Fox Host CAUGHT in UNTHINKABLE Screw Up!
Fox Host CAUGHT in UNTHINKABLE Screw Up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq_UjDnyYy0
America’s Newest Terror Group
The Kirk shooter so far seems to have no connections to anti-facist groups. “right wing” violence kills far more people than “left wing”. Of course, most left wing people and most right wing people have nothing to do with any of this violence.
Designating drug gangs and then domestic organizations as “terrorist” organizations could lead to persecuting political opponents not because they are somehow funding, or a part of, a terrorist organization, but because they are political opponents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuftWWI3uM4
Paper checks going away soon for Social Security, most federal payments
“The Treasury Department will stop issuing paper checks for tax refunds, Social Security payments and most other government programs on Sept. 30 as part of an executive order aimed at modernizing the government.
While experts widely agree that electronic payments are faster to process, and less susceptible to fraud and theft than paper checks, advocates who work with the small percentage of those who still receive checks say the change is being rushed out and worry that some beneficiaries won’t learn of it unless their payment doesn’t show up.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/checks-going-away-soon-social-134520636.html
Ukraine’s New BOPP Strategy: The Big Oil Power Play
The hitting of refineries in Russia is creating a gas shortage that may impact civilians. This could eventually weaken Russians’ support for the invasion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvha2sVzAFE
More Age Verification Fallout: Artist Blogs Blocked, Porn Data Leaked, Traffic Boosts for Noncompliant Sites
“Some porn websites have complied with the Online Safety Act by requiring U.K. visitors to upload an ID or submit to a facial scan. “But some of the biggest porn sites that disregarded the ‘scan your face’ rule entirely have been rewarded with a flood of traffic,” the Post found. “Some have doubled or even tripled their audiences in August compared with the same time last year.”
When sites do comply with rules like these, they risk putting people’s privacy and cybersecurity at risk. The more times you have to submit a copy of your driver’s license or a picture of your face for identification, the more likely you are to find yourself in a data breach.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/03/more-age-verification-fallout-artist-blogs-blocked-porn-data-leaked-traffic-boosts-for-noncompliant-sites/
American Manufacturing Needs Relief From Trump’s Tariffs
“Manufacturing has been in decline for six months, nearly the exact amount of time since Trump’s new trade wars began.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/04/american-manufacturing-needs-relief-from-trumps-tariffs/
‘No evidence’ found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk’s shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
‘No evidence’ found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk’s shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-evidence-found-yet-ties-090000648.html
Trump’s Drug Boat Drone Strike Shows How ‘Terrorism’ Makes Everyone Killable
“Vice President J.D. Vance was almost incredulous when a reporter asked him what “legal authority” the Trump administration used to blow up an alleged drug boat off the coast of Venezuela with a drone on Tuesday. “There are people who are bringing—literal terrorists—who are bringing deadly drugs into our country,” Vance said.
Why are they “literal terrorists”? Because the administration said so. President Donald Trump declared just after taking office that he would be designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations. One of them was Tren de Aragua, the organization accused of sending out the drug boat. (The administration tends to play fast and loose with labeling things Tren de Aragua; for all its criminal activities, the gang is not known to smuggle cocaine.) After the drone strike, multiple cabinet officials made sure to use the phrase “narco-terrorist organization.”
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A terrorist can be anyone the White House declares: an American journalist, a suspected drug smuggler, or another government. The only requirement seems to be that the terrorist is located outside of U.S. soil.
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Deploying uniformed troops against street crime, flying (unarmed) Predator drones over protesters, blowing up suspected smugglers instead of arresting them—these images are breaking down the political distinction between the “battlefield” and the “homefront.” Last week, U.S. Border Patrol agents were photographed training with mortars during live-fire exercises in Alaska. Since when do American police need artillery?”
https://reason.com/2025/09/04/trumps-drug-boat-drone-strike-shows-how-terrorism-makes-everyone-killable/
The New Texas Ban on Cell-Cultured Protein Is an Unconstitutional Interstate Trade Barrier, a Lawsuit Says
A Texas ban on cell-cultured protein is anti-freedom protectionism. If people want to eat fake meat, let them.
https://reason.com/2025/09/04/the-new-texas-ban-on-cell-cultured-protein-is-an-unconstitutional-interstate-trade-barrier-a-lawsuit-says/
Trump Says Tariffs Make Us Richer. So, Why Are Most Countries With High Tariffs So Poor?
“if tariffs are linked to prosperity, it’s an inverse relationship, according to a recent report on America’s declining economic freedom for Canada’s Fraser Institute. The authors, Robert A. Lawson of Southern Methodist University and Fraser’s own Matthew D. Mitchell, write: “High-tariff countries are generally low-income countries while low-tariff countries are generally high-income countries. In the high-tariff countries, average GDP per capita is just $9,703 per year,” while “in low-tariff countries, it is $43,502 per year.”
In 2023, the U.S. had an average tariff rate of 3.3 percent, which put us in the company of such countries as Singapore and Hong Kong (zero percent each), Brunei (0.5 percent), Israel (1.3 percent), New Zealand (1.9 percent), Australia (2.4 percent), and Iceland (3.3 percent). This year’s tariff shift has been marked by wild fluctuations. But the average tariff rate on April 15 was 28 percent and is now around 19 percent. That puts the U.S. amongst the likes of Zimbabwe (18 percent), Chad (18.1 percent), Republic of the Congo (18.1 percent), Algeria (18.9 percent), and Egypt (19 percent).”
https://reason.com/2025/09/05/trump-says-tariffs-make-us-richer-so-why-are-most-countries-with-high-tariffs-so-poor/