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Monday, August 17th on RealClearPolitics:00:00 How Big is the Big Tent? 07:12 Jeffries and the Socialists11:05 DSA Accuses Rubio of Genocide18:12 Debbie Wass… Source link
In April, the en banc Fifth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of Texas’s law requiring the posting of Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. For much of the past four months, I wondered whether the ACLU would take the risk of filing a cert petition. On the one hand, separationists must publicly state they will fight to the last stage to ensure there is no religion in the classroom. On the other hand, the Supreme Court could set a broader that would set back separationism far more than Kennedy v. Bremerton did. Why not just let Louisiana and Texas go to avoid setting…
The US increasingly prioritizes technological dominance, supply-chain security, industrial protection and strategic competition with China. Under Trump, this approach has become openly transactional and unilateral: tariffs, market access and security instruments are used to compel partners and competitors alike. The EU, by contrast, seeks regulatory power, industrial resilience, climate leadership and greater strategic autonomy. Brussels remains firmly embedded in the Western alliance, but is increasingly unwilling to accept Washington’s unilateral priorities as Europe’s own. Managed confrontation by another name The 2025 US-EU framework agreement illustrates the contradiction. Washington committed to an all-inclusive 15% tariff ceiling on most EU goods, while…
“Golden age” is an easy line to sell. Living through the consequences of a war of choice is harder. We’re joined by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson for a blunt look at where the United States stands as the Iran conflict drags on, and why the economy, the military, and public trust can’t be separated when policy decisions start compounding. We talk through the gap between political messaging and real constraints: munitions shortages, JDAM kit limitations, and a defense industrial base that can’t simply surge precision weapons overnight. Wilkerson explains why rare earth metals and critical inputs like gallium matter for systems…
California has now told the country that it doesn’t know how many noncitizens have been removed from its voter rolls. Source link
If you voted for the Republican ticket because it promised a restrained foreign policy, I have some bad news for you. Source link
Bean Counting, Antisemitism and the EEOC Source link
Eric Hobsbawm's Age of Contradictions Source link
Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire Over the past year, a paid campaign funded by the government of Israel, executed through the advertising network Havas and the firm Clock Tower X, has sought to shape how AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, answer questions about Israel. The effort left a paper trail and Justice Department filings pointing to A $46.5 million contract but also to a network of websites built for machines rather than readers. All this was assembled while United Nations investigators described genocide underway in Gaza, Israeli forces conducted repeated incursions into Lebanon, and settler violence and land seizures…
President Donald Trump said he asked South Korea to assist the US war against Iran, and Seoul refused. The President recently announced he was scaling down war games with South Korea. During a presser on Monday, President Trump recalled a recent conversation with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. Trump said, “Would you to give us a little hand with Iran? If you would like, we don’t need help. [Myung] said, ‘No thanks.’” The President continued, “What do you mean? We have 39,000 soldiers over there guarding you from Kim Jong Un, and you are not going to help us…