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** WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021
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Freedom is not simply the right of intellectuals to circulate their merchandise. It is, above all, the right of ordinary people to find elbow room for themselves and a refuge from the rampaging presumptions of their ‘betters.
– Thomas Sowell, Knowledge and Decisions [1980]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 4, 2021
Why People Don't Trust the Mainstream Media ([link removed])
An article in the Washington Post about the January 6 protests at the Capitol goes a long way toward explaining why people do not trust the mainstream media. The article, written by a Post reporter named Mike DeBonis, focuses on allegations that the FBI infiltrated the ranks of the protestors and actually helped to incite them to illegally enter the Capitol ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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SOCIALISM
[link removed] Infrastructure Bill as Political Plunder and Social Engineering ([link removed])
by Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
ECONOMICS
Rich Man, Poor Man: Comparing the Value of a Dollar to Each ([link removed])
by Donald J. Boudreaux
AIER
FOREIGN POLICY
Congress Needs to Force Biden to End the Yemen War ([link removed])
by Sarah Lazare
Common Dreams
The Unexpectedly Good War Powers Reform Bill ([link removed])
by David Swanson with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
COVID-19 Is Being Used as a Reason to Keep People Jailed without a Trial. This Has to Stop ([link removed])
by Garrett Miller
Los Angeles Times
GUN CONTROL
Blacks, Gun Control, and the Second Amendment ([link removed])
by George Leef
National Review
DRUG WAR
The Story of “El Chapo” and Why the Drug War Will Never End ([link removed])
by Noah Hurowitz
Nation
AFGHANISTAN
The Washington Post Won’t Let Go of Afghanistan ([link removed])
by Melvin A. Goodman
CounterPunch
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Is a Truth-Teller in a Time of Systemic Deceit and Lethal Secrecy ([link removed])
by Jeremy Scahill
Intercept
The Same FBI ([link removed])
by John Kiriakou
Consortium News
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