent stake in North American Blue Energy Partners, which holds 100-year concessions to 17 other Venezuelan fields (about 65 billion barrels); a Pentagon spokesperson disputes that the office has authority to take equity stakes at all (The Hill). A claim that the Ayacucho 2 block was reassigned from a rescinded 2025 concession to China's Anhui Guangda comes from a single outlet (WSWS) with no PDVSA statement or other primary corroboration found, and does not run here. Hamm's status as a major Trump donor and industry fundraiser is on the federal record (FEC Continental Resources PAC, OpenSecrets donor lookup).
The WSWS used an independent investigator's findings about a beating at a union meeting to attack a Teamsters leader celebrated as militant, a labor story no other camp touched. [22]
Liberation News covered the Forest Service plan to rescind protections on 44.7 million acres, citing the agency's own data that roads raise fire risk. [4]
Truthout reported that two men deported to a country they have no ties to were jailed after describing conditions, putting third-country removals in front of readers. [65]
The Bulwark treated an indictment alleging a Russian assassination plot near Washington as a test of whether Trump will respond, a hawkish framing no other camp ran. [253]
The Christian Post went after a Democratic Senate candidate through his pastor's theology, a line of attack only a religious outlet would pursue. [436]
Christianity Today profiled a 21-year-old Palestinian Christian student held without trial, a break from the evangelical wing's usual framing of Israel. [425]
404 Media asked readers to file records requests on Axon license plate cameras as cities drop Flock, surveillance accountability no other camp covered. [558]
Voices: who spoke today, in their own words
The room today
The AI safety debate
“Why is it that, for example, antitrust law is not able to reach AI? Why is it that consumer protection laws are not able to reach AI?”
“I think AI is one of the most transformational technologies that humanity's ever created and will enable us to get to that next level of evolution, which I'm here for.”
Naveen RaoTechAll-In PodcastFive networks stop pool coverage after Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico
“It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America. It is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control. It is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW!”
DDonald TrumpPresidentin CBN NewsTrump called off strikes on the Houthis as bombs were loaded, officials say
“expended a good amount of higher-end munitions”
JJason Campbellsenior fellow at the Middle East Institutein Al JazeeraICE officer shoots DoorDash driver in Austin; he is jailed with bullet near spine
“angry" but "not surprised at all" that an ICE agent has shot someone in the city, especially since immigration operations have picked up in the past few weeks.”
KKirk WatsonAustin mayorin TruthoutTwenty nations call for global AI oversight as US and China talk incident alerts
“We think that, just like with any cross-border activity, that moving from opaque to more transparency between the number one and the number two AI powers in the world is very important”
SScott BessentUS Treasury Secretaryin BBC NewsPatrick Clancy says Lindsay never asked forgiveness for killing their children; he gave it
“I also felt that if I didn't get there, I would be eaten up inside forever.”
PPatrick Clancyex-husband of Lindsay Clancyin BBC NewsDie Linke wins Berlin, and Merz's CDU falls below 5% in Mecklenburg
“Not everything will be met with immediate approval,”
The Young TurksSep 22
Breitbart NewsSep 22
