Source: Townhall
by Ashley Evdokimo

“COVID rocked our world, plain and simple. We have never seen anything like it, and in my honest opinion, it was a test. To see how we would handle an outbreak, but that is neither here nor there, and I’m not looking to get into conspiracy theories (right now). One thing is undeniable: millions of Americans lost moments they’ll never get back. Grandparents missed the births of their grandchildren. Families watched funerals through computer screens. Children lost years of a normal childhood. People died alone. And for what? That’s the question I keep asking myself as more of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s private writings and communications become public.” (07/29/26)

https://townhall.com/columnists/ashley-evdokimo/2026/07/29/what-fauci-can-never-give-back-n2680308

Source: Show-Me Institute
by Avery Frank

“Missouri has already taken some action to limit ratepayer costs resulting from new data centers by requiring large data centers to pay their share of costs for connecting to the grid, such as for transmission lines. … One promising state-level solution are private electricity grids, also called consumer regulated electricity (CRE). This could create a parallel path for energy generation, and help protect ratepayers from risk, accelerate capacity buildout and innovation for both data centers and power plants, and alleviate pressure on the government to meet every aspect of this complex challenge. New Hampshire became the first state to allow it, and the U.S. Congress is considering a federal CRE policy. Similar solutions can be implemented for water usage.” (07/29/26)

https://showmeinstitute.org/article/energy/how-missouri-communities-can-keep-data-centers-from-raising-utility-bills/

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“Despite movies and shows, Satan and his minions do not go around wearing horns with red skin and costumes. Evil is described as being a wolf in sheep’s clothing: it disguises itself as doing good. We’ve seen that to be the case with human government time and time again. ‘Hello, I am here to help you’ is the first of the lies we can expect on a visit from a government agent.” (07/29/26)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/07/29/the-face-of-evil/

Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Tyler Tone

“The NO FAKES Act, which recently advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with unanimous support, would offer a right to seek damages over an unauthorized digital replica of one’s likeness. The bill’s ‘one-pager’ summary points to some of the biggest examples that have inspired worry about deepfakes: an AI-generated version of Tom Hanks used for ‘advertisements for a dental plan that he never appeared in,’ for one example, and a principal at a Baltimore, Maryland, high school ‘framed as a racist by an AI-generated recording of his voice,’ for another. The bill promises to cover both. But proposals targeting deepfakes also sweep in the protected use of AI depictions for news, commentary, and, notably, parodies of public figures and elected officials.” (07/29/26)

https://www.fire.org/news/how-does-first-amendment-apply-deepfakes