Ron Paul Liberty Report, 10/06/25
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Should Trump Be Able To Send California Guard Troops To Oregon?” (10/06/25)
https://rumble.com/v6zy2ca-should-trump-be-able-to-send-california-guard-troops-to-oregon.html
Gaza plan: Looks Like peace, acts like occupation
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Carol Daniel-Kasbari
“In Deir al-Balah, a mother told me her son now counts the seconds between blasts. Policy, to her, isn’t a debate; it’s whether trucks arrive and the night is quiet. Donald Trump’s 20-point plan promises ceasefire, hostages home, Israeli withdrawal, and reconstruction. It sounds complete. It isn’t. Without enforceable mechanics, maps, timelines, phased verification, and real local ownership; it risks being a short-lived show, not a durable peace.” (10/06/25)
Year-End Fundraiser Update
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Palestine: Majority of Israelis want Netanyahu to resign as peace Gaza peace talks continue
Source: Independent [UK]
“Israelis on Tuesday marked two years since Hamas’ October 7 incursion plunged the region into conflict, as onlookers waited for developments on fragile peace talks in Egypt. … Sixty-six per cent of Israelis now say the time has come to end the war, as sixty-four per cent said they wanted Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take responsibility for October 7 and resign. Israel continued to pound Gaza with deadly airstrikes despite the US president’s order to stop. The IDF said on Tuesday a missile from Gaza landed in Israel.” (10/07/25)
Nightfall
Source: The Honest Courtesan
by Maggie McNeill
“The way people of later times view a dark age is, due once again to the lack of reliable records, not at all the same as the way people living in such an age view it; the only people who are in a position to recognize that they’re living in such an age are those who understand what the term means in the first place. So it’s doubtful that the authoritarian rulers of countries like India and the United States recognize (or care) what they’re doing to future history; what’s important to this discussion is that they are using modern computer technology to do it. In the last century, it would’ve been impossible for a Trump, Modi, or Xi to eliminate every single instance of a fact or opinion they disliked …. when physical media are no longer the norm, universal censorship of a work enters the realm of the possible.” (10/06/25)
Reason Roundtable, 10/06/25
Source: Reason
“Does Bari Weiss Prove Woke Media Is Collapsing?” (10/06/25)
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/10/06/does-bari-weiss-prove-woke-media-is-collapsing/
EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount
Source: Financial Times [UK]
“EU governments have agreed to limit the travel of Russian diplomats within the bloc, in response to a surge in sabotage attempts that intelligence agencies say are often led by spies operating under diplomatic cover. Moscow-sponsored intelligence operatives have been blamed for escalating provocations against Nato states — from arson and cyber attacks to infrastructure sabotage and drone incursions — in what EU security services call a co-ordinated campaign to destabilise Kyiv’s European allies. The proposed rules will force Russian diplomats posted in EU capitals to inform other governments of their travel plans before crossing beyond the border of their host country.” (10/05/25)
America’s Democratic Tyranny
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Throughout history, there have been tyrannies that have been imposed on the citizenry through non-democratic means. Monarchies have been one example. Another example have been communist regimes in the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, and Cuba. Still other examples have been U.S.-supported national-security-state coups in Iran, Guatemala, and Chile. What many Americans fail to realize, however, is that it is entirely possible to have tyranny with a democratically elected system.” (10/06/25)
FAA reports staffing issues at airports as government shutdown continues
Source: NBC News
“The Federal Aviation Administration was experiencing staffing issues or anticipating shortages at airports and other air traffic control facilities in the United States on Monday night. Reports of the staffing shortfalls came hours after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there has been a slight increase in sick calls since the government shutdown began on Wednesday. No air traffic controllers were expected at the tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport in the Los Angeles area for hours Monday night because of staffing issues, a source familiar with the situation said. … Because of the federal government shutdown, air traffic controllers were working without pay Monday. … The National Air Traffic Controllers Association union pointed to a national shortage of air traffic controllers. Officials have warned about the shortage since before the government shut down.” (10/06/25)
Solving the Mind-Body Problem: Dualism vs. Searle, Part 1
Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“When John Searle exposes the errors of materialists, dualists can only be delighted. Searle and dualists, both minorities in academic philosophy of mind, have something crucial in common: Namely, they agree that mental states as standardly conceived exist; they are not ‘really’ illusions, behavior, functions, or computer programs. Denial of the reality of the mental, rather than being the necessary implication of science, is in fact a profoundly unscientific attempt to say that reality can only contain what our theories adequately account for. Despite these points of agreement, Searle’s solution to the mind-body problem is avowedly anti-dualistic; and even if he requested admission to the dualist camp, it is likely that they should be uneasy to receive him.” (10/06/25)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/solving-the-mind-body-problem-dualism