Source: Independent Institute
by William J Watkins, Jr.
“Trump could win a bigger legacy by sparking a national debate on reining in the Supreme Court’s power.” (11/11/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/11/11/trumps-legacy-long-game/
Source: The Atlantic
by Chaim Saiman
“On Election Night, Representative Robert Garcia, the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, described one agenda that congressional Democrats could pursue over the next two years: investigating the ‘Trump Crime Family,’ as his office put it in a statement. His message was, ‘Lawyer up.’ This tack would be a mistake. The new Democratic majorities should instead take advantage of the fissures now emerging between President Trump and his party to pursue their own legislative goals.” (11/11/26)
Source: United Press International
“A U.S. attorney with the Justice Department demanded that Sen. Richard Blumenthal preserve all documents concerning his investigation into potential conflicts of interest stemming from the Trump administration’s drive for private donations to construct the White House ballroom, accusing the Connecticut Democrat of threatening American citizens for associating with President Donald Trump. ‘In recent weeks, you have threatened citizens for associating themselves with the president and other public officials. Yet, the ‘freedom to engage in association for the advancement of beliefs and ideas is an inseparable aspect’ of our Constitution and way of life,’ U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz of the Southern District of Texas said in a Wednesday letter addressed to Blumenthal.” (11/12/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/11/12/DOJ-Blumenthal-ballroom-project/5111794462530/
Source: The Atlantic
“Can Republicans Quit Trump?” (11/11/26)
Source: The Tom Woods Show
“Does the Math of AI Add Up?” (11/11/26)
Source: The Dispatch
by Jonah Goldberg
“Oren Cass blames Reaganites for problems his own movement created.” (11/11/26)
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/the-new-right-cant-run-away-from-trump/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Indonesia’s vice president has resigned in the midst of a scandal over his high school diploma, adding pressure on a government facing widespread dissatisfaction over the economy, corruption and wildfires. Gibran Rakabuming Raka submitted his resignation to President Prabowo Subianto and parliament on Thursday, the speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly told reporters. … Under Indonesia’s Constitution, a vice presidential vacancy does not trigger a new election. The office remains vacant until the People’s Consultative Assembly elects a replacement from two candidates nominated by the president within 60 days.” (11/12/26)
Source: Parallax Views w/ JG Michael
“Midterms, Anti-Politics, Infotainment, and the Question of Emancipation w/ Joseph Sciortino.” (11/11/26)
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Kyle sits down with returning guest Nick Cleveland-Stout of Responsible Statecraft to unpack why the midterms look like a real-time referendum on the Iran war, and what it means when the ‘endless war’ consensus finally starts costing incumbents elections.” (11/11/26)
Source: Foreign Policy
by Omar Shakir
“For Israeli authorities and their supporters, maintaining the flow of U.S. arms to Israel is far more important than who pays for them. If Israel—rather than U.S. taxpayers—pays for a bomb, that does not mitigate the bomb’s impact when Israel drops it on a Palestinian family. The United States will remain complicit in Israeli genocide and apartheid as long as U.S. arms keep flowing. The new Congress should end all U.S. arms transfers to Israel. It can start by removing the $3.8 billion in military aid from fiscal 2027 appropriations and by blocking supplemental military funding.” (11/11/26)