TAC Right Now, 03/25/26
Source: The American Conservative
“Iran and the New World Disorder.” (03/25/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac-right-now-iran-and-the-new-world-disorder/
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Devices at Airports
Source: The Intercept
by Nikita Mazurov
“The only surefire way to keep your devices from being searched and seized is to simply not bring them with you on your trip. If you can’t leave them at home, consider mailing them to and from your destination. Another option is to leave devices that contain sensitive information at home and instead bring throwaway travel devices you’re willing to have searched or confiscated. This doesn’t need to be an expensive proposition. You can reformat and repurpose an old phone or tablet, or purchase refurbished older models that are comparatively cheap. Then buy a temporary SIM card or eSIM so that you’re not using your usual number. Remember to let contacts know that for the duration of your trip you’ll be reachable at a different number. Create a travel account for these devices.” (03/25/26)
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/25/ice-airports-phone-security-privacy-safety/
Airbus wins Chinese airline’s 101-plane order in victory over Boeing in key market
Source: South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
“China Eastern Airlines said on Wednesday it placed a multibillion-dollar order for 101 Airbus A320neo aircraft, marking another success for the French company after it raked in big orders from Chinese airlines in December and amid uncertainties related to a widely speculated potential deal between its rival Boeing and Beijing. … Last year, Airbus secured orders for 148 A320 aircraft from several Chinese airlines and a state-owned aircraft leasing group. China Eastern was not part of that deal. While Airbus keeps taking in orders, the speculated Boeing deal has yet to materialise, with the delayed visit to China by US President Donald Trump adding more uncertainty.” (03/25/26)
Rising, 03/25/26
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar on Rep. Maxine Waters eyeing a leadership role if Democrats retake the House this year, despite being 87 years old.” (03/25/26)
An Intensely Focused Mind
Source: Law & Liberty
by Caroline Breashears
“Adam Smith was an absent-minded professor who was somehow able to see further than anyone else.” (03/25/26)
What Did Republicans Expect?
Source: The Contrarian
by Jennifer Rubin
“Republicans made a calculated bet that by indulging Donald Trump’s ill-conceived and cruel schemes (e.g., unleashing ICE on cities, tariffs, wars with Venezuela and Iran, slashing healthcare to pay for tax cuts for the rich), the country would somehow stumble through. They figured congressional Republicans would share in any successes but somehow avoid any blame when things (inevitably) went haywire. Politics rarely works out that way.” (03/25/26)
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/what-did-republicans-expect
Half the Answer, episode 74
Source: Liberal Currents
“What’s happened in New York City since Zohran Mamdani became mayor in January? Has it become a Marxist-Islamic bastion, ruled by a soviet in the succeeding three months? Trent and Caitlin discuss the Sharia Socialism of NYC Mayor Mamdani, plus the naked vice signaling and stove-touching of the GOP, with author Ryan Cooper.” (03/25/26)
The Durable Appeal of Doom
Source: Mindset Shifts
by Barry Brownstein
“The hateful logic of the Nazis is find your villain and assign all blame to them, then the complexity of the world collapses into a satisfying and murderous solution. Nazis logic did not die with the Third Reich. Paul Ehrlich passed away earlier this month, at 93, and his passing is an occasion to examine another expression of the same underlying habit of mind. Ehrlich was not an antisemite. His villain was humanity itself. … What makes Ehrlich’s life so instructive is not that he was wrong — he was wrong in ways almost beyond reckoning — but that his wrongness was so elaborately rewarded.” (03/25/26)
https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/the-durable-appeal-of-doom
WI: Man who ordered ballots without consent found guilty of fraud and identity theft
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
“A jury convicted a Wisconsin man of election fraud and identity theft for requesting the ballots of Republican state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Democratic Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent. Jurors in Racine County on Tuesday found Harry Wait guilty of two misdemeanor election fraud charges and one felony identity theft charge following a two-day trial. He was acquitted of a second count of identity theft. Wait leads a group that makes false election claims, including that Wisconsin’s elections are riddled with fraud and that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Trump lost Wisconsin in 2020 by about 21,000 votes. Wait admitted in 2022 that he requested Vos’ and Mason’s ballots to try to prove that the state’s voter registration system is vulnerable to fraud.” (03/25/26)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/03/25/wisconsin-ballot-fraud/
The Briefing Podcast with Michael Waldman
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
“How to Improve America’s Prisons (with L.B. Eisen and Randall Liberty).” (03/25/26)