America Is Now a Rogue Superpower
Source: The Atlantic
by Robert Kagan
“Washington’s conduct in the Iran war is accelerating global chaos and deepening America’s dangerous isolation.” (03/30/26)
CA: Los Angeles County sees largest population decline in the US, census data shows
Source: KTLA 5 News
“Los Angeles County saw the largest decline of any county in the United States in 2025, according to new census data published on March 26. Nearly 54,000 people moved out of L.A. County between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025, U.S. Census data shows. The decline is part of an ongoing trend. In 2020 L.A. County was estimated to have more than 10 million residents. As of 2025, the county was thought to have just under 9.7 million residents. It’s unclear where the fleeing Angelinos are moving. However, the neighboring counties of Riverside and San Bernardino saw a combined increase of 21,131 residents between 2024 and 2025, according to U.S. Census data. The greater Las Vegas area also saw a population boost of more than 21,000 people last year.” (03/30/26)
Shield of the Republic, 03/29/26
Source: The Bulwark
“Trump Needs Approval for This War (w/ Michael O’Hanlon).” (03/29/26)
The Productivity Panic of 2026
Source: Law & Liberty
by Peter C Earle
“Technological acceleration always generates anxiety when it should promote confidence.” (03/30/26)
The Three Phases of Trump’s Quagmire in Iran
Source: Common Dreams
by Steven Harper
“President Donald Trump launched the Iran war based on his ‘gut instinct’. Global financial markets (the North Star that guides Trump) are telling him what his advisers and congressional Republicans won’t: His ‘gut’ blew it badly, and his efforts to appease the markets are making the debacle worse. He has proceeded in three phases. We’re now at the Trump panic phase. Phase No. 1: Trump’s Gut Was Wrong and the Markets Scolded Him. Trump ignored the facts and relied on gut instinct to launch the war without making the case to America’s allies or the public. … Trump’s baseless opinion contradicted the justification for war that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had provided to Congress a day earlier. Rubio said that Israel was going to attack and that Iran would retaliate by attacking US interests in the region.” (03/30/26)
South Sudan: Gold mine attack kills at least 73
Source: The New Arab [UK]
“An attack on a gold mine in South Sudan, one of the world’s poorest and most volatile countries, killed at least 73 people and wounded 25, the vice president said. The assault at the weekend targeted the mining area of Khor Kaltan, around 70 kilometres (45 miles) by road southwest of the capital Juba. … Since gaining independence from Sudan in 2011, the world’s youngest country has suffered a series of deadly conflicts. It has seen an uptick in violence between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and fighters linked to First Vice President Riek Machar, mostly in the central-eastern Jonglei State. … A spokesman for Machar, who has been confined to house arrest for a year, denied that his forces were behind the attack and pointed the finger at the South Sudanese army.” (03/30/26)https://www.newarab.com/news/gold-mine-attack-south-sudan-kills-least-73-people
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 03/29/26
Source: Antiwar.com
“Pentagon Preps for Weeks of Ground Ops in Iran, Israel Kills Three Journalists in Lebanon, and More.” (03/29/26)
Birthright Citizenship: Supreme Court Could Create an Exploitable Noncitizen Class
Source: Washington Monthly
by Garrett Epps
“Trump’s bid to strip birthright citizenship from millions is a moral, administrative, and legal catastrophe that the Fourteenth Amendment was enacted to prevent. That’s why he’s pursuing it.” (03/30/26)
The Villainization of Business: Corporate Tyrants and Government Sycophants
Source: The Daily Economy
by Iain Murray
“Across political eras, corporations have been recast as either predatory villains or tools of the state — distorting their proper role in a free economy.” (03/30/26)
Quantum Vibe, 03/30/26
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser
Cartoon. (03/30/26)