Source: California Post
by staff
“California’s uber-lax voting system is an international disgrace. From flooding the state with ballots (with few controls on who returns them), to weeks of post-Election-Day counting, to a ban on Voter ID: The system’s almost seems engineered to seed public doubt — or worse. Yet state officials refuse to clean it up. Good for the feds, then, for pressing the issue. In recent months, Team Trump has investigated — and in some cases, prosecuted — voting fraud in California. Now, the Justice Department has given the state and LA County an ultimatum: Review and quarantine ballots that might have been sent to noncitizen voters, or face emergency litigation. And do it within 48 hours.” (10/14/26)
https://nypost.com/2026/10/14/opinion/california-election-officials-offer-absurd-excuses-in-fight-against-illegal-voting/
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“At least 33 pupils and a teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to hospital officials. More than a dozen others are injured, with some in a critical condition. Emergency services were called to the private Al-Khair school in Dir Colony at 08:48 (03:48 GMT) on Thursday after lessons had begun, rescue official Bilal Faizi told the BBC. The roof of an upper-floor classroom had collapsed, he said, causing ceilings below to cave in and trap children beneath the debris. Announcing the arrest of the school’s owner, police chief Mian Saeed promised a thorough inquiry into ‘whether there were any violations of building codes’.” (10/15/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cked326llddgo
Source: US News & World Report
“Romania’s leftist Social Democrats said they will join the government of Prime Minister-designate Luca Niculescu while other parties pledged their votes, edging the country closer to ending a political crisis that has pressured its investment-grade rating. The Social Democrats (PSD), parliament’s largest party, will have 11 ministers in the proposed government Niculescu will unveil on Thursday before a parliamentary vote of confidence, PSD leader Sorin Grindeanu said late on Wednesday. Technocrats will fill other ministerial posts, including finance, energy and foreign affairs. While other pro-European parties refrained from joining the cabinet, many said they will back Niculescu, ensuring the 233 votes required to win the vote of confidence.” (10/15/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-10-15/romanias-nominated-prime-minister-secures-support-ahead-of-confidence-vote
Source: The Chris Hedges Report
“How the Trump Admin. Is Expanding the Definition of ‘Terrorism’ — and What It Means (w/ Dan Boguslaw).” (10/14/26)
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/how-the-trump-admin-is-expanding
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“New Fed Report: Tariffs Taking Bigger Bite Out Of American Wallets.” (10/14/26)
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1DxLdZnEoZPxm
Source: Foreign Policy
by Howard W French
“From Hegseth’s plans to Trump’s theatrics, it’s hard to know what to be most outraged about.” (10/14/26)
https://archive.is/0fQ4w
Source: Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland
“President Donald Trump is correct that Ukraine’s survival matters more for Europe’s security than it does for U.S. security. After all, during the Cold War, the United States lived with a more powerful Soviet Union that included Ukraine. Therefore, he is right to expect wealthy NATO countries to pay more for Ukraine’s defense. Yet Trump has gone too far by essentially changing sides and backing aggressive Russian President Vladimir Putin; in contrast, President Joe Biden, Trump’s predecessor, had backed Ukraine wholeheartedly. Trump has blamed Ukraine for a war that Russia started by its invasion and has pressured the defending country to achieve peace by giving up territory it has not lost militarily.” (10/14/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/10/14/whose-side-is-trump-really-on-in-ukraine-russia-war/
Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“Someone invents an inexpensive and reliable way in which parents can choose the gender of their offspring. From the economic standpoint, this represents an increase in quality — you get a child of your preferred gender instead of a fifty-fifty chance — at no significant increase in cost. Increased quality at constant cost corresponds to decreased cost at constant quality; you are now getting more for your money. Lowering the cost of something increases the quantity demanded. Do you conclude that, as a result of the new invention, the birth rate goes up? If not, why not? Are children Giffen goods?” (10/14/26)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/puzzles
Source: Understanding AI
by Dan Kagan-Kans
“How do we know the company’s stated reasons for firing three safety researchers are its actual reasons?” (10/14/26)
https://www.understandingai.org/p/openais-ironic-credibility-problem
Source: Expression
by Sean Stevens
“Campus deplatforming attempts have reached a disturbing new milestone. For the first time since FIRE began tracking these incidents, more than 200 attempts to prevent invited speakers from appearing on campus have been recorded in a single year — and 2026 still has nearly three months to go. The previous record, set just last year, has already been shattered. And the problem isn’t confined to one side of the political spectrum.” (10/14/26)
https://expression.fire.org/p/campus-deplatformings-hit-record
