SHOOT THEM: Home Invader’ Is the One Species Most States Still Don’t Protect.

HMM: US needs mechanics and nurses, but kids want to be influencers.

Young people with realistic goals are likely to succeed. But few students get useful career guidance, writes Anne Kim, senior fellow at FutureEd, on The 74.

Counselors are in short supply, and high schools are still pushing “college for all,” writes Kim. “Despite increasing interest in alternative pathways,” many students — and high school counselors — are “unaware of the careers they could pursue, the availability of jobs locally, and the skills required.” In a 2024 survey, two-thirds of young adults ages 16 to 24 said they “do not know exactly what career they want to pursue.”

The dream career for nearly half of Gen Z respondents in a 2025 Morning Consult survey is “content creator,” notes Kim’s Future Shock report. Working in “media and entertainment” is also a popular goal. They think it’s an easy path to riches. Only a third want a “traditional job.”

No different than kids from previous generations wanting to grow up to be baseball players or movie stars, really.

WHEN SECONDS COUNT…:

Firefighters in Ceuta, Spain, climbed onto an aerial ladder truck and unfurled a huge Spanish flag alongside a banner reading “EUROPE HELP” as residents gathered to demand action over the migration crisis facing the Spanish enclave.

The demonstration was organized by Ceuta’s… pic.twitter.com/QzAIERAUBS

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 8, 2026

…Europe is nowhere to be found.

BUT BEWARE THE CHURCHILL EFFECT: How to Virtually Eliminate Gang Violence With This One Weird Trick.

FINDING OUT, PHASE TWO: Dentist Who Wished “Death to Zionists” Falsely Claimed to Work For Triton College in Illinois.

OR BOTH? Is Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Really This Stupid or Just Playing for the Cameras?.

GET NEW SOCKS: Dickies Men’s Multi-Pack Dri-Tech 2.0 Moisture Controls. #CommissionEarned

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Wolford Enforcement: DOJ Sues Maryland County for Prohibiting Carry in Churches, Synagogues. “Houses of worship are often targeted by people with murder on their minds. That’s especially true of synagogues, which were disproportionately attacked even before October 7 and have since been on the receiving end of the ‘antizionist’ reframing of hatred of Jews. But in Montgomery County, Maryland, officials recently renewed efforts to forbid the carrying of firearms within 100 yards of ‘places of public assembly,’ including churches and synagogues. Now, some security volunteers are defying the intrusive law as they await the outcome of courtroom pushback against the restrictions.”

ELYSIUM’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

Senate Approves Mitch McConnell Working Remotely From Grave https://t.co/vRSRtQoBtJ

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 8, 2026

THE NEW SPACE RACE (AFFORDABILITY EDITION):

The Space Launch System costs $4.1 billion per launch. One launch.

NASA's own inspector general confirmed that number. Boeing builds the core stage. Northrop Grumman builds the solid rocket boosters. Aerojet Rocketdyne supplies the engines. Every one of those contracts flows to… pic.twitter.com/Uwe87nN4Dh

— Handre (@Handre) September 8, 2026

Exit quote: “The SLS is a constituency management program wearing a rocket as a costume.”

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: How gross is biting your fingernails?

IT’S COME TO THIS: Dre Greenlaw wonders if Antarctica is ‘a lie’ during 49ers’ Australia trip.

Many San Francisco 49ers plans are experiencing Australia for the first time this week.

Yet, 49ers star linebacker Dre Greenlaw seems to be more concerned with another continent. He made that known during a wild exchange Greenlaw had with reporters on Tuesday morning.

A reporter asked Greenlaw, “Do you have any questions you’d want to ask Australians?” per ESPN’s Nick Wagoner. San Francisco is in Australia ahead of their NFL regular season opener against the Los Angeles Rams.

“I mean, how far are we from Antarctica? That’s what I got. We’re right on top of it, huh? Does It snow probably pretty bad here? So Antarctica, is it a lie?” Greenlaw responded.

After being told the continent is indeed there, Greenlaw said, “Y’all been there before?”

Hey, back in 2023, NPR warned us that “Antarctica is melting and we all need to adapt, a trio of climate analyses show.” I blame Trump for how quickly it completely disappeared.

HENCE THE WARNINGS AGAINST COCKSURENESS: Blue Wave? Phooey! Nobody Knows Nuthin’ No How.

SCIENCE, UNSETTLED: Bombshell Great Pyramid of Giza Study Retracted. “A scientific journal has retracted a study that claimed satellite radar could reveal hidden structures inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, finding “serious methodological flaws and statistical errors” that undermined its conclusions. The retraction matters because the paper provided a scientific foundation for increasingly extraordinary claims about what may lie beneath one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites.”

BIG MONEY: $1.3 Billion In Attempted Medicare Fraud. “An illegal alien from the country of Georgia allegedly spent five months running a Pennsylvania medical equipment company that filed $1.3 billion in fraudulent claims against Medicare and private insurers, then funneled the proceeds to a Russia-based criminal network.”

RAVING AND DROOLING: Roger Waters to Headline 9/11 Conspiracy Conference in NYC.

HMM: Psychology says people who sleep better with their dog in the bed aren’t imagining it — the evidence on sleep quality is mixed, but the evidence on felt security is consistent, and for most people the second one decides how the night goes.

A REMINDER TO KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY (AND KEEP LOTS OF POWDER):

“You better get ready for … war.” Across the country, radicals are openly planning for the next stage of their movement, and notably, the Democratic establishment is not part of their plans…. https://t.co/JRwpcWofTK

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) September 8, 2026

YOU WILL BELIEVE A LEXUS CAN FLY: Kansas woman vaults car 250 feet over turnpike overpass, sticks the landing at Love’s Travel Stop.

🤯 One of the most unbelievable car accidents you will ever see. pic.twitter.com/j8fsbwBQhA

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 7, 2026

CHRIS QUEEN: ‘The Night the Lights Went Out in Florida’: FSU’s Problems Are Bigger Than a Power Outage.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: When it comes to strength training, how much is enough?

TRUMP WARNED US THERE WOULD BE AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD…: Trumponomics triumphs in US jobs report — just in time for the midterms.

American manufacturing is on the rebound — and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now.

Manufacturing isn’t the only sector that’s on a hiring spree; businesses across the board added 162,000 new jobs in August.

Even The New York Times called the latest employment numbers “zesty.”

The paper quoted T. Rowe Price’s chief US economist, Blerina Uruci: “It’s a very good report . . . And it perhaps shows that financial conditions more broadly are not that tight.”

The workforce participation rate rose as well — which matters, because people who drop out of the labor force are invisible in unemployment rates that only count those who are looking for work.

This economy is pulling Americans who’d given up hope off the sidelines and putting them to work.

That’s a success not only for Trump’s economic policy, but for his immigration crackdown, too.

…and it looks more and more like we’re through the worst of it.

CHOOSE WISELY, NEBRASKA:

"There's the campaigning side to get elected, and then there's once you get into office, what are you going to do?" https://t.co/v1pZc0q7Fk

— Jim Antle (@jimantle) September 8, 2026

Also, his campaign website says he’s a “lifelong independent,” but there’s an ActBlue donation button.

#RESIST: Drone Warfare Comes for Shoplifters… and for You? “Drones and security cameras are cheap and increasingly effective. Like it or not, they’re here to stay. But that doesn’t mean we have to acquiesce like the fighting couple in Minority Report.”

TOO DUMB TO CHECK: CLANCY DEFENSE ATTORNEY BEGS FOR PARDON FROM … TRUMP?

Where did [Kevin] Reddington go to law school? Where did he go to high school, for that matter? Presidents can only issue pardons for federal crimes, not for state crimes. Clancy has been charged and will be tried again by the state of Massachusetts in state court, not by the Department of Justice in federal court. Trump has no jurisdiction over this case, which anyone who paid attention in high school civics class would already know. Reddington actually charges clients money for legal representation and apparently has no grasp on the concept of jurisdiction.

If Reddington wants a pardon, he’d have to apply for it with Governor Maura Healey, not with Trump. And while Healey won’t touch this case with a ten-foot pole either – she has better political instincts than to stop the prosecution of a woman who murdered her three children – Healey’s a lot more likely to have some sympathy for Clancy than Trump. It’s not clear why Reddington would think Trump prefers to see criminals go free, but Reddington may have paid as much attention to Trump as he did in civics class.

Reddington has had quite run with the Clancy case: Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer bashed America’s juries — and battered another pillar of justice.