I DIDN’T HAVE THE STOMACH FOR IT: Rosie O’Donnell Convenes Epstein ‘Survivors’ for Feminist Singalong.

NICE WORK, FELLAS: US Marshals Announce Largest Missing-Child Operation in Ohio History. U.S. Marshals on Tuesday announced the ‘largest missing-child operation in Ohio’s history’ as part of Operation Meridian. According to the announcement, 79 missing children were found.”

CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE CASE FOR BOMBING:

🚨 BREAKING: US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro just stunned the nation, announcing a massive fraud-scam center bust run by Chinese and southeast Asian criminal enterprises EXTRACTING American dollars on a major scale

The earnings are around $12 BILLION PER YEAR from "unwitting… pic.twitter.com/FPi4FYt68C

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 9, 2026

WAIT, WHAT? Lethal Injections: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. “You know she has a charmed life when she can leisurely reanimate each morning with a fresh cup of coffee and access to all paywalled media sites. Such is my morning routine because, yes, I have a pretty lovely life; however, the idyllic process was interrupted today when I simultaneously inhaled and spat the aforementioned coffee when I read that the State of Georgia purchased its lethal injection cocktail from a pharmaceutical supplier based out of a West London driving school.”

CONSEQUENCES: U.S. Destroys Five More IRGC Tankers After Iran Targets Navy Warship.

U.S. forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers Tuesday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the past two days, according to U.S. Central Command.

CENTCOM said the warship successfully evaded both attacks and continued its patrol. No American personnel were injured.

In response, U.S. forces struck the Kaviz, Charminar, Horizon 1 and Riesco in the Gulf of Oman, along with the Deryanear Iran’s Kharg Island. CENTCOM said crews were ordered to abandon the vessels before they were struck and rendered inoperable.

The strikes bring to eight the number of Iranian tankers attacked by U.S. forces since Sept. 5.

Do those seem like rookie numbers?

THIS IS A GREAT IDEA:

BREAKING: A second GRANITE Act-style censorship shield, the HOMEFRONT Act, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by @WarrenDavidson.

It would allow foreign censors to be sued, for attorney's fees and damages, in U.S. courts.

Analysis:https://t.co/hsvSmgwnD7

— Preston Byrne (@prestonjbyrne) September 8, 2026

From the linked article: “Between the two bills, Rep. Davidson’s bill is the more detailed and the more aggressive. Its private cause of action – its ‘sword’ – includes damages language and would, if enacted, have greater deterrent effect than a declaration-only bill. Much of what Rulli’s bill implies is, in Davidson’s proposal, made express.”

Having nearly outlawed innovation, the EU now squeezes American tech firms for all they can, while trying to muzzle Americans’ free speech.

Time to put the squeeze on Brussels until they stop.

ANOTHER BILLION-DOLLAR BET: Investors Are Totally Stoked About This New Rocket.

YOU DON’T SAY: Nuclear agreement with Iran may not be possible, Energy Secretary Wright says.

THINK OF IT AS AN ECONOMIC MONROE DOCTRINE:

Marco Rubio just gave the greatest explanation of how Trump’s New Venezuela Oil Deal will reshape the entire global order:

“Those oil fields were previously dominated by China and Russia, as well as Iran. Iran had some concessions, and they are no longer there.”

“Now those…

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 8, 2026

DON’T TRUST CHINA… YOU KNOW THE REST: China’s $5.6 Million AI Miracle Just Got a Lot Less Miraculous. “For nearly two years, DeepSeek’s $5.6 million number has helped sell one of the most dazzling stories in artificial intelligence. The Chinese company appeared to have built a frontier-level model for a fraction of what American firms were spending. A new federal cybersecurity advisory says the bargain came with a rather large missing bill.”

Related: US accuses Chinese AI firms of ‘malicious’ copying of AI technology.

LAWRENCE KUDLOW: The Boom They Never Saw Coming.

Secretary [Bessent] pointed out that President Biden’s big government socialism has been restructured since Mr. Trump took office, nearly 400,000 government jobs have been eliminated, while more than 900,000 private jobs have been added. This is part of the economic boom story.

What’s more, we tried big government socialism under Biden, and it produced a 21 percent cumulative inflation rate. And to a large extent, we are still suffering the hangover from that inflation even today.

I asked Mr. Bessent about how “we’re seeing free enterprise move through this hemisphere. Very interesting. A lot of overturning of the left and socialism moving back towards free market economics.”

The headline employments figures haven’t looked great, largely because under Trump, we’re shedding government jobs at almost half the rate we’re gaining private-sector jobs.

But the latter are productive while the former… not so much.

Daniel McCarthy had related thoughts yesterday.

“REPEAL THE 19TH” STARTED OUT AS A JOKE, I THOUGHT:

God in heaven. Every new clip of this I see is worse than the last. https://t.co/IoSatJmMG0

— Hooch (@CompanyHooch) September 9, 2026

Previously: The Lindsay Clancy Trial Set Women Back Decades. “A significant number of liberal women have at least one diagnosed mental illness. Having such diagnoses can, and should, limit the types of employment you can have. We don’t want someone who is mentally unstable being a surgeon or working with children, for example. But let’s just think through the logical implications of what the defense and Lindsay’s supporters are arguing here.”

And that was before certain female jurors went public.

More from Sal:

I've watched this over and over, trying in vain to see any sign in her eyes or body language any hint of awareness or understanding of what she is saying.

That one man is a hero, a Horatius at the Bridge kind of hero.

Those other 11 people…well…we know what kind they are.… https://t.co/tXXKEbPf99

— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) September 9, 2026

If you have an easy time getting off the fact that the woman on trial viciously killed her children, maybe you need to rethink a few things.

TAQIYYA: Palestinian Authority Spox Explains Pay-for-Slay System to Fool U.S. “What the U.S. is asking for regarding stopping the payment of salaries to prisoners [i.e., terrorists]… we, as Palestinians, do not accept.”

THE MEDIA LIES:

And let me say this real quick because I’m already seeing liberals and media outlets clipping Trump’s speech today honoring 9/11 first responders and LYING that he said he was pulled from the rubble at the World Trade Center.

That’s NOT what he said.

He was talking about the… pic.twitter.com/JjmGtRvK7b

— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) September 9, 2026

GOOD NAME: The Air Force Wants to Retire the A-10. The ‘BRRRRT Act’ Would Keep 126 Flying.

The name stands for the Bolstering Recognition, Resurgence, Retention, and Remembrance of the Thunderbolt Act. It also imitates the unmistakable noise produced when the A-10 fires its 30 mm cannon.
…
The proposal would require the Air Force to retain at least 126 A-10s in its total inventory beginning in fiscal 2027 and maintain enough aircraft, units, pilots, testing and support to keep the fleet viable through fiscal 2033.

It would also give the service 90 days after enactment to explain how it would restore depot maintenance, pilot training, weapons instruction, flight testing and other support programs previously reduced in anticipation of retirement.

The bill would prevent additional retirements until the defense secretary certifies that an aircraft or combination of systems has entered service, become fully operational, and can perform the A-10’s missions.

They’re old airframes, getting more expensive to fly and maintain, and probably not survivable against even a near-peer rival. But as we saw earlier this year, they haven’t run out of missions.

THAT SEEMS LIKE OVERKILL FOR THE HOOD OF THE CAR:

Beretta Defense Technologies has introduced the LIVET Remote Controlled Weapon Station (RCWS)—an AI-driven turret system that can bring eight Benelli M4 Drone Guardian shotguns accurately to bear on incoming unfriendly drones.https://t.co/FWIeN4ZWaY pic.twitter.com/Ypz3Buam7Y

— American Rifleman (@NRA_Rifleman) September 8, 2026

But it might do nicely for the roof of the house.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The Kids Are Fine — Old Commie Hippies Are the Real Problem. “Young people value authenticity. The elders of the Democratic Party village are all B.S. and artifice, which doesn’t go over well with Gen Z. When President Trump shows up to speak in public, everyone knows he’s not putting on an act. He says what’s on his mind, rather than what he thinks a politician should say. The stuff that makes the older ‘Harumph!’ Republicans uneasy makes younger voters cheer louder.”

OUCH: Third biggest taxpayer flees Britain in huge Labour blow as John Healey promises ‘growth.’

Chris Rokos, who reportedly paid £477 million in tax last year alone, will head to Greece which has far more friendly tax laws for the super-rich.

The news comes on the same day that the Labour Chancellor John Healey announced he wanted to see the country’s economy growing more.

Mr Rokos, 55, is worth an estimated £2.3bn and runs a hedge fund looking after more than £22bn in the UK.

Conservative Shadow Chancellor of Exchequer, Andrew Griffith MP said: “Chris Rokos is Britain’s third-highest taxpayer.

“He has made huge contributions to charities and educational causes across our country. Yet another wealth and job creator leaving Britain is bad news for all of us.

“Whatever your personal finances, wealth creators leaving the UK means fewer opportunities for young people and leaves the rest of us paying more.

Meanwhile: Options for UK finance minister Healey to tax wealth in October’s budget.

I can think of £2.3bn Healey won’t have around to tax.

DEREGULATION AS PROMISED:

FCC won't get the credit it deserves for accelerating Space operations by streamlining things like this. Honestly very glad this FCC leadership is in office during the critical Orbital Data Center applications phase. https://t.co/9FwuIhlBxV

— Aaron Burnett (@aaronburnett) September 8, 2026

From the linked article: “Our legacy regulations have applied basically anytime somebody builds a tower. And people have been trying to argue that they now apply to these huge constellations that are being launched by SpaceX, Amazon, and others,” a senior FCC official who requested anonymity told Pirate Wires. “They want to trap that entire economy under multi-year environmental review.”

All that should end later this month.

BUT BEWARE THE CHURCHILL EFFECT: How to Virtually Eliminate Gang Violence With This One Weird Trick.

WHAT A MESS: Texts reveal Katie Wilson’s staff calling the shots during Bite of Seattle mass shooting response.

Within minutes, Wilson’s staff knew they were potentially dealing with a mass shooting. Yet the communications show Wilson’s senior aides, rather than Wilson herself, repeatedly debating how the mayor and her administration should respond publicly.

At 6:36 pm, one staffer noted, “Mayors have historically shown up to mass shooting scenes when they stabilize FYI. Just wouldn’t want to draw a comparison.”

Another responded, “The stabilization part is the key.”

Hours later, as aides debated whether Wilson should appear at Seattle Center or Harborview Medical Center, one pleaded, “I reaaaaaaally think the mayor should go down there.”

To be fair, when Wilson did finally appear, she hardly covered herself in glory.

INDEED:

Anyone who sees this image and does not see an army is in suicidal denial. https://t.co/QInJLSnm1Q

— Dr. Naomi Wolf. 8 NYT Bestsellers. DPhil, Poetry. (@naomirwolf) September 7, 2026

Historian John Bulkeley adds: “Many of these men are from the Iranian IRGC or other terrorist groups in the Middle East. There is absolutely no way to check their true identities, and the UK doesn’t seem to care. A few days ago, some men were seen loading weapons into a car outside a mosque in Ireland. If this report was accurate, then the West in general has a bigger problem than just Iran.”

CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN: The Empty Shelters Along Mexico’s Border Tell a Story Washington Can’t Ignore.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: What Happens When You Stand Next To An Atomic Bomb? “The X-rays do not pass straight through the body and strip every atom bare at once.”

So you’d have that going for you, however briefly.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): The Unexpected Return of Duck and Cover.

PRIORITIES:

The LA County Board of Supervisors is taking $5 million of the original $10 million set aside to help fire victims and using it to pay rent for migrant households that claim economic hardship because of ICE.
Government programs always start off sounding so good… pic.twitter.com/9nSeavIwAC

— Lisa Cusack (@lisacusack_ca) September 8, 2026