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CENTCOM forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers, Sept. 8, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the past two days. The U.S. warship successfully evaded the attempted Iranian attacks and… pic.twitter.com/Gi8a2tloN1
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) September 8, 2026
Ed: Readers can click through to the full statement here, but these videos should be statement enough. The US will continue to degrade Iranian oil capacity while maintaining the economic siege on the IRGC regime. This is not costing us much; it's costing Ahmad Vahidi and the regime more every day. And it may not be long before the consequences of the economic siege start becoming existential.
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Jerusalem Post (Sept 3): Iranian university professors have threatened to go on strike, suspending academic activity at universities across the country, should their wages continue to go unpaid, according to a statement published by the Iran Academic Faculty Trade Union.
The union has given the Islamic Republic until the end of the Iranian month of Shahrivar, September 22, to restore faculty members’ salaries and make all outstanding payments. If left unpaid, the union said that professors would begin striking on October 1. ...
The union claimed that it had made attempts over the past few months to resolve the issue without disrupting universities. However, it said that negotiations held with the relevant officials have not translated to change.
Ed: The problem for the IRGC won't be the striking professors per se. The problem will be what happens when hundreds of thousands of college-age males suddenly lose their access to education, while the Iranian economy can't create jobs for them to take instead. Masses of young males without any structure is a recipe for civil unrest and worse. And now mutiply that through less-favored parts of the economy than universities, and the scope of the risk becomes apparent. And thar's why ...
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Traditionally #Iran's regime reserves cluster munitions for #Israel as opposed to Arab states, so this would be an escalation. https://t.co/bcnr4Hw0ak
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) September 8, 2026
Ed: Iran is trying to bait the US back into attacks in Iran proper as an organizing principle to prevent an uprising. Secondarily, they want to pressure the other Gulf states into forcing Trump to withdraw. It's becoming clearer each day that Trump has landed on a successful strategy to accelerate regime collapse. If he can remain patient enough, he might succeed at it.
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WSJ: Iran’s oil export revenue is drying up as a U.S. naval blockade strangles shipments from the Persian Gulf and offshore stockpiles feeding China dwindle, putting more pressure on Tehran’s battered economy.
No Iranian crude has crossed the blockade since it was reinstated by the U.S. Navy in mid-July, according to ship tracker Kpler. Iran is still loading small amounts of oil onto tankers, but those barrels remain trapped inside the Gulf.
Meanwhile, the volume of Iranian crude already on vessels outside the blockade—a trove that is still generating revenue for Tehran—has fallen to around 29 million barrels from around 90 million barrels in mid-July and could run out next month, according to Kpler. Gulf oil officials, who run checks to see what their customers are buying before setting the monthly price for their oil, said they have found few Iranian cargoes changing hands.
Ed: Most of that trade took place before Scott Bessent rolled out the "economic D-Day" and threatened to exclude any entity doing business with Iran from the US banking system. Don't be surprised if those 29 million barrels remain stuck at sea for a while – or if the US starts seizing those vessels at some point.
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CONFIRMED
— Matt Tardio (@angertab) September 8, 2026
60 miles until the fall of the Houthi stronghold in the Yemeni capital city of Sina'a.
The Iranian Regime is slowly losing it's proxy terror groups and control over global shipping lanes.
Even the Russian Foreign Minister is calling for the Houthi to stop attacking… https://t.co/3lyezzz3Hn pic.twitter.com/NPkUznBfXm
Even the Russian Foreign Minister is calling for the Houthi to stop attacking Saudi Arabia now.
Ed: It's not a good time to be an IRGC proxy. The US and EU pressured Saudi Arabia to stay out of Yemen, but those days are over. This will be a tough war, but the Saudis now have plenty of motivation to fight it their way.
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Page Six: Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show is expected to come to an end in 2027, we hear, with sources telling Page Six that next season of ABC’s late night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will be the last.
“His contract is not getting extended,” a source familiar with the situation explained. ...
D’Amaro has reportedly been offering veteran execs at the company early retirement packages as part of restructuring and cost-cutting across the company.
Cost reductions may have played a factor in their decision to part ways with Kimmel because, as one ABC source said, “it wouldn’t have anything to do with Trump.”
Ed: Late-night shows are black holes for profit, and have been for a few years. CBS lost $40 million a year on Stephen Colbert, which is why they finally spiked his show. Kimmel likely costs as much while getting similar ratings and revenue. The only show that makes financial sense is "Gutfeld!," and that's because it costs a tenth or less of the other network shows and gets much better ratings. In reality, Trump's feud with Kimmel probably got him an extra thirteen months on the air. Kimmel should send Trump a fruit basket.
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💥Jemele Hill *GETS TRIGGERED* by viewer asking about her hair🤣
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) September 7, 2026
@gregorycarradine56: "What's up with your hair?? lol 😂"
Hill: "You think cuz you pay for a membership you get to just ask me about my hair? Whatchu mean 'What's up with it?'"
"What's up with your hair? Let's… pic.twitter.com/vfVypYKYoX
"What's up with your hair? Let's talk about your hair. It's a dumb a** question. One day y'all gon' learn."
Critics allege Hill's hair is an example of "cultural appropriation."
They say it's strange for someone who attacks white people so often to emulate them.
Rather than explain her hair, Hill attacked someone who spent $10 on a membership from her.
Ed: Res ipsa loquitur.
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NY Post: Retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan, also known as “Decoy Dan,” has been accused by a watchdog of secretly and illegally colluding with a liberal group to take down his namesake Alaska senator.
The connection comes from veteran Democratic strategist Amber Lee, who worked with his campaign while sitting on the board of the left-leaning 907 Initiative, a government transparency watchdog that has spent some $1.5 million on ads attacking incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-Alaska), disclosures show.
“It is absolutely a violation of federal election law for someone to wear two hats,” Caitlin Sutherland, the executive director of watchdog group Americans for Public Trust, which filed the complaint Tuesday, told The Post.
“You can’t both work for the campaign and work for the outside group that’s running millions of dollars in advertisements that’s benefiting the campaign that you’re working for.”
Ed: Sure you can ... when it's (D)ifferent. This would likely be a civil violation rather than criminal, but it might dovetail into an already-extant federal probe into potential conspiracy to commit fraud in Sullivan's candidacy. This DoJ might be willing to pursue prosecution in election fraud cases like this, too.
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This group is led by Maryland-based minister Jim Ball, whose previous groups include "Evangelicals for Biden" and "Evangelicals for Harris."
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) September 8, 2026
He's also author of "Global Warming and the Risen Lord"https://t.co/vmQvzFbTJk
Ed: Ask Kamala how well that worked out for her in Texas. Don't expect Ball to improve his track record with Talarico.
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NY Times: An armed man was arrested Sunday after forcing his way through a crowd toward Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, the authorities said.
Dr. Acton was giving a speech at the Mahoning County Democratic Party tent at a fair in Canfield, in the northeastern part of the state, when a man pushed through the crowd, knocking over two elderly audience members, according to the county sheriff, Jerry Greene, and two witnesses. The man did not draw his weapons, according to Sheriff Greene and the witnesses. Dr. Acton was not injured. ...
The man, identified as 38-year-old Patrick Havas of Canfield, was booked into the county jail on one charge of disorderly conduct and two counts of misdemeanor assault, one for each individual he knocked over, the authorities said. The victims were assessed for potential injuries and chose not to seek further treatment, Sheriff Greene said.
Ed: Acton later claimed this was an assassination attempt. At least so far, the police aren't inclined to agree. That could change, however.
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Remarkable how many of the ‘country over party’ preeners are either fine with, or won’t resist, this cancer within their ranks. Imagine that. https://t.co/H369tbfZA7
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) September 6, 2026
Ed: 'No enemies to the Left' is still the order of the day for Democrats. And speaking of that ...
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Townhall: Much has been made about Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico’s version, or perversion, of “Christianity.”
The Democrat nominee has called St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Austin home since he was two years old, he says. It has been led for 35 years by Rev. Jim Rigby, whom Talarico calls a “mentor.” Rev. Babs Miller is “Minister to the Parish,” according to the progressive church’s website. So, one might conclude Miller knows a thing or two about St. Andrews’ congregants and their beliefs.
“We still have people in this church who wish that the young man had not just nicked his ear, but had been more successful,” Miller said, according to a video obtained by Townhall Media.
Ed: First off, this belies Talarico's claim to be a mainstream Christian as a member of this church. If a majority of this community are either atheist or agnostic, it's not a church at all; it's a radical progressive club skinsuiting Prebyterianism. And if its minister is telling people that her congregation prays for Trump's assassination, then it looks more like a nascent terror cell than a church.
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WATCH: Three female Lindsay Clancy jurors RAGED at one patriotic male juror who REFUSED to find a mu*derer GUILTY by reason of insanity, forcing the judge to declare a mistrial. The most D*MNING admission came when one female juror couldn’t understand why “he had the hardest time… pic.twitter.com/zdI2IMGU5b
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) September 8, 2026
... why “he had the hardest time getting over the fact that Lindsay VICIOUSLY killer her children.”
“He was very arrogant. He really did not take anything that anybody said.”
These women are PATHETIC COWARDS!
Ed: Why were nurses on the jury testifying as experts to other jurors at all? That seems inappropriate. The jury is supposed to rely on the testimony and the evidence, not the unchallenged "expert" opinions inside the jury room. This was a disaster from the jump. Arrogance was not a limited commodity, apparently.
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Jim Geraghty at NRO: Democrats have no doubt hindered their chances at a sweeping victory in the 2026 midterms by nominating some dingbats. ...
- In Iowa’s third district, covering the south-central part of the state, the Democrats have nominated Sarah Trone Garriott, the unusual kind of Lutheran minister whose first wedding she officiated as an intern pastor was for a pair of Satanists. Incumbent Republican Zach Nunn, a former combat aviator with the U.S. Air Force, has never done any work for a Satanist wedding.
- In Pennsylvania’s eighth district, Democratic nominee Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti is objecting to GOP ads that feature a photo of her at a 2025 Pride flag raising alongside a drag queen who performs under the name “Chlamydia Berns.” Incumbent Republican Rob Bresnahan touts his union endorsements, and as of this writing, none of the union leaders have a stage name that includes an STD.
Ed: God, I love American politics. If you choose to hang around Chlamydia Berns, don't be surprised to get treated like a leper by voters. So to speak.
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🚨 NEW: Fox News liberal panelist Harold Ford Jr SLAMS Democrat socialists: “These people no more represent the Democratic Party than my son represents the Republican Party.”
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) September 8, 2026
“The fact I saw no elected Democrats at this DSA conference, the fact that there are no Democrats Monday… pic.twitter.com/gO5fUzataN
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Saturday's lyric: "The Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin.
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