Source: Quillette
by D Marshall
“American conservatives show no interest in understanding their country’s greatest geopolitical foe. The consequences of this incuriosity could be disastrous.” (07/28/25)
https://quillette.com/2025/07/28/getting-china-wrong-sun-tzu-trump-vance/
Source: Common Dreams
by Tom Gallagher
“I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani, upset winner over the heavily favored former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, would have greatly preferred that his much better financed opponent would graciously accept the will of his party’s voters, thereby allowing the Democratic nominee (Mamdani) to sail on through the final election in November as is generally the case. And so would we, his supporters, all. Instead, he finds himself actively opposed by elements of just about every significant anti-democratic, anti-working class faction in American politics. As the Talking Heads song put it, this race ‘ain’t no disco; this ain’t no fooling around.'” [editor’s note: Even with the perfect Talking Heads quote, this pundit is delulu defined – SAT]” (07/27/25)
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an ‘immediate and unconditional’ ceasefire from midnight to resolve deadly border clashes, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday. Anwar, who chaired the talks as head of the ASEAN regional bloc, said both sides have reached a common understanding to take steps to return to normalcy. … Thailand and Cambodia have clashed along their shared border since last Thursday. The conflict has already claimed dozens of lives and displaced some 260,000 people on both sides of the border.” (07/28/25)
Source: Antiwar.com
“Trump Strongly Backs Israel as It Starves Gaza, US Carries Out Airstrikes, Raid in Somalia, and More.” (07/28/25)
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“‘The FBI began surveilling a Catholic priest in 2023,’ wrote James Lynch last week, ‘after the clergyman refused to divulge details about a recently arrested parishioner who was converting to Catholicism and seeking spiritual guidance.’ … ‘The FBI attempted to violate the priest-penitent privilege,’ the report continues, ‘on the faulty reasoning that the Richmond subject under investigation seeking spiritual guidance had not been baptized or completed catechism.’ You may be asking yourself, is the FBI out of its mind?” (07/28/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/07/28/what-does-the-fbi-do/
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Russia’s national airline, Aeroflot, said it had cancelled dozens of flights after pro-Ukrainian hackers claimed an attack on the carrier’s IT systems. A statement from hacking group Silent Crow said it carried out the attack with the help of a Belarusian group Cyberpartisans. Silent Crow said on Telegram that its “prolonged and large-scale operation… completely destroyed” Aeroflot’s IT systems. Aeroflot said it had cancelled more than 40 flights – mostly within Russia but also including routes to Belarus and Armenia – which the Kremlin said was ‘worrying’. The airline said an issue with its information system had also led to widespread delays. Silent Crow also threatened to release ‘the personal data of all Russians who have ever flown Aeroflot’.” (07/28/25)
Source: The American Conservative
by James P Pinkerton
“Perhaps Democrats could swap pro-growth policies for foreign aid.” (07/28/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/a-grand-bargain-on-foreign-aid/
Source: United Press International
“SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Lompoc, Calif. The mission put 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. It will deploy the satellites into a polar orbit to boost internet service in polar regions. … There are more than 8,000 Starlink satellites in orbit, according to astronomer Jonathan McDowell.” (07/27/25)
Source: Liberal Currents
“Strange Bedfellows.” (07/27/25)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberalism-36-strange-bedfellows/
Source: The Volokh Conspiracy
by Ilya Somin
“Trump has reached a trade deal with the European Union, which follows previous deals with the UK, Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Some might view these deals as vindication of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, and other tariff hikes. But the truth is that these deals leave us worse off than before. In each case, tariff rates under the deals are vastly higher than they were before Trump started his trade war. For example, the new tariff on most EU goods will be 15%, compared to an average rate of 1.47% before Trump’s second term …. As a result, Americans will face much higher prices than before on many goods, and there will be other severe economic damage, as well.” (07/27/25)
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/07/27/trumps-trade-deals-wont-end-the-harm-caused-by-his-tariffs/