Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Pentagon contractor Elon Musk, currently the richest person alive, has posted a video clip showing off how people can use his AI video generation tool Grok Imagine to create the image of a woman’s face saying ‘I will always love you.’ The AI-generated clip looks fake and creepy, and everything about Musk’s post is downright depressing. But it’s not quite as fake, creepy and depressing as the capitalist dystopia which birthed it. … The underlying argument for continuing with the capitalism experiment even though it’s destroying our ecosystem is that these megabillionaires will save us all with green energy and carry humanity’s surplus population out into the stars to colonize the galaxy, which is a terrible vision for the future in and of itself. But that isn’t even happening.” (11/11/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/11/11/this-is-all-our-rulers-are-offering-us/
Source: Live Science
“Astronomers have detected the first-ever ‘radio signal’ coming from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, right as it passed the halfway mark on its oneway trip through the solar system. And while this may seem like ostensible proof of the comet’s supposed alien origins — it’s actually the complete opposite. … the signals did not have a technological origin. Instead, they are the result of specific wavelength absorption related to the presence of hydroxyl radicals, or OH molecules, in the comet’s coma. These radicals are formed by the breakdown of water molecules as they are ejected from the comet via a natural process known as outgassing, which is a clear sign of cometary activity, according to a 2016 study.” (11/11/25)
https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/astronomers-detect-first-radio-signal-from-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-but-it-wasnt-aliens
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“President Trump’s Wars on Trade and Drugs.” (11/11/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6pFqdPA7N8
Source: USA Today
by Dace Potas
“The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Nov. 5 in a case challenging the validity of President Donald Trump’s tariff authority. After listening to those arguments, a few things are clear. The tariff authority belongs to Congress, and in the cases that its members delegate that authority, they are clear about doing so. Trump cites imprecise language, not meant to authorize tariffs, bent to meet his needs. Congress should have stepped in to clarify that authority, but instead, the Supreme Court is once again forced to answer questions borne from congressional inaction. The Supreme Court should curb Trump’s tariff authority, even if the president will lash out at the justices for doing so.” (11/11/25)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/11/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-arguments-congress-failure/87140297007/
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Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“Many years ago I noticed that being paid to give a speech felt better than being paid to be a professor even though it was much less money. My payment for a speech was by people who wanted to hear it. My pay as a professor was decided by administrators, only indirectly by the students who were the consumers of what I was producing. It felt to my intuition less real, less something I deserved. I got the same pleasure out of collecting royalties when my books were first published. A friend and fellow professor who was also a serious gambler, a card counter at blackjack, told me that the money he got the most pleasure from was money he won from other players in open combat. I conclude that for me, perhaps for many others, being paid for something cuts both ways.” (11/11/25)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/trade-and-status
Source: TomDispatch
by Kelly Denton-Borhaug
“It’s been a while since I’ve written for TomDispatch, and there’s a reason for that. About 16 months ago, I experienced a catastrophic car crash. An SUV veered across the double yellow line of the highway I was traveling on and hit my little Chevy Spark head-on — on the driver’s side. I’ve been told that I’m lucky to be alive. I was left with multiple injuries and have been on the slow road to recovery. I’ve always seen myself as a person who pushes forward to overcome obstacles. Since the collision, however, doing so has become more complicated, because I’m learning that recovery is a long road, filled with detours I couldn’t have predicted. Time and again, my expectations have been turned upside down. I’ve had to take deep breaths, sit back, and pay close attention.” (11/11/25)
https://tomdispatch.com/military-moral-injury-violence-and-the-parable-of-the-guinea-worm/
Source: The Mirror
“Part of a newly opened bridge collapsed in China’s Sichuan province on Tuesday after authorities closed it to all traffic the previous day when cracks appeared on nearby hills and roads. The Hongqi bridge, part of a national highway connecting China to neighboring Tibet, was a 2,500-foot structure that had been in operation for less than a year. Video of the collapse showed a landslide of rock and debris pouring onto the bridge until part of it crumbled into the river below in a plume of dust. Authorities did not report any casualties.” (11/11/25)
https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/breaking-2500-foot-hongqi-bridge-1499557
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“One thing I appreciate about my weekly chat with Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos is that he’s the kind of friend who will tell you the truth as opposed to what you want to hear. We all need a friend like that.” (11/11/25)
https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-frzf4-19bdc55
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Ted Galen Carpenter
“President Donald Trump professed to be extremely pleased with the results of his recent summit meeting with Xi Jinping in South Korea. Indeed, with his typical hyperbole, he rated it ‘a 12 out of 10.’ Trump expressed special satisfaction with the conclusion of new trade agreements that significantly eased bilateral economic tensions between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In what amounted to a casual comment, he also stated that he had received a pledge from Xi that the PRC would not take any military action to change Taiwan’s political status during the remainder of Trump’s term. Interestingly, neither the United States nor PRC documents summarizing the summit indicated that the Taiwan issue was discussed at all — a very surprising omission given the usual importance of the topic.” (11/11/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/will-taiwan-make-noise-in-trumps-second-term
