Source: US News & World Report
“Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday convicted two men of leading Christian-dominated militias in attacks on Muslims in the Central African Republic in 2013 and 2014 and sentenced them to up to 15 years in prison. Judges said Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a former football executive, and militia commander Alfred Yekatom helped to lead a campaign of violence against Muslim civilians and convicted them of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, torture, forcible transfer and persecution of Muslim civilians. Both men pleaded not guilty at the start of their trial in 2021.” (07/24/25)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-07-24/icc-convicts-two-militia-leaders-of-persecuting-muslims-in-central-african-republic
Source: Commentary
“Conspiracies Left and Right.” (07/24/25)
https://www.commentary.org/john-podhoretz/conspiracies-left-and-right/
Source: Liberal Currents
by Patrick Fessenbecker
“It is time to take back the traditions, institutions, and ideals that lapsed Christians have allowed others to define.” (07/24/25)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/reclaiming-our-inheritance/
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has signed a free trade deal with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in a multi-billion pound export boost. UK cars and whisky will be cheaper to export to India and Indian textiles and jewellery cheaper to export to the UK under the agreement.” 907/24/25)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c307ggj492vo
Source: National Review
“What Could Go Wrong with 1 Percent Interest Rates, Mr. President?” (07/24/25)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/capital-record/what-could-go-wrong-with-1-percent-interest-rates-mr-president/
Source: Independent Institute
by Richard K Vedder & Stephen J Moore
“While the Big Beautiful budget bill recently enacted into law has a multiplicity of good, bad, and benign features, the law’s biggest and most beautiful feature is the continuation of the soon-to-expire 2017 income tax reduction enacted in Donald Trump’s first term. Although much of the American press has characterized this as a big gift to the rich, the empirical evidence paints an altogether different picture. By 2019, the second year of the Trump tax cut and immediately before the economic disruption of the pandemic, total output rose by 3.2 percent annually, the greatest growth in 15 years. And it was the poor, not the rich, who disproportionately benefited.” 907/24/25)
https://www.independent.org/article/2025/07/24/blue-states-high-tax-state-of-mind/
Source: Common Dreams
by Wendy Via & Heidi Beirich
“On July 18, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made a post on Twitter alleging ‘the most powerful people in the Obama administration’, including former President Barack Obama, were involved in a ‘years-long coup’ and a ‘treasonous conspiracy’ against Donald Trump. Her post quickly went viral, amassing over 13 million views over the weekend, and galvanized the online fringe to fantasize about violence against their political enemies. Trump fanned Gabbard’s flames, sharing a racist AI-generated video of Obama being arrested on Truth Social, which Trump owns. Major news stories generally act as flashpoints for extremists online to ramp up their spread of hatred and advocating for violence. This time was no different, as extremists, clearly inspired by Trump and Gabbard’s posts, were given new reasons to target their long-time nemesis, former President Obama.” (07/24/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-political-violence
Source: LinkedIn
“New jobless claims fell for a sixth straight week — the longest stretch of declines since July 2022. The initial filings for unemployment benefits decreased by 4,000 to 217,000 last week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. But recurring claims, a proxy for the number of unemployed people, remained at the highest levels since 2021. So, while the new claims suggest employers are still retaining workers, continuing applications show that unemployed Americans are having difficulty finding their next job.” (07/24/25)
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/jobless-claims-fall-for-sixth-week-6459852/
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Nora Mitchell
“On July 7, Barnard College settled a lawsuit from students who claimed the institution had failed to address student accounts of anti-Semitism on campus. In the settlement, Barnard agreed to establish a Title VI Coordinator position, sever communication with the student group Columbia University Apartheid Divest, and prohibit the use of face masks during campus protests — a move that is becoming increasingly popular across college campuses. Mask bans are quickly becoming a new frontline in the nationwide battle over campus expression. Barnard’s agreement follows a controversial decision earlier this year in which Columbia University agreed to ban masks at protests, among other measures, in exchange for the release of $400 million in frozen federal funding.” (07/24/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/smile-surveillance-state
Source: The Dispatch
“Separation Anxiety: Courts and Congress.” (07/24/25)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/separation-anxiety-courts-and-congress/
