Source: Common Dreams
“As its genocidal actions in Gaza become more brazen by the day, support for Israel among Americans has reached a record low. According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 60% of voters across all parties now say they oppose the United States sending more military aid to Israel, while just 32% say they support it. The pollster said it was the greatest amount of opposition it has recorded for the US-Israel alliance since it first asked the question in November 2023. Opposition is even stronger among Democratic voters: 75% of them now oppose sending military aid to Israel, compared with just 18% who still support it. Also for the first time ever in a Quinnipiac poll, more voters, 37% (an all-time high), said they sympathized with the Palestinians compared with just 36% (an all-time low) who said they sympathized with the Israelis.” (08/28/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/majority-oppose-israel-weapons
Source: Engadget
“Typepad, a blogging service that launched in the same year as WordPress, has announced that it’s shutting down on September 30. ‘We have made the difficult decision to discontinue Typepad,’ its team said in a post. Several major publications used it as a backend for their websites in its early years, and it even released an app in 2008, but it soon fell behind WordPress in popularity. The service stopped accepting new signups sometime in 2020 but continued supporting its old customers. … After September 30, users will no longer be able to access their account management settings, their blogs and all associated content. Everything will be deactivated permanently. They will, however, be able to export their content before September 30 in Movable Type Import Format, which they can then upload to WordPress.” (08/28/25)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/early-blogging-service-typepad-is-shutting-down-for-good-130033731.html
Source: Show-Me Institute
“Missouri’s Nuclear Opportunity with Avery Frank.” (08/28/25)
https://showmeinstitute.org/blog/economy/missouris-nuclear-opportunity-with-avery-frank/
Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“The Trump administration has made famine denialism the official policy of the United States: ‘The US rejected a United Nations-backed report that declared a famine in Gaza, breaking with other members of the UN Security Council as it denied that Israel was engaged in a ‘policy of starvation’ in the enclave as part of the war with Hamas.’ The U.S. position is unsurprising, but it is despicable. Denying the famine in Gaza is another black mark on our country’s reputation.” (08/28/25)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/the-trump-administrations-famine
Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter
“Why is Kilmar Abrego Garcia back in the United States? He was out, he was gone, and now he’s back. Why? Incompetent leadership at the Justice Department, that’s why. And it is unforgivable. Kilmar, the illegal [sic] alien from El Salvador – who may or may not be a gang member, may or may not have beaten his then girlfriend, now wife, and may or may not have helped traffic human beings for whatever purpose – needs to be the hell out of here as soon as possible. I don’t care where he goes, I care that he goes.” [editor’s note: You first, Hunter – TLK] (08/28/25)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2025/08/28/get-kilmar-the-hell-out-of-the-country-n2662433
Source: Politico
“Hungary will impose sanctions on the Ukrainian military officer behind an attack on a key oil pipeline feeding the country, Budapest’s top envoy said Thursday, marking the latest step in an escalating feud between the two countries over Russian energy supplies. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said the commander would be banned from entering the country and the ‘entire Schengen area’ after Ukrainian drones and rockets last week hit the Druzhba pipeline in Russia, which supplies over half of Budapest’s oil imports. The officer was later confirmed as Robert Brovdi, a Hungarian-origin commander who heads the Unmanned Systems Forces in Ukraine’s army …. Responding to the announcement, Brovdi told Szijjártó he was ‘complicit in the multiplication of blood money’ by campaigning to keep Russian oil flowing to Hungary. ‘Shove your sanctions and restrictions on visiting Hungary up your ass,’ he added, in a Facebook post.” (08/28/25)
https://archive.is/K87y9
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
“Civil rights, hate speech, and the First Amendment.” (08/28/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/podcasts/so-speak-free-speech-podcast/civil-rights-hate-speech-and-first-amendment
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Alan Mosley
“The Enlightenment produced many innovators, but few have left a legacy as contentious and influential as John Locke. Born in Wrington, Somerset on August 29, 1632, Locke wrote the political treatises that shaped England’s Glorious Revolution and later guided the American Revolution. Libertarians still appeal to Locke when debating self‑ownership, property rights, consent, and the scope of government. To celebrate his birthday tomorrow, let’s trace how Locke’s writings help to lay the groundwork for American libertarianism.” (08/28/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/john-locke-and-the-libertarian-tradition
Source: The Daily Economy
by Peter C Earle
“In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are transformed into talking points and wielded to justify policies as much as to describe reality. A monthly jobs report, a quarterly GDP release, or an inflation figure splashed across financial headlines is treated with the solemnity of a laboratory result. Markets react, central bankers pontificate, and legislators posture — all on the basis of a handful of daunting numbers. Yet beneath the veneer of rigor lies a reality that economists have long known but the public too rarely hears: economic measurement is messy, contingent, and riven with flaws.” (08/28/25)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/economic-measurement-and-the-mirage-of-exactness/
Source: SFGate
“Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan’s populous eastern Punjab province Thursday, after three major rivers burst their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from overflowing dams in neighboring India. The floods displaced nearly 250,000 people and officials said more than 1 million people were affected, with crops and businesses destroyed and many unable to leave their homes. At least 15 people were killed a day earlier in Gujranwala district and nearby villages, according to police. Forecasters said more rain was expected Friday, after a two-day pause, and could continue into next week. Marriyum Aurangzeb, senior minister of Punjab province, said floods hit 1,432 villages located along the Ravi, Sutlej and Chenab rivers, affecting about 1.2 million people and displacing 248,000 others.” (08/28/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/floods-affect-1-2-million-displace-nearly-21019307.php
