Source: Fox News
“Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Wes Moore, widely believed to have White House ambitions, is facing questions over the accuracy of a story about his family’s background involving being forced to flee the state of South Carolina due to threats from the Ku Klux Klan. ‘I am literally the grandson of someone who was run out of this country by the Ku Klux Klan, right?’ Moore told Time magazine in 2023 in a conversation about how he ‘reconciles Patriotism’ with the country’s ‘racist past.’ … Moore has frequently referenced his grandfather, James Thomas, as the figure in this story, including during a 2020 appearance on the Yang Speaks podcast titled ‘Wes Moore on how the KKK ran his family into exile,’ where he detailed how his grandfather was a minister in Winnsboro, South Carolina, who fled to Jamaica after being threatened by the klan.” (02/10/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maryland-gov-wes-moore-in-hot-seat-after-report-questions-claim-about-grandfather-and-kkk
Source: US News & World Report
“Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. avoided impeachment on Tuesday, a largely expected outcome after allies in the lower house of Congress voted overwhelmingly to dismiss the complaints against him. The vote came a week after the House of Representatives’ justice committee dismissed two impeachment complaints against Marcos, saying they lacked substance. Marcos was accused of betraying the public’s trust, committing graft and corruption, and violating the constitution. … Following the dismissal, impeachment efforts now shift toward Vice President Sara Duterte, who is facing another round of complaints after surviving a similar bid last year.” (02/10/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-10/philippine-congress-dismisses-impeachment-complaints-against-marcos
Source: Freedom Works
“Steven Swedberg, Competitive Enterprise Institute ‘Fed Chair Pick Spurs Doubt on Key Issues.'” (02/10/26)
https://internetradiopros.com/freedomworks/?name=2026-02-10_zfw002092026.mp3
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Jillian York
Interview: “Yazan Badran is an assistant professor in international media and communication studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a researcher at the Echo research group. His research focuses on the intersection between media, journalism and politics particularly in the MENA region and within its exilic and diasporic communities.” (02/10/26)
https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-yazan-badran
Source: Antiwar.com
by William J Astore
“Far too often, a chosen people, a ‘master race,’ decides to eliminate barbarians, inferiors, primitives, race enemies, whatever words are used to demonize other humans. Often, it’s said we must kill them before they kill us, so mass murder is defined and defended in terms of safety and security. The ‘bad’ people force us to kill them. We don’t want to do it – they make us! And we hate them all the more for making us kill. At the same time, mass murder is often quite profitable for the killers.” (02/10/26)
https://original.antiwar.com/william_astore/2026/02/09/what-is-genocide
Source: New York Post
by Ted Deutch
“More and more Americans feel our national unity is growing fragile. Conspiracy theories and misinformation are eroding trust, stoking hate and tearing at the very fabric of our society, often with tragic consequences. At American Jewish Committee, we’re seeing those consequences up close — and our new report on ‘The State of Antisemitism in America,’ out Tuesday, reveals how these divisions are affecting the Jewish community, and us all. Every day, Jews across this country must consider wrenching questions of personal safety: * Should I wear my kippah today, or will that make me a target? * Can I hang a mezuzah on my door, or am I affixing a bullseye? * Is today the day someone throws a brick through the kosher supermarket’s window? * Will taking my kids to synagogue put them in a shooter’s crosshairs?” (02/09/25)
https://nypost.com/2026/02/09/opinion/hate-is-destroying-americas-promise-and-half-of-us-are-blind/
Source: Fox News
“A Los Angeles‑based federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing its law that would require ICE agents to remove masks during immigration enforcement operations. Judge Christina Snyder, appointed during the Clinton administration, granted a preliminary injunction against the ‘No Secret Police Act,’ arguing that it discriminated against the federal government by violating the Supremacy Clause. Under the constitutional clause, federal law takes precedence over any conflicting state or local law, rendering the lower-level law unenforceable.” [editor’s note: Perhaps the reporter should actually read the supremacy clause before so confidently getting it completely wrong – TLK] (02/09/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/federal-judge-blocks-california-law-forcing-ice-agents-remove-masks-during-operations
Source: The Bulwark
“Epstein Connections Could Bring Down the UK Government. Why Does Lutnick Get a Free Pass?” (02/09/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Yp5Nvps5M
Source: spiked
by Brendan O’Neill
“Has there ever existed a man whose arrogance is so out of proportion to his talents? I am of course talking about Wes Streeting – Britain’s secretary of state for health, cracker of the most terrible committee-written jokes, and the man hilariously gushed over by witless centrists as the saviour of Labour. No shade, but if the answer is ‘Wes Streeting,’ you are asking the wrong question. Unless the question is ‘Who’s the biggest tit on the frontbench?’ Streeting is back in the news, like that C-list celeb who just won’t leave us alone, after self-leaking the WhatsApp chats he had with ultimate wrong’un, Peter Mandelson.” (02/10/26)
https://archive.is/OjEdZ
Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher
“The biggest colorblind conclusion from the 2024 election is that most voters, regardless of race, care primarily about making ends meet. Such voters can conclude: If Democrats couldn’t keep inflation down, then maybe give a Republican a chance, even if that Republican says racist things. Voters could further rationalize that Trump couldn’t be that racist, and that his promised deportations wouldn’t affect neighbors, friends, and family. Now that Trump has failed to deliver the economy he promised, while letting immigration agents run wild, he is hemorrhaging support across racial lines. In turn, Democrats reasonably want to prioritize an ‘affordability’ agenda to win voters back. But that can be pursued while calling out Trump’s racism, which goes well beyond offensive comments to infect his policy choices.” (02/10/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/10/donald-trump-racist-policies-consequences/
