The Daily, 09/10/26
Source: New York Times
“Trump’s War on Mail-In Voting.” (09/10/26)
The Enemy of My Enemy
Source: Consent Factory, Inc.
by CJ Hopkins
“Chalk another one up for the ethno-nationalists! That’s right, as I’m sure you’ve heard by now, the Alternativ für Deutschland party (AfD) won an election last Sunday in Saxony-Anhalt, one of Germany’s sixteen federal states …. Germany’s federal domestic intelligence agency has designated them a ‘confirmed right-wing extremist endeavor,’ and the mainstream media have been calling them ‘Nazis.’ Which they are, kind of … or, okay, not literally. … People tend to refer to them as ‘Nazis’ … well, for a lot of reasons. For one thing, many of them are former neo-Nazis, or they attend meetings held by neo-Nazi groups, or they are otherwise friendly with actual neo-Nazis. Also, some of them spout Nazi slogans at their political rallies, or embed Nazi symbols in their campaign artwork … which, of course, is all in good fun.” (09/10/26)
https://consentfactory.org/2026/09/10/the-enemy-of-my-enemy-2/
Protectionism or Expansionism: Trump’s Self-inflicted Dilemma
Source: Independent Institute
by Daniel Sánchez-Piñol
“Protectionism or Expansionism: Trump’s Self-inflicted Dilemma.” (09/10/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/09/10/protectionism-trump-self-inflicted-dilemma/
US Unemployment Claims Dip to 206,000 as Layoffs Continue to Remain Rare
Source: US News & World Report
“Slightly fewer Americans filed for unemployment claims last week as jobless claims remain at historically low levels and layoffs are still relatively rare. Filings for benefits dipped to 206,000 last week from a revised 207,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, also fell modestly to 206,000. Claims for jobless benefits are a proxy for layoffs, and economists watch them because they can be a sign of where the job market is headed. For the past year, claims have mostly stayed within a historically low range of 200,000 to 230,000 a week.” (09/10/260
Underthrow Podcast, 09/10/26
Source: Underthrow
“Mamdami’s groceries will eat New York.” (09/10/26)
What Critics Keep Getting Wrong About Capitalism
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Vincent Geloso
“There is nothing wrong with criticising capitalism, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman or classical liberalism. The problem is that much of the discussion does not pass even a modest ideological Turing test. An ideological Turing test asks whether one can state an opposing position so accurately that its proponents would recognise the argument as their own before one proceeds to criticise it. Here, too often, they would not.” (09/10/26)
https://fee.org/articles/what-critics-keep-getting-wrong-about-capitalism/
Matt Hoh on The Kyle Anzalone Show
Source: Libertarian Institute
“JD Vance and Ben Shapiro Attempt to Sell Israel’s War to the American People.” (09/10/26)
The David Duke Standard; The Hasan Piker Exception
Source: Town Hall
by Larry Elder
“Remember the media firestorm in 2016 when Donald Trump supposedly failed to denounce former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke? Trump, appearing on CNN, claimed he did not know enough about Duke to disavow him. Trump later blamed a faulty earpiece and repudiated Duke and the KKK. But the episode became Exhibit A for those who accused Trump of using racial ‘dog whistles’. Then-Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan declared, ‘If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games. They must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry’. … Now consider the Democrat Party’s treatment of Hasan Piker, the socialist streamer who said, ‘America deserved 9/11.'” (09/10/26)
UK: England’s mayors to get power to impose tourist tax
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Mayors in England will be given the power to impose a new fee on visitors’ overnight stays, in a move the government says will mean more money can be invested into local areas. Under the plans, local leaders will be able to bring in an uncapped levy, dubbed a ‘tourist tax’, as a percentage of the cost of hotels, bed and breakfasts and other types of accommodation rather than a flat fee. Hospitality leaders have warned it will put jobs at risk and hit families in the pocket. But the government said it would protect budget holidays ‘by making sure low-cost accommodation always pays lowest levy’ and said the extra cash could be invested in high streets and local transport.” (09/10/26)
TAC Right Now, 09/10/26
Source: The American Conservative
“Germany’s Real Right Rocks Europe, w/ Filip Gaspar.” (09/10/26)