Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Joshua Mawhorter
“Mainstream conservatives often view themselves as sworn enemies of ‘revisionist history,’ being against books like Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. Doubtless, conservative author, commentator, and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza would also describe himself as an enemy of ‘revisionist history.’ For example, in promotion of one of his films, D’Souza appeared on the Rush Limbaugh show where the headline read: ‘Rush Limbaugh Show: Dinesh D’Souza Debunks Liberal Revisionist History.’ Ironically and unfortunately, when it comes to the Declaration of Independence, D’Souza is a perpetrator and promoter of bad revisionist history.” (08/07/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-and-dinesh-dsouzas-revisionist-history
Source: SFGate
“Reported cases of the parasitic disease cyclosporiasis are on the rise in California, with a total of 215 cases in 2026 so far — more than double the yearly average of 106. The increase in cases comes amid a massive nationwide outbreak of cyclosporiasis, which causes watery and explosive diarrhea along with nausea and weight loss. Currently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported 6,358 confirmed cases of the parasitic disease across 15 states, believed to be linked to iceberg lettuce sold by Taylor Farms. In addition to those cases, multiple smaller cyclospora outbreaks without a known source have been reported by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In total, there are 10,468 laboratory-verified cyclospora cases in the U.S., along with another 12,255 cases under investigation.” (08/07/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-cyclospora-rising-cases-22379221.php
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Senator Rand Paul ‘has it in’ for Fauci — said Dr. Anthony Fauci at last week’s Senate hearing.
The former director of the NIAID and former Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden made it sound like the Kentucky senator was trying to put him in prison. But what Dr. Paul asked of Dr. Fauci was an apology — not jail-time. Why, though? ‘If we don’t want this to happen again, him acknowledging that he was wrong to fund this research will be a word of caution and warning to the next generation of people to come through,’ the senator told Mark Halperin.” (08/07/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/08/07/faucis-the-focal-point/
Source: American Greatness
by Thaddeus G McCotter
“Strolling through a major American urban metropolis, I noticed that the tightly packed homes and squat tri-level apartments and condos had tiny, browning ‘natural gardens’ pocked with the usual virtue-signaling lawn signs setting forth their progressive secular creed’s commandments: ‘kindness always’, ‘hate has no home here’, etc. Yet amidst this self-proclaimed bastion of love and tolerance, I quickly spied an ostensibly contradictory placard in many residential windows and, in fact, on the bumpers of many cars, both rust buckets and some upscale, socially responsible electric ones. Indeed, this sentiment was so prevalent that the host of a YouTube video touring the city’s neighborhoods casually expressed it as an aside and apologized for not stating it in a prior video. What was this urgent statement needing to be publicly proclaimed to one and all by any and all means fair and foul? It was ‘Fuck ICE’.” (08/08/26)
https://amgreatness.com/2026/08/08/another-sign-of-the-times-f-ice/
Source: In These Times
by Branko Marcetic
“Something has shifted among the Democratic electorate. That was already clear from Zohran Mamdani’s trouncing of establishment royalty Andrew Cuomo in the New York mayoral race last year …. it was clear from the primary election in Maine, where Democratic voters rejected their own governor in favor of a left-populist firebrand dogged by scandals who had never held political office. But the victory of Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan over the Israel lobby – backed centrist Rep. Haley Stevens may eclipse even these as both a victory for the broad Left and for anyone who genuinely cares about democracy. No candidate has been outspent to the degree El-Sayed was and still won, however narrowly, with Stevens’s nine-to-one advantage in outside spending funding an endless torrent of TV ads touting a nonexistent endorsement from former President Barack Obama and scurrilously attacking El-Sayed.” (08/07/26)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/abdul-el-sayed-donovan-mckinney-michigan-bernie-sanders-left-aipac
Source: US News & World Report
“Russia has designated the New York-based Human Rights Foundation, chaired by Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, as an ‘undesirable organisation’. The ‘undesirable’ tag is used by Russian authorities to ban the activities of organisations it deems to pose a threat to the state, and means that any Russians who cooperate with them or share their content can face prosecution. In its announcement, the Russian prosecutor’s office noted that HRF had designated Russia as a ‘fully authoritarian regime’ in its ‘Tyranny Tracker’ project. It said HRF was engaged in discrediting the Russian armed forces — which was made a criminal offence after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — as well as promoting anti-Russian sanctions and supporting other undesirable organisations.” (08/07/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-08-07/russia-bans-human-rights-foundation-chaired-by-yulia-navalnaya-as-undesirable
Source: Freakonomics
“He Helped Clean Up the Last Crash. Does He See Another One Coming?” (08/07/26)
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/he-helped-clean-up-the-last-crash-does-he-see-another-one-coming/
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Kerry McDonald
“It is fully within a state legislature’s purview to enact new curriculum policies for public schools in response to constituents’ concerns. It is, however, not within the purview of the federal government. The federal government has no constitutional role in education. Education is not listed among the enumerated powers granted to the federal government by the US Constitution. Any authority around education policy belongs with the states. That is why current efforts to close the US Department of Education, which opened in 1980, or to diminish its role are commendable.” (08/07/26)
https://fee.org/articles/get-the-feds-out-of-curriculum-decisions/
Source: Reuters
“U.S. President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday that the White House said expands the definition of people who are ineligible for birthright citizenship and bans ‘birth tourism.’ Limiting birthright citizenship has been one of the top priorities in the Republican president’s crackdown on immigration. An earlier effort by Trump was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in June, prompting him to call upon Congress to act.” (08/06/26)
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-sign-orders-birthright-citizenship-axios-reports-2026-08-06/
Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“When a thinker publicly changes his mind on major questions, neutral observers normally interpret it as a sign of courage and maturity. Almost no one enjoys admitting they were wrong — and ‘I changed my mind’ is tantamount to ‘I was wrong.’ On reflection, however, this favorable interpretation is premature. Yes, changing your mind because you discover surprising new evidence or arguments is courageous and mature. But what if you change your mind for purely emotional reasons, like ‘The idea that murderers shouldn’t be punished started to disgust me’? Or because you have a falling out with friends who share your views? ‘My girlfriend dumped me, so I left the church.’ Neither of these intellectual paths even hints at courage or maturity. The situation only slightly shifts if you change your mind because you ‘discover’ blatantly obvious evidence or arguments.” (08/06/26)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/i-stopped-being-a-libertarian-because
