RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
The Freedom Movement's Daily Newspaper
Volume XVI, Issue #4,026
Steemit Edition -- Wednesday, August 1st, 2018
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TODAY'S NEWS
US judge claims he has suspended First Amendment
Manafort trial opens with fiery charges from both sides
Zimbabwe: MDC Alliance says Chamisa beat Mnangagwa in presidential election
OR: ICE thugs whine that Portland's mayor refused to order police to protect them from criticism
Sessions: Nuns "ordered to buy contraceptives"
Election meddling: Twitter bans US Senate candidate a week before Missouri primary
Greece: "Obese" tourists from US and UK blamed for crippling donkeys
Philippines: Army checkpoint targeted by deadly blast
Trump: Koch brothers are a "total joke"
Tajikistan: Islamic State claims attack on cyclists, releases video of purported cell
"No progress made": Hollywood fails new diversity study
US Heimatsicherheitsdienst sets up new security theater hub
UT: Mormons clash over medical cannabis legalization
FDA warns companies about "deceptive" vaginal rejuvenation claims
Gay man accuses Alaska Airlines of discrimination
CO: Police fatally shoot man in his own home, moments after he killed an intruder
MN: Cops who murdered fleeing man will not be charged
Turkey: Court rejects appeal for US pastor's release
World Bank warns some Lebanon projects might be cancelled
Latest from the guys who brought us "WMD in Iraq": North Korea constructing new missiles
TODAY'S COMMENTARY
Nine attorneys general, and Alyssa Milano, versus the First Amendment
Forget the wall already, it's time for the US to have open borders
Have you gained or lost weight? Congrats, TSA is now tracking you for suspicious activity.
The monopolization of heroes by the state
Don't blame Bitcoin for Russian hacking
If ObamaCare is an economic time bomb, Medicare for All would be a nuclear explosion
Reneging on the nuclear deal has consequences
From tear gas to tweets: Fifty years in the evolution of US activism
Can government make a business work "for the good of society?"
What can we actually say about the Market Choice Act?
Why NAACP's anti-oil & gas report is hot air
What so fulsomely we hail
The Latin Americanization of the United States
Zuckerberg was right about how to handle Holocaust deniers
What are Republicans hiding about Brett Kavanaugh?
Dbl Standard Destruction Co.
We need more skeptics
NATO: The unexamined alliance
California says Starbucks has to stop stealing its workers' wages
Meet VIAB: Virginia's taxpayer-funded Israel lobby
William Jennings Bryan was surprisingly good on trade
US, not countries in the Paris climate agreement, cut fossil fuel emissions
UN eyes a world with less US
It is high time for the Spanish government to defend Uber
Amazon promises "unwavering" commitment to police, military clients using AI technology
The federal government as organized crime
Six reasons for hope in Trump times
President Trump's bargaining prowess is a liability, not an asset
The most unnecessary federal spending
The stupid, it burns.
TODAY'S AUDIO/VIDEO
The LAVA Flow Podcast, episode 9
The Libertarian Angle, 07/31/18
Stossel: The end of tipping?
Ron Paul Liberty Report, 07/31/18
Humans of Bitcoin, 07/31/18
Scott Adams Says, 07/31/18
Cato Daily Podcast, 07/31/18
Liberty Chronicles Podcast, episode 66
Punk Rock Libertarians Podcast, episode 171
Postcards from Somalia, episode 4
Reason Podcast, 07/30/18
Free Talk Live, 07/30/18
The Tom Woods Show, episode 1205
The Cyberlaw Podcast, episode 228
Bloggingheads.tv, 07/30/18
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