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[ad_1] Photograph Source: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States – CC BY 2.0 “This was about staying out of prison.” – Haberman and Swan (Regime Change) as to why Trump ran in 2024 Whether we impeach or imprison (or both) Donald J. Trump would be a first step if we are to return to a struggling path of an electoral, Constitutional, democratic order we recognized on this 250th July 4th. Trump’s presidencies have taken us to a place where trust in our elections, a bedrock necessity, a peaceful transfer of power, respect for a Constitutional due process and judicial verdicts…

[ad_1] Hoping to transition from being “Chicago’s Most Connected Banker” to once again holding elected office, the two-term former Mayor of Chicago and former chief of staff to Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, did this month what all savvy political hopefuls do: He traveled to meet some of the largest power brokers in American politics at their homes in Tel Aviv. In 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama flew to Israel and declared his “unshakeable commitment to Israel’s security,” and in 2015, Hillary Clinton pledged to “immediately dispatch a delegation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to meet with senior Israeli commanders” and…

[ad_1] 7/17/1862:  Congress enacts the Confiscation Act, which empowers the government to seize the property of the rebels. The Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of that law in The Confiscation Cases (1873). The Chase Court (1873)The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 17, 1862 appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The fear of Unilateral Coercive Measures (UCMs), or sanctions, is not unfounded. For example: since 2018, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions against Iran’s use of cryptocurrencies; the decentralized nature of the blockchain no longer offers any immunity. Any exchange or virtual asset service provider with any connection to the United States—whether by being incorporated there, having U.S. customers, or processing transactions in dollars—is required to block transactions, verify IP addresses, and report frozen assets, under threat of multimillion-dollar fines and exclusion from the dollar-based financial system; the same happened with the Petro in the…

[ad_1] Give the world’s control freaks credit where it’s due: No matter how creepy their proposals are, there’s always another nanny someplace eager to double down with an even more intrusive scheme. So, as Americans debate the wisdom of drunk-driver kill switch mandates for cars, their counterparts in Europe now require that new vehicles include in-car cameras that constantly monitor drivers. The result is an escalating race in government-dictated automobile surveillance that we’ll all have to pay for, even if we plan to bypass or sabotage it once we’re off the lot. You are reading The Rattler from J.D. Tuccille…

[ad_1] Americans now spend an average of 35 minutes per day socializing, down from 45 minutes in 2005 Teens aged 15-24 have seen the steepest decline, dropping from 60 to 35 minutes daily Smartphone use, remote work and larger homes with more entertainment options drive the trend Teenagers spend an average of 4.8 hours per day on social media platforms The decline of gathering spaces like libraries, coffee shops and churches compounds the problem The quiet crisis of American social life Americans across all age groups are spending significantly less time socializing than they did two decades ago, according to…

[ad_1] Associate Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testified before Congress this week. Much of the press coverage and online commentary has focused on the justices’ discussion of their need for greater security and increasing threats to the federal judiciary, with a particular focus on Justice Barrett’s comments on her personal experience. Contrary to the claims of some “conservative” influencers, Justice Barrett did not say anything suggesting such threats–including the swatting attempt on her home–had affected her work or decision-making. She actually said the opposite, that all of the justices “continue to do their jobs without fear or favor.”…

[ad_1] Photograph Source: https://www.afintl.com/202510018284 – Public Domain Here is the bottom line: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of leaving Gaza, either before Israel’s general elections—likely to be held in October—or after. Conceding an inch from the roughly 70 percent of the territory his army currently occupies in Gaza will be considered a weakness by the majority of Israeli voters and would result in an open revolt within his extremist coalition. He has made his intentions clear time and again. Recent statements by Israel’s political leadership have only reinforced that reality, with officials insisting that Israel must maintain…

[ad_1] Trump’s stolen-election claims: “Great damage has been done to our country,” said President Donald Trump last night in a special address to the country, addressing election vulnerabilities he believes exist. “Our elections were left vulnerable to being rigged and stolen, and the trust of the American people was lost. This cannot be allowed to continue.” China, in his words, carried out “the largest compromise of election data in history” starting with the 2020 election, allegedly gathering 220 million voter files “over a period of years.” If true—which is a big if—this is a huge indictment of government data-security practices (not much…

[ad_1] On Thursday night, President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address to the nation on one of his favorite topics: the 2020 election. Over 25 minutes, Trump aired a familiar list of grievances, inveighing against the media, China, and a nebulous collection of conspirators who allegedly stole the 2020 election from him. The allegation has long been debunked, and even the newly declassified evidence Trump touted in the speech didn’t make the case he claimed. But not every channel aired the speech, and the president threatened them with reprisal as a result. This, too, is a common refrain from the…