Source: Libertarian Institute
by Ted Snider

“Trump’s team is crafting a narrative that provides them with an off ramp to a war they have lost that tells the story of a war they have won. The U.S. had no legal reason for its war on Iran, and what publicly stated reasons they had were forever shifting. But there seem to have been four key goals: 1. Regime change. 2. Removing Iran’s ballistic missile program. 3. Severing Iran from its forward deterrent network, or proxies. 4. Zero enrichment of uranium. … The rest is fiction: a narrative fiction crafted by Trump’s team to give them a way to tell an angry and betrayed public that they won the war when none of the goals – and all of the nightmares — have been achieved.” (05/06/26)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/trumps-self-serving-narrative-crashes-against-the-reality-of-war/

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“‘It is in my memory banks,’ Eric Peters wrote last month, referencing an android on an old Star Trek episode, ‘the long-ago time when GM was a car company.’ Yes, in the “long-ago” they ‘made an almost infinite variety of vehicles to suit almost any need and budget, all of them designed and engineered to free their owners. Some were utilitarian. Others were beautiful. Some were arrogant. None were parenting. They were made by adults who respected other adults. What became of that GM?’ The answer? Government.” (05/06/26)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/05/05/killer-cars-for-your-safety/

Source: The Dispatch
by Jacob Gaba

“The Department of Justice’s recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey has been rightly criticized as flimsy and an affront to the First Amendment. This is nothing more than a naked use of federal authority to intimidate a notable critic of President Donald Trump. It’s also something that should make conservatives uneasy. The Republican Party won’t always control the government, but by treating hostile political symbolism as a threat, the Department of Justice has opened a door that future administrations may be all too willing to walk through.” (05/06/26)

https://archive.is/zNLIX

Source: The Pamphleteer
by Davis Hunt

“It’s official. Mayor Freddie O’Connell is running again. His decision breaks the ten-year streak of mayors who have ducked out of a second term, whether of their own volition or due to criminal negligence. ‘The next four years are about turning progress into permanence,’ O’Connell said. For decades, Nashville steeped in the cultural ferment of the country without drawing too much attention outside the Southeast. That all changed as Nashville’s explosive growth coincided with the cultural ascendancy of country music. Nashville is understood in the wider culture as a Red City. Country music, the horses out in Franklin, and lake culture all intertwine to give the area a distinctly Republican appeal – not to mention the makeup of the state government.” (05/06/26)

https://pamphleteer.co/newsletter/the-cost-of-apathy/

Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum

“The president is not shy about using government power to punish people for saying things that offend him.” (05/06/26)

https://reason.com/2026/05/06/trumps-responses-to-kimmel-and-comey-highlight-his-disregard-for-freedom-of-speech/