Author: Thomas L. Knapp

ICE and CBP’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology Needs Guardrails — Now

Source: Cato Institute
by Patrick G Eddington

“If left unchecked, immigration enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology could potentially trigger a constitutional crisis.” (11/06/25)

https://www.cato.org/commentary/ice-cbps-use-facial-recognition-technology-needs-guardrails-now

Thomas L. Knapp

Want Cheaper Housing? Create More Units, Not More Rules

Source: Show-Me Institute

“Recent data from The Wall Street Journal suggest that renters across the country — including in Kansas City — are gaining leverage. Rents are flattening, vacancy rates are ticking up, and landlords are offering incentives. The reason? More housing is finally coming online. This is a timely reminder for Kansas City officials: if the goal is to help renters and low-income residents, the most effective solution is to build more housing — not to add new layers of regulation.” (11/06/25)

https://showmeinstitute.org/blog/regulation/want-cheaper-housing-create-more-units-not-more-rules/

Thomas L. Knapp

Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment

Source: Liberal Currents
by Alan Elrod

“In the immediate hours after Zohran Mamdani’s victory was declared on Tuesday night, a new topic began trending on Elon Musks’s X: Repeal the 19th. The posts were exactly what you’d think. The idea that women shouldn’t vote has existed on the crank right for a long time. But increasingly, it’s made its way into more mainstream MAGA conversations, and many advocates have become successful influencers in right-wing media circles.” (11/06/25)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should-make-babies-not-vote-why-some-on-the-far-right-want-to-repeal-the-19th-amendment/

Thomas L. Knapp

Appeals panel revives path to Trump dismissing criminal conviction

Source: The Hill

“A path to dismissing President Trump’s hush money criminal conviction was reopened Thursday after an appeals panel revived his bid to move the case to federal court. Trump wants to move the case out of New York state court so he can try to convince a federal judge that the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling compels tossing the jury’s 34-count guilty verdict. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled that it ‘cannot be confident’ a lower judge adequately considered Trump’s arguments as he sought to move the case. … Trump was convicted last year of falsifying business records in connection with a hush money scheme to keep quiet his alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.” (11/06/25)

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5592787-appeals-panel-revives-trump-case

Thomas L. Knapp

JB Pritzker Might Become the Face of America’s Resistance by Taking on Trump’s Authoritarianism

Source: The UnPopulist
by Steve Chapman

“By targeting Illinois, the president might have created his nemesis even as the national Democratic Party flails around for an effective message.” (11/06/25)

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/jb-pritzker-might-become-the-face

Thomas L. Knapp

Easy Money Breeds Fraud: The Cases of Tricolor and First Brands

Source: Cobden Centre
by Artis Shepherd

“It is an axiom of asset bubbles that — under the bustling surface — widespread malfeasance takes place. This is especially true near the end of asset bubbles, where participants fear missing out on the supposed riches produced therein, but — failing to achieve them — ultimately resort to chicanery and fraud to achieve their ends.” (11/06/25)

https://www.cobdencentre.org/2025/11/easy-money-breeds-fraud-the-cases-of-tricolor-and-first-brands/

Thomas L. Knapp