Hey, everyone …
Today is NOT a “Firehose Friday” at the freedom movement’s daily newspaper — we’ve got full 60-item email/social media editions for you. But we also have EXTRA content (another 20+ news stories, opinion pieces, and audio/video links) for you here at the web edition.
Yesterday was a “zero-dollar day” in our annual fundraiser. Our total remains at $1,151.50.
Our goal is $5,503. Once we’ve raised the first half ($2,751.50), supporter GL has pledged to “match funds” for the other half. We’re $1,600 short of — only 41% of the way to — the goal.
This weekend, help us out with a “great leap forward” to the $1,500 mark. If we raise $348.50 between now and Monday, we’ll be at $1,500 (and 54% of the way home). So …
… and then have a happy, healthy, and prosperous weekend!
Yours in liberty,
Tom Knapp
Publisher
Rational Review News Digest / Freedom News Daily
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Media linked to the Houthi movement in Yemen say that at least 25 people, including women and children, have been killed in airstrikes by Saudi Arabia. There has been no comment from the Saudi-led coalition backing the internationally recognised government in Yemen. Live video footage on Al Masirah – a television station run by the Houthis – has shown rescuers pulling bodies out of the rubble of several buildings in al-Shariyah, a town to the east of the capital, Sanaa. The bodies of young children can be seen among those dug out from the ruins. The television station has also shown a number of injured people being carried on stretchers to hospital. Saba news agency, which is also run by the Houthis, said the attack was carried out by Saudi Arabia.” (11/07/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c65yn1v99ypmo
Source: Glenn Greenwald
“EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Flavio Bolsonaro on Leaving Brazil, Lula & More.” (11/06/26)
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/exclusive-interview-with-flavio-bolsonaro
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“When Trump won the presidency in 2024, there were high hopes among his MAGA supporters that this time around, he would succeed in MAGA. They looked on him as the man on the white horse — the man who, if given free rein, would restore America to greatness. In fact, for the past two years, Trump has enjoyed extraordinary freedom to do pretty much whatever he wants. … None of this proclivity toward dictatorial power has made America great again, unless, of course, one defines ‘greatness’ as living under a powerful, tyrannical welfare-warfare state rather than in a free, peaceful, prosperous society characterized by a limited-government republic.” (11/06/26)
https://www.fff.org/2026/11/06/trump-failed-to-maga/
Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen
“While everyone was refreshing early election returns and exit polls and turnout models on Tuesday, something very unusual happened: A monopolist broke itself up. Health conglomerate CVS, the seventh-largest U.S. company by revenue, decided to split off its consumer-facing in-store and mail-order pharmacy business from its Aetna insurance and Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) side. When asked about it on CNBC, CVS chair and CEO David Joyner said that government regulatory pressure played a role. ‘What you see in the regulatory environment is clearly one of the things that we need to make sure we’re navigating,’ Joyner said. This is not, however, an unalloyed victory over the forces of capital—and if you dig into the fine print, it’s not much of a victory at all.” (11/06/26)
https://prospect.org/2026/11/06/corporations-are-pretending-to-reform-themselves/
Source: Daily Maverick [South Africa]
“The African National Congress (ANC) faces a difficult balancing act after suffering major losses in the 2026 local government elections: regrouping quickly to negotiate from a position of strength, while determining which parties to partner with to retain municipal influence. The party has been pushed out of the leading position in several key metropolitan councils, including Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni, where the Democratic Alliance (DA) has emerged as the leading party. In eThekwini, the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party leads, while the ANC remains the top party in Buffalo City. Mangaung also faces tight contention, making securing a governing majority a tough task for the party. The results emphasise the scale of the ANC’s electoral setback and the challenge confronting its leadership as it prepares to enter coalition negotiations across the country.” (11/07/26)
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-11-07-anc-faces-coalition-scramble-after-electoral-rout-as-control-of-key-metros-slips-away/
Source: Niskanen Center
“Fragile neighborhoods and spiritual poverty, with Seth Kaplan.” (11/06/26)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/fragile-neighborhoods-and-spiritual-poverty-with-seth-kaplan
Source: The Next Move
by Jay Nordlinger
“Remember the Ukrainians, and their daily acts of heroism.” (11/06/26)
https://www.thenextmove.org/p/the-new-congress-and-ukraine
Source: Reason
by Eric Boehm
“Voters don’t want far-left policies. They just really, really hate Republican ones.” (11/06/26)
https://reason.com/2026/11/06/america-did-not-vote-for-woke-2-0/
Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman
“The midterm result was a tale of many backlashes. There was the backlash of erstwhile Trump voters, particularly young white males, against high gasoline prices and the Iran War. There was the backlash of Hispanic voters against ICE and Trump’s horrific deportation policy. There was the backlash of Black voters against Republicans’ gerrymandering to negate their votes and Trump’s open racism. There was the backlash of women against the destruction of abortion rights and suppression of the Epstein files. There was a backlash of ordinary families against the loss of healthcare coverage. There was a general backlash against Trump’s bottomless corruption and lies. And there was a backlash of patriotic Americans against Trump’s bromance with Putin. Yet one of the most stunning blows was against the class of oligarchs, whom voters reasonably believe have been major enablers Trump and the Republicans, allowing them to inflict significant economic, social and strategic harm the country.” (11/06/26)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/americas-backlash-against-oligarchy
Source: SFGate
“Democrat Scott Colom hasn’t won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, but the local prosecutor was welcomed as a historic figure Friday as he strolled through the Farish Street business district where civil rights leaders once organized. ‘It’s so wonderful! It’s so wonderful to have Scott Colom as our representative,’ said Maati Jone Primm, who owns Marshall’s Music & Bookstore in Jackson. The state is still tallying ballots that could make Colom the first [b]lack senator from this Deep South state since post-Civil War Reconstruction. The possibility of Colom defeating Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith puts many [b]lack voters somewhere between cautious optimism and outright celebration in a state where nearly 40% of the population is [b]lack but the top representation for generations has been white.” (11/07/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/scott-colom-and-black-mississippians-stand-on-the-22518080.php
