Op-eds/Must Reads
Ilargi: Ungovernability (Naked Capitalism)
‘The Woman is a Disaster!’: Camille Paglia on Hillary Clinton (The Spectator)
How Congress Can Protect the U.S. From Russia (If you want to read the ramblings of an insane warmonger, read this, Politico)
A Constellation of Influencers: Behind the Curtain at Teneo (The New York Times)
Hacked Memo Offers an Angry Glimpse Inside ‘Bill Clinton Inc.’ (Politico)
Memo Reveals Interplay Between Clinton Foundation, Personal Business (The Hill)
Inside the Trump Bunker, With Days to Go (Bloomberg)
The Ruling Class (Reason)
Geopolitics/WW3
Russia Beefs Up Baltic Fleet Amid NATO Tensions (Reuters)
Islamic State Holds Up Iraqi Army South of Mosul (Reuters)
Italy Tells EU Not to Reject Its Budget; Criticizes Hungary (Reuters)
Schaeuble Tells Europe Don’t Rely Too Much on U.S. For Security (Bloomberg)
Exclusive: what Theresa May really thinks about Brexit shown in leaked recording (The Guardian)
Erdogan Not Backing Down on Turkish Role in Mosul (Al Monitor)
Laws Restricting Refugees’ Rights in Sweden Spark Backlash (The Independent)
Election 2016
Bernstein: FBI Would Not Reopen Case Unless New Evidence Was “A Real Bombshell” (Real Clear Politics)
Prof Correct on 30 Years of Elections: Trump Will Win (The Hill)
Trump Will Win the Election and Is More Popular Than Obama in 2008, AI System Finds (CNBC)
War Over Polls Intensifies (The Hill)
New Poll: Trump Chipping Away at Clinton’s Lead (USA Today)
Clinton Foundation Warrants as Much Scrutiny as Hillary’s Official Campaign to Validate ‘Good Work’ Efforts (Michael Tracey writing at The Daily News)
Clinton’s New Enemy: Complacency (The Hill)
Clinton Fails to Contain Damage From Email Leaks (The Hill)
Washington: Don’t Think It’s Over When Trump Loses (Steve Keen writing at Forbes)
Warren’s Power on the Rise (The Hill)
‘We Are in For a Pretty Long Civil War’ (Article on the GOP, Politico)
Trump Small-Donor Army a Double-Edged Sword for GOP (The Hill)
Chris Christie’s Epic Collapse (Good riddance, Politico)
Ryan Has Little Margin For Error in Speaker Vote (The Hill)
Economy/Finance
Banks Are Issuing Credit Cards Like It’s 2007 (The Boston Globe)
Auto Lenders Have New Reason to Worry (The Wall Street Journal)
Bill Clinton Era SEC Chair Tells Elizabeth Warren to Muzzle Herself (Arthur Levitt is a gross individual, Wall Street on Parade)
Health Law Tax Penalty? I’ll Take It, Millions Say (The New York Times)
Wall Street CEO Could Become Unwanted Job If Watchdog Gets Way (Bloomberg)
Miscellaneous
With Zcash Launch, Blockchain Enters the Age of Anonymity (CoinDesk)
ZCash Will Be a Truly Anonymous Blockchain-Based Currency (IEEE Spectrum)
When CIA and NSA Workers Blow the Whistle, Congress Plays Deaf (The Intercept)
The Wrong Ortiz Retired From Boston (Carmen Ortiz is a horrible human being, The Huffington Post)
Obama Commutes Sentences of 98 Drug Offenders, Including 42 Lifers (Reason)
Google Acquires Eye-Tracking Company for Virtual Reality Efforts (Bloomberg)
Liberty Blitzkrieg Partners
Natural Disasters: A Guide For Emergency Preparation (Ammo.com)
Open the Books: Every Dime. Online. In Real Time (Open the Books)
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Mike, you’re so right about that Politico peace. The writer appears to have spent so much time inside the echo chamber of the mainstream media that he takes for granted as truth an utterly bizarre, completely arbitrary assertion, that Russia is trying to subvert the U.S. election process.
And the guy is the George Kennan something or other! I thought George Kennan was all about calm, reasonable response to an actual threat. This guy, Bruder should be the Joe McCarthy fellow at the Attorney General Palmer Institute.