Source: New York Post
by Drew Pinsky & Mary LG Theroux
“San Francisco is making real progress in the fight against homelessness; Los Angeles is not. And the difference is how each city treats addiction among the homeless population. Addicts are a crucial subset of that population. It is a brain disease, and brain diseases, as they progress, result in the loss of the ability to manage the necessities of daily life. We are not referring to those who may experience transient homelessness, who can make use of various resources that are available for housing. We are concerned with those for whom their brain conditions have progressed to the point that they lie down on the sidewalk, and stay there.” (04/06/26)
https://nypost.com/2026/04/06/opinion/how-la-is-failing-the-homeless/
Source: United Press International
“A 2023 Iowa law banning LGBTQ books and topics from being discussed in public school classrooms is taking effect after an appeals court lifted an injunction against it on Tuesday. The Court of Appeals for the Eighth U.S. Circuit ruled against the injunction after a lower court judge blocked the law last year. The law also requires school administrators to inform parents if a student requests accommodations to affirm their gender identity, such as preferred pronouns.” (04/07/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/04/07/iowa-lgbtq-book-ban-parental-notification-law-takes-effect/2491775576362/
Source: The New Republic
“Angry Trump Erupts at Media as GOPers Quietly Start to Break Over War.” (04/07/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/208701/angry-trump-erupts-media-gopers-quietly-start-break-war
Source: The Daily Economy
by Matthew Blakey
“By redefining inflation as consumer prices, we distort how we interpret policy, inequality, and markets.” (04/07/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/redefining-inflation-to-obscure-its-origins/
Source: Gideon’s Substack
by Noah Millman
“Betting markets now suggest the Democrats are strongly favored to take the House, and it’s a coin flip whether they’ll take the Senate. In consequence of these developments, debates between moderates and left-wingers about how the party needs to run have been largely shelved in favor of a comforting consensus that ‘we’re not Trump’ will be enough in 2026, and possibly in 2028 as well. … Democrats might well win in 2026 and even in 2028 without having had any serious discussion about what they want to do, or having determined whether what they want to do has anything to do with what the electorate wants or the country needs. And if that is how they win, then what happens after they do?” (04/07/26)
https://gideons.substack.com/p/do-the-democrats-know-what-time-it
Source: SFGate
“Iran has allowed two French former detainees, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, to leave the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. They had been holed up in French diplomatic premises there since their release from prison in November. ‘Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris are free and on route toward French territory, after three and a half years of detention in Iran,’ Macron posted on X. The green light for them to leave Iran, long sought by France, signaled how Iran is differentiating between nations, treating some favorably and others as foes, in the context of the Iran war. Macron has distanced France from the conflict, saying his country wasn’t consulted in advance about the U.S-Israel strikes and didn’t want the war. He thanked Oman for playing a mediation role in the release of Kohler and Paris.” (04/07/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/iran-has-allowed-two-french-former-detainees-to-22193239.php
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Did Trump Just Threaten To Nuke Iran?” (04/07/26)
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1qKDzPOpZdVJV
Source: Law & Liberty
“Mercy from on high.” (04/07/26)
https://lawliberty.org/podcast/mercy-from-on-high/
Source: Law & Liberty
by Daniel Pitt
“The Finland–Russia border is 830 miles long. It is the longest land border with Russia in Europe. It is not only the Finnish border, but also the European Union’s and, more recently, NATO’s too. Therefore, when the president of Finland, Alexander Stubb, writes a book on foreign policy and the world order, it should be of interest to the West. His new book, The Triangle of Power, analyses the transformation of the international system after the end of Western dominance.” (04/07/26)
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/the-moral-thinness-of-geopolitics/
Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher
“Democrats should go on challenging shows — but no one should be pressured to prove their populist bona fides on a streamer who may cost them more voters than he delivers.” (04/07/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/07/the-internet-is-bigger-than-hasan-piker/
