Source: SFGate
“The head of Turkey’s main opposition party visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Tuesday after six nights of massive protests calling for his release. Imamoglu, arrested on March 19 on corruption charges, is seen as the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 22-year rule. His arrest has been widely viewed as politically motivated and sparked demonstrations, some turning violent, across the country. The government insists Turkey’s judiciary is independent and free of political influence. Ozgur Ozel, the leader of Imamoglu’s Republican People’s Party, or CHP, held a two-hour meeting with Imamoglu at Silivri prison, west of Istanbul. Ozel told reporters that he was ‘ashamed on behalf of those who govern Turkey of the atmosphere I am in and the situation that Turkey is being put through.'” (03/25/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/turkey-s-opposition-leader-visits-jailed-istanbul-20239358.php
Source: Liberal Currents
by Patrick J Sobkowski
“The Unitary Executive Theory holds that the Article II of the Constitution creates a hierarchy. The president sits at the top of the hierarchy and bears the responsibility for overseeing enforcement of federal law. The UET has been embraced by the Federalist Society, as well as conservative (and some liberal) law professors, judges, and of course, presidents. Donald Trump is merely the latest president to find the UET attractive. What makes Trump unique is the breadth that he seems to think the UET affords him.” (03/25/25)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-hegseth-and-the-fallacies-of-the-unitary-executive/
Source: Inequality.org
by Sam Pizzigati
“Why is Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, hyperventilating about Social Security? Why is he inventing unhinged tales about ‘fraudulent’ hordes of Social Security grifters? Why is his DOGE chopping away staffers at the already understaffed Social Security Administration? Let’s start with the political reality that most Americans see Social Security as absolutely essential to their future financial security. These average Americans, Musk and his like-minded super wealthy fear, are eventually going to start demanding that America’s rich pay a far bigger share of the revenue Social Security so desperately needs. What are these rich paying now into Social Security? Peanuts.” [editor’s note: What ‘the rich” pay in is capped, but so are the benefit payments they receive. Pizzigati is just upset that his favorite Ponzi scheme can’t fleece bigger “investors” at a higher rate because REASONS – TLK] (03/25/25)
https://inequality.org/article/could-elon-musk-actually-destroy-social-security-as-we-know-it/
Source: Antiwar.com
“Vance Warned Against Bombing Yemen, Israeli Strike Almost Killed American Surgeon, and More.” (03/25/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TP4IymG4Vk
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“‘Critics argue that SNAP’s allowance for purchasing sugary snacks, soda and junk food promotes unhealthy eating habits, which can lead to obesity and other related health issues.’ The critics are undoubtedly correct; indeed, the proposed limitations will almost certainly be too tame. If the program must exist, it should do good without enabling demonstrable harm. So instead of a cumbersome and extensive list of prohibited food items, there should be a concise list of allowed categories …” [editor’s note: SNAP is a corporate welfare program for Big Ag. Feeding the poor is the excuse, not the purpose – TLK] (03/25/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/03/25/oh-snap/
Source: Fox News
“The U.S. Customs and Enforcement agency (ICE) announced that a massive operation in Massachusetts resulted in nearly 400 [abductions], including over 200 [kidnappings] of illegal [sic] immigrants who had serious criminal convictions or charges. … The raids came despite Boston’s status as one of several so-called ‘sanctuary’ cities across the country, jurisdictions that restrict local cooperation with [the ICE gang]. … ICE [thugs] were joined by personnel from several other federal [gangs], including the FBI, DEA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service and DSS.” (03/25/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sanctuary-city-raid-rounds-up-over-200-migrant-criminals-ice
Source: Antiwar.com
by Jonathan Cook
“Israel has found a captive recently released from Gaza willing to regurgitate some of its most nonsensical talking points on the stage of the United Nations. Predictably, those talking points are already being exploited to justify Israel intensifying its slaughter of Palestinian children in Gaza – and further bully the United Nations into even greater timidity. Eli Sharabi has every reason to feel aggrieved. After all, he not only spent 490 days in captivity in terrifying conditions before his release last month, but emerged to find his family had been killed during Hamas’ break-out from Gaza on 7 October 2023. Nonetheless, sympathy for his plight should not obscure the bigger picture: he has allowed himself to be recruited to the Israeli government’s propaganda campaign for genocide.” (03/25/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/cook/2025/03/24/where-was-the-un-asks-freed-israeli-captive-its-staff-were-busy-being-killed/
Source: Axios
“The Trump administration can’t deport alleged Venezuelan gang members after a federal judge Monday rejected a request to lift the temporary halt on the practice. The legal battle being waged over the high-stakes immigration case promises to test the limits of Trump’s deportation powers and the power of the executive branch itself. In a Monday opinion, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg took aim at the Trump administration for invoking an 18th-century wartime law to justify the deportations. Each plaintiff ‘vehemently denies’ being part of the Tren de Aragua gang, as the administration claimed, he noted. As such, each plaintiff is ‘entitled to individualized hearings’ to determine whether the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 — which would allow them to be deported with little to no due process — can be applied to them, Boasberg wrote.” (03/24/25)
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/judge-trump-venezuelan-deportations-restraining-order
Source: System Update
“Atlantic Leak Reveals Trump Admin’s Foreign Policy Mindset; Appeals Court Extremely Skeptical of Trump’s El Salvador Deportation Powers; Israel’s Horrific Crimes in the Last 24 Hours.” (03/24/25)
https://rumble.com/v6r57we-system-update-show-428.html
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by India McKinney
“Once again, several Senators appear poised to gut one of the most important laws protecting internet users — Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230). Don’t be fooled — many of Section 230’s detractors claim that this critical law only protects big tech. The reality is that Section 230 provides limited protection for all platforms, though the biggest beneficiaries are small platforms and users. Why else would some of the biggest platforms be willing to endorse a bill that guts the law? In fact, repealing Section 230 would only cement the status of Big Tech monopolies. As EFF has said for years, Section 230 is essential to protecting individuals’ ability to speak, organize, and create online.” (03/24/25)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech
