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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

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We all see how the manosphere profits off the loneliness, rage and misogyny of young men. There are 100 coaches a day you can scroll past telling a man how he can be a true "alpha dude bro". ICK. Profiting off pain and rage with no intention of actually helping.

But there are men who are actually trying to help men heal, help them learn to build community and develop connection- what does that look like? What are those coaches seeing in men that needs to change? I brought in the coaches from the Delta to talk about exactly that. I have personal experience with them cause I've watched them transform my brothers life.

Everybody in our world is hurting, we live in such an unnatural disconnected society. Can men heal enough that women can feel safe? Can there be common ground But what about the men who haven't gone to the manosphere but don't know where to go? Who actually want to do better and realize that something is missing? The world doesn't change until we do.

Trying out posting yesterday's news here- if a morning recap helps you stay informed but also gives you a break from the social media cycle, here to help

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I firmly believe that the United States will only be as progressive as the south is.

Tennessee is not as red as you think. The history of gerrymandering, the exploitation of the south, the control of super red majorities would have you believe that these "super red states" are a lost cause, they aren't.

In this episode we will cover some of the suprising history of Tennesee as a state of change, and the hope for a better future with the candidate for congress in Tennessee district 9- Justin Pearson.

Find out more about his campaign: https://www.votejustinj.com/

TW: Suicide

First ever true crossover episode! Flippers meet the Hellions, Hellions meet the Flippers. This case included so much of our mutual subject matter we decided to post it on both shows.

Mica Francis Miller, 30, died on April 27, 2024, at Lumber River State Park in North Carolina, roughly an hour from her home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She had bought a handgun that afternoon and called 911 minutes before shooting herself; the Robeson County Sheriff's Office and North Carolina medical examiners ruled her death a suicide. Days earlier she had filed for divorce from her husband, John-Paul Miller, pastor of Solid Rock Church in Market Common, and police records show she contacted law enforcement at least 14 times between February and mid-April 2024.Court filings and family statements alleged years of abuse, surveillance, financial control, and nonconsensual distribution of intimate images; a December 2024 filing added strangulation allegations. Miller denied wrongdoing.

On December 17, 2025, a federal grand jury in South Carolina indicted Miller on two counts, cyberstalking and making false statements to investigators, alleging he used tracking devices and unwanted communications to harass Mica from November 2022 until her death. Netflix's documentary series "Death of a Pastor's Wife" premiered August 27, 2026, renewing attention on the case and on South Carolina's protective-order law.

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Burroughs Funeral Home & Cremation Services. (2024). Obituary for Mica Acacia Miller. https://www.burroughsfh.com/obituary/Mica-Miller

Christianity Today. (2022, September). What happens when you ask thousands of evangelical women about sex. https://www.christianitytoday.com/2022/09/sheila-gregoire-great-sex-rescue-survey-evangelical-women/

Condo-World. (n.d.). History of the Sea Captain's House Myrtle Beach. https://blog.condo-world.com/history-of-the-sea-captains-house/

Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. (1987). The Danvers Statement.

Creepy Catalog. (2026). Death of the Pastor's Wife: John-Paul Miller's first wife says Mica's account matched her own. https://creepycatalog.com/death-of-the-pastors-wife-john-paul-millers-first-wife-says-micas-account-matched-her-own/

Crime and Cask News Network. (2026, August). Father of former Solid Rock pastor John Paul Miller pleads guilty. https://crimeandcask.com/father-of-pastor-john-paul-miller-pleads-guilty/

FITSNews. (2024, December 20). Mica Miller saga: Police reports fill in blanks, raise more questions. https://www.fitsnews.com/2024/12/20/mica-miller-saga-police-reports-fill-in-blanks-raise-more-questions/

FITSNews. (2025, June 2). Embattled South Carolina pastor John-Paul Miller marries girlfriend. https://www.fitsnews.com/2025/06/02/embattled-south-carolina-pastor-john-paul-miller-marries-girlfriend/

Gregoire, S. W. (2023, September). 10 things to know about obligation sex. Bare Marriage. https://baremarriage.com/2023/09/10-things-obligation-sex/

Gregoire, S. W., Lindenbach, R. G., & Sawatsky, J. (2021). The great sex rescue: The lies you've been taught and how to recover what God intended. Baker Books.

Guidepost Solutions. (2022, May 15). Report of the independent investigation: The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee's response to sexual abuse allegations and an audit of the procedures and actions of the Credentials Committee.

Jane Doe v. John-Paul Miller, Reginald Wayne Miller, et al. (2025). Complaint, Horry County Court of Common Pleas. https://www.wbtw.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2025/03/JP-lawsuit-2.pdf

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A licensed New York City tour guide since 1995, Christina Stanton has led more than 50,000 visitors and is one of the city’s longest-serving guides. A 9/11 survivor who lived a few blocks from the World Trade Center, she now conducts weekly tours of the 9/11 Memorial and has written more than 40 articles about the attacks and their ongoing aftermath. She is the author of Out of the Shadow of 9/11, which received both the 2020 IPPY Award and the Benjamin Franklin Award.Stanton’s journalism spans the history and culture of New York City as well as stories of social justice and inspiring individuals around the world. She writes regularly for the NY Daily News, and her work has appeared in publications including The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and Time magazine.She is a member of the 9/11 Visionary Network, sponsored by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and The Newswomen’s Club of New York.

Stanton speaks frequently about 9/11 and has addressed live audiences worldwide from Tokyo to Mozambique. In 2016, she and her husband co-founded the nonprofit organization Loving All Nations, which supports vulnerable communities in countries such as Madagascar and South Africa. Christina and her husband Brian have lived for a quarter century in the same home in Manhattan's Financial District, where they love taking their rescue dog, Nala, on long walks through the historical streets.