Source: Glenn Greenwald
“Trump has two options: (1) end the war without achieving its stated aims and without victory, or (2) continue to fight this destructive and costly Middle East war.” (04/21/26)
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/trump-gives-an-indefinite-cease-fire
Source: UnHerd
by Thomas Fazi
“Remember the Paris Agreement? Signed a decade ago today, it was hailed as a historic milestone in the fight against climate change, with practically every country promising drastic action to keep global warming below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels. And, at the time, the stakes couldn’t have felt higher. As Western politicians and activists endlessly warned, unless carbon emissions were urgently and drastically reduced by 2030, climate change would have apocalyptic consequences, potentially extinguishing humanity — if not all life on Earth. … Ten years on, then, one cannot help but ask: did the Paris Agreement, and the broader UN Conference of the Parties (COP) process, actually achieve anything?” (04/21/26)
Source: USA Today
by Rex Huppke
“It’s a proud day for American toughness! Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has officially done away with the U.S. military’s WOKE flu vaccine mandate, and I applaud that decision from the bed I currently can’t get out of due to a high fever. TRUE warfighters know their lethality is only enhanced by bacterial pneumonia, and soft and so-called proven public health tools like vaccines are for weenies. Simply put, the libs will never understand that a fever is just God warming your body for the battle ahead.” (04/21/26)
Source: CNBC
“Amazon is pushing deeper into the booming weight loss market, unveiling Tuesday a new program that aims to simplify access to popular GLP-1 treatments. The company said its primary care arm, Amazon One Medical, is launching a GLP-1 management program that integrates obesity treatment into routine care. The offering combines virtual and in-person visits, prescription management and pharmacy fulfillment, positioning weight management as a long-term chronic condition rather than a one-off prescription. … Through Amazon Pharmacy, patients will be able to access medications including Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy as well as newer oral GLP-1 options. Insured pricing will start as low as $25 per month, Amazon said. For cash-paying patients, oral drugs start at $149 per month, it said.” (04/21/26)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/21/amazon-glp-1-weight-loss-program.html
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Trump backs psychedelic drug treatments.” (04/21/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5793761/trump-backs-psychedelic-drug-treatments
Source: Anarcho Agenda
“Turning 40 caused me to look at my life, and where I’m going, so I talk about how I am changing, Jordan Peterson, and much more.” (04/21/26)
https://anarchoagenda.libsyn.com/anarcho-agenda-ep-146-2026-04-21
Source: The Jolly Libertarian
by Marco den Ouden
“[Douglas] Kelley was brought in to assess the 22 Nazis charged with various war crimes and crimes against humanity to assess their mental health to see if they were fit to stand trial. It’s an engrossing story And even though we know the substance of the story, the horrors of the holocaust and the death sentences accorded eleven of the defendants, the reality of this horrific time in history is brought home with the documentary footage of the liberation of the extermination camps. They were shown at the original trial in 1946 and are shown in the film [Nuremberg]. But the bulk of the movie and the focus of the story is the relationship between Kelley and the prisoners. Kelley, a well-credentialed very knowledgeable psychiatrist, set out to find out what made these Nazis tick.” (04/21/26)
https://jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2026/04/it-cant-happen-here-or-can-it.html
Source: Los Angeles Times
by Jonah Goldberg
“I am not a catastrophist when it comes to artificial intelligence. But, given Norway’s experience with iPads — or our own with smartphones — I worry that the mass introduction of AI, particularly in schools, will be very bad for children. As a curmudgeon and as a writer, I hate nearly all of the cliches about children, even the ones that are accurate. With that caveat, it’s simply true that children are the future. They will be the next generation of parents, voters and citizens. And all of the cliches about how kids learn by doing are true. AI removes the doing. Just as you can’t learn how to ride a bike from reading a book, you can’t get the benefits of reading by asking AI to read a book for you. The same holds for math, science, computer programming and nearly every other aspect of education.” (04/21/26)
Source: SFGate
“An appeals court has blocked a California law passed in 2025 requiring federal immigration agents to wear a badge or some form of identification. The Trump administration filed a lawsuit in November challenging the law, arguing that it would threaten the safety of officers who are facing harassment, doxing, and violence and that it violated the constitution because the state is directly regulating the federal government. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction pending appeal Wednesday. It had already granted a temporary administrative injunction to block the implementation of the law. At a hearing March 3, Justice Department lawyers argued that the California law sought to regulate the federal government, violating the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.” (04/22/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/federal-appeals-court-blocks-california-law-22220359.php
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Rules for Radicals: In the Beginning w/John Weeks.” (04/21/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/blog/rules-for-radicals-in-the-beginning-w-john-weeks