“You may have thought it was a headline from the Babylon Bee: Hunter Biden Honored for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse’ from prestigious Trinity College Dublin. But it was true. Hunter Biden, the 56-year-old reformed crack and prostitute connoisseur of ‘Laptop from Hell’ fame, visited his ancestral land to be so honored on Tuesday, accompanied by his suddenly compos mentis father, Joe, the former president. A Secret Service cavalcade of seven vehicles chauffeured Hunter and Joe to the university from Dublin’s finest five-star luxury Merrion hotel. We were told that Joe wiped tears from his eyes as his son, fully dressed, accepted Trinity’s gold medal for contributions to society amid glowing accolades from Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, who posted photos of their meeting on social media.” (11/11/26)
“The administration sent a threatening letter to Representative Robert Garcia, a California Democrat, over public comments he made about holding the administration accountable. Garcia shared the full contents of the letter publicly and said he would not be deterred. In relating the above I am not talking about the events of this week. I am talking about February of last year, when then interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin sent a letter to Garcia over the latter’s statements on CNN about opposing Elon Musk and DOGE …. Garcia was not intimidated at that time …. Garcia was even less impressed by White House counsel Will Scharf’s threatening letter this week, coming as it does when Garcia is preparing to step into leadership of the House Oversight Committee after a historic crushing of the Republican Party at the ballot box last week.” (11/12/26)
“‘Scrapping the cap’ sounds like an easy fix for Social Security. The economics tell a different story: less work, lower investment, and lost tax revenue elsewhere.” (11/12/26)
“The belief that Democrats will dismantle a system designed to serve the rapacious greed of the war machine and the ruling billionaire class is a mirage.” (11/12/26)
“Democrats have been deliriously giddy since the midterm elections. Their party, rudderless and defeated for two years, appeared to come roaring back into relevance with a House and Senate majority. The once-defunct political careers of establishment Democrats like Chuck Schumer roared back to life, as even traditionally safe Republican seats faced the wrath of a disgruntled electorate. But as Democrats celebrated their candidates’ wins in campaign offices across the country, dozens of conservative [sic] victories went largely unnoticed in the very same states Democrats claimed were now solidly blue. The Democrats’ victories were a backlash against broken Republican promises. They were not a mandate to usher in a vast liberal [sic] policy platform.” (11/12/26)
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Patrick Barron
“The citizenry must understand that they cannot shirk their personal responsibilities to provide for themselves in all things apart from international relationships and military preparedness. Not only is providing for oneself and one’s family an ethical issue, it is impossible to transfer this responsibility to others.” (11/12/26)
“Republicans are marinating in gloom following the midterm elections, and fair enough. They ought to spend time considering the course that led them to lose so spectacularly in Iowa, Ohio, Texas and Mississippi. But the pessimism about their party’s chances in 2028, which has some people suggesting that Vice President JD Vance write off the year and wait for a better one, is overdone. … Some elections are unwinnable. Democrats were never going to beat Ronald Reagan in 1984, no matter who they nominated or what the nominee said. Republicans had no chance of winning in 1996 or 2008, either. But it’s much too soon to say the Republican nomination isn’t worth having in 2028.” (11/12/26)
“Donald Trump is not well. His hands are swollen and discolored. He brags about ‘acing’ a cognitive test that is used as an instrument to detect dementia. He appears to have suffered from a stroke which led to visible irregularities on his face. He regularly falls asleep during press conferences and shits himself on camera. Donald Trump is not well. But he still retains his power to terrorize his own closest supporters.” (11/12/26)
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“The Financial Times has published a new article titled ‘Humanoid robot start-up backed by Eric Trump in talks with Israel’s military’ which is exactly as horrifying as its headline suggests. The article features photographs of bipedal armored robots which look like they came from the set of a post-apocalyptic Hollywood movie, and opens as follows: ‘A company backed by Eric Trump is in talks with the Israel Defense Forces to supply humanoid robots to patrol Hamas tunnels beneath Gaza and potentially engage in combat. Foundation Future Industries co-founder and president Mike LeBlanc said he had met senior Israeli military officials for preliminary discussions in September and toured tunnels with the US start-up’s Phantom MK1. ‘We’re in direct talks with the chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces,’ the former US Marine told the FT, adding that his company was in discussions to supply up to 1,000 Phantoms.'” (11/12/26)
“At school, my son is studying King Lear. In a recent test, he came fifth best of twenty-two students. ‘What was the subject of the test?’ I asked him. ‘It is impossible to feel sorry for Lear in the first two scenes of Act One,’ he told me. ‘What did you write?’ I asked. ‘That it is not impossible to feel sorry for Lear. Because of Lear’s cognitive decline.’ Lear, victim of Alzheimer’s disease. One of the richest literary outputs of human history: swallowed by a diagnosis.” (11/12/26)
