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Sarah Jones: Male Shooter of Two Teenagers Was ‘Radicalized by Some Network’
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Holly allegedly murdered two teenagers because was radicalized by extremism. The details of which kind of extremism have not yet been identified, but when we combine any kind of extremism with easy access to guns, we get gun violence.
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It’s unfortunate that school shootings are so frequent in our country that they no longer get a lot of news coverage. They are not held up as shocking tragedies that we can and must speak up about, but rather as inevitable events that we must harden ourselves to, as if we have all agreed that the deaths of school children to guns are a price we are willing to pay.
(Sarah Jones more…)
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – September 11, 2025
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Four years ago, former president Bush mused that “[a] malign force seems at work in our common life that turns every disagreement into an argument, and every argument into a clash of cultures. So much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear, and resentment.” He said: “There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But in their disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit. And it is our continuing duty to confront them.”In doing so, we can take guidance from the passengers on Flight 93, who demonstrated as profoundly as it is possible to do what confronting such a mentality means. While we cannot know for certain what happened on that plane on that fateful day, investigators believe that before the passengers of Flight 93 stormed the cockpit, throwing themselves between the terrorists and our government, and downed the plane, they took a vote.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)Ken Klippenstein: Charlie Kirk, 9/11 Have This In Common
Still-classified 9/11 documents create the same confusion as Kirk’s killing
Today on 9/11, it occurs to me that both the attack 24 years ago and the one that took Charlie Kirk’s life yesterday are plagued by many of the same wild allegations. Foreign intelligence involvement, federal coverup, a manufactured false flag; the parallels are surreal.Before the assassin has even been identified, countless people (including the president) have concluded it must have been a group effort, with Fox News alluding to unspecified “foreign intelligence” involvement. Others on the left, meanwhile, insist that the killing was orchestrated by Donald Trump to divert attention away from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
The reason behind the insta-theories is simple: nobody trusts what the authorities have to say. That’s understandable. Consider how almost a quarter of a century after the 9/11 attacks, there are still key documents that haven’t been declassified. This despite Trump’s repeated promises to declassify them (and even references to a Saudi Arabian role in the attack).
(Ken Klippenstein more…)CNN: America’s New War: United Flight 93 – Aired September 30, 2001 – 15:34 ET
CNN: CNN Larry King Live – Stories of Flight 93 – Aired February 18, 2006 – 21:00 ET
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Guardian: Venezuela says 11 killed in US boat strike were not gang members amid reports vessel was returning to shore
Interior minister says ‘murder has been committed’ while US Congress demands justification for attack
American Conservative: America’s Leaky Case Against Venezuela
The Trump administration is resorting to rank fabrication to justify action against the Maduro regime.
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CNN: South Korea’s president says Georgia ICE raid could have ‘considerable impact’ on direct US investment from his country
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WSJ: Sorry, Inflation Still Lives
Consumer prices in August show a Fed rate cut isn’t an easy call.
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CBS: Poland rejects Trump’s suggestion that Russia’s drone raid “could have been a mistake”
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Lisa Needham: Trump’s lawyers won’t stop lying in court
It’s past time for judges to stop giving them the benefit of the doubt.
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Daily Beast: Trump Booed at the Yankees Hiding Behind Bulletproof Glass
TOUGH CROWD
The president was booed at a top sporting event in his hometown.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Trump Declares War…on Chicago? Doctors Using AI: Becoming Less Skillful
Kareem’s Daily Quote
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970), Green Bay Packers coach, won the first two Super Bowls
- Donald Trump Threatens ‘WAR’ on Chicago in Wild AI Post: Didn’t King George III do something like this which resulted in the Revolutionary War?
- Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren: Another anti-science act that makes Florida’s government one of the most dangerous in the country toward its own people.
- Trump says he doesn’t know ‘anything’ about reported violent, failed SEAL Team 6 mission in North Korea: This is massively disturbing on at least four levels.
- Kvetching Korner: The Danger of Self-Loathing Politicians: Nothing disgusts me more than seeing members of a marginalized group willfully being used as props by their oppressors just so they can dine in the Big House.
- Notes from the Sidelines: What Are the Odds of Going Pro?: Going pro is a long shot, even for the best athletes. Keep your dream, but don’t shut yourself off from other possible passions.
- Kareem the Science Guy: New Study Suggests Using AI Made Doctors Less Skilled at Spotting Cancer: AI has improved medical care in numerous ways, but the reliance on it can make doctors lazier and less proficient.
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American Conservative: Who’s Behind the Epstein Cover-Up?
The Republican leadership is spooked, and Americans want to know why.
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Daily Kos: Be nice about Charlie Kirk or this lawmaker will ban you from the internet
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. and Tim Whitaker: A White Man Murdered Charlie Kirk
Take an uncomfortable journey with me and pretend for a moment we’re in an alternate reality
Allison Gill: The Messages on the Bullets are From a Video Game
The phrases engraved on the bullets found by law enforcement during the investigation into the shooting of Charlie Kirk come from a video game called Helldivers2
Dean Blundell: “We Got Him”: Inside the Fast Arrest of Alleged Kirk Killer Tyler Robinson—and the Spin That Followed
A gripping, fact‑driven narrative of the alleged Charlie Kirk shooter: the family tip, the evidence trail, the profile—and why rushing to blame “the radical left” outruns facts.
Sarah Jones & Jason Easley: Trump Doesn’t Want To Talk About Charlie Kirk Anymore After Blaming Democrats Backfires
Trump was asked about Charlie Kirk and immediately changed the subject, as if he is no longer interested because the shooter isn’t a Democrat.
Jay Kuo: What We Know Versus What We Were Told
And how unprofessionally and irresponsibly those in charge of the Kirk murder investigation have been acting
Closer to the Edge: Tyler Robinson
When the gun turns inward
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John Pavlovitz: The Shameful Christian Idolatry and Fraudulent Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
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Noah Berlatsky: Whitewashing Charlie Kirk Promotes Political Violence
The murder of Kirk was evil. Lying about him is also wrong.
Charlie Kirk: “We must ban trans-affirming care — the entire country. Donald Trump needs to run on this issue.”
Charlie Kirk once said empathy was ‘made-up, new age term’
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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