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Everybody's Political What's What? (1944)
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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July 22, 2024
Why the U.S. Secrecy Surrounding Evan Gershkovich? ([link removed])
Last Friday, a Russian court, operating in secret, convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in a Russian penal colony. Ever since Gershkovich’s arrest in March 2023, I have written extensively about the case: [link removed] The Journal and U.S. officials have responded to the verdict and sentence in the same way they have responded ever ...
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
The Near Assassination of Donald Trump ([link removed])
by Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
Choose One: Law Enforcement at Trump Shooting Was Either Incompetent or Complicit ([link removed])
by Ryan McMaken
Mises Institutehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/choose-one-law-enforcement-trump-shooting-was-either-incompetent-or-complicit
FOREIGN POLICY
NATO: 75 and Still Threatening ([link removed])
by Binoy Kampmark
Counterpunchhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/22/nato-75-and-still-threatening/
NATO Accelerates Its Conflict With China ([link removed])
by Vijay Prashad
Counterpunchhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/22/nato-accelerates-its-conflict-with-china/
Why is NATO Expanding its Nuclear Force? ([link removed])
by Stephen Bryen
Weapons and Strategyhttps://weapons.substack.com/p/why-is-nato-expanding-its-nuclear
ECONOMICS
Biden’s Bad Rent-Control Idea Has No Upside ([link removed])
by Megan McArdle
Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/18/biden-rent-control-bad-idea/
California’s Minimum Wage Backfire ([link removed])
Editorial
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/california-minimum-wage-unemployment-fast-food-restaurants-gavin-newsom-fa91c381?mod=trending_now_opn_5
POLITICS
J.D. Vance, Lina Khan and the GOP’s Economic Contradictions ([link removed])
Editorial
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/j-d-vance-lina-khan-federal-trade-commission-gop-donald-trump-01fd1747?mod=opinion_lead_pos3
U.S. MILITARY
Congressional Fiasco: The House Votes to Bring Back the Draft ([link removed])
by Eve Ottenberg
Counterpunchhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/19/congressional-fiasco-the-house-votes-to-bring-back-the-draft/
That’s Militainment! Big Hollywood Succumbs to the Pentagon Borg ([link removed])
by Hekmat Aboukhater
Responsible Statecrafthttps://responsiblestatecraft.org/theaters-of-war/
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