Source: WTOP News
“President Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to create an ‘AI Force’ and name an AI czar as the government faces growing calls to impose guardrails on the rapid development of artificial intelligence. The president, writing on Truth Social, repeated his assessment that fears over AI amount to a hoax and also seemed to acknowledge some of the risks the technology presents, saying, ‘we will also be looking for BAD, and we can do that, very easily, with our already existing Criminal and Civil Justice System.’ … CNN has reached out to the White House for more details on the AI czar’s duties, whether the president has anyone in mind for the role, and whether the ‘AI Force’ will be a branch of the military, like the Space Force.” (09/19/26)
https://wtop.com/us-politics/2026/09/trump-vows-to-create-ai-force-and-appoint-czar-amid-calls-to-regulate-technologys-development/
Source: Free Talk Live
“Nobody returns :: Trump’s war on morality :: Skeeter makes one his most disjointed calls yet :: Dave Ridley calls about the ‘AI freakout’ :: Fauci’s ‘game on’ :: Sarah in NM calls about the house resolution in NM to give a salary to state reps :: David in NM calls about the corruption of family/probate courts:: Free Talk Live 2026-09-19 :: Hosts: Stu, Nobody, Mr. Penguin.” (09/19/26)
https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/ftl2026-09-19
Source: The Hill
by Jonathan Turley
“This week, it became apparent that everyone believes in a free press, as long as it costs them nothing. Politicians in both parties are now using their offices to insulate themselves from opposing coverage — all in the name of protecting the public or the press. President Trump has ordered the banning of critical media companies from the White House. Meanwhile, Democrats are fighting to block a corporate media merger on equally raw political grounds.” (09/19/26)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/6099102-beware-of-politicians-claiming-to-protect-us-from-the-press/
Source: Common Dreams
by Ralph Nader
““I was in the Oval Office when I got a call with the results of the September 15th House Impeachment vote. Unbelievable. Of course, my Repubs all voted against this persecution, but 47 of the Dems, including their leaders (Hakeem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi, and Richard Neal from Democratic Massachusetts) voted PRESENT! That is really a vote against Impeachment and makes them ON MY SIDE! My aide read their lame excuse, saying that ‘serious work’ had to be done, including ‘comprehensive investigations, reviews of thousands of documents … Congressional hearings, sustained public organizing … to build a broad national consensus.’ That’s why they voted PRESENT!’ ‘But they were really AWOL. The polls show well over a majority of people want me FIRED. The Dems are really cowards. All they had to do was to use my scores of Executive Orders, which they claim were illegal and unconstitutional.” (09/19/26)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/dems-won-t-fight-trump
Source: South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
“Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked ‘sensitive’ sites in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Saturday with missiles and drones, hours after flames and a large plume of smoke were seen near the city’s main airport. Saudi Arabia had sent alerts overnight warning of potential danger around Riyadh, amid an escalation in attacks by the Houthis in the kingdom. Reuters video and photographs showed a huge pillar of black smoke rising in the area, with the airport highway, main terminal building and other facilities in the foreground.” (09/20/26)
https://archive.is/rPdb0
Source: Yascha Mounk
“Jerry Kaplan on Why AI Won’t Kill Us All.” (09/19/26)
https://writing.yaschamounk.com/p/jerry-kaplan
Source: The Realist Review
by Martin Sieff
“Sending massive US forces in to try and succeed where US air power and the Saudis have already failed is the next obvious line of attack open to Trump and Hegseth and the pundits who guide them on Fox News every night. And because it is so simplistic and obvious, it is virtually a guaranteed certainty that they will indeed take it. But it will still fail, all the same.” (09/18/26)
https://therealistreview.substack.com/p/war-watch-the-storm-cone
Source: The American Prospect
by Gillian Brockell
“A federal appeals court roundly rejected the Trump administration’s third-country removal policy on Friday, largely upholding a lower court’s decision that the policy was unlawful. The three-judge panel on the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that immigrants must be given more time to raise fears about removal to a third country, while casting doubt on diplomatic agreements with the expanding network of ‘host’ countries. Immigration attorneys and immigrant rights groups hailed the decision, while noting it was unlikely to help the tens of thousands of immigrants already subjected to third-country removal. And though the decision is effective immediately, it may not stop the Supreme Court from using the so-called shadow docket to stay the ruling and allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to continue using the policy during appeal, they said.” (09/19/26)
https://prospect.org/2026/09/19/appeals-court-smacks-down-trump-third-country-removal-ice/
Source: United Press International
“At least 21 people were killed and more than 100 injured Friday when a car carrying explosives detonated near a mosque in a police compound in Pakistan. Following the explosion, police in Kohat said, at least seven ‘terrorists’ stormed the compound and exchanged gunfire with officers, Dawn reported. … Local reporters said the attack was claimed by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban that supports a strict version of Islamic law.” (09/18/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/09/18/pakistan-car-bomb-terrorist-attack-mosque/4411789773537/
Source: Pink Flame of Liberty
“LP Judicial Committee New Hampshire Decision Pt 2 – Moellman’s Opinion.” (09/19/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xwiEbgrKKU
