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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote.
Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation 25 years since 9/11 have shown the ‘power of the American spirit,’ Trump says President Donald Trump said Friday at the Pentagon that the powerful American spirit that has endured in the 25 years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks demonstrates how “our country is stronger than it has ever been before. “September 11 reminded us of the terrible power of hate. The 25 years since have shown us the even greater power of the American spirit to endure and prevail, and to win,” Trump said while paying tribute at the Pentagon. “And today, our country is stronger than it has ever been before. It has never been as strong as it is right now.” “Because of that spirit, when future generations come here in 25, 100 or 250 years from now, they will stand in a nation that is free and unyielding in the face of evil, and they will still honor the heroes of 9/11, who no age will erase from the memory of time,” Trump added. “It will never, ever be forgotten. Will never be forgotten. And we can never forget. God bless our 911 families. God bless our unbelievable, brave and beautiful first responders. God bless the United States military and God bless America.” 9/11 25th anniversary live updates: Clinton, Obama, Biden, Bush stand together for ceremony, with first ladies, JD Vance Americans in New York City and across the nation are gathering Friday to remember the 2,977 people killed and thousands more injured in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Families of those killed when hijackers crashed a pair of planes into the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan began reading the victims’ names aloud at the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero at 8:30 a.m., as is tradition during the annual ceremony, stopping for a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. — the exact time American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower. Later, President Trump will deliver remarks at the Pentagon. Sept. 11 widow blasts Saudis on anniversary of attacks: ‘How can it be 25 years and still we have no justice?’
Condoleezza Rice apologizes to families for failing to prevent 9/11 Trump links Iran war to 9/11 in 25th anniversary speech at Pentagon: ‘That’s why we fight today’ United Airlines forced to scrap 9/11 ‘tribute’ with jetliner flanked by F-16s: ‘Most tone-deaf stunt ever’ Secretary Hegseth on 9/11: 'Eternal Vigilance' Is Price of Freedom War Secretary Pete Hegseth marked the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks Friday with a warning that America's enemies remain determined to kill its citizens, declaring that "eternal vigilance" is the price Americans must pay to remain free. Speaking at the Pentagon, where 184 people were killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building on Sept. 11, 2001, Hegseth said the attacks awakened Americans to the threat posed by Islamist terrorism. "You see, on that day, many Americans were ignorant of the Islamist threat that we face," Hegseth said. "But 25 years ago, at this very hour, it was no more because history was not over. It's never over. The struggle against evil continued and it continues now." "It will continue until Judgment Day," he continued. "Our only answer here on Earth is eternal vigilance. That indeed is the price of freedom."
‘Trump-level’ smackdown earns Vance roaring praise as 2028 buzz builds at GOP convention The vice president's response to a heckler during his primetime speech in Dallas electrified the midterm rally crowd Republicans reached a consensus that Vice President JD Vance solidified his position as the presumptive 2028 presidential candidate with his "Trump-level" smackdown of a foreign flag-waving protester who disrupted his speech at the Republican National Convention. Vance did not hesitate after a protester interrupted his primetime speech in Dallas on Thursday by waving the flags of the Palestinian Authority and Mexico. He recalled to those watching his speech on TV: "What the people at home missed is that we just had a protester interrupting us and waving the Mexican flag." "Well, my friend, if you love Mexico so much, get your a-- over there. I'll buy you the plane ticket," the VP said, to which the crowd erupted into applause. Yemen's Houthis seize key city on Red Sea Yemen's Houthis seized control of the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday, with witnesses telling AFP of fighters marching on the area chanting "death to America, death to Israel". Saudi Arabia meanwhile launched dozens of airstrikes in the last 24 hours, according to the military spokesman for the Houthis, who control large parts of northwest Yemen and launched a large-scale offensive last week against Riyadh-backed Yemeni government forces. The Houthis launched attacks on Saudi territory that left dozens of people wounded, in a conflict that has reignited during the Middle East war that began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February. Trump just got handed Tehran’s own timetable: Senior voices in Iran say they will stretch the war past the midterms U.S. President Donald Trump this week said that he believes the war with Iran will end in the coming months, but not before the November midterm elections. The president, based on recent events and statements by officials in Tehran, suggested that the Islamic regime is looking to inflict as much pain as possible to weaken Washington’s negotiating position and lose the Republicans the midterm elections. The president predicted that the fighting could end shortly after Americans cast their votes on November 3. “I think war is going to end immediately after the election because they can’t hold out any longer. Lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial was only Black person on the jury, panelist reveals: report Juror Paula Devlin told 'CBS Mornings' the 11-1 split that led to a mistrial fell along racial lines on the panel The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case was also the only Black person on the jury, one of the panelists revealed in a new interview. Paula Devlin, one of the outspoken jurors who was part of the 11-person majority in favor of finding Clancy not criminally responsible for strangling her three young children, explained that the lone holdout was a Black man and the only person of color on the jury in an interview with "CBS Mornings" Friday. Lindsay Clancy looks on as jurors enter the courtroom during Clancy's murder trial at the Plymouth County Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Sept. 4, 2026. (Greg Derr / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) "Everybody else was White," she said. Trump, Musk PACs Boost GOP in Key Races The two biggest Republican money players in the 2026 midterm elections – U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk – have begun spending heavily with less than eight weeks to go before Election Day. With Republicans facing the prospect of losing control of at least one chamber of Congress, and polling showing Democrats more motivated to vote, a group connected to Trump has begun spending tens of millions of dollars to reserve blocks of TV ad time in close races. Trump, whose approval rating is at the lowest level of his political career, told reporters last week that he planned to allocate $400 million to $500 million to boost Republicans in the midterms.
AOC’s ‘modern-day lynchings’ claim torn to shreds online as Black hanging case findings tell a different story Most cases referenced in the letter led by Rep Ayanna Pressley were ruled suicides by law enforcement or medical examiners Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., warned Friday of "racial terror" and "widespread modern-day lynchings" in the U.S. as she joined dozens of Democrats demanding that the DOJ and FBI investigate hanging deaths of Black Americans. Multiple official findings in several recent cases show that law enforcement or medical examiners ruled the deaths suicides, while at least one very recent death remains under a homicide investigation. AOC alleges there is systemic racial bias at the agencies, while fellow progressive lawmaker Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., called the hangings a "national crisis" in a letter to the agencies that she spearheaded. EMPIRICAL 9/11 By Geoff Metcalf
August 30, 2005 "What is right but what we prove to be right? What is truth but what we believe to be truth?"
-- Gorgias the Sophist Rep Curt Weldon has become a spark on the tinder in outing the malfeasance of the 9/11 Commission. However, he is still only half right. He is correct in saying the 9/11 Commission will have "egg all over their face" when the truth is eventually revealed. He is right they are in major CYA mode because of embarrassment of a public epiphany. However, he is frankly wrong when he says "In two weeks with two staffers, I've uncovered more in this regard than they did with 80 staffers and $15-Million in taxpayers' money!" The 9/11 Commission uncovered all that Weldon has�and more. However (and herein lies the real tragic flaw and sin) they specifically, judiciously CHOSE not to share the details of what they found. William Penn once observed, "Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell." I would add that the road to Hell is not paved with good intentions as suggested, but by self serving, manipulative and duplicitous lies. From 9/11 to Luigi and Lindsay, we have lost our moral clarity By Liel Leibovitz
Once upon a time, the job of New York’s police commissioner was hard enough: catch the bad guys, curb crime, keep the streets safe. These days, things are a lot more complicated. 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. “The men who attacked this city were terrorists,” Tisch said in a press conference marking a quarter of a century since the attacks of September 11, 2001. “The men and women who ran into the towers to save innocent lives were heroes. Twenty-five years cannot be allowed to blur that distinction, and shame on those who do.” Tisch wasn’t wagging her finger at anyone in particular, but it wasn’t too hard to understand that she was addressing not only the media but the man sitting right behind her, Mayor Mamdani. |
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