Source: CounterPunch
by Tom H Hastings

“I was riding my bike to work, a fun 7-mile commute in a city with bike lanes and a general respect for those who bicycle. Still, a bike vs auto or truck? No chance for the bike rider. … Sure enough, a truck veered right into my lane, the skinny bike lane only separated from auto traffic by a line of paint. I shifted to my extreme right, almost up against the curb. Another couple of inches and the truck would have ended me. In the moment I yelled and gave him a rude gesture with a middle finger. Um … I teach peace, I train deëscalation, and yet … It was the dreaded amygdala hijack, the rising up of the most primitive part of the brain, the limbic lizard brain, taking control when extreme fear activates it.” (06/24/26)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/24/your-brain-on-rage/

Source: Common Dreams
by Phil Buchanan & Elisha Smith Arrillaga

“Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, his administration has waged war on nonprofits. Actions have included federal funding cuts to the tune of billions of dollars, targeting of specific organizations with investigations or indictments, and threats to tax-exempt status. While some efforts have been turned back by the courts, the administration has been unrelenting and, sadly, every American community will suffer as a result of this sustained attack. Presidential announcements warn of ‘anti-American NGOs’ and allege without any credible evidence that networks of nonprofits are acting as ‘domestic terrorist organizations’. Recently, the administration issued proposed regulations intended to impose sweeping new restrictions on nonprofits that receive federal funding—including that such organizations not advance diversity, equity, and inclusion or assist in voter registration.” (06/24/26)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-war-nonprofits

Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum

“The Supreme Court has a history of facilitating the war on drugs by whittling away at civil liberties, to the point that critics have long perceived a ‘drug exception’ to the Bill of Rights. But last week, when the justices unanimously upheld the gun rights of cannabis consumers, they made it clear that there is no drug exception to the Second Amendment.” (06/24/26)

https://reason.com/2026/06/24/scotus-unanimously-ruled-that-the-second-amendment-trumps-anti-drug-sentiment/

Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille

“Lawmakers can’t change the fact that expenses must be offset somewhere.” (06/24/26)

https://reason.com/2026/06/24/capping-credit-card-fees-threatens-to-hurt-consumers-and-small-businesses/

Source: The American Conservative
by David Brady

“The Fed chair’s first meeting was largely uneventful but laid the groundwork of challenges for his tenure.” (06/24/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-warsh-his-own-man/