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Quick Saturday Updates: Trump Escalates His War – 9/5/26

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Quick Saturday Updates: Trump Escalates His War – 9/5/26 Your quick Saturday rundown. Paywall free. Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Sep 5 It’s Saturday, September 5th. It’s the weekend, so I’ll make this one quicker than usual so you can get all the news and get back to your day. U.S. President Donald Trump walks after exiting Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, U.S., September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Eric Lee Also: some very exciting personal news at the top for those who have been asking. Jordy and his wife welcomed their second child to the world yesterday. Mom, baby, and big sibling are all doing great! It’s always nice to be reminded of what’s truly important in life amidst all the chaos. Now, to the top stories: The U.S. strikes and destroys Iranian oil tankers Iran reportedly feels emboldened 6 months into the war and sees no reason to negotiate Paranoid Pete Hegseth is giving polygraph tests to 50 Joint Staff members over leaks about dwindling U.S. munitions Witkoff and Ku...
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Ex-Trump Labor Secretary Went to Strip Club on Taxpayers’ Dime

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  Ex-Trump Labor Secretary Went to Strip Club on Taxpayers’ Dime Lori Chavez-DeRemer also pressured her staff to drink on the job with her, an inspector general report found. Malcolm Ferguson / September 4, 2026 Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images A Thursday report from the Inspector General states that former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer went to a strip club while on the job, even forcing her driver to rain dollar bills on one of the dancers. The report further details just how sloppy and reckless Chavez-DeRemer’s tenure as Labor secretary was until she stepped down in April. “During Chavez-DeRemer’s April 15–20, 2025 personal travel to Oregon, she requested an off-the-record stop at an establishment that was determined upon entry to feature partially nude dancers,” the IG report reads, noting that Chavez-DeRemer made a point to bring her limousine driver inside with her. “Chavez-DeRemer subsequently took money from her p...
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RE: 11 utility giants paid negative federal tax rates

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  SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT AN IMPORTANT ISSUE  THAT ALLOWS COMPANIES TO USE DIVIDENDS AND STOCK BUYBACKS  TO INCREASE PRICES! Our new report found that Latino households are nearly twice as likely as white households to experience energy insecurity, while CEOs at 21 publicly traded utilities took home nearly $1 billion from 2023 through 2025. Eleven of those companies paid a negative federal tax rate in 2025, while the companies collectively spent nearly $94 billion on dividends and stock buybacks. 1 Those numbers belong in newspaper stories, television segments, radio interviews, and digital coverage across the country. And because Latino families are being hit especially hard by rising utility costs, getting this research into Spanish-language media is particularly important. That means pitching reporters, developing the strongest stories from our research, helping journalists understand the tax data, reaching Spanish-language outlets, and pushing bac...
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