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On another Melania Tuesday…

Dough

https://fullchan.net/?03c3065088039ac4#fbdQ5UtxJqmgnbzquz2wgiUahWie1itzsUcdtVZWmcV

There is no political solution.

A major coordinated sabotage attack was just carried out against railway infrastructure in at more than 20 locations in the Netherlands.

Large 2 meter-long metal pipes were deliberately attached to the tracks, triggering track-circuit and safety system failures by tricking the grid's computers into registering that the tracks were blocked.

Some of the attacked railway lines include:

Amersfoort – Zwolle

Zwolle – Leeuwarden

Utrecht – Arnhem

Arnhem – Zutphen

Amersfoort–Deventer

Gouda–Oudewater

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2099780295381676440

Wall-to-wall for @AGToddBlanche's press briefing at the White House — TUNE IN NOW!

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099924285213061559

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

Data Center Spilled 5,000 Gallons Of Diesel Fuel Into River Tributary

A New Jersey data center spilled roughly a small tanker truck’s worth of diesel fuel into a nearby creek Friday.

An estimated 5,000 gallons of No. 2 diesel fuel discharged from a storage tank at an Equinix data center in Secaucus, New Jersey, Friday, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The spill has been contained, and DEP said it does not yet know how much of the discharged fuel entered nearby Anderson Creek, a small tributary of the Hackensack River. The agency told the DCNF the spill has not impacted the Hackensack River, no wildlife impacts have been reported and there are no drinking water intakes in the area.

Bill Sheehan, executive director of Hackensack Riverkeeper, said he was told a computer glitch caused the spill, according to CBS News New York.

“The computer was calling for oil,” Sheehan told the outlet.

At current New Jersey retail prices, 5,000 gallons of diesel would be worth roughly $31,000, based on American Automobile Association (AAA) fuel-price data.

Cleanup is being performed by a contractor for Equinix, and crews are expected to remain at the site for several days, DEP told the DCNF. The agency said it did not have information on potential enforcement actions at this time.

Equinix said it detected the leak Friday evening and hired environmental services company Clean Harbors to conduct remediation work. The company plans to investigate the spill and said it is committed to resolving the situation quickly.

“On the evening of Friday, September 11, Equinix operations detected a fuel leak from a storage tank outside our NY2 facility in Secaucus, NJ. The leak was stopped and we immediately engaged Clean Harbors to begin remediation efforts. We also contacted the Secaucus Fire Department, who responded promptly and subsequently notified the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and Hudson Regional Health Commission,” an Equinix spokesperson told the DCNF.

https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/15/new-jersey-data-center-equinix-diesel-spill-anderson-creek/

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SCOTUS Denies Stay on Ruling Blocking Trump Mail-In Ballot Restrictions

Alito and Thomas dissented: “Some of the plaintiffs lack standing, while the remainder are pursuing a claim that this Court has recently called a ‘Hail Mary pass’ that ‘rarely succeeds.’”

https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/scotus-denies-stay-on-ruling-blocking-trump-mail-in-ballot-restrictions/

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The cube at Mecca, the Kaaba is surrounded by Towers; didn't realize that.

Where is the Kabaa?

SA

Koenig himself described the sphere as a counterpoint to the towers and a symbol of “world peace through world trade,” but the plaza’s overall fountain layout (the “symbolic setting in the middle of the plaza” you recalled) was intentionally layered with this Mecca/Kaaba parallel by Yamasaki. Contemporary accounts and art-historical sources explicitly note the sphere as “standing in place of the Kaaba” within the Mecca-inspired fountain ring.

daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com

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U.S.-Polish Involvement in Ukraine Results in Near-Miss Drone Strike Targeting former CIA Chief

Former CIA Director David Petraeus was still at Ukraine’s Yahodyn station when a Russian drone struck a locomotive near the Polish border after a diplomatic train left early.

The Ukraine war reached the Polish border with a former CIA director still on the platform.

A Russian drone struck a train at Yahodyn station on Sept. 13, near the Dorohusk crossing into Poland. Former CIA Director David Petraeus was aboard a separate train at the station when the drone hit, according to Ukrainian state rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia and Associated Press reporting.

The strike followed a Kyiv security conference that brought the same familiar foreign-policy class into Ukraine: Petraeus, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, and security advisers from several European states.

A diplomatic train carrying Johnson, Bildt, and the advisers had left Yahodyn early. Ukrzaliznytsia said it was “highly probable” the Russian drone had intended to hit that train.

Petraeus’s train remained at the station. No casualties were reported, but rail passengers evacuated before the strike destroyed the locomotive.

The station lies on the Kyiv-Warsaw route, near the Ukraine-Poland frontier. A drone also hit a truck less than a mile from Polish territory, temporarily closing the crossing.

The Guardian reported that Russian officials called the western Ukrainian rail network a route for European military cargo. The diplomatic delegation’s escape and Petraeus’s presence show how close Washington’s former intelligence leadership and Europe’s Ukraine operation now sit to the war’s front-line consequences.

https://nationalfile.com/ukraine/us-polish-involvement-in-ukraine-results-in-near-miss-drone-strike-targeting-for

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Marines fire mortars, testing speed, control and precision during a live-fire event at Camp Santiago Joint Training Center, Puerto Rico.

https://x.com/DeptofWar/status/2099917884063383677

Possible space debris seen overnight in KELOLAND

Sep 15, 2026 / 11:20 AM CDT Updated: Sep 15, 2026 / 11:20 AM CDT

A viewer shared a video of possible space debris in the sky around 2:45 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Coming up on KELOLAND News, we’ll hear from Larry Browning, SDSU Professor Emeritus of Physics about what the debris could be.

We’ll also hear from the viewer who captured the video.

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/possible-space-debris-seen-overnight-in-keloland/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0W9bqjufAYQ

A whistleblower has come forward alleging the CIA offered officials a significant amount of money to say that COVID did *not* come out of the lab in Wuhan.

"The Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence have received new and concerning whistleblower testimony regarding the Agency’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19," a letter to CIA Director William Burns said from House COVID Subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup & House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner.

"According to the whistleblower, at the end of its review, six of the seven members of the Team believed that intelligence and science were sufficient to make a low confidence assessment that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China," the letter continued.

"The seventh member of the Team, who also happened to be the most senior, was the one officer to believe COVID-19 originated through zoonosis."

"The whistleblower further contends that to come to the eventual public determination of uncertainty, the other six members were given a significant monetary incentive to change their position.”

The conspiracy theorists were right again.

https://x.com/DeepLeaksHQ/status/2099826956200292406

Is it wet yet?

Yes you can.

Ascension.

https://x.com/acyn/status/2099889301878431826

USSF-259 Mission Launch

September 15, 2026

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, September 15 for a Falcon 9 launch of the USSF-259 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The four-hour launch window opens at 6:29 p.m. PT. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Wednesday, September 16 at 6:00 p.m. PT.

A live webcast of the USSF-259 mission will begin about 10 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.

This will be the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6B, Twilight, NROL-172, Transporter-17, and eight Starlink missions.

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

There is the possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/ussf259

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launching-2nd-classified-mission-for-us-space-force-in-less-than-a-week-tonight-watch-it-live

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Not sure how I'd be feeding the machine but I admit absolute joy over the compilation videos that show the "strong, independent woman" who's been man hating on Tik Tok for years get the job burn-out or finally realize the "peace and quiet" in her dwelling that she used to brag about is simply the Silence. The ones of the "don't need no man" when trying to hang a big screen tv, move furniture, or unload some lumber and failing miserably are quite choice.

So many are out there performing for the Tik Tok to get attention and sympathy to find "Misery Loves Company" is still true. What is also true is in 2026 there will be no knight in shining armor to come to the rescue

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>President Trump, if you let silver reach its honest value, real physical silver, no other country could build data centers. Just a thought

Was posted about 25 hours ago? Anybody got sauce for this sauceless NOTABLE or is it just DayShift nonsense?

New Houthi Footage Shows Attacks on Convoys of Saudi-Backed Forces in Al-Jawf

Yemen’s Houthis (Ansar Allah) released new footage on September 15 showing what they described as attacks on Saudi-backed government forces in the northern province of al-Jawf, as fighting continues on multiple fronts following the group’s rapid gains along Yemen’s western coast.

The footage, published by the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV, shows military vehicles of Saudi-backed forces coming under attack in desert terrain, with several shown burning or damaged.

A Houthi military source said losses among the Saudi-backed forces over the previous four days had reached about 275 people killed, wounded or captured. The source also claimed that 85 military vehicles had been burned or disabled and that seven Saudi-operated drones of various types had been shot down.

The clashes in al-Jawf are part of a broader escalation that began earlier this month, when Saudi-backed Yemeni forces launched operations against Houthi positions in several areas of the province. Government-aligned forces reported capturing positions and disrupting Houthi supply lines, while the Houthis said they had repelled the attacks.

The fighting has unfolded alongside a major Houthi offensive along Yemen’s western coast. Since September 3, the group has rapidly overrun positions in Taiz and Hodeidah provinces, captured the Red Sea port of Mokha and advanced toward Dhubab and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The Houthis have also taken control of Perim, or Mayun, a strategically located island inside the strait.

The advance has brought the Houthis closer to one of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints and represents the group’s most significant territorial gain since the 2022 ceasefire halted large-scale fighting.

The new al-Jawf footage highlights that the escalation extends well beyond the western coastal battlefield, where the Houthis have made their most significant recent territorial gains.

https://southfront.press/new-houthi-footage-shows-attacks-on-convoys-of-saudi-backed-forces-in-al-jawf/

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Fox News

https://www.foxnews.com

UK breakup push escalates amid historic pact after …

18 hours ago — UK breakup push escalates amid historic pact after Trump backs reunification of Ireland

Q: "Rep. Thomas Massie today introduced Articles of Impeachment against Secretary Hegseth…"

@AGToddBlanche: "Who did?"

Q: "Thomas Massie."

@AGToddBlanche: *rolls eyes*

🤣

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099928052947947702

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This doesn’t add a brand-new official title from the artist (the documented names from Koenig remain Brunnenanlage mit Kugelkaryatide, N.Y. → Große Kugelkaryatide N.Y. / Die Kugelkaryatide / personal nickname Zyklopenauge, later popularly shortened to The Sphere). However, the Kaaba/Tawaf symbolism is frequently highlighted in descriptions of the original 1971–72 installation precisely because of the slow rotation + circular fountain “whirling” effect

This doesn’t add a brand-new official title from the artist (the documented names from Koenig remain Brunnenanlage mit Kugelkaryatide, N.Y. → Große Kugelkaryatide N.Y. / Die Kugelkaryatide / personal nickname Zyklopenauge, later popularly shortened to The Sphere). However, the Kaaba/Tawaf symbolism is frequently highlighted in descriptions of the original 1971–72 installation precisely because of the slow rotation + circular fountain “whirling” effect you remembered.

it’s a well-documented (if sometimes understated) aspect of the piece’s conceptual design.

the symbolic setting

the slow-whirling/rotating bronze sphere at the exact center, surrounded by the circular ring of fountains that Yamasaki intentionally modeled after the Grand Mosque of Mecca (Masjid al-Haram), with the sphere standing in the position of the Kaaba itself.

Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), the Japanese-American architect best known for the original World Trade Center Twin Towers (completed 1970–1973), drew extensively from Islamic architecture throughout his career. His influences were eclectic—he also cited Gothic, Japanese, Byzantine, and Moorish traditions—but Islamic elements like pointed arches, geometric filigree, courtyard plazas, and ornamental patterning became recurring motifs.

These were not superficial decorations; Yamasaki saw them as ways to humanize modernist skyscrapers, create oases of calm, and blend cultural “otherness” with structural innovation. He never heavily publicized the Islamic connections (no plaques or official literature highlighted them), but they appear in his 1979 autobiography A Life in Architecture, project photos, and analyses by scholars like Nezar AlSayyad and Laurie Kerr.

Early and International Work: Saudi Arabia as a Turning Point

Yamasaki’s direct engagement with Islamic architecture began in the late 1950s–1960s through commissions in the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia. In 1961 (just before the WTC commission), he designed the King Fahd Dhahran International Airport terminal. It featured rectilinear modular plans, pointed arches, interweaving tracery in prefabricated concrete, and a minaret-like control tower. The Saudis admired it so much that the design appeared on a 1966 banknote, and they dubbed his signature pointed arches “Yamasaki arches,” copying them in later projects like the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

slate.com

He continued in Saudi Arabia into the 1970s and early 1980s with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency Headquarters in Riyadh, the Eastern Province International Airport, and the King Fahd Royal Reception Pavilion at Jeddah Airport. These works blended high-tech modernism with traditional Islamic forms (arabesques, arches, and geometric patterns), solidifying his fascination. As UC Berkeley professor Nezar AlSayyad (who collaborated with Yamasaki) noted, “The idea of a pointed, ribbed arch was beautifully replicated in the World Trade Center.”

sfgate.com

Other non-Saudi projects showed the influence early on, such as the 1959 U.S. pavilion at the World Agricultural Fair in New Delhi, with its shimmering, mosque-like domes raised above walkways.

sfgate.com

Remember Muslim Bros. connect to Adolf WW2

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Louisiana Senator Huey Long was poised to win the 1936 presidential election against Franklin Roosevelt. This would have prevented America from entering into WW2 and allying with Judeo-Bolsheviks.

But a Jew named Carl Weiss assassinated Huey Long before the election.

https://x.com/KevinSparx1236/status/2099615409351606594

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20 Wrongs Our "Greatest Ally", Israel, Has Done to America and Americans:

1. Truman Assassination Attempt (1947): A militant Zionist group mailed a letter bomb straight to President Truman in an attempt to assassinate the U.S. President. White House staff defused it just in time.

2. USS Liberty Attack (1967): Israeli jets and torpedo boats deliberately hammered the unarmed U.S. Navy ship in international waters for over an hour, killing 34 Americans and wounding 171.

3. NUMEC Uranium Diversion (1960s): Hundreds of pounds of highly enriched uranium vanished from a Pennsylvania plant and was secretly diverted to Israel’s Dimona reactor via Zionist-linked insiders.

4. Project Pinto Nuclear Smuggling: Israel used Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan (with Netanyahu tied to the front company) to smuggle 800 nuclear bomb triggers out of the U.S.

5. Ehud Barak Epstein Meetings: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak met with Jeffrey Epstein 20–60+ times as part of suspected intelligence-linked operations.

6. CIA JFK Files Redaction Request (1998/2025): The CIA requested removal of all mentions of Israel from JFK assassination files. The full unredacted 2025 documents confirmed the scrubbing.

7. Pro-Israel PAC Funding of Congress: Over 83% of U.S. Congress members receive major donations from Pro-Israel PACs, with many listing them as their top contributor, buying direct influence over American policy.

8. Record Pro-Israel Donations to Trump (2024): Pro-Israel donors gave over $230 million (the largest single contribution in history), including $100M+ from Miriam Adelson.

9. Netanyahu Iraq WMD Claims: Israel’s Prime Minister pushed false claims about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction to drag America into the Iraq War.

10. Pro-Israel Attacks on Critics: Pro-Israel groups spend millions on ads and campaigns to defeat U.S. politicians who criticize Israel.

11. Israel-Requested Iran Conflict: According to the U.S. State Department, the recent Iran war was launched at Israel’s direct request, thus pulling America into another conflict.

12. JFK Dimona Inspection Demand (1963): President Kennedy demanded U.S. inspections of Israel’s secret Dimona nuclear reactor and was assassinated shortly afterward.

13. Ben Shapiro Israeli Intelligence Tasking: A former colleague publicly stated he witnessed Ben Shapiro receiving direct “tasking” from Israeli intelligence linked to Netanyahu and called for his FARA registration as a foreign agent.

14. Jonathan Pollard Espionage Case (1985): American naval analyst Jonathan Pollard was caught spying for Israel, passing over 800 classified U.S. documents before being sentenced to life in prison.

15. Dancing Israelis on 9/11: Five Israeli agents were arrested after being filmed dancing and celebrating while watching the Twin Towers burn. They told police they were there to “document the event” and were deported amid suspicions of foreknowledge.

16. 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing Foreknowledge: Israel allegedly had advance warning of the attack that killed 241 U.S. Marines but did not share it with American forces.

17. Israeli “Art Students” Spy Ring (pre-9/11): Numerous Israeli “art students” were caught conducting surveillance and espionage across the U.S., including near the Twin Towers and sensitive military/DEA sites (per DEA and FBI reports).

18. Selling U.S. Military Technology to China: Israel has repeatedly been caught transferring sensitive American military technology and secrets to China.

19. Epstein as Alleged Mossad Asset: Jeffrey Epstein’s blackmail operation is widely suspected of being a Mossad-linked honeypot targeting powerful Americans (he was also documented wearing IDF merchandise).

20. Thomas Massie Primary Loss (May 2026): Pro-Israel groups and AIPAC dumped tens of millions (making it the most expensive U.S. House primary in history) to defeat Thomas Massie in Kentucky.

With "friends" like these, who needs enemies?

https://x.com/WayneWaldropW/status/2062614329044918674

FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch highlights

15/09/2026

ESA’s state-of-the-art FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite have been launched together aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a new milestone in Europe’s Earth Observation Programmes.

Flight VV30 lifted off on 15 September at 03:21 (14 September at 22:21 local time).

FLEX is designed to reveal a phenomenon invisible to the human eye: the faint fluorescence emitted by plants as they photosynthesise.

Equipped with a Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer, FLEX will detect and measure this incredibly weak signal from orbit.

Because the fluorescence varies with plant health and environmental conditions, the measurements will provide scientists with new information about photosynthetic activity and vegetation stress on a global scale.

Sentinel-3C is the third in the Sentinel-3 series. Carrying a suite of cutting-edge instruments, Copernicus Sentinel-3C will continue the mission’s task of measuring systematically Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere to monitor and understand large-scale global dynamics.

The mission also provides essential information in near-real time for ocean and weather forecasting.

Europe’s Vega-C rocket can launch 2300 kg into space, such as small scientific and Earth observation spacecraft.

At 35 m tall, Vega-C weighs 210 tonnes on the launch pad and reaches orbit with three solid-propellant-powered stages before the fourth liquid-propellant stage takes over for precise placement of satellites into their desired orbit around Earth.

This flight was a first dual launch for Vega-C, using a secondary payload adapter called Vespa. Sentinel-3C was placed on top of Vespa inside the main fairing and once deployed the Vespa adapter opened to reveal FLEX for its injection into orbit.

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/09/FLEX_and_Sentinel-3C_launch_highlights

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FLEX_and_Sentinel-3C_launched

https://x.com/esa/status/2099701779185193273

https://x.com/esa/status/2099670789381300607

moar ESA

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Celeste/ESA_s_Celeste_demonstrates_5G_positioning_signals_from_low_Earth_orbit

https://x.com/Soph_astro/status/2099901798953697480

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The World Trade Center: The Plaza as a “Mecca”

The WTC’s most explicit Islamic-inspired feature was the Austin J. Tobin Plaza (the open courtyard between the Twin Towers), which Yamasaki deliberately modeled after the courtyard of the Grand Mosque of Mecca (Masjid al-Haram). He described the plaza as “a mecca, a great relief from the narrow streets and sidewalks of the surrounding Wall Street area” — an oasis with a circular fountain, seating, greenery, and sculptures where people could pause.

slate.com

The layout replicated Mecca’s vast delineated square, isolated from the city by low colonnaded structures.

The two enormous square towers functioned symbolically like minarets.

A radial circular pattern and sculptural elements (including the central fountain) echoed Mecca’s holy sites: the Kaaba (the cube at the center), the holy spring, and related shrines. The rotating bronze Sphere by Fritz Koenig (which we discussed earlier) stood precisely where the Kaaba would be in this symbolic scheme, with the surrounding fountain jets evoking the ritual circumambulation (Tawaf).

slate.com

At the towers’ base, implied pointed arches (derived from Islamic mosque architecture) created a graceful transition from wide column spacing below to the dense structural mesh above. The towers’ shimmering aluminum-and-glass skin acted as a giant truss wrapped in dense filigree — a direct nod to Islamic traditions of ornamenting geometric forms (compare the inlaid marble of the Taj Mahal or the carved courtyards of the Alhambra). Scholars like Oleg Grabar described this as evoking “a higher spiritual reality,” with the surface shimmering like the veil over the Kaaba; Middle Eastern designers even called the façade a giant mashrabiya (the ornate lattice screens in mosques).

philebersole.wordpress.com

Yamasaki did not frame the WTC as explicitly “Islamic,” but the design was part of a 20-year pattern. Post-9/11, architectural critics revisited these elements with renewed (and sometimes ironic) interest, given the attack’s perpetrators.

pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu

Could inbred Islamists from the desert of the Middle East really pulled this off?

Think: Aircraft transponders were said to have been turned off. How could maniacs, illiterate, only a few generations from sheep herders have pulled this off?

Including having the Trade Tower Plaza be evocative of Mecca?

Here he is."The Lone Juror"

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Tell me why @KashPatel opened up the parameters for hiring to ‘bestiality’ ….

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/kash-patel-fbi-hiring-policy-bestiality

None are known. There is no public reporting, testimony, or official information indicating that any of the FBI agents or staff fired under Director Kash Patel were former trafficking victims.

The firings reported under Patel have primarily involved agents and employees connected to prior investigations involving President Trump (such as the classified documents case or election-related probes), along with some other personnel actions (for example, related to 2020 protest activity). These have been described in news accounts and lawsuits as involving dozens of people in various rounds, often without formal misconduct findings in the cited cases, and have prompted legal challenges alleging political retribution. nytimes.com forbes.com

Separately, in today’s (September 15, 2026) Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Patel addressed changes to hiring standards (not firings of existing personnel). He defended adjustments that removed or softened automatic disqualifiers for certain past conduct—including solicitation of prostitution or bestiality in limited circumstances—explicitly stating the goal was to avoid automatically barring victims of trafficking or forced acts so they could still apply and undergo the full rigorous background process. He framed this as not punishing victims. latimes.com newsweek.com

These are distinct issues: one concerns outgoing personnel decisions, the other concerns eligibility rules for potential new applicants who may have been victimized. No credible sources link any of the fired agents to a history as trafficking victims.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

"Thank you guys for letting me join you all today, I'm very sorry that you're sweating… I'm not really sorry"

Tod Blanche to fake news media

Lastly, to my friend Lindsey Graham, rest now, brother. We have the watch, and I'll see you in Vanilla.

Poland could cease to exist in days if it attacks Russia – Putin aide

15 Sep, 2026 15:02 | Updated 15 Sep, 2026 16:05

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski recently boasted that Warsaw and its NATO allies could defeat Moscow “quite quickly”

Poland could cease to exist as a state within days if it enters a war against Russia, Nikolay Patrushev, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has warned in response to Warsaw’s claims that NATO could quickly defeat the country.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said over the weekend that Poland and its allies would enjoy overwhelming air superiority in a hypothetical conflict with Russia.

“If Russia attacked us and we took our gloves off, I think we would defeat Russia quite quickly,” Sikorski claimed at the Yalta European Strategy meeting in Kiev, adding that NATO could destroy Russia’s oil refining capacity within six weeks.

Patrushev dismissed the assessment as an “amateurish view” of Russia’s military might, pointing out that Moscow isn’t utilizing its full military potential in the Ukraine conflict.

“If Poland were to enter military action against Russia, our country would employ the full arsenal of its available forces and resources, and Polish statehood would cease to exist within two or three days,” he said in an interview given to Russian media on Tuesday.

Patrushev also accused Sikorski of “Russophobic” militarism, forgetting the lessons of history, and of repeatedly endangering his own country rather than ensuring its security.

Other Russian officials have also condemned the Polish minister’s rhetoric. Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko said Sikorski’s calls for NATO to conduct more aggressive exercises near Russia’s Kaliningrad Region should be assessed by “people in white coats,” while Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described his comments as “Russophobia of the brain.”

Warsaw, along with the Baltic states, Germany, and other European countries, have increasingly claimed that Russia could eventually attack NATO territory and have called for increased military spending and a stronger presence of the bloc along Russia’s borders.

NATO has also discussed strengthening its nuclear posture in Europe, with Washington reportedly considering stationing US strategic weapons in Poland and the Baltics.

Moscow has repeatedly rejected claims that it intends to attack any NATO members, describing related suggestions as fearmongering used to justify militarization.

Even Poland’s own defense minister said in July that there was no indication Russia was preparing a full-scale attack on the country.

Russian officials have instead warned that Europe’s accelerating rearmament and increasingly aggressive military planning are themselves raising the risk of a direct confrontation.

Putin recently noted that Western states are now openly talking about preparing for war with Russia, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed that Moscow has “no reason” to attack Europe unless it is attacked first.

https://www.rt.com/russia/645770-poland-cease-to-exist-patrushev/

moar RT

https://www.rt.com/russia/645677-ukraine-corruption-zelensky-retaliation/

https://www.rt.com/russia/645769-ukraines-king-of-mountain/

https://www.rt.com/news/645754-nato-officer-spy-probe/

https://www.rt.com/russia/645760-kremlin-us-space-weapons/

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Sure bro...

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 $300,000,000 worth of crypto longs liquidated in the past 20 minutes after US Senate fails to advance Crypto Clarity Act.

https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/2099934421822406974

They fucked us (no surprise)

It's they only way to get through to these young kids.

Voting left, will keep you poor.

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Broader Pattern Across Yamasaki's Career

Yamasaki’s Islamic influences appeared elsewhere:

Pointed arches and narrow vertical windows in buildings like the Federal Science Pavilion (Seattle World’s Fair, 1962), Eastern Airlines Terminal at Logan Airport, and the North Shore Congregation Israel synagogue in Glencoe, Illinois.

Ribbed vaulting, tracery, and wishbone-like columns that fused Gothic and Islamic forms (e.g., in Minnesota and other U.S. projects).

A humanist approach: using these elements to create emotional resonance and permeable public spaces, countering the coldness of pure modernism.

commonedge.org

unfortunately, for the archtect's vision, many people found that Plaza very unpleasant and cold.

The Tower's themselves, not close to "human" scale. Actually terrifying to look at the window or stand near the window at the restaurant at the top.

His travels to the Middle East, India, and beyond exposed him to these traditions, shifting him from strict modernism toward “exotic and hybrid” influences that made his buildings photogenic and welcoming.In short, Yamasaki’s Islamic influences were a quiet but profound thread — especially in the WTC’s plaza symbolism — that blended reverence for geometric beauty, spiritual allusion, and urban relief. They reflected his broader philosophy: architecture as a bridge between cultures and a balm for modern life

yada yada yada

US Muslims Gaining Political Power

https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/12/us-muslims-gaining-political-power/

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JUST IN: New FBI files reveal Thomas Crooks repeatedly accessed 4 encrypted email accounts hosted in Belgium before the Trump assassination attempt.

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https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/2099905462447534348?s=20

Ukraine Hits Russian Drone Hub Near Occupied Donetsk and Radar Stations Inside Russia

Sep 15, 2026 16:55

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian storage and launch site for attack drones near temporary occupied Donetsk, along with electronic warfare and radar systems in Russia’s Bryansk region, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on September 15.

According to the General Staff, Ukrainian Defense Forces targeted a series of Russian military facilities on September 14 and overnight into September 15.

Near Donetsk, Ukrainian forces struck a site used by Russian troops to store, prepare, and launch attack drones. The General Staff did not specify the type of drones kept at the facility.

The strikes also targeted several military sites across Russia’s Bryansk region. Three electronic warfare stations were hit in Trubchevsk, Pochep-2, and Rechitsa, while radar stations used for airspace monitoring were targeted in Pogreby and Mostochene.

In Zlynka, Ukrainian forces also struck a relay station supporting a MESH communications network.

The operation extended to Russian-occupied Luhansk region, where Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian fuel and lubricant depot in Novosvitlivka.

The General Staff said the extent of the damage caused by the strikes is still being assessed.

The operation comes amid continued Ukrainian efforts to target Russian radar and air defense capabilities. In a separate strike reported on September 15, Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian Nebo-M long-range radar near the Millerovo airfield in Russia’s Rostov region.

The strike was carried out jointly by Ukraine’s 429th Achilles Unmanned Systems Brigade and the 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade, using a RAM-2X drone to hit the radar approximately 175 kilometers from the line of contact.

According to the Ukrainian military, the Nebo-M was deployed near the Millerovo airfield, a facility regularly used by Russian forces to launch Shahed-type attack drones against Ukraine.

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-hits-russian-drone-hub-near-occupied-donetsk-and-radar-stations-inside-russia-22571

other Russia and Ukraine

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/drone-strike-halts-operations-at-metafrax-chemicals-plant-supplying-substances-for-explosives/

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84579

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/unknown-drone-crashes-1km-from-bundeswehr-1789494972.html

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/09/15/8053463/

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukrainian-drone-threat-pushes-putins-valdai-forum-from-sochi-to-moscow-region-22561

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-successfully-tests-new-interceptor-against-jet-powered-russian-drones-22579

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Picrel is from a FOIA request from Australian authorities.

You can see from the attachments list, that they knew the kids vaccine was contaminated, and were requesting its withdrawal, but despite KNOWING it was contaminated, they kept using it.

Impalement is far too good for these people.

Mitch McConnell’s recovery seems to be going incredibly well!

https://x.com/DrClownPhD/status/2099928988101845334?s=20

Kek.

No golden ticket for you 3% clowns.

>>25040404

>FREE THINKER

>>25040411

kek

by parroting DS talking points?

gonna need moar buzzwords

>>25040345

Actually unsettling to look out the window or stand near the window at the restaurant on the top.

Vidrel "The original Gang Stars"

Note the scale of the Towers and what it looks like from the top.

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https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-09-14/live-updates-908483

other Israel

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/artc-us-dod-inspector-general-report-says-iran-war-resulted-in-munitions-shortfall-bottlenecks-live-blog

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjihuwdtge

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-terror-commanders-killed-in-gaza-strikes-child-also-reportedly-among-dead/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/reports-us-mediating-israel-saudi-contacts-over-intel-on-houthis-idf-said-to-advise-staying-out-of-fighting/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-palestinian-shot-dead-near-ramallah-tried-to-grab-soldiers-weapon/

https://caliber.az/en/post/idf-finds-32-hezbollah-rockets-aimed-at-israel-in-southern-lebanon

Live Updates: Netanyahu threatens Hezbollah with more strikes as Trump claims Iran wants deal

September 15, 2026

Netanyahu wants to raise IDF budget; Lapid conditions it on canceling Haredi funds • Netanyahu warns Hezbollah of retaliation • IDF reveals Hezbollah trying to establish footholds in southern Lebanon

September 15, 2:08 AM

Thirteen injured from Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, Saudi-led coalition says

Thirteen civilians were injured from strikes by the Iran-backed Houthis on the Saudi cities of Khamis Mushait, Abha, and Taif on Monday, the Saudi-led coalition announced early on Tuesday.

September 15, 2:06 AM

Trump nominates Republican lawmaker as ambassador to Saudi Arabia

US President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Texas Republican Representative Wesley Hunt to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, which would fill a position vacant since Trump began his second term in January 2025.

Hunt, a US Army veteran once deployed to Iraq and Saudi Arabia, is not running for re-election to the House, after making an unsuccessful bid for the US Senate.

If his nomination is approved by the US Senate, Hunt would go to Riyadh at a time when months of war on Iran have raised fears of wider conflict and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have launched attacks on Saudi Arabia.

September 15, 1:41 AM

Tehran will not negotiate with Washington until all conditions are met, Iran's Rezaee says

Tehran will not negotiate with Washington until al of Iran’s conditions are met, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Mohsen Rezaee said in a Monday post on X/Twitter.

“Don’t get distracted by the US resident’s mixed signals — from 'no negotiations' to 'we’re ready to talk,'” he said. “The stakes around oil and the straits have changed. Damage control won’t stop what’s coming.”

September 15, 1:22 AM

Saudi Civil Defense issues emergency alert for Khamis Mushait, Abha

The Saudi Civil Defense issued an emergency alert for the Khamis Mushait and Abha areas on Monday night, State TV announced.

Later, the Civil Defense stated that the danger had passed.

September 15, 12:38 AM

US strikes two fishing boats in Persian Gulf, Arab media reports

Two fishing vessels were attacked Sunday night by American drones near Bandar Qargan in the Hormuzgan province of Iran, Arab media reported on Monday.

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September 15, 12:30 AM

Oil tanker exploded after colliding with mines in Hormuz, Iran's Fars reports

An oil tanker exploded and caught fire after colliding with mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's IRGC said on Monday, according to Fars, without saying when the incident occurred.

According to Iranian state media Fars, the tanker was identified as the El Gaia, a ship flying under the Panamanian flag.

United States Central Command (CENTCOM) denied the report that the tanker had exploded after colliding with mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

September 15, 12:29 AM

CENTCOM denies Iran report of mines in Strait of Hormuz

United States Central Command (CENTCOM) denied Iran's Fars media outlet's report that an oil tanker had exploded after colliding with mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

According to CENTCOM, the ship had actually been struck by an Iranian missile last month, and had recently been struck again by an Iranian drone.

CENTCOM stated that the ship is currently being towed by a regional partner.

"The IRGC's false claim is yet another example of their lies and intimidation attempts while they try to impede commercial vessels in the strait," CENTCOM wrote in a post on X/Twitter.

September 14, 9:47 PM

IDF targeting decision made by highly trained human operatives, not AI, IDF tells 'Post'

Highly trained air force, operations, and legal military officials are involved in IDF targeting decisions, despite claims by the NAZA film that the military has given over its discretion to artificial intelligence (AI), The Jerusalem Post has learned.

There is significant frustration from the high levels of the IDF, some of which was made public in a speech by IDF Chief Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Efi Deffrin, that the NAZA movie was not shared with the military in parallel to its being shown and reported on to the world in order to give the military a fair chance to respond to specific allegations.

It is not that top IDF officials do not know about collateral harm to Gazan civilians. They do, and they view it as a tragic aspect of war, worsened by Hamas trapping much of its population into being used as human shields, the Post understands.

September 14, 8:50 PM

Hezbollah trying to establish footholds within gaps in southern Lebanon's Yellow Line, IDF reveals

IDF Northern Command sources said Hezbollah has been targeting areas the military never formally entered, with Israel countering the activity through airstrikes, artillery, and combat engineering uni

Hezbollah terrorists are attempting to establish a presence within the boundaries of the Yellow Line in southern Lebanon, IDF Northern Command sources revealed on Tuesday.

According to the sources, there are sections within the Yellow Line that, for various reasons, the IDF never formally entered, often because they were surrounded by IDF-secured areas or posed no immediate threat.

Because the IDF never entered these areas, Hezbollah is trying more actively to establish a presence there and views them as easier targets, the sources explained.

The sources said the IDF has been aware of the threat and working to counter it for at least five weeks, despite only now making the information public. The timing may be linked to the battle at the Ali al-Taher Ridge having largely concluded, allowing the IDF to redirect additional manpower and resources toward securing areas considered more vulnerable.

September 14, 6:46 PM

Iran trying to make a deal, US open to the concept, Trump says

US President Donald Trump said that Iran wanted to make a deal, "quickly and badly," and that the US is open to the concept of engaging, in a post on Truth Social on Monday.

"I will determine whether or not the USA will choose to engage - The concept of which we are open to," Trump wrote.

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lattice-work walls

Panel of arches across the bottom

"MECCA" from city life

No, it wasn't

Johnson plays down AI warnings: ‘You’re not all going to be dead in 10 years’

The speaker compared the recent uproar to alarmist rhetoric around climate change.

MIA MCCARTHY

09/15/2026, 11:41AM

Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed fears of civilizational wipeout from artificial intelligence,comparing the recent alarms from inside AI labs to what he characterized as overblown warnings on the political left over climate change.

He invoked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) while defending President Donald Trump’s description of the AI alarms as a “HOAX.”

“When the president says ‘a hoax,’ what he’s referring to is, we’ve all seen this movie before,” Johnson said in response to a question about Trump’s remarks at a Tuesday news conference. “A catastrophe is created. The media gets spun up. Social media gets spun up. Everybody says we’re all … going to be dead in 10 years.”

He added: “You remember what AOC said — was it climate change? What was her stupid thing? She said, ‘We’re all going to be dead in 10 years’?”

“What the president is saying is you’re not all going to be dead in 10 years,” Johnson continued. “That’s a hoax.”

Johnson’s comment appears to refer to a comment Ocasio-Cortez made in 2019, shortly after entering the House, summarizing a U.N. report on climate change: “We’re, like, the world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.”

The remarks come as Republicans are caught between warnings from AI executives and the president’s demand that AI stay unregulated lest Chinese researchers leapfrog U.S. companies. The speaker reiterated during the news conference that he is hoping to speak with top AI executives and the president in a meeting at the White House later this week.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/15/congress/mike-johnson-ai-alarms-01077000

Sudan army repels drone strikes on eastern dams, strikes hit Blue Nile

15 September 2026

The Sudanese army repelled a drone attack on Tuesday targeting critical hydroelectric and irrigation dams near the Ethiopian border, military and local sources said, as separate drone strikes killed four people in the south-east.

Air defences shot down one-way attack drones aimed at the Upper Atbara and Setit dam complex in Gedaref state and the nearby Khashm al-Girba dam in Kassala state, causing no casualties or structural damage.

The attempted strikes came two days after Sudanese general Yasir al-Atta accused neighbouring Ethiopia of trying to seize border territories, including the fertile al-Fashaga farming region and swathes of Blue Nile state.

Further south in Blue Nile, four people were killed and several wounded when drone strikes hit the regional capital of Ed Damazin on Sunday and Monday nights, military sources said.

Footage released by the army’s 4th Infantry Division showed senior commanders inspecting damage to fuel depots and civilian infrastructure in Ed Damazin, home to the Roseires Dam, Sudan’s second-largest power-generating station.

The army has been locked in war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023, with the conflict recently expanding across eastern and southern regions.

The RSF has intensified long-range drone strikes on army-held infrastructure, hitting power grids, fuel depots, and government facilities across several states.

Clashes in Blue Nile escalated earlier this year after the RSF and allied Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) fighters seized territory along the frontier with Ethiopia and South Sudan.

https://sudantribune.com/article/318785

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol.

2 HOURS AGO

Massie launches push to impeach Hegseth

It’s the first time a member of the president’s own party is trying to oust a Pentagon chief.

By MARK SATTER and CONNOR O'BRIEN

09/15/2026, 1:51PM ET

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie on Tuesday introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, an extraordinary attempt by members of the president’s own party to oust a Pentagon chief.

The articles are for high crimes and misdemeanors, including the war in Iran, the Trump administration’s boat strikes in the Caribbean and Hegseth’s alleged suppression of free speech in his fight with Democrats over their calls for troops to refuse illegal orders.

Massie’s effort is unlikely to succeed in a GOP-controlled Congress. But the nature of the resolution means the House will be forced to vote on it this week, setting up a politically complicated vote for Republicans right before the midterm elections.

A group of nine Democrats, led by Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), introduced an impeachment resolution in April against Hegseth. They accused him of prosecuting an unauthorized war in Iran, targeting civilians and mishandling classified information, among other charges. But Massie’s move is a first-of-its kind effort to go after a Cabinet member in the same party.

It also continues a feud between Massie — one of the most vocal critics of the Trump administration’s war — and Hegseth. The Pentagon chief took the unusual step in May of campaigning for Massie’s primary opponent, former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein. Massie was defeated by Gallrein soon after.

The looming impeachment vote presents a political conundrum for Democrats, many of whom are open to Hegseth’s ouster if they win control of the House in November. But those lawmakers argue any impeachment must be the result of careful investigative work by the committee with oversight of the Pentagon.

It’s not the only such effort lawmakers are dealing with this week.The House is expected to reject a push by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) to impeach Trump.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/15/congress/massie-hegseth-impeachment-01077453

>>25040444

quad trips chek'ed

depends where you are getting your news from.

An MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter lifts off from the flight deck of USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) as the ship enforces the U.S. blockade against Iran in the Arabian Sea. As of Sept. 15, U.S. forces have redirected 103 commercial vessels to ensure compliance.

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2099944359273902327

https://x.com/USDebtClock_org/status/2099890996301439205>> 25040452 gonna tag you twice because I'm here for the Q shit

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>>25040453

>FBI stops the UNTHINKABLE

<what happened next will blow your mind

obvious clickbait. ai-slop probably too

Sophie Cunningham sexy or not ?

https://x.com/SophieCunnhja/status/2099646858876379497

Providence to receive $1.1B from Nike co-founder to build women’s health hospital in Oregon

Lisa StifflerSep 15, 2026 at 8:00 am

Oregon’s first hospital focused on women’s health will be built on the campus of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland. (Providence Illustration)

Providence will receive $1.1 billion — one of the largest gifts ever pledged to a U.S. healthcare institution — from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny. The donation will allow the nonprofit health network to build Oregon’s first hospital focused on women’s health, increase support for cardiovascular services and improve patient care.

“Penny and I have always believed that real breakthroughs come from people willing to take on the toughest challenges,” Phil Knight said in a statement. “Providence has shown that kind of ambition in cardiovascular care, and we see the same opportunity to do something truly distinctive for women’s health.”

The funds are being directed to Portland’s Providence St. Vincent Medical Center and to Providence Heart Institute.

The new women’s hospital will be located on the campus of the medical center and provide care in specialties including gynecology, pregnancy, labor and delivery, menopause and cardiovascular care. Providence leaders note that many pregnant patients are also managing hypertension, diabetes, behavioral health and substance abuse, requiring more specialized services.

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore. (Providence Photo)

The Knights have previously donated $200 million over the course of 10 years to Providence Heart Institute, which sees nearly 63,000 patients each year across the Pacific Northwest, up from 40,000 a decade ago. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and hospitalization in the U.S.

The added support for the institute will help pay for diagnostic cardiac imaging, additional clinical trials, and the recruitment of leading doctors.

Knight, 88, co-founded Nike with Bill Bowerman in Eugene, Ore., in 1964. The business was originally called Blue Ribbon Sports before rebranding seven years later. Knight is currently worth an estimated $25.4 billion, according to Forbes.

“The Knights’ extraordinary gift is a generational investment, leading to bold and innovative ideas that will shape healthcare in Oregon for decades to come,” said Jennifer Burrows, chief executive of Providence Oregon.

https://www.geekwire.com/2026/providence-to-receive-1-1b-from-nike-co-founder-to-build-womens-health-hospital-in-oregon/

>>25040474

Avi Loeb Says He Cannot Disclose UAP Meeting Details but Calls US Effort 'Sincere' and Scientific

15 September 2026, 1:38 PM BST

The Harvard astrophysicist declined to discuss the private Washington meeting, while stressing that unexplained sightings must be assessed through testable evidence

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb said he cannot reveal what was discussed at a private UAP meeting in Washington, DC, on 31 August, but described the US government's approach as a sincere effort to understand unexplained sightings through scientific data collection.

The meeting followed the White House's establishment of a UAP Science Advisory Council in June. The council works alongside the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the FBI.

Loeb, who chairs the council, said its role is to advise the government on determining the nature of unidentified anomalous phenomena.

UAP, or unidentified anomalous phenomena, is the official term increasingly used instead of UFO.

Avi Loeb on the Closed-Door UAP Meeting

Loeb told reporters that council members met at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He did not describe the evidence examined, the participants' discussions or any conclusions reached.

'I cannot disclose the contents but I will say that the US government is sincere in its efforts to understand UAP based on the scientific method of data collection,' Loeb said.

That assurance is limited. It does not establish what any individual UAP case represents, nor does it confirm claims that the government possesses non-human technology.

The council includes Ben Lamm, co-founder and chief executive of Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology company pursuing genome-editing research and projects involving extinct species.

Lamm said he had long been interested in the subject and welcomed the opportunity to examine evidence directly.

'This is not about belief, it is about evidence,' Lamm said, adding that the group intended to apply rigorous methods to historical records and new observations that meet modern scientific standards.

The distinction matters. UAP reports can involve incomplete sensor data, human observation and classified military activity, all of which can make firm identification difficult. A scientific process can only be as reliable as the evidence available to it.

UAP Council Faces a Public Trust Problem

The council's work begins against a backdrop of public suspicion about official secrecy.

A Gallup survey of 1,200 US adults, conducted between 1 and 19 July, found that 78% believed the government knew more about UFOs than it had publicly disclosed.

The poll's margin of sampling error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.

That figure has risen from 68% in 2019 and 71% in 1996, according to Gallup. Only 17% said the government was not withholding information. Yet the same poll indicates that Americans are not united behind an extraterrestrial explanation.

Forty-nine per cent said all UFO sightings could be explained by human activity on Earth or natural phenomena, while 37% believed at least some may be alien spacecraft. Another 13% had no opinion.

The share without an opinion has grown since 2019, when 7% did not offer a view, Gallup found.

The findings suggest that public opinion is not moving uniformly towards belief in extraterrestrial explanations, despite continued online speculation and the release of official documents.

Gallup also found that 17% of respondents said they had personally seen something they considered a UFO. Those respondents were more likely than people without such an experience to believe some sightings involved alien spacecraft, at 61% compared with 33%.

Scientific Claims Need Evidence

In August, the council supported legal assurances, including immunity where necessary, for current and former government employees and military personnel who wished to share information concerning alleged non-human technology.

The stated aim was to assist the council's scientific evaluation.

Lamm said the group hoped to bring greater transparency and accountability by assessing credible evidence objectively and then sharing its findings with scientists and the public. He also said the inquiry could potentially reshape understanding of the world.

That is an ambitious goal. But the standard should be equally demanding: evidence that can be tested, checked and independently assessed, rather than claims that cannot be examined because the underlying information remains behind closed doors.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/avi-loeb-us-government-uap-scientific-investigation-1819846

moar Avi Loeb

https://avi-loeb.medium.com/what-did-the-u-s-government-learn-about-alien-tech-0ad205381171

https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/JWL10.mp4

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https://www.firstpost.com/tech/ex-anthropic-researcher-warns-superintelligent-ai-could-be-like-summoning-an-alien-species-14045908.html

Ex-Anthropic researcher warns superintelligent AI could be like ‘summoning an alien species’

Sep 15, 2026, 10:53:57 IST

The debate over AI safety is increasingly being shaped by researchers who once worked at the companies building the technology.

Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic researcher, is the latest to voice concerns, warning that superintelligence could create an intelligence humans do not fully understand or know how to control.

The biggest concern surrounding advanced artificial intelligence may not be what today's chatbots can do, but what could happen if future systems become vastly more capable than their creators.

That question is gaining attention from people who have worked directly on the technology. Jacob Coxon, who recently left Anthropic, has joined a growing group of former AI insiders questioning whether the industry's push towards increasingly powerful systems can be matched by equally strong safety measures.

Coxon recently described the idea of creating superintelligent AI as comparable to “summoning an alien species”. His concern centres on the gap between building an intelligence and actually understanding how it might behave once its capabilities go far beyond those of humans.

“The concept of superintelligence, it's been likened to summoning an alien species. So thinking about it in terms of an alien mind we don't fully understand is pretty terrifying even without any concrete scenario,” Coxon said during a television appearance.

The comparison is significant because it frames the problem differently from the usual debate over whether AI could become dangerous.

The underlying issue, in Coxon's view, is that humans could eventually be dealing with a form of intelligence whose reasoning, objectives and behaviour are difficult to predict.

That does not mean catastrophe is inevitable. Predictions about AI causing human extinction remain deeply uncertain, and there is no established timeline for superintelligence.

But the possibility has become a serious subject of discussion among some of the people developing the technology.

Why AI insiders are increasingly speaking out

Some of the industry's most recognisable figures have acknowledged that advanced AI could carry risks that require restrictions or additional oversight. Elon Musk has previously estimated a roughly 10 per cent chance that AI could lead to human extinction within a decade.

Geoffrey Hinton, whose pioneering work helped establish the foundations of modern AI and who later received the Nobel Prize in Physics, has put the probability of extinction at between 10 and 20 per cent.

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