Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“[O]n Alaska’s four-person ballot, the choices are incumbent Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan; Democrat Mary Peltola; the other Dan J. Sullivan, recruited by the Peltola campaign and the DSCC; and a registered Republican, Gerald Heikes, also recruited into the race by the Peltola campaign and the DSCC. All while lying about it, of course.” (10/28/26)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/10/29/sleazy-scheme/

Source: Liberalism.org
by Christopher R Hallenbrook & Ryan Reed

“The harms of climate change are now well documented, from rising sea levels to destructive wildfires, severe flooding, and now the strongest El Niño on record. Yet classical liberals have often criticized proposals addressing this threat as impractical, costly, and/or beyond the legitimate scope of government power. We engage the latter critique by turning to John Locke’s writings. Locke is both a proponent of limited government and profoundly influential on liberal democracies. He argued that government exists solely to enforce natural law, and in doing so, it protects life, liberty, and property. While Locke presented the earth’s resources as existing to be exploited, he crucially limited property acquisition, arguing that natural law prohibits spoilage and requires we leave ‘enough and as good for others.’ We argue that because these caveats are part of the natural law, governments are obligated to take comprehensive action addressing climate change.” (10/28/26)

https://www.liberalism.org/p/john-locke-and-the-climate-crisis

Source: Show-Me Institute
by David Stokes

“Amendment 6 is dangerous. If it passes, it will be a disaster for Missouri. It would effectively strip the elected legislature of its power to address laws passed by initiative petition or rejected by referendum. Lawmakers could not change or repeal laws passed by initiative petition, nor could they pass any laws similar to one rejected by referendum, without approval from at least 80% of both chambers, and even then they could only send the change back to voters. That bar is so high that errors and bad policies would stay on the books. The ballot title calls the amendment an expansion of the petition process ‘by making it a fundamental right,’ but what it really does is empower special interests over elected officials and the voters.” (10/28/26)

https://showmeinstitute.org/article/state-and-local-government/what-to-know-about-amendment-6/

Source: The Dispatch
by Michael Warren

“There’s no denying that J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s vice president and heir apparent to the MAGA movement, has been dealt a bad hand in these final days of the midterm campaign. The country’s in an anti-incumbent mood. Trump has perhaps worn out his welcome with voters after 10 years. Prices on necessities are stubbornly high. During a Monday rally in Montana, where the average cost of diesel is well over $6 a gallon, the veep was reduced to reminding his audience that, hey, petroleum prices have been high before, and it’s not the Trump administration’s fault.” (10/28/26)

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/next-right/jd-vance-midterms-campaign-stump-speech-2028/

Source: The Atlantic
by Jonathan Lemire

“Trump’s primary rationale for why voters should support the GOP, as best I can tell, is that the affordability crisis is a ‘hoax,’ Bill Maher is a ‘loser,’ and Senator Jon Husted of Ohio has a nice physique. That easy-to-mock message has been accompanied by a staggering number of missteps. Just for starters, he’s belittled the impact of his stalled war with Iran, sided with Russia as it continues to pummel Ukrainian cities, defended an attack ad from the GOP candidate for Ohio governor that repulsed other top Republicans, downplayed high energy prices while boasting that U.S. oil and gas companies are ‘making a freaking fortune,’ embraced AI as the nation turns against it, obsessed over White House construction projects, and spent a lot of time talking about handsome men, Husted being just one.” (10/28/26)

https://archive.is/cRnhx