Source: Boston Globe
“Representative Jared Golden, the Maine Democrat known for his maverick streak, has for the first time drawn a serious Democratic primary challenger — setting up an intra-party battle with potentially significant implications for the balance of power in the U.S. House. On Monday, State Auditor Matt Dunlap, who has been active in Maine politics for decades, launched his campaign for the Second Congressional District. He first announced in May that he was interested in challenging Golden and began filing necessary paperwork last month. … ‘Jared Golden has shown a consistent pattern of voting with the Republican conference on significant issues that affect people in Maine,’ Dunlap said, citing Golden’s vote last month for the Republican-backed government funding bill. He was the only Democrat to do so, as his party coalesced behind a strategy to oppose the stopgap bill unless the GOP negotiated on expiring Affordable Care Act premium subsidies.” (10/06/25)
https://archive.is/pRsya
Source: The Political Orphanage
“Rogue Judges and Birthright Citizenship.” (10/06/25)
https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/rogue-judges-and-birthright-citizenship
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Patrick Carroll
“With the Bureau of Labor Statistics generating all this attention, many are taking the opportunity to highlight its perceived shortcomings and ways that it might be reformed and improved. But there is a much more foundational question that we ought to be asking: Should the BLS even exist in the first place?” (10/06/25)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/abolish-bureau-labor-statistics
Source: Los Angeles Times
“The new acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced changes to the recommended vaccination schedule for adults against COVID-19 and for kids against chickenpox. … The CDC is now recommending that children under the age of 4 no longer get a combination vaccine that protects against four diseases: the chickenpox (also known as varicella), measles, mumps and rubella. Instead, the CDC now recommends two separate shots, one just against chickenpox, and the other that protects against measles, mumps and rubella. The CDC has also now officially lifted its recommendation that adults under age 65 get the updated COVID-19 vaccine. The CDC now says the decision on whether an adult under age 65 gets a COVID-19 vaccine should be based on ‘individual-based decision-making’ in consultation with health professionals like a physician, nurse or pharmacist.” (10/06/25)
https://archive.is/8wijF
Source: Antiwar.com
by Dennis Kucinich & Elizabeth Kucinich
“Western governments are preparing a plan for Gaza’s postwar administration. The proposal, advanced through quiet coordination between Washington, London, and Jerusalem, would establish a new international body called the Gaza International Transitional Authority to govern the territory for several years following the conflict. The concept, promoted as a stabilization effort, is said to draw inspiration from earlier foreign-led missions in Kosovo and Lebanon. At the center of this ‘plan’ is the risible suggestion that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair should lead the authority, overseeing Gaza’s reconstruction, policing, and governance on behalf of the self-proclaimed international community.” (10/06/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/kucinich/2025/10/05/tony-blair-and-the-gaza-trap-continued-colonial-control-disguised-as-transition/
Source: New York Post
by Ben Domenech
“The off-year governor’s election in purple Virginia is almost always a win for the party that doesn’t hold the White House, but this year the race is showing how much Democrats have refused to learn their lessons from their massive culture-war losses of 2024. The battle in the Old Dominion has all the hallmarks of Democrats’ White House defeat in November. An uninspiring political-insider candidate, hand-picked by the party establishment, is running a campaign that relies on hype from friendly media. She’s dodging questions about hot-button cultural issues — including trans athletes in school sports and men [sic] in girls’ dressing rooms — and betting she can coast to victory on resistance-fueled backlash to President Donald Trump.” (10/05/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/10/05/opinion/in-virginia-gov-race-spanberger-exposes-dems-woke-weaknesses/
Source: Salem Statesman Journal
“U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut issued an order Oct. 5 barring any National Guard troops from any state from deploying to Portland to perform federal duties. The order comes after Oregon and the city of Portland filed a motion Oct. 5 asking the court to block the federalization of California National Guard troops in Portland. The U.S. military reassigned around 200 California National Guard troops to Portland after Immergut on Oct. 4 blocked the federal government’s deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard troop to Portland. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced the move and amended lawsuit Oct. 5, which added California as a party in the suit.” (10/05/25)
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2025/10/05/judge-blocks-national-guard-deployment-to-portland-oregon/86543443007/
Source: Associated Press
“Semiconductor maker AMD will supply its chips to artificial intelligence company OpenAI as part of an agreement to team up on building AI infrastructure, the companies said Monday. OpenAI will also get the option to buy as much as a 10% stake in AMD, according to a joint statement announcing the deal. It’s the latest deal for the ChatGPT maker as it races to beef up its AI computing resources. Under the terms of the deal, OpenAI will buy the latest version of the company’s high performance graphics chips, the Instinct MI450, which is expected to debut next year. The agreement calls for supplying 6 gigawatts of computing power for OpenAI’s ‘next generation’ AI infrastructure, with the first batch of chips worth 1 gigawatt to be deployed in the second half of 2026.” (10/06/25)
https://apnews.com/article/openai-chatgpt-ai-chips-a4714748ede46621863f4860f608ac98
Source: EconTalk
“The Invisible Hierarchies that Rule Our World (with Toby Stuart).” (10/06/25)
https://www.econtalk.org/the-invisible-hierarchies-that-rule-our-world-with-toby-stuart/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Peter C Earle
“Buyers are sidelined by high prices, while owners cling to historically cheap loans and high equity. The freeze is reshaping labor markets and family formation.” (10/06/25)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/housings-deep-freeze-existing-home-sales-at-25-year-lows/
