Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: USA Today
by Chris Brennan

“November’s midterm elections, which will determine which political party controls Congress, are less than 10 weeks away. And Republicans, already likely to lose control of the U.S. House, are now in danger of losing the U.S. Senate too. Time for a Republican boogeyman to frighten voters – a revival of Islamophobic rhetoric. A standing election time tradition in the Republican Party is to pick some group – Chinese Americans during COVID-19, LGBTQ+ Americans in 2024 – to present as an un-American threat to the rest of us. But this Republican Party has run short of ideas on everything from how to fix our economy to which scary people we should be scared of. So we’re getting a retread.” (08/27/26)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/08/27/republicans-attack-el-sayed-islamophobia-midterms/91455004007/

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by William L Anderson

“Keynesians hold that the economy is directed by ‘aggregate demand,’ that is overall spending, and that if consumers slow their spending, then the central bank can respond by lowering interest rates, which would encourage businesses to borrow money for expansion purposes, thus redirecting some of the lost consumer spending. However, according to Keynesians, if interest rates already are near-zero, then lowering rates is self-defeating and can lead to a ‘Liquidity Trap.’ … Mainstream economists speak of so-called automatic stabilizers in which government policies act in a counter-cyclical way to reverse harmful economic trends.” (08/27/26)

https://mises.org/mises-wire/destabilizing-stabilizers-why-increasing-government-spending-prolongs-recession

Source: Washington Post
by Chris Barnard

“Data centers have become an integral part of American life, powering search engines, GPS navigation, health care systems and more. But as companies invest in the infrastructure needed for AI, vicious land-use fights are emerging in communities nationwide. Nearly 3 in 4 Americans oppose hosting a data center in their community. Localized opposition has mobilized to halt projects in data center hot spots. It need not be this way. What if companies could build data centers on contaminated brownfield and Superfund sites in exchange for cleaning up the land?” (08/27/26)

https://archive.is/30rAT

Source: CounterPunch
by Matt Witt

“Last year, Carrboro, N.C. became the first town in America to officially declare itself a ‘Fourth Amendment City.’ At the same time, many small businesses in Carrboro have pledged to be ‘Fourth Amendment Businesses’ and to take specific steps to protect employees and customers from federal persecution by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Under the Fourth Amendment, ICE agents cannot constitutionally enter a private area that is not open to the public unless they have a judicial warrant signed by a judge that says ‘U.S. District Court’ or a state court at the top. Despite claims by the Trump administration to the contrary, an administrative warrant from the Department of Homeland Security does not satisfy this constitutional requirement.” (08/27/26)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/27/the-fourth-amendment-and-ice/

Source: Liberal Currents
by Katherine Alejandra Ross

“Becoming Extremely Online is a choice: one that fewer of us should make.” (08/27/26)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/extremely-online-2-0/

Sourc: Independent Institute
by Nikolai G Wenzel

“A bipartisan misstep in the name of affordability.” (08/27/26)

https://www.independent.org/article/2026/08/27/road-housing-act-hurting-renters-investors/