Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey

“Yesterday’s parliamentary maneuver is yet another example of how Congress manipulates public perception through these obscure rules. Politicians use procedural votes to avoid taking a public stance on executive overreach. A direct vote forces accountability. A referral motion allows representatives to defeat a measure while claiming they want committee review. So Republicans are crowing that Massie defamed Hegseth, showing how his effort was defeated, but there was never an up-and-down vote on Massie’s articles. They use these tactics to fundraise and create media sound bites without doing the difficult work of governance. We need more up-and-down votes to show accountability of our members of Congress, rather than have them meekly shy away from answering the question.” (11/11/26)

https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/house-kills-massies-hegseth-impeachment

Source: The Daily Economy
by Jeffery L Degner

“Today, Americans observe Veterans Day, originally known as Armistice Day, to honor those who have served in uniform. But World War I offers another lesson: how governments used borrowing and money printing to finance war, obscure its costs, and prolong the bloodshed.” (11/11/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/how-inflation-fed-the-slaughter-of-world-war-i/

Source: Washington Post
by George F Will

“Congress has a caucus for every cause — bicycles, snowboarding, baking, composting, aquaculture, soccer, rock-and-roll, and on and on. There are more caucuses, formal and informal, than members of Congress. Come January, many Democrats will compose what should be called the Cognitive Dissonance Caucus. In November, Democrats did well with voters, but beginning on Jan. 3, reality gets a vote. Consider four subjects: climate change, campaign finance, Medicare-for-all and racial gerrymandering.” (11/11/26)

https://archive.is/YD8cF

Source: In These Times
by Calvin John Smiley

“In August, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated, ​’Woke 1 was crazy!’ on ABC’s ​’This Week’ news show. She borrowed the phrase from her New York colleague City Councilman Chi Ossé, who had used it in a May post on X (formerly Twitter). Soon after, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said this about AOC’s statement: ​’What you believe can change, it can develop, it can grow. … I’ve made very clear that I do not believe in defunding the police, that I will not be defunding the police’. Woke 1 was not ‘crazy’. It was an important moment in a longer legacy of struggle. Woke 1 (which, according to the Internets, refers to cultural and social activism in and around 2020) was not ​crazy. These statements by progressive elected officials sparked criticism. Some labeled AOC an opportunist. Others gave Mamdani a bit more grace, arguing he was being strategically cautious.” (11/10/26)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/woke-one-aoc-progressives-defund-the-police-blue-wave