Welcome to the October 9th New Newsletter!
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Our Main Story: Civil War 2.0
Trump Is Waging War on an American City
Trump campaigned on using military and Justice Department against his foes. He’s following through
Trump floats invoking Insurrection Act
Trump’s National Guard use sets up legal clash testing executive power
Legal battles pile up as Trump expands National Guard deployments to Illinois
For Trump, the ‘Enemy From Within’ Keeps Getting Bigger
Newsom and Pritzker Are Showing How to Attack an Authoritarian Crook
Marjorie Taylor Greene Just Wrecked Trump’s Entire Shutdown Strategy
How books, not troops, are reviving central Portland
Trump Proudly Announces His Shutdown Revenge on Democrats
Lawsuit over Trump’s DC Guard deployment exposes deep partisan divide
Can America Become a Democracy?
Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard
Trump Press Sec Seethes as Fresh Polls Show Him Losing Shutdown Badly
Our Main Story: Peace In The Middle East?
Israel and Hamas Agree to ‘First Phase’ of a Peace Deal. Here’s What We Know
A new beginning for the Middle East?
Hamas’s gamble on a deal with Israel offers no guarantee of ending the war
Trump Has A Gaza Peace Deal. Will It Hold?
Trump Refuses to Answer One Key Question on Palestinians in Gaza
Trump says he “may go” to the Middle East this weekend amid peace talks
Greta Thunberg Accuses Israel of Violating International Law In Blocking Flotilla
How Jared Kushner, a Self-Described ‘Deal Guy,’ Helped Broker a Gaza Breakthrough
This Week’s Links
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate
IRS announces most operations are closed and nearly half of its workforce will be furloughed
Transportation Secretary Threatens To Fire Air Traffic Controller ‘Problem Children’
Shutdown halts funding for military spouse tuition assistance program
Judge sets 14-day deadline for appointment of new prosecutor in Georgia election case against Trump
ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”
Russia is torturing its Ukrainian captives
Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in literature
Trump Approval Rating Hits Second-Term Low In Latest Survey
Putin admits Russia shot down Azerbaijan Airlines plane, killing 38
Trump’s erratic message to his Attorney General wasn’t meant to be public (you don’t say…)
Pam Bondi Inadvertently Flashes Her Handwritten Attack Notes For Off-The-Rails Hearing
What to Know About Adelita Grijalva, Her Stalled Swearing-In, and Her Crucial Epstein Vote
British Synagogue Attacker Pledged Allegiance to ISIS, Police Say
Macron looks for new prime minister, again (we’re not the only country that’s a mess)
See Jeffries and Lawler confront each other over shutdown
Louis Tomlinson reveals exact moment Niall Horan told him of Liam Payne’s death
Zach Bryan Opens Up About Controversial ICE Song: “I’m on Neither of These Radical Sides”
Storm Is Expected to Bring Wild Weekend Weather Along the East Coast
Jane Goodall’s Message of Hope Lives On
Comey Pleads Not Guilty and Will Seek to Dismiss Charges as Vindictive
13 people arrested, 4 police officers injured, during pro-Palestinian protest on Boston Common
How bad is America’s icebreaker gap with Russia?
Man Fascinated With Fire Imagery Is Arrested in Palisades Blaze, Officials Say
Joan Kennedy, Who Married Into a Dynasty, Is Dead at 89
Police Departments Tracked Activists in the 1960s and 70s — Then Erased Records
Ken Burns Loves America—and You Can, Too
Dolly Parton’s Sister Apologizes for Alarming Fans: “I Didn’t Mean to Scare Anyone”
The GOP Is Having an Extended Bad Bunny Tantrum
Justice for Kyren Lacy
Kyren Lacy’s death was an inexcusable systemic failure
Barstool personality Jack Mac apologizes for insensitive Kyren Lacy post (it’s not enough)
Kyren Lacy crash: What to know about newly released police footage
This Is Texas News
Gunman kills 3 in Houston-area shooting spree, police say
Blindspot Stories
Chris Van Hollen Is Angry—at Trump, and at His Party’s Lame Pollsters
The heartbreakingly common story of my military suicide attempt
Under Reported Stories
Hegseth fires Navy chief of staff
Trump Threats to Jail Foes Take Darker Turn With Damning New DOJ Leaks
Democratic Wake Up Calls / Wins
Democrats Got Something Really Big Done in New Mexico
Democrats have excelled in special elections - what does that mean for the midterms?
AI News
How California’s New AI Law Protects Whistleblowers
Google launches Gemini Enterprise AI platform for business clients
Jamie Dimon is worried about a stock market correction
Is there an AI bubble? Financial institutions sound a warning (yes)
Women’s Sports News / FIFA News
World Cup 2026 qualifiers: Why FIFA won’t ban Israel despite Gaza genocide
Fifa accuses Malaysia of faking foreign-born players’ eligibility
Angel Reese to Become First Pro Athlete to Walk Victoria’s Secret Runway
It’s Time For WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to go
Napheesa Collier tells Kamala Harris she was ‘fed up’ with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert
Aces-Mercury WNBA Finals posting highest viewership in decades
That’s it for this week! Like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t yet. We are quite literally all in this together. xo, Jalon
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