Source: Reason
by Paul Schwennesen
“While heads of state jockey and pontificate, the average Ukrainian defender simply doesn’t give a damn. The fight will go on regardless of whatever separate peace deals are brokered over their heads. Moreover, the threat of withdrawing Western support only further inclines them toward tools of last resort—nuclear and chemical, to be precise. When all other options for defending their freedom and sovereignty have been removed by far-away politicians, Ukrainian citizens will do what they must. This is what national defense looks like. As in the first days of the invasion, the national spirit of resistance is revived.” (03/03/25)
https://reason.com/2025/03/03/ukraine-will-fight-on-with-or-without-the-west/
Source: SFGate
“An Oakland man was charged with mail fraud and tax evasion over his alleged scheme to defraud a nonprofit for children where he worked as executive director, and pocketing a donation from NBA superstar Stephen Curry, according to federal prosecutors. Howard Solomon, 38, appeared in federal district court in Oakland on Monday to waive indictment by a grand jury. He is charged with one count of mail fraud and four counts of tax evasion for his alleged scheme to defraud the East Oakland Boxing Association, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California said in a statement. Based on criminal information filed on Feb. 26, Solomon served as the executive director of the East Oakland Boxing Association from 2017 until April 2021. … Federal prosecutors said Solomon managed daily operations, solicited contributions and fundraising, managed program and staff, oversaw budget and finances, and community outreach for the nonprofit.” (03/04/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/man-charged-for-allegedly-defrauding-nonprofit-20201309.php
Source: Lions of Liberty
“Exposing the Dark Money Cabal Running the Government with Tyler O’Neil.” (03/03/25)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/exposing-the-dark-money-cabal-running-the-government-with-tyler-oneil
Source: Cato Institute
by Ryan Bourne
“Will President Trump and Elon Musk really slash government spending this year? If you believe Kalshi’s (pretty thin) betting market this morning, there’s a 34 percent chance that federal spending will be cut by at least $1 billion and a 5 percent chance of $1 trillion in cuts in 2025. I hate to break it to DOGE’s supporters, but those odds are wildly optimistic. Under the terms of the specific bet, even $1 billion in spending cuts is next to impossible.” (03/03/25)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/betting-markets-scale-doges-challenge
Source: The American Prospect
by Ro Khanna
“Elon Musk and DOGE are not making the government more efficient or effective, they are breaking it without any rational plan. Federal workers, 30 percent of whom are veterans, are being fired without any notice or consultation, many of them top performers. Instead of focusing on areas of actual waste, such as fossil fuel subsidies, prescription drug costs, Medicare Advantage overpayments, or defense contractors fleecing taxpayers, the administration is attacking the working class while pursuing tax breaks for the ultra-rich. In just one month, DOGE has fired thousands of federal workers who have dedicated their careers to delivering services and benefits to those who need them most. Last week, DOGE announced that at least 12 percent of jobs would be cut at the Social Security Administration …” (03/04/25)
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-04-how-i-am-standing-up-to-doge/
Source: United Press International
“The Mexican government’s lawsuit against U.S. gun companies is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The lawsuit, originally filed in federal court in Massachusetts in 2021, seeks to hold gun manufacturers responsible for violence perpetrated by cartels using firearms trafficked from the United States. The suit was dismissed in September 2022, with the court citing the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which shields gun manufacturers from being targeted by civil suits stemming from illegal use of their products. The decision was reversed in January 2024 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, which ruled that the lawsuit falls under an exception to the PLCAA that allows manufacturers to be targeted by lawsuits if they knowingly violated the law.” (03/04/25)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/03/04/Supreme-Court-Mexico-gun-manufacturers/3191741093838/
Source: System Update
“Documentary Exposing Repression in West Bank Wins at Oscars; Free Speech Lawyer Jenin Younes on Double Standards for Israel’s Critics.” (03/03/25)
https://rumble.com/v6q2vle-system-update-lee-fang-416.html
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“The longer Ukraine does not negotiate a peace with Russia – and one that does not make it a puppet of either Russia or NATO – the more destruction the people and property of Ukraine will endure. And the more bitter both the ethnic and national Russians and the Ukrainians will become. Bitter? Yes, like Israelis and Arabs in/around Palestine are bitter and vengeful. The more carnage, the more devastation, and ultimately, the more likely for corrupt tyrannical government in Ukraine to go totalitarian in every way. To us, it appears that their model is indeed Uncle Adolph’s Dritte Reich and frankly, Uncle Joe (Stalin’s) Soviet Communism. As Professor Meirsheimer predicted, Ukraine has been wrecked. Courtesy of the West, even if they used the Russians to do it. It is time for peace, and for rebuilding.” (03/03/25)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/03/03/ukraine-is-trashed-lets-stop-doing-it-to-them-and-us/
Source: Fox Business
“President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on [American buyers of goods from] China, Canada and Mexico took effect at midnight Tuesday morning, increasing the taxes that U.S. importers will pay on certain goods when they enter the country. … Shortly after taking office in January, Trump announced he would impose tariffs on [American buyers of goods from] the three countries and cited the flows of illegal fentanyl shipments across the Mexican and Canadian borders, as well as precursor chemicals for fentanyl shipped from China. He cited authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).” (03/04/25)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trumps-tariffs-china-canada-mexico-take-effect
Source: Reason
by Katherine Mangu-Ward
“By punishing Ulbricht as if he personally distributed narcotics, the government set a dangerous precedent for internet platforms and personal liability in the digital age. Pressure to hold platform operators liable for everything from misinformation to sex work has grown in the past decade as Ulbricht and his supporters — especially those in the libertarian and cryptocurrency communities — fought for his freedom. Ulbricht has long served as a warning, a caged canary in the coal mine.” (for publication 04/25)
https://reason.com/2025/03/03/ross-free/
