Grieving for Gaza

OCTOBER 3, 2025 Grieving for Gaza From the Gaza Flotilla: “I’m Here Because My Jewish Heritage Demands It” → “I believe that the timing of our flotilla is not coincidental,” David Adler wrote this week from the Sumud flotilla as it approached Gaza. “I believe it is a […]

Israel may be preparing for large-scale massacres in Gaza City, UNRWA warns; Trump tells Congress the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels

Drop Site Daily: October 3, 2025 Drop Site News Oct 03, 2025 At least 63 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza over the past 24 hours. World Health Organization report finds that nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza, a quarter of them children, have suffered “life-changing injuries.” As Israeli […]

No Calamity

No Calamity Plus: Mamdani wants to cut gifted programs, Tyler Cowen’s AI film takes, Newsom’s revenge, and more… LIZ WOLFE Votes scheduled for Friday: The partial government shutdown continues into its third day, and legislators have votes scheduled for Friday on funding bills that offer possibilities for extending funding. One would […]

Shutdown Again (Naturally)

NATIONAL REVIEW OCTOBER 03, 2025 ◼ This was CBS.   ◼ Democrats were desperate to force a government shutdown to show their resolve to fight President Trump, and now they have one. Usually, the side that wants the shutdown and opposes a so-called “clean continuing resolution” to keep […]

A Nation of Individuals

Posted on October 3, 2025 by winter oak by W.D. James In this series of reflections on America and ‘the faded republic,’ which I believe lies, now obscured, at its heart, pride of place should go to Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). ‘The Sage of Concord’ is arguably our […]

Governing by subtraction

Recently: Why do Europe’s leaders finally seem willing to seize Russia’s frozen bank assets? Sir William Browder on a potential turning point in the Ukraine war. Today: What does it mean when the U.S. cedes the global information space to autocrats? For the first time since 1942, Voice of America […]

Israel intercepts humanitarian flotilla; Drop Site’s exclusive interview with Hamas; Trump to support Ukraine strikes on Russian energy

Drop Site Daily: October 2, 2025 Drop Site News Oct 02, 2025 At least 45 Palestinians are dead after Israeli attacks in Gaza today. Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill speaks to Hamas political official Mohammad Nazzal on how the Palestinian resistance is approaching its response to Trump’s Gaza ultimatum. […]

Brain Rot Dot Com

Sponsored by Triple Canopy Our October 23 issue is now online, with Jacob Weisberg on deep fake news, Elaine Blair on istoriya feminisma, Eric Foner on the underground railroad at sea, Andrew Katzenstein on Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket, Suzanne Schneider on Friedrich Hayek’s bastard children, Nicole Rudick on Ben […]

Press and hold the power button

Wednesday, Week XL, MMXXV Recently: Is free speech in America under “unprecedented” attack? Today: Why would the Pentagon need lie-detector tests to prevent the release of nonclassified material? Someone on the inside apparently thought you should know. For members: Why do Europe’s leaders finally seem willing to seize […]

Anyone Can Whistle

Sponsored by Frankfurter Buchmesse Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s second term, the First Amendment “has proved a singularly valuable resource in trying to resist assaults on democratic norms,” writes Kwame Anthony Appiah in his review of Fara Dabhoiwala’s What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea from our September […]

Trotsky and the Neoconservatives: Lets Talk About the Trajectory of Liberalism (f. Caleb Maupin)

On Sept 21 2025, Caleb Maupin (President of the Center for Political Innovation ) shed light on the origins of the Neo-Conservative Movement by reviewing the followers of Leon Trotsky. For supplementary material: Get Caleb’s books here: https://www.cpiusa.org/books-pamphlets Follow the Center for Political Innovation here: https://www.cpiusa.org/news Buy a […]

War is Ahead of Us

Alexander Dugin and Arktos Journal Oct 02, 2025 Alexander Dugin warns that the new multipolar world order is not set in stone and is unlikely to be peacefully accepted, but rather is bound to be shaped through escalated conflict, recalling how historic shifts are decided through the unpredictable […]

10/2/25: Trump Cuts Blue State Funds, Job Losses, Data Centers, WH Corruption, Larry Ellison & MORE!

Saagar and Ryan discuss Trump cuts blue state funding, job losses as gov shuts down, data centers surge electricity prices, WH short circuits on corruption allegation, Larry Ellison TikTok takeover, Pro Israel crackdown on social media. YourFavoriteGuy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yourfavoriteg… Timestamps: (00:00)Intro (4:08)Trump CUTS BLUE STATE FUNDING: Promises FED LAYOFFS […]