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AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - DSA co-chair confirms platform to abolish Senate, ICE, borders, and prisons on national television

The Democratic Socialists of America's national co-chair went on Fox News Sunday and calmly affirmed her organization's platform, abolishing the Senate, ICE, prisons, and national borders, while the Democratic Party struggles to contain a socialist wing it helped create. Megan Romer, the DSA's national co-chair, sat across from host Shannon Bream and answered a series […] The post DSA co-chair confirms platform to abolish Senate, ICE, borders, and prisons on national television appeared first on American Almanac .

The Democratic Socialists of America's national co-chair went on Fox News Sunday and calmly affirmed her organization's platform, abolishing the Senate, ICE, prisons, and national borders, while the Democratic Party struggles to contain a socialist wing it helped create. Megan Romer, the DSA's national co-chair, sat across from host Shannon Bream and answered a series of direct questions about the organization's official positions. Abolish the Senate? "True," Romer said. Abolish ICE? Yes. Abolish prisons? Yes. Eliminate national borders? Yes. Defund the Pentagon? Yes. Grant amnesty to every person living in the country illegally? Yes. Shift most large corporations to public ownership? Yes. Replace the presidency and the Supreme Court?…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Acting DNI Bill Pulte completes fourth round of ODNI layoffs in five weeks

Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has finished a fourth round of layoffs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence since taking charge five weeks ago, a pace that has cut the agency to well below half its original size. Pulte announced the latest cuts on Sunday evening, just hours before the […] The post Acting DNI Bill Pulte completes fourth round of ODNI layoffs in five weeks appeared first on American Almanac .

Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has finished a fourth round of layoffs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence since taking charge five weeks ago, a pace that has cut the agency to well below half its original size. Pulte announced the latest cuts on Sunday evening, just hours before the Senate was set to hold a procedural vote on his likely permanent replacement, Jay Clayton. The acting intelligence chief framed the reductions as a disciplined effort to strip the agency back to its core statutory mission. Just the News reported Pulte's announcement, which came via a post on X under his official handle, @DNIPulte: "Since becoming Acting Director of National Intelligence, our team has been smartly, and…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Jeffries dodges on New Jersey's noncitizen voter registrations, pivots to attacking Republicans

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries deflected direct questions about thousands of noncitizen voter registrations in New Jersey, instead turning his fire on President Trump and the GOP, even as a fellow Democrat conceded the problem was real. CNN anchor Dana Bash put the question plainly on "State of the Union" this Sunday: Democrats have spent […] The post Jeffries dodges on New Jersey's noncitizen voter registrations, pivots to attacking Republicans appeared first on American Almanac .

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries deflected direct questions about thousands of noncitizen voter registrations in New Jersey, instead turning his fire on President Trump and the GOP, even as a fellow Democrat conceded the problem was real. CNN anchor Dana Bash put the question plainly on "State of the Union" this Sunday: Democrats have spent years insisting noncitizen voting does not happen. New Jersey just disclosed that roughly 6,600 noncitizens wound up on the state's voter rolls through a software error, and that fewer than 400 of them cast ballots. So is it a problem? Jeffries did not say yes. He did not say no. He said he has "confidence in state and local authorities" and called the New Jersey situation a "modest or minor"…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - 9/11 families petition to bar Mayor Mamdani from 25th anniversary Ground Zero ceremony

Relatives of September 11 victims are demanding that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani be kept away from the 25th anniversary memorial at Ground Zero, calling him an "unwelcome guest" at what they say is a sacred, nonpolitical ceremony. Giovanni Galante lost his wife, Grace Catherine Galante, when terrorists brought down the World Trade Center […] The post 9/11 families petition to bar Mayor Mamdani from 25th anniversary Ground Zero ceremony appeared first on American Almanac .

Relatives of September 11 victims are demanding that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani be kept away from the 25th anniversary memorial at Ground Zero, calling him an "unwelcome guest" at what they say is a sacred, nonpolitical ceremony. Giovanni Galante lost his wife, Grace Catherine Galante, when terrorists brought down the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. Now he is leading a petition drive that has gathered more than 1,100 signatures, roughly 300 of them from families of the nearly 3,000 people killed that day. The petition targets the city's first Muslim mayor and contends his past statements and political associations make him unfit to stand at Ground Zero on the anniversary, Just the News reported . Organizers say…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Fauci's private diary estimated COVID death rate far below what he told Congress weeks later

Dr. Anthony Fauci privately estimated the COVID-19 fatality rate at a fraction of what he told Congress under oath just weeks later, a discrepancy now laid bare by his own newly publicized diary entries. On Feb. 8, 2020, Fauci wrote in his personal journal that he and former CDC Director Tom Frieden had spoken that […] The post Fauci's private diary estimated COVID death rate far below what he told Congress weeks later appeared first on American Almanac .

Dr. Anthony Fauci privately estimated the COVID-19 fatality rate at a fraction of what he told Congress under oath just weeks later, a discrepancy now laid bare by his own newly publicized diary entries. On Feb. 8, 2020, Fauci wrote in his personal journal that he and former CDC Director Tom Frieden had spoken that morning and agreed the virus was "acting like a bad influenza", with a case fatality rate "more like 0.2-0.3% rather than 2.0%." Thirty-one days later, seated before the House Oversight Committee, Fauci told lawmakers the mortality rate was "about three percent" overall, and at minimum "somewhere around one percent," which he called "10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu." The gap between those two numbers is not a…Open

NYTIMES (Mike Baker) - Bryan Kohberger, Convicted in Idaho College Killings, Seeks to Take Back Guilty Plea

In an interview from prison, Bryan Kohberger said he had filed a petition to reopen the case. He blamed his guilty plea on ‘false promises’ and wrong information.

JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Trump warns Iran 'strong military action' will be used if negotiations fail

Trump said that his patience is wearing thin, and he's not prepared to give Iran much time for diplomacy options to bear fruit.

BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - Fauci Starting To Think That Maybe Keeping A Daily Perjury Diary Was A Bad Idea

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted to those close to him that he was starting to think that perhaps keeping a detailed daily "Perjury Diary" was a bad idea.