Source: spiked
by Sean Collins
“In response to his tariff defeat, Trump went on a rant. He called the judges ‘fools and lapdogs.’ Even worse, he questioned their patriotism, going as far as to say they had been ‘swayed by foreign interests.’ This insult was bad even by Trump’s standards, and his talk of ‘foreign Interests’ – without any evidence – can only fuel online conspiracy theorising. The Supreme Court justices were doing their job. On many occasions in the past, including when it came to the president’s personal immunity, the majority has ruled in Trump’s favour. The separation of powers, which places limits on the power of the presidency, is a key principle of the US Constitution. In this regard, the court has been consistent under both Joe Biden and Trump.” (02/24/26)
https://archive.is/yfUEc
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“A number of Palestinians have been injured in separate attacks by the Israeli army and [squatters] in the Hebron area of the occupied West Bank, amid an escalating wave of state-backed violence as Israel concurrently continues its genocidal war on Gaza. In ad-Dhahiriya, about 24km (15 miles) southwest of Hebron, Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets as they carried out a raid on Tuesday night, security sources told the Wafa news agency. Several Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated bullets fired at their feet, the agency reported. In a separate incident, four Palestinians were wounded when dozens of [squatters] launched an attack on the village of Khirbet Susiya in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, late on Tuesday, local sources told Al Jazeera.” (02/25/26)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/25/israeli-army-settlers-attack-palestinians-in-hebron-area-of-west-bank
Source: bloggingheads.tv
“Iran War II | Robert Wright & Joshua Landis.” (02/24/26)
https://bloggingheads.tv/videos/69318
Source: Desultory Scribblings
by Tyler Harris
“‘Why do Trump’s supporters keep trying to kill him?’ That’s the question I’ve most seen floating around in the wake of the killing of Austin Martin, a 21-year-old man who attempted to storm the cordon at Mar-a-Lago this past week while wielding a shotgun. It’s mostly rhetorical, but the glib and obvious answers – that Trump’s unique detestability and employment of violent rabble-rousing makes him an alluring target, even for his own acolytes, or that MAGA itself is a mental illness particularly prone even to internal violence – obscure a far more sweeping challenge. The online right has created an incredibly efficient and effective engine for breaking and radicalizing lonely young men.” (02/24/26)
https://tylerjohnharris.substack.com/p/the-online-right-is-radicalizing
Source: American Institute for Economic Research
by Thomas Savidge
“This explainer traces the evolving, mutually dependent relationship between the federal government and the states through four pivotal eras of fiscal transfers: the Antebellum Land Grants, the Civil War, the New Deal, and the Great Society.” (02/24/26)
https://aier.org/article/a-brief-history-of-federal-transfers-to-the-states/
Source: SFGate
“A five-judge panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously voted to convict those accused of plotting the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes, a case that exposed deep-rooted ties between politics and organized crime. The case has stirred emotions in the politically divided nation. Some see Franco as a martyr and symbol of left-wing resistance, while allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro have attacked her legacy and the tributes paid to her since her death. The five men on trial for the killing of the 38-year-old human rights activist-turned-politician were former congressman Chiquinho Brazão; his brother who was a member of a Rio government watchdog, Domingos Brazão; his assistant Robson Calixto Fonseca; former police investigator Rivaldo Barbosa and former police officer Ronald Paulo Alves Pereira.” (02/25/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/brazil-s-supreme-court-to-rule-in-the-killing-of-21940508.php
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
“Facebook owner Meta Platforms will buy artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices in a deal that will also give it the opportunity to buy up to a 10% stake of the chip company. News of the AMD deal comes just days after Meta announced a long-term partnership where it will use millions of chips and other equipment from Nvidia for its artificial-intelligence data centers. Meta will buy AMD’s latest chips, the MI450, to help power data centers. The 6-gigawatt agreement will see shipments supporting the first gigawatt deployment set to start during the second half of this year. The agreement could potentially be worth more than $100 billion.” (02/24/26)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/24/meta-ai-chips-amd/
Source: The Bulwark
“The Crime Was Horrific. The Cover-Up Is Shameful.” (02/24/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-p5rHSxEiU
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Ron Paul
“Those who have examined the Epstein files have seen information about how connected Jeffrey Epstein was to members of the political, business, and academic elites. Many of these connections started after Epstein’s 2008 conviction. The Epstein files support claims that Epstein worked with intelligence agencies, in particular Israel’s Mossad and the American CIA. Yet the mainstream media and most politicians seem uninterested in whether Epstein used underage girls in a scheme to blackmail powerful individuals on behalf of intelligence agencies. Fortunately, the alternative media is not afraid to discuss Epstein’s intelligence connections or any other matters related to Epstein, including suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.” (02/24/26)
https://mises.org/power-market/epstein-files-opportunity-libertarians
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Key takeaways from President Trump’s State of the Union address.” (02/25/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-s1-5725500/key-takeaways-from-president-trumps-state-of-the-union-address
