Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“This coming Fourth of July, when Americans will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, there will be an amusing aspect of the celebrations — the fact that Americans today hate everything our American ancestors stood for. But at least the feelings have been mutual; our American ancestors hated everything that today’s Americans stand for. No, I’m not referring to the issue of slavery. I’m referring to the issue of serfdom. Our American ancestors would never have countenanced a society in which the American people are serfs. Today’s Americans, on the other hand, wouldn’t have it any other way; they love their lives of serfdom.” (03/30/26)
https://www.fff.org/2026/03/30/hating-our-american-legacy-on-the-fourth-of-july/
Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“Israel’s Parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. The bill’s passage marked the culmination of a years-long push by Israel’s far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the chamber to vote yes in person. The law makes the death penalty — by hanging — the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted for nationalistic killings. The law also gives Israeli courts the authority to impose either the death penalty or life imprisonment on its own citizens. It is not retroactive and will apply only to future cases. The measure has been harshly condemned by Israeli and Palestinian rights groups, who say it is racist, draconian and unlikely to deter attacks by Palestinian attackers.” (03/30/26)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-death-penalty-law-palestinian-9.7147421
Source: The UnPopulist
by Andy Craig
“Both the law and the Constitution expressely ban such diversions because they nullify Congress and turn the president into a king.” (03/30/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-executive-order-diverting
Source: SFGate
“Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war, its defense minister said Monday, marking the latest step by Europe’s loudest opponent of U.S. and Israeli involvement in the conflict in the Middle East. The country earlier said the U.S. couldn’t use jointly operated military bases in the conflict, which Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described as illegal, reckless and unjust. Defense Minister Margarita Robles said the same logic applied to the use of Spanish airspace in the conflict. ‘This was made perfectly clear to the American military and forces from the very beginning. Therefore, neither the bases are authorized, nor, of course, is the use of Spanish airspace authorized for any actions related to the war in Iran,’ Robles told reporters, and called the war in Iran ‘profoundly illegal and profoundly unjust.'” (03/30/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/spain-says-it-has-closed-its-airspace-to-us-22159218.php
Source: The Contrarian
by Jennifer Rubin
“The ‘deadline’ for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face destruction of its power plants works like Donald Trump’s ‘concept of a plan’ on healthcare: it’s always two weeks away. Trump surprised no one with his decision Friday to extend the deadline (the second such postponement) until April 6. When that date arrives, Trump almost certainly will punt again. His ever-moving deadline strategy (on healthcare, tariffs, war, etc.) has become his predictable fallback when a pressure tactic (e.g., threats to bomb Iranian power plants or impose tariffs) proves impossible, too expensive, or just pointless. … time is on Iran’s side.” (03/30/26)
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/what-deadline
Source: Politico
by Adam Wren
“This is how Rahm Emanuel eats a salad: He rips open its clear, clamshell container with two hands. He grabs the ramekin of the dressing. He pours it across the salad. Then he picks up the salad container, shaking it with an intensity and ferocity that forces the balsamic throughout, giving no quarter to the greens and the grilled chicken. This is material information, mind you, for his would-be 2028 Democratic presidential primary rivals. Because how Rahm eats a salad is how he does anything and everything: with intent and with verve and without mercy. The next presidential election is more than two years away. But Rahm, 66, is already saturating old (and new) media with his small-bore policy rollouts and white papers, spending hours cultivating Beltway and battleground state reporters with on and off-the-record bull sessions …” (03/30/26)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/03/29/rahm-emanuel-2028-presidential-election-campaign-primary-00848895
Source: Middletown Press
“The leader of a sex-focused women’s wellness company that promoted ‘orgasmic meditation’ was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison on forced labor charges, federal prosecutors said. Nicole Daedone, co-founder of OneTaste Inc., was also ordered to forfeit $12 million during the hearing in Brooklyn. That was the amount she sold the California-based company for, according to John Marzulli, spokesperson for the Office of U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. … Daedone’s lawyers didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment after the sentencing. Rachel Cherwitz, the company’s former sales director, was set to be sentenced later Monday. During the roughly one-month trial, prosecutors said the two women ran a yearslong scheme that groomed adherents — many of them victims of sexual trauma — to do their bidding.” (03/30/26)
https://www.middletownpress.com/living/article/founder-of-orgasmic-meditation-company-gets-9-22160318.php
Source: Show-Me Institute
“AI, Think Tanks, and the Future of Policy Work with Todd Davidson.” (03/30/26)
https://showmeinstitute.org/article/economy/ai-think-tanks-and-the-future-of-policy-work-with-todd-davidson/
Source: The Hill
by Mark Recktenwald
“The ethical standards for licensed attorneys, including those employed by the DOJ, are imposed and enforced by the states. They are an independent check on the temptation to mislead the court, disregard its orders, or engage in other unethical conduct. Rather than requiring more accountability of its attorneys, the department is proposing to eviscerate the controls that do exist, by making itself the judge of whether misconduct has occurred. This is why alarm bells should be sounded by the Department of Justice’s recent decision to issue a proposed rule which would turn the system on its head. The draft rule would effectively empower the department to indefinitely interrupt state disciplinary investigations by directing an internal ‘review’ of allegations of misconduct against its own attorneys.” (03/30/26)
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5806968-federal-courts-trump-doj-ethics/
Source: The Hill
“Lindsey Granger gives her lens on the Trump administration moving to get TSA workers paid, as the partial government shutdown drags on.” (03/30/26)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/5803976-rising-march-30-2026/
