EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF THIS KIND OF THING: Arizona State University changes names of segregated graduation ceremonies but keeps them in place.

CHANGE: New Ohio law bans DEI, outlaws faculty strikes, requires U.S. civic literacy course.

ROGER KIMBALL: The media distorts reality, twisting Trump’s actions into tyranny while excusing its own abuses—an artful exercise in deception and bias.

IMPRISONING POLITICAL OPPONENTS IS ALL THE RAGE IN EUROPE. THIS WON’T STOP WITHOUT SOME POLITICIANS HANGING FROM LAMPPOSTS. Marine Le Pen Barred From Public Office in France. “The prosecutor called for a €300,000 fine and prison term, as well as ineligibility for running for public office for five years. This would impact Le Pen’s ability to seek the French presidency in 2027. The court ruled that Le Pen will be barred from running for public office with immediate effect for five years.”

UPDATE:

Marine Le Pen in France, Bolsonaro in Brazil, Imran Khan in Pakistan, Matteo Salvini in Italy, Donald Trump in America, Calin Georgescu in Romania

The criminal prosecution of every populist challenger is a dagger in the heart of the credibility of democracy. https://t.co/YVKtAXODoq

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) March 31, 2025

In western liberal democracies jailing or shooting the opposition candidate is quickly becoming the preferred election strategy

— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) March 31, 2025

IN A NUTSHELL: Yes, The Left Supports Domestic Terrorism; Liberals Remain Silent About It.

Flashback: “It is impossible to understand the politics of the Left without grasping that it is all about deniable intimidation.” That’s why they don’t want you to own guns.

DEMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: TRUMP VOTERS HAVE BUYER’S REMORSE.

Reality: Black male voters in swing states said on NBC News Thursday that they stand by their decision to support President Donald Trump.

GOOD: John Stossel: DEI Is Dying.

HARVARD LAW FACULTY SAYS TRUMP IS A THREAT TO THE RULE OF LAW; Harvard Law Professor Adrian Vermeule takes them to the woodshed.

Where were the letter’s signatories when federal prosecutors took the unprecedented step of bringing dozens of criminal charges against a former president, who also happened to be the leading electoral opponent of the then-incumbent president? Where were the signatories when Jeff Clark, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and other lawyers were disbarred or threatened with disbarment, and indeed prosecuted, for their representation of President Trump? Was this not a threat to the rule of law? Where were the signatories when radical activists menaced Supreme Court Justices in their homes, or when a mob hammered on the doors of the Supreme Court itself? Where were the signatories when the Senate Minority Leader shouted to an angry crowd outside the Court that “I want to tell you Gorsuch, I want to tell you Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions”? Were these not also literal threats to the rule of law?

Plus: “As I recall, Professor Tribe, one of the signatories, urged President Biden to renew the eviction moratorium even after the Supreme Court clearly stated it was unlawful. Was this a breach of the rule of law?”

Related:

Imagine a world in which Harvard Law profs had denounced Obama a decade ago when he said "I have a pen and a phone." The timeline of the past decade would be different. But they're contemptible, unprincipled, partisan careerists, and their words mean nothing. https://t.co/NRVk2Iu0UU

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 30, 2025

JOSH BLACKMAN: The Justices have had plenty of time to think about how to resolve Humphrey’s Executor and should not punt.

WHILE DEMS GO ALL IN FOR GANGSTERS IN GITMO:

Nearly two-thirds of voters back President Donald Trump’s effort to deport members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, and about half want to impeach the federal judge who ordered a halt to the deportations.

More At Rasmussen Reports:https://t.co/cFuj9uT7pS pic.twitter.com/Me375gXwRg

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) March 30, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Airbus wins contract for ExoMars lander platform.

WHAT ARE THE DEEP SEVENS UP TO NOW? NASA Is Watching a Huge, Growing Anomaly in Earth’s Magnetic Field.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Three Small Items: On Political Passion in Trump’s Second Term.

DOMESTIC TERRORISM:

The Weather Underground terror group has been reborn. We must not make the mistakes we made last time by giving light sentences or no sentences at all. Those terrorists became thought leaders on the left because of it. We must be relentlessly punishing. No mercy can be shown. https://t.co/quwgdwHA2n

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) March 30, 2025

THE SPAM AND TWINKIES WERE JUST FINE: Archaeologists Discover Forgotten Foods Hidden in 15,000-Year-Old Kitchens.

ANXIOUS PEOPLE BEWARE: FDA recalls thousands of pounds of ground coffee mislabeled as decaffeinated.

STAMP OUT BIGOTRY AND DISCRIMINATION: Megacorporation Is Hit by Shock Trump Probe Over Its DEI Policies.

FIGHT THE POWER: Massachusetts Gun Club Wins, Defeats the US Army in ‘Landmark’ Range Access Lawsuit.

LEFTIST POLITICS EXPLAINED: Even atheists in secular countries show intuitive preferences for religious belief.

I REMAIN PUZZLED BY THIS: Why do LLMs make stuff up? New research peers under the hood.

The answer provided here doesn’t actually explain why the models make up fake articles with fake citations, for fake books with fake ISBN numbers. I’m also troubled that we didn’t completely understand this from the beginning.

KINDA MAKES YOU QUESTION THE VALUE OF ACADEMIC POLITICAL SCIENCE, DOESN’T IT?

So, @DOGE has been uncovering a vast network of Leftist activist financing that, for decades, has taken taxpayer money from govt bureaucracies through NGOs to fund Leftist causes & propaganda.

Meanwhile, for decades, thousands of 'political science' professors have been studying…

— Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) March 29, 2025

I’D BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE SOURCE OF THE CO: Carbon monoxide killed 3 American tourists found unconscious in Belize.

THE GOP IS GOING TO HAVE TOO MUCH MATERIAL FOR MIDTERM CAMPAIGN ADS. HOW WILL THEY CHOOSE?

Jasmine Crockett was prank called by The Steve Harvey Morning Show on Friday morning.

She was too low IQ to realize it and started going off on how she worked hard to make sure white people were discriminated against by giving contracts to businesses only owned by black people. pic.twitter.com/C0CYhOCx8w

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 29, 2025

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Columbia scholar: ICE detention of pro-Hamas student example of ‘white Christian nationalism.’ Well, “scholar,” I don’t think you meant to make white Christian nationalism look good, whenever you associate it with what normal, sensible people would want done, that’s what you’re doing.