Source: CounterPunch
by David Altheide
“U.S. immigration policy and NATO commitments have a lot in common. “Gonzo governance” describes a style of political rule that delegitimizes social institutions in favor of leadership promoting the politics of fear that is chaotic, personality-driven, spectacle-oriented, and often indifferent to conventional standards of objectivity or institutional restraint. The term draws loosely from Hunter S. Thompson’s immersive, boundary-blurring reporting style that mixed fact, interpretation, and theatricality. In governance, however, this aesthetic becomes consequential when fueled by social media. It can create a climate in which disruption itself is the governing method. When paired with gaslighting—a psychological tactic in which people are made to doubt their own perceptions of reality—the result is a powerful and destabilizing political dynamic.” (02/27/26)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/27/gonzo-gaslighting/
Source: SFGate
“The gunman who killed two people at a bar in Texas early Sunday in a mass shooting that left 14 others wounded was wearing a sweatshirt that said ‘Property of Allah,’ and another shirt with an Iranian flag design, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The shooter has been identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, the law enforcement official and another person familiar with the matter said. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation. The shooting erupted a day after Israel and the United States launched an attack on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The FBI said it was investigating the shooting as a potential act of terrorism. Diagne was originally from Senegal, according to multiple people briefed on the investigation. One of the people told the AP that Diagne came to the U.S. in 2006 and was a naturalized U.S. citizen.” (03/01/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/3-dead-14-injured-after-shooting-at-a-bar-in-21948671.php
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Epstein Scandal Takes Brutal Turn as MAGA Slips into Tailspin.” (02/27/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/207128/trump-epstein-scandal-takes-brutal-turn-maga-slips-tailspin
Source: The Daily Economy
by Robert L Bradley Jr.
“Decades of subsidies, regulation, and unmet promises have left nuclear power costly and uncompetitive.” (02/27/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/nuclear-power-needs-realism-freedom/
Source: In These Times
by Jake Johnson
“President Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Saturday morning that the United States has launched a massive military operation aimed at toppling the Iranian government as blasts were reported in Tehran, including near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel, under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is taking part in the assault. Unnamed Israeli security sources told Channel 12 that Israel and the Trump administration are ’going all in’ against Iran as Trump instructed Iranians to ’stay sheltered’, warning that ‘bombs will be dropping everywhere’. People were seen seeking cover in Tehran as the United States and Israeli bombs began to fall.” (02/28/26)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-netanyahu-war-iran
Source: News Center 1
“A resident shot a home intruder early Saturday morning. Authorities say the man tried to break into a residence in the 600 block of Saint James Street [in Rapid City, South Dakota]. Police responded to the home at around 3:25 a.m. after reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a man with a single gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital, where he received treatment for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.” (02/28/26)
https://www.newscenter1.tv/news/local/resident-shoots-attempted-home-intruder
Source: Freedom Works
“Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center ‘SCOTUS Rules Trump’s Tariffs Illegal.'” (02/27/26)
https://internetradiopros.com/freedomworks/?name=2026-02-27_zfw002232026.mp3
Source: Antiwar.com
by Dan Steinbock
“In August 2025, President Marcos Jr. said that ‘a war over Taiwan will drag the Philippines, kicking and screaming into the conflict.’ Pushing for preparation, the government has boosted US-Philippine military cooperation, military modernization, joint military exercises and the installation of US mid-range missile systems and anti-ship missile launchers. These measures are said to foster Philippine prosperity and security. But how would a major military conflict in the Taiwan Straits, with the active support of Manila’s military logistics, affect the economic futures of the Philippines?” (02/27/26)
https://original.antiwar.com/dan_steinbock/2026/02/26/the-fatal-costs-of-the-philippines-taiwan-war-scenario/
Source: The Times [UK]
“Pakistan has declared ‘open war’ against Afghanistan, bombing the capital and other major cities after a series of escalating attacks between the neighbours. Afghanistan had made its own cross-border attack on Thursday against Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes on border areas over the weekend, which were reported to have killed a dozen people. In response, Pakistan carried out airstrikes early on Friday, including in Kabul, where at least three explosions were heard. Kandahar in the south, where the Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is based, was targeted, as was the province of Paktia in the east.” (02/27/26)
https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/pakistan-afghanistan-news-war-mwmrhz026
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Roger Bate
“Over the past few years, quiet but extraordinary warnings have emerged from the US Treasury Department. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network reports that illicit e-cigarettes are being used as part of trade-based money-laundering schemes linked to fentanyl trafficking. Illegal vaping products are no longer just a regulatory nuisance or a youth-use talking point. They have become a financial instrument in the cartel economy. The finding matters because it exposes a reality many policymakers have spent years denying — prohibition does not eliminate markets, it reorganizes them. And when demand persists, prohibition reliably hands control to the most ruthless and well-organized suppliers.” (02/26/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/fincens-warning-and-the-predictable-failure-of-prohibition/
