Source: Seattle Times
“A man wrongly convicted of murder who spent nearly three decades in prison after being falsely implicated by a woman who has since confessed to the crime was released Thursday from a Minnesota prison. The day before, state District Court Judge Marta Chou had vacated Bryan Hooper Sr.’s first-degree murder conviction. He was released Thursday morning from Stillwater Correctional Facility, a Great North Innocence Project spokesperson said. … It wasn’t immediately clear when or whether the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office plans to prosecute the woman who officials said confessed to the killing. She is in prison in Georgia for an assault-related crime and will be released in about four years.” (09/04/25)
https://archive.is/NQd0R
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
“The House rejected a resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., and remove her from a committee that oversees immigration and national security as she faces federal charges stemming from a visit to an immigration [concentration camp]. The House voted 215-207 to table the measure, a sign that some were uncomfortable moving forward with censure while McIver’s case is still pending in the courts. A trial in her case has been scheduled for November. … Republicans sought to punish McIver for a confrontation with federal law enforcement during a congressional visit to a new immigration [concentration camp] in Newark, N.J. McIver has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing her of assaulting and interfering with immigration officers outside the facility.” (09/03/25)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/03/congress-mciver-censure/
Source: Roll Call
“Discharge petition: congressional procedure or great band name?” (09/03/25)
https://chrt.fm/track/D3F8DG/traffic.megaphone.fm/FISCAL9616915811.mp3
Source: CounterPunch
by John W Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead
“Donald Trump has always been a master of imagery. From his red MAGA hats to his choreographed rallies, he understands the language of spectacle. Now he has discovered the perfect propaganda machine: AI-generated images. AI allows the creation of endless variations of Trump-as-warrior, Trump-as-enforcer, Trump-as-savior. These images spread across social media, replicated, remixed, and shared until they become familiar, even normalized. The latest AI-generated images of Trump, shared on his social media accounts, depict him in the militarized black uniform of a SWAT officer, or in police dress blues. These memes are carefully crafted signals of how Trump envisions power in America.” (09/04/25)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/04/a-police-state-presidency-when-rule-of-law-becomes-rule-by-gunpoint/
Source: Washington Monthly
by James D Zirin
“Even though litigation over NIH grant payments will likely proceed in the Court of Claims, the administration can, at least for the time being, withhold NIH funding for research it deems woke. The Court’s illogic boggles the mind. How can they plausibly hold that in a case where, after a hearing, the lower court has decided that the government’s conduct is probably illegal, and then allow the illegality to continue indefinitely while they consider the matter?” (09/04/25)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/04/trump-nih-funding-cuts-supreme-court/
Source: Yascha Mounk
by Yascha Mounk
“One of the strangest things about an American university education is that it bundles a whole lot of different things together. If you want to take a course in high-level mathematics or listen to the lectures of an accomplished historian of Ming China, you must also buy membership in one of the country’s most lavish gyms; purchase all-you-can-eat meals at breakfast, lunch, and dinner; rent a room in a student dorm even if your parents happen to live a few miles down the road; pay an army of administrators whose jobs range from organizing parties to hiring puppies for you to pet during finals; subsidize student clubs that are devoted to such varied activities as playing Dungeons & Dragons or blind-tasting exclusive wines; and help to pay the lavish salaries of football and waterpolo coaches. This is a financial problem.” (09/04/25)
https://yaschamounk.substack.com/p/unbundle-the-university
Source: New York Post
“The Justice Department has launched a criminal probe into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, issuing subpoenas in both Georgia and Michigan as part of an investigation into alleged mortgage fraud, The Post has learned. The investigation, first reported on by the Wall Street Journal, centers on whether Cook allegedly committed fraud by listing more than one property as a primary residence when she applied for mortgages. A grand jury in Atlanta is looking into Cook and ‘it’s likely an indictment could come,’ a source familiar with the matter told The Post. Cook owns properties in Michigan and Georgia, as well as Massachusetts.” (09/04/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/09/04/us-news/doj-launches-criminal-probe-into-federal-reserve-governor-lisa-cook-over-mortgage-fraud-allegations/
Source: Politico
“Kennedy comes in for a grilling.” (09/04/25)
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL6339365304.mp3
Source: National Review
“Pigeon Forge — with Luther Ray Abel.” (09/03/25)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-charles-c-w-cooke-podcast/pigeon-forge-with-luther-ray-abel/
Source: Coyote Blog
by Warren Meyer
“Dear Republicans, I am sorry I have not had time to write sooner, and I only have time for a short missive. But I want you to know that you are NOT going to like living with the precedents that Trump is setting right now for Presidential power. I know you have convinced yourselves that you will be in power forever. Believe me, I know — the Democrats thought the same thing after 2020 and even more so after the 2022 election.” (09/04/25)
https://coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2025/09/dear-republicans.html
