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Don Surber 
President Bush at Ground Zero on 9/14/2001: “Thank you all. I want you all to know that America today is on bended knee in prayer for the people whose lives were lost here, for the workers who work here, for the families who mourn. This nation stands with the good people of New York City and New Jersey and Connecticut as we mourn the loss of thousands of our citizens.”
A mother killing her children is no big deal in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
9 women and a couple of men on a jury decided that a woman has the right to a post-partum abortion. All she has to say is she has depression and magically she cannot be convicted for strangling her three children to death, one at a time.
As the midterm elections near, those who pretended to want to Make America Great Again are turning on MAGA in the hopes of making Washington run by Democrats again. They are not weathervanes. They are just feathers in the wind.
What concerns me is having another NATO nation ignoring the will of the people. Voters were displeased with their government. Turnout was quite higher than usual—especially the massive anti-AfD votes that officials received on Monday by mail.
That was the headline in the New York Times. The sub-headline read, “New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.”
Fact-check: Well, yes if you consider they now realize their capabilities are nada, non-existent, zilch. The Persian Army has more power and it disappeared in a sandstorm west of Thebes 2,551 years ago.
Democrat Senate candidate Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed’s tweeted about 9/11. With the 25th anniversary of that day in infamy looming ahead, let’s see what he said.
Don Surber delivers his take on this week’s news items as only he can. He’ll make you think, laugh, and learn to recognize the absurdity of the media’s coverage of the news.
ITEM 1: Yahoo reported, “A Popular ED Medication Was Just Linked to a Greater Risk of Blindness in Men Over 40.’
As the movie asked, can I do it till I need glasses?
Red China is hurting for certain. The world’s largest oil importer lost oil from Iran and Venezuela, which supplied 15% of the oil it bought last year.
Under Trump, the USA is a net exporter of oil. That should be the case for decades to come because thanks to President Trump and Chief Warrant Officer Five Eric A. Slover, America now controls 65 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela. Slover is the helicopter pilot who took a licking of bullets but kept on ticking as the military extracted Maduro on January 3, earning a Medal of Honor.
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.
Kristen Welker of Meet the Press said of Trump on NBC 4 in DC, “He’s going to loom large over these midterms. There’s no doubt about that. He, of course, has endorsed a slate of candidates in the primaries. He’s had some mixed results, but most recently, his pick of Senator Darline Graham, of course, the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, was successful in her primary battle, so now she takes on Dr. Annie Andrews in South Carolina.”
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%.
The headline in SCOTUSblog, which tracks the nation’s highest court, was infuriating. It said, “Supreme Court allows construction on White House ballroom to continue.”
Allows? Really? Allows? The president must ask the courts “Mother May I?” before any and all actions?
Since when? I am not a lawyer but I do not see a judicial veto among the powers granted in the Constitution.
Shiver me timbers. Bloomberg reported:
Arrr! The Department o’ Justice be makin’ ready to wake a long-sleepin’ prize court o’ the high seas, so as to make swift the seizin’ by the king’s men-o’-war o’ them Iranian oil tankers as Yankee prizes—so say three souls what be in on the plot.
Me mateys that means, “The Justice Department is preparing to activate a long-dormant maritime war court to streamline military capture of Iranian oil tankers as U.S. prizes, according to three people familiar with the plans.”
Last week, the Cat’s Poll asked, “What happens if Democrats don’t win the Senate?”
69% of the readers said, “Xi simply buys more GOP senators.”
Surber’s Cynics never let me down.
The mainstream media only reports what it wants you to think. For news that actually allows you to draw your own conclusions, you’ve come to the right place. The side of snark is complimentary.
ITEM 1: Just the News reported, “Minneapolis police reportedly raided the apartment of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son Tuesday night, seizing firearms and ammunition and arresting his 22-year-old roommate, Abdulrahman Abdi.”
Isn’t he also her nephew?
Dolly Parton’s death brought out the best in people. The Royal Family posted a video of a royal band of some sort playing 9 to 5 in tribute. The tweet said, “Remembering the late, great Dolly, who brought joy, comfort and inspiration to so many—including the millions of children given free books through her Imagination Library. We will always ❤️ you.”
Pravda reported, “Ex-deputy head of Zelensky’s office remanded in custody with bail set at $447,000.”
AP reported nada. In fact, Grok said in the wee hours of this morning, “No major US news outlets appear to have reported on the arrest (or court-ordered pre-trial detention) of Irina Mudra as of August 26, 2026.”
So I am stuck relying on Russian propagandists for information. Isn’t that swell?
Late night TV since January 20, 2017:
“Knock, knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“Donald Trump.”
The only accurate prediction I see this year is everyone in politics will make a prediction about the midterm election. The primary season shows how well everyone is doing.
Don Surber escorts us through another week of the media’s treatment what it considers news. We need this reporting on the media or we’d never know what was actually going on.
ITEM 1: The New York Times reported, “Harry and Meghan Will Move Back to Britain After 6 Years in U.S.”
Two more self-deportations for Trump (4 counting the kids).
Forget Fang Fang, the Red Chinese honeypot he bang-banged in between marriages. The FBI may be closing in on Eric Swalwell for allegations of rape.
The California Energy Commission on Monday unanimously approved a new power to regulate spare tires using a 2003 law. The commission claims without independent verification that its Replacement Tire Efficiency Program will save Californians $1 billion a year on gasoline.
(In snobby British accent) they spend $58 billion a year on petro.
The commission could save Californians $8 billion a year by eliminating gasoline taxes but then the state would have to cut back on handouts to the homeless and the illegal aliens that give it extra congressmen and extra federal funding.