Source: Fox News
by David Bahnsen
“Much like so much about President Donald Trump’s agenda and the highly polarizing political times we live in, careful and objective analysis of DOGE and its leader Elon Musk’s efforts to right-size government is hard to come by as hysteria, chaos, and misinformation dominate the airwaves. Some of this chaos is the fault of critics of the administration …. Some of it is by the design of DOGE, where Musk and other DOGE architects have conceded the point that to make an omelet they are going to have to break a few eggs. And some of it is a by-product of DOGE being a little, well, chaotic …. The purpose of this article is to separate fact from fiction and provide those interested in rising above the polarized narratives an objective look at the state of DOGE.” (02/27/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/full-truth-about-great-things-doge-can-cannot-do
Source: Los Angeles Times
“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. slammed the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this week over its handling of a California police shooting case, calling lower courts’ decision to award damages to the victim’s widow and children ‘a flagrant error.’ ‘The courts below badly fumbled this basic tenet of our qualified immunity doctrine,’ by relying in part on a 2022 appellate decision to rule the officer was not shielded from liability in the 2017 shooting, Alito wrote, dissenting in the Supreme Court’s decision to not take the case. Jacob Dominguez was unarmed and complying with officers’ instructions when San Jose Police Sgt. Michael Pina shot and killed him during a traffic stop in 2017. … Pina’s lawyers argued that he and the San Jose Police Department were protected under qualified immunity, a legal principle that shields government officials from most civil suits.” (02/27/25)
https://archive.is/fEtES
Source: Serious Trouble
“The New George Santos.” (02/27/25)
https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/the-new-george-santos
Source: Cobden Centre
by Thorsten Polleit
“In this article, I will be discussing the fact that ideas are something profoundly important for us; that it is ideas that guide our actions. I intend to provide a rigorous explanation for this proposition — and argue that free speech is at the heart of our freedom and liberty. To set the ball rolling, let me say that everyone’s actions depend on ideas, ideas that we literally carry in our minds. This statement immediately raises some questions. Let us begin with the most obvious: What exactly is meant by the word ‘ideas?'” (02/27/25)
https://www.cobdencentre.org/2025/02/on-the-importance-of-ideas-or-how-immanuel-kant-protects-us-from-intellectual-slavery/
Source: The Corbett Report
“What Happened to the Anti-Establishment?” (02/27/25)
https://corbettreport.com/what-happened-to-the-anti-establishment/
Source: RealClearPolitics
by Micky Horstman
“TikTok’s servers went dark for 12 hours on Jan. 19, but thanks to an extension from President Donald Trump, TikTok is back on the app stores, and its clock hasn’t run out yet. The divestment, ban, and then subsequent extension have justifiably sparked criticism, especially among young people. And while half of Americans surveyed in March of 2023 supported a ban, now a majority of Americans disapprove. What accounts for such a swing in public opinion? For a year, Americans watched lawmakers contradict their own claims that the app is a ‘national security threat.’ Now, they are starting to see the ban for what it really is – an attack on consumer choice and free speech.” (02/27/25)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/27/americas_tiktok_ban_is_a_threat_to_free_speech_152427.html
Source: mint [India]
“A bomb exploded at a mosque within a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least five worshippers and injuring dozens of others, just ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan. The blast took place in Akkora Khattak, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Abdul Rashid, the district police chief, reported AP. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred inside Jamia Haqqania, a seminary with known ties to the Afghan Taliban.” (02/28/25)
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-pakistan-bomb-explosion-ramadan-worshippers-injured-11740737026814.html
Source: Associated Press
“President Donald Trump says he plans to impose tariffs on [American buyers of goods from] Canada and Mexico starting next Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10% universal tariff charged on [American buyers of] imports from China. The prospect of escalating tariffs has already thrown the global economy into turmoil — with consumers expressing fears about inflation worsening and the auto sector possibly suffering. But Trump has also at times engaged in aggressive posturing only to give last-minute reprieves, previously agreeing to a 30-day suspension of the Canada and Mexico tariffs that were initially supposed to start in February.” (02/27/25)
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-2-27-2025
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“The Mexican War and the Spanish-American War.” (02/27/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipjZmC4WMcc
Source: The Daily Economy
by Donald J Boudreaux
“Rising US trade deficits represent foreigners’ eagerness to invest in America, contributing to our productivity and prosperity.” (02/27/25)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/foreign-dollar-holdings-are-really-us-exports/
