Parallax Views w/ JG Michael, 02/18/26
Source: Parallax Views w/ JG Michael
“As War with Iran Lurks in Wait, How Did We Get Here? w/ Dr. Arta Moeini.” (02/18/26)
Relativism in today’s world
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“Who are you to say? is a way of saying that you (or I) have no right to judge other people, nor to judge actions. As it is applied today, especially if the people whose actions you are judging are of a different ethnicity, ‘race’ (skin color), cultural background, nation, or even sex. It ties back to a statement by Jesus the Christ. It is perhaps the most twisted of any of His quotes: ‘Judge not, lest ye be judged.’ (King James version) It is taken out of context to make judging other people, their actions, and their character a sin. In context, it is clear that He is teaching teaching something else.” (02/18/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/02/18/relativism-in-todays-world/
In TN, MAHA Wins and MAGA Moves
Source: The Pamphleteer
From Megan Podsiedlik
“Two weeks ago, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a pit stop at the Tennessee State Capitol to kick off his ‘Take Back Your Health’ tour. On Tuesday, the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) Institute continued the momentum and sponsored a Day on the Hill at the Tennessee General Assembly. Yesterday, Tennessee lawmakers made a few more MAHA moves by forwarding two bills related to health and nutrition. The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved a bill supported by Governor Bill Lee that would require physicians to complete sufficient continuing education hours in nutrition each year. A bill that would set up a timeline to remove petroleum-based artificial food dyes from meals provided by schools passed despite pushback from food providers. MAHA and MAGA are largely simpatico when it comes to advocating for clean food ingredients and better nutrition, especially for children.” (02/19/26)
Stephen Colbert Hates Black Women, and Other Universal Truths
Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter
“As someone who loves comedy, what ass-clowns like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert have done to the concept is like what Harvey Weinstein did to movie production or what Democrats have done to journalism, if journalism were their cellmate in Super-Max. Colbert is the Jeffrey Epstein of truth and Kimmel is the Luigi Mangione of honesty. That’s why it was not shocking to anyone with an IQ larger than their shoe size that Colbert would go on his show and lie, doing his best to help a white guy, James Talarico, beat a black woman, Jasmine Crockett, in the Democratic primary in the Texas Senate race. First, I have to tell you about the concept of equal time.” (02/19/26)
Former NYPD chief calls police cuts “recipe for disaster” as Mamdani threatens tax hikes
Source: Fox News
“Former New York City Police Department (NYPD) Chief John Chell blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for walking back the planned hiring of 5,000 more police officers amid a city budget shortfall of billions of dollars, calling it a ‘recipe for disaster.’ Mamdani’s predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams, proposed at the end of his term that the city hire 5,000 more NYPD officers. Upon entering office, Mamdani moved to cancel all orders signed by Adams after his Sept. 26, 2024, indictment, including the proposed NYPD personnel increase. Under Adams'[s] plan, the NYPD would gradually hire more officers over the coming years, ultimately allowing the NYPD to deploy around 40,000 officers to the streets, while Mamdani’s plan caps the number closer to its current level of around 35,000.” (02/19/26)
The Headlines, 02/19/26
Source: New York Times
“An A.I. Fight at the Pentagon, and Former Prince Andrew Is Arrested Over Epstein Ties.” (02/19/26)
Kibbe on Liberty, 02/18/26
Source: Free the People
“Government Corruption Runs Even Deeper Than We Thought | Guest: Mike Benz.” (02/18/26)
Trump’s DOJ is a clown show of failed revenge cases
Source: USA Today
by Dace Potas
“The Trump administration is struggling in court, failing to secure indictments and convictions against a growing list of the president’s enemies. Most recently, against six members of Congress for making a video telling members of the military they do not have to follow illegal orders. It is embarrassing for our Department of Justice to sink resources into such obviously frivolous cases, and this only further contributes to the general sense that President Donald Trump’s administration has the wrong priorities. But that’s not the worst of it. Trump’s DOJ’s lackluster record when it comes to securing indictments and convictions is eroding the prestige of the Justice Department as a core American institution and only deepening the toxic cycle of lawfare in this country.” (02/18/26)
FDA’s Straight Shooter: Don’t Bring Crappy Data To A Gunfight
Source: Racket News
by Emily Kopp
“For years the Food and Drug Administration has handed down shocking decision after shocking decision, always in the same direction: The approval of Alzheimer’s drugs that are balanced precariously on a mountain of fraudulent papers and that sometimes make your brain explode; the approval of OxyContin for 11-year-olds; the approval of COVID-19 booster shots in healthy young people in order to please the political science majors in the White House. But there’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s made a lot of powerful enemies already reining in a lawless pharmaceutical industry.” (02/18/26)
How do states manage their workforces anyway?
Source: Niskanen Center
by Gabe Menchaca
“You’d never know it from the cavalcade of federally focused headlines this past year, but most public servants in the United States don’t work for the federal government. They work for states and localities, the ‘laboratories of democracy’ that staff our schools, maintain our roads, manage our prisons, and administer our social safety net. And yet when it comes to understanding how these governments work — how they hire, pay, evaluate, and retain the people who do this work — we all operate largely in the dark. The Niskanen Center partnered with the National Academy of Public Administration to change that and bring Americans closer to understanding their government.” (02/19/26)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/how-do-states-manage-their-workforces-anyway/