Source: ABC News
“Police arrested a suspect Tuesday in connection with a series of attacks on power distribution systems across Germany which had led to a massive, dayslong search. A 48-year-old man was arrested near a power plant in Weisweiler, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The man … was in possession of explosives and offered no resistance at the time of his arrest, Cologne police said in a statement. … The incidents took place as the country was on high alert after the government blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Aug. 4 using a drone laden with explosives.” (09/8/260
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/police-arrest-suspect-germany-power-grid-attacks-after-136269467
Source: National Review
“Gratitude for Higher Football Costs.” (09/08/26)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/capital-record/gratitude-for-higher-football-costs/
Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“A cultural rot pervades the West. It oozes into the tissues of society, making our civilization infirm. Those who remain unseized by it are becoming acutely aware of its reach. Awareness is the first step to understanding it and giving it an honest assessment. If we are to stop it, we can no longer afford to simply ignore it and hope it goes away. It originates in three underlying pathologies—all psychosocial—that spread like contagions. All three reinforce a central idea that personal responsibility is dead.” (09/08/26)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/nothing-is-ever-our-fault
Source: SFGate
“Russian President Vladimir Putin assured U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call Tuesday that Moscow doesn’t harbor aggressive intentions toward Europe, a senior Kremlin official said, after European officials blamed Moscow for sabotage campaigns on their soil. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said meanwhile that U.S. envoys who visited Kyiv presented some ‘very good, worthwhile ideas’ for ending Russia’s 4 1/2-year-old war, adding that he hopes to meet with Trump within two weeks. But Russia remains determined to accomplish its military goals and it believes it is close to winning, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Ukrainian and Western observers, however, believe that Moscow has been unable to make any significant progress on the front line. The war could yet drag on for years as Russia reconstitutes its forces and its defense industry, said U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby. ‘We must be prepared for a protracted conflict and for Ukraine’s requirements to persist in the months and years ahead’, Colby told an online meeting of countries helping Ukraine.” (09/08/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/russian-drone-and-missile-strikes-on-ukrainian-22421480.php
Source: USA Today
by Maddie Salamone & Caitlin Styrsky
“A new Medicare pilot program covers hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products to treat certain patients, even as Congress is moving forward with a law that will effectively wipe those same products off the market. The resulting policy quagmire threatens patient access, undermines the work of entrepreneurs and highlights a deeper truth: Hemp already plays a role in American health care, whether federal lawmakers are ready to acknowledge it or not. Millions of Americans across the country are using full-spectrum CBD products not for recreation, but for relief.” (09/08/26)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/09/08/medicare-cbd-costs-health-insurance/91547732007/
Source: Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
“‘You better get ready for … war’. Across the country, radicals are openly planning for the next stage of their movement, and notably, the Democratic establishment is not part of their plans. Despite the talk of a ‘Big Tent Party’, socialists are riding high on a surge of support and talking purges and revolution. In Chicago, radicals gathered for a conference on Marxism during what many view as the heyday of socialism in the United States. The Democratic Socialists of America is now larger and more powerful than at any time in our history. Socialist candidates are winning elections across the country as Democratic establishment figures from Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to Gov. Gavin Newsom (CA) pander to the movement. Speakers in Chicago used the conference to push supporters to the next stage in the movement, including some openly calling for violence and the end to capitalism.” (09/08/26)
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/09/08/you-better-get-ready-for-war-socialists-tells-supporters-to-prepare-for-war-in-the-streets-and-the-end-of-capitalism/
Source: US News & World Report
“Tunisian journalists protested on Tuesday to demand the release of prominent journalist Mohamed Yousfi, whose arrest has become a new flashpoint amid accusations that President Kais Saied is cracking down on the country’s remaining independent voices. The protesters, who also included activists, gathered outside a court where a judge was questioning Yousfi over illicit enrichment and money laundering charges, which critics say were fabricated to punish him for his outspoken journalism. Yousfi, a fierce critic of Saied and the editor-in-chief of investigative news website Al-Qatiba, was arrested last Friday as he was preparing to enter Express FM Radio to take part in a radio programme. His arrest prompted widespread condemnation of Saied’s government, with rights groups saying the case was aimed at increasing a climate of fear among journalists.” (09/08/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-09-08/tunisian-journalists-protest-over-media-crackdown-after-colleagues-arrest
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“‘Golden Age’ Iran War Update: Americans Have Paid $100B in Extra Energy Costs.” (09/08/26)
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1pKdRDAwLMvJW
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Karyann Parkinson has just been convicted by a Virginia judge of ‘contributing to the delinquency of a minor.’ How did she supposedly do that? She let her 5-year-old son walk to a pond near their home in a gated community to collect goose feathers. An HOA security guard interrupted the kid’s quest, returned him to his mother, and called the cops. Parkinson was arrested and then convicted. The case raises important issues regarding parental rights, children’s rights, and the role of the state in matters relating to the welfare of children. Rather than address the Parkinson case, however, I wish to confront what I consider is a much bigger problem regarding parent-child relations: the role of the American people as child-adults and the role of the federal government’s role as their daddy.” (09/08/260
https://www.fff.org/2026/09/08/americas-child-adults/
Source: New York Post
by Isaac Schorr
“Americans’ continued exasperation with the cost of living crisis is no hoax, but Democrats’ affordability theater is little more than a dubious con job. After watching Zohran Mamdani upset Andrew Cuomo in last year’s mayoral race, both radicals and relative moderates alike took the hint: Voters are desperate for candidates who speak to the frustration they feel at the gas pump, in the grocery line and after every utility payment. It’s a lesson they’ve taken to heart on the campaign trail this election cycle. Embattled Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer won’t shut up about his conference’s ‘affordability agenda’, and the progressive caucus in the House is pitching itself using the exact same phrase. ‘Democrats in Key Senate Races Campaign on Addressing GOP Affordability Crisis, Bringing Down Costs, and Making Life Easier’, crowed the wordy headline of a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee press release issued on Friday.” (09/07/26)
https://nypost.com/2026/09/07/opinion/democrats-faux-affordability-agenda-will-cost-americans/