Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Jake Scott

“For most economies, especially those in the West, a growth of 9.95% would be celebrated—but in Vietnam, it has caused legislators to go into a panic. Despite achieving the fastest economic growth since 2022, it has fallen short of a target set by Vietnam’s National Assembly in April 2026, of an average annual growth of at least 10% over the next five years. It is for this reason that Vietnam is banking on the new free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) to provide the final boost.” (10/28/26)

https://fee.org/articles/vietnam-banks-on-europe/

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Corynne McSherry

“Everyone knows, or should, that perfect (balanced, targeted, transparent, swift and swiftly appealable) content moderation at scale is impossible. That doesn’t mean powerful social platforms don’t have to try to get at least reasonably close, especially when access to good information can have a profound effect on political participation and speech. That’s why so many people, including the Meta Oversight Board, criticized Meta for suspending a major political Instagram account for hours during a huge early voting push on October 17; and for allegedly boosting one candidate in Brazil’s recent presidential election.” (10/28/26)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/social-media-when-elections-are-close-doing-impossible-better

Source: The Atlantic
by Quinta Jurecic

“If, once most of the results are in, Democrats seem set to eke out a House majority by just a few seats, perhaps committed Trump allies in positions of power could make trouble in a handful of the closest districts. … This could create chaos on January 3, when the new House gathers for the first time: What happens if the contested seats are enough to deny the should-be-majority party the votes it needs to select a new speaker and take control of the chamber? Although this isn’t a foolproof trick for stealing control of the House, such a play could make things very precarious very quickly. But the bigger the majority secured by Democrats, the more difficult it would be for Trump to shave that majority down—the more clerks to convince, warrants to secure, and court rulings to dodge, all over the country.” (10/28/26)

https://archive.is/SlYYS

Source: Brownstone Institute
by Jeffrey A Tucker

“The month was January 2021, only a few weeks into the mass rollout of the injection called a vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had outsourced its collection of data from the VAERS system – designed to monitor vaccine safety – to General Dynamics Information Technology. GDIT wrote the CDC a memo dated January 15. ‘The number of incoming COVID-19 reports has significantly exceeded the estimated maximum of 1,000 reports per day,’ the memo to the CDC said. ‘As a result, GDIT is unable to meet processing and other timeframes (data processing, telephone inquiries, clinical inquiries, etc.).’ … The five-alarm fire should have been obvious. At that very instant, if not long before, the shots should have been pulled.” (10/28/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/how-the-cdc-lied-about-shot-injury/

Source: Asia Times
by Lakhvinder Singh

“Recently, Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned that Pyongyang could take strong retaliatory measures if Seoul continues activities it considers provocative. To casual observers, this may appear to be just another routine exchange of verbal threats between the two Koreas. However, a closer examination of the current situation suggests that something unusually significant may be unfolding on the Korean Peninsula.” (10/28/26)

https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/is-the-korean-peninsula-moving-closer-to-war/