Source: Antiwar.com
by Jon Reynolds
“Three years ago, Donald Trump referred to himself as ‘the candidate who delivers peace.’ This weekend, his administration bombed Iran. While it may seem unusual, the historical record suggests otherwise, clearly demonstrating that Trump follows a long line of American politicians who spent a lot of time talking about being against wars only to wage them once elected president.” (03/02/26)
https://original.antiwar.com/jon_reynolds/2026/03/01/trump-lied-about-being-for-peace-just-like-every-president-before-him/
Source: Associated Press
“At least 169 people were killed after insurgents raided a village in a remote area of South Sudan, a local official said Monday, It’s the latest bout of sporadic violence that has left the country teetering on the verge of full-blown civil war. The victims, including 90 civilians, were attacked on Sunday in Abiemnom county, said James Monyluak, information minister for the administrative area of Ruweng. He said women and children were among the dead, in addition to dozens of combatants. The U.N. Mission in South Sudan, known as UNMISS, said in a statement that 1,000 people sought shelter at its base after the attack.” (03/02/26)
https://apnews.com/article/south-sudan-violence-insurgents-69a8a9bf191c0c2d8583fbc37ff9ae70
Source: Foreign Policy
by Stephen M Walt
“Since 1992, a series of presidents representing both parties have run for office vowing to be peacemakers and to avoid their predecessors’ excesses and mistakes, yet once in office they cannot resist the urge to blow stuff up in faraway lands. Once again, we must ask ourselves the question: Is the United States addicted to war? Until Trump’s second term, one might explain this pattern by examining the hubristic mindset of the bipartisan foreign-policy ‘Blob,’ which saw military force as a useful tool for advancing a global liberal order. But that explanation has trouble explaining Trump’s actions during his second term. Trump still loathes the establishment (aka, the ‘deep state’), blames it for the failures of his first term, has gutted the national security bureaucracy, and appointed a lot of loyal lackeys who will do his bidding to key positions. This latest war can’t be blamed on the Blob.” (03/02/26)
https://archive.is/aybJ0
Source: The Hill
“The Supreme Court on Monday ruled California is likely violating the constitutional rights [sic] of parents who object to policies preventing teachers from disclosing when their child changes their name or pronouns in school. The decision marks a major victory for parental rights [sic] advocates at this early stage of the case — and a blow to the state’s efforts to shield the privacy of LGBTQ students. The justices have yet to definitely resolve the fiercely disputed issue, and the case could ultimately return to the high court. … ‘The parents who assert a free exercise claim have sincere religious beliefs about sex and gender, and they feel a religious obligation to raise their children in accordance with those beliefs. California’s policies violate those beliefs,’ the court wrote in its unsigned opinion.” [editor’s note: Are the teachers also required to serve communion, conduct circumcisions, etc. on demand? – TLK] (03/02/26)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5763843-parental-rights-california-privacy
Source: JFK Facts
by Jefferson Morley
“The once debatable notion that we live in a democratic republic, governed by the Constitution of the United States, has been definitively debunked by the bombing of Tehran. We do not. Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution, Congress holds the exclusive power to formally declare war, ‘ensuring this decision rests with elected representatives rather than a single executive.’ Or so Google’s Artificial Intelligence agent tells me with a straight face. … by all means, let us celebrate the semiquincentennial of our independence by glorying in the irrelevance of the Constitution. If you want to pursue life, liberty, and happiness, don’t pretend that antique parchment has much influence on this administration, the Congress, or the courts.” (03/02/26)
https://jfkfacts.substack.com/p/the-israeli-trump-strategy-of-war
Source: Politico
“President Emmanuel Macron on Monday broke several decades of French nuclear taboos — promising to increase the number of warheads and making explicit France’s role in European security. Those are some of the most significant changes in French nuclear doctrine since the end of the Cold War. ‘An increase of our arsenal is indispensable,’ the French president said at the highly secure Ile Longue naval base that houses France’s four nuclear submarines. … The French president outlined enhanced cooperation with European nations, naming Germany, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden, which would include joint nuclear drills and ultimately, the potential temporary deployment of French nuclear-capable fighters in allied countries.” (03/02/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-announces-increase-in-number-of-frances-nuclear-warheads
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“President Trump’s decision to wage a war of aggression on Iran appears to make no sense at all, especially when considers the array of alternating and shifting reasons that Trump has given to justify his decision to launch this war. … However, there is a another possible explanation as to why Trump and the Pentagon have decided to launch their all-out war of aggression against Iran — a possible explanation that the mainstream press is loathe to consider — one that, interestingly, involves an active partner in this war of aggression — Israel.” (03/02/26)
https://www.fff.org/2026/03/02/iran-and-epstein/
Source: Town Hall
by Rachel Alexander
“The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging conducted a hearing on February 26 to investigate why the FDA is holding up the approval of desperately needed new drugs for those with rare diseases. Many of the people suffering with these ailments are children with short life expectancies. Those with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), which is progressive muscular deterioration, end up in a wheelchair at about age 11-12, and die in their 20s. Angelina Olivera, the mother of a 14-year-old son who has DMD, who also watched her brothers die at ages 20 and 22 of the disease, told me there is only one promising new treatment for DMD but the FDA won’t approve it for her son Ryu. A study was conducted on 1,200 patients using Elevidys from Sarepta Therapeutics and revealed promising results. The gene therapy slowed disease progression by 70-73 percent compared to untreated children.” (03/02/26)
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2026/03/02/fda-cruelly-holding-up-approval-of-treatments-for-rare-diseases-despite-children-likely-to-die-soon-n2672114
Source: The Bulwark
“This Corruption Has No American Precedent (w/ Alexander Cooley & Daniel Nexon).” (03/02/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JbqdO8iAGU
Source: The UnPopulist
by Matt Johnson
“Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, chairs and is the face of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). A physician, Cassidy has been a vocal advocate of vaccines and even ran a vaccination campaign in his home state. ‘After seeing patients die from vaccine preventable diseases,’ Cassidy said in a speech, ‘I dedicated much of my time to vaccine research and immunization programs. … Put simply, vaccines save lives.’ He also cast a key vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a fervent anti-vaccine advocate, as HHS secretary last year. It’s not like Cassidy can claim ignorance of Kennedy’s track record. Cassidy and every other Republican who voted for Kennedy had all the information they needed to see that he would be a disaster for public health in the United States, from his decades-long crusade against vaccines to his history of fevered conspiracism.” (03/02/6)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/rfk-jr-lied-his-way-into-office-and
