• Kavanaugh attempted assassin sentenced: The attempted killer of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Nicholas Roske, who traveled across the country with a pistol, a lock-picking set, a crowbar, and other tools, only stopped when he saw armed guards outside Kavanaugh’s home. Roske received a surprisingly lenient sentence compared to the maximum of life in prison, partly because Roske turned himself in, but, more egregiously, also because of his recent and patently self-serving decision to identify as “transgender.” Judge Deborah Boardman, who referred to Roske by his preferred female pronouns, wrote that she took his self-identity into account, given that he will be serving time in a male prison despite his “female” self-identity. Leftmedia outlets are also pushing the lie that Roske is a woman. The DOJ intends to appeal the sentence.

• Attempted SCOTUS attack: A man was arrested at 6 a.m. on Sunday outside of the Cathedral of Saint Matthew for unlawful entry, threats of kidnapping or injury, and possession of a Molotov cocktail. Police secured the scene and reported that there was no threat to public safety. FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the ATF continue to investigate. The Cathedral was preparing to celebrate its 73rd annual Red Mass, a service traditionally attended by members of the Supreme Court as they prepare for the opening of their annual term. The Supreme Court justices were denied the chance to attend the Mass due to this security threat.

• Shutdown lies and Trump’s Project 2025: The federal government is currently in a partial shutdown due to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to direct Democrats to block a vote on a clean continuing resolution. But now that the “Schumer Shutdown” has happened, Democrats are disingenuously blaming Republicans. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has trolled Democrats by touting his Office of Management and Budget chief Russell Vought with a recent social media post stating, “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent.” Trump’s reference to Project 2025 is a dog whistle to Democrats who railed against The Heritage Foundation’s creation, suggesting that it was Trump’s policy platform, a claim he repeatedly denied.

• Team Trump pulls $2.1B from Chicago: In its standoff with Democrat lawmakers over the Schumer Shutdown, the Trump administration on Friday ratcheted up pressure by freezing $2.1 billion in federal funding for Chicago. The frozen funding was intended for Chicago’s public transit system. OMB chief Russ Vought explained that the money was “put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting.” The Windy City is undergoing a modernization project for its train system. The lack of federal funding will significantly slow down Chicago’s rail-line renovation and expansion plans. This, of course, is intended to get Democrats to end their government shutdown.

• North Carolina governor signs Iryna’s Law: Gov. Josh Stein of North Carolina signed Iryna’s Law on Friday, which aims to decrease the number of criminals freed on bail and to prohibit cashless bail for certain violent crimes. The bill is named for Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed to death by a violent criminal who had been arrested and released 14 times previously. Stein, a Democrat, says he doesn’t like every aspect of the law, but he reviews possible public safety legislation on the simple criterion of whether it makes people safer, so he signed it. This bill is the least action required in the wake of Zarutska’s horrific murder, but it’s a step in the right direction.

• VA Dem AG candidate facing exit heat: Focus is growing on the danger of violence associated with political rhetoric, especially coming from the Left in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. For that reason, Jay Jones, Virginia’s Democrat candidate for attorney general, is facing a growing chorus of calls to exit the race. Over the weekend, text messages from Jones, sent in 2022 when he was a state representative, surfaced exposing his vile comments to another lawmaker regarding then-Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert. Jones suggested that “Gilbert gets two bullets to the head” when included in a group with Adolf Hitler and former Cambodian dictator Pol Pot. Jones added, “Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time.” Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears called Jones’s statements “horrible” and “disqualifying” for someone running for office.

• Appeals court rules Trump can’t end birthright citizenship: On Friday, another appeals court ruled against Donald Trump’s executive order banning the automatic application of birthright citizenship to children born to illegal aliens in the U.S. The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has become the fifth court to rule against Trump, writing, “The ‘lessons of history’ thus give us every reason to be wary of now blessing this most recent effort to break with our established tradition of recognizing birthright citizenship and to make citizenship depend on the actions of one’s parents rather than — in all but the rarest of circumstances — the simple fact of being born in the United States.” Last month, the Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court to rule on the question of birthright citizenship, which could result in a decision by next summer.

• Dave Chappelle is tone-deaf: Popular comedian Dave Chappelle, who has developed a reputation for being a truth-teller, appears to have lost that feature on a recent comedy festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk that you’ll get canceled. I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out,” Chappelle told an audience of some 6,000 people. He then claimed, “It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.” Really? In truth, in order for Chappelle to engage in the comedy festival and garner a fat paycheck, he had to sign a contract that barred him from making any jokes about Islam, its founder Muhammad, or the Saudi government. Some free speech stalwart.

• Turning Point USA chapters are booming: When an assassin silenced Charlie Kirk’s voice, it made Kirk’s message louder than ever. More than 1,500 Club America chapters — Turning Point USA’s high school offshoot — have been opened since Kirk’s death. That’s more than double the 1,200 chapters that existed when he was alive. Turning Point USA and Club America chapters require faculty sponsors, which has long been a sticking point for burgeoning chapters. However, since Kirk’s death, more faculty members than ever before have dared to stand up for conservatism on campuses.

• U.S. military strikes another Venezuelan drug boat: President Trump released an official memo on Thursday informing lawmakers that the U.S. is now at war with drug cartels. On Friday, the fourth known strike on a drug-smuggling speedboat was announced by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. “Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics,” Hegseth said, confirming that those on board were narco-terrorists. Critics of the administration’s hardline policy on drug trafficking say that these strikes in international waters so close to Venezuela could spark a war with the nation. The State and Justice Departments have already issued a $50 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro.

Headlines

• Hegseth fires Navy chief of staff (Military Times)

• Trump cancels green energy grant that Schumer secured for his donors (Washington Free Beacon)

• Trump reverses cuts to DHS, counterterrorism in New York (Just the News)

• Diddy sentenced to over four years in prison (Fox News)

• LNG exports reach new record in September (Just the News)

• Cracker Barrel fires marketing agency behind failed rebrand (Not the Bee)

• Maxwell House coffee is changing its name for a bizarre reason (NY Post)

• Police believe they shot two Manchester synagogue victims (Newsweek)

• French prime minister resigns less than month after taking office (Fox News)

• Humor: Cruel IDF forces give Greta Thunberg dry sub sandwich with no mayo (Babylon Bee)

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