Monday, September 14, 2026
Today, Todd Blanche’s deputy has filed an appeal to resurrect the $1.776B slush fund and trump tax immunity agreement, Iran-backed Houthis have attacked the East West Saudi oil pipeline and have seized a key island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Pentagon pushed two airmen shot down over Iran to appear on 60 Minutes, Chinese satellite imagery has been linked to an Iranian strike that killed three US troops, Donald Trump pushes back against Anthropic’s Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman called for an artificial intelligence slowdown, and a federal judge has ruled that Trump’s plan to cut FEMA by 50% is illegal.
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Sources:
Saudi Arabian oil pipeline system hit by projectiles triggering fires | CNN Politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/world/middleeast/yemen-houthis-bab-al-mandab.html
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/12/middleeast/yemen-houthi-saudi-us-blame-intl
Map: Iranian Chokepoints Driving Up the Cost of Diesel. How is the war of choice that Trump, Republicans and Netanyahu started hurting you?
https://thedemlabs.org/2026/09/11/iranian-chokepoints-diesel-prices-map/
Thank you, Allison. It just keeps getting worse.