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U.S. Judge Robert Pitman ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all state prisons by 2029, ruling that extreme heat is unconstitutional.

Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her daughter to a failing public school despite being a multimillionaire to make a point: That she’s not a hypocrite who sends her children to private school like other school-choice opponents.

California Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Strong El Niño

Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Sept. 21 as the state prepares for what he described as the strongest El Niño storm season on record.

Newsom said the emergency declaration would allow state agencies to act more quickly for potential severe weather, including securing roads and critical infrastructure, positioning emergency supplies, and helping local partners to mitigate flood, landslide, and coastal risks.

"That is what this action is about. Giving communities the support they need, giving first responders the tools to do their jobs, and giving families the confidence that their state is ready," he said in a statement.

The proclamation directs state agencies to take measures to reduce flood risks and pre-position food-fighting supplies such as sandbags and pumps.

It prepares the California National Guard to assist flood response, search-and-rescue efforts, engineering, and logistics missions when needed, according to the governor's office.

The governor also instructed state environmental and natural resources agencies to expedite permitting for projects that are focused on addressing flooding, landslides, and debris flows in the state.

"Through the governor's state of emergency, we're cutting red tape and fast-tracking the flood-protection and broader preparedness work communities need now," California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said in a statement.

El Niño is a climate pattern marked by the warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

Newsom's office said California could experience repeated rounds of heavy rain, strong winds, landslides, debris flows, and coastal flooding in the coming months due to El Niño.

"We are preparing for this El Niño early because every Californian deserves to be safe in their home, connected to their community, and protected when severe weather comes," the governor said.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast a 75 percent chance that this year's El Niño, expected to occur between October and December, could become a historic event exceeding the strength of previous events recorded in 1950.

"With an event of this magnitude, the chances of experiencing impacts consistent with El Niño are larger, though not guaranteed," the weather agency said in a Sept. 10 advisory.

NOAA said there is more than a 90 percent chance that El Niño could reach "very strong" levels during the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter.

California has already experienced coastal flooding this year attributed to the phenomenon, as El Niño-driven "Kelvin waves" raise sea levels and offshore Pacific hurricanes send strong waves that batter the California coast, according to the governor's office, which called on residents to prepare for potential severe weather.

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2026 - 18:25

Podcaster and CNN contributor Kara Swisher isn’t mincing words about her feelings after Paramount’s settlement with California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

The 49ers signed free agent wide receiver Brandin Cooks to the practice squad. Cooks will get up to speed for San Francisco’s upcoming games and join the active roster. The Oregon State product is entering his 13th season in the NFL and needs only 189 yards to reach 10,000 receiving yards for his career. Mike...

On Tuesday he again held a clear mirror up to the all talk, no walk crowd — and if the UN fails to get the message, its days may be numbered.

During his UN General Assembly speech, President Trump defended the war with Iran as a measure to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, warning he could “annihilate the Islamic Republic” if a peace deal is not reached. While predicting a settlement could come after the US midterms, Trump urged global economic isolation of Iran...

The Vegas comedian was hospitalized following the incident on Friday.

The Vegas comedian was hospitalized following the incident on Friday.

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins proved that he wasn't lying about his In-N-Out problem.

The BBC visits Inner Mongolia, an unlikely frontier in Beijing's AI race with Washington.

The BBC is in Inner Mongolia where dozen of Chinese data centres are being constructed, as the country aims to lead the world in artificial intelligence.

The Riots Never Came: Has The Protest Machine Stalled, Or Is It Regrouping

Summer has ended without riots.

In Part One, we examined whether Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's crackdown on NGOs was having an effect. We now revisit that question, examining the far-left groups and subversion networks involved in mounting a revolution against the U.S.

The National Network on Cuba released a "National Rapid Response Plan" that called for nationwide actions against U.S. bases, ICE, and other federal facilities. Nothing happened. Black Alliance for Peace published an interactive map of U.S. military bases, urging their followers to use the map to find facilities in their communities and "strategize how and where to organize and agitate." Again, Nothing happened.

The Marxist Neville Roy Singham network, which has become the primary driver of the protest-industrial complex nationwide, also seems to have lost its momentum despite opening up Liberation Centers across the country to organize protests. Despite their deep pockets and extensive infrastructure for mobilization, they also seem to be unable to mobilize large crowds of their comrades as they used to post-October 7th. ANTIFA, which was designated by the Trump administration as a domestic terrorist organization in September of 2025, also appears to be on its back heels and unable to take control of public space in the way they did in Portland during the Summer of Love riots of 2020.

So we must ask ourselves, why?

It is not as if Democrats have actually gathered the courage to oppose the rising extremist networks in their own party. Quite the opposite. Congressman Jerry Nadler even went on the record once and stated that ANTIFA is only an idea. Party leaders have had no choice but to embrace the far-left, such as DSA, even calling their party a "big tent." 

Gavin Newsom tacitly welcomes the DSA into the Democratic Party, saying he wants "a big tent party":

Gavin Newsom tacitly welcomes the DSA into the Democrat Party, saying he wants "a big tent party":

"I'm one of those Democrats that deeply believes in addition, not division and so, I want a big tent party. I want to win." pic.twitter.com/3rBVN4jdcG

— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) July 13, 2026

The reason that the violent Marxist revolution against the West might be on its back heels is that the Cuban regime is on its back heels. This would prove Secretary Rubio's State Department correct in the theory that all revolutionary activist networks in the U.S. are in fact deeply connected to the Cuban regime and its intelligence service, all of whom have recently been sanctioned.

We laid this all out in December 2025:

In July, the State Department released a report titled "Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism." The report outlined a sprawling 60-plus years of history between American far-left revolutionaries and how they were all influenced, trained, and working in coordination with the Cuban intelligence service and their front group, ICAP. In the beginning of the Castro regime, Students for a Democratic Society made a pilgrimage to Cuba, which marks the beginning of the Venceremos Brigade. Upon their return to America, the most radical members of SDS split off to form the Weather Underground, which would soon become America's most prominent domestic terrorist organization, who Cuba covertly supported during their campaign of violence.

It is hard for people today to imagine America experiencing regular bombings by left-wing radicals, but as per the State Department's report: "In one 18-month period between 1971 and 1972, the FBI counted some 2,500 bombings on American soil – a rate of nearly five a day."

The State Department has recently sanctioned the Cuban president, their intelligence service, ICAP, and ICAP's president Fernando González. And since this has happened, the "calls for revolution" by the Singham network and the National Network on Cuba - over 60 organizations - have not stopped, but have gone unanswered. The actions against Cuba and ICAP appear to have disrupted the revolutionary pipeline. 

As video evidence posted by Stu Smith of the Manhattan Institute has shown: everything the NNOC does is per the direction of ICAP. And now that ICAP is on their back heels, the revolution against America, capitalism, and democracy doesn't seem to be gaining ground anywhere except in politics, where the DSA - also partnered with ICAP - is supporting the Cuban regime and their ideology politically, but not via violent Marxist revolution.

Earlier on Tuesday, President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly in New York that Cuba has spent decades coordinating with far-left revolutionaries and subversion networks into the U.S. Trump said the State Department has worked to uncover Havana's ties to subversive and radical groups such as the Communist Party USA, Antifa, and the DSA. 

.@POTUS: The Cuban regime has also spent decades coordinating with left-wing radicals and Communist networks here in the United States. As our State Department has detailed, they have cultivated ties to subversive and radical groups such as the Communist Party USA, Antifa, and… pic.twitter.com/Bopz3W6sXz

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 22, 2026

The New York Post recently reported that Treasury officials are drafting a framework to audit NGOs suspected of exploiting their 501(c)(3) status for political activity, illegal conduct, or support of radical groups, which has only put left-wing billionaire foundations and donor-advised funds on notice. 

The question is whether the federal government's war on the radical left and the foreign subversion network that seeks to sow chaos has shaken that protest-industrial complex to its core. A source told the New York Post that officials were "like a dog with a bone" and reckoned that many NGOs and their donor bases could be "on borrowed time."

Also, the dismantling of USAID might have been another reason funding for riots is drying up, alongside the federal government's pressure on donor-advised funds and large left-wing foundations that are now thinking twice before funding riots and chaos as their 501(c)(3) status comes into the crosshairs. 

Then there's the complete fall of socialism across almost the entire South American region, as right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro could defeat socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva early next month in the Brazilian election and cement the entire continent's shift to the right. Shifting to Europe, the continent is set to "lurch right" according to Normua analysts. 

The riots never came, and the torching of small businesses seen during the BLM unrest was not repeated. The question now is whether that reflects diminished mobilization capacity, a shift in tactics, or a temporary lull. 

Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2026 - 18:00

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A Cal State San Marcos student has launched a petition demanding an increased security presence after the string of reports left women on campus increasingly concerned about sexual violence.

The reality star also tells us why he's since softened his famous stance that "people shower too much."

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The gift was a no-brainer for the restaurant crew.