Survey: Young Democratic Women Far More Likely To Blame Men For Their Problems
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Survey: Young Democratic Women Far More Likely To Blame Men For Their Problems

Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness,

A recent survey shows that a majority of young, Democratic women believe that "the challenges that women face in American society" are due in great part to the behaviors or actions of men.

Breitbart reports that data from the Survey Center on American Life offers a glimpse into the perceptions of young Democrat women, and suggests that third-wave feminism still has a significant grip on the younger generation.

The survey reveals that 66 percent of Democrat women from the ages of 18 to 29 believe that the challenges women face in American society are "due in great part to the behavior or actions of men."

By comparison, only 18 percent of Republican women in the same age range blame men for those problems.

Survey Center pollsters also found that 54 percent of Democrat women between the ages of 30 and 49 believe that the challenges women face in American society are "due to the behavior or actions of men" as well, while just 23 percent of Republican women in that age range agree.

Those disparities generally shrank as women grew older, with fewer Democrats blaming men and more Republicans blaming them.

The survey reported:

Do men see things the same way? When men were asked whether women were to blame for the troubles men faced, only 16 percent agreed. Republican young men are more likely than Democratic young men to blame women for the challenges that men face, but only 26 percent do.

Political scientists and analysts report that these statistics reflect an escalating partisan polarization among Gen Z and millennial demographics.

The gender-political alignment has grown more rigid, with 2026 data indicating that 66 percent of all young women identify as or lean Democratic, while young men have progressively shifted toward the Republican Party.

Researchers tracking these trends have expressed concern that the ideological divide could increasingly impact modern relationships and family formation.

Breitbart reports that the survey coincides with an August Economist/YouGov survey examining cultural norms, which found that American women in general are split on whether they would rather pursue a career or care for their family at home, if given the choice.

In that survey, most Democrat women, 52 percent, said they would choose a career outside the home over staying home to care for their family.

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FBI Accuses Washington Man Of Coaching Canada's Tumbler Ridge School Shooter, Agreeing To Livestream The Attack
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FBI Accuses Washington Man Of Coaching Canada's Tumbler Ridge School Shooter, Agreeing To Livestream The Attack

Federal prosecutors have charged a Bellingham man with helping another person commit murder in a foreign country - alleging he coached an 18-year-old who killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, in February and agreed to livestream the attack.

Officials at a Seattle news conference announcing the Bryant arrest
At the federal courthouse in Seattle, law enforcement officials on Oct. 6, 2026, announce the arrest of a Bellingham resident accused of aiding in a deadly school shooting in British Columbia. Officials include assistant commissioner Elija Rain of the BC RCMP, left, FBI special agent in charge Mike Herrington, and acting U.S. attorney Neil Floyd. (KUOW Photo/Amy Radil). KUOW's caption spells the RCMP officer's name Elijah. 

James Cody Bryant, 30, was arrested Tuesday, officials said at the federal courthouse in Seattle. The charge carries a possible life sentence, KUOW reported. Bryant is accused, not convicted. A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 20.

On February 10, Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, killed his mother and 11-year-old stepbrother at home, then five students and a school staff member at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, before dying by suicide. Canadian officials said police had been to the home several times over mental health concerns. RCMP assistant commissioner Elija Rain said Canadian authorities contacted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security soon after, based on information from a platform the attacker had used.

Bryant and Van Rootselaar communicated on Discord, officials said, and Discord contacted law enforcement after the shooting. FBI Seattle special agent in charge Mike Herrington said the two discussed the attack in detail. Bryant allegedly sent money through PayPal so Van Rootselaar could buy shoes to wear that day and a lighter to ignite an explosive device.

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"In addition to providing money, technical advice, and particular items to be used in the shooting, Bryant agreed to record a livestream feed of the attack and broadcast it in a way that would maximize notoriety for the shooter," Herrington said. Other messages suggest Bryant advised Van Rootselaar when the car would not start on the way to the school, after the killings at home, he added. Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd said the planned broadcast was on Twitch. Officials said the feed shut down after about 20 seconds.

Charging documents show an exchange in which Van Rootselaar said, "I really hope you wouldn't ever snitch." Bryant replied, "I don't want to honestly. I know I can like, save lives I guess but idk." The government's press release also said there were conversations in which Bryant "tried to talk Van Rootselaar out of doing the attack." Officials said Bryant never contacted law enforcement, and agreed to handle the livestream just minutes before the attack.

Officials said the two met about three years ago on Omegle, a now-defunct video chat service that randomly matched strangers, and that there is no indication they ever met in person or had ties to any other group. Both were born male and identified as female, officials said. The criminal complaint uses female pronouns for Van Rootselaar and no gendered pronouns for Bryant.

Herrington said distance does not shield a defendant. "If you think you are safe from prosecution because you did not pull the trigger or were not physically present at the scene of the crime, think again," he said. The Canadian investigation remains active, but Floyd said the case is being brought in the United States for now. "All the activity involved in this was committed here in the state of Washington," Floyd said.

Separately, victims' families and British Columbia, which sued in September, have taken OpenAI to court over Van Rootselaar's use of ChatGPT. The province's suit says the company flagged the chats but did not report them to police. Mother Jones reports ChatGPT helped the attacker get around its safeguards by framing questions as fictional or hypothetical.

DOJ release: Bellingham resident charged with conspiring to commit murder in connection with school shooting.

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50 Iranian Tanker Logjam Unfolds As US Naval Blockade Starves Tehran Of Oil Revenue
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50 Iranian Tanker Logjam Unfolds As US Naval Blockade Starves Tehran Of Oil Revenue

Bloomberg cites a new report from United Against Nuclear Iran that claims the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has created a parking lot of more than 50 Iranian tankers that dare not cross the critical waterway.

The nonprofit think tank, which focuses on combating threats posed by Iran, said the number of laden tankers was broadly unchanged from two months earlier. The tankers were mostly carrying crude, along with some petroleum products and LNG.

UANI also noted that empty tankers were waiting at anchorages across the Indo-Pacific region rather than returning to Iranian ports, adding that at least 20 Iran-flagged ships were positioned off Sri Lanka and another was off Oman.

UANI's report comes days after Bloomberg said Iran's crude loadings fell to zero in September.

Over the weekend, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined Mike Allen on "The Axios Show" and confirmed: "For the first time in history, they [Iran], since they started pumping oil, they will have no oil on the water this week. They will have no revenue."

Separately, last week, Goldman analysts Yulia Zhestkova Grigsby, Alexandra Paulus, and Daan Struyven told clients that a "divergence between the fall of Iranian exports and the rise of exports of other Persian Gulf producers" was underway.

The Goldman energy experts estimated that "dark exports" have helped boost Persian Gulf oil exports to 23.3 million barrels a day late last month, back to prewar levels.

All indications so far point to the Trump administration's "Operation Economic Outcast" working as planned, with allied Gulf exports continuing to flow while Iran is starved of oil revenue amid the blockade. The question is whether this plan should've been implemented on day one of the conflict.

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SpaceX "Looks Unusually Cheap" On The Forward: Morgan Stanley
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SpaceX "Looks Unusually Cheap" On The Forward: Morgan Stanley

SpaceX shares rose more than 5% in mid-morning trading in New York, breaking above the trading range that had contained the stock since mid-August. Shares climbed past the $160 level to $167.

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas wrote that SpaceX shares at these levels offer an inexpensive way to gain exposure to the space and artificial intelligence economy when adjusted for projected earnings growth.

"We expect developments over the next few months will help investors better appreciate the role of SPCX in addressing the critical bottlenecks of power and chip making, potentially unlocking earnings growth and multiple expansion for the stock," Jonas wrote in a note to clients.

Jonas pointed out that, at $159 per share when the note was written, Elon Musk's company looks expensive. But when adjusted for year-over-year growth, "SpaceX trades at just ~0.3x 2028e EV/EBIT/Growth, ~40% below the ~0.5x mega cap median."

He said that ahead of the next Starship launch, traders can take advantage of the "unique opportunity" to gain exposure to shares that, while "expensive on any trailing metric, look unusually cheap on the forward."

Jonas believes that the combination of AI chatbot releases, Starship test launches toward commercialization and high-priced neocloud deals could push the stock closer to $300.

Shares are up more than 5% on Monday morning but remain well below the $225 high reached following a blockbuster IPO in mid-June. At $167, shares are well above the $135 IPO price.

"View Starship test flight 14 as a success, marking the transition from design/test to production-grade & scale. See accelerating pace of Starship deployment, with 2-3 addt'l launches by YE26, reusability of booster in NTM & Ship catch by early '28," Wells Fargo analyst Ken Gawrelski wrote in a note.

According to Bloomberg data, 36 analysts have a "Bull" rating on the stock, while seven have "Neutral" ratings and four have "Sell" ratings. The average 12-month price target among the analysts is around $217.

When can locked-up shareholders sell?

Here's the schedule:

Looking ahead, SpaceX is targeting the Starship Flight 15 test for no earlier than October 19, or about two weeks from now.

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US Treasury Grants Sanctions Waiver For Some Iranian Flights To Iraq
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US Treasury Grants Sanctions Waiver For Some Iranian Flights To Iraq

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The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced on Friday that Baghdad has secured a narrow exemption from US sanctions on Iran’s aviation sector, allowing Iranian airlines to resume up to 40 daily flights to Najaf International Airport.

The deal excludes Mahan Air, the statement said, welcoming US “cooperation in granting the necessary exemption.” It added that the move would ease travel for pilgrims, patients, and tourists affected by the sanctions. 

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“Air travel does not merely represent transportation between two airports, but rather a bridge of communication between peoples,” it added.

Najaf is the chief hub for Iranian flights into Iraq, serving Iraqi Shia pilgrims bound for Iran’s holy cities and Iranians visiting shrines in Iraq. Iraq’s announcement came a day after Tehran called for the restrictions to be lifted. 

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned Washington’s “illegal and inhumane” enforcement of sanctions beyond US borders, saying they targeted Iranian trade and aviation as part of Washington's campaign to isolate Iran economically.

Prior to the ban, roughly 25 Iranian flights a day landed in Najaf and about 15 in Baghdad, according to Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad, Mohammad Kazem al-Sadegh.

“Around 12,000 to 13,000 people travel between Iran and Iraq and vice versa on Iranian airlines, which is not a small number,” he told ISNA.

A source told Reuters that keeping the ban in place risked uniting Shia followers of Iran’s supreme leader and of Iraq’s Ali al-Sistani against Baghdad, undermining US efforts to curb Iranian influence in Iraq. Najaf airport had held out until September 25, when it too halted Iranian flights in line with US sanctions.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that, starting September 23, any company that fueled or serviced Iranian aircraft, or sold tickets for them, would be cut off from the dollar system.

Iran vowed to keep its international flights running in defiance of the US blockade, with Civil Aviation Organization spokesperson Majid Akhavan telling ISNA on 22 September that no flights had been canceled.

The pledge came as cancellations spread amid US pressure. Middle East Eye reported that Turkish Airlines, Pegasus, and AJet would halt all flights to and from Iran starting September 21.

The US Treasury sanctioned 36 entities linked to Iran’s aviation sector on 8 September as part of its so-called “Operation Economic Outcast” and withdrew the clearances that allowed non-US airlines to fly US-built or US-controlled commercial jets into Iran.

Washington’s measures applied to any foreign company doing business with Iranian airlines and to firms handling aircraft at Iraqi airports. Fearing US penalties, those firms stopped serving Iranian planes.

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