Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Caleb O Brown & Dan Canon

“Kentucky’s new license plate camera law is now in effect, and it already looks out of step with the Constitution. Just before it took effect, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the commonwealth a warning its lawmakers cannot afford to ignore. On June 29, the Court ruled in Chatrie v. United States that police conduct a Fourth Amendment search when they obtain a person’s location data — even from a private company, and even for a short window of time. … That case was about cell-phone data. But the reasoning lands squarely on the surveillance network Kentucky’s local governments have spent the last few years building through a single vendor: Flock Safety.” (08/12/26)

https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/scotus-flock/

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Connor O’Keeffe

“Around two and a half years ago, as the Biden administration was entering what we now know was its final year, the then-president’s re-election campaign was growing frustrated. … In one of the most unsurprising developments in modern American politics, it turned out that people who were struggling to navigate the aftermath of the government’s destructive economic shutdowns and keep up with rising prices did not like being told by establishment-approved economic ‘experts’ that they were essentially stupid if they didn’t understand how excellent the economy actually was. … now, as the midterms approach and he and his party are the ones in charge, the Republicans are faced with the exact same choice the Democrats had been faced with before 2024. And, notably, they have decided to adopt the same strategy that helped torpedo the Democrats last time around.” (08/12/26)

https://mises.org/mises-wire/return-economic-gaslighting

Source: The Nation
by Yotam Marom

“It sowed the seeds for a new era of social movements—but its politics of powerlessness should act as a cautionary tale.” (08/12/26)

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/occupy-wall-street-anniversary-social-movements/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Richard Menger

“California’s unionization campaign reveals the economic and institutional shifts away from physician ownership and professional autonomy.” (08/12/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/from-profession-to-trade-why-californias-doctors-are-unionizing/

Source: The UnPopulist
by Shikha Dalmia

“If liberal democracy isn’t rebuilt in the land of its birth, it will struggle to survive anywhere else.” (08/13/26)

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/a-new-american-reconstruction-is