ICYMI: September 15, 2025

September 15, 2025ICYMI0 commentsBy Gina

Below are some headlines we may have missed. Please feel free to share your finds or talk among yourselves. Sunday’s blog has always consisted of missed headlines and a free chat! Enjoy what’s left of the weekend.

Updates:

Karma!

2026 Election:

A record number of congressional lawmakers aren’t running for reelection in 2026. Here’s the list

NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers who have announced they do not plan to run for reelection to their current seats in 2026. That number currently stands at 10 senators and 27 House members.

Fifteen are retiring from public office with the rest running for a different office — 11 looking to become governor of their state, 10 looking to make the jump from House to Senate and one, Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, is looking to become his state’s attorney general.

There are more Republicans signaling their desire to exit Washington (27) than Democrats (10).

***To view the list, click on the link to NPR’s article.

The Gestapo:

Phang: So here’s the deal: that joint venture battery facility that was the subject of the raid — $4.3 billion, folks. Among the largest projects in Georgia and expected to create 8,500 jobs once completed.

8,500 jobs. For whom? For Americans.

The South Koreans are here to help… pic.twitter.com/Wptbwcc19X
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 15, 2025

The Fascist Regime:

REPORTER: Do you think Maduro is not telling the truth when he said it's a fisherman's boat? TRUMP: Oh, give me a break. You could see it. You saw the bags of white everything, right through the bags. It's nonsense.

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM

JD Vance: “When you see someone celebrating Charlie's murder…call their employer."

So much for free speech. MAGA now wants people fired for words. pic.twitter.com/XcONUMV0fl
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 15, 2025

Perpetual Victimhood:

Peter Navarro: There's a disturbing asymmetry between what the left is doing to us and what we're not doing to them… Bannon and I went to prison. Now they got Charlie.

CNBC: You went to prison for contempt of Congress. pic.twitter.com/QKhU5yo70z
— Ron Smith (@Ronxyz00) September 15, 2025

Another Nazi:

Stephen Miller: “We are gonna channel all the anger we have over the organized campaign to led to this assassination to uproot & dismantle these terrorist networks … we are going to use every resource we have at the DOJ, Homeland Security & throughout this govt to dismantle & destroy these networks"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM

Craven Assholes:

Rep. Michael Rulli: "The Democratic Party… your rhetoric needs to be toned down… when Joe Biden was in office, we listened, we watched, and we spoke, but we spoke fluently and we didn't speak with this hate… you tried to kill our president twice. You actually killed Charlie. Enough is enough."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM

State News: