Source: Fox News
“After nearly 4,000 industry figures signed a pledge vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions, Paramount issued a statement rejecting the boycott on Thursday. ‘At Paramount, we believe in the power of storytelling to connect and inspire people, promote mutual understanding, and preserve the moments, ideas, and events that shape the world we share. This is our creative mission,’ reads a statement issued by Paramount chief communications officer Melissa Zukerman. ‘We do not agree with recent efforts to boycott Israeli filmmakers. Silencing individual creative artists based on their nationality does not promote better understanding or advance the cause of peace. The global entertainment industry should be encouraging artists to tell their stories and share their ideas with audiences throughout the world. We need more engagement and communication — not less.'” (09/13/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/paramount-rejects-israeli-film-boycott-supported-emma-stone-joaquin-phoenix-nearly-4000-others
Source: The Tom Woods Show
“Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, interviewed me about everything under the sun: inflation, economics, bias in history, the corrupt health establishment, and more.” (09/12/25)
https://tomwoods.com/ep-2691-the-establishment-lies-about-everything-with-mike-adams/
Source: CounterPunch
by Stephen F Eisenman
“That martial law will be proclaimed sometime in the next year seems pre-ordained. ICE agents, assisted by state National Guard troops in Los Angeles, Washington, and other Democrat-led cities and states, will round up and arrest undocumented immigrants, dark-skinned and Spanish-speaking legal residents and citizens, and anyone who tries to hinder them. (Suspects may also include anyone holding a submarine sandwich.) If protests grow large or unruly, more troops will be sent, including U.S. Army forces, in direct contravention of the Posse Comitatus Act. In that situation, a national emergency will be proclaimed by executive order, and martial law declared in affected cities, and perhaps nationwide.” (09/12/25)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/12/is-martial-law-coming-next/
Source: The American Prospect
by Charlie McGill
“In the Democrats’ ongoing identity crisis, no proposed ‘path forward’ has generated as much internal debate as Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance. Regarded by its proponents as the solution to ineffective Democratic governance and by its opponents as rehashed neoliberalism, the controversy over this book has been rather abstract so far, with debate largely centered on the root causes of ‘scarcity’ (progressive bureaucracy or corporate power?). While the forum for this discourse may be the wonky terrain of zoning reform, financialization, and corporate consolidation, the underlying, fundamental question is far more political: Should the Democrats be the party of economic populism, or the party of center-left technocracy? At the macro level of national political messaging, the economic populists appear to be winning.” (09/13/25)
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/housing/2025-09-13-yimbys-cusp-major-victory-california/
Source: euronews [EU]
“The United Nations General Assembly overwhemingly backed a nonbinding solution on Friday supporting a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the idea of a Palestinian state. Out of the 193-member world body, 142 countries voted in favour on the New York Declaration, 10 against and 12 abstained. The resolution, presented by France and Saudi Arabia, envisions the Palestinian Authority (PA) governing and in control of all Palestinian territory, with a transitional administrative committee immediately established after a ceasefire in Gaza. ‘Hamas must end its rule in Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority,’ the declaration says, adding that it must also free all hostages.” (09/13/25)
https://www.euronews.com/2025/09/13/un-general-assembly-votes-to-back-two-state-solution-for-israel-and-palestine
Source: The Hill
“Suspect in Kirk assassination in custody; Trump to award posthumous Medal Of Freedom.” (09/12/25)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/5500251-rising-september-12-2025/
Source: Persuasion
by Henri Astier
“Predictable though it was, the collapse of another French government this week was a momentous event. France is burning through prime ministers at an alarming rate: the new incumbent, Sébastien Lecornu, is the fifth in two years. Such instability is unprecedented under the current French constitution, which is predicated on strong executive authority. Some are comparing the current mess to the 1958 crisis that ended the ineffectual Fourth Republic, in which prime ministers lasted six months on average. One seasoned French analyst argued the situation is even worse now, as there is no leader like Charles de Gaulle in the offing to save the day. How did we get here?” (09/12/25)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/why-france-seems-ungovernable
Source: SFGate
“The California State Assembly narrowly approved a controversial bill Friday evening that would ban popular nonstick cookware products from being sold in the state starting in 2030. The measure bans cookware containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, more commonly referred to as PFAS, from being sold in the state. It would also ban any new ‘cleaning product, dental floss, juvenile product, food packaging, or ski wax’ that contains PFAS from being sold starting in 2028. The Assembly approved the measure in a 41 to 19 vote, with 20 assemblymembers not voting. The bill still needs a final concurrence vote in the Senate before it can be sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature to make it law. Isabella Jimenez, a spokesperson for Assemblymember Damon Connolly, who was managing the proposal, told SFGATE in an email that their office expects the bill to pass that vote.” (09/13/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/california-non-stick-pfas-pan-ban-21045797.php
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Adam Goldstein
“First, two children lost their father and a wife her husband. Then people lost their humanity. And now, a nation loses another piece of its soul. This part of the cycle is its own special kind of awful: the cancel culture machine. It goes like this: A tragedy happens. Someone reacts by celebrating that tragedy for whatever reason. Then the social media mob comes to demand this person be fired, expelled, or otherwise punished for their views. Time and time again, we resort to this mob mentality when tragedy strikes.” (09/12/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/we-are-cancel-culture-part-tragedy-cycle
Source: Variety
“Sean Astin, the star of ‘Rudy,’ ‘Goonies’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ was elected Friday to be president of SAG-AFTRA, succeeding Fran Drescher. Astin was part of a slate dubbed ‘The Coalition,’ a unity ticket that included members of the historical rival factions within the union as well as some who were unaffiliated with either side. He defeated Chuck Slavin, a member of the union’s New England local board, who had run a dissident campaign. … Astin takes a job once held by his late mother, Patty Duke, who was president of the Screen Actors Guild, the predecessor union, from 1985-88. Astin has been heavily involved in SAG-AFTRA politics for the last six years, and served on the negotiating committee during the four-month actors’ strike in 2023.” (09/12/25)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/sean-astin-elected-president-sag-aftra-fran-drescher-1236516448/
