Source: Axios
“President Trump on Monday said he will nominate Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists worry that Trump aims to [alter the elements of politicization in] the agency, which publishes [the regime’s preferred conclusions about] crucial, market-moving data on employment and inflation. Expect Antoni to face huge questions about how he will handle economic data that displeases Trump — a situation that caused the president to fire former BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer in early August.” (08/11/25)
https://archive.is/a6bXy
Source: Libertarian Institute
“‘Gang Weed Conservatism’ ft. Marcel Dumas.” (08/11/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/patrick/gang-weed-conservatism-ft-marcel-dumas-ep-287
Source: Persuasion
by Abdelkareem Alsalqawi
“My name is Abdelkareem Alsalqawi. I’m 32 years old. I was born in Gaza, in Deir al-Balah city. Deir al-Balah is a small city by the beach in the middle of the Gaza Strip, famous for its palm trees. I’m not married. I live with my parents, my sister, and two of my married brothers in the same house in Deir al-Balah. As a doctor, I was working until recently in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, where I had been doing 24-hour shifts every two days since the beginning of this war on October 7, 2023. But four or five months ago I started working at Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis, to continue my orthopedic residency. At Nasser, I also work a 24-hour shift every two days.” (08/11/25)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/on-life-and-death-in-gaza
Source: Politico
“President Donald Trump said Monday he would place the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploy the National Guard, an escalation of federal power in his campaign to tighten control over the nation’s deep-blue capital city. ‘This is liberation day in D.C. and we’re going to take our capital back,’ Trump said. Although crime in Washington hit a 30-year low last year, Trump on Monday said he was declaring a public safety emergency in the District. … Trump said he was invoking a part of the law governing D.C. that allows the president to take control of the local police department on a temporary basis in an emergency. … Trump can seize control of the District’s police for up to 48 hours without congressional approval and for up to 30 days if he sends a special notice to leaders of certain congressional committees.” (08/11/25)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/11/trump-dc-police-federal-control-00502708
Source: Reason
by Paul Schwennesen
“Inching backward while bleeding Russia dry, Ukraine is relying on a time-tested military truth: You don’t need to outgun an invader — you just need to outlast them. … Losing as slowly as possible — husbanding one’s manpower and resources during a careful strategic retreat — is a time-tested strategy against an ostensibly superior force. From George Washington to Ho Chi Minh, commanders who embrace this inglorious yet practical approach find that it can be devastatingly effective. … Of course, the slow retreat strategy only works if the enemy eventually breaks — either militarily, economically, or politically. And this is where critics raise the most serious objection: Russia is famous, after all, for preternatural levels of endurance. ” (08/11/25)
https://reason.com/2025/08/11/for-ukraine-losing-slowly-might-be-a-winning-strategy/
Source: Reason
“Lower Crime Hasn’t Stopped Gun Control Push.” (08/11/25)
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/08/11/lower-crime-hasnt-stopped-gun-control-push/
Source: Reuters
“Russian forces have made a sudden thrust … east of the mining town of Dobropillia in a move that Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers say could become a serious problem for Kyiv if left unchecked.
Ukraine’s authoritative DeepState war map showed on Tuesday that Russian forces had quickly advanced north in two prongs covering as much as 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), part of their drive to take full control of Ukraine’s [former, seceded] Donetsk region. DeepState said they had advanced near three villages on a section of the frontline associated with the two [formerly] Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka.” (08/12/25)
https://archive.is/ZmrtD
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
by Ron Paul
“Bureau of Labor Statistics head Dr. Erika McEntarfer is one of the latest persons President Trump has told ‘you’re fired.’ President Trump said this month that he fired Dr. McEntarfer because the president believed she manipulated jobs data. … President Trump is correct that BLS manipulates statistics related to the economy, but it has been doing so since long before Donald Trump moved to the White House. For example, starting in 1994, the BLS stopped including ‘discouraged’ workers who have stopped looking for work in the official unemployment figures. The BLS also includes those working part-time as employed even if the only reason they are working part-time is they cannot find full-time work.” (08/11/25)
http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/archives/newsflash-governments-lie
Source: CoinDesk
“Bitcoin’s (BTC) overnight push towards fresh records met with profit-taking on Monday, knocking prices down to $118,500. The pullback left bitcoin 2.8% off its session high of $122,200, though the largest crypto remained up 0.4% over the past 24 hours. Ether held above $4,200, modestly up 0.8% during the same period, while major altcoins Solana’s SOL, dogecoin and Sui’s native token slipped 3%-4%. … Tuesday’s U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) report could be the week’s biggest catalyst for traders, with Producer Price Index (PPI) data following later in the week.” (08/12/25)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/08/11/bitcoin-pulls-back-to-usd119k-as-looming-inflation-data-could-bring-price-swings
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
by Mary Ellen Klas
“With his approval rating sinking lower and lower, and facing the prospect of losing control of the House to Democrats, President Donald Trump is engaged in an unprecedented attempt to manipulate the midterm elections. He’s now got Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice embarking on another insidious strategy: building a dossier of private information on every voter Trump can use for political advantage. … while states have developed strict protocols for protecting this information, the DOJ hasn’t said how it will keep the data safe from hackers and cybersecurity breaches. ” (08/11/25)
https://triblive.com/opinion/mary-ellen-klas-the-dojs-push-to-collect-your-data-is-a-fishing-expedition/
