The global transportation and postal company FedEx has filed a lawsuit for a "full refund" for US President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs. Trump introduced higher tariffs on most countries last April under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), but in a ruling last week the US Supreme Court said that law did not allow the president to impose the taxes on imports. Read more
US President Donald Trump's company has announced plans for a skyscraper in Australia, which according to his son Eric, will be the country's tallest building. The tower will be built on Queensland's Gold Coast and be 335 metres (1,100ft) high, taller than the Shard in London. The firm's first official project in Australia will bring "the prestige and allure of a world-class luxury brand" to the country, the Trump Organization's executive vice president Eric Trump said. Read more
Chart inflates prevalence of transgender people committing mass shootings
Speaking to far right outlet Newsmax, an anti-trans activist suggested that being transgender could be linked to carrying out mass shootings.
... as Officers' lies are exposed in Court
Department of Justice prosecutors across the US have suffered a string of embarrassing defeats in their aggressive pursuit of criminal cases against people accused of "assaulting" and "impeding" federal officers. Read more
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) called on Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) to resign on Monday, hours after 24sight News reported on inappropriate text messages that Gonzales sent to Regina Santos-Aviles, a former staffer who committed suicide by self-immolation last September.
Some of the notable women mentioned are: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Ashley Biden Chelsea Clinton Ashley Massaro Diana, Princess of Wales Ghislaine Maxwell Gloria Allred Hillary Clinton Ivanka Trump Jill Biden Kamala Harris Lady Victoria Hervey Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway Ariane de Rothschild Melania Trump Michelle Obama Nancy Pelosi Nikki Haley Sarah Ferguson Theresa May Zoe Lofgren Naomi Campbell ... and many more. While appearing in the files doesn't indicate any criminal behavior, the list underscores the staggering breadth of Epstein's connections, touching royalty, politics, Hollywood, and the music world alike. For those watching closely, it's a reminder that even the glittering heights of fame and influence weren't immune to the shadow of Epstein's orbit. Read more
Police in London on Monday arrested Peter Mandelson, Britain's former ambassador to the United States, who has been under investigation for his relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Metropolitan Police in London said that Lord Mandelson, 72, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the same grounds on which other police in Britain last week arrested and briefly detained Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince and longtime friend of Epstein.
The DNC says Biden ignoring the genocide in Gaza cost Harris the election. See link...
The Trump administration's weaponization of the once-independent agency has undermined public trust in the rule of law, the attorneys said. Speaking at an event on Friday, two former attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice said the once-independent and nonpartisan agency had been decimated as the rule of law comes increasingly under attack.
"Since the State of the Union address is next Tuesday, let's get rid of the State of the Union address before Tuesday. And here's why. Nothing has misled the American people to the warped belief that the president can act like a king more than this stupid, boring, performative after-dinner speech from hell where the Sergeant-at-Arms announces the president like he's a king," Maher said.
The leftist congresswoman's Munich stumbling on Friday, Feb. 13, started the critical firestorm and has conservatives questioning her fitness for a potential 2028 Democrat presidential primary campaign. Read more
Top Democratic officials who worked on the party's still-secret autopsy of the 2024 election catastrophe concluded that Kamala Harris lost because of the Biden administration's support for Israel during the IDF onslaught which would kill 73,188 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, and wounding or maiming another 175,000 people.
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman (R): "Nassau [County] can detain immigrants for a maximum of 72 hours, but... county officials held hundreds of people for up to six days, and 16 people for a week or longer. Of the 366 immigrants held for longer than the legal limit, more than 60% had no criminal record."
Blakeman Created Private Militia
Let's be honest with each other for a minute and look at the landscape of American politics in this, the year of our Lord 2026. We aren't just fighting over marginal tax rates or parts per billion of carbon in the atmosphere, or whether we should build a bridge to nowhere anymore.
Just like that, San Francisco's teachers strike appears to be over. The San Francisco school district's 50,000 students, many still struggling to recover from years of school closures and learning loss during the pandemic, will be back in classrooms next week after a tentative agreement was reached early Friday between district officials and United Educators of San Francisco - which represents 6,000 teachers, aides, nurses, counselors, security guards and other workers
