Source: The American Conservative
by James R Lawrence, III
“A salacious case out of California raises important questions about the state’s ability to regulate a wide variety of interpersonal relationships.” (07/29/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/forced-labor-and-the-first-amendment/
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“A gunman who killed four people when he stormed a skyscraper in the heart of New York on Monday evening left a note that appeared to blame the National Football League (NFL) for a brain injury, the city’s Mayor Eric Adams says. The attacker, 27-year-old Shane Tamura of Las Vegas, shot himself dead after opening fire in a building where the American football league has its headquarters, but went to a different part of the building after taking the wrong lift. The gunman was carrying a note in which he blamed CTE, a brain disease triggered by head trauma, for his mental illness, Adams said. Tamura played football as a teenager but did not play in the NFL, ex-teammates have told US media.” (07/29/25)
Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“Some ideas should last a thousand years. Let them come and be reminded of the wisdom of solidarity in a compact.” (07/29/25)
Source: ThomHartmann.Com
by Thom Hartmann
“What if, lacking an organized resistance to fascism like we have had in previous eras (the civil rights movement, SDS, BLM, the Wobblies), the Democratic Party itself could play the role of producing radical, positive transformation across America Sound crazy? It’s actually happened twice. The first time was in the 1930s, when Franklin Roosevelt’ New Deal literally flipped our politics and the American economy upside down, turning us from a raw, harsh capitalist system to a democratic socialist system with Social Security, legalized unions, unemployment insurance, a minimum wage, workplace safety rules, massive infrastructure construction, and millions of Americans being employed directly by the government to end poverty. It happened again in the 1960s, with Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society …” (07/28/25)
https://hartmannreport.com/p/this-is-not-a-drill-infiltrate-your
Source: Financial Times [UK]
“China has launched its first nationwide programme of childcare subsidies as it steps up efforts to boost birth rates and give more spending power to households with young children. The government will give families Rmb3,600 ($503) a year for each child under the age of three, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday. The subsidy will be applied from January 2025 but families with children born between 2022 and 2024 can apply for partial handouts. The policy is expected to benefit more than 20mn families each year, Xinhua reported, citing a spokesperson from China’s National Health Commission.” (07/29/25)
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Accidentally Wrecks His Own Epstein Lie as Musk Goes for Jugular.” (07/29/25)
https://newrepublic.com/article/198538/trump-accidentally-wrecks-epstein-lie-musk-goes-jugular
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“The American government — after years of nurturing a censorship agenda in the South American country — is now penalizing Brazil’s super-censor Supreme Court justice, Alexandre de Moraes, along with various colleagues, for imposing censorship demands on U.S. companies. The U.S. State Department revoked their visa privileges, preventing them from entering the United States.” (07/29/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/07/29/brazilian-censors-banned/
Source: SFGate
“More than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed during the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday. Israeli strikes overnight killed more than two dozen people, mostly women and children, according to health officials. The Israeli offensive, launched in response to Hamas’ attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, has destroyed vast areas of Gaza, displaced around 90% of the population and fueled a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Experts warned Tuesday that the territory of about 2 million Palestinians is on the brink of famine after Israeli restrictions and a breakdown of security have made it nearly impossible to safely deliver aid. The Health Ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, said that the death toll has climbed to 60,034, with 145,870 others wounded since the war started. The victims include 18,592 children and 9,782 women. Together, they make up nearly half the dead.” (07/29/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/over-60-000-palestinians-have-died-in-the-20791318.php
Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Snider
“The war with Russia is now going very badly for Ukraine. But Ukrainians must feel like the world, and not just Russia, is treating them badly.” (07/29/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2025/07/28/abandoning-ukraine/