Illegal Tariffs Ruled Illegal (Again)

The Conservative Supreme Court justices can’t agree on what the major questions doctrine is and what exceptions to it should be.

The Supreme Court made a major change in how lower courts operate by limiting nationwide injunctions. Such injunctions could have prevented the US government from illegally taking all this money in the first place and avoided the issue of if, when, and to whom, the tariff money is paid back. This policy allows the president to act illegally for months or years until the Supreme Court finally resolves a case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BQsRxvkcZI

What Comes Next for U.S. Trade Policy After the Supreme Court’s IEEPA Ruling?

Congress should codify Trump’s trade agreements so Trump can’t keep going back on them and creating more uncertainty in the economy.

Trump still has a variety of tariff powers, but they are more limited and require more hoops to jump through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krb6SQKRdeg

F-22 Raptor getting some upgrades to help the US maintain air-to-air superiority while we wait for the next air-to-air fighter.

F-22 Raptor getting some upgrades to help the US maintain air-to-air superiority while we wait for the next air-to-air fighter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_0L9uASjA

Trump Is Dismantling America’s Future (w/ Atul Gawande) | Mona Charen Show

Early on when Covid was spreading in Asia, it was clear that hospitals that wore masks had lower spread of Covid than those that did not.

Although older people were much more likely to die from Covid, lots of middle-aged people died too.

Operation Warp Speed saved millions of lives.

USAID saved millions of lives a year. Donald Trump and Elon Musk destroyed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8p0c_TOI74

Cartel Boss Taken Out: Mexico In Chaos

A big Mexican Cartel Boss was killed by Mexico with intel help from the US. Afterwards, violence escalated around Mexico. The cartel’s forces are almost as well equipped and trained as the Mexican military. The cartel is attacking the Mexican military around the country and creating chaos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwE4nGCWxjU

Texas man was fatally shot by a federal immigration agent last year during a stop, new records show

“As in the Good case, experts in police training and tactics questioned why a federal officer apparently positioned himself in front of Martinez’s vehicle.

“You don’t stand in front of the car, you don’t put yourself in harm’s way,” said Geoffrey Alpert, a police use-of-force expert at the University of South Carolina. He added that there’s never a scenario where it’s justified, “because you don’t know whether this person is going to flee, and if he flees, you could be dead.””

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/us/texas-ruben-ray-martinez-shooting

Inside Trump’s ‘Royal Court’ | The Ezra Klein Show

In Trump’s second term, his administration sees their job as pleasing Trump, not making sure he has the best true information. Trump doesn’t really care about the truth. People in the administration try to get in Trump’s good graces by publicly lying for him. Sticking their necks out and lying and yelling on his behalf, is a display of loyalty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjcQdFKOzFk

Psychology of Xennials (1976 – 1985)

Xenniels grew up at least partially in an analog world, but were still in their formative years when we went mostly digital. They didn’t grow up in one world or the other. They grew up in both worlds and during the transition. They also got hit early with the Great Recession.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqs0PokPDqo

Texas man was fatally shot by a federal immigration agent last year during a stop, new records show

“The records are part of a tranche of heavily redacted internal documents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that the nonprofit obtained as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

Though Martinez’s death on March 15, 2025, was reported by local media outlets at the time, federal and state authorities did not disclose that the shooting involved the team from HSI. In a statement Friday, DHS said the driver who was killed “intentionally ran over a Homeland Security Investigation special agent,” resulting in another agent firing “defensive shots to protect himself, his fellow agents, and the general public.”

The department did not respond to questions about why it had made no media release or other public notification of the officer-involved shooting over the last 11 months.

The HSI officer who the report says was struck by the vehicle was treated for an unspecified knee injury at a nearby hospital and released.

Reyes said she first learned her son had been shot by a federal agent, rather than a local police officer, about a week after he was killed. She was contacted by an investigator from the Rangers who she said told her there were videos of the shooting that contradicted the account provided by federal agents. DHS did not immediately respond to an email Friday about the claim that there is video showing a different account.

She said she was told by the investigator that the state report into the shooting was completed in October and that the case would be presented to a grand jury for potential criminal charges.

The Texas Department of Public Safety, which includes the Rangers, said in a statement Friday that the investigation into the shooting is still “active” and declined to offer more information.

Martinez’s mother said she didn’t believe he would ever intentionally assault a law enforcement officer.

“They didn’t give him a chance,” Reyes said. “It’s so excessive. They could have done anything else besides that. It’s like they shoot first and ask questions later.””

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-man-fatally-shot-federal-232303964.html