Source: Asia Times
by Lakhvinder Singh
“Recently, Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned that Pyongyang could take strong retaliatory measures if Seoul continues activities it considers provocative. To casual observers, this may appear to be just another routine exchange of verbal threats between the two Koreas. However, a closer examination of the current situation suggests that something unusually significant may be unfolding on the Korean Peninsula.” (10/28/26)
https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/is-the-korean-peninsula-moving-closer-to-war/
Source: The Dispatch
“What’s Wrong with France? | Interview: Thomas Chatterton Williams.” (10/28/26)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/whats-wrong-with-france-interview-thomas-chatterton-williams/
Source: Hoover Institution
“Do You Have A Right To Privacy On Public Roads? | Orin Kerr On Flock Cameras.” (10/27/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhhr0DpLGkI
Source: Liberal Currents
by Silvaria Lysandra Zemaitis
“There is no shortage of agreement that liberalism, in the face of fascist authoritarianism and reactionary backslide, is in crisis. And there has been no end of rationalizations, responses, and reactions to this crisis, both from within and from without. These range from the reactionaries themselves, who (at least the more articulate ones) claim that liberalism has produced atomization, social decay, and national disintegration, to the farther left, who claim that liberalism has been a destabilizing economic force that has placed economic efficiency over human flourishing, and to those within liberalism itself, where some argue that liberalism has prioritized identity or self-expression over promoting a unified vision of the good life. While the quality and veracity of those critiques vary, I do believe that liberalism, as a political program, has not been good enough at answering them.” (10/28/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politics-of-equality-the-politics-of-autonomy/
Source: Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
“A new ad running to support Democrat senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan has been widely denounced as anti-Semitic for suggesting that Jews are taking food from Americans. The ad is the work of Rebellion PAC, a political action committee co-founded by The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur. Uygur has now struck out at CNN over a panel discussion that trashed the segment and called it clearly defamatory. For a torts teacher, the claim popped this story to the top of my pile, and I thought it was worthy of addressing. The CNN segment is manifestly not defamatory. Whatever grievance that he may have with the network, it is not a legal one.” (10/28/26)
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/10/28/no-cnn-did-not-defame-cenk-uygur-by-trashing-his-anti-israel-ad-supporting-abdul-el-sayed/
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Serbian police shot dead a young man outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade in the early hours of Wednesday after what authorities called ‘a terrorist attack’. The country’s interior minister, Ivica Dacic, said the attacker had rushed at a police officer with two knives while shouting the phrase ‘Allahu Akbar!’. The officer sustained a minor knife wound to the face and shot the attacker. Dacic said the suspect has not been identified, but he was a minor and Serbian citizen who was being monitored by security services as he was ‘known to be a supporter of the Islamic State’. Speaking to reporters outside the embassy, Dacic said an investigation is ongoing, but security services said the suspect had posted a picture of the Islamic State flag on his Instagram.” (10/28/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck5ynj4eeyj2o
Source: Persuasion
by Dan Williams
“The bots are balanced where social media isn’t.” (10/28/26)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/ai-can-save-the-public-sphere
Source: Politics Politics Politics
“The Midterm Map MADNESS to Beat Them All (with Evan Scrimshaw and Ryan Jakubowski).” (10/27/26)
https://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/p/the-midterm-map-madness-to-beat-them
Source: United Press International
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on military commanders to intensify training to prepare for war, state-run media reported Wednesday, as tensions persist along the inter-Korean border. … Kim praised company leaders as the foundation of the military’s strength and urged them to redouble efforts to improve their units’ combat capabilities. He was joined by senior military officials, including Pak Jong Chon, vice chairman of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Military Commission, Defense Minister Kim Song Gi and military chief of staff Ri Yong Gil.” (10/28/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/10/28/Kim-Jong-Un-prepare-for-war-border-tensions/2931793180593/
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Proposition 40, in California, calls itself — in the title — a one-time tax. But does anyone truly believe that? … The Democratic Socialists of America have endorsed it, not just because it’s a tax targeted against the rich — but because they want it to be much more than a one-time thing. Those who love total government are insatiable in their lust for other people’s money.” (10/27/260
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/10/27/not-a1time-thing/
