Source: The American Conservative
by Eldar Mamedov

“Before applauding President Donald Trump’s meeting with Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in Washington on August 8, one should ask: Why is America involved at all in a centuries-old conflict 6,000 miles away in a place that offers the U.S. little strategic value? The White House meeting was heralded as a historic breakthrough, but the resulting ‘Joint Declaration’ achieves little beyond creating new potential headaches for American foreign policy. The declaration’s seven points contain only four substantive provisions, none of which meaningfully advance peace.” (08/12/25)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-perils-of-americas-new-caucasus-entanglement/

Source: The Intercept
by Radley Balko

“The Justice Department announced in January that violent crime in D.C. hit a 30-year low in 2024. So far this year, it’s down 26 percent from that. This, in other words, is a curious time for the president to declare that the nation’s capital is a violent cesspool that demands the sort of crime-fighting expertise that only a 79-year-old man who fetishizes dictators and whose entire worldview is perpetually stuck in the 1980s can provide. The motivation for Donald Trump’s plan to ‘federalize’ Washington, D.C., is same as his motivation for sending active-duty troops into Los Angeles … and nearly every other authoritarian overreach of the last six months. He is testing the limits of his power — and, by extension, of our democracy. He’s feeling out what the Supreme Court, Congress, and the public will let him get away with. And so far, he’s been able to do what he pleases.” (08/11/25)

https://theintercept.com/2025/08/11/trump-washington-dc-federalization-national-guard-troops/

Source: Town Hall
by Kevin McCullough

“Adam Schiff has always had that smug ‘I know something you don’t know’ smirk. Turns out what he allegedly knew was how to weaponize classified information for political gain — and then act shocked anyone would call it illegal. This week, a Democratic whistleblower (someone who worked in Schiff’s own House orbit for more than a decade) told the FBI that Schiff personally approved leaking classified material in order to smear Donald Trump. Not a rumor. Not a guess. Not ‘I heard it from a guy’. The whistleblower alleges Schiff gave the order in a general staff meeting. Translation: he wanted an audience for his treachery. The whistleblower didn’t mince words either, calling the act ‘treasonous,’ ‘illegal’ and ‘unethical.’ And frankly, that’s generous. … But why stop at Schiff? Hillary Clinton handed him the playbook.” (08/12/25)

https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2025/08/12/lock-him-up-lock-her-up-lock-all-of-them-up-n2661721

Source: Semafor
by David Weigel

“For 20 years, progressives have gathered at annual Netroots Nation conferences to share strategies and plan for the next election. In New Orleans, this year’s 3,000 attendees were not so sure that there would be a ‘next election.’ At one session, after organizers described the tactics of an ‘authoritarian state,’ they considered whether they’d even be allowed to win in 2026. … The mood at the three-day conference — which began as a political blogger meetup and grew into a stop on the presidential primary circuit — was nervous and grim, despite the karaoke and pickleball.” (08/11/25)

https://www.semafor.com/article/08/11/2025/burn-it-all-progressives-meet-in-the-trump-era-wilderness

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“One of the many recent (21 July 2025) revelations from the FedGov’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reveals yet another evil way in which the FedGov (and State and local governments and Big Pharma and other Big Business) treat humans from conception to death (and their castoffs beyond that!). We know many medical care providers understand and practice good medical ethics. But that is not the case among government and ‘private’ entities that control the systems. Once again, RFK Jr. has delivered a blow against the medical establishment. This one strikes at the very heart of morality.” (08/11/25)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/08/11/murder-most-foul/