Source: Wired
by David Gilbert

“Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes has led to a major reckoning in the Republican party.” (11/04/25)

https://archive.is/KlBUS

Source: The Bulwark
by Joe Perticone

“For describing itself as the ‘most transparent administration in history,’ the Trump administration sure does value secrecy — at least when it comes to the question of who financed President Donald Trump’s future gilded ballroom, which is being planned to rise over the rubble of the former East Wing of the White House. As with so many things people care about, Republicans on Capitol Hill don’t seem to think people should care about it. The White House has released the names of some of the donors to the ballroom. But not all of them. And not the amounts they’ve given. Indeed, in some cases, the White House has decided to just keep the details secret.” (11/04/25)

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-white-house-ballroom-donors-amounts-secret-republicans

Source: The Intercept
by Nick Turse

“The U.S. government has long maintained lists of terrorist organizations. Groups classified as ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorists’ or ‘Foreign Terrorist Organizations’ have been hit with financial penalties, immigration restrictions, or other sanctions. Groups on the FTO list, such as Al Qaeda and ISIS, have been targeted with lethal strikes. But these designations aren’t enough for President Donald Trump. The U.S. government has instead begun drawing up new lists of terrorist organizations without disclosing the identities of the groups to Congress or the American people.” (11/04/25)

https://theintercept.com/2025/11/04/trump-terrorist-list-nspm7-enemies/

Source: In These Times
by Luis Feliz Leon

“Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and the Democratic nominee, will be New York City’s next mayor, after trouncing former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a primary and general election double whammy. ‘The working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands,’ Mamdani told a roaring crowd at his victory party in Brooklyn. ‘Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor; palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars; knuckles scarred with kitchen burns — these are not hands that have been allowed to hold power. And yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater. Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it… We have toppled a political dynasty.’ But the fight is just beginning.” (11/05/25)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-dawn-of-a-better-day

Source: Unpopular Front
by John Ganz

“The Republican Party is being roiled by the public revelation of its Groyper problem. At the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting in Las Vegas (classy, right?), speakers inveighed against antisemitism in the party. Radio personality Mark Levin inveighed against Fuentes, Tucker, and Candace Owens. But if you watch the speech, it’s less bombastic than shrill. The fact is, Levin seems nervous. And he should be. The momentum is not on their side.” (11/04/25)

https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/who-will-win-the-gop-civil-war

Source: Show-Me Institute
by Patrick Tuohey

“My colleagues and I at the Show-Me Institute have for years counseled local and state leaders against a whole host of ideas aimed at increasing their population or growing their economy. From stadium subsidies to convention centers, new taxing jurisdictions to entertainment districts, my colleague David Stokes and I can be counted on to sound like They Might Be Giants: ‘No!’ And we will admit, it can make us sound like hand-wringing naysayers, always seeing the glass as half empty. (In our defense, we have each spent two decades trying to successfully launch a combined six children into the world. Saying no is a big part of that. Honestly, we are both fun at parties.) But isn’t securing population and economic growth a basic function of government? No, it isn’t.” (11/04/25)

https://showmeinstitute.org/blog/municipal-policy/whats-a-city-to-do/

Source: spiked
by Roby Lyons

“Smoking rates have been falling steadily for decades, with or without government intervention, and in the past 15 years a significant factor has been smokers switching voluntarily to reduced-risk products such as vapes and, more recently, nicotine pouches. Despite that, successive governments (Conservative and now Labour) are determined to hasten a ‘smoke-free’ society by banning the sale of tobacco to future generations of adults. … This may be creeping prohibition, but it is prohibition nonetheless. Banning future generations of adults from purchasing tobacco is an astonishing example of the ‘government knows best’ mentality.” (11/04/25)

https://archive.is/pgcsA