Reining in rogue corporations goal of Montana effort

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According to this video from the Robert Reich YouTube channel, the root of our political and societal troubles is corruption. This explanation will do about as well as any other. This is very much related to other posts regarding the nature and power of corporations, which I have posted earlier. I like the idea of states taking the lead on reining in corporate abuse. Not so often do the states take the lead in solving national problems.  I like the idea of states taking the lead on reining in corporate abuse. Not so often do the states take the lead on solving national problems.  However, the speaker here shows that it can be done. 

https://youtube.com/shorts/P8tKmUoV2gc?si=_4zb641fCg7OIqSt

New book gives low-down on the status of men in western culture…

… Especially in Britain in the United States.

This book, replete with eye– popping statistics, sets the stage for a dark and frightening picture of the life of men. The introduction alone is worth the price of the book, as I have just found out.

Clearly, we must do more to correct the economic justice, which is the profit system.

Highly recommended

Notes on Being a Man 

by

Scott Galloway

Simon and Schuster

More on this book in the future

Spate of disappearances and deaths of scientists raises alarm

 Eleven scientists in different parts of the country have either disappeared or been found deceased in the last seven years. Authorities are examining the case cases, and reopening cold cases to determine if there is any link.  Newsweek magazine tells more:

Scientists missing or dead: a national mystery

Saturday poetry

 It is bad to have an empty purse,

But an empty head is a whole lot worse.

—  Nixon Waterman

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Shut your mouth, and open your eyes,

And you’re sure to learn something to make you wise.

— Nixon Waterman

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

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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

 Happening now:

Anti-ICE protest via Status Coup News:

Anti-ICE protest live: