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(Breaking Points)
Sept. 30, 2025: Breaking Points. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Epstein [banking many powerful individuals and] brokering an Israeli security agreement. They report on an explosive Drop Site expose of who Epstein really was and why clandestine agencies around the world (like the CIA and Israel's Mossad and Shin Bet) used him and protected him through his child sex abuse crimes. Even Elon Musk's name comes up as headed toward Epstein's Pedophile Island, where men raped, conspired, and abused children:
There was a "Mann Act" (previously called the White-Slave Traffic Act, a U.S. federal law passed in the summer of 1910, Ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825, codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. §§ 2421–2424) named after [racist American] Congressman James Robert Mann of Illinois), and the white 54th Gov. of NY Eliot Spitzer was going to be prosecuted under it decades later for his prostitution scandal?
(TYT Sports) Sept. 29, 2025: A resurfaced Dave Chappelle standup comedy bit about legendary Black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson perfectly captures why MAGA’s crusade to rewrite and erase history is so dangerous. Johnson’s story exposed the fragility of white supremacy in the boxing ring and beyond — and the violent backlash that followed. As Rick Strom explains, Chappelle’s comedy reveals deeper truths about America’s refusal to confront racism, and why protecting Black history is essential. #TYTsports #Sports #RickStrom
Dave Chappelle and Muhammad Ali were right about Jack Johnson
(Lu Mazing) Aug. 22, 2025: Jack Johnson was more than a boxing champion, he was a revolutionary figure who challenged a racially divided world. Dave Chappelle highlights how Johnson defeated white champions and lived boldly without fear, openly defying the rules of his time and inspiring generations of Black people to embrace courage and self-worth.
Muhammad Ali reminds us of the sheer bravery of Johnson standing completely alone, facing threats and hostility when there were no civil rights organizations to support him. His resilience became a symbol for all Black people to fight for dignity and pursue their dreams.
Donald Trump posthumously pardoned Johnson, acknowledging the injustice he endured under the racist Mann Act, recognizing his extraordinary achievements and legacy as a trailblazer in sports and society. This video brings together perspectives from comedy, sports, and history to show how Jack Johnson changed the world and why his courage continues to inspire us all.
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Trump posts AI "Med Bed" conspiracy video, threatens to send U.S. troops to Portland: A Closer Look
(Late Night with Seth Meyers)
Sept. 29, 2025: Seth Meyers takes a closer look at the president posting an AI video of himself and threatening to send unneeded, unwanted National Guard paramilitary troops to yet another American city [in contravention of the posse comitatus act.
Late Night with Seth Meyers. Stream now on Peacock: bit.ly/3erP2gX
Trump’s crucial release of Amelia Earhart files, JD Vance’s bullsh*t, live from NY
(Jimmy Kimmel Live) Sept. 29, 2025: The show is back [on all ABC stations, including Sinclair and Nexstar] in Kimmel’s hometown Brooklyn, NY, for a week of shows from the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, sidekick Guillermo makes his entrance decked out in NY gear, pardoned criminal Mayor Eric Adams dropped out of the current mayoral race, the Mets went and did the Metstiest thing possible last night, Rory Mcllroy’s round of golf turned into a scene from Unhappy Gilmore, Trump has been hard at work coming up with all manner of nonsense to distract the nation from his name all over the Epstein Files and the client list, Don did a whole post about Amelia Earhart, VP JD Vance is making the rounds defending his boss and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, and the show plays a round of “Who’s Not Tony?,” and Flavor Flav gets the party started! #Kimmel
Karl Bushby (born March 30, 1969), 55, is a walking adventurer, former British paratrooper, and author, currently attempting to be the first and only person in the history of the world to completely WALK an unbroken path around the world [which seems to be a circular flat earth]. Bushby's trek is known as The Goliath Expedition.
[Has he become a Buddhist with all this walking meditation?]
Group kinhin in Zen practice
Walking meditation (Chinese 經行, Pinyin jīngxíng, Romaji kinhin or kyōgyō, Korean gyeonghyaeng, Vietnamese kinh hành) is a Buddhist meditative practice done while walking. It can be done as a standalone practice or as a break between long periods of static sitting meditation [1]. In different forms, the practice is common in various Buddhist traditions of both Theravada and in Mahayana Buddhism. The Zen term kinhin consists of the Chinese words 經, meaning "to go through (like the thread in a loom)," with "sutra" as a secondary meaning, and 行, meaning "walk." Taken literally, the phrase means "to walk straight back and forth." More
Bushby was born in Hull, England. He attended a local comprehensive school and joined the British Army at the age of 16. Bushby served with the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment for 11 years.
The Goliath Expedition is Bushby's attempt to walk around the world "with unbroken footsteps," from Punta Arenas, Chile, to his home in Hull, England.
He began his journey on November 1, 1998, and originally expected to finish the trek of 36,000-mile (58,000 km) in eight years; however, due to numerous delays, it is still in progress as of September 8, 2025 [1], having made it through the impossible Darién Gap, the barrier between South and North America. More
Netanyahu: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
(LastWeekTonight) Sept. 28, 2025: John Oliver discusses [CIA-groomed and Mossad-backed] Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu’s long grip on power in Israel, why he’s allied with some of the most extreme right-wing voices in his country today, and finally, a summary of one iconic meltdown we think TikTok is gonna wanna revisit.
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Why did NASA (Never a Straight Answer) choose a snake's forked tongue for its logo?
NASA, the spy agency?
You want another arms race? Space race? - Both.
(POLITICO) Today [Sept. 26, 2025] we’re unpacking the space agency’s new classification as a national security organization, Lockheed’s plans in space, and more drama over the Discovery space shuttle’s future.
What do readers make of NASA’s rebrand? Send thoughts to adecker@politico.com, on X at @audrey_decker9, and Signal adecker.59. It’s Week 2 with new host, and I’m accepting any book recommendations on the history of NASA.
The public has long viewed NASA as the better angel of America’s values, a peaceful institution dedicated to the exploration of the heavens. Not anymore.
The [Trump] White House in August quietly rebranded NASA as an intelligence and national security organization, a striking action that ties the space exploration agency closer to the defense [a euphemism for military-industrial complex] world.
While NASA’s basic functions are unlikely to change, the messaging shift could have cascading effects on how it interacts domestically and with U.S. allies.
Soft power: NASA operates a bit like a shadow diplomat [deceiving interlocutors]. While not explicitly aligned with the Pentagon or U.S. State Department, the [newly admitted spying] agency has used its collaborative global role to foster diplomacy and push the executive branch’s international priorities.
The reclassification was in part tied to eliminating employee unions at NASA. The executive order ended the agency’s collective bargaining ability by designating its missions as national security work. Democrats are unhappy about it:
“NASA’s mission has always been the exploration of space, the advancement of science, and collaboration with international partners,” said Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a former astronaut.
“It’s not [supposed to be] a spy agency. This executive order is just an attempt to strip NASA employees of their collective bargaining rights and compromises the trust and cooperation we’ve built globally that allows us to lead in space.” More
SUMMARY: Police said the right-wing suspect, Thomas Jacob Sanford, drove his American flag strewn pickup truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS in Michigan before firing, killing and injuring a dozen people, and setting the building on fire. Police then killed Sanford in a shootout, officials said.
Church shooter opened fire on hundreds of Mormon worshippers is pictured in Donald Trump shirt
My warrior may have shot up Church, but Israelis shot Charlie Kirk, not me, uh, I mean, did not...
(The Independent) A Sunday worship [yesterday, Sept. 28th, 2025] service turned into a scene of horror when an American gunman [Iraq War veteran and mass murderer] rammed his Chevy pickup into a Mormon church in Michigan before opening fire on congregants and setting the building on fire, killing four people and injuring at least eight others.
Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, was identified as the suspect, police said during a press conference on Sunday evening. The attack unfolded around 10:25 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, about 50 miles north of Detroit, according to police.
Hundreds of people, including children, were inside at the time of the shooting. After the suspect smashed his pickup truck with two American flags affixed to the bed through the front doors of the church, Sanford emerged with an assault rifle and began firing on worshippers, Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye said.
Look, Jeffrey Epstein, this capital is MY capital. I'll see you on Kiddie Island soon.
His reign of terror continued as he intentionally set a fire that turned into a massive blaze, police said. It was brought under control just before 1:00 pm. As the suspect fled the church, he exchanged gunfire with two officers and was killed. More: the-independent.com
(CNN) Supreme Court meets today to discuss Ghislaine Maxwell case [and maybe release her, reduce her sentence, dismiss charges, or at least put her in a nicer Club Fed detention center rather than a nasty American prison like a common criminal].
IHIP News EXCLUSIVE: Epstein whistleblower drops BOMB on Ghislaine, Trump, and DOJ cover up!
Here's Epstein, alive and well on his island, 2025
Trump gives "full backing" to Bibi's Israel to finish its genocide in Gaza, West Bank, Palestine
Perversion of Justice
I've Had It! We will expose Trump-Epstein!
The New York Times bestseller [is] “A gripping journalistic procedural… Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich.”
—Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times
“Julie K. Brown's important book offers not just a definitive account of the Epstein case, but a compelling window into her own experiences as a dogged reporter at a regional newspaper, facing off against powerful interests set against her reporting.”
—Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Catch and Kill
Dauntless journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the explosive reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him.
For many years, billionaire [Donny Trump and] Jeffrey Epstein's
penchant for underage teenage girls was an open secret in the high society of Palm Beach, Florida and Upper East Side, Manhattan.
Charged in 2008 with soliciting prostitution from minors, Epstein was treated with unheard of leniency, dictating the terms of his non-prosecution.
The mainstream media virtually ignored the failures of the criminal justice system, and Epstein's friends and business partners brushed the allegations aside. But when in 2017 the U.S Attorney who approved Epstein's plea deal, Alexander Acosta, was chosen by Pres. Trump as Labor Secretary, reporter Julie K. Brown was compelled to ask questions.
Despite her editor's skepticism that she could add a new dimension to a known story, Brown determined that her goal would be to track down the victims themselves.
Poring over thousands of redacted court documents, traveling across the country, and chasing down information in difficulty and sometimes dangerous circumstances, Brown tracked down dozens of Epstein's victims, now young women struggling to reclaim their lives after the trauma and shame they had endured.
Brown's resulting three-part series in the Miami Herald was one of the most explosive news stories of the decade, revealing how Epstein ran a global sex trafficking pyramid scheme with impunity for years, targeting vulnerable teens, often from fractured homes, and then turning them into underage sex recruiters.
You'll be back with me on my island soon, Ghislaine. Maybe we can fake your suicide, too.
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Prince Andrew, child, and Ghislaine Maxwell
The outrage led to Epstein's arrest, the disappearance and eventual arrest of his [blackmail partner, fellow covert asset, and girl-fiend] closest accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and the resignation of Acosta.
The [alleged] financier's mysterious "suicide" in a New York City jail cell prompted wild speculation about the secrets he took to the grave-and whether his death was intentional or the result of foul play.
Tracking Epstein’s evolution from a college dropout to one of the most successful financiers [bank fixers, supposed hedge fund managers] in the country—whose associates included Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, and Bill Clinton—Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story builds on Brown's original award-winning series, showing the power of truth, the value of local reportage and the tenacity of one woman in the face of the deep-seated corruption of powerful men. More
Israel warns Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla will be stopped | N18G | CNBC TV18
(CNBC-TV18) Sept. 25, 2025: "I'm not scared of Israel. I'm scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity and what we are doing here is trying to show that there is still some humanity left," says Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as she sails with the Global Sumud Flotilla towards Gaza. #Watch
#GretaThunberg #GazaAid #Flotilla #Gaza #Israel #Spain #Italy #CNBCTV18Digital #GlobalSumudFlotilla
After decades of war brought on by empires (British, Russian, American, Chinese) and negative media coverage (US propaganda), most adventure travelers wouldn’t even dream of coming here.
But today, I [a Lithuanian from the EU] set out to show a different side of this country – the beauty, the hospitality, and the raw reality of life in Afghanistan today.
Riding my motorcycle from Kabul to the legendary Bamiyan Valley and the pristine waters of Band-e Amir Lakes, I’ll ride through breathtaking landscapes, ancient history, and powerful human encounters.
(Historian Dr. Ranajit Pal)
Along the way, I meet a beekeeper who shares his honey, almonds, and hospitality, explore the ruins of the ancient and massive Bamiyan Buddhas destroyed by the [CIA-ISI's] Taliban, share food with families living in caves Buddhist monastics carved out and occupied around the time of the Buddha and for centuries thereafter, and witness the extreme poverty that 40 years of war has left behind.
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