Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp

“‘The DOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients? Will that really happen?’ a Fox News host asked US Attorney General Pam Bondi on February 21, 2025. ‘It’s sitting on my desk right now to review,’ Bondi replied. On July 8, Bondi’s department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released an unsigned memo claiming that a ‘systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.” Something of a bombshell, but the shell carried two bigger payloads inside. First: ‘We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.’ Second: ‘[N]o further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.’ … Move along, folks, nothing to see here. … Who were Epstein’s accomplices in crime? We may never know. But the US Department of Justice knows, and would rather keep that information to itself than tell the rest of us about it.” (07/10/25)

https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/19786

Source: Waste No More Time
by Nicholas Sarwark

“The Libertarian Party used to have a platform plank rejecting bigotry as ‘irrational and repugnant.’ When Angela McArdle of the Mises Caucus was elected Chair in 2022 at the national convention, the MAGA-packed convention also deleted that plank of the party platform, specifically to make the party more attractive to bigots. The results have been predictable. Revenue dropped. Membership dropped. Experienced staff resigned or were fired. Operations were cut. The headquarters building was abandoned in favor of a Texas post office box. And the Chair embezzled a bunch of money. Turns out that rejecting bigots not only keeps them out of your party, it also keeps good people supporting your party. … We need to reconstruct the platform plank, not in its original form, but as something better. My proposal for the 2026 convention to adopt into the platform is simple: ‘The Libertarian Party rejects bigotry. Bigots are not welcome in the Libertarian Party.'” (07/10/25)

https://nsarwark.substack.com/p/on-where-the-party-ends

Source: Expression
by Aaron Terr

“While I was driving down I-95 yesterday, a notification popped up on Google Maps: ‘Police ahead.’ I eased my foot off the gas. Sure enough, a minute later I passed a cruiser parked in the median, radar aimed at oncoming traffic. I paid it forward by tapping ‘Still there’ on Maps. Did I commit a crime? Did Google? No. Google simply provided a tool for sharing publicly observable information. I used it, just like millions of drivers do every day. That’s speech, and the First Amendment protects it. None of that changes if you swap out highway patrol for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). But the Trump administration sees it differently.” (07/10/25)

https://expression.fire.org/p/speech-is-not-a-crime-even-if-it

Source: Freeman’s Perspective
by Paul Rosenberg

“At this point, corporations are trying to rent you everything. Private ownership, after all, doesn’t help them. What they need is for you to rent from them. And so they portray their systems as having some sort of added value. Then they get you to believe that all the cool kids are doing it and convince you to rent from them, for life. Most people no longer buy DVDs or CDs, for example. Rather they ‘stream’ music and video, never owning anything and becoming forever dependent upon operations like Netflix. There’s a reason Klaus Schwab blathered on about ‘You will own nothing and be happy.’ That’s precisely what this model is selling.” (07/10/25)

https://freemansperspective.com/the-corporatization-of-everything-serfdom-in-our-time/