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RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
The Freedom Movement's Daily Newspaper

Volume XVI, Issue #4,123
Steemit Headlines -- Wednesday, December 5th, 2018

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**TODAY'S NEWS**

Dow plunges 799 points
France: Regime freezes fuel tax hike in face of "yellow vest" protests
Corsi files criminal complaint against Mueller, alleges bid to seek false testimony
US envoy for Afghan peace in Pakistan for talks on Taliban
Senators briefed by CIA torture queen blame Saudi prince for Khashoggi death
SpaceX launches swarm of satellites, flies rocket for third time
Boy gets Colorado town to overturn snowball fight ban
FL: US citizen sues sheriff after he was nearly deported to Jamaica
Cracks in Iran deal coalition? Europeans fume over Tehran missile test
Report: Manafort discussed brokering deal with Ecuador regime to hand Assange over to US
Republicans claims emails stolen [sic] in major hack
No you Kant: Russians reject German thinker's name for airport
Gaza: Hamas sentences six to death for collaborating with Israel
CA: Tired of waiting for permission slips from gang, migrants from caravan breach turf line
FL: Jury selection begins in Epstein suit
Aer Lingus passenger gets $300 phone bill after not using airplane mode
Biden: "I think I'm the most qualified person in the country to be president"
Israel: Regime forces launch operation against "Hezbollah tunnels"
IL: Satanic Temple statue among displays at Capitol
Pentagon will send green card holders to recruit training

**TODAY'S COMMENTARY**

A cashless society -- utopia or dystopia?
George H.W. Bush: A little Trumpy well before we had Donald
Medicare for All: Good decisions depend on good measurement
It's heretics who save the world
Trump foreign policy: Doing the same thing and expecting a different result 
A retreat from reason (with an aside from Rothbard)
Changing the rules after the sale
All markets are sharing economies
Trump is prepping for all-out political war
America's economic health has improved
Imperialist in Chief: A critical history of George H.W. Bush's war on Iraq
Regaining trust on money issues
Academics' devotion to the socialist dream looks more like self-interest
For G20 leaders, greater problems yet to come
When American warmongers unite
States need to step up and protect medical marijuana users from federal gun laws
The Whitewashing of George H. W. Bush
On Liberty: An antidote to identitarianism
A nightmare farm bill for conservatives
The last president of the old ruling class
Why people are so divided on immigration (hint: We speak different political languages)
Christmas is coming
Poll shows ObamaCare was massive failure
Homeland Security will let computers predict who might be a terrorist on your plane -- just don't ask how it works
Can this left-wing populist blow up the 2020 election?
Beyond girl power: The answer to the commodification of feminism is a women-led socialist movement
Installing GPS devices, getting warrants, and the exclusionary rule
Mueller is laying siege to the Trump presidency
Selling murder as the greater good
Uber's miserable driver wages in India -- but that's what a poor country means

**TODAY'S AUDIO/VIDEO**

Freedom Frauds, 12/04/18
Geoffrey Stone on free expression and academic freedom
Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, 12/04/18
Ron Paul Liberty Report, 12/04/18
The Great Books, episode 62
Postcards from Somalia, episode 22
Interview: Prof CJ
Stossel: Google and Facebook cross "The Creepy Line"
Humans of Bitcoin, 12/04/18
Scott Adams Says, 12/04/18
The LAVA Flow Podcast, episode 114
Deconstructed with Mehdi Hasan, 12/04/18
Liberty Chronicles Podcast, episode 85
Kick the Puppy, episode 13
Free Talk Live, 12/03/18
One Free Family, episode 41
Nozomi Hayase on The Scott Horton Show
The Tom Woods Show, episode 1297
Editor's Break, episode 116
Bloggingheads.tv, 12/03/18

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