https://drudge.com/user/subliberal New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/294775/trump-hails-us-militarys-exit-iraq https://apnews.com/article/iraq-us-withdrawal-militias-disarmament-kurds-a097a39f3d1a3515adc2ba3298a6816f The U.S. military announced Wednesday that it completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission ... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:o5wlr3gi4tz23ake7ef23ejs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtxayzeok2e" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreid5be67wsl4ea7qvzvdmbiwmo6bc5a6ddaedvlavvz7quysit2apu" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">The US just left Iraq this week. But hey ... &quot;Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes&quot; apnews.com/article/iran ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o5wlr3gi4tz23ake7ef23ejs/post/3mwtxayzeok2e?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Social Media Lab (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o5wlr3gi4tz23ake7ef23ejs?ref_src=embed">@socialmedialab.ca</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o5wlr3gi4tz23ake7ef23ejs/post/3mwtxayzeok2e?ref_src=embed">6:54 PM &Acirc;&middot; Oct 1, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvd557yr22t" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihyokbrulcjfoay5k5z34mpfjodxk7vnp53alztjjkmrs3pzpti2u" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">American troops left Iraq the other day, which got very little coverage. Trump issued a celebratory post suggesting he got Ali al-Zaidi elected. He made no mention of Iranian militias in Iraq.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3mwvd557yr22t?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- emptywheel (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo?ref_src=embed">@emptywheel.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3mwvd557yr22t?ref_src=embed">8:01 AM &Acirc;&middot; Oct 2, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:33:26 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294775/trump-hails-us-militarys-exit-iraq#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294775 news, 0.5 daily 294775 https://drudge.com/news/294776/iran-backs-democrats https://thehill.com/policy/international/6119676-iran-protest-americans-donald-trump-2026-midterms/ Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday called on Americans to vote against President Trump ahead of the midterm elections to change U.S. policy toward Tehran and accept the offer of a "peaceful coexistence." IRGC spokesperson Gen. Hossein Mohebbi made the request in a 25-page letter, marking seven months since Iran's conflict with the U.S. and Israel began in late February. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:46:52 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294776/iran-backs-democrats#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294776 discussion, 0.5 daily 294776 https://drudge.com/news/294751/one-thing-progressives-say-never-happens https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-indicts-ten-aliens-voter-fraud-minnesota Attorney General Todd Blanche, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that a federal grand jury indicted ten defendants separately on September 24, 2026, for voter fraud. All defendants have made their initial appearances in federal court. "Today's charges allege that ten foreign nationals committed voter fraud in Minnesota, one voting illegally as recently as this August's primary," said Attorney General Todd Blanche. "The law is clear, only American citizens may vote in American elections, and enforcing this law is fundamental to our democracy. That should not be a partisan concept." "Our message to aliens who vote in American elections is clear: we will find you, arrest you, and you will face the consequences, including criminal charges and deportation," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:56:51 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294751/one-thing-progressives-say-never-happens#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294751 discussion, 0.5 daily 294751 https://drudge.com/news/294719/madonna-pulls-dildo-out-her-anus-live https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LU9j8yxnJdo VMA's keeping it classy. Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:44:40 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294719/madonna-pulls-dildo-out-her-anus-live#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294719 discussion, 0.5 daily 294719 https://drudge.com/news/294684/college-coming-apart https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/college-education-future-ai/688655/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cr&utm_campaign=2024_Content_ContentTestingII_Prospecting_Sales_Advantage&utm_content=092326_CollegeComingApart_NA_NA_NoCTA&utm_term=ContentTestin Successive, overlapping crises reveal that American higher education makes no sense. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:znetc2lmsdhjm3mucjluttj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqtjwjgek2r" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreibjd3l72iiqzwjoyzumtqanbek6ewan5zfveisvtsh5jiwkzxnlyq" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">I wrote about how American college, a bundle of competing and largely unrelated missions, became incompatible with itself. (Gift link)<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:znetc2lmsdhjm3mucjluttj5/post/3mvqtjwjgek2r?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Ian Bogost (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:znetc2lmsdhjm3mucjluttj5?ref_src=embed">@ibogost.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:znetc2lmsdhjm3mucjluttj5/post/3mvqtjwjgek2r?ref_src=embed">7:45 PM &Acirc;&middot; Sep 17, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:33:26 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294684/college-coming-apart#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294684 news, 0.5 daily 294684 https://drudge.com/news/294573/white-woman-enslaved-native-americans https://allthatsinteresting.com/hannah-duston n 1861, a small new England town erected a monument to Hannah Duston " possibly the first in the U.S. to honor a woman. But not everyone thinks Duston was a hero. Almost 200 years earlier, Duston had been kidnapped by Native Americans from her home in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and placed with a Native American family. In the dead of night, she picked up a tomahawk and bludgeoned six sleeping children and four sleeping adults to death. Though Duston's husband was able to escape with eight of their children, Duston, her newborn daughter, and her nurse, Mary Neff, were taken captive. About 10 other colonists were also kidnapped from Haverhill. <p>According to the story Duston later told Puritan minister Cotton Mather, her captors promptly killed her baby by dashing "the Brains of the Infant, against a Tree." She and Neff were then forced to walk for weeks before being placed with a Native American family on an island in the Merrimack River. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:24:20 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294573/white-woman-enslaved-native-americans#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294573 discussion, 0.5 daily 294573 https://drudge.com/news/294562/wealthy-arent-you-think-they https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/the-richest-americans-are-people-youve-never-heard-of-7604380/ A couple things that capitalism gives you that socialism and collectivism doesnt: Privacy and individualism. Capitalism guards these things. You cant have them in a progressive ideology. The left MUST know who is rich and who isnt. They have to know where to aim their hate. They have to know where and who to physically TAKE things from to give away. That's how socialist democracies work. The exact thing our Constitutional Republic was made to avoid and is morally against. Take from those who produce and give to those who dont. But also, it gives the leftist something to make it look like they are morally correct. The capital they dont have. I truly believe some leftists want to help the poor. Problem is, they are just poor themselves and they dont have the money to do so. So they end up hurting and demonizing those very people who would and could be the ones to take care of the poor. The wealthy people they dont know. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:04:46 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294562/wealthy-arent-you-think-they#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294562 discussion, 0.5 daily 294562 https://drudge.com/news/294519/democrats-say-there-no-voter-fraud https://www.foxnews.com/us/nigerian-woman-massachusetts-charged-alleged-illegal-voting-federal-elections A Nigerian woman living in the United States as a permanent resident in Massachusetts illegally voted in at least two elections after lying about her citizenship, authorities said. If there's smoke, there's fire. How many have happened that we didnt find about because Democrats wouldnt investigate? Fri, 18 Sep 2026 07:07:35 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294519/democrats-say-there-no-voter-fraud#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294519 discussion, 0.5 daily 294519 https://drudge.com/news/294513/old-too-old-serve-congress https://www.salon.com/2026/09/17/mitch-mcconnell-is-back-and-its-terrifying/ Troy Farah: Sen. Mitch McConnell is back -- but is he really? <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:ln72v57ivz2g46uqf4xxqiuh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgzvosb7e2n" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiez3s5q66k5e2u2cvu6j5z2ejl4nbofgqwmg7v56rh7oyck4wrwua" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">The vast majority of Americans -- 8 in 10 -- say there should be age caps for members of Congress, as well as term limits, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ln72v57ivz2g46uqf4xxqiuh/post/3mlgzvosb7e2n?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- NPR (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ln72v57ivz2g46uqf4xxqiuh?ref_src=embed">@npr.org</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ln72v57ivz2g46uqf4xxqiuh/post/3mlgzvosb7e2n?ref_src=embed">4:00 PM &Acirc;&middot; May 9, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:32:59 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294513/old-too-old-serve-congress#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294513 news, 0.5 daily 294513 https://drudge.com/news/294514/us-poverty-fell-record-low-2025 https://www.ibtimes.com/us-poverty-fell-record-low-2025-broader-measure-came-higher-new-figures-show-3807476 A Broader Measure Came In Higher, New Figures Show. Child poverty also fell to its lowest recorded level, while the share of Americans without health insurance remained largely unchanged. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:mzmtoehujifw6wpzlz3hdpni/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo33zo5l223" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihtnuugq56rdmbddgp2iddxr6pf3qyz3kjqqqksmqxuaiu2vlosrm" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Pretty good news on income and poverty in 2025 from Census, Real median household income up 2.6% to highest on record back to 1967, fastest growth for African-Americans. Official poverty rate down to lowest on record tho SPM stable. www.census.gov/newsroom/pre ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mzmtoehujifw6wpzlz3hdpni/post/3mvo33zo5l223?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Aaron Sojourner (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mzmtoehujifw6wpzlz3hdpni?ref_src=embed">@aaronsojourner.org</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mzmtoehujifw6wpzlz3hdpni/post/3mvo33zo5l223?ref_src=embed">5:22 PM &Acirc;&middot; Sep 16, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:32:29 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294514/us-poverty-fell-record-low-2025#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294514 news, 0.5 daily 294514 https://drudge.com/news/294508/lots-hurricanesclimate-change-no https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/09/16/surprising-reason-there-have-been-no-atlantic-hurricanes-this-year/ Can you progressives please make up your mind? Many Hurricanes in a season, yall scream it's due to climate change. Then there's no hurricanes and I guess that's also due to climate change, right? Idiots. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:36:30 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294508/lots-hurricanesclimate-change-no#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294508 discussion, 0.5 daily 294508 https://drudge.com/news/294496/fed-raises-interest-rates https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/fed-raises-rates-defying-trump-rcna598148 The Fed's decision, which defied the president's wishes for lower interest rates, is in response to elevated inflation readings as the war with Iran drives up prices. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:jbvnehrrdqoulco4rf5gxg5r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn6v6lwik23" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihk2hwqsye64wqpr5oll364de36yvcu6qxuktodnjpj3yztoxpr2e" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en"> The Fed is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in more than three years. What does that mean for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the president who appointed him? Find out on the Reuters Morning Bid podcast reut.rs/3TyI4Bp<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jbvnehrrdqoulco4rf5gxg5r/post/3mvn6v6lwik23?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Reuters (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jbvnehrrdqoulco4rf5gxg5r?ref_src=embed">@reuters.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jbvnehrrdqoulco4rf5gxg5r/post/3mvn6v6lwik23?ref_src=embed">8:57 AM &Acirc;&middot; Sep 16, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:wufsdxzvzx36d7wppganbvpw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnqcb5fck2u" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreigks3v54757y5om6mubmzwtc77aynkenrlorlvq3tqldlydaf7r74" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">The Fed just voted to raise interest rates, so expect Trump to end all trade with Wakanda<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wufsdxzvzx36d7wppganbvpw/post/3mvnqcb5fck2u?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Eric Columbus (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wufsdxzvzx36d7wppganbvpw?ref_src=embed">@ericcolumbus.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wufsdxzvzx36d7wppganbvpw/post/3mvnqcb5fck2u?ref_src=embed">2:09 PM &Acirc;&middot; Sep 16, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:30:23 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294496/fed-raises-interest-rates#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294496 news, 0.5 daily 294496 https://drudge.com/news/294377/east-asian-citizenship-fraud-shut-down https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/us-suspends-cognizant-green-card-filings/articleshow/133939988.cms?from=mdr The US Department of Labour has suspended permanent labour certification filings by technology services giant Cognizant as federal authorities investigate alleged fraud and possible harm to American workers. It impacts the company's filings under the Permanent Labor Certification program, commonly known as PERM, which is a key step for employers seeking employment-based green cards for foreign... Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:36:26 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294377/east-asian-citizenship-fraud-shut-down#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294377 discussion, 0.5 daily 294377 https://drudge.com/news/294183/trump-creates-space-academy https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-signs-order-creating-new-space-academy-akin-west-point-location-determined The U.S. Space Academy will be for students looking to enter the U.S. Space Force ... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu67coyy2n2u" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreih3kpnyr5qdwmfwbjypp7voffprtlfec5lxcy6up7em2l5dsqegce" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">The president said graduates of the new academy would serve the US Space Force, NASA and the civilian flight industry.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/post/3mu67coyy2n2u?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Al Jazeera English (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2?ref_src=embed">@aljazeera.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/post/3mu67coyy2n2u?ref_src=embed">4:30 PM &Acirc;&middot; Aug 28, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:32:43 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294183/trump-creates-space-academy#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294183 news, 0.5 daily 294183 https://drudge.com/news/294202/trump-announces-massive-us-venezuela-oil-deal https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404258724112 President Donald Trump's massive U.S.-Venezuela oil deal is analyzed by Fox Business contributor Phil Flynn. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6lpkeeks2n" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreieyhfty2mmy436ygtax6cvaen4ggp2utpbip4ku3udn45b3mmv234" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Nazi Germany also pillaged the natural resources of countries it conquered<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mu6lpkeeks2n?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Aaron Rupar (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed">@atrupar.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mu6lpkeeks2n?ref_src=embed">8:12 PM &Acirc;&middot; Aug 28, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:30:23 -0400 subliberal https://drudge.com/news/294202/trump-announces-massive-us-venezuela-oil-deal#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294202 news, 0.5 daily 294202