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But amid the chaos and devastation of that day, there’s one building that often remains shrouded in obscurity, its significance relegated to the shadows — World Trade Center 7. On that same day, as the sun dipped below the horizon at 5:20 p.m., Building 7 crumbled to the ground. Astonishingly, this skyscraper had not been struck by an airplane, and fires raged on only a few of its floors. NY Post

This is what the other side reads and listens to and believes. 

Trump is explaining exactly how wild and extreme his second term would be . . . Donald Trump is conjuring his most foreboding vision yet of a possible second term. The Republican front-runner’s stark speech at a rally in South Dakota on Friday night  raised the prospect of a second presidency that would be even more extreme and challenging to the rule of law than his first. His view that the Oval Office confers unfettered powers suggests Trump would indulge in similar conduct as that for which he is awaiting trial. Trump’s authoritarianism may make the 2024 election a profound choice. The autocratic cast of Trump’s campaign is creating an ominous atmosphere around the 2024 election and generating profound dilemmas for voters and his opponents. It, for instance, lends extra importance to a growing debate over whether Biden, at the age of 80, has the necessary stamina and political resilience to beat Trump a second time. CNN

Despite the fact that Trump didn't start any wars, unlike his pre-decessors; no invasions took place on his watch; he didn't press the button as the radicals were suggesting; and America was flourishing on his watch. We report, you decide.

GOP Insiders: The Race To Replace McConnell Will Be ‘Rigged’ . . . There’s a growing sense among Capitol Hill insiders that, should there be a process to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the effort will be “rigged” against populist or outsider candidates. The Daily Caller spoke with a number of Senate staffers, current and former, about a possible McConnell replacement. The Caller granted anonymity to allow discussion on a sensitive topic.

“It’s almost impossible for an outsider to win leadership races these days with how much money is controlled by the party leaders on all sides, but the issue is particularly acute with McConnell in the Senate. Daily Caller 

White House’s crude ploy vs. fuel prices to boost Biden for 2024 . . . By Miranda Devine. As gas prices soar to the highest seasonal level in a decade, the domino effect on inflation risks President Biden’s chance of re-election. So White House flack John Kirby casually let slip in India over the weekend that another drain from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve likely is on the table, after the president already drained stocks to a 40-year low to dampen inflation and resuscitate his poll numbers. Biden is “focused on making sure that the prices continue to come down for the American consumer,” Kirby told reporters at the G20 summit in New Delhi, where Biden shook hands warmly Saturday with the Saudi crown prince he foolishly vilified as a “pariah,” but who holds the key to lower oil prices globally. NY Post

Efforts to disqualify Trump for reelection create a prime case for the Supreme Court’s consideration . . . The fight to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot could make it to the Supreme Court, according to court watchers, who say it’s not clear how the justices would rule if they get involved in the political fray.
Several lawsuits filed across the country claim Mr. Trump should be disqualified from the ballot. This type of case would warrant a look from the high court, especially if Mr. Trump’s opponents successfully remove him from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Washington Times

Biden's border crisis begins to bite blue states . . . New York City's struggle to care for about 110,000 migrants who have arrived in the city since last year is having political repercussions for President Joe Biden, more than 200 miles away in Washington, D.C. But the political ramifications for Biden are not only emanating from New York City, but also other Democratic-run cities, including Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia, before next year's election. Washington Examiner

Biden admin strikes deal with Iran to swap prisoners, release $6 billion in frozen funds . . . The Biden administration has struck a deal with Iran to swap prisoners and release $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds. Per the deal, Iran will release five American citizens detained in Iran and the U.S. release five Iranian citizens being held in the U.S. Fox News

DHS lost track of 177,000 illegal immigrants from border surge, inspector general says . . . Nearly 20% of newly arrived migrants give bogus addresses to the Border Patrol when they are arrested, an inspector general reported Monday, making it nearly impossible to track them as they spread through the U.S. and confounding efforts to deport them later. Agents said sometimes the migrants refuse to give an address, and other times they can’t decipher what the address is. Still other times the location is invalid — a church or business location — where they can never be tracked down. Washington Times

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia ahead of meeting with Vladimir Putin . . . North Korea’s Kim Jong Un reportedly arrived in Russia Tuesday ahead of an expected meeting with President Vladimir Putin, officials said. The two leaders, flanked by their top military officials, are set to negotiate a potential arms deal to help resupply Moscow’s military drained by its war in Ukraine. North Korea may have tens of millions of artillery shells and rockets that could give a boost to the Russian army, analysts say. Fox News

Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul Heads to Israel’s Supreme Court . . . Israel’s Supreme Court began hearing on Tuesday petitions to strike down a law that limits its own powers, setting up a showdown with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his divisive judicial overhaul. Wall Street Journal

Skirting US sanctions, Iran earning billions from oil exports while Russia, China cash in . . .  Numerous Russian and Chinese companies attended the highly guarded Iran Oil Show run by the sanctioned National Iranian Oil Co., which is involved in the financing of a Tehran terrorist organization responsible for the murders of more than 600 American military personnel. The National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) finances a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force. Fox Business

No economic sanctions have ever changed the behavior of a foreign leader. It's because the decision-making of non-Western governments  is not driven by economic considerations. The weaponization of US dollar, using it as a non-kinetic, economic warfare tool only hurts US strategic position in the long-run as it erodes the world's confidence in our currency. 

This failed policy is driving the de-dollarization trend. Why does Washington continues to mirror-image foreign mindsets to its own and keep using this naive and misguided policy?

Money

World at ‘beginning of end’ of fossil fuel era, says global energy agency . . . The world is at “the beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era, according to the leading global energy watchdog, which for the first time has forecast that demand for oil, natural gas and coal will all peak before 2030. The International Energy Agency projected that the consumption of the three major fossil fuels will start to decline this decade because of the rapid growth of renewable energy and the spread of electric vehicles. “We are witnessing the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era and we have to prepare ourselves for the next era,” IEA head Fatih Birol said of the projections, due to be published next month in the body’s World Energy Outlook. “It shows that climate policies do work.” Financial Times

CCP-Linked Company Is Poised To Receive Over $1 Billion In Taxpayer Money And Benefits . . . Gotion Inc., a company tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is set to gain more than $1 billion in taxpayer money and incentives for building factories in Michigan and Illinois, according to public announcements. Gotion Inc. plans to construct two electric battery plants in Michigan and one in Illinois, securing commitments in funding and benefits totaling over $1.25 billion, according to announcements by the states’ governors. The company is based in California, but it is “wholly owned and controlled” by CCP-connected Gotion High-Tech Power Energy Co., which is based in China, according to a Foreign Agents Registration Act filing. Daily Caller

US exceptionalism thwarts dollar bears but Fed test looms . . . Resilient U.S. growth is fueling another rebound in the dollar and sending bearish investors scrambling, though the rally will be tested by a gauntlet of data and the Federal Reserve's meeting later this month. The U.S. dollar index , which measures the currency against a basket of its peers, has surged 5% since late July and stands at its highest level in around half a year. Reuters
 

Culture

California mayor spanked with a paddle by drag queen . . . Burbank Mayor Konstantine Anthony was spanked by a drag queen at the Santa Clarita Valley Democrats' Drag Queen Bingo fundraiser on Saturday. A video depicts Anthony bent over a table people sat at as a drag queen whacked him with a paddle. In an Instagram comment on the original video post, Burbank Mayor Konstantine Anthony wrote, 'Jealous?' Fox News

Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney Promotes Antisemitic Livestream On Her Twitter Account . . . Former Democratic Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney promoted an antisemitic livestream on her Twitter account Monday. She posted a graphic of a livestream event titled “Can Black People And White People Work Together To Defeat Our Common Enemy?” The graphic prominently displays the Star of David and superimposes it upon a picture of the September 11, 2011 terror attacks on the World Trade Center. Daily Caller

British home secretary: Silent prayer near abortion clinics is ‘not unlawful’ . . . Silent prayer near abortion facilities in the United Kingdom is not a crime, British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said this month in a letter to the nation’s police forces. “[I]t is worth remembering that silent prayer, in itself, is not unlawful,” Ms. Braverman, a Conservative member of Parliament, said in the Sept. 1 letter, which she posted on her account on X, formerly known as Twitter. The letter follows the arrests of three people who were praying silently near abortion facilities in England. The public interest law firm Alliance Defending Freedom’s branch in London called attention to the letter on Friday. Washington Times

Hallelujah!

Denyce Graves performs Lord's Prayer with accompaniment by Dr. Douglas Major, during the National Service of Prayer and Remembrance following Sept 11. Devine.

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For Auto Workers, It Isn’t Just About Pay . . .  The United Auto Workers union is threatening to strike Friday. The UAW and automakers are racing to reach a deal before the current four-year labor agreements expire at 11:59 p.m. Thursday. The UAW is pressing for more work-life balance during contract talks. The union contracts cover about 146,000 hourly workers at U.S. factories owned by GM, Ford and Stellantis, the parent company of Ram, Chrysler and other U.S.-sold brands. As of early this week, the public gulf between the two sides remains significant, particularly on pay. Wall Street Journal

Meet The Top-Flight Law Firms Running Illegal Diversity Programs . . . Five of America’s top law firms operate diversity programs that exclude white applicants or explicitly favor minorities. Morrison & Foerster and Perkins Coie were sued last month over their minority-only fellowships. But other white-shoe law firms, including Wachtell Lipton, Winston & Strawn, Baker McKenzie, Sidley Austin, and Susman Godfrey, also use racial criteria to dispense professional opportunities, from paid internships to mentoring programs to cash awards, meaning that the outcome of the case could reverberate broadly throughout the legal profession. The firms are some of the most prestigious in the country and routinely top the lists of elite law firm rankings. Washington Free Beacon

Kash Patel to release new book Government Gangsters: 'Putting the truth out for the American people’ . . . Former Defense Department chief of staff Kash Patel is releasing a book later this month in which he lambasts multiple federal officials, calling them “government gangsters.” In his book, Government Gangsters, Patel seeks to expose the corruption of the “Deep State.” “It exists. It's real. I wish I wasn't writing a book on the Deep State, but whether it was my time in the Department of Justice, DOD, the intel community, the State Department, wherever — there were always bad actors in senior leadership,” Patel, who left government service in 2021, told the Washington Examiner

Oh, yes, as someone who served in US government, I confirm, The Deep State exists and is thriving.

Hanging with Kash at CPAC 2023.

Dog that escaped Delta Air Lines crate found safe, flies home 3 weeks after disappearing . . . The dog that escaped a Delta Air Lines crate and was lost for three-weeks at one of the world's busiest airports is on its way back home. Delta said Monday that Maia, the Chihuahua mix, was en route with the owner, Paula Rodriguez's mother back to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, after hiding out near a cargo rack at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta since early August. Fox Business 

My poochie hasn't tried to escape yet, thank goodness! Waiting for our breakfast in NYC.