The Evangelical Vote Will Return in 2028
Source: Liberal Currents
by Holly Berkley Fletcher
“Those writing obituaries for Christian nationalism need to hold off.” (11/09/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-evangelical-vote-will-return-in-2028/
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Iranian regime warns US regime to accept war-ending proposal or risk renewed fighting
Source: United Press International
“Iran on Sunday warned the United States to accept its proposal for ending the war and opening the Strait of Hormuz or risk renewed fighting. ‘Our 2-day proposal stands: meet the requirements, including end to war on all fronts, and you will see results. Or choose war, and see our alert and battle-hardened Warriors rain down hell,’ Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said in a social media statement. … Specifics of the proposal have not been entirely made public, but Araghchi said it would see the United States first meet several conditions on the first day of its implementation, including lifting sanctions, reducing its military presence in the region and unfreezing Iranian assets, while Tehran would, on the second day, reopen shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz.” (11/09/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/11/09/iran-US-proposal/9791794198770/
Free Talk Live, 11/08/26
Source: Free Talk Live
“Dave Ridley calls about NH vote on ‘tax cap’ :: Police in MS shoot and kill a baby, court ruled ‘justified’ :: Skeeter calls to act like a child :: Sarah in NM calls about new speeding cameras :: Caller insists IP is valuable :: Turd also likes IP :: voting systems are dumb :: people released from Aurora immigration detention center immediately re-arrested :: 2026-11-08 :: Hosts: Stu, Rich E. Rich, Riley O’Bill.” (11/08/26)
Impeach Pete Hegseth
Source: The Volokh Conspiracy
by Ilya Somin
“Outgoing GOP Representative Thomas Massie is planning to introduce an impeachment resolution against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Soon-to-be Democratic Speaker of the House Hakeem Jeffries says he’s a ‘hard yes’ on the idea. That makes it very likely it will happen. If not now, then when Democrats take control of Congress in January, after their big win in the midterm election. Hegseth richly deserves it, and should be convicted on at least two major charges: his role in starting an unconstitutional war and over 200 cases of outright murder.” (11/08/26)
The Permanent Questions, 11/08/26
Source: The Atlantic
“Can Beauty Make Us Good?” (11/08/26)
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/11/can-beauty-make-us-good/689302
Don’t mention the war: how Iran broke Trump’s winning coalition
Source: Asia Times
by Leon Hadar
“In the classic Fawlty Towers episode, Basil Fawlty, hotel proprietor and concussed anglophile, spends an evening ordering his staff not to mention the war in front of his German guests, and then mentions it in every other sentence. Watching the Republican Party’s 2026 campaign, I kept thinking of Basil. For eight months, the White House, the party’s campaign committees and their friends in the conservative media worked hard at not mentioning the war with Iran. The voters, it turns out, mentioned it for them.” (11/09/26)
https://asiatimes.com/2026/11/dont-mention-the-war-how-iran-broke-trumps-winning-coalition/
RFK Jr. May Be Finding a Stronger Foothold in Trump’s Administration
Source: Washington Sun
by Paige Winfield Cunningham
“Earlier this year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seemed destined for a short tenure in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Now, the Make America Healthy Again movement’s footing looks surer in the administration and those around Kennedy say they believe the health secretary is here to stay. Incoming White House chief of staff Stephen Miller is friendlier to Kennedy’s priorities than ousted chief Susie Wiles, who former Kennedy advisor and MAHA activist Calley Means excoriated over the last few days for shutting down MAHA initiatives. Trump is enthusiastically backing top Kennedy efforts into researching autism and vaccines.” (11/08/26)
Trump: “Only kidding” about White for press secretary
Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was ‘only kidding’ when he suggested UFC CEO Dana White could become his next White House press secretary, after a social media post a day earlier stirred speculation about recruiting his feisty ally and signalled a combative approach to dealing with Democrats as they prepare to take control of Congress. Trump said White, a prominent supporter, ‘loves the idea’ of taking the job but insisted he had not been serious about the prospect, describing the suggestion as ‘just a little fun.'” (11/08/26)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-dana-white-press-secretary-9.7414466
Neon Liberalism, episode 98
Source: Liberal Currents
“Samantha Hancox-Li chats with Andy Craig, senior editor at the UnPopulist, about the most revealing results from the election, including Mississippi and Texas, what it means for the future of the Republican Party (nothing good), and how corruption can unite ‘affordability’ Democrats and ‘Reconstruction’ Democrats.” (11/08/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-epic-defeat-neon-liberalism-98-with-andy-craig/
Don’t Let Christian Nationalists Rewrite the First Amendment
Source: RealClearPolitics
by Ayaan Karan
“The First Amendment’s Establishment and Free Exercise clauses seem clear. They guarantee the free exercise of religion while prohibiting the state from endorsing a particular religion. In the words of the Late Antonin Scalia, ‘The state may not discriminate among religions, and a favor available to one must be made available to all.’ Yet some of the Christian Nationalist crowd is shifting away from this widely accepted interpretation. … As new excuses beyond plain bigotry must be found to disparage and marginalize Muslims, Hindus, and other non-Christians, Christian Nationalists have attached themselves to a reactionary view of our founding. They’ve convinced themselves that if a view sounds archaic enough, they can spin it and say the Founders must have believed it.” (11/08/26)