Justice Matters: Jury Service Gives Extraordinary Power for Ordinary People
Source: Cato Institute
by Matthew Cavedon
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
AOC whines that tech companies think they’re as very special and important as her
Source: Fox News
“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., revealed that she believes Congress should look to break up companies like Apple amid news that the tech giant might soon raise its prices on phones and laptops due to a strained processing chip supply chain. ‘We need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big and we need to be instituting consumer protections for people,’ Ocasio-Cortez said. … ‘The problem that we have is that these big companies think they are governments. They want to be governments. They want to have totally unchecked power,’ Ocasio-Cortez said.” (06/28/26)
Ron Paul Liberty Report, 06/26/26
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Our Founders Hated Democracy – A Tool of The Socialists.” (06/26/26)
Don’t Let the Country’s Wet Blankets Ruin Independence Day
Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille
“Leading up to our Independence Day party, my wife asked whether she should buy us T-shirts celebrating America’s 250th anniversary or stick with what we already have. We went with our existing garments. When the red, white, and blue string lights are up and the Gadsden flag is flying out front, my son will don his free speech shirt, my wife will wear one with USA printed across it, and my shirt will show an image of George Washington crossing the Delaware and text reading: ‘Americans. Willing to cross a frozen river to kill you. In your sleep. On Christmas. Not kidding, we’ve done it.’ It will be festive. But not everybody shares our enthusiasm for celebrating the nation’s birthday and the liberty at the core of its founding philosophy.” (06/26/26)
https://reason.com/2026/06/26/dont-let-the-countrys-wet-blankets-ruin-independence-day/
Does US AI Depend on Big Companies Throwing Money in the Toilet? The Chinese Competition
Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker
‘Most of us tend to think that the people controlling billions, or even hundreds of billions of dollars, at major corporations have a pretty good idea of what they are doing with their companies’ money. But that clearly is not always the case.” (06/26/26)
Trump regime allows Anthropic to release Mythos AI model to some companies, government agencies
Source: CNBC
“The U.S. government on Friday granted Anthropic permission to release its Mythos 5 model to a group of roughly 100 companies and federal agencies, CNBC has confirmed. The decision, detailed by the Commerce Department in a letter to Anthropic, marks a major step forward in the negotiations between the Trump administration and the artificial intelligence company, which have been engaged in a two-week standoff over its latest models: Fable 5 and Mythos 5.” [editor’s note: The US government enjoys precisely zero right to decide whether AI creators can release their models, or if so to whom – TLK] (06/27/26)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/26/us-government-anthropic-claude-mythos5-ai.html
The Fifth Column, episode 563
Source: The Fifth Column
“The Cadres and the Cabal.” (06/26/26)
Should Smartphones be Banned in Schools? A Look at the Research
Source: The Daily Economy
by Peter Jacobsen
“Students react poorly at first but show improvement over time. Unfortunately, government schools are tricky places to run experiments.” (06/26/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/should-smartphones-be-banned-in-schools-a-look-at-the-research/
Auberon Herbert’s Practical Measures toward Liberty
Source: Free Association
by Sheldon Richman
“‘I will now sketch,’ English classical liberal, ‘voluntaryist,’ Auberon Herbert wrote in ‘The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State’ (1885), ‘the practical measures by which, as it seems to me, we could give the best effect to a system of the widest possible liberty; our great object being to secure the limitation of services undertaken by the government.’ Herbert was one of the most earnest defenders of individualism in late Victorian England. He remains an inspiration today; seeing how he thought liberty should be protected ought to be instructive.” (06/26/26)
https://sheldonrichman.substack.com/p/tgif-auberon-herbert-and-practical
CA: Lawsuit claims Oakland police suffocated ex-NFL player Doug Martin to death
Source: SFGate
“The parents of former Raiders running back Doug Martin say that the excessive force Oakland police officers used on their son during a mental health crisis led to his death in October, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday. Martin died in police custody on Oct. 18. In a statement released two days later, the Oakland Police Department said the 36-year-old was involved in an alleged break-in near the Oakland Zoo. … According to the suit, Martin fled to a nearby neighbor’s home during what his family described in the immediate aftermath as a mental health crisis, where police found him in the basement. The suit acknowledges a struggle but alleges that officers placed Martin face down on the ground with at least one officer on his back. When Martin appeared to be unconscious, the lawsuit alleges, police thought he was sleeping or pretending to be asleep.” (06/26/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/oakland-police-doug-martin-22322530.php