Rational Review News Digest, 07/31/18 -- Activist publishes 11,000 Wikileaks Twitter direct messages; Rothbard, Rand, and revisionism

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RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
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Volume XVI, Issue #4,025
Steemit Edition -- Tuesday, July 31st, 2018

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TODAY'S NEWS

Activist publishes 11,000 Wikileaks Twitter direct messages
Study: "Medicare for all" projected to cost $32.6 trillion over 10 years
Assam register: Four million risk losing India citizenship
PA: Defense Distributed agrees to temporary censorship
Gaza: Israeli forces murder five
GA: Log Cabin Republicans support anti-LGBTQ [sic] politician in Governor's race
Spanish taxis block roads in "anti-Uber" protest
McDonald's unveils MacCoin to celebrate Big Mac's 50th anniversary
NY: Ginger ale doesn't contain any real ginger, lawsuit alleges
NY: Regime regulators vote to kick Spectrum out of the state
Global auto powers plotting response to Trump auto tariff threats
Deutsche Bank shifts chunk of euro clearing to Frankfurt from London
Myanmar: Jailed Reuters reporter denies collecting secret documents
Taliban sources confirm Qatar meeting with senior US diplomat
Gaza: Pirates board, seize aid boat
"Guardians of the Galaxy" cast wants ousted director James Gunn reinstated
Manafort trial to focus on lavish lifestyle, not collusion
CO: Leader of ICE predecessor gang dies in prison
NYT publisher Sulzberger chides Trump over "fake news" claims
NY: Father convicted in constable's killing of his 12-year-old daughter

TODAY'S COMMENTARY

Rothbard, Rand, and revisionism
Trump's tweets end the myth of Fed independence
Now MPs want to police political discussion
Americans have a hard time separating fact from opinion
My "Me Too" is a "Walk Away"
Millennial socialism: Stupid, evil ... or both?
National ID cards will solve a problem -- that of liberty
Medicare for All is ridiculously expensive, and the status quo is terrible too
Are entrepreneurs creating the growing economy, or is the growing economy enabling entrepreneurs?
An economy in the fast lane, with no brakes
Steve Horwitz is wrong, on both liberty and methodology
Three misconceptions about the yield spread
Will Donald Trump get in the way of the best chance in more than a decade to end the war in Afghanistan?
Be suspicious of everyone who habitually defends the powerful from the weak
How Japan empowered patients with Free to Choose Medicine
Here's the libertarian case for Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination
Trump's demise has been greatly exaggerated
Anti-market atavism explained
Blue states play games to get around Trump tax law
The Trump trade enigma
On North Korea and Iran, Trump is deluding himself
The most fundamental of flaws
The case against Ryan Zinke
British left unveils plan to "weaponize" the Bank of England
Nicaragua's agony
Trump discovers what's missing from politics today: Loyalty
Report: Trump administration ramps up enforcement of federal gun laws
Will voters believe Trump's economic bluster?
The subtle return of German hegemony
Quantum Vibe, 07/30/18

TODAY'S AUDIO/VIDEO

The Bob Zadek Show, 07/29/18
Cato Daily Podcast, 07/30/18
Scott Adams Says, 07/30/18
Foreign Policy Focus, episode 226
One Free Family, episode 26
Why Blockade Ourselves?
Free Talk Live, 07/29/18
Five Minutes Five Issues, episode 116
The Anarchist Experience, episode 175
The Last Nighters, episode 30

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