Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Mike Maharrey

“James Madison called public debt ‘a public curse.’ The U.S. has been cursed for most of its existence, and the curse continues to grow at a dizzying pace. The only time in U.S. history that the debt was fully paid off was during President Andrew Jackson’s administration. That was in 1835. And in modern times, things just keep getting worse and worse. Every president since Calvin Coolidge has left the country in deeper debt than when he took office.” (10/30/24)

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2024/10/30/national-debt-the-top-5-worst-presidents-of-all-time/

Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Scott Alexander

“Time to own the libs! ACX joins such based heterodox thinkers as Curtis Yarvin, Nick Fuentes, Richard Spencer, and David Duke in telling you what the woke Washington Post and failing LA Times don’t want you to know: Donald Trump is the wrong choice for US President. If you’re in a swing state, we recommend you vote Harris; if a safe state, Harris or your third-party candidate of choice.” (10/30/24)

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/acx-endorses-harris-oliver-or-stein

Source: Niskanen Center
by Ben Bain & Christine Tsang

“The United States needs adaptable and responsive government institutions to effectively tackle the complex challenges facing the country both domestically and internationally. One major obstacle to efficient and agile policy implementation is the accumulation of ‘policy cruft’ — outdated, redundant, overly-complicated, or conflicting elements within our laws and regulations. Over time, this policy buildup has grown beyond the scope of manual review. In response, potential solutions from emerging technology tools are cropping up, chief among them being Stanford’s Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (RegLab).” (10/30/24)

https://www.niskanencenter.org/cutting-through-policy-cruft

Source: In These Times
by Alberto Toscano

“In states like Pennsylvania and Michigan with significant Arab-American constituencies, for whom Israel’s U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza and the assault on Lebanon are decisive questions, the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign is betting everything on turning ‘​blue wall’ suburban voters against Donald Trump. Harris’[s] ‘Country Over Party’ rallies targeting disaffected Republican voters have starred staunch anti-abortion conservative and foreign policy hawk Liz Cheney. While acknowledging that MAGA abortion bans have imperilled women and are undermining access to fertility treatments, Cheney has not recanted her celebration of the Supreme Court’s repeal of Roe v. Wade. Her support has notoriously been accompanied by that of her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, widely regarded as the individual most responsible for the United States’[s] catastrophic invasion of Iraq, the consequences of which are still reverberating across the region, from a death toll in the hundreds of thousands to the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS).” (10/30/24)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/project-for-the-old-american-century