07/12 -- Biden introduces Zelenskyy as Putin, confuses Harris with Trump; Yes In My Backyard: The Case for Housing Deregulation
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Thomas L. Knapp
Jul 12, 2024, 6:27:20 AM (4 days ago) Jul 12
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Today's Freedom News:
1) Biden introduces Zelenskyy as Putin, confuses Harris with Trump
2) Palestine: Israeli forces pull back after Gaza City offensive
3) US consumer prices drop for first time since 2022
4) US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering Moscow
5) UN report: Global population to peak within this century as birth rates fall
6) US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
7) France: Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire blaze
8) Uganda: Rights Activists File Appeal Against Ruling on Anti-LGBTQ Law
9) Redbox owner to be liquidated, all kiosk locations will be closed
10) Kenya: Ruto dismisses almost entire cabinet after weeks of protests
11) South Korea: Regime to deploy laser weapons to intercept North Korean drones
12) Apple reaches deal with EU regulators to open up mobile payments system to rivals
13) AR: Thurston rejects bid to put abortion measure on ballot
14) Iran: Court orders US regime to pay $6.7 billion after sanctions allegedly stopped special bandage supply
15) UK economy grew faster than expected in May
16) Biden Awards $1.7 Billion in Corporate Welfare to Boost Democratic Party’s Prospects in Eight States
17) Vermont’s Welch is first Democratic senator to call on Biden to drop out
18) US FTC poised to sue drug middlemen over insulin prices
19) Western envoys criticize South Sudan security bill that could allow warrantless detentions
20) Ukraine: Regime seizes cargo ship carrying “looted” grain for Russia
Today's Freedom Commentary:
21) Yes In My Backyard: The Case for Housing Deregulation
22) The State vs. Homework
23) The State and Homework vs. Kids
24) Is National Conservatism All That National?
25) How the media sleepwalked into Biden’s debate disaster
26) Assange’s Case Shows Why Reforming the Espionage Act Is Imperative for Press Freedom
27) An American Reconstruction
28) The Problem of Collective Action: An Illustration in Education
29) Nonstop News Stories Proving Palestine Supporters Right About Everything
30) Good Ideas Don’t Require Force: Lessons from a Non-Coercive Upbringing
31) Thanks to State Control, Doctors Have Become Gods
32) Biden needs compassion right now. So does America. What is the first family thinking?
33) What Will Biden’s Enablers Say if He Loses the Election?
34) After 200 death row exonerations, will we finally put an end to the death penalty?
35) Who Thinks Donald Trump Is Racist?
36) Trump Can’t Undo the Damage He’s Done to Reproductive Rights
37) Lifeboat Games And Backscratchers Clubs
38) Why we must have proportional representation
39) The Dems’ kid gloves treatment of Biden and his obvious decline proves he’s the baby-in-chief
40) The 2024 GOP Platform Promises To “Make America Affordable Again.” So Why Are They Embracing Fiscal Insanity?
41) The Pandemic Excuse for a Corporatist Coup
42) Emancipating the Constitution From Non-Originalist Precedent
43) It Is Time to Shut Ukraine’s Door to NATO
44) CITIES: Doomed, and the sooner the better
45) Biden Aside, The Regime Media Is Toast Too
46) Why Raw Milk Dealers Are Now a Thing
47) Only one man beat Joe Biden in 2024. Here’s what he thinks he should do.
48) Psst: It’s Not 2014 Anymore
49) Dead Man Walking
50) Democrats, want to replace Biden? Start working on those delegates.
Today's Freedom Podcast and Video:
51) Just Asking Questions, 07/11/24
52) Serious Trouble, 07/11/24
53) LibertyDad Podcast, episode 329
54) Conflicts of Interest, episode 633
55) The Bryan Hyde Show, 07/11/24
56) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 07/11/24
57) Free Talk Live, 07/10/24
58) Pod Save America, 07/10/24
59) Power Problems, 07/10/24
60) Freakonomics Radio, episode 596
61) The Science of Politics, 07/10/24
62) Deconstructed, 07/10/24
63) NFSCD — The Two and Only — Brian Wilson and James Bovard, season 3, episode 20
64) The Bulwark Podcast, 07/10/24
65) The Learning Curve, 07/10/24
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1) Biden introduces Zelenskyy as Putin, confuses Harris with Trump
Source: Firstpost [India]
“US President Joe Biden delivered a barrage of gaffes yet again after he introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as ‘President Putin’ and referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as ‘Donald Trump.’ Biden made the gaffes while he was flanked by world leaders at the Nato Summit in Washington. The two goof-ups fueled further concerns about the president’s mental acuity. … The remarks from Biden came hours before his rare press conference in which he called the upcoming 2024 US Presidential elections a ‘make or break’ moment.” (07/12/24)
https://www.firstpost.com/world/gaffe-prone-biden-strikes-again-introduces-zelenskyy-as-president-putin-calls-vp-harris-trump-13792106.html
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2) Palestine: Israeli forces pull back after Gaza City offensive
Source: Reuters
“Israeli forces retreated from some Gaza City districts overnight after a fierce, week-long military offensive, leaving dozens of dead and wrecked homes and roads in the Palestinian enclave’s biggest urban area, residents and rescue service said on Friday. The offensive, 10 months into Israel’s campaign to eliminate Hamas militants, took place as U.S.-backed mediators sought to finalise a peace deal that would free remaining hostages taken by the militants in their cross-border rampage on Oct. 7. The Gaza Civil Emergency Service said teams had collected around 60 bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces over the past week from the area of Tel Al-Hawa and the edges of the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.” (07/12/24)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-pull-back-after-gaza-city-offensive-leaving-dozens-bodies-rescue-2024-07-12/
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3) US consumer prices drop for first time since 2022
Source: Fortune
“Inflation in the United States cooled in June for a third straight month, a sign that the worst price spike in four decades is steadily fading and may soon usher in interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. In a better-than-expected report from the government, consumer prices declined 0.1% from May to June after having remained flat the previous month, the government reported Thursday. And measured from 12 months earlier, prices were up 3% in June, down from 3.3% in May.” (07/11/24)
https://fortune.com/2024/07/11/inflation-consumer-price-index-drop-interest-rate-cuts/
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4) US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering Moscow
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Long-range US missiles are to be deployed periodically in Germany from 2026 for the first time since the Cold War, in a decision announced at Nato’s 75th anniversary summit. The Tomahawk cruise, SM-6 and hypersonic missiles have a significantly longer range than existing missiles, the US and Germany said in a joint statement. Such missiles would have been banned under a 1988 treaty between the US and former Soviet Union, but the pact fell apart five years ago. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow would react with a ‘military reponse to the new threat.’ ‘This is just a link in the chain of a course of escalation,’ he argued, accusing Nato and the US of trying to intimidate Russia.” (07/11/24)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgxq7lkj4vgo
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5) UN report: Global population to peak within this century as birth rates fall
Source: CNBC
“The world population is on course to peak earlier than expected this century as some of the world’s largest countries face declining birth rates, according to the United Nations. According to the organization’s biennial World Population Prospects report, global population is projected to peak at around 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s from the current 8.2 billion. It is expected to gradually decline to 10.2 billion by 2100 — 6% lower than anticipated a decade ago. … Globally on average, women are having one child fewer than they did in 1990. In over half of all countries, the average number of live births per woman has fallen below 2.1, which marks the level required for a population to maintain a consistent size without migration.” (07/12/24)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/12/world-population-to-peak-within-this-century-says-the-united-nations.html
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6) US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
Source: Reuters
“The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last week, but volatility around this time of the year as automobile manufacturers idle plants for retooling makes it harder to get a clean read on the labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 222,000 for the week ended July 6, the lowest level since late May, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 236,000 claims in the latest week. The claims data included the Independence Day holiday. Claims tend to be volatile around holidays, and auto makers typically shut down assembly plants starting the July 4 week to retool for new models.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/kyiEQ
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7) France: Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire blaze
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“The spire of a famous Gothic cathedral in the French city of Rouen caught fire, prompting an evacuation, local officials say. Images posted on X by the prefecture show black smoke billowing from a canopy and scaffolding at the top of the building, which is about 150m (495ft) tall. The blaze has now been contained, according to officials. … There are no reports of casualties and those working on the spire at the time are safe, according to local authorities.” (07/11/24)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg64r301erdo
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8) Uganda: Rights Activists File Appeal Against Ruling on Anti-LGBTQ Law
Source: US News & World Report
“Ugandan human rights advocates on Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against a ruling by a lower court that upheld a draconian anti-homosexuality law which includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts. An April ruling by the country’s constitutional court declined to void Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), a move requested by the activists who argued the law violated fundamental rights and was unconstitutional. The court only nullified a few sections that it said were inconsistent with rights to health, privacy and freedom of religion. Rights pressure groups say the law has triggered escalating violations against sexual minorities in the country, with over 1,000 cases recorded in the last nine months involving arrests, torture and house evictions, among others.” (07/11/24)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-07-11/uganda-rights-activists-file-appeal-against-ruling-on-anti-lgbtq-law
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9) Redbox owner to be liquidated, all kiosk locations will be closed
Source: Orange County Register
“The bankrupt owner of Redbox Entertainment Inc. will be liquidated, a judge ruled Wednesday, after lawyers for the company and lenders accused its former chief executive officer of mismanaging the business and failing to pay workers or fund their health benefits. Judge Thomas Horan said during a Delaware court hearing that Redbox’s publicly traded owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc., will be shut down by an independent trustee after an earlier effort by the company to borrow fresh funds to pay employees failed. About 1,000 workers will be laid off. The judge ruled after bankruptcy lawyers for the company, which runs 24,000 DVD rental kiosks, said money deducted from employee paychecks to cover health benefits were not used to cover those expenses.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/YjzkY
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10) Kenya: Ruto dismisses almost entire cabinet after weeks of protests
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Kenyan President William Ruto announced on Thursday the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a ‘broad-based government’ following widespread anti-government protests. He said the move affects all ministers including the attorney-general but excluded prime cabinet secretary and foreign minister Musalia Mudavadi and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Ruto said he decided on the dismissals ‘upon reflection, listening keenly to what the people of Kenya have said and after a holistic appraisal of the performance of my cabinet and its achievements and challenges.'” (07/11/24)
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20240711-kenyan-president-dismisses-almost-entire-cabinet-after-weeks-of-protests
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11) South Korea: Regime to deploy laser weapons to intercept North Korean drones
Source: Seattle Times
“South Korea said Thursday it will begin deploying laser weapons systems designed to intercept North Korean drones, which have caused security concerns in the South in recent years. South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration said that it will deploy at least one anti-air laser weapons system called ‘Block-I’ by the end of this year and more in coming years. An agency statement said the ‘Block-I’ system is capable of launching precision attacks on small incoming drones and multi-copters. It said the system, developed by local company Hanwha Aerospace, costs just 2,000 won (about $1.50) per shot. … The ‘Block-I’ system is meant to hit circuit boards and other equipment in enemy drones to make them malfunction and crash on the ground.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/hSUGa
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12) Apple reaches deal with EU regulators to open up mobile payments system to rivals
Source: CNBC
“EU antitrust regulators on Thursday accepted commitments from Apple to allow access to its tap and go payments technology to rivals, bringing an end to a four-year investigation. The EU formally launched an investigation relating to Apple Pay in 2020. The probe looked at the terms and conditions Apple sets for integrating Apple Pay in apps and websites as well as concerns around the tap and go technology and alleged refusals of accessing Apple Pay.” (07/11/24)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/11/apple-reaches-deal-with-eu-to-open-up-mobile-payments-system-to-rivals.html
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13) AR: Thurston rejects bid to put abortion measure on ballot
Source: Washington Post
“Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston (R) has rejected petitions to put an abortion access measure on the ballot this fall, blaming a procedural error by the organizing group. Arkansans for Limited Government gathered more than 100,000 signatures in support of a ballot proposal to legalize abortion up to 18 weeks after fertilization, and exceptions afterward in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomaly or threat of physical harm to the pregnant patient. The group has faced a significant challenge in promoting its constitutional amendment initiative in what is sometimes ranked the ‘most pro-life state in America.’ Thurston said the group failed to submit a document naming paid canvassers and a signed statement confirming that paid canvassers had been provided with required information about their role.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/O8XGk
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14) Iran: Court orders US regime to pay $6.7 billion after sanctions allegedly stopped special bandage supply
Source: ABC News
“An Iranian court on Thursday ordered the U.S. government to pay over $6.7 billion in compensation over a Swedish company stopping its supply of special dressings and bandages for those afflicted by a rare skin disorder after Washington imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The order by the International Relations Law Court in Tehran comes after Iran last year seized a $50 million cargo of Kuwaiti crude oil for American energy firm Chevron Corp. in the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with the West, something it later said came over the court action for those suffering from Epidermolysis bullosa. A report Thursday by the state-run IRNA news agency described the $6.7 billion order as being filed on behalf of 300 plaintiffs, including family members of victims and those physically and emotionally damaged. IRNA said about 20 patients died after the Swedish company’s decision.” (07/11/24)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iranian-court-orders-us-pay-67-billion-after-111839019
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15) UK economy grew faster than expected in May
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“The UK economy grew faster than expected in May helped by a strong performance from retailers and the construction industry. The economy expanded by 0.4%, rebounding from zero growth in April when wet weather put off shoppers and slowed down building projects. Construction grew at the fastest rate in almost a year in May, with house building and infrastructure projects boosting the industry, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Analysts said the new figures, together with recent comments from Bank of England policymakers, meant the decision on whether interest rates will be cut next month was on a ‘knife-edge.'” (07/11/24)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp682nprlw7o
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16) Biden Awards $1.7 Billion in Corporate Welfare to Boost Democratic Party’s Prospects in Eight States
Source: US News & World Report
“The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. The Energy Department will issue grants totaling $1.7 billion to create or retain thousands of union jobs and support auto-based communities that have long driven the U.S. economy, the White House said Thursday. Besides the three battleground states, grants also will go to EV facilities in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia. The grants cover a broad range of the automotive supply chain, including parts for electric motorcycles and school buses, hybrid powertrains, heavy-duty commercial truck batteries and electric SUVs, the White House said.” (07/11/24)
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-07-11/biden-awards-1-7-billion-to-boost-electric-vehicle-manufacturing-and-assembly-in-eight-states
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17) Vermont’s Welch is first Democratic senator to call on Biden to drop out
Source: New York Post
“Sen. Peter Welch became the first Democratic member of the upper chamber to call on President Biden to drop his re-election bid Wednesday night, writing that he ‘cannot unsee’ the 81-year-old’s disastrous June 27 debate performance against Donald Trump. ‘I, like folks across the country, am worried about November’s election,’ Welch (D-Vt.) wrote in a Washington Post op-ed. ‘The stakes could not be higher. We cannot unsee President Biden’s disastrous debate performance. We cannot ignore or dismiss the valid questions raised since that night.’ … ‘For the good of the country, I’m calling on President Biden to withdraw from the race.’ Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — who has publicly stood behind the president — is privately signaling to Democratic donors that’s he’s open to a Biden replacement, three sources told Axios.” (07/10/24)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/10/us-news/vermonts-peter-welch-is-first-democratic-senator-to-call-on-biden-to-end-re-election-bid/
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18) US FTC poised to sue drug middlemen over insulin prices
Source: Axios
“The Federal Trade Commission plans to sue the three biggest prescription drug middlemen for allegedly using negotiating tactics to steer patients to use more expensive drugs, including insulins, according to a source familiar with the matter. The planned suit, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, would follow a two-year FTC investigation that found pharmacy benefit managers use their dominance over the drug supply chain to hike prices and boost profits. … PBMs have been in the regulatory crosshairs in recent years, and the FTC is cranking up pressure as Congress looks at changing the way Medicare reimburses the companies and imposing new transparency requirements.” (07/11/24)
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/11/ftc-pbms-prescription-drugs-lawsuit
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19) Western envoys criticize South Sudan security bill that could allow warrantless detentions
Source: SFGate
“The U.S. and other western governments criticized a controversial security bill in South Sudan that would allow the government to detain people without warrants, saying it would undermine open political and civil space ahead of the country’s elections. The security bill, which passed parliament July 3, has threatened the collapse of ongoing peace talks and prompted fears of arbitrary arrests ahead of the country’s first-ever elections on Dec. 22. President Salva Kiir has 30 days to approve or veto the law. Nine western envoys, including representatives of the U.S. and Britain, said Wednesday that the signing of the bill would ‘constitute a significant step away from the opening of political and civic space, which is a prerequisite for genuine and peaceful elections to take place.'” (07/11/24)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/western-envoys-criticize-south-sudan-security-19566758.php
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20) Ukraine: Regime seizes cargo ship carrying “looted” grain for Russia
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Ukraine has seized an international freighter it says was transporting stolen Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said on Thursday that its forces stopped the vessel in the Black Sea near Ukraine’s Odesa region, seizing it and apprehending its captain. The Cameroon-flagged vessel, Usko Mfu, had been working for Russia to export grain to the Middle East, the SBU said. It had repeatedly docked at the Crimean sea port of Sevastopol since last year to pick up several tonnes of the ‘looted’ products, the statement said.” (07/11/24)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/11/ukraine-seizes-cargo-ship-carrying-looted-grain-for-russia
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21) Yes In My Backyard: The Case for Housing Deregulation
Source: New York Times
by Bryan Caplan
“I would be the first to argue that if an economist claims to know of a cure-all policy — a reliable way to relieve a long list of social ills in one fell swoop — common sense tells you to stop listening. So it is awkward for me to declare that I know of something close to a panacea policy: one big reform that would raise living standards, reduce wealth inequality, increase productivity, raise social mobility, help struggling men without college degrees, clean the planet and raise birth rates. It’s a sweeping reform that Democrats and Republicans, progressives and conservatives could all proudly support. The panacea policy I have in mind is housing deregulation. Research confirms that there are large benefits in saying yes to tall buildings, yes to multifamily structures, yes to dense single-family development and yes to speedy permitting.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/CGeGa
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22) The State vs. Homework
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Oy, the stress. Of doing stuff. It’s nonstop. If a California lawmaker gets her way, it will stop, though, at least in the schools. Or at least slow way down. Consider the pressure, the horrible grinding pressure of having to practice math problems, peer at chemical formulas, read assigned readings, summarize, spell, grammarize, memorize names and dates and Spanish vocabulary, and on and on and on … en casa.… It’s the kind of thing that can curdle a kid’s physical and mental health. Not to mention cut into playtime. So is the legislation AB2999 justified?” (07/11/24)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2024/07/11/the-state-vs-homework/
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23) The State and Homework vs. Kids
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Almost any adult worker who spent eight hours a day on a factory floor or at an office desk, then was told to work another three hours from home each weeknight and six to eight hours on the weekend, ‘off the clock,’ would seek a salary re-negotiation or quit. The kids don’t get paid, and they’re not allowed to quit. Also, they’re kids, not adult workers. Kids need more, not less, sleep than adults. Kids need more, not less, time to play and socialize than adults. And at least some studies show that more than an hour of homework per day correlates with decreased, not enhanced, academic performance.” (07/11/24)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/18818
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24) Is National Conservatism All That National?
Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson
“The organizers of NatCon 4, the fourth annual conference of the so-called national conservatives, proudly announced Wednesday that they had set a record for attendance at the event — more than 1,000 people. I don’t mean this as a sneer at NatCon — there are better reasons to sneer at it — but that is not a very big number. …. that is about 0.7 percent of the typical size of the crowd at ComicCon in San Diego …. NatCon 4 might seem like a modestly big deal on a particular Wednesday, or maybe even a week hence. ‘Literature is news that stays news,’ Ezra Pound wrote. History, too. The trick is being able to tell what is big news and what is only current events.” (07/11/24)
https://thedispatch.com/article/is-national-conservatism-all-that-national/
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25) How the media sleepwalked into Biden’s debate disaster
Source: Washington Post
by Megan McArdle
“In my 20 years of writing right-leaning columns at mainstream publications, I’ve made two arguments over and over. First, I’ve tried to convince my fellow journalists that liberal media bias is real. And second, I’ve tried to convince conservatives that, though it’s real, it’s not the conspiracy they imagine. This is a hard moment to make that latter point. Frankly, if we had been colluding to cover up the decline of a Democratic president, who then undid all our efforts by going on national television and breaking the story himself … well, how much different would our coverage have looked? And if he hadn’t self-immolated at the debate, wouldn’t our readers still be in the dark? That said, it really wasn’t a conspiracy.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/v1eeC
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26) Assange’s Case Shows Why Reforming the Espionage Act Is Imperative for Press Freedom
Source: The Nation
by Chip Gibbons
“[T]he Espionage Act was from its inception designed to suppress political speech. Initially the law was used to prosecute anti-war speech. This outrage against free speech spawned the modern civil liberties movement. Although courts originally rubber-stamped this abuse, belatedly they adopted much of the civil libertarian’s view of the First Amendment, finally ending it. But the Espionage Act’s century of repression was far from over. It lives on as a weapon against journalists and whistleblowers who expose national security secrets. Here the courts have been far less willing to adopt a civil libertarian approach. … Courts’ silence on prosecuting journalists and unwillingness to protect whistleblowers set the stage for our current era of Espionage Act abuse.” (07/11/24)
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/espionage-reform-press-freedom-whistleblowers/
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27) An American Reconstruction
Source: Liberal Currents
by Samantha Hancox-Li
“On July 1st 2024 the Trump judges John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett ruled that the president is above the law. It is possible — not yet certain but certainly possible — that in 2025 the Republican Party by one piece of constitutional chicanery or another will steal the presidency despite losing a majority of voters and install Donald John Trump as an unchecked ruler. They have announced their plans to rip up the foundations of America if they do so and entrench themselves in power indefinitely. … The republic is shaking itself apart. Everyone feels it. The people do not get what they vote for. When the median voter is baffled that they voted for Biden but abortion got banned anyways, they are right to be puzzled. This is how the American system works and that is the problem.” (07/11/24)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/an-american-reconstruction/
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28) The Problem of Collective Action: An Illustration in Education
Source: EconLog
by Pierre Lemieux
“As formalized by Mancur Olson in his seminal 1971 book The Logic of Collective Action, smaller social groups are easier to organize than larger ones. Consequently and other things equal, a small group will be more effective at lobbying governments, even if the total benefits of its members are smaller than what all the members of the large group lose. One illustration can be found in primary and secondary education, where teachers’ unions impose working conditions that are in their members’ interests but reduce the value of the product the pupils and their parents get.” (07/11/24)
https://www.econlib.org/the-problem-of-collective-action-an-illustration-in-education/
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29) Nonstop News Stories Proving Palestine Supporters Right About Everything
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Haaretz has a new report out showing that the IDF has seized more than a quarter of Gaza’s territory, and is supporting moves by Israeli settlers to build on the areas that have been carved off from the Palestinian enclave. These areas are not just controlled by Israeli forces but have been completely demolished, with IDF military encampments constructed where Palestinian living spaces used to exist. Lately Haaretz has just been a stream of reports confirming that Palestine supporters have been right about everything all along; this same Israeli outlet recently confirmed that the IDF implemented the Hannibal Directive on October 7, opening fire on Israeli soldiers and civilians in numerous locations.” (07/12/24)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2024/07/11/nonstop-news-stories-proving-palestine-supporters-right-about-everything/
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30) Good Ideas Don’t Require Force: Lessons from a Non-Coercive Upbringing
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Tess Brunecz
“I’ve been given a very unique opportunity in this life. Unlike most people in their early twenties I actually believe that my parents did an incredible job raising me. Teenage me would be pissed that I would ever willingly put that in writing, but as it turns out … they were right about pretty much everything. In adulthood I’ve chosen to participate in the same religion I was raised in, I agree with and proudly support a similar political philosophy, and I plan on educating my children in a nearly identical way. … are my parents just insanely incredible and completely unique? Or did they key in on something early in their parenting journey that most people never learn: Good ideas don’t require force.” (07/11/24)
https://fee.org/articles/good-ideas-dont-require-force-lessons-from-a-non-coercive-upbringing/
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31) Thanks to State Control, Doctors Have Become Gods
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Douglas French
“My wife often poses the joke ‘Do you know the difference between doctors and God?’ with the punchline being ‘God doesn’t think he’s a doctor.'” (07/11/24)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanks-state-control-doctors-have-become-gods
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32) Biden needs compassion right now. So does America. What is the first family thinking?
Source: Fox News
by Dr. Marc Siegel
“Compassion and empathy are key parts of any doctor’s armamentarium. This is because all people facing illness do so with a combination of trepidation, courage, denial, even absolute terror. It is my job to navigate among the various responses and provide not just treatment, but also succor. When it comes to this role, no patient is more difficult than one who is losing their mental faculties. This is frequently accompanied by denial, as appears to be the case with the president of the United States. And to the extent to which he may be aware of the reality, it must be painful. … I feel compassion for the president, and for the embarrassment and bewilderment he must be feeling along with not wanting to believe that he is markedly diminished. … Unfortunately, I feel even more compassion and empathy for the country, for us, for the American people. ” (07/11/24)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-needs-compassion-right-now-does-america-what-first-family-thinking
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33) What Will Biden’s Enablers Say if He Loses the Election?
Source: The New Republic
by Walter Shapiro
“Just as a thought exercise — for entertainment purposes only — imagine that the misfiring polls are right. A pall will hang over America imperiling democracy for years to come as Donald J. Trump golf-cart rides along his ruin and retribution tour. But, fortunately, there will be important compensations. The bestseller lists in 2025 will be chock-a-block with Biden White House memoirs. The insiders who presided over the biggest Democratic defeat since 1988 will revel in telling the world what really happened behind closed doors and napping curtains. Some of the memoirs will be built around vicious attacks on the media since no one would have noticed that Biden couldn’t complete a sentence in his debate with Trump if it weren’t for the negativism of political reporters. If the mainstream media hadn’t called Biden shaky, the president would have won the debate in a walk.” (07/11/24)
https://newrepublic.com/article/183687/will-bidens-enablers-say-loses-election
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34) After 200 death row exonerations, will we finally put an end to the death penalty?
Source: The Hill
by Austin Sarat
“Last week brought new evidence of crippling flaws in America’s death penalty system. The number of people exonerated and freed from death row over the last 50 years reached 200. Such flaws appear irreparable. They remind us of the damage that capital punishment does to some of our most important legal and political values. They offer powerful reasons as to why America should end the death penalty.” (07/11/24)
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4764543-death-penalty-exonerations/
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35) Who Thinks Donald Trump Is Racist?
Source: TomDispatch
by Clarence Lusane
“Former president Donald Trump often finds himself on the defensive against accusations of racism. He regularly denies the charges, distorting his record and resorting to his ‘Black friends’ defense, while attempting to throw the allegations back at liberals. However, he never explains why he is the favorite son of the one group in society about whose racial bigotry there can be no debate: avowed racists. Since Trump emerged as a public political figure, they have been resolute in their loyalty to him. … In 2024, there is little doubt who the nation’s racists will once again be backing for president.” (07/11/24)
https://tomdispatch.com/who-thinks-donald-trump-is-racist/
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36) Trump Can’t Undo the Damage He’s Done to Reproductive Rights
Source: RealClearPolitics
by Froma Harrop
“There is now a nationwide migration of OB-GYNs from states that ban abortion to states that permit it. These specialists also deliver babies, and their departures are creating health care deserts for local women. Since its radical ban was put in place, Idaho has lost nearly a quarter of its doctors in obstetrics and gynecology and more than half its maternal fetal medicine specialists. Trump tries to cover the damage he’s done to women’s health care with outlandish claims. … Trump is trying to appease his anti-abortion constituency while, wink-wink, struggling to make the pro-choice majority think his dismantling of Roe v. Wade isn’t the disaster it’s become.” (07/11/24)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/11/trump_cant_undo_the_damage_hes_done_to_reproductive_rights_151241.html
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37) Lifeboat Games And Backscratchers Clubs
Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Scott Alexander
“Ten people are stuck on a lifeboat after their ship sank. It will be weeks before anyone finds them, and they’re out of food. They’ve heard this story before, so they decide to turn to cannibalism sooner rather than later. They agree to draw lots to determine the victim. Just as the first person is reaching for the lots, Albert shouts out ‘WAIT LET’S ALL KILL AND EAT BOB!’ They agree to do this instead of drawing lots. This is obvious, right? For nine out of ten people, it’s a better deal. For nine out of ten people, it brings their chance of death from 1/10 to 0. Bob’s against it, of course, but he’s outvoted. The nine others overpower Bob and eat him. Something about this surprises me. It’s weird that there’s another solution which is more stable than the fair one of drawing lots.” (07/11/24)
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/lifeboat-games-and-backscratchers
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38) Why we must have proportional representation
Source: spiked
by Fraser Myers
“If you had any doubts that the UK’s first-past-the-post system for electing our MPs is dysfunctional, those ought to have been shattered by last week’s election results. This was Britain’s least-representative General Election of the modern democratic era. Thanks to our wildly disproportionate voting system, Labour managed to surf to a landslide victory on a wave of mass apathy. Its 411 seats – 63 per cent of those in the House of Commons – were won with just 34 per cent of the vote. Labour’s majority of 172 is among the largest in postwar history, but it was built on the lowest vote share that has ever led to a majority.” (07/11/24)
https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/07/11/why-we-must-have-proportional-representation/
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39) The Dems’ kid gloves treatment of Biden and his obvious decline proves he’s the baby-in-chief
Source: New York Post
by Miranda Devine
“You know that Joe Biden is beyond salvation by the infantilizing language used by the people around him. ‘Big Boy press conference’ is how White House press secretaries John Kirby and Karine Jean-Pierre have repeatedly described the president’s rendezvous with the restive media Thursday. It’s hard to think of a phrase more condescending than ‘Big Boy’ when referring to the 81-year-old commander-in-chief. Despite their lies and coverup of Biden’s cognitive decline, those who know the president best are inadvertently signaling to us what bad shape he is in. They use the same language and tone of voice that carers use with elderly dementia patients. It was a similar vibe when Jill Biden grabbed a microphone at the post-debate party and patronized her husband as if he were a potty-training toddler.” (07/10/24)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/10/opinion/joe-biden-is-a-baby-in-charge-after-the-white-house-calls-him-a-big-boy/
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40) The 2024 GOP Platform Promises To “Make America Affordable Again.” So Why Are They Embracing Fiscal Insanity?
Source: Reason
by Veronique de Rugy
“Although former President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda would make some positive changes, it’s simply not enough.” (07/11/24)
https://reason.com/2024/07/11/the-2024-gop-platform-promises-to-make-america-affordable-again-so-why-are-they-embracing-fiscal-insanity/
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41) The Pandemic Excuse for a Corporatist Coup
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Jeffrey A Tucker
“We’ve just come across a document hosted by the Department of Homeland Security, posted March 2023, but written in 2007, that amounts to a full-blown corporatist imposition on the US, abolishing anything remotely resembling the Bill of Rights and Constitutional law. It is right there in plain sight for anyone curious enough to dig. There is nothing in it that you haven’t already experienced with lockdowns. What makes it interesting are the participants in the forging of the plan, which is pretty much the whole of corporate America as it stood in 2007. It was a George W. Bush initiative.” (07/11/24)
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-pandemic-excuse-for-a-corporatist-coup/
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42) Emancipating the Constitution From Non-Originalist Precedent
Source: Law & Liberty
by John O McGinnis & Mike Rappaport
“The biggest challenge to the rise of originalism is precedent. Although originalism is enjoying more support in the judiciary and in the academy than it has in a century, hundreds of non-originalist Supreme Court precedents still shape our legal world. That means originalists face a clear dilemma: If they allow these precedents to dominate, constitutional doctrine will remain non-originalist, except in areas, such as the Second Amendment, which had few, if any, controlling precedents before the originalist revival. Conversely, if originalists systematically overturn non-originalist precedent, they risk disrupting established rules and causing legal instability. It is not surprising that the justices are just beginning to grapple with this fundamental issue.” (07/11/24)
https://lawliberty.org/emancipating-the-constitution-from-non-originalist-precedent/
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43) It Is Time to Shut Ukraine’s Door to NATO
Source: The American Conservative
by Doug Bandow
“Kiev should be excluded because it is not in America’s or Europe’s security interest to go to war with nuclear-armed Russia over Ukraine. For most of America’s history, Ukraine was ruled from Moscow, which never caused anyone in Washington concern. Putin has shown no interest expanding westward and warned against Ukraine’s inclusion in NATO because he did not want to face a war with the U.S. through the alliance. His difficulties in defeating Kiev would be greatly magnified by an attempt to subjugate the rest of Europe. Indeed, attempting to swallow just Ukraine would weaken Russia by ensuring continuing conflict. The very real danger of the conflict expanding is due to the West recklessly pushing a proxy war toward a full-scale conflict …” (07/11/24)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/it-is-time-to-shut-ukraines-door-to-nato/
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44) CITIES: Doomed, and the sooner the better
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“Readers of this commentary know we here at TPOL are NOT lovers of urban areas. We imagine that the recent commentary on Chicago’s homicide record supports that understanding. Indeed, as time goes on, our distaste for the places (including their ‘culture’ and ‘society’ and government) grows by leaps and bounds. Even the smaller cities of just 40 or 100 thousand or so. Not the cesspools with 500K or a million. Fortunately, their days are numbered, in our opinion.” (07/10/24)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2024/07/10/cities-doomed-and-the-sooner-the-better/
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45) Biden Aside, The Regime Media Is Toast Too
Source: Townhall
by Kurt Schlichter
“For the last four years, the regime media has obediently defended Joe Biden against accurate observations by outsider media that he was a senile, decrepit, corrupt, old, perverted weirdo. This is because it didn’t matter to them that he was a senile, decrepit, corrupt, old, perverted weirdo. All that was fine. The regime media was perfectly happy with him being a senile, decrepit, corrupt, old, perverted weirdo as long as he wasn’t Donald Trump. So they either lied about it or did not do their purported job competently. Either way, they suck, and their sucking cannot and will not be hidden or excused.” (07/11/24)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/07/11/biden-aside-the-regime-media-is-toast-too-n2641641
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46) Why Raw Milk Dealers Are Now a Thing
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Jon Miltimore
“More and more Americans are drinking raw milk for alleged health benefits, data show — even in states where it’s illegal to purchase.” (07/10/24)
https://fee.org/articles/why-raw-milk-dealers-are-now-a-thing/
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47) Only one man beat Joe Biden in 2024. Here’s what he thinks he should do.
Source: Semafor
by David Weigel
“‘I’m almost a Jeopardy question,’ said Jason Palmer. Four months ago, the futurist presidential candidate surprised Democrats by winning the American Samoa caucus, a race few people were paying attention to. His 51 to 40 vote victory over Joe Biden made Palmer the first candidate to beat an incumbent president in a primary since Ted Kennedy in 1980, entitling him to three delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Palmer soon quit the race, endorsed Biden, and started a new political group called Together! But after the Atlanta debate, Palmer urged Biden to ‘do the right thing’ and end his campaign.” (07/10/24)
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/10/2024/only-one-man-beat-joe-biden-in-2024-heres-what-he-thinks-he-should-do
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48) Psst: It’s Not 2014 Anymore
Source: Cato Institute
by Scott Lincicome
“[I]n the wake of the Great Recession—when unemployment and worker anxiety were high, job openings low, wages stagnant, and the labor market’s future uncertain — a political obsession with job creation was at least understandable to even the most curmudgeonly of economists. … Today, however, this kind of talk is ridiculous. By all sorts of metrics, the typical American worker is doing well and is happy with the U.S. labor market. Given demographic changes (e.g., an aging population), moreover, the labor market remains tight.” (07/10/24)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/psst-its-not-2014-anymore
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49) Dead Man Walking
Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner
“In 2020 and 2022, there were at least six dead candidates who won election. They had all died within a few days or weeks of Election Day, and so their names stayed on the ballot. What they had in common, apart from being dead, was the partisan tilt of the local electorate. If you lived in Wyoming, you tended to vote Republican, so in this case you reflexively voted for good old Roy Edwards for state rep, who turned out to be deceased. If you lived in Pittsburgh, you voted for longtime Democratic state rep Tony DeLuca, even though he died a month before the election. It’s a cruel analogy: Joe Biden is alive, but his candidacy is moribund.” (07/10/24)
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-07-10-dead-man-walking/
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50) Democrats, want to replace Biden? Start working on those delegates.
Source: Washington Post
by Jim Geraghty
“President Biden isn’t leaving his reelection campaign willingly. Democrats should abandon their hopes that some cadre of party elders — Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer — will visit the White House and persuade Biden not to run for another term. If that sort of intervention were going to happen, it probably would have happened by now. … If Democrats want a nominee who isn’t named Joe Biden, then they need to have a delegate fight in Chicago, and they need to start preparing now.” (07/10/24)
https://archive.is/o9BQZ
_____ Today's Freedom Podcast and Video _____
51) Just Asking Questions, 07/11/24
Source: Reason
“Dave Weigel: What If Biden Quits?” (07/11/24)
https://reason.com/podcast/2024/07/11/dave-weigel-what-if-biden-quits/
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52) Serious Trouble, 07/11/24
Source: Serious Trouble
“He’ll Be An Old Thug By The Time This Trial Is Over.” (07/11/24)
https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/hell-be-an-old-thug-by-the-time-this
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53) LibertyDad Podcast, episode 329
Source: LibertyDad
“Watering Down A Sex Trafficking Bill.” (07/11/24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8syPZEgj_8
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54) Conflicts of Interest, episode 633
Source: Libertarian Institute
“American-Made F-16s Are Headed to Ukraine.” (07/11/24)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/kyle/coi-633-american-made-f-16s-are-headed-to-ukraine
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55) The Bryan Hyde Show, 07/11/24
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“A good test of whether or not one would test positive for the mind virus of statism is to watch how they react to the words ‘raw milk.’ Jon Miltimore reveals why raw milk dealers are now a thing. And since the statute of limitations has likely passed, I’ll share my own experience with the neighborhood raw milk crime syndicate just a few years ago.” (07/11/24)
https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-x89zr-166627f
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56) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 07/11/24
Source: Antiwar.com
“US To Deploy Nuke-Capable Missiles to Germany, Israel Orders the Evacuation of Gaza City, and More.” (07/11/24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssomC6_VMzk
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57) Free Talk Live, 07/10/24
Source: Free Talk Live
“Will Biden Legally Drone Strike Mar-a-Lago? :: Satanists in FL offer to fill school roles after DeSantis signs law allowing religious chaplains :: ATG goes back to murdering Americans :: Pastor’s lawyers blame 12 year old for initiating sex :: Chris R., Lori, Riley.” (07/10/24)
https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/free-talk-live-2024-07-10
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58) Pod Save America, 07/10/24
Source: Crooked Media
“The effort to remove President Biden from the ticket picks up momentum as more Democratic members of Congress speak out. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi reveals more about her position — and says ‘time is running short’ to make the right decision. MSNBC’s Jen Psaki joins Lovett to break down the latest, and to talk about openly about what Biden needs to do to hang on.” (07/10/24)
https://stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/9aa1e238-cbed-4305-9808-c9228fc6dd4f/episodes/bcf8c702-bf69-4da3-b808-e23201c644aa/audio/128/default.mp3
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59) Power Problems, 07/10/24
Source: Cato Institute
‘Should America Let Europe Defend Itself?” (07/10/24)
https://www.cato.org/multimedia/power-problems/should-america-let-europe-defend-itself
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60) Freakonomics Radio, episode 596
Source: Freakonomics
“Farewell to a Generational Talent.” (07/10/24)
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/farewell-to-a-generational-talent/
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61) The Science of Politics, 07/10/24
Source: Niskanen Center
“How think tanks drive polarization and policy.” (07/10/24)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/how-think-tanks-drive-polarization-and-policy
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62) Deconstructed, 07/10/24
Source: The Intercept
“Why Biden’s Still In: Insights From Democratic Insider Dmitri Mehlhorn.” (07/10/24)
https://theintercept.com/2024/07/10/dmitri-mehlhorn-biden-president-deconstructed/
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63) NFSCD — The Two and Only — Brian Wilson and James Bovard, season 3, episode 20
Source: Now For Something Completely Different, with Brian Wilson
“Just in time! The Two and Only join the fun inside the Logic Free Zone!” (07/10/24)
https://brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/p/nfscd-the-two-and-only-brian-wilson
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64) The Bulwark Podcast, 07/10/24
Source: The Bulwark
“Ezra Klein: A Path to Defeat.” (07/10/24)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/ezra-klein-a-path-to-defeat
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65) The Learning Curve, 07/10/24
Source: Pioneer Institute
“Georgetown’s Dr. Marguerite Roza on Federal ESSER Funds & the Fiscal Cliff.” (07/10/24)
https://pioneerinstitute.org/featured/georgetowns-dr-marguerite-roza-on-federal-esser-funds-the-fiscal-cliff/
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Today's Freedom News:
1) Biden introduces Zelenskyy as Putin, confuses Harris with Trump
2) Palestine: Israeli forces pull back after Gaza City offensive
3) US consumer prices drop for first time since 2022
4) US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering Moscow
5) UN report: Global population to peak within this century as birth rates fall
6) US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
7) France: Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire blaze
8) Uganda: Rights Activists File Appeal Against Ruling on Anti-LGBTQ Law
9) Redbox owner to be liquidated, all kiosk locations will be closed
10) Kenya: Ruto dismisses almost entire cabinet after weeks of protests
11) South Korea: Regime to deploy laser weapons to intercept North Korean drones
12) Apple reaches deal with EU regulators to open up mobile payments system to rivals
13) AR: Thurston rejects bid to put abortion measure on ballot
14) Iran: Court orders US regime to pay $6.7 billion after sanctions allegedly stopped special bandage supply
15) UK economy grew faster than expected in May
16) Biden Awards $1.7 Billion in Corporate Welfare to Boost Democratic Party’s Prospects in Eight States
17) Vermont’s Welch is first Democratic senator to call on Biden to drop out
18) US FTC poised to sue drug middlemen over insulin prices
19) Western envoys criticize South Sudan security bill that could allow warrantless detentions
20) Ukraine: Regime seizes cargo ship carrying “looted” grain for Russia
Today's Freedom Commentary:
21) Yes In My Backyard: The Case for Housing Deregulation
22) The State vs. Homework
23) The State and Homework vs. Kids
24) Is National Conservatism All That National?
25) How the media sleepwalked into Biden’s debate disaster
26) Assange’s Case Shows Why Reforming the Espionage Act Is Imperative for Press Freedom
27) An American Reconstruction
28) The Problem of Collective Action: An Illustration in Education
29) Nonstop News Stories Proving Palestine Supporters Right About Everything
30) Good Ideas Don’t Require Force: Lessons from a Non-Coercive Upbringing
31) Thanks to State Control, Doctors Have Become Gods
32) Biden needs compassion right now. So does America. What is the first family thinking?
33) What Will Biden’s Enablers Say if He Loses the Election?
34) After 200 death row exonerations, will we finally put an end to the death penalty?
35) Who Thinks Donald Trump Is Racist?
36) Trump Can’t Undo the Damage He’s Done to Reproductive Rights
37) Lifeboat Games And Backscratchers Clubs
38) Why we must have proportional representation
39) The Dems’ kid gloves treatment of Biden and his obvious decline proves he’s the baby-in-chief
40) The 2024 GOP Platform Promises To “Make America Affordable Again.” So Why Are They Embracing Fiscal Insanity?
41) The Pandemic Excuse for a Corporatist Coup
42) Emancipating the Constitution From Non-Originalist Precedent
43) It Is Time to Shut Ukraine’s Door to NATO
44) CITIES: Doomed, and the sooner the better
45) Biden Aside, The Regime Media Is Toast Too
46) Why Raw Milk Dealers Are Now a Thing
47) Only one man beat Joe Biden in 2024. Here’s what he thinks he should do.
48) Psst: It’s Not 2014 Anymore
49) Dead Man Walking
50) Democrats, want to replace Biden? Start working on those delegates.
Today's Freedom Podcast and Video:
51) Just Asking Questions, 07/11/24
52) Serious Trouble, 07/11/24
53) LibertyDad Podcast, episode 329
54) Conflicts of Interest, episode 633
55) The Bryan Hyde Show, 07/11/24
56) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 07/11/24
57) Free Talk Live, 07/10/24
58) Pod Save America, 07/10/24
59) Power Problems, 07/10/24
60) Freakonomics Radio, episode 596
61) The Science of Politics, 07/10/24
62) Deconstructed, 07/10/24
63) NFSCD — The Two and Only — Brian Wilson and James Bovard, season 3, episode 20
64) The Bulwark Podcast, 07/10/24
65) The Learning Curve, 07/10/24
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1) Biden introduces Zelenskyy as Putin, confuses Harris with Trump
Source: Firstpost [India]
“US President Joe Biden delivered a barrage of gaffes yet again after he introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as ‘President Putin’ and referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as ‘Donald Trump.’ Biden made the gaffes while he was flanked by world leaders at the Nato Summit in Washington. The two goof-ups fueled further concerns about the president’s mental acuity. … The remarks from Biden came hours before his rare press conference in which he called the upcoming 2024 US Presidential elections a ‘make or break’ moment.” (07/12/24)
https://www.firstpost.com/world/gaffe-prone-biden-strikes-again-introduces-zelenskyy-as-president-putin-calls-vp-harris-trump-13792106.html
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2) Palestine: Israeli forces pull back after Gaza City offensive
Source: Reuters
“Israeli forces retreated from some Gaza City districts overnight after a fierce, week-long military offensive, leaving dozens of dead and wrecked homes and roads in the Palestinian enclave’s biggest urban area, residents and rescue service said on Friday. The offensive, 10 months into Israel’s campaign to eliminate Hamas militants, took place as U.S.-backed mediators sought to finalise a peace deal that would free remaining hostages taken by the militants in their cross-border rampage on Oct. 7. The Gaza Civil Emergency Service said teams had collected around 60 bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces over the past week from the area of Tel Al-Hawa and the edges of the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.” (07/12/24)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-pull-back-after-gaza-city-offensive-leaving-dozens-bodies-rescue-2024-07-12/
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3) US consumer prices drop for first time since 2022
Source: Fortune
“Inflation in the United States cooled in June for a third straight month, a sign that the worst price spike in four decades is steadily fading and may soon usher in interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. In a better-than-expected report from the government, consumer prices declined 0.1% from May to June after having remained flat the previous month, the government reported Thursday. And measured from 12 months earlier, prices were up 3% in June, down from 3.3% in May.” (07/11/24)
https://fortune.com/2024/07/11/inflation-consumer-price-index-drop-interest-rate-cuts/
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4) US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering Moscow
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Long-range US missiles are to be deployed periodically in Germany from 2026 for the first time since the Cold War, in a decision announced at Nato’s 75th anniversary summit. The Tomahawk cruise, SM-6 and hypersonic missiles have a significantly longer range than existing missiles, the US and Germany said in a joint statement. Such missiles would have been banned under a 1988 treaty between the US and former Soviet Union, but the pact fell apart five years ago. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow would react with a ‘military reponse to the new threat.’ ‘This is just a link in the chain of a course of escalation,’ he argued, accusing Nato and the US of trying to intimidate Russia.” (07/11/24)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgxq7lkj4vgo
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5) UN report: Global population to peak within this century as birth rates fall
Source: CNBC
“The world population is on course to peak earlier than expected this century as some of the world’s largest countries face declining birth rates, according to the United Nations. According to the organization’s biennial World Population Prospects report, global population is projected to peak at around 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s from the current 8.2 billion. It is expected to gradually decline to 10.2 billion by 2100 — 6% lower than anticipated a decade ago. … Globally on average, women are having one child fewer than they did in 1990. In over half of all countries, the average number of live births per woman has fallen below 2.1, which marks the level required for a population to maintain a consistent size without migration.” (07/12/24)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/12/world-population-to-peak-within-this-century-says-the-united-nations.html
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6) US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
Source: Reuters
“The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last week, but volatility around this time of the year as automobile manufacturers idle plants for retooling makes it harder to get a clean read on the labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 222,000 for the week ended July 6, the lowest level since late May, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 236,000 claims in the latest week. The claims data included the Independence Day holiday. Claims tend to be volatile around holidays, and auto makers typically shut down assembly plants starting the July 4 week to retool for new models.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/kyiEQ
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7) France: Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire blaze
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“The spire of a famous Gothic cathedral in the French city of Rouen caught fire, prompting an evacuation, local officials say. Images posted on X by the prefecture show black smoke billowing from a canopy and scaffolding at the top of the building, which is about 150m (495ft) tall. The blaze has now been contained, according to officials. … There are no reports of casualties and those working on the spire at the time are safe, according to local authorities.” (07/11/24)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg64r301erdo
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8) Uganda: Rights Activists File Appeal Against Ruling on Anti-LGBTQ Law
Source: US News & World Report
“Ugandan human rights advocates on Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against a ruling by a lower court that upheld a draconian anti-homosexuality law which includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts. An April ruling by the country’s constitutional court declined to void Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), a move requested by the activists who argued the law violated fundamental rights and was unconstitutional. The court only nullified a few sections that it said were inconsistent with rights to health, privacy and freedom of religion. Rights pressure groups say the law has triggered escalating violations against sexual minorities in the country, with over 1,000 cases recorded in the last nine months involving arrests, torture and house evictions, among others.” (07/11/24)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-07-11/uganda-rights-activists-file-appeal-against-ruling-on-anti-lgbtq-law
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9) Redbox owner to be liquidated, all kiosk locations will be closed
Source: Orange County Register
“The bankrupt owner of Redbox Entertainment Inc. will be liquidated, a judge ruled Wednesday, after lawyers for the company and lenders accused its former chief executive officer of mismanaging the business and failing to pay workers or fund their health benefits. Judge Thomas Horan said during a Delaware court hearing that Redbox’s publicly traded owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc., will be shut down by an independent trustee after an earlier effort by the company to borrow fresh funds to pay employees failed. About 1,000 workers will be laid off. The judge ruled after bankruptcy lawyers for the company, which runs 24,000 DVD rental kiosks, said money deducted from employee paychecks to cover health benefits were not used to cover those expenses.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/YjzkY
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10) Kenya: Ruto dismisses almost entire cabinet after weeks of protests
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Kenyan President William Ruto announced on Thursday the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a ‘broad-based government’ following widespread anti-government protests. He said the move affects all ministers including the attorney-general but excluded prime cabinet secretary and foreign minister Musalia Mudavadi and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Ruto said he decided on the dismissals ‘upon reflection, listening keenly to what the people of Kenya have said and after a holistic appraisal of the performance of my cabinet and its achievements and challenges.'” (07/11/24)
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20240711-kenyan-president-dismisses-almost-entire-cabinet-after-weeks-of-protests
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11) South Korea: Regime to deploy laser weapons to intercept North Korean drones
Source: Seattle Times
“South Korea said Thursday it will begin deploying laser weapons systems designed to intercept North Korean drones, which have caused security concerns in the South in recent years. South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration said that it will deploy at least one anti-air laser weapons system called ‘Block-I’ by the end of this year and more in coming years. An agency statement said the ‘Block-I’ system is capable of launching precision attacks on small incoming drones and multi-copters. It said the system, developed by local company Hanwha Aerospace, costs just 2,000 won (about $1.50) per shot. … The ‘Block-I’ system is meant to hit circuit boards and other equipment in enemy drones to make them malfunction and crash on the ground.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/hSUGa
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12) Apple reaches deal with EU regulators to open up mobile payments system to rivals
Source: CNBC
“EU antitrust regulators on Thursday accepted commitments from Apple to allow access to its tap and go payments technology to rivals, bringing an end to a four-year investigation. The EU formally launched an investigation relating to Apple Pay in 2020. The probe looked at the terms and conditions Apple sets for integrating Apple Pay in apps and websites as well as concerns around the tap and go technology and alleged refusals of accessing Apple Pay.” (07/11/24)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/11/apple-reaches-deal-with-eu-to-open-up-mobile-payments-system-to-rivals.html
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13) AR: Thurston rejects bid to put abortion measure on ballot
Source: Washington Post
“Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston (R) has rejected petitions to put an abortion access measure on the ballot this fall, blaming a procedural error by the organizing group. Arkansans for Limited Government gathered more than 100,000 signatures in support of a ballot proposal to legalize abortion up to 18 weeks after fertilization, and exceptions afterward in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomaly or threat of physical harm to the pregnant patient. The group has faced a significant challenge in promoting its constitutional amendment initiative in what is sometimes ranked the ‘most pro-life state in America.’ Thurston said the group failed to submit a document naming paid canvassers and a signed statement confirming that paid canvassers had been provided with required information about their role.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/O8XGk
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14) Iran: Court orders US regime to pay $6.7 billion after sanctions allegedly stopped special bandage supply
Source: ABC News
“An Iranian court on Thursday ordered the U.S. government to pay over $6.7 billion in compensation over a Swedish company stopping its supply of special dressings and bandages for those afflicted by a rare skin disorder after Washington imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The order by the International Relations Law Court in Tehran comes after Iran last year seized a $50 million cargo of Kuwaiti crude oil for American energy firm Chevron Corp. in the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with the West, something it later said came over the court action for those suffering from Epidermolysis bullosa. A report Thursday by the state-run IRNA news agency described the $6.7 billion order as being filed on behalf of 300 plaintiffs, including family members of victims and those physically and emotionally damaged. IRNA said about 20 patients died after the Swedish company’s decision.” (07/11/24)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iranian-court-orders-us-pay-67-billion-after-111839019
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15) UK economy grew faster than expected in May
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“The UK economy grew faster than expected in May helped by a strong performance from retailers and the construction industry. The economy expanded by 0.4%, rebounding from zero growth in April when wet weather put off shoppers and slowed down building projects. Construction grew at the fastest rate in almost a year in May, with house building and infrastructure projects boosting the industry, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Analysts said the new figures, together with recent comments from Bank of England policymakers, meant the decision on whether interest rates will be cut next month was on a ‘knife-edge.'” (07/11/24)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp682nprlw7o
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16) Biden Awards $1.7 Billion in Corporate Welfare to Boost Democratic Party’s Prospects in Eight States
Source: US News & World Report
“The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. The Energy Department will issue grants totaling $1.7 billion to create or retain thousands of union jobs and support auto-based communities that have long driven the U.S. economy, the White House said Thursday. Besides the three battleground states, grants also will go to EV facilities in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia. The grants cover a broad range of the automotive supply chain, including parts for electric motorcycles and school buses, hybrid powertrains, heavy-duty commercial truck batteries and electric SUVs, the White House said.” (07/11/24)
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-07-11/biden-awards-1-7-billion-to-boost-electric-vehicle-manufacturing-and-assembly-in-eight-states
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17) Vermont’s Welch is first Democratic senator to call on Biden to drop out
Source: New York Post
“Sen. Peter Welch became the first Democratic member of the upper chamber to call on President Biden to drop his re-election bid Wednesday night, writing that he ‘cannot unsee’ the 81-year-old’s disastrous June 27 debate performance against Donald Trump. ‘I, like folks across the country, am worried about November’s election,’ Welch (D-Vt.) wrote in a Washington Post op-ed. ‘The stakes could not be higher. We cannot unsee President Biden’s disastrous debate performance. We cannot ignore or dismiss the valid questions raised since that night.’ … ‘For the good of the country, I’m calling on President Biden to withdraw from the race.’ Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — who has publicly stood behind the president — is privately signaling to Democratic donors that’s he’s open to a Biden replacement, three sources told Axios.” (07/10/24)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/10/us-news/vermonts-peter-welch-is-first-democratic-senator-to-call-on-biden-to-end-re-election-bid/
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18) US FTC poised to sue drug middlemen over insulin prices
Source: Axios
“The Federal Trade Commission plans to sue the three biggest prescription drug middlemen for allegedly using negotiating tactics to steer patients to use more expensive drugs, including insulins, according to a source familiar with the matter. The planned suit, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, would follow a two-year FTC investigation that found pharmacy benefit managers use their dominance over the drug supply chain to hike prices and boost profits. … PBMs have been in the regulatory crosshairs in recent years, and the FTC is cranking up pressure as Congress looks at changing the way Medicare reimburses the companies and imposing new transparency requirements.” (07/11/24)
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/11/ftc-pbms-prescription-drugs-lawsuit
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19) Western envoys criticize South Sudan security bill that could allow warrantless detentions
Source: SFGate
“The U.S. and other western governments criticized a controversial security bill in South Sudan that would allow the government to detain people without warrants, saying it would undermine open political and civil space ahead of the country’s elections. The security bill, which passed parliament July 3, has threatened the collapse of ongoing peace talks and prompted fears of arbitrary arrests ahead of the country’s first-ever elections on Dec. 22. President Salva Kiir has 30 days to approve or veto the law. Nine western envoys, including representatives of the U.S. and Britain, said Wednesday that the signing of the bill would ‘constitute a significant step away from the opening of political and civic space, which is a prerequisite for genuine and peaceful elections to take place.'” (07/11/24)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/western-envoys-criticize-south-sudan-security-19566758.php
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20) Ukraine: Regime seizes cargo ship carrying “looted” grain for Russia
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Ukraine has seized an international freighter it says was transporting stolen Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said on Thursday that its forces stopped the vessel in the Black Sea near Ukraine’s Odesa region, seizing it and apprehending its captain. The Cameroon-flagged vessel, Usko Mfu, had been working for Russia to export grain to the Middle East, the SBU said. It had repeatedly docked at the Crimean sea port of Sevastopol since last year to pick up several tonnes of the ‘looted’ products, the statement said.” (07/11/24)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/11/ukraine-seizes-cargo-ship-carrying-looted-grain-for-russia
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21) Yes In My Backyard: The Case for Housing Deregulation
Source: New York Times
by Bryan Caplan
“I would be the first to argue that if an economist claims to know of a cure-all policy — a reliable way to relieve a long list of social ills in one fell swoop — common sense tells you to stop listening. So it is awkward for me to declare that I know of something close to a panacea policy: one big reform that would raise living standards, reduce wealth inequality, increase productivity, raise social mobility, help struggling men without college degrees, clean the planet and raise birth rates. It’s a sweeping reform that Democrats and Republicans, progressives and conservatives could all proudly support. The panacea policy I have in mind is housing deregulation. Research confirms that there are large benefits in saying yes to tall buildings, yes to multifamily structures, yes to dense single-family development and yes to speedy permitting.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/CGeGa
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22) The State vs. Homework
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Oy, the stress. Of doing stuff. It’s nonstop. If a California lawmaker gets her way, it will stop, though, at least in the schools. Or at least slow way down. Consider the pressure, the horrible grinding pressure of having to practice math problems, peer at chemical formulas, read assigned readings, summarize, spell, grammarize, memorize names and dates and Spanish vocabulary, and on and on and on … en casa.… It’s the kind of thing that can curdle a kid’s physical and mental health. Not to mention cut into playtime. So is the legislation AB2999 justified?” (07/11/24)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2024/07/11/the-state-vs-homework/
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23) The State and Homework vs. Kids
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Almost any adult worker who spent eight hours a day on a factory floor or at an office desk, then was told to work another three hours from home each weeknight and six to eight hours on the weekend, ‘off the clock,’ would seek a salary re-negotiation or quit. The kids don’t get paid, and they’re not allowed to quit. Also, they’re kids, not adult workers. Kids need more, not less, sleep than adults. Kids need more, not less, time to play and socialize than adults. And at least some studies show that more than an hour of homework per day correlates with decreased, not enhanced, academic performance.” (07/11/24)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/18818
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24) Is National Conservatism All That National?
Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson
“The organizers of NatCon 4, the fourth annual conference of the so-called national conservatives, proudly announced Wednesday that they had set a record for attendance at the event — more than 1,000 people. I don’t mean this as a sneer at NatCon — there are better reasons to sneer at it — but that is not a very big number. …. that is about 0.7 percent of the typical size of the crowd at ComicCon in San Diego …. NatCon 4 might seem like a modestly big deal on a particular Wednesday, or maybe even a week hence. ‘Literature is news that stays news,’ Ezra Pound wrote. History, too. The trick is being able to tell what is big news and what is only current events.” (07/11/24)
https://thedispatch.com/article/is-national-conservatism-all-that-national/
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25) How the media sleepwalked into Biden’s debate disaster
Source: Washington Post
by Megan McArdle
“In my 20 years of writing right-leaning columns at mainstream publications, I’ve made two arguments over and over. First, I’ve tried to convince my fellow journalists that liberal media bias is real. And second, I’ve tried to convince conservatives that, though it’s real, it’s not the conspiracy they imagine. This is a hard moment to make that latter point. Frankly, if we had been colluding to cover up the decline of a Democratic president, who then undid all our efforts by going on national television and breaking the story himself … well, how much different would our coverage have looked? And if he hadn’t self-immolated at the debate, wouldn’t our readers still be in the dark? That said, it really wasn’t a conspiracy.” (07/11/24)
https://archive.is/v1eeC
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26) Assange’s Case Shows Why Reforming the Espionage Act Is Imperative for Press Freedom
Source: The Nation
by Chip Gibbons
“[T]he Espionage Act was from its inception designed to suppress political speech. Initially the law was used to prosecute anti-war speech. This outrage against free speech spawned the modern civil liberties movement. Although courts originally rubber-stamped this abuse, belatedly they adopted much of the civil libertarian’s view of the First Amendment, finally ending it. But the Espionage Act’s century of repression was far from over. It lives on as a weapon against journalists and whistleblowers who expose national security secrets. Here the courts have been far less willing to adopt a civil libertarian approach. … Courts’ silence on prosecuting journalists and unwillingness to protect whistleblowers set the stage for our current era of Espionage Act abuse.” (07/11/24)
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/espionage-reform-press-freedom-whistleblowers/
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27) An American Reconstruction
Source: Liberal Currents
by Samantha Hancox-Li
“On July 1st 2024 the Trump judges John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett ruled that the president is above the law. It is possible — not yet certain but certainly possible — that in 2025 the Republican Party by one piece of constitutional chicanery or another will steal the presidency despite losing a majority of voters and install Donald John Trump as an unchecked ruler. They have announced their plans to rip up the foundations of America if they do so and entrench themselves in power indefinitely. … The republic is shaking itself apart. Everyone feels it. The people do not get what they vote for. When the median voter is baffled that they voted for Biden but abortion got banned anyways, they are right to be puzzled. This is how the American system works and that is the problem.” (07/11/24)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/an-american-reconstruction/
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28) The Problem of Collective Action: An Illustration in Education
Source: EconLog
by Pierre Lemieux
“As formalized by Mancur Olson in his seminal 1971 book The Logic of Collective Action, smaller social groups are easier to organize than larger ones. Consequently and other things equal, a small group will be more effective at lobbying governments, even if the total benefits of its members are smaller than what all the members of the large group lose. One illustration can be found in primary and secondary education, where teachers’ unions impose working conditions that are in their members’ interests but reduce the value of the product the pupils and their parents get.” (07/11/24)
https://www.econlib.org/the-problem-of-collective-action-an-illustration-in-education/
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29) Nonstop News Stories Proving Palestine Supporters Right About Everything
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Haaretz has a new report out showing that the IDF has seized more than a quarter of Gaza’s territory, and is supporting moves by Israeli settlers to build on the areas that have been carved off from the Palestinian enclave. These areas are not just controlled by Israeli forces but have been completely demolished, with IDF military encampments constructed where Palestinian living spaces used to exist. Lately Haaretz has just been a stream of reports confirming that Palestine supporters have been right about everything all along; this same Israeli outlet recently confirmed that the IDF implemented the Hannibal Directive on October 7, opening fire on Israeli soldiers and civilians in numerous locations.” (07/12/24)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2024/07/11/nonstop-news-stories-proving-palestine-supporters-right-about-everything/
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30) Good Ideas Don’t Require Force: Lessons from a Non-Coercive Upbringing
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Tess Brunecz
“I’ve been given a very unique opportunity in this life. Unlike most people in their early twenties I actually believe that my parents did an incredible job raising me. Teenage me would be pissed that I would ever willingly put that in writing, but as it turns out … they were right about pretty much everything. In adulthood I’ve chosen to participate in the same religion I was raised in, I agree with and proudly support a similar political philosophy, and I plan on educating my children in a nearly identical way. … are my parents just insanely incredible and completely unique? Or did they key in on something early in their parenting journey that most people never learn: Good ideas don’t require force.” (07/11/24)
https://fee.org/articles/good-ideas-dont-require-force-lessons-from-a-non-coercive-upbringing/
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31) Thanks to State Control, Doctors Have Become Gods
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Douglas French
“My wife often poses the joke ‘Do you know the difference between doctors and God?’ with the punchline being ‘God doesn’t think he’s a doctor.'” (07/11/24)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/thanks-state-control-doctors-have-become-gods
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32) Biden needs compassion right now. So does America. What is the first family thinking?
Source: Fox News
by Dr. Marc Siegel
“Compassion and empathy are key parts of any doctor’s armamentarium. This is because all people facing illness do so with a combination of trepidation, courage, denial, even absolute terror. It is my job to navigate among the various responses and provide not just treatment, but also succor. When it comes to this role, no patient is more difficult than one who is losing their mental faculties. This is frequently accompanied by denial, as appears to be the case with the president of the United States. And to the extent to which he may be aware of the reality, it must be painful. … I feel compassion for the president, and for the embarrassment and bewilderment he must be feeling along with not wanting to believe that he is markedly diminished. … Unfortunately, I feel even more compassion and empathy for the country, for us, for the American people. ” (07/11/24)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-needs-compassion-right-now-does-america-what-first-family-thinking
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33) What Will Biden’s Enablers Say if He Loses the Election?
Source: The New Republic
by Walter Shapiro
“Just as a thought exercise — for entertainment purposes only — imagine that the misfiring polls are right. A pall will hang over America imperiling democracy for years to come as Donald J. Trump golf-cart rides along his ruin and retribution tour. But, fortunately, there will be important compensations. The bestseller lists in 2025 will be chock-a-block with Biden White House memoirs. The insiders who presided over the biggest Democratic defeat since 1988 will revel in telling the world what really happened behind closed doors and napping curtains. Some of the memoirs will be built around vicious attacks on the media since no one would have noticed that Biden couldn’t complete a sentence in his debate with Trump if it weren’t for the negativism of political reporters. If the mainstream media hadn’t called Biden shaky, the president would have won the debate in a walk.” (07/11/24)
https://newrepublic.com/article/183687/will-bidens-enablers-say-loses-election
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34) After 200 death row exonerations, will we finally put an end to the death penalty?
Source: The Hill
by Austin Sarat
“Last week brought new evidence of crippling flaws in America’s death penalty system. The number of people exonerated and freed from death row over the last 50 years reached 200. Such flaws appear irreparable. They remind us of the damage that capital punishment does to some of our most important legal and political values. They offer powerful reasons as to why America should end the death penalty.” (07/11/24)
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4764543-death-penalty-exonerations/
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35) Who Thinks Donald Trump Is Racist?
Source: TomDispatch
by Clarence Lusane
“Former president Donald Trump often finds himself on the defensive against accusations of racism. He regularly denies the charges, distorting his record and resorting to his ‘Black friends’ defense, while attempting to throw the allegations back at liberals. However, he never explains why he is the favorite son of the one group in society about whose racial bigotry there can be no debate: avowed racists. Since Trump emerged as a public political figure, they have been resolute in their loyalty to him. … In 2024, there is little doubt who the nation’s racists will once again be backing for president.” (07/11/24)
https://tomdispatch.com/who-thinks-donald-trump-is-racist/
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36) Trump Can’t Undo the Damage He’s Done to Reproductive Rights
Source: RealClearPolitics
by Froma Harrop
“There is now a nationwide migration of OB-GYNs from states that ban abortion to states that permit it. These specialists also deliver babies, and their departures are creating health care deserts for local women. Since its radical ban was put in place, Idaho has lost nearly a quarter of its doctors in obstetrics and gynecology and more than half its maternal fetal medicine specialists. Trump tries to cover the damage he’s done to women’s health care with outlandish claims. … Trump is trying to appease his anti-abortion constituency while, wink-wink, struggling to make the pro-choice majority think his dismantling of Roe v. Wade isn’t the disaster it’s become.” (07/11/24)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/11/trump_cant_undo_the_damage_hes_done_to_reproductive_rights_151241.html
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37) Lifeboat Games And Backscratchers Clubs
Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Scott Alexander
“Ten people are stuck on a lifeboat after their ship sank. It will be weeks before anyone finds them, and they’re out of food. They’ve heard this story before, so they decide to turn to cannibalism sooner rather than later. They agree to draw lots to determine the victim. Just as the first person is reaching for the lots, Albert shouts out ‘WAIT LET’S ALL KILL AND EAT BOB!’ They agree to do this instead of drawing lots. This is obvious, right? For nine out of ten people, it’s a better deal. For nine out of ten people, it brings their chance of death from 1/10 to 0. Bob’s against it, of course, but he’s outvoted. The nine others overpower Bob and eat him. Something about this surprises me. It’s weird that there’s another solution which is more stable than the fair one of drawing lots.” (07/11/24)
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/lifeboat-games-and-backscratchers
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38) Why we must have proportional representation
Source: spiked
by Fraser Myers
“If you had any doubts that the UK’s first-past-the-post system for electing our MPs is dysfunctional, those ought to have been shattered by last week’s election results. This was Britain’s least-representative General Election of the modern democratic era. Thanks to our wildly disproportionate voting system, Labour managed to surf to a landslide victory on a wave of mass apathy. Its 411 seats – 63 per cent of those in the House of Commons – were won with just 34 per cent of the vote. Labour’s majority of 172 is among the largest in postwar history, but it was built on the lowest vote share that has ever led to a majority.” (07/11/24)
https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/07/11/why-we-must-have-proportional-representation/
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39) The Dems’ kid gloves treatment of Biden and his obvious decline proves he’s the baby-in-chief
Source: New York Post
by Miranda Devine
“You know that Joe Biden is beyond salvation by the infantilizing language used by the people around him. ‘Big Boy press conference’ is how White House press secretaries John Kirby and Karine Jean-Pierre have repeatedly described the president’s rendezvous with the restive media Thursday. It’s hard to think of a phrase more condescending than ‘Big Boy’ when referring to the 81-year-old commander-in-chief. Despite their lies and coverup of Biden’s cognitive decline, those who know the president best are inadvertently signaling to us what bad shape he is in. They use the same language and tone of voice that carers use with elderly dementia patients. It was a similar vibe when Jill Biden grabbed a microphone at the post-debate party and patronized her husband as if he were a potty-training toddler.” (07/10/24)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/10/opinion/joe-biden-is-a-baby-in-charge-after-the-white-house-calls-him-a-big-boy/
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40) The 2024 GOP Platform Promises To “Make America Affordable Again.” So Why Are They Embracing Fiscal Insanity?
Source: Reason
by Veronique de Rugy
“Although former President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda would make some positive changes, it’s simply not enough.” (07/11/24)
https://reason.com/2024/07/11/the-2024-gop-platform-promises-to-make-america-affordable-again-so-why-are-they-embracing-fiscal-insanity/
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41) The Pandemic Excuse for a Corporatist Coup
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Jeffrey A Tucker
“We’ve just come across a document hosted by the Department of Homeland Security, posted March 2023, but written in 2007, that amounts to a full-blown corporatist imposition on the US, abolishing anything remotely resembling the Bill of Rights and Constitutional law. It is right there in plain sight for anyone curious enough to dig. There is nothing in it that you haven’t already experienced with lockdowns. What makes it interesting are the participants in the forging of the plan, which is pretty much the whole of corporate America as it stood in 2007. It was a George W. Bush initiative.” (07/11/24)
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-pandemic-excuse-for-a-corporatist-coup/
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42) Emancipating the Constitution From Non-Originalist Precedent
Source: Law & Liberty
by John O McGinnis & Mike Rappaport
“The biggest challenge to the rise of originalism is precedent. Although originalism is enjoying more support in the judiciary and in the academy than it has in a century, hundreds of non-originalist Supreme Court precedents still shape our legal world. That means originalists face a clear dilemma: If they allow these precedents to dominate, constitutional doctrine will remain non-originalist, except in areas, such as the Second Amendment, which had few, if any, controlling precedents before the originalist revival. Conversely, if originalists systematically overturn non-originalist precedent, they risk disrupting established rules and causing legal instability. It is not surprising that the justices are just beginning to grapple with this fundamental issue.” (07/11/24)
https://lawliberty.org/emancipating-the-constitution-from-non-originalist-precedent/
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43) It Is Time to Shut Ukraine’s Door to NATO
Source: The American Conservative
by Doug Bandow
“Kiev should be excluded because it is not in America’s or Europe’s security interest to go to war with nuclear-armed Russia over Ukraine. For most of America’s history, Ukraine was ruled from Moscow, which never caused anyone in Washington concern. Putin has shown no interest expanding westward and warned against Ukraine’s inclusion in NATO because he did not want to face a war with the U.S. through the alliance. His difficulties in defeating Kiev would be greatly magnified by an attempt to subjugate the rest of Europe. Indeed, attempting to swallow just Ukraine would weaken Russia by ensuring continuing conflict. The very real danger of the conflict expanding is due to the West recklessly pushing a proxy war toward a full-scale conflict …” (07/11/24)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/it-is-time-to-shut-ukraines-door-to-nato/
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44) CITIES: Doomed, and the sooner the better
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“Readers of this commentary know we here at TPOL are NOT lovers of urban areas. We imagine that the recent commentary on Chicago’s homicide record supports that understanding. Indeed, as time goes on, our distaste for the places (including their ‘culture’ and ‘society’ and government) grows by leaps and bounds. Even the smaller cities of just 40 or 100 thousand or so. Not the cesspools with 500K or a million. Fortunately, their days are numbered, in our opinion.” (07/10/24)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2024/07/10/cities-doomed-and-the-sooner-the-better/
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45) Biden Aside, The Regime Media Is Toast Too
Source: Townhall
by Kurt Schlichter
“For the last four years, the regime media has obediently defended Joe Biden against accurate observations by outsider media that he was a senile, decrepit, corrupt, old, perverted weirdo. This is because it didn’t matter to them that he was a senile, decrepit, corrupt, old, perverted weirdo. All that was fine. The regime media was perfectly happy with him being a senile, decrepit, corrupt, old, perverted weirdo as long as he wasn’t Donald Trump. So they either lied about it or did not do their purported job competently. Either way, they suck, and their sucking cannot and will not be hidden or excused.” (07/11/24)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/07/11/biden-aside-the-regime-media-is-toast-too-n2641641
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46) Why Raw Milk Dealers Are Now a Thing
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Jon Miltimore
“More and more Americans are drinking raw milk for alleged health benefits, data show — even in states where it’s illegal to purchase.” (07/10/24)
https://fee.org/articles/why-raw-milk-dealers-are-now-a-thing/
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47) Only one man beat Joe Biden in 2024. Here’s what he thinks he should do.
Source: Semafor
by David Weigel
“‘I’m almost a Jeopardy question,’ said Jason Palmer. Four months ago, the futurist presidential candidate surprised Democrats by winning the American Samoa caucus, a race few people were paying attention to. His 51 to 40 vote victory over Joe Biden made Palmer the first candidate to beat an incumbent president in a primary since Ted Kennedy in 1980, entitling him to three delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Palmer soon quit the race, endorsed Biden, and started a new political group called Together! But after the Atlanta debate, Palmer urged Biden to ‘do the right thing’ and end his campaign.” (07/10/24)
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/10/2024/only-one-man-beat-joe-biden-in-2024-heres-what-he-thinks-he-should-do
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48) Psst: It’s Not 2014 Anymore
Source: Cato Institute
by Scott Lincicome
“[I]n the wake of the Great Recession—when unemployment and worker anxiety were high, job openings low, wages stagnant, and the labor market’s future uncertain — a political obsession with job creation was at least understandable to even the most curmudgeonly of economists. … Today, however, this kind of talk is ridiculous. By all sorts of metrics, the typical American worker is doing well and is happy with the U.S. labor market. Given demographic changes (e.g., an aging population), moreover, the labor market remains tight.” (07/10/24)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/psst-its-not-2014-anymore
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49) Dead Man Walking
Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner
“In 2020 and 2022, there were at least six dead candidates who won election. They had all died within a few days or weeks of Election Day, and so their names stayed on the ballot. What they had in common, apart from being dead, was the partisan tilt of the local electorate. If you lived in Wyoming, you tended to vote Republican, so in this case you reflexively voted for good old Roy Edwards for state rep, who turned out to be deceased. If you lived in Pittsburgh, you voted for longtime Democratic state rep Tony DeLuca, even though he died a month before the election. It’s a cruel analogy: Joe Biden is alive, but his candidacy is moribund.” (07/10/24)
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-07-10-dead-man-walking/
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50) Democrats, want to replace Biden? Start working on those delegates.
Source: Washington Post
by Jim Geraghty
“President Biden isn’t leaving his reelection campaign willingly. Democrats should abandon their hopes that some cadre of party elders — Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer — will visit the White House and persuade Biden not to run for another term. If that sort of intervention were going to happen, it probably would have happened by now. … If Democrats want a nominee who isn’t named Joe Biden, then they need to have a delegate fight in Chicago, and they need to start preparing now.” (07/10/24)
https://archive.is/o9BQZ
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51) Just Asking Questions, 07/11/24
Source: Reason
“Dave Weigel: What If Biden Quits?” (07/11/24)
https://reason.com/podcast/2024/07/11/dave-weigel-what-if-biden-quits/
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52) Serious Trouble, 07/11/24
Source: Serious Trouble
“He’ll Be An Old Thug By The Time This Trial Is Over.” (07/11/24)
https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/hell-be-an-old-thug-by-the-time-this
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53) LibertyDad Podcast, episode 329
Source: LibertyDad
“Watering Down A Sex Trafficking Bill.” (07/11/24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8syPZEgj_8
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54) Conflicts of Interest, episode 633
Source: Libertarian Institute
“American-Made F-16s Are Headed to Ukraine.” (07/11/24)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/kyle/coi-633-american-made-f-16s-are-headed-to-ukraine
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55) The Bryan Hyde Show, 07/11/24
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“A good test of whether or not one would test positive for the mind virus of statism is to watch how they react to the words ‘raw milk.’ Jon Miltimore reveals why raw milk dealers are now a thing. And since the statute of limitations has likely passed, I’ll share my own experience with the neighborhood raw milk crime syndicate just a few years ago.” (07/11/24)
https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-x89zr-166627f
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56) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 07/11/24
Source: Antiwar.com
“US To Deploy Nuke-Capable Missiles to Germany, Israel Orders the Evacuation of Gaza City, and More.” (07/11/24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssomC6_VMzk
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57) Free Talk Live, 07/10/24
Source: Free Talk Live
“Will Biden Legally Drone Strike Mar-a-Lago? :: Satanists in FL offer to fill school roles after DeSantis signs law allowing religious chaplains :: ATG goes back to murdering Americans :: Pastor’s lawyers blame 12 year old for initiating sex :: Chris R., Lori, Riley.” (07/10/24)
https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/free-talk-live-2024-07-10
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58) Pod Save America, 07/10/24
Source: Crooked Media
“The effort to remove President Biden from the ticket picks up momentum as more Democratic members of Congress speak out. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi reveals more about her position — and says ‘time is running short’ to make the right decision. MSNBC’s Jen Psaki joins Lovett to break down the latest, and to talk about openly about what Biden needs to do to hang on.” (07/10/24)
https://stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/9aa1e238-cbed-4305-9808-c9228fc6dd4f/episodes/bcf8c702-bf69-4da3-b808-e23201c644aa/audio/128/default.mp3
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59) Power Problems, 07/10/24
Source: Cato Institute
‘Should America Let Europe Defend Itself?” (07/10/24)
https://www.cato.org/multimedia/power-problems/should-america-let-europe-defend-itself
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60) Freakonomics Radio, episode 596
Source: Freakonomics
“Farewell to a Generational Talent.” (07/10/24)
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/farewell-to-a-generational-talent/
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61) The Science of Politics, 07/10/24
Source: Niskanen Center
“How think tanks drive polarization and policy.” (07/10/24)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/how-think-tanks-drive-polarization-and-policy
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62) Deconstructed, 07/10/24
Source: The Intercept
“Why Biden’s Still In: Insights From Democratic Insider Dmitri Mehlhorn.” (07/10/24)
https://theintercept.com/2024/07/10/dmitri-mehlhorn-biden-president-deconstructed/
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63) NFSCD — The Two and Only — Brian Wilson and James Bovard, season 3, episode 20
Source: Now For Something Completely Different, with Brian Wilson
“Just in time! The Two and Only join the fun inside the Logic Free Zone!” (07/10/24)
https://brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/p/nfscd-the-two-and-only-brian-wilson
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64) The Bulwark Podcast, 07/10/24
Source: The Bulwark
“Ezra Klein: A Path to Defeat.” (07/10/24)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/ezra-klein-a-path-to-defeat
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65) The Learning Curve, 07/10/24
Source: Pioneer Institute
“Georgetown’s Dr. Marguerite Roza on Federal ESSER Funds & the Fiscal Cliff.” (07/10/24)
https://pioneerinstitute.org/featured/georgetowns-dr-marguerite-roza-on-federal-esser-funds-the-fiscal-cliff/
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