Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Andrew M Leonard
“Those who have served have experienced first hand what it’s like to fight in conflicts without clearly defined political goals or adequate tools of statecraft.” (08/06/26)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/veterans-us-foreign-policy/
Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin
“Enforcing the Constitution can be broken down into six almost completely-ignored steps from the Revolution. Backed, of course, by the ultimate check on power: the duty of self-preservation. Before getting to those steps, we need to ground this information in some difficult truth. Most people want a magic button that reads, ‘press Here to enforce the Constitution.’ Or some magic words on paper that will get the government to stop doing what the government was never authorized to do in the first place. But that is pure fantasy. Thomas Jefferson gave us the reality check. Going from the largest government in history to a real land of the free is not going to be quick or easy.” (08/06/26)
Source: US News & World Report
“Sweden’s top court said on Thursday it has upheld a ruling that a cargo vessel seized in the Baltic Sea this year can be handed over to Ukraine, where it is suspected of illegally transporting grain from Russian-occupied territory. The supreme court dismissed an appeal from the owners of the Caffa vessel, which was seized in March off southern Sweden on suspicion of sailing under a false flag and of violating maritime and ship safety laws due to a lack of seaworthiness. Ukraine has sought the ship as part of a probe into suspected war crimes involving the appropriation and removal of property from Russian-occupied territory.” (08/06/26)
Source: The Blessings of Liberty with Jeffrey Rosen
“America on the Docket: The 2026 Supreme Court.” (08/06/26)
https://rosenjeffrey.substack.com/p/america-on-the-docket-the-2026-supreme
Source: Consent Factory, Inc.
by CJ Hopkins
“I’m beginning to think something is wrong with my memory. It’s strange, the feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. It’s not like I have amnesia or anything. I remember who I am, I think. And I remember things that happened in the past, but I don’t think I remember them the way they happened. The history of the Covid years, for example. My memory of that period is all messed up. I hadn’t realized how messed up until I saw the news about the Fauci hearing, where Fauci refused to answer questions about his role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.” (08/06/26)
Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey
“The administration says the 10 percent to 12.5 percent import taxes will fight forced labor. The reality is they raise prices, punish working families, weaken manufacturers, and restrict free trade.” (08/06/26)
https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/trumps-new-section-301-tariffs-are
Source: Liberal Currents
by Alan Elrod
“As during witch hunts, social media enables a process of rendering people into totemic figures in a war between Good and Evil.” (08/06/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-parasocial-style-in-american-politics-part-2/
Source: The Chris Hedges Report
“How the Epstein Network is Privatizing the Government & Building Out the Surveillance State (w/Whitney Webb).” (08/05/26)
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/how-the-epstein-network-is-privatizing
Source: The American Conservative
by W James Antle III
“Trump’s job approval rating dipping below 40 percent, especially on the economy, creates openings for Democrats of all stripes. But most importantly, he has allowed the populist left to steal the America First mantle, with candidates promising to spend taxpayer dollars on needs at home rather than on weapons and wars abroad. But the socialists seem hell-bent on blowing their political opportunity as well. Even if their economic message is flawed, to put it mildly, an economically motivated left can compete better than a culturally motivated one.” (08/06/26)
Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Scott Alexander
“Last month, some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies signed an open letter supporting open-weights AI. Open weights AI is like open-source software, where the creator makes the raw code publicly available for free download. It’s good insofar as it’s the only way an AI can truly be the user’s property, as opposed to something that companies like OpenAI or Anthropic temporarily let you use subject to their corporate guidelines and increasingly-nanny-state-like restrictions. If AI becomes the linchpin of the future, open weights AI feels like the sort of thing that could be the difference between being free yeomen vs. corporate serfs.” (08/05/26)
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/open-questions-on-open-weights