Source: The Anarchist Experience
“Rich, Lori, and Riley discuss Trump’s “New Math” as described by RFK Jr., RFK Jr.’s new food labeling initiative, New Troll claims Rich was begging for money, and Regular Troll attempts to explain how his monetary theory handles inflation.” (04/23/26)
https://theanarchistexperience.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/the-anarchist-experience-577/
Source: Antiwar.com
“Trump Shares Post Calling for the Killing of Iranian Leaders, US Continues Yemen Drone War, and More.” (04/23/26)
Source: Yahoo! Finance
“The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week, pointing to continued labor market stability in April, though economic uncertainty and higher prices stemming from the war with Iran pose downside risks. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 214,000 for the week ended April 18, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 210,000 claims for the latest week. There are no signs yet of widespread layoffs from the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, which has disrupted shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and boosted the price of oil and other commodities, including fertilizers, petrochemicals and aluminum.” (04/23/260
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/us-weekly-jobless-claims-increase-124003060.html
Source: bloggingheads.tv
“The Future of Intelligence (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom).” (04/23/26)
Source: Niskanen Center
by Jacob Brown
“There’s broad bipartisan agreement that the federal government pays too much for goods and services yet procurement timelines remain far too slow. Over the past year, the Trump administration has been working on the ‘Revolutionary FAR Overhaul’ (RFO), described in an executive order as an effort to ‘create the most agile, effective, and efficient procurement system possible.’ To achieve this, the EO directs an overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and agency supplements so that they contain ‘only provisions required by statute or essential to sound procurement.’ So far, the administration has succeeded in making provisional changes to the FAR, which many agencies have adopted.” (04/23/26)
Source: Property and Environment Research Center
by Dylan Soares
“State management is the rule, not the exception, of wildlife management in the U.S. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) displaces it only when the best available science shows a species is endangered or threatened, thereby requiring federal oversight. That principle is at the heart of PERC’s amicus brief in Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which argues that political and policy disagreements with state management cannot override the ESA’s science-based standard.” (04/23/26)
https://www.perc.org/2026/04/23/wildlife-management-must-be-driven-by-science-not-politics/
Source: Politics Politics Politics
“Is Florida the Last Redistricting Hope? Donald Trump’s Presidential Permanence (with Gabe Fleisher).” (04/23/26)
https://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/p/is-florida-the-last-redistricting
Source: CBS News
“The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General said in a statement that it will ‘evaluate the DOJ’s processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the’ Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Trump signed into law last November. The bill required the Justice Department to release all files related to Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell within 30 days of becoming law, a deadline the department failed to meet. … The rolling release and repeated publishing and unpublishing of documents left survivors and members of Congress alike calling for an independent review of the department’s handling of the files. The two lawmakers who led the push to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, have also pushed for an independent review.” (04/23/26)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein-files-justice-department-inspector-general/
Source: Free the People
“Sci-Fi Futurism, Black Holes, and Aliens Galore | Phillip Carter.” (04/13/26)
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
“Four people from Utah political circles — three of them elected officials — accuse Eva Lopez Chavez, a Salt Lake City Council member and Democratic congressional candidate, of restraining them during what they considered unwanted sexual advances. Lopez Chavez, through attorney Greg Skordas, said nothing ‘inappropriate’ occurred during her interactions with three of the people and the fourth alleged contact ‘never occurred.’ … Victoria Petro, who is Lopez Chavez’s fellow City Council member; Maggie Regier, who worked on Stan Penfold’s mayoral campaign in 2019; Hoang Nguyen, who is now a state representative; and Jen Plumb, now a state senator, described their allegations in interviews with The Salt Lake Tribune. Each person said their allegations arose in social settings before Lopez Chavez joined the City Council in 2023.” (04/23/26)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/04/22/four-women-accuse-salt-lake-city/