08/22 -- Italy: Ukrainian Arrested Over Nord Stream Pipeline Attacks; Three Positions On Childhood Vaccination: Only One Is Correct
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Today's Freedom News:
0) "Hybrid Friday" at the freedom movement's daily newspaper
1) Italy: Ukrainian Arrested Over Nord Stream Pipeline Attacks
2) Report: Israeli data shows 83 percent of Gaza war dead are civilians
3) NYC: Top Adams aide ran brazen pressure campaign, indictments claim
4) Federal judge orders closure of Florida concentration camp
5) CA: Newsom signs redistricting measures in response to Texas bill
6) CA: Parole officials to decide if Menendez brothers should be released
7) Report: North Korean Regime Has a Secret Long-Range Missile Base Near Chinese Border
8) Egypt: Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted out of the sea off Alexandria
9) US Regime Opens “National Security” Probe Into Imported Wind Turbines, Components
10) Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 denies role in Congo massacres
11) NY: Appeals court rules $500 million judgment against Trump excessive
12) Trump regime expands ICC sanctions in attempt to protect war criminals
13) MA: Bike-riding youths terrorize [sic] Boston by using road
14) Tunisia: Thousands rally in support of union, against regime
15) TX: Roy announces for attorney general
16) Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displayed in government day prison classrooms
17) TX: Democrat who rails against billionaire cash takes $59K from Trump-backing megadonor
18) Brazil: Police say Bolsonaro planned to seek asylum in Argentina
19) Iran: Navy launches country’s first military drill since 12-day war with Israel
20) US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children
Today's Freedom Commentary:
21) Three Positions On Childhood Vaccination: Only One Is Correct
22) No, “the Economists” Didn’t Botch Trump’s Tariffs
23) From the “Banter Bill” to Bias Hotlines: The Alarming Rise of Snitch Networks
24) Austerity for Fertility
25) McArdle Cover-Up Continues
26) The Ultimate Caricature: Donald Trump, My Parents & the Potential Last Act of Human History
27) The Sad Legacy of the Bush Political Dynasty: George H.W. Bush
28) Trump’s Impatience With Small Nations and Their Leaders
29) Trump Mounting Authoritarian Takeover of Our Election System
30) Beware Universal Mental Health Screening
31) Newsom’s backroom gerrymander gamble betrays voters and dismantles democracy
32) When Trump’s Brain Broke
33) Trump’s DC Takeover Is a Dangerous Distraction
34) US Jobless Claims Rise, Adding to Signs of Slowing Labor Market
35) The Orange Alternative
36) Heart of Glass
37) Contra Colby
38) The Cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome? Success!
39) Talking About Crime in DC
40) Trump Khamenei Four scenarios for war — and peace — with Iran
41) Trump & the Seven Dwarfs
42) AI, Democrat Party Failures, and a 32-Hour Work Week
43) Aquinas’s Defense of Textualism
44) Trump Should Keep the US Out of Any Future Ukraine War
45) Childish RI prosecutor latest example of entitled Dems thinking they are above the law
46) The findings against Harvard are a blueprint for a National Campus Speech Code
47) No, a Jumpy PPI Index Isn’t Proof of Tariff-induced “Greedflation”
48) Transshipment’s dead end
49) Texas’s Hemp-Derived THC Market: Fueling Profits, Poisonings & a Legislative Battle
50) Trump’s Steel Tariffs Now Apply to Milk and Hundreds of Other Products That Aren’t Steel
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54) Just Asking Questions, 08/21/25
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56) Advisory Opinions, 08/21/25
57) Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, 08/21/25
58) Health Care News Podcast, episode 604
59) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 08/21/25
60) Gracearchy with Jim Babka, episode 137
61) Anarcho Agenda, episode 142
62) The Science of Politics, 08/20/25
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64) The Learning Curve, 08/20/25
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1) Italy: Ukrainian Arrested Over Nord Stream Pipeline Attacks
Source: US News & World Report
“Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, Germany’s prosecutor general said on Thursday, adding that he would be brought before a German judge after being transferred. Seen by both Russia and the West as an act of sabotage, no one has ever taken responsibility for explosions that severely damaged pipelines carrying gas from Russia to Europe in September 2022, marking a major escalation in the Ukraine conflict and ramping up an energy supply crisis on the continent. The suspect, identified only as Serhii K. under German privacy laws, was part of a group of people who planted devices on the pipelines near the German island of Bornholm in September 2022, a statement from the prosecutor’s office said.” (08/21/25)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-21/italy-arrests-ukrainian-over-nord-stream-pipeline-attacks-german-prosecutors-say
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2) Report: Israeli data shows 83 percent of Gaza war dead are civilians
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“A classified Israeli military database shows the vast majority of Palestinians killed in Gaza are civilians, according to a joint investigation by The Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call. Figures reviewed by the outlets revealed on Thursday indicate that, as of May 2025 – 19 months into Israel’s war on Gaza – Israeli military intelligence had listed 8,900 fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) as confirmed or ‘probably’ dead. Over the same period, Gaza’s health authorities recorded at least 53,000 deaths from Israeli attacks, meaning that named fighters accounted for just 17 percent of those killed, with civilians at about about 83 percent of the total death toll. Conflict researchers say that ratio is almost unparalleled in modern warfare. Only the Rwandan genocide, the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and Russia’s 2022 siege of Mariupol recorded a higher civilian death rate, the authors noted.” (08/21/25)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/21/israeli-data-shows-83-percent-of-gaza-war-dead-are-civilians-report
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3) NYC: Top Adams aide ran brazen pressure campaign, indictments claim
Source: Politico
The former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams ran lucrative and audacious bribery schemes out of City Hall — selling off her help as a public official four different times to people willing to shower her with money or gifts, according to a series of indictments unsealed Thursday. Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the former chief adviser to the mayor, is accused by a grand jury of helping friends secure lucrative city contracts and expediting their regulatory issues with city government in exchange for cash payments to her son, lavish karaoke parties, free home renovations, nearly $10,000 worth of seafood for city events and even a guest appearance on the TV show ‘Godfather of Harlem.’ Lewis-Martin … ‘overrode other City officials’ expertise and decision making to ensure that certain required actions were accomplished for the benefit of her co-conspirators,’ prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office wrote in a sweeping and detail-rich summary of the indictments.” (08/21/25)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/21/nyc-indictments-allege-corruption-in-adams-city-hall-00517393
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4) Federal judge orders closure of Florida concentration camp
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“A federal judge in Miami late on Thursday ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ [concentration camp] within 60 days, and ruled that no more detainees were to be brought to the facility while it was being wound down. The shock ruling by district court judge Kathleen Williams builds on a temporary restraining order she issued two weeks ago halting further construction work at the remote tented camp, which has attracted waves of criticism for harsh conditions, abuse of detainees and denial of due process as they await deportation. In her 82-page order, published in the US district court’s southern district of Florida on Friday, Williams determined the facility was causing severe and irreparable damage to the fragile Florida Everglades.” (08/21/25)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/trump-alligator-alcatraz-judge-ruling
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5) CA: Newsom signs redistricting measures in response to Texas bill
Source: Axios
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two redistricting bills into law on Thursday after the state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature passed them earlier in the day. The legislation is in direct response to Texas’ Republican-controlled House passing a new congressional map at the urging of President Trump, and the consequences of both could prove pivotal in the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election.” (08/21/25)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/california-newsom-redistricting-democrats-texas-republicans
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6) CA: Parole officials to decide if Menendez brothers should be released
Source: NBC News
“Erik and Lyle Menendez …. who have served more than three decades in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents, will appear before California parole officials Thursday and Friday in a bid to convince the panel that they are suitable for release. A Los Angeles judge found three months ago that the men do not pose an ‘unreasonable risk’ and resentenced them to 50 years to life — a decision that effectively canceled their previous prison terms of life without the possibility of parole and made them eligible for ‘suitability’ hearings immediately. … If they are found suitable for parole, a review process that can take nearly a half-year follows. The decision to release the brothers will ultimately land with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has 30 days to affirm, reverse or modify the decision or refer it back to the parole board.” (08/21/25)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/menendez-brothers-release-judge-decides-prison-parole-hearing-murder-rcna225968
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7) Report: North Korean Regime Has a Secret Long-Range Missile Base Near Chinese Border
Source: Wall Street Journal
“North Korea has a heavily fortified, covert military base that could house its newest long-range ballistic missiles, which are potentially capable of striking the U.S. mainland, according to a new report. The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, has identified what it believes is a secret base near the village of Sinpung-dong, about 17 miles from the Chinese border. According to CSIS, construction of the base started around 2004 and it became operational a decade later. Until recently, however, the site remained undisclosed. CSIS used interviews with informed sources, as well as declassified documents, satellite images and open-source information, to identify the base.” (08/21/25)
https://archive.is/vaO0Z
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8) Egypt: Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted out of the sea off Alexandria
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“Egypt has unveiled parts of a sunken city submerged beneath waters off the coast of Alexandria, including buildings, artefacts and an ancient dock that date back more than 2,000 years. Egyptian authorities said the site, located in the waters of Abu Qir bay, may be an extension of the ancient city of Canopus, a prominent centre during the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt for nearly 300 years, and the Roman empire, which governed for about 600 years. Over time, earthquakes and rising sea levels submerged the city and the nearby port of Heracleion.” (08/21/25)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/21/egypt-retrieves-parts-of-2000-year-old-sunken-city-canopus-off-coast-of-alexandria
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9) US Regime Opens “National Security” Probe Into Imported Wind Turbines, Components
Source: US News & World Report
“The U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday it has opened a national security [sic] investigation into the import of wind turbines and components. Earlier this week, the department said it was adding wind turbines to a list of products that will face 50% tariffs on the aluminum and steel content. The ‘Section 232’ investigation, which was opened on August 13 but not made public until now, could be used as a basis for even higher tariffs on imported wind turbines.” (08/21/25)
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-08-21/us-opens-national-security-probe-into-imported-wind-turbines-components
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10) Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 denies role in Congo massacres
Source: Seattle Times
“The Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 has denied involvement in a series of massacres in eastern Congo which were detailed in a report published by a rights group Wednesday. Lawrence Kanyuka, spokesperson for the M23 military, called the Human Rights Watch report ‘fake and a falsification of reality’ and accused the group of spreading ‘extremist propaganda’ in a statement late Wednesday. M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups fighting for control in Congo’s mineral-rich east. Both M23 and the Congolese military have previously been accused of violence against civilians. … Human Rights Watch accused M23 of killing over 140 civilians as part of a military campaign against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an armed group made up mostly of ethnic Hutu fighters.” (08/21/25)
https://archive.is/NOtkq
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11) NY: Appeals court rules $500 million judgment against Trump excessive
Source: Fox News
“An appellate court has thrown out the $500 million civil fraud penalty against former President Donald Trump in the high-profile case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The New York Appellate Division overturned the penalty, ruling the disgorgement was an excessive fine that violates the Eighth Amendment. The panel upheld findings that Trump and his company were liable, affirming that James acted within her authority and that injunctive relief to curb Trump Organization practices was appropriate. The ruling leaves liability intact but eliminates the massive financial penalty.” (08/21/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ny-appeals-court-throws-out-500m-penalty-against-trump-letitia-james-civil-case
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12) Trump regime expands ICC sanctions in attempt to protect war criminals
Source: Axios
“The Trump administration announced fresh sanctions on International Criminal Court officials on Wednesday and accused the ICC of being a ‘national security threat’ and ‘instrument for lawfare’ against the U.S. and Israel. The intergovernmental organization and international tribunal, in a statement, called the latest U.S. sanctions that affect two judges and two prosecutors ‘a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution.’ … The sanctioned officials ‘directly engaged’ in ICC efforts ‘to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute nationals of the United States or Israel, without the consent of either nation.'” (08/21/25)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/trump-icc-sanctions-israel-rubio-us-israel-afghanistan
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13) MA: Bike-riding youths terrorize [sic] Boston by using road
Source: Fox News
“Boston motorists captured the moment over 100 bikers filled a local highway, stopping traffic and wreaking havoc on the roads. The incident was initially reported just after 2 p.m. on Saturday, after Massachusetts State Police received a call regarding a group of people on bicycles, electric scooters and dirt bikes in the O’Neill Tunnel, according to WCVB. ‘Here comes [one to two] bikes, then 20 bicycles and we realize there is a whole wagon train of them down the road,’ Michael Filandro, who was driving on the interstate, told the outlet. ‘I thought it was a little parade or something going on. There was no escort, no police there. They were blowing through traffic lights, zipping around cars.’ Bystander footage shows dozens of riders racing down the highway without helmets and weaving in and out of vehicles.” (08/21/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/bike-riding-youths-terrorize-dem-run-city-mobs-swarm-roads-while-mayor-stays-silent-chaos
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14) Tunisia: Thousands rally in support of union, against regime
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Members and backers of Tunisia’s largest trade union rallied Thursday in support of the organisation, which has faced mounting pressure from President Kais Saied. It was the largest demonstration Tunisia has seen in recent months, coinciding with what rights groups have denounced as a rollback of freedoms in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) – part of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize-winning ‘national dialogue quartet’ – remains an influential counterweight to Saied, who has jailed many of his critics since a sweeping 2021 power grab.” (08/21/25)
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250821-tunisians-rally-in-support-of-embattled-trade-union-amid-government-clampdown
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15) TX: Roy announces for attorney general
Source: SFGate
“Republican Rep. Chip Roy, an outspoken fiscal conservative known for his willingness to challenge party leadership, announced Thursday that he is running for Texas attorney general. Now in his fourth term, Roy is a prominent member of the House Freedom Caucus, a hard-line conservative faction that wields outsize influence in the narrowly divided House. He was a central player this summer in the negotiations around President Donald Trump’s big tax bill. But the lawmaker’s relationship with Trump has been complicated at times as one of the few Republicans who initially pushed back against Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Roy enters an increasingly crowded Republican primary field to succeed Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is challenging Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary next year.” (08/21/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/rep-chip-roy-an-outspoken-fiscal-conservative-20827608.php
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16) Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displayed in government day prison classrooms
Source: CBS News
“A federal district court in Texas temporarily blocked a new state law on Wednesday that would have required public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery issued a preliminary injunction in Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, ruling that Texas Senate Bill 10, set to take effect Sept. 1, likely violates both the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment. The lawsuit was originally filed in late June by several families after Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10 into law. Parents argued the measure intruded on their rights to guide their children’s religious education and forced religious mandates in public classrooms.” (08/20/25)
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/ten-commandments-texas-abbott-law-blocked-federal-judge/
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17) TX: Democrat who rails against billionaire cash takes $59K from Trump-backing megadonor
Source: Fox News
“Texas Democrat James Talarico has campaigned on getting megadonor cash out of elections, but records show he has been cashing checks from an unlikely source: a Republican, Trump-backing billionaire. Talarico’s single largest donation last year came from a PAC backed by casino mogul Miriam Adelson, the widow of longtime Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson. Records show Talarico received $59,000 from Adelson’s Texas Sands PAC in 2024, making the group his largest donor for that year. A representative for Talarico’s office defended his accepting the funds, telling Politico that while he opposes big-donor cash influencing elections, ‘he will not unilaterally disarm and let Texas Republicans play by different rules.'” (08/21/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-democrat-who-rails-against-billionaire-cash-takes-59k-from-trump-backing-megadonor
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18) Brazil: Police say Bolsonaro planned to seek asylum in Argentina
Source: Financial Times [UK]
“Brazilian police say Jair Bolsonaro planned to seek political asylum in Argentina ahead of his trial over an alleged coup plot, according to a document found on the former president’s mobile phone. The undated draft asylum request, discovered on a device seized during investigations, was addressed to Argentina’s President Javier Milei and claimed Bolsonaro had been the victim of political persecution and feared for his life, according to a report filed by federal police investigators to Brazil’s supreme court. Police did not say whether the request was actually submitted to Argentina’s government. Bolsonaro is facing the possibility of more than 40 years in prison if found guilty of conspiracy to overturn the result of the 2022 presidential election, which he lost to leftwing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The far-right former leader denies the charges.” (08/21/25)
https://archive.is/UqXJw
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19) Iran: Navy launches country’s first military drill since 12-day war with Israel
Source: ABC News
“Iran launched its first military exercise since the end of its 12-day war with Israel, state television reported Thursday, with navy vessels launching missiles at targets at sea in the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean. While such drills are routine in the Islamic Republic, the ‘Sustainable Power 1404’ exercise comes as authorities in Iran are trying to project strength in the wake of a war that saw Israel destroy air defense systems and bomb nuclear facilities and other sites. The state TV report said naval vessels would fire cruise missiles at targets and use drones over the open water. It did not immediately air any footage from the exercise.” (08/21/25)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/irans-navy-launches-countrys-military-drill-12-day-124837386
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20) US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children
Source: Reuters
“The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children. In its latest policy document, AAP said all young children aged 6-23 months should receive a COVID-19 shot regardless of previous doses or SARS-CoV-2 infection. It also advised vaccination for older children in certain risk groups. The U.S. pediatric group’s recommendations diverge from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which in May said healthy children can take the shots if parents and doctors agree it is needed.” (08/20/25)
https://archive.is/Xwgid
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21) Three Positions On Childhood Vaccination: Only One Is Correct
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Individual doctors are better positioned than ‘experts’ a thousand miles away to evaluate their patients, their patients’ needs, and their patients’ risk levels, and offer their best advice on whether to undergo any medical procedure. And individual patients — or, in the case of children, their parents/guardians — are the ones entitled by right to weigh the benefits and risks, seek advice or not, and make the decisions. When a vaccine is administered, it’s injected into the patient’s body, not RFK’s body or the AAP’s body. Does the phrase ‘my body, my choice’ ring any bells?” (08/21/25)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/19880
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22) No, “the Economists” Didn’t Botch Trump’s Tariffs
Source: Cato Institute
by Scott Lincicome
“Easily one of the worst and most cynical plays in modern politics is the practice of ‘nutpicking.’ Partisans will treat the loopy utterance of some random member of the other team as broadly representative of the entire movement, thereby seeking to discredit it (and its saner and stronger players) and to reassure their comrades that everyone on the other side is a whackadoodle freak not worth engaging. … the nutpickers have found their way into the tariff debate, as fans of the president’s trade policies — including the vice president himself — have seized on a few recent events to declare victory over all ‘the economists’ who, blinded by ideology and ivory tower groupthink, confidently predicted this spring that the tariffs would usher in economic doom for the country. The victory dance, however, is proving not just cynical and myopic but alarmingly premature.” (08/21/25)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/no-economists-didnt-botch-trumps-tariffs
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23) From the “Banter Bill” to Bias Hotlines: The Alarming Rise of Snitch Networks
Source: The Daily Economy
by Julian Adorney
“A troubling new piece of legislation continues to make its way through the British parliament. Dubbed the ‘Banter Bill,’ the Employment Rights Bill would criminalize any speech that might be considered offensive by any passerby. As Dominic Green reports for The Free Press, under this proposed law, ‘Britons can be prosecuted for a remark that a worker in a public space overhears and finds insulting.’ Under this standard, whether a certain sentiment (for instance, that Britain should reduce immigration) is legal will now depend on whether someone in the vicinity takes offense. Unfortunately, this new subjective standard for what types of speech are allowed isn’t restricted to Great Britain. In the United States, more and more states are experimenting with a similar system.” (08/21/25)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-dangerous-rise-of-snitch-networks/
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24) Austerity for Fertility
Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“Until recently, economists — or at least development economists — assumed that birthrates were too high. While they rarely argued for this anti-natal premise, economists’ cost-benefit analyses routinely put ‘fewer births’ on the benefit side of the ledger. Since education, especially female education, seems to strongly reduce fertility, economists standardly named lower fertility as a major social benefit of education, especially female education. … Over the last decade, happily, economists have at long last largely abandoned their casual anti-natalism. Some top economists are now curiously talking about how to raise birthrates. Their tone, however, remains pessimistic …” (08/21/25)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/austerity-for-fertility
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25) McArdle Cover-Up Continues
Source: Jake Porter’s Analysis & Investigation
by Jake Porter
“Region 1 Representative, Andrew Chadderdon explains his vote against adopting the Special Investigatory Committee’s 94-page report detailing former Chair Angela McArdle’s misuse of funds for her own benefit. In this article, I take apart his entire argument and show it for what it truly is.” (08/22/25)
https://jakeporter.substack.com/p/mcardle-cover-up-continues
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26) The Ultimate Caricature: Donald Trump, My Parents & the Potential Last Act of Human History
Source: TomDispatch
by Tom Engelhardt
“Sometimes I dream — in the sense of a nightmare — about bringing my parents back to this all too strange world of ours to tell them about … yes, of course, Donald J. Trump. They died long before The Apprentice even made it onto TV early in this century, so — best guess — though they also lived in New York, they undoubtedly had never heard of him. My mother died in 1977 when Donald Trump was 31 and Jimmy Carter was president; my father in 1983 when Trump was 37 and Ronald Reagan was president. But nothing, not even Richard Nixon, could have prepared them for a Trump presidency, not once but (yes!) twice. ” (08/21/25)
https://tomdispatch.com/the-ultimate-caricature/
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27) The Sad Legacy of the Bush Political Dynasty: George H.W. Bush
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by William L Anderson
“It has been more than 16 years since the second Bush of the father-son political dynasty left office, but the damage done by these two men continues to affect the lives not only of people in the country but around the world. Unfortunately, in the present age of Donald Trump, both Democrats and never-Trump Republicans are rehabilitating their disastrous presidencies, asking us to forget their legacies of death and destruction. Over the next two weeks, this column will remind our readers of the carnage these two presidents left behind.” (08/21/25)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/sad-legacy-bush-political-dynasty-george-hw-bush
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28) Trump’s Impatience With Small Nations and Their Leaders
Source: RealClearPolitics
by W Joseph Campbell
“The Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska contrasted sharply with another president’s visit this month – that of Karin Keller-Sutter, president of Switzerland. She hurried to Washington, D.C., to trim or forestall a staggering, 39% tariff ordered by Trump on most Swiss exports to the United States. Unlike Putin, Keller-Sutter received no red-carpet treatment, no effusive welcome. She didn’t even see Trump, conferring instead with Secretary of State Marco Rubio before returning home empty-handed. The 39% tariff, one of the steepest U.S. levies in the world, took effect August 7. Trump’s behavior during the respective presidential visits was asymmetrical – but unsurprising. He has a tendency to cozy up to powerful leaders while, at least on occasion, insulting or ignoring leaders of smaller, weaker, more out-of-the-way countries. The Swiss-tariffs episode is an illustration of that impulse – and it’s hardly the only such example.” (08/21/25)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/21/trumps_impatience_with_small_nations_and_their_leaders__153199.html
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29) Trump Mounting Authoritarian Takeover of Our Election System
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
by Michael Waldman
“After his Friday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump bragged that the dictator had backed one of his conspiracy theories. According to Trump, Putin said, ‘You can’t have an honest election with mail-in voting’. (You don’t need to be a former KGB agent to know how to woo our chief executive.) Then on Monday, perhaps emboldened by his encounter with a real-life autocrat, Trump announced a major effort to seize control of American elections. In a Truth Social post, he declared that he would sign ‘an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections’ and ‘lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS.’ We’ve all grown used to the president’s wild claims about elections. We might be tempted to roll our eyes now, but we shouldn’t. It’s appalling.” (08/21/25)
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/voting-power-grab-nod-putin
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30) Beware Universal Mental Health Screening
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Cooper Davis & Jeffrey Lacasse
“How would your child score on a common mental health screening? A mental health professional might view the results and conclude that your child has a mental health problem … that needs to be psychiatrically diagnosed and treated, even medicated. Will this help your child thrive? Or will it reshape their identity in undesirable ways? Will you be comfortable with your child taking medications that alter their developing brains and could perturb their sexuality? When your child reaches adulthood, will they be able to withdraw from these drugs, or will they despair to find out that their body and brain have adapted to them, making this difficult or maybe even impossible? For any parent with even minor reservations about our current medical and mental health system, these aren’t theoretical questions. A new public policy has just made them very salient.” (08/21/25)
https://brownstone.org/articles/beware-universal-mental-health-screening/
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31) Newsom’s backroom gerrymander gamble betrays voters and dismantles democracy
Source: Fox News Forum
by Tony Strickland
“California has always touted itself as a beacon of democracy. In 2008 and 2010, voters enacted constitutional amendments establishing an independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, which is the gold standard for redistricting and should serve as the national model. Here in California, unlike other states, our citizens pick their representatives – the representatives don’t pick their citizens. In our Constitution, our criteria is that we keep cities, counties and communities of interest together while drafting district lines in public, during hearings across the state. Gavin Newsom wants to go against our Constitution. He drafted maps behind closed doors without community input, splitting counties 16 times and cities more than 100 times, again, without public hearings. The result will be no competitive districts in the state of California. Where voters today have a voice on who is elected, that will go away with Newsom’s redistricting scheme.” (08/21/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/newsoms-backroom-gerrymander-gamble-betrays-voters-dismantles-democracy
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32) When Trump’s Brain Broke
Source: Unpopular Front
by John Ganz
“As I’m sure you’re all very tired of being reminded, the title of my book, which covers the period roughly between 1989 and 1993, is When the Clock Broke. It’s a reference to a speech by one of the principal figures in the narrative, Murray Rothbard, but I thought it also captured the uncanny sense that, as a country, we seemed stuck dealing with many of the same issues that arose in that brief era. It also gestured at Francis Fukuyama’s famous End of History thesis, but suggested a mechanical breakdown of history instead of a triumphant denouement. … If you look at all [Donald Trump’s] impulses and instincts, you can trace them back to this particular period …. It makes sense why Trump would want to return to the time before he seemed vulnerable at all, before his businesses collapsed, and before his very nasty divorce with Ivana splashed across the tabloids.” (08/21/25)
https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/when-trumps-brain-broke
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33) Trump’s DC Takeover Is a Dangerous Distraction
Source: OtherWords
by Peter Certo
“Credit where it’s due: US President Donald Trump has a talent for getting the chattering classes talking about whatever he wants. Especially when he really doesn’t want them talking about other stuff. That’s how we should view Trump’s latest drama in Washington, DC, where he mobilized the National Guard and took over the police department. On the one hand, there’s something new and dangerous about Trump’s willingness to deploy US troops against Americans in their own cities. On the other, scaremongering about cities is a tried and true (and sad!) distraction Republicans have relied on since Richard Nixon. Trump’s hysterics aside, crime just hit a 30-year low in DC. So why bring it up? Because the last month or two has been jam-packed with stories Trump has been desperate to dodge.” (08/21/25)
https://otherwords.org/trump-wants-you-talking-about-d-c-crime-not-his-medicaid-cuts/
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34) US Jobless Claims Rise, Adding to Signs of Slowing Labor Market
Source: Bloomberg
“Applications for US unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since June and continuing claims climbed, adding to evidence the US labor market is slowing. Initial claims increased by 11,000 to 235,000 in the week ended Aug. 16. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 225,000 applications. Continuing claims, a proxy for the number of people receiving benefits, rose to 1.97 million in the week ended Aug. 9, the highest since November 2021, according to Labor Department data released Thursday.” (08/21/25)
https://archive.is/cQo4I
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35) The Orange Alternative
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Hannah Langdon
“After years of Nazi occupation in World War II, followed by life under Stalin and subsequent Soviet leaders, the Polish people had suffered enough. By the 1980s, the resistance movement had swelled to a climax. History celebrates the Solidarity Movement, strikes, and international negotiations — and rightly so. But the Orange Alternative also deserves attention — unless it appears to historians like a clownish child whose desire for attention is best ignored. But this movement was hardly an isolated street corner demonstration. In June 1988, 10,000 Poles marched through the streets dressed as dwarves (krasnoludek in Polish) in orange hats. They mocked the Communist police, cracked jokes, and sketched orange dwarves over political slogans around the city.” (08/21/25)
https://fee.org/articles/the-orange-alternative/
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36) Heart of Glass
Source: Cobden Centre
by Tim Price
“King Charles VI of France died in 1422 after a long rule of more than 40 years. He may have been the first person in history to suffer from a condition known as ‘Glass Delusion’ – the idea that he was made of glass and would break at the slightest touch. He was so concerned by the prospect that he surrounded himself with pillows, and wore special clothes reinforced with iron on the inside. He refused to be touched, in case his body shattered. Princess Alexandra Amelie of Bavaria was a fellow sufferer. She believed that she had somehow swallowed a glass grand piano during her childhood and similarly took great pains to avoid shattering. Scientists today attribute the ‘Glass Delusion’ to the invention of clear glass …. ‘Glass Delusion’, of course, is no longer common – if it ever was. But we are still prone to outbreaks of irrational belief.” (08/21/25)
https://www.cobdencentre.org/2025/08/heart-of-glass/
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37) Contra Colby
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Joseph Solis-Mullen
“So sick of liberal hegemony, critics of Washington’s foreign policy have long been apt to seize at anything that promises something, anything, different. Hence the vigorous applause directed towards anyone who doesn’t mindlessly embrace every single one of the blob’s wars. One of the most prominent in the second Donald Trump administration is Elbridge Colby, current Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, who has drawn the predictable beltway ire for reviews of Ukraine aid and AUKUS, among other things. But here’s the problem with Elbridge Colby, and everyone else like him, from the perspective of a restrainer or non-interventionist: he markets himself as the sober realist who corrected Washington’s post-9/11 drift, but his program amounts to militarized primacy by another name.” (08/21/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/contra-colby
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38) The Cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome? Success!
Source: Town Hall
by Larry Elder
“At this point in his second term, President Donald Trump has higher approval ratings than Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama in their second terms. … For Trump, this approval rating follows: two impeachments; a verdict of liable defamation; a criminal verdict of guilty by a Manhattan jury for a supposed violation of federal election law; a prosecution by the Fulton County district attorney for alleged presidential election interference; an investigation … into Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol building riot … investigation of Trump’s alleged violation of federal law over his possession and handling of government documents … a verdict of liability and a judgment, now approaching $500 million, for supposedly inflating the value of his properties to obtain bank loans; a[n] … investigation by a special counsel into whether Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election and whether Trump committed obstruction of justice …” (08/21/25)
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2025/08/21/the-cure-for-trump-derangement-syndrome-success-n2662108
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39) Talking About Crime in DC
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“How bad is Washington’s crime problem? Well, that’s hard to know precisely, what with rampant fudging of crime statistics. We get anecdotes. For example, via tweeted responses to an invitation by the X account Washingtonian Problems to ‘push back against the negative narrative about our city. Share why you love our beautiful home and help show the world the real DC.’ Whether the appeal was meant ironically, a possibility suggested by Not the Bee, I don’t know. But a good many reports of non-beauty ensued.” (08/21/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/08/20/talking-about-crime-in-dc/
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40) Trump Khamenei Four scenarios for war — and peace — with Iran
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Sina Toossi
“The 12-day war between Israel and Iran in 2025 shattered long-held assumptions, thrusting U.S.–Iran relations into uncharted territory. The conflict, a dramatic escalation of decades-long tensions, has left the Middle East teetering on the edge of broader instability. As the dust settles, the United States faces a critical juncture in its approach to Iran — one that could redefine the region for decades. Four plausible scenarios loom large, each carrying profound implications for global security, regional stability, and American foreign policy.” (08/21/25)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-iran-war/
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41) Trump & the Seven Dwarfs
Source: Antiwar.com
by Ray McGovern
“It has been clear since the Alaska summit that Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have come to an overall agreement on Ukraine and that it is now being fleshed out in plain sight. And both are acutely aware of the many forces wishing to sabotage moves toward a negotiated settlement. They have agreed to call it ‘Biden’s war’ and then to conduct themselves as though they have bigger fish to fry – first and foremost improving U.S.-Russia relations. … The shared, overriding objective to improve bilateral ties came through clearly both at the summit on Friday and at the ‘March of the Gnomes’ on Monday when seven European leaders arrived at the White House to back Volodymyr Zelensky (no offense to garden gnomes – or dwarfs).” (08/21/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2025/08/20/trump-the-seven-dwarfs/
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42) AI, Democrat Party Failures, and a 32-Hour Work Week
Source: Common Dreams
by Les Leopold
“Isn’t it wiping out our jobs, stealing our creativity, blurring fact and fiction with deep fakes, and pushing us into a dystopian future that will suck the humanity out of us all? Are we doomed? For historian Yuval Harari and would-be politician Andrew Yang, AI will create self-driving trucks that will decimate the working-class. Peter Truchin, the mathematical historian, seriously imagines a future in which AI robots are used to colonize asteroids with new weapons that will allow a few powerful men, or maybe just one, to rule the universe. While inflammatory prognosticators predict that hundreds of millions of jobs will be gobbled up by AI, only 10,000 jobs were cut due to AI in the first seven months of 2025. That sure-to-be-slaughtered trucking industry is expected to experience an 11 percent total increase, not decrease, in truck drivers through 2030.” (08/21/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/ai-4-day-work-week
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43) Aquinas’s Defense of Textualism
Source: Law & Liberty
by James R Rogers
“Whether anachronistic or not, why might we care what anyone opined about textualism over 750 years ago? As an initial matter, due to Aquinas’s continued visibility, commentators and scholars arguing about textualism often invoke Aquinas to support their views. Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer cites Aquinas in his recent book for the claim that judges have asked ‘purpose-oriented questions’ when interpreting laws ‘for hundreds if not thousands of years.’ So, too, Harvard Law Professor Adrian Vermeule invokes Aquinas in his book Common Good Constitutionalism, distinguishing a classical version of textualism, which he identifies with Aquinas, from what he styles as the modern textualism of Justice Scalia and textualist justices currently on the Supreme Court.” (08/21/25)
https://lawliberty.org/aquinass-defense-of-textualism/
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44) Trump Should Keep the US Out of Any Future Ukraine War
Source: The American Conservative
by Doug Bandow
“The conflict is a tragedy. Ukraine is suffering greatly, and Moscow is in the wrong. However, blame is shared by the U.S. and Europeans, who did much to turn Russia into an enemy, violating a multitude of assurances to Moscow not to expand NATO. Waging an illegal and aggressive war on Yugoslavia/Serbia, a historic interest of Moscow, over Kosovo was another factor, causing ‘irreparable damage … to Russian perception of NATO,’ according to historian Vladimir Brovkin. Although allied perfidy did not justify Russian aggression, the former helps explain the latter. In any case, Washington should not issue security guarantees against nuclear-armed Russia.” (08/21/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-should-keep-the-u-s-out-of-any-future-ukraine-war/
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45) Childish RI prosecutor latest example of entitled Dems thinking they are above the law
Source: New York Post
by Miranda Devine
“Democrats love saying, ‘No one is above the law.’ But that is psychological projection, because we keep seeing entitled Democrats behaving as if they are above the law, pulling rank on cops and generally behaving like entitled brats who think the rules apply to everyone except their precious selves. Exhibit A this week is Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan Hogan, whose drunken antics while resisting arrest outside the upscale Clarke Cooke House in Newport are the latest example of a new genre of viral content: brats resisting arrest. Police bodycam videos go viral because we all love seeing these people get their comeuppance.” (08/20/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/08/20/opinion/miranda-devine-childish-rhode-island-prosecutor-is-latest-example-of-entitled-dems-thinking-they-are-above-the-law/
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46) The findings against Harvard are a blueprint for a National Campus Speech Code
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Robert Shibley
“HHS’s cumulative theory of harassment collapses speech and conduct, threatening to make protected political speech a punishable civil rights violation.” (08/20/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/findings-against-harvard-are-blueprint-national-campus-speech-code
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47) No, a Jumpy PPI Index Isn’t Proof of Tariff-induced “Greedflation”
Source: Cato Institute
by Ryan Bourne, Jai Kedia, & Jerome Famularo
“Greedflationists and members of Congress would do better to focus on these real economic consequences of the policies, rather than scapegoating businesses — yet again — for problems made right here in Washington.” (08/20/25)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/no-jumpy-ppi-index-isnt-proof-tariff-induced-greedflation
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48) Transshipment’s dead end
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Jake Scott
“President Donald Trump’s executive order of July 31st, effective August 7th, has upended global trade dynamics in a single stroke. Slapping a 40% tariff on all ‘transshipped goods’ — products rerouted through third countries to dodge US duties — this is merely the natural development of his evolving protectionist agenda. … While applied globally, China stands to take the biggest hit (and likely already is), with its vast factory networks and knack for rerouting goods through Southeast Asia, Mexico, and beyond. This isn’t just a tariff hike; it’s a calculated escalation in Trump’s ongoing crusade to reshape US trade policy and the global economy in the United States’ favor. But ripple effects that bruise consumers are already visible — and this move is likely to strain relationships with key allies as well.” (08/20/25)
https://fee.org/articles/transshipments-dead-end/
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49) Texas’s Hemp-Derived THC Market: Fueling Profits, Poisonings & a Legislative Battle
Source: The American Prospect
by Charlie McGill
“Before Texas Republicans triggered a nationwide redistricting fight, state lawmakers were already battling over a contentious question: How should Texas manage its large and growing hemp-derived THC industry? The fight began in early June after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vetoed a statewide ban of THC products, one of the top legislative priorities of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R). Patrick, a staunch conservative who has long favored strict drug laws, saw the bill pass the state House and Senate with the support of GOP lawmakers, law enforcement, parents’ groups, and even a handful of Democrats. But Abbott, with the support of the hemp industry, veterans groups, and the general public, preferred a regulatory approach.” (08/21/25)
https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-21-texas-hemp-derived-thc-market-fuels-profits-poisonings-legislative-battle/
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50) Trump’s Steel Tariffs Now Apply to Milk and Hundreds of Other Products That Aren’t Steel
Source: Reason
by Eric Boehm
“There’s nothing quite like dipping a chocolate chip cookie into a tall glass of … steel? The Trump administration’s 50 percent tariffs on imported steel and aluminum were expanded this week to cover hundreds of imports that plainly are not steel or aluminum. Among the items targeted by the new tariffs: dairy products like milk and cream, as well as gasoline and other fuels, fire extinguishers, baby strollers, furniture, engines, and motorcycles. In short, anything that contains steel or aluminum or that is (as with dairy products) transported or stored in steel or aluminum containers could now be subject to those massive import taxes. … Officially, the Commerce Department says the 407 new product categories covered by the tariffs are ‘derivative’ of steel and aluminum.” (08/20/25)
https://reason.com/2025/08/20/trumps-steel-tariffs-now-apply-to-milk-and-hundreds-of-other-products-that-arent-steel/
_____ Today's Freedom Podcast and Video _____
51) Conflicts of Interest, episode 830
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Is Venezuela the Next Target of the American Empire?” (08/21/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/kyle/coi-830-is-venezuela-the-next-target-of-the-american-empire
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52) Rising, 08/21/25
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave delivers radar on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Megyn Kelly discussing how Israel is losing MAGA.” (08/21/25)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/5463217-rising-august-21-2025/
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53) The Bryan Hyde Show, 08/21/25
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“It’s been a few years since I last visited with Jeanette Finicum, the widow of LaVoy Finicum who was murdered in 2016. Nine years after LaVoy’s unnecessary death, the FBI has awarded Medals of Bravery to the agents who took part in killing this great man. Jeanette and her daughters Tean and Tierra Belle join me to discuss why the lies that accompany the awarding of these medals are an affront to justice.” (08/21/25)
https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-wbdrr-193e39f
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54) Just Asking Questions, 08/21/25
Source: Reason
"Megan McArdle: Trump's D.C. Takeover Is Just the Beginning." (08/21/25)
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/08/21/megan-mcardle-trumps-d-c-takeover-is-just-the-beginning/
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55) The Tom Woods Show, episode 2683
Source: The Tom Woods Show
“Saifedean Ammous on Bad Money and Good Economics.” (08/21/25)
https://tomwoods.com/ep-2683-saifedean-ammous-on-bad-money-and-good-economics/
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56) Advisory Opinions, 08/21/25
Source: The Dispatch
“Are Age Verification Laws Constitutional?” (08/21/25)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/are-age-verification-laws-constitutional/
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57) Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, 08/21/25
Source: Freedom’s Phoenix
“Andy Curran (WeVote Project; Social media town hall software) on the process of creating a civic social network that empowers users with access to a comprehensive database of over 250,000 legislative forums.” (08/21/25)
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Media/383289-2025-08-20-2025-08-21-ernest-hancock-interviews-andy-curran-wevote-project.htm
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58) Health Care News Podcast, episode 604
Source: Heartland Institute
“From $2.5 Million to $104 Million: How Medicaid Exploded in Minnesota.” (08/21/25)
https://heartland.org/podcasts/from-2-5-million-to-104-million-how-medicaid-exploded-in-minnesota/
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59) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 08/21/25
Source: Antiwar.com
“US To Spend $3.5B Replenishing Munitions Used for Israel, 58th US Airstrike in Somalia, and More.” (08/21/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzhQNHSUPpM
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60) Mean Age Daydream, 08/20/25
Source: Lions of Liberty
“Woke Media Trend: Imagining What Dead People Think of Trump.” (08/20/25)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/madd-woke-media-trend-imagining-what-dead-people-think-of-trump
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61) Gracearchy with Jim Babka, episode 137
Source: Gracearchy with Jim Babka
“Speaker Johnson Will Not Be Raptured Pt 1.” (08/20/25)
https://rumble.com/v6xpzj2-ep137-speaker-johnson-will-not-be-raptured-pt-1-gracearchy-with-jim-babka.html
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62) Anarcho Agenda, episode 142
Source: Anarcho Agenda
“Ross Ulbricht’s speech was one of the main highlights of Porcfest 2025, and I’ll play it in full on this episode.” (08/20/25)
https://sites.libsyn.com/94112/anarcho-agenda-ep-142-2025-08-20
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63) The Science of Politics, 08/20/25
Source: Niskanen Center
“Making AI policy: Are we falling behind or rushing in?” (08/20/25)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/making-ai-policy-are-we-falling-behind-or-rushing-in
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64) Freedom Works with Paul Molloy, 08/20/25
Source: Freedom Works
“Mark Thornton, The Mises Institute ‘Capital Consumption.'” (08/20/25)
https://internetradiopros.com/freedomworks/?name=2025-08-20_zfw08182025.mp3
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65) The Learning Curve, 08/20/25
Source: Pioneer Institute
“BU Law’s Keith Hylton on Intellectual Property, Patents, & the Law.” (08/20/25)
https://pioneerinstitute.org/featured/bu-laws-keith-hylton-on-intellectual-property-patents-the-law/
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1) Italy: Ukrainian Arrested Over Nord Stream Pipeline Attacks
2) Report: Israeli data shows 83 percent of Gaza war dead are civilians
3) NYC: Top Adams aide ran brazen pressure campaign, indictments claim
4) Federal judge orders closure of Florida concentration camp
5) CA: Newsom signs redistricting measures in response to Texas bill
6) CA: Parole officials to decide if Menendez brothers should be released
7) Report: North Korean Regime Has a Secret Long-Range Missile Base Near Chinese Border
8) Egypt: Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted out of the sea off Alexandria
9) US Regime Opens “National Security” Probe Into Imported Wind Turbines, Components
10) Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 denies role in Congo massacres
11) NY: Appeals court rules $500 million judgment against Trump excessive
12) Trump regime expands ICC sanctions in attempt to protect war criminals
13) MA: Bike-riding youths terrorize [sic] Boston by using road
14) Tunisia: Thousands rally in support of union, against regime
15) TX: Roy announces for attorney general
16) Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displayed in government day prison classrooms
17) TX: Democrat who rails against billionaire cash takes $59K from Trump-backing megadonor
18) Brazil: Police say Bolsonaro planned to seek asylum in Argentina
19) Iran: Navy launches country’s first military drill since 12-day war with Israel
20) US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children
Today's Freedom Commentary:
21) Three Positions On Childhood Vaccination: Only One Is Correct
22) No, “the Economists” Didn’t Botch Trump’s Tariffs
23) From the “Banter Bill” to Bias Hotlines: The Alarming Rise of Snitch Networks
24) Austerity for Fertility
25) McArdle Cover-Up Continues
26) The Ultimate Caricature: Donald Trump, My Parents & the Potential Last Act of Human History
27) The Sad Legacy of the Bush Political Dynasty: George H.W. Bush
28) Trump’s Impatience With Small Nations and Their Leaders
29) Trump Mounting Authoritarian Takeover of Our Election System
30) Beware Universal Mental Health Screening
31) Newsom’s backroom gerrymander gamble betrays voters and dismantles democracy
32) When Trump’s Brain Broke
33) Trump’s DC Takeover Is a Dangerous Distraction
34) US Jobless Claims Rise, Adding to Signs of Slowing Labor Market
35) The Orange Alternative
36) Heart of Glass
37) Contra Colby
38) The Cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome? Success!
39) Talking About Crime in DC
40) Trump Khamenei Four scenarios for war — and peace — with Iran
41) Trump & the Seven Dwarfs
42) AI, Democrat Party Failures, and a 32-Hour Work Week
43) Aquinas’s Defense of Textualism
44) Trump Should Keep the US Out of Any Future Ukraine War
45) Childish RI prosecutor latest example of entitled Dems thinking they are above the law
46) The findings against Harvard are a blueprint for a National Campus Speech Code
47) No, a Jumpy PPI Index Isn’t Proof of Tariff-induced “Greedflation”
48) Transshipment’s dead end
49) Texas’s Hemp-Derived THC Market: Fueling Profits, Poisonings & a Legislative Battle
50) Trump’s Steel Tariffs Now Apply to Milk and Hundreds of Other Products That Aren’t Steel
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54) Just Asking Questions, 08/21/25
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56) Advisory Opinions, 08/21/25
57) Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, 08/21/25
58) Health Care News Podcast, episode 604
59) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 08/21/25
60) Gracearchy with Jim Babka, episode 137
61) Anarcho Agenda, episode 142
62) The Science of Politics, 08/20/25
63) Freedom Works with Paul Molloy, 08/20/25
64) The Learning Curve, 08/20/25
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1) Italy: Ukrainian Arrested Over Nord Stream Pipeline Attacks
Source: US News & World Report
“Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, Germany’s prosecutor general said on Thursday, adding that he would be brought before a German judge after being transferred. Seen by both Russia and the West as an act of sabotage, no one has ever taken responsibility for explosions that severely damaged pipelines carrying gas from Russia to Europe in September 2022, marking a major escalation in the Ukraine conflict and ramping up an energy supply crisis on the continent. The suspect, identified only as Serhii K. under German privacy laws, was part of a group of people who planted devices on the pipelines near the German island of Bornholm in September 2022, a statement from the prosecutor’s office said.” (08/21/25)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-21/italy-arrests-ukrainian-over-nord-stream-pipeline-attacks-german-prosecutors-say
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2) Report: Israeli data shows 83 percent of Gaza war dead are civilians
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“A classified Israeli military database shows the vast majority of Palestinians killed in Gaza are civilians, according to a joint investigation by The Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call. Figures reviewed by the outlets revealed on Thursday indicate that, as of May 2025 – 19 months into Israel’s war on Gaza – Israeli military intelligence had listed 8,900 fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) as confirmed or ‘probably’ dead. Over the same period, Gaza’s health authorities recorded at least 53,000 deaths from Israeli attacks, meaning that named fighters accounted for just 17 percent of those killed, with civilians at about about 83 percent of the total death toll. Conflict researchers say that ratio is almost unparalleled in modern warfare. Only the Rwandan genocide, the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and Russia’s 2022 siege of Mariupol recorded a higher civilian death rate, the authors noted.” (08/21/25)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/21/israeli-data-shows-83-percent-of-gaza-war-dead-are-civilians-report
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3) NYC: Top Adams aide ran brazen pressure campaign, indictments claim
Source: Politico
The former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams ran lucrative and audacious bribery schemes out of City Hall — selling off her help as a public official four different times to people willing to shower her with money or gifts, according to a series of indictments unsealed Thursday. Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the former chief adviser to the mayor, is accused by a grand jury of helping friends secure lucrative city contracts and expediting their regulatory issues with city government in exchange for cash payments to her son, lavish karaoke parties, free home renovations, nearly $10,000 worth of seafood for city events and even a guest appearance on the TV show ‘Godfather of Harlem.’ Lewis-Martin … ‘overrode other City officials’ expertise and decision making to ensure that certain required actions were accomplished for the benefit of her co-conspirators,’ prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office wrote in a sweeping and detail-rich summary of the indictments.” (08/21/25)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/21/nyc-indictments-allege-corruption-in-adams-city-hall-00517393
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4) Federal judge orders closure of Florida concentration camp
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“A federal judge in Miami late on Thursday ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ [concentration camp] within 60 days, and ruled that no more detainees were to be brought to the facility while it was being wound down. The shock ruling by district court judge Kathleen Williams builds on a temporary restraining order she issued two weeks ago halting further construction work at the remote tented camp, which has attracted waves of criticism for harsh conditions, abuse of detainees and denial of due process as they await deportation. In her 82-page order, published in the US district court’s southern district of Florida on Friday, Williams determined the facility was causing severe and irreparable damage to the fragile Florida Everglades.” (08/21/25)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/trump-alligator-alcatraz-judge-ruling
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5) CA: Newsom signs redistricting measures in response to Texas bill
Source: Axios
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two redistricting bills into law on Thursday after the state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature passed them earlier in the day. The legislation is in direct response to Texas’ Republican-controlled House passing a new congressional map at the urging of President Trump, and the consequences of both could prove pivotal in the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election.” (08/21/25)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/california-newsom-redistricting-democrats-texas-republicans
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6) CA: Parole officials to decide if Menendez brothers should be released
Source: NBC News
“Erik and Lyle Menendez …. who have served more than three decades in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents, will appear before California parole officials Thursday and Friday in a bid to convince the panel that they are suitable for release. A Los Angeles judge found three months ago that the men do not pose an ‘unreasonable risk’ and resentenced them to 50 years to life — a decision that effectively canceled their previous prison terms of life without the possibility of parole and made them eligible for ‘suitability’ hearings immediately. … If they are found suitable for parole, a review process that can take nearly a half-year follows. The decision to release the brothers will ultimately land with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has 30 days to affirm, reverse or modify the decision or refer it back to the parole board.” (08/21/25)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/menendez-brothers-release-judge-decides-prison-parole-hearing-murder-rcna225968
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7) Report: North Korean Regime Has a Secret Long-Range Missile Base Near Chinese Border
Source: Wall Street Journal
“North Korea has a heavily fortified, covert military base that could house its newest long-range ballistic missiles, which are potentially capable of striking the U.S. mainland, according to a new report. The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, has identified what it believes is a secret base near the village of Sinpung-dong, about 17 miles from the Chinese border. According to CSIS, construction of the base started around 2004 and it became operational a decade later. Until recently, however, the site remained undisclosed. CSIS used interviews with informed sources, as well as declassified documents, satellite images and open-source information, to identify the base.” (08/21/25)
https://archive.is/vaO0Z
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8) Egypt: Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted out of the sea off Alexandria
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“Egypt has unveiled parts of a sunken city submerged beneath waters off the coast of Alexandria, including buildings, artefacts and an ancient dock that date back more than 2,000 years. Egyptian authorities said the site, located in the waters of Abu Qir bay, may be an extension of the ancient city of Canopus, a prominent centre during the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt for nearly 300 years, and the Roman empire, which governed for about 600 years. Over time, earthquakes and rising sea levels submerged the city and the nearby port of Heracleion.” (08/21/25)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/21/egypt-retrieves-parts-of-2000-year-old-sunken-city-canopus-off-coast-of-alexandria
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9) US Regime Opens “National Security” Probe Into Imported Wind Turbines, Components
Source: US News & World Report
“The U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday it has opened a national security [sic] investigation into the import of wind turbines and components. Earlier this week, the department said it was adding wind turbines to a list of products that will face 50% tariffs on the aluminum and steel content. The ‘Section 232’ investigation, which was opened on August 13 but not made public until now, could be used as a basis for even higher tariffs on imported wind turbines.” (08/21/25)
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-08-21/us-opens-national-security-probe-into-imported-wind-turbines-components
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10) Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 denies role in Congo massacres
Source: Seattle Times
“The Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 has denied involvement in a series of massacres in eastern Congo which were detailed in a report published by a rights group Wednesday. Lawrence Kanyuka, spokesperson for the M23 military, called the Human Rights Watch report ‘fake and a falsification of reality’ and accused the group of spreading ‘extremist propaganda’ in a statement late Wednesday. M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups fighting for control in Congo’s mineral-rich east. Both M23 and the Congolese military have previously been accused of violence against civilians. … Human Rights Watch accused M23 of killing over 140 civilians as part of a military campaign against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an armed group made up mostly of ethnic Hutu fighters.” (08/21/25)
https://archive.is/NOtkq
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11) NY: Appeals court rules $500 million judgment against Trump excessive
Source: Fox News
“An appellate court has thrown out the $500 million civil fraud penalty against former President Donald Trump in the high-profile case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The New York Appellate Division overturned the penalty, ruling the disgorgement was an excessive fine that violates the Eighth Amendment. The panel upheld findings that Trump and his company were liable, affirming that James acted within her authority and that injunctive relief to curb Trump Organization practices was appropriate. The ruling leaves liability intact but eliminates the massive financial penalty.” (08/21/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ny-appeals-court-throws-out-500m-penalty-against-trump-letitia-james-civil-case
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12) Trump regime expands ICC sanctions in attempt to protect war criminals
Source: Axios
“The Trump administration announced fresh sanctions on International Criminal Court officials on Wednesday and accused the ICC of being a ‘national security threat’ and ‘instrument for lawfare’ against the U.S. and Israel. The intergovernmental organization and international tribunal, in a statement, called the latest U.S. sanctions that affect two judges and two prosecutors ‘a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution.’ … The sanctioned officials ‘directly engaged’ in ICC efforts ‘to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute nationals of the United States or Israel, without the consent of either nation.'” (08/21/25)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/trump-icc-sanctions-israel-rubio-us-israel-afghanistan
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13) MA: Bike-riding youths terrorize [sic] Boston by using road
Source: Fox News
“Boston motorists captured the moment over 100 bikers filled a local highway, stopping traffic and wreaking havoc on the roads. The incident was initially reported just after 2 p.m. on Saturday, after Massachusetts State Police received a call regarding a group of people on bicycles, electric scooters and dirt bikes in the O’Neill Tunnel, according to WCVB. ‘Here comes [one to two] bikes, then 20 bicycles and we realize there is a whole wagon train of them down the road,’ Michael Filandro, who was driving on the interstate, told the outlet. ‘I thought it was a little parade or something going on. There was no escort, no police there. They were blowing through traffic lights, zipping around cars.’ Bystander footage shows dozens of riders racing down the highway without helmets and weaving in and out of vehicles.” (08/21/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/bike-riding-youths-terrorize-dem-run-city-mobs-swarm-roads-while-mayor-stays-silent-chaos
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14) Tunisia: Thousands rally in support of union, against regime
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Members and backers of Tunisia’s largest trade union rallied Thursday in support of the organisation, which has faced mounting pressure from President Kais Saied. It was the largest demonstration Tunisia has seen in recent months, coinciding with what rights groups have denounced as a rollback of freedoms in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) – part of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize-winning ‘national dialogue quartet’ – remains an influential counterweight to Saied, who has jailed many of his critics since a sweeping 2021 power grab.” (08/21/25)
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250821-tunisians-rally-in-support-of-embattled-trade-union-amid-government-clampdown
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15) TX: Roy announces for attorney general
Source: SFGate
“Republican Rep. Chip Roy, an outspoken fiscal conservative known for his willingness to challenge party leadership, announced Thursday that he is running for Texas attorney general. Now in his fourth term, Roy is a prominent member of the House Freedom Caucus, a hard-line conservative faction that wields outsize influence in the narrowly divided House. He was a central player this summer in the negotiations around President Donald Trump’s big tax bill. But the lawmaker’s relationship with Trump has been complicated at times as one of the few Republicans who initially pushed back against Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Roy enters an increasingly crowded Republican primary field to succeed Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is challenging Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary next year.” (08/21/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/rep-chip-roy-an-outspoken-fiscal-conservative-20827608.php
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16) Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displayed in government day prison classrooms
Source: CBS News
“A federal district court in Texas temporarily blocked a new state law on Wednesday that would have required public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery issued a preliminary injunction in Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, ruling that Texas Senate Bill 10, set to take effect Sept. 1, likely violates both the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment. The lawsuit was originally filed in late June by several families after Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10 into law. Parents argued the measure intruded on their rights to guide their children’s religious education and forced religious mandates in public classrooms.” (08/20/25)
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/ten-commandments-texas-abbott-law-blocked-federal-judge/
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17) TX: Democrat who rails against billionaire cash takes $59K from Trump-backing megadonor
Source: Fox News
“Texas Democrat James Talarico has campaigned on getting megadonor cash out of elections, but records show he has been cashing checks from an unlikely source: a Republican, Trump-backing billionaire. Talarico’s single largest donation last year came from a PAC backed by casino mogul Miriam Adelson, the widow of longtime Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson. Records show Talarico received $59,000 from Adelson’s Texas Sands PAC in 2024, making the group his largest donor for that year. A representative for Talarico’s office defended his accepting the funds, telling Politico that while he opposes big-donor cash influencing elections, ‘he will not unilaterally disarm and let Texas Republicans play by different rules.'” (08/21/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-democrat-who-rails-against-billionaire-cash-takes-59k-from-trump-backing-megadonor
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18) Brazil: Police say Bolsonaro planned to seek asylum in Argentina
Source: Financial Times [UK]
“Brazilian police say Jair Bolsonaro planned to seek political asylum in Argentina ahead of his trial over an alleged coup plot, according to a document found on the former president’s mobile phone. The undated draft asylum request, discovered on a device seized during investigations, was addressed to Argentina’s President Javier Milei and claimed Bolsonaro had been the victim of political persecution and feared for his life, according to a report filed by federal police investigators to Brazil’s supreme court. Police did not say whether the request was actually submitted to Argentina’s government. Bolsonaro is facing the possibility of more than 40 years in prison if found guilty of conspiracy to overturn the result of the 2022 presidential election, which he lost to leftwing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The far-right former leader denies the charges.” (08/21/25)
https://archive.is/UqXJw
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19) Iran: Navy launches country’s first military drill since 12-day war with Israel
Source: ABC News
“Iran launched its first military exercise since the end of its 12-day war with Israel, state television reported Thursday, with navy vessels launching missiles at targets at sea in the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean. While such drills are routine in the Islamic Republic, the ‘Sustainable Power 1404’ exercise comes as authorities in Iran are trying to project strength in the wake of a war that saw Israel destroy air defense systems and bomb nuclear facilities and other sites. The state TV report said naval vessels would fire cruise missiles at targets and use drones over the open water. It did not immediately air any footage from the exercise.” (08/21/25)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/irans-navy-launches-countrys-military-drill-12-day-124837386
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20) US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children
Source: Reuters
“The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children. In its latest policy document, AAP said all young children aged 6-23 months should receive a COVID-19 shot regardless of previous doses or SARS-CoV-2 infection. It also advised vaccination for older children in certain risk groups. The U.S. pediatric group’s recommendations diverge from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which in May said healthy children can take the shots if parents and doctors agree it is needed.” (08/20/25)
https://archive.is/Xwgid
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21) Three Positions On Childhood Vaccination: Only One Is Correct
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Individual doctors are better positioned than ‘experts’ a thousand miles away to evaluate their patients, their patients’ needs, and their patients’ risk levels, and offer their best advice on whether to undergo any medical procedure. And individual patients — or, in the case of children, their parents/guardians — are the ones entitled by right to weigh the benefits and risks, seek advice or not, and make the decisions. When a vaccine is administered, it’s injected into the patient’s body, not RFK’s body or the AAP’s body. Does the phrase ‘my body, my choice’ ring any bells?” (08/21/25)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/19880
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22) No, “the Economists” Didn’t Botch Trump’s Tariffs
Source: Cato Institute
by Scott Lincicome
“Easily one of the worst and most cynical plays in modern politics is the practice of ‘nutpicking.’ Partisans will treat the loopy utterance of some random member of the other team as broadly representative of the entire movement, thereby seeking to discredit it (and its saner and stronger players) and to reassure their comrades that everyone on the other side is a whackadoodle freak not worth engaging. … the nutpickers have found their way into the tariff debate, as fans of the president’s trade policies — including the vice president himself — have seized on a few recent events to declare victory over all ‘the economists’ who, blinded by ideology and ivory tower groupthink, confidently predicted this spring that the tariffs would usher in economic doom for the country. The victory dance, however, is proving not just cynical and myopic but alarmingly premature.” (08/21/25)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/no-economists-didnt-botch-trumps-tariffs
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23) From the “Banter Bill” to Bias Hotlines: The Alarming Rise of Snitch Networks
Source: The Daily Economy
by Julian Adorney
“A troubling new piece of legislation continues to make its way through the British parliament. Dubbed the ‘Banter Bill,’ the Employment Rights Bill would criminalize any speech that might be considered offensive by any passerby. As Dominic Green reports for The Free Press, under this proposed law, ‘Britons can be prosecuted for a remark that a worker in a public space overhears and finds insulting.’ Under this standard, whether a certain sentiment (for instance, that Britain should reduce immigration) is legal will now depend on whether someone in the vicinity takes offense. Unfortunately, this new subjective standard for what types of speech are allowed isn’t restricted to Great Britain. In the United States, more and more states are experimenting with a similar system.” (08/21/25)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-dangerous-rise-of-snitch-networks/
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24) Austerity for Fertility
Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“Until recently, economists — or at least development economists — assumed that birthrates were too high. While they rarely argued for this anti-natal premise, economists’ cost-benefit analyses routinely put ‘fewer births’ on the benefit side of the ledger. Since education, especially female education, seems to strongly reduce fertility, economists standardly named lower fertility as a major social benefit of education, especially female education. … Over the last decade, happily, economists have at long last largely abandoned their casual anti-natalism. Some top economists are now curiously talking about how to raise birthrates. Their tone, however, remains pessimistic …” (08/21/25)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/austerity-for-fertility
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25) McArdle Cover-Up Continues
Source: Jake Porter’s Analysis & Investigation
by Jake Porter
“Region 1 Representative, Andrew Chadderdon explains his vote against adopting the Special Investigatory Committee’s 94-page report detailing former Chair Angela McArdle’s misuse of funds for her own benefit. In this article, I take apart his entire argument and show it for what it truly is.” (08/22/25)
https://jakeporter.substack.com/p/mcardle-cover-up-continues
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26) The Ultimate Caricature: Donald Trump, My Parents & the Potential Last Act of Human History
Source: TomDispatch
by Tom Engelhardt
“Sometimes I dream — in the sense of a nightmare — about bringing my parents back to this all too strange world of ours to tell them about … yes, of course, Donald J. Trump. They died long before The Apprentice even made it onto TV early in this century, so — best guess — though they also lived in New York, they undoubtedly had never heard of him. My mother died in 1977 when Donald Trump was 31 and Jimmy Carter was president; my father in 1983 when Trump was 37 and Ronald Reagan was president. But nothing, not even Richard Nixon, could have prepared them for a Trump presidency, not once but (yes!) twice. ” (08/21/25)
https://tomdispatch.com/the-ultimate-caricature/
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27) The Sad Legacy of the Bush Political Dynasty: George H.W. Bush
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by William L Anderson
“It has been more than 16 years since the second Bush of the father-son political dynasty left office, but the damage done by these two men continues to affect the lives not only of people in the country but around the world. Unfortunately, in the present age of Donald Trump, both Democrats and never-Trump Republicans are rehabilitating their disastrous presidencies, asking us to forget their legacies of death and destruction. Over the next two weeks, this column will remind our readers of the carnage these two presidents left behind.” (08/21/25)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/sad-legacy-bush-political-dynasty-george-hw-bush
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28) Trump’s Impatience With Small Nations and Their Leaders
Source: RealClearPolitics
by W Joseph Campbell
“The Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska contrasted sharply with another president’s visit this month – that of Karin Keller-Sutter, president of Switzerland. She hurried to Washington, D.C., to trim or forestall a staggering, 39% tariff ordered by Trump on most Swiss exports to the United States. Unlike Putin, Keller-Sutter received no red-carpet treatment, no effusive welcome. She didn’t even see Trump, conferring instead with Secretary of State Marco Rubio before returning home empty-handed. The 39% tariff, one of the steepest U.S. levies in the world, took effect August 7. Trump’s behavior during the respective presidential visits was asymmetrical – but unsurprising. He has a tendency to cozy up to powerful leaders while, at least on occasion, insulting or ignoring leaders of smaller, weaker, more out-of-the-way countries. The Swiss-tariffs episode is an illustration of that impulse – and it’s hardly the only such example.” (08/21/25)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/21/trumps_impatience_with_small_nations_and_their_leaders__153199.html
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29) Trump Mounting Authoritarian Takeover of Our Election System
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
by Michael Waldman
“After his Friday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump bragged that the dictator had backed one of his conspiracy theories. According to Trump, Putin said, ‘You can’t have an honest election with mail-in voting’. (You don’t need to be a former KGB agent to know how to woo our chief executive.) Then on Monday, perhaps emboldened by his encounter with a real-life autocrat, Trump announced a major effort to seize control of American elections. In a Truth Social post, he declared that he would sign ‘an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections’ and ‘lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS.’ We’ve all grown used to the president’s wild claims about elections. We might be tempted to roll our eyes now, but we shouldn’t. It’s appalling.” (08/21/25)
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/voting-power-grab-nod-putin
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30) Beware Universal Mental Health Screening
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Cooper Davis & Jeffrey Lacasse
“How would your child score on a common mental health screening? A mental health professional might view the results and conclude that your child has a mental health problem … that needs to be psychiatrically diagnosed and treated, even medicated. Will this help your child thrive? Or will it reshape their identity in undesirable ways? Will you be comfortable with your child taking medications that alter their developing brains and could perturb their sexuality? When your child reaches adulthood, will they be able to withdraw from these drugs, or will they despair to find out that their body and brain have adapted to them, making this difficult or maybe even impossible? For any parent with even minor reservations about our current medical and mental health system, these aren’t theoretical questions. A new public policy has just made them very salient.” (08/21/25)
https://brownstone.org/articles/beware-universal-mental-health-screening/
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31) Newsom’s backroom gerrymander gamble betrays voters and dismantles democracy
Source: Fox News Forum
by Tony Strickland
“California has always touted itself as a beacon of democracy. In 2008 and 2010, voters enacted constitutional amendments establishing an independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, which is the gold standard for redistricting and should serve as the national model. Here in California, unlike other states, our citizens pick their representatives – the representatives don’t pick their citizens. In our Constitution, our criteria is that we keep cities, counties and communities of interest together while drafting district lines in public, during hearings across the state. Gavin Newsom wants to go against our Constitution. He drafted maps behind closed doors without community input, splitting counties 16 times and cities more than 100 times, again, without public hearings. The result will be no competitive districts in the state of California. Where voters today have a voice on who is elected, that will go away with Newsom’s redistricting scheme.” (08/21/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/newsoms-backroom-gerrymander-gamble-betrays-voters-dismantles-democracy
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32) When Trump’s Brain Broke
Source: Unpopular Front
by John Ganz
“As I’m sure you’re all very tired of being reminded, the title of my book, which covers the period roughly between 1989 and 1993, is When the Clock Broke. It’s a reference to a speech by one of the principal figures in the narrative, Murray Rothbard, but I thought it also captured the uncanny sense that, as a country, we seemed stuck dealing with many of the same issues that arose in that brief era. It also gestured at Francis Fukuyama’s famous End of History thesis, but suggested a mechanical breakdown of history instead of a triumphant denouement. … If you look at all [Donald Trump’s] impulses and instincts, you can trace them back to this particular period …. It makes sense why Trump would want to return to the time before he seemed vulnerable at all, before his businesses collapsed, and before his very nasty divorce with Ivana splashed across the tabloids.” (08/21/25)
https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/when-trumps-brain-broke
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33) Trump’s DC Takeover Is a Dangerous Distraction
Source: OtherWords
by Peter Certo
“Credit where it’s due: US President Donald Trump has a talent for getting the chattering classes talking about whatever he wants. Especially when he really doesn’t want them talking about other stuff. That’s how we should view Trump’s latest drama in Washington, DC, where he mobilized the National Guard and took over the police department. On the one hand, there’s something new and dangerous about Trump’s willingness to deploy US troops against Americans in their own cities. On the other, scaremongering about cities is a tried and true (and sad!) distraction Republicans have relied on since Richard Nixon. Trump’s hysterics aside, crime just hit a 30-year low in DC. So why bring it up? Because the last month or two has been jam-packed with stories Trump has been desperate to dodge.” (08/21/25)
https://otherwords.org/trump-wants-you-talking-about-d-c-crime-not-his-medicaid-cuts/
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34) US Jobless Claims Rise, Adding to Signs of Slowing Labor Market
Source: Bloomberg
“Applications for US unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since June and continuing claims climbed, adding to evidence the US labor market is slowing. Initial claims increased by 11,000 to 235,000 in the week ended Aug. 16. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 225,000 applications. Continuing claims, a proxy for the number of people receiving benefits, rose to 1.97 million in the week ended Aug. 9, the highest since November 2021, according to Labor Department data released Thursday.” (08/21/25)
https://archive.is/cQo4I
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35) The Orange Alternative
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Hannah Langdon
“After years of Nazi occupation in World War II, followed by life under Stalin and subsequent Soviet leaders, the Polish people had suffered enough. By the 1980s, the resistance movement had swelled to a climax. History celebrates the Solidarity Movement, strikes, and international negotiations — and rightly so. But the Orange Alternative also deserves attention — unless it appears to historians like a clownish child whose desire for attention is best ignored. But this movement was hardly an isolated street corner demonstration. In June 1988, 10,000 Poles marched through the streets dressed as dwarves (krasnoludek in Polish) in orange hats. They mocked the Communist police, cracked jokes, and sketched orange dwarves over political slogans around the city.” (08/21/25)
https://fee.org/articles/the-orange-alternative/
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36) Heart of Glass
Source: Cobden Centre
by Tim Price
“King Charles VI of France died in 1422 after a long rule of more than 40 years. He may have been the first person in history to suffer from a condition known as ‘Glass Delusion’ – the idea that he was made of glass and would break at the slightest touch. He was so concerned by the prospect that he surrounded himself with pillows, and wore special clothes reinforced with iron on the inside. He refused to be touched, in case his body shattered. Princess Alexandra Amelie of Bavaria was a fellow sufferer. She believed that she had somehow swallowed a glass grand piano during her childhood and similarly took great pains to avoid shattering. Scientists today attribute the ‘Glass Delusion’ to the invention of clear glass …. ‘Glass Delusion’, of course, is no longer common – if it ever was. But we are still prone to outbreaks of irrational belief.” (08/21/25)
https://www.cobdencentre.org/2025/08/heart-of-glass/
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37) Contra Colby
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Joseph Solis-Mullen
“So sick of liberal hegemony, critics of Washington’s foreign policy have long been apt to seize at anything that promises something, anything, different. Hence the vigorous applause directed towards anyone who doesn’t mindlessly embrace every single one of the blob’s wars. One of the most prominent in the second Donald Trump administration is Elbridge Colby, current Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, who has drawn the predictable beltway ire for reviews of Ukraine aid and AUKUS, among other things. But here’s the problem with Elbridge Colby, and everyone else like him, from the perspective of a restrainer or non-interventionist: he markets himself as the sober realist who corrected Washington’s post-9/11 drift, but his program amounts to militarized primacy by another name.” (08/21/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/contra-colby
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38) The Cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome? Success!
Source: Town Hall
by Larry Elder
“At this point in his second term, President Donald Trump has higher approval ratings than Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama in their second terms. … For Trump, this approval rating follows: two impeachments; a verdict of liable defamation; a criminal verdict of guilty by a Manhattan jury for a supposed violation of federal election law; a prosecution by the Fulton County district attorney for alleged presidential election interference; an investigation … into Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol building riot … investigation of Trump’s alleged violation of federal law over his possession and handling of government documents … a verdict of liability and a judgment, now approaching $500 million, for supposedly inflating the value of his properties to obtain bank loans; a[n] … investigation by a special counsel into whether Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election and whether Trump committed obstruction of justice …” (08/21/25)
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2025/08/21/the-cure-for-trump-derangement-syndrome-success-n2662108
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39) Talking About Crime in DC
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“How bad is Washington’s crime problem? Well, that’s hard to know precisely, what with rampant fudging of crime statistics. We get anecdotes. For example, via tweeted responses to an invitation by the X account Washingtonian Problems to ‘push back against the negative narrative about our city. Share why you love our beautiful home and help show the world the real DC.’ Whether the appeal was meant ironically, a possibility suggested by Not the Bee, I don’t know. But a good many reports of non-beauty ensued.” (08/21/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/08/20/talking-about-crime-in-dc/
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40) Trump Khamenei Four scenarios for war — and peace — with Iran
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Sina Toossi
“The 12-day war between Israel and Iran in 2025 shattered long-held assumptions, thrusting U.S.–Iran relations into uncharted territory. The conflict, a dramatic escalation of decades-long tensions, has left the Middle East teetering on the edge of broader instability. As the dust settles, the United States faces a critical juncture in its approach to Iran — one that could redefine the region for decades. Four plausible scenarios loom large, each carrying profound implications for global security, regional stability, and American foreign policy.” (08/21/25)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-iran-war/
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41) Trump & the Seven Dwarfs
Source: Antiwar.com
by Ray McGovern
“It has been clear since the Alaska summit that Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have come to an overall agreement on Ukraine and that it is now being fleshed out in plain sight. And both are acutely aware of the many forces wishing to sabotage moves toward a negotiated settlement. They have agreed to call it ‘Biden’s war’ and then to conduct themselves as though they have bigger fish to fry – first and foremost improving U.S.-Russia relations. … The shared, overriding objective to improve bilateral ties came through clearly both at the summit on Friday and at the ‘March of the Gnomes’ on Monday when seven European leaders arrived at the White House to back Volodymyr Zelensky (no offense to garden gnomes – or dwarfs).” (08/21/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2025/08/20/trump-the-seven-dwarfs/
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42) AI, Democrat Party Failures, and a 32-Hour Work Week
Source: Common Dreams
by Les Leopold
“Isn’t it wiping out our jobs, stealing our creativity, blurring fact and fiction with deep fakes, and pushing us into a dystopian future that will suck the humanity out of us all? Are we doomed? For historian Yuval Harari and would-be politician Andrew Yang, AI will create self-driving trucks that will decimate the working-class. Peter Truchin, the mathematical historian, seriously imagines a future in which AI robots are used to colonize asteroids with new weapons that will allow a few powerful men, or maybe just one, to rule the universe. While inflammatory prognosticators predict that hundreds of millions of jobs will be gobbled up by AI, only 10,000 jobs were cut due to AI in the first seven months of 2025. That sure-to-be-slaughtered trucking industry is expected to experience an 11 percent total increase, not decrease, in truck drivers through 2030.” (08/21/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/ai-4-day-work-week
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43) Aquinas’s Defense of Textualism
Source: Law & Liberty
by James R Rogers
“Whether anachronistic or not, why might we care what anyone opined about textualism over 750 years ago? As an initial matter, due to Aquinas’s continued visibility, commentators and scholars arguing about textualism often invoke Aquinas to support their views. Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer cites Aquinas in his recent book for the claim that judges have asked ‘purpose-oriented questions’ when interpreting laws ‘for hundreds if not thousands of years.’ So, too, Harvard Law Professor Adrian Vermeule invokes Aquinas in his book Common Good Constitutionalism, distinguishing a classical version of textualism, which he identifies with Aquinas, from what he styles as the modern textualism of Justice Scalia and textualist justices currently on the Supreme Court.” (08/21/25)
https://lawliberty.org/aquinass-defense-of-textualism/
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44) Trump Should Keep the US Out of Any Future Ukraine War
Source: The American Conservative
by Doug Bandow
“The conflict is a tragedy. Ukraine is suffering greatly, and Moscow is in the wrong. However, blame is shared by the U.S. and Europeans, who did much to turn Russia into an enemy, violating a multitude of assurances to Moscow not to expand NATO. Waging an illegal and aggressive war on Yugoslavia/Serbia, a historic interest of Moscow, over Kosovo was another factor, causing ‘irreparable damage … to Russian perception of NATO,’ according to historian Vladimir Brovkin. Although allied perfidy did not justify Russian aggression, the former helps explain the latter. In any case, Washington should not issue security guarantees against nuclear-armed Russia.” (08/21/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-should-keep-the-u-s-out-of-any-future-ukraine-war/
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45) Childish RI prosecutor latest example of entitled Dems thinking they are above the law
Source: New York Post
by Miranda Devine
“Democrats love saying, ‘No one is above the law.’ But that is psychological projection, because we keep seeing entitled Democrats behaving as if they are above the law, pulling rank on cops and generally behaving like entitled brats who think the rules apply to everyone except their precious selves. Exhibit A this week is Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan Hogan, whose drunken antics while resisting arrest outside the upscale Clarke Cooke House in Newport are the latest example of a new genre of viral content: brats resisting arrest. Police bodycam videos go viral because we all love seeing these people get their comeuppance.” (08/20/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/08/20/opinion/miranda-devine-childish-rhode-island-prosecutor-is-latest-example-of-entitled-dems-thinking-they-are-above-the-law/
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46) The findings against Harvard are a blueprint for a National Campus Speech Code
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Robert Shibley
“HHS’s cumulative theory of harassment collapses speech and conduct, threatening to make protected political speech a punishable civil rights violation.” (08/20/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/findings-against-harvard-are-blueprint-national-campus-speech-code
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47) No, a Jumpy PPI Index Isn’t Proof of Tariff-induced “Greedflation”
Source: Cato Institute
by Ryan Bourne, Jai Kedia, & Jerome Famularo
“Greedflationists and members of Congress would do better to focus on these real economic consequences of the policies, rather than scapegoating businesses — yet again — for problems made right here in Washington.” (08/20/25)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/no-jumpy-ppi-index-isnt-proof-tariff-induced-greedflation
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48) Transshipment’s dead end
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Jake Scott
“President Donald Trump’s executive order of July 31st, effective August 7th, has upended global trade dynamics in a single stroke. Slapping a 40% tariff on all ‘transshipped goods’ — products rerouted through third countries to dodge US duties — this is merely the natural development of his evolving protectionist agenda. … While applied globally, China stands to take the biggest hit (and likely already is), with its vast factory networks and knack for rerouting goods through Southeast Asia, Mexico, and beyond. This isn’t just a tariff hike; it’s a calculated escalation in Trump’s ongoing crusade to reshape US trade policy and the global economy in the United States’ favor. But ripple effects that bruise consumers are already visible — and this move is likely to strain relationships with key allies as well.” (08/20/25)
https://fee.org/articles/transshipments-dead-end/
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49) Texas’s Hemp-Derived THC Market: Fueling Profits, Poisonings & a Legislative Battle
Source: The American Prospect
by Charlie McGill
“Before Texas Republicans triggered a nationwide redistricting fight, state lawmakers were already battling over a contentious question: How should Texas manage its large and growing hemp-derived THC industry? The fight began in early June after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vetoed a statewide ban of THC products, one of the top legislative priorities of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R). Patrick, a staunch conservative who has long favored strict drug laws, saw the bill pass the state House and Senate with the support of GOP lawmakers, law enforcement, parents’ groups, and even a handful of Democrats. But Abbott, with the support of the hemp industry, veterans groups, and the general public, preferred a regulatory approach.” (08/21/25)
https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-21-texas-hemp-derived-thc-market-fuels-profits-poisonings-legislative-battle/
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50) Trump’s Steel Tariffs Now Apply to Milk and Hundreds of Other Products That Aren’t Steel
Source: Reason
by Eric Boehm
“There’s nothing quite like dipping a chocolate chip cookie into a tall glass of … steel? The Trump administration’s 50 percent tariffs on imported steel and aluminum were expanded this week to cover hundreds of imports that plainly are not steel or aluminum. Among the items targeted by the new tariffs: dairy products like milk and cream, as well as gasoline and other fuels, fire extinguishers, baby strollers, furniture, engines, and motorcycles. In short, anything that contains steel or aluminum or that is (as with dairy products) transported or stored in steel or aluminum containers could now be subject to those massive import taxes. … Officially, the Commerce Department says the 407 new product categories covered by the tariffs are ‘derivative’ of steel and aluminum.” (08/20/25)
https://reason.com/2025/08/20/trumps-steel-tariffs-now-apply-to-milk-and-hundreds-of-other-products-that-arent-steel/
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51) Conflicts of Interest, episode 830
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Is Venezuela the Next Target of the American Empire?” (08/21/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/kyle/coi-830-is-venezuela-the-next-target-of-the-american-empire
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52) Rising, 08/21/25
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave delivers radar on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Megyn Kelly discussing how Israel is losing MAGA.” (08/21/25)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/5463217-rising-august-21-2025/
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53) The Bryan Hyde Show, 08/21/25
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“It’s been a few years since I last visited with Jeanette Finicum, the widow of LaVoy Finicum who was murdered in 2016. Nine years after LaVoy’s unnecessary death, the FBI has awarded Medals of Bravery to the agents who took part in killing this great man. Jeanette and her daughters Tean and Tierra Belle join me to discuss why the lies that accompany the awarding of these medals are an affront to justice.” (08/21/25)
https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-wbdrr-193e39f
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54) Just Asking Questions, 08/21/25
Source: Reason
"Megan McArdle: Trump's D.C. Takeover Is Just the Beginning." (08/21/25)
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/08/21/megan-mcardle-trumps-d-c-takeover-is-just-the-beginning/
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55) The Tom Woods Show, episode 2683
Source: The Tom Woods Show
“Saifedean Ammous on Bad Money and Good Economics.” (08/21/25)
https://tomwoods.com/ep-2683-saifedean-ammous-on-bad-money-and-good-economics/
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56) Advisory Opinions, 08/21/25
Source: The Dispatch
“Are Age Verification Laws Constitutional?” (08/21/25)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/are-age-verification-laws-constitutional/
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57) Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, 08/21/25
Source: Freedom’s Phoenix
“Andy Curran (WeVote Project; Social media town hall software) on the process of creating a civic social network that empowers users with access to a comprehensive database of over 250,000 legislative forums.” (08/21/25)
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Media/383289-2025-08-20-2025-08-21-ernest-hancock-interviews-andy-curran-wevote-project.htm
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58) Health Care News Podcast, episode 604
Source: Heartland Institute
“From $2.5 Million to $104 Million: How Medicaid Exploded in Minnesota.” (08/21/25)
https://heartland.org/podcasts/from-2-5-million-to-104-million-how-medicaid-exploded-in-minnesota/
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59) Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 08/21/25
Source: Antiwar.com
“US To Spend $3.5B Replenishing Munitions Used for Israel, 58th US Airstrike in Somalia, and More.” (08/21/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzhQNHSUPpM
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60) Mean Age Daydream, 08/20/25
Source: Lions of Liberty
“Woke Media Trend: Imagining What Dead People Think of Trump.” (08/20/25)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/madd-woke-media-trend-imagining-what-dead-people-think-of-trump
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61) Gracearchy with Jim Babka, episode 137
Source: Gracearchy with Jim Babka
“Speaker Johnson Will Not Be Raptured Pt 1.” (08/20/25)
https://rumble.com/v6xpzj2-ep137-speaker-johnson-will-not-be-raptured-pt-1-gracearchy-with-jim-babka.html
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62) Anarcho Agenda, episode 142
Source: Anarcho Agenda
“Ross Ulbricht’s speech was one of the main highlights of Porcfest 2025, and I’ll play it in full on this episode.” (08/20/25)
https://sites.libsyn.com/94112/anarcho-agenda-ep-142-2025-08-20
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63) The Science of Politics, 08/20/25
Source: Niskanen Center
“Making AI policy: Are we falling behind or rushing in?” (08/20/25)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/making-ai-policy-are-we-falling-behind-or-rushing-in
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64) Freedom Works with Paul Molloy, 08/20/25
Source: Freedom Works
“Mark Thornton, The Mises Institute ‘Capital Consumption.'” (08/20/25)
https://internetradiopros.com/freedomworks/?name=2025-08-20_zfw08182025.mp3
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65) The Learning Curve, 08/20/25
Source: Pioneer Institute
“BU Law’s Keith Hylton on Intellectual Property, Patents, & the Law.” (08/20/25)
https://pioneerinstitute.org/featured/bu-laws-keith-hylton-on-intellectual-property-patents-the-law/
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