Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“The Iran war is a betrayal of both U.S. interests and constitutional principles. This is a war initiated on the president’s whim. The people do not support it, Congress never authorized it, and our treaty commitments prohibit it. It should never have been allowed to start, but we can end our part in it by refusing to fund it.” (03/19/26)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/not-one-dime-for-aggression
Source: Washington Monthly
by Mike Lofgren
“We’re depleting our big, expensive, Cold War-inspired defensive weapons on Iran’s cheap drones, and if Tehran expands its underwater drone program, look out.” (03/19/26)
Source: New York Times
“Who Is Winning the War in Iran?” (03/19/26)
Source: The UnPopulist
by Jay Michaelson
“They distrust the right but are pained by the left.” (03/19/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/progressive-jews-are-deeply-distressed
Source: US News & World Report
“Lawmakers in Macau, a city under Chinese rule, unanimously approved a bill on Thursday that allows court proceedings to be held behind closed doors when deemed necessary to protect national security [sic] interests. The city enacted its first national security [sic] law in 2009 and tightened it with amendments in 2023. Last July, leading democrat Au Kam San was arrested for alleged collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security [sic], the first known arrest under that law. The new legislation stipulates that judges must refer cases to the city’s Committee for Safeguarding National Security if they believe national security [sic] may be at risk during a public hearing.” (03/19/26)
Source: The Dispatch
“Will Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants End?” (03/19/26)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/will-temporary-protected-status-for-immigrants-end/
Source: LP Alliance
“Join Amanda and Kyle for a discussion on the Kronstadt Rebellion!” (03/19/26)
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Joseph Solis-Mullen
“In 2008, a book appeared called Deleting the State: An Argument About Government. It was a trim volume, barely a hundred pages of actual text, but it hit me with the force of a hundred pounds from the very first page. As an undergraduate political science student, I had by that point read Robert Nozick, but I had yet to encounter Murray Rothbard or the broader Austrian and anarcho-capitalist tradition. Aeon Skoble’s book was therefore the first work I encountered that seriously challenged the legitimacy of the state itself. Now the Independent Institute has done a new generation of readers a service by issuing a second edition of this compact but provocative anarcho-capitalist work.” (03/19/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/arguing-against-the-state-without-hesitation
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“France’s attempt to suspend Chinese online platform Shein’s marketplace was rejected by a Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday, after a Paris court had already ruled against the government’s request in December. Shein has been embroiled in a scandal since France’s consumer watchdog found sex dolls resembling children and banned weapons for sale on its marketplace in November, prompting the government to attempt to suspend the platform.” (03/19/26)
Source: New York Times
“The Abuse Allegations Against a Civil Rights Icon, and a 48% Rise in Oil Prices.” (03/19/26)