Month: October 2026
Climate, energy, and vaccines: What if everything you know is wrong?
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Have you ever been absolutely sure about something, only to find out in a very uncomfortable way it wasn’t true? Take climate change. There are people who have confidently said we’d all be dead by the year 2000, or 2010, maybe 2020. If they’ve been wrong so often, do we trust their predictions about 2030?
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Trump Throws Farmers $8 Billion Lifeline Just In Time For Midterms
‘bring certainty to our farmers’
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Social Security Admin Announces Largest Cleanup of SSNs in Its History
The Social Security Administration on Tuesday announced that it had launched a cleanup of tens of millions of Social Security numbers (SSNs) in the largest such operation in the agency’s history.
"This is the first time SSA has undertaken an effort of this scale, and I am proud of the work we have done to strengthen the foundation of identity data relied upon throughout government and the economy," SSA Commissioner and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano said in a statement.
Justice Kagan Says Supreme Court Majority Fails to Understand ‘Consequences’ of Their Rulings
‘In all these areas the court has blinded itself to the very deleterious effects of their rulings on how the political system works,’ the justice said.
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TN Top Story: Tennessee Takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools Blocked Again by State Judge Just Days After Federal Court Cleared Path
https://tennesseestar.com/news/tennessee-takeover-of-memphis-shelby-county-schools-blocked-again-by-state-judge-just-days-after-federal-court-cleared-path/tpappert/2026/10/20/#new_tab
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Supreme Court Lets Trump’s Firing of NLRB Member Stand
The order follows a June ruling that expanded presidential authority over independent agencies by overruling a 1935 precedent.
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The Supreme Court’s next major case on the free exercise of religion…
The court also explained that Colorado was not denying funding to religious schools that it provides to secular institutions: No preschool taking state money can refuse to admit children because of the race, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity of the parents.
Makin (that the government violates the free exercise clause if it denies funds to religious schools that it provides to private secular schools) displaces the rule of Smith only when the government explicitly excludes religious people and institutions.
Oz Says HHS is Deferring $1.2 Billion More From California Medicaid Funding
The action targets California’s Medicaid payments directed toward personal care services.
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