First Them, Then Us: America’s Shift from Police State to Prison State

Mediators Say US-Iran 'Close' To 'Resurrecting' Failed MoU Deal, Pushing Oil Lower, Stocks Jump Update(11:35ET): Here we go again... despite no evident change in war posturing on either side, and despite shipping traffic still largely at a complete standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, Fox News is out with claims that the failed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) could be 'resurrected'... bringing us back to the 'deal is close' constant headlines of earlier this summer (though of course the sides were never in reality close - and simply returned to a...

You Should Feel Good About The Flock Debate Authored by Connor O'Keeffe In a year as chaotic, violent, and economically destructive as this one has been, it is interesting that, to many Americans, the great villain of 2026 is turning out to be a traffic camera. But, indeed, we are seeing visceral, cross-partisan opposition to so-called Flock cameras—named after the leading manufacturer of these automated license plate readers—take hold in communities across the country. And that opposition is, to be sure, entirely legitimate. Flock’s camera networks are based on the idea that, while it would...

Iran Escalating With Drone Attack On Bahrain, Yet Another Hit On Foreign Vessel In Hormuz Strait A lot of escalation has ensued in the last 48 hours, after starting Thursday Tehran struck a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, after which by end of Friday US CENTCOM confirmed a series of fresh attacks on Iranian missile and drone storage sites as well as coastal radar installations, reportedly on Sirik Island located near the Strait of Hormuz. Referring to Thursday's attack on a vessel off Oman, the Pentagon called it a "powerful response...