With Saudi Arabia, Another Inferior Nuclear Deal
Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson
“Once again, Mr. ‘Art of the Deal’ underperforms his predecessors.” (07/24/26)
https://thedispatch.com/article/saudi-arabia-nuclear-deal-trump/
Getting Unemployment Insurance Back to Work
Source: The Daily Economy
by Thomas Savidge
‘The pandemic exposed weaknesses that had accumulated over decades.” (07/24/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/getting-unemployment-insurance-back-to-work/
Germany: Suspect in deadly Berlin Pride attack is killed in confrontation with police
Source: Associated Press
“The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said. Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin. Prosecutors said he had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group. Ballout was suspected of driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival Saturday night before apparently stabbing others with a machete in what authorities believe was an Islamic extremist terror attack.” (07/26/26)
TAC Right Now, 07/24/26
Source: The American Conservative
“The Emerging Bipartisan Anti-War Movement w/Ana Kasparian.” (07/24/26)
Our Currency Icons and America’s National Character
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Charles Goyette
“In what is the monetary equivalent of tearing down statues, the British have decided they must replace iconic images on their currency. Out of an apparent fear of offending the stampede of human beings who have chosen to abandon their own homelands to live in Great Britain, the historic images on British currency of people instrumental in making that nation what it is, have been forced to yield to images of animals. Foxes, badgers, and hedgehogs are in the ascendency. Our problem in the United States is somewhat different. It appears that the iconography of our currency will be made to climax in images of Donald Trump.” (07/24/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/our-currency-icons-and-americas-national-character/
The Manufactured “Bipartisan” Push for an AI Kill Switch
Source: American Greatness
by Jordan Schachtel
“The AI Kill Switch Act, introduced Thursday by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas), seeks to hand the government unprecedented authority to order private companies to throttle, suspend, or shut down products in “kill switch” fashion, purely on their own arbitrary determination, with fines up to $20 million a day. Behind this carefully staged rollout is a fanatical coalition that looks like a broad consensus, but it is mostly one funding network with an arsenal of astroturf organizations at its disposal.” (07/24/26)
https://amgreatness.com/2026/07/24/the-manufactured-bipartisan-push-for-an-ai-kill-switch/
OpenAI launches health bot a day after frivolous lawsuit says ChatGPT advice hospitalized a man
Source: SFGate
“Scott Winters was having dizzy spells but decided not to see a doctor after ChatGPT told him it would take several more serious episodes before he would need care. Instead, it recommended he lounge in a recliner. But weeks later, Winters would find himself being wheeled into an emergency room, convulsing and slipping in and out of consciousness, suffering from multiple blood clots in his lungs. … Winters is now suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI for not only providing unlicensed medical advice but also actively discouraging Winters from seeing a doctor. … Just one day after Winters filed his complaint, the company publicly released ChatGPT Health, a model based on a later version of ChatGPT, designed to interpret intimate medical records and give users health guidance.” (07/25/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/chatgpt-health-lawsuit-22359513.php
CounterPunch Radio, 07/25/26
Source: CounterPunch
“Freeing Rivers w/ Tara Lohan.” (07/25/26)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/24/freeing-rivers-w-tara-lohan/
Iran War: Yes, We Can Cut and Run
Source: Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland
“President Donald Trump’s renewed escalation of the war on Iran is dangerous and needs to be immediately reversed. Investors in the stock market are often advised to admit they bought an investment lemon and cut their losses by selling, thus avoiding further disaster by riding the stock to the bottom and vainly hoping it will rebound. Given human nature, many investors struggle with the first part: admitting they made a mistake. Politicians involved in losing wars often exhibit similar behavior. And President Trump, never wanting to be labeled a ‘loser,’ is particularly prone to such psychological denial.” (07/24/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/07/24/iran-war-cut-and-run/
Quagmire of the Vanities
Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman
“Why the world economy is still at risk from the Iran debacle.” (07/24/26)