Source: The Erick Erickson Show
by Erick-Woods Erickson

“A story has come out that the State of Georgia inappropriately counted 315,000 votes in Fulton County, Georgia. Elon Musk and others have recirculated the claim and it is being amped up by conservative writers, talk hosts, etc. It is simply not true. 315,000 is the early in-person votes cast in Fulton County. The issue is not about the legitimacy of the votes. It is about the failure of an election bureaucrat to sign a certificate related to poll closing tapes. There actually is no law that requires the certificate be signed for the votes to count. … Y’all, there were absolutely issues in the election. But this really is not one.” (12/22/25)

https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/the-latest-stolen-election-story

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Lucas Sylveira de Campos Mouawad

“President Donald Trump created new tariffs on April 2, a day he would come to call the Liberation Day. In July, he decided to increase tariff rates. On November 20, the same decided to pull 10 percent of the tariff he had imposed on Brazilian goods entering the US economy, leaving the rate at 40 percent. Brazil is the greatest coffee producer and exporter in the world, and its coffee used to represent one-third of what the United States of America consumed. With the tariffs imposed in April, prices rose rapidly and consumers in the US felt unsatisfied with the quality of product they had been getting, and — in case they wanted the same type of coffee they had been getting before Liberation Day — they would have to pay more for the same.” (12/22/25)

https://mises.org/power-market/can-i-get-some-coffee

Source: Liberal Currents
by Ryan Smith

“If there’s one problem facing the story of renewable energy among American progressives, it is the grimness of the vibe. Renewables, as the story goes, are necessary to fight climate change, save the planet, and do our duty to our fellow living creatures. These things are, of course, all true. But the delivery feels like urging people to eat their vegetables. Yes, it will be good for you and will create new jobs, but any sense of green energy making life better and more exciting feels out of reach. … what if that story was wrong and renewable energy isn’t just a righteous yet painful solution to our problems? What if it was the herald of the greatest revolution in energy since the steam engine?” (12/22/25)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-biggest-thing-since-steam/

Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders

“Marcionism was an early Christian movement founded by Marcion of Sinope in the second century AD. Marcion taught that the God of the Old Testament — a deity focused on law and judgment — was entirely separate from and inferior to the God of the New Testament revealed by Jesus. Marcion not only rejected the Old Testament entirely but also created his own biblical canon, consisting of edited versions of Luke’s Gospel and ten of Paul’s letters. Crucially, he removed what he saw as Jewish influences. Early, mainstream Christians declared the sect heretical. Still, Marcionism remained influential for several centuries and ultimately pushed the Church to define its own scriptural canon and theological boundaries more formally. Marcionism is back — with an attitude.” (12/22/25)

https://underthrow.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-the-old-testament