Flipping Tables

In April a congresswoman pinned "Read the book of Enoch" to the top of her feed, and a cable host told America the government made a deal with demons for the bomb. They're pointing at a real book. First Enoch is older than every document in the New Testament, quoted as prophecy by the letter of Jude, and read as scripture by the people who wrote the Gospels. It's where the Christian ideas of demons, a hell of fire, the archangel Michael with his chain, the seven archangels, Lucifer's fall from pride, and the Nephilim actually come from, and almost none of that is in the Bible you were handed in Sunday school.
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On This Day: Wikipedia — "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" | The Conversation — Quayle never recovered
2028: NBC — Kennedy: "Why not me on a rainy day?" | Louisiana Illuminator — "A bunch of goobers" | Mediaite — Cruz tells "insecure" Vance to chill out | Newsweek — 2028 frontrunners
Ohio rally: CNBC — Trump says he may not help if Democrats win | Dayton Daily News — "Pretend I'm on the ballot" | Newsweek — Crude remark
Health: Daily Beast — Photo "slumped over" | IBTimes — Daily medication remarks | Raw Story — Aspirin
Triage: Mediaite — CNN: House Republicans in "triage mode" | MS NOW — Mace: "bloodbath" | Yahoo — Triage mode
Obama/Nixon: The Hill — Trump shares meme | Political Wire — DOJ reviews if Nixon got a raw deal | CNBC — Hearn case dismissed
Maryland: The Hill — DOJ sues Maryland over mask ban | WMAR — Mask ban, ID requirements | Yahoo/Reuters — Judge rejects California mask law | PBS/AP — Renee Good family sues
DHS planes: Inquirer/NYT — $464M for planes, then parked | New Republic — Noem, Mullin trade blame | Joe.My.God/NYT — Noem donor profited | Axios — Luxury jets
Hegseth: The Hill — Troops could be redeployed from Europe | Washington Times — Teases removal of troops | Snopes — Office of Religious Affairs | Forbes — Hegseth mocks Nazi comparison
Iran: Malay Mail/AFP — No military solution | The Hill — Rubio orders delegation out | Fox News — More bombing "possible"
Pike: PBS/AP — Has not regained consciousness | FOX 13 — Still on ventilator
Chicago: ABC News — 7-year-old dies after stabbing | NewsNation — Woman in custody | ABC7 Chicago — Chatham stabbing
Vienna, Ga.: AJC — 2 dead, 35 hurt at homecoming party | WALB — Coroner identifies victims | WTOL — 25 hospitalized
AI sentencing video: NBC News — Sentence vacated | Fortune — Court tosses sentence | Global News — Same
Cornell: NBC News — DA did not review evidence Cornell police collected | CNYCentral — Hochul removes DA; James takes over | NewsNation — DA questions reports | OPB — "I was raped" | Yahoo/NYT — How Cornell punished each of the 7 | The Hill — Attorney alleges more involved
Andriesz: Daily Beast — Whistleblower found dead | IBTimes — Dies by suicide | Raw Story — Death ruled suicide | Rep. Massie on X
Hinson: PolitiFact — Hinson voted for release; Democrats' messaging | The Gazette — Pressed by callers | The Gazette — Opposed discharge petition
Child marriage: LA Mag — Newsom signs ban | Yahoo — Ban takes effect 2027 | Law Commentary — AB 1267
Red Lobster: WSB — Man calls 911 to avoid bill | WUSA9 — Same
Brazil: CNBC — Headed to runoff | CNN — Runoff after campaign dominated by crime, corruption and Trump | NPR — Right gains ground
Good news: Good Good Good — UN sea level rise declaration | UN News — Nepal PM's address

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On This Day: AANS — Woodrow Wilson's Hidden Stroke of 1919 | Deseret News — President Wilson suffers a stroke
Grok: TechCrunch — Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Maduro | MS NOW — Trump sought chatbot input on military strikes | Raw Story — Insiders: "hard to convince him to do anything" | CNBC — America.gov uses Gemini, Grok
Memecoin dinner: CNN — Another Trump meme coin dinner | CoinDesk — Dinner advertised for top investors | Mediaite — "Most exclusive dinner in the world" | Rolling Stone — Dinner for crypto investors | ABC News/AP — U.S. withdraws from GRECO
Government ads: Yahoo/Reuters — Democrats seek probe | CNBC — $20 million in DHS funds | Public Citizen — FCC and FTC complaint | Deadline — Carr sees nothing out of the ordinary
CNN pool: NewsNation — White House blocks CNN from pool duty | NBC News — CNN removed for Texas, Oklahoma trip | NPR — Outlets ask court to bar enforcement
Hispanic Heritage remark: Washington Post — "Only Hispanic" could survive fall | The Hill — Same
Hearn: CNBC — Judge cites risk Trump will force new charges | PBS — Case permanently dismissed | Fox News — Same
Watergate: Yahoo — DOJ to review whether Nixon was mistreated | Political Wire — DOJ reviews if Nixon got a raw deal | Mediaite — Riley Moore: Nixon "framed"
Epstein 302: Yahoo — Wyden accuses DOJ, FBI of withholding interview | IBTimes — Wyden demands release | Axios — Judge warns Blanche of contempt
FTC: CNBC — FTC investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and others | Axios — FTC probe over AI safety risks | PBS — Self-policing accord
Chinese hackers: CNN — China-linked hackers impersonated U.S. AI insiders | Yahoo/Reuters — Hackers impersonated ex-U.S. official
Hegseth: NPR — Hegseth says he has transformed the military | Time — Sweeping cuts to top ranks | Boston Globe — 20% cut confirmed | Department of War — Address and initiatives
Iraq: PBS/AP — Withdrawal complete | ABC News — Last troops depart | Democracy Now — Headlines, Oct. 1
Iran delegation: The Hill — Rubio orders Iranian delegation out | CTV — Delegation ordered to leave early | Fox News — Trump: more bombing "possible" | Fox News — Troop deployments, oil prices
Egypt: WRAL/AP — Rubio waives restrictions on $320 million | Al-Monitor/Reuters — Waiver letter | Sen. Murphy — Democrats urged Biden to withhold the same aid
Renee Good: PBS/AP — Family sues U.S. government and officials | ABC News — Family sues over fatal ICE shooting
Mandatory detention: WTOP/AP — Supreme Court grants review | Marshall Project — ICE says it can detain as long as it wants | NPR — Third-country ruling
Afghan files: Yahoo — 40% error rate | Epoch Times — IG findings | U.S. News/Reuters — SAVE error rates
Pike: NBC News — "It was a mess" | NPR — Governor halts executions | The Hill — Lee halts executions
Clancy: CBS Boston — Judge denies bid for not-guilty finding | Boston 25 — Motion denied | ABC News — Same
Rick Ross: CBS Miami — Arrested on battery, strangulation charges | Rolling Stone — Domestic violence charges
Victor Marx: Mediaite — Clip shows candidate describing "slamming" wife into door | Daily Beast — Candidate's past revealed | IBTimes — "She bent over and started crying" | CNN KFile — Bo French
LSU: NBC News — Student says she was raped by player still on team | The Advocate — Punishment reduced | LSU Reveille — Criminal investigation opened
Good news: Kathmandu Post — Tiger population rises to 429 | WWF — Nepal's wild tigers triple

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On This Day: Britannica — September 30 | History.com — September 30
AI accord: PBS — Trump announces accord signed by AI companies | Anchorage Daily News/AP — Firms sign accord to "self-police" | HuffPost — Same | Axios — Companies probing tens of thousands of incidents | Axios — Gates: a billion deaths | CNN — Bailey resigns
Third-country deportations: NPR — Supreme Court sides with administration | Washington Post — Court allows deportations to resume | CNN — Deportations to countries migrants have no connection to | CBS News — Same
Kennedy Center: The Hill — Lee blocks Kennedy Center protection bill | NBC4 — GOP senator blocks move
Noem: Washington Post — Noem files for divorce | KELOLAND — Same | The Hill — Court docs
Jack Smith: CNN — Schmitt's basketball mixup and other takeaways | CNN live — Smith: proof beyond reasonable doubt | NBC News — Smith defends probes in hearing filled with insults | MS NOW — Schmitt's blunder | Senate Judiciary — Hearing page | CNN — Curtis subpoena request
Penny: ABC News/AP — Congress votes to end penny after 234 years | KSLA — Senate votes; what happens next | CNN — Last penny minted, Nov. 2025
GRECO: ABC News/AP — U.S. withdraws from European anti-corruption panel | U.S. News — Same | ProPublica — Trump Jr. wedding
Cornell: CNN — AG to review Cornell's response | FOX 5 NY — Hochul calls for independent investigation | Yahoo — Ithaca mayor moves to suspend Greek life, events | LocalSYR — Mayor pauses event permits | U.S. News/AP — Renewed scrutiny of intoxication and consent laws | NBC New York — Reform has Assembly support; Heastie blocks it
Flynn: CNN — Guilty of murdering his wife | CNN — Affair, missing gun, 100,000 messages: Day 1 | CNN — Defense rests without witnesses | CBS News — Verdict | NBC News — Verdict | Dayton Daily News — "I didn't touch my wife" | Court TV — In-laws on motive
Clancy: NBC News — Defense argues no evidence she killed her children | CNN — Status hearing concludes | CBS Boston — Motions to dismiss | ABC7 — Double jeopardy, holdout juror | GBH — Lawyer questions whether there's proof
Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium: CNBC — NIH cuts delayed a childhood brain cancer trial | STAT — Disbanding of the PBTC | PBS — Cuts "taking away hope" | Gillibrand — Demand for reversal | CNN — "Final Battle" ad cost
Good news: Al Jazeera — Morocco's king names first woman PM | France 24 — El Mansouri appointed | The Hill — Trump: Obama's idea "ridiculous"

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On This Day: PBS News — How the Tylenol murders changed the way we consume medication | Chicago History Museum — The Chicago Tylenol Murders

Bailey: CNN — One of Patel’s deputies resigns | CBS News — Bailey, once seen as Patel successor, resigns | ABC News — Bailey resigns | Washington Examiner — Same

Sanctuary surge: NewsNation — DHS announces nationwide surge | IBTimes — DHS denies pullback, announces surge | Daily Wire — Officers say they were told to stop arresting non-criminals

ICE at polls: Democracy Docket — Democrats mobilize against agents at polls | PolitiFact — What could stop Trump from sending ICE to polls | The Intercept — ICE watchers prep to defend midterms | Brennan Center — Preventing voter intimidation by federal agents | Yahoo — White House: “can’t guarantee an ICE agent won’t be around”

Paxton: New Republic — Paxton defends one-day plea | IBTimes — Records show 29 days | Texas Tribune — Inside the plea deal | PolitiFact — Paxton’s Uvalde remarks in context

Bo French: CNN KFile — History of calling for public executions | Houston Public Media — Top Texas Republicans knew, supported him anyway | New Republic — Long history of execution calls

Obama remarks: The Hill — Trump blasts Obama’s “ridiculous” take | HuffPost — Trump on women in leadership

Leavitt: Daily Beast — Leavitt shops book | Yahoo — Reportedly shopping book with White House details

Title IX: The Hill — Department formally rescinds protections | Education Week — Department kills Biden rule | The 74 — Same | Washington Blade — Same

Student loans: New Republic — Trump moves to cut off loans for degrees | WPR — Cutting loans for low-paying degrees | BestColleges — Professional degree definition narrowed | Mass.gov — Healey calls for reversal

Medicaid: The Hill — Lawsuit targets medically frail exemption | Fortune — Too frail to work, can’t afford a doctor to prove it | CBPP — Last-minute restrictions worsen impact | Common Dreams — Administration argues terminally ill not exempt

Hospital AI billing: Fierce Healthcare — AI coding cost BCBSA plans $942M | BCBSA — AI shaping hospital billing trends | HR Dive — Insurers vs. billing companies

Gates: Axios — Gates: AI powerful enough to cause a billion deaths | Business Standard — “Not a hoax” | Deadline — Gates urges safeguards | Axios — Companies probing tens of thousands of incidents | WORLD — Trump, Johnson host AI executives

National Rally: France 24 — RN forms Senate group for first time | Euronews — Same | Al Jazeera — Same

Argentina: Al Jazeera — Poverty rises to 32 percent under Milei | MercoPress — 32.3%, ending two years of decline | France 24 — Nearly one in three | CNBC — The U.S. bailout explained | NBC News — Support could hit $40 billion | Axios — Bessent’s second $20B facility | Epoch Times — Argentina repays swap drawdown | CFR — Will Trump’s $20 billion help Milei

El Niño: Governor’s office — Emergency proclamation | CNN — Newsom declares emergency ahead of super El Niño | Time — What to know

Cornell: CNN — Prosecutors reopen investigation | ABC News — DA reopens case | Cornell Daily Sun — DA reopens investigation | Cornell Daily Sun — Lawsuit filed

Good news: Positive News — What went right this week | Squirrel News — Kosovo concludes 27 years of clearance | HALO Trust — Kosovo