Archives 9/16/26 through 10/1/26 - Freedom Window - A refuge for freedom in a hostile tech universe.

Gallup shows 43% view socialism positively | Democrats must lean toward socialism or their base will stay home. Republicans should lean into capitalism to win.

Trump, Xi sit down as two-month trade truce buys time

. . . Trump heaps praise on 'truly outstanding' Xi

. . . Xi loves the Biden auto-pen portrait

Iranian president wants deal with US before midterms

. . . says uranium enrichment not a big deal

Russia may strike NATO nation to disrupt Ukraine support

Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of making NYC unsafe for Jews

. . . Trump at UN calls on countries to quit ICC

. . . Leftist celebs cuffed near UN over Netanyahu

Trump denies media outlets access to dinner despite judge's order

. . . Federal judge orders White House to explain why reporters remain barred

Talarico offers to debate Paxton on Fox News | Talarico is not behaving like he's ahead.

Judge tosses Trump's Des Moines Register lawsuit | Fraudulent polls are protected by the First Amendment, and they should be. If voters can be misled by dishonest media pollsters, they are easily fooled. Gov't can't protect a nation from stupidity.

Local DAs shield non-citizens from immigration consequences

Tucker Carlson says Trump’s Cabinet must remove him from office

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026

Judge blocks WH ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico

Trump meets Xi on tarmac

. . . Trump’s lifeline to China would create a natural gas boon in US, devastate Iran

. . . US, Chinese visions for AI regulation differ sharply

. . . Rubio blocks visas for birth tourism operators ahead of Xi visit

Trump stresses oil flow and elections in meet with Venezuela's Rodriguez

Javier Milei shreds ‘useless’ UN to its face

Poll offers ray of midterm hope for Republicans

Missouri redistricting battle goes back to Supreme Court

NYT former employee accuses paper of systemic 'anti-Israel bias'

Young women abandon Church as young men embrace it

AI finds biological system in DNA humans missed

Bizarrely . . . Carney tells NYT he studied risk of U.S.-led military action in Canada

Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026

Trump says AI will be renamed ‘super intelligence’

Trump’s U.N. speech reveals a world realigned by his policy and pressure

. . . Trump's speech hits the nail on the head

Trump: US-Iran talks 'went very well'

. . . Trump says US official met with Iranian delegation in NY

. . . Sen. Jon Husted calls for end to Iran war

NBC generic poll for Dems only +4

. . . Latest Cook Political Report Senate ratings

. . . Marist fudging numbers in Iowa | You shouldn't trust Marist. Here's an analysis of their last 2024 poll, which missed by 6 points. Here's the same time-frame analysis for Emerson, which missed by 1.5 points. You be the judge.

. . . GOP breaking with Trump on Iran and gas prices

AOC seems ready to run in 2028

. . . but may still run for Senate

Trump would 'probably' lift media ban if judge rules against him

. . . Appeals court ruling may signal trouble for media ban

Karoline Leavitt left to be with her children

Utah mailman charged with dumping hundreds of ballots

Hackers 'steal data on every FBI agent'

Catholic bishop defends Muslims again

Trump to admit 17,500 South African refugees

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026

US and China consider new emergency AI red phone

. . . push for AI supremacy and need for safety may be irreconcilable

. . . Semafor: Trump new AI Czar won't fix AI's problems

. . . private business frozen out from influencing new Board of Trade on US-China commerce | US-China trade policy usually follows the donation money. No longer.

Bush and Cornyn raise money for GOP Senate, leave out Paxton

. . . MN and IA GOP Sen candidates call for end to Iran war

. . . GOP Senate candidates on defense in red states

8th Cir allows Missouri's new congressional map

. . . Supreme Court has avoided intervening so far

Feds arrest hundreds in nationwide voter fraud crackdown

Trump and Mamdani get along in Manhattan meet

. . . Mamdani again calls for Israel’s Netanyahu to be arrested

All major TV networks end Trump on-camera coverage

. . . Vance: Media ban is about fairness

. . . WH launched 'Trump TV' Monday

. . . Fox News joins other networks in suspending pooled WH coverage over media ban

. . . CNN blames Natalie harp for media ban

. . . NYT: How Trump has cracked down on dissent since Charlie Kirk killed

Trump approval in ARG poll below 30%

A few former Kamala aides doubt she will run

. . . but polls make her the strong favorite

Dems paper over transgender voting records

Socialist, communist groups coordinate, promote 'spontaneous' anti-ICE protests

US to open two Cold War-era military bases in Greenland

Paramount can buy WB

Monday, Sept. 21, 2026

AP thinks Trump should not call Dems communists because of China visit

. . . South Africa forging ties between US and China on platinum

Putin evades Trump's desire for Russia-US reset

Salon says Talarico can teach Evangelicals they can be woke . . . but his Church doesn't even believe in God

Trump Targets ICC with ‘sweeping sanctions’ after vow to defend Netanyahu

Axios: Trump thumbs his nose at American voter

. . . Senate GOP sees battleground map widen over economy

. . . Poll: Voters recoil at candidates who back data center

. . . in the heart of tech country, voters turn on AI

. . . three GOP Sens try to push party left on AI

Prosecutors zero in on John Brennan's role in Trump-Russia collusion narrative

CNN, MS NOW and Politico to sue WH over ban

The Mormon church is expanding its real-estate empire across US

ICE agent shoots immigrant in Austin

. . . protests erupt

Patriots coach defends player who defended parents in trans custody case

'Junk DNA' shows signs of intelligent design

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Houthis attack Saudi capital

. . . CENTCOM: We moved 1B barrels of oil through Strait while Iran moved zero

Dems are terrified of Kamala running in 2028

Trump vows to have say on Smithsonian's future, they resist

Seattle Dems want infinite genders and "multi-partner" relationships to be protected classes

Trump wants to form an AI Force

Trump identifies H-1B visa abuse as nat'l security threat

Trump returns from Camp David a day earlier than scheduled

Trump Asks Americans to Vote on Name Replacement for AI

. . . Dems take money from data centers while attacking them

Nearly 90% of midterm races not competitive

Ed Sheeran denounces Israel

. . . After Ed Sheeran Tour Ouster, Macklemore Pledges $1 Million to Gaza Aid Groups

Ethics complaint accuses Boebert of lesbian affair, she strongly denies

Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026

Amy Coney Barrett declines to address eviscerating Trump criticism of her

. . . but ACB and Kavanaugh could side with Trump on detention of those who may be deported | Dem appointed judges despise this policy and have universally ruled against it. Most Republican judges support it. If the Supreme Court backs Trump on it the policy will be among his most lasting legacies.

US granted 'permanent control over security, and all other needs' for Greenland

. . . US will have permanent basing and overflight rights, ability to build

. . . deal to be signed next week

. . . Trump vindicated

. . . Europe prepares for wider war with Russia over Ukraine | Trump's effort to gain defense powers in Greenland likely benefited from the growing threat Russia poses to Europe. How can Europe ignore the US concern about the vulnerability posed by a poorly defended Greenland when Putin is raising the threat to wider Europe? They couldn't and Trump struck a historic deal.

WaPo claims four US deaths go unreported in Iran war

. . . Joe Kent says Israel drove Iran war, no Iranian plan to strike US | Iran is an implacable adversary to the US and an existential threat to freedom in the Middle-east. Iran will strike the US if and when it is possible. There's no need to identity a specific threat.

Hypocrite Talarico shouldn't use Jesus Christ to campaign

. . . Talarico's Church hands out member Bible that erases 'son of God' from Jesus's name

GOP calls BS on Big Tech AI alarmists, they could stop it themselves but don't

. . . lawsuit alleged illegal coordination between competitors to 'pace' AI development

. . . Google's AI hacked three companies in testing

Trump bans MS NOW, CNN, Politico from WH

. . . NYT publisher says Trump most hostile to press | He neglected to mention the threat of deceptive politically motivated reporting when it allies with Big Tech, what we saw in 2020.

Parents launch attack on surrogate who wouldn't abort baby

Trump sticks with congresswoman despite her saying he's betrayed Latin American voters

Trump says Don Jr. paying Russian back for wedding party

Propaganda fueled Gen Z Israel-hating mob cancels Ed Sheeran

. . . Ed Sheeran makes major concert change after openers dropped out

. . . majority of young Dems would replace capitalism with socialism

Left fears Trump will bulldoze Kennedy Center | Many view Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center as a protest from the conservative side of the nation. They never took it seriously as something that would last. The Kennedy Center has been a loudly leftist institution over the years, there's no denying it. Why should conservatives be forced to fund a cultural institution that stands in implacable opposition to them?

Chinese satellite suddenly shatters in orbit

Friday, Sept. 18, 2026

Dem consultants warn candidates to back off on AI regulation

Talarico's pastors: Atheists welcome. No need for God. We don't worship because there's nothing to worship.

How Trump and the GOP can retake messaging battle before midterms

. . . GOP works to define Senate firewall

. . . Dems vow to pursue 'Trump crime family' after midterms

. . . As oil prices spike, Trump to meet Venezuela's new leader | Trump wants to fast track oil and deepened economic cooperation

Axios: Trump may restart massive attacks on Iran to end conflict

. . . FP article claiming Iran winning war contains numerous falsehoods | Claims we are losing the fight over the Strait but acknowledges rapid increase in oil shipped through it despite Iran's fervent demand that zero oil pass. Claims we don't know where the enriched uranium is, but US officials say we do based on constant satellite surveillance. The article relies on an IAEA official lament that they can't inspect and some construction at Pickaxe Mountain, intel ironically collected with US satellites. There's no reason to believe the enriched uranium has been moved. We can knock out the construction whenever we want to. Claims Iran can still project power through the Houthis and Hamas. While the Houthis have had some 'success,' it's because they are not the primary focus right now. When the regime falls, focus will turn to the satellites. Iran still can launch sporadic attacks and hit US or US allied targets. Pointing to a handful of continued attacks hardly demonstrates continued Iranian military strength. While Iran hit US and allied targets hard in the early phases of the conflict, there is no evidence the significant damage continues.

. . . Hasan Piker says Middle East would be more stable if Iran had nukes

Canada not joining EU, but Trump isn't taking chances

US and Mexico close in on trade agreement

Holdout Lindsey Clancy juror speaks out

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026

Hasan Piker: America worse than al-Qaeda

As oil spikes, Trump eyeing fast permits for Venezuela's oil

Axios: Trump to hold Iran talks with Gulf leaders next week

Trump rips Fed for interest rate hike

. . . Trump says rates should be 1%

Vance faces interview with Sid Rosenberg

Vanity Fair: Vance's Yale professor mentor says he's the same guy he always was

. . . Usha was a huge influence, strong-willed, and likely agrees with his politics

. . . Vance hated phony Yale self-promoters who pretended to eschew social/professional status

. . . JD both politically adaptive and motivated by ideology

South African president and Xi Jinping sick days after BRICS summit

DataRepublican: Stop Anthropic IPO, they want to wokify the world

. . . rapidly growing AI graveyard

Obama judge finds email to ICE Director calling him a Nazi that will 'never know peace' is protected speech

. . . Biden admin called parents who opposed aggressive school COVID policies domestic terrorists

Opinion: Claims surrounding data on trans teen suicide are misleading

New Republic: Speaker adjourned Congress to avoid Hegseth impeachment vote

Texas Muslims object to teaching 'radical Islam' motivated 9/11 attacks

Study: Teacher union dominated blue states show lower literacy rates

Evidence Talarico paying for votes?

. . . Talarico's lesbian 'minister:' He'll change position on transing kids back once he wins

Opinion: Dems will win House by small margin

. . . new reasons for Senate race optimism

US confirms it has weapons in space

diGenova clarifies, he didn't like pressure to prosecute

Paramount's California exodus may cost state 58K jobs, $21B

Left is obsessed with destroying Sydney Sweeney

Melania sharply distances herself from Russian oligarch who bankrolled Don Jr's wedding party

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026

US income hits record high, lower earners lag

Charlie Kirk's family to sue Utah Valley University for 'stunning failures and reckless decisions'

The woke joke of a 'savior' from fantastical imagined AI apocalypse

. . . Americans buy the fever dream, fear AI destroying humanity

. . . clueless 'boomers' in Congress attempt to regulate AI, don't even use it

. . . the Luddite party is bipartisan

End of the UK?

Dems push through anti-Iran war resolution with 7 Republicans

. . . JD says destruction phase of Iran war is over

John Brennan subpoenaed same day diGenova resigned

Left points to poll labeling Trump corrupt . . . but Economist/YouGov panels are Dem heavy | Final head-to-head showed Kamala winning nationally by 3, nearly 5 points off. they showed her dominating the race throughout, except for one poll on 10/5/24, showing a tie. Their panels are so biased that they have to adjust their polls toward a GOP bias, but the results are still far too left.

Delusional Cruz | 2028 nom is JD's for the taking

Michigan State works with CCP propaganda

The real Talarico

Grassley fed up with Booker

W. Bush judge refers Philly DA Krasner to DOJ for probe

Trump plans to sell $2.8B worth of powerful bombs to Israel

Houthi drone attack shot down near Mecca religious site

Massie forces House vote on impeaching Hegseth

. . . grandstanders are gonna grandstand

Sir-ority?

Senate fails to pass crypto comprehensive structural framework over alleged Trump corruption

Speaker on AI, everybody needs to chill