Source: The Daily Economy
by Alex Rosado
“Streamlined regulations and fair insurance rules can make rideshares safer, more affordable, and more competitive — benefiting drivers, riders, and the broader transit system.” (04/07/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/deregulation-must-drive-the-rideshare-industry/
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy at an appeals trial Tuesday said he was ‘innocent,’ rejecting charges he had sought Libyan financing for his 2007 election in exchange for helping improve Tripoli’s image after deadly bombings. A lower court in September found the right-wing politician, who was president from 2007 to 2012, guilty of seeking to acquire funding from Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya for the campaign that saw him elected and sentenced him to five years behind bars. The case saw Sarkozy, who has always denied any wrongdoing, become modern France’s first president to have gone to prison. He served 20 days before he was released pending the appeal.” (04/07/26)
Source: The Corbett Report
“The ‘Multipolar World Order’ IS the New World Order!” (04/07/26)
https://corbettreport.com/the-multipolar-world-order-is-the-new-world-order/
Source: The Bulwark
by Mark Hertling
“In the military, we seek the high ground because it allows us to see more clearly and to act more decisively. But as warfare has evolved, that idea has taken on a broader meaning. The high ground is now a set of principles and values that guide decisions when judgment is blurred, and the path forward is uncertain or contested. Chaplains help leaders and soldiers hold that ground—not by elevating one belief above others, but by ensuring that every soldier has the right guidance when they wrestle with questions of faith, doubt, duty, and purpose. That is what Bill Green represented throughout his career, and why I was delighted when he was chosen at the chief of all chaplains. Maj. Gen. Green’s forced departure is troubling, particularly when viewed alongside the other signals coming from senior civilian leadership.” (04/07/26)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-was-the-armys-top-chaplain-fired-george-hodne-green-hegseth
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Owen Ashworth
“Trial by jury isn’t just a British legal and cultural tradition. It isn’t just a part of our legal system. It’s a safeguard against the tyranny of the state. To be judged by your peers is to be judged by the society of which you make up but one part. The people are meant to check the determination of the state to forebay its determination to prove its own worth, which all too often means people get the book thrown at them when all they truly deserve is a chapter. David Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, is seeking to abolish jury trials to a certain extent. However, the enthusiastic Fabianism that runs deep in this Labour government makes this measure all the more sinister.” (04/07/26)
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Damian Pudner
“When oil prices rise, economists ask what it means for inflation. Politicians ask what it means for voters. Since the Iran conflict and the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, that has become the more urgent question. This is no longer just a macro and monetary policy story. It is a cost-of-living story. And in Britain, that means it quickly becomes a political one.” (04/07/26)
https://fee.org/articles/state-intervention-wont-protect-us-from-price-shocks/
Source: The Chris Hedges Report
“Is the War In Iran About to Become Apocalyptic? (w/ Trita Parsi).” (04/06/26)
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/is-the-war-in-iran-about-to-become
Source: Center for a Stateless Society
by Hein Htet Kyaw
“History often remembers the 1962 coup as an unexpected seizure of power by a power-hungry General. However, the military’s current denial to depart the politics and their evolution into an elite ‘crony’ class from the military bureaucratic class are rooted in the seven-decade growth of their bureaucratic power and economic interests, which began in the 1950s. To understand today’s political situation, one must trace how the military successfully embedded itself into the nation’s economic and administrative core over the last seventy years.” (04/07/26)
Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum
“Maybe Trump’s ballroom will fare better in the appeals court. Or maybe he will act on Leon’s recommendation and obtain congressional approval. But his argument that no such permission is necessary, which relies on stretching a statute far beyond what its plain text can reasonably support, is of a piece with his attempts to rewrite other laws in service of his agenda.” (04/06/26)
Source: Engadget
“Earlier this year, Amazon threatened to cut US Postal Service deliveries by as much as two thirds. Now, the parties have reached tentative a deal that will see USPS deliveries reduced by 20 percent, The Wall Street Journal reported. While not as drastic as first menaced, the reduced volume will still deal a financial blow to the USPS. … Amazon is the USPS’s largest customer, accounting for 15 percent of its volume and $6 billion in revenue.” (04/06/26)