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4:55 PM ET, September 29, 2025

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Iona Cleave / Telegraph:
Mormon church gunman was Marine ‘who supported Trump’  —  Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, killed by police after ramming truck into Michigan church and opening fire on worshippers  —  The gunman who rammed his truck into a Mormon church and opened fire on worshippers was an Iraq war veteran who had previously shown support for Donald Trump.
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USA Today:
What we know about Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Michigan church shooting suspect  —  Joey Garrison Chris Quintana Dinah Voyles PulverUSA TODAY … Michigan law enforcement authorities identified 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton, Michigan as the suspect who killed four people …
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Mormon Church Shooter Had a Trump Sign Outside His House  —  GUNMAN'S LAIR  —  Authorities stressed that they have yet to identify a motive for the attack on the Mormon church amid social media speculation.  —  The Mormon Church shooter who killed at least four people in an attack on Sunday …
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Karoline Leavitt Says MAGA Shooter Just Hated Mormons  —  SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS  —  Trump's press secretary made the claim as officials continue to probe the motive.  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed on Monday that the Mormon church shooter “hated” members of the faith.
Detroit Free Press:
Michigan church shooting suspect went on anti-LDS tirade, political candidate said  —  Andrea May Sahouri Clara HendricksonDetroit Free Press  —  This story has been updated with additional information.  —  When Burton City Council candidate Kris Johns heard that someone shot churchgoers …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Mormon church shooting suspect had Trump sign outside home, records show
New York Times:
'I'm From Here!':  U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump's Dragnet  —  As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have stopped and in some cases detained American citizens.  —  U.S. citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody …
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Brad Heath / Reuters:
Exclusive: Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump and Netanyahu agree on a plan to end Gaza war and await Hamas to accept terms  —  Trump on Monday laid out a 20-point plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war and establishing a postwar governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory.  —  EDITED BY CURTIS YEE …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Trump would head Gaza ‘board of peace’ in new postwar plan
MSNBC:
Democratic voters are furious with party leaders.  And that disaffection has a cost.  —  The Trump era has put the Democratic Party in an unprecedented bind.  —  By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock”
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats  —  Exclusive: Miller's homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say  —  Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has played a leading role in directing US strikes …
Discussion: Salon and New Republic
Perry Bacon / New Republic:
With Portland, Trump's Police State Is Getting Bigger and More Radical … Add Portland and Memphis to a list that already includes cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston and individuals like Mahmoud Khalil, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Rümeysa Öztürk.
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Politico:
Oregon sues to block Trump from deploying state's National Guard in Portland
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pbump:
How Trumpworld inflates the perceived danger of the left  —  It is stipulated at the outset that there have been gruesome acts of political violence in recent months that appear to have been motivated by hostility to right-wing politics or the administration.  This is not really contestable and rarely seriously contested.
Discussion: Breitbart and Axios
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Axios:
Scoop: Schumer floats shutdown fix … He and Senate Democrats are also starting to think about how to get out of one.  — A 7-10 day spending bill would require unanimous consent in the Senate, which could put pressure on Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Republicans to abandon their plans for a seven-week bill.
MSNBC:
How Tom Homan wound up ensnared in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting  —  A former associate of Trump's border czar allegedly proposed a $1 million scheme last year that put FBI agents on Homan's trail.  —  Tom Homan, the White House border czar, became entangled in an FBI sting last year …
New York Times:
Americans' Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  A majority of American voters now oppose sending additional economic and military aid to Israel, a stunning reversal in public opinion since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.  —  Nearly two years into the war in Gaza …
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Felicia Schwartz / Politico:   An Entire Generation of Americans Is Turning on Israel
New Republic:
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President.  These Brutal New Polls Confirm It.  —  What if we told you that Donald Trump is a really unpopular president?  Would that surprise you?  It's not something you hear much in the media.  Yet in recent days new polls from the Associated Press, Gallup …
Discussion: Gizmodo and LGBTQ Nation
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The ADL Defended Elon Musk's ‘Awkward Gesture.’ Now He Calls It a Hate Group  —  “The ADL hates Christians, therefore it is is a hate group,” Musk tweeted Sunday.  —  READING TIME 4 MINUTES  —  Read Later Read Later  —  When Elon Musk gave two Nazi-style salutes the day President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Independent
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire  —  A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary  —  Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced …
Discussion: MSNBC and Washington Post
Associated Press:
Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52.5 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout  —  Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $52.5 billion in what could become the largest buyout ever funded by private equity firms.
Fox News:
Editorial overhaul: Washington Post's new opinion chief feels the weight of the challenges ahead … But that's the situation 33-year-old Adam O'Neal has found himself in at The Washington Post.  —  “I just feel a tremendous responsibility to get this right,” O'Neal told Fox News Digital …
Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Pete's ‘Manic’ Meltdowns Exposed by Aides  —  PRESSURE COOKIER  —  The former Fox News host is reportedly spiraling out of control.  —  Pete Hegseth is crumbling under the pressure of leading the Pentagon.  —  The defense secretary—who prefers the moniker “Secretary of War” …
Axios:
Democrats turn up heat on Johnson over Epstein files vote delay … But she has to be sworn in first.  — Grijalva was elected in a landslide last Tuesday in the race to succeed her father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), in Congress.  — She has accused Johnson of dragging …
Discussion: The Independent
Dan Zaksheske / OutKick:
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Finebaum ‘Considering’ Leaving ESPN To Pursue U.S. Senate Seat As A Republican  —  SEC Network host and analyst Paul Finebaum says he is “considering” leaving ESPN to run for the U.S. Senate.  And he would run on the republican ticket.  —  In an exclusive interview …
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Is Named as Next Super Bowl Headliner  —  TRUMP HATER  —  The Puerto Rican-born superstar was announced as the Super Bowl headliner.  —  MAGA talking heads have not taken kindly to a musician who sings in Spanish being announced as the next Super Bowl halftime performer.
Joe Pinkstone / Telegraph:
First-cousin marriage has ‘benefits’, says NHS guidance despite birth defect risk  —  Tory MP says health service should ‘stop taking the knee’ to damaging cultural practices  —  The NHS has been urged to apologise for publishing guidance extolling the benefits of first-cousin marriage despite the increased risk of birth defects.
Akash Sriram / Reuters:
Trump says US to impose 100% tariff on movies made outside the country  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood's global business model.  —  The step signals Trump's willingness …
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Is Trump keeping all his promises?  This MAGA couple doesn't think so.  —  Eight months into his second term, the president is facing some difficulties living up to the high expectations of his supporters.  —  Just now  —  SWAINSBORO, Ga. — Jessie Meadows told her mother-in-law not to panic …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The U.S. is not a Functional Democracy  —  We are no longer at a “tipping point” or “an inflection point.”  We are no longer “sliding” toward autocracy.  Donald Trump no longer “aspires” to be an autocrat.  Last week, in case you had any doubt, the Trump regime went full-bore authoritarian.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
We Are in the Worst-Case Scenario  —  The November 2024 version of you would be shocked at what the September 2025 version accepts as reality.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Plans  —  After Trump's re-election I did my best to imagine how things might go better than we feared.
 
 
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Reuters:
Under Trump, US cedes its share of China's beef market to Australia
Discussion: Newsweek
Daniel Villarreal / LGBTQ Nation:
GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children. He just pled guilty to child porn charges.
Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:
A Failure of Imagination
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
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Khaya Himmelman / Talking Points Memo:
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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Stephen Mcgrath / Associated Press:
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