Source: UnHerd
by John P Ruel
“While genuine concern exists, constant warnings from AI companies serve as both a marketing tool and consolidation strategy.” (10/01/26)
https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/ais-apparent-danger-is-its-best-selling-point/
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Something curious has happened to the young, a new government report suggests: ‘the number of high school students who use marijuana has decreased by almost half — 44 percent — since states started enacting adult-use legalization.’ … a standard argument against marijuana legalization: If marijuana is readily available, kids will increase usage of the ‘pernicious weed.’ Hasn’t happened! But why?” (10/01/26)
Source: US News & World Report
“The Trump administration has told Germany and France to draw down emergency diesel inventories to help to ease global fuel prices or face a potential US diesel export ban, said three people close to the discussions. The warning marks an escalation of pressure on Europe as US President Donald Trump considers a potential diesel export ban to bring down US fuel prices ahead of November’s midterm elections.” (10/01/26)
Source: The Moynihan Report
“Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Joby Warrick on how 1970s terrorists wrote the playbook for today’s jihadists.” (09/30/26)
https://www.themoynihan.report/p/carlos-the-jackal-the-first-celebrity
Source: Free the People
“Parents Deserve Better from Their Schools | Guest: Paul Martino.” (09/30/26)
Source: The American Conservative
by Iuliia Mendel
“It is time to talk about victory in the Russia–Ukraine War. Politicians and the media regularly use the word, yet it has come to signify nothing. In Ukraine, a political battle is breaking out over which narrative of victory will be accepted by the people. For some, a 10-year-old dancer with a prosthetic leg is a living advertisement for Ukraine’s ‘unbreakability.’ But a growing number of Ukrainians are done participating in that story. Incessant preaching about ‘resilience’ while the situation on the ground only worsens has exhausted their patience.” (10/01/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/for-ukrainians-a-bad-peace-beats-a-worsening-war/
Source: Politico
“The Trump administration is excluding several major allies from a gathering of NATO members next month — after previous threats to deploy a ‘naughty and nice list’ against governments that have run afoul of the president’s priorities. The planned meeting in Poland, which Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby has spearheaded, is essentially a working group focused on NATO’s future, according to six diplomats familiar with the planning. But many of the countries who didn’t receive an invite — such as the United Kingdom, France and the Baltic countries — are big defense spenders and play key roles in the alliance, leaving their diplomats wondering why they’re being frozen out.” (09/30/26)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/30/trump-nato-allies-left-out-01100310
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Joe Terwilliger: Tensions Flare in East Asia as North Korea Tests Hypersonic Missiles!” (09/30/26)
Source: Politico
“Beshear’s red-state edge.” (10/01/26)
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Ted Snider
“Microsoft joins a host of other ideologically-driven tech defenders of Kviv. Some, like Palantir, are doing so while expanding profit margins.” (10/01/26)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-tech-companies-in-ukraine/