Source: Inequality.org
by Lisa Watson
“Walking into a Starbucks means being greeted with the sounds of lively lobby conversation, milk being steamed, and baristas chatting with customers. As a customer you might love coming to Starbucks to customize your drink, enjoy a third space, or see your favorite barista. I thrive in this environment, and I love connecting with my customers as a barista. I love my job, but Starbucks has shown us it has forgotten about baristas like me. That’s why I’m joining my coworkers in calling on everyone who supports working people over corporations to boycott Starbucks. It would cost Starbucks less than a single day’s sales to agree to a fair contract that would ensure we’re treated fairly—why wouldn’t the company want that? Starbucks has lost its way.” [editor’s note: I have not bought their overpriced sugared coffee for years, and politics had nothing to do with it – SAT] (09/21/26)
https://inequality.org/article/its-time-to-boycott-starbucks/
Source: USA Today
“Major television networks suspended their White House pool coverage and will no longer send camera crews to cover President Donald Trump’s pool events, standing in solidarity with CNN after Trump denied White House access to reporters for three outlets. The move from the five networks that make up the television pool ‒ ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News, in addition to CNN ‒ means a broadcast television feed that is distributed widely for media won’t be carried for most of Trump’s events. Bryan Boughton, D.C. bureau chief of Fox News and chair of the television pool, relayed the decision in a Sept. 21 email to pool members. … The White House pool, which rotates daily, is composed of a small group of reporters given close face-to-face access to the president during events. The pool includes one network camera crew, which broadcasts a television feed that is shared with other networks.” (09/21/26)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/21/trump-ban-cnn-networks-suspend-white-house-pool/91872001007/
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Jacob Gaba
“‘Fake News’ — that’s why President Trump says he banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House. Since our country’s founding, presidents have bristled at the press. What’s different here is barring entire news organizations from the White House grounds because the president dislikes their reporting.” (09/21/26)
https://www.fire.org/news/trumps-white-house-press-ban-clashes-130-years-independent-reporting-and-law
Source: The Daily Economy
by Bryan Cutsinger
“Inflation has been above target for 65 months. The Fed took a first step, but to restore stability, tightening must continue.” (09/21/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-fed-finally-raised-rates-now-comes-the-hard-part/
Sourc: Law & Liberty
by James Wallner
“Congress should not be judged by how efficiently it produces predetermined outcomes.” (09/21/26)
https://lawliberty.org/diagnosing-congressional-dysfunction/
Source: Foreign Policy In Focus
by Phyllis Bennis
“For many years, progressive movements and activists have longed for the moment when we could imagine a real foreign policy rooted in true internationalism and solidarity. But in our efforts to influence actual policy decisions, we’ve settled for important but smaller asks—ending specific wars, blocking the transfer of certain weapons to Israel, reducing military aid, cutting the military budget. That made sense—our movements’ view of the world was rarely fully reflected in Congress, the State Department, or the White House. Now some of those limitations are fading. There are new possibilities rising as we see new candidates with incredibly progressive politics win their campaigns—and even more importantly, we see in recent years the extraordinary shift in public discourse about the US role in the world, especially (though not only) throughout the almost three years of US-enabled genocide in Gaza.” (09/21/26)
https://fpif.org/first-principles-for-a-new-progressive-foreign-policy/
Source: Politico
“Former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was detained Monday on suspicion of fraud by Romanian police and the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT). The ultranationalist politician shot to prominence when he unexpectedly won the first round of the November 2024 presidential election, snapping up 23% of the vote. But the Constitutional Court annulled the election in December that year and barred Georgescu from running again due to his campaign’s links to a Russian influence operation. Romanian authorities are investigating Georgescu for committing fraud and forming an organized criminal group that prosecutors say defrauded a Romanian businessman by promising access to multimillion-euro foreign bank financing in exchange for cash guarantees.” (09/21/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/calin-georgescu-detained-romania-fraud-investigation
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar on Bo French’s viral X post criticizing the students at a Texas football game.” (09/21/26)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/6089697-rising-september-21-2026/
Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“When so-called systems thinkers turn stage theory into a political bludgeon.” (09/21/26)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/abusing-the-spiral
Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman
“I still sometimes see commentators asserting that fears about the effects of Trump’s disastrous Iran war on energy prices were overstated, because the price of crude oil is “only” $102 a barrel, far above prewar prices but well below the $150-$200 range some analysts warned was possible. But nobody burns crude oil; they burn products refined from crude oil, mainly gasoline and diesel. And here’s what has happened to the price of diesel: Diesel is currently selling at more than $200 a barrel. It’s true that there is always a ‘crack spread’ between crude and diesel, but it’s typically on the order of $20. So the price of diesel is currently roughly what we would normally expect with crude at around $190.” (09/21/26)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/of-donald-and-diesel
