Source: France 24 [French state media]
“US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a ban on visas for foreign students who are set to begin attending Harvard University, ramping up his administration’s crackdown on higher education. ‘I have determined that it is necessary to restrict the entry of foreign nationals who seek to enter the United States solely or principally to participate in a course of study at Harvard University or in an exchange visitor program hosted by Harvard University,’ Trump said in a statement late Wednesday. The Trump administration has been in an ongoing showdown with academia, and Harvard in particular.” (06/05/25)
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250605-trump-visas-international-students-harvard
Source: Lions of Liberty
“Elon Musk Turns on Trump’s ‘Abomination’ / Why Corporate ‘Pride’ is in Hiding.” (06/04/25)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/madd-elon-musk-turns-on-trumps-abomination-why-corporate-pride-is-in-hiding
Source: Foreign Policy
by David E Rosenberg
“Israelis are chronically anxious about their one day being left isolated. A tiny country heavily reliant on foreign trade and investment, and believing itself to be a part of the family of Western democracies, Israel would be far less able than countries like Iran and Russia to cope economically, militarily, and psychologically with sanctions and global disapprobation. Those fears have never materialized, but in the past two weeks, the threat has become more tangible than ever. The proximate cause is Israel’s decision to renew its assault on the Gaza Strip and block humanitarian aid. But behind that are longer-term developments that do not bode well for Israel.” (06/04/25)
https://archive.is/xt7n8
Source: The Volokh Conspiracy
by Ilya Somin
“Media coverage of our tariff case has mostly been fair and accurate. But there are a few examples of unfortunate misconceptions, mainly having to do with libertarianism and its relationship to conservatism.” (06/04/25)
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/06/04/correcting-some-media-misconceptions-about-libertarianism-trade-and-immigration/
Source: US News & World Report
“South Korea’s liberal-led legislature overwhelmingly passed bills Thursday to launch special investigations into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law in December and criminal allegations against his wife, targeting the ousted conservative a day after his liberal successor took office. The National Assembly also passed a bill to initiate an independent investigation into the 2023 drowning death of a marine during a search-and-rescue operation for flood victims, an incident the Democratic Party, which holds majority, accuses Yoon’s government of covering up. The bills previously had been vetoed by Yoon during his term and by South Korea’s caretaker government after his Dec. 14 impeachment. President Lee Jae-myung, a Democrat who won Tuesday’s snap election triggered by Yoon’s removal from office, is expected to sign the bills.” (06/05/25)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-05/south-korean-lawmakers-approve-special-investigations-into-martial-law-and-yoons-wife
Source: Roll Call
“The ‘predicament and necessity’ of documentary movies.” (06/04/25)
https://chrt.fm/track/D3F8DG/traffic.megaphone.fm/FISCAL9712143480.mp3?updated=1749012403
Source: Cato Institute
by Norbert Michel
“Fans of cryptocurrency have long seen stablecoins, a type of crypto that promises stable value, as a gateway to expanding crypto’s use and familiarity. The GENIUS Act, the stablecoin legislation currently moving through the Senate, might be the best chance to deliver a favorable legal framework soon, and the chances are better because the Trump administration has made crypto a priority. … Most stablecoins try to achieve a stable value by using cash and short-term securities (often U.S. Treasuries) as collateral. In these cases, anyone holding a stablecoin is supposed to be able to convert back to dollars seamlessly, without losing value. So, verifying that a stablecoin issuer really has the ‘reserves’ it advertises is a key regulatory function. It really should be that simple, but it seems the GENIUS Act negotiations are headed in the wrong direction.” (06/04/25)
https://www.cato.org/commentary/genius-act-good-start-congress-could-make-it-smarter
Source: The UnPopulist
by Joshua Tait
“From the early 1950s until the close of the millennium, William F. Buckley Jr. stood out as America’s preeminent conservative. The term ‘influencer’ would be anachronistic, but Buckley was a leading conservative light on every platform of the day. He made his bones as a speaker, magazine founder, editor, television host and personality, novelist, journalist, and pioneering opinion writer. He became a counselor to presidents and was unquestionably one of the leading builders of the postwar conservative movement. Over the decades, Buckley moved from enfant terrible of the ‘liberal establishment’ — by which he meant the dominant political ideology of New Deal liberalism and the social caste that ruled it — to something more like a lion at a zoo. Still fearsome, but comfortably ensconced in the halls he once castigated.” (06/04/25)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/william-f-buckley-cemented-the-conservative
Source: SFGate
“An immigration judge on Thursday granted bond to a Massachusetts high school student who was arrested on his way to volleyball practice last weekend. Marcelo Gomes da Silva, 18, who came to the U.S. from Brazil at age 7, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Saturday. Authorities have said the agents were looking for the Milford High School teenager’s father, who owns the car Gomes da Silva was driving at the time and had parked in a friend’s driveway. ‘This kid is as clean as a whistle,’ his lawyer, Robin Nice, told reporters after a hearing in Chelmsford. Gomes da Silva, who was expected to be released Thursday afternoon on $2,000 bond, appeared via video from elsewhere in Massachusetts. She said Gomes da Silva slept on the cement floor of a room holding 25 to 35 men most of the time he was detained with no windows, no time outside and no permission to shower.” (06/05/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/teen-arrested-on-his-way-to-volleyball-practice-20362791.php
Source: Politico
“A federal judge ruled Wednesday that nearly 140 Venezuelan men flown from the U.S. to El Salvador in March based on a wartime power invoked by President Donald Trump were deported illegally, but the court stopped short of ordering the Trump administration to seek to bring the men back. Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg gave the administration a week to propose a plan for how the men — believed to currently be in a notorious anti-terrorism prison in El Salvador — can pursue cases in U.S. courts challenging their deportations.” (06/04/25)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/04/alien-enemies-act-deportations-ruling-00387625
