Capital Record, episode 319
Source: National Review
“Uncle Sam, The Oil Tycoon.” (09/01/26)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/capital-record/uncle-sam-the-oil-tycoon/
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Mass murder and hung juries
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“As we write this, it technically is not a hung jury, under Massachusetts judicial procedure, though the first report by the jury that they could not come to a unanimous decision, the judge could and did send them back to deliberate more. This apparently can be done twice before it is officially a ‘hung jury.'” (09/01/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/09/01/mass-murder-and-hung-juries/
MA: Markey, 80, wins Democratic Senate primary over opponent who called for generational change
Source: Associated Press
“U.S. Sen. Ed Markey secured the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts’[s] Senate primary Tuesday, once again fending off a push for generational change as he seeks a third term. Markey, 80, defeated U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, who had attempted to argue that it was time to do away with the ‘status quo’ in his pursuit to oust the octogenarian. Yet Markey successfully pointed to Moulton’s more moderate positions to argue that it was Moulton — not the older incumbent — who was out of touch with the state’s voters.” (09/02/26)
The Kyle Anzalone Show, 09/01/26
Source: Libertarian Institute
“China Blows Up Trump’s Economic War on Iran.” (09/01/26)
NFL Fans Get the Fun—Taxpayers Get the Bill
Source: Independent Institute
by Alex Tokarev & Noel Tokarev
“After 30 painful weeks of waiting, the NFL season is back. Once again, America gets three things it can count on: Sunday night football (pastors, avoid long sermons), Monday-morning quarterbacking, and politicians pretending to be experts in stadium economics. Chicago, Kansas City, and Buffalo offer three variations on the same old scam. Corporate fat cats who own professional sports teams demand multibillion-dollar facilities. With good friends in high places, the rich are conspiring to force the taxpayers to pick up the tab.” (09/01/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/09/01/nfl-fans-get-the-fun-taxpayers-get-the-bill/
US, Iranian regimes exchange more attacks as lull in war appears over
Source: Reuters
“The U.S. and Iran were back on a war footing on Wednesday after the most significant exchange of fire in weeks, with Washington threatening more devastating strikes, while Iran condemned an attack that it said killed five and wounded dozens of civilians at a wedding. The U.S. military’s Central Command said it struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps air defenses, radar systems, maritime assets, mine-laying capabilities and communications sites on Tuesday, with Iranian media reporting hits on multiple targets near the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway where Tehran has threatened tankers attempting to pass without authorization. Iran said it struck U.S. assets in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Iraq, according to official statements. The IRGC said it killed a large number of U.S. forces in Jordan, but two U.S. officials told Reuters there had not been any casualties, according to initial assessments.” (09/02/26)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-iran-exchange-attacks-lull-war-appears-over-2026-09-02/
Flock cameras aren’t “compromise;” they’re gross overreach
Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Abigail R Hall & Patrik S Ward
“When Shively Police Officer Asad Zahir was arrested for improperly using Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Reader, it added yet another data point to the growing list of state and local police abusing surveillance technologies. … Zahir is accused of carrying out more than 2,000 unauthorized searches to monitor and target his ex-girlfriend. More than 240 of these searches occurred while Zahir had an active order of protection against him. … The response of the Shively Police Department and other local officials is even more troubling. While discussing the arrest, officials were quick to frame Zahir’s arrest as a triumph of internal oversight and as the direct result of individual malfeasance. … Without a doubt, the individuals who abuse these technologies deserve blame and should be prosecuted. But the ‘few bad apples’ defense conveniently shifts public attention away from much deeper problems.” (09/01/26)
https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/flock-cameras-arent-compromise-theyre-gross-overreach/
Free Speech Unmuted, 09/01/26
Source: Hoover Institution
“The Process Is The Punishment: ABC v. FCC With Stuart Benjamin.” (09/01/26)
Shutdown Theater performances canceled as Congress funds regime until December
Source: The Hill
“The House on Tuesday voted to send a short-term extension of government funding to President Trump’s desk, avoiding a politically risky shutdown before the midterm elections. The continuing resolution (CR), which funds the government through Dec. 11, passed the House on a 370-48 vote, with 19 Republicans and 29 Democrats voting in opposition. The Senate advanced the measure by a landslide last month. The CR now pushes the spending battle to before the holidays, when the outcome of the midterms will help determine how much leverage each party holds to set the spending agenda.” (09/01/26)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6063667-house-government-funding-cr-shutdown-midterms
Dog Bites Man: Florida Pols Rigged an Election Using Stolen Taxpayer Money
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“In 2024, Floridians voted, by a margin of 55.9% to 44.1%, to legalize recreational marijuana. Unfortunately, the threshold for passage of ‘Amendment 3’ was 60% and the measure failed. So far so bad … but it gets worse. Nearly two years later we’ve learned that state government officials misappropriated millions of dollars in taxpayer money; funneled it through a charity founded by governor Ron DeSantis’s wife and into Republican PACs operated by the man who later became the state’s attorney general, with the approval of the then sitting attorney general, now a US Senator; and poured it into a campaign to defeat the measure. We know this because someone leaked a grand jury report on the matter to CBS News Miami.” (09/01/26)