Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Tomorrow, November 22, marks the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. national-security establishment’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Yes, I know, there are still Americans who buy into the official ‘conspiracy-theory’ line and the official lone-nut theory of the assassination, but I most definitely am not one of them. For me, there is no doubt whatsoever that this was a regime-change operation based on protecting ‘national security’ from a president whose policies, they were convinced, posed a grave threat to ‘national security.'” (11/21/25)
“Felony murder ‘allows anyone who is accused of committing a violent felony to be charged with murder if the commission of that felony results in the death of someone.’ Under felony murder, prosecutors do not have to prove that a defendant had the intent to kill or was materially involved in the killing. Originally derived from English common law, the United States is the only country that still employs the felony murder rule, despite the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries having prohibited it in the mid-20th century. This outdated form of punishment disproportionately impacts young people and minorities, fails to enhance public safety, and does not align with reasonable principles of justice. The felony murder rule has been misapplied for too long and it is time for this practice to end.” (11/21/25)
“Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. … federal agents entered Bolsonaro’s house early Saturday under the order of a Supreme Court Justice to take the former president to the headquarters of the country’s federal police in the capital, Brasilia. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw the case on Bolsonaro’s attempt to keep the presidency after his defeat to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, ordered the preemptive arrest after saying the far-right leader’s ankle monitor was violated at 12:08 a.m. on Saturday. His lawyers claimed in a statement that did not take place.” (11/22/25)
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Catherine Lutz & Anne Lutz Fernandez
“The White House is ready for war. As the Trump administration’s made-for-Hollywood strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats have dominated the news, the Pentagon has been positioning military assets in the Caribbean and Latin America and reactivating bases in the region. More recently, The Washington Post reported that high-level meetings were held about a possible imminent attack on Venezuela and The New York Times has learned that the president gave authorization for CIA operations there. There is one problem: Americans don’t seem to be very enthusiastic.” (11/21/25)
“Presidents often lose control over their agenda, or the policy process, or pieces of legislation. Sometimes, they even lose control of their party. But Donald Trump seems to have lost control over the one thing every person, and especially those with immense power, should always maintain control over: himself. Yesterday the president called for the arrest and execution of elected American officials for the crime — as he sees it — of fidelity to the Constitution. … In what must be a first for any White House official, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had to step forward and answer whether the president of the United States wants to kill members of Congress.” (11/21/25)
“A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the IRS from sharing taxpayer information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, finding the practice ‘unlawful.’ The court ‘concludes that the Plaintiffs have shown a substantial likelihood that the IRS’s adoption of the Address-Sharing Policy and the IRS’s subsequent sharing of taxpayer information with ICE were unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act,’ U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in a 94-page ruling. ‘Furthermore, Plaintiffs have shown that the IRS’s disclosure of confidential taxpayer address information to ICE was contrary to law because it violated several provisions of Internal Revenue Code,’ the judge wrote. The order indicated that in early August, the IRS disclosed information about nearly 47,000 taxpayers.” (11/21/25)
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Roham Jaberi
“Almost all the rhetoric of social democracy today, especially its American version, boils down to this implicit statement: ‘Free market capitalism is great as long as it financially supports us and our campaigns. But for you common folks, it’s a lethal poison!’ Thus, free market capitalism can be turned into a monopolized private club for billionaire sponsors, allowing them to keep enjoying its benefits, and financing certain agendas, while imposing socialism on the people. This is just to make sure the spillover effects of the free market economy will not elevate people to a position where they might dare to rise against the elite, monopolized club.” (11/21/25)
