Google Confesses All

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“Google is no longer silent about whether the Biden administration pushed Google to censor customers for their viewpoints. Under Biden, Google censored YouTube content creators under federal pressure, specifically about COVID-19. But Google did muzzle discourse on other matters, such as disputes about the legitimacy of the 2020 election, as a result of its own policies that it now says are ‘sunsetted’ along with policies resulting from its submission to a rogue administration. Its own role is important because we know that a tech giant can effectively resist federal pressure to censor on the basis of the principles of the company’s leaders.” (09/25/25)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/09/25/google-confesses-all/

Thomas L. Knapp

Saving Killer Whales Without Sinking Trade

Source: Property and Environment Research Center
by M Scott Taylor

“Maritime shipping is key to global trade, and international trade is key to prosperity worldwide. Despite generating enormous benefits, maritime shipping has raised the underwater ambient noise levels in the world’s oceans by three to four decibels per decade. This noisy trade has, until recently, had unknown impacts on the health of the world’s marine mammals. Drawing on a unique natural experiment, I link changes in the health of a killer whale population to changes in commercial vessel traffic in their critical habitat.” (09/25/25)

https://www.perc.org/2025/09/25/saving-killer-whales-without-sinking-trade/

Thomas L. Knapp

Seychelles holds early voting as many worry about a drug crisis and environment

Source: ABC News

“Early voting started Thursday across Seychelles as concerns over a drug crisis and environmental challenges facing the nation weigh heavily on the minds of many as they choose a new president and parliament. President Wavel Ramkalawan hopes to hold on to the top post in this tourist haven and Africa’s smallest country, both in land area and population. Ballots papers were flown to the outer islands and special polling stations opened for the elderly and essential workers for early voting, said election commission’s chief, Manuella Amesbury. The presidential and parliamentary election will be held on Saturday.” (09/25/25)

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/seychelles-holds-early-voting-nation-worry-drug-crisis-125921060

Thomas L. Knapp

The unitary unilateral war on “narco-terrorism”

Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Mark Thompson

“As though he were Zeus unleashing lightning bolts, President Donald Trump announced on September 19 the unilateral destruction of a third boat in the Caribbean suspected of carrying illegal drugs destined for the U.S. It followed similar strikes announced September 2 and September 15. Trump declared the attacks had killed 17 ‘narcoterrorists.’ What’s peculiar about these attacks is that they’re being revealed by the president himself, on his Truth Social account. … These are plainly extra-judicial killings carried out ‘on my Orders,’ as Trump said in all three posts (perhaps he thinks capitalizing “Orders” makes them legal).” (09/25/25)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/the-unitary-unilateral-war-on-narco-terrorism/

Thomas L. Knapp

Hegseth abruptly summons top military commanders to meeting in Virginia next week

Source: SFGate

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned the military’s top officers — hundreds of generals and admirals — to a base in northern Virginia for a sudden meeting next week, according to two people familiar with the matter. The directive did not offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their top advisers at the Marine Corps base in Quantico. The people, who described the move as unusual, were not authorized to publicly discuss the sensitive plans and spoke on condition of anonymity. The Pentagon’s top spokesman, Sean Parnell, confirmed that Hegseth ‘will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week.’ Across the military, there are 800 generals and admirals of all ranks.” (09/25/25)

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/hegseth-abruptly-summons-top-military-commanders-21067467.php

Steve Trinward

Elites call the Constitution “broken;” Americans know it’s our greatest gift

Source: Fox News Forum
by Jonathan Turley

“‘I am very angry.’ Those words from Harvard Law Professor Michael Klarman were something of an understatement in our debate at Colgate University last week over whether our country is ‘in a constitutional crisis.’ Taking the affirmative position, Klarman lashed out at what he called the current ‘authoritarianism rooted in old-fashioned white supremacy.’ Drawing analogies to Nazi Germany, he denounced President Donald Trump and his supporters as ‘fascists’ while calling ICE agents ‘thugs’ operating ‘concentration camps’ where immigrants are ‘essentially tortured.’ When I noted that Klarman was demonstrating the license of what I have called our ‘age of rage,’ he readily agreed: ‘I am enraged!’ He said he wanted to ‘show rage’ because the constitutional system ‘is not working’ and that he spoke ‘to alarm you … to shake people out of their insomnia.'” (09/25/25)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-elites-call-constitution-broken-americans-know-its-our-greatest-gift

Steve Trinward