The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, 09/15/26
Source: The New Republic
“Trump’s Angry Tirades on AI Accidentally Wreck GOP’s Midterm Strategy.” (09/15/26)
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Trump Says Stay in Iran and Keep the Oil
Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey
“Have we learned nothing from history of blowback? Shouldn’t we be cultivating friends and trade partners rather than bullying ourselves around the globe in search of lower prices to run our cars? For decades, politicos obfuscate the fact that we involve our country in Middle Eastern foreign entanglements over oil, while they claim everything under the sun but the fact, other than what Trump has now plainly stated. We’ll use our military might to plunder anywhere and do anything for cheap oil. But the reality of doing this is much more complicated, regardless of whether you believe the rhetoric coming out of D.C.” (09/15/26)
https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/trump-says-stay-in-iran-and-keep
The US-Canada Trade War Nobody Asked For
Source: RealClearPolitics
by David Clement
“‘Team Canada’ and ‘America First’ might be catchy slogans, but they survive on vagueness. The public’s willingness to go along for this ride quickly fades when those slogans are replaced by real costs and real job losses. The current back-and-forth ends up being nothing more than an exercise in national pride that ignores the fact that someone always loses when they face artificially higher prices at the checkout.” (09/15/26)
US judge blocks Trump’s ‘absurd’ visa caps for students, journalists
Source: South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
“A US federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a new visa cap for international students, visiting scholars and foreign journalists, saying the Trump administration’s national security justification ‘borders on the absurd’. Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston said the rationale for the restriction was ‘exceptionally weak’, and the connection between the rule and the problems it purported to address was ‘exceptionally attenuated’. … Under the new rule, which was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday, foreign journalists would be limited to 240 days in the US …. The rule would limit international students’ stays to four years and restrict programme changes, transfers and second degrees at the same academic level.” (09/15/26)
Show-Me Institute Podcast, 09/15/26
Source: Show-Me Institute
“What Parents Think About Public Education with Colyn Ritter.” (09/15/26)
How the US tried (and failed) to learn from ‘The Battle of Algiers’
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Martin di Caro
“Sixty years after the film premiered, and 23 years after its screening at the Pentagon, its lessons are as relevant as ever.” (09/15/26)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/battle-of-algiers-pentagon-screening/
Meet the Republican Socialists-lite of America
Source: Washington Post
by Marc Short
“When one party controls the White House and both chambers of Congress, the midterm elections are a referendum on the party in power. With President Donald Trump’s approval ratings falling into the 30s and affordability remaining a top issue for voters, it is rational for Republicans to direct attention to how much worse the economic pain will be under Democrats. Fortunately for congressional Republicans, the Democratic base is obliging them by nominating candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, whose platform includes defunding the police and abolishing the U.S. Senate. Unfortunately, the socialist attack would be more potent if the GOP offered a clear contrast. Instead, the last two years of Republican rule have ushered more government intrusion into the marketplace than a socialist congressional caucus could ever deliver.” (09/15/26)
CA: Reiner won’t get death penalty if he’s convicted of killing parents
Source: New York Post
“Nick Reiner will not be given the death penalty if he is found guilty of murder — and has his slain parents to thank. Prosecutors have taken the steep punishment off the table for the alleged killing in part because of the views of Rob and Michele Reiner, both were against capital punishment, according to LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, who held a press conference before Reiner’s hearing Tuesday. His siblings, Jake and Romy Reiner, also would have had a difficult time coping with potentially playing a role in executing their brother, TMZ reports. Hochman also revealed he discussed the decision to take the death penalty off the table with Reiner’s siblings before making the announcement. Reiner was indicted on August 12 for the murder of his parents, with a special circumstance of lying in wait added.” (09/15/26)
The Daily, 09/15/26
Source: New York Times
“The Bond Market Is Flipping Out. Here’s Why You Should Care.” (09/15/26)
Trump’s tariffs on Canada could cost him several red states
Source: The Hill
by Merrill Matthews
“If you were a conspiracy theorist, you might think President Trump is trying his best to get Republican candidates defeated in the November midterm elections. That’s because the tariffs he recently imposed on Canadian imports, and Canada’s response by imposing tariffs on U.S. imports, hit several red states very hard, which is fueling voters’ anger.” (09/15/26)
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/6089429-canada-us-trade-war-red-states/