Minneapolis Shooting, Trump $1 Coins, AI Child Porn Ruling, Yosemite Land Exchange & More

Episode Format:

1. What We Know About the Minneapolis Shooting (0:51)

2. Supreme Court Rules Ballroom Construction Can Continue (4:53)

3. Court Blocks Newest Birthright Citizenship Order (11:34)

4. Trump $1 Coin Unavailable Hours After Going on Sale (15:10)

5. Iran Hackers Are 'Relentlessly' Going After U.S. Critical Infrastructure Systems (~21:23)

6. Trump Administration Reportedly Considering Land Exchange With Private Developer in Yosemite. Here's What To Know. (~25:01)

7. Quick Hitters (~33:37)

8. Rumor Has It: New Proposed Bill Makes It Easier to Add Chemical to Food? An Appeals Court Rules AI-Generated Child Porn Is Protected By First Amendment? (~40:00)

9. Critical Thinking Segment (~54:52)

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What We Know About the Minneapolis Shooting

https://www.foxnews.com/us/police-officers-shot-among-multiple-victims-downtown-minneapolis-shooting

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/multiple-people-officers-shot-minneapolis-rcna595798 

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-mass-shooting-suspect-background-eviction/

https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2026/august/shooting-sept-2/

Supreme Court Rules Ballroom Construction Can Continue

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a203_2b8e.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/08/supreme-court-allows-construction-on-white-house-ballroom-to-continue/

Court Blocks Newest Birthright Citizenship Order

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.574698/gov.uscourts.mdd.574698.181.0.pdf

Trump $1 Coin Unavailable Hours After Going on Sale

https://www.usmint.gov/semiquincentennial-president-donald-j-trump-2026-1-coin-rolls-bags-MASTER_SEMIQDJT.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6067590-trump-gold-coins-sell-out/

Iran Hackers Are 'Relentlessly' Going After U.S. Critical Infrastructure Systems

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/iranian-hackers-attempted-carry-cyber-attacks-wide-range-us-infrastruc-rcna595424 

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/07/30/cisa-urges-water-and-wastewater-systems-sector-protect-ot-against-activity-targeting-plcs

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2026/malicious-cyber-actors-targeting-water-and-wastewater-sector-internet--facing-programmable-logic-controllers-causing-operational-disruptions

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2026

Trump Administration Reportedly Considering Land Exchange With Private Developer in Yosemite. Here's What To Know.

https://www.notus.org/agencies/trump-administration-yosemite-private-developer-deal

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/interior-department-denies-yosemite-land-trade-22412096.php

https://protectnps.org/2026/09/02/yosemite-land-swap-could-face-legal-roadblocks

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?edition=2023&num=0&req=granuleid:USC-2023-title54-section102901

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?edition=prelim&num=0&req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section100101

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/10-16519/10-16519-2012-07-27.html

https://home.nps.gov/subjects/policy/upload/DO_25_1-19-2001.pdf

Quick Hitters

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/31/hegseth-dan-driscoll-trump-administration

https://abcnews.com/US/judge-rules-alleged-charlie-kirk-killer-stand-trial/story?id=136116758

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coast-guard-plane-markwayne-mullin-emergency-landing

https://apnews.com/article/apple-lake-ontario-america-google-14abb66fe0ecfa05bffd42fb083dc70d

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/economy/mortgage-rates-record-high-2026

https://apnews.com/article/gloria-steinem-dies-724836935f6547fda60f361c15238d14

https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1459981/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/leon-black-jeffrey-epstein-lawsuit-house-oversight-committee

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-officer-charged-doj-christian-castro-minnesota

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6069343-comer-mitch-mcconnell-absence-return-update/

Rumor Has It

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF14/20260429/119246/BILLS-119pih-FDAReviewandEvaluationforSafeHealthyandAffordableFoodsActof2026.pdf

https://www.fda.gov/food/food-ingredients-packaging/generally-recognized-safe-gras?ftag=YHF4eb9d17

https://www.fda.gov/food/generally-recognized-safe-gras/how-us-fdas-gras-notification-program-works

https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-foods-feeds/generally-recognized-safe-gras-notification-program

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2026/06/fresh-and-affordable-foods-act-rotten-core

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2026/06/fresh-and-affordable-foods-act-rotten-core

https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/OpinionsWeb/processWebInputExternal.pl?Path=Y2026%2FD08-25%2FC:25-1354:J:Lee:con:T:fnOp:N:3597567:S:0