Rising, 11/10/26
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar on former President Joe Biden releasing a memoir, where he goes into detail on his cancer diagnosis and his decision to not run for reelection in 2024.” (11/10/26)
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Measure the crime, Alaska: Seizing a plane over a six-pack defies logic
Source: The Hill
by Brian Daniel Mounce
“On the runway in Fairbanks, Ken Jouppi was loading his Cessna for a short hop to Beaver, Alaska, a village of a few dozen folks on the banks of the Yukon. His passenger was flying out to see her husband for her birthday, and she’d packed some beer in with the groceries. Troopers showed up with a warrant before the plane ever left the ground. Some of you might be thinking, yikes, is Jouppi another Andrew Carter Thornton II? ‘Cocaine Bear,’ the sequel? Nope. Beaver’s a dry town. Not the weather, the beer. Bringing alcohol into Beaver’s a crime, and he and his passenger were both convicted of a misdemeanor. Three days in jail apiece and a $1,500 fine, as low as the law goes. But then Alaska did something extraordinary: It took Jouppi’s plane.” (11/10/26)
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/6208602-supreme-court-ken-jouppi-plane/
AK: Peltola inches further ahead of Sullivan in Senate race
Source: Seattle Times
“Democrat Mary Peltola inched further ahead of Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan in the Senate race on Monday after another small batch of preliminary election results was released by the Alaska Division of Elections. … With the new numbers, Peltola, a former U.S. representative, has grown her lead over Sullivan, a two-term Republican incumbent, to 2,517 first-choice votes, reflecting about 1.1% of the vote. Peltola previously held a lead of just 637 votes, or 0.3%. … Under ranked choice tabulation in races with more than two candidates, if no candidate receives more than 50% of first-choice votes, then the candidate who received the fewest votes is eliminated. Their supporters’ votes are then redistributed to those voters’ second choices. The process continues until one of the candidates has received more than 50% of the vote.” (11/10/26)
Ron Paul Liberty Report, 11/10/26
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Hegseth Fires Back At ‘Loser’ Massie.” (11/10/26)
The Cyberpunking of America
Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman
“How the tech broligarchs tried to inflict their dystopian dreams on the rest of us.” (11/10/260
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-cyberpunking-of-america-fixed
The Dangerous Twilight of Social Democracy
Source: Law & Liberty
by Samuel Gregg
“The increasingly wild promises of social democracy are what has led to economic stagnation—not the market.” (11/10/26)
https://lawliberty.org/the-dangerous-twilight-of-social-democracy/
Capital Record, episode 332
Source: National Review
“What Just Happened with the Election?” (11/10/26)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/capital-record/what-just-happened-with-the-election/
US solar learns to live without China
Source: Semafor
by Tim McDonell
“US President Donald Trump may not be a big fan of solar, but it’s the country’s fastest-growing source of power generation. Standing up an independent domestic solar supply chain is critical to the country’s energy security and AI ambitions, and to lowering power prices, especially as Beijing moves to restrict the export of some key solar technologies. But, although it may be wise to raise trade barriers that push more China-affiliated solar components out of the US market, China’s role in global solar supply chains is so pervasive that instantly severing all ties could kill many US solar manufacturing efforts in the crib. Future growth for this industry depends on a more nuanced trade policy that gives US companies the space to benefit from China’s world-leading solar expertise while the next phase of home-grown plants gets built.” (11/10/26)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/10/2026/us-solar-learns-to-live-without-china
UK: Regime launches investigation into potential Autumn Budget leak
Source: Independent [UK]
“Britain’s Government Security Group (GSG) has launched an investigation into a potential leak of Budget measures, which may have moved financial markets. It comes after a Bloomberg article published before the Autumn Budget on October 28 contained accurate details of planned changes to bank taxes. … The Treasury Committee said in a statement on Tuesday that a probe in the Cabinet Office is underway, despite assurance that no banks, their representatives or their trade bodies were briefed by the Treasury on the details of the Budget.” (11/10/26)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-budget-2026-leak-investigation-b3082531.html
The Marlen-Starr Convo
Source: Bet On It
“If you haven’t heard of data scientist Spencer Marlen-Starr, you should have. He’s a paragon of the intellectual deep dive. Recently, he wrote a diligent dissection of the Caplan-Jones UATX immigration debate, taking the time to speak to both me and Garett. So I decided to do a follow-up conversation with him on immigration, IQ, ancestry, and more.” (11/10/26)