The Immigration Police-State’s Infliction of Harm

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“In the midst of massive death and destruction inflicted by the U.S. government in Iran, Venezuela, the Caribbean, and here economically in the United States — and, before that, in Iraq and Afghanistan — and, before that, in Vietnam and Korea, it is easy to forget that the U.S. government is still inflicting economic destruction here at home with its immigration police state. There are, of course, countless horror stories of human suffering that the Trump administration has inflicted on people with its ruthless and brutal immigration police state, especially with ICE and Border Patrol raids, masked kidnappings, squalid detention centers, and forced deportations.” (05/06/26)

https://www.fff.org/2026/05/06/the-immigration-police-states-infliction-of-harm/

Trump’s Self-Serving Narrative Crashes Against the Reality of War

Source: Libertarian Institute
by Ted Snider

“Trump’s team is crafting a narrative that provides them with an off ramp to a war they have lost that tells the story of a war they have won. The U.S. had no legal reason for its war on Iran, and what publicly stated reasons they had were forever shifting. But there seem to have been four key goals: 1. Regime change. 2. Removing Iran’s ballistic missile program. 3. Severing Iran from its forward deterrent network, or proxies. 4. Zero enrichment of uranium. … The rest is fiction: a narrative fiction crafted by Trump’s team to give them a way to tell an angry and betrayed public that they won the war when none of the goals – and all of the nightmares — have been achieved.” (05/06/26)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/trumps-self-serving-narrative-crashes-against-the-reality-of-war/

Killer Cars for Your Safety

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“‘It is in my memory banks,’ Eric Peters wrote last month, referencing an android on an old Star Trek episode, ‘the long-ago time when GM was a car company.’ Yes, in the “long-ago” they ‘made an almost infinite variety of vehicles to suit almost any need and budget, all of them designed and engineered to free their owners. Some were utilitarian. Others were beautiful. Some were arrogant. None were parenting. They were made by adults who respected other adults. What became of that GM?’ The answer? Government.” (05/06/26)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/05/05/killer-cars-for-your-safety/

How the Comey Indictment Could Backfire on Republicans

Source: The Dispatch
by Jacob Gaba

“The Department of Justice’s recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey has been rightly criticized as flimsy and an affront to the First Amendment. This is nothing more than a naked use of federal authority to intimidate a notable critic of President Donald Trump. It’s also something that should make conservatives uneasy. The Republican Party won’t always control the government, but by treating hostile political symbolism as a threat, the Department of Justice has opened a door that future administrations may be all too willing to walk through.” (05/06/26)

https://archive.is/zNLIX

Trump’s Responses to Kimmel and Comey Highlight His Contempt for Freedom of Speech

Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum

“The president is not shy about using government power to punish people for saying things that offend him.” (05/06/26)

https://reason.com/2026/05/06/trumps-responses-to-kimmel-and-comey-highlight-his-disregard-for-freedom-of-speech/

Evaluating Kentucky’s Assessment Results: Part 2, The SAT Switch

Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Richard G Innes

“Legislators and the Kentucky Board of Education should act to restore proper oversight, ensure compliance with state law, and preserve the ability to accurately measure student performance over time.” (05/06/26)

https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/assessment-results-part-2/

Venezuelan regime tells UN court that mineral-rich part of Guyana was “fraudulently” taken in colonial era

Source: Seattle Times

“Venezuela insisted Wednesday that a disputed mineral-rich region of Guyana was ‘fraudulently’ taken in a 19th-century example of colonialism, arguing that a 1966 agreement and not the United Nations’ highest court should finalize ownership of the territory. The International Court of Justice is holding a week of hearings between the South American neighbors who both lay claim to the Essequibo region, which is rich in gold, diamonds, timber and other natural resources and is located close to massive offshore oil deposits. An 1899 decision by arbitrators from Britain, Russia and the United States drew the border along the Essequibo River largely in favor of Guyana. The U.S. represented Venezuela in part because the Venezuelan government had broken off diplomatic relations with Britain. Venezuela contends the Americans and Europeans conspired to cheat the country out of its rightfully owned land.” [editor’s note: States, as criminal gangs, don’t and can’t own anything. Everything they control is stolen – TLK] (05/06/26)

https://archive.is/k2Xoe