Fountainhead Forum, episode 282
Source: Fountainhead Forum
“Jim Ostrowski on litigating against coronvirus nonsense.” (03/03/25)
https://rumble.com/v6q27aw-ff-282-jim-ostrowski-on-litigating-against-coronvirus-nonsense.html
Plutocratic America’s War on the Working Class
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Thomas Eddlem
“Establishment Democrats have long whined that working people pay a higher rate of combined income and payroll taxes than billionaires. They’re not wrong. Income from labor is taxed three times (payroll taxes, income taxes, and inflation) while income from capital is taxed only once (capital gains). In America today, capital gains tax is capped at 20%, but labor’s floor is 15.3% with a payroll tax, plus the 3-8% inflation tax, both of which start at dollar one. Add the income tax, which tops out at 39%, and labor is generally taxed at twice the rate of capital. … The Democratic Party’s solution? ‘Tax the rich,’ as if that would put more of the workers’ own money back in their pockets.” (03/03/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/plutocratic-americas-war-on-the-working-class
Trump Administration’s Christian Crusade Experiencing Pushback
Source: TomDispatch
by Liz Theoharis
“‘There has almost always been an outright hostility that is shown towards people of the Christian faith,’ House Speaker Mike Johnson said on a podcast recently. He was talking with Tony Perkins, a former Louisiana lawmaker and president of the Family Research Council, about freedom of religion and the actions of the second Trump administration. I have to admit that such a statement from this country’s third most powerful politician and an avowed Christian nationalist almost takes my breath away. Of all the people facing hostility, discrimination, and violence now and throughout history, Christians like Mike Johnson rank low on the list. Still, his comment is consistent with a disturbing religious trend in the country right now. As an early act of his second administration, Donald Trump has created an anti-Christian bias task force to be chaired by Attorney General Pam Bondi.” [editor’s note: Yet another “progressive” flack without a clue, just a roster of scapegoats – SAT] (03/03/25)
https://tomdispatch.com/woe-to-you-who-deprive-the-poor-of-their-rights/
SCOTUS won’t hear a challenge to college programs for reporting bias allegations
Source: Orange County Register
“The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear a challenge from conservative college students who say their freedom of speech is violated by a university program for reporting allegations of bias.
Two of the nine justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, publicly said they would have heard the case. The students say Indiana University’s bias-response team stifles speech on campus by allowing anonymous reports about things that appear prejudiced or demeaning. The university says the program is aimed at education and support, and the two-person team doesn’t dole out punishment. The unnamed students are represented by the group Speech First, which says 450 universities have similar programs. The group has filed multiple similar lawsuits and come to settlements ending programs in Michigan, Texas and Florida.” (03/03/25)
Voice of America puts journalist on “excused absence” after anti-Trump X post
Source: New York Post
“Voice of America placed one of its highest-profile journalists on an ‘excused absence’ pending a human resources probe over alleged critical comments about President Trump, according to a report. Steve Herman, VOA’s chief national correspondent, was informed of the investigation in a letter last week from the news agency’s governing body, the US Agency for Global Media, the New York Times reported. The government-funded news outlet, which broadcasts to hundreds of millions of people worldwide, told Herman he was being scrutinized due to ‘social media activity [that] has undermined VOA’s audiences’ perceptions of the objectivity and/or credibility of VOA and its news operations,’ according to the letter reviewed by the Times. Herman drew the ire of the Trump administration when he posted a link to a news story on his X account that included a quote from an analyst who was critical of the decision to defund the United States Agency for International Development.” (03/03/25)
A Right-Libertarian Myth Meets Reality
Source: Center for a Stateless Society
by Kevin Carson
“The standard right-libertarian talking point is that labor is dependent on investment, that investment — in the form either of credit or equity — comes from previous capital accumulation, and that profit and interest are the rewards for the use of that money, the capitalist’s abstention from use of it, the marginal productivity of the capital, or some variation on one or more of those.” (03/03/25)
While Talking Tough To Zelensky, Trump Sends Netanyahu Weapons
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“The framing that Hamas has ‘rejected’ Israel’s proposed extension of phase one is just the current propaganda line from the US-Israeli PR machine. In reality the terms of the ceasefire deal say that Israel and Hamas were supposed to move on to phase two of the agreement this weekend, but Israel has been refusing to negotiate the second stage of the agreement this entire time because it would entail a withdrawal of Israeli troops and a commitment to a lasting peace. This idea that the first phase of the ceasefire should be ‘extended’ instead of continuing on to the second phase is a brand new proposition the US and Israel just started pushing a few days ago.” (03/02/25)
Politics Politics Politics, 03/03/25
Source: Politics Politics Politics
“Fallout from the Oval Office Debacle: What Happened and What’s Next for Ukraine and the US?.” (03/03/25)
https://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/p/fallout-from-the-oval-office-debacle
Locking Down American Liberty
Source: Law & Liberty
by Phillip W Magness
“In just six weeks’ time, nearly the entirety of the US public health profession, including [Anthony] Fauci, would jettison the previous century of scientific literature attesting to the ineffectiveness of lockdowns. Instead, they rushed to embrace the previously-deprecated approach of simulation modeling, and used it to place the majority of the world under mandatory quarantine. Five years later, we still have no clear answers for why this sudden, sharp reversal happened, let alone accountability for the public health officials who made the call to change course.” (03/03/25)
Tariff Watch: New York Becomes the World’s Gold Vault
Source: Bitcoin.com
by Sergio Goschenko
“Gold is making headlines as experts describe extraordinary circumstances affecting the precious metal. The market has been upended by the announcement and enactment of U.S. tariffs from the Trump administration, prompting an exodus of gold from the old continent. The World Gold Council (WGC), an authority in gold circles, has certified that over 600 tons of gold have flown into the vaults of New York since December. This circumstance has been qualified as extraordinary by John Reade, WGC’s market strategist for Asia and Europe, who remarked that this gold doesn’t belong there.” (03/03/25)
https://news.bitcoin.com/tariff-watch-new-york-becomes-the-worlds-gold-vault/