Source: SFGate
“President Donald Trump announced Thursday at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting that nine members have agreed to pledge a combined $7 billion toward a Gaza relief package, while five countries have agreed to deploy troops to take part in an international stabilization force to the war-battered Palestinian territory. But $7 billion is only a fraction of the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, where a shaky ceasefire deal looms over Trump’s ambitions for his board to rival the United Nations in solving world conflicts. Trump also announced the U.S. was pledging $10 billion for the Board of Peace but didn’t specify what the money will be used for. Instead, the president is turning his focus to domestic issues: In an hour, he’ll arrive in Georgia for a trip designed to help boost Republicans’ political standing heading into the midterms.” (02/19/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/the-latest-trump-convenes-his-board-of-peace-21362391.php
Source: Mother Jones
“Even if the move fails in court, there will be consequences.” (02/19/26)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/video-trump-repeal-epa-endangerment-finding-climate-rule-explainer/
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Sarah McLaughlin
“Last week, anti-Israel activist group Palestine Action won a victory in the courts as the High Court of Justice in London declared the government’s 2025 ban on the group disproportionate and unlawful. The ruling could have major implications for free expression in the United Kingdom given how widely and aggressively the ban on Palestine Action was imposed last year. Ultimately, the ban wasn’t just about the group itself or its conduct but a much broader range of speech about the group — all enforced under anti-terror legislation.” (02/19/26)
https://www.thefire.org/news/blogs/free-speech-dispatch/ruling-palestine-action-ban-casts-even-more-doubt-uks-troubling
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Federal agencies under Trump have been using white nationalist messages.” (02/19/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5718455/federal-agencies-under-trump-have-been-using-white-nationalist-messages
Source: Persuasion
by Charles Lane
“But unlike Hungary, America was built on an idea—one that won’t sustain ethnic nationalism.” (02/19/26)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/trump-wants-to-be-americas-orban
Source: United Press International
“The Commission of Fine Arts has unanimously approved plans for President Donald Trump’s almost 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom plans, the first hurdle in starting the building project. The commission, whose members were all appointed by Trump, including his executive assistant, Chamberlain Harris, 26. The original architect of the ballroom recused himself from the vote. Trump fired all the previous members in October. But now, the project must win approval from the National Capital Planning Commission, which could vote on March 5.” (02/19/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/02/19/fine-arts-commission-trump-ballroom-plan/1711771522835/
Source: US News & World Report
“Israeli forces, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups have both committed serious violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza and carried out atrocity crimes, a U.N. report published on Thursday said. Intensified Israeli attacks and the forcible transfer of Palestinians appeared aimed at a permanent demographic shift in Gaza ‘raising concerns over ethnic cleansing,’ the report by the U.N. human rights office said. The holding and mistreatment of hostages by the Hamas Islamist militant group may amount to war crimes, it said.” (02/19/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-19/israeli-forces-and-hamas-committed-atrocity-crimes-in-gaza-un-report-says
Source: The Political Orphanage
“Grover Norquist at Burning Man (Rebroadcast).” (02/19/26)
https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/grover-norquist-at-burning-man-rebroadcast
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)
https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/amoeini/
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/
