Source: Liberal Currents
by Adam Gurri

“This morning, DHS posted ‘GOOD MORNING MINNEAPOLIS!’ on X, relishing their own power to bring fear down on an American city. Mere hours later, a masked agent of the state murdered a US citizen while she was attempting to drive away. DHS quickly spun the killing as self defense, but a plethora of videos and even more witnesses made that lie obvious immediately. … She was turning her car to leave and the agent, in no danger at all, shoots straight into her open window. This tragedy, this crime, is only to be expected from an administration that has always believed itself entitled to not just govern, but to rule over a free people. An administration that rejects professionalism and has sought to scale up what was already the least professionalized federal agency to act as a personal enforcer for the President.” (01/07/26)

https://archive.is/CdPyk

Source: In These Times
by Anjana Susarla

“President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11, 2025, that aims to supersede state-level artificial intelligence laws that the administration views as a hindrance to innovation in AI. State laws regulating AI are increasing in number, particularly in response to the rise of generative AI systems such as ChatGPT that produce text and images. Thirty-eight states enacted laws in 2025 regulating AI in one way or another. They range from prohibiting stalking via AI-powered robots to barring AI systems that can manipulate people’s behavior. The executive order declares that it is the policy of the United States to produce a ‘minimally burdensome’ national framework for AI.” (01/07/25)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/open-ai-serious-risks-trump-executive-order-state-regulation-of-artification-intelligence

Source: The Findings Substack
by Paul Rosenberg

“If social media is to become the new smoking – and it is already to a significant degree – those of us who speak against it are playing the same role as the health nuts of the 1960s. I think we should accept this role. More still, I think we should embrace it and be proud of it. The health nuts were right, after all, and the places where smoking has vanished are very much the better for it.” (01/07/26)

https://thefindings.substack.com/p/social-media-is-the-new-smoking-and

Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Madsen Pirie

“Greenland has a population is about 57,000. A modest proposal is that they should hold a referendum to decide, not if they should become an American state, but to decide if they wish to become an American protectorate or territory. There are several of these, including the US Virgin Islands. The deal should be that if it goes through, every Greenlander would receive $1 million from the US, for a total cost of $57bn. This is chicken-feed to the US economy. … all of them would become millionaires. Investing this sum for a return of 5% would bring an annual income of $50,000 each, while retaining the capital sum to pass on to heirs and successors. It would be much more acceptable than threats, bluster, and talk of annexation.” (01/07/26)

https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/a-greenland-suggestion