Source: SFGate
“Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city has begun, as agents were seen making [abductions] in multiple locations. ‘Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal [sic] aliens hurting them, their families, or their neighbors,’ Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. ‘We are surging DHS law enforcement to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed.’ Local officials including Mayor Vi Lyles criticized such actions, saying in a statement that they ‘are causing unnecessary fear and uncertainty.’ ‘We want people in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County to know we stand with all residents who simply want to go about their lives,’ the statement said. It was also signed by Mecklenburg County Commissioner Mark Jerrell and Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board member Stephanie Sneed.” (11/15/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/homeland-security-immigration-enforcement-21189750.php
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Sascha Hannig
“Communist candidate Jeanette Jara is currently leading in all polls for Chile’s upcoming Presidential election. Scheduled for November 16, 2025, Jara, former labor minister and candidate for President Gabriel Boric’s coalition, looks likely to win, having secured about 30% of the national vote. … Even so, far from turning red, Chile appears more likely to swing right. Three conservative contenders are each vying for dominance, and one of them will almost certainly capture the presidency in a runoff and secure the remaining 60% of national support …. In a vacuum of leadership and alternatives, Jara seems to have been the unifying compromise. In other words, she is the left’s survival candidate.” (11/14/25)
https://fee.org/articles/a-race-for-best-second-place-chiles-presidential-election/
Source: United Press International
“Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed Saturday that it has seized a fuel tanker bound for Singapore from the United Arab Emirates. The IRGC Navy said in a statement the Talara was carrying 30,000 tons of petrochemicals and had been monitoring it after a court ordered the ship’s seizure on Friday morning, according to IRNA, Iran’s official government news agency. … Iran has seized other tankers while often accusing them of carrying illicit cargo, intruding in Iranian waters or in retaliation for the seizure of an Iranian vessel.” (11/15/25)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/11/15/bc0iran-tanker-seized/7421763235788/
Source: New York Times
“Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem | The Ezra Klein Show.” (11/15/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jyDHToxC-4
Source: Washington Post
by George F Will
“With annual deficits approaching $2 trillion even with the economy humming, and with defense spending down to around 3 percent of GDP (above 13 percent during the Korean War; above 9 percent during peak Vietnam), what can cause sustained economic growth of at least 5 percent to cope with the debt’s growth? Artificial intelligence? A risky reliance. Revenue from the president’s perhaps unconstitutional tariffs? A net drag on the economy. A nation that used to borrow for emergencies now is mired in a perpetual emergency because it is borrowing — $2.6 trillion annually projected by 2034 — to fund current consumption of government goods and services.” (11/14/25)
https://archive.is/AL4lB#selection-461.0-501.213
Source: Town Hall
by Mark A Minnella
“The media wants America to panic over another government shutdown, as if life stops when Washington is not spending money. But let us be clear from the start: the shutdown is not the crisis; Congress is the crisis. The true emergency facing this nation is not a temporary pause in government operations; it is a federal government that refuses to stop mortgaging the future of our children and grandchildren. America now owes more than $ 37 trillion, and Congress is adding roughly $ 25 billion to the debt every single day. We now pay over 1 trillion dollars a year in interest alone, more than our entire national defense budget. That is not normal. That is not sustainable. That is national betrayal. This financial disaster was not built by one political party alone.” (11/15/25)
https://townhall.com/columnists/mark-a-minnella/2025/11/15/the-shutdown-isnt-the-crisis-congressional-spending-is-n2666370
Source: SFGate
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalized and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling for a say in a postwar Gaza Strip. The world’s second-oldest serving president (after Cameroon’s 92-year-old Paul Biya), Abbas has been in office for 20 years, and for nearly the entire time has failed to hold elections. His weakness has left Palestinians leaderless, critics say, at a time when they face an existential crisis and hopes for establishing a Palestinian state, the centerpiece of Abbas’[s] agenda, appear dimmer than ever. Palestinians say Israel’s campaign against Hamas that has decimated Gaza amounts to genocide, a view echoed by many international legal experts, organizations and other countries.” (11/15/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/palestinian-leader-abbas-turns-90-weakened-by-21189248.php
Source: Anarcho Agenda
“I talk about institutional poverty, plus the next NYC Mayor.” (11/15/25)
https://anarchoagenda.libsyn.com/anarcho-agenda-ep-145-2025-11-25
Source: EconLog
by Jon Murphy
“[E]very once in a while, someone builds a theoretical model of a violation of the law of demand. Sometimes, they even include an investigation of one such good that seems to break the law of demand. But, upon further investigation, such examples break down, and the law of demand holds true. Strong evidence is needed for strong claims. I think of this exam question whenever I read some economic commentator claiming that international trade has weakened America. Such an outcome would be unprecedented. Millennia of experience and evidence suggest trade strengthens nations and that turning away from it weakens them.” (11/14/25)
https://www.econlib.org/econlog/strong-claims-need-strong-evidence/
Source: Seattle Times
“A judge rejected for now a bid by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to bar Tylenol-maker Kenvue Inc. from marketing its over-the-counter pain medication as being safe for pregnant women within the state. After a hearing Friday, State District Judge LeAnn Rafferty denied Paxton’s request for a temporary restraining order, court records show. The attorney general sued Kenvue and its former parent Johnson & Johnson on Oct. 28, claiming they concealed the risks of autism and other disorders for children if mothers take Tylenol during pregnancy. Experts say there’s no clear connection between the use of acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol) during pregnancy and adverse neurobehavioral or developmental outcomes such as autism. Kenvue has pushed back against this link, saying the claims are unsupported by scientific evidence. Untreated fevers and pain are known risks during pregnancy.” (11/15/25)
https://archive.is/2O0QU
