Source: The Anarchist Experience
“Rich and Riley talk about the Bricks & Minifigs dashcam footage that was recently released, and how one should interact with police.” (07/23/26)
https://theanarchistexperience.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-anarchist-experience-590/
Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman
“Republicans have settled on their midterm argument: Democrats are all Communists. As an election strategy, this is as lame as it is ludicrous. But there is a small kernel of political reality underlying the new right-wing red-baiting: The emergence of a widespread public backlash against the extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of billionaires. … billionaires have had immense political power for decades, but they chose to exercise that power from the shadows, veiling their actions through patriotic sounding right-wing PACs and think tanks. Only political junkies understood what was going on underneath the surface. Today, however, the new generation of the hyper-wealthy are out there and in your face, flaunting their influence rather than concealing it. And the poster child for this change is, of course, Elon Musk.” (07/23/26)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/elon-musk-the-new-hero-of-populism
Source: Foreign Policy
by Antonio De Loera-Brust
“In 1982, Argentina’s military invaded and occupied Britain’s overseas holdings in the South Atlantic, eventually surrendering after 74 days of conflict. The territorial dispute remains a deep source of grievance and national trauma for Argentina. With the navies of both nations a shadow of their 1982 selves, a resumption of armed conflict remains unlikely. This makes the diplomatic debate over the Falklands—both in multilateral international forums and in bilateral relationships between Argentina and Britain and the rest of the world—all the more decisive. The future of British sovereignty over the Falklands is in greater question now than at any time since the end of the war, while Argentina’s claims to the island have become both more persistent and politically unifying.” (07/23/26)
Source: Politics Politics Politics
“Something Big is Happening in Iran. The Dumbest Right-Wing Media Outrage Ever (with Josh Jennings).” (07/23/26)
https://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/p/something-big-is-happening-in-iran
Source: SFGate
“A filing in San Francisco court last week has researchers from the University of California feeling bullish about an ongoing legal fight with the Trump administration. Last year, the administration, through various agencies, cut money from thousands of research grants within the UC system. … the researchers’ lawyers wrote that per sworn statements, the agencies in question ‘used ‘search terms, keywords, or phrases’—and in some cases ‘artificial intelligence tools or software’—‘to identify grants for termination review.’’ The lawyers argue those cuts violate the First Amendment because they targeted researchers who work in Democratic-leaning states or were pursuing ideas that were not favorable to the Trump administration, like projects that prioritized disadvantaged communities or grants that mentioned working on diversity within the workplace. Additionally, the lawyers say, because the administration never rerouted that money elsewhere, the terminations violated the Constitution’s appropriations clause.” (07/23/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/trump-research-money-california-22354016.php
Source: Bet On It
“After talking about the socialist credentials of the Nazis with Bob Lawson and Phil Magness, I had this spirited conversation with Kristian Niemietz, author of the astoundingly good Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies. Niemietz pushes back against my thesis more than Lawson or Magness, so if you enjoy a serious argument, don’t miss our exchange.” (07/23/26)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/how-socialist-were-the-nazis-really
Source: LP Alliance
“Your source for stories inside the [Libertarian] party, across the country, and around the world!” (07/23/26)
Source: USA Today
by Saundra Torry
“Subpoenas of several New York Times reporters authorized by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department are far more than an attack on reporters. It’s an action that affects the rights of people in a free society to know what their government is doing. It’s also more than just a single strike against one news organization. It appears to be part of broader actions by the administration that have harmed press freedom.” (07/23/26)
Source: The New Republic
by Vinnie Rotondaro
“The Democratic Socialists of America are all about fighting for the working class—even though few of them are actually working class. What would George Orwell say?” (07/23/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/213121/democratic-socialists-america-problem-middle-class-socialism
Source: United Press International
“Crime rates are on the decline in U.S. cities with the national homicide rate falling by 18%, inching closer to a historic low, the Council on Criminal Justice said Thursday. The Council on Criminal Justice released its mid-year report examining patterns for 13 types of crime in 36 U.S. cities. It found that nine of the 13 crimes were on the decline through mid 2026. … Of the nine types of crime that declined in the first half of the year, carjacking had the greatest decrease, falling by 47%. Drug offenses [sic] have continued to rise, marking the biggest upward trend at 12%.” (07/23/26)