NPR – by Bill Chappell

Two stained-glass windows honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson at the Washington National Cathedral will be removed immediately, the cathedral says.

The facility’s leadership says the decision came after long deliberations on an important question: “Are these windows, installed in 1953, an appropriate part of the sacred fabric of a spiritual home for the nation?”   Continue reading “National Cathedral Is Removing Stained-Glass Windows Honoring Confederate Leaders”

Veterans Today – by Ian Greenhalgh

[Editor’s note: There is a disturbing trend going on on the internet right now of people spreading false information about the Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose and Katia. What is disturbing about it is that it looks very much like an orchestrated campaign of scaremongering and when notorious disinfo operations like Alex Jones get in on the act, it becomes even more suspicious.

Who is behind this campaign? To what purpose are they spreading fear? Who might benefit from causing people to panic? These are questions we have no answers to right now.   Continue reading “Hurricane Scaremongering Reaches Category 6 Proportions”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Credit-reporting company Equifax shocked investors, and more than a third of America, when it announced on Thursday afternoon that hackers had breached its data systems, compromising the personal information of approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. The information accessed “primarily includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers.” In other words, pretty much everything that should have been hidden behind an n-number of firewalls, is now available to the dark net’s highest bidder.    Continue reading “Massive Data Breach At Equifax: As Many As 143 Million Social Security Numbers Hacked”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new Republican bill to replace Obamacare will be unveiled in the U.S. Senate on Monday with backing from President Donald Trump, according to one of two Republican senators who have crafted the legislation.

The lawmaker, Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, told reporters he was optimistic the legislation could pass before a Sept. 30 deadline, if it can attract the bare minimum of 50 votes needed to succeed in the Republican-led Senate with tie-breaking support from Vice President Mike Pence.   Continue reading “New Senate Obamacare repeal bill due Monday”

Washington Post

Hurricane Irma is not the only show in town. Two other menacing hurricanes, Jose and Katia, were swirling in the Atlantic Ocean basin and forecast to strengthen and impact land areas late Friday into the weekend.

Hurricane Jose

Jose, which was rapidly intensifying Thursday afternoon, could hit some of the same small islands in the northern Lesser Antilles decimated by Irma. The hurricane, which formed as a tropical storm on Wednesday, is following behind Irma on a similar path.   Continue reading “Capital Weather Gang Tropical triple threat: Hurricanes Jose and Katia could join Irma striking land this weekend”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday filed papers at the U.S. Supreme Court backing a Christian baker in Colorado whom a state court ruled against for declining to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.

In the brief, Acting Solicitor General Jeff Wall said Jack Phillips should be exempt from Colorado’s anti-discrimination law because making custom cakes is a form of free expression protected under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.   Continue reading “Trump administration backs baker who refused to make cake for gay couple”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON ― House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that President Donald Trump told her on two occasions that he supports and would sign a bill to give legal status to young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.

“We made it very clear in the course of the conversation that the priority was to pass the Dream Act,” she said at a press briefing. “Obviously it has to be bipartisan. The president supports that, he would sign it. But we have to get it passed.”   Continue reading “Nancy Pelosi Says Trump Promised Her He’d Sign The Dream Act”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

A devastating new food weaponization technology has been developed called “RNA interference.” This technology, initially rolled out to destroy the fertility of pests, could easily be expanded into a genocidal food-based weapon that targets African-Americans to destroy their fertility. The same technology could also be fine-tuned to target Whites, Latinos, Asians or other races with various “biological payloads” that could include shutting off their fertility, neurological function or ability to build new blood vessels, eventually leading to death.   Continue reading “New “RNA interference” crop technology WEAPONIZES food into the ultimate eugenics weapon… could target Blacks for covert sterilization”

Palm Coast Observer

The state of Florida is arranging to get more fuel to Florida’s gas stations and make sure tankers are kept safe on the way, according to news release issued Thursday, Sept. 7, from the office of Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

State police have been directed to escort tankers to gas stations on evacuation routes, and Florida ports are prioritizing fuel shipments, according to the news release.   Continue reading “State of Florida working to get more fuel to Florida gas stations”

KSFY

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KSFY) – Police say an Elk Point man was found eating shredded cheese in a family’s utility room early Thursday morning.

Public Information Officer Sam Clemens said a 15-year-old girl was sleeping on a couch in the living room of the home in the 4700 block of W. 17th Place when she heard the man come in the open back door around 2:30 a.m.   Continue reading “Police: Intoxicated man found eating shredded cheese in family’s home”

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Daily Mail

ISIS is said to be planning a new wave of attacks against Western targets in an attempt to boost morale following crushing defeats in Syria and Iraq.

An intelligence official has warned the terror group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is said to be alive and plotting his next evil move.

After US-backed offensives in Mosul and Raqqa have seen Islamic State fighters all but wiped out, the expert warned a new generation of terror groups could emerge from the ashes.    Continue reading “ISIS is planning a wave of attacks against Western targets to boost morale following defeats in Syria and Iraq, intelligence official warns”

NBC Chicago

Protesters blocked part of southbound Lake Shore Drive near Montrose Avenue Thursday morning after homeless people were being removed from their shelters in the area.

Police said the demonstrators were protesting homelessness, and that many did not want to move from their tents.

As of just after 9 a.m., one lane was shut down on Lake Shore Drive but two were moving, authorities said.    Continue reading “Protesters Block Part of Lake Shore Drive After Police Remove Homeless People’s Tents”

Politico

President Donald Trump on Thursday reassured so-called Dreamers concerned about their status over the next six months, tweeting that they “have nothing to worry about.”

The Trump administration this week rescinded former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which offered protections to thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. But the rescission won’t kick in until March, giving Congress six months to find a legislative solution.  Continue reading “Trump tells Dreamers ‘you have nothing to worry about’ for next 6 months”

Washington Post – by Dan Lamothe

The U.S. military began preparing in earnest for Hurricane Irma on Wednesday, readying four Navy ships for potential disaster relief while moving aircraft and U.S. troops in advance of the arrival of the Category 5 storm.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has approved the use of the USS Oak Hill and the USS Kearsarge, amphibious ships now off Florida’s east coast, if help is requested from Gov. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), said Army Lt. Col. Jamie Davis, a Pentagon spokesman. The ships were originally deployed late last month with hundreds of Marines and sailors aboard to respond to Hurricane Harvey in Texas, but could instead be sent to Florida.   Continue reading “U.S. military preparations for Hurricane Irma now include four Navy ships and thousands of troops”

AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday the Republican tax plan will aim to reduce the corporate tax rate to mid- to low-20 percent — a smaller cut than what President Donald Trump wants.

Ryan is providing some specifics as the GOP starts to write legislation overhauling the tax system, with help for the middle class a main goal.

Trump, who made overhauling taxes a pillar of his push for economic growth, has called for a 15 percent tax rate for corporations. The rate now ranges from 15 percent to 35 percent.   Continue reading “Ryan aiming for mid- to low-20 percent corporate tax rate”

ABC News

A judge has delayed a decision about sending a 31-year-old truck driver from suburban Chicago to New York City to face terrorism charges.

Dilshod Khusanov appeared Thursday in Chicago federal court. His court-appointed lawyer said Khusanov wanted more time to consider his options and wants to ask an attorney he knew previously to represent him. A status hearing was set for Sept. 19.  Continue reading “Decision on sending man to NY to face terror charges delayed”