Author: Thomas L. Knapp

The Hague: Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga dies

Source: Deutsche Welle [German state media]

“Felicien Kabuga, a suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has died in custody, a UN court said on Saturday. He ⁠was ⁠93 years old. The court, the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), said it had ordered an inquiry into the circumstances of his ​death. Kabuga was once one of the world’s most-wanted fugitives. He was accused of encouraging and bankrolling the massacres between April and June 1994, in which Hutu extremists killed ​more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 100 ​days. … Kabuga evaded arrest for more than two decades after the genocide, using a succession of false passports and aided by a network of former Rwandan allies. … Hist trial started in 20222. … Kabuga, however, ​was later ruled unfit to stand trial ​because of dementia.” (05/16/26)

https://www.dw.com/en/rwandan-genocide-suspect-felicien-kabuga-dies-in-custody/a-77184740

Thomas L. Knapp

The US Immigration-Control Death Machine

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“Death has always been a central feature of America’s immigration-control system. Death has become normalized. Sure, there will be the standard laments about this tragic occurrence, there will be the standard condemnations of the immigrants themselves for violating U.S. immigration laws, and there will be the standard diatribes against human traffickers who prey on people who are simply trying to survive or improve their lives through labor. But the fact remains: Death has long been an inherent part of America’s immigration-control system. In the absence of that system, all those victims would still be alive.” (05/15/26)

https://www.fff.org/2026/05/15/the-u-s-immigration-control-death-machine/

Thomas L. Knapp

It’s Not Just a Right. It’s a Duty.

Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin

“Alter or abolish. Despite those words in the Declaration of Independence, the establishment would have you believe that any effort to resist their power is anti-American. But they have it backwards. Under the founders’ framework, the right to ‘provide new guards’ is a right that can also rise to the level of duty.” (05/15/26)

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2026/05/15/its-not-just-a-right-its-a-duty/

Thomas L. Knapp

Winning? Republicans support a war that’s pummeling ‘Main Street’

Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Jack Hunter

“If you ask President Donald Trump, he is winning the Iran war, implementing a ‘comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict,’ and making serious progress on ending the war in Ukraine. So much winning — on Main Street, in the Persian Gulf, and everywhere else. But pollsters will tell you that Americans are largely against the war in Iran and feel the president hasn’t really explained why the U.S. is there. Moreover, 60% now have an unfavorable view of our ‘iron clad’ relations with Israel, and a majority have low trust in Trump’s decision-making regarding Ukraine and Russia. These are negatives that could obviously affect his party in the approaching midterm elections.” (05/15/26)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/republicans-iran-trump/

Thomas L. Knapp

KS: Judge Blocks Law Banning Gender-Transition Treatments for Youths

Source: New York Times

“Kansas cannot enforce its ban on nonsurgical gender-transition treatments for minors, a state judge ruled on Friday. The ruling gives supporters of transgender rights a significant, though temporary, victory after more than a year of setbacks in capitols and courtrooms across the country. … The judge, Carl Folsom III of the State District Court in Douglas County, said in granting a temporary injunction that the law had likely violated parents’ rights to make decisions for their children. Attorney General Kris W. Kobach, a Republican whose office defended the law, criticized the ruling as ‘a stark example of judicial activism,’ and vowed to appeal.” (05/16/26)

https://archive.is/B404i

Thomas L. Knapp