Source: Fox News Forum
by Peter St. Onge & EJ Antoni

“Thirty-five years after the Soviet Union collapsed, the Communist bread line is poised for a comeback in the Big Apple, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces his government grocery stores will be undercutting real groceries by 30%. Not to worry, socialism will work this time. The announcement came during a press conference on July 27, where Comrade Mamdani promised 30% discounts for ‘essential’ products at his new city-run grocery stores. The problem, of course, is grocery stores are in a razor-thin industry, sporting profit margins of roughly 2%. And that’s with competent management, which New York City government is decidedly not famous for. That means even if the socialists somehow manage to run a grocery as efficiently as Aldi, Walmart or Gristedes, the city will be losing an ungodly amount of money — at least 28 cents on the dollar.” (08/04/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mamdanis-city-grocery-plan-could-leave-taxpayers-paying-every-banana

Source: Show-Me Institute
by David Stokes

“There is a proposal for a $39 million tax-increment financing (TIF) district in the Midtown area of the City of St. Louis. The forces behind the TIF proposal include the area’s commercial and artistic associations. The backers are claiming that because the redirected taxes will go toward “public” items such as infrastructure improvements for sidewalks, crosswalks, and streets, that this is a responsible use of TIF. They could not be more wrong.” (08/03/26)

https://showmeinstitute.org/article/subsidies/midtown-st-louis-tif-deal-is-as-bad-as-it-gets/

Source: Exiled Policy
by Jason Pye

“Republicans are already treating the DSA as a proxy for the Democratic Party as a whole. Rather than limiting their attacks to the handful of districts where DSA-backed candidates are actually running, Republican campaigns are using those races to argue that the party itself is shifting toward democratic socialism. Whether that message resonates with swing voters remains to be seen, but it is likely to become a recurring theme in competitive House and Senate races this fall. … The same political dynamic cuts both ways. If Republicans intend to portray the Democratic Party through the lens of the DSA, they should expect Democrats to point to Donald Trump and the broader direction of today’s Republican Party.” (08/03/26)

https://exiledpolicy.substack.com/p/emerging-extremes-democrats-and-republicans

Source: Persuasion
by Sam Kahn

“Institutions need to uphold standards. No exceptions.” (08/03/26)

https://www.persuasion.community/p/jason-ardays-fabulism-is-an-institutional

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“There was nothing ‘instinctive’ about Mr. Salinas[s]’ actions. He trained and trained, and he used what he taught himself and applied it. Just as anyone that has a single ounce of civic duty should. Civic duty is far more than going out and informing yourself and voting wisely, well-beyond ‘being a good citizen’ and paying your taxes and driving at the posted speed limit. One key civic duty is to be able, prepared, and above all, willing, to defend yourselves, your family and friends, your community, and even your enemies.” (08/03/26)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/08/03/civic-duty-or-vigilantism/

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Maddie Daly

“The Senate Commerce Committee is poised to consider the Youth AI Privacy Act, a bill that would require AI companies to create kids-only privacy rules and implement so-called ‘safe design features,’ which would—like three other bills under consideration this week—require more data collection and make it harder for people to access lawful speech online. While the bill is narrower than some other proposed chatbot bills, it still has massive data security implications because it protects information for only certain users.” (08/03/26)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/youth-ai-privacy-acts-privacy-paradox