Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“One of the things that fascinates me about Americans living today is the willingness of many of them to treat immigrants like horse dung. I just don’t get it. No, I’m not saying that they treat people like that directly. I’m saying that they support and even get excited about how the U.S. government treats immigrants like horse dung. … Many Americans are outright giddy over what is happening. They think it’s fantastic that people who have never been convicted of a crime are being subjected to this type of horrific mistreatment.” (04/08/25)

https://www.fff.org/2025/04/08/treating-people-like-horse-dung/

Source: Washington Times
by Newt Gingrich

“The Democrats face a real dilemma that may cripple their ability to be competitive in upcoming elections. Real cracks are forming within the party’s coalition. The Democratic base and left wing were furious at Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer when he dared to allow the recent continuing resolution to go through to avoid a government shutdown. Mr. Schumer is in what I would consider the survivalist wing. The survivalists accept that hard-left policies and past performance failures have put the Democrats in a vulnerable position. The survivalist wing understands that the party’s 29% national favorability represents a real danger (it is almost comparable to the Republican collapse after Watergate in the 1970s). As California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently said, ‘The Democratic brand is toxic.'” (04/07/25)

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/7/leaderless-losing-democrats-imploding-within/

Source: The Bulwark
by Andy Craig

“In the bad old days of corrupt party machines — think Tammany Hall and the like — voter bribery was rampant. It took a variety of forms — most famously patronage, handing out public-service jobs controlled by the party bosses. But sometimes it was as simple and direct as literally handing people cash for showing up at the polls and casting a ballot. … Today, voter bribery is a crime. It’s illegal to pay people for their participation in an election, plain and simple. Despite this, Elon Musk has been flagrantly bribing voters, both in last year’s presidential election and most recently in the high-profile election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.” (04/08/25)

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/yes-elon-musk-vote-buying-is-against-law-federal-wisconsin

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“The European Union’s censors are outraged that Elon Musk’s social media platform, Twitter‑X, flouts their demands to gag users. So they’re gearing up to fine X more than a billion dollars. The EU will also be demanding ‘product changes.’ … All this is rationalized by a new EU law to compel social media platforms to police users. One would be hard put to find a clearer case of governmental censorship-by-delegation. It’s not even taking place behind closed doors, as was the case regarding the U.S. Government and Twitter before Mr. Musk bought the platform. These European censors brag about it.” (04/08/25)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/04/08/x-marks-the-censor/

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“The Israeli military has changed its story about why its forces killed 15 medical workers and then buried them and their vehicles to hide the evidence. After their initial claim that the medical vehicles were approaching ‘suspiciously’ without their emergency lights on was disproven by video evidence, they are now calling the whole thing a big mistake. Sure, who among us has not accidentally massacred 15 medical workers and buried them and their vehicles in a shallow grave from time to time? We’re only human, mistakes happen. Asked by the press about Israel’s latest war crime scandal, White House National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes blamed the whole thing on Hamas, saying, ‘Hamas uses ambulances and more broadly human shields for terrorism. President Trump understands the impossible situation this tactic creates for Israel and holds Hamas entirely responsible.'” (04/08/25)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/04/08/israels-innocent-oopsie-poopsie-medical-massacre-mistake/

Source: Foreign Policy
by Peter Coy

“U.S. President Donald Trump has long been of two minds about the dollar. He has said he wants it weaker to make American products cheaper in global markets, but he has also said he wants it strong so it remains the world’s dominant reserve currency. … Trump is getting the weakness he wants. The dollar has fallen 5 percent against other major currencies since his inauguration in January. But the strength he promised is nowhere to be seen. Last year, one of Trump’s key advisors, Stephen Miran, imagined a so-called Mar-a-Lago Accord in which the United States would essentially require its trading partners to help bring down the dollar’s value. That would have been, the theory goes, engineering a devaluation from a position of strength. Instead, the dollar is falling because of perceptions of American weakness.” (04/08/25)

https://archive.is/VJ43B