Some news items from the day:
• X: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the top 900 U.S. military commanders away from their posts around the world to assemble in Washington to tell them to not be fat – “It’s not a good look.”
He said everyone, from top leaders to entry service members, should be in shape. Not sure if he’s told our commander in chief.
Hegseth says it’s not a good look for our military to have overweight people commanding it
Hegseth: It is tiring to look out and see fat troops, likewise unexpected to see fat generals leading command, it is a bad look. Bad and not who we are. pic.twitter.com/GwxDgQuRkN
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2025
Commander in Chief Donald Trump• LGBTQ Nation: The North Carolina man apprehended after shooting and killing three people and wounding eight others at a waterfront bar in the seaside town of Southport on Saturday night was a conspiracy theorist obsessed with LGBTQ “terrorists” colluding to “traffic” him. #delusional
• Simon & Schuster: Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s book “107 Days” has sold 350,000 copies across all formats in its first week, putting her book on a trajectory to be the bestselling memoir published in 2025. And yep, I bought it 🙂
• The Advocate: The Veterans Administration quietly changed its internal policy to ban its doctors from completing forms and letters of support for gender-affirming surgeries for transgender veterans seeking care at their own expense outside of government healthcare.
• JoeMyGod: Just to show you how unserious GOPers are about trying to keep the government open, Republicans adjourned two minutes after opening its session today as Democrats tried to bring up legislation to keep government open.
.@HouseDemocrats attempt to be recognized during U.S. House: Pro Forma Session. pic.twitter.com/lumAOWv8dC
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 30, 2025
• One Last Thing: And yes, the government will be shutting down after the Senate failed to approve a short-term extension today.
55-45: Senate defeated the Republicans’ bill, approved by the House earlier this month and extends government funding past midnight tonight to November 21st to avert a shutdown. 60 votes were needed for passage. Democrats Cortez Masto (NV) & Fetterman, (PA), & King (I-ME) voted… pic.twitter.com/Kfd2SLuFbQ
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) September 30, 2025
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