Source: Freedom’s Phoenix
“Joel Salatin (The Lunatic Farmer; Polyface Farms) comes on the show to talk about regenerative farming, self-sufficiency, health, healthcare industry, agriculture, etc.” (03/31/25)
Source: The Volokh Conspiracy
by Paul Cassell
“In its deferred prosecution agreement, Boeing stipulated to an agreed statement of facts demonstrating that it is guilty.” (03/31/25)
Source: TomDispatch
by John Feffer
“The news of Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest surprised me. It’s not that I doubted the former leader of the Philippines was guilty of the horrific crimes detailed in his International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Duterte himself boasted quite openly of the mass killings he’s been accused of. But I always thought that the prospects of bringing that brutal, outspoken politician to justice were remote indeed. After all, Duterte’s daughter Sara is currently the vice president of the Philippines and that country is no longer a member of the ICC. On top of that, Duterte himself was so sure of his immunity that he was running for mayor of the city of Davao. In mid-March, after returning from campaigning in the Filipino community in Hong Kong, he suffered the indignity of being arrested in his own country.” (03/30/25)
Source: United Press International
“France’s antitrust regulatory agency fined Apple millions of dollars, saying its digital framework negatively impacted online advertising via third-party pop-ups on Apple’s iOS and iPadOS operating systems. On Friday, France’s Competition Authority, or Autorité de la concurrence, issued a ruling that fined Apple more than $162 million alleging its App Tracking Transparency, or ATT, digital privacy framework caused ‘definite harm’ to advertisers and app publishers in violation of French antitrust laws which ‘could have been avoided by marginal modification’ to Apple’s framework.” (03/31/25)
Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“A variety of different things have been used for money in the past, are being used now. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the alternatives? What, at present, would be the best form of money?” (03/31/25)
Source: Seattle Times
“Two New York City police officers have been suspended after being charged with robbing and forcibly touching a sex worker while responding to a complaint about an illegal brothel, prosecutors said Monday. Officers Justin McMillan and Justin Colon intentionally turned off their body cameras as they broke into a residential building, stole money and forcibly touched a woman while on duty last July, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. The patrol officers, who were still on probationary status after entering the police academy in 2023, had been responding to a report of prostitution inside the building.” (03/31/25)
Source: Washington Monthly
by Jonah Blank
“For a man who hates academia, Donald Trump has had a revolutionary impact on political science. He’s rendered libraries of doctoral theses irrelevant by reducing the discipline to one phrase: Plata o Plomo. Silver or lead — bribe or bullet — has long been the motto of Colombian drug lords. That bared truth exposes the enormity of our challenge and, perhaps, our path to overcome it. Silver or lead, money or force. In American politics today, those are the only things that matter. There’s nothing novel in money shaping politics. What’s new is that you can buy the government for pennies on the dollar with enough cash — and (crucially) a ruthless will to deploy it as a weapon. The difference between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0 is the introduction of Elon Musk, the wealthiest human in the universe.” (03/31/25)
Source: The American Prospect
by Jonathan Guyer
“Before President Trump even took office in January, his personal envoy delivered an unlikely win. Since last spring, President Biden’s diplomats had been unable to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a cease-fire. But Trump’s man, real estate billionaire Steve Witkoff, joined the Biden team’s effort weeks before the inauguration. Witkoff put immense pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reportedly saying that his relationship with the incoming American president depended on him accepting the deal. After a 96-hour marathon of talks in Qatar, Witkoff clinched a cease-fire and hostage exchange. In so doing, Trump appeared to make good on his robust outreach to Arab and Muslim voters, who had helped him carry swing states.” (03/31/25)
https://prospect.org/world/2025-03-31-trump-factor-middle-east/
Source: The Hill
“Signalgate exposes deep state plot to undermine Trump; Goldberg calls out Michael Waltz!” (03/31/25)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/5223359-rising-march-31-2025/
Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“The U.S. government is one of the only ones in the world that routinely threatens other states with illegal punitive military action. Americans have become so accustomed to hearing these threats from our leaders that many of us can forget how insane and outrageous this behavior is. If any other major power made threats like this against smaller countries, our government would be among the first to denounce them as aggressors. It can’t be stressed enough that any U.S. attack on Iran would be illegitimate and unjustified. As a matter of international law, even the threat to use force against another state is a breach of the U.N. Charter. Using force when it is not in self-defense is a flagrant violation of international law. No one honestly believes that the U.S. would be defending itself if it bombed Iran.” (03/31/25)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/trumps-there-will-be-bombing-threat