Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter
“Remember when the leftist [sic] media was upset about Benjamin Netanyahu being in the Situation Room with President Trump? ‘How dare he?’ they cried as they clutched their pearls. Well, at least Israel is an ally [sic] of the United States, whereas the media is not, and the media, as horrifying as it is, is only made worse by the President talking to them. Please, Mr. President, stop giving access to these people.” (04/21/26)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/04/21/dear-mr-president-please-stop-giving-special-access-to-the-left-wing-press-n2674787
Source: Yahoo! Finance
“New York’s attorney general sued Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan on Tuesday, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling. In complaints filed in a state court in Manhattan, Attorney General Letitia James said Coinbase and Gemini failed to obtain New York State Gaming Commission licenses to operate their markets, where people trade based on the predicted outcomes of events such as sports and elections. James said Coinbase’s and Gemini’s so-called event contracts are ‘quintessentially gambling’ because event outcomes are outside bettors’ control or amount to games of chance. She also objected to Coinbase and Gemini letting 18- to 20-year-olds use their platforms, despite a state law setting a minimum age of 21 for mobile sports betting.” (04/21/26)
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/york-sues-coinbase-financial-markets-160504421.html
Source: National Review
“Legal Reform as the Supply-Side Issue of Our Day.” (04/21/26)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/capital-record/legal-reform-as-the-supply-side-issue-of-our-day/
Source: Fox News
“NASA shut down one of Voyager 1’s science instruments to conserve dwindling power and keep the nearly 49-year-old spacecraft operating as it continues its journey through interstellar space more than 15 billion miles from Earth. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands Friday to turn off Voyager 1’s Low-Energy Charged Particles (LECP) experiment, a long-running instrument that has operated almost continuously since the spacecraft launched in 1977. The move comes as the nuclear-powered probe loses about 4 watts of power each year, and mission managers work to stretch its remaining lifespan. ‘While shutting down a science instrument is not anybody’s preference, it is the best option available,’ Kareem Badaruddin, Voyager mission manager at JPL, said in a statement.” (04/21/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-shuts-voyager-1-instrument-save-power-15b-miles-earth
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar on Amir Makled, a progressive who’s been accused of antisemitism, winning an election to be on the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents.” (04/21/26)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/5834601-rising-april-21-2026/
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Marcos Giansante
“In well-ordered legal traditions, disagreement about outcomes is expected. Disagreement about methods is tolerable. But the abandonment of method altogether marks a deeper rupture, one that transforms law from a system of constraint into an instrument of will. Contemporary Brazilian jurisprudence increasingly reveals such a rupture. The problem is often framed as a conflict between legal theories, or as the natural evolution of constitutional interpretation. Yet this framing misidentifies the phenomenon. What is at stake is not the triumph of one doctrine over another, but the quiet dissolution of the very structures that once constrained judicial power.” (04/21/26)
https://mises.org/power-market/when-legal-methods-become-rhetoric
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Former senior Biden advisor Amos Hochstein said during an interview on Sunday that the Biden administration had been preparing to bomb Iran if they had won re-election in 2024. Hochstein was asked by Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennan, ‘In July 2024 Secretary Blinken claimed Iran was one or two weeks away from having enough fissile material breakout capacity to eventually make a weapon if Iran had decided to do so. There were indirect negotiations that the Biden administration did, but it went nowhere. So when President Trump argues that he did what no other president would, is it just simply that the bill was coming due and it fell on his watch?'” (04/21/26)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/04/21/biden-official-biden-was-preparing-to-bomb-iran-if-re-elected/
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“The Weirdness and Destructiveness of the U.S. Blockade on Iran.” (04/21/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y80iTHf9o54
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Rachel Chiu
“The Confrontation Clause bars certain out-of-court statements when the witness does not testify at trial and there is no opportunity for cross-examination. Although there are many situations in which different forms of out-of-court statements may be admissible, the circumstances triggering the Confrontation Clause often involve evidence that is high-stakes and accusatory. In these specific cases, a defendant’s freedom is on the line, and the statements in question can have a disproportionate and decisive impact in the absence of cross-examination. Compared to other criminal justice topics such as qualified immunity and civil asset forfeiture, this issue receives far less attention, even though the risk to a defendant’s life, personal liberty, and property is great. The erosion of the Confrontation Clause deserves scrutiny, and the Supreme Court has recently signaled possible intervention to address the problem.” (04/21/26)
https://fee.org/articles/focus-on-the-sixth-amendment/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Per Bylund
“Before it even hits shelves, Mariana Mazzucato’s newest book recycles ideas that economists have already dismantled.” (04/21/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/fallacies-forthcoming-why-mazzucatos-latest-is-already-outdated/
