https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5489547-tim-kaines-embarrassing-constitutional-blasphemy/

> Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) this week warned the American people that a Trump nominee for a State Department position was an extremist, cut from the same cloth as the Iranian mullahs and religious extremists.

> Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to Kaine in his opening statement when he said that “all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator; not from our laws, not from our governments.”

> It was a line that should be familiar to any citizen — virtually ripped from the Declaration of Independence, our founding document that is about to celebrate its 250th anniversary.

> Yet Kaine offered a very surprising response in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.

> “The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator — that’s what the Iranian government believes,” he said. “It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Shia (sic) law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians, and other religious minorities. They do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So, the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.”

> The idea that laws “come from the government” is the basis of what is called “legal positivism,” which holds that the legitimacy and authority of laws are not based on God or natural law but rather legislation and court decisions.

https://apnews.com/article/florida-childhood-vaccines-mandate-eliminate-desantis-363323dcdd3811ca9ad7def5f9a30fb2

Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates, a longtime cornerstone of public health policy for keeping schoolchildren and adults safe from infectious diseases.

State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, who announced the decision Wednesday, cast current requirements in schools and elsewhere as “immoral” intrusions on people’s rights that hamper parents’ ability to make health decisions for their children.

“People have a right to make their own decisions, informed decisions,” Ladapo, who has frequently clashed with the medical establishment, said at a news conference in Valrico. “They don’t have the right to tell you what to put in your body. Take it away from them.”

Florida’s move, a significant departure from decades of public policy and research that has shown vaccines to be safe and the most effective way to stop the spread of communicable diseases, especially among schoolchildren, is a notable embrace of the Trump administration’s agenda led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist.

Dr. Rana Alissa, chair of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said removing vaccines puts students and school staff at greater risk.

“When everyone in a school is vaccinated, it is harder for diseases to spread and easier for everyone to continue learning and having fun,” Alissa said in an email. “When children are sick and miss school, caregivers also miss work, which not only impacts those families but also the local economy.”

Democratic state Rep. Anna Eskamani, who is running for Orlando mayor, said in a social media post that scrapping vaccines “is reckless and dangerous” and could cause outbreaks of preventable disease.

“This is a public health disaster in the making for the Sunshine State,” Eskamani said on the social platform X.

https://www.ft.com/content/f98caaf8-545b-41cb-abdf-d9ea674799fc

Donald Trump’s pledge that he would deliver a booming economy to Americans is being undermined by a stalling labour market, in a warning sign for his party’s prospects at next year’s congressional elections.

Until recently, the US president could argue that his disruptive policy moves — from sweeping import tariffs to an aggressive immigration crackdown — had defied critics with resilient job creation and relatively stable inflation.

But Friday’s figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed jobs growth has been grinding to a halt — US employers created just 22,000 positions in August after a weak summer — puncturing confidence that Trump’s economy will remain unscathed.

Omair Sharif, an analyst at Inflation Insights, said: “Trade policy uncertainty — and policy uncertainty in general — is causing a pullback in hiring, and it is not clear that it will be resolved anytime soon.”

Friday’s data has provided Democrats with fresh ammunition for their claims that Trump’s economic policies were doing more harm than good.

Maggie Hassan, the New Hampshire senator and top Democrat on the joint economic committee, told the Financial Times: “Costs keep going up. Manufacturing here in the US is contracting. Businesses don’t know whether to invest or hire because there’s so much uncertainty in the economy.”

“This is a direct result of the president’s reckless tariffs and the uncertainty that he has created.”

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-reported-violent-failed-seal-team-6-mission/story?id=125300720

President Donald Trump said Friday he didn't know "anything" about what the New York Times reported was a classified 2019 SEAL Team 6 mission in North Korea in which unarmed North Korean civilians were killed during an aborted operation.

The Pentagon and U.S. Special Operations Command declined to comment to ABC News about The New York Times report.

Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Friday, Trump was asked by a reporter: "Can you confirm that it happened?"

"I don't know anything about it. I'm hearing it now for the first time," he responded.

The account, citing "two dozen people, including civilian government officials, members of the first Trump administration and current and former military personnel with knowledge of the mission" who spoke to the Times anonymously, said Trump had approved the mission.

Today, September 8th, 2025, in Nepal, especially in its capital kathmandu, at a place called Maitighar, a protest was held.
In some of the international Media it is portrayed that the protest was to unban social media. While that was also one of the agenda of the protest, it certainly wasn't the main one.
The main agenda was ban of corruption.
The children of ministers are flexing their wealth, the ministers are wearing $42k+ watch, while the condition of the country remained in vain.
So, to raise awareness against that, a protest was held, but it became more than a protest. It became a graveyard for the students(around 17 years), for the Gen-Z people.
20 people have been confirmed dead, and they were shot by the police, they were murdered by the one that is supposed to protect them. The police have claimed that they were using "Rubber" bullets, but metal bullets were extracted from the shot people.
The school bags that are supposed to carry the ambition and dreams of the students, carried their own blood, it was a terrible sight to see.
Furthermore, in the Civil Hospital, police have been reported to barge in and shoot the ER's door, throw tear gasses and many more.
I want to know where the Human Rights Activists are? Why are they silent? Or does the root of the corruption goes deeper than we imagine?
After the protest, Our Prime Minister is planning to ban social media thoroughly making it inaccessible through VPNs or changing DNS, he is not addressing the situation properly, no accountability is taken for the deaths or the injured people.
All i ask for is justice for the families of the dead and the safety of the citizens.
More posts can be seen here:
https://www.instagram.com/indepthstory/

Do you actually like using this forum, whether it is LARPing, debating, memeing, or just DM’ing friends? Then pay attention. Under the EU’s proposed Chat Control law, platforms like this, along with Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, and almost any forum or messaging service with private chats, could be forced into constant surveillance.

This is not a conspiracy. It is exactly what is being proposed. The EU wants to force providers to scan all messages, images, and files, including private DMs. They plan client-side scanning, which means the content is scanned before encryption. Your device becomes a surveillance tool. Sites that refuse could face fines, court orders, domain seizures, or shutdown, meaning your favorite communities could vanish.

And this is only the beginning. If Chat Control passes, it sets a precedent for governments to demand more intrusive monitoring. Surveillance could expand to facial recognition in public spaces, behavior tracking, eye and hand movement in apps, and predictive behavior analysis. Today it is “stop CSAM” scanning. Tomorrow it could be profiling everyone based on actions, interactions, and even physical behavior.

Non-EU users, pay attention. Once the EU succeeds, other governments will likely copy the model, forcing global platforms to comply. Even services outside the EU could be pressured, restricted, or blocked. Your private communications may not stay private.

If you value private communication, online freedom, and diverse communities, act now:

Sign and share the petitions:
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-chat-control-european-regulation
https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-defend-our-privacy-vote-no-to-chat-control
https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/preserve-eprivacy-protect-childrens-rights-stop-chatcontrol
https://citizengo.org/en-row/ot/16287-reject-chat-control--stop-eu-spying-on-your-messages

https://www.al.com/crime/2025/09/vehicle-sought-after-auburn-university-veterinary-professor-killed-in-assault-in-park.html