Hello, SC fam — we’ve made it to September! 🍂
Welcome back to another edition of Status Sunday, your weekly “for the people” round-up of the top stories and videos from the week that was and what could be for the week ahead. Don’t forget to like and share this post with your friends and family.
🔔 Here’s What Corporate Media Didn’t Tell You This Week
Trump REFUSES JUDGE to Release Sexual Assault Accuser FBI Notes: “F*cking Audacity!”
Trump’s ELECTION POWER GRAB Just Escalated. Here’s What Could Happen in November
ON-THE-GROUND: NJ Residents REVOLT Against $1.8 Billion Data Center
Status Coup’s Jordan Chariton and Jon Farina are LIVE ON THE GROUND in Kenilworth, New Jersey, where community members are gathering to protest the data centers that are being rammed through in their local town. We covered the protest live and spoke with residents about their involvement in the protests.
👀 Residents then voiced their opinions against a new $1.8 billion data center during another heated town meeting. The mayor decided to get up and leave the meeting after being called out for unfair treatment. Status Coup's Jordan Chariton was on the ground to speak with the residents.
🎥: Jon Farina
👨🏾💻: Phillip Hawkins
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Wall Street’s New Plan to KEEP YOU BROKE
Third Way — a think tank funded almost entirely by Wall Street money — just released a 20-point "new economic bargain" they claim will fix the affordability crisis for working Americans. But when you actually read the fine print, nearly every proposal is designed to protect corporate profits.
Status Coup reporter JT Cestkowski breaks down Third Way's own admissions about who funds them, walks through their 20-point plan point by point, and shows how proposals on housing, healthcare, child care, energy, and AI displacement all quietly avoid the one thing that would actually help: redistributing power and wealth away from the people who already have it.
They’re PAID to Attack: The Dark Reality of AI Political Propaganda
REAL people are being PAID to create AI-generated political content on YouTube — not to influence an election — but as part of a massive grift. JT explores the dangerous growth of ‘ghost influencers’ making a buck off of America’s political divide.
Bill Gates WARNS of AI Apocalypse, Mass Worker Displacement
Bill Gates is warning that AI could wipe out millions of jobs — and says he’s stunned by the silence from government and tech leaders. Meanwhile, Americans are revolting against the AI data centers already taking over their communities. From mass job displacement to poisoned communities, who pays the price for the AI boom?
Jordan Chariton breaks it all down.
Feds Charge ICE Agent Who SHOT Man & LIED About It
This week, JT breaks down the breaking news that the ICE agent who lied about being attacked by a shovel to justify an ICE shooting is being charged federally. Here’s what you need to know about this latest ICE violence.
ICE TAGGED HIM. NOW HE’S DEAD.
JT explains the latest tragedy caused by ICE agents: this time, Pierre Damas Bel, a Haitian student who was forced to wear an ankle monitor like a criminal, took his own life in traffic in response to ICE treatment.
JT tells you what you need to know and the incredible hypocrisy of this case compared to an actual murderer in the form of an ICE agent.
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How Trump Is OFFICIALLY RIGGING the Midterm Elections
Whistleblowers warn that new directives could block mail-in ballots, fueling a major fight over the November election. Postal service officials and whistleblowers are raising alarm, suggesting that new system changes are being designed to delay or outright reject thousands of ballots.
JT discusses what Trump’s voting crackdown could mean for the midterms, including the potential impact of new restrictions on mail-in ballots and fears of ICE intimidation at polling places.
Corporate Media HIDING Historic Heatwave About to Ravage U.S.
A catastrophic glacier collapse and flash flooding along the Nepal-China border have killed hundreds and left thousands missing: a horrifying glimpse of what climate collapse looks like in real time. As El Niño develops, the U.S. is facing heightened risks of extreme flooding, severe storms, and record-breaking temperatures, on top of a climate crisis already making disasters more deadly and expensive.
JT Cestkowski explores the billionaires and corporations that keep profiting from a system that is cooking the planet while ordinary people are left to deal with the consequences.
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🕵️♀️ Is TRUMP Taking Grandma’s Pain Relief Away?!?
Status Coup’s Jordan Chariton speaks with The CBD Gurus CEO Lucas Beach about the growing fight over hemp-derived CBD and THC products as new federal restrictions threaten to upend the industry.
Lewis explains why it’s frustrating to see some of the same politicians who helped legalize hemp now move to restrict it, and why he believes lawmakers need a clearer legal framework instead of a sweeping crackdown. Jordan also discusses how CBD products have personally helped him manage back pain — and asks why alcohol is widely accepted while hemp products face renewed federal scrutiny.
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