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
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
Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada are devastating Michigan's economy: Food prices have risen 3.6%, the cost of a new home rose an average of $10,900, 6,300 manufacturing jobs have disappeared, and the unemployment rate is 5%, all exacerbating a homelessness crisis in Michigan.
35,000 Michigan Students Homeless
US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) vowed that he would fight to get Israel "all the aid that it needs" as the IDF launched military strikes across Gaza which killed 23 Palestinians, including seven children and an infant.
Chuck Schumer is an Un-American US Senator from Brooklyn, NY
An Idaho House committee advanced a bill that would block local policies that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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"NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the situation with respect to Cuba constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security and foreign policy of the United States and hereby declare a national emergency with respect to that threat."
US Alone on World Stage
With the approach of the Grammy Awards, there has been a lot of talk about who was nominated for the big awards like album of the year, but there is one musician who racked up several nominations that I haven't heard anyone talk about, but who arguably deserves the spotlight more than several prominent musicians: Jesse Welles.
Welles is a folk artist from Arkansas who earned four nominations this year, including Best Folk Album for "Under the Powerlines" and Best Americana Album for "Middle." Read more
Ukraine and Sweden are discussing the prospect of arming Kyiv with Europe's top air-to-air missile, the Meteor, which a Saab official said would be a "natural content" of a weapon package for Gripen users. Read more
Grindr is testing a new AI subscription tier called "Edge." The pilot prices are steep, ranging from $80 to $200 a week. Other subscription price points being tested include monthly plans for $349.99 and $499.99. Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge often keep their most expensive subscriptions below $100 monthly. Read more
