The Morning Report — 9/ 11 /26

Good morning kids. We are absolutely loaded with links and of course today being the 25th anniversary of 9/11 as is all too and painfully obvious the largest category far and away is about the events of that horrendous day. I'm sure we all remember where we were and what we were doing when we first heard the news. At the time, working as I was in both show business and the advertising industry, my time was divided between LA and NYC, and it was just after 6:00AM on the west coast when my father, of blessed memory, phoned me, and my first thought was "well here he is again calling to "use up his minutes before they run out" (remember those days?) until I heard him tell me to turn on the TV and that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. Yes, what he had said stunned me but it was the tone of his voice that was the shocker. That is until I did as he said and saw the smoking hole in the first tower. I remember physically taking a step backward trying to process what I was seeing. Clear blue sky and the smoldering hole in the facade. My first reaction was accident and thinking Cessna. That is until watching in abject horror as the second jumbo jet zoomed in and struck the second tower. Then I yelled the word "WAR."

Whether fate, Divine providence or dumb luck, I would've been right in the WTC plaza as the planes struck. I was in NYC exactly a week before, and had a routine I stuck to, which was eating breakfast with my folks and then taking the subway from Forest Hills down to the WTC, where I visited the Century 21 department store, J&R music world and then a cigar store before ambling up Broadway or Church street to grab some breakfast before either heading back to Queens or to my office. There but for the grace of God. I head returned to LA a few days before the attacks despite my parents wanting me to extend my stay so I could be with them for Rosh Hashanah, which was a week later on the 18th that year.

I was lucky as were a few other relatives and friends of mine who had business in or very near the WTC that morning but somehow were prevented from being among the victims. Not so a classmate of mine who died a horrible and needless death that day.

Kathleen Moran was a Brooklyn native. The second-born from a big Irish family, she often hosted the whole family for gatherings at her Bay Ridge apartment. In her backyard she tended a garden patch of tomatoes, zucchini and more, which she jestingly referred to as “her crops.” Kathleen made memories with her nieces and nephews at birthday parties and on trips to Disney World, and maintained a network of close friends who accompanied her on her travels, whether on weekend road trips to the beach or a week’s sojourn to Italy. After 9/11, Kathleen’s family found a jewelry box in her apartment containing a medley of small items precious to her. Her 1977 class ring represented her years at Midwood High School, where she sang and acted in school musicals. A gold broach with emerald stones spoke to her Irish heritage, the home country of her parents. There were also three Christmas ornaments, commemorating her travels around the world. These were only part of Kathleen’s much larger collection of distinctive ornaments, enough to fill multiple trees during the holiday season, according to her sister Bernadette.

May sweet Kathleen's memory and indeed all of the victims' be for a blessing.

Switching gears completely, lest we forget who and what perpetrated this, it was ISLAM. Unfortunately even as the wreckage and ruins in lower Manhattan, the Pentagon and Shanksville PA we, that is to say the powers that be not only forgot but did their best/worst and continue to do so in covering up for the evil beasts who perpetrated this and those who cheered and continue to cheer it on.

9/11 Was The Beginning Of A Religious War That We Lost. . . We thought religion had no real influence on peoples and cultures, so we failed to recognize the religious nature of the conflict... Today, it’s easy to see just how naive and shallow Ambrose’s analysis was. The idea that there would be no more major ideological conflicts, or that Western civilization had nothing to fear from competing cultures and peoples, was positively delusional.. . At the dawn of the 21st century, no one could possibly take religion seriously, or think that medieval religious disputes had any relevance in the post-Cold War world that was taking shape. Then 9/11 happened. But instead of shattering this delusion, great efforts were made to shore it up. This proved difficult (but not impossible) because the leaders of al-Qaida were obviously motivated by religious beliefs, and said so repeatedly.

I was comforted/heartened for perhaps a nanosecond or so when Dubya proclaimed in the bullhorn that the perpetrators would "hear from all of us," but then he declared that we were in a war on "Terror." Right then and there I knew we were screwed.

And as for the estimable John Daniel Davidson, 9/11 was not the beginning of a "religious war," As Islam has been at war with the Civilized world since its inception nearly 1500 years ago. It seeks the death of unbelievers in its quest to conquer the world in order to make it Islamic in its entirety. And the Shiite part of Islam believes that bringing about Armageddon will make that happen, with them at the top of the heap for all time. So, regardless of how you think President Trump is handling the war with Iran, the leading Shiite nation state, that he is actively doing whatever he can to prevent them from obtaining the nuclear weapons to bring about Armageddon is absolutely the right thing to do, higher gasoline prices for a while being an acceptable price to pay.

Switching gears yet again, I draw your attention to the lead photograph which was the view from my former apartment in NYC when my wife lived there before we met. It was taken not long before 9/11. And she was getting ready for work when the Towers were hit and collapsed. So on that day and for several weeks to follow she was breathing in the air. Now 25 years on, during treatment for what we think is an unrelated neurological issue, the doctors discovered scarring on her lung due to potential asbestos exposure. Oh joy oh bliss.

Anyway, that's all I've got the energy for on this terrible anniversary.

Have a good day. And God Bless all the victims and their families, as well as our first responders and the military for all their sacrifices on that day and in the wake of the attacks, from Iraq and Afghanistan all the way to Epic Fury.

Death to Islam and to those who are allied with it who seek our destruction. May we see all of them wiped out in our lifetimes, so that we may actually have a lifetime to live in freedom and in service of the Lord and our fellow human beings. Amen.

Have a great weekend.

9/11/01 25 years on
• Abruzzo was quadriplegic and used a power wheelchair. Everyone around him faced the same brutal fact: the only way out was down, and Abruzzo couldn't take the stairs... 10 Port Authority coworkers stayed. They were Michael Ambrosio, Peter Bitwinski, Phillip Caffrey, Richard Capriotti, Michael Curci, Michael Fabiano, Wilson Pacheco, Anthony Pecora, Gerald Simpkins, and Margaret Zoch. They became known as the "Port Authority Ten."
  On 9/11, They Couldn't Take the Stairs. Others Wouldn't Leave Them.
  
• Fred Fleitz: Good deeds are not enough. Name who did this. State why. And say, without embarrassment: never again.
  Name the Enemy: The 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Still Demands It
  
• Our country's instinct for self-preservation is vanishing.
  25 Years After 9/11, America Dotes On Its Enemies
  
• We thought religion had no real influence on peoples and cultures, so we failed to recognize the religious nature of the conflict.
  9/11 Was The Beginning Of A Religious War That We Lost
  
• Robert Spencer: But as Yogi Berra said, it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.
  25 Years Later, Yes, They’re Winning
  
• And still won't.
  The 9/11 Miniseries the Left Wouldn’t Let You See
  
• The West saw the threat on 9/11 - then it spent a quarter century pretending not to see it.
  25 Years of Denial
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• The passengers and crew of United Flight 93 should receive the Medal of Freedom.
  The Highest Price Deserves the Highest Honor
  
• The years after the attacks proved challenging for conviction about America’s role in the world—and about my own motives.
  September 11 and the Loss of Certainty
  
• Never forget.
  Dust on the Colors
  
• Terrorist poetry for destroying America's world.
  2026 Echoes of 9/11
  
• It's not us, it's them
  Why They Hate Us: The Sources of Terrorist Conduct
  
• Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed architect of the deadliest acts of terror on American soil, and four of his alleged al-Qaida cronies remain behind bars at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
  No justice 9/11 families still waiting for justice 25 years later as trial delays for terror plotters drag on: ‘Unconscionable’
  
• There were many heroes on those planes that day 15 years ago.
  IDF Veteran Danny Lewin, the first person killed on 9/11/2001

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
• I cannot agree with Kennedy that the Democrat Party used to be honorable and patriotic, because the leadership of the party has always been anti-constitutional, racist, elitist, and pro-violence. But I do applaud Kennedy for being willing to state the truth about Islam, even if he did so in a mistaken context of attributing his own views to previous Democrat politicians.
  RFK Tells the Brutal Truth About Islam on Eve of 9/11 Anniversary
  
• Is Islam the same as all other world faiths?
  Islam and Terror
  
• The polling highlights the deep divide over perceptions of crime, cultural change, and Islamic influence in London. The findings could intensify the political debate over Khan’s record and London’s future ahead of the 2028 mayoral election.
  DATA: Over a Third of Britons Are Concerned About Sharia-Dominated ‘No-Go Zones’ in London.

  CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• As we reflect on Kirk’s legacy and absence today, we must also reflect on the reality we face: left-wing violence is still very real and still very dangerous.
  Left-Wing Violence Is Still An Existential Threat To The Republic (and a redundancy - jjs)
  
• Those of us who lived in Communist countries have been, like Cassandra, shouting out warnings, only to be ridiculed or ignored. Until recently, that is.
  Another Sign That We Are Faced With A Resurgence Of Communism
  
• Radical leftists gathered in the Windy City to advance the abolition of police, prisons, capitalism, and the family.
  Covid Masks, a “Gay Communism” Hat, and Hasan Piker: Inside the Socialism 2026 Conference
  
• It's been ugly. It's been bad for friendships. It's been horrible for the movement.
  It's been one year since the assassination of Charlie Kirk and America is way worse off
  
• It fell to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch this week to render the most difficult and most desperately needed service of all — giving us a dose of moral clarity.
  Stop cheering the bad guys From 9/11 to Luigi and Lindsay, we have lost our moral clarity

  "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• DHS also announced that ICE arrested some more of the “worst of the worst illegal aliens” on September 9.
  DHS has Deported Over 2,000 Known or Suspected Terrorists Since 2025
  
• Prosecutors admits to ‘stunning’ mistake in freeing David Antonio Aviles Perez
  How an Alleged MS-13 Killer Known as ‘The Witch’ was Released in California
  
• How to fix the assimilation problem.
  The U.S. Assimilation and Naturalization Process: Problems, Shortfalls, and a Proposed Framework, Part Two

  THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)

• . . . Pakistan may be obliged to intervene under its defense pact with the Saudis.
  Pakistan Warns Iran to Keep the Houthis Away from Saudi Arabia
  
• If Vance and Rubio’s assessment proves accurate, the Iran war could become the defining issue of Trump’s second term, taking away from his policies on immigration, tariff reform, and reviving American manufacturing.
  Report: Vance, Rubio Have Warned Trump the Iran War Could Run Into 2029.
  
• President Trump and his team claim that military operations obliterated Iran’s nuclear program and a vast majority of its conventional weapons infrastructure.
  Back in business Iran again producing ballistic missiles despite US claims after Operation Epic Fury: report
  
• Public marine tracker websites indicate the first four ships were sailing under the flags of Comoros, Palau, and Zimbabwe, while the Derya appears to have been sailing under the Iranian flag.
  Why Were Iranian Tankers Struck By US Registered In Random African Countries?
  
• “We’re squeezing and strangling them, and that pressure, coupled with the military pressure, we hope will get them to act more reasonably in terms of giving up their nuclear weapons program, which they have, up until this point, not been willing to do,” he said. “A lot of that is driven by the blockade, the economic blockade, because their economy is 90 percent dependent on oil.” McCormick said the next step is to sanction other countries who continue to do business with Iran. 
  Exclusive: Sen. Dave McCormick Reveals Trump’s Strategy to Economically ‘Strangle’ Iran

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY

• Request comes as Iran-backed Houthi terrorists capture strategic Red Sea port, tightening control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
  Somaliland’s President Seeks Israeli Military Presence as Regional Threats Grow
  
• Ghalibaf's assessment is actually from three weeks ago, which is why it sounded so familiar. But as it turned out, there was perhaps good reason for last week's news to resurface — renewed protests in various Iranian cities.
  Iran 'Cannot Survive Like This Much Longer'...AGAIN
  
• The “Palestinians” will remain stateless because no nation can grow upon such a poisonous stalk.
  Why the ‘Palestinians’ are Stateless
  
• Israel remains prudent - despite unjustified condemnation.
  IDF Warning: Hamas Working to Reclaim Weaponry, Reestablish Military Control Over Gaza

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• But Minnesota's newest audit raises a far more uncomfortable question: How did the oversight system operate while all of this was happening?
  A Remarkable Coalition Is Standing Up to the ‘Genocide’ Lie About Israel

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• No raping? No lies? You can’t do journalism that way.
  Bari Weiss is Destroying CBS News
  * * * * *

• “This is possibly the most dangerous technology that humanity has ever created. It’s basically out of science fiction.”
  Real Threat or PR Stunt? AI Doomsday Warnings Coincide With Push for New Regulations
  
• Another week, another apocalyptic warning from the Masters of the Universe.
  BOKHARI: Anthropic’s Self-Serving Doomsday Narrative
  
• Anything you read on the topic should be treated with the highest possible degree of skepticism.
  Only A Few People Win From AI Hysteria. Everyone Else Loses.
  
• The Hugging Face breach shows why AI agents need narrower authority, stronger logs, and independent testing without freezing useful innovation.
  The Right AI Rule Is Least Privilege, Not A Moratorium
  
• “Another big impact here is on jobs, right?” Boyle said. “We just did our last event was all about focus on a lot of this stuff, and there’s a lot of space, whether it’s construction of new facilities like data centers or other things, there’s a lot of space where this stuff can do wonders to actually create more jobs and have a positive economic impact. How do you get that message out?”
  Exclusive – Alliance for a Better Future CEO Janet Kelly on Promise of AI Innovation: ‘The Pie Gets Larger, Americans are Better Off, and We Get to Keep Our Way of Life’

  SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• The deep state keeps getting caught, and nobody ever pays for it.
  The Deep State’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Originally introduced by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) with bipartisan support in 2022 before it was reintroduced to Congress in January of this year, the stated goal of the CCCA is to “increase competition in the credit card market and put an end to the Visa-Mastercard duopoly.”
  Exclusive — America’s Credit Unions President Scott Simpson Says Credit Card Competition Act Would Benefit Retailers Over Consumers

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Maha Hilal, an 'Islamophobia' expert, wrote hours after the October 7 massacre that those who won't support 'Palestinian liberation' should 'move out of the way with your crumbs'
  American University To Host Al Qaeda Sympathizer for 9/11 Anniversary Who Laments Bin Laden's 'Extrajudicial Assassination,' Hailed 'Palestinian Liberation' on Oct. 7
  
• Harvard singles out Israel as a ‘horrific’ lawbreaker based on terrorist-linked testimony
  Error-Riddled Harvard Law School Report Demonizes Israel as ‘Inhumane’

  ABORTION

• The immediate legal fight involves parentage, jurisdiction, and who may make decisions for a critically ill infant. But buried underneath those questions is one that should make almost anybody uncomfortable, regardless of where they stand on abortion. . . How much control over a woman's body can she sign away before becoming pregnant?
  Can a Contract Punish a Woman for Refusing an Abortion?

  THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• The Supreme Court justices didn’t offer any reason for blocking the new map. A snag in the elections, though, is that Missouri already held primaries using the new map.
  Supreme Court rules against new Missouri redistricting map again

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

• The incident could create additional scrutiny for Omar because the police search involved a firearm-related investigation at a home shared by her son. It also puts renewed focus on the contrast between Omar’s public support for stricter gun regulations and her decision not to comment when questioned about the firearms raid on her son’s home.
  BRO-FO Omar Refuses to Comment on Police Raid on Home Shared by Son and Felon Roommate

  GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITES — RINO SCUM SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

• The scope of China’s influence on the former U.S. cabinet official and her family is clear and has been for a long time.
  Report: Elaine Chao Held Roles At CCP Agency While In Bush, Trump Cabinets

  POLITICS

• Every election cycle, Democrats run the same play. As the general election approaches, they start pretending to be reasonable moderates. The problem is they govern like radical leftists the moment they're sworn in.
  Here’s Proof That James Talarico’s Campaign Is in BIG Trouble
  
• Midterms are always about the incumbent prez, with voters usually expressing doubts and discontent — that’s why the “out” party almost always gains seats. What Republicans can do to counter those tendencies is pretty obvious: Remind voters of how very much the GOP has done right, fixing the messes left behind by [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden and the hyperactive Democrat Congress of 2021-’23 — and of how extremely weird the Democrats remain.
  The midterms ARE about Trump — and what he offers for America’s future
  
• The true measure of a sailor is how they weather a storm, and swing district Republicans can make out the threatening clouds fast approaching over the horizon.
  In this ever-nationalized midterm environment, swing-district Republicans brace for a storm
  
• Ever the consummate showman, President Trump invented the concept of the midterm convention, and he stepped right in to headline it. But there's a perfectly legitimate argument that Republicans should run on what they've actually accomplished rather than turning this election into another referendum on one man.
  Democrats Asked for It, and Trump and the GOP Delivered
  
• The buzz around Vice President JD Vance was palpable after he delivered a keynote address on the final day of the GOP midterm convention, with many attendees deeming him the clear heir apparent to President Trump.
  JD Vance steals 2028 show at GOP convention — attendees deem VP ‘ready’ to be crowned Trump’s MAGA heir

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The AfD has dismissed the EU’s potential actions as undemocratic, characterizing the idea as punishing the voters of Saxony-Anhalt. If the EU opts to freeze funds to the region or attempts to override state government decisions through financial pressure, this could increase hostility towards the EU and bolster support for the AfD. It is also possible that the EU goes ahead with defunding the region in order to slight President Donald J. Trump, who congratulated the AfD on their win earlier this week. “Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night… THEY ARE ON THE RISE, and not going to take it anymore! MGGA!!!” wrote President Donald J. Trump on Truth Social...
  European Union Mulls Punishing German Region for Electing Populists.
  
• Perhaps more "allied" countries than we thought are currently led by people who are -- for all intents and purposes -- agents of the People's Republic of China.
  A Manufactured Trade War with Canada
  
• Republicans have spent years correctly warning that dependence on foreign adversaries for energy and critical minerals is a national security liability. Food is no different.
  Canada just told the world food is a weapon
  
• The legal filing says 3,500 doctors were sent to Brazil between 2013 and 2018 and claims the Cuban regime earned more than $2.3 billion for their services but paid them “a small fraction” — less than 10 percent — of their earnings. The doctors, now living in the US, claim that when dispatched abroad they were never informed 90 percent of their wages would go to the Cuban government.
  Cuban doctors claim they were forced into slavery as propaganda for the Communist regime — seek $129M in new lawsuit

  BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH

• The anniversary deserves more than a memorial ceremony. It deserves an accounting.
  The Path to Zero: The Afghanistan Disaster America Was Told to Forget
  
• How Biden’s retreat crippled American deterrence.
  Victor Davis Hanson Video: Five Years After Afghanistan

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• The refunds may serve as an incentive to vote Republican in the midterm elections, which are scheduled for November. The policy is likely to be well-received by Americans most impacted by the expiration of ACA premium subsidies.
  Trump Announces $500 Refunds for Americans ‘Ripped Off’ by Obamacare.
  
• What is the CDC's secret agency, the Epidemic Intelligence Sevice, actually up to?
  Centers for Deception Control

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• ...in only a year or so we shall see the arrival of so many new rockets that the press will start to whine about a glut of launch capacity. In fact, this wave of new rockets has already begun, with successful orbital launches by two startups in just the last seven weeks...
  The coming tidal wave of new rockets

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "He does believe the things that he’s said before.”
  EXCLUSIVE: Undercover Video Exposes Talarico’s Transgender Flip-Flop

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• “Nearly did himself a neck injury,” Netflix’s official UK and Ireland X account quipped in a Thursday caption, sharing a photo of a male character from The Gentlemen apparently straining his neck to get a better view of a woman.
  Droves of Subscribers Cancel Netflix After ‘Neck Injury’ Joke on One-Year Anniversary of Charlie Kirk Assassination
  
• Jimmy Kimmel is lying. The FCC didn’t threaten him or his lowly rated show, or his network ABC or his affiliates or local stations. Kimmel lied when he said the “unusual circumstance” of his Talarico interview airing on YouTube and not on TV is due to the Trump administration’s objection to “traditional editorial decisions, guest bookings […] they don’t like.”
  Jimmy Kimmel Pulls a Colbert: Lies About ‘FCC Threats’ Forcing Him to Air Talarico Interview on YouTube, Not ABC
  
• The majority badgered and bullied the holdout juror who didn’t ‘trust the experts’ on the ‘science’ of postpartum psychosis. Sound familiar?
  Lindsay Clancy Jurors Are Reminiscent Of The Covid Cult
  
• As the country has fallen away from its Christian roots, so too have its people lost focus on what it means to uphold the true, good, and beautiful.
  In A Sane Country, Women Would Rally Around Erika Kirk Instead Of Lindsay Clancy
  
• We have so much worth defending.
  Civilizational Decline is a Choice
  
• Christian Toto: Jeremy Boreing's Christian fantasy saga scores big on Prime Video
  Faith-Friendly ‘Pendragon Cycle’ Shocks Hollywood
  
• Like most of Hollywood, Rock is a long-time liberal who frequently uses his stand-up platform and satire to critique American politics..."fake news."
  Chris Rock Admits Trump Got One Thing Right

  HITHER & YON

• “Anders’ question resonates anew today...Our failure to think is the natural consequence of the modern worship of progress...Mass objects, through their identical multiple existences, attain a kind of ersatz immortality...Humanity must debase itself totally in order to escape its debasement...This was not cosmopolitan sentimentalism.”
  Günther Anders, the Philosopher at the End of the World

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