RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
The Freedom Movement's Daily Newspaper
Volume XX, Issue #5,249
Steemit Headlines -- Friday, April 7, 2023
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TODAY'S NEWS
Israeli forces strike Lebanon, Gaza as Al-Aqsa crisis escalates
TN: Legislature expels two over pro-victim-disarmament protest
MD: Report details "staggering" church sex abuse
Japan: New images from inside Fukushima reactor spark safety worry
House GOP fires off first subpoena in probe of disgraced former president's indictment
US jobless claims top 200,000 after changes to formula for seasonal adjustments
Saudi, Iranian regimes agree to reopen embassies
Soyuz spacecraft that will bring ISS crew back to Earth moved to new port
IRS Pledges Better Customer [sic] Service, No New Agents With Guns
MA: FBI detains wrong man in mock raid at Boston hotel
SCOTUS denies West Virginia request to stop girls from playing on girls' sports teams
US mortgage rates fall for the fourth week in a row
Italian drug cartels conceal payments via Chinese shadow banks
Pakistan: Regime gets closer to IMF bailout as Saudi regime approves additional $2 billion funding
AOC: Clarence Thomas "Must Be Impeached" Over "Almost Cartoonish" Corruption
AK: Former city treasurer charged with bilking more than $1 million
ME: Mom of girl who got chest binder at school files lawsuit
India: Central bank holds interest rates amid global banking turbulence
Biden review of Afghanistan withdrawal blames Trump
RFK Jr. enters 2024 Democratic presidential nomination race
TODAY'S COMMENTARY
"Free The Weed" For More than Medical and Recreational Use
Libertarianism vs. Classical Liberalism: Is there a Difference?
For The Record, NPR Absolutely IS US State Propaganda
Are Americans Willing to Die for Taiwan?
Debate: Bitcoin Is the Future of Free Exchange
Manufactured housing: the Ugly Duckling of affordable housing
What Four British Students Being Suspended After Damaging a Quran Means for Freedom of Speech
Notes on Progress: Artificial flavoring
Donald Trump indictment ignores this core legal principle
There Is No "Will of the People"
Is Google's AI conscious?
Neighborly headwinds for the Taliban
Congress Has a Leverage Point on Pandemic Policy
AI ain't threatening the real intellectuals
Interview: Noam Chomsky
Iran's Toxic Theocrats
Rank Choice Voting Could Help Cure the GOP's "Candidate Quality" Problem
Malice Toward All?
Will AI Eat Our Lunch or Make It?
Dear Trump Haters: Can You Contain This Fire?
ChatGPT and the Promise of Authenticity
Turning Tides: the US Congress and Julian Assange
Deflating The Credit Bubble
Social Security in Crisis: What to Do?
Trump's Indictment: A Wakeup Call for Resurrecting Democracy [sic]
Taking Easter Seriously
The Similarity of Russian and American Torture
Selective Outrage in Palestine: The Problem Is Not Just Smotrich but Zionism
The fallacy of a US withdrawal from the Middle East
Our French Revolution
An Imagined Conversation on Eco-Economic Development
Bragg's fairy-tale indictment pretends politicians never suppress embarrassing info
About Free Speech
Federal Reserve Independence Is the Problem
The Rule of Law and the Proliferation of Laws
TODAY'S AUDIO/VIDEO
Free Talk Live, 04/06/23
Sheldon Richman on Bro History
A TikTok Ban Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
Rising, 04/06/23
Stay Free With Russell Brand, episode 107
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 04/06/23
Josh Rushing on The Scott Horton Show
Fintech Beat, 04/05/23
The Learning Curve, 04/05/23
The Tom Woods Show, episode 2310
Reason Interview: Kerry Howley
FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, 04/05/23
Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, 04/05/23
The Science of Politics, 04/05/23
Conflicts of Interest, episode 405
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Editors:
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