Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Former senior Biden advisor Amos Hochstein said during an interview on Sunday that the Biden administration had been preparing to bomb Iran if they had won re-election in 2024. Hochstein was asked by Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennan, ‘In July 2024 Secretary Blinken claimed Iran was one or two weeks away from having enough fissile material breakout capacity to eventually make a weapon if Iran had decided to do so. There were indirect negotiations that the Biden administration did, but it went nowhere. So when President Trump argues that he did what no other president would, is it just simply that the bill was coming due and it fell on his watch?'” (04/21/26)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/04/21/biden-official-biden-was-preparing-to-bomb-iran-if-re-elected/
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“The Weirdness and Destructiveness of the U.S. Blockade on Iran.” (04/21/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y80iTHf9o54
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Rachel Chiu
“The Confrontation Clause bars certain out-of-court statements when the witness does not testify at trial and there is no opportunity for cross-examination. Although there are many situations in which different forms of out-of-court statements may be admissible, the circumstances triggering the Confrontation Clause often involve evidence that is high-stakes and accusatory. In these specific cases, a defendant’s freedom is on the line, and the statements in question can have a disproportionate and decisive impact in the absence of cross-examination. Compared to other criminal justice topics such as qualified immunity and civil asset forfeiture, this issue receives far less attention, even though the risk to a defendant’s life, personal liberty, and property is great. The erosion of the Confrontation Clause deserves scrutiny, and the Supreme Court has recently signaled possible intervention to address the problem.” (04/21/26)
https://fee.org/articles/focus-on-the-sixth-amendment/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Per Bylund
“Before it even hits shelves, Mariana Mazzucato’s newest book recycles ideas that economists have already dismantled.” (04/21/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/fallacies-forthcoming-why-mazzucatos-latest-is-already-outdated/
Source: Minnesota Star Tribune
“Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is launching his next political endeavor: a federal political action committee that will seek to recruit and support Democrats in rural communities nationwide. Walz announced the creation of the Small Town PAC on Monday, April 20, saying he wants to help build a new pipeline of candidates rooted in the places Democrats have struggled to win in recent years. … Walz, who has served two terms as governor and was the party’s vice presidential nominee in 2024, told the Minnesota Star Tribune last month that he planned to play an active role in this year’s midterm elections, particularly in governors’ races. He serves as finance chair of the Democratic Governors Association. But Walz faces a harsh political reality as he begins his new venture: His approval rating has plummeted in greater Minnesota in recent years.” (04/20/26)
https://archive.is/K2xeP
Source: Drop Site News
“The Iranian analyst Hassan Ahmadian speaks with Jeremy Scahill about Iran’s strategy, a potential deal, and how decisions are being made in Tehran.” (04/21/26)
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-war-trump-diplomacy-escalation-hassan-ahmadian
Source: The American Spectator
by Lloyd Billingsley
“With support from President Trump, Congress passed a bill to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) through April 30. The president seems to have forgotten FISA’s power to harm innocents, override the judiciary, and even threaten the executive branch. That invites a look back at how it all started.” (04/21/26)
https://spectator.org/trumps-memory-loss/
Source: Seattle Times
“Nigerian authorities have charged six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, with terrorism and treason, over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu, according to a charge sheet seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday. The six were all in custody. A seventh suspect, former Bayelsa state Gov. Timpre Sylva, is accused of helping to conceal the plot and is still at large. … The Nigerian government first said it had foiled a coup attempt in January, when it announced that several military officers would stand trial.” (04/21/26)
https://archive.is/pqylD
Source: Yascha Mounk
“Yascha Mounk and Jacob Mchangama discuss how democracies and dictatorships alike have turned against online speech freedom.” (04/21/26)
https://writing.yaschamounk.com/p/jacob-mchangama-2
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“It is understandable that fearful and trusting Americans would place a deep, abiding, and blind trust in the federal government in 1963, which caused many of them to automatically fall for the official ‘a communist has killed our president’ narrative. But today, Americans know full well that the U.S. national-security establishment is fully capable of committing extremely violent and vile acts in the name of ‘national security’ and that the national-security establishment is more than willing to lie and cover up its misdeeds if ‘national security’ requires it.” (04/21/26)
https://www.fff.org/2026/04/21/trust-and-gullibility-in-the-jfk-assassination/
