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Friday, September 11, 2026
Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
“It’s not just any collection of interviews,” Italy’s Cinecittà News quoted Barbera as saying. “It took them three years to convince these Israeli intelligence and military officials to share the work they did when the invasion of Gaza began, and I assure you, their testimonies are shocking.”…
Tens of millions of people fail to get humanitarian aid as global system crumbles
Funding cuts in 2025 left women, children, older and displaced people hard hit, with 64m fewer people receiving aid…
Adult citizens in US will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump pledges – amounting to over a trillion dollars
President makes offer that would cost US over $1tn and asks voters to ‘pretend that I’m on the ballot’ despite being deeply unpopular among electorate…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/trump-republican-convention-speech-midterm-elections
Interfaith TX parents speak out against 10 Commandments in Public Schools (Americans United on YouTube)
Ted & Rebekah Lowe are an interfaith couple (Jewish and Christian) with kids in Texas public schools. They believe the government should have no say in the religious upbringing of their children. That’s why the Lowes and other Texas families are in court challenging the Ten Commandments in public schools. Listen to and share their story.
Texas politicians are trying to force their preferred religion on public school students by mandating the display of a state-selected, Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom. A federal appeals court allowed it, downplaying the display as “a poster on a classroom wall.” But the Ten Commandments is a religious document that is sacred for some — and forcing it on every Texas public school student violates the First Amendment.
Families — not politicians or the government — should get to decide what role religion plays in their children’s lives. The Lowes and other families are taking this case as far as needed to make sure religious freedom is protected.
Share their story and learn more at au.org/TenC/
Interview:
Texas politicians are trying to force their preferred religion on public school students by mandating the display of a state-selected, Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom. A federal appeals court allowed it, downplaying the display as “a poster on a classroom wall.” But the Ten Commandments is a religious document that is sacred for some — and forcing it on every Texas public school student violates the First Amendment.
Families — not politicians or the government — should get to decide what role religion plays in their children’s lives. The Lowes and other families are taking this case as far as needed to make sure religious freedom is protected.
Share their story and learn more at au.org/TenC/
Interview:
The Far Right Can’t Stand Being Called “Far Right” – Mother Jones
Scholars, however, “don’t use the term ‘far right’ in a purely relative way,” Mudde added. “Rather, the far right stands for a core ideology of nativism and authoritarianism. Nativism is a xenophobic form of nationalism and authoritarianism emphasis the crucial importance for the state to enforce discipline and order (simply stated). In this sense, the term is accurate for the parties and politicians mentioned here.”
Sam Jackson, an associate professor at the University at Albany and an expert on right-wing extremism in the U.S., says right-wing objections to the term are animated by an element of branding and publicity management. There is, he told me, “a strategic view that if something is portrayed as the far right then most people wouldn’t agree with or would reject it.” Therefore, he added, rejecting the label “far right” is a tactic used by people who are saying, in essence, “‘I want to make it sound like my ideas are common and widespread. If I accept the framing of ‘far right’ that inherently positions me as being more marginal.'” The label carries a special stigma in Germany, where, he pointed out, “to be far right is to be associated with the Nazi regime, which is still problematic for many reasons—even if that’s starting to change.”…
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/far-right-label-afd-elon-musk/
North Korea has built new uranium facility to expand nuclear arsenal, UN agency says
The International Atomic Energy Agency voices ‘serious concerns’ over expansion of Yongbyon facility to enrich uranium…
A solar industrial complex is turning Republicans into believers - POLITICO
A Georgia solar-panel factory — and the jobs it provides — is making renewable energy fans out of state Republicans...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/10/georgia-republicans-factories-solar-01066686
Supreme Court appears to kill GOP redistricting hopes in Missouri - POLITICO
The justices’ ruling hands a major win to Democrats, who fought nearly a dozen legal battles with Missouri Republicans over the legality of the GOP-led gerrymander.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/10/supreme-court-missouri-redistricting-midterms-01070432
Chemical industry backed laws in three US states to restrict use of air pollution data
As public air monitors disappear, federal rollbacks and state laws are making it harder than ever to know what’s in the air…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/us-chemical-industry-air-pollution-monitors
Book Club: The Nerd Reich (Conspirituality podcast)
Gil Duran's exceptional new book, The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, explains how technofascists like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance, and Marc Andreessen are not-so-quietly dismantling America as we know it.
Derek discusses this science fiction nightmare we’re now all living through.
Interview:
Derek discusses this science fiction nightmare we’re now all living through.
Interview:
Trump, Vance to close out Republican convention Thursday night : NPR
Quick math puts the bill for this proposed "dividend" at more than $1 trillion. Plus, it's illegal to pay or be paid to influence voting.
House Democrats in Dallas Thursday to counter program the convention quickly attacked the announcement.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., called the president a "known liar."
"The dividend is not happening," Garcia added. "[Trump] promised a dividend on tariffs. That didn't happen. He promised a dividend on DOGE. That didn't happen. He promised some strange, new dividend from Air Force One, what six months ago? That never happened."…
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/10/nx-s1-5963880/trump-republican-midterm-convention-vance
Years after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico takes Facebook to trial
Attorney Randi McGinn, representing New Mexico, told jurors that Cambridge Analytica had used Facebook profile data to target Democratic voters with messaging such as “Hillary’s got it, you don’t need to vote” in an alleged attempt to reduce voter turnout.
Cambridge Analytica’s clients included the 2016 campaign for Donald Trump. Cambridge Analytica closed in 2018 as a result of the scandal…
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/10/facebook-cambridge-analytica-new-mexico-trial
Is the Bible the World's Longest Game of Telephone? (Dan McClellan and Dan Beecher; Data Over Dogma podcast on YouTube)
"The Bible is the world's longest game of telephone." It's a great line used by comedians and critics, and it's exactly half right.
This episode we sort out why the translation half of the claim is simply false, and why the transmission half isn't just a live option but a demonstrable fact. Along the way: the black hole between when these texts were written and our earliest surviving manuscripts, and the uncomfortable discovery that your own memory works the same way.
Chapters:
0:00 The World's Longest Telephone Game
1:06 David Cross's Version
2:21 Translations of Translations?
3:36 Back to the Source Languages
4:41 Erasmus, Tyndale, and Luther
6:06 The Rare Exceptions
6:38 Transmission, Not Translation
7:05 Verses Modern Bibles Cut
7:45 Quoting the Church Fathers
8:57 Sinaiticus and Vaticanus
9:42 The Manuscript Black Hole
11:03 "Nothing Changed"?
11:46 Whole Chapters Added Later
12:49 The Hebrew Bible Is Worse
13:05 Jeremiah's Missing Sixth
13:59 Who Knew God's Name?
14:55 Isaiah Grew Over Time
15:55 Myth, Not History
17:18 The Book: God's Biography
17:40 Your Swiss Army God
18:55 The Accommodationism Dodge
21:34 Centuries of Oral Tradition
22:56 How Manuscripts Get Changed
23:26 Family Stories Drift Fast
24:15 False Memories and Bob's Burgers
25:36 Telephone Inside Your Head
26:45 Closing
This episode we sort out why the translation half of the claim is simply false, and why the transmission half isn't just a live option but a demonstrable fact. Along the way: the black hole between when these texts were written and our earliest surviving manuscripts, and the uncomfortable discovery that your own memory works the same way.
Chapters:
0:00 The World's Longest Telephone Game
1:06 David Cross's Version
2:21 Translations of Translations?
3:36 Back to the Source Languages
4:41 Erasmus, Tyndale, and Luther
6:06 The Rare Exceptions
6:38 Transmission, Not Translation
7:05 Verses Modern Bibles Cut
7:45 Quoting the Church Fathers
8:57 Sinaiticus and Vaticanus
9:42 The Manuscript Black Hole
11:03 "Nothing Changed"?
11:46 Whole Chapters Added Later
12:49 The Hebrew Bible Is Worse
13:05 Jeremiah's Missing Sixth
13:59 Who Knew God's Name?
14:55 Isaiah Grew Over Time
15:55 Myth, Not History
17:18 The Book: God's Biography
17:40 Your Swiss Army God
18:55 The Accommodationism Dodge
21:34 Centuries of Oral Tradition
22:56 How Manuscripts Get Changed
23:26 Family Stories Drift Fast
24:15 False Memories and Bob's Burgers
25:36 Telephone Inside Your Head
26:45 Closing
Interview:
Trump to give $500 refunds to nearly 1 million Obamacare customers - POLITICO
The refunds apply to a small number of people on Obamacare’s exchanges. The Trump administration estimated in June that around 19 million people got coverage on the exchanges this year. The vast majority of them get some form of subsidy relief but face higher premiums for this year after Republicans declined to extend the 2021 law. Through this refund, nearly 1 million of the 19 million people will get some relief…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/10/trump-obamacare-refunds-aca-subsidies-01070983
‘Aggressive’ Medicaid crackdowns will hurt children with autism, providers warn - POLITICO
“Yes, there were bad apples, and, absolutely, we agree there should be oversight,” said Holly Creamer, senior clinical director at Heartland ABA, an autism therapy provider in Nebraska. “The oversight should not equate to taking services away from kids and families who need it.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/10/medicaid-fraud-oz-autism-therapy-01070514
Trump’s top six falsehoods about 9/11 as 25th anniversary nears
US president often brings up al-Qaida attack that struck his home town New York City almost 25 years ago…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/trump-911-falsehoods
Trouble in US bond market could mean higher prices are here to stay
Concerns over rising inflation, continuing war with Iran, and the US’s record national debt have shaken the market…
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/10/bond-market-higher-costs
Appeals court rejects ICE detention policy, setting stage for SCOTUS - POLITICO
“Mass detention of marginalized individuals without due process harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country’s history,” 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Nicole Berner, a Biden appointee, wrote in a 2-1 majority opinion joined by Judge Barbara Keenan, an Obama appointee.
“Those shameful and abhorrent past detentions were limited in scope in comparison to the mandatory detention that the Government urges us today to find that Congress established thirty years ago in an ambiguously worded statutory provision. We decline to do so,” Berner wrote…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/10/trump-ice-detention-appeals-courts-01070427
‘Institutional neglect’: 25 years on from 9/11, experts sound alarm over US counter-terror efforts
Budget cuts, loss of knowledgeable officials and diverted resources raise risk of another attack, experts warn…
Vance doesn't want to talk 2028. Republicans are chanting ‘48.’ - POLITICO
Vance, continuing a theme that President Donald Trump laid out Wednesday, told the attendees that 2026 presented a stark choice between commonsense Republicans and the “crazy people” on the left, according to the people, who were granted anonymity to discuss the closed-door event...
The Mystery of the Seven Loaves as Mythographic Composition in Mark • Richard Carrier Blogs
…But from the data we do have (as just surveyed), we can propose the most likely answer to “Jesus’s” query as Mark contrived it:
“When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
“Twelve,” they replied.
“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
They answered, “Seven.”
He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”…
https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/44035
LIVE DEBATE [Pick Your Poison] 6-16-2026 (w/Jon Cohen) (Justin at DZ Debates on YouTube)
TIMESTAMPS PART 1
9:40 Jordan - Asks about their argument against free will
21:25 Samwise - Caller also brings up free will
33:20 Gua Gua -Why do hosts not believe in God? Do hosts have any book recommendations for atheism? Jon suggests Dan Barker
42:35 Bill - Can you choose any of your beliefs?
55:10 REL [Atheist] - Belief is more of a spectrum than a binary
1:14:10 Doug Is Love - What are some sources to study Biblical Hebrew?
1:21:17 Mark Sukz tows - People who fail to find God are using logic too much; Call goes to the Kalam cosmological argument and evolution; Caller gets kicked as possible troll
1:41:00 lalalala - Troll
1:43:30 Sean G [Atheist] - Caller asks what pushed hosts away from religion
1:45:42 madness of life - Caller believes in God but can't explain why
1:53:25 Theist - Troll calls back
2:00:00 First mug auction
2:06:00 sj [Agnostic] - You can choose your belief to a degree based on the criteria your brain sets
2:16:39 mandar - Troll
2:18:05 Belief - What if God was a void?
2:20:15 sugu - Troll
2:21:20 Second mug auction
2:26:00 zania - God reveals himself through the Old Testament prophets; Did the prophets have schools for prophecy? Were the prophecies of Ezekiel for the immediate future?
2:58:30 Third mug auction
3:03:10 mattheorem - They start on a syllogism for God’s existence and stream drops
Interview:
9:40 Jordan - Asks about their argument against free will
21:25 Samwise - Caller also brings up free will
33:20 Gua Gua -Why do hosts not believe in God? Do hosts have any book recommendations for atheism? Jon suggests Dan Barker
42:35 Bill - Can you choose any of your beliefs?
55:10 REL [Atheist] - Belief is more of a spectrum than a binary
1:14:10 Doug Is Love - What are some sources to study Biblical Hebrew?
1:21:17 Mark Sukz tows - People who fail to find God are using logic too much; Call goes to the Kalam cosmological argument and evolution; Caller gets kicked as possible troll
1:41:00 lalalala - Troll
1:43:30 Sean G [Atheist] - Caller asks what pushed hosts away from religion
1:45:42 madness of life - Caller believes in God but can't explain why
1:53:25 Theist - Troll calls back
2:00:00 First mug auction
2:06:00 sj [Agnostic] - You can choose your belief to a degree based on the criteria your brain sets
2:16:39 mandar - Troll
2:18:05 Belief - What if God was a void?
2:20:15 sugu - Troll
2:21:20 Second mug auction
2:26:00 zania - God reveals himself through the Old Testament prophets; Did the prophets have schools for prophecy? Were the prophecies of Ezekiel for the immediate future?
2:58:30 Third mug auction
3:03:10 mattheorem - They start on a syllogism for God’s existence and stream drops
Interview:
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