Fl: UF College Republicans Dispute Disbandment Over Antisemitism Allegations

Source: News-USA Today

“The University of Florida (UF) has moved to deactivate its chapter of the College Republicans following allegations of antisemitic conduct by some members. The action was prompted by a request from the Florida Federation of College Republicans (FFCR), though the UF chapter asserts it operates independently under the umbrella of the College Republicans of America. … However, the UF College Republicans chapter disputes the FFCR’s authority over its operations. They claim to be affiliated with the College Republicans of America and have retained legal counsel, alleging that the FFCR has previously attempted to silence Christian conservative groups on campus through similar tactics.” (03/15/26)

https://news-usa.today/uf-college-republicans-dispute-disbandment-over-antisemitism-allegations/

Thomas L. Knapp

Government Doesn’t Collect Too Little, It Spends Too Much

Source: Cato Institute
by Veronique de Rugy

“When tax rates rise, taxpayers work less, shelter their money and invest differently, compressing the tax base until the yield reverts to its historical equilibrium.” (03/13/26)

https://www.cato.org/commentary/govt-doesnt-collect-too-little-it-spends-too-much

Thomas L. Knapp

Brian Schatz’s Signals of Comfort With Big Money

Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen

“As my colleague Bob Kuttner explains, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) have moved through a bipartisan housing bill supported by President Trump that if signed would represent the most (only?) progress of the second Trump term. The bill passed 89-10, reflecting awareness that housing affordability is a critical subject to loosen public anger over an economy that doesn’t work for most of them. The bill mostly adds funding to build housing, tackles land use rules, and lifts restrictions on manufactured housing that could lower costs of construction. But on Wednesday, there was apparently only one provision worth talking about on the shambling mound that used to be Twitter: a requirement that investment companies that build single-family homes in order to rent them out (a strategy that has advanced over the past decade known as ‘build-to-rent’) and have over 350 properties sell them after seven years of rent collection.” (03/13/26)

https://prospect.org/2026/03/13/brian-schatz-comfort-with-big-money/

Steve Trinward

North Korean regime fires about 10 missiles toward sea in show of force, Seoul regime says

Source: ABC News

“North Korea on Saturday fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea’s military said, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joint military exercise with the United States. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from an area near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, but didn’t immediately say how far they flew. Japan’s Defense Ministry said the weapons landed in waters outside the country’s exclusive economic zone. The South’s Joint Chiefs said the military has stepped up surveillance and is maintaining readiness against possible additional launches while closely sharing information with the U.S. and Japan.” (03/14/26)

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/north-korea-fires-10-missiles-sea-show-force-131061822

Thomas L. Knapp

It’s Already a World War

Source: CounterPunch
by John Feffer

“World War III will not start with an exchange of nuclear weapons. It won’t ignite from the jostling of great empires. Nor will it result from a single madman (or two) bent on taking over the world. It won’t be any of those things because World War III has already begun. The current global conflagration began not with the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. It began with the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. This blatant land grab was not only a massive war crime. Russian President Vladimir Putin also had another target in mind: the rules-based order.” (03/13/26)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/13/its-already-a-world-war/

Thomas L. Knapp

The Nazi Philosopher Behind the Postliberal Right

Source: Independent Institute
by Phillip W Magness

“[F]or all its posturing as a conservative sea change, postliberal theory has more in common with Bush-era foreign policy than it cares to admit (as we are now seeing in Iran). The main intellectual link comes in the person of Carl Schmitt, an eccentric German legal theorist from the early 20th century. Once a leading conservative academic figure in the Weimar Republic, Schmitt fell into disrepute after 1933 when he joined the Nazi Party and wrote the legal justifications for Hitler’s seizure of power. Schmitt’s involvement with Nazism rightfully wrecked his postwar academic career, yet he managed to retain a stream of academic interlocutors who saw flashes of brilliance, or at least provocative insight, in his writings on constitutional theory.” (03/13/26)

https://www.independent.org/article/2026/03/13/the-nazi-philosopher-behind-the-postliberal-right/

Thomas L. Knapp