Rising, 04/28/26
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar on Sen. Bernie Sanders set to speak with a Chinese organization on the importance of AI safety.” (04/28/26)
The true tax reduction is reduction in government outlays
Source: Cobden Centre
by Dr. Frank Shostak
“Government uses various methods to divert wealth from wealth producers toward its activities. These methods include direct and indirect taxes and levies, monetary printing as a result of government borrowings from the central bank and borrowings from the private sector. The method of diverting wealth is of secondary importance. What matters here is that wealth is taken from wealth producers. The more that is taken, the higher the effective tax imposed on the wealth-generating private sector is going to be.” (04/28/26)
https://www.cobdencentre.org/2026/04/the-true-tax-reduction-is-reduction-in-government-outlays/
Dems have power to stop all the violent rhetoric, and if not their silence is tacit approval
Source: New York Post
by Karol Markowicz
“In the week before the latest attempted assassination of President Trump, The New York Times conducted the softest of softball interviews with leftist pundit Hasan Piker. A typical line from Piker on his Twitch livestream: ‘Let the streets soak in [landlords’] red Capitalist blood.’ Talking to the Times, Piker refused to condemn Luigi Mangione for murdering a complete stranger, Brian Thompson — because, in Piker’s view, Thompson had committed ‘social murder’ by being the CEO of a health-insurance company. Piker isn’t ‘a fringe figure’ on the left [sic]. He has interviewed major Democrats and plans to sit down with California Gov. Gavin Newsom soon. New York Times journalists nod along with his ideas. If that’s fringe, what’s mainstream? The alleged White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter also didn’t sound fringe in his manifesto.” (04/27/26)
EU “ready” to sanction Israel over Russian vessel carrying stolen Ukrainian grain
Source: Euronews [EU]
“The European Union has warned Israel that it is ready to impose sanctions on those aiding and abetting the trade of Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia in the occupied territories, after a new ship loaded with the cereal arrived in the city of Haifa. ‘The EU has taken note of the reports that a Russian shadow fleet vessel carrying stolen Ukrainian grain has been allowed to unload at Haifa port in Israel, despite previous contacts of Ukraine with Israeli authorities on the subject,’ a European Commission spokesperson told Euronews. … The arrival of the Panama-flagged vessel in Haifa has escalated tensions between Ukraine and Israel. The vessel, named Panormitis and allegedly carrying over 6,200 tonnes of wheat and 19,000 tonnes of barley, has yet to unload. However, a shipment of stolen Ukrainian grain was allowed to proceed earlier this month.” (04/28/26)
Show-Me Institute Podcast, 04/28/26
Source: Show-Me Institute
“St. Louis Demographics and the Future of the Region with Ness Sandoval.” (04/28/26)
Supply Shocks Plus Inflation Bind the Fed’s Hands
Source: The Daily Economy
by Matthew Schaffer
“Energy-driven inflation and slowing growth have put the Fed in a difficult position. A look at monetary policy rules shows why holding rates steady may be the most prudent response.” (04/28/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/supply-shocks-plus-inflation-bind-the-feds-hands/
Adams the Lawgiver
Source: Law & Liberty
by Richard Alan Ryerson
“John Adams was more than the chief architect of American independence—he also gave the new states a constitutional vision for republican government.” (04/28/26)
Mali: Junta leader meets Russian ambassador after attacks the Kremlin called “a coup attempt”
Source: SFGate
“Mali’s junta leader met with Russia’s ambassador to Bamako on Tuesday, authorities said, his first public appearance since the West African nation saw a massive, coordinated attack by Islamic militants and separatists over the weekend. Russia, the junta’s key ally, called the attack a coup attempt. The office of the military leader, Assimi Goita, released photos showing him meeting a Russian delegation led by the Ambassador Igor Gromyko in what appeared to be the presidential palace in Bamako, the Malian capital. Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Mali issued a security alert, citing ‘possible terrorist movements within Bamako, including reports of forced school closures.’ In power since a 2020 coup, the junta suffered a major attack on Saturday after al-Qaida-linked militants and the separatist Azawad Liberation Front group staged coordinated attacks on at least four cities in a region considered a global hot spot for terror-related deaths.” (04/28/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/mali-s-junta-leader-meets-russian-ambassador-22230310.php
Capital Record, episode 296
Source: National Review
“Spirit Airlines and Spirited Government Ineptness.”
New lawsuit may finally bring Epstein files transparency
Source: USA Today
by Chris Brennan
“President Donald Trump’s televised tantrum during his April 26 interview with ’60 Minutes’ on CBS News – which aired a day after he was rushed from an event after it was crashed by a gunman – revealed the obvious fear he still holds about the Epstein files. Those more than 6 million documents potentially detail the life and crimes of his former friend, the now-dead registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. I think we’ll see more of that fear and more tantrums from Trump as the push for transparency with the Epstein files intensifies, since only about half of them have been released. Katie Phang, a former prosecutor who now works as an independent journalist, sued the Department of Justice on April 27, asking a federal judge to appoint a special master to review and release more Epstein files.” (04/28/26)