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📅 Daily Post: Monday Evening — Dow 52,421, Trump 35%, $245 Million Alleged, Texas 1 Again

📅 Daily Post: Monday Evening — Dow 52,421, Trump 35%, $245 Million Alleged, Texas 1 Again

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

The cash close is in: Dow 52,421.20. Reuters/Ipsos: 35% approval, Democrats 44–37 generic. DOJ: $245 million intended,...

🧠 Knowledge: 4:00 Is the Close. 35% Is Not November. $245 Million Intended Is Not Recovered. 42 Firsts Is Not 56.

🧠 Knowledge: 4:00 Is the Close. 35% Is Not November. $245 Million Intended Is Not Recovered. 42 Firsts Is Not 56.

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

Dow 52,421 is the bell; 52,587 was 1:01. Reuters/Ipsos 35% is a poll, not Nov. 3. Operation...

🇺🇸 22 States Sue Over Green-Card ‘Public Charge’ Rule — Food Stamps and Medicaid Count Again Friday

🇺🇸 22 States Sue Over Green-Card ‘Public Charge’ Rule — Food Stamps and Medicaid Count Again Friday

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

Reuters, Nate Raymond, Sept. 14: two Manhattan suits against a DHS rule set to take effect Friday....

🏆 Coaches Poll: Texas No. 1 With 42 Firsts — Ohio State 6, Oregon 18, Oklahoma 21

🏆 Coaches Poll: Texas No. 1 With 42 Firsts — Ohio State 6, Oregon 18, Oklahoma 21

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

US LBM / USA Today Coaches Poll, published Sept. 13: Texas 1, 1,804 points, 42 first-place votes,...

📉 Close: Dow 52,421, −0.3% — S&P 7,619.98, Nasdaq 26,186; Brent Settles $105.68

📉 Close: Dow 52,421, −0.3% — S&P 7,619.98, Nasdaq 26,186; Brent Settles $105.68

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

AP via WTOP, 4:57 p.m. ET: Dow 52,421.20 (−152.09, −0.3%). S&P 7,619.98 (−37.00, −0.5%). Nasdaq 26,186.41 (−146.62,...

🌍 Pryluky: 3 Killed, 13 Hurt — Police Update a Warehouse Strike; Dead Include a Woman Born 1945

🌍 Pryluky: 3 Killed, 13 Hurt — Police Update a Warehouse Strike; Dead Include a Woman Born 1945

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

National Police of Ukraine, 6:51 p.m. Kyiv, Sept. 14: as of 6:30 p.m., three dead and 13...

🇺🇸 Charges: Operation No Doze — $245 Million Intended Loss, 160-Plus Defendants, Nearly 80 New Felony Cases

🇺🇸 Charges: Operation No Doze — $245 Million Intended Loss, 160-Plus Defendants, Nearly 80 New Felony Cases

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

DOJ, Sept. 14: summer Heartland surge, June 12–Sept. 1. Nearly 80 felony charges, about $100 million intended...

🇺🇸 Reuters/Ipsos: Trump 35%, Off the Floor — Democrats 44–37 on the Generic; 63% Reject the $5,000

🇺🇸 Reuters/Ipsos: Trump 35%, Off the Floor — Democrats 44–37 on the Generic; 63% Reject the $5,000

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

Jason Lange, Sept. 14: four-day Reuters/Ipsos after the Dallas midterm convention. Approval 35%, up from 33% Aug....

📅 Daily Post: Monday Midday — Wolverine at Midnight, Dow 52,587 at 1:01, Second Judge

📅 Daily Post: Monday Midday — Wolverine at Midnight, Dow 52,587 at 1:01, Second Judge

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

Marvel’s Wolverine unlocks 12 a.m. ET Tuesday, $69.99. Nichols blocked the USPS mail-in rule. Six Gainesville men...

🧠 Knowledge: 1:01 Is Not 4:00. An Injunction Is Not SCOTUS. Midnight Is Not a 78. Five Years Is a Ceiling.

🧠 Knowledge: 1:01 Is Not 4:00. An Injunction Is Not SCOTUS. Midnight Is Not a 78. Five Years Is a Ceiling.

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

Dow 52,587 at 1:01 is a tape, not a close. Nichols paused a USPS rule; the Supreme...