In the Tank Podcast, episode 519
Source: Heartland Institute
“How Do We Fix This?” (11/14/25)
https://heartland.org/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-this-in-the-tank-podcast-519/
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Overkill
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Butter is made from cream, which is derived from milk. Not a new truth; it’s never been anything but. B‑but — some people are allergic! And we must protect them. Under the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) of 2004, milk is one of nine major allergens that must be explicitly declared — either in parentheses after the ingredient (e.g., ‘cream (milk)’) or in a separate ‘Contains: Milk’ statement. Which is why Costco had to recall 79,200 pounds of butter. A labeling oversight meant that perfectly good and safe butter was placed on the big box store’s shelves without the explicit warning that butter contains milk.” (11/14/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/11/14/i-cant-believe-its-not-overkill/
IN: Redistricting push likely dead despite White House pressure
Source: Politico
“President Donald Trump’s effort to force mid-decade redistricting suffered a major setback Friday, after Indiana’s GOP state Senate leader declared the chamber will not convene in December to redraw maps. In response, Trump’s team has begun summoning Indiana lawmakers to meet with the president in the Oval Office as early as next week, according to two sources familiar with the request, including one who had fielded an invite over the phone Friday. … Vice President JD Vance traveled to Indiana several times and expended political capital on the Hoosier state effort, flying twice on Air Force Two here to court lawmakers, and he had welcomed Indiana lawmakers to the White House. Trump himself entertained Bray and state House Speaker Todd Huston in the Oval Office to discuss the matter in August.” (11/14/25)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/14/indiana-redistricting-trump-vance-00652288
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 11/14/25
Source: Antiwar.com
“Israel Seeks 20-Year Military Aid Deal With US, Hegseth Announces New Military Campaign, and More.” (11/14/25)
Epstein Files Reveal Elite Pivot to Control
Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey
“The Jeffrey Epstein story is not going away, no matter how much Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, or Donald Trump try to discount it. Strangely, the Democrats had four years to disclose the ‘Epstein Files’ yet failed to do so, and now that they are no longer in power, they want the files released to the public. Weird, right? Even weirder is how hard-core Trump, Bondi, and Patel lobbied the Biden administration for the release of the files, and right after they got in power, chose to poo-poo the whole notion with a ‘nothing to see here’ attitude. WTF is going on with the Epstein Files?” (11/14/25)
https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/epstein-files-reveal-elite-pivot
US regime pushes UN Security Council to back Gaza plan
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“The United States has called on the United Nations Security Council to officially back its draft resolution aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, warning that Palestinians could suffer ‘grave consequences’ if it does not. The call came as Russia presented the council with its own ‘counter-proposal’ on Gaza, challenging Washington’s draft, according to a copy seen by the Reuters news agency. … The US mission formally circulated its draft resolution to the 15 UNSC members last week for negotiations on the wording and substance of the text.” (11/14/25)
Homebuyer Horror: Attack of the 50-Year Mortgage!
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“In a graphic posted to Truth Social on November 8, Donald Trump lists himself next to Franklin Delano Roosevelt as one of two ‘great presidents,’ because FDR’s ‘New Deal’ introduced the 30-year home mortgage and Trump, apparently, wants to ‘go large’ on the idea. Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte confirmed on X that ‘we are indeed working on The 50 year Mortgage — a complete game changer.’ The Trump/Pulte proposal brings up two questions: First, is a 50-year mortgage a good idea? Second, why on earth does the federal government set mortgage terms?” (11/13/25)
The Anarchist Experience, episode 554
Source: The Anarchist Experience
“Rich, Lori, and Riley discuss when it’s okay to start decorating for Christmas, why homeless people don’t migrate south for the winter, and the troll chimes in to tell us to pay taxes because we use the roads.” (11/13/25)
https://theanarchistexperience.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/the-anarchist-experience-554/
Bitcoin’s Bear Market Deepens as ETF Investors Yank $870 Million
Source: Bloomberg
“Bitcoin fell further below the $100,000 mark as a bout of risk aversion sweeping across markets saw investors pull nearly $900 million from funds investing in the token. The largest digital-asset sank as much as 2.8% to below $96,000 on Friday before paring losses, leaving it more than 20% below a record high reached in early October. The crypto market remains under strain after $19 billion in liquidations on Oct. 10 in turn erased over $1 trillion from the total market value of all cryptocurrencies, CoinGecko data shows. The liquidations keep coming, with more than $1 billion worth of leveraged crypto bets wiped out in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGlass data.” (11/14/25)
Can the President Disrupt Free Speech?
Source: Antiwar.com
by Andrew P Napolitano
“While the country’s attention was drawn to the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7), which purports to designate the ideology of antifa as a ‘domestic terrorist organization’ and directs federal law enforcement to disrupt its gatherings and those of its supporters. The gist of NSPM-7 appears to be the president’s view that the United States suffers from an enemy within our borders, an enemy that consists of Americans who hate Christianity, capitalism, and Americanism, and it is somehow the duty of the federal government to disrupt the free speech of these haters because their speech has a tendency to violence. Here is the backstory.” (11/13/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2025/11/12/can-the-president-disrupt-free-speech