Weekly Wrap Up - September 11, 2026

Summary

In this Weekly Wrap Up, Eddie connects the 25th anniversary of 9/11 to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the economic strain of the U.S.-Iran war. Domestically, he warns of blatant midterm election interference—highlighting postal service disruptions and Trump’s promise of a $5,000 voter dividend—while condemning the administration’s cruel, dehumanizing treatment of immigrants - like the Haitian community in Ohio. Eddie echoes demands for a federal investigation into a disturbing string of Black hanging deaths before concluding with a tribute to retiring Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch.

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9/11 Anniversary & Middle East Conflict

• Watson Institute Costs of War: Human Costs

• NPR: 9/11 Memorial Events

• The Guardian: Secret Systems Used by Israel in Mass Killings of Gaza Civilians Revealed in New Film

• AP News: Netanyahu and Hamas War Gaza Warning

• BBC News: Latest International Updates

• NBC News: UK Announces Trade Ban on Israeli West Bank Goods

U.S.-Iran Escalation & Economic Impacts

• AP News: Iran-US War, Strait of Hormuz, Trump, and Yemen Houthis

• CNBC: Diesel Prices, Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine and Russia

• NBC News: US Crude Oil, Iran, Trump, and the Strait of Hormuz

• The New York Times: Inflation, US Prices, Gas, Food, and Tariffs

Elections, Voting Rights & The Republican Convention

• Missouri Independent: US Supreme Court Blocks Use of Missouri’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map

• The New York Times: How Trump is Using the Postal Service to Intervene in Elections

• Common Dreams: Trump Vote Order Blocked

• NPR: Republican Convention, Trump Dividend, Vance, and Midterms

• The New York Times: Trump and Vance at Republican Convention

• The New York Times: Trump’s Pledge at Republican Convention Speech

• CNN: Tim Scott’s RNC Speech

• The New York Times: Live Updates on Trump’s RNC Midterm Convention

• YouTube: Broadcast Coverage of Republican Midterm Convention

Federal Data & The Census

• The Guardian: Trump Census Changes Targeting Immigrants

• NPR: Trump, US Census, Citizenship Question, and Race Categories

Civil Rights & Hate Crime Investigations

• TheGrio: Democrats Urge DOJ to Investigate Black Americans Found Hanging

• CNN: Tasia Fortune Hanging Reclassified as Homicide Investigation

Immigration Enforcement & ICE

• The Guardian: Haitians in Ohio City Targeted in Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown

• Instagram: Markwayne Mullin Post on Haitian Deportations

Cultural Institutions & Transitions

• The New York Times: Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Announces Resignation