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August 15, 2025
Today’s show might be a little late

Today’s show might be a little later than 15:00. Driving down to Chattanooga for the Viva Barnes weekend event.

There will definitely be a show today, and not much later than 15:00 if late.

It’s an absolutely beautiful drive!

Ethan trying to get the best possible picture ever… He said we needed a Ginger ninja‘s height! 😂

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What kind of mushroom is this?

Because it looks like it wants to kill me and everyone I know!

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September 14, 2026
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September 13, 2026
Actual Orwellian Hellscape

Not sure if everybody knows who Casey Neistat is… he was the OG of vlogs. Life in New York City. For a while, he put together an amazing, sleek, entertaining and awesomely edited vlog daily. I never understood how he did it.

He also put out one of the best / motivational vlogs on how to grow on YouTube. It’s the one I send to anyone who asks. Not sure if it applies as much today, but it was true in the day. And it’s pretty decent life advice in general: just keep working.

He put out a sponsored ad and listening to it… It literally sounded like an actual Orwellian hellscape.

AI reading your email, pre-drafting replies “in your voice”… literally the denial of humanity.

Literally the loss of any form of privacy. I appreciate that AI do indeed access my email - but that was not by any consent other than a contract of adhesion. Although I really don’t use email all that much anymore anyhow.

But drafting replies in your voice.

And the potential for...

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February 17, 2024
Appearance on Richard Syrette

I did a quick hit on Richard Syrette yesterday. Gotta keep Canadians apprised of the U.S. madness.

Appearance on Richard Syrette
The Barnes Brief, Podcast Format: Monday, July 17, 2023

Closing Argument: Birthright citizenship is deeply American, and wholly Constitutional.

The Barnes Brief, Podcast Format: Monday, July 17, 2023
Declaration of Independence

Audio podcast style.

Declaration of Independence
Questions for Bourbon w/ Barnes: Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Ask in replies and answering live at 9ish eastern tonight.

Board Poll: Trump's 2nd Term

What is your opinion of the first half of Trump's 2nd term. Add further input in the replies below.

Meanwhile, in Canada…

This is an actual story.

A judge rules that colonialism was at play for an indigenous man who crashed his truck, killing a 12-year-old girl.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/judge-colonialism-first-nations-deadly-drunk-driver

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The Barnes Brief: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
I. THE INTRODUCTION
 

Special Notices

 
A. Art of the Day 
  • Art Deco grandiosity meets everyday utility in this artisitic display on a regular rug carpet, the brazen blue and gold geometric designs against the black background, the images displayed all reaching for the sky, always apiring, dreaming, and seeking.  
 
B. Wisdom of the Day
  • “War is a punisher that ultimately strikes both sides with the same rod.” Thomas Jefferson 

C. Appearances & Publications
 
 
D. Daily Picks
 
E. *Bonus: Board Post of Note
 
II. THE EVIDENCE: BARNES LIBRARY
 
A. Food & Medicine
 
B. Economics
  • Good tool for markets. 
 
C. Politics
 
D. Geopolitics
 
E. Law

 

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The Barnes Brief: Monday, September 14, 2026
I. THE INTRODUCTION
 

Special Notices

 
A. Art of the Day 
  • The Uknown Worker, the center of societal stability, the engine of the economy for all, the strength shaping military defense, captured in this portrait of Rand’s work by Tim Huhn. The buildings that reach to the skies, the trains that drive the landscape, the bridges that connect us together, the planes that uncover the world, made of hard materials by hard men that make for good times. Forger that and bad times come. 
 
B. Wisdom of the Day
  • “Misfortune and inequality are the parents of revolution.” Aristotle. 

C. Appearances & Publications
 
 
D. Daily Picks
 
E. *Bonus: Board Post of Note
 
II. THE EVIDENCE: BARNES LIBRARY
 
A. Food & Medicine
 
B. Economics
 
C. Politics
 
D. Geopolitics
 
E. Law

 

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The Barnes Brief: Weekend of September 11, 2026
I. THE INTRODUCTION
 

Special Notices

 
A. Art of the Day 
  • Before he invented The Telegraph, Samuel Morse took years to craft this artistic masterpiece, celebrating the young Republic, with its candelight framing of the Capital, discussion and conversation afoot in philosophical debate, with the noble individual rising to the roof speaking out in that most American fashion. 
 
B. Wisdom of the Day
  • “The most sacred of the duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.” Thomas Jefferson.  

C. Appearances & Publications
 
 
D. Daily Picks
 
E. *Bonus: Board Post of Note
 
II. THE EVIDENCE: BARNES LIBRARY
 
A. Health
 
B. Economics
 
C. Politics
 
D. Geopolitics
 
E. Law

III. HOMEWORK: Sunday Cases TBD

  1. Election order enjoined. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/first-circuit-opinion-trump-mail-voting-injunction.pdf
  2. Election indictment. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/usa-v-brass-federal-indictment.pdf
  3. Immigration detention disallowed. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/lopez-garcia-v-guadian-opinion.pdf
  4. Favoritism to immigrants for tuition. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/kansas-in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-students.pdf
  5. Datacenter blocked. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/decision-imperial-v-city-091026.pdf
  6. Flock searches challenged. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/nocams-v-waukesha-flock.pdf
  7. AI bots. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/amazon-v-perplexity-ninth-circuit-opinion.pdf
  8. AI death targets. https://courthousenews.com/in-their-words-israeli-forces-describe-ai-backed-gaza-killing-in-new-film/
  9. Religious right to an abortion? https://courthousenews.com/religious-freedoms-tested-in-indiana-abortion-ban-case/
  10. Hair shampoo cancer. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/arizona-loreal-usa-complaint.pdf
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