Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Protesters in central Cuba have torched a local communist party office, as conditions on the island continue to deteriorate under severe restrictions from the United States meant to squeeze the economy. Authorities said on Saturday that five people were arrested amid what the government called ‘vandalism acts’ in the city of Moron. … Protests are relatively rare in Cuba, given the threat of government repression. But in recent weeks, Cubans have expressed growing frustration with food and electricity shortages. Some have taken to banging pots and pans at night — a protest tradition called ‘cacerolazo’ — to express anger over the lack of food. Students, meanwhile, at the University of Havana held a sit-in on Monday after their classes were suspended due to energy restrictions.” (03/14/26)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/14/protests-erupt-in-cuba-as-us-restrictions-spark-food-energy-shortages
Source: Quillette
“The Extraordinary Exploits of Agent Zo.” (03/13/26)
https://quillette.com/2026/03/13/podcast-328-the-extraordinary-exploits-of-agent-zo/
Source: Freedom’s Phoenix
“Scott Ritter (Former Marine Intelligence Officer, Weapons Inspector) on Iran, Israel, what is really going on, what is going on with Trump, are we being fed propaganda by the Pentagon and MSM?” (03/13/26)
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Media/392547-2026-03-12-2026-03-13-ernest-hancock-scott-ritter-former-marine-intelligence.htm
Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson
“As one might expect, waging war in a critical chokepoint in the world’s supply of petroleum — and many other goods — has been disruptive, with oil prices spiking and consumer gasoline and diesel prices following. President Donald Trump had at first resisted calls to tap oil reserves in the United States and the other 31 members of the International Energy Agency, but then came TACO Wednesday, which follows TACO Tuesday and precedes TACO Thursday — if it is a day of the week ending in the letter ‘y,’ then you can count on it: Trump Always Chickens Out. His resolve to hold the line on oil reserves lasted about as long as his relationship with Stormy Daniels. … The way the graph lines are moving right now, Trump’s approval ratings are poised to dip below his BMI more or less presently. So, the oil taps will be opened.” (03/13/26)
https://archive.is/q9TMB
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“I’m no economist — but I understand that the market for petroleum products is a worldwide one, and if supply collapses on the other side of the world, it’s going to affect prices over here. We may not buy from Iran, but folks elsewhere do, and when they cannot get what they need, they’ll go to competitors, and world prices will be bid up. … The first casualty of a price hike is common sense.” (03/13/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/03/13/stupid-about-greed/
Source: SFGate
“Growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, Carlon Augustus remembers reading the newspapers his grandparents bought daily. Now 32, he says he turns to social media for the latest news. For him, it’s about getting news in real time. ‘Everything is on social media now. Whatever happens today, you don’t have to wait to get the papers tomorrow,’ he said. Media owners point to shifting reading habits like Augustus’ as the primary reason two legacy newspapers have folded in the Caribbean so far this year: Guyana’s Stabroek News and Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday. Stabroek News printed its final edition on Sunday and halted its online publication. It was established in November 1986, a year after its founder asked Guyana’s then-president if he would accept the creation of an independent newspaper. At the time, Guyana was six years away from its first free and fair elections in nearly 30 years.” (03/15/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/a-blow-to-caribbean-democracy-as-stabroek-news-22077589.php
Source: Crooked Media
“Trump Celebrates High Gas Prices.” (03/13/26)
https://audioboom.com/posts/8873436-trump-celebrates-high-gas-prices
Source: The Tom Woods Show
“Reagan Admin Official Talks Beirut Bombings, War with Iran.” (03/13/26)
https://tomwoods.com/ep-2743-reagan-admin-official-talks-beirut-bombings-war-with-iran/
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“It is well known, and even taught in government-run, tax-funded schools, that European nobility and royalty made and maintained their wealth by stealing. Land, labor, the products of the land, and more. But those in government-ruined, theft-funded schools are told that today, governments no longer do that. After all, they are ‘of the people, for the people, and by the people.’ We worship democracy. But all governments, at least those which are mandatory and instituted by fallible men, are kleptocracies to some (generally large) degree. Taxes, licenses and fees, and regulatory demands are just a part of it. Stealing land is perhaps far bigger.” (03/13/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/03/13/theft-by-government-continues-today/
Source: In These Times
by Alex Press
“Talia Rose can see the FedEx planes. ‘They’re directly across the tarmac from me,’ they told me. Rose works the overnight shift at the UPS air hub. Most days, they clock in before dawn, when much of Oakland is asleep. Metal containers — ULDs — are rolled off the aircraft and pulled into the building. Rose unloads them, sending boxes down conveyor belts to be sorted and routed. Sometimes they’re on the other side, throwing freight toward outbound trucks. It’s physical work, repetitive and precise. Around six months ago, during a weekly organizing meeting at the Oakland Liberation Center, they learned that military cargo bound for Israel had been moving through the airport. Activists had just released research documenting hundreds of such shipments passing through OAK.” (03/12/26)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/logistics-workers-public-airports-world-goods-weapons-oakland
