12/16 -- Year-End Fundraiser Update: It All Comes Down To You; US DOD publicly confesses to eight more Caribbean murders; Trump Goes Hoover
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Today's Freedom News:
0) Year-End Fundraiser Update: It All Comes Down To You
1) US DOD publicly confesses to eight more Caribbean murders
2) Ukraine war: Kyiv regime claims first underwater drone strike on Russian sub
3) Senile reality TV actor fantasizes that Reiner murders were all about him
4) ICC rejects Israeli regime’s bid to block Gaza war crimes investigation
5) Four charged with plotting “multiple” New Year’s Eve bombing attacks in Southern California
6) India: Regime Dismisses Trump’s Accusation Of “Dumping” Rice In US
7) Trinidad and Tobago: Regime to open airports to US military as tensions with Venezuela escalate
8) Iranian Nobel laureate taken to hospital after “violent arrest”
9) JetBlue pilot decries near collision with US military aircraft
10) Spain: Regime demands $75 million bribe from Airbnb
11) WI: Trial begins for judge accused of helping immigrant evade gang abduction
12) Survey: High cost of goods is causing US consumers to spend less — and more — for the holidays
13) Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino to decide about future at bureau in coming weeks
14) EU targets Russia’s shadow fleet with new sanctions
15) Britain’s MI6 spy chief: Putin dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
16) Trump advisers strafe Hawley over new anti-abortion group
17) Trump VA to Eliminate Up to 35,000 Healthcare Jobs This Month
18) France: Louvre goes on strike in fresh blow to Paris museum after jewel heist
19) Former Trump aides appear in Wisconsin over 2020 election fraud charges
20) Rob and Michele Reiner, 1947/55-2025
Today's Freedom Commentary:
21) Trump Goes Hoover
22) Libertarians Should Never Advocate for State Power: A Message to Dave Smith and Bordertarians
23) Rules for Radicals is Worn Out
24) A Strong Military Equals a Weak Nation
25) Trump’s “Broken Windows” Economy
26) Israel Apologists Hasten To Use Bondi Shooting To Attack Anti-Genocide Activists
27) Obamacare Subsidies Can’t Fix a Broken System. Rand Paul’s Bill Could.
28) What the Left Fails to Understand About Populism
29) Congress Must Fight Back Against Supreme Court’s Anti-Democratic Crusade
30) White house A farewell to Oz: Trump’s strategy for a multipolar world
31) California is broke, but it’s not too late for the rest of us
32) Why DOGE Failed to Slash Spending
33) The Root Causes of Senseless Violence
34) Antiwar.com, Afghanistan, Michael Hastings, and Me
35) Using the Bundle Theory of Property
36) Venezuela and the Empire of Lies
37) Gavin Newsom disqualifies himself from the presidency, by his own standard
38) Miami’s Property-Grabbing Vice
39) US Seizure of Venezuelan Tanker Doesn’t Only Threaten Maduro
40) Trump’s Secret Pardon-for-Profit Racket
41) Can Canada Rescue North America?
42) Ken Burns’s Wake-Up Call
43) Quantum Vibe, 12/15/25
44) Bill of Rights: Born From the Fight Over Delegated and Reserved Powers
45) DOJ’s Opioid War Hurts Ordinary Americans in Pain
46) Is 3% Inflation the New 2%?
47) You Can Put America First by Destroying MAGA: A Message for a Post-Trump Isolationist Movement
48) Everyone Lost at ACIP
49) Fighting Anti-Queer [sic] Backlash with Citizen Archivists
50) Fake History is Giving Capitalism a Bad Name
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56) The Corbett Report, episode 489
57) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 12/15/25
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0) Year-End Fundraiser Update: It All Comes Down To You
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1) US DOD publicly confesses to eight more Caribbean murders
Source: CBS News
“The U.S. military says it struck three more alleged drug-carrying boats in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, the latest in a campaign of vessel strikes ordered by the Trump administration that have [murdered] at least 95 people in 25 boats. Monday’s strikes [murdered] eight men across three boats, the U.S. military’s Southern Command said in a post on X. It alleged the [victims] were ‘male narco-terrorists’ and the boats were ‘transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking.’ The strike was authorized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Southern Command said.” (12/15/25)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-hits-3-more-alleged-drug-boats-in-pacific-killing-8-military-says/
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2) Ukraine war: Kyiv regime claims first underwater drone strike on Russian sub
Source: New York Times
“Ukrainian underwater drones struck a Russian submarine for the first time on Monday, causing critical damage to the vessel and making it the first publicly acknowledged use of the new class of Ukrainian weapons, according to Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency. At the time of the attack, the Kilo-class submarine was docked in a Russian Black Sea port near the city of Novorossiysk and carried four launchers for Kalibr cruise missiles, which Moscow regularly uses to attack across Ukraine, the agency said. Kilo-class vessels are not nuclear-powered and do not carry nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. The Russian government made no immediate comment on Ukraine’s claim.” (12/15/25)
https://archive.is/0XF9p
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3) Senile reality TV actor fantasizes that Reiner murders were all about him
Source: The Hill
“President Trump weighed in on the apparent homicide of director Rob Reiner and his wife in a Truth Social post Monday, suggesting the cause of death was reportedly ‘Trump derangement syndrome.’ ‘A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS,’ Trump wrote. … Reiner — a Democrat and donor — and his wife were found stabbed to death in their home Sunday afternoon.” (12/15/25)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5649316-rob-reiner-homicide-trump-derangement
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4) ICC rejects Israeli regime’s bid to block Gaza war crimes investigation
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected one of Israel’s legal challenges seeking to block an investigation into its actions in the genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, dealing a blow to Israel’s efforts to derail the case. In their decision issued on Monday, judges refused to overturn a lower court decision allowing the ICC prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes in Israel’s war on Gaza following the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. … The appeal focused on whether the ICC prosecutor was required to issue a fresh notification to Israel before investigating events that took place after October 7, 2023. Israel argued that the post-October 7 assault on Gaza constituted a new situation …. Judges rejected that argument, ruling that the original notification issued in 2021 – when the ICC formally opened its investigation into alleged crimes in occupied Palestine – already covered later events.” (12/15/25)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/15/icc-rejects-israeli-bid-to-block-gaza-war-crimes-investigation
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5) Four charged with plotting “multiple” New Year’s Eve bombing attacks in Southern California
Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“Federal authorities on Monday announced the arrests of four alleged members of an extremist group who are suspected of planning co-ordinated bombing attacks on New Year’s Eve across Southern California. The suspects were arrested last week in Lucerne Valley, east of Los Angeles, where they were suspected of preparing to test improvised explosive devices ahead of the planned bombings, according to the federal criminal complaint filed on Saturday. They are members of an offshoot of a pro-Palestinian group dubbed the Turtle Island Liberation Front, the complaint said. During a news conference Monday, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli described the group as a ‘radical anti-government’ group. They each face charges including conspiracy and possession of a destructive device, court documents show.” (12/15/25)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-years-eve-attack-plot-california-9.7016350
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6) India: Regime Dismisses Trump’s Accusation Of “Dumping” Rice In US
Source: NDTV [India]
“India rejected on Monday US accusations that it is ‘dumping’ rice in the United States, saying its rice exports are primarily premium-grade basmati, which typically commands higher prices than non-basmati varieties. US President Donald Trump said last week that more tariffs could be imposed on Indian rice, accusing India of ‘dumping’ its shipments into the US market, referring to a practice whereby a product is exported at a price lower than its normal price. … India, the world’s largest rice exporter, shipped 20.2 million metric tons of rice in the 2024/25 financial year ending in March, including 335,554 tons to the United States, of which 274,213 tons were basmati rice.” (12/15/25)
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-dismisses-trumps-accusation-of-dumping-rice-in-us-9818631/amp/1
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7) Trinidad and Tobago: Regime to open airports to US military as tensions with Venezuela escalate
Source: Associated Press
“The government of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday that it would allow the U.S. military access to its airports in coming weeks as tensions build between the United States and Venezuela. The announcement comes after the U.S. military recently installed a radar system at the airport in Tobago. The Caribbean country’s government has said the radar is being used to fight local crime, and that the small nation would not be used as a launchpad to attack any other country. The U.S. would use the airports for activity that would be ‘logistical in nature, facilitating supply replenishment and routine personnel rotations,’ Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. It did not provide further details. Trinidad’s prime minister previously has praised ongoing U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.” (12/15/25)
https://apnews.com/article/trinidad-airports-us-military-venezuela-strikes-542264e549f41fd00763cee9a30e3683
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8) Iranian Nobel laureate taken to hospital after “violent arrest”
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was taken to hospital after being beaten when she was arrested last week, her family says. The 53-year-old human rights activist told them in a phone call on Sunday that she was brought to an emergency department twice after being ‘attacked by plain clothed agents with severe and repeated baton blows to the head and neck’, according to the Narges Foundation. There was no comment from Iranian authorities, but they have said she was detained for making ‘provocative remarks’ at a memorial ceremony in the city of Mashhad on Friday. The Nobel Committee and award-winning film-maker Jafar Panahi are among those calling for her release. Ms Mohammadi, the vice-president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her activism against female oppression in Iran and promoting human rights.” (12/15/25)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dz15556l1o
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9) JetBlue pilot decries near collision with US military aircraft
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“A near collision between a JetBlue commercial flight and US Air Force refuelling tanker near Venezuela is under review, US Southern Command told media on Monday. The passenger plane originating out of Curaçao halted its ascent in order to avoid hitting the military aircraft. The exact distance between the two planes remains unclear because the Air Force plane’s transponder – a device that transmits location information to air traffic controllers – was not on. JetBlue said in a statement to the BBC that its flight crew reported the incident to airline leadership and the carrier ‘will participate in any investigation’. The JetBlue plane was flying from Curacao, an island just off the coast of Venezuela, to New York.” (12/15/25)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx258yjp411o
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10) Spain: Regime demands $75 million bribe from Airbnb
Source: Seattle Times
“Spain’s government has fined Airbnb 64 million euros ($75 million) for advertising unlicensed tourist rentals, officials said Monday. The move is the latest government action in Spain against short-term rental companies such as Airbnb and Booking.com as the country grapples with a housing affordability problem, particularly in city centers. The consumer rights ministry said the rentals didn’t include license numbers — a requirement in many regions in Spain — or listed license numbers that didn’t match what authorities had. Other had incorrect information about hosts, it said. Airbnb said that it plans to challenge the fine in court.” (12/15/25)
https://archive.is/Rd8ov
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11) WI: Trial begins for judge accused of helping immigrant evade gang abduction
Source: SFGate
“Prosecutors played audio recordings Monday as they tried to show jurors that a Wisconsin judge knew what was at stake last spring when she directed an immigrant to a private door while federal agents were in the courthouse to [abduct] the man. ‘I’ll get the heat,’ Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan told her court reporter as they discussed who would assist Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, according to courtroom audio. Dugan is on trial for obstruction and concealment, an extraordinary consequence of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. There is no dispute that Dugan directed Flores-Ruiz to leave her courtroom through a private door after telling immigration agents to speak with the chief judge about trying to [abduct] him.” (12/15/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/trial-set-to-begin-for-wisconsin-judge-accused-of-21243006.php
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12) Survey: High cost of goods is causing US consumers to spend less — and more — for the holidays
Source: CNBC
“Inflation looks to be sapping some of Americans’ holiday cheer as they head out to buy gifts this Christmas season, according to the CNBC All-America Economic Survey. The survey found the high cost of goods has emerged as a major factor affecting how much shoppers spend and where they spend, suggesting inflation of the past several years and the rise in import goods prices from tariffs are being felt at the checkout counter. The survey of 1,000 people nationwide, with a margin of error of +/- 3.1%, found that the high cost of goods is the top reason Americans are spending less and, in a first for the survey, the main reason they are spending more. … Overall, 41% of Americans plan to spend less this year, with 42% saying they will spend about the same and 16% saying they will spend more.” (12/15/25)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/inflation-causing-less-holiday-spending-cnbc-all-america-economic-survey.html
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13) Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino to decide about future at bureau in coming weeks
Source: Fox News
“Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino will make a decision about his future at the bureau within the next few weeks, two sources familiar with his considerations tell Fox News. The sources deny recent reports that Bongino’s office at the FBI is empty, but they say his departure is a possibility in the near future. A source familiar with the situation told Fox News Digital that Bongino has not made any decisions about his future. Bongino’s tenure at the FBI has come under fire in recent weeks, alongside FBI Director Kash Patel. Earlier this month, a report from an alliance of active-duty and retired FBI personnel portrayed the bureau as directionless under its new leadership. Bongino and Patel pushed back on the report, however, defending sweeping reforms they say have delivered major gains in accountability and public safety.” (12/15/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/deputy-fbi-director-dan-bongino-decide-about-future-bureau-coming-weeks-sources-say
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14) EU targets Russia’s shadow fleet with new sanctions
Source: Independent [UK]
“The European Union has adopted its latest package of sanctions, directly targeting companies and individuals accused of assisting Moscow in circumventing Western restrictions on oil exports. … Despite 19 previous rounds of sanctions, Russia has largely adapted to the measures, continuing to sell millions of barrels of oil to countries such as India and China, albeit at discounted rates. Much of this trade relies on a so-called ‘shadow fleet’ of vessels operating beyond the reach of the Western maritime industry. The new EU sanctions prohibit citizens of the bloc from conducting business with the newly listed entities and individuals. This move aims to significantly reduce their access to major shipping and insurance providers. In total, the EU has now sanctioned more than 2,600 individuals and companies.” (12/15/25)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-russia-ukraine-war-sanctions-b2884809.html
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15) Britain’s MI6 spy chief: Putin dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
Source: SFGate
“President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall ‘just below the threshold of war’, the head of Britain’s MI6 spy agency said Monday. Blaise Metreweli said Putin is ‘dragging out negotiations’ on stopping the conflict, and remains determined to ‘subjugate Ukraine and harass NATO members’. ‘We are now operating in a space between peace and war,’ Metreweli said of the wider global threat landscape in her first public speech since becoming chief of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency two months ago. Metreweli accused Moscow of sponsoring cyberattacks on other countries’ critical infrastructure, drone incursions around European airports, campaigns of arson, sabotage and disinformation, and ‘aggressive activities in our seas, above and below the waves’.” (12/15/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/mi6-chief-says-uk-faces-threat-from-russia-s-21243105.php
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16) Trump advisers strafe Hawley over new anti-abortion group
Source: Axios
“President Trump’s advisers are furious with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) for starting an anti-abortion group to spur new action on the issue, which the White House views as a loser for Republicans in next year’s midterms. ‘Clearly, Senator Hawley and his political team learned nothing from the 2022 elections, when the SCOTUS abortion ruling [overturning Roe v. Wade] resuscitated the Democrats in the midterms,’ a close Trump adviser told Axios. Trump’s lieutenants believe the move by Hawley — a vocal populist who speaks up for the working class — is part of a plan to position himself to challenge Vice President Vance for the presidency in 2028.” (12/15/25)
https://archive.is/tAKnM
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17) Trump VA to Eliminate Up to 35,000 Healthcare Jobs This Month
Source: Common Dreams
“Before the end of the year, the Trump administration is planning to eliminate up to 35,000 healthcare jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, a chronically understaffed agency that has already lost tens of thousands of employees to the White House’s sweeping assault on the federal workforce. The Washington Post reported over the weekend that the targeted positions (many of which are unfilled) include doctors, nurses, and support staff. A spokesperson for the VA, led by former Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), described the jobs as ‘mostly Covid-era roles that are no longer necessary’. VA workers, veterans advocates, and a union representing hundreds of thousands of department employees disputed that characterization as the agency faces staff shortages across the country. ‘We are all doing the work of others to compensate,” one VA employee told the Post. ‘The idea that relief isn’t coming is really, really disappointing.'” (12/15/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-cutting-va-jobs
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18) France: Louvre goes on strike in fresh blow to Paris museum after jewel heist
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“The Louvre Museum closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery. Workers are demanding extra staff and measures to tackle overcrowding, adding to the woes of the world’s most visited museum just as France is gearing up for the Christmas holidays. The strike comes nearly two months after the museum was victim of an embarrassing daylight heist that saw crown jewels worth $102 million stolen.” (12/15/25)
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251215-louvre-museum-on-strike-after-jewel-heist-and-june-shutdown
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19) Former Trump aides appear in Wisconsin over 2020 election fraud charges
Source: SFGate
“Two former aides to President Donald Trump during the 2020 election are in a Wisconsin court for a preliminary hearing on felony forgery charges related to a fake elector scheme. The judge postponed a preliminary hearing for a third aide amid questions about what statements the man made to prosecutors could be admitted in court. The Wisconsin case is moving forward even as others in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia have faltered. A special prosecutor last year dropped a federal case alleging Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 election. Another case in Nevada is still alive.” (12/15/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/the-latest-former-trump-aides-set-to-appear-in-21243277.php
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20) Rob and Michele Reiner, 1947/55-2025
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife have been found dead at their home in Los Angeles, according to United States media reports. The LA Police Department said in a statement on Sunday that they were investigating the deaths of two people in an apparent homicide. … A law enforcement official cited by The Associated Press news agency said on condition of anonymity that investigators believed the pair had suffered stab wounds and that a family member was being questioned in relation to the incident. … Reiner, who co-starred in the 1970s hit CBS television comedy All in the Family, directed several well-known movies, his filmography also including The Princess Bride and Stand by Me. Aside from his Hollywood career, the New York native, son of the late comedy writer and actor Carl Reiner, was well known for his political activism.” (12/15/25)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/15/hollywood-director-actor-rob-reiner-and-wife-found-dead-at-la-home-reports
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21) Trump Goes Hoover
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Douglas E French
“Donald Trump told Politico’s Dasha Burns that he gives the US economy an A+++++. He posted on Truth Social, ‘When will I get credit for having created, with No Inflation, perhaps the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country?’ Herbert Hoover had the same view back in 1930. In his book 1929, Andrew Ross Sorkin points out that Hoover used every press conference to convince people the post crash economy was better than people thought. … Hoover said the very high 16 percent unemployment rate was deceptive. Trump would have called it a ‘hoax,’ as he calls continued price inflation a hoax. Jimmy Carter telling us to turn down our thermostats comes to mind when Trump says kids don’t need 37 pencils or 37 dolls for Christmas.” (12/15/25)
https://mises.org/power-market/trump-goes-hoover
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22) Libertarians Should Never Advocate for State Power: A Message to Dave Smith and Bordertarians
Source: Agorist Nexus
“My personal definition of libertarianism for over a decade has been that liberty is the core principle, and on every issue, you put liberty first, grounded in individualism, private property rights, and the NAP. Though I probably need to update my definition slightly. Dave Smith’s definition of libertarianism, put roughly, is self-ownership, private property rights, and the non-aggression principle (NAP) — the idea that no one may initiate force against another person or their property. He describes this as a philosophically consistent foundation that avoids circular reasoning, emphasizing that libertarianism rejects government as a monopoly on the use of force. So why is he advocating for socialist state borders and mass deportations if this is an initiation of force against another person, which is part of his own definition of libertarianism — and thus goes against it?” (12/15/25)
https://www.agoristnexus.com/libertarians-should-never-advocate-for-state-power-a-message-to-dave-smith-and-bordertarians/
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23) Rules for Radicals is Worn Out
Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“Rules for Radicals, published in 1971, was intended as a tactical guide for organizers to challenge adversaries and entrenched power structures. Aimed initially at the disenfranchised, educated elites and their children picked up the manual and ran with it. Its tactics include psychological warfare, relentless pressure, and turning adversaries’ strengths against them through dissembling and distortion. For decades, the American Left adopted Alinsky’s playbook with zeal …. the American Left beat Alinsky’s rules to death. And this led to a spectacular backfire in 2024. … The ultimate irony? The Right co-opted Alinsky, using his rules against the Left. Figures like Donald Trump employed ridicule, personalization, and constant pressure to portray progressives as radicals, turning the playbook against them. The Right even started to think of themselves as both victors and victims. But just as the Right figured out how to do it, it flamed out.” (12/15/25)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/rules-for-radicals-is-worn-out
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24) A Strong Military Equals a Weak Nation
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“A popular belief among statists is that a powerful military equals a powerful nation. Actually, it’s the opposite. A powerful military equals a weak nation, and a weak military equals a powerful nation. The Americans who founded the United States understood this principle well. They were fiercely opposed to a powerful military, which they referred to as a ‘standing army.’ So did their successors, for some 150 years. From 1789, when the Constitution went into effect, through most of the 19th century, through the early part of the 20th century, our American ancestors had a system of government that entailed a small and weak military force. The result was the most powerful nation in history.” (12/15/25)
https://www.fff.org/2025/12/15/a-strong-military-equals-a-weak-nation/
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25) Trump’s “Broken Windows” Economy
Source: The Daily Economy
by Scott Burns
“Nearly 175 years later, Bastiat’s cautionary tale provides a window into the fallacy that lies at the heart of today’s trade war: the myth that destruction creates wealth – that breaking trade deals and global supply chains, like breaking windows, is a secret recipe for prosperity. Like the mayor in Bastiat’s tale, President Trump is a slick politician and a masterful spin artist. He’s exceptional at portraying his policy’s ‘success’ by focusing our attention squarely on its visible beneficiaries. That’s why he often unveils his latest tariffs in made-for-TV spectacles where he’s encircled by jubilant workers at revived factories that directly benefit from his protectionist policies. Thankfully, Bastiat’s parable exposes this clever marketing ploy for what it is: cheap sophistry.” (12/15/250
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/trumps-broken-windows-economy/
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26) Israel Apologists Hasten To Use Bondi Shooting To Attack Anti-Genocide Activists
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Two shooters attacked a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing fifteen people and injuring dozens of others. Police report that the shooters were a father and his son; the father was killed by police, and the son was captured. The shooters appear to have been Muslim, but, much to the inconvenience of those who would like to use this incident to fan the flames of western Islamophobic hysteria, the man who selflessly risked his life to disarm one of them was also a Muslim father of two named Ahmed al-Ahmed. As usual we’re seeing a lot of speculation about false flags and psyops regarding this incident, but I prefer to hang back from such commentary until I’ve seen some solid evidence. I do have some thoughts about the public discourse we are seeing about the shooting right now, though.” (12/15/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/12/15/israel-apologists-hasten-to-use-bondi-shooting-to-attack-anti-genocide-activists/
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27) Obamacare Subsidies Can’t Fix a Broken System. Rand Paul’s Bill Could.
Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille
“Last week, the U.S. Senate rejected two health care bills intended to resolve the impasse over COVID-19–era Affordable Care Act (ACA), a.k.a. Obamacare, subsidies and, to one extent or another, concerns over the cost of medical coverage. Both were blocked by the near impossibility of advancing anything in that body without 60 votes in support. The Democrat-sponsored legislation would have kicked the can down the road on Obamacare plans’ inherent flaws by extending ‘temporary’ subsidies for another three years. The Republican bill was a more serious effort that would bring some reform to the system by expanding Americans’ access to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). But neither is going anywhere right now. Maybe that’s for the best. Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) proposes better legislation that expands Americans’ access to HSAs and to group health plans offered by all sorts of organizations across state lines.” (12/15/25)
https://reason.com/2025/12/15/obamacare-subsidies-cant-fix-a-broken-system-rand-pauls-bill-could/
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28) What the Left Fails to Understand About Populism
Source: The Atlantic
by Joseph Heath
“One of the great mysteries about the rise of populism, in both the United States and Europe, is why it has benefited the political right so much more than the left. For years, American progressives have been trying to get people worked up over rising rates of economic inequality, with the expectation that this anger could fuel greater support for the Democratic Party. Yet the electoral fruits of this effort have been pretty much nonexistent. … The problem stems from a failure to grasp the psychology underlying populism. Broadly speaking, populism today is a revolt against cognitive elites, not economic elites. Its centerpiece is the affirmation of common sense over the fancy theories favored by intellectuals. … Populism is popular because it speaks to voters in concrete terms and tells them that their first instincts — about economics and more — are correct.” (12/15/25)
https://archive.is/ognrV
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29) Congress Must Fight Back Against Supreme Court’s Anti-Democratic Crusade
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
by Michael Waldman
“The 2026 election will take place in a political system that is divided, discordant, flagrantly gerrymandered, and marked by widening racial discrimination. Thank Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues on the Supreme Court. And the supermajority of highly activist justices seems poised, even eager, to make things appreciably worse. In 2019, in Rucho v. Common Cause, the Court refused to adopt any standard to police partisan gerrymandering, and it even prevented federal courts from hearing that claim. Fast-forward through a census, six years of line-drawing, and a flurry of lawsuits, and predictably, our democracy has become much less fair. Redistricting is supposed to take place once a decade, after the census. In fact, that’s why the census is written into the Constitution. But earlier this year, Texas abruptly drew new congressional maps in a gambit to squeeze out five extra seats for Republicans.” (12/15/25)
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/supreme-court-hammers-away-democracy
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30) White house A farewell to Oz: Trump’s strategy for a multipolar world
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by George Beebe
“The end of the Cold War ushered in a long period of make-believe in American foreign policy. We saw ourselves, in the words of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as ‘the indispensable power. We stand tall. We see farther into the future.’ And we could use our unmatched abilities to transform the world in unprecedented ways. … Things obviously did not go as planned. President Trump’s new National Security Strategy says goodbye to such magical thinking.” (12/15/25)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-nss-europe/
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31) California is broke, but it’s not too late for the rest of us
Source: Fox News
by Ted Jenkin
“California used to be the place where people went to chase dreams. Today, it’s the place where fiscal discipline goes to die. The Golden State, which is home to Hollywood glitz, Silicon Valley billionaires and the highest state taxes in America, is broke again. It’s staring down another multibillion-dollar deficit that exposes just how unstable and dysfunctional its financial model has become. In short, the Golden State isn’t so golden anymore. For years, politicians like Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom have insisted that California is the shining example of fiscal sensibility that America should follow. But when you peel back the layers, what you really find is a state government that can’t stop spending, can’t plan for the future and is now caught in a structural budget crisis of its own making.” (12/15/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/california-broke-its-not-too-late-rest-us
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32) Why DOGE Failed to Slash Spending
Source: The Dispatch
by Jessical Riedl
“DOGE fell victim to the absurdly unrealistic standards set by its leaders. Elon Musk originally pledged that his administrative actions to slash government waste could immediately save $2 trillion out of a $7 trillion federal budget. As Musk familiarized himself with basic federal budgeting, he quickly reduced his target to $1 trillion and then $150 billion. These ambitious goals reflected the long-held conservative fantasy that budget deficits are driven primarily by obvious waste, fraud, and abuse that any competent business leader could simply zero out, saving trillions of dollars. … DOGE’s failure was entirely predictable to anyone with a baseline understanding of the federal budget, public administration, or basic politics.” (12/15/25)
https://thedispatch.com/article/why-doge-failed-to-slash-spending/
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33) The Root Causes of Senseless Violence
Source: Common Dreams
by Ivana Nikolić Hughes
“I write this from the front of a Columbia classroom in which about 60 first-year college students are taking the final exam for Frontiers of Science. Yes, it’s a Sunday, but the class is required of all Columbia College students and so having the exam on the weekend ensures that there won’t be conflicts with the exams for other courses they are taking. The 60 students in my classroom are a fraction of the nearly 740 taking the course this semester. The exam began at 2 pm, less than 24 hours after the shooting at Brown University, and just hours after many of us learned about the shooting in Sydney, Australia. Given these devastating events, I offered this morning that anyone who was adversely affected could take the exam later in the week …” (12/15/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/mass-shootings-sanctioned-violence
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34) Antiwar.com, Afghanistan, Michael Hastings, and Me
Source: Antiwar.com
by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
“In 2009, I got a call from Eric Garris, founder and editor of Antiwar.com. Would I consider writing a column for the website? As a reporter who covered politics for Fox News, hardly a bastion of skepticism during the second Bush administration, I gratefully agreed. … In those days, the mainstream press operated in the shadow of a furious establishment Borg. With few exceptions, they deferred and sucked up to, genuflected, and jock-sniffed their way into the good graces of the military and the imperial court. … Not surprisingly, when freelance reporter Michael Hastings transgressed this code of the courtier, the peacocks of the Washington news establishment unleashed a professional righteous anger on him that should have been reserved, but wasn’t, for the crimes of the U.S. government, like say, Abu Ghraib.” (12/15/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/kelley_beaucar_vlahos/2025/12/14/antiwar-com-afghanistan-michael-hastings-and-me/
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35) Using the Bundle Theory of Property
Source: ProSocial Libertarians
by Andrew Jason Cohen
“Together, Hinman vs. Pacific Air Transport (1936) and United States v. Causby (1945), ended ad coelum rights in the US. In ancient times and basically until Hinman, landowners were thought to have ad coelum rights of their land — rights to everything below it and everything above it ‘to the heavens.’ In the Hinman case, a landowner wanted the space above his land to be closed to airplanes. The court ruled that he had no such right. The essential concern was to allow for air travel, which was thought necessary for the future of the country. … Though I agree that air travel was good for economic prosperity and that such prosperity should be protected, I’ve never thought the court’s decision followed. Ending ad coelum rights was not necessary to attain the goal.” (12/15/25)
https://prosociallibertarians.substack.com/p/the-bundle-theory-of-property
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36) Venezuela and the Empire of Lies
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Charles Goyette
“Once again, the U.S. global military empire is the father of the fear that it propagates. And this time it’s right here in our own backyard. Just as freezing Russia’s dollar assets has encouraged foreign central banks’ gold accumulation and driven global de-dollarization, leading to President Donald Trump’s veiled threats against those that turn their back on the weaponized dollar, sanctions on Venezuela’s oil production and markets made certain the growing presence of Iran, Russia, and China in our hemisphere.” (12/15/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/venezuela-and-the-empire-of-lies
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37) Gavin Newsom disqualifies himself from the presidency, by his own standard
Source: New York Post
by Joel Pollak
“Gavin Newsom won headlines Friday after he trolled Elon Musk — by attacking his relationship with his children. ‘We’re sorry your daughter hates you, Elon’, the California governor’s press office posted on X. Yes, this is the same Gavin Newsom who recently said Democrats’ next presidential nominee needs to be ‘someone who is a repairer of the breach’. By that standard, he has disqualified himself. Newsom has spent much of the year trolling President Donald Trump, trying to match — or exceed — Trump’s provocative rhetoric. Last week, responding to a White House post of footage of criminal illegal aliens being arrested, Newsom posted an AI-generated video showing Trump handcuffed and crying on a street curb. Ironically, Newsom once boasted that he had banned such AI ‘deepfake’ videos. But a federal judge said Newsom’s ban violated the First Amendment. Now such videos are part of Newsom’s daily output.” (12/15/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/15/opinion/newsom-disqualifies-himself-from-the-presidency-in-his-own-words/
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38) Miami’s Property-Grabbing Vice
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“All Chad Tausch wanted to do was add a few rooms to his Miami home. In many cities, homeowners need a permit to make such additions. But although the city had no problem with his proposed construction, it required something more than a permit fee: half of Tausch’s front yard — without even offering to pay for it. No land surrender, no permit. The city has been making the same demand of other homeowners who need alteration permits. The city has a plan, a goal: Pile up land that the city might one day use to widen roads.” (12/15/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/12/15/miamis-property-grabbing-vice/
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39) US Seizure of Venezuelan Tanker Doesn’t Only Threaten Maduro
Source: The American Conservative
by Joseph Addington
“The U.S. seizure of the tanker Skipper earlier this week has been widely interpreted as a significant escalation by the Trump administration against the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. Losing the tanker, which was carrying Venezuelan crude to Cuba, is a significant blow to Maduro and will make it more difficult for the Venezuelan government to fund itself, as it is overwhelmingly reliant on oil exports for government revenue. However, the seizure is also an escalation of American economic warfare generally, including against Iran and Russia, which have also taken advantage of the world’s ‘shadow tanker’ fleet to evade U.S. sanctions and sell energy abroad.” (12/15/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/u-s-seizure-of-venezuelan-tanker-doesnt-only-threaten-maduro/
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40) Trump’s Secret Pardon-for-Profit Racket
Source: Washington Monthly
by Jonathan Alter
“Pardons go back to ancient Mesopotamia, 4,000 years ago, and they haven’t improved with age. I’m currently writing a book about Julius Caesar, who employed ‘clementia’ — clemency — extensively in the closing days of the Roman Republic. After Caesar’s civil war, he pardoned two guys named Brutus and Cassius, and we know how that worked out. Caesar pardoned enemies to get them to his side. I’d be shocked if Trump has ever read anything about Caesar, but he’s taking a leaf from him. Witness Trump’s anger at Representative Henry Cuellar, indicted on federal bribery charges, when Cuellar wouldn’t switch parties. … In the (good) old days, that kind of quid pro quo would have landed Trump in hot water, but it is almost quaint in the context of the 1600 pardons Trump has granted since 2017, including his appalling decision to free the convicted January 6 insurrectionists.” (12/15/25)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/15/trumps-secret-pardon-for-profit-racket/
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41) Can Canada Rescue North America?
Source: The American Prospect
by Gabrielle Gurley
“In a rare display of North American harmony, President Trump, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney managed to rise above the FIFA 2026 World Cup draw’s cringeworthy game-show theatrics. There were no juvenile recriminations, new tariff threats, or provocations. Though the president showcased dance moves better left behind in 1978, the prime minister restrained himself. ‘It’s the first time I haven’t danced to the Y.M.C.A. when it came on, but there you go’, Carney confessed when he returned to Ottawa. Sheinbaum, sometimes called the ‘Trump whisperer’, emerged unscathed from her first in-person meeting with the president. As for Carney, Trump has described him as ‘a good man; and ‘a tough negotiator’. Even the leaders’ short tête-à-tête minus advisers avoided drama and left the world to decode whether the short meeting offered any bankable assurances that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will survive the Trump presidency.” (12/15/25)
https://prospect.org/2025/12/15/can-canada-rescue-north-america/
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42) Ken Burns’s Wake-Up Call
Source: Law & Liberty
by Susan Brynne Long
“Ken Burns’s newest docuseries may have its shortcomings, but others looking to tell the story of the Founding could learn from his attention to detail.” (12/15/250
https://lawliberty.org/ken-burnss-wake-up-call/
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43) Quantum Vibe, 12/15/25
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser
Cartoon. (12/15/25)
https://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=2565
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44) Bill of Rights: Born From the Fight Over Delegated and Reserved Powers
Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin
“On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified and became part of the Constitution. Most people think they know why. But most actually don’t. It was birthed out of a brutal political battle between Federalists and Anti-Federalists over a question that nearly killed ratification: When the Constitution doesn’t mention a power, who gets to exercise it – the federal government or the people of the several states? Federalists insisted a Bill of Rights was unnecessary, even dangerous. The Constitution, they argued, was already designed to limit federal power to those delegated, and nothing more. Anti-Federalists shot back with a dark reality: government always assumes it can do whatever you haven’t explicitly forbidden. That fight got settled with a deal. And the deal’s centerpiece – the answer that saved ratification – was the Tenth Amendment.” (12/14/25)
https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2025/12/14/bill-of-rights-born-from-the-fight-over-delegated-and-reserved-powers/
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45) DOJ’s Opioid War Hurts Ordinary Americans in Pain
Source: Town Hall
by Rachel Alexander
“The government has been cracking down on the misuse of opioids, but the restrictions have gone too far, hurting ordinary Americans who need them. Approximately one quarter of the nation’s population suffers from pain. The latest assault, causing problems for those suffering, which includes many elderly people, is the Biden DOJ’s lawsuits against the pharmacies CVS and Walgreens for prescribing them. This has resulted in repeatedly denying those in pain the prescriptions their doctors wrote, forcing them to try to convince pharmacists who know nothing about their conditions that they’re not criminals, but patients in need of relief. The DOJ launched its nationwide case against CVS about a year ago. Today, we’re no closer to a resolution. The lawsuit alleged that CVS ‘knowingly filled prescriptions for controlled substances’, a dramatic headline that masks something much simpler, instead portraying it as far more dangerous.” (12/15/25)
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2025/12/15/dojs-opioid-war-hurts-ordinary-americans-in-pain-n2667875
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46) Is 3% Inflation the New 2%?
Source: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus
by David Beckworth
“Why fiscal pressures may be keeping the Federal Reserve from finishing the last mile back to 2%.” (12/14/25)
https://macroeconomicpolicynexus.substack.com/p/is-3-inflation-the-new-2
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47) You Can Put America First by Destroying MAGA: A Message for a Post-Trump Isolationist Movement
Source: exile in happy valley
“For decades now Democrats have used the specter of the redneck deplorable to scare Queer folk and people of color into voting for slightly more passive aggressive white supremacists like Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, but their caricature of rural monstrosity is only a fraction of the story at best. What most MSDNC shitlibs leave out of their grotesque portraits of rust belt, white trash, MAGA folk is the fact that most of these people were actually motivated to vote for Donald Trump largely as a reckless act of vengeance against the two-party system.” (12/14/25)
https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2025/12/you-can-put-america-first-by-destroying.html
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48) Everyone Lost at ACIP
Source: Brownstone Institute
by David Bell
“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met recently to discuss, among other topics, the appropriateness of giving Hepatitis B vaccines to all babies in the United States on their first day of life. This practice has been in place for decades, and is in some ways a bit like frontal lobotomies – people just trusted that it was a good idea as otherwise, doctors would not have recommended it. And who wants to argue with health staff on the first day of their baby’s life?” (12/14/25)
https://brownstone.org/articles/everyone-lost-at-acip/
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49) Fighting Anti-Queer [sic] Backlash with Citizen Archivists
Source: In These Times
by Lindsay Eanet
“From their offices and living rooms, hundreds of volunteer archivists gather for a virtual ’hackathon’ session to download LGBTQ+ resources from websites controlled by state and federal governments and universities before the institutions completely scrub the materials. In light of the increasing hostility toward queer history, further spurred by President Donald Trump’s executive orders attacking diversity, equity and inclusion at the beginning of his second term, citizen archivists began holding these download parties to preserve the soon-to-be-deleted DEI information. These gatherings are organized by Invisible Histories, a community-based nonprofit focused on archiving queer history in the Deep South. Although the erasure of DEI content from institutional websites (for example, the National Park Service removing transgender people from its description of the Stonewall Uprising on its official website) is not a new challenge, the nonprofit has had to adopt a more rapid response in this moment.” (12/15/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/fighting-anti-queer-backlash-with-citizen-archivists
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50) Fake History is Giving Capitalism a Bad Name
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Donald J Boudreaux
“My teacher announced, as if it were a fact as firm as any law of thermodynamics, that the Great Depression was caused by laissez-faire policies advocated by Smith, and that salvation came from the more scientifically sound ideas of Keynes — ideas expertly put into practice by Franklin Roosevelt. ‘Depressions are a thing of the past,’ my teacher proclaimed. ‘Keynes taught us how to prevent them.’ ‘Cool!’ I recall thinking with as much relief as a 15-year-old can muster about such matters. Seven years later, I graduated from college with a degree in economics. By then I’d learned that my high-school history teacher’s history was bunk. The Great Depression wasn’t a failure of capitalism or of the ideas of Adam Smith. Instead, it was caused chiefly by the Federal Reserve foolishly allowing the money supply to shrink by more than a third.” (12/14/25)
https://fee.org/articles/fake-history-is-giving-capitalism-a-bad-name/
_____ Today's Freedom Podcast and Video _____
51) Reason Roundtable, 12/15/25
Source: Reason
"Should Libertarians Support Federal AI Regulation?" (12/15/25)
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/12/15/should-libertarians-support-federal-ai-regulation/
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52) The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, 12/15/25
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Tirades Over Failing Economy Backfire as GOP Panics: ‘Disaster!'” (12/15/25)
https://newrepublic.com/article/204390/trump-tirades-failing-economy-backfire-gop-panics-disaster
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53) Rising, 12/15/25
Source: The Hill
“ISIS kills 2 US troops in Syria; why were we there at all?” (12/15/25)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/5649325-rising-december-15-2025/
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54) The Kyle Anzalone Show, 12/15/25
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Matt Hoh: Could Israel Go Nuclear on Iran? And Will Trump Really Stop the Ukraine War?” (12/15/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/blog/the-kyle-anzalone-show-guest-matt-hoh-could-israel-go-nuclear-on-iran-and-will-trump-really-stop-the-ukraine-war/
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55) EconTalk, 12/15/25
Source: EconTalk
“Free Will Is Real (with Kevin Mitchell).” (12/15/25)
https://www.econtalk.org/free-will-is-real-with-kevin-mitchell/
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56) The Corbett Report, episode 489
Source: The Corbett Report
“The Secret of the Doomsday Seed Vault.” (12/15/25)
https://corbettreport.com/the-secret-of-the-doomsday-seed-vault/
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57) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 12/15/25
Source: Antiwar.com
“Member of Syrian Govt Forces Kills 3 Americans, US Military Plane Near Miss With JetBlue, and More.” (12/15/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGZYN1R9tEw
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58) Fountainhead Forum, episode 399
Source: Fountainhead Forum
“Rob Yates on running for chair of the Libertarian (USA) National Committee.” (12/14/25)
https://rumble.com/v72z2pm-ff-399-rob-yates-on-running-for-chair-of-the-libertarian-usa-national-commi.html
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59) Free Talk Live, 12/14/25
Source: Free Talk Live
“NH State Rep Glenn Bailey put in new NH independence bill :: Fight evil AI superintelligence with AI superintelligence :: Charlie Kirk bullet made no sense :: How should we kill robot AI dogs? :: Trump’s ‘worst of the worst’ list of deported people shows very little actual criminals :: Cops have discretion but hardly use it :: Libertarian gift ideas :: Should you read or is listening to books okay? :: Warning caller from Louisiana to stay away from Gypsy Rose Blanchard :: Are UFOs just demons? :: Getting hooked on drugs because of the government :: Bonnie’s story of a possible visit from a demon :: 2025-12-14 Hosts: Bonnie, Angelo, Rich E Rich.” (12/14/25)
https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/ftl2025-12-14
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60) Pink Flame of Liberty, 12/14/25
Source: Pink Flame of Liberty
“A Personal Perspective on Representing Oneself Pro Se.” (12/14/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgQVbNsLC4
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1) US DOD publicly confesses to eight more Caribbean murders
2) Ukraine war: Kyiv regime claims first underwater drone strike on Russian sub
3) Senile reality TV actor fantasizes that Reiner murders were all about him
4) ICC rejects Israeli regime’s bid to block Gaza war crimes investigation
5) Four charged with plotting “multiple” New Year’s Eve bombing attacks in Southern California
6) India: Regime Dismisses Trump’s Accusation Of “Dumping” Rice In US
7) Trinidad and Tobago: Regime to open airports to US military as tensions with Venezuela escalate
8) Iranian Nobel laureate taken to hospital after “violent arrest”
9) JetBlue pilot decries near collision with US military aircraft
10) Spain: Regime demands $75 million bribe from Airbnb
11) WI: Trial begins for judge accused of helping immigrant evade gang abduction
12) Survey: High cost of goods is causing US consumers to spend less — and more — for the holidays
13) Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino to decide about future at bureau in coming weeks
14) EU targets Russia’s shadow fleet with new sanctions
15) Britain’s MI6 spy chief: Putin dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
16) Trump advisers strafe Hawley over new anti-abortion group
17) Trump VA to Eliminate Up to 35,000 Healthcare Jobs This Month
18) France: Louvre goes on strike in fresh blow to Paris museum after jewel heist
19) Former Trump aides appear in Wisconsin over 2020 election fraud charges
20) Rob and Michele Reiner, 1947/55-2025
Today's Freedom Commentary:
21) Trump Goes Hoover
22) Libertarians Should Never Advocate for State Power: A Message to Dave Smith and Bordertarians
23) Rules for Radicals is Worn Out
24) A Strong Military Equals a Weak Nation
25) Trump’s “Broken Windows” Economy
26) Israel Apologists Hasten To Use Bondi Shooting To Attack Anti-Genocide Activists
27) Obamacare Subsidies Can’t Fix a Broken System. Rand Paul’s Bill Could.
28) What the Left Fails to Understand About Populism
29) Congress Must Fight Back Against Supreme Court’s Anti-Democratic Crusade
30) White house A farewell to Oz: Trump’s strategy for a multipolar world
31) California is broke, but it’s not too late for the rest of us
32) Why DOGE Failed to Slash Spending
33) The Root Causes of Senseless Violence
34) Antiwar.com, Afghanistan, Michael Hastings, and Me
35) Using the Bundle Theory of Property
36) Venezuela and the Empire of Lies
37) Gavin Newsom disqualifies himself from the presidency, by his own standard
38) Miami’s Property-Grabbing Vice
39) US Seizure of Venezuelan Tanker Doesn’t Only Threaten Maduro
40) Trump’s Secret Pardon-for-Profit Racket
41) Can Canada Rescue North America?
42) Ken Burns’s Wake-Up Call
43) Quantum Vibe, 12/15/25
44) Bill of Rights: Born From the Fight Over Delegated and Reserved Powers
45) DOJ’s Opioid War Hurts Ordinary Americans in Pain
46) Is 3% Inflation the New 2%?
47) You Can Put America First by Destroying MAGA: A Message for a Post-Trump Isolationist Movement
48) Everyone Lost at ACIP
49) Fighting Anti-Queer [sic] Backlash with Citizen Archivists
50) Fake History is Giving Capitalism a Bad Name
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1) US DOD publicly confesses to eight more Caribbean murders
Source: CBS News
“The U.S. military says it struck three more alleged drug-carrying boats in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, the latest in a campaign of vessel strikes ordered by the Trump administration that have [murdered] at least 95 people in 25 boats. Monday’s strikes [murdered] eight men across three boats, the U.S. military’s Southern Command said in a post on X. It alleged the [victims] were ‘male narco-terrorists’ and the boats were ‘transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking.’ The strike was authorized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Southern Command said.” (12/15/25)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-hits-3-more-alleged-drug-boats-in-pacific-killing-8-military-says/
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2) Ukraine war: Kyiv regime claims first underwater drone strike on Russian sub
Source: New York Times
“Ukrainian underwater drones struck a Russian submarine for the first time on Monday, causing critical damage to the vessel and making it the first publicly acknowledged use of the new class of Ukrainian weapons, according to Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency. At the time of the attack, the Kilo-class submarine was docked in a Russian Black Sea port near the city of Novorossiysk and carried four launchers for Kalibr cruise missiles, which Moscow regularly uses to attack across Ukraine, the agency said. Kilo-class vessels are not nuclear-powered and do not carry nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. The Russian government made no immediate comment on Ukraine’s claim.” (12/15/25)
https://archive.is/0XF9p
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3) Senile reality TV actor fantasizes that Reiner murders were all about him
Source: The Hill
“President Trump weighed in on the apparent homicide of director Rob Reiner and his wife in a Truth Social post Monday, suggesting the cause of death was reportedly ‘Trump derangement syndrome.’ ‘A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS,’ Trump wrote. … Reiner — a Democrat and donor — and his wife were found stabbed to death in their home Sunday afternoon.” (12/15/25)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5649316-rob-reiner-homicide-trump-derangement
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4) ICC rejects Israeli regime’s bid to block Gaza war crimes investigation
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected one of Israel’s legal challenges seeking to block an investigation into its actions in the genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, dealing a blow to Israel’s efforts to derail the case. In their decision issued on Monday, judges refused to overturn a lower court decision allowing the ICC prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes in Israel’s war on Gaza following the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. … The appeal focused on whether the ICC prosecutor was required to issue a fresh notification to Israel before investigating events that took place after October 7, 2023. Israel argued that the post-October 7 assault on Gaza constituted a new situation …. Judges rejected that argument, ruling that the original notification issued in 2021 – when the ICC formally opened its investigation into alleged crimes in occupied Palestine – already covered later events.” (12/15/25)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/15/icc-rejects-israeli-bid-to-block-gaza-war-crimes-investigation
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5) Four charged with plotting “multiple” New Year’s Eve bombing attacks in Southern California
Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“Federal authorities on Monday announced the arrests of four alleged members of an extremist group who are suspected of planning co-ordinated bombing attacks on New Year’s Eve across Southern California. The suspects were arrested last week in Lucerne Valley, east of Los Angeles, where they were suspected of preparing to test improvised explosive devices ahead of the planned bombings, according to the federal criminal complaint filed on Saturday. They are members of an offshoot of a pro-Palestinian group dubbed the Turtle Island Liberation Front, the complaint said. During a news conference Monday, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli described the group as a ‘radical anti-government’ group. They each face charges including conspiracy and possession of a destructive device, court documents show.” (12/15/25)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-years-eve-attack-plot-california-9.7016350
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6) India: Regime Dismisses Trump’s Accusation Of “Dumping” Rice In US
Source: NDTV [India]
“India rejected on Monday US accusations that it is ‘dumping’ rice in the United States, saying its rice exports are primarily premium-grade basmati, which typically commands higher prices than non-basmati varieties. US President Donald Trump said last week that more tariffs could be imposed on Indian rice, accusing India of ‘dumping’ its shipments into the US market, referring to a practice whereby a product is exported at a price lower than its normal price. … India, the world’s largest rice exporter, shipped 20.2 million metric tons of rice in the 2024/25 financial year ending in March, including 335,554 tons to the United States, of which 274,213 tons were basmati rice.” (12/15/25)
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-dismisses-trumps-accusation-of-dumping-rice-in-us-9818631/amp/1
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7) Trinidad and Tobago: Regime to open airports to US military as tensions with Venezuela escalate
Source: Associated Press
“The government of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday that it would allow the U.S. military access to its airports in coming weeks as tensions build between the United States and Venezuela. The announcement comes after the U.S. military recently installed a radar system at the airport in Tobago. The Caribbean country’s government has said the radar is being used to fight local crime, and that the small nation would not be used as a launchpad to attack any other country. The U.S. would use the airports for activity that would be ‘logistical in nature, facilitating supply replenishment and routine personnel rotations,’ Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. It did not provide further details. Trinidad’s prime minister previously has praised ongoing U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.” (12/15/25)
https://apnews.com/article/trinidad-airports-us-military-venezuela-strikes-542264e549f41fd00763cee9a30e3683
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8) Iranian Nobel laureate taken to hospital after “violent arrest”
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was taken to hospital after being beaten when she was arrested last week, her family says. The 53-year-old human rights activist told them in a phone call on Sunday that she was brought to an emergency department twice after being ‘attacked by plain clothed agents with severe and repeated baton blows to the head and neck’, according to the Narges Foundation. There was no comment from Iranian authorities, but they have said she was detained for making ‘provocative remarks’ at a memorial ceremony in the city of Mashhad on Friday. The Nobel Committee and award-winning film-maker Jafar Panahi are among those calling for her release. Ms Mohammadi, the vice-president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her activism against female oppression in Iran and promoting human rights.” (12/15/25)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dz15556l1o
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9) JetBlue pilot decries near collision with US military aircraft
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“A near collision between a JetBlue commercial flight and US Air Force refuelling tanker near Venezuela is under review, US Southern Command told media on Monday. The passenger plane originating out of Curaçao halted its ascent in order to avoid hitting the military aircraft. The exact distance between the two planes remains unclear because the Air Force plane’s transponder – a device that transmits location information to air traffic controllers – was not on. JetBlue said in a statement to the BBC that its flight crew reported the incident to airline leadership and the carrier ‘will participate in any investigation’. The JetBlue plane was flying from Curacao, an island just off the coast of Venezuela, to New York.” (12/15/25)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx258yjp411o
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10) Spain: Regime demands $75 million bribe from Airbnb
Source: Seattle Times
“Spain’s government has fined Airbnb 64 million euros ($75 million) for advertising unlicensed tourist rentals, officials said Monday. The move is the latest government action in Spain against short-term rental companies such as Airbnb and Booking.com as the country grapples with a housing affordability problem, particularly in city centers. The consumer rights ministry said the rentals didn’t include license numbers — a requirement in many regions in Spain — or listed license numbers that didn’t match what authorities had. Other had incorrect information about hosts, it said. Airbnb said that it plans to challenge the fine in court.” (12/15/25)
https://archive.is/Rd8ov
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11) WI: Trial begins for judge accused of helping immigrant evade gang abduction
Source: SFGate
“Prosecutors played audio recordings Monday as they tried to show jurors that a Wisconsin judge knew what was at stake last spring when she directed an immigrant to a private door while federal agents were in the courthouse to [abduct] the man. ‘I’ll get the heat,’ Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan told her court reporter as they discussed who would assist Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, according to courtroom audio. Dugan is on trial for obstruction and concealment, an extraordinary consequence of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. There is no dispute that Dugan directed Flores-Ruiz to leave her courtroom through a private door after telling immigration agents to speak with the chief judge about trying to [abduct] him.” (12/15/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/trial-set-to-begin-for-wisconsin-judge-accused-of-21243006.php
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12) Survey: High cost of goods is causing US consumers to spend less — and more — for the holidays
Source: CNBC
“Inflation looks to be sapping some of Americans’ holiday cheer as they head out to buy gifts this Christmas season, according to the CNBC All-America Economic Survey. The survey found the high cost of goods has emerged as a major factor affecting how much shoppers spend and where they spend, suggesting inflation of the past several years and the rise in import goods prices from tariffs are being felt at the checkout counter. The survey of 1,000 people nationwide, with a margin of error of +/- 3.1%, found that the high cost of goods is the top reason Americans are spending less and, in a first for the survey, the main reason they are spending more. … Overall, 41% of Americans plan to spend less this year, with 42% saying they will spend about the same and 16% saying they will spend more.” (12/15/25)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/inflation-causing-less-holiday-spending-cnbc-all-america-economic-survey.html
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13) Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino to decide about future at bureau in coming weeks
Source: Fox News
“Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino will make a decision about his future at the bureau within the next few weeks, two sources familiar with his considerations tell Fox News. The sources deny recent reports that Bongino’s office at the FBI is empty, but they say his departure is a possibility in the near future. A source familiar with the situation told Fox News Digital that Bongino has not made any decisions about his future. Bongino’s tenure at the FBI has come under fire in recent weeks, alongside FBI Director Kash Patel. Earlier this month, a report from an alliance of active-duty and retired FBI personnel portrayed the bureau as directionless under its new leadership. Bongino and Patel pushed back on the report, however, defending sweeping reforms they say have delivered major gains in accountability and public safety.” (12/15/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/deputy-fbi-director-dan-bongino-decide-about-future-bureau-coming-weeks-sources-say
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14) EU targets Russia’s shadow fleet with new sanctions
Source: Independent [UK]
“The European Union has adopted its latest package of sanctions, directly targeting companies and individuals accused of assisting Moscow in circumventing Western restrictions on oil exports. … Despite 19 previous rounds of sanctions, Russia has largely adapted to the measures, continuing to sell millions of barrels of oil to countries such as India and China, albeit at discounted rates. Much of this trade relies on a so-called ‘shadow fleet’ of vessels operating beyond the reach of the Western maritime industry. The new EU sanctions prohibit citizens of the bloc from conducting business with the newly listed entities and individuals. This move aims to significantly reduce their access to major shipping and insurance providers. In total, the EU has now sanctioned more than 2,600 individuals and companies.” (12/15/25)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-russia-ukraine-war-sanctions-b2884809.html
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15) Britain’s MI6 spy chief: Putin dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
Source: SFGate
“President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall ‘just below the threshold of war’, the head of Britain’s MI6 spy agency said Monday. Blaise Metreweli said Putin is ‘dragging out negotiations’ on stopping the conflict, and remains determined to ‘subjugate Ukraine and harass NATO members’. ‘We are now operating in a space between peace and war,’ Metreweli said of the wider global threat landscape in her first public speech since becoming chief of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency two months ago. Metreweli accused Moscow of sponsoring cyberattacks on other countries’ critical infrastructure, drone incursions around European airports, campaigns of arson, sabotage and disinformation, and ‘aggressive activities in our seas, above and below the waves’.” (12/15/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/mi6-chief-says-uk-faces-threat-from-russia-s-21243105.php
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16) Trump advisers strafe Hawley over new anti-abortion group
Source: Axios
“President Trump’s advisers are furious with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) for starting an anti-abortion group to spur new action on the issue, which the White House views as a loser for Republicans in next year’s midterms. ‘Clearly, Senator Hawley and his political team learned nothing from the 2022 elections, when the SCOTUS abortion ruling [overturning Roe v. Wade] resuscitated the Democrats in the midterms,’ a close Trump adviser told Axios. Trump’s lieutenants believe the move by Hawley — a vocal populist who speaks up for the working class — is part of a plan to position himself to challenge Vice President Vance for the presidency in 2028.” (12/15/25)
https://archive.is/tAKnM
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17) Trump VA to Eliminate Up to 35,000 Healthcare Jobs This Month
Source: Common Dreams
“Before the end of the year, the Trump administration is planning to eliminate up to 35,000 healthcare jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, a chronically understaffed agency that has already lost tens of thousands of employees to the White House’s sweeping assault on the federal workforce. The Washington Post reported over the weekend that the targeted positions (many of which are unfilled) include doctors, nurses, and support staff. A spokesperson for the VA, led by former Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), described the jobs as ‘mostly Covid-era roles that are no longer necessary’. VA workers, veterans advocates, and a union representing hundreds of thousands of department employees disputed that characterization as the agency faces staff shortages across the country. ‘We are all doing the work of others to compensate,” one VA employee told the Post. ‘The idea that relief isn’t coming is really, really disappointing.'” (12/15/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-cutting-va-jobs
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18) France: Louvre goes on strike in fresh blow to Paris museum after jewel heist
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“The Louvre Museum closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery. Workers are demanding extra staff and measures to tackle overcrowding, adding to the woes of the world’s most visited museum just as France is gearing up for the Christmas holidays. The strike comes nearly two months after the museum was victim of an embarrassing daylight heist that saw crown jewels worth $102 million stolen.” (12/15/25)
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251215-louvre-museum-on-strike-after-jewel-heist-and-june-shutdown
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19) Former Trump aides appear in Wisconsin over 2020 election fraud charges
Source: SFGate
“Two former aides to President Donald Trump during the 2020 election are in a Wisconsin court for a preliminary hearing on felony forgery charges related to a fake elector scheme. The judge postponed a preliminary hearing for a third aide amid questions about what statements the man made to prosecutors could be admitted in court. The Wisconsin case is moving forward even as others in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia have faltered. A special prosecutor last year dropped a federal case alleging Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 election. Another case in Nevada is still alive.” (12/15/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/the-latest-former-trump-aides-set-to-appear-in-21243277.php
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20) Rob and Michele Reiner, 1947/55-2025
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife have been found dead at their home in Los Angeles, according to United States media reports. The LA Police Department said in a statement on Sunday that they were investigating the deaths of two people in an apparent homicide. … A law enforcement official cited by The Associated Press news agency said on condition of anonymity that investigators believed the pair had suffered stab wounds and that a family member was being questioned in relation to the incident. … Reiner, who co-starred in the 1970s hit CBS television comedy All in the Family, directed several well-known movies, his filmography also including The Princess Bride and Stand by Me. Aside from his Hollywood career, the New York native, son of the late comedy writer and actor Carl Reiner, was well known for his political activism.” (12/15/25)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/15/hollywood-director-actor-rob-reiner-and-wife-found-dead-at-la-home-reports
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21) Trump Goes Hoover
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Douglas E French
“Donald Trump told Politico’s Dasha Burns that he gives the US economy an A+++++. He posted on Truth Social, ‘When will I get credit for having created, with No Inflation, perhaps the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country?’ Herbert Hoover had the same view back in 1930. In his book 1929, Andrew Ross Sorkin points out that Hoover used every press conference to convince people the post crash economy was better than people thought. … Hoover said the very high 16 percent unemployment rate was deceptive. Trump would have called it a ‘hoax,’ as he calls continued price inflation a hoax. Jimmy Carter telling us to turn down our thermostats comes to mind when Trump says kids don’t need 37 pencils or 37 dolls for Christmas.” (12/15/25)
https://mises.org/power-market/trump-goes-hoover
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22) Libertarians Should Never Advocate for State Power: A Message to Dave Smith and Bordertarians
Source: Agorist Nexus
“My personal definition of libertarianism for over a decade has been that liberty is the core principle, and on every issue, you put liberty first, grounded in individualism, private property rights, and the NAP. Though I probably need to update my definition slightly. Dave Smith’s definition of libertarianism, put roughly, is self-ownership, private property rights, and the non-aggression principle (NAP) — the idea that no one may initiate force against another person or their property. He describes this as a philosophically consistent foundation that avoids circular reasoning, emphasizing that libertarianism rejects government as a monopoly on the use of force. So why is he advocating for socialist state borders and mass deportations if this is an initiation of force against another person, which is part of his own definition of libertarianism — and thus goes against it?” (12/15/25)
https://www.agoristnexus.com/libertarians-should-never-advocate-for-state-power-a-message-to-dave-smith-and-bordertarians/
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23) Rules for Radicals is Worn Out
Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“Rules for Radicals, published in 1971, was intended as a tactical guide for organizers to challenge adversaries and entrenched power structures. Aimed initially at the disenfranchised, educated elites and their children picked up the manual and ran with it. Its tactics include psychological warfare, relentless pressure, and turning adversaries’ strengths against them through dissembling and distortion. For decades, the American Left adopted Alinsky’s playbook with zeal …. the American Left beat Alinsky’s rules to death. And this led to a spectacular backfire in 2024. … The ultimate irony? The Right co-opted Alinsky, using his rules against the Left. Figures like Donald Trump employed ridicule, personalization, and constant pressure to portray progressives as radicals, turning the playbook against them. The Right even started to think of themselves as both victors and victims. But just as the Right figured out how to do it, it flamed out.” (12/15/25)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/rules-for-radicals-is-worn-out
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24) A Strong Military Equals a Weak Nation
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“A popular belief among statists is that a powerful military equals a powerful nation. Actually, it’s the opposite. A powerful military equals a weak nation, and a weak military equals a powerful nation. The Americans who founded the United States understood this principle well. They were fiercely opposed to a powerful military, which they referred to as a ‘standing army.’ So did their successors, for some 150 years. From 1789, when the Constitution went into effect, through most of the 19th century, through the early part of the 20th century, our American ancestors had a system of government that entailed a small and weak military force. The result was the most powerful nation in history.” (12/15/25)
https://www.fff.org/2025/12/15/a-strong-military-equals-a-weak-nation/
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25) Trump’s “Broken Windows” Economy
Source: The Daily Economy
by Scott Burns
“Nearly 175 years later, Bastiat’s cautionary tale provides a window into the fallacy that lies at the heart of today’s trade war: the myth that destruction creates wealth – that breaking trade deals and global supply chains, like breaking windows, is a secret recipe for prosperity. Like the mayor in Bastiat’s tale, President Trump is a slick politician and a masterful spin artist. He’s exceptional at portraying his policy’s ‘success’ by focusing our attention squarely on its visible beneficiaries. That’s why he often unveils his latest tariffs in made-for-TV spectacles where he’s encircled by jubilant workers at revived factories that directly benefit from his protectionist policies. Thankfully, Bastiat’s parable exposes this clever marketing ploy for what it is: cheap sophistry.” (12/15/250
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/trumps-broken-windows-economy/
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26) Israel Apologists Hasten To Use Bondi Shooting To Attack Anti-Genocide Activists
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Two shooters attacked a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing fifteen people and injuring dozens of others. Police report that the shooters were a father and his son; the father was killed by police, and the son was captured. The shooters appear to have been Muslim, but, much to the inconvenience of those who would like to use this incident to fan the flames of western Islamophobic hysteria, the man who selflessly risked his life to disarm one of them was also a Muslim father of two named Ahmed al-Ahmed. As usual we’re seeing a lot of speculation about false flags and psyops regarding this incident, but I prefer to hang back from such commentary until I’ve seen some solid evidence. I do have some thoughts about the public discourse we are seeing about the shooting right now, though.” (12/15/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/12/15/israel-apologists-hasten-to-use-bondi-shooting-to-attack-anti-genocide-activists/
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27) Obamacare Subsidies Can’t Fix a Broken System. Rand Paul’s Bill Could.
Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille
“Last week, the U.S. Senate rejected two health care bills intended to resolve the impasse over COVID-19–era Affordable Care Act (ACA), a.k.a. Obamacare, subsidies and, to one extent or another, concerns over the cost of medical coverage. Both were blocked by the near impossibility of advancing anything in that body without 60 votes in support. The Democrat-sponsored legislation would have kicked the can down the road on Obamacare plans’ inherent flaws by extending ‘temporary’ subsidies for another three years. The Republican bill was a more serious effort that would bring some reform to the system by expanding Americans’ access to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). But neither is going anywhere right now. Maybe that’s for the best. Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) proposes better legislation that expands Americans’ access to HSAs and to group health plans offered by all sorts of organizations across state lines.” (12/15/25)
https://reason.com/2025/12/15/obamacare-subsidies-cant-fix-a-broken-system-rand-pauls-bill-could/
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28) What the Left Fails to Understand About Populism
Source: The Atlantic
by Joseph Heath
“One of the great mysteries about the rise of populism, in both the United States and Europe, is why it has benefited the political right so much more than the left. For years, American progressives have been trying to get people worked up over rising rates of economic inequality, with the expectation that this anger could fuel greater support for the Democratic Party. Yet the electoral fruits of this effort have been pretty much nonexistent. … The problem stems from a failure to grasp the psychology underlying populism. Broadly speaking, populism today is a revolt against cognitive elites, not economic elites. Its centerpiece is the affirmation of common sense over the fancy theories favored by intellectuals. … Populism is popular because it speaks to voters in concrete terms and tells them that their first instincts — about economics and more — are correct.” (12/15/25)
https://archive.is/ognrV
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29) Congress Must Fight Back Against Supreme Court’s Anti-Democratic Crusade
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
by Michael Waldman
“The 2026 election will take place in a political system that is divided, discordant, flagrantly gerrymandered, and marked by widening racial discrimination. Thank Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues on the Supreme Court. And the supermajority of highly activist justices seems poised, even eager, to make things appreciably worse. In 2019, in Rucho v. Common Cause, the Court refused to adopt any standard to police partisan gerrymandering, and it even prevented federal courts from hearing that claim. Fast-forward through a census, six years of line-drawing, and a flurry of lawsuits, and predictably, our democracy has become much less fair. Redistricting is supposed to take place once a decade, after the census. In fact, that’s why the census is written into the Constitution. But earlier this year, Texas abruptly drew new congressional maps in a gambit to squeeze out five extra seats for Republicans.” (12/15/25)
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/supreme-court-hammers-away-democracy
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30) White house A farewell to Oz: Trump’s strategy for a multipolar world
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by George Beebe
“The end of the Cold War ushered in a long period of make-believe in American foreign policy. We saw ourselves, in the words of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as ‘the indispensable power. We stand tall. We see farther into the future.’ And we could use our unmatched abilities to transform the world in unprecedented ways. … Things obviously did not go as planned. President Trump’s new National Security Strategy says goodbye to such magical thinking.” (12/15/25)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-nss-europe/
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31) California is broke, but it’s not too late for the rest of us
Source: Fox News
by Ted Jenkin
“California used to be the place where people went to chase dreams. Today, it’s the place where fiscal discipline goes to die. The Golden State, which is home to Hollywood glitz, Silicon Valley billionaires and the highest state taxes in America, is broke again. It’s staring down another multibillion-dollar deficit that exposes just how unstable and dysfunctional its financial model has become. In short, the Golden State isn’t so golden anymore. For years, politicians like Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom have insisted that California is the shining example of fiscal sensibility that America should follow. But when you peel back the layers, what you really find is a state government that can’t stop spending, can’t plan for the future and is now caught in a structural budget crisis of its own making.” (12/15/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/california-broke-its-not-too-late-rest-us
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32) Why DOGE Failed to Slash Spending
Source: The Dispatch
by Jessical Riedl
“DOGE fell victim to the absurdly unrealistic standards set by its leaders. Elon Musk originally pledged that his administrative actions to slash government waste could immediately save $2 trillion out of a $7 trillion federal budget. As Musk familiarized himself with basic federal budgeting, he quickly reduced his target to $1 trillion and then $150 billion. These ambitious goals reflected the long-held conservative fantasy that budget deficits are driven primarily by obvious waste, fraud, and abuse that any competent business leader could simply zero out, saving trillions of dollars. … DOGE’s failure was entirely predictable to anyone with a baseline understanding of the federal budget, public administration, or basic politics.” (12/15/25)
https://thedispatch.com/article/why-doge-failed-to-slash-spending/
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33) The Root Causes of Senseless Violence
Source: Common Dreams
by Ivana Nikolić Hughes
“I write this from the front of a Columbia classroom in which about 60 first-year college students are taking the final exam for Frontiers of Science. Yes, it’s a Sunday, but the class is required of all Columbia College students and so having the exam on the weekend ensures that there won’t be conflicts with the exams for other courses they are taking. The 60 students in my classroom are a fraction of the nearly 740 taking the course this semester. The exam began at 2 pm, less than 24 hours after the shooting at Brown University, and just hours after many of us learned about the shooting in Sydney, Australia. Given these devastating events, I offered this morning that anyone who was adversely affected could take the exam later in the week …” (12/15/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/mass-shootings-sanctioned-violence
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34) Antiwar.com, Afghanistan, Michael Hastings, and Me
Source: Antiwar.com
by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
“In 2009, I got a call from Eric Garris, founder and editor of Antiwar.com. Would I consider writing a column for the website? As a reporter who covered politics for Fox News, hardly a bastion of skepticism during the second Bush administration, I gratefully agreed. … In those days, the mainstream press operated in the shadow of a furious establishment Borg. With few exceptions, they deferred and sucked up to, genuflected, and jock-sniffed their way into the good graces of the military and the imperial court. … Not surprisingly, when freelance reporter Michael Hastings transgressed this code of the courtier, the peacocks of the Washington news establishment unleashed a professional righteous anger on him that should have been reserved, but wasn’t, for the crimes of the U.S. government, like say, Abu Ghraib.” (12/15/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/kelley_beaucar_vlahos/2025/12/14/antiwar-com-afghanistan-michael-hastings-and-me/
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35) Using the Bundle Theory of Property
Source: ProSocial Libertarians
by Andrew Jason Cohen
“Together, Hinman vs. Pacific Air Transport (1936) and United States v. Causby (1945), ended ad coelum rights in the US. In ancient times and basically until Hinman, landowners were thought to have ad coelum rights of their land — rights to everything below it and everything above it ‘to the heavens.’ In the Hinman case, a landowner wanted the space above his land to be closed to airplanes. The court ruled that he had no such right. The essential concern was to allow for air travel, which was thought necessary for the future of the country. … Though I agree that air travel was good for economic prosperity and that such prosperity should be protected, I’ve never thought the court’s decision followed. Ending ad coelum rights was not necessary to attain the goal.” (12/15/25)
https://prosociallibertarians.substack.com/p/the-bundle-theory-of-property
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36) Venezuela and the Empire of Lies
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Charles Goyette
“Once again, the U.S. global military empire is the father of the fear that it propagates. And this time it’s right here in our own backyard. Just as freezing Russia’s dollar assets has encouraged foreign central banks’ gold accumulation and driven global de-dollarization, leading to President Donald Trump’s veiled threats against those that turn their back on the weaponized dollar, sanctions on Venezuela’s oil production and markets made certain the growing presence of Iran, Russia, and China in our hemisphere.” (12/15/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/venezuela-and-the-empire-of-lies
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37) Gavin Newsom disqualifies himself from the presidency, by his own standard
Source: New York Post
by Joel Pollak
“Gavin Newsom won headlines Friday after he trolled Elon Musk — by attacking his relationship with his children. ‘We’re sorry your daughter hates you, Elon’, the California governor’s press office posted on X. Yes, this is the same Gavin Newsom who recently said Democrats’ next presidential nominee needs to be ‘someone who is a repairer of the breach’. By that standard, he has disqualified himself. Newsom has spent much of the year trolling President Donald Trump, trying to match — or exceed — Trump’s provocative rhetoric. Last week, responding to a White House post of footage of criminal illegal aliens being arrested, Newsom posted an AI-generated video showing Trump handcuffed and crying on a street curb. Ironically, Newsom once boasted that he had banned such AI ‘deepfake’ videos. But a federal judge said Newsom’s ban violated the First Amendment. Now such videos are part of Newsom’s daily output.” (12/15/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/15/opinion/newsom-disqualifies-himself-from-the-presidency-in-his-own-words/
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38) Miami’s Property-Grabbing Vice
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“All Chad Tausch wanted to do was add a few rooms to his Miami home. In many cities, homeowners need a permit to make such additions. But although the city had no problem with his proposed construction, it required something more than a permit fee: half of Tausch’s front yard — without even offering to pay for it. No land surrender, no permit. The city has been making the same demand of other homeowners who need alteration permits. The city has a plan, a goal: Pile up land that the city might one day use to widen roads.” (12/15/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/12/15/miamis-property-grabbing-vice/
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39) US Seizure of Venezuelan Tanker Doesn’t Only Threaten Maduro
Source: The American Conservative
by Joseph Addington
“The U.S. seizure of the tanker Skipper earlier this week has been widely interpreted as a significant escalation by the Trump administration against the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. Losing the tanker, which was carrying Venezuelan crude to Cuba, is a significant blow to Maduro and will make it more difficult for the Venezuelan government to fund itself, as it is overwhelmingly reliant on oil exports for government revenue. However, the seizure is also an escalation of American economic warfare generally, including against Iran and Russia, which have also taken advantage of the world’s ‘shadow tanker’ fleet to evade U.S. sanctions and sell energy abroad.” (12/15/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/u-s-seizure-of-venezuelan-tanker-doesnt-only-threaten-maduro/
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40) Trump’s Secret Pardon-for-Profit Racket
Source: Washington Monthly
by Jonathan Alter
“Pardons go back to ancient Mesopotamia, 4,000 years ago, and they haven’t improved with age. I’m currently writing a book about Julius Caesar, who employed ‘clementia’ — clemency — extensively in the closing days of the Roman Republic. After Caesar’s civil war, he pardoned two guys named Brutus and Cassius, and we know how that worked out. Caesar pardoned enemies to get them to his side. I’d be shocked if Trump has ever read anything about Caesar, but he’s taking a leaf from him. Witness Trump’s anger at Representative Henry Cuellar, indicted on federal bribery charges, when Cuellar wouldn’t switch parties. … In the (good) old days, that kind of quid pro quo would have landed Trump in hot water, but it is almost quaint in the context of the 1600 pardons Trump has granted since 2017, including his appalling decision to free the convicted January 6 insurrectionists.” (12/15/25)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/15/trumps-secret-pardon-for-profit-racket/
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41) Can Canada Rescue North America?
Source: The American Prospect
by Gabrielle Gurley
“In a rare display of North American harmony, President Trump, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney managed to rise above the FIFA 2026 World Cup draw’s cringeworthy game-show theatrics. There were no juvenile recriminations, new tariff threats, or provocations. Though the president showcased dance moves better left behind in 1978, the prime minister restrained himself. ‘It’s the first time I haven’t danced to the Y.M.C.A. when it came on, but there you go’, Carney confessed when he returned to Ottawa. Sheinbaum, sometimes called the ‘Trump whisperer’, emerged unscathed from her first in-person meeting with the president. As for Carney, Trump has described him as ‘a good man; and ‘a tough negotiator’. Even the leaders’ short tête-à-tête minus advisers avoided drama and left the world to decode whether the short meeting offered any bankable assurances that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will survive the Trump presidency.” (12/15/25)
https://prospect.org/2025/12/15/can-canada-rescue-north-america/
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42) Ken Burns’s Wake-Up Call
Source: Law & Liberty
by Susan Brynne Long
“Ken Burns’s newest docuseries may have its shortcomings, but others looking to tell the story of the Founding could learn from his attention to detail.” (12/15/250
https://lawliberty.org/ken-burnss-wake-up-call/
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43) Quantum Vibe, 12/15/25
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser
Cartoon. (12/15/25)
https://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=2565
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44) Bill of Rights: Born From the Fight Over Delegated and Reserved Powers
Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin
“On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified and became part of the Constitution. Most people think they know why. But most actually don’t. It was birthed out of a brutal political battle between Federalists and Anti-Federalists over a question that nearly killed ratification: When the Constitution doesn’t mention a power, who gets to exercise it – the federal government or the people of the several states? Federalists insisted a Bill of Rights was unnecessary, even dangerous. The Constitution, they argued, was already designed to limit federal power to those delegated, and nothing more. Anti-Federalists shot back with a dark reality: government always assumes it can do whatever you haven’t explicitly forbidden. That fight got settled with a deal. And the deal’s centerpiece – the answer that saved ratification – was the Tenth Amendment.” (12/14/25)
https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2025/12/14/bill-of-rights-born-from-the-fight-over-delegated-and-reserved-powers/
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45) DOJ’s Opioid War Hurts Ordinary Americans in Pain
Source: Town Hall
by Rachel Alexander
“The government has been cracking down on the misuse of opioids, but the restrictions have gone too far, hurting ordinary Americans who need them. Approximately one quarter of the nation’s population suffers from pain. The latest assault, causing problems for those suffering, which includes many elderly people, is the Biden DOJ’s lawsuits against the pharmacies CVS and Walgreens for prescribing them. This has resulted in repeatedly denying those in pain the prescriptions their doctors wrote, forcing them to try to convince pharmacists who know nothing about their conditions that they’re not criminals, but patients in need of relief. The DOJ launched its nationwide case against CVS about a year ago. Today, we’re no closer to a resolution. The lawsuit alleged that CVS ‘knowingly filled prescriptions for controlled substances’, a dramatic headline that masks something much simpler, instead portraying it as far more dangerous.” (12/15/25)
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2025/12/15/dojs-opioid-war-hurts-ordinary-americans-in-pain-n2667875
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46) Is 3% Inflation the New 2%?
Source: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus
by David Beckworth
“Why fiscal pressures may be keeping the Federal Reserve from finishing the last mile back to 2%.” (12/14/25)
https://macroeconomicpolicynexus.substack.com/p/is-3-inflation-the-new-2
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47) You Can Put America First by Destroying MAGA: A Message for a Post-Trump Isolationist Movement
Source: exile in happy valley
“For decades now Democrats have used the specter of the redneck deplorable to scare Queer folk and people of color into voting for slightly more passive aggressive white supremacists like Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, but their caricature of rural monstrosity is only a fraction of the story at best. What most MSDNC shitlibs leave out of their grotesque portraits of rust belt, white trash, MAGA folk is the fact that most of these people were actually motivated to vote for Donald Trump largely as a reckless act of vengeance against the two-party system.” (12/14/25)
https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2025/12/you-can-put-america-first-by-destroying.html
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48) Everyone Lost at ACIP
Source: Brownstone Institute
by David Bell
“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met recently to discuss, among other topics, the appropriateness of giving Hepatitis B vaccines to all babies in the United States on their first day of life. This practice has been in place for decades, and is in some ways a bit like frontal lobotomies – people just trusted that it was a good idea as otherwise, doctors would not have recommended it. And who wants to argue with health staff on the first day of their baby’s life?” (12/14/25)
https://brownstone.org/articles/everyone-lost-at-acip/
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49) Fighting Anti-Queer [sic] Backlash with Citizen Archivists
Source: In These Times
by Lindsay Eanet
“From their offices and living rooms, hundreds of volunteer archivists gather for a virtual ’hackathon’ session to download LGBTQ+ resources from websites controlled by state and federal governments and universities before the institutions completely scrub the materials. In light of the increasing hostility toward queer history, further spurred by President Donald Trump’s executive orders attacking diversity, equity and inclusion at the beginning of his second term, citizen archivists began holding these download parties to preserve the soon-to-be-deleted DEI information. These gatherings are organized by Invisible Histories, a community-based nonprofit focused on archiving queer history in the Deep South. Although the erasure of DEI content from institutional websites (for example, the National Park Service removing transgender people from its description of the Stonewall Uprising on its official website) is not a new challenge, the nonprofit has had to adopt a more rapid response in this moment.” (12/15/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/fighting-anti-queer-backlash-with-citizen-archivists
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50) Fake History is Giving Capitalism a Bad Name
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Donald J Boudreaux
“My teacher announced, as if it were a fact as firm as any law of thermodynamics, that the Great Depression was caused by laissez-faire policies advocated by Smith, and that salvation came from the more scientifically sound ideas of Keynes — ideas expertly put into practice by Franklin Roosevelt. ‘Depressions are a thing of the past,’ my teacher proclaimed. ‘Keynes taught us how to prevent them.’ ‘Cool!’ I recall thinking with as much relief as a 15-year-old can muster about such matters. Seven years later, I graduated from college with a degree in economics. By then I’d learned that my high-school history teacher’s history was bunk. The Great Depression wasn’t a failure of capitalism or of the ideas of Adam Smith. Instead, it was caused chiefly by the Federal Reserve foolishly allowing the money supply to shrink by more than a third.” (12/14/25)
https://fee.org/articles/fake-history-is-giving-capitalism-a-bad-name/
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51) Reason Roundtable, 12/15/25
Source: Reason
"Should Libertarians Support Federal AI Regulation?" (12/15/25)
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/12/15/should-libertarians-support-federal-ai-regulation/
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52) The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, 12/15/25
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Tirades Over Failing Economy Backfire as GOP Panics: ‘Disaster!'” (12/15/25)
https://newrepublic.com/article/204390/trump-tirades-failing-economy-backfire-gop-panics-disaster
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53) Rising, 12/15/25
Source: The Hill
“ISIS kills 2 US troops in Syria; why were we there at all?” (12/15/25)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/5649325-rising-december-15-2025/
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54) The Kyle Anzalone Show, 12/15/25
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Matt Hoh: Could Israel Go Nuclear on Iran? And Will Trump Really Stop the Ukraine War?” (12/15/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/blog/the-kyle-anzalone-show-guest-matt-hoh-could-israel-go-nuclear-on-iran-and-will-trump-really-stop-the-ukraine-war/
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55) EconTalk, 12/15/25
Source: EconTalk
“Free Will Is Real (with Kevin Mitchell).” (12/15/25)
https://www.econtalk.org/free-will-is-real-with-kevin-mitchell/
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56) The Corbett Report, episode 489
Source: The Corbett Report
“The Secret of the Doomsday Seed Vault.” (12/15/25)
https://corbettreport.com/the-secret-of-the-doomsday-seed-vault/
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57) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 12/15/25
Source: Antiwar.com
“Member of Syrian Govt Forces Kills 3 Americans, US Military Plane Near Miss With JetBlue, and More.” (12/15/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGZYN1R9tEw
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58) Fountainhead Forum, episode 399
Source: Fountainhead Forum
“Rob Yates on running for chair of the Libertarian (USA) National Committee.” (12/14/25)
https://rumble.com/v72z2pm-ff-399-rob-yates-on-running-for-chair-of-the-libertarian-usa-national-commi.html
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59) Free Talk Live, 12/14/25
Source: Free Talk Live
“NH State Rep Glenn Bailey put in new NH independence bill :: Fight evil AI superintelligence with AI superintelligence :: Charlie Kirk bullet made no sense :: How should we kill robot AI dogs? :: Trump’s ‘worst of the worst’ list of deported people shows very little actual criminals :: Cops have discretion but hardly use it :: Libertarian gift ideas :: Should you read or is listening to books okay? :: Warning caller from Louisiana to stay away from Gypsy Rose Blanchard :: Are UFOs just demons? :: Getting hooked on drugs because of the government :: Bonnie’s story of a possible visit from a demon :: 2025-12-14 Hosts: Bonnie, Angelo, Rich E Rich.” (12/14/25)
https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/ftl2025-12-14
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60) Pink Flame of Liberty, 12/14/25
Source: Pink Flame of Liberty
“A Personal Perspective on Representing Oneself Pro Se.” (12/14/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgQVbNsLC4
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