“Early in American history, James Madison, the chief architect of the Constitution, warned that when the federal government seizes new powers to target foreign nationals, the rights of American citizens are at risk. The year was 1798, a time of tension with France. President John Adams was about to sign the Alien and Sedition Acts, including the Alien Enemies Act –the law the Trump administration is now citing to justify deporting hundreds of people to a brutal prison in El Salvador without due process. … His concern would prove to be justified on many different occasions in ensuing centuries. And it is newly relevant today, thanks to the Trump administration’s capricious, spectacle-driven treatment of foreign nationals, some here legally, others illegally [sic].” (03/27/25)
“On March 2, both parties were supposed to have entered phase two of the ceasefire, which entailed negotiations to work out the details of a broader agreement for a permanent cessation of hostilities, full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and return of all remaining hostages. Instead, Israel chose that day to reimpose its illegal blockade of humanitarian aid, including food, medicines, and fuel — a brazen violation of its obligations under the ceasefire agreement (as well as Israel’s legal obligations under international humanitarian law as the Occupying Power in Gaza). Israel’s decision to unilaterally end the ceasefire and resume the genocide followed encouragement from President Donald Trump to do precisely that, and the White House immediately confirmed that Israel had consulted with and received approval for its actions from the Trump administration.” (03/27/25)
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Not for what they’re going through, obviously, but for what they have: Their supremely authentic culture, with its deep roots and ancient connection to the land. One of the very, very few good things that the Gaza holocaust has brought into this world is a deluge of footage of Palestinians living their lives, interacting with each other and relating to their loved ones as they find ways to get by in this nightmare. Westerners like me have been quietly watching these video clips on our little screens in our homes, and watching the various films, documentaries and shows that have been made about Palestinian life over the years, and taking it all in.” (03/27/25)
“There’s no getting around the fact that Signal-gate was a blunder. In soccer terms, it was an own goal, a totally unnecessary screw-up that set back the Trump team. But the team is still winning and the opposition is still in total disarray and fighting among themselves. Let’s hope lessons have been learned. It’s hard to believe that, of all the people on planet Earth, it was Jeffrey Goldberg, America’s most rabidly anti-Trump journalist, who could have been ‘inadvertently’ patched into a sensitive Signal group chat of the national security Cabinet discussing sensitive plans for military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But that’s what President Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is telling us.” (03/26/25)
“Since the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Thales proclaimed that everything was water, ambitious theorists have sought a single element capable of explaining the physical or social world. For Karl Marx, history unfolded through the dynamics of class struggle. Given our era’s dominance by digital information and computation, it is hardly surprising that Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, argues that not only history but also politics and economics must be understood entirely ‘in terms of information flows.’ For Harari, information is not merely the key to knowledge but also to societal power. Although information can accurately portray reality, more frequently, it serves as a tool for manipulation.” (03/27/25)
“On the corner of West 25th Street and Broadway, a sea of blood-stained hands gather silently amid the noises of Midtown Manhattan. As tourists and locals rush across the intersection, some attempt to decipher the demonstration. A sign in Serbian Cyrillic reads, ‘Love for students, the ocean divides us, the fight connects us.’ After 15 minutes, the crowd breaks their silence, embracing one another through a shared goal, to show support for the students of Serbia. This demonstration is part of a larger student-led resistance sweeping Serbia over the past three months. After the deadly collapse of a canopy at a newly renovated railway station that claimed the lives of 16 people in Novi Sad, the country’s second-largest city, public outrage has sparked a monumental fight against corruption.” (03/27/25)
“When it became clear in late 2023 that Javier Milei would become the next president of Argentina, the response from many economists and analysts was borderline apoplectic. They warned that the profane self-described libertarian … would inflict on Argentina’s already-beleaguered economy ‘deep recession,’ ‘devastation,’ ‘economic collapse,’ and all sorts of other economic horribles. … Then, a funny thing happened as Milei worked to enact his slash-and-burn agenda: Things in Argentina got better, and the doomsayers went quiet. A few brave souls, to their credit, have since issued mea culpas, but most of them haven’t. That’s probably because doing so would acknowledge the success of not only Milei, but also the libertarian ideas they so disdain.” (03/27/25)
“Hundreds of Palestinians have taken to the streets in Gaza this week to protest against Hamas’s tyranny. In the largest anti-Hamas demonstrations since the war with Israel began, Gazans have been demanding that Hamas step down from power and end the conflict. This won’t come as a surprise to those actually listening to Palestinians. Polling this month shows that just six per cent of Gazans want Hamas to stay in power. … how did the Western pro-Palestine movement get it so wrong? Why have leftist activists grown so sympathetic towards this Islamist terror group? The honest answer is that such people are motivated less by support for Palestine, and more by a hatred of Israel.” (03/27/25)
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“A jury in San Antonio, Texas, recently returned a guilty verdict against two men — Armando Gonzales-Ortega and Felipe Orduna-Torres — for the role they played in the deaths of 53 illegal immigrants — 47 adults and 6 children. The victims died while being transported in the back of a tractor trailer where temperatures reached 150 degrees. The defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on June 27 and will most likely receive a very high prison sentence. … it wasn’t only Gonzales-Ortega and Orduna-Torres and other smugglers who bear moral responsibility for the deaths of those 53 people. So do U.S. officials who continue to support and enforce America’s decades-old immigration-control system — a system by which the federal government centrally plans the movements of people across international borders and criminalizes the unauthorized entry into the United States by foreigners.” (03/27/25)
