Monday, September 21, 2026
Today, MSNOW, CNN, and Politico journalists were denied entry to the White House after Trump promised to ban them, an ICE agent has shot a man trying to flee in Austin, the Pentagon hid the actual number of troops killed in the Iran war, Congress has launched an investigation into missing F-35 parts that ended up in Hong Kong, US Intelligence finds that Russia is once again interfering in our elections, a judge says the $1.776B slush fund is alive and kicking, Civil Rights groups have sued to keep armed federal agents away from the polls, and an Appeals Court has rejected Trump’s third-country deportation policy.
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Sources:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/us-military-ai-false-intelligence-china-ship
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/19/media/trump-msnow-cnn-politico-white-house-ban
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/anti-weaponization-lawsuit-trump
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly - The Washington Post
Hill investigates after F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong - POLITICO
Appeals court rejects Trump’s third-country deportation policy - POLITICO
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/us/civil-rights-lawsuit-armed-agents-voting.html
Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds - The New York Times
https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-2677894927/
https://www.ms.now/news/trump-ban-ms-now-cnn-politico-white-house
A shipload of F-35 parts. Quite a coup for Chinese intelligence! More utter incompetence from the Trump admin.
So what about all the unfortunates who have been shipped off to Africa? Do they get a ride back, or are they stuck in a completely alien world where they don't even speak the language?
The slush fund was never about paying Trump's allies, like the Proud Boys etal., it was always about Trump stealing enormous amounts of money from the treasury for himself and he hasn't given up on the idea! Hell no one has even found out where the money came from! [the treasury]
Thank you for this reporting, Allison.