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Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Today, Jimmy Kimmel returns to air with a fantastic monologue worthy of the moment; the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia is going to try to get a grand jury to indict jim Comey despite investigators saying there’s no probable cause; Adelita Grijalva wins the special election in Arizona - 7 to fill her late father’s seat and she is the final signature needed on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files; a judge warned that the DOJ may have violated Luigi Mangione’s right to a fair trial; a federal judge said Trump violated the law when he fired all those inspectors general but stopped short of reinstating them; a sniper opened fire on a Dallas ICE facility killing one detainee and wounding two, turning the gun on himself; the Trump administration is rehiring hundreds of federal employees fired by DOGE; Reality Winner speaks out in her new memoir I Am Not Your Enemy; a big ol’ bronze statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands has been removed from the National Mall. Dana is out and about.

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Guest: Reality Winner
I Am Not Your Enemy: A Memoir by Reality Winner | Spiegel & Grau
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Stories
Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins special election for her late father's House seat in Arizona | NBC News

Newly appointed US attorney will attempt to charge James Comey despite prosecutors finding no probable cause: Sources | ABC News

Sniper opens fire on Dallas ICE facility, killing 1 detainee, wounding 2: DHS | ABC News

Luigi Mangione case: Trump DOJ 'may have violated' fair trial rule, judge warns | All Rise News

Judge won't reinstate 8 government watchdogs fired by Trump | CBS News

Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics

A Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Is Removed From the National Mall | The New York Times

Good Trouble
The US DOE has released the details of its Patriotic Education Program. States have a choice to opt in, but they're basically dangling the grant money like a carrot on a stick. Teach history our way, or else.
Partners of the curriculum include Prager U and Turning Point USA, which push a glossy whitewashed narrative of slavery, rather than the brutal honesty students need.
There is a comment period open until October 17th. So please lend your voice against extreme RW ideology creeping into our public schools.|
Accessing the comment portal has a few steps and a long link, so here's a FB post from Mrs. Frazzled that lays it out with some screenshots to help.

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