Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher

“Except for the damage, nothing Trump is doing will last.” (01/19/26)

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/19/the-ephemeral-presidency/

Source: Center for a Stateless Society
by staff

“James Konkin is a son, a friend, a student, a churchgoer, a weightlifter, and a vinyl collector. He’s also an anarchist. That is to say, he’s an opponent of the use of coercion in human relationships. Anarchists are people with principles, unpopular principles, but principles nonetheless. James’[s] principles include freedom, self-defense, and self-expression. He’s being punished for holding those principles. James has been targeted by the fascist regime, arrested and charged for constitutionally protected anti-ICE posts. He’s been released on bond for now, but his bail conditions preclude him from using social media so we haven’t heard from him in months.” (01/19/26)

https://c4ss.org/content/60966

Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
by Ron Paul

“Three recently released polls could spell disaster for Trump’s second term – and for Republicans in this year’s midterm elections. According to a Quinnipiac University Poll released last week, seven in ten Americans oppose the US use of force against Iran, including a solid majority of Republican voters. Eighty percent of the very important independent voters oppose any US attack on Iran. On President Trump’s renewed demand for control of Greenland … that same Quinnipiac poll shows that 86 percent of Americans surveyed oppose taking the territory by force. A majority of 55 percent of Americans polled do not even want President Trump to purchase the massive island. An AP/NORC poll also released last week showed President Trump’s approval rating on foreign policy has shrunk to a new low in his presidency. … Americans are clearly more interested in getting our problems solved at home than acting as policeman for the world.” (01/19/26)

http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/archives/president-trump-peace-is-popular

Source: Independent Institute
by John C Goodman

“The federal government has been making recommendations on what we should eat since 1980. Since 1992, those recommendations have been visually summarized in the form of a pyramid. The problem: Ever since the Food Pyramid was published, Americans have been getting progressively fatter. Trump administration officials think they know why: We have been getting bad advice. So, the administration has produced an ‘inverted pyramid,’ making recommendations that in many cases are the exact opposite of the previous ones. For example, instead of being told to limit the consumption of fat and eat carbs, we are now told to eat fat and limit our carbs. Reporters and commentators have treated the new guidelines as a revolutionary challenge to previous expert opinion.” (01/19/26)

https://www.independent.org/article/2026/01/19/food-wars/