The Bryan Hyde Show. 07/14/26
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“It’s my weekly visit with Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos. We talk about wars and rumors of war-mongers, flock cameras and the importance of choosing truth over party.” (07/14/26)
“Government Totally Annihilated”: How Americans Governed Themselves as British Rule Crumbled
Source: Reason
by Jesse Walker
“America in the mid-1770s was a jumble of spontaneous formations amid the ruins of an empire.” (07/14/26)
https://reason.com/2026/07/14/government-totally-annihilated/
NYCHA’s $465,000-a-year plumber is just a taste of its massive dysfunction
Source: New York Post
by John Ketcham
“Want to make banker money without stepping foot on Wall Street? Try plumbing for the New York City Housing Authority. From July 2024 through June 2025, NYCHA plumber supervisor Jakub Markowski earned $465,000, including $332,000 for nearly 2,600 hours in overtime — more than the mayor and City Council speaker make combined. While he collected these checks, Markowski also operated two private plumbing companies. The Buildings Department is now investigating him. As the city’s ascendant socialist left pushes for more housing in public or nonprofit hands, NYCHA’s history presents a sordid tale of dysfunction and corruption, with Markowski the latest apparent example.” (07/14/26)
Spain: Sanchez’s Brother Convicted in Nepotism Case
Source: US News & World Report
“David Sanchez, the brother of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, was convicted of administrative misconduct on Tuesday and banned from holding public office for nine years over his appointment to a cultural post by the provincial government of Badajoz in 2017. The ruling deals a fresh political blow to the Socialist premier, whose government and inner circle have faced corruption investigations and scandals over the past two years. Last month, a former close aide to Sanchez was sentenced to 24 years in prison in a separate corruption case. David Sanchez was accused of benefiting from an appointment tailored to him because of his family connection to the prime minister, who when the job was awarded had just been elected leader of the Socialists when they were still in opposition. The prime minister has dismissed the case as part of a politically motivated campaign driven by the far right.” (07/14/26)
The Lockdown Disaster Must Not Be Forgiven
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Ian Miller
“[L]ockdowns and the associated mask mandates, vaccine passports, and school closures continued in some places for several years. The ramifications of those wretched policies will be quite literally endless. It’s not an exaggeration to say that lockdowns, our policies, and responses have quite literally changed the course of world history. One would think that there would definitely be a concerted effort to understand whether such policies were effective or not. Whether approaching respiratory viruses with authoritarian crackdowns on businesses and schools was necessary to save lives. Yet six years later, there’s unfortunately very little interest in examining those questions. And when you understand the data from Sweden, you will see exactly why.” (07/14/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-lockdown-disaster-must-not-be-forgiven/
Trump Supporters Are Pathetic Cucks, And Other Notes
Source: Caitlin Johnstone
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Being a Trump supporter in 2026 is like staying best friends with a man who stole your wife. He’s deceived and betrayed you at every turn and you’re still swinging from his nuts? That’s cucky, humiliating behavior.” (07/14/26)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/07/14/trump-supporters-are-pathetic-cucks-and-other-notes/
ID: Voters will decide whether to reinstate abortion access
Source: Seattle Times
“Idaho voters will decide in November whether to restore widespread access to abortion after years of some of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws, election officials confirmed Monday. Idahoans United for Women and Families said Monday that a ballot initiative it created to carve out reproductive healthcare protections, including the right to abortion, met criteria to be on voters’ ballots for the general election on Nov. 3. Voters will see the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, which says it will establish ‘a right to make private reproductive healthcare decisions’ on their ballots. The proposal would prevent the state from prohibiting or interfering with reproductive healthcare, including contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage management and childbirth care.” (07/14/26)
The Big Interview Podcast, 07/14/26
Source: Wired
“This Luddite Puppet Hopes You’re Not Reading This on Your Smartphone.” (07/14/26)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-summer-of-ludd-gowanus/
FREEDOM
Source: Cobden Centre
by Philip Vande Elst
“According to the latest detailed annual survey (2026) of global freedom produced in New York by Freedom House, only 21% of the world’s population live in ‘free countries’ and global freedom has declined for the 20th consecutive year. Add to these grim statistics the huge potential threat to personal privacy and liberty posed by current advances in surveillance technology, and the desire of governments to use them, and no room for complacency should remain in anyone’s mind about the fragility of the world’s few genuinely free societies.” (07/14/26)
Rising, 07/14/26
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar on a viral photo of Denver Democratic Socialists wearing masks at their recent meeting celebrating Melat Kiros’ victory in the state’s Democratic primary.” (07/14/26)