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.
Appearances
- Alex Jones
- Dr. Drew
- Rekieta
Five of the Top Headlines
- Hillary Guilty https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1950980822552445156
- Soros Russiagate Ties https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1950939509161386204
- Massie Says No More Pharma Immunity https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1950947329399202051
- GDP 3% in 2nd Quarter https://www.bea.gov/news/2025/gross-domestic-product-2nd-quarter-2025-advance-estimate
- Stock Market Ahistorical Rise https://x.com/Barchart/status/1950797584668279133
Five Curated Articles of Interest from Barnes Daily Library
- 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
- Medicaid impact from BBB. https://parentdata.org/what-the-big-beautiful-bill-means-for-medicaid/
- China Rare Earth Leverage https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/geopolitics/china-has-a-monopoly-on-rare-earths/
- StableCoins Dollar Strategy https://internationalman.com/articles/can-stablecoins-save-the-us-dollar-or-just-delay-its-collapse/
- War on World for Ukraine Backfires https://korybko.substack.com/p/western-pressure-on-india-over-russia
Five Cases of Interest: Legal News
Forthcoming Closing Argument in the Weekly Barnes Brief: Grading Trump's First Six Months.
