“British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the leaders of France and Germany discussed the ‘positive progress’ made to use frozen Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine, Downing Street said on Monday. ‘The leaders all agreed that now is a critical moment and that we must continue to ramp up support to Ukraine and economic pressure on Putin to bring an end to this barbaric war,’ said a spokesperson for Starmer.” (12/08/25)
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“The U.S. Navy has a Combat Action Ribbon (CAR) that is comparable to the Combat Infantry Badge (CIB) in the army. These are awarded to military personnel who engage in combat during wartime. Does the U.S. Navy plan on handing out the CAR to all the Navy personnel who have participated in the attacks on those small boats on the high seas near Venezuela, which have resulted in the killings of more than 80 people? Given President Trump’s and the Pentagon’s ‘we-are-at-war’ assertion, I don’t see why they wouldn’t hand out that combat ribbon. But if I were one of those Navy personnel, I’d be embarrassed to wear that ‘combat’ ribbon on my uniform. … In fact, I think the Navy should issue a brand new ribbon — the Combat Cowardice Ribbon — to all the Navy personnel who have participated in those drug-war killings.” (12/08/25)
“For six months, Apple distributed an app called ICEBlock that allowed users to alert people when they saw Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. But after the Trump administration complained that the app endangered officers, Apple removed it. On Monday, the app’s developer, Joshua Aaron, sued top Trump administration officials, accusing them of pressuring Apple to stifle his free speech and his right to create, distribute and promote ICEBlock. The suit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claimed that Attorney General Pam Bondi abused the government’s power when the Justice Department contacted Apple and demanded it remove the app, which she said she had done in a statement to Fox News in October. She said that Apple removed the app after her request.” (12/08/25)
Source: Independent Institute
by Abigail R Hall & Patrik Ward
“As tensions between Washington and Caracas intensify, over 250,000 Venezuelans living legally in the United States are set to lose their Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a temporary immigration status that allows individuals from certain countries to live and work in the United States if their home country is considered unsafe. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has framed keeping these Venezuelans in the country as ‘contrary to national interest.’ In reality, revoking TPS is not sound policy; it is bad economics aligned with worse ethics. This policy does nothing to help the American public. It does, however, endanger thousands of people who fled an erratic authoritarian regime and lays bare the overwhelming hypocrisy coming from Washington.” (12/08/25)
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Mark Thornton
“The seven deadly sins of Christianity are serious ‘capital’ sins because they spawn sinful behavior in general. The seven economic sins of economic policy destroy capital, undermine wage rates, and lower the standard of living. They actually kill people via poverty, malnutrition, suicide, and the like.” (12/08/25)
“Peruvian journalist Fernando Nunez, whose reporting dug into municipal corruption cases, was shot and killed by hitmen while returning from an assignment, Peru’s National Association of Journalists (ANP) said Sunday. Nunez, a reporter for the digital outlet Kamila TV, ‘was attacked by hitmen while riding a motorcycle with his brother’ on Saturday, the ANP said in a statement on social media. Nunez died instantly and his brother was in critical condition. Nunez is the third journalist killed by organized crime in Peru in 2025, following the slayings of journalists Gaston Medina and Raul Celis.” (12/08/25)
“Robby Soave delivers his radar on Rep. Ilhan Omar(D-Minn.) speaking out regarding the massive welfare fraud that occurred in Minnesota under the watch of Governor Tim Walz.” (12/08/25)
“We often forget ourselves in this modern age, and one can’t help but feel that the amnesia is by design. For better or worse, the digital revolution has turned attention into a challenge and a commodity. Because of social media’s predominance, brain rot and doomscrolling are now part of everyday vernacular. Moreover, AI has raised serious questions about the nature of human consciousness, and distress about disinformation and polarization in the political sphere is rampant. Given these woes, Emily Katz Anhalt’s latest book, Ancient Wisdom for Polarized Times, hopes to remind us what it is to be human by enlisting an unlikely ally: the fifth-century BC historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus.” (12/08/25)
“President Donald Trump said he would approve an executive order this week to establish ‘ONE RULE’ on artificial intelligence regulation and limit state-level policies regulating the technology. ‘I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week. You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something,’ Trump posted on social media Monday. The forthcoming order marks the latest bid by Trump to put his imprint on policy for AI, a technology that is rapidly developing and seen increasing adoption by business, government and the public.” (12/08/25)
