Liberalism Reunited
Source: Liberal Currents
by Janet Bufton
“Classical liberals must rejoin left liberals in fighting for emancipatory politics and against the illiberal right.” (05/19/26)
Source: Liberal Currents
by Janet Bufton
“Classical liberals must rejoin left liberals in fighting for emancipatory politics and against the illiberal right.” (05/19/26)
Source: South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
“Prosecutors in Minnesota on Monday charged a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent with assault in connection with the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis in January during US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in the city. Christian Castro, 53, was charged with four felony counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and a misdemeanour of falsely reporting a crime, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty told a press conference. Castro was the second federal agent to be charged by Minneapolis officials in connection with Trump’s immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, during which Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg, and two US citizens were [murdered] by federal agents.” (05/19/26)
Source: The Bulwark
“The President Wants You to Read These Dirty Texts.” (05/19/26)
Source: Antiwar.com
“Trump ‘Holds Off’ on Iran Attack Due To Gulf Request, US Launches Airstrikes in Nigeria, and More.” (05/18/26)
Source: Persuasion
by Tim Requarth
“In 1981, a young Steve Jobs — bearded, bespectacled, brown corduroy blazer over an open-collared shirt — sat in front of an Apple II and explained what he thought a personal computer was for. He’d read an article in Scientific American that compared the efficiency of locomotion across species. The condor, he said, came out on top. Humans ranked about a third of the way down, ‘not too proud a showing for the crown of creation.’ But then someone had the insight to test a human on a bicycle, and the cyclist blew the condor away. … The computer, he said, was ‘a 21st century bicycle’ for the mind. In the age of AI, Jobs’ quaint bicycle has received an update from Silicon Valley. With the launch of ChatGPT, gushed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in early 2023, ‘We went from the bicycle to the steam engine.'” (05/18/26)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/what-the-inuit-know-and-ai-doesnt
Source: Liberal Currents
“Join Samantha and Robert Tracinski, currently running for Congress in Virginia’s fifth district, as they talk about the danger Donald Trump’s corruption and lawlessness poses to the country, the continuing importance of the Constitution, and Robert’s road from member of the Tea Party to staunch liberal.” (05/19/26)
Source: The Inner Life of Liberalism
“[A]n introduction to our Liberal Practices project, why we’re launching this show, and what you can expect from future episodes. We’re glad you’re here, and we hope that you’ll join us on this journey.” (05/18/26)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/001-liberalisms-inner-life/id1896732847?i=1000768405047
Source: The Bulwark
by Jonathan V Last
“On Friday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced that he would commute Tina Peters’s sentence. On the one hand, this is a tiny thing. Inconsequential. If we make it out of this period, then it will hardly be worth a footnote in the history of Trumpism. On the other hand, what Gov. Polis did for Peters is everything. It is the foundational question about how liberalism responds to an illiberal attack. And I’m going to swerve and tell you that I’m not really sure what I think about it. This might seem like an easy call — but it only seems that way.” (05/18/26)
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Jack Hunter
“As the voting opens in Kentucky today, polls are showing a neck-and-neck race with turnout for both candidates [Thomas Massie and Ed Gallrein] being key, thus Trump pulling out all the guns, even the defense secretary, to shift the tide against his nemisis. But obviously this is far more than just two regular Republicans vying for a House gig. Perhaps even more than Trump’s personal vendetta against Massie, the usual establishment coalition of neoconservatives, Christian Evangelical Zionists and wealthy pro-Israel mega-donors have made this a referendum on the acceptable levels of the Israel lobby’s influence in American politics and in American war policy.” (05/19/26)
Source: ABC News
“A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing a teenage social media influencer outside her home last year when she rejected his offer of friendship. Islamabad Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka announced the conviction and verdict for Umar Hayat, who was arrested in June after the killing of 17-year-old Sana Yousuf. … Yousuf had a wide following in Pakistan. After her death, hundreds of thousands of users began following her account on TikTok, among the country’s most popular social media platforms. Originally from the scenic northern region of Chitral, she was known for promoting traditional Chitrali music and dress through her videos. She also advocated for girls’ education. Hours before her murder, she posted a photo celebrating her birthday with friends.” (05/19/26)