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Trump Admin Releases Plan To Protect 2026 Election Infrastructure– thefederalist.com

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Trump Admin Releases Plan To Protect 2026 Election Infrastructure– thefederalist.com
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The Trump administration released a “comprehensive” plan on Thursday that U.S. election officials can use to safeguard the integrity of the voting process during the upcoming midterms, The Federalist has learned.

“Election security is national security,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement. “This plan, which will be implemented in full, is crucial to the security, freeness, and fairness of choosing the leaders of our country. Making America safe again isn’t just done at the border, in our streets, and on the coast — it’s also done in protecting the integrity of American elections.”

Obtained by The Federalist, the 2026 Election Infrastructure Security Plan includes numerous tools and services that election officials can use to protect election infrastructure from physical and cyber threats in the midterms. The extensive report was produced by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which falls under DHS.

The 13-page document begins by providing a comprehensive overview of existing election infrastructure (voting and processing facilities, voting hardware, etc.) and the core technological components (voter registration systems, tabulation systems, etc.) that define a typical election process. It also includes an analysis of potential cyber and physical threats to this infrastructure that officials may encounter during the 2026 contest, such as attempted cyber hacks of state voter registration databases and bomb threats directed at election offices.

The report provides guidance on how best to confront these prospective issues. For instance, to mitigate potential cyber vulnerabilities, the plan advises election officials to consider using paper ballots “that can be easily reviewed to ensure transparency, auditability, and resilience against software failures or manipulation,” and to “[c]onduct post-election manual audits of paper ballots to verify that voting systems function properly and to identify errors before certifying the final results.”

OH GREAT: Los Angeles is Now Reporting an Outbreak of TYPHUS (VIDEO) * The Gateway Pundit * by Mike LaChance– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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OH GREAT: Los Angeles is Now Reporting an Outbreak of TYPHUS (VIDEO) * The Gateway Pundit * by Mike LaChance– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Screencap of Twitter/X video.

The city of Los Angeles is now reporting an outbreak of the disease Typhus. It is connected to fleas on rats which are flourishing in the city’s numerous homeless encampments.

California has the highest tax rate in the country. Why? What do people get for paying such high taxes? They get preventable diseases because their leaders are worthless.

There’s really no excuse for this at all.

NBC News in Los Angeles reports:

Flea-borne typhus rising in LA County with latest case reported in Wilshire Center

Typhus, a flea-borne bacterial disease, is on the rise in Los Angeles County, with the latest localized case reported in the Wilshire Center neighborhood, public health officials said Tuesday.

The disease is spread to humans by infected fleas that commonly live on rats, opossums, stray cats and other animals. Common symptoms include headaches, chills, muscle aches and rash.

The Wilshire Center case is the second localized typhus outbreak this year, according to the LA County Department of Public Health.

There were at least seven symptomatic cases linked to the outbreak, health officials said. Six of the seven patients had to be hospitalized at one point. All have recovered, the department said.

So far this year, 109 flea-borne typhus cases have been reported in Los Angeles County.

Virginia Judge Released Pedo Teacher Despite Opposition From Soros-Backed Prosecutor– dailycaller.com

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Virginia Judge Released Pedo Teacher Despite Opposition From Soros-Backed Prosecutor– dailycaller.com
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Over the objections of a Soros-funded prosecutor, a Fairfax County judge released a former teacher charged with 20 counts of child pornography on bail without requiring an ankle monitor.

Judge Michael Devine’s decision to release the teacher was first brought to light by local independent journalist Virginians for Safe Communities (VSC) on Wednesday and confirmed by multiple county officials to the Daily Caller. (RELATED: Biden Judge Dismisses Democrat AG’s Climate Claim As ‘Speculative’)

“GROSS,” VSC said upon announcing the judge’s decision, adding that “Fairfax’s justice system and schools are sick.”

Matthew Thorsen, a 38-year-old high school math teacher, was arrested days after authorities were notified of concerns that he had engaged in inappropriate behavior with a minor, the Fairfax County Police Department said in a statement.

Fairfax County Public Schools immediately placed Thorsen on administrative leave after being made aware of the allegations.

Virginia Abortions Up to Birth Amendment Would Also Eliminate Parental Rights– www.lifenews.com

pgnewser September 24, 2026 0

Virginia Abortions Up to Birth Amendment Would Also Eliminate Parental Rights– www.lifenews.com
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Imagine you are the parent of a 13-year-old daughter in the Commonwealth of Virginia. You love and care for your child and you and your spouse work two jobs to provide for your family. Life is busy, with work, school, sports, and other recreation. You are an involved and caring parent, but family time is curtailed and, after all, no family is perfect. Occasionally something goes awry and you face a challenge you didn’t expect — this time it’s the fact that your daughter was pregnant. Was. You only know this because you have taken her to the emergency room hemorrhaging a week after her boyfriend persuaded her to take abortion pills — sent to his doorstep with the full-throated approval of Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) and the Virginia legislature.

Sound far-fetched? We are almost in this condition now. Under current law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, passed by successive Democratic legislatures, abortion is legal in the state until birth. As bad as that law is — and data from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute tells us that Virginia had the largest increase in total abortions of any state in 2025 — a new constitutional amendment on the ballot this November, on which voting has already begun, would make matters dramatically worse.

Congo running short of health workers as Ebola outbreak spreads, WHO says – National– globalnews.ca

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Congo running short of health workers as Ebola outbreak spreads, WHO says – National– globalnews.ca
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Congo is running short of health workers to staff treatment centres for history’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, particularly in the eastern province of North Kivu where cases have surged 73 per cent over three weeks, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

The warning came despite signs of improvement in other provinces, including Ituri, the outbreak’s epicenter. The outbreak has spread to seven provinces, with 7,773 confirmed cases and 3,759 deaths, according to the latest government figures.

Between Aug. 31 and Sept. 20, cases fell 26 per cent in Ituri province and 15 per cent in Haut-Uele, said Marie Roseline Belizaire, the WHO’s regional emergency director for Africa. But transmission patterns vary widely and the outbreak remains uncontrolled, she said.

Judge Dismisses Letitia James’ DOGE Lawsuit Against Trump– slaynews.com

pgnewser September 24, 2026 0

Judge Dismisses Letitia James’ DOGE Lawsuit Against Trump– slaynews.com
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New York Attorney General Letitia James’s latest legal battle against President Donald Trump has been shut down after a federal judge dismissed the multistate lawsuit challenging DOGE-linked access to sensitive Treasury Department systems.

James led New York and 18 other states in suing the Trump administration after the Treasury Department granted DOGE-affiliated employees access to Bureau of the Fiscal Service systems.

Those systems process federal payments and contain sensitive financial information.

Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled Wednesday that the states’ central allegations no longer presented an active dispute for the court to resolve.

“Plaintiffs’ claims related to access by DOGE-affiliated employees to sensitive Treasury information are dismissed as moot,” Vargas wrote.

DOGE Team No Longer Exists at Treasury

Iran sends peace terms to US — RT World News– www.rt.com

pgnewser September 23, 2026 0

Iran sends peace terms to US — RT World News– www.rt.com
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Tehran is awaiting Donald Trump’s response to its conditions for restarting negotiations, security chief Mohsen Rezaei has said

Iran has conveyed its peace terms to the US through Qatari mediators, the country’s top security official Mohsen Rezaei has said, arguing that it is in Washington’s interest to accept them.

The 60-day period provided under the US-Iranian memorandum of understanding to negotiate a settlement expired last month without a deal, while disrupted maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continues to drive up energy prices.

“Seven conditions set by Iran for the start of any negotiations have been conveyed to the US administration. Tehran’s message is clear and unambiguous: If Washington wants to escape the predicament it has created for itself and avoid becoming further entangled in it, it has no choice but to recognize Iran’s rights and accept its conditions,” Rezaei wrote on X on Saturday.

Trump has just had ‘talks’ with Zelensky and it ‘could change a lot’ | World | News– www.express.co.uk

pgnewser September 23, 2026 0

Trump has just had ‘talks’ with Zelensky and it ‘could change a lot’ | World | News– www.express.co.uk
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Volodymyr Zelensky said he had an “important conversation” with the US President Donald Trump, shortly after the polls closed in Russia. Ukrainian leader said he agreed to meet with the US president at the UN General Assembly in New York next week, and the talks could “change a lot”.

He wrote in a post: “There is diplomatic momentum.” Ukraine‘s president said there are “ideas for de-escalation steps and addressing fundamental security issues. We are working together with the American team and are ready to take really serious steps.”

Efforts are under way to restart direct peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow, with Russia indicating that negotiations could resume as early as October under US-backed mediation.

Previous discussions stalled over the winter and were later put on hold during the conflict involving Iran.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who have also played roles in diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, are making a renewed attempt to help advance a settlement to the war in Ukraine.

Trump Announces New National Security Role For Planned Triumphal Arch Project– dailycaller.com

pgnewser September 23, 2026 0

Trump Announces New National Security Role For Planned Triumphal Arch Project– dailycaller.com
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Though construction has not yet started, President Donald Trump announced Sunday his planned Triumphal Arch project would take on a key national security role.

“At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, planned since the Civil War Era many years ago, at the Receptive Circle adjoining the Arlington Memorial Bridge, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage,” the president posted on Truth Social.

“There will be no facility like this anywhere in the World. Out of the 59 top cities and Capitals, Washington, D.C., IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A TRIUMPHAL ARCH, but it will now and, by far, the greatest of them all! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he concluded.

After teasing it in October 2025, Trump has continued to promote his vision for a 250-foot triumphal arch situated between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. The arch will “celebrate the triumphs of the American people, inspire patriotism and love of country, and beautify our nation’s capital,” the Department of the Interior, as its sponsor, declared in its project materials.

The arch is currently awaiting final approval from the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), a federal review panel dominated by Trump appointees. The Commission had been chaired by William Scharf, Trump’s staff secretary who has since been appointed White House counsel, effective Sept. 1. Trump appointed Mark Paolettal, the general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget, as well as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to be the new NCPC chairman on Aug. 26. It does not currently appear that NCPC will consider the project for final approval at its Oct. 1 meeting.

California Tries to Force Women to Complete Abortions– www.lifenews.com

pgnewser September 23, 2026 0

California Tries to Force Women to Complete Abortions– www.lifenews.com
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September 17 marked the final arguments in a California courtroom over the practice of offering abortion pill reversal (APR) to women seeking to save the lives of their unborn children from the feticidal drug mifepristone. We have become used to reading sentences like this, in which so-called champions of choice like the administration of Governor Gavin Newsom (D) and Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) go the last mile to complete abortions women are desperate to avert. The policy is all the uglier because it would fine groups like Heartbeat International and Real Options millions of dollars for attempts to aid such women.

Attorneys for the Thomas More Society, who have fought the battle for life in these cases for three years now, summarized their arguments in their closing trial brief to the California court, saying:

“Abortion Pill Reversal is an accurate, truthful, and non-misleading way to describe the interventions at issue in this case. APR works through competitive inhibition, taking advantage of the fact that mifepristone binds reversibly to the progesterone receptors. It works to undo the effect of the abortion pill, which is a commonplace understanding of the word reverse. The FDA pharmacology review described the effects of supplemental progesterone as antagonizing mifepristone’s abortifacient activity, allowing normal pregnancy and delivery, and ‘reverse’ is ordinary language shorthand for that counteraction.”

Prominent El-Sayed Backer Says ‘See You at the Gallows’ Is an ‘Appropriate Sentiment’ for Pro-Israel Dems– legalinsurrection.com

pgnewser September 23, 2026 0

Prominent El-Sayed Backer Says ‘See You at the Gallows’ Is an ‘Appropriate Sentiment’ for Pro-Israel Dems– legalinsurrection.com
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It’s undeniable at this point that the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) has become openly hostile to the Jewish Democrats within their ranks, as evidenced by the fact that some of the state’s prominent Jewish Democratic elected officials no longer feel comfortable attending official party events due to harassment and attacks.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Jewish Democrat, put it plainly last month ahead of the MDP’s nominating convention:

“I feel like my presence isn’t going to be welcome. I don’t want to get chased around. I don’t want to get harassed. I don’t want to get yelled and screamed at. I don’t want to get booed off the stage, irrespective of what I’m saying,” she said at the Thursday event. “And I believe that if I go, that is what will happen because it’s been happening to me.”

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She said she had filed a formal complaint within the party about a party official who had called her a neo-Nazi because of her beliefs. “Why is this person more accepted in our party than me?” she asked without naming the official.

Tragic teen rape victim’s euthanasia divides nation after docs said girl’s wish to die shouldn’t have been granted– www.thesun.co.uk

pgnewser September 23, 2026 0

Tragic teen rape victim’s euthanasia divides nation after docs said girl’s wish to die shouldn’t have been granted– www.thesun.co.uk
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SAT in her childhood bedroom, 17-year-old Milou Verhoof was getting ready for the last time.

Her nails were painted and her evening gown and high heels had been chosen – not for a teenage night out, but for the coffin in which she would be buried.

Milou Verhoof died aged 17 after she requested to be euthanised
Her psychiatrist, Menno Oosterhoff, was the one who assisted her wish to die Credit: Facebook/Menno Oosterhoff Dwangstoornis

Her parents sat beside her among the familiar clutter of her youth.

And watching over them was psychiatrist Menno Oosterhoff, his ice-blue eyes fixed on a girl whose young body was healthy, but whose mind had become somewhere she could no longer bear to live.

GOP Candidate KICKED OUT of Debate for “Misgendering” Transgender Rep. Tim “Sarah” McBride– wltreport.com

pgnewser September 23, 2026 0

GOP Candidate KICKED OUT of Debate for “Misgendering” Transgender Rep. Tim “Sarah” McBride– wltreport.com
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Republican Congressional candidate Joe Arminio was booted from a debate in Delaware on Thursday night for an incredibly based reason.

He kept referring to “transgender” Rep. Tim McBride (who now goes by Sarah) as a man.

Libs of TikTok explained:

Throughout the debate, Arminio called McBride a “gentleman” and used (shocker!) male pronouns.

This ultimately led to Arminio being removed from the stage.

NBC Philadelphia detailed what went down:

On Thursday night, during a candidates forum presented by the Jewish Federation of Delaware, Republican Joseph Arminio was removed from the event after he repeatedly misgendered Democratic Delaware Congresswoman Sarah McBride.

“I’m sorry to have to say, the representative from Delaware has contributed, through the net of his actions…” Arminio began during remarks on Thursday, before boos began to erupt from the gathered crowd.

After being warned of his remarks, later, Arminio did it again, leading to another outburst from the crowd.

During the evening, amid turmoil following the remarks, McBride tried to intervene, saying she didn’t want Arminio to not have a chance to speak.

“I don’t want this gentleman to not have the ability…,” started the Congresswoman.

However, Republican candidate Michael Katz, who is running for Senate in Delaware, interrupted her.

“No, get him out of here,” said Katz.

Following Arminio’s ouster, Katz called for him to withdraw from the upcoming elections.

Trump: UN Countries Must Leave ‘Evil’ International Criminal Court– thefederalist.com

pgnewser September 23, 2026 0

Trump: UN Countries Must Leave ‘Evil’ International Criminal Court– thefederalist.com
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President Donald Trump urged all nations to “immediately” resign from the “rogue institution” of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during his Tuesday speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

His comments about the ICC come after the tribunal issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials accused of war crimes for conduct in Gaza. Trump has consistently opposed ICC-issued warrants. In the months leading up to the UN meeting, the U.S. sanctioned numerous members of the ICC’s staff in response to the Israeli arrest warrants, and is reportedly planning a more extensive sanctions package, according to The Wall Street Journal.

“The United States is equally opposed to the out-of-control institution known as the International Criminal Court. We will never allow U.S. service members or anyone else to be investigated or given show trials by an anti-American tribunal with no jurisdiction over us,” Trump said. “They’re an evil group of people. I call on all nations that are members of the ICC to officially resign from this rogue institution immediately.”

Trump did not mention Netanyahu by name in his speech, only mentioning the ICC’s lack of jurisdiction over the U.S., which has never recognized the ICC. Israel is also not a member country.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio in July said that the U.S. would launch a “sweeping campaign to dismantle the threat posed by the International Criminal Court to U.S. sovereignty,” stating it would do so “brick by brick” if that is what it took.

The CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese Citizens– freedomhouse.org

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The CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese Citizens– freedomhouse.org
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Recent propaganda and censorship efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have revealed an urgent desire among party leadership to blunt a spirit of defiance within Chinese society. Despite the party’s attempts to curb dissent, however, China’s citizens continue to defy authority, as evidenced by recent findings of Freedom House’s China Dissent Monitor (CDM).

Earlier this year, China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) conducted a campaign that blamed “foreign forces” for funding the spread in China of “lying flat” (躺平), a term that has become widely used to describe the rejection of societal expectations that push individuals to strive for material and social achievement. The official media attributing the trend of lying flat to foreign interference was promptly pilloried by Chinese netizens who filled online comment sections with criticism and satire. A popular vlogger sarcastically complained that he wanted to “report” foreign forces for failing to pay him despite his tireless efforts to lie flat. These responses have all since been censored.

The CCP’s seeming obsession with curbing the lying flat mindset is worth understanding. The term’s popularity rose in response to China’s grueling “996” work culture, in which many companies expect their employees to work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for 6 days each week. But as the concept of lying flat has expanded, the CCP has become worried that it reflects an underlying resistance to the party’s designs for Chinese people, and that an increasing number of citizens simply don’t care about or support the idea of working harder to contribute to a more powerful state. The Communist Party’s leader Xi Jinping has explicitly spoken out against the lying flat attitude.

U.S Forces Help Move 1 Billion Barrels of Gulf Oil While Blockade Cuts Iran’s Exports to Zero– slaynews.com

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U.S Forces Help Move 1 Billion Barrels of Gulf Oil While Blockade Cuts Iran’s Exports to Zero– slaynews.com
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U.S. forces have now helped move more than one billion barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz while simultaneously enforcing a naval blockade that has reduced Iran’s maritime oil exports to zero, U.S. Central Command has announced.

CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper said American forces reached the milestone after coordinating protection for more than 2,000 commercial ship transits through the critical waterway over the past several months.

“CENTCOM forces have supported more than one billion barrels of crude oil leaving the Gulf,” Cooper said in a video statement.

“That’s one billion barrels of crude oil out through the Strait of Hormuz in the last couple of months.”

The operation represents two parallel missions for the U.S. military: keeping one of the world’s most important energy corridors open to American partners while shutting Iran out of maritime trade.

More Than 2,000 Commercial Ships Protected

Cooper said American forces have helped clear the Strait’s primary shipping lanes of mines while providing coordinated protection to commercial vessels.

“We’ve reached this significant milestone while assisting over 2,000 commercial ship transits through the Strait by providing coordinated protection,” Cooper said.

“Clearly, momentum is building. Primary transit lanes in the Strait are clear of mines.”

Liberal Outlets Are Lashing Out About Trump’s Press Crackdown– townhall.com

pgnewser September 23, 2026 0

Liberal Outlets Are Lashing Out About Trump’s Press Crackdown– townhall.com
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Members of the liberal media are lashing out at President Donald Trump’s decision to revoke press access from some of the worst offenders in the world of lying for political gain.

Federal judge strikes down Education Department rule stripping DEI grants– www.thecollegefix.com

pgnewser September 21, 2026 0

Federal judge strikes down Education Department rule stripping DEI grants– www.thecollegefix.com
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Department failed to explain why it reversed course on teacher training grants

A federal judge blocked a U.S. Department of Education rule stripping grants from teacher prep programs that teach DEI.

In February 2025, the department pulled “over $600 million in grants to institutions and nonprofits that were using taxpayer funds to train teachers and education agencies on divisive ideologies,” according to a news release.

“Training materials included inappropriate and unnecessary topics such as Critical Race Theory; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI); social justice activism; ‘anti-racism’; and instruction on white privilege and white supremacy,” the release states.

Calling the directive “arbitrary and capricious,” District Judge Angel Kelley ruled that officials failed to adequately explain why they were reversing course on grants that historically encouraged DEI programs, according to The Hill. 

“Rather than confining the Directive to actions that are traditionally understood to constitute discrimination, the record instead reflects that Defendants terminated grants with topics such as ‘acknowledging … racism’ and ‘anti-racism’—activities expressly undertaken to oppose discrimination,” Kelley wrote.

The judge added that the department bypassed mandatory public notice and comment periods, and ignored how heavily states, teachers, students, and principals depend on the funding, according to WPRI.

CIA Accused Of Using 23andMe And Ancestry To Hunt For ‘Alien’ DNA Bloodlines– wltreport.com

pgnewser September 21, 2026 0

CIA Accused Of Using 23andMe And Ancestry To Hunt For ‘Alien’ DNA Bloodlines– wltreport.com
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A newly resurfaced report is making an extraordinary allegation about the CIA, consumer DNA databases and the search for bloodlines that may not be entirely human.

The claim is not that intelligence officials are merely studying family trees.

It is that the agency allegedly has a backdoor into services such as 23andMe and Ancestry — and is using it to hunt for a rare genetic marker tied to so-called “Nordic” extraterrestrials.

That is a blockbuster accusation. It is also unproven.

The report now drawing fresh attention was first published in May and was pushed back into the spotlight Sunday:

Texas daycare accused of operating toddler ‘fight club’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser September 21, 2026 0

Texas daycare accused of operating toddler ‘fight club’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“Their trust was violated when the safe environment they were promised turned into a child fight club.”

A daycare in Fort Worth, Texas, is facing a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million after a substitute teacher allegedly encouraged two 4-year-old children to fight and threw one child to the floor.

Heather and Richard Harris filed the lawsuit against Arka Montessori Academy of Risinger, following an April 27 incident involving their 4-year-old son. According to the lawsuit and findings from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the incident occurred toward the end of the school day after the child was moved into a combined classroom.

At around 4:30 p.m., the child was placed in teacher Jacqueline De Luna’s classroom as classes were combined. While De Luna’s back was turned, another boy approached the child and struck him in the back, prompting a brief fight between two children.

De Luna separated the children and picked up the other boy, who was the son of substitute teacher Chynia Johnson. Johnson entered the classroom to provide coverage while De Luna used the restroom, and Johnson’s son subsequently pushed the other child in the chest.

At one point, Johnson allegedly grabbed the 4-year-old by the arm and dragged him toward her son while encouraging the boy to kick and hit him. Johnson then threw the child, causing him to fall onto the hard floor. Surveillance footage captured the incident.

Vermont Teachers Union Pushes Gender Identity in Sports, Raises Alarms About ‘White Privilege’– www.dailysignal.com

pgnewser September 21, 2026 0

Vermont Teachers Union Pushes Gender Identity in Sports, Raises Alarms About ‘White Privilege’– www.dailysignal.com
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The Vermont teachers union formally recognizes students’ right to play sports based on “gender identity,” rather than biological sex.

The National Education Association Vermont chapter also asserts that the state’s public school teachers must acknowledge the nation’s “white supremacy culture” as responsible for “white privilege” that is “conferred irrespective of wealth, gender, and other factors.”

It also supports sanctuary jurisdictions for illegal immigrants.

The parental advocacy group Defending Education obtained a list of resolutions adopted at the Vermont NEA 2025 Representative Assembly.

“The fact that the state-level teachers union requires its members to ‘acknowledge’ that white supremacy culture permeates society shows just how ideologically captured the organization is,” Rhyen Staley, director of research at Defending Education, told the Daily Signal in a statement.

“It should be deeply concerning for parents that members of the union are to accept the far-left conspiracy theory and to become activists while roughly half of the state’s third graders are reading at below-proficient levels.” Staley added.

One resolution was a “Gender Equity in Athletic Programs” resolution.

Macron backs Canada as EU associate member as Carney turns toward Europe– abcnews.com

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Macron backs Canada as EU associate member as Carney turns toward Europe– abcnews.com
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TORONTO — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday backed a proposal for Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member as he and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to deepen strategic ties spanning space, defense, energy and business.

The leaders met in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a French territory just off Newfoundland’s coast where France and Canada are separated by only a few kilometers (miles) — a striking setting for Canada’s accelerating turn toward Europe as relations with the United States deteriorate.

“We are very much in favor of that agenda of closer ties with the European Union, as an associate member of the Union, as the president said, and as a full-fledged member of the European community,” Macron said in French while standing alongside Carney.

“Only a few kilometers separate Canada and France at their closest point. Our values are even closer,” Carney said in French.

Carney said the countries will task their space agencies and defense ministries to develop and share infrastructure, including launch systems and ground-based reception facilities. They also agreed to expand cooperation in energy, telecommunications, climate resilience and economic development.

Macron’s endorsement comes days after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU’s first associate member. Carney embraced the prospect and has argued that deeper ties with Europe would give Canada more alternatives and make it less vulnerable to economic coercion by any single country.

Sam Altman Holds Secret Meetings with U.S Power Giants as OpenAI Pushes AI Grid ‘Security’– slaynews.com

pgnewser September 21, 2026 0

Sam Altman Holds Secret Meetings with U.S Power Giants as OpenAI Pushes AI Grid ‘Security’– slaynews.com
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been quietly meeting with executives from some of America’s largest electric utility companies while warning that increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems could pose a threat to the nation’s power grid.

Altman has spent years sounding the alarm about potentially dangerous AI systems while simultaneously pushing for government regulations that would place companies such as OpenAI at the center of the emerging AI oversight regime.

Now, the ChatGPT maker appears to be taking that same warning directly to America’s power industry, while pitching OpenAI’s own cybersecurity services as part of the solution.

According to Politico, Altman has held a series of private meetings with executives from major utilities including Duke Energy, Exelon, Southern Co., and NextEra Energy beginning in July.

One of the latest meetings took place Wednesday in Colorado during the annual gathering of the Edison Electric Institute.

The security of America’s electrical grid was reportedly a major topic.

Ukraine Launches 1,000 Drones At Russia, Hits Oil Refinery, Residential Building– dailycaller.com

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Ukraine Launches 1,000 Drones At Russia, Hits Oil Refinery, Residential Building– dailycaller.com
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Ukraine sent more than 1,000 drones streaking into Russian airspace overnight, striking Moscow harder than at any point in the war.

Hundreds of those drones flew toward the capital on the final day of Russia’s parliamentary elections, according to CBS News. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called it the “largest ever” assault on the city and said air defenses knocked down 450 before they reached Moscow.

A facility at the Moscow Oil Refinery and an apartment building sustained damage, he said. Russia’s Defense Ministry put the nationwide total at 1,110 drones destroyed, a count that included Crimea and the Black Sea. (RELATED: Russia And Ukraine Hammer Each Other, But Can’t Defend Themselves)

Regional Gov. Andrei Vorobyov reported two deaths and 20 injuries across the wider Moscow area, identifying the dead as a 74-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman, CBS News reported. In the Ramenskoye district, crews cleared 400 residents, including 70 children, from a 21-story tower, according to ABC News.

A resident of Sofyino named Vitaliy described the moment a strike hit his block. “Glass went flying; people started screaming and shouting. I turned around, and the entrance doors had already been blown out, debris everywhere,” he told ABC News.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his forces fired a mix of drones and missiles, among them the homegrown Flamingo and Pelican, to hit fuel and supply targets, according to CBS News. “These are billions of dollars that sustain the war machine,” he wrote on social media.

The Moscow refinery ran 11.6 million metric tons of oil in 2024, and repeated Ukrainian hits on such plants have thinned Russia’s refining capacity, driving fuel shortages and long lines at pumps nationwide, ABC News reported.

Canada, France pledge to work together on space infrastructure, business – National– globalnews.ca

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Canada, France pledge to work together on space infrastructure, business – National– globalnews.ca
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Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to work together in the areas of space infrastructure, business and economic growth as the leaders met Sunday in the French territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Speaking to reporters, Carney said he and Macron will task their space agencies and defence ministries to develop and share common infrastructure, including space launch systems and ground-based reception facilities.

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office said the countries plan to work together on infrastructure that can receive data from satellites.

Carney said that he and Macron will also task the regional joint cooperation commission between Atlantic Canada and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon to expand its work in economic growth, energy transition and climate resilience.

He said the countries’ chambers of commerce are also joining forces to bring their business communities closer together.