Source: Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley

“California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been frantically trying to restart a presidential campaign that appears moribund, with polls showing him losing in some states to figures such as Pete Buttigieg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In his absence, his multibillion-dollar high-speed train also seems to be going nowhere fast. A new report from the state inspector general revealed that the train will be delayed again and that the public is being kept in the dark about ongoing problems with Newsom’s signature project. Oh, and one more thing: the project will run out of money by December 2027. Benjamin Belnap’s report revealed the project is again running out of money. It found missing details in the project’s 2026 business plan, and concluded that the project will again be out of money by next year. The state has already spent $18 billion, but it will need at least another $18 billion to finish the first segment.” (08/15/26)

https://jonathanturley.org/2026/08/15/report-newsoms-high-speed-train-to-nowhere-is-not-arriving-anytime-soon/

Source: Independent Institute
by Brady Leonard

“The 47th president has a habit of waffling on important issues ranging from abortion to gun rights, but another position he has long maintained is his commitment to protectionism. Not only did Trump use executive action during his first term to impose tariffs on aluminum, steel, and other products, he also promised the nation that tariffs would be a centerpiece of his second-term economic vision. ‘To me the most beautiful word in the dictionary is ‘tariff.’ It’s my favorite word,’ he said in a 2024 interview. Occam’s razor suggests the president was not duped by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, White House advisor Peter Navarro, or postliberal pseudo-economists (to be generous) such as Oren Cass any more than he was ‘fooled’ by Bibi Netanyahu or the late-Senator Lindsey Graham. The man just loves tariffs, despite the data.” (08/14/26)

https://www.independent.org/article/2026/08/14/trump-loves-tariffs-2/

Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille

“Libraries aren’t all that socialist, and they’re far from the total state the radicals really want.” (08/14/26)

https://reason.com/2026/08/14/socialists-claim-public-libraries-are-examples-of-their-policies-dont-believe-them/

Source: The Daily Economy
by Stefan Bartl

“President Nixon abandoned the gold standard. The deeper problem was a monetary system dependent on political judgment.” (08/14/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-lesson-of-1971-was-never-about-gold/

Source: Persuasion
by Teresa M Bejan

“Of course, understanding who Locke was, or what he actually believed, has always been more difficult than proclaiming what he represents. Despite his qualms about Catholics—and atheists, too, as we shall see—Locke is still commonly celebrated as the inventor of the modern liberal approach to tolerance, understood as a commitment to separating church and state and protecting individual rights.” (08/14/26)

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-long-history-of-the-liberal-establishment