Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that amid efforts to foster bipartisan discourse, the internet “is driving extremism in our country,” CBS News reports.
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Buttigieg Says Biden Should Not Have Run
Pete Buttigieg told Meet the Press that President Biden “should not have run” for reelection in 2024, but conceded that “it was literally his decision” to do so.
Said Buttigieg: “He should not have run. And if he had made that decision sooner, we might have been better off. But it literally was his decision.”
He added: “I was not included in the process of deciding whether the president should run again. He made that decision and I think I’m not alone in believing that he should have made the decision not to run sooner.”
Russian Drones Enter Romanian Airspace
“European Union leaders on Sunday slammed Moscow for the second violation of EU territory in less than a week after a Russian drone breached Romanian airspace during an attack on southern Ukraine,” Politico reports.
“Europe’s eastern borders were already on high alert after NATO forces shot down 19 Russian drones that invaded Poland’s airspace last Wednesday.”
Inside Stephen Miller’s Reign of Terror
Rolling Stone: “More than seven months into Trump’s second term, Stephen Miller has become America’s — if not the world’s — most powerful unelected bureaucrat. With Trump’s blessing, Miller has been allowed to run and remake the country in a manner virtually unheard of for a U.S. government official of his rank. Think of any egregious policy from the Trump administration: Chances are, it was driven by Stephen Miller.”
“All of it bears Trump’s signature, but the president is not the one spending his nights writing executive orders and bending legal theory to his will; nearly all of this bears the authorship (or, at least, co-authorship) of Miller. Everything you loathe or love about Donald Trump’s America, you hate or cherish about Stephen Miller’s republic of fear.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“If your view of America is not shaken right now, then there’s something wrong with you.”
— Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R), on CNN.
Utah Governor Says Suspect’s ‘Ideology’ Was Different
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) told NBC News the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing “does come from a conservative family.”
He added: “But his ideology was very different than his family… we can confirm that that roommate is a boyfriend who is transitioning from male to female.”
Cox told The Atlantic he had no doubt the alleged shooter’s worldview had been warped in some very dark corners of the internet.
Fox News Host Apologizes for Call to Kill Homeless People
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade apologized for his call to murder mentally ill homeless people: “I wrongly said they should get lethal injections. I apologize for that extremely callous remark.”
Maine Speaker Subject of Bomb Threat
Maine Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D) said law enforcement received the threat about an explosive device at his house but determined “there was no danger to my family, my neighbors, and our community,” the Portland Press Herald reports.
Quote of the Day
“People have got to stop framing simple policy disagreements in terms of existential threats to our democracy. You can’t call the other side fascists and enemies of the state and not understand that there are some deranged people in our society who will take that as cues to act.”
— Speaker Mike Johnson, on Fox News.
Michael McCaul Won’t Run Again
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) told ABC News that he would not seek reelection, the second Lone Star State Republican this week to retire.
McCaul said he’s “looking for a new challenge.”
Trump’s Reversals Mount Over Economic Concerns
President Trump entered the White House in January promising both the “largest deportation program in American history” and a “golden age” for American businesses, the New York Times reports.
“But in recent weeks, the tension between those two promises has spilled out into the open, leading Mr. Trump to reverse or contradict some of his most significant anti-immigration policies when they threatened to disrupt the economy.”
Fetterman Says Democrats ‘Have Forgotten Why We Lost’
“Sen. John Fetterman has a warning for his party: learn from the politically charged whirlwind that put Donald Trump back in the White House and secured Republicans control of both chambers of Congress or risk staying in the minority,” CNN reports.
Said Fetterman: “They have forgotten one of the reasons why we lost in 2024.”
He added: “Some people think now we have to double down on those things or we must become more progressive or more extreme. That’s absolutely not true. The seven or eight states that are going to determine who’s going to be our next president, you know, we have to win in those states, and I understand what that takes.”
Suspect Joked That His ‘Doppelganger’ Did It
Before he was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson sent friends messages showing that he was closely following news about the killing, the New York Times reports.
After Robinson joked that the gunman was his look-alike, another user suggested that the group could turn Robinson in and get the $100,000 reward that the F.B.I. was offering.
Said Robinson in response: “Only if I get a cut.”
Suspect’s Transgender Roommate May Be Key to Motive
Six sources familiar with the investigation into the Charlie Kirk assassination told Axios that investigators believe suspect Tyler Robinson had a romantic relationship with his roommate.
Investigators initially wanted the information about the roommate’s gender identity kept quiet because that person is being “extremely cooperative” with authorities.
The roommate was “aghast” at the slaying when speaking to investigators and shared electronic messages sent by Robinson.
Charlie Kirk Memorial to Be Held at NFL Stadium
A memorial service for Charlie Kirk, the right-wing commentator who was assassinated on Wednesday, will be held on September 21 at State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals NFL team.
Symptoms of a Fragile Democracy
Karen Tumulty: “At no time in living memory has this country’s democratic system appeared more fragile. A question now is whether the values upon which that system was built are capable of repairing it.”
Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission
Peter Baker: “Mr. Trump has long made clear that coming together is not the mission of his presidency. In an era of deep polarization in American society, he rarely talks about healing. While other presidents have typically tried to lower the temperature in moments of national crisis, Mr. Trump turns up the flames.”
“He does not subscribe to the traditional notion of being president for all the people. He acts as president of red America and the people who agree with him, while those who do not are portrayed as enemies and traitors deserving payback.”
Trump Risks Sidelining Himself
“One is a close U.S. ally. The other is an adversary. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin both have consistently disregarded President Trump’s wishes, often without major consequences,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“His perceived passivity highlights a revealing paradox about Trump. Frequently claiming to have ended half a dozen wars, he portrays himself as an unmatched peacemaker. Yet in the two conflicts he has most often vowed to stop—Gaza and the Ukraine war—he has often been reluctant to exert U.S. leverage with Israel and Russia.”
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