Source: Antiwar.com
by Yves Engler

“Since Donald Trump began his second term, the US has bombed nine countries/territories. According to New America, the Trump administration has hit Somalia 211 times. Over the past thirteen months 71 US maritime strikes in the hemisphere have killed over 200 and in January US forces killed nearly 100 when they kidnapped Venezuela’s President. An eight-week US bombing campaign of Yemen last year killed at least 224 civilians as part of an effort to enable Israel’s genocide and last month the Trump administration gave the Jewish supremacist state $2.8 billion worth of mostly 2,000-pound bombs. Over 40 days at the start of the year the US launched 10,000 strikes on Iran. In one attack, 120 schoolgirls were killed. Carney has either supported or ignored all of that violence. But the prime minister responded to the US president announcing a plan to purchase Russian diesel as a threat to ‘peace’.” (10/22/26)

https://original.antiwar.com/yves_engler/2026/10/21/curious-what-canadas-pm-considers-threat-to-peace/

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Bill Budington & Rory Mir

“An open internet where people can freely build, share, and remix each other’s work is a powerful engine of grassroots innovation we’ve all benefited from. In recent decades, however, corporations have taken control of an increasing share of this work, giving them a greater ability to stifle challengers and limit our choices. When regulators address this by mandating that tech giants play fair by requiring interoperability, the gatekeepers respond with a tired refrain: Playing fair puts users’ security at risk. Unfortunately for these trillion-dollar companies, this gotcha isn’t the end of the conversation. Regulators can ensure that meaningful choice and security thrive.” (10/21/26)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/interoperability-vs-security-why-not-both

Source: Independent Institute
by Daniel Sánchez-Piñol

“The architects of Proposition 40—California’s proposed 5 percent tax on billionaire net worth—say they want to tame inequality. But in their rush to redistribute wealth, they risk undermining something more fundamental: the rule of law. F.A. Hayek warned that the crusade for ‘social justice’ inevitably collides with the rule of law. The design of Prop 40 proves this point. According to Hayek, laws should meet three basic criteria: they should be non-retroactive, predictable in their consequences, and general rather than tailored to particular people or circumstances. Prop 40 fails on all three.” (10/21/26)

https://www.independent.org/article/2026/10/21/californias-wealth-tax-fails-hayeks-rule-of-law-test/

Source: Fox News
by Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, (ret.)

“Russian missiles keep falling on Ukrainian cities while Washington holds up approval of Patriot interceptor transfers to Ukraine, according to The Washington Post. A Ukrainian official told the Post that only ‘a couple’ of interceptors remained. President Donald Trump wants this war to end, and that goal deserves support. But a deal that squeezes only Ukraine is not a peace plan, and right now Kyiv absorbs the pressure while Moscow collects the relief. Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged on Oct. 20 that a batch bought for Kyiv may not have been delivered, but he rejected any political motive. ‘There’s nothing being deliberately denied to Ukraine,’ he said. So is Washington protecting scarce supplies, applying negotiating pressure or both? Americans deserve an answer, including what concessions Washington expects from Russian President Vladimir Putin.” (10/22/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-trying-art-deal-ukraine-what-must-putin-give-up

Source: American Greatness
by Bart Marcois

“Protecting a country and protecting its bureaucracy are not the same job. That distinction offers the strongest explanation of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s security shake-up. It also reveals a connection with President Donald Trump that goes beyond their political personalities: a shared determination to restore democratic accountability to national security institutions that have become insulated from the governments they are supposed to serve. What happens when intelligence institutions, bureaucratic interests, and political power become so intertwined that protecting the establishment takes precedence over protecting the state? The current Czech government faces this problem, just as President Trump has. Throughout the previous administration of Prime Minister Petr Fiala, opposition figures from Babiš’s ANO movement and the populist Motoristé party repeatedly accused the government of weaponizing national security rhetoric to discredit political opponents. Labels such as ‘pro-Russian,’ ‘undemocratic’ and ‘security threat’ became familiar weapons in political debate.” (10/22/26)

https://amgreatness.com/2026/10/22/reining-in-the-national-security-establishment-euro-edition/