The Headlines, 11/06/25
Source: New York Times
“A Big Test for Trump’s Tariffs, and Major Cuts to Air Traffic.” (11/06/25)
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
How Socialists Learn
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Not all socialists in mayoral runs won on Tuesday. Sure, socialist/communist Zohran Mamdani is now Mayor Elect of New York, but Omar Fateh lost to the incumbent mayor of Minneapolis on a second counting of the city’s ranked choice vote system. The latter is a victory for old-fashioned city politics, but what is the former?” (11/06/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/11/06/how-socialists-learn/
Why Millennials Should Ditch Socialism for True Capitalism’s Freedom
Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey
“Cronyism’s failures and socialism’s pitfalls — embrace libertarian values to build prosperity, innovation, and personal liberty in a rigged system.” (11/06/25)
https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/why-millennials-should-ditch-socialism
Peloton recalls more than 833,000 bikes over seat issue
Source: United Press International
“Peloton has recalled hundreds of thousands of its Bike+ products over seat issues manufactured over the last six years. On Thursday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said its recall on at least 833,000 units came after the company got two reports of injuries ‘due to a fall’ when its post broke off. In total, it received three reports of seat detachment during Bike+ use. It impacted units produced from 2019-2022 and sold January 2020 through April this year.” (11/06/25)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/11/06/Peloton-Bike-recall-seat-fitness/1751762437777/
The Fifth Column, episode 531
Source: The Fifth Column
“Liberal of Fox News, Unite! (w/ Jessica Tarlov).” (11/06/25)
https://www.wethefifth.com/p/531-liberal-of-fox-news-unite-w-jessica
Half the Answer, episode 46
Source: Liberal Currents
“SCOTUS, the Originalism Trap, and the Civil Rights Act.” (11/06/25)
A Vast, Divergent Land
Source: The Erick Erickson Show
by Erick-Woods Erickson
“The United States of America is 3.8 million square miles, filled with three hundred forty million people, producing over $30 trillion in gross domestic product per year. We are the fourth largest country by land, third by population, and second by GDP. We no longer know each other, care for each other, nor like each other. We are a nation of isolated people staring at screens and filled with existential terrors about the other, whoever the other might be. On Tuesday night across America, those existential terrors played out with fear of the other. Hispanic voters who voted for Donald Trump and Republicans in 2024, swung back to Democrats in 2026. They were fine with deporting gang bangers and criminals, but maybe not Jose down the street, who works as a gardener.” (11/06/25)
Venezuela’s Oil, US-Led Regime Change, and America’s Gangster Politics
Source: Antiwar.com
by Jeffrey D Sachs & Sybil Fares
“The United States is dusting off its old regime-change playbook in Venezuela. Although the slogan has shifted from ‘restoring democracy’ to ‘fighting narco-terrorists,’ the objective remains the same, which is control of Venezuela’s oil. The methods followed by the US are familiar: sanctions that strangle the economy, threats of force, and a $50 million bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as if this were the Wild West. The US is addicted to war.” (11/06/25)
Lebanon: Israeli regime ramps up ceasefire violations as Hezbollah vows to defend itself
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“The Israeli military says it has launched a wave of air strikes targeting what it says are Hezbollah military sites in southern Lebanon as Israel escalates daily attacks on its northern neighbour in flagrant violation of a one-year-old ceasefire. The barrage on Thursday came soon after a separate Israeli raid targeted southern Lebanon’s Tyre district. The Israeli army claimed it hit members of Hezbollah’s construction unit and that it would ‘continue to operate in order to remove any threat to the territory of the state of Israel.’ … Despite reaffirming its commitment to the ceasefire, Hezbollah accused Israel of exploiting Lebanon’s internal divisions and continuing its attacks under the pretext of security operations.” (11/06/25)
The Libertarian Angle, 11/06/25
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“The Critical Importance of Civil Liberties with Judge Andrew Napolitano.” (11/06/25)