04/07/2024
Source: The Political Orphanage "Presidential Immunity & Death Squads." (07/03/24)
Source: The Political Orphanage “Presidential Immunity & Death Squads.” (07/03/24)
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04/07/2024
Source: The Price of Liberty by Nathan Barton "A Rapid City Journal headline today told us to 'celebrate freedom: fireworks, festivities abound for July 4' and as usual, we here at TPOL recognize that the actual day that the Continental Congress voted to secede from the United Kingdom and the British Empire was on 2 July 1776. That is, 248 years ago today....
Source: The Price of Liberty by Nathan Barton “A Rapid City Journal headline today told us to ‘celebrate freedom: fireworks, festivities abound for July 4’ and as usual, we here a…
04/07/2024
Source: El Paso Times "A state district court judge denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's efforts to shut down El Paso's Annunciation House, ruling that the state failed to establish probable grounds to close the Catholic nonprofit and that the state violated the organization's religious freedoms. Judge Francisco X. Dominguez, who presides over the 205th District Court, issued a ruling Tuesday, July 2, denying Paxton's efforts to shutdown the Annunciation House and force the organization to turn over documents of asylum-seeking migrants aided by the organization....
Source: El Paso Times “A state district court judge denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to shut down El Paso’s Annunciation House, ruling that the state failed to e…
04/07/2024
Source: ReImagining Liberty by Aaron Ross Powell "It can be difficult to get a handle on just how bad our contemporary political environment has become and, more so, why. Everything just feels broken and so much of it driven not by a clash of philosophies, but instead by the rise and celebration of profoundly ugly values. But it’s not just about ugly values....
Source: ReImagining Liberty by Aaron Ross Powell “It can be difficult to get a handle on just how bad our contemporary political environment has become and, more so, why. Everything just feel…
03/07/2024
Source: Serious Trouble "Donald Trump Wins The Immunity Idol." (07/02/24)
Source: Serious Trouble “Donald Trump Wins The Immunity Idol.” (07/02/24)
03/07/2024
Source: Reuters "Britain's Conservative Party all-but conceded election defeat to Keir Starmer's Labour on Wednesday, a day before polling stations even opened, and warned that the opposition party was on course for a record-breaking victory. Opinion polls show the centre-left Labour Party is set for a big win in Thursday's vote that would end 14 years of Conservative government and hand Starmer the keys to the prime minister's Number 10 Downing Street office on Friday morning....
Source: Reuters “Britain’s Conservative Party all-but conceded election defeat to Keir Starmer’s Labour on Wednesday, a day before polling stations even opened, and warned that th…
03/07/2024
Source: JimBovard.com by James Bovard "While Biden piously invoked the 'rule of law' Monday, he consistently behaves as if his good intentions entitle him to dictatorial power. The Supreme Court ruled that Biden’s $500 billion scheme to buy votes by forgiving federal student debt was illegal; Biden then openly bragged that the decision striking down his program 'didn’t stop me' .......
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Source: JimBovard.com by James Bovard “While Biden piously invoked the ‘rule of law’ Monday, he consistently behaves as if his good intentions entitle him to dictatorial power. Th…
03/07/2024
Source: Pioneer Institute "Underfunding Overdose Alternatives: Price Controls Hinder Search for Non-Addictive Opioids." (07/02/24)
Source: Pioneer Institute “Underfunding Overdose Alternatives: Price Controls Hinder Search for Non-Addictive Opioids.” (07/02/24)
03/07/2024
Source: New York Times "President Biden has told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week. The president, who the ally emphasized is still deeply in the fight for re-election, understands that his next few appearances heading into the holiday weekend — including an interview scheduled for Friday with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News and campaign stops in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — must go well....
Source: New York Times “President Biden has told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the…
03/07/2024
Source: The Atlantic by Akhil Reed Amar "Forget Donald Trump. Forget Joe Biden. Think instead about the Constitution. What does this document, the supreme law of our land, actually say about lawsuits against ex-presidents? Nothing remotely resembling what Chief Justice John Roberts and five associate justices declared in yesterday’s disappointing Trump v. United States decision. The Court’s curious and convoluted majority opinion turns the Constitution’s text and structure inside out and upside down, saying things that are flatly contradicted by the document’s unambiguous letter and obvious spirit." (07/02/24)
Source: The Atlantic by Akhil Reed Amar “Forget Donald Trump. Forget Joe Biden. Think instead about the Constitution. What does this document, the supreme law of our land, actually say about …
03/07/2024
Source: Semafor by David Weigel The president’s shaky debate performance has terrified Democrats. Some wondered how he could bounce back from an off night. Others argued that he had already started to. Some started to talk about replacing him on the ticket. ... Sanders, who shepherded some of Biden’s most popular healthcare policies through the Senate, had made the case that Biden’s domestic record was strong....
Source: Semafor by David Weigel The president’s shaky debate performance has terrified Democrats. Some wondered how he could bounce back from an off night. Others argued that he had already started…
03/07/2024
Hey, everyone ... Tomorrow is a holiday ("Independence Day") in the US, so we'll be taking the day off. Holidays that fall on Thursdays tend to create situations where we're light on content ... not just for Friday, but over the weekend for the Monday edition as well. It's a combination of likely "slow news days" AND the think tanks, media centers, podcasts etc....
Hey, everyone … Tomorrow is a holiday (“Independence Day”) in the US, so we’ll be taking the day off. Holidays that fall on Thursdays tend to create situations where we& #821…
03/07/2024
Source: Reuters "Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday, after flattening homes and devastating agriculture on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, killing at least three people. At around 0600 GMT, the hurricane was about 250 miles (400 km) east-southeast of the Jamaican capital of Kingston, according the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC),packing maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour (230 kph)....
Source: Reuters “Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday, after flattening homes and devastating agriculture on smaller islands in the eastern Cari…
03/07/2024
Source: The Daily Beast by Ray Brescia "Yesterday, the Supreme Court created a broad, unreviewable, and previously unrecognized presidential immunity for so-called official acts, basically blessing the old Nixon line: 'When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal.' One could just add 'if the president does it, it’s not reviewable,' and you’ve got a shorter version of the Court’s ruling....
Source: The Daily Beast by Ray Brescia “Yesterday, the Supreme Court created a broad, unreviewable, and previously unrecognized presidential immunity for so-called official acts, basically bl…
03/07/2024
Source: Libertarian Institute "US Prepares for Attacks on Bases in Europe." (07/02/24)
Source: Libertarian Institute “US Prepares for Attacks on Bases in Europe.” (07/02/24)
03/07/2024
Source: Garrison Center by Joel Schlosberg "'Trump Is Pat Buchanan With Better Timing' feels like a current headline eight years after it ran in Politico. Is America trapped in a rerun of the Republican Revolution of '94, with the platforms of 'presidential candidates Buchanan, David Duke and Ross Perot — the most visible figures of the political fringe' perpetually mainstreamed? The New York Times Book Review's Jennifer Szalai is convinced ('Ticking Time Bomb,' June 30)....
Source: Garrison Center by Joel Schlosberg “‘Trump Is Pat Buchanan With Better Timing’ feels like a current headline eight years after it ran in Politico. Is America trapped in a …
03/07/2024
Source: Independent "Ukraine launched an overnight drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea naval base where Moscow’s once revered fleet is hiding. Kyiv fired two sea drones at Novorossiysk, which were shot down by Russian defences, according to the Russian ministry of defence. Satellites detected large fires in the area of the Novorossiysk port, which is one of Russia’s largest and serves as a major outlet for crude oil and oil products exports and transit in Russia’s south....
Source: Independent [UK] “Ukraine launched an overnight drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea naval base where Moscow’s once revered fleet is hiding. Kyiv fired two sea drones at Novoros…
03/07/2024
Source: ABC News "Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole. The U.S. Parole Commission said in a statement Tuesday announcing the decision that he won't be eligible for another parole hearing until June 2026. Peltier is serving life in prison for the killing the agents during a standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota....
Source: ABC News “Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied pa…
03/07/2024
Source: Semafor by Benjy Sarlin & Mathias Hammer "Despite the White House’s damage control efforts since Biden’s disastrous debate performance, prominent Democrats are increasingly going public with their criticism. Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas became the first Democrat in Congress to call for Biden to step down, saying in a statement that 'I am hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw.' Adam Frisch, a Democratic Congressional nominee in Colorado, swiftly followed, saying that 'the path ahead requires a new generation of leadership.' ......
Source: Semafor by Benjy Sarlin & Mathias Hammer “Despite the White House’s damage control efforts since Biden’s disastrous debate performance, prominent Democrats are increasingly going…
03/07/2024
Source: Reason by Jacob Sullum "By requiring 'absolute' immunity for some 'official acts' and 'presumptive' immunity for others, the justices cast doubt on the viability of Donald Trump's election interference prosecution." (07/01/24)
Source: Reason by Jacob Sullum “By requiring ‘absolute’ immunity for some ‘official acts’ and ‘presumptive’ immunity for others, the justices cast doubt on…
03/07/2024
Source: US News & World Report "The U.S. Interior Department approved the proposed Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey on Tuesday, giving a major boost to a project that would be the state's first. The project still requires an additional federal approval of its construction and operations plan, along with two state-level permits, before construction can begin. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the department's decision marked the ninth offshore wind project approved under the Biden administration, green-lighting 13 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power 5 million homes." (07/02/24)
Source: US News & World Report “The U.S. Interior Department approved the proposed Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey on Tuesday, giving a major boost to a project that wou…
03/07/2024
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show "Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos joins me for our weekly sit down. There's a lot going on right now and Eric has a great take on all of it." (07/02/24)
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show “Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos joins me for our weekly sit down. There’s a lot going on right now and Eric has a great take on all of it.” (07/02/…
03/07/2024
Source: The Dispatch by Chris Stirewalt "In 1944, Democrats nominated and Americans elected a president who was very nearly dead. It was the weakest electoral showing of Franklin Roosevelt’s four runs -- just 53 percent of the popular vote. That was about the same as Barack Obama in 2008, which is high by our current conception but not on par with FDR’s priors, particularly his 61 percent in 1936....
Source: The Dispatch by Chris Stirewalt “In 1944, Democrats nominated and Americans elected a president who was very nearly dead. It was the weakest electoral showing of Franklin Roosevelt’s …
03/07/2024
Source: Time "U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla on Tuesday for mild or early cases of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s. It’s only the second drug that’s been convincingly shown to delay cognitive decline in patients, following last year’s approval of a similar drug from Japanese drugmaker Eisai." (07/02/24)
Source: Time “U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destro…
03/07/2024
Source: RealClearPolitics by Philip Hamburger "Last week, in Murthy v. Missouri, the Supreme Court hammered home the distressing conclusion that, under the court’s doctrines, the First Amendment is, for all practical purposes, unenforceable against largescale government censorship. The decision is a strong contender to be the worst speech decision in the court’s history. ... The greatest danger comes from the court’s tolerance of the sub-administrative power that the government uses to corral private parties into becoming instruments of control....
Source: RealClearPolitics by Philip Hamburger “Last week, in Murthy v. Missouri, the Supreme Court hammered home the distressing conclusion that, under the court’s doctrines, the First Amendm…
03/07/2024
Source: The Political Orphanage "Bump Stocks, Guns, and Psycho Ex-Boyfriends." (07/02/24)
Source: The Political Orphanage “Bump Stocks, Guns, and Psycho Ex-Boyfriends.” (07/02/24)
03/07/2024
Source: The Hill by Bill Press "Dear First Lady Biden: We, the American people desperately need you. We need you to save this country from the prospect of four more years of Donald Trump. We need you now. ... Many of us agree with you that Joe Biden is, in fact, mentally and physically capable of serving for another four years....
Source: The Hill by Bill Press “Dear First Lady Biden: We, the American people desperately need you. We need you to save this country from the prospect of four more years of Donald Trump. We …
03/07/2024
Source: American Institute for Economic Research by Art Carden "A fast-food 'worker' in Las Vegas, Nevada, where minimum wages are high enough to have teeth, is an ordering kiosk. One of the basic insights economics brings to any issue is that when things get more expensive, people search for substitutes. It’s true of steak and potatoes. It’s true of labor, as well....
Source: American Institute for Economic Research by Art Carden “A fast-food ‘worker’ in Las Vegas, Nevada, where minimum wages are high enough to have teeth, is an ordering kiosk.…
03/07/2024
Source: CNBC "Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed satisfaction Tuesday with the progress on inflation over the past year but said he wants to see more before being confident enough to start cutting interest rates. ... Powell spoke at a forum that also included European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and Brazil central bank Governor Roberto Campos Neto. The forum is presented by the ECB and the discussion was moderated by CNBC’s Sara Eisen....
Source: CNBC “Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed satisfaction Tuesday with the progress on inflation over the past year but said he wants to see more before being confident enough …
03/07/2024
Source: The Daily Beast "Our U.S. Gerontocracy Needs to Go (and Biden Isn’t Even the Worst)." (07/02/24)
Source: The Daily Beast “Our U.S. Gerontocracy Needs to Go (and Biden Isn’t Even the Worst).” (07/02/24)
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