Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Last week, Jeffrey Tucker, a columnist for the Epoch Times and the president of the Brownstone Institute, authored a piece entitled ‘Why We Need Border Control’ (paywall), in which he explained his reasons for abandoning the libertarian position favoring open borders and adopting the Republican-Democratic position favoring government-controlled borders. In my new book The Case for Open Borders: A Primer (available for one dollar at Amazon in both Kindle and Audible formats), I addressed most of the arguments that Tucker raised to justify his abandonment of libertarian principle with respect to immigration, but what I stated in my book deserves repeating.” (11/04/25)
https://www.fff.org/2025/11/04/should-libertarians-abandon-principle-on-immigration/
Source: New York Post
“The US has presented the United Nations Security Council with a draft resolution to establish an international force to govern and protect Gaza for the next two years, according to a report. The proposed resolution, sent to security-council members Monday, would give the US and its allied nations a broad mandate to oversee Gaza in place of Hamas and provide security through the end of 2027, Axios reported. The component of an International Security Force was a key part of President Trump’s cease-fire deal to maintain peace between Israel and Gaza.” (11/04/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/11/04/world-news/us-presents-plan-for-international-security-force-for-gaza-report/
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Jim Bovard
“Some folks who know my work presume that I am implacably opposed to all federal agencies. Not true. I have always appreciated federal agencies who exposed the waste, fraud, abuse, and brazen lies committed by politicians and bureaucrats. The second Trump administration has warred against such truth tellers since its first week in office. On January 24, President Donald Trump fired seventeen inspector generals working for a wide array of federal agencies. … Trump is repeating the same anti-oversight jihad that the George W. Bush administration launched earlier this century.” (11/04/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/trumps-war-on-truth-tellers
Source: New York Times
“Dick Cheney, widely regarded as the most powerful vice president in American history … died Monday. He was 84. The cause was complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family. … A consummate Washington insider, Mr. Cheney was an architect and executor of President Bush’s major initiatives: deploying military power to advance the cause of democracy abroad, championing tax cuts and a robust economy at home, and strengthening the powers of a presidency that, as both men saw it, had been unjustifiably restrained by Congress and the courts in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal.” (11/04/25)
https://archive.is/bt7aR
Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Jaimie Cavanaugh & Caleb O Brown
“In May, a Powell County paramedic saved snake expert Jim Harrison’s life after a bite from a Jameson’s mamba. Harrison called for emergency transport, but before the helicopter arrived, local paramedic Eddie Barnes acted swiftly to assist. Harrison, who keeps his own antivenom on hand because time is critical following a snake bite, begged Barnes to administer the antidote, saying he would die without it. Out of caution, Barnes called Clark Regional Medical Center, where an emergency room doctor granted him permission to administer the antivenom. Instead of celebrating Barnes, the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services notified him that his emergency medical services (EMS) license was at risk of revocation. Following a rule change two years ago, only wilderness paramedics are permitted to administer antivenom in Kentucky.” (11/04/25)
https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/certificate-of-need-laws-cutting-access-to-ky-health-care-are-overdue-for-reform/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Peru has severed diplomatic relations with Mexico after accusing it of granting asylum to a former Peruvian prime minister who is on trial over an alleged coup attempt in 2022. The announcement on Monday came hours after former Prime Minister Betssy Chavez – who served under former President Pedro Castillo – fled to the Mexican Embassy in Peru. … While Castillo has been in preventive custody since his impeachment, Chavez was released on bail in September. Prosecutors had sought a 25-year term for Chavez for allegedly participating in Castillo’s plan to dissolve Congress.” (11/04/25)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/4/peru-cuts-ties-with-mexico-over-asylum-for-ex-prime-minister
Source: Law & Liberty
by John David Rosenthal
“The effects of the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) on freedom of speech have been a topic of heated debate in Washington and beyond. The DSA, which was passed in 2022 and came largely into force by mid-2023, is the EU’s flagship online regulatory legislation. It is supposed to ensure a ‘safe online environment,’ but to this end requires online platforms — in particular, social media platforms — to implement robust ‘content moderation’ measures. … Given that the Internet is global, the issue, as raised, for instance, by the House Judiciary Committee in a recent interim staff report on the DSA, is whether the required ‘content moderation’ implies censorship not just of Europeans, but indeed of the entire world, including Americans.” (11/04/25)
https://lawliberty.org/a-european-threat-to-the-first-amendment/
Source: New York Post
by staff
“President Donald Trump moved Monday to blunt the pain Democrats are inflicting on food-stamp families with their government shutdown, which will be the longest ever if it continues through Wednesday. Rather than cut off payments after the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ran out of cash this weekend, Trump & Co. will cover at least partial benefits, using money from a contingency fund meant for food during natural disasters. The president doesn’t want to see the 42 million Americans who depend on food stamps have to struggle any more than necessary — plus, as ever, he’s complying with valid court orders directing the payments to continue (even if the judges in question are likely to be overruled by higher courts). ‘President Trump wants to make sure that people get their food benefit,’ noted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday.” (11/03/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/opinion/trump-offers-food-stamp-relief-to-dems-hostages-as-the-shutdown-nears-record-length/
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“Tommy Robinson has been cleared of a terror-related offence after being accused over a refusal to give police access to his phone during a border stop. A judge ruled that the stop was unlawful because it was based on what the far-right activist ‘stood for’ and his beliefs, rather than suspicions of a connection to terrorism. Following his acquittal, Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, thanked the US tech billionaire Elon Musk, who he said had funded his legal costs in the case.” (11/04/25)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/04/tommy-robinson-cleared-terror-related-offence-phone-code-refusal
Source: Yascha Mounk
“Joseph Heath on the Death of Marxism.” (11/04/25)
https://yaschamounk.substack.com/p/joseph-heath
