Year Zero with Tommy Salmons, 07/27/26
Source: Libertarian Institute
“John and I discuss the evils of men, changing ourselves, and reading the preface to Ordinary Men.” (07/27/26)
The Meaning of Fedorov’s Firing
Source: The American Conservative
by Ted Snider & Nicolai N Petro
“On January 14, 2026, Mykhailo Fedorov was appointed Ukraine’s minister of defense. Just six months later, he was dismissed. One of Fedorov’s principal tasks, bigger even than addressing the shortage of Patriot interceptors, had been reforming his country’s recruitment and mobilization system. But manpower shortages remain a chronic issue …. But the real reason behind his firing may be something else—namely the risk of exposing the popular myth of how Ukraine has turned the tide both in the war and in its internal fight against domestic corruption.” (07/27/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-meaning-of-fedorovs-firing/
Brazil: Regime recalls ambassador to Argentina after Milei attacks Lula
Source: Reuters
“Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires after Argentine President Javier Milei used a trip to the country to criticize its leaders and judiciary, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. In his second visit to the country, Milei arrived in Brazil on Friday to throw his weight behind Senator Flavio Bolsonaro’s presidential run. The eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday officially launched his bid to unseat Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been extending his lead ahead of October´s elections. … The two countries have a virtually non-existent diplomatic relationship. Milei has not sought an official meeting with Lula on either trip to Brazil, nor has the Brazilian leader shown any interest in hosting him.” (07/26/26)
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 07/26/26
Source: Antiwar.com
“US Pauses Attacks on Iran After 13 Nights of Bombing, Ukraine Attacks Iranian Ship, and More.” (07/26/26)
I can’t believe liberals [sic] are calling homeschooling child abuse
Source: USA Today
by Theresa Olohan
“Homeschooling rates have steadily risen since the COVID-19 pandemic, when the difficulties of remote learning inspired many parents to pull their kids from school. This era exposed many parents to the widespread failures of the American education system. Many were confused why skyrocketing educational spending was not reversing plummeting student achievement nationwide.” (07/26/26)
The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg, 07/27/26
Source: The Dispatch
“Small Yet Beautiful in Communist China | Interview: Audrye Wong.” (07/27/26)
The US Pause in Iran War Escalation Probably Won’t Last
Source: Mother Jones
by Alex Nguyen
“Since the US and Israel first struck Iran in February, the Trump administration has several times stopped fighting to negotiate, only to later escalate the war again. This may be because, as Michael Froman of the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan US foreign policy think tank, wrote on Friday, Trump is taking a middle-ground, simultaneous military and diplomacy approach to prevent extreme political fallout. He wants to avoid complete targeting of Iranian critical infrastructure and seizing oil with a military invasion or conceding to Iranian control of oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.” (07/26/26)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/the-us-pause-in-iran-war-escalation-probably-wont-last/
Data Centers Aren’t the Problem. Scarcity Politics Is.
Source: Townhall
by Jen Springman
“The future is arriving, and America is entering a new infrastructure age. Much of the political class is succumbing to a familiar temptation: slow it down by stoking fear of the unknown and imagining worst-case scenarios without acknowledging the benefits. Nowhere is this clearer than with data centers.” (07/27/26)
Judge limits BBC from relitigating Beer Belly Putsch in Trump’s frivolous defamation suit
Source: Fox News
“A federal judge last week drew a sharp line around President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC, ruling the broadcaster can probe how Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech was understood by the public — but cannot relitigate the riot at the U.S. Capitol itself. … Trump filed a lawsuit against the BBC in December in a personal capacity for both defamation and for a violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act for $5 billion apiece, seeking $10 billion total.” (07/26/26)
It’s Time to Use the Strait of Hormuz to Demilitarize the Persian Gulf
Source: exile in happy valley
by Nicky Reid
“Even with much of their leadership and infrastructure decapitated over the last several months, the skeleton crew that remains of the Islamic Republic continues to maintain a slight upper hand over their colossal foes simply by using the Strait of Hormuz to create a heavy economic price for an oil-dependent globalized economy actively colluding with American imperialism and Israeli genocide. This is the only reason why Donald Trump pretends to play ceasefire on-and-off like a psychotic game of red-light-green-light. That rapist and his cuckholds in Tel Aviv are attempting to feign diplomacy just long enough to keep the world economy from imploding, at least until after the midterms, but those already desperate acts have been badly botched by an unexpected third party in the Persian Gulf named Oman.” (07/26/26)
https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2026/07/its-time-to-use-strait-of-hormuz-to.html