Source: hypertext
by David Dagan

“The abundance movement has burst into the national consciousness at an awkward time. Democrats are obsessed with becoming more electorally competitive, and key party players are feeling vulnerable about their failures. Republicans who were optimistic that Donald Trump’s disregard for party orthodoxy would lead him to promote science and effective bureaucracy are now left to hope the slasher movie still gets to a happy ending. The latest forum of Hypertext asks how abundance advocates should think about partisan politics now.” (07/21/25)

https://hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/abundance-crashes-the-party

Source: In These Times
by Ari Bloomekatz

“Cori Bush, the two-term U.S. representative from Missouri who emerged from justice movements and the Ferguson uprising, was ousted from office in 2024 in one of the most expensive House primaries in history. Bush was one of two members of the Squad (along with Jamaal Bowman) unseated by pro-Israel groups. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee alone spent nearly $10 million against Bush’s campaign, and a crypto-backed PAC spent another $1.4 million. Other members of the Squad, like Summer Lee, fended off similar attacks. In These Times Executive Editor Ari Bloomekatz sat down with Bush at the Jewish Voice for Peace National Member Meeting in Baltimore in early summer. Their focus was on how the Left might strategically push forward. This interview has been significantly edited for length, order and clarity.” (07/21/25)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/be-brilliant-in-your-area-cori-bush

Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Joe Wolverton, II

“In the fading light of the Roman Republic, as senators dithered and people cried out for relief from chaos, an ambitious few found the imperial mantle irresistible. What began as temporary ’emergency powers’ for the good of the republic soon hardened into permanent, despotic authority. It was not a coup that killed the Roman Republic — it was consent; it was the people’s preference for expedient tyranny over constitutional liberty; it was Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon, and Rome never recovered. Today, we would be wise to recall that cautionary tale as we survey the ever-expanding powers of the American presidency — powers accumulated not through violent conquest, but through executive orders signed quietly from behind the Resolute Desk.” (07/21/25)

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2025/07/21/the-pen-the-phone-and-the-presidency-a-roman-warning-against-the-rise-of-the-american-caesar/

Source: Notablog
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra

“Where do we draw the line between Rand’s basic philosophical views and her opinions on subjects as diverse as: the history of philosophy; the history of what I’ve called ‘capitalism, the known reality’ (versus Rand’s ‘unknown ideal’); the history of science and the meaning of various scientific theories; Rand’s evaluations of various thinkers; her rejection of the very idea of a woman president; her aesthetic evaluations of various painters, sculptors, and composers; her condemnation of Native Americans and Arabs as ‘savages?’ Are all her published and publicly stated views part of Objectivism? I don’t believe so. But if not, why not? And how do we determine this? … if every viewpoint ever expressed by Rand is constitutive of Objectivism, does the rejection of any specific Rand opinion mean that one cannot be classified as an Objectivist?” (07/21/25)

https://notablog.net/2025/07/21/reflections-on-ari-40/