Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Today, in a rare interview with CBS, Justice Alito says Obergefell is settled law, ICE is releasing detainees who win Habeas petitions only to re-capture them seconds later, Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 case is receiving threats to drop her lawsuit, the Supreme Court rejects Roy Moore’s bid to restore a defamation case, Brazil heads to a runoff after Bolsonaro and Lula both fail to get a majority, a British banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s trip to Epstein island has been found dead, and the U.S. rushed to move B-1 bombers from a British air base after credible Iranian threats.
GUEST: Janet Reitman: Author of The Inheritance: An American Tragedy in Five Acts. The book is out today, and it’s an elegy of the post-9/11 evolution of extremism in America.
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Sources:
https://www.rawstory.com/howard-lutnick-epstein-2677998523/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/us-bombers-britain-raf-fairford-iran.html
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice - CBS News
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/obituaries/dennis-hastert-dead.html
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/10/05/catch-release-catch-new-ice-farce-tactic
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cornell-jane-doe-receive-threats-rcna601417
Supreme Court declines to hear Roy Moore’s push to restore defamation verdict | AP News
Thank you very much.
Thanks Allison. Do you think the whistleblower that offed himself did because they were threatening his family?