Source: TomDispatch
by Liz Theoharis & Shailly Gupta Barnes

On April 22nd, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case that focuses on whether unhoused (the term that has generally replaced ‘homeless’) people with no indoor shelter options can even pull a blanket around themselves outdoors without being subject to criminal punishment. Before making its way to the Supreme Court on appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court held that municipalities can’t punish involuntarily homeless people for merely living in the place where they are. This is exactly what the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, did when it outlawed resting or sleeping anywhere on public property with so much as a blanket to survive in cold weather, even when no beds in shelters were available. The law makes it impossible for unhoused residents to stay in Grants Pass, effectively forcing them to either move to another city or face endless rounds of punishment.” (05/21/24)

https://tomdispatch.com/housing-not-handcuffs/

Source: Cobden Centre
by Dr. Richard M Ebeling

“It is probably not too much of an exaggeration to say that British economist Lionel Robbins (1898-1984) was one of the most influential economists of the last hundred years without most economists, nowadays, being aware of it. This is all because of a relatively short book that he published over 90 years ago, An Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science (1932). His vast knowledge of the history of economic ideas soon became apparent, matched only by his amazing memory of the details of the ideas of almost any old economist that he or I brought up in the conversation.” (05/21/24)

https://www.cobdencentre.org/2024/05/lionel-robbins-on-the-logic-of-choice-and-a-liberal-international-order/

Source: Antiwar.com
by Ron Paul

“As Ukraine’s defeat in the war moves closer, the neocons are desperate to draw the US further into the fight. Over the weekend, former US State Department official Victoria Nuland told ABC News that the US must help facilitate Ukrainian missile attacks deep inside Russian territory. The Biden Administration has to this point avoided involvement in such attacks, likely because Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will strike any facility that supplies or facilitates strikes inside of Russia, wherever they may be. It’s a clear warning from a nuclear power, but as Nuland and her fellow neocons see their Ukraine project failing, they demand escalation.” (05/21/24)

https://original.antiwar.com/paul/2024/05/20/the-vietnamization-of-ukraine/

Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter

“Democrats just can’t tell the truth about anything. When reality does you no favors, that should tell you something, shouldn’t it? To Democrats, it does not. They are, after all, the people who created the concept of ‘my truth,’ and other such hippie nonsense people use to justify their mistakes and selfish actions. So, it makes sense that so much of what they insist on, and push regularly against former President Donald Trump would fit neatly into that package. If Donald Trump were even half of the monster they make him out to be they wouldn’t have to lie about him at all, let alone as much as they do. They could simply say, ‘Here’s exactly what he said or did’ and that would be enough.” (05/21/24)

https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2024/05/21/the-trump-never-conceded-lie-n2639296