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Pourquoi les sciences économiques et sociales dérangent toujours, soixante ans après leur création
Depuis 1966, les sciences économiques et sociales se sont imposées comme une discipline incontournable. Toujours présentes de la seconde à la terminale, elles n’ont pourtant jamais cessé d’être un champ de bataille politique. -
Remplacés par l'IA, les employés des tchats d'e-commerce ne comptent pas se laisser faire
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Japan PM pledges support for international criminal court after Trump calls it ‘out of control’
Sanae Takaichi has been under domestic pressure to publicly support the ICC, after the US sanctioned the court and its Japanese president
Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has voiced her country’s “consistent support” for the international criminal court (ICC), after Donald Trump urged member states to abandon the body, calling it “out of control”.
In her speech to the UN general assembly in New York on Tuesday, Takaichi said postwar Japan had “emphasised the rule of law in the resolution of all conflicts” – a commitment she said was reflected in its support for multilateral organisations such as the ICC.
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Budget 2027 : la guerre sociale totale
Le projet de budget pour 2027 est une annonce de guerre sociale de la part d'un gouvernement sans majorité.
L’article Budget 2027 : la guerre sociale totale est apparu en premier sur Contre Attaque.
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CPF, CFA, France Travail : le gouvernement veut ouvrir l’IA à 30 millions d’actifs
Avec « Impulsion IA 2027 », le gouvernement ne crée pas une grande école nationale de l’intelligence artificielle, mais choisit de faire circuler l’IA dans les canaux déjà en place : Pix pour l’acculturation, les CFA pour les apprentis, le CPF pour la formation continue et France Travail pour les personnes en recherche d’emploi. L’ambition …
L’article CPF, CFA, France Travail : le gouvernement veut ouvrir l’IA à 30 millions d’actifs est apparu en premier sur FRENCHWEB.FR : innovation, tech, network.
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Sanctions contre les colonies israéliennes : la France parle fort et agit peu
Dans le port de Rotterdam, les douaniers néerlandais vont avoir du boulot ! Depuis le 22 septembre 2026, les Pays-Bas interdisent l’entrée des produits en provenance des colonies israéliennes. Les gabelous devront donc arrêter ce qui vient d’au-delà de la « ligne verte » (frontière jusqu’en 1967)… -
AI looms large over Trump-Xi meeting amid deep distrust between US and China
Fears persist about Trump ‘sucking up’ to Xi on Taiwan, but few concrete outcomes anticipated from US meeting
When Xi Jinping, China’s leader, touches down in Maryland on Wednesday, he will step out into the arms – perhaps a hug, if Donald Trump’s wishes come true – of a US president who has shown China more bonhomie than any of his recent predecessors.
The meeting between Xi and Trump this week will be the second time that the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies have talked face to face this year. At the previous summit, held in Beijing in May, there was much talk of building a “strategic stability” between the two powers. But there was little by way of concrete outcomes: the countries remain at loggerheads over trade, export controls and geopolitics.
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Trump Tyranny Tracker | Day 602: Sept. 17, 2026
The Homeland Security Department is on the verge of a shutdown as lawmakers have been unable to reach an agreement on federal immigration enforcement funding ahead of Saturday. Heather Diehl / Getty ImagesWelcome to today’s Trump Tyranny Tracker…
Trump broke with decades of election monitoring ahead of the midterms, ICE was accused of violating nearly 100 court orders, and DHS is sending immigrants to Guantánamo are among today’s top stories.
Today at a Glance
Election Oversight — Trump broke with more than two decades of practice by not inviting international observers to monitor the midterms.
DOJ Politicization — Attorney General Todd Blanche is campaigning for Republican candidates while running the Justice Department.
Iran War — Eighteen U.S. troops have been killed and 824 wounded as Iranian attacks continue hitting American bases across the Middle East.
What We Need to Pay Attention To
Blanche’s Political Activity Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate
What Happened: Attorney General Todd Blanche has repeatedly participated in Republican campaign events since taking office, including speaking at the GOP midterm convention and appearing at a campaign rally for North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Whatley.
Why It Matters: The attorney general controls the country’s most powerful federal law enforcement agency. Campaigning for a political party erases the separation between enforcing the law and partisan politics.
Source: New York Times
Corruption
Trump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba’s assets if regime falls
What Happened: Trump’s sanctions are pushing foreign companies out of Cuba while politically connected U.S. investors pursue the assets they are leaving behind. Trump allies Ray Washburne and Albert Huddleston are competing for Cuban mining interests, while other investors are pursuing hotels and other assets.
Source: The Guardian
Trump’s Friends Are Already Signing Deals to Take Venezuela’s Oil
What Happened: Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources signed a preliminary deal to develop a massive Venezuelan oil field as Trump opens the country’s oil sector to U.S. investment. Hamm is a longtime Trump supporter and energy adviser.
Why It Matters: Trump is reshaping U.S. policy toward Venezuela while a longtime political ally stands to profit from the enormous oil opportunities being created.
Source: Mother Jones
Power Consolidation
Trump Quietly Dumps Longtime Election Observer Group
What Happened: Trump has not invited the OSCE to observe the 2026 midterms, breaking with a practice followed for every U.S. federal election since 2002. The organization says it is still waiting for an invitation as early voting approaches.
Why It Matters: Trump is shutting out independent international observers while expanding control of the midterms. That removes another layer of outside scrutiny over how the election is run.
Source: The New Republic
Weaponization of Institutions
Virginia Attorney General: D.H.S. May Have Broken State Laws in Voter Fraud Investigation
What Happened: Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones ordered DHS to stop investigating the state’s voter rolls, saying federal agents may have illegally accessed voters’ personal information. The investigation is part of a nationwide operation involving hundreds of DHS agents searching state voter rolls for noncitizens.
Why It Matters: Trump officials are using federal immigration agents to investigate state voter rolls ahead of the midterms. Virginia now says they may have broken state law while doing it.
Source: New York Times
Judge Warns Blanche of Possible Contempt Charges Over Epstein Files
What Happened: Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan warned Attorney General Todd Blanche that he could face contempt if DOJ continues failing to comply with court orders involving Epstein records. Blanche has until Sept. 24 to comply with several outstanding requirements.
Source: The Washington Sun
Media Suppression & Authoritarian Tactics
Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns
What Happened: Federal Judge Patrick Schiltz said ICE violated nearly 100 court orders during January’s Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota. Schiltz said most violations appeared to result from incompetence and understaffing rather than deliberate defiance, but called the repeated violations a “grave threat to the rule of law.”
Source: New York Times
Urgent motion filed to stop carving of Trump’s name into US Institute of Peace building
What Happened: Ousted U.S. Institute of Peace board members filed an emergency motion to stop Trump’s name from being permanently carved into the institute’s Washington headquarters. A contractor has already been selected, and Trump’s name was added to the building with removable lettering in December.
Source: Politico
The Democratic fundraising machine under GOP investigation is fighting back
What Happened: ActBlue presented congressional investigators with an outside review finding that it properly verified nearly all donations from foreign addresses and did not mislead Congress about its safeguards. Republican-led House committees and DOJ are continuing their investigations.
Why It Matters: Using government institutions to attack the opposition, cripple its political infrastructure and criminally prosecute political opponents is a hallmark of authoritarian rule.
Source: The Washington Post
Human & Civil Rights Abuses
Former ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainee says he was placed in phone booth-sized cage for 15 hours
What Happened: Former detainee Raúl Suárez Herrero says officers kept him in a metal cage roughly the size of a phone booth for more than 15 hours after he prayed aloud for another detainee. A DHS watchdog confirmed the facility used the cages and found they violated standards for humane treatment.
Why It Matters: The U.S. is putting people in cages and subjecting them to inhumane conditions. This is more evidence of human rights abuses being carried out by the Trump regime.
Source: NBC News
Pediatricians raise the alarm on the effect of Trump’s immigration crackdown on kids
What Happened: A national survey found 40% of pediatricians have seen families avoid medical care because of immigration fears, while 30% reported families avoiding programs such as Medicaid. Doctors also reported children being kept home from school because families fear immigration enforcement.
Why It Matters: Trump’s draconian immigration policies are causing children to lose access to healthcare, education and public benefits because their families are afraid of the government. The crackdown is harming children regardless of their immigration status.
Source: NPR
The Trump Administration Is Imprisoning Somali Immigrants in Gitmo
What Happened: ICE sent 12 Somali men to Guantánamo Bay after telling them they were being deported to Somalia, with seven or eight still detained there. One detainee, Adam Abdullah, was living legally in Minnesota with a work permit and has no criminal record.
Why It Matters: The U.S. is using an offshore military prison to hold immigrants, including an asylum seeker with legal work authorization and no criminal record, while cutting them off from attorneys, families and their communities.
Source: Mother Jones
ICE officer charged in non-fatal shooting arrested by Minnesota authorities
What Happened: ICE officer Christian Castro was arrested on assault and false reporting charges after prosecutors say he fired through the closed door of a Minneapolis home and shot 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg. Prosecutors say Castro then lied that he had been attacked with a broom and shovel. He also faces federal charges for lying to investigators.
Source: ABC News
Government Disruption
Scientists challenge US NIH grant screening as unconstitutional
What Happened: Scientists filed a class action lawsuit alleging NIH is using a list of 235 keywords, including “gender,” “Latinx” and “climate change,” to flag research grants for termination, denial or forced changes. The lawsuit argues the screening violates the First Amendment.
Why It Matters: Trump is using federal research funding to control what scientists can study. Scientists are being forced to conform to his political agenda or lose funding.
Source: Reuters
Kennedy tells anti-vaccine group he previously led that he’ll ‘stay in this fight’
What Happened: RFK Jr. delivered the keynote address to Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group he previously led, and told attendees they have a “strong and steadfast friend” in the White House. Kennedy vowed to “stay in this fight” as HHS continues reshaping federal vaccine policy.
Why It Matters: Kennedy is using his position as a top health official to push policies backed by anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists. His policies are driving vaccination rates down while the U.S. faces its largest measles outbreak in decades and other preventable diseases are returning.
Source: CNN
Imperial & Geopolitical Watch
Russia and China Veto U.S. Resolution to Renew U.N. Monitoring of Iran Nuclear Program
What Happened: Russia and China vetoed a U.S. resolution to continue U.N. monitoring of Iran’s nuclear sanctions and efforts to evade them. The vote came weeks after the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran was blocking inspectors from its nuclear facilities.
Source: New York Times
Pentagon weighs pulling nearly a third of U.S. forces from Europe
What Happened: The Pentagon is considering withdrawing roughly 25,000 U.S. troops from Europe, nearly a third of the approximately 80,000 stationed there. The proposal comes as NATO countries warn of escalating Russian attacks across Europe.
Why It Matters: A major U.S. troop withdrawal from Europe would be another big gift from Trump to Russia. Trump is considering pulling 25,000 troops while his own intelligence agencies warn that Russia could launch a military attack against a NATO country.
Source: NBC News
Trump Says Allowing Canada to Become Associate Member of EU Could Be ‘Hostile Act’
What Happened: Trump said allowing Canada to become an associate member of the EU could be a “hostile act” and threatened Europe with heavy tariffs or cutting off trade in some areas. His threat came as Canada moves closer to Europe after months of attacks from Trump.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Photos show extensive damage to US Middle East bases
What Happened: Iranian attacks have damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures at U.S. bases across the Middle East. Eighteen U.S. service members have been killed and 824 wounded since the war began.
Source: ABC News
A timeline of US strikes on boats that have killed at least 230
What Happened: The U.S. military has killed at least 230 people and destroyed at least 79 vessels since launching strikes on boats last September. The government has not publicly provided evidence that drugs were aboard the targeted boats or that everyone killed was a cartel member.
Why It Matters: The U.S. military is killing people accused of drug trafficking without arrest, trial or jury. Furthermore, the Pentagon has not released any evidence used to justify the killings.
Source: CNN
Far-Right & Russian Influence Watch
Poland warns Russia is planning drone or rocket strikes on NATO territory
What Happened: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said intelligence from NATO, Ukraine and the U.S. shows Russia is preparing drone or missile attacks against countries on NATO’s eastern flank and could disguise them as accidents. He said the goal would be to weaken NATO’s willingness to respond collectively.
Source: Associated Press
Russia Taps North Korean Workers to Make Drones Under Fake Visas
What Happened: As many as 25,000 North Koreans are working in Russia’s drone industry, including at the Alabuga facility that produces drones used against Ukraine. Workers are entering Russia on student visas to evade sanctions, with most of their wages confiscated by the North Korean government.
Why It Matters: Russia gets thousands of workers to expand drone production while North Korea gets money and experience from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Pyongyang can use that experience to improve its own drone warfare, increasing the threat to South Korea and Japan.
Source: Bloomberg
Economic News
Here’s what a Fed rate hike means for your mortgage, car loan and credit cards
What Happened: The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 as it tries to bring persistent inflation under control. Mortgage rates have already climbed to an average 6.76%, while credit cards, adjustable-rate mortgages and some auto loans will also become more expensive.
Source: The Washington Post
How record diesel prices will rip through the U.S. economy. Trucks, rails are only the start
What Happened: U.S. diesel hit a record $6.31 a gallon Wednesday as Trump’s war in Iran disrupts global energy supplies. Higher fuel costs are already hitting trucking and rail and feeding into shipping and delivery costs.
Why It Matters: Nearly everything Americans buy moves by diesel at some point. Record fuel prices mean higher costs for groceries, deliveries, home heating and other everyday expenses.
Source: CNBC
Resistance
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By the Numbers
25,000 — U.S. troops the Pentagon is considering withdrawing from Europe
18 — U.S. service members killed in the Iran war
824 — U.S. service members wounded in the Iran war
230 — People killed in U.S. military strikes on boats
100 — Federal court orders ICE violated during Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota
25,000 — North Koreans working in Russia’s drone industry
235 — Keywords NIH is accused of using to flag research grants
40% — Pediatricians who report families avoiding medical care because of immigration fears
12 — Somali immigrants ICE sent to Guantánamo
$6.31 — Record price for a gallon of U.S. diesel
6.76% — Average U.S. mortgage rate
What to Watch Next
Trump is shutting out international election observers — What other safeguards will Trump target as the midterms get closer?
Trump is considering pulling 25,000 U.S. troops out of Europe — Will the Pentagon move forward as U.S. intelligence warns that Russia could attack a NATO country?
Diesel prices have hit a record $6.31 a gallon — How much will higher transportation costs push up prices for groceries, deliveries and other everyday expenses?
The Iran war is taking a growing toll on U.S. forces — How much more damage and casualties will American troops face as Trump’s war continues?
Key Takeaways
Election Control — Trump is shutting out international election observers while federal immigration agents investigate state voter rolls ahead of the midterms.
Political Weaponization — The attorney general is campaigning for Republicans while DOJ investigates a major part of Democratic fundraising infrastructure.
Human Rights Abuses — Immigrants are being held in cages, sent to Guantánamo and cut off from attorneys and families.
Gift to Russia — Trump is considering removing 25,000 U.S. troops from Europe as Russia escalates attacks across Europe and U.S. intelligence warns of a possible attack on NATO.
Rising Costs — Interest rates are going up and diesel has hit a record $6.31 a gallon, pushing borrowing, shipping and everyday costs higher.
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Cuban delegation walks out as Trump calls country a 'failed state' at the United Nations – video
Cuban delegates left the room during the US president's speech to the UN general assembly, where he called Cuba 'a failed state' and said the country 'will fall'. The US has maintained a trade embargo on Cuba for more than 60 years, and Trump's administration has stepped up pressure on the communist-controlled island nation.
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Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy ready for ‘energy ceasefire’, as Nato warns Putin becoming ‘increasingly cavalier’
Meeting on sidelines of UN general assembly, Ukrainian leader says Kyiv open to deal not to attack energy targets if Russia agrees. What we know on day 1,673
Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with Donald Trump on Tuesday efforts to end the 4-year-old war with Russia, including a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets. “We are ready for any kind of format of energy ceasefire” if Russia agrees to “not attack our energy system,” Zelenskyy told journalists after meeting with Trump at the UN headquarters in New York. The Ukrainian leader expressed hope the “American side will find a way … to bring them to any kind of negotiations.” Zelenskyy said that he also was ready to meet the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, at a trilateral meeting with Trump.
Trump insisted he was working with both sides to end the war, despite little evidence of Putin being open to any settlement. “It’s going to happen, I think, more quickly than people understand,” Trump said in his UN speech. Efforts led by Washington to broker a deal to end the hostilities, which have raged since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, have stalled in recent months as the US has shifted focus to its war against Iran.
Zelenskyy claimed the war with Russia would end if Trump applied more pressure on Putin, and if China and India stop buying oil from Russia. “It’s enough to stop them, they will not have enough money,” Zelenskyy told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. Zelenskyy said Russia’s energy sales to China, India and Turkey were propping up Russia’s economy. During the same interview, Zelenskyy said that Trump on Tuesday did not ask him to stop bombing Russian oil refineries. However, he acknowledged the issue has been raised before by American partners over concerns of rising energy prices.
Zelenskyy also met with the UK prime minister, Andy Burnham, in New York, who said he lobbied Trump to press for a Ukraine-Russia energy ceasefire in his meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart. Burnham promised further financial support to Kyiv for infrastructure.
Putin is becoming “increasingly cavalier, dangerous and risk accepting,” as his war in Ukraine drags on and as he seeks to divide western allies, Nato’s deputy commander in Europe said Tuesday. Air Chief Marshal Sir John Stringer spoke to The Associated Press at a security conference in Estonia amid warnings from some European leaders that Moscow is planning to test Nato’s collective defence pact with bolder attacks that have already included sabotage and espionage. Stringer warned that Nato members need to be aware of the “febrile environment” and be careful in their response because Putin would like to provoke the alliance into an “overreaction”.
Officials in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which border Russia, have been more cautious about the prospect of a serious escalation. “Ukraine is fighting. Russia is absorbed in Ukraine. We do not observe any buildup near our borders. And from that part, I think that most would agree that the perspective of direct military attack is not correct,” Latvian president Edgars Rinkevics told reporters on the sidelines of the UN meeting. European countries have already faced multiple incursions of Russian drones – and several missiles – as well as a campaign of covert Russian disruption which began after the war.
Ukraine has continued to press the US for more Patriot interceptors to defend against Russia’s ballistic missiles, but is yet to get any confirmation, Zelenskyy told reporters. “They are positive to help us, but I didn’t get the very concrete answer,” he said. Defence experts say the US has been experiencing a global shortage of Patriot interceptors because many have been expended to defend against Iranian attacks on US and allied bases in Middle East. Zelenskyy spoke of the urgency of needing the weapons, which can shoot down Russia’s more advanced ballistic missiles. The shortage in Ukraine has left Kyiv and other cities increasingly exposed to devastating attacks.
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China Confirms Xi Jinping to Visit U.S. on Wednesday
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday morning that genocidal dictator Xi Jinping will be traveling to the United States on Wednesday for meetings with President Donald Trump and other senior American officials. -
Judge appointed by Trump will oversee news outlets' lawsuit over White House ban
The emergency lawsuit by three media organizations seeking to lift President Donald Trump's ban on White House access has landed in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly . -
Trump Tyranny Tracker | Day 601: Sept. 16, 2026
A US flag flies on the side of the Department of Justice headquarters building on September 15, 2024, in Washington, DC. J. David Ake/Getty ImagesFollow my work on YouTube & Subscribe to Unmasking Russia
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Welcome to today’s Trump Tyranny Tracker…
Federal involvement in the midterms, expanding use of government power against universities and protected speech, and the growing human and financial costs of the Iran war are among today’s top stories.
Today at a Glance
Election Pressure — Democrats are training 10,000 volunteers amid concerns about possible federal law enforcement at polling places.
Government Power — DOJ has expanded investigations into more than 100 universities as federal officials consider tying research funding to compliance with their demands.
Iran War — Eighteen U.S. service members have been killed and more than 750 wounded as American bases face repeated Iranian missile and drone attacks.
What We Need to Pay Attention To
DOJ seeking reporter’s LinkedIn records in secretive First Amendment court fight
What Happened: The Justice Department is seeking records covering roughly 1,900 LinkedIn interactions involving six users as part of a national security leak investigation involving a journalist. A federal judge approved the demand and barred LinkedIn from notifying the affected users, while LinkedIn is fighting the order as overly broad.
Why It Matters: Secretly targeting a journalist’s communications and sources is an authoritarian tactic used to intimidate the press and identify who is talking to reporters. It threatens press freedom and makes whistleblowers and other sources less likely to come forward.
Source: Politico
Corruption
Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much
What Happened: The IRS has delayed its annual estimate of the “tax gap,” the amount of taxes owed but not paid on time. The last estimate put the gap at nearly $700 billion for 2022. The 2023 estimate was due last fall and remains unpublished after Trump cut IRS staffing and enforcement.
Why It Matters: Trump is weakening tax enforcement while the IRS stops publishing a key measure of how much money is going uncollected. That makes it harder to see who is avoiding taxes and how much revenue the government is losing.
Source: New York Times
Power Consolidation
Trump says Kennedy Center could be ‘ripped down’ if he doesn’t get ‘recognition’
What Happened: Trump said the Kennedy Center could close or be “ripped down” if he cannot put his name on the building. A federal judge blocked the name change, and Trump responded by saying the center’s $257 million renovation would not move forward unless the ruling is overturned.
Source: ABC News
How Democrats Are Mobilizing to Counter Potential Election Interference Amid Trump Concerns
What Happened: Democratic state parties are training at least 10,000 volunteers to monitor polling places, document potential intimidation, and help de-escalate conflicts during the midterms. The effort comes as Trump has said he would do “anything necessary” during the election, and concerns increase over him deploying possible federal agents to voting sites.
Why It Matters: Armed federal agents at voting sites are a hallmark of authoritarian states, where government power is used to intimidate voters and interfere with free elections.
Source: TIME
Weaponization of Institutions
Trump Expands Fight Against Elite Colleges With Focus on ‘the DEI Problem’
What Happened: The Justice Department has expanded investigations into more than 100 universities, targeting diversity programs, admissions and hiring practices, foreign funding and international students. Federal officials are also considering shifting research funding toward schools that comply with their demands.
Why It Matters: Trump is using federal investigations and billions of dollars in research funding as leverage over universities. Schools that refuse to conform to his ideological agenda face investigations and the loss of federal money.
Source: Bloomberg
The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
What Happened: At least seven people affiliated with the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute have been placed inside the Census Bureau with access to sensitive data. Members of the group helped produce a dubious report claiming thousands of noncitizens voted in 2020 that Census experts said relied on flawed methodology.
Why It Matters: Census data determines congressional representation and federal funding. Trump allies now have access to sensitive data and a role in producing election-related statistics at an agency that is supposed to remain independent.
Source: WIRED
Trump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say
What Happened: National Park Service officials acknowledge Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch would harm Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial and dozens of other historic sites. Despite those findings, federal officials say the project must move forward at its planned location.
Source: The Washington Post
Media Suppression & Authoritarian Tactics
Man Who Criticized ICE Was Protected by First Amendment, Judge Says
What Happened: Federal agents went to David Streever’s home after he sent an email criticizing ICE leadership and warned him he could face prosecution if he continued. A federal judge ruled that his email was protected political speech and said the warning likely violated the First Amendment.
Why It Matters: Agents showed up at a citizen’s home and threatened prosecution because he criticized the government. Using law enforcement to intimidate people over protected political speech is another classic authoritarian tactic.
Source: New York Times
US Senate panel approves bill to bar government officials from pressuring networks on free speech
What Happened: The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bipartisan bill allowing people to sue federal employees who pressure private companies to suppress First Amendment-protected speech. Lawmakers cited pressure on broadcasters by Trump officials.
Source: Reuters
Human & Civil Rights Abuses
Exiled Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano detained by ICE in Florida
What Happened: ICE detained veteran Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano, who fled to the U.S. in 2018 after Nicaragua’s government targeted him for his reporting. He has a pending asylum application and work authorization and was stripped of his Nicaraguan citizenship in 2023.
Source: The Guardian
Change in human trafficking policy could make some minors easier to deport
What Happened: Trump officials ordered caregivers for migrant children to stop reporting suspected labor and sex trafficking directly to the federal office responsible for protecting trafficking victims. Cases must now go through the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which decides which cases reach trafficking specialists.
Why It Matters: Trafficked children can now be deported before their case reaches the officials responsible for protecting them. Trump’s draconian immigration enforcement is being prioritized over protecting child trafficking victims.
Source: Associated Press
U.S. Fast-Tracked Deportation of Ecuadorean Politician Despite Torture Fears
What Happened: U.S. immigration authorities deported former Ecuadorean official José Serrano after three Trump-appointed immigration appeals judges overturned a ruling that found he was likely to be tortured if returned to Ecuador. The panel ruled one day after receiving the government’s appeal, and Serrano was deported within five hours.
Source: New York Times
Government Disruption
‘Sitting ducks’: Military families live in fear as U.S. troops face undisclosed missile attacks
What Happened: U.S. troops across the Middle East are facing repeated Iranian missile and drone attacks that the Pentagon has not publicly disclosed. Iranian strikes damaged or destroyed hundreds of structures at U.S. bases, while 18 service members have been killed and more than 750 wounded in the war.
Why It Matters: Tens of thousands of troops sent to the region on routine deployments are serving under fire, while families and the public have barely any information about the frequency of attacks and the full toll on U.S. forces and the scale of the war.
Source: MS NOW
States Delayed in Getting Covid Shots for Children’s Immunization Program
What Happened: States have been unable to order Covid vaccines through the CDC’s Vaccines for Children program, which provides free vaccines to roughly half of U.S. children. Privately insured patients can already get the new shots, while children and uninsured or underinsured people who depend on federal programs are still waiting.
Why It Matters: The delay is creating unequal access to vaccines based on insurance and income, leaving millions who depend on federal programs without the same access available to privately insured patients. And that puts millions of children at risk.
Source: Wall Street Journal
US Postal Service chief told associates he wants to quit
What Happened: Postmaster General David Steiner has told associates he wants to resign as the Postal Service faces worsening financial problems and scrutiny over Trump’s effort to involve the agency in mail ballot verification.
Source: Reuters
Vaccination rates drop to 10-year low for Michigan’s school–age children
What Happened: Michigan’s school vaccine exemption rate rose to 7.1% in 2025, the highest level in more than a decade and the fifth consecutive annual increase. Nearly 25,000 students received exemptions, while kindergarten exemptions reached 7.7%, well above the national average.
Source: Associated Press
Pennsylvania measles cases top 700 after four outbreak-related deaths reported
What Happened: Pennsylvania reported 731 measles cases, 38 more than just two days earlier, with 141 patients hospitalized. Four unvaccinated people have died in connection with the outbreak, while the U.S. has recorded more than 3,200 cases just this year.
Source: Reuters
Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows
What Happened: Trump has cut, frozen or delayed up to $177 billion in federal grants across every state and Washington, D.C. Health, nutrition, environmental programs and disaster relief account for the largest share of the disrupted funding.
Source: Associated Press
Imperial & Geopolitical Watch
U.S. Probes Iran Link to Cyberattacks on Texas-Bound Energy Tankers
What Happened: U.S. officials are investigating whether Iran or an Iran-linked actor was behind cyberattacks on two energy tankers traveling through the Strait of Gibraltar toward ports in Texas. Coast Guard and FBI teams boarded both vessels, and investigators confirmed malicious cyber activity aboard at least one ship.
Source: Wall Street Journal
U.S. Intelligence Warns of China Theft Over Sale of F-35 Jets to Saudis
What Happened: U.S. intelligence agencies warn that China could gain access to sensitive F-35 technology through Trump’s $24 billion sale of 48 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. A Defense Intelligence Agency report points to China’s military presence at Saudi bases and Chinese technology throughout the country’s telecommunications networks.
Source: New York Times
EU chief floats associate membership for Canada after U.S. trade attacks
What Happened: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU’s first “associate member,” a status that does not currently exist under EU treaties. Canada is seeking deeper trade, defense, and supply chain ties with Europe amid its escalating trade conflict with the U.S.
Why It Matters: Trump’s attacks are pushing one of America’s closest allies toward establishing deeper economic and security ties with Europe. Canada, like other U.S. allies, is looking for ways to reduce its dependence on the United States.
Source: Axios
Far-Right & Russian Influence Watch
Iran has improved targeting of US assets. Here’s how Russian satellites likely have helped
What Happened: Fourteen Russian intelligence satellites passed over a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia two days before an Iranian attack. U.S. officials and international intelligence sources told CNN that Russian satellite intelligence was supplied to Iran and helped Tehran carry out more precise strikes against American targets.
Why It Matters: Russia continues to provide Iran with intelligence that is helping it carry out precise attacks against U.S. forces. That puts American troops and military assets in the region in greater danger.
Source: CNN
Unmasking RussiaRussia Shifts Its Matryoshka Network Toward the U.S. MidtermsAfter a decade of Russian operations aimed at helping Trump win elections while attacking his opponents, the Russians are at it again and have shifted their focus to the upcoming midterms…Read more6 days ago · 251 likes · 16 comments · Olga LautmanEconomic News
Fed Raises Rates in First Major Step by Warsh to Contain Inflation
What Happened: The Federal Reserve unanimously raised interest rates by a quarter point to 3.75%–4%, its first increase since 2023, as inflation remains elevated. Most Fed officials expect at least one more increase this year.
Why It Matters: Trump’s war and tariffs have pushed prices higher, forcing the Fed to raise interest rates. Americans will pay even more for mortgages, credit cards, auto loans, and other borrowing.
Source: New York Times
The World Economy Is Becoming Wary of the U.S
What Happened: Foreign governments and investors are diversifying away from U.S. assets as federal debt tops $40 trillion and Treasury yields rise above 5%, their highest level since 2007. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund plans to reduce its U.S. Treasury holdings, while France and the Netherlands have moved portions of their gold reserves out of the U.S.
Source: New York Times
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By the Numbers
$24 billion — Value of Trump’s proposed sale of 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia
1,900 — LinkedIn interactions DOJ is seeking in a leak investigation involving a journalist
$177 billion — Federal grants cut, frozen or delayed across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
$40 trillion — U.S. federal debt
5%+ — Treasury yields, their highest level since 2007
14 — Russian intelligence satellites that passed over a U.S. base before an Iranian attack
10,000 — Volunteers being trained by Democratic state parties to monitor polling places
100+ — Universities facing DOJ investigations
250 feet — Height of Trump’s proposed triumphal arch
731 — Measles cases reported in Pennsylvania
4 — Deaths connected to Pennsylvania’s outbreak
3,200+ — Measles cases nationwide this year
18 — U.S. service members killed in the Iran war
750+ — U.S. service members wounded
What to Watch Next
Trump’s push to seize control of elections continues — How much further will federal agencies go in interfering in voting, voter data, and election administration before November?
Trump is using federal money as leverage over universities — How many schools will face investigations or lose research funding for refusing to comply with his policies?
American troops are facing repeated attacks across the Middle East — How much longer can the Pentagon keep the full scale of the attacks and casualties from the American public?
Russia is helping Iran improve its targeting of U.S. forces — Will Congress address Russia’s role in helping Iran target American troops?
Inflation has forced the Fed to raise rates — How much more will Americans pay for mortgages, credit cards, and other borrowing as war and tariffs continue increasing prices?
Key Takeaways
Election Interference — Worries over federal involvement in the midterms are serious enough that Democratic state parties are training 10,000 volunteers to monitor polling places.
Weaponization of Federal Agencies — Federal investigations, funding, and access to government data are being used to pressure universities and reshape institutions, including the Census Bureau.
Free Speech — Federal agents threatened a citizen over protected political speech while DOJ is secretly seeking thousands of interactions connected to a journalist’s account.
Iran War — Eighteen U.S. service members have been killed and more than 750 wounded as American bases face repeated attacks, while Russian intelligence is helping Iran improve its targeting.
Rising Costs — Inflation remains elevated, and the Fed has raised rates for the first time since 2023, increasing borrowing costs for households and businesses.
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California and New York sue over Trump push to halt wind energy projects
US officials have begun to buy back wind leases as president seeks to block renewables in favor of fossil fuels
Democratic attorneys general from California and New York have sued the Trump administration over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as Donald Trump seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels.
California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, said he was suing over removal of a project off his state’s coast planned by Chicago-based Invenergy. The Trump administration said in June it was buying back the company’s US offshore wind leases for four wind projects on the east and west coasts.
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Trump invades the UN with a brutish speech | Ted Widmer
Gone was any shred of US idealism. It was a spectacle of raw power – a power that is likely to only diminish in the years ahead
Expectations were low for Donald Trump’s address to the UN on Tuesday, and yet somehow it was even worse than expected. He does not perform well in formal settings, like chambers of government, preferring a blingier room, like Mar-a-Lago, or an outdoor rally. For years, he has made no secret of his hostility to the UN, and the very principles of international order that define it.
In recent years, that hostility has deepened into something more like a full-on assault, with frequent attacks on the international criminal court (perhaps out of fear that he will someday be indicted), on the UN’s climate agenda, and on Unesco (which the US decided to withdraw from in July 2025).
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[MinuitDecousu] Émission #262 Le péril rose
Émission enregistrée le 22/09/2026 en direct des studios de Radio Canut. 1h de radio de nuit pour détricoter ensemble les luttes transpédégouines lyonnaises et d’ailleurs. Dans cette émission, tu pourras entendre :- Réactionnaires de tous les pays…- 2017-2018, les débuts du pink bloc lyonnais et la constitution d’une mob TPG radicale (entretien*)- Das Lila Lied- 2021-2022, face au fascisme, imposer une ligne par l’organisation autonome (*)- Homophobia- L’héritage du pink bloc lyonnais (*)- Qui sera là l’année prochaine- Circonstances aggravantesOn se retrouve la semaine prochaine même heure même endroit !
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Iran and US have held talks on sidelines of UN summit, says Donald Trump
Senior Iranian official indicates willingness to reopen strait of Hormuz if US takes steps to ease pressure on Tehran
Iranian officials held three hours of talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff on the sidelines of the UN general assembly, Donald Trump disclosed on Tuesday.
He said there would a further meeting in the very near future.
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Trump Tyranny Tracker | Day 600: Sept. 15, 2026
U.S. law has long barred armed federal officers or military personnel from being deployed “at any place where a general or special election is held.”Credit...Follow my work on YouTube & Subscribe to Unmasking Russia
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Trump’s efforts to exert control over the midterms, DOJ’s expanding investigations of his opponents, and the mounting military and economic costs of the Iran war are among today’s top stories.
Today at a Glance
Election Interference — FBI Director Kash Patel refused to rule out sending agents to polling places during the midterms.
Weaponization — DOJ is continuing investigations of former officials involved in investigations of Trump, including former CIA Director John Brennan.
Iran War — The war has cost the Pentagon about $38 billion and is continuing to drain U.S. missile defense inventories.
What We Need to Pay Attention To
Patel Suggests F.B.I. Agents May Be Sent to the Polls
What Happened: Kash Patel refused to rule out sending agents to polling places during the midterms, telling senators the FBI has election crime coordinators in all 56 field offices and would not “shy away” from election enforcement. Federal law generally prohibits armed federal officers from being deployed at election sites.
Why It Matters: Armed federal agents at polling places are meant to intimidate voters. Using federal law enforcement around voting is an authoritarian tactic designed to make people afraid to exercise their rights.
Source: New York Times
Corruption
Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
What Happened: Trump appointed venture capitalist Thomas Dans to chair the U.S. Arctic Research Commission despite having no formal scientific background. Dans has longstanding business ties to Russia, has promoted closer U.S.-Russia relations and pro-Kremlin content, and used his government position to champion a Dutch shipbuilder while his consulting firm was helping the company pursue a federal icebreaker contract.
Why It Matters: Dans has access to sensitive government information while his financial interests remain hidden from the public. Trump put a man with longstanding Russian business ties and overlapping private interests in a position to shape U.S. policy in one of the world’s most strategically important regions.
Source: ProPublica
Power Consolidation
Trump’s push to restrict mail ballots has failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms are ongoing
What Happened: The Supreme Court blocked Trump’s plan to overhaul mail voting before the midterms, but other federal election efforts are continuing. DOJ is demanding sensitive voter data and preserving 2024 election records, DHS is investigating voter rolls for noncitizens, and Trump officials have asked the Supreme Court to restore a federal voter verification system blocked by a lower court over privacy concerns.
Why It Matters: One of Trump’s election schemes was stopped, but the larger push continues. Trump is using multiple federal agencies to expand federal control over elections just weeks before the midterms.
Source: Associated Press
Trump Threatens to Block Kennedy Center Renovations Over Naming Dispute
What Happened: A federal judge again blocked the Kennedy Center from putting Trump’s name on the building or grounds without congressional approval. Hours later, the Trump-chaired board voted to close the center, and Trump said the $257 million renovation will not proceed unless the ruling is overturned and his name is added.
Why It Matters: Trump is holding the future of a national institution hostage to whether it bears his name. Using presidential power to turn public institutions into monuments to the leader is a classic authoritarian tactic.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Weaponization of Institutions
‘Grand conspiracy’ probe of Trump foes goes on after prosecutor’s departure
What Happened: DOJ is continuing its mass investigation of former officials who investigated Trump. Former CIA Director John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in October, and multiple grand jury investigations remain active despite the resignation of the prosecutor overseeing the probe.
Source: The Washington Post
DOJ seeks to revive cases against Comey, James a year after dismissals
What Happened: DOJ is asking a federal appeals court to revive criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James that were thrown out after a judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan, the Trump-appointed prosecutor who secured the indictments, had been unlawfully serving as interim U.S. attorney.
Source: The Washington Post
DHS agents allegedly directed to ‘misrepresent’ themselves to access state voter rolls, whistleblower claims
What Happened: A federal whistleblower alleges DHS ordered immigration officers to pose as individual voters to access state voter databases as part of its “Unlawful Voter Initiative.” Officers were given less than two hours of training and told to review up to 40 people a day using DHS data that the whistleblower says can conflict with state records.
Source: ABC News
Media Suppression & Authoritarian Tactics
Democracy indicators in US at lowest levels for 50 years, data shows
What Happened: International IDEA’s Global State of Democracy report found key U.S. democracy indicators have fallen to their lowest levels in 50 years. The organization pointed to expanding executive power, retaliation against perceived enemies, and the weakening of the rule of law.
Why It Matters: The erosion of American democracy is now measurable across decades of data. Trump and Republicans are attacking judicial independence, press freedom, elections, and checks on government power, and the data shows the damage.
Source: The Guardian
Pentagon Wants Only the Fittest Troops to Attend Upcoming Hegseth Speech
What Happened: The Pentagon is asking commanders to handpick troops for Pete Hegseth’s Sept. 30 “State of the Force” address who meet fitness and waist-to-height requirements and have “impeccable” grooming and uniforms.
Why It Matters: Handpicking troops based on appearance turns the military into political theater, using service members to project an image of strength and conformity around political leadership.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Human & Civil Rights Abuses
Alligator Alcatraz detainees were put in small cages, DHS watchdog report finds
What Happened: A DHS inspector general investigation found detainees at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz were confined for up to nearly two hours in small metal cages staff called “calming areas.” Investigators said the cages violated standards for humane treatment. They also documented overcrowding, insect-infested showers, insufficient access to showers and recreation, and inadequate access to legal information.
Why It Matters: The U.S. is putting people in cages and subjecting them to inhumane conditions. This is more evidence of human rights abuses being carried out by the Trump regime.
Source: Washington Post
Government Disruption
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
What Happened: Federal agencies spent an estimated $9.5 billion paying employees on administrative leave in 2025, six times the 2023 level, according to the Government Accountability Office. About $6.7 billion was tied to DOGE’s deferred resignation program as part of an effort to dismantle federal agencies. The program paid workers who agreed to leave the government while they stopped working.
Source: New York Times
FEMA Could Still Lose More Jobs Despite Court Ruling
What Happened: A federal judge ruled that DHS officials illegally planned to cut FEMA’s workforce roughly in half and improperly deleted Signal messages about the plan. The ruling does not reverse thousands of earlier departures or prevent future cuts as Trump shifts more disaster response responsibility to states. FEMA now has nearly 4,000 fewer deployable workers than it did at the start of 2024.
Source: New York Times
Iran war has cost the US more than $38B, budget office says
What Happened: Trump’s Iran war cost the Pentagon more than $38 billion through August 1 and is costing up to another $3 billion a month, according to the Congressional Budget Office. CBO estimates disruptions to oil and shipping will push inflation about half a percentage point higher in early 2027.
Why It Matters: Americans are paying for the war twice: tens of billions in military spending and higher prices at home. Trump’s war is also depleting key missile defense inventories that will take years to rebuild.
Source: Associated Press
Pennsylvania measles-associated deaths climb to four as outbreak grows
What Happened: Pennsylvania reported two additional measles-associated deaths, bringing the state’s total to four. All four people were unvaccinated, and Pennsylvania has recorded 693 cases across 38 counties as U.S. cases have climbed above 3,200 this year.
Source: Reuters
Air pollution spiked after the Trump administration stopped embassy monitoring
What Happened: Trump shut down a State Department program that publicly monitored air quality at more than 80 U.S. embassies and consulates in March 2025. A new study found pollution increased 24% to 33% across 46 cities after the monitoring stopped, with the largest increases in places with few alternative sources of air quality data.
Source: NPR
Imperial & Geopolitical Watch
The U.S. Is Burning Through Its Supply of Interceptors to Counter Iran’s Attacks
What Happened: U.S. forces fired 60 to 70 Patriot interceptors and more than a dozen THAADs against roughly 20 Iranian ballistic missiles targeting a U.S. base in Jordan last week. Some missiles still struck American aircraft at the base.
Why It Matters: Trump’s Iran war is burning through limited U.S. missile defense stockpiles at an astonishing rate. Dozens of interceptors are being fired against individual Iranian attacks, draining weapons the U.S. needs to defend its forces and prepare for other conflicts.
Source: Wall Street Journal
US Republican lawmaker seeks Hegseth’s impeachment over Iran
What Happened: Republican Rep. Thomas Massie filed articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth, accusing him of abusing his office by carrying out military action against Iran without congressional authorization. Massie filed the resolution as privileged, requiring the House to address it within two legislative days.
Source: Reuters
More than 300 South Korean workers are challenging the Trump administration over its Georgia immigration raid
What Happened: More than 300 South Korean workers detained during last year’s raid on a Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia have begun filing claims against nine federal agencies, alleging unlawful detention and mistreatment. The raid detained 475 people even though the search warrant identified just four targets, none of whom were the Korean workers.
Source: CNN
Far-Right & Russian Influence Watch
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Iran war expected to cause a spike in US inflation, according to budget watchdog
What Happened: The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Iran war will add 0.5 percentage points to U.S. inflation in early 2027 as disruptions to oil, natural gas, and shipping drive up energy costs. The war had already cost the Pentagon about $38 billion through August 1.
Source: CNN
US-Canada trade war further taxes small businesses as costs rise during the Iran war
What Happened: U.S. and Canadian tariffs cover about $20 billion in goods on each side, with some products facing taxes as high as 50%. Small businesses report canceled orders, lost customers and higher costs for equipment, materials and shipping as Trump’s Iran war drives up fuel and transportation expenses.
Source: Associated Press
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By the Numbers
$38 billion — Estimated Pentagon cost of the Iran war through August 1
0.5 percentage points — Estimated increase in U.S. inflation in early 2027 from disruptions caused by the Iran war
60–70 — Patriot interceptors fired against roughly 20 Iranian ballistic missiles in a single attack
$9.5 billion — Estimated amount federal agencies spent paying employees on administrative leave in 2025
$257 million — Kennedy Center renovation Trump said would not proceed unless his name is put on the building
4 — Measles-associated deaths reported in Pennsylvania
693 — Measles cases reported across 38 Pennsylvania counties
3,200+ — Measles cases reported nationwide this year
80+ — U.S. embassies and consulates previously covered by the air quality monitoring program
300+ — South Korean workers challenging their detention during the Georgia immigration raid
$20 billion — Approximate value of goods subject to tariffs on each side of the U.S.-Canada trade dispute
50% — Tariff rate imposed on some U.S.-Canada goods
56 — FBI field offices with election crime coordinators, according to Kash Patel
What to Watch Next
Trump’s push into elections is continuing — How much further will federal agencies go in seeking voter data, scrutinizing voter rolls and expanding federal involvement in elections before the midterms?
DOJ’s investigations of Trump’s former investigators are continuing — Who else will be targeted as multiple grand jury investigations remain active?
FEMA is already operating with thousands fewer workers — Will Trump push ahead with further cuts despite the court ruling, and what will that mean when the next major disaster hits?
The Iran war is draining U.S. missile defenses — How long can the Pentagon continue burning through limited Patriot and THAAD interceptors faster than they can be replaced?
The economic costs of the Iran war are reaching Americans at home — How much further will energy, transportation and consumer prices rise as the war continues?
Key Takeaways
Election Control — Trump’s mail ballot order was blocked, but multiple federal agencies are still taking actions involving voter rolls, election records and voter verification.
Weaponization of DOJ — DOJ continues investigating former officials involved in investigations of Trump while seeking to revive cases against Comey and James.
Government Hollowing — Federal workforce cuts have left FEMA with thousands fewer deployable workers while taxpayers spent billions paying other federal employees not to work.
Iran War — Trump’s war has cost tens of billions of dollars, driven up energy costs, and rapidly depleted critical U.S. missile defense inventories.
Rising Costs — Trump’s Iran war and U.S.-Canada tariffs are hitting Americans and small businesses through higher energy, transportation, material and shipping costs.
Call to Action
Document Everything: Document purges, corruption, and power grabs. Share credible information with journalists, watchdogs, and legal experts. Silence enables authoritarianism—see something, say something.
Defend Press Freedom: Support independent journalism by subscribing to and sharing reporting that challenges Trump’s power grab.
Contact Lawmakers: Demand accountability for Trump’s unchecked power and war on oversight.
Mobilize for Action: Organize or join legal efforts and resistance movements to protect democracy and human and civil rights.
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Trump made over 1,000 July stock trades worth up to $270m, filings reveal
President made more than 440 purchases and 700 sales despite voter anger over elected officials trading stocks
Donald Trump made over a thousand stock sales and purchases worth between $79m and $270m in July, according to a Guardian analysis of his latest financial disclosure released Tuesday.
His two largest sales were of Amazon and Microsoft stock, selling between $5m and $25m each on 20 July. That same day, he also sold up to $5m worth of Oracle and Costco stock, $500,000 to $1m in Nvidia, and bought up to $5m worth of shares in Intuit and Salesforce, among dozens of other transactions.
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Claude Opus 5.5 et GPT-6 Sol sortent le même jour : Anthropic et OpenAI ont du mal à « ralentir » l’IA
Quelques jours après avoir appelé à ralentir la course à l'IA, Anthropic lance Claude Opus 5.5 et OpenAI complète sa gamme GPT-6 avec GPT-6-Sol et GPT-6-Luna. La bonne surprise vient des prix : les deux entreprises baissent les tarifs de leurs API.
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And the Ban Played On
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US President Donald Trump takes a question from NBC reporter Kelly O’Donnell in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2026. Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images.For the insecure tyrant, “all questioning is a forcible intrusion … like a knife cutting into the flesh of the victim,” the writer Elias Canetti once wrote. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a scholar of fascism and authoritarianism at NYU, invoked that line to describe President Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
Trump has insulted and excluded individual journalists throughout both of his terms, Ben-Ghiat noted, but banning entire news organizations marks an escalation. She places the latest move inside a recognizable pattern of autocratic behavior, noting that “such leaders very rarely course correct. Instead they double down: aggressions increase as their legitimacy decreases, and the mania to control the narrative grows.” She calls it “autocratic backfire” and ties it to Trump’s sinking numbers ahead of the midterms.
It began, as many things do with the 47th president, with a Friday afternoon Truth Social post, perhaps with help from his aide and confidante, Natalie Harp. “I am banning [CNN, MS NOW and Politico] from the White House as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” Trump wrote, adding that the ban was “effective immediately.” He continued, “Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America,” warning that “other Fake News Media Outlets” would follow. He gave no indication of how the ban would be enforced, and some White House staffers were reportedly caught off guard by the announcement, as has become quite common of late.
On Saturday morning, security stopped reporters and a cameraman from MS NOW at a West Wing entrance, and Secret Service officers confiscated their press badges. CNN’s Betsy Klein and Politico’s Cheyenne Haslett were denied entry the same morning. By Sunday night, the White House had also pulled CNN from Monday’s pool television rotation, an assignment that would have had CNN crew members traveling with Trump to the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
Asked whether the ban was meant to intimidate the press, Trump denied it. “No, no, no, no. I dislike dishonest press, like you. I think you’re terrible,” he responded to a Bloomberg reporter, adding that the outlets “purposely write negative news” to “diminish the Republicans and a Republican administration.”
Monday evening, the White House’s official account teased an announcement. “Something’s coming. Stay tuned,” it declared over footage of an old television set. Then it launched “Trump TV: The Essentials Station” at 7 p.m., a 24/7 stream described as covering “the Trump Administration’s biggest moments all in one place.” It went live the same day the television pool went dark. A handful of pro-Trump accounts moved to fill the coverage gap within hours, declaring themselves a replacement White House pool. But as legal analyst Joyce Vance pointed out, they lacked the technical capacity, meaning the equipment, staffing and control-room infrastructure pool duty requires.
Propaganda, Ben-Ghiat wrote, needs both “noise and silence.” The ban supplied the silence, and the White House supplied the noise: a 24/7 in-house stream, “Trump TV,” launched from whitehouse.gov the same evening. But the audience did not follow. According to reporting by The Daily Beast, the stream, hosted on the White House’s YouTube channel, drew about 8,000 viewers at its 7 p.m. launch; 90 minutes later, viewership had fallen below 4,000, and by 9 p.m. it was down to roughly 3,000 — a fraction of what the major networks draw in the same prime-time hour. By 10:40 p.m. only 2,425 people were watching, a sliver of the channel’s 3.18 million subscribers, and it bottomed out overnight at barely 1,000 viewers during a rerun of a year-old Trump speech alongside Britain’s King Charles.
Trump TV may have failed right out of the gate, but the ban is in place for now. So will it be struck down by the courts? This should be an easy yes, but there are some nuances. To understand where things stand and how we got here, we need to rewind to Trump 1.0.
The ban as a pattern, not an aberration
This is, of course, not the first time Trump has tried to silence his critics with an outright ban. During his first term, in November 2018, we got a clear view of the autocrat-to-be when Trump suspended CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s White House press credentials, following a heated exchange over the midterm elections. CNN sued, arguing the revocation violated both Acosta’s First Amendment right to report and his Fifth Amendment right to due process.
U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly, whom Trump had appointed to the bench the year before, granted CNN a temporary restraining order. But he did so only on the due process claim. He found the White House’s decision-making “so shrouded in mystery” that no one could explain who had pulled Acosta’s pass or why. Kelly was explicit about the limits of his ruling. “I have not determined that the First Amendment was violated here,” he wrote. Rather than litigate further, the White House permanently restored Acosta’s press pass, and CNN dropped the suit. The First Amendment question went unanswered.
Fast forward to Feb. 11, 2025, when Trump banned the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One after it declined to adopt “Gulf of America” in place of “Gulf of Mexico” in its stylebook. That was a particular level of petty, and the AP understandably sued. The case went before U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden, another Trump appointee.
On April 8, 2025, McFadden granted a preliminary injunction, writing: “under the First Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists — be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere — it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of their viewpoints. The Constitution requires no less.” He added that the AP was not asking for “extra special access” — “all the AP wants, and all it gets, is a level playing field.”
The White House appealed, and on June 6, 2025, a divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit stayed McFadden’s order as to the Oval Office, Air Force One and other small spaces. Judge Neomi Rao, writing for the panel’s conservative majority, reasoned that “these restricted presidential spaces are not First Amendment fora opened for private speech and discussion” and that “the White House therefore retains discretion to determine, including on the basis of viewpoint, which journalists will be admitted.” But the panel drew a line at the Brady Briefing Room, where reporters work daily. “When the White House opens its facilities to the press generally... it cannot exclude journalists based on viewpoint.” The full D.C. Circuit declined to rehear the stay en banc on July 22, 2025. The same three-judge panel heard oral argument on the underlying merits on Nov. 24, 2025. Ten months later, it has still not ruled.
The networks answer
Following the White House’s latest blanket ban on three news outlets, CNN responded within hours of Trump’s post, before the ban had even taken effect. “We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do our reporting without hindrance or interference from the government,” the network wrote, “and this ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right.” Politico’s global editor-in-chief, Jonathan Greenberger, told his newsroom on Saturday that reporter Cheyenne Haslett had been turned away at the gates. “We stand by her and all reporters here covering the White House. As we said yesterday, we will vigorously defend our First Amendment rights.”
By Monday morning, those statements had gelled into court filings. CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a joint lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, naming as plaintiffs the outlets themselves along with three of the barred reporters. The case, Cable News Network v. Trump, also names as defendants White House communications director Steven Cheung, Secret Service Director Sean Curran and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
“This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the outlets said in a joint statement. “Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists’ credentials because it objected to our reporting. Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.” The complaint named the harm directly. “This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment nor a more blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles.”
The Associated Press, which fought its own yearlong access battle with the administration, issued a statement of solidarity. “No news organization — or person — should be retaliated against by the government over the words they use.” The White House Correspondents’ Association, led by Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, called for a reversal of the decision, warning that the exclusion set a standard that “could be applied to any outlet in the future” and declaring, “The American people, through a free and independent press, must be able to scrutinize those elected to power, regardless of whether government officials view it favorably.” The New York Times and The Washington Post joined the boycott by withholding even still photographs of Trump’s events that day.
ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC — the five networks that make up the White House television pool — announced Monday that they would suspend pool coverage of the president entirely in solidarity with the banned outlets. In a rare joint statement, the five declared, “The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.” C-SPAN noted that it could not broadcast White House events without the pool feed.
The Find Out portion arrived within hours. Monday afternoon, Trump held a ribbon-cutting for a new White House helipad. He declined to take questions shouted at him before he boarded Marine One but, without a pool camera or microphone present, his remarks were unintelligible over the noise of the parked helicopter. Newsmax, one of the few outlets still covering the event, acknowledged the problem on air. “There’s no microphone because the pool cameras aren’t there,” anchor Bianca de la Garza said, adding: “Obviously the ramifications are right here. Can’t hear what the president’s saying.” Axios called the moment “a remarkable and immediate ramification of Trump’s attempt to limit pool access.”
Later Monday, asked about the boycott after a meeting with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Trump insisted he was not worried. “They said they were going to boycott me, but they never boycott me, so I wasn’t very worried about that.”
Veteran journalist and longtime anchor Dan Rather called the ban a test Trump is failing on his own terms. “Journalism has survived dictators, despots, and others who have tried to control the Fourth Estate. It will survive Donald Trump too.” He noted that the ban was announced without consulting the president’s own staff — “his chief of staff wasn’t even in Washington” — and argued that Fox’s participation in the boycott, more than anything else, “may be an indicator that even they are sensing that he has gone too far.”
Trump, the courts and the judge he already knows
Monday’s lawsuit drew an immediate reply from Trump himself. In a second Truth Social post, he complained about the assigned judge directly and previewed his own expected outcome: “The Judge’s name is Tim Kelly, and he was, sadly, appointed by ‘TRUMP.’ In other words, almost without question and, as usual, we’ll go for appeal because Fake News people and publications that only write negatively, and who violate our National Security by writing false and defamatory stories with unknown ‘sources,’ shouldn’t be allowed access to the most important Office anywhere in the World.” He added: “With such a Crooked and Corrupt Press, how did I win in such a LANDSLIDE?” and called “FAKE NEWS ... A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.”
Kelly is the same judge who ordered Acosta’s credentials restored in 2018, a fact Trump volunteered along with his own prediction of the outcome. But Kelly’s docket includes another irony Trump has not mentioned. In 2023, Kelly handed down a 22-year sentence to former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio for seditious conspiracy. It was the longest sentence given to any Jan. 6 defendant. But Trump pardoned Tarrio on his first day back in office.
Reporters seeking comment on the lawsuit were directed by the press office to Trump’s own Truth Social post rather than given a formal statement. The White House is still without a press secretary since Karoline Leavitt’s departure. Fox News did obtain an unattributed line from “the White House” defending the ban. “The Fake News has no place demanding a spot in the President’s Oval Office. The lies they smear are a disservice to the American public and tear at the very fabric of our Democracy. They’re completely capable of reporting from directly outside.”
Vice President JD Vance offered the most substantive on-record defense so far, explaining to Breitbart that the banned outlets retain plenty of access short of White House credentials: “They can still report on the Trump White House. They can still get the public reports. They can still, of course, talk to people in the administration and outside the administration.”
The First Amendment quicksand beneath the ban
Legal takes on Trump’s position have reached a rare consensus: they are uniformly against it. Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck called the ban “overtly viewpoint-based” and said flatly that “this is just not a close case” — that hand-picking three outlets for exclusion because of the president’s disagreement with their coverage is “about as close to a textbook violation of the existing precedents as it comes.” He added that the outlets “should (and almost certainly will) win.”
Vladeck’s conservative counterpart, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, who has been sharply critical of the banned outlets’ coverage and stresses that the White House “is not without good-faith arguments,” reaches the same conclusion, writing that “viewpoint discrimination has long been viewed as not a reasonable basis for exclusion.”
Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia, explained that the ban’s legal exposure stems partly from where the outlets were banned from. “If President Trump means to expel these news organizations from the White House press pool, his action is doubly unconstitutional because the press pool is a ‘public forum’ under the First Amendment, which means the president can’t exclude journalists from it on the basis of their viewpoints.” Katie Fallow, the institute’s deputy litigation director, made the same point about the briefing room specifically, noting that “the courts have said repeatedly the government is not allowed to kick people out of that forum based on their viewpoint.”
Case law backs their confidence. Sherrill v. Knight is the leading precedent. In 1977, the D.C. Circuit considered the case of Robert Sherrill, a Nation correspondent denied a White House press pass on Secret Service security grounds. The court held that denying a pass to a bona fide journalist “violates the first amendment unless it furthers a compelling governmental interest identified by narrowly and specifically drawn standards,” and separately required notice, an opportunity to rebut, and a written decision before any pass could be revoked. The court did not find a freestanding constitutional right to White House access. But it found that once the government establishes that access, it cannot arbitrarily take it away.
The government is not entirely without an argument, but it rests on forum doctrine rather than any claim of unlimited discretion. Under Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense Fund (1985), government property that has not been opened to general public discourse — a “nonpublic forum” — need only be governed by restrictions that are “viewpoint-neutral and reasonable.” That’s a far lower bar than the “strict scrutiny” courts apply to a public forum.
As Turley notes, the D.C. Circuit has already ruled for the White House on this theory. In Ateba v. Leavitt, the court upheld the denial of a permanent hard pass to journalist Simon Ateba, treating the White House press area as a nonpublic forum. And in the AP litigation, Justice Department lawyers pressed a version of the same argument to defend the Oval Office and Air Force One exclusions specifically because those spaces are not press facilities like the Brady Briefing Room but rooms intended for the president’s personal use, where he retains “personal autonomy” to decide whose questions he answers. Judge Rao’s stay in the AP case adopted that reasoning, finding the government likely to succeed as to those spaces specifically because they are not “First Amendment fora opened for private speech and discussion.”
The trouble for the White House is that this new ban does not target the Oval Office or Air Force One. It targets general grounds access, hard passes and pool duty. This is the White House’s general-purpose press infrastructure, the very part of the nonpublic-forum spectrum that Ateba and Rao’s own opinion treat differently. Even a nonpublic forum’s restrictions must be viewpoint-neutral; Sherrill, Ateba and Rao’s AP ruling all say so.
The government’s strongest argument, then, would have been to argue not that it can exclude CNN, MS NOW and Politico because of their viewpoints (which the ban clearly does, based on Trump’s own Truth Social posts) but that the exclusion represents a reasonable, viewpoint-neutral reallocation of limited space, unconnected to the content of the outlets’ coverage.
But nothing in the record so far suggests the regime intends to make that argument, or that it could do so credibly given Trump’s own statements.
I didn’t want any stupid press coverage anyway!
Given the law’s protection of open fora from viewpoint discrimination, and the White House’s very likely loss in this battle, we shouldn’t be surprised if, in a pique of spite, Trump decides to bar every member of the press from the White House. That’s admittedly a truly absurd and bad outcome for our democracy, even if it would feel like a welcome reprieve for many. But it would also be a self-own that would starve him of the very attention he craves and thrives on.
After all, “Trump TV,” with its few thousand die-hard viewers, isn’t going to get him the ratings he needs.
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Guardian political editor asks Trump about Iran war economic consequences – video
Guardian political editor Pippa Crerar asked Donald Trump if he had any sympathy for allied countries suffering from the devastating economic consequences of his war in Iran. The US president said he was confident prices would be lower after the war and that talks were under way
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Des agents IA dans votre smartphone ? C’est le pari de Qualcomm, qui y voit le futur de l’expérience utilisateur
Comme à l’accoûtumée, c’est à Hawaï que Qualcomm présente sa nouvelle puce premium pour smartphones. Ou plutôt ses deux puces. Annoncées ce 22 septembre, elles se nomment Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 et Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.
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Motorola se positionne sur les smartphones très haut de gamme avec son Motorola Signature 27
C’est à l’occasion du Snapdragon Tech Summit de Qualcomm que Motorola a choisi de lever le voile sur son nouveau “flagship” : le Motorola Signature 27. Il s’agira du premier smartphone équipé du Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, également annoncé ce 22 septembre.
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Trump praises Burnham despite tensions over AI, Chagos Islands and Iran
US president calls UK prime minister ‘a natural businessperson’ as leaders meet at UN assembly in New York
Donald Trump has asserted his relationship with the UK is “more up” with Andy Burnham than under Keir Starmer despite tensions between the two countries on a range of thorny issues including regulation of artificial intelligence, the Chagos Islands and the war in Iran.
At their first face-to-face meeting, the US president praised Burnham, who sat nervously alongside him, as a “natural businessperson”, saying he thought he had “lots of assets on his side” and would be a “great” prime minister.
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Détection des violences sexuelles: la loi intégrale privée de sa mesure phare en commission
Les députés ont adopté, mardi 22 septembre en commission, un amendement supprimant l’entretien obligatoire destiné, à l’école, à repérer les enfants victimes. Ce qui revient à «accepter que ça continue», s’indigne la Coalition féministe et enfantiste à l’origine du texte. -
Hausse des prix des carburants: le gouvernement risque l’accident
Pour lutter contre la hausse des prix à la pompe, le gouvernement prolonge les aides existantes et continue de miser en premier lieu sur le plafonnement des prix dans les stations-service de Total. Il refuse toujours d’envisager le blocage des prix ou la taxation des superprofits des énergéticiens. -
Call it a win: boredom but no temper tantrums in Burnham’s first face-to-face with America’s King Baby
Meeting at the UN in New York, the UK prime minister showed signs he can handle trash-talking President Trump
How do you deal with a problem like The Donald? The simple answer is that you don’t. You can’t. The normal rules of political engagement don’t apply. The US president is like a five-year-old child with the world as his set of toys: a King Baby.
Nothing is ever constant or predictable. What’s agreed one day can be forgotten the next. Any deal can be interrupted with a temper tantrum at any time. Trying to second-guess Donald Trump is a fool’s errand.
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Hispanic Voters, Abandoning Trump, Are Transforming the Midterm Map
President Trump's enormous gains among Hispanic voters in the last election propelled him to victory in the national popular vote and prompted talk of a political realignment. Two years later, that talk is over. In an average of high-quality national polls over the last month, Democrats led Republicans among Hispanic likely voters by 35 percentage points, 64-29, on the generic congressional ballot, which asks voters which party they will support for Congress. That would mark an extraordinary reversal since 2024, when the same pollsters found Kamala Harris leading Donald J. Trump by an average of only seven points among Hispanic voters in their final surveys. -
First Thing: News outlets suspend coverage of Trump in escalating media access row
Good morning. The row over media access to the presidency has deepened, with major US television news outlets agreeing to suspend their video coverage of Donald Trump after the administration banned journalists from several outlets from entering the White House grounds. The president had abruptly announced his ban against CNN, MS Now and Politico, saying he had had enough of "purposely negative stories" about him. On Monday the ban against CNN meant no broadcaster was covering Trump's midday ribbon-cutting for a new White House helipad. The White House provided its own livestream but the president's remarks were inaudible over the sound of a helicopter's engine. -
[Nantes] Goûter de rentrée et permanence de la bibliothèque féministe autogérée Les Dévoreuses
C’est la rentrée des Dévoreuses !
La bibliothèque tient sa prochaine permanence le mercredi 30 septembre de 18h à 20h30, à Pol-n, 11 rue des Olivettes à Nantes, au fond de la cour.
Viens donc pour renouveller ton stock d’ouvrages féministes, anti-racistes, anti-validistes, anti-carcéraux, et toujours des livres pour enfants, de la science-fiction, des romans graphiques à lire sur place ou à emprunter ;)
Il y aura un goûter vegan et boissons à partager (tu peux ramener quelque chose si tu veux, vegan ou pas, tant que c’est précisé).L’adhésion est à prix libre, prends du cash si tu souhaites/peux nous soutenir et pour financer l’impression de l’infokiosque (des brochures à ramener chez toi, diffuser, et en faire ce que tu veux).
Prix libre aux Dévoreuses ça veut dire à partir de 0€, et l’adhésion et l’emprunt nécessitent juste un blaze (le nom de ton choix) et un numéro de téléphone ou un mail (pour les actus et surtout les relances quand les livres mettent du temps à revenir).
Pour rendre les livres en dehors de la permanence : on a une boîte de retour qui est dans l’entrée de Pol-n, juste sous le présentoir à prospectus dans l’entrée, accessible quand Pol-n est ouvert (c’est à dire à peu près tout le temps en semaine « horaires de bureau » et quand il y a des évènements – voir la prog de pol-n).
Pour nous aider à installer et désinstaller : rdv à 17h30 et après 20h30.
Si tu veux faire des propositions d’arpentages, de lectures, d’atelier collage/badge/écriture,… pendant les permanences cette année, ou sur d’autres temps, si t’as des questions, que tu veux t’inscrire à la mailing liste, c’est par là : les-devoreuses@tao.herbefolles.org -
Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran to UN general assembly is stunning, even for him
US president may have upstaged the ghost of Soviet leader Khrushchev by musing destruction of fellow member state
Donald Trump has a habit of discomfiting delegates to the United Nations general assembly. But this year, he may have upstaged the ghost of Nikita Khrushchev by openly contemplating the annihilation of a fellow UN member state.
Eleven minutes into a 40-minute address, the US president announced he had “a big decision to make” over Iran, which has staged a much more determined resistance than Trump anticipated when he decided to go to war against the country in February.
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Ella Baron on Andy Burnham’s visit to the United Nations – cartoon
Donald Trump has praised the UK prime minister as a ‘natural businessman’ after their first meeting at the UN general assembly
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Les rendez-vous de la rentrée des luttes : vers un automne agité ?
Après un été 2026 suffoquant, place aux luttes avec les prochains rendez-vous de ce début d'automne. Ça risque de secouer : avis de tempête !
L’article Les rendez-vous de la rentrée des luttes : vers un automne agité ? est apparu en premier sur Contre Attaque.
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En Allemagne, démocratie chrétienne et social-démocratie accélèrent leur déclin
Les derniers scrutins régionaux l’ont confirmé: la CDU et le SPD ne sont définitivement plus les partis de rassemblement autour desquels s’était structuré le gouvernement de la République fédérale. Face à une extrême droite qui prétend à ce statut, des nouvelles configurations politiques apparaissent déjà. -
Another Florida Republican distances himself from Donald Trump before midterms
GOP nominee for governor Byron Donalds removes multiple mentions of president from his campaign website
Another prominent Florida Republican has publicly distanced himself from Donald Trump, days after María Elvira Salazar called out the US president’s immigration-enforcement policy targeting law-abiding undocumented immigrants.
Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor in November’s US midterm elections, launched an updated campaign website on Tuesday that was stripped of almost every mention of Trump and removed a photograph of the congressman and his wife, Erika, posing with the president, the Miami Herald reported.
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Trump v the media: US networks unite in boycott - The Latest
In what is probably one of the biggest battles yet between the press and Donald Trump, major TV networks have united in a boycott of pooled coverage of his administration. It comes after three news organisations – CNN, MS Now and Politico – were denied access to the White House because of Trump’s concerns about their coverage. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s international news editor Paul Owen
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Donald Trump praises ‘natural businessperson’ Andy Burnham after first meeting
US president says British PM has a ‘lot of assets on his side’ as pair meet at UN in New York
Donald Trump has praised Andy Burnham as a “natural businessperson” and said the UK was “more up” than under Keir Starmer. But he berated the UK for its decision to give up the Chagos Islands.
In their first face-to-face meeting, Trump gave a warm assessment of the relationship, saying he thought Burnham had a “lot of assets on his side” and would be a “great prime minister”, adding: “We talked about everything from Rolls-Royce to energy to immigration – we covered a lot.”
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Le féminisme encore bouté hors des réseaux sociaux
Meta a refusé des messages de promotion d’une adaptation théâtrale de "Une chambre à soi" de Virginia Woolf. Enième épisode d’invisibilisation « d’avancées qui ont mis des siècles à se concrétiser »... Pendant que des contenus bouffis d'incitation à la haine des femmes prospèrent.
L’article Le féminisme encore bouté hors des réseaux sociaux est apparu en premier sur Les Nouvelles News.
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Trump defends US interventions abroad ahead of 'big decision' on Iran: 'Settling years of unfinished business'
President Donald Trump issued a stern warning Tuesday for Iran to make a deal soon or face severe consequences for its pursuit of a nuclear weapon. "I have a big decision to make: Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before – maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world?" Trump told the United Nations General Assembly in his morning address. -
Trump, Greenland, Denmark sign deal in bid to end Arctic standoff
US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger US military presence on Greenland and may resolve a standoff over the strategically located and mineral-rich island. The agreement, signed during Trump's visit to the UN General Assembly in New York, stops short of Trump's demand that the US adopt Greenland as a US territory to head off the growing Arctic presence of Russia and China. -
Trump warns Iran at UN he may 'drive them into hell,' says US 'settling years of unfinished business'
President Trump called on United Nations members to support the US war effort against Iran as he floated a dramatic military escalation that would "drive them into hell." Trump received applause from foreign dignitaries for his pledge to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon after delivering the shocking threat, saying he was "settling years of unfinished business." "I have a big decision to make: Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before, maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world?" the president said in his 38-minute address. -
Vance-led task force set to remove 750K Obamacare enrollees, citing fraud
The Trump administration is removing close to 750,000 people from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage due to allegedly fraudulent enrollment, Vice President Vance announced Tuesday. The cancellations would save an estimated $2.2 billion in taxpayer funds. -
Donald Trump scolds CNN anchor for covering him at the UN
President chided Kaitlan Collins for asking him question at UN after White House ban on CNN, MS Now and Politico
Donald Trump has scolded a CNN anchor for covering him at the UN in New York after banning the network and two other media outlets from the White House.
Kaitlan Collins asked the US president on Tuesday when the Iran war would end, citing a poll that claims two-thirds of Americans don’t think the US is winning.
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Trump calls on allies to enforce ‘complete economic isolation of Iran’ in UN speech
US president threatens to ‘annihilate’ Tehran and dismisses threat from AI as a ‘hoax’ in bellicose address
Donald Trump has called on nations to unite to isolate Tehran and bring down global energy prices, as he gave a bellicose defence of his administration’s foreign policy and decision to strike Iran.
“I call on all nations to help to enforce the complete economic isolation of Iran,” Trump said in a speech to the UN general assembly on Tuesday. “If we stand united, we will soon see a world free of the last 51-year menace of Iranian terror … and oil prices will come plummeting down even lower than they were at the start of the conflict.”
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Trump v the media – The Latest
In what is probably one of the biggest battles yet between the press and Donald Trump, major TV networks have united in a boycott of pooled coverage of his administration. It comes after three news organisations – CNN, MS Now and Politico – were denied access to the White House because of Trump’s concerns about their coverage. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s international news editor Paul Owen – watch on YouTube
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Budget, hausse des prix: le débat Éric Coquerel (LFI) – Chloé Ridel (PS)
L’heure est encore à l’austérité dans le budget présenté par Sébastien Lecornu. Pendant ce temps, les prix augmentent et les salaires stagnent. Que faire? Débat entre l’insoumis Éric Coquerel, président de la commission des finances de l’Assemblée nationale, et l’eurodéputée socialiste Chloé Ridel. -
Donald Trump says he could 'annihilate Iran' if no deal is reached – video
The US president spoke about the war with Iran during the UN general assembly on Tuesday, threatening to 'annihilate' the country and 'drive them into hell' if the regime didn’t agree to a deal with the United States
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Affaire Bendjaballah : la mise en examen pour crime raciste attendra
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Avocats et associations tentent de faire entrer le droit dans les locaux de rétention administrative
Dans les locaux de rétention administrative, espaces prévus pour isoler temporairement des personnes en situation irrégulière, l’accès au droit est quasi inexistant. En juillet, des associations ont obtenu la suspension d’un marché public de la préfecture de police de Paris y prévoyant une assistance juridique au rabais.
