Foreign policy expert explains the three stages of relations with Iran

 A foreign policy expert lucidly explains how the United States got into the current mess in Iran.  What he says should remain a secret.

A must-see video:

Three stages to disaster in Iran

World Anti-Bullying Day (Pink Shirt Day)

Are corporations bullies, too?

World Anti-bullying Day (Pink Shirt Day) WaWas begun in Canada win a student wearing a pink shirt was begun in Canada when a student wearing a pink shirt was bullied.

 

Trump threatens to use other laws to impose tariffs, at least temporarily

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According to The Washington Post, the president could impose tariffs under different laws. And Trump indicated just that in his press conference. Read more here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/20/tariffs-prices-consumers-supreme-court/

Breaking news: Trump set to defy Supreme Court on tariffs

 At a White House press conference minutes ago. The president implied he was set to defy the Supreme Court order stopping his tariffs. Stay tuned in for more.

Attorney Warns: new supreme Court ruling opens door to police misconduct

  ‘Way back in the day – nearly 250 years ago now – many Americans refused to support the new constitution unless a bill of rights was attached. This was a smart strategy since the colonies had been subjected to numerous injustices at the hands of the British. One horror was the right of the British authorities to enter homes virtually at will. These and other outrages motivated the colonist to rebel.

Now, as Hampton Law makes clear, a new ruling by the supreme Court has muddied the waters, weakening the protections against unreasonable search and seizure. The video below is informative, though scary.

Does the flag still fly

 …o’er the land of the free..

…and the home of the brave?

Brothers offer hope for a better day

 

Inspirational

Quick Link —  Hope for a new day

Gavin Newsom Poses Biting Questions

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Governor Gavin Newsom on Trump

 

Governor Walz Addresses the ICE Terror campaign in Minneapolis

Court appears to order de-escalation.  Details coming later.

 

I Am an Originalist

 I am an originalist — not the kind who is a self-proclaimed savant claiming to be able to divine the mind of people centuries ago. Instead, I am an originalist interested in perpetuating the message of that great document, the Declaration of Independence, soon to be celebrating it’s 250th anniversary, as well as that of the constitution.

Of course, no document can be perfect. In the case of the constitution, the founders realized this and wisely allowed for amendments. Surely amendments could be useful now.

In any event, most definitely we do not need the resurrection of  a protective, isolationist stance which threatens to transmogrify the country from a democracy into a banana republic. As Martin Luther King Junior, said, “Let freedom ring! Let freedom ring!”

Breaking News: Protests Against ICE, Live from Minneapolis

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Anti-ICE protest via Status Coup News:

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Protests erupt in several U.S. cities

 Citizens decry death of community worker by ICE

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Citizens in several cities took to the streets last evening to protest the shooting of yen community worker and mother in Minneapolis yesterday, according to NBC news. More details coming here later. See the NBC news video below for more.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/several-u-s-cities-held-protests-after-ice-involved-shooting-in-minneapolis-255598661514