Source: Town Hall
by Kevin McCullough

“Adam Schiff has always had that smug ‘I know something you don’t know’ smirk. Turns out what he allegedly knew was how to weaponize classified information for political gain — and then act shocked anyone would call it illegal. This week, a Democratic whistleblower (someone who worked in Schiff’s own House orbit for more than a decade) told the FBI that Schiff personally approved leaking classified material in order to smear Donald Trump. Not a rumor. Not a guess. Not ‘I heard it from a guy’. The whistleblower alleges Schiff gave the order in a general staff meeting. Translation: he wanted an audience for his treachery. The whistleblower didn’t mince words either, calling the act ‘treasonous,’ ‘illegal’ and ‘unethical.’ And frankly, that’s generous. … But why stop at Schiff? Hillary Clinton handed him the playbook.” (08/12/25)

https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2025/08/12/lock-him-up-lock-her-up-lock-all-of-them-up-n2661721

Source: Semafor
by David Weigel

“For 20 years, progressives have gathered at annual Netroots Nation conferences to share strategies and plan for the next election. In New Orleans, this year’s 3,000 attendees were not so sure that there would be a ‘next election.’ At one session, after organizers described the tactics of an ‘authoritarian state,’ they considered whether they’d even be allowed to win in 2026. … The mood at the three-day conference — which began as a political blogger meetup and grew into a stop on the presidential primary circuit — was nervous and grim, despite the karaoke and pickleball.” (08/11/25)

https://www.semafor.com/article/08/11/2025/burn-it-all-progressives-meet-in-the-trump-era-wilderness

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“One of the many recent (21 July 2025) revelations from the FedGov’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reveals yet another evil way in which the FedGov (and State and local governments and Big Pharma and other Big Business) treat humans from conception to death (and their castoffs beyond that!). We know many medical care providers understand and practice good medical ethics. But that is not the case among government and ‘private’ entities that control the systems. Once again, RFK Jr. has delivered a blow against the medical establishment. This one strikes at the very heart of morality.” (08/11/25)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/08/11/murder-most-foul/

Source: The Atlantic
by Quinta Jurecic

“In the summer of 2020, as demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest against the murder of George Floyd, President Donald Trump directed the National Guard and officers from various federal law-enforcement agencies to patrol the streets of the nation’s capital. The results were a disaster from the perspective of crowd control but a delight to a wannabe authoritarian obsessed with good TV …. Now, five years later, Trump has once again decided to impose his idea of law and order upon Washington. This time, however, the city is quiet, and he’s not responding to any protests. He’s sending in the troops because he can …. This ostensible show of strength is more like an admission of weakness. It is the behavior of a bully: very bad for the people it touches, but not a likely prelude to full authoritarian takeover.” (08/11/25)

https://archive.is/I3tKG

Source: In These Times
by Miles Kampf-Lassin

“When Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders launched his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2015, he called for a ​’political revolution’ against ‘the billionaire class.’ He didn’t win the presidency the next year, or in 2020, but he did plant seeds for a new kind of left electoral movement. When Zohran Mamdani — a 33-year-old Muslim democratic socialist and state assemblymember — swept the Democratic primary for New York City mayor in late June, echoes of Sanders’ runs and the promise of a revived political revolution came with it. Mamdani didn’t just upend conventional wisdom about who could win the race; he flung open the doors of mainstream U.S. politics and kicked the establishment to the curb. Disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a conservative Democrat, was favored to win, but he conceded well before all of the votes had even been counted.” (08/12/25)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/zohran-mamdani-bernie-sanders-democrats-left-populism-new-york