Source: Liberal Currents
“Trent and Caitlin boogie with friend-of-the-program, journalist Jonathan M. Katz of The Racket. They talk Super Bowl, Bad Bunny, the TPUSA halftime safe space show, and immigration detention.” (02/17/26)
Source: Hoover Institution
“Student Speech, Threats, and the First Amendment | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer.” (02/17/26)
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“A New Mexico state representative has again filed a constitutional amendment that would allow three or more contiguous counties in the State to vote to secede if at least 15% of the counties’ electorate sign a petition to put the question on the ballot and then there is a simple majority vote. While no one expects the bill to even get out of committee, it shows that secession from States is still considered a valid and desirable action in many States.” (02/17/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/02/17/secession-often-is-desirable/
Source: WFMJ 21 News
“A New Castle resident shot a man who allegedly broke into his home early Monday morning, according to local authorities. New Castle police officers arrived at a home in the 1600 block of South Jefferson Street just after 6 a.m. following reports of a burglary. The person who called 911 told dispatchers that an intruder had entered the house and was shot by the owner. When officers entered the home, they found a male suspect with a gunshot wound to his left leg.” (02/17/26)
https://www.wfmj.com/story/53442227/new-castle-homeowner-shoots-burglary-suspect
Source: My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
“Zachary Taylor.” (02/17/26
https://myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/zachary-taylor/
Source: Reason
“DHS Wants To Unmask Online Critics.” (02/17/26)
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/02/17/dhs-wants-to-unmask-online-critics/
Source: Show-Me Institute
by Patrick Tuohey
“Kansas did not experience instability simply because it lowered tax rates. It ran into trouble because revenue fell precipitously and the state did not appropriately adjust its fiscal structure. Lawmakers enacted sharp tax reductions, created a large pass-through exemption, and left spending commitments largely intact. The result was a structural imbalance.” (02/17/26)
https://showmeinstitute.org/article/taxes/the-lesson-from-kansas-and-the-question-for-missouri/
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Jennifer Pinsof
“As ICE and other federal agencies continue their assault on civil liberties, local leaders are stepping up to protect their communities. This includes pushing back against automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, which are tools of mass surveillance that can be weaponized against immigrants, political dissidents and other targets. In recent weeks, Mountain View, Los Altos Hills, Santa Cruz, East Palo Alto and Santa Clara County have begun reconsidering their ALPR programs. San Jose should join them. This dangerous technology poses an unacceptable risk to the safety of immigrants and other vulnerable populations.” (02/17/26)
Source: NBC News
“U.S. Southern Command announced that the military launched strikes on three alleged drug smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean on Monday, [murdering] 11 people. … U.S. Southern Command alleged the three boats were ‘operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.’ The post referred to those [murdered] as ‘male narco-terrorists,’ saying that eight people were killed on two boats in the eastern Pacific and three were [murdered] on a boat in the Caribbean. No U.S. troops were harmed, the post said. The post also said the strikes were conducted at the direction of Marine Corps Gen. Francis Donovan, who serves as the commander of U.S. Southern Command.” (02/17/26)
Source: The Daily Economy
by Caleb S Fuller & Scott Burns
“At the end of January, President Trump penned a triumphant op-ed declaring ‘Mission Accomplished’ for the signature economic policy of his second term: tariffs. Unfortunately, his entire victory lap revolved around phony numbers, cherry-picked facts, and a strawman caricature of his critics’ arguments. Trump began by claiming all the ‘so-called experts’ predicted his tariffs would trigger ‘a global economic meltdown.’ Instead, he boasts, they’ve ushered in ‘an American economic miracle.’ He’s wrong on both counts.” (02/17/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/economists-were-right-about-trumps-tariffs/