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Overnight News Digest Sept. 17th 2026 [1]

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Date: 2026-09-17  

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and FarWestGirl. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man (RIP), wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, JeremyBloom, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP), jlms qkw, and doomandgloom. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos since 2007, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin owns a $1.8 million Capitol Hill home and has been renting a room to a Republican congressman for three years. How much does the congressman pay? House ethics rules bar members from accepting gifts worth more than $100 from a single source. — Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-09-17T22:00:19Z

Colin Kaepernick says NFL owners are colluding against Macklemore after Ed Sheeran tour ban | Colin Kaepernick | The Guardian

Colin Kaepernick has accused NFL owners of colluding against Macklemore after the rapper was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour over comments he made onstage about Palestine. Kaepernick, whose NFL career was effectively ended in the wake of his protests against police violence, says he sees parallels between himself and Macklemore. “The part that I hope people appreciate and take away in this moment is what [the New England Patriots owner] Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore the opportunity to go out and perform with Ed Sheeran is they are willing to collude,” Kaepernick said on the MeidasTouch podcast. “The [NFL owners] are openly colluding.” Macklemore had been a supporting act on Sheeran’s tour. During an appearance at New Jersey’s MetLife stadium he told the crowd he wanted the people of Gaza and “the occupied West Bank” to know “we have not forgotten about them”. He also said “free Palestine”.

Trump’s proposed golf course in DC could cost nearly $50 million, documents show — 10/11 News (@1011now.com) 2026-09-17T22:50:09.139Z

With US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’t | Vaccines and immunisation | The Guardian

On an early September morning, dozens of families stood in line outside a clinic in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. It was “exclusion day”, the deadline by which students without complete immunizations are barred from returning to class. Instead of turning families away, school district leaders partnered with the county health department to vaccinate kids nearby so they could go back to their desks. That day, 42 middle and high school students were vaccinated to protect against tetanus, pertussis and meningitis, among other diseases. “We’ve been doing this for a couple of years now, and it’s really effective,” said Lora Werner, director of the Delaware county health department. The vaccination day is one piece of the county’s back-to-school immunization campaign, as measles cases climbed to 693 in Pennsylvania as of 14 September and this year so far claimed the lives of four residents. The campaign includes a mobile vaccine clinic – a 33ft traveling RV that brings vaccinations to pop-up community events – school district partnerships and vaccination data transparency, all to keep immunization rates from sliding. The push is a local answer to a national problem. The country’s top public health official, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has spent his time in office questioning the efficacy of vaccines and undermining vaccine science, culminating in a recent Trump executive order that seeks to break apart the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot and shrink the list of vaccines recommended for American children. The administration’s claims about vaccine safety are not just false, but are actively costing lives, advocates said.

Peter Max, pop artist known for his colorful psychedelic style, dies at 88 — Los Angeles Times (@latimes.com) 2026-09-17T23:31:08.454Z

RIP Peter

Robert Kraft, once the NFL’s good guy, is just another billionaire silencing Macklemore | NFL | The Guardian

Six years ago, in the middle of a “racial reckoning” that never was, a White House that had begun out of control reached its chaotic apex. Federal officials were sweeping citizens off American streets in unmarked vehicles, surrounding the Lincoln Memorial with armed guards and rolling military vehicles through residential neighborhoods in a fascist reaction to protests against the murder of George Floyd. It was at this point that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, realizing it had all gone too far, appeared on a Zoom and admitted his league was “wrong” for not listening to its players when they had protested against police brutality. The implication was clear: more than any other sports league, the NFL was harshest in its reaction to the protests that began with Trayvon Martin in 2012 and continued with Ferguson, Baltimore and Colin Kaepernick. By blackballing Kaepernick, sitting by while broadcast partners refused to air the national anthem to undermine the protests, and, most embarrassingly, Goodell’s draconian announcement that teams would be subject to fines if players showed dissent, the NFL had proven itself to act in the most un-American of ways. This week, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft showed he has learned nothing from those years. He banned Macklemore from supporting Ed Sheeran at the Patriots’ Gillette Stadium over the rapper’s vocal support for Palestine – something that has become a career-threatening political position as dangerous as kneeling during the national anthem. Kraft imposed his own version of authoritarianism: Macklemore claims that Kraft not only banned him from his stadium, but appeared to influence other NFL owners to stop the rapper from appearing at most of Sheeran’s other stadium dates. For his part, Kraft says his decision to stop Macklemore from performing at Gillette was due to both Macklemore’s “recent actions” and “a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery that we believe has been deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community”. In 2014, Macklemore apologized after he wore a wig, beard and hooked nose at a Seattle concert, which critics said was an anti-semitic caricature.

Lenny Kravitz’s Barbie Just Dropped: The New Doll Copies His Rockstar Style Down To The Nose Ring — Baller Alert (@balleralert.com) 2026-09-17T22:57:07Z

From Yanbu to Sohar: Tracking Saudi Arabia’s alternative oil routes | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia’s oil exports took another blow last week when drone attacks knocked out part of the country’s East-West pipeline, halting oil flow and removing 4-5 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil from global supply. It is unclear how long repairs will take, although The Associated Press estimates three to five weeks, citing two regional officials. The 1,200km (746-mile) pipeline connects the kingdom’s main oil-producing fields in the east of the country with Yanbu port on the Red Sea coast in the west, allowing Saudi crude to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, which has largely remained closed since the United States-Israel war on Iran began on February 28. As the world’s second-largest oil producer, Saudi Arabia’s ability to keep crude flowing has significant consequences for global energy markets. Al Jazeera asked experts what alternatives remain, how the disruption could affect buyers worldwide, and what it means for the kingdom’s revenues.

Fifth woman tied to Philadelphia ‘house of horrors’ ID’d as gruesome videos and photographs examined by cops — The Independent (@the-independent.com) 2026-09-17T21:17:05.373575Z

Israel weaponises AI for West Bank demolitions | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

As the world wrestles with the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and the dangers of removing humans from life-altering decisions, Israel has pressed ahead with deploying AI as part of its military arsenal. In Gaza, AI systems have been used to determine potential bomb targets, contributing to the scale of the killing of Palestinians there as recently documented in the award-winning documentary NAZA. Israel has not only used AI in its genocidal war on Gaza but also in the occupied West Bank, where it has systematically been weaponised to survey Palestinian land and expedite forced displacement, according to researchers and rights activists. The Turkish media outlet PalDigital, citing rights activists and Israeli media reports, highlighted how Israel uses AI tools – and specifically a product called ImiSight developed by the Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael – to monitor vast swathes of land and observe changes that can then be used as justifications for demolitions.

Seventeen individuals have been charged for using the Luis Muñoz Marín Airport to smuggle cocaine into the US, highlighting significant legal issues in Puerto Rico.1.pasqu.in/7VsoNS — Pasquines (@pasquines.us) 2026-09-17T22:24:29.189Z

NBC4 chopper’s final moments: A blaring alarm, loss of altitude and panic. Why did it crash?

NBC4’s helicopter was one of several news aircraft flying over the scene of a deadly bus crash in Chatsworth on Tuesday evening at sunset. It’s common for multiple news choppers to arrive at the scene of breaking news, beaming live images for newscasts and streaming. But around 7 p.m., something went horribly wrong. In a matter of seconds, the NBC4 chopper dropped out of the sky, crashing into shipping containers and vehicles outside a warehouse a few blocks away, bursting into flames. Two station journalists, reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw, were killed along with a bystander on the ground. Federal investigators are now trying to figure out what went wrong. The Times interviewed several experts, who reviewed recordings of the chopper’s final moments. They offered insights into the helicopter itself, its movements that afternoon and what is known about how its mechanics work.

Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Chair Leslie Darling said board members haven't met with Amtrak about its plan for a 24/7 maintenance facility in the Bridgeport neighborhood — adding that a White Sox move out of Bridgeport “would have substantial implications for all of us.” — Chicago Sun-Times (@chicago.suntimes.com) 2026-09-17T20:51:51.836Z

UN-backed experts cite possible US war crimes in Iran strikes

Experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. They also accuse Iran’s theocratic government of carrying out crimes against humanity against its own people, in a report published Thursday. The report, while not binding, adds to international evidence gathered about crimes in the war in Iran, and could eventually be used in efforts to reach justice in international courts. The fact-finding mission on Iran, chaired by jurist Sara Hossain of Bangladesh, is made up of independent experts and was created in 2022 by the Human Rights Council, the U.N.’s top human rights body, which is based in Geneva.

Trump: "If I'm in an electric boat and I see I'm going down and the water is pouring in, so I know I'm going to be electrocuted, but 5 yards away there are sharks. Do I take the electrocution or do I go swimming with the sharks? I'll take the electrocution." — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-09-17T23:47:36.639Z

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Man who sprayed Minnesota Rep. Omar with vinegar sentenced to 14 months in prison

GOOD!

The man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison after reaching a deal with prosecutors. The sentencing of 56-year-old Anthony Kazmierczak came nearly eight months after the Jan. 27 assault. At the time, Minneapolis-St. Paul was facing an immigration crackdown that led to angry protests, arrests and the killing of two U.S. citizens by federal officers. Kazmierczak was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, which includes no contact with Omar. U.S. marshals escorted him from the courtroom after he was sentenced. “This wasn’t a spur of the moment act,” U.S. District Judge Joan N. Ericksen said before handing down the sentence, noting that Kazmierczak had secured tickets for the town hall weeks in advance.

Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop. — Ben Collins (@bencollins.bsky.social) 2026-09-17T22:15:57.468Z

Bryan Kohberger’s family says they support his attempt to challenge conviction

I read this story & don’t know enough about it!! Was there absolute Proof?

The family of Bryan Kohberger is supporting his efforts to challenge his 2025 conviction, saying in a statement exclusive to ABC News, “Our full support of Bryan’s decision to pursue post-conviction relief does not come from a place of disregard.”

Kohberger, who is currently serving four consecutive life sentences for killing four college students in Idaho, said in his petition that the circumstances of his plea deal are now suspect because, among other things, he was “convinced to falsely confess” to a crime he says he did not commit.

“My actual innocence is my truth, and the plea, hinged on by false promises and blatant disinformation, MUST be withdrawn,” he said in a statement to the New York Times last month.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Vermont to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-24. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/vermon… — Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2026-09-17T17:36:45.685Z

‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño | El Niño southern oscillation | The Guardian

there is a lot of info in this story

Asian governments are rushing preparations for the most severe El Niño weather event on record, with hundreds of millions of people bracing for multiple crises at once as extreme heat, heavy rain and food shortages hit the region. Fuelled by exceptionally warm ocean conditions across the tropical Pacific – and developing alongside the human-driven climate crisis – El Niño is virtually guaranteed to grow to a very strong intensity towards the end of this year and into 2027. The World Food Programme has warned that about 50 million people will probably be pushed into acute hunger due to the exceptionally intense weather system, while UN secretary-general António Guterres said this month that El Niño was “being supersized before our eyes”. Here are the steps countries in Asia are taking to prepare for El Niño:

You can bet Trump will get his lawyers to say — with the Kennedy Center in ruins — that “demolition” is not included in “changes.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026… — MeteorBlades (@meteorblades.bsky.social) 2026-09-17T19:26:04.270Z

Massie: GOP leaders found ‘other Republicans’ who would join Hegseth impeachment push

Nice!!

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) argued Wednesday that House GOP leaders sent the lower chamber home early because they found other Republicans in support of his push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “The fact that they didn’t vote on it tells me that they did a whip check, and they probably found that there were some other Republicans, besides me, that were going to vote for this, or at least didn’t want to be on the record supporting Hegseth,” he told host Kaitlan Collins on CNN’s “The Source.” The outgoing Kentucky libertarian, a frequent critic of President Trump, introduced eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Tuesday. Massie accused Hegseth of violating his “oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” citing his handling of the Iran war and operations to kill alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.

Senate Democrat blocks House-passed bill on data center electricity costs #TheHill — #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-09-17T19:32:29.000Z

NASA spacecraft discovers moon crater bigger than Roman Colosseum

Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that’s bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected. The steep-sided hole measured about 728 feet across, the length of two football fields, and up to 141 feet deep, equivalent to three vertically stacked yellow school buses, according to NASA. It’s the solar system’s biggest known impact crater carved out in recent times. Such a large-scale event is estimated to occur only once every 132 years, researchers said, making this a treasure trove of information as NASA prepares to build a base for astronauts on the moon. “This event constitutes a statistically rare, effectively once-in-a-lifetime observation,” the scientists wrote in one of two studies appearing on the subject Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.

Your money – that’s meant to find cures for cancer and diseases – is being swiped by this administration and given to Pete Hegseth. — Senator Tammy Baldwin (@baldwin.senate.gov) 2026-09-18T00:07:18.383Z

Nice work Senator

Postal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting

The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order this week. “There’s an injunction so we’re not doing anything,” postmaster general David Steiner told The Associated Press in an interview. Steiner, a onetime chief executive of Waste Management, has spent most of the past year atop the postal service navigating political and financial challenges. He’s pressing Congress for changes that would help him resolve what he has called a “liquidity crisis.” And Trump’s efforts to largely eradicate mail voting turned the postal service into an unlikely arbiter of who is eligible to vote just months before this year’s critical midterm elections, a role Steiner seemingly had little interest in playing. Unlike Trump, who was sharply critical of the Supreme Court decision and ridiculed some of the justices, Steiner offered no assessment of the court’s action.

I still wouldn’t use a mail in ballot!

I also think we are lucky that postmaster general David Steiner is in part of USPS!

https://bsky.app/profile/boldnewme.bsky.social/post/3mvqhzwsjec2b

They were ahead of their time! Nice to find this tonight!

The Intro is worth watching!!

This just came on sirius radio & I looked it up to share

Urgent motion filed to stop carving of Trump’s name into US Institute of Peace building

Another disgusting destruction of the fascia of a building to satisfy the orange anus’s ego

Ousted board members of the U.S. Institute of Peace are asking a federal court to block the imminent carving of President Donald Trump’s name on the headquarters of the nonpartisan institution he sought to dismantle shortly after taking office. Members of the board who were removed by the administration filed an emergency motion Thursday in Washington in a dispute that has echoes of Trump’s effort to place his name on the Kennedy Center. The motion was filed as an emergency petition, alleging that a contractor has already been selected to carve Trump’s name into the Constitution Avenue headquarters that the administration sought to shutter as part of the Elon Musk-led DOGE effort to shrink the government. The former board members said in their motion that they had asked Kenneth Jackson, the DOGE official serving as acting president of the USIP, to ensure the carving would not happen as they pursue litigation to preserve the independent nonprofit created by Congress.

On September 17, 1849, Harriet Tubman and her two brothers courageously set out to escape the plantation for freedom up north. However, her brothers quickly turned back out of fear, leaving Tubman to push forward into the unknown completely alone. (cont.)Shero 💞 🙏🏽🕊️www.theroot.com/177-years-af… — RoseMarie (@rosesbloom24.bsky.social) 2026-09-17T17:32:21.429Z

Ms. Rachel Matches Macklemore’s $1 Million Donation to Support Palestine: ‘We Have a Moral Obligation’

Happy I just found this one

Children’s show host Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Accurso, shared that she is matching Macklemore’s $1 million donation to help support Palestine. She also challenged “every wealthy white celebrity” to join her, adding that she views it as a “moral obligation.” “I will match Macklemore’s donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza,” Accurso posted Thursday on Instagram. “Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day. We have a moral obligation to use our privilege and platforms to protect children and human rights.” The YouTuber also noted in her caption that she is an ambassador for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) and will be donating to the organization.

His dad definitely paid someone to take his SATs. — Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-09-18T00:06:52.122Z

I can never remember the right letters for exlrrp’s dk name! He posted this in the APR!!

Happy National Birth Center Week! I look forward to continue working alongside birth centers like Birth Detroit and Birth Center Equity to build a future where every mom and baby survives child birth in our country. — Abdul El-Sayed (@abdulelsayed.bsky.social) 2026-09-17T21:14:20.432Z

I think Abdul has the abilities to be an excellent Senator!

Look at the community notes on this one. 👇 — Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2026-09-17T20:25:46.713Z

Raoul: The president is a combination of the Scarecrow and the Tin Man. He needs a brain and a heart, and Congress is a Cowardly Lion that needs courage to stand up… — Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-09-17T22:28:21.989Z

ICE agent Christian Castro – who shot Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis and lied about it, and who TX Governor Abbott refused to extradite – has been ARRESTED by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. www.startribune.com/minnesota-of… — Allison Gill (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-09-17T16:50:03.158Z

I remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs.We lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.Now, two MORE unvaccinated people have died from measles.What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace. — Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2026-09-17T20:40:03.336204Z

It is nice to see people using their purse to push the issue of Genocide in Gaza &

When you sell out your soul for money from a tour that will no longer sell out because of that . . . — Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-09-17T21:26:58.959Z

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