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Sunday, February 08, 2026

  • The US State Dept will delete all pre-Donald Trump social media posts from their website.
  • US Ambassador to the UN Ken Waltz indicated the US will begin paying billions of dollars it owes to the cash-strapped UN.
  • The President of the United States will convene his first Board of Peace meeting at the "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace" on Thursday 19 Feb 2026.
    USSECSTATE Marco Rubio Addressing Employees at Foggy Bottom


    The FBI warned US Border Patrol agents working along the US-Mexico border to maintain a heightened sense of awareness because the leaders of a notorious Mexican drug cartel ordered members to shoot at federal agents from across the border.

    Mexican Drug Cartels


    Bill Carns, former chairman of the Nye County Republican Central Committee, was arrested on Saturday, Jan. 31. He faces five charges, including creating or distributing child pornography, using the internet to control explicit images of someone under the age of 16, as well as gun-related charges, including possessing a sawed-off shotgun, possession of a dangerous weapon, and having a firearm without a serial number. "I've known him for about four years, and it's devastating," said Pahrump resident Edward Bevilacqua. "These are horrific allegations." "I can't believe the sheriff would do something to this gravity without evidence, without going through the procedures, and I think the charges speak for themselves," said Leo Blundo, current chairman of the Nye County Republican Party.


    Saturday, February 07, 2026

    Feb 6, 2026 Interview

    The Kyiv Independent's Jared Goyette speaks with a Canadian volunteer, Brittney Shki-Giizis, who left the Canadian military to fight in Ukraine.

    A former tank instructor, she explains why she chose to come to the front, how she learned Ukrainian to serve in a Ukrainian unit, and how the war's shift toward drones led her to become an FPV (first-person view) drone pilot. Read more


    Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the War Department would sever its academic ties with Harvard University, because attendance at the school no longer meets the needs of the War Department or the military services.

    No More National Security Scholars Like These Alumni


    Jashanpreet Singh (27), founder of the "Punjabi Devils" Motorcycle Club, a Stockton California-based outlaw motorcycle gang (OMG) associated with the Hells Angels, pleaded guilty to unlawfully dealing firearms and unlawfully possessing a machine gun.

    Weapons Recovered


    Friday, February 06, 2026

    Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino was reportedly asked to leave a Las Vegas bar out of safety concerns for the venue's customers.


    www.cnbc.com Read more


    The psychological concepts of projection and reaction formation explain a lot about today's politics. People loudly insist they're determined to protect liberal democracy while advocating policies that would trample it. So it is with the European Union's Digital Services Act. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee last week released the EU's previously secret full decision to issue the first fine under the DSA to X (formerly Twitter) in December. It confirms what critics have warned: This law threatens everyone's basic liberties. Yes, everyone's"even those far from Europe. The sprawling 2022 law pushes social-media platforms to enforce European speech laws worldwide


    Recent regional special elections have seen Democratic candidates win a number of special election races. Now energized left-wing politicos remind the nation daily that every incumbent president, except three over the last century, has suffered substantial midterm losses in Congress. Polls show President Donald Trump suffering an average 11-point negative unfavorability rating. So Democrats promise to soon stop all new legislation and end Trump and his counterrevolution itself. But the left will never offer any alternative agenda on the economy, the border, crime, or foreign policy. Instead, the new Democrat-Socialist Party views the Biden disaster of 2021-2024 not as a result of his puppeteers' toxic policies of open borders, 21 percent aggregate inflation, dead-end green energy subsidies, DEI mandates, trans fixations, and an appeasing foreign policy that led to wars abroad and emboldened China.


    With the political temperature rising and old grudges suddenly back in play, President Donald Trump struck an unexpected note of restraint " appearing to soften his tone toward longtime enemies Bill and Hillary Clinton just as the couple prepared for their expected congressional testimony tied to the Epstein files. The reversal was jarring, coming after a relentless campaign in which Trump repeatedly tried to drag Bill Clinton into the Epstein scandal, claiming again and again that Clinton visited the island 28 times. Read more


    US District Judge Aileen M. Cannon (Southern District of Florida) sentenced Ryan Wesley Routh (59) to life plus 84 months in federal prison for the attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and related violent and firearms offenses.

    Aileen M. Cannon Wants to be SCOTUS Justice


    Thursday, February 05, 2026

    The president's comments to NBC News were a reversal from his December statement that he would be involved in the approval process for Netflix's deal.


    CEO Ryan Lance said on Thursday in a call with investors that the oil major will focus on recovering money owed under existing legal judgements in Venezuela.


    Hacker creates an email clone of Jeffery Epstein's email account so you can sift through it as if it were your own email account.


    U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009. At the same time, companies announced just 5,306 new hires, also the lowest January since 2009


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