THANK YOU to subscribing contributor BT, whose $2.50 monthly donation yesterday saved us from a “zero-dollar day” and brings our annual fundraister total to (as of 5am) $1,289.50!
We’re about 47% of the way through our 92-day “annual fundraiser window,” and about 47% of the way to our goal … technically “on track,” but the faster we get there, the sooner I can stop bothering you about it every day.
Thanks to supporter GL’s “matching funds” pledge, we only have to raise $2,751.50 from everyone else to get $2,751.50 from him.
Another sweetener: GL usually pays his pledged half in Bitcoin, and it’s my impression that Bitcoin’s price is at or near its current bottom — so wrapping this fundraiser up early would likely result in a “bonus” as the value of that second half goes up after we receive it.
That URL again:
Thanks in advance for helping us put this thing to bed!
Yours in liberty,
Tom Knapp
Publisher
Rational Review News Digest / Freedom News Daily
Source: The American Prospect
by Adelle Nazarian
“Fear has become a currency in America’s immigration system, and two federal lawsuits raise the disturbing question of whether it is being monetized. Camila Overmyer, an Indiana-based beauty influencer turned immigration commentator, is accused of using Spanish-language TikTok livestreams to convince frightened immigrants seeking humanitarian relief that their lawyers may have implicated them in fraud. The complaints allege that she solicited contracts, immigration records, and sworn statements while directing viewers toward competing attorneys. One lawsuit further alleges that Overmyer acknowledged receiving commissions when referrals became paying clients. The allegations remain contested, but they expose a danger larger than any dispute among law firms: What happens when someone without identified legal training gains immigrants’ trust, undermines their existing counsel, and may profit from directing them elsewhere?” (11/12/26)
https://prospect.org/2026/11/12/when-immigration-fear-becomes-a-tiktok-influencers-alleged-business-model/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Indonesia’s vice president has resigned in the midst of a scandal over his high school diploma, adding pressure on a government facing widespread dissatisfaction over the economy, corruption and wildfires. Gibran Rakabuming Raka submitted his resignation to President Prabowo Subianto and parliament on Thursday, the speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly told reporters. … Under Indonesia’s Constitution, a vice presidential vacancy does not trigger a new election. The office remains vacant until the People’s Consultative Assembly elects a replacement from two candidates nominated by the president within 60 days.” (11/12/26)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/12/indonesia-vice-president-resigns-amid-dispute-over-eligibility
Source: Parallax Views w/ JG Michael
“Midterms, Anti-Politics, Infotainment, and the Question of Emancipation w/ Joseph Sciortino.” (11/11/26)
https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/jsciortino11-11-26/
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Kyle sits down with returning guest Nick Cleveland-Stout of Responsible Statecraft to unpack why the midterms look like a real-time referendum on the Iran war, and what it means when the ‘endless war’ consensus finally starts costing incumbents elections.” (11/11/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/blog/the-kyle-anzalone-show-guest-nick-cleveland-stout-where-the-midterms-a-death-sentence-for-aipac-and-the-israel-lobby/
Source: Foreign Policy
by Omar Shakir
“For Israeli authorities and their supporters, maintaining the flow of U.S. arms to Israel is far more important than who pays for them. If Israel—rather than U.S. taxpayers—pays for a bomb, that does not mitigate the bomb’s impact when Israel drops it on a Palestinian family. The United States will remain complicit in Israeli genocide and apartheid as long as U.S. arms keep flowing. The new Congress should end all U.S. arms transfers to Israel. It can start by removing the $3.8 billion in military aid from fiscal 2027 appropriations and by blocking supplemental military funding.” (11/11/26)
https://archive.is/hz1lu
Source: Libertarian Party
by Sean Sparkman
“Say you’re a Republican, and you’re in charge of the Early Voting Ballot Board. That’s the room where mail and provisional ballots get accepted or rejected, and where the post-election hand count gets done. Say you’d like that room a little less crowded with witnesses. And if anybody complains about irregularities? Easy. Call them a sore-loser Democrat. You have one problem. Texas law. Section 87.002(c) says the board needs the same number of members from each party’s list. Worse, every member swears an oath never to handle ballots alone, only alongside someone from another party. Annoying. So here’s the playbook.” (11/11/26)
https://lp.org/how-to-rig-an-election-if-you-ran-the-ballot-board/
Source: Axios
“Outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) secured the 218 signatures needed to force another House showdown over the Jeffrey Epstein files Wednesday, just one day after fellow Republicans blocked his attempt to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Congress overwhelmingly voted last year to force the release of the Epstein files, but survivors and lawmakers say the Trump administration has still withheld records. The new bill would give them the power to sue the DOJ and help state prosecutors pursue investigations. Massie announced Wednesday afternoon that his discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act II had reached the required 218 signatures. … Massie’s petition is expected to become eligible for a floor vote by early December, with more than enough legislative days remaining under the House’s current schedule.” (11/11/26)
https://www.axios.com/2026/11/11/massie-epstein-files-second-vote
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Connor O’Keeffe
“In the 1950s, President Eisenhower officially changed Armistice Day to Veterans Day. That was done ostensibly, and somewhat understandably, to include veterans of WWII and Korea in the ceremonies. But with that shift, the holiday’s center of gravity moved from celebrating the end of a particular war to honoring veterans of all wars. And over time, after each major war, the holiday’s meaning widened from the initial grateful recognition that a war was over to something of a spotlight for politicians to stress that military service is itself glorious, which has made each next war easier to sell. And make no mistake, that is precisely what the hawkish politicians and establishment voices we hear today are doing.” (11/11/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/cruel-irony-veterans-day
Source: Reason
“Matt Taibbi discusses how political bias has undermined journalism, Trump’s failure to defend free speech, and the dangers of government-backed censorship.” (11/11/26)
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/11/11/matt-taibbi-the-government-shouldnt-decide-whats-true/
