Source: The American Conservative
by Jude Russo
“I’m in a generous mood. Let’s say the newest scheme works: The latest iteration of attempted economic strangulation causes state collapse in Iran. I remain skeptical, but in my expansive goodwill, I’ll go ahead and grant the premise for the sake of argument. I’ll even grant that it happens on a manageable political timescale, oh, six months or so. What then?” (09/15/26)
Source: Washington Monthly
by Anne Kim
“Written in the blunt and acerbic style that defined his political persona, The Hard Path to Unity is an unsparing and timely indictment of the ascendant left that all liberals would do well to read—and heed. Left unchallenged, Frank warns, left-wing dominance of the Democratic Party will doom it to political failure, thereby leaving Trumpist populism unchecked. Through its insistence on unrealistic ideals (and its ironic intolerance of differing viewpoints), Frank argues that progressives risk losing everything they purport to champion.” (09/15/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/15/barney-franks-last-harsh-warning-to-the-left/
Source: CBS News
“The Defense Department’s inspector general revealed Monday that the United States is facing a shortfall in ammunition as a result of its costly war in Iran. In a first-of-its-kind mandatory report to Congress, the inspector said that between Feb. 28 and June 30, Operation Epic Fury (OEF) had an estimated cost of $33.4 billion, with $22.3 billion of that spent on munitions alone. ‘The munitions expenditure on OEF has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply,’ the report states.” (09/15/26)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-iran-war-ammunition-munition-shortage-shortfall-spending/
Source: Free Talk Live
‘Mark Edge welcomes Aaron Day, independent Senate candidate in New Hampshire, for a conversation that could not be more urgent. September 15th is the next critical date for the Clarity Act, what Aaron calls the largest surveillance bill in US history, and most people have never heard of it.” (09/14/26)
Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Joseph Verruni
“The data center battle is about more than money, but one thing is clear: There are potentially massive financial benefits to individuals both as ratepayers and homeowners.” (09/14/26)
Source: Fox News
“Thomas Matthew Crooks, the Pennsylvania man who killed a bystander and seriously wounded two others in a failed assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, had no friends as a teenager and used the alias ‘Bob Dole’ while ordering suspicious packages before an anonymous donor paid for his body to be cremated, according to federal documents viewed by Fox News Digital. The records turned over to the Senate show Thomas’[s] actions were a surprise to his family, and his motive is still a mystery. … Crooks, 20, typically collected packages addressed to the Dole alias before his father, who worked late, came home. He was shot and killed after opening fire at a Trump rally in July 2024.” (09/15/26)
Source: Crooked Media
“Artificial Intelligence, Actual Idiots.” (09/15/26)
https://audioboom.com/posts/8952783-artificial-intelligence-actual-idiots
Source: Liberalism.org
by Jacob Grier
“Restrictions and prohibitions are now affecting the demand for nicotine in the same ways that are found in markets for illicit drugs.” (09/14/26)
Source: Liberal Currents
by AD Blair
“Police apologists are often quick to minimize revelations of corruption and misconduct by law enforcement as ‘just a few bad apples.’ But the whole point of that adage is that a single bad apple can ruin all the other apples in the barrel. For the last 11 years and counting America has seen one of its two major political parties, its federal government, and much of the rest of society infested by a very large and very rotten spray-tanned apple. And the rot has spread far and wide.” (09/15/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-moral-rot-in-the-age-of-trumpism-and-how-to-reverse-it/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Hungary’s government has submitted a bill to parliament to amend anti-LGBTQ rules for minors that were introduced under former nationalist leader Viktor Orban. The law, which was created as an add-on to the country’s existing child protection regulations in 2021, banned the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ to under-18s. The same law was later used to ban Pride marches. … The bill submitted on Monday aims to remove references in the 2021 legislation banning the ‘promotion’ or ‘display’ of homosexuality and gender transition to minors. It would now refer simply to material that can ‘seriously impair the child’s physical, intellectual, emotional or moral development’.” (09/15/26)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/15/hungary-to-amend-anti-lgbtq-law-to-align-with-eu-standards