The Chris Hedges Report, 10/19/26
Source: The Chris Hedges Report
“How Trump Plans to Steal the Midterm Elections.” (10/19/26)
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/how-trump-plans-to-steal-the-midterm
Kansas? Montana? Mississippi? Where Will the Blue Wave Crest?
Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher
“Are Democrats spending money quixotically and stretching themselves too thin? Is there any chance Democrats can win in places that Donald Trump has consistently won by double digits? Especially in Senate races that could seal control of the upper chamber? Yes, there is a chance. Probable, no. A chance, yes.” (10/20/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/10/20/kansas-montana-mississippi-where-will-the-blue-wave-crest/
Trump’s Attack on Congresswoman Omar Is an Attack on Congress Itself
Source: The UnPpoulist
by Andy Craig
“The House’s control over its own membership does not put members beyond the reach of the ordinary law. A representative who takes a bribe can be investigated, indicted, and convicted like anyone else, and nothing in Article I stands in the way. A conviction is not among the qualifications and does not by itself cost anyone a seat. What is different about the Omar investigation is its purpose. It is not aimed at punishing a crime but at taking away one of the three constitutional qualifications for the office she already holds, her citizenship. … The House may have ultimate control over its membership, but the attempt to short-circuit that authority by abusing other processes does real damage. The House would keep its power on paper while being dared to assert it, and to assert her privileges as a member in full standing.” (10/19/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-attack-on-congresswoman-omar
The homeless problem and government
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“[M]aking homelessness invisible generally means forcing people into shelters, or letting the weather do that for you. But solving homelessness? That is more complicated.” (10/19/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/10/19/the-homeless-problem-and-government/
Finland: Regime seeks one million land mines
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Finland is seeking to acquire one million anti-personnel mines. The plan to spend 100 million euros ($112 million) on the munitions comes after Helsinki and regional peers withdrew from a United Nations compact rejecting their use. With Moscow increasingly accused of mounting hybrid warfare against supporters of Ukraine, and possibly planning military provocations, Finland exited the Ottawa Convention last year. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, all also among the staunchest allies of Ukraine, also quit the agreement, citing the potential threat from Moscow. … Finland shares a border of roughly 1,340 kilometres (830 miles) with Russia. It has beefed up its defences since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and reported that migrants have been pushed across from the east.” (10/19/26)
Chris Edwards on Freedom Works with Paul Molloy
Source: Freedom Works
“Amtrak.” (10/19/26)
https://internetradiopros.com/freedomworks/?name=2026-10-20_zfw0010192026.mp3
What the United States Can Learn from Ancient Civilizations
Source: Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland
“The Roman world lasted 2,000 years, transforming from a kingdom to a republic and finally to an empire. At 250, what can the United States, which has been through its own stages, learn from Rome? As Americans prepare for what seems like a pivotal election—amid not just rising prices but, more seriously, rapid systemic decay—they may profit from an examination of what made the long-lasting Roman and Chinese civilizations so successful.” (10/19/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/10/19/united-states-ancient-civilizations/
Trumpflation is Here
Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker
“Donald Trump loves to put his name on things, and when it comes to the recent burst of inflation, it’s totally deserved. Trump and Republican politicians are doing their best to try to make a simple story complicated. But there is no doubt that Trump is the lead and almost sole author of the inflation we are now seeing.” (10/20/26)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/20/trumpflation-is-here/
Woman accusing Cornell students of rape says president’s response made her feel “disbelieved”
Source: SFGate
“The woman who has accused seven students of raping her at a Cornell University fraternity house has weighed in on a looming faculty vote of no confidence in the school’s leadership, saying the university’s president questioned why she waited to report being assaulted — an alleged remark she said left her feeling ‘unsupported and disbelieved’. Her case has prompted student protests, renewed scrutiny of the university’s disciplinary system and a state investigation into the alleged assault. In an Oct. 14 letter to faculty leaders obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, the woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, described a conversation she said took place shortly after she reported the alleged assault in November 2024. According to her secondhand account, the president of her sorority told her that Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff had questioned Jane Doe’s delay in reporting the alleged assault, which the sorority leader interpreted as casting doubt on her story.” (10/20/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/woman-who-accused-cornell-students-of-rape-says-22485983.php
Quillette Podcast, 10/19/26
Source: Quillette
“Podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Amy Hamm about Steven Galloway’s legal campaign against the University of British Columbia scholars who promoted baseless allegations that he was a rapist.” (10/19/26)
https://quillette.com/2026/10/19/watching-a-cancelled-novelist-confront-his-false-accusers/