Killer Cars for Your Safety

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“‘It is in my memory banks,’ Eric Peters wrote last month, referencing an android on an old Star Trek episode, ‘the long-ago time when GM was a car company.’ Yes, in the “long-ago” they ‘made an almost infinite variety of vehicles to suit almost any need and budget, all of them designed and engineered to free their owners. Some were utilitarian. Others were beautiful. Some were arrogant. None were parenting. They were made by adults who respected other adults. What became of that GM?’ The answer? Government.” (05/06/26)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/05/05/killer-cars-for-your-safety/

Thomas L. Knapp

How the Comey Indictment Could Backfire on Republicans

Source: The Dispatch
by Jacob Gaba

“The Department of Justice’s recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey has been rightly criticized as flimsy and an affront to the First Amendment. This is nothing more than a naked use of federal authority to intimidate a notable critic of President Donald Trump. It’s also something that should make conservatives uneasy. The Republican Party won’t always control the government, but by treating hostile political symbolism as a threat, the Department of Justice has opened a door that future administrations may be all too willing to walk through.” (05/06/26)

https://archive.is/zNLIX

Thomas L. Knapp

The Cost of Apathy

Source: The Pamphleteer
by Davis Hunt

“It’s official. Mayor Freddie O’Connell is running again. His decision breaks the ten-year streak of mayors who have ducked out of a second term, whether of their own volition or due to criminal negligence. ‘The next four years are about turning progress into permanence,’ O’Connell said. For decades, Nashville steeped in the cultural ferment of the country without drawing too much attention outside the Southeast. That all changed as Nashville’s explosive growth coincided with the cultural ascendancy of country music. Nashville is understood in the wider culture as a Red City. Country music, the horses out in Franklin, and lake culture all intertwine to give the area a distinctly Republican appeal – not to mention the makeup of the state government.” (05/06/26)

https://pamphleteer.co/newsletter/the-cost-of-apathy/

Steve Trinward

600-person search continues for missing US soldiers off Morocco’s coast

Source: SFGate

“Over 600 military personnel from multiple countries are searching for two U.S. soldiers who went missing in Morocco during U.S.-African military exercises, scouring underwater caves and the Atlantic coast, authorities said Wednesday. As the search entered its fifth day, the African Lion military drills neared their end. The two U.S. Army members went missing last week near the Cap Draa training area outside Tan-Tan, a coastal city in southwestern Morocco, the Moroccan military said. They are believed to have been on a recreational hike and may have fallen into the ocean. More than 600 personnel from the U.S., Morocco and other African Lion participants are involved in the search and have covered more than 45 square kilometers of coastal and open ocean area, a U.S. defense official told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak publicly on the matter.” (05/06/26)

https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/a-600-person-search-continues-for-missing-us-22245022.php

Steve Trinward

Trump’s Responses to Kimmel and Comey Highlight His Contempt for Freedom of Speech

Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum

“The president is not shy about using government power to punish people for saying things that offend him.” (05/06/26)

https://reason.com/2026/05/06/trumps-responses-to-kimmel-and-comey-highlight-his-disregard-for-freedom-of-speech/

Thomas L. Knapp

Evaluating Kentucky’s Assessment Results: Part 2, The SAT Switch

Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Richard G Innes

“Legislators and the Kentucky Board of Education should act to restore proper oversight, ensure compliance with state law, and preserve the ability to accurately measure student performance over time.” (05/06/26)

https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/assessment-results-part-2/

Thomas L. Knapp

Venezuelan regime tells UN court that mineral-rich part of Guyana was “fraudulently” taken in colonial era

Source: Seattle Times

“Venezuela insisted Wednesday that a disputed mineral-rich region of Guyana was ‘fraudulently’ taken in a 19th-century example of colonialism, arguing that a 1966 agreement and not the United Nations’ highest court should finalize ownership of the territory. The International Court of Justice is holding a week of hearings between the South American neighbors who both lay claim to the Essequibo region, which is rich in gold, diamonds, timber and other natural resources and is located close to massive offshore oil deposits. An 1899 decision by arbitrators from Britain, Russia and the United States drew the border along the Essequibo River largely in favor of Guyana. The U.S. represented Venezuela in part because the Venezuelan government had broken off diplomatic relations with Britain. Venezuela contends the Americans and Europeans conspired to cheat the country out of its rightfully owned land.” [editor’s note: States, as criminal gangs, don’t and can’t own anything. Everything they control is stolen – TLK] (05/06/26)

https://archive.is/k2Xoe

Thomas L. Knapp