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The Latest Breaking News from Barry Goldwater

Plus: the same ole hawkish lies, a familial connection to Barry Goldwater's nomination, and the future of media is prediction markets on Substack.

Reason

How the FCC Became the Speech Police

The constitutionally anomalous status of broadcasting invites government meddling.

Reason

Trump Closer To Elizabeth Warren And AOC On Economics Than To Reagan: Economist Says President 'Not A Conservative'

Economist Peter Schiff said Monday that President Donald Trump's economic approach is "left of center," arguing the White House is closer to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) than to Ronald Reagan or Barry Goldwater.

Benzinga

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National Conservatism Has a Bigotry Problem, Whether Yoram Hazony Wants To Admit It or Not

"Nobody ever said that to be a good natcon you have to love Jews," Hazony declared at last week's National Conservatism Conference.

Reason

Grover Norquist’s lasting influence on the GOP and US economic policy

In the “one, big, beautiful bill,” President Donald Trump has called for substantial decreases in federal domestic spending. However, a schism emerged between Republican lawmakers during the budget debates in Congress.

The Conversation

Did Bill Buckley Really Lead a Successful Revolution?

You can hear echoes of Buckley's early career in more than one MAGA crusader's rhetoric today. That's not a sign of a man who won.

Reason

The Anarchist and the Republican

How John McClaughry and Karl Hess fought to decentralize power—one from inside the system, one ever further from it

Reason

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The spirit of the Confederacy is alive and well in Trump’s America

Sympathy for yesteryear is gaining traction among Republican elites, and Trump’s relations with white supremacy is too close

The Guardian - US

‘Trump derangement syndrome’ and the Goldwater rule for psychiatrists

Letters: There should be a rule preventing American legislators from pathologising political opponents, as there is for psychiatrists, writes Leon Hoffman

The Guardian - UK

Brian Doherty: The Fascinating Women and Weirdos Who Founded Libertarianism

Reason Senior Editor Brian Doherty explores the evolution of libertarian thought in his new book.

Reason

Barry Goldwater arouses both fervour and fear, 1964

Accepting the presidential nomination, the Arizona senator tells the Republican National Convention that Americans have been betrayed

The Guardian - UK

Why do Black women consistently vote Democrat?

No other demographic has maintained the level of voter loyalty for a party as Black women have – experts tell us why

The Guardian - US

2024’s quick win for Trump will go down in the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 Election Day landslides

Election nights are always simultaneous moments of triumph and tragedy. One group of voters’ dreams are dashed, while another set of voters see their hopes realized.

The Conversation

Today’s populism is informed by bigotry, but its roots lie in the promise of equality

The dark view of populist politics by renowned historian Richard Hofstadter sheds light on the US election

The Guardian - UK

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‘Why isn’t Trump doing a little better here?’: Arizona election on a knife-edge

State that chose Biden in 2020 and has since sent Democrats to statewide offices could tip in either direction

The Conversation

Trump accused of ‘malignant narcissism’ – but how accurately can you diagnose someone you’ve never met?

Self-absorbed. Arrogant. Boastful. It does not take a mental health professional to recognise these features as narcissistic. Most of us, regardless of our educational background, are confident to label someone we’ve never met as narcissistic.

The Guardian - US

More than 200 health professionals say Trump has ‘malignant narcissism’ in open letter

George Conway-led Pac questions Republican nominee’s mental fitness for office in full-page New York Times ad

The Independent UK

More than 230 doctors say Trump is too unstable to serve in open letter connected to George Conway’s PAC

Letter states that the Republican candidate ‘appears to be showing signs of cognitive decline that urgently call for a full neurological workup’

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Fortune

Harris is leading Trump, and it may be a landslide says top data scientist

The election has "gone from a drastic landslide in Trump's direction to a drastic landslide for Harris," marvels Northwestern's Thomas Miller.

The Independent UK

Why Arizona Democrats are fired up over an abortion ballot initiative

‘We’ve never seen anything close to that ever for any issue,’ Arizona’s secretary of state tells The Independent of the wide support for putting the abortion initiative on the ballot

Salon

RNC: Anti-party in a ghost town

Donald Trump's Republican Party has no history, no principles and no ideology — because it's just a front

The Conversation

Joe Biden commits to staying in the race – like Nixon, his biggest threat comes from within his own party

President Joe Biden is strongly reaffirming his commitment to stay in the presidential race – despite a growing number of calls from politicians and voters for him to step down, following a highly criticized debate performance in June 2024.

The Guardian - US

The Republican party has transformed into the Trump Maga party

When Richard Nixon’s perfidy was exposed, his party support crumbled. But with Trump, GOP leaders rallied around him

Salon

MAGA is right (sort of)

Just not the way they believe

Reason

Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Loves Barry Goldwater and Milton Friedman

The former governor argues that beating up on businesses "is only sharpening the knife that the left will eventually use on us."

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