Source: The Daily Economy
by David Hebert
“A tariff may look like a uniform tax. In practice, exemptions give politically connected firms an advantage.” (09/24/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/tariff-exemptions-are-big-business-for-big-business/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Romina Boccia
“Delaying Social Security reform would spare politicians difficult choices today while leaving taxpayers with a much larger bill tomorrow.” (09/24/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-46-trillion-price-of-avoiding-social-security-reform/
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“The FBI is investigating a claim by a cyber-crime group that it has stolen sensitive information on all bureau staff – around 38,000 people. The group, Shiny Hunters, says it has every agent’s name, role, badge number and personal details including home address, phone numbers and spouse information. Professor Ciaran Martin, the former head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, said – if confirmed – it was ‘as serious as it gets when it comes to data breaches.’ In a statement posted on X, the FBI said it was aware of the claim and the agency was ‘actively and aggressively investigating the matter’. The criminals claim to have breached the FBI’s servers on Monday night and began contacting reporters on Tuesday sharing samples and screenshots of the stolen data.” (09/24/26)
Source: Libertarian Institute
“We bring back Lt.Col. Karen Kwiatkowski to react to the long-awaited 60 Minutes appearance by the rescued Iran shootdown survivor known as ‘Bravo’ and to explain why the interview lands as flat, scripted, and oddly incomplete.” (09/23/26)
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Jack Hunter
‘Candidates in tight midterm races are trying to distance themselves from the president and his Middle East mess, citing — you guessed it — the economy.” (09/24/26)
Source: The American Prospect
by Gillian Brockell
“A Peruvian man threatened with removal to the Central African Republic is safe for now after an appeals court reiterated late Wednesday night that its decision last week overturning the Trump administration’s third-country removal policy was effective immediately. But hours after that decision came down, flight data shows an ICE charter jet landed in two known third-country removal ‘host’ countries in Africa, while another appeared to be heading toward the continent, raising the possibility that other immigrants may have been or are about to be removed unlawfully. The Peruvian man, identified in court filings as ‘John Doe,’ has judicial protections from deportation to Peru and has been held in ICE custody in Massachusetts since July, one of his attorneys previously told the Prospect.” (09/24/26)
Source: Newser
“The man once known only as the ‘Unknown Wanderer’ in Boise now has a name—and a curious tie to one of the country’s most infamous unsolved crimes, CBS News reports. Idaho investigators say the man found dead by cyanide in a Boise church in December 1982 has been identified via DNA as Dr. Mathew Francis Betkouski, a chemist with a long-standing obsession with poisons. While authorities aren’t formally tying him to Chicago’s 1982 ‘Tylenol Murders,’ in which seven people were killed by cyanide-laced Tylenol, investigators have revealed evidence that appears to possibly link him to the cold case. He had a history of working in drugstores, and colleagues recalled him having a fascination with carrying out the ‘perfect crime,’ the AP reports.” (09/24/26)
https://www.newser.com/story/396962/unknown-wanderer-may-be-linked-to-1982-tylenol-murders.html
Source: The Blessings of Liberty with Jeffrey Rosen
“America’s First Celebrity: The Life of John Dickinson.” (09/24/26)
https://rosenjeffrey.substack.com/p/americas-first-celebrity-the-life
Source: USA Today
by Rex Huppke
“In America right now, the people are shouting, ‘Gas prices! Food prices! Health care costs!’ And the Republican Party, six weeks out from the midterm elections, is responding: ‘What’s that? You want us to fight with the media? Or how about we get mad about this issue nobody has ever heard of because it’s something we made up?’ It’s as if the words ‘read the room’ never entered the GOP’s lexicon.” (09/24/26)
Source: The American Conservative
by Doug Bandow
“If Trump wants the credit, he must also take the blame.” (09/24/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-presidents-irresponsible-power/