UK regime to review Chagos Islands deal over lack of US support, Streeting tells BBC

Source: BBC News [UK state media]

“The UK is reviewing its deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, the defence secretary has said. Wes Streeting confirmed the deal was being looked at again after US President Donald Trump called it ‘terrible’ at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. The original agreement would see the UK cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius and pay an average of £101m ($136m) per year to lease back a joint UK-US military base there, prized for its strategic location in the Indian Ocean. In April the deal, agreed under Sir Keir Starmer, was paused indefinitely because Trump pulled his support. Streeting said ‘we have to’ review the deal ‘because the United States doesn’t support it’.” (09/23/26)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck3wjy3pdwdno

Suicides Among Young People Don’t Surprise Me

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“Of course, things like a bad home life, sexual abuse, and other things must always be considered possible factors when it comes to suicide among young people. But what no mainstream press reporter or commentator will ever acknowledge is another potential factor in teenage suicide — the fact that government officials indoctrinate young people into living lives based on lies and delusions. The fact that most young people are unaware of the false reality that they are living makes their situation significantly worse.” (09/23/26)

https://www.fff.org/2026/09/23/suicides-among-young-people-dont-surprise-me/

It’s Good To Bully Celebrities About Palestine

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“I strongly disagree with the idea that it’s unhelpful to bully celebrities about their position on Palestine. On the contrary, I think we should bully them more. We tend to underestimate the consequences of the fact that all the most amplified voices in our society are millionaires. Under capitalism the people with the largest platforms and the biggest audiences are all wealthy enough to have a vested interest in preserving the status quo, so they’re reluctant to rock the boat politically in any major way. When all the most influential voices in our society are creating the illusion that the system is more or less fine the way it is by what they say and what they don’t say, it cannot help but significantly influence public political opinion. In this way celebrities function as a kind of goalkeeper preventing dissident thought from reaching the minds of the masses.” (09/23/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/09/23/its-good-to-bully-celebrities-about-palestine/

TX: ICE gang member who shot DoorDash drive wasn’t wearing issued bodycam

Source: The News International [Pakistan]

“The ICE [gang member] who shot a Venezuelan man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday had been issued a body camera but was not wearing it at the time, two Department of Homeland Security officials told NBC News. According to NBC News, officials said it remains unclear why the [gang member] was not wearing the camera while another ICE [gang member] at the scene had a bodycam that captured part of the incident, but not the shooting itself. Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, was shot while working as a DoorDash driver and later [abducted by the ICE gang]. His lawyer said the bullet remains lodged in his back. A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked deportation proceedings against Garcés Pérez.” (09/23/26)

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1417353-ice-officer-who-shot-doordash-driver-in-austin-wasnt-wearing-issued-bodycam

What is a “breadwinner job?”

Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz

“I’ve written literally thousands of words about breadwinner jobs. I’ve explained why they are destroying family formation, family stability, and the fertility rate. I’ve pontificated about how this deficit explains so much of American politics. I’ve stated that we’re probably not going to fix anything politically until candidates focus on fixing this. Despite this, I’ve yet to really define the term. And I think my experience can help illuminate what a ‘breadwinner job’ is and why I think it matters so much. If I had to sum it up, I’d say a job is a breadwinner job if it makes a woman feel safe enough to get pregnant. Or get sick. Or otherwise become unwilling or unable to work outside the home.” (09/23/26)

https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/what-is-a-breadwinner-job

Who’s Against Fraud?

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“While one might assume that the most enthusiastic proponents of extending the federal government’s assistance programs would also be the most ardent fraud hunters — since fraud weakens the system they promote — one would be wrong. When individual assistance and healthcare fraud actually receive effective scrutiny, socialists and progressives can reliably found among the chief protesters. This is something to watch for, especially in light of what Vice President J. D. Vance announced yesterday — that the federal government has removed hundreds of thousands of Obamacare enrollments created for people who either do not meet eligibility requirements or … don’t exist.” (09/23/26)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/09/23/whos-against-fraud/

Straws in the wind for women peacemakers

Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff

“One of this year’s world-shaping elections has been largely hidden from the world. Since July, the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council have held three secret straw polls to select the U.N.’s next secretary-general by January. No clear front-runner has emerged. But here is the headline so far: Two of the top three candidates are women. In the U.N.’s 81 years, only men have been chosen as its top executive. Typically, a secretary-general ends up serving two five-year terms. What’s more, the two women leading the informal balloting are from Latin America. The last U.N. secretary-general from that region left 35 years ago. The Security Council’s choice this time will certainly reflect the usual backroom horse-trading among the body’s three major veto-wielding nations: Russia, China, and the United States. … The 193-member Assembly has the final say on the choice.” (09/22/26)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0922/Straws-in-the-wind-for-women-peacemakers