OH: Afroman beats cops’ frivolous lawsuit

Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]

“The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home. ‘We did it, America! Yeah, we did it! Freedom of speech! Right on! Right on!’ the 51-year-old rapper, born Joseph Foreman, shouted outside the courthouse after the Wednesday evening verdict. … The Adams County deputies [whined that] they were publicly harassed over the viral videos, which were viewed more than three million times on YouTube. The videos show rifle-wielding deputies busting down Afroman’s door, searching his shoes and suit pockets, and hungrily eyeing a cake on the kitchen table, inspiring one song’s title, Lemon Pound Cake. In other music videos, Afroman took aim at the deputies’ personal lives and called them ‘crooked cops’ because of $400 that went missing in the raid.” (03/19/26)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/afroman-wins-defamation-lawsuit-9.7134433

Thomas L. Knapp

Not One Dime for Aggression

Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison

“The Iran war is a betrayal of both U.S. interests and constitutional principles. This is a war initiated on the president’s whim. The people do not support it, Congress never authorized it, and our treaty commitments prohibit it. It should never have been allowed to start, but we can end our part in it by refusing to fund it.” (03/19/26)

https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/not-one-dime-for-aggression

Thomas L. Knapp

Asymmetric War in Iran: How Trump and the US Are Being Played

Source: Washington Monthly
by Mike Lofgren

“We’re depleting our big, expensive, Cold War-inspired defensive weapons on Iran’s cheap drones, and if Tehran expands its underwater drone program, look out.” (03/19/26)

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/03/19/asymmetric-drone-war-in-iran-how-trump-and-the-u-s-are-being-played/

Thomas L. Knapp

Macau: Beijing Quisling Regime Approves National Security [sic] Law Allowing Closed-Door Trials

Source: US News & World Report

“Lawmakers ⁠in Macau, a ⁠city under Chinese rule, unanimously approved a bill ​on Thursday that allows court proceedings to be held behind closed ‌doors when deemed necessary ‌to protect national security [sic] interests. The city enacted its first ⁠national ⁠security [sic] law in 2009 and tightened it with amendments in ​2023. Last July, leading democrat Au Kam San was arrested for alleged collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security [sic], the ​first known arrest under that law. The new legislation stipulates that ⁠judges ⁠must refer cases to ⁠the ​city’s Committee for Safeguarding National Security if they believe national security [sic] ​may be at ⁠risk during a public hearing.” (03/19/26)

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-03-19/china-ruled-macau-approves-national-security-law-allowing-closed-door-trials

Thomas L. Knapp

CA: Trans athlete agenda suffers another legal blow after attempt to undercut SCOTUS order fails

Source: Fox News

“Conservatives [sic] celebrated Tuesday after a federal appeals court denied California’s request to narrow a Supreme Court ruling on transgender policies, two weeks after the high court dealt the state a major blow in the same case. ‘California has now lost at the district court, lost at the Supreme Court, and been turned away by the Ninth Circuit,’ Executive Vice President of the Thomas More Society Peter Breen said in a statement. ‘The state has repeatedly tried to paint parents who don’t immediately accept their children’s assertion of a new name and gender as ‘abusive.’ The courts have resoundingly rejected that premise.’ The Supreme Court had temporarily blocked California officials on March 2 from interfering with school policies that require parents to be notified if their child identifies as transgender.” (03/19/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/californias-trans-agenda-suffers-another-legal-blow-after-attempt-undercut-scotus-order-fails

Steve Trinward