Source: Cato Institute
by Adam Omary and Jeffrey A Singer
“The sharp increase in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses — nearly doubling among American children between 1997 and 2022, and more than tripling among adults from 2012 to 2023 — has been chalked up to better screening, increased awareness, and the corrosive effects of smartphones and social media on developing brains. None of these factors holds up well under scrutiny. The diagnostic category itself has been steadily widened by the institutions that define it and the financial structure that rewards every participant for applying the ADHD label.” (05/13/26)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/perfect-storm-adhd-overdiagnosis
Source: Town Hall
by Larry Elder
“Former Vice President Kamala Harris recently dropped several not-too-subtle hints that she wants to run for president in 2028. Polls, at least for now, show the leading likely Democrat candidate is California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Many Democrat pundits and insiders say Harris'[s] failed run against Donald Trump renders her damaged goods and therefore insufficiently attractive to the donor class. The Los Angeles Times recently wrote: ‘As Kamala Harris eyes a possible 2028 presidential bid, there is little outward enthusiasm among her biggest 2024 backers to fund a repeat performance’ …. For Harris, this sounds ominous. But there’s a flaw in this reasoning, and it represents a huge threat to Newsom’s plans, as well as those of any of the other names floated as possible candidates.” (05/14/26)
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2026/05/14/gavin-newsom-has-a-kamala-harris-problem-n2676056
Source: Yahoo! News
“The munchies are one of marijuana’s most famous effects, with countless movies playing up the trope that smoking weed leads to uncontrollable hunger. But a new study is showing that cannabis could actually have surprising effects on your waistline. Researchers at UC Riverside gave cannabis to obese mice and found that not only did the rodents lose weight, but when given a concentrated cannabis oil, the mice also saw striking benefits in their metabolic function. Nicholas DiPatrizio, a UC Riverside professor and the lead author of the study, said he thinks the work could lead to cannabis-based diet therapies. ‘We can develop molecules that can be cannabis based, isolate them and maybe even do better than nature. We are just at the beginning,’ DiPatrizio told SFGATE.” (05/14/26)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/calif-study-finds-evidence-cannabis-120000613.html
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
“Understanding the U.S. Constitution (with Melissa Murray).” (05/13/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBXor0u9ug
Source: Niskanen Center
“Political inequality isn’t responsible for economic inequality.” (05/13/26)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/political-inequality-isnt-responsible-for-economic-inequality
Source: UnHerd
by Yanis Varoufakis
“When the bombs began to rain down on Iran, I predicted Donald Trump’s Waterloo. Watching his MAGA coalition, a noxious brew of working-class resentment and tax cuts for billionaires, descend into a civil class war, I paraphrased Churchill on the Battle of El Alamein: in his second term, before Iran, Trump had never faced a serious defeat; after Iran, he will not taste another victory. While I stand by my prediction, a new observation must be grafted upon it: the Iran war has awarded Trump’s plutocratic circle a spectacularly enriching victory. In a republic that has long since mutated into an oligarchy, albeit one with periodic elections, the plutocrats’ expanding fortunes matter disproportionately.” (05/13/26)
https://archive.is/eNV9U
Source: Exiled Policy
by Jason Pye
“Critics are right that a digital dollar could be another surveillance tool, but the Federal Reserve likely needs Congress to authorize it.” (05/13/26)
https://exiledpolicy.substack.com/p/a-central-bank-digital-currency-isnt
Source: The Findings Substack
by Lauren Rodriguez
“December 19th, 2026 … that was the day that I dropped my husband at a federal prison camp in West Virginia and forced myself to drive away. That moment, far more than the FBI raid on our home, was my experience of devastation. We had been living a quiet life, my husband a developer and me a housewife with family responsibilities. Driving away and leaving him behind meant that our life was not just threatened, but torn irreparably apart. It was real and it had happened. The Federal agents screaming at us was an early morning shock, the laser sights on our chests, the drones flying through our front door … it was almost like being in a movie. Driving away from the prison, on the other hand, tore open a gulf and dismembered every aspect of our lives.” (05/13/26)
https://thefindings.substack.com/p/laser-sights-on-our-chests-wasnt
Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that reports claiming the CIA was involved in a recent targeted assassination outside Mexico City were ‘fictions the size of the universe.’ CNN and the New York Times reported Tuesday that the CIA was involved in the targeted car bombing of a mid-level Sinaloa cartel member on March 28. … Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Harfuch immediately denied the reports Tuesday evening in a post on social media platform X. CIA spokesperson Liz Lyons followed Harfuch’s post with her own carrying the agency’s official denial.” (05/13/26)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mexico-cia-sinaloa-cartel-member-bombing-9.7198270
Source: The Corbett Report
“What is The Great Replacement?” (05/13/26)
https://corbettreport.com/what-is-the-great-replacement-questions-for-corbett/
