Source: The Erick Erickson Show
by Erick-Woods Erickson
“The word ‘Ontario’ is Iroquoian. English settlers put ‘Ontario’ on their maps in the early 1600s, borrowing it from the Indians already here, and it meant roughly ‘great lake.’ The water named everything else. The colony took the name from the lake, the province took it from the colony, and the Dominion of Canada did not exist until 1867, two years after Appomattox. That name predates Canada, predates the United States, and predates every man who has ever held the presidency. Yesterday, the President signed an executive order renaming it Lake America. Now picture the American voter who was on the sidelines Tuesday, arms folded, undecided about the midterms, who read that headline and thought, ‘Well, now I’m voting Republican.’ Take your time. I’ll wait.” (08/28/26)
https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/a-renamed-lake
Source: SFGate
“Two years after a major break in the case, the last known victim of serial killer Keith Jesperson has been identified. Jesperson, who got the moniker the ‘Happy Face Killer’ after sending letters to the media with smiley faces, killed at least eight women across the nation. As a long-haul trucker, Jesperson had easy access to victims who were less likely to draw the attention of authorities: hitchhikers and sex workers. He also could dump their bodies in random locations, obscuring his involvement in their murders. It’s believed he began killing in 1990. He had multiple victims in California, including Patricia Skiple in Santa Nella, Cynthia Rose in Turlock and a woman he believed was named ‘Claudia’. ‘Claudia’ was found along Highway 95 on Aug. 30, 1992.” (08/30/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/happy-face-killer-victim-identified-22409916.php
Source: Fountainhead Forum
“Brian Chau on how non-profits give tax money to immigrants.” (08/28/26)
https://rumble.com/v7er6ug-ff-480-brian-chau-on-how-non-profits-give-tax-money-to-immigrants.html
Source: Law & Liberty
by Titus Techera
“Dolly understood that human nature includes not just sweetness, but much envy and resentment besides, aimed especially, of course, at the beautiful, the wealthy, and so on among us. But her obvious love of people and loyalty to her roots, her tireless work raising money and creating jobs, in short becoming such an astonishing benefactor — that overwhelmed any resentment and made people love her even more for it. That’s a remarkable American life.” (08/28/26)
https://lawliberty.org/dolly-partons-american-life/
Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner
“In the latest twist in the saga of President Trump’s efforts to get the U.S. Postal Service to restrict or condition mail-in voting, a federal judge once again has enjoined the Postal Service from moving ahead with its plan. District Court Judge Indira Talwani’s order yesterday came after the Supreme Court had admonished her on Monday, overturning her earlier injunction on the grounds that the Postal Service had not finalized any changes; thus the suit and injunction were supposedly premature. But as Judge Talwani wrote in her latest order, the Postal Service had actually gone ahead and issued a final rule providing that unless a state provides voter information to the USPS and meets other arbitrary conditions, the Postal Service will not deliver mail-in ballots.” (08/28/26)
https://prospect.org/2026/08/28/battle-over-mail-ballots-trump-supreme-court/
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“An Ecuadorian court has found former President Lenin Moreno guilty of bribery in a case tied to the construction of the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, the public prosecutor’s office said on Friday. Moreno, 73, was sentenced to five years in prison and has been permanently barred from holding any public office in the future. The attorney general’s office launched an investigation in March 2023, linking Moreno, his family members, and local and Chinese business partners to an alleged corruption network connected to the Coca Codo Sinclair plant.” (08/28/26)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/ecuador-sentences-ex-president-moreno-to-five-years-in-jail-in-bribery-case
Source: Freedom Works
“Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center ‘Trade Wars Have No Winners.'” (08/28/26)
https://internetradiopros.com/freedomworks/?name=2026-08-29_zfw0081282026.mp3
Source: Free Association
by Sheldon Richman
“Between 1876 and 1896, the individualist, pro-capitalist Victorian polymath and evolutionary sociologist, Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), published his massive three-volume The Principles of Sociology. Part five he titled ‘Political Institutions.’ In it he described mankind’s move from what he called the primitive ‘militant type of society’ to the modern ‘industrial type of society.’ His narrative is detailed and fascinating. Spencer’s general point was that the obsolete militant type was characterized by force, slavery, regimentation, and centralized power. In contrast, the beneficent industrial type was grounded in individuality, freedom, contract, interdependence, and decentralized power.” (08/28/26)
https://sheldonrichman.substack.com/p/tgif-spencer-on-the-industrial-society
Source: Associated Press
“A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting. The move stalled the directive for a second time only about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for the rapidly approaching midterm elections. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani blocked the government from implementing the order for two weeks. The case could soon be appealed back to the Supreme Court, days after the justices handed down a procedural decision that allowed the the administration to move ahead. … The high court’s conservative majority did not rule on the legality of Trump’s executive order, instead saying Talwani had acted too soon. Now the administration has issued a formal rule governing whether the U.S. Postal Service will deliver states’ mail ballots, effectively restarting the legal fight.” (08/27/26)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-voting-mail-ballots-democrats-lawsuits-15cf1ec7dcdb8211bf6b624b75a7f4ab
Source: Independent Institute
by Pierre Lemieux
“The trade war between the United States and Canada—or, more exactly, between Donald Trump, who declared it, and Canadian politicians, who try to limit the damage though using the same logic as Trump’s—provides a good opportunity to reflect on how trade and freedom work. It is not a brilliant idea for the Canadian government to impose a tariff on Canadians who purchase American appliances, for example, in order to retaliate against the American ruler who has imposed a tariff on Americans importing Canadian whisky. … Instead of retaliation—imposing a border tax on Canadians because Trump has imposed one on Americans—[prime minister Mark Carney] could make a declaration of unilateral free trade along the following lines …” (08/27/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/08/27/the-trade-declaration-carney-should-make/
