Does America Still Make Stuff?
Source: Reason
“Free trade did not obliterate manufacturing.” (04/03/26)
https://reason.com/video/2026/04/03/america-still-makes-stuff/
Incorrigible Rudeness, The Strategy For Social-Political Impotence
Source: Isonomia Quarterly
by Paul Poenicke
“Isonomia Quarterly readers have likely asked the following question: Why are Hayekian ideas so unpopular? Equality under the law and global federalism — two of Hayek’s most cogent ideals — are consequential from numerous perspectives and justified by many strong arguments. A dozen phrases pass through the mind — ‘The best arguments persuade,’ ‘The truth will out,’ ‘Survival of the fittest beliefs,’ ‘Truth emerges from the marketplace of ideas’ — to accost reality. Unfortunately, society is not a truth table, where the input of truth entails the output of further truths. Truth tables are constructs of logic, and reality is not beholden to the results of formal logic and its apparatuses.” (04/03/26)
https://isonomiamag.substack.com/p/incorrigible-rudeness-the-strategy-f6a
The Birthright Citizenship Arguments Are a Reminder that the Independent Judiciary Is a Good Thing
Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher
“If Democrats made the mistake of packing the Supreme Court, birthright citizenship would be no more, along with free elections.” (04/03/26)
Germany: Males under 45 may need military approval for long stays abroad
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“German males aged between 17 and 45 may need to seek approval for lengthy stays abroad, under changes introduced as part of a new law which introduced voluntary military service. The Military Service Modernisation Act, which came into force on 1 January, aims to boost defences following threats from Russia in the aftermath of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In a statement sent to the BBC, a defence ministry spokesman confirmed that males aged 17 and older were required to obtain prior approval for stays abroad lasting longer than three months. Under the current law, travel approvals must generally be granted and it remains unclear how the rule would be enforced if breached.” (04/04/26)
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, 04/03/26
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Blurts Out Damning War Admission as GOP Panics: ‘What the Hell?'” (04/03/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/208571/trump-blurts-damning-war-admission-gop-panics-what-hell
Trump’s Tone-Deaf Sales Pitch for More War
Source: Antiwar.com
by Dennis Kucinich
“The President’s address to the nation was a tone-deaf sales pitch for more war, delivered on the first night of Passover. Civilian and military casualties are mounting across the region. Lives are being extinguished while triumphalist and violent rhetoric is offered as justification. War is being escalated in the name of peace, a contradiction that demands moral clarity, not political acceptance. Each life lost carries equal value. No nation’s suffering is expendable. No people exist as collateral.” (04/03/26)
https://original.antiwar.com/kucinich/2026/04/02/trumps-tone-deaf-sales-pitch-for-more-war
With Millions in Donations From the Industry, Ramaswamy Backs Ohio Crypto Gamble
Source: The American Prospect
by Matthew Cunningham-Cook & Don Wiener
“After President Trump went all in on crypto when he returned to office, Vivek Ramaswamy, the front-runner in the GOP primary for governor of Ohio, began betting big on Bitcoin through his asset management startup Strive, with limited success. Now, crypto industry players are pouring millions into funding his campaign. Why? If he becomes governor, the billionaire has pledged to expand state investments in a crypto reserve (starting with state revolving funds) that could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in state assets ending up in Bitcoin. The largest donor to Ramaswamy’s gubernatorial super PAC in 2025 was Ross Stevens, who donated $14 million and is actively involved with Bitcoin and crypto. The second-largest donor was Jeff Yass, who donated $10 million to the PAC.” (04/04/26)
https://prospect.org/2026/04/04/with-millions-from-industry-ramaswamy-backs-ohio-crypto-gamble/
US regime thugs abduct relatives of late Iranian military commander who were living in Los Angeles
Source: The Guardian [UK]
“US federal agents have arrested the niece and grandniece of the late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani after the Trump administration’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio, revoked their lawful permanent resident status, officials said on Saturday. ‘Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement,’ or ICE, the state department said in a statement. In his own statement on social media, Rubio, the US secretary of state, confirmed that the mother-daughter pair are ‘pending removal’ from the US, a development that came after the US and Israeli militaries began waging war on Iran in late February, in part citing an Iranian history of terrorism sponsorship.” (04/04/26)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/soleimani-family-arrested-us-federal-authorities
The Tom Woods Show, episode 2749
Source: The Tom Woods Show
“Israeli Interests and U.S. Interests Aren’t the Same.” (04/03/26)
https://tomwoods.com/ep-2749-israeli-interests-and-u-s-interests-arent-the-same/
Too Great for Any One Man
Source: Liberal Currents
by Guillaume AW Attia
“Since the founding generation, there has been a consistent and rational fear that the office of president was too powerful to be constrained by democratic institutions.” (04/03/26)