(0444) DAD’s coming up after a second snooze in a few mins. (0445) Second sleep. (0759) Steve’s will be item 7 (in the next polit post, ok, at 0945). (0821)

 

5. I know of at least one other in MA who is against it

4. DAD at 1482

a) France. ‘A frenzy of violence beyond comprehension’ – couple charged with torturing man to death on Snapchat livestream. (JH: There’ll be a post item later on what can be put at Unherdables)

b) Austria’s government is beginning work on a proposal to constitutionally ban “political malsi,”….

c) As Morocco has once again laid claim to the Spanish enclave, and Sánchez is trying to contain tensions with Rabat, the U.S. president lashed out at the Madrid government in an interview.

d) Meta disables Albanian protest accounts as MEPs demand answers. Opposition figures, activists and journalists covering the anti-government “Flamingo Revolution” lost access to Instagram as Albania negotiates European Union membership. (JH: Albania … EU? Sheesh!)

e) The European Union’s Economic Model has officially come to an end. ‘On 27 August in Paris, at the annual conference of the French business federation (La REF 2026), the President of the European Commission delivered a somewhat surprising speech….

3. Gingrich

Erick Erickson makes an important point. Some of the Trump administration’s biggest victories are happening quietly. Marco Rubio is using economic pressure to weaken Cuba’s ability to export revolution. Tom Homan and ICE are producing record results. Competence matters. Results matter. And the quiet men are winning. | https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/the-quiet-men-are-winning