Source: Bet On It
by anonymous
“A statistician of days past might have observed that medical investments in bloodletting, applying leeches, or executing frontal lobotomies failed to produce results any better than not treating patients at all. And while they might argue it is because physicians hadn’t reached key efficacy thresholds, an equally valid hypothesis is that their methods were worse than useless! Perhaps volunteering for the PTA and enlisting one’s kids in travel sports are the bloodletting of modern parenting.” (03/02/26)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/maybe-parents-are-just-misinvesting
Source: Unpopular Front
by John Ganza
“The domestic context for this war is clear. In almost every respect, this is a failed administration. Its trade policy is in tatters. Its authoritarian push on immigration faces resistance and public rejection. Because of years of bad practice and ignoring the Constitution and the laws, the President’s hand is freest in foreign policy and war. The irony is that this administration, which was supposed to be a populist broom and new beginning, has been taken over by one of the hoariest DC lobbies, ‘the bomb Iran,’ crowd. As Trump used to look for depressed properties to scavenge, now the neocons inhabit the decaying hulk of Trumpism.” (03/02/26)
https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/against-all-enemies
Source: US News & World Report
“Malaysia’s lower house of parliament on Monday narrowly rejected a constitutional amendment that would limit the premiership to two terms, in a vote marked by high abstention, although without explicit ‘nays.’ The proposed amendment, which sought to limit any individual’s service as prime minister to 10 years, was part of the reform agenda of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling coalition. Anwar, who came to power in 2022, has faced increasing pressure to deliver on campaign promises, with critics accusing him of faltering on reforms. The bill was rejected as 146 lawmakers voting in favor fell just two short of the two-thirds majority required to pass the amendment. Forty-four MPs abstained from voting while 32 were absent.” (03/02/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-03-02/malaysias-parliament-fails-to-pass-bill-limiting-pms-tenure-to-two-terms
Source: Lions of Liberty
“Returning Political Power to the People with Tom Joseph.” (03/02/26)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/ff-returning-political-power-to-the-people
Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille
“The world is undoubtedly a better place after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and roughly 40 of his murderous colleagues by joint Israeli and American military strikes. Iran’s Islamist regime has slaughtered its own people while encouraging terrorism around the world for decades. But those strikes carry serious risks and costs. Are they worth the tradeoffs? The Trump administration should have made its case to Congress and the already skeptical public and satisfied the Constitution’s requirements by doing so.” (03/02/26)
https://reason.com/2026/03/02/trump-should-have-made-his-case-for-war-to-congress-and-the-american-people/
Source: Gideon’s Substack
by Noah Millman
“What the war against Iran and the sanctions against Anthropic have in common.” (03/02/26)
https://gideons.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-rules-based-order
Source: Radio Iowa
“Responding to a 911 call late Saturday, Des Moines police found an intruder had been shot multiple times. The homeowner told officers he heard someone yelling in his back yard, then pounding on his back door. When he unlocked the door, he says the woman forced her way in and attacked him, so the homeowner fired a handgun. … After she was released from the hospital, [Stannita] Wilson was charged with burglary.” (03/02/26)
https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/03/02/central-iowa-homeowner-shoots-wounds-intruder/
Source: The New Republic
“As Trump Goes Wildly Awry on Economy, Fox Quietly Bursts His Bubble.” (03/02/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/207188/trump-goes-wildly-awry-economy-fox-quietly-bursts-bubble
Source: Law & Liberty
by Marc A Levin & Khalil Cumberbatch
“The widespread use of masking by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers is now an issue that could be addressed by Congress as part of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding legislation. This presents an opportunity to rein in the excessive use of masking by ICE agents while acknowledging that some circumstances warrant the use of facial coverings — and that steps must be taken to prevent misuse of photographs to threaten officers and their families.” (03/02/26)
https://lawliberty.org/to-protect-serve-and-identify/
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“What Trump says to expect of war in Iran.” (03/02/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/02/nx-s1-5732423/what-trump-says-to-expect-of-war-in-iran
