Source: Show-Me Institute
by Patrick Tuohey
“With Kansas City preparing to host matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill to simplify food truck licensing in Jackson County. The proposal would allow vendors licensed by the county to operate in any municipality without additional city permits. The change would remove a common barrier: multiple permits just to cross a city boundary. The idea makes sense. But if it will help entrepreneurs and visitors during the World Cup, why should the same principle not apply across Missouri?” (03/11/26)
https://showmeinstitute.org/article/economy/if-food-truck-reform-is-good-for-one-county-its-good-for-all/
Source: In These Times
by Hamilton Nolan
“Before she was Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice in New York City, before she was President Biden’s Labor Secretary in Washington D.C., even before she led California’s Labor Department, Julie Su had a long career as a civil rights attorney. It was in that role in 1995 that Su served as lead attorney in the El Monte Thai garment slavery case, which would lead to a landmark ruling in favor of 72 Thai nationals who had been enslaved in a sweatshop, winning them $4 million in stolen wages and legal status, and eventually leading to the creation of the ’T visa’ for victims of human trafficking. Su had successfully argued that manufacturers should be held liable for wage theft, part of a broader campaign around the El Monte case which Su has said, ’turned my life upside down and changed me forever.'” (03/11/26)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/julie-su-zohran-mamdani-thailand-new-york-city-union-labor-rights
Source: Politico
“Artificial intelligence systems that can generate sexualized deepfakes of real people would be banned in the EU under proposals seen by POLITICO. The push comes after X’s AI tool Grok allowed users to generate millions of images of real people in bikinis or fully nude, including images of children. A proposal set to be approved by EU ambassadors on Friday would make it illegal to market in Europe any artificial intelligence system that can generate non-consensual sexualized videos, images or audio files involving real people.” (03/11/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-grok-x-elon-musk-ai-nudification-ban-in-wake-of-scandal
Source: The Atlantic
“Can Democrats Actually Win in Texas?” (03/11/26)
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/03/david-frum-show-beto-orourke-texas-democrats/686322
Source: Parallax Views w/ JG Michael
“George Kennan, Moderate Realism, & Multipolarity w/ Michael F. Duggan.” (03/11/26)
https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/mduggan3-11-26/
Source: Show-Me Institute
by Patrick Tuohey
“When Congress created Opportunity Zones in 2017, the goal was simple: use tax incentives to steer private investment into distressed communities. Investors could defer or eliminate capital-gains taxes if they reinvested those gains in designated census tracts. The hope was that these incentives would spur development and expand opportunity in struggling neighborhoods. But new research suggests the program may suffer from the same problems as Tax-Increment Financing (TIF).” (03/11/26)
https://showmeinstitute.org/article/corporate-welfare/are-opportunity-zones-just-federal-level-tif/
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Working from home is a very old idea, becoming new again during this Age of the Internet. COVID made telework something of a mania. But there’s been some withdrawal of support for the arrangement from major corporations, and one of the main results of Elon Musk’s DOGE effort in government was to bring government workers back into the office. Well, sort of.” (03/11/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/03/11/alas-poor-yorick/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Explosive-laden Iranian boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters, setting them ablaze and killing one crew member, after projectiles struck four vessels in Gulf waters, according to reports. The ships targeted in late-night attacks on Wednesday in the Gulf near Iraq were the Marshall Islands-flagged Safesea Vishnu and the Zefyros, which had loaded fuel cargoes in Iraq, two Iraqi port officials told the Reuters news agency. … Reuters said reports of the use of explosive-laden unmanned surface vessels, which Ukraine has used with great effect in its war with Russia, come as Iran has blocked oil shipments from transiting the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas transits but which has been blocked since the US-Israeli war on Iran began.” (03/12/26)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/12/five-vessels-attacked-amid-reports-of-iranian-drone-boats-sea-mines
Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal
“The U.S. government, with its state and local affiliates, is a much greater threat to your life, liberty, and property than any foreign power in the past century. This includes the old Soviet Union. Which one takes a large percentage of your money before you even see it? Which one then takes more of your money every time you buy something, or demands it in ransom so you’re allowed to keep what you already own? Which one makes and enforces arbitrary rules about the way you’re allowed to live? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not Iran’s evil government. Right now, I’m not extorted to prop up an Iranian government, but if the U.S. government wins this fight, I will be.” (03/11/26)
https://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2026/03/11/voices/opinion-we-cant-afford-us-government/232962.html
Source: The Political Orphanage
“A.I. and the Future of Scams.” (03/11/26)
https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/ai-and-the-future-of-scams
