Source: The Watch
by Radley Balko

“Lawyers dealing with bitemark evidence were often in a no-win position in the 1990s. This was the heyday of forensic odontology. Defense attorneys generally chose one of two options: they could either attack the field broadly as unscientific and illegitimate, or they could bring in their own bitemark analyst to counter the state’s witness. In an ideal world, defense attorneys would have attacked the field — because it isn’t legitimate. There is no scientific foundation for the idea that bite marks on human skin can be matched to one person to the exclusion of everyone else. … Once courts started accepting bitemark evidence as legitimate, most defense attorneys decided that it was a waste of time and resources to challenge the field as a whole. So they went for option two: calling their own bitemark analysts to counter state experts.” (09/14/26)

https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-framing-of-chris-duncan-part

Source: Fox News
by Mehek Cooke

“Democrats in Washington have committed the party’s newest unforgivable offense: representing the American people. Democratic Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington broke with their party Sept. 1 to advance a procedural rule allowing the House to consider Golden’s Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act and a resolution condemning socialism. The rule passed 210–208, with five Republicans opposed, making their votes decisive. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democratic leaders accused them of blindsiding the caucus, called their decision ‘a significant breach of trust’ requiring ‘a serious response’ and asked the Committee on Caucus Rules to review the matter. Think about the political message Democrats sent: Helping Maine lobstermen fight burdensome regulations and allowing Congress to vote on a resolution condemning socialism are now acts of political blasphemy inside the Democratic Party. Democrats will insist their outrage is about House procedure and not lobstermen.” (09/14/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-punish-members-put-working-americans-ahead-party-loyalty

Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders

“A mosaic is made of broken things. So is a civilization worth rebuilding. Recently, I found an out-of-print book by an author who is clearly a torchbearer. It struck me that his three spheres illuminated something fundamental. His name was Spencer Heath, and in 1957 he published Citadel, Market and Altar. Heath’s civilization comprises three primary spheres. 1. Citadel is the sphere of protection, where what is vital is secured and defended. 2. Market is a sphere of cooperation where we serve each other in reciprocity and mutual benefit. 3. Altar is the sphere of consecration, where art, philosophy, and divinity express our higher-order aspirations. From a sufficient altitude, we can view underthrow through these spheres.” (09/14/26)

https://underthrow.substack.com/p/forgotten-civilizational-code

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“The other day I saw another great example of the way people in capitalist societies tend to reframe their dumb luck as the result of their own hard work and resourcefulness. At the end of the last season of the surivalist competition Alone Australia, the winner Trent Felton was asked if he felt he’d just gotten lucky catching dozens of fish while all the other contestants starved, and he insisted that his success was actually due to the fact that he had made the wise decision to work hard obtaining food. ‘My strategy when I went out there was food,’ said Felton. ‘I’ve been a big fan of the show for a long time, and I’ve never really seen anyone leave ‘cause their shelter’s not quite up to scratch or anything like that, so from day one priority for me was food.'” (09/12/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/09/11/theres-no-good-reason-why-poverty-should-still-exist/

Source: Law & Liberty
by Thomas Vozar

“Kohn Milton’s Areopagitica reveals the poet’s commitment to freedom as the pursuit of virtue and truth.” (09/14/26)

https://lawliberty.org/classic/liberty-unlicensed/

Source: Foreign Policy
by Julian E Zelizer

“Americans live in a perpetual state of war. Although Congress has not formally declared war since 1942, U.S. presidents have repeatedly deployed troops overseas based on United Nations resolutions, congressional authorizations, or their own executive power—as President Donald Trump has in Iran. But the power that presidents possess in matters of national security is not the product of an inevitable expansion of the executive authority. Congress builds the imperial presidency one step at a time. At key moments in U.S. history and in response to international threats, Congress has made deliberate decisions that have resulted in presidents being allowed to deploy troops and assert executive power over civil liberties. One of the most consequential moments came in the aftermath of the horrific attacks of 9/11.” (09/14/26)

https://archive.is/zAtEl