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Art of the Day: The luscious luxury of a leathered Chesterfield that beseats me for most Bourbons awaits in storage in Las Vegas to return to Tennessee. The warmth from the tanned and refined animal hide covering its distinctly structured frame welcomes us all in its Italian handcraft ingenuity from its centuries of skilled in the craft. No better way to sit and chat for awhile. 

Wisdom of the Day: “Not only the wealth; but the independence and security of a Country appear to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufactures.” Alexander Hamilton. 

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Art of the Day: My own photo from the midnight mass on Christmas Eve at Notre Dame in Paris. The lights just took a life of their own, expressing the evervescent and effusive spirit the Cathedral emanated that eve of Christmas Day, marrying solemnity to spirituality in the soul of the evening, as the parishioners gathered in this celebration of God in stone, that I can still feel with just a glance at this photo of what I could not quite grasp at the time. 

Wisdom of the Day: "So if you toe the party line and don’t question the money thing, then you can have a great career as an economist, as a professor of economics." Richard Werner.  

Recommendation of the Day: The Princes of the Yen. The work that put him on the dissident map, Richard Werner's explication of how Japan's economy could invest billions overseas with inflating housing bubbles at home, without major foreign capital flows in -- namely, the banks created the money, the secret the central planners fought so long to hide. 

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• Betting w/ Barnes AMA https://sportspicks.locals.com/post/7159951/live-betting-w-barnes-saturday-august-2-2025

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Announcement: New Daily Barnes Brief: In this new daily edition, we will include Art of the Day; a Cultural Recommendation in books, films, or television; a Wisdom of the Day, insightful quote; any recent or scheduled Appearances, a Headlines top-5 of news items; a Library top-5 of curated articles of interest; a Cases of the Day, covering recent legal news; and, occasionally, but not always, a Closing Argument of a substack-style article on topical subjects of interest, though that will usually be reserved for the Weekly Barnes Brief published on Fridays. The Daily Barnes Brief will be published around lunchtime pacific coast time.  

Art of the Day: The wanderlust of travel and a time gone by. A time when dress style itself expressed elegance, with its top hats, suit vests, and tweed jackets for him, accompanied by an elegant fur, luscious gloves, and delicate dress for her, amidst the train travel amongst the mountainscapes that long shaped our ancestral world, finished by a warm croissant, a pain au chocolat, and an inviting, warm pot of freshly made coffee or tea in a tin container. My favorite place to travel would still be into time itself, but this would be the first stop. 

Cultural Recommendation: Great Power Politics, the defining book by Mearsheimer, the most prominent modern advocate of geopolitical realism. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130333153-the-tragedy-of-great-power-politics-by-john-j-mearshimer

Wisdom of the Day: “The sad fact is that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is likely to remain that way.” John Mearsheimer. 

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• Alex Jones
  
• Dr. Drew
  
• Rekieta
  

Five of the Top Headlines

1. Hillary Guilty https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1950980822552445156
2. Soros Russiagate Ties https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1950939509161386204
3. Massie Says No More Pharma Immunity https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1950947329399202051
4. GDP 3% in 2nd Quarter https://www.bea.gov/news/2025/gross-domestic-product-2nd-quarter-2025-advance-estimate
5. Stock Market Ahistorical Rise https://x.com/Barchart/status/1950797584668279133

Five Curated Articles of Interest from Barnes Daily Library

1. BigAg Problems https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7149391/where-is-brooke-rollins-no-relief-for-the-amish-and-were-about-to-lose-a-lot-of-choice-in-what-me
2. Medicaid impact from BBB. https://parentdata.org/what-the-big-beautiful-bill-means-for-medicaid/
3. China Rare Earth Leverage https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/geopolitics/china-has-a-monopoly-on-rare-earths/
4. StableCoins Dollar Strategy https://internationalman.com/articles/can-stablecoins-save-the-us-dollar-or-just-delay-its-collapse/
5. War on World for Ukraine Backfires https://korybko.substack.com/p/western-pressure-on-india-over-russia

Five Cases of Interest: Legal News

1. Crypto Conviction Reversal 
2. Crypto Report
3. DOJ DEI Memo
4. Google Loses
5. Bad Covid Ruling

Forthcoming Closing Argument in the Weekly Barnes Brief: Grading Trump's First Six Months.