Source: Real Clear Politics
by Larry Kudlow

“There’s vastly too much hand-wringing over President Trump’s diplomacy and potential dealmaking with Iran, and it’s coming from friends and foes alike. I think it has more to do with America’s crumbling political infrastructure, than it does regarding the merits of Mr. Trump’s efforts. First of all, the so-called memorandum of understanding is a nonbinding political document which simply outlines topics to be covered in the months ahead for some kind of final deal. Some people are taking parts of this MOU completely out of context for their own political gain. Let’s step back for a moment.” [editor’s note: Yes, let’s step back and watch Larry Kudlow try to explain away the loss of an illegal and entirely optional war – TLK] (06/25/26)

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/25/on_iran_trump_is_neither_neocon_or_obama–and_it_is_working_154261.html

Source: Expression
by Sarah McLaughlin

“Americans, be warned: Age verification is identity verification.” (06/25/26)

https://expression.fire.org/p/the-papers-please-era-of-the-internet

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Sergio Martínez

“A central bank wields a peculiar kind of power. It holds a monopoly over money, and money runs through nearly every transaction we make. Because of that reach, a monetary mistake travels through credit markets, housing, banks, pension funds, and the budgets of millions of people who never had a say in the policy. That is the right place to begin a reflection on Alan Greenspan, who died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 100. His was a mixed legacy. Here was a man who understood the power of markets, and who nonetheless turned on those markets when they soured, blaming private excess for a crisis his own institution had helped make possible.” (06/25/26)

https://fee.org/articles/alan-greenspan-and-the-monetary-monopoly/

Source: Truthdig
by Bill Blum

“Clarence Thomas went more than 10 years without asking a single substantive question from the bench. His silence between 2006 and 2016 prompted commentators to call his courtroom quietude embarrassing, a sign of fatigue and a lack of intellectual candlepower. Even earlier in his career, he had earned the nickname of ‘Scalia’s Puppet’ for his habit of joining majority opinions written by Justice Antonin Scalia, the outspoken and reactionary ‘originalist’ who shared the dais with him until his death in 2016. But the characterization of Thomas as an inattentive echo of Scalia is wrong. Thomas has always been more extreme and dangerous than Scalia, and his influence has never been greater.” (06/25/26)

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/clarence-thomas-unbound/

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“Most of the calumnies against Elon Musk come from people who are either envious or completely unaware of the basic principles of economics. Or both. That being said, not everyone ‘in my camp’ admires or defends the South African-American tech magnate.” (06/25/26)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/06/25/x-marks-the-grift/