Source: France 24 [French state media]
“A commercial plane traveling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, briefly raising concerns about a possible hijacking and prompting Israel to scramble warplanes. Israeli media, citing security officials, said the incident stemmed from a feud between the plane’s two pilots, and everyone on board was safe. The plane landed in Tabuk, a civilian and military base in the kingdom.” (09/30/26)
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260930-israel-bound-flight-diverted-to-saudi-arabia-after-brawl-between-pilots
Source: Fountainhead Forum
“Holden Ferguson on life on an intolerant ‘woke’ campus.” (09/29/26)
https://rumble.com/v7g62ie-ff-493-holden-ferguson-on-life-on-an-intolerant-woke-campus.html
Source: Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland
“In an attempt before American mid-term elections to shift blame for high U.S. fuel prices from his unnecessary and now counterproductive attack on Iran, President Donald Trump recently called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to ask him to quit targeting Russia’s oil refineries in retaliation for Russia’s aggressive war on his country. … The problem with Trump’s blame game is that it would be much easier for him to end his war with Iran to reduce pain at the pump for U.S. voters and the world than it would be for Ukraine to stop its air attacks on Russia, as long as Russian dictator Vladimir Putin fails to end his potential existential air attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilian targets. And as winter nears, Putin is unlikely to stop the onslaught and pass up another chance to freeze Ukrainians as the weather turns colder.” (09/29/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/09/29/trump-high-fuel-prices/
Source: SFGate
“The U.S. military announced Wednesday that it completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group and prompting President Donald Trump to hail the conclusion of ‘a very expensive excursion into Hell’. The last U.S. troops left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal between Baghdad and Washington. Trump, in a social media post, described the withdrawal by a Sept. 30 deadline as ‘orderly’. Appearing soon after at a White House event celebrating Hispanics, he spoke at length about the withdrawal and said, ‘It’s been a long time with very bad decision making that got us involved in this quagmire in the first place. It was a quagmire. For many, many years it lasted. But soon that part of history will be over.’ He said the shift was a victory for the U.S., Iraq and a sign of victory over the Islamic State group.” (09/30/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/as-the-last-us-troops-exit-iraq-kurdish-fears-22455639.php
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Tyler Coward
“Yesterday, the Department of Education formally repealed the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX regulations and restored the 2020 rule promulgated during the first Trump administration. The repeal does little to change the status quo; federal courts already vacated the unlawful 2024 rule nationwide and ED has enforced the 2020 regulation for over a year and a half now. But the move does remove the last source of ambiguity by making the Code of Federal Regulations match the rule that is actually in force. For civil liberties advocates, this development is welcome news.” (09/29/26)
https://www.fire.org/news/biden-era-title-ix-rule-was-already-dead-now-its-books
Source: In These Times
by Hamilton Nolan
“The fragility of U.S. democracy is not an accident. Nor is it an inevitable product of our unfinished national slog toward freedom or proof of the inability of regular people to wisely govern their own affairs. It is instead the consequence of direct attacks on the architecture that makes any democratic system possible. Our supporting pillars are being chipped away, and if that is not stopped, the house will collapse. As anyone who has been forced into emergency home repairs knows, you have to do the necessary structural work before you do the other stuff. Your pretty paint job and new tile will not matter much when your house falls down. Our political system is the same. Our pursuit of affordability is nice, but it will be cold comfort if we fade into authoritarianism.” (09/30/26)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/three-pillars-american-democracy-unions-public-education-free-press
Source: NBC News
“Federal prosecutors in Texas announced charges Tuesday against Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, a Venezuelan delivery driver shot and seriously wounded by an ICE officer in Austin this month. The charges came a day before he was set to appear in court to challenge the legality of his immigration detention. Garcés Pérez, 28, was charged with one count of assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer, according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Garcés Pérez was wounded by an ICE officer in the upper part of his back on Sept. 20 while he was in his car making DoorDash deliveries.” (09/29/26)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/venezuelan-man-shot-wounded-ice-agent-texas-charged-assaulting-officer-rcna600533
Source: Free the People
“Economist and historian Lawrence W. (‘Larry’) Reed, President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education, discusses his book Born of Ideas: How Principles, Faith, and Courage Forged America, where he traces the founding of America from the Mayflower Compact in 1620 through the Bill of Rights.” (09/29/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODgF8XhkNFQ
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“Cartels, we are told in our high school (and college) history and social study classes, were outlawed by Congress way back in 1890. That is 136 years ago. But that obviously applies to our situation today. We have a governmental cartel, from DC right down to the tiniest village and special district governing board, the smallest county, and everything in between. It is a cartel that consists of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Two wings of the same vulture seeking out the next corpse to feast on.” (09/29/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/09/29/five-weeks-to-the-most-important-election-of-your-lifetime-right/
Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday extended by six months the mandate of an international security force in Haiti intended to fight powerful armed groups that have taken control of much of the country. Twelve nations voted to renew the mandate of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) and none voted against. Three nations, however, abstained: China, Russia and Pakistan, whose representatives cited concerns over insufficient funds, personnel and efficacy. The extension is intended to provide security ahead of Haiti’s first election in a decade in December. Armed groups continue to control large parts of the Caribbean nation despite successive international deployments, and the force has struggled to deploy enough troops to carry out its mandate.” (09/29/26)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/haiti-gang-suppression-force-extended-9.7363286
