Source: Free Talk Live
“Individual incentives :: Fertility decline :: Americans seeking UK citizenship :: Skeeter can’t stand his father :: Patrick Wood – Technocracy news :: Caller has doubt about opt-out :: Sarah calls about ‘the will of God’ :: Russian crypto arrest :: The WHO can’t be saved :: Activist Post :: Paying with crypto :: Weird Mormon murders :: Paying with crypto :: J.R. calls about Mormonism and crypto :: Mountain meadows massacre :: 2025-05-24 Hosts: Stu, Riley.” (05/24/25)
https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/ftl2025-05-24
Source: Washington Post
by Matt Bai
“It seems kind of crazy to me that anyone should have to point out that a university that chooses to honor a student for his or her intellectual achievement — and then punishes that student when he or she dares to make a controversial argument — has lost its grasp on the purpose of higher education, not to mention the sanctity of free speech. But here we are.” (05/23/25)
https://archive.is/tNVzR
Source: Fox News
“Ex-Obama aide and ‘Pod Save America’ co-host Jon Lovett admitted on Jon Stewart’s ‘The Weekly Show’ podcast that he withheld his concerns about President Joe Biden’s physical decline during the 2024 campaign. Lovett told Stewart and his fellow ‘Pod Save America’ host Jon Favreau that he didn’t want to publicly voice his concern over Biden’s declining health. ‘I remember feeling I want to talk about this as a huge liability. To talk about this is something Joe Biden can overcome, but I’m not going to go so far as to say, ‘I think Joe Biden must drop out. He is too old to be president,’’ Lovett said on the podcast. ‘A, because I didn’t know exactly what was going on behind the scenes, but B, if Joe Biden is the candidate, I want him to fuckin’ win.'” (05/24/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ex-obama-aide-admits-he-held-back-criticizing-bidens-decline-because-he-wanted-him-f-win
Source: Quillette
“The Women Excluded from Parsi Life.” (05/23/25)
https://quillette.com/2025/05/23/the-women-excluded-from-parsi-life-zoroastrian-india/
Source: The Daily Economy
by David C Rose
“Unlike unwary investors, future generations can’t willingly opt into — or out of — the Social Security shakedown.” (05/23/25)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/social-security-is-not-a-ponzi-scheme-but-in-one-way-its-worse/
Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner
“The headlines in the budget reconciliation bill that passed the House by one vote early Thursday morning are well known: massive tax cuts for the rich financed by crippling program cuts in Medicaid and food stamps, raising the federal debt by $3.3 trillion over a decade, and in turn spooking bond markets. But a lot of other mischief is buried in the fine print. Here are ten of the worst: Crippling Courts. The bill, hiding behind the premise that it is an appropriations measure, prohibits any funds from being used to carry out court orders holding executive branch officials in contempt. This is designed to enable Trump and his officials to continue defying court orders. It is almost certainly unconstitutional — if courts have the nerve to say so.” (05/23/25)
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-23-ten-sneaky-sleeper-provisions-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/
Source: Axios
“Two days after threatening to impose a 50% tariff on [American buyers of] imports from the European Union, President Trump on Sunday paused the levies until July and said talks would start ‘rapidly.’ The threat of such a large tariff, on more than $600 billion of goods, sent a chill through markets that feared a sudden re-escalation of the trade war. On Friday, Trump posted to Truth Social that the EU had been ‘very difficult to deal with’ and that talks were ‘going nowhere!'” (05/25/25)
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/25/eu-tariffs-trump
Source: Libertarian Institute
“IDF Fires Warning Shots at European Diplomats in West Bank.” (05/23/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/kyle/coi-802-idf-fires-warning-shots-at-european-diplomats-in-west-bank
Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“History remembers the virtuous. Carry Moses’s staff. Ride Arjuna’s chariot. Peer through Galileo’s lens. You will be remembered not just for the actions you took, but for the virtues you practiced. In our order, there are two major clusters of virtues: personal and social. Each requires daily practice, but one set emphasizes striving for excellence, while the other set emphasizes seeking harmony with others. Commitment to personal virtues sometimes generates prosocial effects, and practicing social virtues can support individual growth, but the emanations are distinct. Today, let us explore two of the six personal virtues.” (05/23/25)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/the-personal-virtues-part-one
Source: SFGate
“Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa was officially sworn in on Saturday following his reelection for another four-year term early this year. Noboa, 37, who wore a presidential sash over his chest, was sworn in alongside his Vice President María José Pinto and their terms will run until May 2029. The young president, who has become known for his fight against a surge of armed group violence in the South American country, pledged in his inauguration speech to continue to tackle corruption, drug trafficking and violent crime. He also swore to implement reforms and said he would lay ‘a solid foundation for job creation and investment’ by working with Ecuador’s private sector. ‘We are at the doorstep of four years of progress,’ he said. The ceremony in the capital, Quito, was attended by U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, and many other international guests and delegates.” (05/24/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/ecuador-s-noboa-vows-to-tackle-violence-boost-20344246.php
