“PRAY: 3 Children, 1 Teacher Killed in Oregon Elementary School Shooting A 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot by a person at the scene who pursued him into the school, authorities said.”
The story Trump calls off the livestream of Nidal Hasan's firing-squad execution after an 80-18 poll
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Stories: what happened, what was argued, and who said it
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A bystander kills the teen who shot three children and a teacher in Bend
Police say the 16-year-old forced his way into Silver Rail Elementary by shooting at locked doors, and a community member pursued him inside and killed him before officers arrived.
A 16-year-old shot three children and a teacher dead at Silver Rail Elementary, and a community member killed him inside the school before police arrived. [223][124][438]
The split Breitbart's headline led with the shooter "Shot and Killed by Bystander" [364]; the liberal mainstream called a school "ravaged by gunfire" part of "a familiar scene" [115].
Missing from all 97 sources we read todayhow a 16-year-old came to carry a long gun into a school, and whether anyone had flagged him beforehand.
Open the record6 of 10 sides covered · facts and sources▾
Unexpected alignmentAl Jazeera and The Daily Wire both built their headlines around the civilian who stopped the attack, Al Jazeera writing "Bystander guns down suspected primary school shooter" and The Daily Wire "Bystander Takes Out Gunman."
The facts7 points
01A 16-year-old shot and killed three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (Source)
02Police named the shooter as Griffin J. John II, 16, of Bend. (Source)
03He threw a shotgun over the school fence, climbed over it, and fired into the glass panes of exterior double doors to get in. (Source)
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04Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old parent, took his legally secured .40-caliber pistol from his car and shot the 16-year-old multiple times. The 16-year-old was dead when officers arrived at 1:02 p.m. (Source)
05A teacher tackled the shooter after throwing her cellphone at him. (Source)
06Two people were injured: a 7-year-old child in critical condition, and Becky Drury, a 54-year-old teacher with serious but non-life-threatening wounds to her left arm and right hand. (Source)
07The first 911 call came at 12:59 p.m., reporting a gun fired into a car outside the school. Callers then reported a person had entered the school and started shooting. (Source)
6 source groups in today’s recordNo relevant coverage found from CommunistDemocratic SocialistLibertarianTech
How outlets handled it6 source groups · original passages and links▾
The source record
LiberalCommunity grief and a bystander hero, framed as a routine American school-shooting scene3 sources
“Swarms of police officers and ambulances racing to the grounds of a school ravaged by gunfire has become a familiar scene, and one that represents only the beginning of incalculable pain, loss and trauma.”CNN · treating school shootings as a normalized national pattern, with this one counted as the 36th on K-12 grounds this year
“Bend is a place that people move to from bigger cities. They move here because it's relatively safe here, they move here because we have schools you can walk your kids to,”Jeff Eager, former Bend mayor, quoted by CNN · describing the loss of perceived safety in a town people chose to escape urban danger
CNN wrote, counting Silver Rail as the 36th shooting on K-12 grounds this year. MSNBC closed on a statement from Moms Demand Action, and USA Today devoted much of its piece to the evening vigil in Drake Park.
“This is a neighbourhood school. Parents are stunned. It's just something you don't expect to happen in Bend, Oregon. It's a mountain town,”Michael Kohn, reporter with the Bulletin newspaper, quoted by BBC News · conveying the shock of a community that saw itself as insulated from school shootings
the BBC wrote, after noting that Everytown ranks Oregon 12th on the strength of its gun laws. It was the only outlet on the story to set the state's gun laws beside its death rate.
The 16-year-old gunman "was killed after a member of the community followed him inside the school and shot him," the Examiner reported in a short news item. It added no commentary on guns or policy.
MAGA“Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, gave Oregon a grade of A- for gun control stringency.”3 sources
Breitbart NewsOct 16
“Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, gave Oregon a grade of A- for gun control stringency.”Breitbart News · pointing out that a state with strict gun laws still saw the school shooting
Giffords "gave Oregon a grade of A- for gun control stringency," Breitbart wrote, then listed the state's red flag law and background-check rules.
“To the community member who heroically intervened to stop further loss of life: Your actions carry a heavy emotional burden, and I just want you to know that my thoughts are with you as well,”Tina Kotek, Oregon governor, quoted by CBN News · thanking the civilian who pursued the shooter into the school and the toll that act takes
CBN ran the Associated Press account under a headline that opened with a call to prayer. Its body text reported a pump-action shotgun bought by the shooter's mother, citing a law enforcement official, and quoted Gov.
“We are stunned and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy,” Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook said in a statement.Steven Cook, Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent, quoted by TheGrio · responding to the shooting that killed three children and one adult at Silver Rail Elementary
TheGrio placed the attack in national figures, writing that "there have been more than 400 mass shootings in the US in 2026." Its early account said the suspect "may have been shot by a bystander," reflecting police uncertainty at the time. [604]
Day 9Trump calls off the livestream of Nidal Hasan's firing-squad execution after an 80-18 pollsince Oct 6Full timeline ›
Trump calls off the livestream of Nidal Hasan's firing-squad execution after an 80-18 poll
A line of white crosses are stood in grass alongside American flags while two women's backs are shown as they look at the crossesPhoto: BBC News
Today · Oct 16
Trump said Thursday that Hasan will still die by firing squad on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood, with victims' immediate families allowed to watch in person, but that the execution will not be streamed.
In dispute
The government should livestream Nidal Hasan's execution to the public.
“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things”
Missing from most of the 97 sources we read todayDay 3 of this blind spotwhether a habeas corpus petition in civilian court could still delay the Dec. 3 date, raised only by Fox News.
Open the record1 question in dispute · 8 of 10 sides covered · facts and sources▾
Where they partEvery camp accepts that Trump cancelled the Hasan stream after the poll and that the execution stays on for Dec. 3; they split on whether a televised execution is spectacle, justice, or political incompetence.
Unexpected alignmentFort Hood survivor Alonzo Lunsford, quoted by Fox, warned against giving terrorists "a tool for ISIS or al-Qaeda to recruit," the same risk 404 Media found already unfolding in Al Qaeda's channels.
The facts6 points
01On Oct. 15, 2026, Trump announced the execution "will not be streamed." (DPIC)
02Hasan's execution is scheduled for Dec. 3, 2026, at Fort Hood, Texas. (DPIC)
03Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. (DPIC)
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04On Oct. 7, 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the execution would be livestreamed. (DPIC)
05An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll found 80% of Americans opposed a livestreamed execution. The same poll found 52% supported the execution itself. (DPIC)
06Hasan retains the right to seek appellate review in federal courts, which could delay the execution. (DPIC)
8 source groups in today’s recordNo relevant coverage found from Communist
How outlets handled it8 source groups · original passages and links▾
Where each side stood today
Democratic Socialist“The Trump administration has reveled in imagery of state-perpetrated violence.”3 sources
“The Trump administration has reveled in imagery of state-perpetrated violence.”Truthout · placing the livestream plan within a pattern of administration violence imagery such as boat-strike footage
“Studies have repeatedly found no evidence that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to crime.”Truthout · rebutting Trump's claim that streaming the execution would deter terrorists
Truthout described a defense secretary "who often speaks of violence as a virtue," and it inserted that "Studies have repeatedly found no evidence that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to crime." The Intercept attacked the press framing that streaming would be an aberration, writing that it "overlooks a forgotten American cultural…
“Just saying it out loud moves the boundary.”Julie Ingersoll, University of North Florida religion professor, quoted by NPR · arguing that merely proposing a public execution makes it more acceptable, even though it was cancelled
“Pete Hegseth is a religious extremist”Matthew Taylor, Georgetown University visiting scholar, quoted by NPR · claiming Hegseth is pushing ideas far outside the mainstream within the Pentagon
NPR's headline held that "a line may already have been crossed," and its piece tied Hegseth's plan to his church, the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, through religion scholars. NBC reported that Trump was not aware Hasan is paralyzed and that this factored into the decision, and CBS added that the last public U.S.
“The damage has already been done - the Army is now just trying to clean up the mess”John Galligan, lawyer for Nidal Hasan, quoted by BBC News · arguing the livestream announcement harmed military justice even though it was cancelled
“I really don't care how he goes, as long as he goes, and I think that the death penalty is a very worthy way of going for him,”President Donald Trump, quoted by BBC News · showing his indifference to the method while the Pentagon was still weighing the livestream
the BBC wrote, and it placed the plan beside Amnesty's count of only two countries, Iran and Afghanistan, carrying out public executions last year. The Hill organized the reversal into five takeaways that ended on Trump's wider push for the death penalty.
“You don't want that to be used as a tool for ISIS or al-Qaeda to recruit and say, 'Hey, this is what happens to you if you do this against the infidel,'”Alonzo Lunsford, Fort Hood survivor shot seven times, quoted by Fox News · warning that broadcast footage could become jihadist recruitment material
“I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device,”Donald Trump, President, quoted by Fox News · explaining his reversal while still arguing a livestream would have deterred terrorism
Fox wrote, giving the reversal to the victims rather than to critics. Both Blaze pieces sided with the cancellation, one collecting thanks from Catholic and evangelical figures and the other telling readers that watching would cost them spiritually.
Such "public" or livestreamed executions make a spectacle of the event. I believe that cheapens and coarsens the public's view of human life, whereas the intent of capital punishment is to underscore the uniquely horrendous nature of taking another human being's life.The Christian Post (opinion author) · arguing that a Christian case for capital punishment excludes broadcasting it
“Historically, in the United States, you have been far more likely to be executed if you are poor rather than wealthy, a person of color rather than white, or a man rather than a woman.”The Christian Post (opinion author) · insisting that Christian support for the death penalty requires equitable application
Livestreamed executions "make a spectacle of the event," the Christian Post's op-ed argued, while its author wrote "I support the death penalty." The camp split inside its own pages: the Christian Post's news report printed Robert Jeffress backing a public execution and Tony Perkins opposing it.
IdentityChronicles Trump's reversal on livestreaming Hasan's execution amid bipartisan backlash, with critics likening it to jihadist or dictatorial spectacle3 sources
Atlanta Black StarOct 16
“Hasan should face the death penalty, but making his execution public and streaming it? Beyond disgusting”Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, quoted by Atlanta Black Star · a Republican who backs the death sentence but says broadcasting it deepened his regret over confirming Hegseth
“The president wants the bastard to pay, and a public execution might be that extra humiliation [Hasan] deserves,”an unnamed Trump confidant, quoted by Axios, quoted by Atlanta Black Star · describing Trump's conflict between punishing Hasan and not making him a martyr
Atlanta Black Star wrote that Hegseth was left to defend a proposal "that critics have compared to public executions carried out by terrorist groups and authoritarian regimes." It framed the story as a test of who holds authority in the administration. [536]
“You have fed the wolves,”Moustafa Ayad, Institute for Strategic Dialogue researcher, quoted by 404 Media · saying Hegseth's announcement gave extremists a Hasan cause to latch onto
“Hasan killed people almost twenty years ago and he was destined to fall out of memory until Hegseth attempted to make a spectacle of his death.”404 Media · blaming Hegseth's plan for reviving Hasan as an extremist icon
404 Media wrote, documenting Al Qaeda-aligned channels and TikTok edits already reviving Hasan as a martyr. Futurism called the original plan "an unfathomable act of cruelty for all to see." [633][643]
Day 4Prosecutors subpoena Ilhan Omar's relatives as reports say the administration seeks her denaturalizationsince Oct 13Full timeline ›
Prosecutors subpoena Ilhan Omar's relatives as reports say the administration seeks her denaturalization
Representative Ilhan Omar poses for a portrait in her office on Capitol HillPhoto: BBC News
Today · Oct 16
More than a dozen grand jury subpoenas in Minnesota followed Monday's search of Omar's Washington home, in a probe that reports tie to whether her age was misstated when she became a citizen in 2000.
In dispute
The federal investigation of Ilhan Omar's immigration paperwork is a politically motivated use of law enforcement.
Supports
Anonymous ICE officialICE official working in immigration enforcement, speaking to The Intercept
Missing from all 97 sources we read todayany outlet's direct review of the 1995 and 2000 immigration documents at issue; every account relied on anonymous sources describing them.
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They disagree about what is trueCamps accept the Omar home search and the grand jury subpoenas; they split on whether the immigration paperwork and age question show real fraud or a politicized pretext, which the BBC says remains unclear.
Unexpected alignmentThe Forward's columnist, writing to Jews who "do not like Omar," and National Review's host, who called Somalia a failed state, both objected to how the president is treating her.
The facts6 points
01Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C. home on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, under a search warrant. The article does not name the agency. (Source)
02Authorities seized Omar's phone. They also issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, for a grand jury in Minnesota. (Source)
03Reports say the probe concerns possible fraud in Omar's immigration paperwork, including whether she or her father knowingly made untrue statements. It includes the question of her age when she became a citizen. A minor can gain citizenship automatically through a parent's naturalization, while someone 18 or older must go through the process separately. (Source)
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04U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said "there are several investigations going on" regarding Omar. She said her office is also examining Omar's financial disclosures to Congress and added, "If there was a crime that was committed, it will be prosecuted." (Source)
05MPR/AP reports the Justice Department historically avoids public investigative actions involving candidates within 60 days of an election. The search came about three weeks before the November midterms. (Source)
06Omar called the action "an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement" and said, "I will not be silenced." (Source)
7 source groups in today’s recordNo relevant coverage found from Religious RightTech
How outlets handled it7 source groups · original passages and links▾
Where each side stood today
Far Left“The administration is using the persecution of Omar as a battering ram against citizenship itself.”1 source
“The administration is using the persecution of Omar as a battering ram against citizenship itself.”World Socialist Web Site · arguing the case is meant to make citizenship contingent on loyalty to the president
“Yet the administration is openly discussing the punishment it wants to impose while investigators search for a basis to carry it out.”World Socialist Web Site · noting no charges exist and prior reviews under Biden and Trump found insufficient evidence
the WSWS wrote. It stressed that earlier reviews under Biden and in 2019 found insufficient evidence, and a second WSWS piece linked the raid to the Aurora temple plot as products of the same climate.
“Usually authoritarians target those on the margins before expanding their repression. That Trump and Vance are going after a sitting congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, with politically motivated deportation means they have bigger ambitions.”Jacobin · arguing that targeting a sitting member of Congress signals a broader crackdown on the Left
Besides Trump’s constant threats to deport her, the wife of one of Trump’s top advisers, Stephen Miller, reacted to the news of the raid by tweeting, “Promise made, promise kept,” before swiftly deleting it.Jacobin · offered as evidence the raid is a politically motivated fulfillment of threats
Jacobin wrote, warning that a sitting member of Congress signals wider ambitions. The Intercept devoted two pieces to the story, one faulting elite opinion pages for silence they did not show for John Bolton and one quoting ICE officials who described a string of "midterm panic" moves.
“The timing of the federal probe has defied justice department precedent of not taking action against officials running for office this close to an election.”BBC News · noting the raid came weeks before the midterms, departing from DOJ norms
the BBC wrote in an explainer that laid out the age question, the New York Post's claims about her father's military career, and Omar's denials side by side. PBS ran the AP's account of the subpoenas, and The Hill reported CNN analyst Elie Honig's view that a Biden-era financial probe undercuts her selective-prosecution argument.
“I also don't think that Trump should talk about Somalia and people from Somalia the way he does as president of the United States.”National Review host · criticizing Trump's rhetoric about Somalis amid the Omar raid debate, while defending the underlying culture argument
“national cultures are very persistent when it comes to immigration.”National Review host · arguing immigrants' ancestral-country traits carry over, so Somalia's failures matter for how Somali immigrants fare in the US
National Review's video host said of Trump's attacks on Somalis, before arguing that national cultures shape how immigrants fare.
“The congresswoman's staff helped to get her birth year adjusted from 1981 to 1982 in the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, according to reporters.”Fox News Digital · alleging a birthdate change that could undermine the basis of Omar's derivative citizenship
“How many people did she illegally bring into our Country from Somalia? America wants answers, and we want them, NOW!”Donald Trump, President, on Truth Social, quoted by Fox News · accusing Omar of fraud and illegally bringing in Somalis while questioning her wealth
Fox wrote, building its piece around her husband, Tim Mynett, walking the dog and her amended net-worth disclosures. It printed Trump's Truth Social post questioning her finances in full.
“Evidently, the Trump administration sees citizenship not as a right or a responsibility but as a reward, one that can be taken away if that is seen as useful to the president and his adherents.”The Forward (opinion column) · arguing the denaturalization push treats citizenship as revocable for political ends
“The point is not whether Trump can make good on the threat to strip Omar of her citizenship and deport her, but that it is obscene to use denaturalization as punishment for being a high-profile political opponent in the first place.”The Forward (opinion column) · arguing the attempt itself is illegitimate regardless of legal outcome
The Forward's columnist called "these threats are unconscionable" and asked Jews who dislike Omar to see the case through Jewish history. She wrote that Jews "were indeed stripped of their citizenship as part of a political project in Germany," while saying she was not comparing the administration to the Nazis.
Ukraine resumed energy strikes after a three-day pause under Trump's announced truce, while a senior U.S. official told Bloomberg that Trump never ordered the Starshield limits.
In dispute
President Trump ordered the limits on Ukraine's use of Starshield.
Disputes
Senior U.S. official (anonymous)Unnamed senior U.S. official speaking to Bloomberg
President Donald Trump didn’t order any limitations on Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starshield satellite technology, according to a senior US official.
Missing from all 97 sources we read todaya named official who decided the Starshield speed limits; every account rests on SpaceX's statements, Musk's post or an anonymous U.S. official.
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Unexpected alignmentThe far-left WSWS and the paleoconservative TAC both described the war as an American-run project, the WSWS writing "The United States and NATO are waging the war, with Ukraine as their instrument" and TAC calling it "The proxy war against Russia."
The facts6 points
01Trump announced on Sunday, Oct. 11, that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt attacks on energy targets, and Kyiv suspended attacks on Russian refineries. (Source)
02Zelenskyy told the Financial Times that Ukraine had paused energy strikes for three days to comply with U.S. wishes. He said it would resume them because Russia was still attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure. (Source)
03Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery on Thursday, Oct. 15, after Zelenskyy said Kyiv was "done" with the energy truce. (Source)
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04Changes this week to Starshield, the military version of SpaceX's Starlink, curbed Ukraine's ability to use it to pilot drones. Zelenskyy believed the change was a policy decision. (Source)
05Hours after Zelenskyy announced the resumption of strikes, service on Starshield terminals used by Ukraine's military appeared to have been restored. (Source)
06A bipartisan group of senators led by Jeanne Shaheen wrote to the Pentagon inspector general on Oct. 15. They asked it to determine whether the Trump administration or its contractors were responsible for the Starshield disruptions. Republican signers were Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John Cornyn. (Source)
6 source groups in today’s recordNo relevant coverage found from Liberal MainstreamMAGAIdentity
How outlets handled it6 source groups · original passages and links▾
Where each side stood today
Far Left“The United States and NATO are waging the war, with Ukraine as their instrument.”2 sources
“The Democrats agree with Trump’s assault on social programs and the working class. Their conflict with Trump turns above all on what they claim is his insufficiently aggressive and consistent pursuit of the global interests of American imperialism.”World Socialist Web Site · arguing the Democratic opposition to Trump on Russia is a dispute over imperial strategy, not over working-class interests
“The United States and NATO are waging the war, with Ukraine as their instrument.”World Socialist Web Site · reading David French's admission that Ukraine depends on US intelligence and weapons as proof of a US-NATO war
Democrats and the press are "whipping up war hysteria among the affluent upper middle class," the WSWS wrote, casting criticism of Trump's diesel deal as preparation for a wider war on Russia. It attacked columns by Thomas Friedman and David French and argued the U.S.
“In the span of a week, Trump has trashed years of energy sanctions on the Kremlin, pressured Kyiv to quit bombing Russian oil refineries and suggested Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy was an illegitimate president — echoing Moscow’s propaganda.”Bloomberg · listing the week's moves that lead European leaders to plan for a US that effectively sides with Russia
European leaders "are preparing for a world where he effectively sides with Moscow," Bloomberg wrote, listing the diesel sanctions waiver, pressure on Kyiv and the Starlink loss. Its White House reporter then carried a senior official's denial that Trump ordered any Starshield limits.
“It’s difficult to avoid the conclusion that Ukraine is being stabbed in the back by its supposed ally.”The Bulwark · reacting to reported Starshield disruptions and missed US early warnings of incoming attacks
“In the new drone-wars environment, these data centers are dinosaur-sized sitting ducks.”The Bulwark · explaining why Russia's centralized, unprotected digital infrastructure is so exposed to Ukrainian drone strikes
Cathy Young concluded "Ukraine is being stabbed in the back by its supposed ally," pairing the Starshield disruption with Ukraine's strikes on Yandex data centers. A second Bulwark piece argued Putin should be disinvited from December's G20 at Trump's Doral resort.
LibertarianBlames Putin, not Zelenskyy, and calls Trump's Starshield restriction a betrayal of Ukraine3 sources
Reason MagazineOct 16
“It's malicious of the U.S. to deliberately keep the Ukrainians in the dark when we could save lives by letting them know what we know.”Reason Magazine (Robby Soave) · arguing that cutting intelligence sharing endangers Ukrainian civilians who depend on air raid warnings
“Rather than bullying Ukraine into agreeing to put up less resistance as Russia conquers it, Trump should put his negotiating skills to work on Putin.”Reason Magazine (Robby Soave) · arguing Trump is punishing the wrong party while Russia is the one refusing to negotiate
Robby Soave wrote, placing blame for the stalled peace on Putin. Antiwar.com split from Reason in emphasis: it reported that the refinery strikes "are known to be supported by US intelligence and may not be possible without it" and quoted the Kremlin's charge that Ukraine undercuts U.S.
“The well is dry, and the Ukrainians are going to have to pack things up here.”The American Conservative · reading the White House's new coldness toward Kyiv as recognition that US interceptors are running out
“No amount of will or principle, no amount of admirable Ukrainian valor and ferocity, can overcome physical reality”The American Conservative · arguing that US munitions limits, not politics, decide the outcome in Ukraine
TAC wrote, citing a CNN report that Ukraine has run out of Patriot interceptors after the U.S. moved missiles to the Gulf.
“Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS.”Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, quoted by Futurism · pinning responsibility for the Starshield restrictions on Trump rather than SpaceX
“Reports of Starlink failing in Ukraine are deeply alarming— potentially crippling air defense against Russia's murderous missiles & drones”Richard Blumenthal, Democratic senator from Connecticut, quoted by Futurism · warning that the outage could cripple Ukraine's air defense and demanding accountability from Trump and Musk
Futurism wrote, recalling the 2022 Crimea episode and calling Musk's distinction between civilian and offensive use bizarre. It noted the timing next to the Russian diesel deal.
Katie Zacharia confirms she failed the California bar after calling herself a lawyer
The new White House press secretary said she took the exam in 2011 and never retook it, and the State Bar of California says it has no record of licensing her.
Zacharia confirmed she failed the 2011 California bar and never retook it, and the State Bar has no record of licensing her. [102][198][259]
The split Reason's Liz Wolfe said she does not think the bar question "matters all that much" and that public speaking is "the greater problem" [343]; Black media wrote that "she cannot legally refer to herself as an attorney or a lawyer" [522]; The Young Turks said "she's not a lawyer" and "totally lied about it" over her claim to be one [84].
One word, two meaningsEveryone accepts Zacharia did not pass the California bar and is unlicensed; the dispute is whether calling herself a lawyer was a lie, since attorney and lawyer may mean different things.
Missing from all 97 sources we read todayconfirmation from Zhong Lun or Fix California of what her legal work actually involved; both declined or did not respond.
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Unexpected alignmentReason and the Bulwark, both critical of the administration from the right, argued the bar exam was secondary, Reason calling her public speaking and the Bulwark faulting coverage of
The facts6 points
01Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, confirmed to Fox News host Sean Hannity that she did not pass the California bar exam. She had registered for the exam and then moved to China in 2011 for her husband's work (Anchorage Daily News).
02Zacharia graduated from Pepperdine University's law school in 2011 and sat for the California bar exam afterward without passing (NBC Connecticut).
03The State Bar of California said it has no record of "Kate Sharon Zacharia or Kate Sharon Black" being licensed to practice law in California. It told CNN it could not say whether she took the exam, citing confidentiality (Newsweek).
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04NBC News reported it found no evidence that she is licensed to practice law in any state (NBC Connecticut).
05Two nonprofit groups filed complaints with the State Bar of California on Wednesday (Oct. 14), asking it to investigate whether Zacharia engaged in the "unlawful practice of law" (Anchorage Daily News).
06Only Chinese nationals can take China's bar exam. Legal experts told The Washington Post that any work Zacharia did at a Chinese law firm "must have been limited and supervised because she was not a citizen" (Anchorage Daily News).
6 source groups in today’s recordNo relevant coverage found from CommunistMAGAReligious Right
How outlets handled it6 source groups · original passages and links▾
The source record
Democratic SocialistMocks her as unqualified, accuses her of lying about being a lawyer1 source
The Young TurksOct 16
“She's also not qualified for to be a lawyer, as she's not. Well, she's not a lawyer. She like totally lied about it.”The Young Turks host · asserting she falsely claimed to be a lawyer and is out of her depth as press secretary
Ana Kasparian said, playing clips of the stumbles in her first briefing. The segment treated the bar question as one more sign of a hire based on Fox News appearances.
A person familiar with the matter said Zacharia “stands by” referring to herself as a lawyer, and that she considered the designation a “valid title”, given her law degree and “international transactional law experience”.The Guardian, citing a person familiar with Zacharia's position, quoted by The Guardian · defending her use of the lawyer title despite having no California license
“I follow the president’s lead,” Zacharia added.Katie Zacharia, White House press secretary, quoted by The Guardian · declining to say how often she will brief reporters, deferring to Trump
How often she will brief the press is "unknown at this time," the Guardian quoted Zacharia, making the press secretary's availability the lead before her credentials.
“Popular Information said the same was the case in all 50 states they had queried, plus Washington, D.C.”Associated Press, citing Popular Information, quoted by PBS NewsHour · finding no bar license for Zacharia in any state, undercutting her lawyer claim
"I practiced international transaction law, with all the appropriate credentials,"Katie Zacharia, White House press secretary, quoted by PBS NewsHour · her statement via the White House when asked what credentials she holds
the AP wrote, reconstructing her resume line by line. Bloomberg's headline said she "Downplays Result," and the PBS news wrap reported the 15-minute debut.
IdentityMocks Zacharia's bar failure and flubbed briefing as incompetence, citing leaked White House texts2 sources
Atlanta Black StarOct 16
"She could barely read," a senior Trump official bluntly said in a leaked text message, according to the Beast.Senior Trump official, quoted via The Daily Beast, quoted by Atlanta Black Star · insider criticism of Zacharia's first briefing, showing the administration itself doubts her readiness
Atlanta Black Star concluded that "she cannot legally refer to herself as an attorney or a lawyer," and it printed leaked texts in which a senior Trump official said she "could barely read." It also gathered social media jabs about her hiring. [522]
“is not a lawyer and is not entitled to practice law.”California Bar Journal, quoted by The Advocate, quoted by The Advocate · State Bar guidance on how to describe a law graduate who has not been admitted
“Zacharia has also come under fire for social media posts spreading vaccine conspiracy theories, sharing Russian propaganda, and appearing to endorse the baseless Pizzagate conspiracy theory that prominent Democrats operated a child sex trafficking ring.”The Advocate · broadening the bar story into a case against her fitness, from an LGBTQ+ outlet's perspective
The Advocate reported that "In a now-deleted X post, she blamed transgender people for multiple school shootings," tying her record to anti-LGBTQ+ attacks. It also noted her work for Richard Grenell's Fix California.
“Tax filings reviewed by WIRED, though, show that rather than working as general counsel for Fix California, Zacharia was in fact a fundraiser for the nonprofit.”WIRED · contradicting the general counsel title in her LinkedIn and White House bio
“On Wednesday, watchdog organization Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint with the State Bar of California seeking to investigate the veracity of Zacharia's claims to be an attorney.”WIRED, quoted by WIRED · shows the attorney claims now face a formal bar inquiry
WIRED filled the decade-long gap on her resume, reporting that she worked as "an affiliate marketer for Beachbody," a company she herself described to WIRED as sort of a pyramid scheme. It also found tax filings showing she was a fundraiser, not general counsel, at Fix California.
James Talarico tells a Catholic voter the Bible is silent on abortion
Jodi Hunt answered with the commandment against killing at a CNN town hall, as Elon Musk's $158 million flows to a super PAC backing Ken Paxton in a race polls show within three points.
At a CNN town hall, Talarico told a Catholic voter the Bible is silent on abortion, and she answered with "Thou shalt not kill." [452][424]
The split The populist right said "Talarico gets DEMOLISHED" [424]; the National Catholic Reporter called it a "Catholic's challenge to Talarico on abortion" that "raises moral questions" [172].
Missing from all 97 sources we read todayhow Texas Catholics, 22 percent of the state by the Pew figure the Blaze cited, are actually splitting in the race.
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01At a CNN and Jubilee town hall in Fort Worth on Wednesday, Oct. 14, Talarico told Jodi Hunt, a University of Dallas professor of applied ministry, "We're both Christians and the Bible is silent on the issue of abortion." (National Review; National Catholic Reporter)
02Hunt replied by quoting the commandment "Thou shalt not kill." Talarico answered that the two of them would have to look at different scriptures to reach a conclusion. (Daily Wire; La Voce di New York)
03Elon Musk gave $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund in September: $75 million on Sept. 9 and $83 million on Sept. 23. The fund then passed the same amounts to Texas PAC, the super PAC backing Ken Paxton. (Axios; Political Wire)
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LiberalCovers the town hall as a Catholic theology debate, testing Hunt's 'at all cost' line5 sources
National Catholic ReporterOct 16
“To say that we have to protect the life 'at all cost' would actually start to move, as I interpret that statement, in the direction of a lot of preventative or extreme measures,”Megan McCabe, moral theologian at Gonzaga University, quoted by National Catholic Reporter · arguing the challenger's absolutist stance would even rule out double-effect exceptions that save a mother's life
“If we treat this issue as a public health problem and not a culture war problem, then we can actually make progress together,”James Talarico, Texas Democratic Senate candidate, quoted by National Catholic Reporter · pitching sex education, contraception and universal health care as ways to reduce abortions
NCR turned the exchange around, writing that "the most consequential theological question raised by Hunt's remarks may be her insistence that unborn life must be protected "at all cost."" It quoted a Gonzaga theologian saying that phrase could rule out the Catholic principle of double effect.
The Hill reported, tracing two September transfers through the Senate Leadership Fund. Bloomberg reported Trump blaming John Cornyn and Karl Rove for Paxton's troubles.
“Talarico sincerely believes things that are not true.”Kevin D. Williamson, Dispatch national correspondent · opening a column that dismisses the Democratic Senate candidate's beliefs as false despite his sincerity
Kevin Williamson called Talarico "generally sincere in his beliefs" while arguing those beliefs are mistaken. The Bulwark split from the Dispatch, billing a podcast as "Talarico Utterly Dismantled a Republican's Religious Ambush" and devoting a second episode to the collapse of the mental-hospital smear.
MAGACasts Talarico as routed in debate by a Catholic theologian who cited the Ten Commandments4 sources
The BlazeOct 16
"The Bible is not silent on abortion," said Hunt. "There is the Ten Commandments. 'Thou shalt not kill.'"Jodi Hunt, University of Dallas theology instructor and Catholic voter, quoted by The Blaze · rebutting Talarico's claim that Scripture says nothing on abortion, drawing audience applause
“Talarico proved once again that he’s simply too liberal and too dangerous for Texas.”Chris Gustafson, Senate Leadership Fund communications director, quoted by The Blaze · Republican attack framing Talarico's abortion stance as outside Texas's mainstream
the Blaze headlined, casting Hunt's commandment as the winning blow. The Federalist called him "the Christian who hates Christianity," and The Daily Wire used Scott Jennings to accuse him of misleading a Navy veteran on the SAVE America Act.
The Christian Post's headline paired "Talarico claims Bible is 'silent' on abortion" with his line about 10-year-old girls, presenting four of his abortion claims for readers to judge. [483]
“if we treat this issue as a public health problem and not a culture war problem, then we can actually make progress together.”James Talarico, Texas Democratic Senate candidate, quoted by The Advocate · proposing common ground on reducing unplanned pregnancies and abortions while disagreeing on legality
The Advocate's headline stressed that "He says Charlie Kirk made the same point," reporting his admission that he had been provocative. It added medical context on gender-affirming care after his support for a ban on surgeries for minors.
The Forward reported the town hall's Israel exchange, in which Talarico "blames Netanyahu, not the Israeli people," and a Dallas rabbi pushed back on his aid claims. It noted the two ended on his former teacher, Rabbi Neil Blumofe.
The suit followed a 48-hour deadline on a password-protected thumb drive that Los Angeles County declined to open, and California says federal lists have been wrong before.
Missing from all 97 sources we read todayhow many of the 20,000 listed people have already returned ballots.
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01The Justice Department sued California election officials on Oct. 15, 2026, in federal court in Los Angeles. It asked a judge to bar the state from counting mail ballots in the Nov. 3 election from people it identifies as likely noncitizens until their citizenship is confirmed (Source).
02The Justice Department says it identified more than 20,000 likely noncitizens by comparing California's voter rolls with Department of Homeland Security databases (Source).
03A letter dated Oct. 13 from Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter to Secretary of State Shirley Weber, and a parallel letter to Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan, demanded that officials segregate returned ballots from the listed voters and not tabulate them "until citizenship has been determined." The department had given the state and county a password-protected thumb drive holding the list (Source).
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04The Justice Department says California officials missed a 48-hour deadline to review the thumb drive (Source).
05Logan said his office received the thumb drive with a handwritten note giving the password, and that he did not consider the thumb drive a secure device. The Secretary of State's office said the password was on a sticky note (Source).
06Weber said she had "serious doubts about the reliability of your data and accuracy of your claims," and that her office had not shared the statewide voter registration list with DHS or any other federal agency (Source).
07Election law professor Rick Hasen said the suit may conflict with federal limits on mass voter purges within 90 days of an election (Source).
08California has been mailing ballots to active voters statewide, and voting for the Nov. 3 midterms is underway (Source).
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Democratic SocialistFrames DOJ demand as extraordinary last-minute pressure and election interference, rebuffed by courts1 source
“Donald Trump’s attempt to invalidate votes in California is an attack on every voter across the country.”Jonathan Paik, Can't Stop California leader, quoted by Truthdig · framing the DOJ demand as a national threat to voters' power
“The Justice Department’s demand marks an extraordinary effort to dictate to state officials who will be allowed to cast a ballot even as voting is underway.”Truthdig (States Newsroom) · characterizing the DOJ move as unprecedented federal overreach into state-run elections
The demand "marks an extraordinary effort to dictate to state officials who will be allowed to cast a ballot even as voting is underway," Truthdig wrote. It reminded readers that courts have uniformly blocked the department's voter-roll demands.
“a nice publicity stunt that gets attention for [the justice department] and reinforces the notion among the president’s most ardent supporters that California is not doing enough to combat voter fraud”Richard Hasen, UCLA election law scholar, quoted by The Guardian · arguing the suit is political theater aimed at Trump's base, not a legitimate election remedy
“A rushed process would almost certainly lead to disenfranchisement.”Richard Hasen, UCLA election law scholar, quoted by The Guardian · warning that mid-election purges risk removing eligible citizens flagged by mistake
The suit came after the department "made a specious demand to the state," the Guardian wrote, quoting Rick Hasen on the National Voter Registration Act. CBS added that the Civil Rights Division has lost 26 of its 31 voter-roll suits.
“What happened to those 170,000? They just got those wrong,”Rob Bonta, California Attorney General, quoted by PBS NewsHour · noting the federal claim shrank from 190,000 alleged noncitizens to 20,000, undermining its credibility
“an emergency of the DOJ's creation.”Shirley Weber, California Secretary of State, quoted by PBS NewsHour · arguing the DOJ manufactured the urgency by demanding action with voting already underway
The administration has made noncitizen voting a priority "even though the problem is exceptionally rare," the AP wrote, citing about 50 such charges this year against more than 227 million registered voters. It also noted the password arrived on a sticky note.
the Federalist wrote, pointing to New Jersey's registration errors. The Daily Wire stressed that the department is not asking for a purge, only that ballots be set aside, and the Blaze led with Newsom's outrage.
CNN reported and CBS confirmed that strike options include energy infrastructure and a fortified nuclear site, and Trump told Newsmax the bomb is "like a tiny nuclear bomb."
Missing from all 97 sources we read todayIran's response to the reported plans.
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Unexpected alignmentAntiwar.com and Breitbart both stressed the bomb's limits against buried sites, Antiwar.com noting it is "designed for a massive surface-level blast, not for penetrating underground" and Breitbart quoting a source that it "is definitely not designed as a deep penetration warhead."
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01CNN, citing U.S. officials, reported that the U.S. military has drawn up strike plans that include the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) against Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites. They would be used if Trump orders a resumption of combat operations. (WJLA/ABC)
02The reported nuclear target is Pickaxe Mountain, where the U.S. and Israel believe Iran has stored nuclear-program components. Officials questioned whether the MOAB can penetrate deep enough for underground facilities, and the large blast radius raises civilian-casualty concerns. (WJLA/ABC)
03The MOAB is the largest non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal. The Air Force describes it as a 21,600-pound, GPS-guided munition. (Air Force)
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04DISPUTED: The Air Force gives the weight as 21,600 pounds (Air Force). CBS's "upwards of 30,000 pounds" is not supported by any authoritative source found.sources conflict
05The MOAB's only combat use was in April 2017, against Islamic State positions in Afghanistan. Afghan officials reported 36 ISIS fighters killed. (WJLA/ABC)
06Trump has said the U.S. would not attack Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, and that the Strait of Hormuz blockade will "remain in full force and effect." (WJLA/ABC)
07No ceasefire is in place. Iran's foreign minister said Tehran was reviewing the U.S. response to a proposed seven-day plan to restart nuclear talks. (WJLA/ABC)
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Democratic SocialistFrames MOAB plans as war-crime threat against civilian energy infrastructure in an illegal war3 sources
“The Trump administration’s threats to commit war crimes in Iran cannot be normalized,”Ryan Costello, policy director, National Iranian American Council, quoted by Truthout · arguing the MOAB plans are illegal and that Trump follows through on his threats
“Hegseth eliminated staff who prevent civilian casualties, called the rules of engagement safeguarding civilians ‘stupid,’ & now he’s covering up the report on the Minab school strike that killed over 120 children,”Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), quoted by Truthout · demanding Hegseth's removal over an alleged cover-up of the Minab school strike report
Truthout wrote, folding in the Pentagon's withheld report on the Minab school strike. It treated the plan as a threatened war crime.
“President Trump keeps all options on the table to ensure that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”White House spokesperson, quoted by CBS News · declining to confirm the plans while defending keeping the military option open
CBS confirmed the plans with a Pentagon statement about planning for "a wide range of operational scenarios" and gave the bomb's unit cost at $170,000. It placed the report beside the U.S.
“It’s like a tiny nuclear bomb.”President Donald Trump, in a Newsmax interview, quoted by Bloomberg · describing the MOAB while insisting it is not nuclear
Trump "declined to rule out" using the bomb after the midterms, Bloomberg reported from his Newsmax interview. [241]
“POTUS has unfortunately put himself in a situation where he is almost compelled to do something and, without the ammunition designed to penetrate that level … you have to look at psychological effects for which the MOAB is well-equipped,”Unnamed source familiar with the planning, quoted by CNN, quoted by Antiwar.com · suggesting a MOAB strike would be theater because the right bunker-busting ammunition is lacking
“Any MOAB strike could result in devastating civilian casualties since the bomb has the power to destroy nine city blocks.”Antiwar.com · warning that the bomb's blast radius endangers civilians if used on Iran
Antiwar.com wrote. It recalled the damage to about 30 homes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province after the 2017 strike.
MAGAReports MOAB planning as contingency while showcasing Trump's confident promises of a quick Iran win4 sources
Breitbart NewsOct 16
“The MOAB is a massive information operation type weapon that is great for huge area clearance but not much else,”Unnamed source familiar with the plans, quoted by CNN, quoted by Breitbart News · questioning whether the bomb could reach deeply buried Iranian nuclear sites
“So I probably went a little too far. I'm sorry, because I don't know who the hell we're dealing with anymore, but that's going to end very soon,”President Donald Trump, at a rally in Arizona, quoted by Breitbart News · joking that so many Iranian leaders were killed that the US has no clear negotiating counterpart
Breitbart wrote, and it devoted space to doubts that the bomb can reach granite-protected sites. The Daily Wire paired the report with Iran's president describing unprecedented pressure.
“One official expressed doubts that the MOAB, which is the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the American arsenal, would be able to destroy Iran’s underground nuclear sites.”Unnamed U.S. official, via CNN, quoted by The American Conservative · questioning whether the largest conventional bomb could reach Iran's buried nuclear facilities
TAC filed the report under "Iran War Day 230," a running count of the war's length. It added the price of diesel and a Houthi strike on Aden.
Sep 8Iran says it will declare a restricted zone reaching from the US blockade line into the Persian Gulf, and Hormuz traffic falls to about ten ships a day
Sep 5Trump calls the Iran war "small potatoes" as diesel hits a record $5.85 a gallon and a Gold Star widow is told the country was not at war
Sep 4Vance says he is extremely skeptical the US bombed an Iranian wedding, and American diesel hits a record $5.85 a gallon
Aug 30Six months into the Iran war, Trump swaps bombs for sanctions, and Iran's president says the gasoline is not coming in
Aug 27Iran says it has agreed with Oman on how to split the Strait of Hormuz and its tolls, and will not reopen it until the US lifts its blockade
Aug 26Bessent sanctions 60 Iran-linked targets, Trump says the Strait's mines are cleared, and Tehran says the waterway is still closed
Aug 25Bessent opens Operation Economic Outcast against Iran, sanctions 60 entities, and says he does not want to blow up the global financial system
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Aug 24Bessent promises the toughest sanctions in history on Monday, and Iran's security chief threatens to halt all Gulf oil exports
Aug 23Trump declares an economic war on Iran and Bessent promises the toughest sanctions in history on Monday, six days after the ceasefire memorandum expired
The story turnsAug 23declares an economic war on Iran
Chapter 13 · Aug 19 – Aug 22 · 4 days
Window expires, sanctions begin
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Aug 22Trump declares an "economic D-Day" on Iran, and Bessent says the details come Monday
Aug 21Bessent says the sanctions will "collapse this regime," and oil rises twice in one day while Iran's foreign minister points at the $40 trillion debt
Aug 20Trump declares an economic D-Day on Iran and threatens any country that gives Tehran a lifeline
Aug 19The 60-day Iran window expires with no deal, Trump says no talks are scheduled, and the UAE halts all trade with Tehran
Photo: The InterceptLockheed Martin gains from continued F-35 funding: employees and executives gave $59,500 to Sen. Susan Collins's campaign from May 1 to June 30, 2023, according to The Intercept [53], and the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY2024 defense bill 27-1 on July 27, 2023, with Collins as vice chairman of the full committee and ranking member of the defense subcommittee (Senate Appropriations). Taxpayers pay through the appropriation: the bill funds the requested F-35 quantities (The Intercept counts 83 jets [53]), for a program GAO found "more than a decade behind schedule and $183 billion over original cost estimates" in its May 30, 2023 report (GAO-23-106047). Collins and the committee decided; she voted for the bill. The connection is reported rather than recorded in a primary filing we could open: The Intercept says Lockheed was her largest single donor in those two months, and her office responded that she "did not support the F-35 because of donations that she received" [53].
The WSWS alone reported that 98,029 ballots were cast among about 1.1 million eligible UAW members, reading the 8.9 percent turnout as a vote of no confidence in Shawn Fain. [12]
Novara covered a constitutional amendment cutting the week to 40 hours for more than 37 million workers, framed as a labor win days before Lula's runoff. [49]
Truthout described a roughly $100 million ERO ONE program placing 142 intelligence contractors in at least two dozen cities, a surveillance expansion no other camp mentioned. [65]
NPR marked the National Historic Preservation Act's 60th anniversary with warnings that rule changes and a permitting bill would gut Section 106 review. [167]
The Blaze alone reported an ethics complaint that Lee County deputies geofenced a Republican challenger's home after he campaigned on immigration enforcement. [427]
First Things argued that refusing a partner's porn use is a legitimate standard, citing Institute for Family Studies data on churchgoing husbands. [473]
404 Media reported decomp.dev closing because AI-driven forks overran a community built on human collaboration. [635]
Voices: who spoke today, in their own words
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The midterm elections
“But if your partisan label is the only problem, or if you think the problem is Trump, as opposed to the underlying ideologies of all the people who fill his entire cabinet.”
“every poll shows that the democratic brand is still extremely unpopular the democrat are winning this year uh despite their political agenda not because of it”
“I think he represents this sort of fringe part of politics people hate nowadays, and this sort of radicalism that is taking over some of our country”
Rebecca CookLiberalPod Save AmericaA bystander kills the teen who shot three children and a teacher in Bend
“This is a neighbourhood school. Parents are stunned. It's just something you don't expect to happen in Bend, Oregon. It's a mountain town,”
MMichael Kohnreporter with the Bulletin newspaperin BBC NewsTrump calls off the livestream of Nidal Hasan's firing-squad execution after an 80-18 poll
“The damage has already been done - the Army is now just trying to clean up the mess”
JJohn Galliganlawyer for Nidal Hasanin BBC NewsUkraine hits Russian refineries again after losing full access to SpaceX's Starshield
“Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS.”
EElon MuskSpaceX CEOin FuturismKatie Zacharia confirms she failed the California bar after calling herself a lawyer
“I practiced international transaction law, with all the appropriate credentials,”
KKatie ZachariaWhite House press secretaryin PBS NewsHourJames Talarico tells a Catholic voter the Bible is silent on abortion
“To say that we have to protect the life 'at all cost' would actually start to move, as I interpret that statement, in the direction of a lot of preventative or extreme measures,”
MMegan McCabemoral theologian at Gonzaga Universityin National Catholic ReporterJustice Department sues California to set aside mail ballots from 20,000 suspected noncitizens
“What happened to those 170,000? They just got those wrong,”
RRob BontaCalifornia Attorney Generalin PBS NewsHourA bystander kills the teen who shot three children and a teacher in Bend
“Bend is a place that people move to from bigger cities. They move here because it's relatively safe here, they move here because we have schools you can walk your kids to,”
JJeff Eagerformer Bend mayorin CNNTrump calls off the livestream of Nidal Hasan's firing-squad execution after an 80-18 poll
“I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device,”
DDonald TrumpPresidentin Fox NewsUkraine hits Russian refineries again after losing full access to SpaceX's Starshield
“Reports of Starlink failing in Ukraine are deeply alarming— potentially crippling air defense against Russia's murderous missiles & drones”
Breitbart NewsOct 16
