Source: Independent Institute
by Craig Eyermann
“Mandatory spending and surging debt interest drove federal outlays to record levels in fiscal year 2026.” (10/27/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/10/26/what-federal-government-spent-2026/
Source: Free Talk Live
“Sal and Mark return with Joel Valenzuela on the Pirate Chain exploit, Dash’s new shielded asset pool, and why Dash’s privacy tech just hit a new watermark.” (10/27/26)
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Police in Brazil say they have cancelled the passports of the defeated right-wing presidential candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, after he failed to comply with an order to surrender the documents. On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to hand his passports over to police within 24 hours as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering, which he denies. At the time, Bolsonaro said he had no plans to leave the country, and insisted that he would stay in Brazil to lead the opposition to his left-wing rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. However, the deadline has passed without the senator surrendering the passports, prompting speculation he may have left the country. Federal officers are checking border crossings to establish if Bolsonaro may have travelled to neighbouring Argentina, according to a police source consulted by BBC News Brasil.” (10/27/26)
Source: Cobden Centre
by Kevin E Villani
“Private market discipline is dynamic: prices adjust continuously as participants update their perceptions. Public prudential regulation is static: fixed rules define the playing field, and market participants optimize within those rules, arbitraging every gap. Once public regulation and ownership crowd out private discipline, political overseers add conflicting social objectives that further distort incentives. The 2008 crash was not a failure of free markets but the catastrophic consequence of unleashing Wall Street finance quants on a socialized housing market.” (10/27/26)
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Ofcom has a low batting average in collecting its extortionate fines. This is the UK agency enforcing the UK’s Online Safety Act. Ofcom’s mission includes forcing sundry websites to require all visitors to present proof of age — essentially, to ID themselves. The Act also lets Ofcom compel services that enable encrypted messaging to provide a way to tell whether anything illegal is being said or shown in the messages. That is, compel them to render the encryption pointless.” (10/26/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/10/26/rogue-british-agency/
Source: Crooked Media
“Let Them Eat Cheesecake.” (10/27/26)
Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“Microsoft said on Monday it is offering voluntary buyouts to many staff members as the technology giant looks to contain costs and help fund its massive AI investments. The offer was extended to about 60,000 employees according to Microsoft. The company had 223,000 full-time employees globally as of June 30, according to its annual filing, meaning more than a quarter of its global workforce would have received the buyout offer.” (10/26/26)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/microsoft-voluntary-buyout-9.7396520
Source: Pink Flame of Liberty
“The PARASITIC Rupture of American Politics.” (10/26/26)
Source: RealClearPolitics
by Greg Orman
“On Thursday the Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to block certification of the results in one specific case: if [US Senator Daniel S.] Sullivan loses but would have won had [candiate Daniel J.] Sullivan’s votes gone to him. The Justice Department argues that voters will be confused under Alaska’s ranked-choice system. It says the senator’s supporters may not know how to rank the Republicans on the ballot, and some may leave the incumbent off entirely. Election law scholars are skeptical of the suit’s legal footing. The deeper problem, though, is its logic. The confusion DOJ describes is far more damaging under the voting system the administration seems to prefer than under the one Alaska uses.” (10/26/26)
Source: The New Republic
“Angry Trump Unravels as Brutal New Early Voting Data Rattles Even MAGA.” (10/27/26)