Rational Review News Digest, 08/18 -- Afghanistan: Kabul mosque bombing kills at least 21, including prominent cleric; Counting Liberalisms
RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
The Freedom Movement's Daily Newspaper
Volume XIX, Issue #5,083
Steemit Headlines -- Thursday, August 18, 2022
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TODAY'S NEWS
Afghanistan: Kabul mosque bombing kills at least 21, including prominent cleric
Planned Parenthood to spend record $50 million in US midterm elections
Thailand: South rocked by wave of bomb and arson attacks
TikTok Bans Paid Political Influencer Posts Ahead of Upcoming US Midterm Elections
Fed minutes show more rate hikes in the pipeline, but pace could slow
Turkish, Israeli regimes to restore full diplomatic ties
US mortgage application activity falls amid higher rates and rising concerns over a recession
Israeli, German pols condemn Abbas's "50 Holocausts" claim
North Korea: Regime fires two cruise missiles toward sea off its west coast, South Korean officials say
Cheney to launch anti-Trump organization after primary defeat
Signing inflation "reduction" bill, Biden approves largest oil & gas lease sale in US history
Saudi Arabia: PhD student sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting activists
AZ: Ducey touts school voucher plan, slams opponents
Spain: Passengers injured fleeing train in Bejis
FL: Scientists seek to develop hybrid coral reef off of Miami
NY: Detective arrested in mob-related gambling bust
Migrant encounters at southern border exceed 2 million so far in FY 22
Egypt: Central bank governor resigns amid economic woes
Judge: Anti-immigration group's environment suit can proceed
CA: Former congresscritter arrested, charged with fraud
TODAY'S COMMENTARY
Counting Liberalisms
Self-Driving Cars and the Nirvana Fallacy
Two Lessons of the War in Ukraine
Legal ≠ moral, wise, or just
Washington's Fear of Non-Existent Chinese Bases
The Human Species Is Acting Like A Self-Destructive Individual
Taiwan Needs to Become the Austria of East Asia
What Would a Civil War Look Like?
Government waging war against you
China's decline may be looming. Here's how the US can win, if it so chooses.
Liz Cheney's (and Romney's and her father's) neoconservatism is dead
Mandatory Mis-Remembering on Natural Immunity
DeJoy's Continued Job Security Depends on Biden's Next Move
Viktor Orban is a racist authoritarian, the American right should stop elevating him
Trump's Defense Suggests His Treatment of Classified Material Was Remarkably Cavalier
Student-Loan Forgiveness Is Bad Policy
The Democrats' Inflation Reduction Scam
Republicans Finally Turn on the Minimum Wage!
Can think tanks be foreign agents?
Will Trump Come Tumbling Down?
The Very Strong People Can Defeat the Corporate Jerks
Dems Weaponize the IRS to Silence Critics
American Hegemony and the Politics of Provocation
It's Time to Demand the Dissolution of Australia's Border Force
Biden's federal overreach: It started with Obama
Will Anti-Abortion States Suffer a Brain Drain?
Uncle Sam's Stealthy Plan to Force Americans to Pay Higher Taxes
Thoughts on Nothingness
Liz Cheney's Non-Concession Speech
Rhino Poaching and Assassination Highlights Need for Private Wildlife Conservancies to Move Beyond Tourism
TODAY'S AUDIO/VIDEO
Free Talk Live, 08/17/22
Freedom Works with Paul Molloy, 08/17/22
The Learning Curve, 08/17/22
Ron Paul Liberty Report, 08/17/22
The Bryan Hyde Show, 08/17/22
Questions for Corbett, episode 89
Mean Age Daydream, episode 20
The Argument, 08/17/22
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 08/17/22
Daniel Davis on The Scott Horton Show
The Enrages, episode 18
The Tom Woods Show, episode 2184
Nonzero, 08/16/22
Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, 08/16/22
Conflicts of Interest, episode 312
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