Source: New York Post
by Karol Markowicz
“Chicago, Chicago, that toddling town: Or it was some time ago when Frank Sinatra sang about it. Now it’s in the throes of something called a ‘Transfemicide State of Emergency’, according to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, with no time for a little toddling around the dance floor. Posting to his X account, Johnson announced in all apparent seriousness: ‘Since declaring a Transfemicide State of Emergency, our administration has strengthened the City’s capacity to support LGBTQ+ Chicagoans.’ … You may think such a thing is necessary because of the many, many murders of trans Chicagoans happening daily. In fact, only one trans person was killed in Chicago in all of last year — and the incident appears to have been a matter of domestic violence unrelated to their trans status.” (06/23/26)
https://nypost.com/2026/06/23/opinion/mayor-brandon-johnson-declares-a-transfemicide-crisis-ignores-hundreds-of-black-deaths/
Source: South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
“The People’s Liberation Army’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian Type 003, transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, a day after Taipei launched a combat readiness exercise. Song Zhongping, a military commentator and former PLA instructor, said the Fujian could be heading back to its home port in the southern island province of Hainan for a break before it headed out to the South China Sea for more training. … The transit came a day after Taiwan kicked off a five-day military drill called the Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise, an effort meant to boost the island’s ability to quickly move to a wartime footing.” (06/24/26)
https://archive.is/WfAvZ
Source: Law & Liberty
by Michael Lucchese
“Even as we love the past, the future is not something to be feared—it is something to be redeemed.” (06/24/26)
https://lawliberty.org/forum/new-modes-and-orders/
Source: Liberal Currents
“How did sports betting burst onto the scene so violently in the last half-decade? Danny Funt, author of Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling, explains the legal, regulatory and business changes that have led us here.” (06/24/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-legalization-of-sports-gambling-in-america-half-the-answer-89-with-danny-funt/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Stefan Bartl
“Once entrepreneurial success arrives, few recall the risks, ridicule, failed ventures, sleepless nights, and near-disasters that came before.” (06/24/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/trillionaire-entrepreneurs-forgotten-risks-and-the-politics-of-envy/
Source: The Progressive
by Stephen Zunes
“Many of the criticisms being leveled against the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran (namely, that it is not that great a deal) are accurate and worthy of attention. But under the disastrous set of circumstances resulting from the US-Israeli war on Iran, it is probably the best deal that can be realistically hoped for, given that Iran clearly has the upper hand. Unfortunately, that has not stopped some Washington politicians, including many prominent Democrats, from attempting to undermine it.” (06/23/26)
https://progressive.org/latest/trumps-deal-with-iran-is-good-enough-zunes-20260623/
Source: ABC News
“Camp Mystic, the Christian all-girls sleepaway camp, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, according to court records. The Chapter 11 filing comes nearly a year after a deadly flood killed 25 girls and two teen counselors at the camp’s Guadalupe River location, which is located in the Texas Hill Country. According to the Wednesday filing, Camp Mystic has a debt exceeding $10 million. Paul Yetter, an attorney representing seven victims’ families, said in a statement Wednesday, ‘Bankruptcy will not stop all responsible parties from being held accountable.'” (06/24/26)
https://abcnews.com/US/camp-mystic-site-deadly-texas-flooding-files-bankruptcy/story?id=134165471
Source: The Corbett Report
“I Read The Palantir Manifesto.” (06/23/26)
https://corbettreport.com/i-read-the-palantir-manifesto/
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Connor O’Keeffe
“On Monday, Alan Greenspan died at age 100. The former Federal Reserve Chair spent eighteen and a half years at the helm of the central bank from 1987 to 2006—a total of five terms under four presidents. As with any death of a prominent figure, the news led many to reflect on Greenspan’s legacy and, in this case, debate how he stacks up with other Federal Reserve chairs. … this entire discussion is flawed. Because it rests on the false assumption that the Federal Reserve and all its intellectual backers in the political class can be taken at their word: that the Fed is an institution that is genuinely capable of and interested in bringing about a stable, growing economy, and, therefore, that a good Fed Chair is someone who simply manages the economy well. That is all a lie.” (06/24/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/greenspan-was-perfect-fed-chair-not-compliment
Source: Washington Post
“Host Megan McArdle talks with culture writer Kat Rosenfield about how dating apps, therapy-speak and online gender wars have changed romance — making flirtation feel risky, rejection feel catastrophic and desire feel suspect. They discuss the lost art of approaching people in real life, what older courtship norms got right and Rosenfield’s new novel, ‘How to Survive in the Woods.’” (06/24/26)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/impromptu/modern-dating-is-miserable-can-it-be-fixed/
