SCOTUS held Donald could fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from her FTC position w/o cause while it considers the case that could weaken Congress’s ability to protect independent agencies from pol. pressure. Justices Kagan, Sotomayor & Brown Jackson dissented from the order allowing Slaughter's removal.

“Wealthy Americans are turning to Latin America and Asia for “Plan B” passports. “One firm told BI it had seen a 660% spike in US citizens applying for residency in Costa Rica.” . Reposting with the correct link. www.schwartzreport.net/2025/09/20/t...

“Wealthy Americans are turning to Latin America and Asia for “Plan B” passports. “One firm told BI it had seen a 660% spike in US citizens applying for residency in Costa Rica.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/c...

Someone e Who Actually Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize Zhang Zhan, 42, a Chinese journalist jailed for 4 years for documenting the early phases of COVID-19 from the pandemic’s epicenter was sentenced on Friday to 4 more years in prison on a charge of “picking quarrels & provoking trouble” in China.

Samuel Alito warned an audience in Rome that he believes religious liberty is embattled across the globe. To the extent religious freedom is under pressure in the US & Europe, it “pales in significance” to what’s happening in countries like Nigeria, China & Iraq.

“Kristi Noem is going to have a bad day today,” exclaimed Gavin Newsom‘s press office X feed this morning. A few hours Newsom signed the “No Secret Police Act” and 805 a.k.a The “No Vigilantes Act” in a public ceremony in LA. “ICE, unmask, what are you afraid of?” said Gov. Newsom.

Whiny Snowflake Is Impatient for Revenge

US Treasury yields rose Fri as investors weighed the state of the US economy & future monetary policy after Wed’s Fed cut. The 10-yr Treasury note yield gained 2+ basis pts to 4.127%. The 2-yr Treasury yield added less than 1 basis pot to 3.572%. The intraday yield on both was the highest in 2 wks.

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3 law enforcement officers were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in PA on Wednesday afternoon, & the suspect is also dead, the state police commissioner said. Police were apparently serving a warrant in York County as part of a “domestic investigation” when they were fired upon.

Outrageous! ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show “indefinitely” after criticism of comments he made on Monday re: the motives of the man accused of fatally shooting the conservative activist Charlie Kirk Brendan Carr, the FCC chair, sharply criticized Kimmel’s comments on a podcast earlier

The Fed lowered interest rates by ¼ % point, the long-awaited cut Powell hinted at last month & Donald hounded him for since Jan 20. The decision, like the one made in last month’s meeting, was not unanimously supported. Stephen Miran, Trump’s recent pick, voted in favor of a ½ point reduction.

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Dem Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii reveals sexism behind a new test to be an FBI agent. It seems to be a generally applicable requirement but happens to be a type of pull-up that’s difficult for women due to physiological differences between the sexes—so likely to reduce the # of female agents.

The self-proclaimed “most transparent administration in US history” strikes again. “404 Media reports the Department of Justice has taken down a study showing white supremacist and far-right violence outpaces ‘all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism’ in the United States.”

Anybody notice the constant coverage re: the killing of Charlie Kirk on MSNBC for 24 hours? Nonstop coverage except a few short breaks for 9/11 memorial services that MSNBC usually gives more coverage to. That was it. No other news coverage. The inflation report came out & was NOT covered on MSNBC.

Robert Redford passed away RIP

Donald’s Lawfare continues. He said he will sue The New York Times for $15bn (£11bn) over what he calls defamation and libel. He singled out the Times' endorsement of Kamala Harris in the last presidential election in 2024, saying it had become a "mouthpiece for the Radical Left Democrat Party".

Congress May Push Back on something. Seems the least of it “Congress is inching toward a bipartisan agreement to reverse the Trump administration’s recent renaming of several Army bases across the southern United States that had long been politically controversial for honoring Confederate leaders.”

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“A federal appeals court…denied a last-minute attempt by [Donald]…to block Lisa Cook, a governor on the Federal Reserve, from participating in a meeting of the central bank, in a move that will allow her to cast a vote this week on interest rates.” Hoping SCOTUS doesn’t shadow docket us again!

An appeals court just ruled that Donald cannot remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve. Hopefully there won’t be a docket court ruling tonight from SCOTUS.

Donald said the US carried out a strike on a 2d Venezuelan boat & killed 3 alleged terrorists allegedly transporting drugs. Donald gave few details re: the strike, posting on social media that he ordered the action earlier this morning w/ a video clip of a stationary boat erupting into a fireball.

Estela Ramos Baten, the mother of honor student & star athlete Nory Sontay Ramos—who was deported with her on July 4 to Guatemala following a routine immigration appointment in Los Angeles—died on Sept. 8 in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. She was 45. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

“Former Southern District of New York prosecutor Maurene Comey alleged in a lawsuit Monday that her ouster from the U.S. Attorney's office was "unlawful and unconstitutional" and likely happened because of who her father is.” abcnews.go.com/amp/US/forme...

According to a recent Reuters poll (Sept. 5-9), only 30% of voters polled have a favorable view of Donald’s handling of the cost of living. Only 36% look favorably upon Donald’s handling of the economy.

The Five Most Impacted Products By Tariffs Since April 2025

Howard Lutnick said today that Donald’s economy does not begin until the end of 2025 Isn’t that interesting? I recall when inflation hit 4.2% in Apr 2021 Biden passed the American Rescue Plan in Mar 2021. Not a single dollar of it was spent until May 2021. Never understood how Biden got blamed

Ukrainian immigrant 47-yr old Alex Babich has a special source of pride in his backyard: a 35-foot sunflower that Guinness World Records confirms is the tallest sunflower in the world. The flower, nicknamed “Clover,” is esp. significant to him as the sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine.

For children 6-12 & their caregivers. The adult version has not made a comeback yet. Fingers crossed, that’s coming soon! 🤞🏼 secretnyc.co/a-night-at-t...

Is this a 1st Amendment Problem? Pete Hegseth told his staff to ID military members who mocked or condoned the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk so that they can be punished Several service members have been relieved from their jobs because of such posts—unclear how many.

“Life is too short to not say exactly what you mean all the time.” The great Jesse Welles hits just the right tone and message with his piercing clarity, soothing the nerves of Americans rattled by the turmoil caused by the shooting of Charlie Kirk. youtu.be/UCBkt5Nt1wo

The shooting suspect is in Utah “state” custody Figures If it’s true this time. But it is “state” custody. So this may be true, as the feds apparently are not involved with this capture. I bet they’re gonna try to wrestle the case back. He could end up in a Club Fed with the feds on the case.

Facism Reigns Supreme If firing people for mildly tasteless comments was a thing before today, who would’ve been canned for hateful comments following Paul Pelosi having his head smashed in with a hammer? Think of Mike Lee’s comments after the killings & shootings in Minnesota on No Kings Day.

UK PM Keir Starmer fired Peter Mandelson—ambassador to the US—over emails to Jeffrey Epstein days before Donald’s 2d state visit. The emails were supportive of the disgraced pedophile, such as Mandelson’s comment in an email that Epstein’s 1st conviction in 2008 was “wrongful & should be challenged”

Do these two suspects look similar? Just asking.

“Brazil’s Supreme Court has found former president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of attempting a military coup to stay in power after his 2022 election loss….” “Trump, a Bolsonaro ally & friend, imposed tariffs on Brazilian imports & sanctions on Supreme Court justices to pressure them to drop the case.”

Right-wing partisan headline in Politico, now siding w/ pedophiles “While unsuccessful, Schumer’s effort briefly threw the Senate into a fight over the Epstein files, which Republicans have so far largely been able to avoid even as it has thrown their GOP counterparts in the House into chaos.”

FYI Earlier today, the FBI said it was not going to release any photos or video unless their attempts at forensic analysis of video footage failed to identify the suspect. Looks like they came up empty because now they’re releasing photos of a “person of interest” in the Charlie Kirk case.

3 former top FBI officials sued FBI Kash Patel & Pam Bondi saying their firings were mandated by the WH & DOJ & that Patel followed their orders to keep his job. Patel explained the firings couldn’t be avoided as “‘the FBI tried to put the President in jail and he hasn’t forgotten it.'"

Donal oddly is the person to announce that Charlie Kirk is dead on a social media post on Truth Social.

Wondering if the recent “firing” of a respected female Pakistani counterterrorism agent who ran the Salt Lake City FBI office as a “bad fit” w/ the current regime created a lapse in security leading to Charlie Kirk’s shooting 40 miles away Ironic as I’d guess Kirk probably agreed w/ her termination

Charlie Kirk shot at Utah Valley College event. Per MSNBC just now, Marjorie Taylor Green says he is still alive. Per this article in The Guardian, he is in critical condition. share.google/UZVog7fyWgNC...

Here we go where? Where are we going? Poland invoked article 4 of NATO. Could you comment on that? NATO Article 4: “The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened.”

New Mexico is the 1st state in the USA to offer free early childhood education to all, saving families $12,000 per year per child. Gov Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal child care plan that includes higher pay for pre-K educators.

A federal judge, Judge Jia Cobb, blocked Donald from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as her lawsuit challenging her termination plays out in court. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/09/...

What a sellout! What BS! Morgan Stanley’s Chief US Equity Strategist Mike Wilson’s spreading Trump propaganda claiming the last 3 years under Joe Biden were a recession, and now Donald is leading the recovery if only the fed would lower rates! Be embarrassed, Mike Wilson! Be very embarrassed.

Dems Win Another Special Election! Congrats Representative-elect James Walkinshaw! One vote closer to getting enough votes for the discharge petition to release the Epstein docs The final signature may well come in 2 weeks if Dems win the House special election in AZ! Good luck Adelita Grijalva!

“A number of loud explosions have been heard in the Qatari capital Doha, eyewitnesses told…Reuters. “Shortly after, the Israel Defence Forces said it had struck a high-level Hamas meeting. While the statement on X did not mention Doha, Hamas’ main offices outside of the Gaza Strip are in the city.”

Acoustic Journalism Listen If you can “Since the beginning of the year, Russian air attacks have increased more than 5-fold. After more than 1,285 days of full-scale war, nighttime Ukraine is now deafening w/ the eerie lament of sirens, the buzz of drones, the boom-ricochet of ballistic missiles…”