Rising, 03/30/26
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)
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)
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
by Ron Paul
“As we begin a new week, the media is filled with reports that President Trump is ready to approve a US ground operation against Iran, either to seize Iran’s uranium or to attack an island off the country’s coast. Thousands of US troops have sped to the conflict area to await President Trump’s decision. The President is on the verge of making a serious mistake to add to a series of deadly mistakes that have characterized this terrible war of choice against Iran. A US ground operation against Iran would only achieve the death of thousands of US servicemembers. Of course, if our Congress was doing its job, this debacle would never have started.” (03/30/26)
http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/archives/bring-the-troops-back-end-this-war-now
Source: TomDispatch
by Tom Engelhardt
“Honestly, I can’t believe I’m in this world of ours (or do I mean His?). Yes, this very one and no other! Almost a quarter of a century after, in response to the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan that would last a mere 20 years until Donald Trump prepared for and Joe Biden carried out a humiliating withdrawal of the last American troops there, the U.S. is back big time, dumber and more wildly destructive than ever. Whew! That’s a lot of (terrible) history to get into a single sentence! And so, here’s a TomDispatch question for you: What four-letter country, the first three of which are IRA, has the U.S. now been bombing? No, not Iraq! That war began in 2003 and ended a mere eight years later in 2011. And remind me, how did that work out?” (03/29/26)
https://tomdispatch.com/the-worlds-most-unbelievable-science-fiction-novel/
Source: Engadget
“Match Group and its subsidiary OkCupid has finally settled a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission that dates back to its alleged sharing of user data back in 2014. According to the lawsuit, the FTC accused OkCupid of inappropriately sharing personal user data that includes photos and location info with a third party company, Clarifai, which offers AI-powered software for uses like facial recognition and content moderation. … ‘While we do not admit any wrongdoing, we have settled this matter with the FTC with no monetary penalty to resolve an issue from 2014 and move forward,’ an OkCupid spokesperson told Engadget, adding that the allegations don’t reflect how OkCupid operates today.” (03/30/26)
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Throws Stephen Miller Under Bus in Surprise Display of Panic.” (03/30/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/208321/trump-throws-stephen-miller-bus-surprise-display-panic
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“A Land Invasion Of Iran?” (03/30/26)
Source: Libertarian Institute
by José Niño
“The American empire appears to be in retreat. Humiliated by Russia in Eastern Europe, outmaneuvered by China in East Asia, and bogged down in a conflict with Iran in the Middle East, the United States has turned its gaze southward. Unable to win the great power competition across Eurasia, the Trump administration has increasingly embarked on the most aggressive militarization of Latin America policy in a generation, seeking victories in what Washington has long considered its backyard. The result has been what observers are calling the Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, a framework that envisions the Western Hemisphere as an American strategic priority zone requiring military suppression of cartel networks and exclusion of Chinese influence.” (03/30/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/a-retreat-to-the-western-hemisphere
Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter
“The mutants were on the march Saturday, or on the street corners, I should say. No, they weren’t hookers, at least in the traditional sense, but prostitutes nonetheless. Democrats came out of their basements, gave their controllers a chance to recharge, and got a little bit of vitamin D from the sun for the first time since COVID. Suckers, all of them.” (03/30/26)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/03/30/no-kings-and-no-intelligence-n2673612
Source: US News & World Report
“Spain’s Catholic bishops and the Spanish government took another step Monday toward compensating victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who have died or whose possible crimes are too old to be prosecuted. In January, Spain’s Catholic bishops agreed to let the country’s ombudsman have the final say in the church’s compensation of such victims. The government and Spain’s bishops signed paperwork Monday detailing how the new church-state reparation system, which takes effect April 15, would work. The agreement, which envisages a one-year window for claims, marks a rare concession by the Catholic hierarchy. It’s aimed at resolving disagreements between the left-wing government and church authorities over reparations after victims criticized the church’s original in-house compensation proposal. Archbishop Luis Argüello, the president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, said the text will not include number amounts for the compensation that sexual abuse victims could receive.” (03/30/26)
Source: New York Times
“Trump Says He’s Ready for Diplomacy. Iran? Not So Much.” (03/30/26)