Source: Roads Go Ever On
by Bekah Graham

“One of the reasons people like me (when I was still a Christian) vociferously opposed linking Christianity to American right-wing politics was knowing it would inevitably become difficult to distinguish between an informed believer speaking from sincere conviction and a charlatan appropriating faith to gain new followers and climb the ladder of political power. I’m no longer a believer, but I have been proven correct. I don’t envy my former siblings in Christ, who are confronted daily with the anti-Christ behavior of professing Christians in political office and their loudest public supporters. Since President Donald Trump’s reelection, anyone attempting to continue supporting him while sincerely seeking to follow Jesus must wage a daily war to reconcile backing an administration that routinely demeans, dehumanizes, and destroys lives.” (07/21/26)

https://bekahgwen.substack.com/p/the-death-of-a-silenced-conscience

Source: The Nation
by John Washington

“Until we, as a society, reject the camp and its logic, it will remain a threat—and the linchpin in the entire immigration enforcement regime.” (07/21/26)

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/immigration-camps-how-to-close-a-camp/

Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker

“As we all know, Donald Trump likes to play the tough guy. Unfortunately, he often does it in really foolish ways, and this time I’m not talking about his war against Iran. I’m talking about Trump’s tariffs. From the way he talks, he seems to think that foreign countries are sending us checks equal to the tariffs he has imposed on U.S. imports from them. Donald Trump’s mind can be a scary place, so it’s not worth trying to tease out his thought process, except to point out that the idea that foreigners are sending us checks is absurd.” (07/21/26)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/21/exporters-still-are-not-eating-the-trump-tariffs-they-are-taxes-on-us/

Source: Fox News
by Liz Peek

“President Donald Trump has a good story to tell on the economy; he should be telling it, because it’s a sure bet the liberal media will not. Consider the big picture: unemployment is low, real wages are rising, the stock market is high, investment is booming and inflation, though above the Federal Reserve’s target, came down last month, and will recede again once oil prices stabilize. (Inflation, most recently at 3.5%, and at 2.6% excluding volatile food and energy, is also significantly below the 4.95% recorded on average under President Joe Biden.) … Sure, we have challenges, as always, and especially with the cost of living being too high and housing too expensive for many Americans. But, overall, the economy is in pretty good shape. That’s not what most people think.” (07/21/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liz-peek-trump-economy-doing-better-media-admit

Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Madsen Pirie

“William James called her ‘the bitch-goddess, Success.’ He meant it as a complaint about America’s worship of her, but the phrase catches something true. She is a goddess because we deify whatever she touches, crediting it with foresight and merit it never had. She is a bitch because she hands out her favours with no regard for desert at all. What I want to call contingency is just her proper name – the rather distinguished term by which we dress up and disguise mere chance.” (07/21/26)

https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/chance-and-its-consequences

Source: Caitlin Johnstone
by Caitlin Johnstone

“One of the dumbest popular narratives you see today is the idea that Zionists persuaded a reluctant Trump to start a war with Iran after he was re-elected, like they were chasing him around going ‘Would you like to bomb Iran? like the guy from Green Eggs and Ham while he yelled ‘Not in a box! Not with a fox!’ until he eventually caved in. It is now abundantly clear that this war was planned a long time ago. Not in 2026, not in 2025, not in 2024, and not even during the Biden administration. This was planned before Trump was ever elected president.” (07/21/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/07/21/trump-is-not-a-reluctant-war-president/