Source: Law & LIberty
by John O McGinnis
“Ilan Wurman offers a lucid case for recovering the Constitution’s original structure—and the responsibility rests with us.” (07/09/26)
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/a-new-map-of-the-constitution/
Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey
“Refinancing bad debt with new bonds fails and the territory must deregulate utilities to avoid a bailout.” (07/09/26)
https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/free-market-solutions-for-the-us
Source: Town Hall
by Larry Elder
“Reuters published a photograph taken during the weekend of America’s 250th birthday celebration. It depicted a young black woman seated by herself on a packed D.C. Metro train. Standing and sitting around her were white men wearing white masks. They belong to a white nationalist organization called Patriot Front, a group involved in the violent 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia, rally that resulted in the death of a woman. The intimidating-looking men reportedly said nothing to the woman and never threatened her, and she remained composed. The photo quickly went viral and was hailed by many journalists and commentators as a microcosm of America in this era of President Donald Trump. ” (07/09/26)
Source: CounterPunch
by John Kendall Hawkins
“The atmosphere Snowden describes in vault V22 at NSA headquarters — decorated, let the detail stand, with a seven-foot poster of Chewbacca — is not the atmosphere of men who believe they are doing something wrong. It is the atmosphere of men who believe they are entitled. The technology did not corrupt them. It handed them a key. This is the surveillance state at its most human, which is to say, its most revealing. The apparatus built to protect a democracy from its enemies was being used by young men to look at photographs of women who had no idea they were being watched. The technology did not create the entitlement. It removed the friction that previously constrained it.” (07/09/26)
Source: The Daily Economy
by Layal Bou Harfouch
“Transparency matters, but the Department of Labor’s duplicative disclosure mandates could increase compliance costs while strengthening the industry’s largest firms.” (07/09/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/more-paperwork-wont-make-medicine-cheaper/
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Stavroula Pabst
“From a new helipad to a UFC fight on White House grounds, President Trump’s personal projects have been front-and-center in American politics this summer. Defense contractors that do business with the administration have often supported them. But the weapons industry has long leveraged flashy gifts and sponsorships to engender influence among politicians, key institutions, and the public. Here are 5 notable cases when it comes to the Trump White House …” (07/09/26)
Source: Astral Codex Ten
“What would it take to honestly tell our children that we rose to the occasion, to make the AI transition go down alongside the American Revolution and D-Day as one of our country’s finest hours? If your brain sputters and throws an error message at the question, isn’t that a problem? It’s a total coincidence that Plan A comes out the week after America’s 250th birthday. It was supposed to come out earlier, but got delayed. Then it was supposed to come out later, but got pushed forward.” (07/09/26)
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by William L Anderson
“The Platner campaign is a microcosm of a much larger political crisis in this country, as both Democrats and Republicans are heading for disaster and taking everyone else with them, which is why Platner’s rise and spectacular fall are relevant. Democrats are in the midst of a hostile takeover attempt by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), while the Republicans are being emasculated by Donald Trump and his MAGA true believers. Both parties are on paths that will not end well for them or Americans in general, and while we can feel a small amount of relief that a violence-spewing socialist like Platner won’t be in the US Senate, his saga changes nothing.” (07/09/26)
Source: Common Dreams
by Sergio Infante
“Janeese George’s recent victory in the Washington, DC, mayoral primary and wins by progressive Democrats in New York and Colorado last week are signs that Zohran Mamdani’s election was not a one-off, and that populist, ‘eat the rich’ messaging is effective across a broad swath of voters. But as the US heads toward midterm elections, Democrats are having a hard time finding a partywide motto with similar resonance. Since last fall, they have been focusing on ‘affordability’ because the slogan resonates with working-class voters; their main message is that things are too expensive and that the cause is unchecked corporate greed. But here’s the problem with focusing on affordability: It addresses poor and working-class Americans as consumers rather than as workers.” (07/09/26)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/affordability-agenda-democrats
Source: The Daily Economy
by Jason Sorens
“Taxing vacant properties may be politically appealing, but they have little effect on rents while creating new economic distortions.” (07/09/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-unintended-consequences-of-vacancy-taxes/