Source: The American Conservative
“Andrew Day and Harrison Berger talk to geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert about the Iran war, President Trump’s visit to China, and the Russian thinker urging Vladimir Putin to escalate against Europe.” (05/14/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac-right-now-will-china-push-trump-to-end-iran-war/
Source: The Contrarian
by Jennifer Rubin
“Democrats’ prospects are actually improving with time.” (05/14/26)
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/republicans-cannot-gerrymander-senate
Source: hypertext
by Geoff Kabaservice
“There was a time when Silicon Valley and the tech industry seemed — not cool, exactly, but vaguely countercultural and brashly anti-establishment. That was the point of Mark Zuckerberg wearing pajamas to an investor pitch, or tech execs spurning coats and ties: to emphasize that they were unlike traditional elites in every way. They consciously presented themselves as rebels whose products would liberate humanity from the old constraints of authority and tradition. Back in the early 2000s, it would have seemed far-fetched to imagine that these former outsiders would become an elite themselves.” (05/14/26)
https://hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/what-silicon-valley-can-learn-from
Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker
“There is widespread concern that AI will lead to mass unemployment in the years ahead. As I and others have pointed out, we have yet to see any evidence of this in the data on job growth or productivity. But maybe we just have to wait a bit longer. But the idea that AI will eliminate all the jobs ignores the ways that creative entrepreneurs can develop new industries that require hundreds of thousands, or even millions of employees. These new industries may contribute nothing to well-being, but they create jobs. The best example of this sort of waste is the financial industry.” (05/14/26)
Source: Reuters
“The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, pointing to a stable labor market even as rising energy prices from the war with Iran drive up inflation. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 211,000 for the week ended May 9, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 205,000 claims for the latest week. … The government reported on Wednesday that producer prices recorded their biggest increase in four years in April. There are concerns that shortages and rising inflation could cause layoffs in some industries.” (05/13/26)
Source: The Hill
“Fauci buried lab leak evidence, CIA analyst reveals!” (05/14/26)
Source: Reason
by Veronique de Rugy
“Central planning from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump, and others reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of what makes private markets work.” (05/14/26)
Source: Independent Institute
by K Lloyd Billingsley
“The contest for California’s biggest disaster may soon be decided.” (05/14/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/05/14/bullet-train-or-bay-bridge/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“A federal judge has temporarily blocked United States sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a United Nations expert on the occupied Palestinian territory. UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese was sanctioned in July 2025 after she publicly criticised Washington’s policy on Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza. Albanese’s husband and daughter filed a lawsuit in February against the Trump administration over the sanctions. It argued that the sanctions were an effort to punish Albanese for bringing attention to Israel’s rights abuses against Palestinians. In his court order on Wednesday, US District Judge Richard Leon granted a preliminary injunction against the sanctions. He found that the Trump administration sought to regulate her speech because of the ‘idea or message expressed.'” (05/14/26)
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Trump In China — Who Has The Upper Hand?” (05/14/26)