Source: The Daily Economy
by Romina Boccia
“Congress may raise the debt limit again, as spending surges and the deficit widens. Does fiscal restraint have any defenders left?” (10/22/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-debt-limits-lame-duck-test-can-republicans-cut-spending/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Israel has released nine of the 10 Israeli [squatter] suspects arrested over attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank, placing them under house arrest. An Israeli court in Jerusalem ordered the release late on Wednesday, according to Honenu, a law firm that represents Israeli [squatters]. … Masked [squatters] were filmed last week assaulting Heidi Levine, a Washington Post photojournalist covering a Palestinian olive harvest who was taken to hospital and underwent surgery on a finger. In a separate attack earlier this week, masked [squatters] assaulted French, Belgian and Polish diplomats and a French mayor in another part of the West Bank.” (10/22/26)
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Can A Libertarian Take Kentucky? With Guest Jeremy Todd.” (10/22/26)
Source: USA Today
by Ben Sperry
“When the networks suspended pool coverage, they were not conspiring to manipulate prices or exclude rival news organizations. They were conducting a boycott in solidarity with their banned colleagues.” (10/22/26)
Source: Independent Institute
by Dr. David Gortler
“There is a wide disparity across the globe when it comes to childhood vaccination policies. American kids receive up to 75 vaccines, twice as many as kids in other countries. That is why if Dr. Heidi Overton is confirmed as the next director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), one of her top priorities should be helping to drive President Trump’s mandate to study the safety and comparative outcomes of the current vaccine schedule to that of other countries. High on her list of priorities will surely be the two executive orders President Trump signed this year to promote the health of American children, especially since there doesn’t appear to be any movement on either.” (10/22/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/10/22/childhood-vaccine-schedule-policies/
Source: United Press International
“The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a probe into allegations former Department of Homeland Security official Corey Lewandowski profited off his position, according to U.S. media reports. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and CNN cited unnamed people with the situation as saying the investigation follows a criminal referral by the DHS inspector general for Lewandowski, who served as former DHS Secretary Kriski Noem’s de facto chief of staff. Lewandowski and Noem were ousted from DHS in March following embarrassing disclosures about infighting and spending at the agency. … Either Lewandowski or close associations approved nearly all DHS spending decisions on sums of more than $100,000, giving him insight into the contractors the agency worked with and the power to hold up contracts.” (10/22/26)
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar on Bulwark podcast host Kara Swisher suggesting that Elon Musk should ‘be worried’ about the possibility of Democrats regaining control of Congress.” (10/22/26)
Source: Washington Monthly
by James D Zirin
“Public executions (what comes to mind is the Reign of Terror in France) may have been the order of the day in 1789 at the time of the Constitution, but they have certainly been viewed as barbaric in contemporary times. When the Hasan execution was still a live possibility, Vice President JD Vance said he doubted the livestream would take place, adding that he wouldn’t watch it anyway, as did Speaker Mike Johnson. A poll released last Thursday showed Americans were overwhelmingly against the whacko idea. Despite the cancellation, religious scholars worry it did damage.” (10/22/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/10/22/the-american-way-of-execution/
Source: Variety
“Tom Skerritt, who starred in the TV series ‘Picket Fences’ and appeared in movies ranging from ‘MASH’ to ‘Alien,’ ‘Top Gun,’ ‘A River Runs Through It’ and ‘Ted,’ died on Wednesday of natural causes, Variety has confirmed with his publicist. He was 93. The lean, rugged, mustachioed actor won an Emmy in 1993 and was also nominated in 1994 for playing Jimmy Brock, sheriff of the oddball town at the center of David E. Kelley’s CBS dramedy ‘Picket Fences.'” (10/22/26)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/tom-skerritt-dead-picket-fences-alien-1236921694/
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“The peril and promise of presidential power.” (10/22/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/22/nx-s1-6012224/the-peril-and-promise-of-presidential-power