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Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

Ta-Nehisi Coates Vanity Fair
"Burying the truth of the Confederacy, rewriting its aims and ideas, and ignoring its animating words allowed for the terrorization of the Black population...and the destruction of democracy."...are ignoring and sanitizing Charlie Kirk's legacy.

Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

Roy Richard Grinker The New York Times
Science has not failed. We have developed reliable early detection methods, expanded special education and improved behavioral and medical therapies. To think otherwise reveals a deep and willful ignorance of the history of autism and complexity.

Missed Kimmel’s Return? Here’s a Transcript of His Monologue

Jimmy Kimmel, Luciana Lopez CNN Business
Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late night show Tuesday after his suspension amid pressure from the FCC and the Trump administration, and counter pressure against Disney and ABC-TV and a massive consumer boycott over denial of free speech in the country

Tidbits- Sept 25 -Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing Media, Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Public Health Workers:End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax

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Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing the Media, Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Take Action: Public Health Workers End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax;

7 Key Moments From Trump’s U.N. Speech

Joshua Barajas and Dan Cooney PBS
When President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, his speech underscored a familiar opposition to the mission of the United Nations. During his first term, he dismissed the United Nations as “just a club”.

Clamoring To Tax the Rich

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
In Berkeley, New York, Paris, and Vatican City, it’s become central to political battles—and religious concerns.
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