Source: Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

“President Trump attacked Iran without approval from Congress, as was the Framers’ intent regarding offensive warfare, made plain in the debates at the Constitutional Convention. Trump also violated the War Powers Resolution of 1973 by not withdrawing U.S. forces within 60 to 90 days when Congress hadn’t declared war, given its legal approval or extended the statutory deadline—none of which happened. This is just one more recent example of a hyper-imperial executive thumbing his nose at a quiescent Congress. Yet the Constitution’s Framers intended for Congress, not the executive, to be the dominant branch of government; an independent executive and judiciary were meant to counteract and contain some of this predicted legislative preeminence.” (09/23/26)

https://www.independent.org/article/2026/09/23/make-congress-great-again/

Source: Washington Monthly
by Carter Dougherty

“A proposed settlement would give Visa and Mastercard’s duopoly a free pass, and won’t deliver meaningful relief on swipe fees.” (09/23/26)

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/23/the-secret-monopoly-making-everything-more-expensive/

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“Doordash has reached a historic $131.5 million settlement to repay workers in New York City for wages the food delivery app stole from them over the last four years, which sounds like a big win for the little guy if you don’t think about it too hard. … A hundred and fifteen million dollars. What do you think would happen to you if you stole $115 million from your employer? Can you imagine that not being treated as a crime? Can you imagine going ‘Haha, ya got me! I’ll return the cash. Can’t blame a guy for trying!’ and then paying a small fine and just going back to your life like it was no big deal? Of course you can’t. You know you’d be arrested, handcuffed, prosecuted for grand larceny, and then spend many years behind bars.” (09/24/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/09/24/under-capitalism-its-legal-for-employers-to-steal-from-employees/

Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal

“Why are we forced to pretend not to know the solutions? To pretend solutions are mysterious or too hard? Because government doesn’t benefit from solved problems. It loses power when problems are solved and people no longer beg to be rescued. Often, getting government out of the way is the solution. Crime is a solved problem. To pretend that no one knows how to reduce crime is a lie that only serves the criminals — both freelance and governmental. The solution is to stop criminalizing things everyone has a natural human right to do, including both what they choose to put into their bodies, and defense of person and property with the most effective tools ever invented for the purpose.” (09/23/26)

https://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2026/09/23/voices/opinion-dont-violate-others-problem-solved/234227.html

Source: In These Times
by Ramya Gosike

“The cost of healthcare just keeps going up — and millions of Americans are set to lose coverage. Under the GOP’s so-called ​’Big Beautiful Bill’, around 17 million people in this country will lose health care thanks to the law’s Medicaid cuts, failure to renew Affordable Care Act subsidies and other changes. Those cuts accelerate after this year’s midterms. Instead, that money is going toward tax cuts for the rich plus record budgets for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Pentagon. Immigrants — including well over 1 million residents who are lawfully present — will be especially hard hit. ” (09/23/26)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/immigrants-healthcare-ice-medicaid-medicare-snap-cuts-obbb