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Rational Review News Digest / Freedom News Daily
Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher
“The clamor to dump the two Democratic leaders after their colossal midterm victories makes no sense.” (11/10/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/11/10/hakeem-jeffries-is-not-old-and-chuck-schumer-is-not-done/
Source: Politico
“Nvidia was hit with a shareholder lawsuit Monday after its stock price tanked 5 percent amid reports CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy. The lawsuit claims Huang’s failure to disclose the affair artificially inflated share prices, possibly violating federal securities laws. The lawsuit also contends the national security concerns raised by the allegations present a material risk to the company’s reputation and future business prospects. … The litigation is the latest turn of events for Nvidia and Huang, who are facing new scrutiny in Washington surrounding the CEO’s involvement with Alice Huang, a businessperson associated with Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed.” (11/10/26)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/09/nvidia-sued-jensen-huang-alleged-spy-affair-01157660
Source: Yascha Mounk
“Shadi Hamid and Matthew Kaemingk on Whether Democracy Needs Religion.” (11/10/26)
https://writing.yaschamounk.com/p/shadi-hamid-and-matthew-kaemingk
Source: Washington Sun
by Jade Lozada
“Across the country, data centers are going up in low-income communities. Fourteen percent of data centers are located within opportunity zones, according to a report from the nonprofit National Community Reinvestment Coalition. Among approved, permitted and under-construction data center projects, 17.3% are in the tax-incentivized zones. In total, 93 proposed data centers and 78 operating data centers are located in an opportunity zone, according to the nonprofit environmental research organization FracTracker Alliance. Data center operators can use opportunity zones to cut down their tax bills like any other business, making the program a potential boon for investors seeking tax benefits to support the industry’s rapid build-out. But political fault lines are emerging over whether data center projects fulfill the purpose of the tax break as investing in opportunity zones becomes more attractive than ever for data center companies.” (11/10/26)
https://archive.is/UEK0l
Source: Fox News
by Riley Gaines
“I’ll admit it. Tuesday night was disappointing. I expected Republicans to lose more seats than they flipped. History suggested as much. But I certainly didn’t expect the results to be quite that bad. Still, buried beneath the headlines celebrating Democratic victories was a rather inconvenient development for the political left. Americans may have voted to elect Democrats, but that doesn’t mean they’ve suddenly developed an appetite for the progressive social agenda again. In fact, on one of the most contentious cultural issues of the last several years, voters delivered a remarkably consistent message: Keep men out of women’s sports. In Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington, voters backed measures protecting female athletic competition on the basis of biological sex. … Yet the same electorate willing to put Democrats in positions of power also voted to reject a central pillar of the modern progressive agenda.” (11/09/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/riley-gaines-voters-sent-two-midterm-messages-democrats-will-only-hear-one
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Police in Santa Barbara, California, are investigating after nearly 30 people had to seek medical care at a half-marathon running event held in the city on Sunday. In a statement provided to the BBC’s US partner CBS News, officers said they received a report from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital about race participants who sought medical treatment for ‘unusual symptoms’ after the race ended. ‘The cause of the reported symptoms has not been confirmed,’ the statement added. Cottage Health, which operates the hospital, told CBS it had seen ‘a larger than expected number of emergency visits’ from those who ran the race. ‘There is no specific action recommended for the public at this time; however, participants who feel unwell should seek medical attention and follow guidance from healthcare professionals,’ police said.” (11/10/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq0ldlyd556go
Source: The Atlantic
“Congress vs. Hegseth.” (11/09/26)
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/11/ra-iran-fallout/689349/
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Johan Wennstrom
“Even Swedes take the wrong lessons from their past, pushing them to make very non-strategic decisions when it comes to NATO and Ukraine today.” (11/10/26)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/world-war-two-sweden-neutrality/
Source: Liberal Currents
by Silvaria Lysandtra Zemaitis
“Across the Western world, trans rights are under attack, from bathrooms, to sports, to basic medical care. We treat these attacks one-by-one, talking one day about the inherent privacy of bathroom stalls, the next about bones and muscle growth, the third about the proven safety of hormone therapy. We have missed the forest for the trees. While we talk about legal rights, legal protections, and so forth, there is precious little discussion about what trans politics is about.” (11/10/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-final-struggle-for-equal-recognition/
Source: ABC News
“Myanmar’s military has seized a key resistance military command headquarters and 10 other bases in the south of the country, state media reported Tuesday, marking a new gain by the army in the civil war as it seeks control of regions long held by resistance forces. The capture of the bases in the jungle along the border between Mon state and the Bago region marks the latest setback suffered by pro-democracy armed groups and ethnic militias fighting the army. The reported capture could not be independently confirmed because the military does not allow journalists free access to the area, but the claim has not been challenged.” (11/10/26)
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/myanmar-army-seizes-key-resistance-headquarters-10-bases-138003361
