- “Democrats are staging a coup by the elite’s elite,” by J. T. Young — ‘As party brass scramble to oust President Biden, America is witnessing an attempted coup by the elite’s elite. Gone is any pretext that this is the “demos” or the people, governing. Today’s Democratic Party is about the aristocracy ruling.’
- “Why Are There So Few Assassinations?” by Richard Hanania — ‘The era from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century was a kind of golden age of political assassinations. Over a twenty-year period, the political leaders or reigning monarchs of the US, France, Russia, Italy, and Spain were all murdered. … And then things just stopped. Other eras would see isolated political assassinations, but the period from 1881 to 1914 was like nothing that happened before or since. It might seem natural to ask what went wrong during this one period in history. But given what we know about the world, I think the better question is why there have been so few political assassinations in other eras.’
- “Donald Trump Assassination Attempt: 2023 Television Ad Features 20-Year-Old Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks,” with video — ‘Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old shooter who tried assassinating former US President Donald Trump at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Sunday was allegedly featured in a BlackRock advertisement in 2023.’
- “5 lessons from working at a homeless shelter,” by Ed Latimore — ‘I watched about 500 homeless people get processed.… Most of them were guys who’d done 5 – 10+ years in prison, and their friends/family moved on. Since they’re convicted felons, the criminal justice system makes it virtually impossible for them to get work.’
- “The Temu App Is Like the TikTok App,” by Scribbler — ‘The app for China-based TikTok isn’t the only one to avoid if you worry about cybersecurity and whether any of your personal data might end up on the servers of the Chinese Communist Party.… Any app made by a company based in China and thus answerable to the party-state is suspect.’
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