Source: The UnPopulist
by Shikha Dalmia
“The White House wanted the Ukrainian president to sell out his country to appease Putin.” (03/04/25)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/ukraine-is-being-punished-because
Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“In war-torn Sudan, a key to peace may be in a child’s fingertips. After nearly two years of civil war, an estimated 25 million people in the predominantly Arab country in northeast Africa face acute hunger and 15 million have been forced from their homes. Roughly 90% of schools have closed, leaving 19 million children without a classroom. Yet along Sudan’s relatively calm Red Sea coast, thousands of displaced children have space in more than 600 schools that remain open. One, a third grader who fled fighting in the south with her family, sat sketching in a notebook with colored pencils. ‘The war is very bad,’ she told the United Nations last week from a classroom in Port Sudan. ‘I will share the colours with my siblings.’ ‘In times of crisis,’ UN News reported, ‘education is critical, not just for academic learning, but also for providing a sense of normalcy, stability and safety.'” (03/03/25)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0303/Drawing-peace-in-Sudan
Source: Associated Press
“Pope Francis stabilized enough Tuesday after two respiratory crises to resume using a nasal tube for oxygen, rather than a ventilation mask, as he continued to fight pneumonia, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, woke up after sleeping through the night, the Vatican said. The fact that Francis no longer needed the mask by Tuesday morning was a sign of some improvement after crises that required doctors to extract ‘copious’ amounts of mucus from his lungs. But the doctors’ prognosis remained guarded, meaning he was not out of danger.” (03/04/25)
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-pope-pneumonia-a5b7c0e597b38d329da55fb1720b4404
Source: Cato Institute
“The Return of Bipolarity.” (03/04/25)
https://www.cato.org/multimedia/power-problems/return-bipolarity
Source: The Daily Economy
by unknown
“Lately, Donald Trump (and Elon Musk) have agreed to consider returning at least some of the money that DOGE saves to the American people. Estimates vary on how big of a check could be going to Americans and there is, of course, debate as to which Americans should get the money and, if so, how much money. … This discussion highlights an important debate in the administration of government and the provision of civilized society. What is the role of and justification for taxation in society?” (03/04/25)
Source: The Hill
by Merrill Matthews
“The Trump administration is looking to sell or cancel the leases on thousands of empty federal buildings. The timing is right because there are developers looking to buy empty office buildings and turn them into apartments and condos. Maybe we can get a win-win — solving the dual problems of a surplus of empty federal office buildings and the housing shortage.” (03/04/25)
https://thehill.com/opinion/5174204-federal-office-buildings-sale/
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“As the Trump administration pauses military aid to Ukraine and western liberals continue their shrieking meltdown over Trump hurting Saint Zelensky’s feelings, it’s probably worth reminding everyone that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was indisputably provoked by western aggressions. That’s why so many western experts and analysts spent years warning ahead of time that western aggressions were going to provoke an invasion of Ukraine. Now, some may hear this and say ‘Okay but Russia still shouldn’t have invaded even though our western leaders were aggressively provoking them to.’ But before you do that it might be a good idea to look inside yourself and ask where that impulse is arising from.” (03/04/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/03/04/some-thoughts-on-ukraine/
Source: CoinTelegraph
“The Bybit exploiter has laundered 100% of the stolen funds after staging the biggest hack in crypto history, but some of the loot may still be recoverable by blockchain security experts. On Feb. 21, Bybit was hacked for over $1.4 billion worth of liquid-staked Ether, Mantle Staked ETH (mETH) and other ERC-20 tokens, resulting in the largest crypto theft in history. The hacker has since moved all 500,000 stolen Ether (ETH), now valued at about $1.04 billion, primarily through the decentralized crosschain protocol THORChain, blockchain security firm Lookonchain reported in a March 4 post on X.” (03/04/25)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bybit-hacker-launders-1-billion-stolen-funds
Source: The New York Times
“How to Survive Daylight Saving Time.” (03/04/25)
Source: The New Republic
by Alex Shepard
“In the opening weeks of his second term, Trump has wielded a populist mandate and used it almost entirely to advance the interests of the rich and powerful. … Trump and Musk are currently engaged in one of the biggest works of deception in American history, claiming the mantle of the working class as they tirelessly work to advance their own interests. As his hold over the Republican Party has grown and his share of the working-class vote has increased, Trump has become less and less populist.” (03/04/25)
https://newrepublic.com/article/192011/donald-trump-fake-populist