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September 2026

How James Talarico Made Texas Competitive Again

James Talarico has been speaking for 12 minutes and he still hasn’t mentioned Ken Paxton

Things are trending in the right direction, but it’s still Texas,
Letitia Plummeramerican politician
He understands how important our Harris County is,
We are all getting screwed,
Listen, even the most advanced A.I. couldn't come up with Ken Paxton's actual scandals,
Ken Paxtonattorney General
Protecting kids is not a culture war; it's our job description. In Texas, parents raise children—not the government, not a doctor.”
James and Jasmine Crockett need to come together. People need to see them together,
James Talaricothe Houston Chronicle, Democratic Senate hopeful
We live in a country with broken politics and backwards priorities, but we can change that. We can turn that around,
Harris County, where we're standing right now, is the deadliest place to give birth for a Black woman in the whole country.”
I will oppose trans athletes playing in girls’ sports if it risks safety or fairness,

Children Are Back in School. Measles Is, Too

And in just the past month, 10 children have been infected in an outbreak linked to a single daycare in Georgia

What to Know About the Pentagon Breach Affecting Millions

A reported monthslong breach in the Defense Department’s human resources database exposed personal information of millions of military personnel and those related to them, including their Social Security numbers and job details

Justin Shermanaustralian rules footballer
It can be tempting to dismiss the next hack of a database as ‘just another data breach.’... But breaches do not exist in a vacuum.”

Tom Cruise Bloviates His Way Through the Aggressively Unfunny Digger

But not all complicated movies are great, and some directors can’t distinguish between the act of making a meaningful picture and pulling off an elaborate parlor trick

Delegates Walk Out as Netanyahu Takes the Stage to Address U.N. General Assembly

Global Climate Strike Protests Kick off in Australia Ahead of U.N. Summit

Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Ads Draw Bipartisan Criticism

Don’t worry, using taxpayer dollars to run ominous campaign ads of the President has been done before and is completely legal… in banana republics.”
Donald Trumppresident
This is the final battle,
When prior Administrations utilized the airwaves, it was called ‘public education,
Andy Kimamerican politician and diplomat (born 1982)
How much taxpayer money did the government spend on this ad?”

U.S. Embassy Issues Security Alert to Citizens in U.K. Amid Suspected Terror Plot

They are subject to stringent conditions on their movement and contact with others. They absolutely remain under investigation as we explore multiple lines of enquiry,
U.S. citizens are encouraged to exercise caution and be mindful of personal security,
When they saw me they ran ahead of me — some into the field and some towards the neighbouring village of Kempsford. I then realised that something highly unusual was taking place,
The Circulation of such fabricated speculations... will serve no purpose other than to fuel Iranophobia propaganda in the U.K.,
We know that Iran and their proxies wish to do us harm. We know that they hate our democracy, and we know that we regularly have to thwart Iranian attempts to threaten either our interests or indeed our allies."
Keir Starmerprime Minister
These new powers will make it easier to prosecute and lock up anyone carrying out [Iran’s] dirty work here in Britain,
I saw a large group of hooded and masked men. When they saw me, they ran ahead of me… I then realised that something highly unusual was taking place,

A SpaceX Starship Rocket Officially Reached Orbit. Why That's So Significant

It took just 25 minutes and 17 seconds for the spacecraft to travel from its launch pad in Starbase, Texas, to its circular orbit 170 miles high

Starship performs its orbital insertion burn and enters orbit of Earth for the first time,

Has China’s Panda Diplomacy Lost Its Charm? It’s Not So Black-and-White

Beijing eventually shifted from gifting giant pandas to leasing them to other countries in 1984 as the animal’s population dwindled, but the practice continued and spread to other nations like Austria, Canada, and Malaysia

Czeslaw‏ Tubilewiczaustralian political scientist
No other animal has been turned into a symbol to the extent that pandas have been,
Ja Ian Chongpolitical scientist
The symbolism was still dominant in the 1970s,
Affection for pandas does not automatically translate into support for Chinese government policies,
Czeslaw‏ Tubilewiczaustralian political scientist
No one cares about pandas when national security or geostrategic interests come into play,