Serious Trouble, 07/30/26
Source: Serious Trouble
“Comey’s Got the Moves.” (07/30/26)
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Socialism Could Be the Future of the Democratic Party
Source: Persuasion
by Charles Lane
“Obviously, the DSA feels energized and validated by having defeated establishment Democrats and captured the mayoralties of New York and Seattle, the Democratic nomination for Washington, D.C.’s mayoralty, plus four likely seats in the U.S. House in recent months. This raises a troubling question: What if the radicalism of the DSA’s constitutional plan is not its weakness but its strength? That is the really scary possibility. And it’s worth taking seriously.” (07/30/26)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/socialism-vs-the-constitution
Don’t let democratic socialists pretend they’re moderates
Source: USA Today
by Dace Potas
“Mamdani presents democratic socialism as little more than libraries, public schools and fire departments. The Democratic Socialists of America describe something far more sweeping. Recasting those ambitions as familiar public services is an effort to launder radical ideas into the mainstream. … Democratic socialists in office aren’t shy about wanting to replace capitalism. They are, after all, socialists. But their ambitions extend well beyond shifting some industries from private to public ownership. The Democratic Socialists of America’s platform calls for abolishing the police and prison system, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, establishing universal rent control, enacting reparations and much more.” (07/30/26)
Congo: Regime says the death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500
Source: ABC News
“The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo, official data released on Thursday showed, marking a 50% increase in around a week that shows the emergency continuing to outpace response efforts. As of Tuesday, 3,442 cases had been recorded, with 1,521 deaths, according to the latest government update. The outbreak, which was declared on May 15, has been linked to the Bundibugyo virus, for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments.” (07/30/26)
Wash Your Hands of It
Source: Underthrow
“National healing starts when we no longer expect our rulers to heal us.” (07/30/26)
We’ve Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism
Source: The New Republic
by Greg Sargent
“No one has ever seen anything like it, as Donald Trump himself might say. Buried in a new CNN poll is something striking: Trump isn’t just cratering by conventional approval measurements; he’s also absolutely collapsing by many metrics involving personal traits, from his mental state to his disconnectedness from ordinary people to his fondness for building monuments to himself. Welcome to the era of Late-Stage Trumpism. The ‘personalist’ aspects of Trumpian rule—the shaping of much of the government and even the physical capital of Washington, D.C., around one man’s relentless self-dealing and self-aggrandizement—have all started imploding in on themselves, in a collapsing supernova of venality and megalomania.” (07/30/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/213727/trump-polls-approval-twilight-late-stage-trumpism
Trump Inherited Peace Deals But Torched Them For More War, And Other Notes
Source: Caitlin Johnstone
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Trump inherited a perfectly functional Iran nuclear deal in his first term and ceasefires between Yemen and Saudi Arabia and between Israel and Hezbollah in his second term. He had the possibility of peace in the middle east handed to him on a golden platter, and he actively torched it.” (07/30/26)
The spacecraft NASA sent to rescue the falling Swift observatory is in trouble
Source: Engadget
In early July, NASA launched a spacecraft designed to rescue the Swift observatory, which is currently decaying at a faster rate than normal, in hopes that it could still collect data for scientists over the coming years. But now that spacecraft itself is in trouble, and the fate of the mission remains unclear. In an update on the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory blog, NASA has revealed that the spacecraft called LINK experienced attitude control issues last weekend, meaning it had problems managing its orientation in space. That caused the spacecraft to spin, which in turn resulted to sporadic communications. … Thankfully, the ground team still has communication with LINK, and it’s planning to use the spacecraft’s electric propulsion thrusters to try and stop its spinning over the coming days.” (07/30/26)
https://www.engadget.com/2226863/nasa-swift-rescue-link-probe-in-trouble/
Nick Cleveland-Stout on The Scott Horton Show
Source: The Scott Horton Show
“Scott interviews Nick Cleveland-Stout from Responsible Statecraft about his reporting on the Israel lobby’s multifaceted attempt to influence the American public.” (07/30/26)
How Education Entrepreneurs Can Overcome Regulatory Challenges
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Denise Lever
“When founders start education businesses, the conversations revolve around the learners. Founders focus on curriculum, culture, families, vision, and mission. Then months, and sometimes years, later, the questions shift to different concerns. ‘Do I need a business license?’ ‘Where do I get insurance?’ ‘How do I know who has jurisdiction?’ and, eventually, ‘Do you know a good lawyer?’ Many founders willingly invest hundreds of hours learning about child development, curriculum, and how to build a learning community culture. What many don’t anticipate is that bringing that vision to life also requires understanding lease agreements, zoning, employment law, insurance, building codes, and a host of other regulations that have little to do with education and everything to do with operating a successful education business.” (07/30/26)
https://fee.org/articles/how-education-entrepreneurs-can-overcome-regulatory-challenges/