Source: Free Talk Live
“Declare Your Independence :: Mid-Continent Liberty Festival :: MidFest :: Ingrid woke up in several ways due to Covid lies and abuses and pulled her 3 children from government school and her path is very interesting :: Publisher Recommended :: 2024-04-15 Host: Ernest Hancock.” (04/15/24)
https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/declare-your-independence-2024-04-15
Source: The Daily Beast
by Matt Lewis
“Donald Trump’s New York hush-money-to-a-porn-star trial has barely begun and, already, his MAGA backers are trying to rig the outcome. On Monday, conservative media personality Clay Travis sent the following tweet to his one million-plus Twitter (X) followers: ‘If you’re a Trump supporter in New York City who is a part of the jury pool, do everything you can to get seated on the jury and then refuse to convict as a matter of principle, dooming the case via hung jury. It’s the most patriotic thing you could possibly do.’ Make no mistake, this is a very dangerous and irresponsible message to send. It seeks to pervert the American legal system, a system where no man is above the law and the goal is to deliver blind justice.” (04/15/24)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/its-day-1-of-the-trump-trial-and-maga-is-already-losing-its-mind
Source: The Atlantic
by John Hendrickson
“What if everyone’s wrong? What if Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign is savvier, more organized, and more cunning than it’s been given credit for? This past weekend, Kennedy’s ‘We the People’ party gamed an Iowa loophole to secure his spot on the state’s 2024 election ballot. Instead of spending months gathering thousands of signatures, Kennedy’s allies persuaded hundreds of voters to show up in the same place on the same day and partake in something akin to a potemkin political convention. The summit barely lasted two hours. It was a bold gambit, and it worked.” (04/15/24)
Source: In These Times
by Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
“In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has witnessed firsthand the worsening financial problems eroding rural hospitals nationwide. In 2022, Ryerse’s South Lincoln Medical Center was forced to shutter its operating room because it didn’t have the staff to run it 24 hours a day. Soon after, the obstetrics unit closed. Ryerse said the publicly owned facility’s revenue from providing care has fallen short of operating expenses for at least the past eight years, driving tough decisions to cut services in hopes of keeping the facility open in Kemmerer, a town of about 2,400 in southwestern Wyoming. South Lincoln’s financial woes aren’t unique, and the risk of hospital closures is an immediate threat to many small communities.” (04/15/24)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/rural-hospitals-losing-money-closures-medicaid-expansion-health
Source: Politico
“Donald Trump threatened to abandon any NATO ally country that does not spend at least 2 percent of its gross domestic product on defense [sic]. Now the traditionally laggard Canada government is starting to pay up, just as polling suggests the former president’s threats are moving public attitudes in a country where military preparedness has traditionally ranked low among voter concerns. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to deliver Canada’s largest defense [sic] spending increase in seven years in the federal budget to be released Tuesday — but will still fall far short of meeting the country’s NATO commitments.” (04/16/24)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/16/canada-defense-spending-nato-target-00152368
Source: System Update
“Is Israel Dragging the US in a New Mid-East War? PLUS: Vivek Ramaswamy on FISA, Israel/Iran, Elon Musk’s War w/ Brazil over Censorship,: (04/15/24)
Source: Independent Institute
by Raymond J March
“Spending more doesn’t always get you more and that includes money going towards combatting America’s ongoing opioid crisis. But don’t tell that to the Biden Administration. A recent budget proposal by the Republican Study Committee aims to cut federal non-defense spending by 30 percent. This includes funds sent to states to address opioid overdoses and misuse. The proposal specifically targets State Opioid Response grants, which have supplied state governments with the means to purchase about 10 million overdose reversal medication kits since 2018 for reduced funding.” (04/15/24)
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“Ukraine’s UN ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, has accused Russia of a ‘a well-planned false-flag operation’ endangering the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, as the two countries traded accusations at the UN security council over alleged attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power station. The Zaporizhzia nuclear power plant reportedly suffered at least three direct strikes on 7 April and another drone attack at the plant’s nearby training centre on 9 April. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, said, without attributing blame, that the ‘reckless’ attacks had put the world ‘dangerously close to a nuclear accident.'” (04/16/24)
Source: Reason
by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
“A funny thing happens when you leave abortion access up to each state: Voters start to show politicians how they actually feel. The loudest and most persistent voices are no longer the ones most able to influence policy. And — perhaps surprisingly to some — this has resulted in a wave of successful pro-choice ballot initiatives. Since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, the abortion rights side has come out on top every time the matter has been up for a vote on state ballots (even in states such as Kansas, Ohio, and Kentucky). It looks like the great protector of abortion access might be direct democracy.” (04/15/24)
https://reason.com/2024/04/15/what-leaving-abortion-up-to-the-states-really-means/
Source: Reason
“Congress Does Not Come Back With a Warrant.” (04/15/24)
https://reason.com/podcast/2024/04/15/congress-does-not-come-back-with-a-warrant/