Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“No single academic knows enough to base his conclusion solely on his own work and expertise. Each of them is relying on information produced by many others. … What happens if each of those experts feels entitled, even obligated, to lie just a little, to shade his conclusions to strengthen the support they provide for what he believes is the right conclusion? Each of them then interprets the work of all the others as providing more support for that conclusion than it really does. The result might be that they end up biasing their results in support of the wrong conclusion, which each of them believes is right on the basis of the lies of all the others.” (12/05/25)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/implications-of-academic-dishonesty-2e2
Source: ABC News
“The deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Friday that the court’s investigation into the invasion of Ukraine cannot be halted by peace talks but could be deferred by the U.N. Security Council. ‘If we have an ongoing investigation, then we will follow our own regulatory framework,’ deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told The Associated Press. … The court has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and five others over their alleged involvement in war crimes in Ukraine. The Kremlin has repeatedly said that it doesn’t recognize the jurisdiction of the court and considers the warrant null and void.” (12/05/25)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/icc-prosecutor-putin-warrant-wont-disappear-ukraine-peace-128146049
Source: Heartland Institute
“Good News: Climate Cult In Decline.” (12/05/25)
https://heartland.org/podcasts/good-news-climate-cult-in-decline-the-climate-realism-show-184-2/
Source: The Weekly Dish
by Andrew Sullivan
“No president ever pardoned a soldier for war crimes before Donald Trump. Yes, there were broad Confederate amnesties that effectively forgave Civil War atrocities, but no pardons. Even Nixon merely lessened and commuted the sentence of the My Lai commander found guilty of civilian mass murder. But in his first term, Trump pardoned three men very credibly accused by their own troops of wantonly killing unarmed civilians — and one convicted of posing with a man he’d just murdered. Their chief lobbyist? [Pete] Hegseth. … Yes, murdering a few bad guys on a boat in cold blood may sound like a trivial thing. But the principles it violates are about as profound as you can get. This kind of murder is not a defense of the West. It’s an attack on it.” (12/05/25)
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-military-as-a-murder-weapon-cbd
Source: Fox News
“A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that certain evidence linked to an ally of former FBI Director James Comey is temporarily off limits to the Justice Department in its efforts to renew a prosecution of the ex-director following the dismissed criminal case. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said the DOJ may not use information pertaining to Daniel Richman. ‘Upon consideration of Petitioner Daniel Richman’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, the relevant legal authority, and the entire present record, the Court concludes that Petitioner Richman is entitled to a narrow temporary restraining order to preserve the status quo while the Court evaluates his Motion for Return of Property and awaits full briefing and argument from the parties,’ the ruling reads.” (12/06/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-rules-evidence-linked-james-comeys-ally-off-limits-doj
Source: The Daily Economy
by Saul Zimet
‘Minnesota’s largest-ever food-aid scandal reveals how weak incentives, political pressure, and lax oversight enable public-sector fraud to flourish — costing taxpayers billions.” (12/05/25)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/bigger-government-means-bigger-fraud-minnesotas-billion-dollar-lesson-in-incentives/
Source: Common Dreams
by Miles Mogulescu
“While President Donald Trump and many of America’s top corporate CEOs were bowing down in Washington to Saudi absolute monarch Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Trump administration was busy escalating (unauthorized and illegal) military actions against Venezuela with the apparent goal of regime change. Last summer, it bombed Iran, killing over 1,000 civilians, in a failed attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear weapons potential. The US insists Venezuela and Iran are enemies in part because of authoritarian governments and human rights violations. But Saudi Arabia is one of the most authoritarian states in the world, marked by an absolute monarchy, tight control over political expression, and severe penalties for dissent.” (12/06/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/nader-open-letter-to-mamdani
Source: Engadget
“A federal judge has expanded on the remedies decided for the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google, ruling in favor of putting a one-year limit on the contracts that make Google’s search and AI services the default on devices, Bloomberg reports. Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling on Friday means Google will have to renegotiate these contacts every year, which would create a fairer playing field for its competitors. The new details come after Mehta ruled in September that Google would not have to sell off Chrome, as the DOJ proposed at the end of 2024.” (12/06/25)
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/judge-puts-a-one-year-limit-on-googles-contracts-for-default-search-placement-215549614.html
Source: Lions of Liberty
“Gun Censorship w/ Armanet’s Ibrahim Pataudi.” (12/06/25)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/tlpp-gun-censorship-w-armanets-ibrahim-pataudi
Source: Niskanen Center
by Rachel Levine
“The U.S. must rapidly expand its high-voltage transmission system to keep electricity affordable and reliable over the coming decade. After years of nearly stagnant development, any interest in transmission buildout among grid operators is encouraging. Yet, even amid this renewed momentum, utilities nationwide continue to embrace alternating current transmission, a 19th century innovation, instead of embracing modern and commercially viable high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology.” [editor’s note: “Grids” themselves are yesterday’s technology. Tomorrow’s technology is decentralized local generation, not “improved” long-distance transmission – TLK] (12/05/25)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/why-are-utilities-building-tomorrows-grid-with-yesterdays-technology
