Source: Caitlin Johnstone
by Caitlin Johnstone
“If you want to help the western empire administer war propaganda, one of the best ways to do this is to pretend the violence of empire-targeted governments happens in a vacuum, completely divorced from western imperial agendas.” (07/29/26)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/07/29/how-to-be-an-empire-propagandist/
Source: CBS News
“Four women speaking to CBS News’ partner network the BBC have accused actor and band frontman Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers. One woman said the Oscar-winning actor and ‘Thirty Seconds to Mars’ band frontman sexually assaulted her in a motel when she was 17, while another told the BBC said she had sex with Leto in California when she was the same age — which would qualify as statutory rape. A third woman told the BBC that Leto threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19 while she was alone with him in a hotel room. Another alleges the star groomed her as a teenager, on one occasion suggesting they should have sex. … Leto has been plagued by allegations of sexual misconduct for years, but has denied all wrongdoing. No criminal charges have ever been filed against him.” (07/29/26)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jared-leto-women-accuse-us-actor-sexual-offenses-bbc-documentary/
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Fauci Flounders Under Final Sen. Paul Grilling.” (07/29/26)
http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/archives/fauci-flounders-under-final-sen-paul-grilling
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Ian Miller
“Sometimes you learn that people are exactly who you think they are. And that may never apply more accurately and comprehensively than it does with Anthony Fauci. Fauci was portrayed, starting in early 2020, as an objective, brilliant, virtually infallible God-like figure. … That’s not an exaggeration; there were Christmas tree ornaments made depicting Fauci as a Pope, there were shrines put up in people’s houses, he was on the cover of various magazines, and he was given a parade of endless, relentlessly glowing media appearances from his fawning, adoring fans. Fans like CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. For most critics it was clear almost immediately that these portrayals and friendly media appearances depicted the exact opposite of reality.” (07/29/26)
Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz
“Let’s get this out of the way first. I have 8k Substack subscribers and 21k Twitter followers. I’m in the top 25% on OnlyFans. If that seems impressive to you, keep reading. If you know that’s what miserable failure looks like, you’re probably good. Close the tab. My expertise is that no one is more motivated to understand an industry than a mofo who can’t hack it, but keeps trying.” (07/29/26)
https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/three-things-ive-learned-about-full
Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum
“When you start with a predetermined policy and then go looking for a legal pretext to justify it, you are building on shaky ground. President Donald Trump illustrated that point once again last week, when he announced a third round of broad tariffs after his first two attempts were rejected by federal courts.” (07/29/26)
https://reason.com/2026/07/29/trump-keeps-pushing-legally-dubious-tariffs/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Jason Sorens
“Brexit disappointed both its critics and supporters, but Britain’s economic malaise runs much deeper than the 2016 referendum.” (07/29/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/britains-problems-didnt-begin-with-brexit/
Source: Politico
“French authorities have moved to expel from the country Xenia Fedorova, a Russian media star who has courted controversy for her pro-Kremlin narrative. Fedorova, the former head of the Kremlin-backed RT France news outlet, was handed an expulsion order by the Paris Prefecture of Police, which handles immigration matters for foreigners living in the French capital, according to a report by French newspaper Libération published Wednesday that was confirmed by POLITICO. ‘By spreading her narratives, [Xenia Fedorova] acts as a conduit for disinformation campaigns led by Russian authorities,’ with the aim of ‘destabilizing public order’ in France, reads the document, seen by Libération. It also accuses Fedorova of ‘contribut[ing] to the spread of disinformation and destabilization’ in order to manipulate public opinion.” (07/29/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-issues-expulsion-order-pro-kremlin-xenia-fedorova
Source: Yascha Mounk
“Katja Hoyer on Why We Should Stop Comparing Everything to Weimar.” (07/29/26)
Source: The American Conservative
by Joseph Addington
“Earlier this month, Daniel Ortega, the dictator of Nicaragua, announced that his country would no longer hold elections. In response, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement condemning Ortega and declaring that Nicaragua ‘cannot expect to maintain business as usual with other nations when it is thwarting the basic tenets of our democratic hemisphere.’ There is no doubt that Nicaragua has suffered under the rule of Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo, who have run the country as their personal fiefdom for nearly two decades. But Rubio’s rhetoric on Latin America increasingly resembles the neoconservatism President Trump was ostensibly elected to displace.” (07/29/26)