This is what the inventory of vehicle rentals looks like at Enterprise in Crystal City. The manager told me I got the last car that was available in northern Virginia.
The CEO of Hertz, Gil West, is appealing for an end to the government shutdown, saying flight cancellations have already caused a 20% surge in one-way rentals for today and it’s going to get worse as Thanksgiving approaches.
Thieves steal ‘priceless’ French crown jewels from the Louvre. https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251019-louvre-robbery-shuts-down-world-renowned-museum-for-a-day-french-culture-minister-says
(Yonhap) - ROK foreign ministry says South Koreans detained in a recent American immigration crackdown will be "rescued within the shortest time," citing "unspecified US circumstances" as the reason for a delay in their release from a detention center in Georgia. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250910011551315
In the Biden White House, “getting anything positive said about my work or any defense against untrue attacks was almost impossible,” says former VP Kamala Harris in her forthcoming book. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/09/kamala-harris-107-days-excerpt/684150/
Jackie Kennedy’s cherished Rose Garden is now officially the paved-over “Rose Garden Club,” according the White House.
Had no idea I was the 42nd most-followed account on Mastodon. Take that, NASA, and watch your back, ‘taz.’ https://most-followed-mastodon-accounts.stefanhayden.com/
Thousands of ads for nudifying apps have recently been active across Meta’s platforms, finding loopholes enabling avoidance of EU Digital Services Act transparency rules. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6612cbdfd9a9ce56ef931004/t/68c15b3d2755ee4e886fa667/1757502269080/ASP_Nudifying_Apps_Ads_Meta+9.10.25.pdf
Himalayan - Nepal’s army imposing a nationwide curfew. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-army-imposes-prohibitory-order-curfew-nationwide-until-wednesday-morning
BBC - The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run its armed security. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2zy4l8jgeo
Radio Zet - Poland shoots down Russian drones after a “huge number” violated its airspace. https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/news/pilne-oswiadczenie-prezydenta-karola-nawrockiego-ws-rosyjskich-dronow
WPLG - A federal judge in Miami has ordered a suspension of construction at Florida's ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ https://www.local10.com/news/florida/2025/08/07/judge-orders-temporary-halt-to-construction-at-floridas-alligator-alcatraz-detention-center/
These VOA newscasters and reporters were given visas because there weren’t experienced broadcast journalists in the US with native level skills in such languages as Bambara, Lao or Georgian. But since Kari Lake wiped out nearly all VOA’s 48 language services there are indeed no jobs for them now.
WREG - An Ole Miss freshman football player is dead following a shooting outside a house where a party was underway in Memphis. Authorities say four other men were wounded by gunfire. https://wreg.com/news/local/one-dead-after-five-people-shot-in-cordova/
Times of Israel - The IDF appears to have heavily bombed the Syrian general staff command building in Damascus in a major airstrike. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/footage-shows-idf-heavily-bombed-syrian-military-hq-in-damascus/
(AP) — The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people. https://www.kob.com/ap-top-news/trump-administration-says-it-wont-publish-major-climate-change-report-on-nasa-website-as-promised/
Wired - DOGE 2.0, a new iteration of the organization that, post-Musk’s formal participation, is still very much present and continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies. https://www.wired.com/story/next-stage-doge-elon-musk/
Elon Musk has officially informed the FEC of the establishment of the America Party. https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00910323/1898441
USA Today - The man accused of fatally shooting two firefighters in an ambush in rural Idaho on Sunday had "Nazi tendencies" in school, sketched pictures of guns and swastikas in a notebook and was "obsessed with guns.’ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/30/idaho-firefighters-shot-sniper-gunman/84413135007/
Ground stop at ATL. https://nasstatus.faa.gov/
"You are here defending the indefensible (that) America should be silent on the world stage," Rep. Brad Sherman tells Kari Lake.
Kari Lake is here repeating Russian and Chinese propaganda points, says Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA).
Wired - The DOGE technologist known as 'Big Balls' has rolled out of the federal government. https://www.wired.com/story/big-balls-coristine-doge-resigned-us-government/
US Embassy Thailand - All who are applying for an F, M or J nonimmigrant visa must adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media accounts to ‘public’ for vetting.
https://th.usembassy.gov/visas/
The Voice of America died a second time today. https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/p/zombie-version-of-voa-slain-again
KSL TV - Shots fired during large protest march in downtown SLC. https://ksltv.com/live/
KABC TV - LAPD issues dispersal order in downtown: tear gas fired. https://abc7.com/watch/live/
WTTG - A large group of "No Kings" protesters have gathered outside of FOX 5 DC News Station in Bethesda, Maryland. https://www.fox5dc.com/news/no-kings-protesters-congregates-outside-fox-5-dc-news-station-bethesda
“Police cannot pick and choose when the First Amendment applies. Journalists in Los Angeles were not caught in the crossfire — they were targeted." - National Press Club President Mike Balsamo https://www.press.org/newsroom/national-press-club-condemns-police-targeting-journalists-covering-los-angeles-protests
President Trump says if he hadn't ordered the deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles the city "would be burning down."
