Source: Liberal Currents
by Nicholas Grossman
“America is not the sole actor in this war—the enemy always gets a vote.” (03/25/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-if-iran-doesnt-want-the-war-to-end-yet/
Source: Desultory Scribblings
by Tyler Harris
“The ‘Swingometer’ has been an integral fixture of British election nights since the 1950s. It’s time for Americans to adopt it.” (03/25/26)
https://tylerjohnharris.substack.com/p/americas-swingometer-election
Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter
“I hate these people, I really do. When was the last time you actually thought a Democrat politician had your back on something? I mean, really had your best interest in mind, even if only in words and not deeds? I’ll wait. I can’t think of one. Maybe on 9/11, from the moment of the attack, through the spontaneous singing of God Bless America on the steps of the US Capitol, and for about a week after that. Then the wheels came off and they started to return to, well, themselves. They asked: ‘What did we do to deserve this attack?’ And it was off to the races ever since. How a party that actively roots against the best interests of the people who elect them, and enacts policies to harm them, manages to win elections is a mystery (I know people are into masochism, I just didn’t realize there were that many people into it).” (03/26/26)
Source: Persuasion
by Quico Toro
“How development economics forgot the most important thing.” (03/25/26)
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Ari Cohn
“An Instagram post isn’t a cigarette. A YouTube short isn’t a shot of whiskey. Social media platforms and the information, ideas, and entertainment they connect people to aren’t tangible items that inherently and invariably have physical impacts on the human body. No matter how you feel about social media, the minute we start treating speech as if it were just another physical product is the minute we hand the government the power to decide what we can read, watch, and say. That’s dangerous — and the First Amendment forbids it.” (03/25/26)
https://www.fire.org/news/big-tech-verdicts-youre-cheering-are-actually-terrible-free-speech
Source: Reason
by Tyler Curtis
“Are young boys everywhere on the verge of being pulled down into the abyss of online gambling? If you’ve been reading the news lately, you might be tempted to think so. Young men are all addicted to sports betting, and now the industry’s incessant advertising is luring in kids, so say some media outlets. If something isn’t done to limit ads for gambling apps, some argue, kids will continue to be taken advantage of. … In reality, gambling ads pose very little threat to children.” (03/25/26)
Source: Racket News
by Matt Taibbi
“Four years after the Twitter Files, the Missouri v. Biden case ends in a consent decree barring government from threatening protected speech – a belated but important victory.” (03/25/26)
https://www.racket.news/p/finally-good-news-free-speech-wins
Source: Show-Me Institute
by David Stokes
“The city of Herculaneum in Jefferson County is showing how use taxes can be properly added into the municipal revenue mix. A use tax is simply a sales tax on goods you purchase online (or through catalogs) and have delivered to your home. Many cities and counties have added them in recent years as online shopping has grown. Voters often approve them, but sometimes they say ‘“no, thank you.’ Supporters of use taxes say they level the playing field between online purchases and actual stores from a cost perspective, along with raising revenue for local services. That is true, and I have generally been supportive of use tax expansion in recent years. Broadening the sales tax base is a good thing. However, I have also called for cities and counties to offset the increased revenues from use taxes with cuts to other taxes (at least partly).” (03/25/26)
https://showmeinstitute.org/article/economy/herculaneum-is-doing-use-taxes-right/
Source: Brownstone Institute
by staff
“ou recall how the Covid lockdowns began. It was a soft and slow drumbeat that began in late January 2020, with growing amounts of panic and a faster tempo, increasing for several weeks. The US President and the UK Prime Minister resisted extreme reactions. Most governments did and so did most public health authorities. … Six years later and nearly to the day, this new attempted lockdown seems to be going the same way, not concerning infectious disease but energy use. Isn’t it remarkable how the officially recommended methods of managing these completely different realms bear so much in common? They both come down to restricting your liberty, rationing your consumption, redirecting your attention, and shouting down critics.” (03/26/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/energy-lockdown-the-drumbeat-begins/
Source: In These Times
by Adam Federman
“On the last day of testimony in the federal ‘“Prairieland’ trial (wherein nine activists faced charges related to a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center), the government called its star witness back to the stand. Kyle Shideler, director of counterterrorism research at the right-wing think tank Center for Security Policy, had been key to the prosecution’s case that ’antifa’ (the loose network of activists defined by their ‘opposition to fascism’) is a violent, criminal organization bent on overthrowing the U.S. government. Shideler, an imposing figure with a cleanly shaven head and full beard, had attended nearly the entire trial, even sitting in the overflow room during jury selection. At the stand, Shideler read aloud the government’s definition of antifa, as well as an excerpt from President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring antifa a domestic terrorist organization — issued in September, less than two weeks after the assassination of right-wing pundit and activist Charlie Kirk.” (03/26/26)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/prairieland-antifa-trial-protest-repression-fbi