Source: The New Republic
“Trump Blurts Out Surprise Admission about Midterms as GOP Panic Erupts.” (05/28/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/211018/trump-blurts-surprise-admission-midterms-gop-panic-erupts
Source: USA Today
by Dace Potas
“Republicans who have tried to walk a careful line with President Donald Trump are having a rough stretch in primary season. Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy and Texas Sen. John Cornyn both lost to Trump-backed challengers despite years of attempting, in different ways, to accommodate the president politically. But accommodation is rarely enough with Trump. Republican senators hoping selective loyalty will protect them should pay attention to what happened to Cassidy and Cornyn: If Trump decides you are insufficiently loyal, you are replaceable no matter how often you vote with him. Republican senators deciding whether and when to break with Trump should take that lesson seriously. The time to do it is when you still hold power, not once you’ve become a lame duck. The former requires courage. The latter does not.” (05/28/26)
Source: Law & Liberty
by Mark David Hall
“Americans may have debated the meaning of the Declaration of Independence, but it has always been at the core of our political tradition.” (05/28/26)
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/the-declarations-promise-and-peril-at-250/
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“The European Union has imposed a €200m ($232m; £173m) fine on Chinese-owned online retailer Temu for having illegal products such as dangerous baby toys and faulty chargers for sale on its platform. The European Commission said the company had ‘failed to diligently identify, analyse and assess the systemic risks’ of the products and the harm they could cause to consumers. Temu has been under investigation since October 2024 over whether it has been meeting its obligations as a designated Very Large Online Platform under EU law. The online retailer said it disagreed with the decision and deemed the fine disproportionate, and was now considering available options.” (05/28/26)
Source: New York Times
“Why Texas Students Are Being Tackled and Tasered, and Trump’s Latest Target for Retribution.” (05/28/26)
Source: Freedom’s Phoenix
“Jay Noone (Man Camp; Local Silver Mint) on the upcoming Man Camp at Porcfest 2026. Porcfest will not be held at Roger’s Campground, but rather in locations all over New Hampshire from June 21-28, 2026.” (05/28/26)
Source: Bitcoin.com
by Wolfie Zhao
“The companies that once competed primarily on mining outcomes are increasingly being judged by a broader set of capabilities: infrastructure control, power access, cooling capacity and the ability to serve demand beyond Bitcoin alone. In other words, Bitcoin mining is evolving from a pure commodity hash business into a broader energy-backed compute infrastructure industry.” (05/28/26)
https://news.bitcoin.com/the-future-of-bitcoin-mining-is-bigger-than-bitcoin/
Source: TomDispatch
by William D Hartung
“Donald Trump’s America is a scary place in significant part thanks to an unholy alliance of MAGA devotees who don’t believe in science and see intellectuals as public enemy number one, and a gaggle of Silicon Valley militarists who think that they’re the smartest people in the room, if not the universe. Add in White Christian nationalists who abuse religious precepts to sow hatred and division and you have the foundations of the political base that elected Donald Trump (twice!). And worse yet, those groupings are likely to be with us long after our current president has gone off to that great cheeseburger stand in the sky.” (05/28/26)
Source: Politico
“AI divisions at the White House, new inflation data, and Jill Biden’s new book.” (05/28/26)
Source: Free the People
“Economists Have to Keep Teaching the Same Lessons | Guests: James Harrigan & Antony Davies.” (05/27/26)