Source: Antiwar.com
by Marc Sills
“Whoever controls a chokepoint has the obvious advantage of keeping it open to merchant transit, ideally under ‘freedom of navigation’ rules and norms, such as are enumerated in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) – which the US has not ratified. On the other side of the coin, the very definition of chokepoints implies that they can be closed off and blockaded by force – presumably given some alleged military necessity, legal or otherwise.” (03/03/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/marc_sills/2025/03/02/slocs-and-chokepoints-panama-greenland-canada-and-indigenous-peoples/
Source: Fox News
“Boston Mayor Michelle Wu raised eyebrows over the weekend after she expressed condolences to the family of a knife-wielding suspect who was shot and killed by an off-duty officer after he allegedly tried to stab two people on Saturday night. The suspect, whose identity was not released by police, brandished a knife near a Chick-fil-A on Boylston Street, a busy part of the Massachusetts capital. He was fatally shot by an off-duty police officer who saw him targeting the two victims, police said. During a Saturday night press conference, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said that the officer identified himself to the suspect and asked him to drop his weapon.” (03/03/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bostons-mayor-wu-offers-condolences-family-suspect-shot-after-allegedly-trying-stab-people
Source: The UnPopulist
by Mike Brock
“Donald Trump is a vehicle for Musk and Thiel to implement their radical ideas of replacing accountable governance with an unaccountable techno-monarchy.” (03/02/25)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/how-silicon-valleys-corrupted-libertarianism
Source: CNBC
“Euro zone inflation eased to 2.4% in February but came in slightly above analyst expectations, according to flash data from statistics agency Eurostat out on Monday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had expected inflation to dip to 2.3% in February, down from the 2.5% reading of January. So-called core inflation, which strips out energy, food, alcohol and tobacco costs, hit 2.6% in February, just below the 2.7% print of the previous month. The closely watched services inflation reading, which has proven sticky over recent months, also eased, coming in at 3.7% last month, compared to the January reading of 3.9%.” (03/03/25)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/03/euro-zone-inflation-february-2025.html
Source: Antiwar.com
“Israel Blocks All Aid to Gaza as US Sends Weapons, Zelensky Clashes With Trump and Vanze, and More.” (03/03/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRT8T8ki_ss
Source: Orange County Register
by Steven Greenhut
“Even the basic concept of free speech has become another truncheon in the nation’s ongoing battle between tribes. Each side claims to be its champion, but neither consistently supports such principles. Conservatives were rightly aghast when the Biden administration tried to muscle social-media companies into quashing alternative views about pandemic-related policies. That wasn’t a violation of the First Amendmen — a point with which the U.S. Supreme Court agreed given that social-media platforms are private entities. But it was tawdry, nonetheless. Shortly after his second inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that claimed to restore our free-speech protections. Nice, but Trump continues his attacks on free speech through a variety of disreputable strategies.” (03/02/25)
https://archive.is/L6ie2
Source: Town Hall
by Scott Morefield
“Everything about President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance kicking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s sorry, begging, petulant, pompous, entitled ass out of the White House last Friday is the perfect encapsulation of America First foreign policy in practice, not just in theory. This is exactly what I voted for, and I couldn’t be more proud of our leaders for practicing what they preach, consequences and optics be damned. From start to finish, that White House press conference was a diplomatic masterclass in not just pragmatism and defending American interests, but also what to do when confronted with lies, veiled insults, weirdly deceptive threats … and all around boorish behavior from someone who is clearly used to being worshipped and catered to by world leaders everywhere.” [editor’s note: A little balance for all the “progressive” victimization of the failed comedian wanna be dictator – SAT] (03/03/25)
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2025/03/03/trump-and-vances-finest-moment-n2653090
Source: New York Post
“The Trump administration is considering cutting off additional military aid to Ukraine following Friday’s dramatic Oval Office blowup involving the president, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. President Trump was due to meet Monday with key officials — including national security adviser Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — to discuss the prospect of letting European allies take over assisting Ukraine in its war against Russia, a source close to the White House told The Post. ‘This is going to be part of a larger pivot away from conflicts in Europe and a pivot towards building alliances in Latin America and in the Western Hemisphere,’ the source said, name-checking El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, Argentina President Javier Milei and Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado Parisca as potential beneficiaries.” (03/03/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/03/03/us-news/trump-mulls-pivot-from-european-conflicts-building-latin-american-alliances-after-zelensky-oval-office-blowup/
Source: Waste No More Time
by Nicholas Sarwark
“Angela McArdle has resigned, but her replacement doesn’t seem to have a plan to get the Libertarian Party back on a track for growth. What must be done?” (03/02/25)
https://nsarwark.substack.com/p/libertarian-party-prospects-for-2025
Source: ABC News
“The head of Myanmar’s military government traveled to Russia on Monday on an official visit to a major ally of the Southeast Asian nation that has been shunned by much of the West for overthrowing a democratically elected government and subsequent brutal repression. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who departed from the military airport in the capital, Naypyitaw, will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The general is accompanied by fellow members of the ruling military council and Cabinet, as well as military officials, state television MRTV reported.” (03/03/25)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/myanmars-head-military-government-travels-ally-russia-talks-119376179
