News of the Week for September 6th, 2026
- 2026 Election
- Abortion
- Gun Rights
- Hide the Decline
- Socialized Medicine
- War & Terror
- National News
- Economy & Taxes
- International News
- Opinion
2026 Election
Republicans hit with ominous ‘historic losses’ warning
Republicans are being warned of “historic losses” in the midterms, with a new polling aggregate showing the party trailing in eight major battleground Senate races just two months before voters head to the polls
Brett Lindstrom files to run for Nebraska governor as America First Party nominee
Former Omaha state lawmaker Brett Lindstrom, who served two terms as a Republican, filed paperwork Tuesday morning to run for Nebraska governor as a member of the America First Party, The World-Herald confirmed.
Former state Sen. Bob Krist selects America First Party for secretary of state run
He had said he would not run in a three-way race but reconsidered as two new political parties emerged
Lindstrom selects America First Party to revive Nebraska governor bid
Former state Sen. Brett Lindstrom will lead the ticket for the new party’s 2026 slate after nonpartisan bid failed to qualify
‘Time Is Running Out!’ Karl Rove Sounds Alarm Over Ken Paxton Flailing Against James Talarico
Fox News contributor and Republican strategist Karl Rove sounded the alarm over Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) struggling Texas Senate campaign Wednesday, warning that “time is running out” for the GOP nominee to turn the race around as Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) continues to dominate him in fundraising and advertising.
Missouri candidate charged with trying to plant cocaine on his political rival
A candidate for the Missouri House made an initial court appearance Thursday on a federal drug charge accusing him of trying to plant cocaine and Adderall on his Republican primary opponent. Thomas Ross, 37, is charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. He’s accused of asking a campaign manager to plant a small amount of cocaine and a prescription amphetamine pill on his opponent, Louise Secker, in the weeks leading up to the Aug. 4 primary, according to court documents.
The Trumpapalooza You Never Knew You Wanted
In the run-up to the midterms, the president’s final move is to make the election about himself.
Abortion
Court Cases & Legislation
Liechtenstein MPs vote to legalise abortion despite threat of veto
Liechtenstein’s parliament has narrowly backed a citizens’ initiative to legalise abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Gun Rights
If You Replace the 13 Arrows on the U.S. Great Seal with a Modern Rifle, Make Sure You Depict a 50-Round Magazine
Plus Mozambique.
Third Circuit Rejects Facial Challenge to Ban on Nonimmigrant Aliens’ Gun Possession
Some excerpts from U.S. v. Aleman-Lozano, decided yesterday by Third Circuit Judge Patty Shwartz, joined by Judges Theodore McKee
Second Amendment Doesn’t Protect Machineguns, Doesn’t Preclude Registration Requirement for Silencers
From Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, joined by Judges Felipe Restrepo and Cindy Chung, in yesterday’s U.S. v. Berger
Hide the Decline
Environment &“Green Energy”
The Ghoulish Race to Turn Nepal’s Flood Victims Into a ‘Climate Crisis’ Talking Point
The political talking point ignores tens of millions of years of plate tectonics and its consequences, and completely dismisses well-established mountain-weather dynamics.
Follow Science, New York Times, Coral’s Are Doing Well Amid Modest Climate Change
The New York Times (NYT) ran a story claiming climate change is threatening the survival of the world’s coral reefs. This is false. New coral colonies, adapted to warmer waters are being found with regularity and the largest coral reef in the world, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, as set records for growth and extent in recent years, confounding climate model predictions of decline.
Eco-Activists and Limited Water Supply Stall California’s Planned “Lithium Valley” Mine Project
Back in 2023, Gov. Newsom was touting the development of this resource as part of his Net-Zero vision.
Socialized Medicine
Government in Healthcare
Terrifying new details of Canada’s advancing assisted suicide laws… including push to euthanize newborn BABIES
Canada’s assisted suicide laws have continued rapidly expanding in recent years, with a group of doctors now pushing for disabled newborn babies to be euthanized. The demand for euthanasia is so high that doctors who provide it cannot keep up, according to a new report by The Atlantic.
RFK Jr. accepts PA child died of measles, says Shapiro hastily ‘politicized’ death
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged Friday that measles caused the death of an infant in Pennsylvania, after previously questioning the state’s reporting of two measles-related deaths amid a growing outbreak.
Big Money to Be Made Assisting Suicides
The New York Times published an unbelievably puffy piece about a new assisted-suicide clinic starting in New York as legalization kicks in, describing it oh, so objectively as “a start-up for better deaths”–complete with Buddhist chanting. Good grief.
War & Terror
Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
SUNY Geneseo teacher program makes ‘anti-racist pedagogy’ a core focus
The early childhood education program says ‘anti-racist pedagogy’ must be addressed ‘intentionally and substantively’ throughout the curriculum. Beginning in 2026–2027, students must also take equity-focused math and science courses.
Norway Seizes Russian Ship, Testing Moscow in the High Arctic
Empowered by an international court order, Norway captured the vessel as part of a global effort to seize Russian assets. The Russians called it “piracy.”
‘We Were Mistaken’: Putin Admits Russia Was Unprepared for Ukrainian Strikes on Oil Refineries
In brief: Putin has admitted Russia was “mistaken” in assuming its oil refineries would not be targeted, as Ukrainian drone strikes deepen a fuel crisis that has forced Moscow to turn to foreign gasoline imports.
Vance’s Scoreboard
At his much commented upon White House presser, the vice president said: “America has fought a lot of wars since I’ve been alive. Forty-two years. And we have won almost none of them until Donald J. Trump became the president of the United States.”
National
Virginia Mom Gets 6-Month Suspended Jail Sentence for Letting 5-Year-Old Walk to the Pond
The government also placed Karyann Parkinson on its child abuse and neglect registry, where she will remain for seven years.
SUNY Geneseo teacher program makes ‘anti-racist pedagogy’ a core focus
The early childhood education program says ‘anti-racist pedagogy’ must be addressed ‘intentionally and substantively’ throughout the curriculum. Beginning in 2026–2027, students must also take equity-focused math and science courses.
Judge Pauses Trump’s Order Limiting Birthright Citizenship
“The Supreme Court has spoken: Children in the certified class are ‘citizens at birth.'”
Ole Miss keeps Pride Camp after DEI office rebrand
The University of Mississippi replaced its former diversity division with the Division of Access, Opportunity, and Community Engagement in 2024. Pride Camp remains tied to university offices and staff, including the Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement and the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies.
ID Verification Breach Exposes Millions of Sensitive Identity Documents
The push to make people show ID to access the internet assumes those documents will stay secure. A database of 153 million license scans shows how reckless that assumption is.
Why Trump’s ‘golden shares’ are enticing progressives
Direct government intervention in specific companies may be on the way to becoming a bipartisan feature.
UC Berkeley law review prioritizes DEI over editing skills, leaked documents show
The UC Berkeley law review selects its admissions committee based on candidates’ personal statements pledging commitment to DEI principles, leaked internal documents reveal.
This U.S. Citizen Is Suing ICE for Arresting Him 3 Times. His Lawsuit Is Moving Forward.
Despite carrying a REAL ID, Leo Garcia Venegas has been repeatedly detained by immigration agents. Now he’s suing to block immigration raids targeting Latinos on private construction sites.
New Jersey: Lt. Governor Dale Caldwell under investigation after allegations of inappropriate behavior
Sherrill takes immediate action, launches an internal probe
Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal calls Hakeem Jeffries an ‘AIPAC monkey’ — claims she didn’t mean it in a ‘racist way’
Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal took heat from black lawmakers Friday after she referred to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as an “AIPAC monkey.” Jebreal used the racial epithet during an appearance on lefty commentator Wajahat Ali’s “The Left Hook” podcast, as she criticized the black Democrat’s support for Israel and accused him of doing the bidding of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Trump Is Expanding Executive Power. Democrats Are Already Eyeing the New Tools.
Some Democrats are licking their chops over other economic powers that Trump has claimed for the presidency.
A Federal Indictment Charges an ICE Officer With Lying About a Shooting That DHS Eagerly Defended
The habitually dishonest department uncritically accepted a story that was immediately contradicted by video footage and physical evidence.
UNLV job template calls for DEI support as university says statements aren’t required
UNLV’s job-ad template says successful candidates will support DEI, though the university told Campus Reform it does not require diversity statements. The university’s strategic plan promotes diversity in hiring and tracks 216 DEI initiatives, with goals of increasing that number to 230 by 2027 and 250 by 2030.
Scientists Find That 96 Percent of Delicious Tuna Is Infected With Parasitic Worms
Did that just… move?
The quaalude comeback: a once ‘extinct’ drug from the 70s makes a resurgence
Underground chemists are now producing the notorious party drug after a Scorsese film sparked renewed interest
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Fancy timepieces, traitors, and lengthy footnotes.
For Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept.
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.
Trump posts map that renames New Mexico ‘New America’
President Trump posted a map showing New Mexico rebranded as “New America” during a rapid-fire Truth Social storm on Sunday. The post, one of 34 made in less than an hour, showed a map of the southwestern state with the word “Mexico” crossed out and replaced with “America.”
Economy & Taxes
Global bond yields soar to multi-decade highs as Middle East turmoil reignites inflation fears
Government bond yields rose across the U.S., Japan, U.K. and Germany on Tuesday. Japanese and British yields surged to multi-decade highs as retaliatory strikes between the U.S. and Iran pushed fresh inflation concerns to the fore.
Digital currencies: Are we with Hobbes or Locke?
CBDC design is not merely a dull question of payments technology
Never Too Much Ethanol for Farm-State Republicans
Republicans from farm-heavy states are not exactly prophets of free enterprise when it comes to their favorite industry. On agricultural policy, they are conservatives in the sense that they seek to conserve FDR’s system of farm socialism. Nowhere is this clearer than on ethanol.
US diesel prices hit a record high, pushing up transportation costs for a long list of goods
Diesel hit a record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel.
The Quiet Diesel Fuel Cost Crisis
Gas prices declined a bit after peaking in May at a national average of $4.60 per gallon for unleaded gasoline; the U.S. Energy Information Administration had the national average down to $4.20 at the end of August. But that’s . . . still pretty darn high, compared to the $3.27 it was a year ago. But the unleaded price is a bargain compared to diesel fuel these days, which just hit a record high. And unfortunately, the outlook for diesel prices is bad news, all the way from here to November, and likely beyond.
The Federal Reserve Is out of Excuses
The U.S. economy received a great jobs report today, at least by the sad standards of the past few years.
Trump’s tariffs forced this U.S. company’s move to Canada. And it’s not the only one
Canada has become a better place to do business for some U.S. companies that sell globally, thanks to tariff-free access to major overseas markets
The hotels hiring robots to cut their wage bills
Hospitality bosses are reconsidering automation as labour costs surge – but will it work?
Trump Says More Insane Things About the Federal Reserve
We received this calm, collected message from the president this morning after the most recent jobs report was released
Trump’s Vaunted ‘Trade Deals’ Are Much Less Than Meet the Eye
Especially compared to the real-world alternatives we already had at a much lower cost.
Taking Venezuela’s Oil: How We Got Here
Supporting a stable world order that promotes the rule of law has made the U.S. the most prosperous nation in history. Trump has little time for that.
Taking Venezuela’s Oil: Nullifying the Claims of American Companies
Given Trump’s tirades about Chávez’s theft of American property, it’s worth spotlighting the cynicism.
International
Mass circumcision ceremonies leave 43 boys dead and dozens more mutilated in South Africa
Mass circumcision ceremonies in South Africa have left more than 43 boys dead and dozens more mutilated. The rituals – known in the country as ‘Ulwaluko’ – are carried out twice a year at initiation schools with the intention of preparing young men for adulthood.
The Censors of Brussels Come Back for More
The EU Commission has recently declared that it would like to censor more American speech and/or loot more U.S. high tech.
Mosquitoes alert in London: Invasive species which can carry deadly virus found breeding in capital’s homes
Mosquitoes that can spread diseases including dengue fever and the zika virus have been found breeding in the UK for the first time
Opinion
The Unitary Executive and Comey’s Vindictive Prosecution Claim
The government tries to have it both ways
The post-liberal Right’s war on America’s founding — and why it’s not conservative
There is a fight happening on the American Right that is much bigger than Donald Trump, immigration, abortion or the latest culture-war controversies. It’s a fight over the American political order itself.
Women’s Sport or ‘Transformational’ Activism: It Can’t Be Both
A U.S.-based Australian Rules Football league allows trans-identified men to play on women’s teams. When one turned out to be a convicted sex criminal, no one wanted to talk about it.
Vance remains silent
As Hasan Piker is to Abdul El-Sayed, Tucker Carlson is to Vice President Vance. Speaking to a large Jewish audience at the Republican Jewish Coalition National Leadership Summit in remarks that were supposed to be off-the-record for some reason, Vance dodged any comment on Carlson.
The Inevitable Impeachment Rerun
Democrats are licking their lips at their prospects in the 2026 midterms, but are a little bit reticent when it comes to discussing a third attempt to impeach President Trump and remove him from office. It’s almost silly; in just about every conversation, Democratic candidates, strategists, and talking heads will lay out how Trump is a dangerous menace who’s an aspiring dictator and breaking laws left and right. And then we’re supposed to believe that they might not make the move they’ve used twice before. But considering how their last two efforts turned out . . . what is the point?
Petty Caesarism
Behold, the face of the president
Futility
I don’t know if the United States will survive in a form recognizable to my generation.
What did the Romans ever do for Christianity?
The Roman empire shaped the religion in all sorts of crucial ways, a new book argues
The Great Appeaser
Speaker Mike Johnson is no constitutionalist.
Japan’s Strategic Turn
The country is taking once-unthinkable steps to ensure its own defense.
Sell the Future, Not the Past
In 1996, Ann Richards picked up the phone and called Bill Clinton. While I was working at CNN, Paul Begala told me the story. Richards had been swept out of the Texas governor’s mansion 2 years earlier by a guy named George W. Bush, and she was still the saint of the Democratic Party. She told the President he was going to lose, because he was campaigning on what he had done instead of on what he was going to do. Clinton listened. The messaging shifted, and Bob Dole never recovered.
