“Second-wave feminism of the worst sort is alive and well in Britain, apparently. The United Kingdom is on its way to criminalizing depictions of choking during sex, in a move it describes as boosting ‘protection for women and girls.’ The ban wouldn’t just apply to disturbing or publishing such porn, but also possessing it. It also wouldn’t matter if the images were AI-generated. Proponents of the law suggest the mere existence of choking porn harms women, even when it’s created consensually between adults and even though many women enjoy ‘breath play’ like light strangulation or suffocation during sex. In the name of ‘protection,’ the U.K. government wants to control what women can look at, create, and do with their bodies. Cool, cool, cool.” (11/12/25)
“Emails released by Democrats show deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein telling associates that ‘of course’ President Trump knew about his relationships with underaged girls. The three emails, released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, show Epstein’s correspondence with his associate Ghislaine Maxwell as well as columnist and author Michael Wolff. In the short exchanges, Epstein says Trump ‘spent hours at my house’ while another says the president ‘knew about the girls.’ … In a[n] April 2, 2011 email to Maxwell, who was later convicted on charges of trafficking young girls to Epstein, the disgraced financier wrote: ‘i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump … [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned.'” (11/12/25)
“A few short weeks ago, people who largely represented one political faction were protesting for ‘No Kings.’ Then, too many of those from the very same faction in New York City did a flip-flop and voted for a man who promises to act exactly like a king. During his election night victory speech, New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said, ‘We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.’ This is real-world king-level stuff. His supporters didn’t notice the contradiction within themselves, but were thrilled at the prospect. Politics makes people stupid. Apparently, those voters aren’t opposed to kings at all. They just don’t like Donald Trump being the president. Who knew? All of us did.” (11/12/25)
“Ukraine has suspended Justice Minister German Galushchenko for his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal involving the state-run nuclear power company, Energoatom, during his tenure as the country’s energy minister. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced on Wednesday that Galushchenko had been suspended from his duties, which will be carried out by Deputy Justice Minister for European Integration Lyudmyla Sugak. Galushchenko, who served as energy minister for four years before taking over the justice portfolio in July, is accused of profiting from a scheme that laundered money from Energoatom. Ukraine’s Pravda news outlet reported that anticorruption authorities raided Galushchenko’s offices on Monday.” (11/12/25)
“This year’s Nobel Prize laureate has spent much of her time recently in the U.S. lobbying policymakers to squeeze Maduro into vacating power. Constantly at risk of detention in her own country, [María Corina] Machado is granting interviews and dialing into conferences to advocate for regime change. Her talking points are clearly tailored for the Trump administration: Maduro is the head of a drug cartel that is poisoning Americans; his dictatorship rests on weak pillars; and the forces of democracy inside Venezuela are fully prepared to seize the mantle once Maduro is gone. … But as the old saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. While there’s no disputing that Maduro is a despot and a fraud who steals elections, U.S. policymakers can’t simply take what Machado is saying for granted.” (11/12/25)
“President Donald Trump signed legislation to end the longest government shutdown in US history, bringing to a close a 43-day standoff that disrupted public services, halted federal aid programs, and sidelined federal workers. The interim spending bill funds most of the government through Jan. 30, leaving open the possibility of another confrontation early next year. Federal operations are set to resume immediately, though agencies may take days or weeks to clear the backlog created since the shutdown began on Oct. 1.” (11/13/25)
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Mark Nayler
“Though there is consensus in both the EU and US that clock-changing is a damaging and outdated practice, the debate about whether to adopt ST or DST permanently continues. Perhaps Franklin had the right answer two-and-a-half centuries ago: go to bed when it’s dark and rise with the sun, regardless of the arbitrarily-assigned hour. All governments have to do is supply the cannons needed to encourage this.” (11/12/25)
“A federal judge has ordered the release of hundreds of people who were [abducted] over the last few months in the Chicago area amid the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids across the city. On Wednesday, US district judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered the justice department to produce a list showing which of the 615 possible class members are still in custody by 19 November, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to Cummings, he would allow the members’ release on a $1,500 bond as long as they have no criminal history or prior removal order. The ACLU of Illinois said that the order will mean the immediate release of 13 people who have been [abducted] by federal officials. As part of Wednesday’s order, Cummings also prohibited the government from pressuring [abductees] to agree to voluntary deportation while their cases are pending, the Chicago Tribune added.” (11/12/25)
“Next month, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee over his role in browbeating ABC into briefly suspending late-night ‘comedian’ Jimmy Kimmel. After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Kimmel made stupid and insensitive comments that prompted Carr to wade into the fray, threatening to use his regulatory power to punish the TV host and his network. That prompted bipartisan condemnation of government interference and the upcoming Senate hearing. Now, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) wants to go further, suggesting five legal changes to make censorship by government officials more difficult.” (11/12/25)
