Evening Sky 9-2-26

Hey media: Don’t dish it out if you can’t take it. Somehow they can fact-check Trump but the First Amendment protects them from being fact-checked.

Enter into the fray Welker. She got her facts wrong. A Trump endorsement assures a candidate the nomination 97% of the time. It’s like a Hallmark card (“When you care enough to send the very best”) or a hickey from Kenickie.

Rather than apologize and correct the error, NBC said, “Kristen is one of the best in the business and we stand by her.” Trump said fine. He has asked the FCC to correct her.

The results are not mixed. He endorsed 260 candidates who went on to win Republican primaries and only 9 losers. That’s a .967 batting average rounded off to 97%.

This year, Trump did something no other president had done. He primaried a sitting senator. In fact he primaried two: Bill Cassidy in Louisiana for voting to remove him from office, and John Cornyn for refusing to get the SAVE Act passed. [Don Surber]

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Delcy Rodriguez and Venezuelan Oil Deal

Ted Cruz Says 'Significant Concerns' Over Venezuela Oil Deal

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is raising "significant concerns" about the Trump administration's massive new Venezuela oil agreement, warning that it should not legitimize acting President Delcy Rodríguez or delay free elections in the country.

Speaking on his latest "Verdict with Ted Cruz" podcast, Cruz said the agreement is a "big deal" and that giving U.S. interests access to an estimated 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil could ultimately benefit American jobs, the economy, and consumers. Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves.

But Cruz said the still-opaque arrangement also raises serious political and economic questions.

"This is a deal that was cut with Delcy Rodríguez, who is the interim president of Venezuela," Cruz said. "She was Nicolas Maduro's vice president. She is a communist. She is a Marxist. She has a long history of being viciously anti-American."

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Resolution to condemn socialism

4 House Democrats move to condemn socialism, DSA in resolution

The Democrats proposed replacing a Republican resolution with language condemning socialism and the Democratic Socialists of America while removing provisions related to election security and the SAVE America Act.

The amendment — offered by Democratic Reps. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Hillary Scholten of Michigan, Jared Moskowitz of Florida, and Tom Suozzi of New York — targets H. Res. 1490, introduced Aug. 27 by Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo.

Crank’s resolution condemns socialism and the DSA while also calling for enactment of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, known as the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast a ballot.

The Democratic amendment would strike the Republican resolution’s preamble and replace it with language detailing historical failures attributed to socialist and communist regimes, including the Soviet Union, China under Mao Zedong, and Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.

“I keep hearing people like Hakeem Jeffries and others in Congress saying that they oppose the DSA,” Crank told Fox News Digital in an Aug. 28 interview. “I want to see if they’re willing to vote for a resolution that would oppose them.”

Crank’s office said the resolution comes as DSA-affiliated candidates have competed in more than 100 elections across at least half of the states since the November 2025 election of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist.

Democrats will NOT support The Save Act--Voter ID.

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FBI approached Eric Swalwell at SF Airport

FBI agents confront Eric Swalwell at San Francisco Airport, seize electronics in sexual misconduct probe

Newly released security footage captures the moment FBI agents surrounded former congressman Eric Swalwell at a San Francisco Airport departure gate, executing a federal search warrant tied to sexual misconduct allegations from at least four women.

Swalwell, 45, was waiting for a flight home to California on August 15 when multiple FBI agents approached him at the gate. Dressed in a baseball cap, hoodie, and sneakers, the former seven-term Democrat was escorted away from the terminal, down an escalator, and through a hallway marked "restricted area" into a private room, the Daily Mail reported.

There, agents seized his white Apple iPhone, an Apple MacBook Pro, a charging cable, and a wall charger, all catalogued in a warrant that had been filed two days earlier, on August 13.

The warrant was filed under Section 242 of Title 18 of the United States Code, a federal statute that prohibits officials from using their authority to deprive someone of constitutional rights. How that law applies to Swalwell's case remains unclear, but its invocation signals that federal prosecutors are examining whether the former congressman leveraged his office in connection with the alleged misconduct.

The confrontation at the airport was only the beginning. The following day, FBI agents arrived at Swalwell's residence in northeast Washington, D.C., armed with additional court-approved search warrants. Neither Swalwell nor his wife, Brittany Watts, 41, was home.

The New York Post reported that agents seized additional undisclosed potential evidence from the home. The warrant from the airport encounter was signed by FBI Special Agent Kyle R. Biebesheimer, who certified the inventory under penalty of perjury.

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United States Space Academy

Donald Trump Just Did Something No President Has Done Since Dwight Eisenhower

Four American heroes flew to the far side of the moon four months ago – and Jen Psaki used to laugh at the branch of the military that made it possible. Now Trump just answered that mockery with the biggest move in American space history since 1954. The last time America built something like this, Dwight Eisenhower was president and the Korean War had just ended.

Trump just signed the order at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston – the same room where the Artemis II crew received their Congressional Space Medal of Honor after flying 252,756 miles into space, farther than any human had traveled since Apollo 13.

Think about that.

Those four astronauts – Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen – flew around the far side of the moon in April and came home to a country with no dedicated pipeline to train the people who do that for a living.

Trump fixed it Friday. The United States Space Academy will train the next generation of Space Force guardians, NASA engineers, and civilian space operators under a full-scholarship, taxpayer-funded program with mandatory service commitments.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman – the man who called Artemis II "the greatest adventure in human history" – will chair the Presidential Commission tasked with designing the academy from scratch. They have 120 days.

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Maria Corina Machado

Machado Calls for Free Elections in Venezuela, First Remarks Since Trump Oil Deal

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado used an appearance at the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia on Monday to make one message unmistakably clear: Venezuela's political transition must end with free and transparent elections — and it should happen as soon as possible.

Machado's remarks were her first public comments since President Donald Trump announced Friday a sweeping new oil agreement with Venezuela that gives U.S. interests majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves.

Yet Machado did not directly address the controversial agreement in her Bled speech. Instead, she focused on the political condition she has long argued must precede Venezuela's economic reconstruction: the restoration of democracy through legitimate elections.

"For democracy to be fully restored in Venezuela, free and transparent elections must be held as soon as possible," Machado said, arguing that only respect for the popular will guarantee peace and stability.

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Machado is an industrial engineer with a master's degree in finance and began her political career as a founder of the vote-monitoring organization Súmate which was established in January 2002 as a non-governmental organization to defend the electoral and constitutional rights of all Venezuelan citizens.

Minnesota - Vote in a new Attorney General

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Secret Chinese Buyer Purchased Farmland Near U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fighter Jet Hub--More than 1,500 acres belonging to a potentially CCP-linked buyer.

A corporation the U.S. Department of Agriculture classifies as Chinese-owned paid $21.2 million in cash for more than 1,500 acres of California farmland roughly 16 miles from the Navy’s principal West Coast fighter-jet base, according to federal and county records reviewed for this article.

The buyer, Long Feng International, Inc., acquired 1,513.18 acres in Kings County in November 2024, USDA’s foreign-landholding database shows. The department lists the investor’s country as “CHINA” and identifies Long Feng as a U.S.-created corporation whose primary interest is held by a Chinese owner.

Don't we have a law? There is no single federal law that completely stops foreign nationals or Chinese entities from buying private American agricultural land. Executive and congressional pushes: The Trump administration announced a National Farm Security Action Plan to restrict future purchases and evaluate existing holdings by foreign adversaries. Lawmakers have also introduced bipartisan bills like the Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act to close federal oversight gaps.

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Iranian al-Hami died during his speech

US Launches Surprise Attack on Iran as Senior IRGC Candidate Dies on Live TV

The United States launched what was described as a surprise attack on the Iranian regime Sunday, setting off a rapid chain of events across the region.

According to Iranian expert Tousi, the US strike was a preemptive move. The report says American officials received information that Iranian forces were preparing to launch an attack against US interests in Jordan.

The story also focuses on a dramatic moment during a regime rally. Senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps member and candidate Naemat al-Hami reportedly suffered a fatal heart attack in the middle of his campaign speech.

Al-Hami had been speaking before the event suddenly ended. The account describes the incident as an unusually striking moment because it unfolded in front of a live camera. The report argues that while propaganda can be carefully managed, a sudden medical emergency on live television is much harder to control.

The clip was circulated online with claims that al-Hami died during the speech.

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Celebrated under Biden, now a National Security Threat

Under Trump, now on the Terror Watchlist and barred from the U.S.

Biden administration honored Iraqi finance minister later placed on U.S. terror watchlist and stripped of visa

The Biden administration once celebrated former Iraqi Finance Minister Taif Sami Mohammed as a champion of anti-corruption, but she has now been placed on the U.S. terror watchlist and barred from the country, a reversal critics say exposes dangerous lapses in White House vetting.

Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi, once hailed by American leaders as a “frontline leader against corrupt practices,” is now at the center of a national security controversy after the State Department revoked her U.S. visa and placed her on the government’s terror watchlist.

Just two years ago, she was honored at the State Department’s International Women of Courage ceremony, where both Jill Biden and Antony Blinken praised her as a model reformer in Iraq.

The State Department confirmed that Mohammed’s visa was revoked “this week,” though it did not release the specific date or publicly detail the evidence behind the watchlist designation.

In a sharply worded statement, Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson contrasted the Biden administration’s approach with that of its predecessor, saying, “While the Biden State Department shamefully celebrated and awarded foreigners who threaten our nation, the Trump State Department revokes their visas and ensures these individuals are removed from our country.”

This stunning about-face marks a rare instance where an individual celebrated by top U.S. officials, including the first lady and the secretary of state, was later classified as a national security threat. Breitbart News reported that the 2022 award cited Mohammed’s “purported role in fighting corruption and her advocacy for gender equity.”

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Ballroom will proceed

Supreme Court lets Trump’s White House ballroom project press on as legal fight simmers

The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to let President Trump continue building his privately funded White House ballroom despite fierce legal opposition, keeping construction on track while the case plays out in lower courts.

President Donald Trump’s ambitious White House ballroom is moving forward after the nation’s highest court handed his administration a narrow but crucial win. In a contentious split decision, the Supreme Court allowed construction to proceed even as preservationists and liberal justices raised alarms about the project’s legality and process.

The emergency order, issued by a 5-4 majority, replaced an earlier temporary hold from Chief Justice John Roberts, who joined the liberal bloc in dissent. 

The order comes in the middle of an intense legal fight, with lower courts previously attempting to halt the work, and preservation groups like the National Trust for Historic Preservation pushing lawsuits to stop the demolition and construction at President’s Park, home to the White House complex in Washington, D.C.

Trump, for his part, celebrated the court’s intervention. In a Truth Social post, he declared the ballroom was “totally funded by Great Patriots and Corporations and, therefore, is a Gift, At no cost to the American Taxpayer.”

He called the lawsuit against the project “baseless,” and described the planned space as a “magnificent Ballroom and Military Complex,” claiming it would be “one of the Greatest ever constructed in Washington, D.C.” Trump projected the project would be completed by summer 2028, describing it as “something that the entire Country is very proud of.”

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Another Crook from Blue State

New Jersey councilman Anand Shah pleads guilty, banned from public office over gambling ring with mob ties

New Jersey has fallen into the abyss

Anand Shah, a Prospect Park councilman, has pleaded guilty to racketeering and money laundering for his role in an illegal gambling operation linked to the Lucchese crime family, forcing his resignation and a lifetime ban from holding public office in New Jersey.

Shah’s downfall came after prosecutors revealed he ran an illegal gambling ring across several New Jersey counties, pocketing nearly $1 million over six years. The operation, which spanned Morris, Passaic, and Bergen counties from 2017 to 2023, relied on backroom poker games and a network of subagents, with Shah collecting over $900,000 in “rakes”, the cut taken from each game.

Authorities said Shah didn’t just break the law for personal gain. He used a significant portion of the proceeds to fund his own political campaign, even forgiving gamblers’ debts in exchange for campaign contributions. As a result, Shah pleaded guilty to racketeering, money laundering, and official misconduct, resigned his council seat on Friday, and is now permanently barred from ever holding public office in the state.

The charges against Shah came as part of a sweeping crackdown on illegal gambling, one that officials say exposed deep ties between local politicians and organized crime.

According to the New York Post’s reporting, the state’s investigation uncovered $4.79 million in suspected criminal proceeds, led to charges against 42 people, and resulted in 38 guilty pleas, with only two defendants still facing charges.

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Surviving a Stroke

One week from today, our friend Andy Amoroso will also be a speaker on surviving a Stroke.

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Evening Sky 8-31-26

Spencer Pratt makes the uncomfortable point nobody wants to touch: the kids may be handling technology better than the adults.

Meta got hammered for engineering addiction, harvesting youth attention, and turning childhood into algorithmic feedstock. Fine. Big Tech earned plenty of punishment.

But parents in cities like Los Angeles are also using screens as blinders against a real-world horror show their leaders created: public drug use, defecation, psychosis, crime, decay, and homeless misery outside schools. Zuckerberg did not put that on the sidewalk. City Hall did.

The Kids are Fine. We are F**ked--47 States Sued Meta for Hooking Our Kids on Tech...is Reality Any Safer? [SPENCER PRATT]

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Bill Maher jokes about Liberal Outrage

Bill Maher Mocks Liberal Outrage Over Trump’s Lake Ontario Name Change

Bill Maher took aim at liberal outrage during Friday’s episode of his HBO program Real Time. But this time, the punchline was not aimed at President Donald Trump.

Maher focused on the reaction to Trump changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. The segment gave conservatives something they do not often see from Maher: a direct jab at the left’s political inconsistency.

The criticism from liberals has centered on the idea that a president should not rename a major geographic feature for political reasons. Yet, as the segment pointed out, many on the left have supported tearing down historic statues and changing names tied to America’s past. The source also noted the left’s enthusiasm for renaming things for George Floyd.

That contrast was the heart of Maher’s joke. He argued that the outrage over Lake Ontario was selective, especially when compared with earlier fights over statues, public symbols, and politically motivated name changes.

“Trump is so mad at Canada, he renamed Lake Ontario ‘Lake America,’” Maher said. “Now I have to buy a new globe again!” he joked. He then went after the argument that political leaders should not rename things to fit an agenda. “Liberals are very pissed at this. They say you can’t just go around renaming to suit your political agenda. Just ask any Latinx birthing person.”

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The audience reportedly loved the line. The joke landed because it turned a familiar liberal talking point back on its supporters. Instead of accepting the outrage at face value, Maher highlighted what conservatives see as a glaring double standard.

The segment also came as tensions between Trump and Canada remained part of the broader political debate.

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James Clyburn and Court Packing

Clyburn calls for expanding Supreme Court to thirteen justices, citing Congress’s duty

Rep. James Clyburn publicly endorsed adding four new seats to the Supreme Court for a total of thirteen, arguing on national television that Congress must take “significant actions” to address what he described as a reversal of the nation’s constitutional progress, an idea critics warn could undermine the Court’s independence.

On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rep. James Clyburn made his position clear: he wants Congress to expand the Supreme Court from its current nine justices to thirteen. Asked directly by host Kristen Welker whether he supported adding four seats, Clyburn responded, “Yes, I do.”

He called for what he described as “significant actions taken by the Congress” and insisted that “thirteen is a pretty good number. A baker’s dozen would be a good number to have on the court.” Clyburn added that he hoped (he hoped?) the new justices would “follow the constitutional underpinnings of this great nation of ours.”

Calls to expand the Supreme Court have become a rallying cry in some progressive circles frustrated with a conservative majority. But Clyburn’s remarks on a national platform escalate the conversation, placing a senior Democratic leader in direct support of a policy long viewed as a partisan power grab.

While Clyburn argued that new justices would “follow the constitutional underpinnings of this great nation,” critics have long warned that court-packing risks turning the judiciary into a tool of the party in power, eroding the very independence the Founders designed. The Supreme Court’s legitimacy depends on its ability to stand above partisan cycles and enforce the Constitution even when doing so is unpopular in Washington.

Expanding the Court would set a precedent difficult to reverse. If Congress can add seats to tilt the balance, nothing prevents future majorities from doing the same. The end result? A judiciary that follows the political winds, not the law.

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86 year old James Clyburn has been in Congress for over 33 years, having assumed office on January 3, 1993.