Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave delivers a radar on President Trump floating ‘regime change’ in Iran after U.S. military’s successful strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.” (06/23/25)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/5364045-rising-june-23-2025/
Source: CounterPunch
by Michael Hudson
“Opponents of the war with Iran say that the war is not in American interests, seeing that Iran does not pose any visible threat to the United States. This appeal to reason misses the Neocon logic that has guided U.S. foreign policy for more than a half century, and which is now threatening to engulf the Middle East in the most violent war since Korea. That logic is so aggressive, so repugnant to most people, so much in violation of the basic principles of international law, the United Nations and the U.S. Constitution, that there is an understandable shyness in the authors of this strategy to spell out what is at stake.” (06/23/25)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/23/why-america-is-at-war-with-iran/
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxis rolled out for the first time on roads in Austin, Texas on Sunday. In videos shared by Tesla on X, a small group of invited analysts, influencers and shareholders were shown participating in paid rides. The small number of vehicles deployed had a human safety operator in the passenger seat, according to reports. Analysts said the ‘low-key’ robotaxi launch highlights Tesla’s big bid to compete with existing self-driving taxi operators in the US and China, as the sector grows.
Musk congratulated Tesla’s artificial intelligence and chip design teams on the launch in a post on X, writing that it was ‘the culmination of a decade of hard work.’ ‘Both the AI chip and software teams were built from scratch within Tesla,’ he added.” (06/23/25)
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Josh Stylman
“The world’s a screaming match — doctors, economists, influencers, all clawing for their slice of truth. Nobody’s listening, and nobody’s seeing the whole damn picture. We have more information than ever, but we’re dumber where it counts, stuck in a loop of shouting past each other. This isn’t just politics or algorithm nonsense; it’s the cult of specialization — our worship of experts who know everything about nothing.” (06/23/25)
https://brownstone.org/articles/how-specialization-enables-systemic-evil/
Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner
“Once again, Benjamin Netanyahu has manipulated a U.S. president into not just accepting his military decisions, but following his lead. When it came to Israel’s brutal annihilation of Gaza, Joe Biden went along passively. But Israeli attacks and assassinations in Iran produced in Trump nothing so much as envy. Trump signed on with relish. And just as Israel’s bombing of nuclear sites in Iran proved a distraction from Bibi’s political woes and raised his popularity, American military action might do the same for Trump. It’s now clear that Trump and Netanyahu, despite deceptions signaling a U.S. preference for diplomacy, were in cahoots all along. The first deception was a planned negotiating session between the Iranians and Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff, scheduled for Sunday, June 15. The Iranians reasonably assumed that, with negotiations pending, no Israeli attack was imminent. Netanyahu then launched his attack early Friday.” (06/23/25)
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-06-23-what-if-trumps-iran-gamble-pays-off/
Source: Engadget
“US congressional staffers have reportedly been told that they’re no longer allowed to use WhatsApp on government devices. The House of Representatives’ chief administrative officer (CAO) is said to have informed workers on Monday that the app — including the mobile, desktop and web-based versions — is not permitted on House-managed devices. ‘The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption and potential security risks involved with its use,’ the CAO wrote in an email, according to Axios.” (06/23/25)
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“FFF president Jacob Hornberger responds to a newly published joint podcast by noted libertarians Bob Murphy and Adam Hamon on the subject of immigration.” (06/23/25)
Source: Law & Liberty
by Donald Devine
“No one in Washington seems very serious about solving our economic problems — perhaps only a true crisis can shake the politicians awake.” (06/23/25)
Source: The Hill
“The Supreme Court turned away Virginia’s appeal on Monday that sought to quash a challenge to the state’s lifetime voting ban for people convicted of felonies, allowing the lawsuit to move ahead toward trial. Two disenfranchised voters claim the ban violates the Virginia Readmission Act, a federal law that set conditions for Virginia to regain congressional representation following the Civil War. Lower courts allowed the lawsuit to move forward, saying courts can enforce the Readmission Act and that the state doesn’t have 11th Amendment immunity. Virginia’s Republican-controlled attorney general’s office, however, argued that would open the ‘floodgates’ and mark a ‘radical change in the law.’ … In a brief order, the Supreme Court declined to take up the case. A federal district judge is set to hold a bench trial in October in the case.” (06/23/25)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5364081-supreme-court-virginia-felon-voting-ban/
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“When President Jimmy Carter broke his 1976 campaign pledge by adding another Cabinet-level department to the federal roster, he swore that a ‘separate Cabinet-level department will enable the Federal government to be a true partner with State, local, and private education institutions in sustaining and improving the quality of our education system.’ On March 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at shutting down Carter’s Department of Education, fulfilling his campaign promise to reduce federal involvement in education. This was popular because everybody who’s not a bureaucrat or a teachers’ union agent knows that federal involvement in schooling, since Carter’s time, has been, not just a waste, but a detriment.” (06/23/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/06/23/education-function-injunction/