Big Question: What is Russia getting in return?

Donald Trump says Russia will be bailing out the US with diesel fuel. Since its illegal invasion of Ukraine, wide-ranging sanctions have been applied to Russia. In order to get the diesel fuel moved, the Treasury Department simultaneously announced Friday that it would be easing sanctions on Russia
https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-diesel-midterms-12baccc7aade559bf329079b0548c9da

The US has no universal healthcare system, like Medicare for All, but it does have 49 billionaires who made their wealth from for-profit private healthcare companies.

Senator Chris Murphy Slams Pete Hegseth for Blocking Congressional Access to Gulf Military Sites

"I've never encountered anything like this in my time in the Senate, and it's part of a deliberate campaign of obfuscation that my Republican colleagues in Congress should demand an end to,” Murphy told reporters. #IranWar

https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/10/62212667/senator-chris-murphy-slams-pete-hegseth-for-blocking-congressional-access-to-gulf-military-sites-to-hide-war-costs-first-time-in-20-years

Trump says Iran should attack American cities: “Let ’em take out Los Angeles and San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.”

This drew cheers from Nebraska crowd Monday evening.

The next day he sent a text, "You want to hangout?" She told him she's studying. He said, I can help you study."

A University Police Officer!!

When my daughter was in college her campus apartment was broken into. The window was removed and her t.v. was stolen. Luckily she was not at home. She called the University Police and they came to investigate. Before the officer left he inappropriately asked her out on a date.

County Public Health Services has confirmed a mumps outbreak at San Diego State University.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/mumps-outbreak-reported-at-san-diego-state-univeristy-county-says/4075743/?amp=1

A large and growing protest happening at the #kennedycenter right now.

States prep for ICE agents to be at polls #MidtermElections2026
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/17/states-ice-polls-2026-election

Kash Patel Won’t Rule Out Sending Armed Federal Agents to the Polls
https://newrepublic.com/post/215439/kash-patel-reveals-alarming-plan-fbi-monitor-polls

More than 1.2 million children have lost SNAP benefits since last July. Experts explain why | PBS News
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/more-than-1-2-million-children-have-lost-snap-benefits-since-last-july-experts-explain-why

Say NO to Offshore Drilling!

California is standing up for our coast. Join Sierra Club San Diego on Sept. 26 for Hands Across the Sand, a statewide day of action opposing expanded offshore oil drilling.

https://sd-united.org/events/hands-across-the-sand

Election 2026: Second federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order
https://whyy.org/articles/election-2026-trump-mail-ballot-order-federal-ruling/

Ukraine's refusal to give up territory to Russia stalls peace deal, Trump envoy says.

You mean the refusal of Russia to withdraw from Ukrainian territory stalls peace deal.

Fuck you Kushner!

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-refusal-to-give-up-territory-to-russia-stalls-peace-deal-trump-envoy-says/

We are in the midst of a headlong global birth crash—a plunge underway all around the world, in rich and poor regions alike, very possibly presaging an indefinite global depopulation, with our “peak human” moment coming shockingly soon. Fewer people are having kids.

The Incredible Global Birth Crash | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-incredible-global-birth-crash/

West Texas faces a severe ecological crisis in the Permian Basin caused by billions of gallons of toxic oilfield wastewater and erupting abandoned wells. It will become uninhabitable.

Disaster Under America’s Biggest Oil Field
https://youtube.com/watch?v=IgSN8mM6IJM&is=qKr30O2npLU5WGDy

Students from more than 200 high schools across Colorado walked out of school Friday afternoon to protest ICE
https://coloradonewsline.com/2026/09/04/students-walkout-ice-protest/

What Republicans call "socialism" is known in the rest of the developed world as a civilized society. #MidtermElections2026

The insurrection on #January6th at our Capitol caused extensive damage to historical wooden artifacts. Old growth mahogany was shipped from Forest Products Laboratory at the UW-Madison for repair work that began in June. The wood had been stored at the lab since 1919!

In a "strategic retreat" in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst harms of global warming. So now the world must figure out how to prepare. #ClimateAction #GlobalWarmingCrisis