Source: Bluegrass Institute
by US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)
“In true Washington swamp fashion, this hemp ban is not being debated on its own. Once again, Congress created a crisis, then conveniently used the crisis to jam through new laws without debate.” (12/04/25)
https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/hemp-ban-in-funding-bill-rips-the-rug-out-from-under-u-s-farmers/
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Dan Grazier
“The cancellation of the Constellation-class program shows that the military’s shipbuilding problem is Washington, not China.” (12/04/25)
Source: United Press International
“A commission chosen by the late Pope Francis to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in the Catholic Church has voted against it. Francis established the ‘Study Commission on the Female Diaconate’ in 2020 to follow up on a previous group that studied the history of women deacons in the New Testament and early Christian communities. Though the group said women could not be deacons, it expressed hope that access to other ministries could expand for women.” (12/04/25)
Source: National Review
“$100,000 Today or in 1959?” (12/04/25)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/capital-record/100000-today-or-in-1959/
Source: The Dispatch
by Daniel Castro
“Calls to ban the development of superintelligence have gained traction among some technologists, pundits, and even a few policymakers. They argue that an artificial intelligence system so powerful that it could outthink humans would pose an existential threat to civilization. But this idea rests on unsubstantiated fears, not evidence. A government prohibition on advanced AI would not make the United States safer, but it would make it weaker. Such a ban would forfeit economic and technological leadership, undermine national security, and betray America’s founding commitment to liberty and progress.” (12/04/25)
https://thedispatch.com/debates/ai-superintelligence-innovation-digital-freedom/
Source: Antiwar.com
by Norman Solomon
“Last month, some House members publicly acknowledged that Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza. It’s a judgment that Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch unequivocally proclaimed a year ago. Israeli human-rights organizations have reached the same conclusion. But such clarity is sparse in Congress. And no wonder. Genocide denial is needed for continuing to appropriate billions of dollars in weapons to Israel, as most legislators have kept doing. Congress members would find it very difficult to admit that Israeli forces are committing genocide while voting to send them more weaponry.” (12/04/25)
Source: Fox News
“The State Department renewed its ‘do not travel’ advisory for Venezuela. Without edits, the travel advisory was reissued Wednesday, with the State Department citing a myriad of high risks related to crime, terrorism, detention and poor health infrastructure. ‘All U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents in Venezuela are strongly advised to depart immediately,’ the advisory says. In 2019, the U.S. severed diplomatic ties with Venezuela, closing its embassy. It says it no longer has the ability to provide emergency services or consular assistance to U.S. citizens in the country. ‘There is no safe way to travel to Venezuela,’ the advisory states, adding that people should avoid traveling to the country by any means.” (12/04/25)
Source: The Tom Woods Show
“The Controversial Javier Milei: An Update.” (12/04/25)
https://tomwoods.com/ep-2714-the-controversial-javier-milei-an-update/
Source: The Hill
by Max Burns
“President Trump’s Cabinet meetings are a masterclass in postmodernism, a forum in which nothing is said yet everything is revealed. His most recent back-slapping session gave center stage to a clutch of White House quislings so preoccupied with propping up Trump’s fragile ego that they have lost even a passing interest in actually governing. … As Trump spends his second term eating dinner in bed and treating the presidency as a largely ceremonial job, feckless MAGA bros like Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are stepping in to fill the gaps — with predictably disastrous results. If Trump’s directionless Cabinet meeting was meant to clear the air about who is really running the country, the public got its answer loud and clear: absolutely no one.” (12/03/25)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5630156-trump-unpopular-strikes-economy/
Source: Intercept
by Matt Sledge
“For five months, Daniel Sanchez Estrada was the prisoner of a government that has branded him an ‘Antifa Cell operative.’ He was accused of moving a box of anarchist zines from one suburb of Dallas to another after a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On the day before Thanksgiving, he was released without warning or explanation. He walked out to a jail parking lot relishing the fresh air — and watching over his shoulder. During the week that followed, Sanchez Estrada savored his time with family members and worried that his release might have been an accident. Apparently, he was right.” (12/04/25)
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/04/antifa-zines-accidental-release-texas-ice-protest/