Friday, September 25, 2026

Friday Updates nearing the end of September 2026.

 

We have much historical news. The court ordered the Trump administration to allow journalists from MS Now, Politico, and CNN on White House grounds to report on the news. The First Amendment is rather clear that there is freedom of speech and the freedom of the press shall not be abridged. Trump is hosting China's leader Xi in dealing with trade, A.I. issues, wars overseas, and other domestic plus foreign policy matters. The Navy disclosed that there were 8 suicide attempts tied to the USS Lincoln. We know that the sailors experienced lack of food and other supplies, which has been expressed by the sailors' families for a while. Hegseth weeks ago tried to downplay the suffering of the soldiers in the USS Lincoln. Benjamin Netanyahu gave his speech at the United Nations. He tried to defend his actions involving the war in Gaza and his foreign policy agenda in general. No matter how many passionate prose he may use, there is absolutely no justification for how the Palestinian people are treated in Gaza and the West Bank. We have independent studies (done not just by the U.N. but by human rights organizations) that document the suffering and war crimes inflicted on Palestinians and many Israelis (who were victims of Hamas' terror, rape, and kidnappings). Therefore, Netanyahu being in support of MAGA, being in support of Trump, and desiring a status quo system where no Palestinian state exists represent hypocrisy and a nefarious agenda.


You won't see me supporting Hasan Piker no matter what, despite him being right on some issues. Here are reasons why. He praised hte murderer Luigi Mangione, who killed the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson. We should have universal healthcare in America plus globally, along with opposing the corruption found in the corporate health care industry. Yet, it is wrong to use murder as a means to do it, as murder is always immoral no matter who does it. I agree with Piker that Netanyahu committed genocide against the Palestinian people. Yet, he called the reality of Hamas raping Israelis "rape fantasies" and "rape hallucinations." Then, he had to backtrack his illogical anti-woman statements. Pike said that he would vote for Hamas over Israel. Hamas is a terrorist organization. Then, he said that he wants a dictatorship of the proletariat when we should have no dictatorship of any kind. He has downplayed the Uyghur concentration camps, and he praised Mao Zedong as one of the great leaders of this world. In reality, Mao was a Stalinist murderer who murdered over 60 million of his own Chinese people. Piker embraces a form of campism (or supporting any regime opposed to the West even if that regime is authoritarian). He is related to Cenk Uygur, who once supported Armenian genocide denial until 2016. Uygur opposed the unionization of the TYT staff. In 2016, Uygur defended the Harvard University men's soccer team ranking women students on their sexual appeal on a 1 to 10 scale, which is an overt example of sexism. So, we are consistent in opposing MAGA and these people claiming to be "progressive" but having authoritarian tendencies. Yes, Hasan Piker is the same person who said that America deserved 9/11 (then he backtracked again), which is a sick, wicked comment by him, period. Piker wants Chinese-style communism or Cultural Revolution-type stuff in the Democratic Party. That will never happen as long as I live. We believe in democracy, not the views of Stalin (who was a murderer and anti-Semite) or Mao.


China is indeed supplying jet engines for Russian drones that target civilian trains and apartment buildings. Recently, Russia has seized the assets of Nestle and French firms Auchan and Lorory Merlin. This came from a decree issued by Vladimir Putin. This comes in response to the Western sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. Recently, hockey player Alexander Ovechkin appeared in a campaign video for Putin's "United Russia" Party. This is a disgrace, where a dictator Putin is being glorified. Kushner is naive to blame Ukraine for giving Putin what he wants. Putin wants nothing more than Eastern Europe and possibly more areas. Ukraine is a victim of an illegal, immoral Russian invasion period. 


Trump's threat to annihilate Iran shows the world why his popularity in America is declining. Even some GOP members are distancing themselves from Trump's Iranian war. Some of them have publicly called for an end to the Iran war. That war is completely unjust, as it was a preemptive strike against its lands without just cause, without Congressional approval, and without a solid moral reason. Trump said these words at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. He is deciding on whether to destroy the Islamic Republic of Iran or not. Such rhetoric is very similar to Hitler's rhetoric when he waged a Vernichtungskampf, or a war of annihilation, against the Soviet Union. Trump just announces his plans of extermination in public. Hitler gave his plans in private to his generals on March 30, 1941. Trump and Netanyahu executed this war against Iran, causing both Iranian civilians and American soldiers to die. needlessly. Trump's criminal war of aggression against Iran has killed at least 3,468 people and wounded more than 26,5000 people by June 10, according to Iran's Health Ministry. A U.N. fact-finding mission found reasonable grounds to believe that America committed war crimes, such as the U.S. missile strike on February 28, 2026, when an elementary school in Minah was destroyed (killing more than 150 people, 120 of them being children). Gaza's Health Ministry found that 73,919 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. Trump wants to control Venezuelan oil, called Cuba a failed state, and wants Greenland to be controlled by America. 


There are many economic news. In July 2026, Trump has reported making 1,100+ trades, including AI companies, defense contractors, and Big Oil (which are all in support of the White House policy). Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing. This is a major victory for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off. Surveillance pricing is about a consumer buying something like TV and someone else buying that TV for a lower price (when you shop online. Many corporations use this personal data as a way to charge people different rates for the same product). Former FTC Chair Lina Khan talked about this issue very well. Stopping surveillance pricing is a necessity as this policy can violate the power of our personal information. Some states have introduced bills to ban surveillance pricing like in California, Georgia, etc. People can protest their private data by ending cookies, cleaning search history, and getting a VPN. People have the right to know about how their personal data is being used. 


By Timothy



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