Source: The Corbett Report
“Was 10/7 a false flag event? And, more importantly, what evidence can be presented to reliably inform such an assessment? Strap in and get ready, folks. Today James engages in a good old-fashioned Corbett Report deep dive to get to the bottom of the spectacular attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.” (07/20/26)
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, has been absent from Congress, hospitalized for weeks — first with no comment on his medical condition, still with very little information divulged. There should be an ethic in public service that when one is incapacitated, one hands the trust given back to the public to fill anew. Sadly, this tradition has fallen victim to … take your pick: incumbency, partisanship, lack of electoral competition, Cicero’s times/mores. History’s third-oldest U.S. Congress ‘boasts’ 23 members of the House and Senate now eighty years old or older.” (07/20/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/07/20/terminal-representation/
Source: Law & Liberty
by Graham McAleer
“The Russian ideologue may seem insane, but to fend off his threat, the West should discern the method in his madness.” (07/20/26)
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“A collection of poems, some scribbled on slips of paper between food deliveries, has won Wang Jibing one of China’s top literary honours. Low Flight, inspired by the everyday challenges delivery riders face, has bagged the Lu Xun Literary Prize – named after a writer who has been referred to as the father of modern Chinese literature. … The monetary awards for recipients of the Lu Xun Literary Prize are not publicly announced – though as of 2014 it stood at 100,000 Chinese yuan ($14,800; £11,000). Born in Jiangsu province, Wang left school as a teenager due to financial hardship at home. He took on various jobs, from construction to scavenging for waste and selling things at a street stall, before becoming a food deliveryman. But his love for reading persisted, and over the last decade he has been posting his own poems and essays on social media.” (07/20/26)
Source: The New Republic
“Trump’s Plot to Rig Midterms Gets So Unhinged That Even Fox Is Rattled.” (07/20/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/213224/trump-plot-rig-midterms-gets-unhinged-even-fox-rattled
Source: The American Conservative
by Scott Greer
“Marx looms over the American political landscape. Victor Marx, that is. As Democrats continue to embrace anti-white socialists, Colorado Republicans nominate a strange outsider for governor. … Marx claims to be a high-risk humanitarian who rescues women from dangerous circumstances. He told an interviewer he helped kill a man when he was seven. He frequently talks about engaging in exorcisms and battling demons. These comments and others would make him a hit on the podcast circuit, but aren’t ideal for a gubernatorial candidate. … DSA candidates have a discernible ideology. Marx and other ‘Insane Clown Party’ figures do not. … The DSA can actually take power and implement a radical agenda. The ICP can only lose races and create headlines for liberal reporters.” (07/20/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-gops-freak-streak-could-boost-democratic-socialists/
Source: Liberal Currents
by Adam Gurri
“Thoughts from ISMA’s Liberalism in the 21st Century conference.” (07/20/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/tit-for-tat-does-not-work-if-you-do-not-retaliate-against-defectors/
Source: Seattle Times
“At least 930 people have died in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, the country’s Ministry of Health said Monday, with 37 new deaths recorded in a 24-hour span Friday into Saturday, one of the highest totals. The deaths were recorded out of the 2,344 cases confirmed as of Saturday, the health ministry said. The Ebola outbreak that was declared in eastern Congo on May 15 is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. The Bundibugyo virus responsible for the outbreak is less common than others that cause Ebola disease, and there is no approved vaccine or treatment.” (07/20/26)
Source: The Chris Hedges Report
“Is Iran Becoming Another ‘Forever War’? (w/ John Mearsheimer).” (07/19/26)
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/is-iran-becoming-another-foreve
Source: Foreign Policy
by Julian E Zelizer
“Fifty years ago, liberals were attacking what today is called the deep state—that is, the unelected members of the federal government. At the center of this liberal coalition was Idaho Sen. Frank Church, who in 1975 and 1976 headed high-profile hearings into the national security apparatus that had been created at the start of the Cold War in the late 1940s, but which seemed to be pursuing interests very different from what elected officials were telling voters.” (07/20/26)