Source: Indendent Institute
by K Lloyd Billingsley
“California’s highway overpass for butterflies and cougars is late and over budget. Curious observers might trace the project to the beginning.” (04/03/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/04/03/newsoms-wallis-annenberg-wildlife-crossing/
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Another shocking aspect of the Ian Freeman case involved false statements that were knowingly, deliberately, and intentionally made in a post-sentencing press release by the New Hampshire U.S. Attorney’s office that prosecuted Freeman. When I discovered that false and deceptive press release, I was incredulous. What would motivate federal personnel to lie about the Freeman case?” (04/03/26)
https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/the-federal-punishment-of-an-innocent-man-part-3/
Source: In These Times
by Phyllis Bennis
“The U.S. and Israeli war has, from its very beginning, violated both U.S. domestic and international law. The legal consequences go beyond specific violations. Washington and Tel Aviv’s breaches of the UN Charter and other legal frameworks also undermine the very foundations of the rule of law. Even while international legal institutions too often lack sufficient capacity to enforce their decisions, they still provide a crucial framework for protest, for pressure on individual governments, and for the hope of a future world where the rule of law is paramount. Now, however, that future is in more danger than any other time in recent memory. Right now, Iranian civilians are paying the highest price. But the collapse of the rule of law makes the future more dangerous for everyone else, too.” (04/02/26)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/iran-war-united-states-israel-trump-illegal
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“According to Canada’s National Observer, the Alberta independence movement has enough signatures on a petition to force the Province to vote on succession on 19 October 2026, with 10%+ of the voters in the last general election. The ‘Stay Free Alberta’ group that has circulated the petition is cautiously optimistic, both about getting on the ballot and having a majority vote for independence. It must be submitted to a government agency, Elections Alberta, to be counted by the 2nd of May. We at The Price of Liberty support and encourage this election and a YES vote in October.” (04/03/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/04/03/alberta-shall-be-free/
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Ted Galen Carpenter
“Kim’s regime unsurprisingly portrays its nuclear arsenal as a purely defensive deterrent to possible American and South Korean aggression. DPRK leaders always cite a long list of grievances against Seoul and Washington. Many of them are thoroughly familiar, especially the annual joint military exercises featuring air, ground, and naval forces from the two countries. Some of Pyongyang’s complaints are new, however, and they specifically cite Washington’s military actions against Venezuela and Iran.” (04/03/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/north-koreas-nuclear-status-requires-urgent-negotiation
Source: spiked
by Paul O’Connor
“From public-health policy to climate change, more and more issues are being removed from public control and handed to ostensibly neutral specialists. Though they may maintain a façade of democratic procedure, today’s Western societies are largely governed by an alliance between expert knowledge and managerial power. They would be more accurately described by the term ‘technocracy.’ Cast your mind back to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was not an aberration, but a revelation. … We might, understandably, be inclined to regard the Covid lockdowns as a bad memory – something best forgotten. But that would be a mistake. The state overreach, censorship, obsession with risk and distrust in people’s ability to make their own decisions were not exceptions to the norm, but the new norm.” (04/02/26)
Source: Reason
by Eric Boehm
“There is no doubt that Congress has traded away a lot of its authority over trade policy in the past few decades. But, as the Trump administration is now learning, those policies do not allow for the open-ended, anything-goes approach that Trump wants to take. The IEEPA tariffs were tripped up by the plain text of the underlying law, which courts at all levels agreed did not include the power to tariff. The new Section 122 tariffs face a similar legal challenge over the administration’s attempt to read broad powers into a narrowly tailored law. There is an easy solution to all this. Put a tariff bill in front of Congress. Of course, there is an equally obvious reason why Trump has refused to do that. It would be unlikely to pass.” [editor’s note: And even if it did pass, taxation would still be theft – TLK] (04/02/26)
Source: The Hill
by Brahma Chellaney
“When President Trump launched his war on Iran, attention fixed on missiles, drones and the risks of escalation. The real story lay elsewhere: a grandiose and ultimately reckless vision of American ‘energy dominance’ that helped propel Washington into war. This was not simply a security decision, but an economic and ideological gamble rooted in Trump’s long-held belief that U.S. control over international energy flows would translate into global geopolitical supremacy and arrest America’s relative decline. In his second term, that belief hardened into doctrine. But in Iran, it collided with reality.” (04/02/26)
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5810758-the-war-for-oil-that-backfired/
Source: Downsize DC
by Jim Babka
“Afroman can’t beat qualified immunity, and neither can you. But wait, didn’t he win his case? That’s what all the headlines are saying. Yes. He overcame his defamation case. It’s a great victory for free speech. But before that case ever went to trial, he lost a fight that few are talking about. … He wanted the deputies held accountable for the damage they did to his home: the broken door, the smashed gate, the detached cameras, and the $400 in cash that went ‘missing’ during the raid. The judge dismissed his claims. No jury. No hearing. Just gone. Think about that. The deputies got a full jury trial over hurt feelings from a music video. But … Afroman couldn’t get a hearing over a broken door and ‘missing’ money.” (04/02/26)
Source: Wired
by Ali Winston & Maddy Varner
“A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.” (04/02/26)