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  • The Liberty Conspiracy Audio Pod, for 2-18-26!

    Welcome, fellow Conspirators!

    Immense thanks to all our fellow Conspirators who joined us tonight, live! We got through the migraine effects (is that a UKRAINE-MIGRAINE?) and, amazingly, pushed past it to deliver key information on the ICE tyrants, the corrupt federal funding of warehouse purchases to cage migrants, and the US warmongering against Iran, plus key information from Karen Carpenter of Knights of the Storm on the Rand Paul bill to end the unjust federal liability shield for jab-makers! SO much to dig into, and thanks to the audience and the great reporters, we got to hammer key principles supporting peace and freedom! Join us, m-f 6 PM on Rumble, or on X, and get the pcast on Spotify or here on Substack! - Here are some of the key issues we got to discuss tonight! (Please bear with the few minutes of migraine intensity! There is a great lesson of perseverance and some tips for migraine relief in that, happening right in real time!)

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    WARIRAN

    The Trump anti-constitutional war machine is piling resources around Iran. This looks very bad for the prospect of peace.

    The info from Axios seems to be confirmed, but, referring to a different matter, Daniel McAdams notes this about Axios.

    This conversation between Danny Haiphong and Sharmine Narwani, concerning the seemingly impending Trump attack on Iran, is very valuable.

    And Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams spell out how Eric Trump is investing in a tech company with Zionist ties that promotes the drone-killing of people “at lower and lower financial cost”. LINK They also dig into key matters re Trump’s military buildup in the Persian Gulf.

    UKRAINE

    Slovakia’s government is sounding off over Ukraine blocking energy exports from Russia. The Ukrainian presence has been a poison for neighboring nations, even to the point of CIA-Soros-Ukraine-tied international groups attempting to influence the elections of nations such as Romania and Georgia. Headline: ‘Ukrainian disruption of Russian oil pipeline triggers emergency in EU state — RT World News” LINK
    More, as even other EU member nations are speaking up about the pipeline. Headline: ‘EU urges Ukraine to ‘repair’ Russian oil pipeline — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK

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    EPSTEIN FILES

    Jeffrey Epstein donated $28,000 to the Texas Torah Institute, a Jewish school for boys in Dallas, Texas. The handout happened after Epstein’s conviction for soliciting minors for prostitution, but, of course, the school has refused to explain it. We tonight will discuss the strange photo on Epstein’s desk that is confirmed to be a young woman lying, seemingly unconscious and half-clothed, on the floor…

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    US ECONOMY

    -The notion of distinguishing between “regressive” v. “progressive” taxation is absurd. Taxation is immoral, period. To buy into a mindset that sees one assuming for others whether they can “afford” or not “afford” to hand over cash that a thief demands is evil. From there, we also can note the fallacies inherent in this Trump-man’s argument, and we will discuss them tonight, on Liberty Conspiracy Live, on Rumble and the “at”gardgoldsmith X stream.

    IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

    -This is a good development. Headline: ‘Judge blocks deportation of Columbia grad student, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi – The Mercury News’ LINK
    -Reason has a good piece on more lies from ICE. Headline: ‘Prosecutors admit the DHS account of an ICE shooting was based on lies’ LINK
    -As we previously have noted, ICE and CBP are kidnapping people, taking their belongings, including ID, and then releasing them — making them easier prey for future ICE kidnappings and then easier picking to be deported.

    -In NH, RiNO Gov, MIC-tied, Fox-News-former-Board-Member, Kelly Ayotte appears to be lying that she was unaware of the US government buying a warehouse in the town of Merrimack (in southern NH, a town that borders my own) to act as a cage for kidnapped migrants. The US government has signaled that they were in contact w Ayotte about it, and the owner of the vacant warehouse (again, a way for the feds to prop up commercial real estate as it collapses) is a big supporter of her and the NH GOP. LINK

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    -And this:

    Again, it’s worth noting the numerous convolutions in which the Trump goons engage when trying to kidnap and deport people, and as they try to avoid giving them Due Process.

    GOVERNMENT v. SOCIETY - TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS - HARM TO KIDS

    I’d like to turn to Natali Morris, of Redacted, from the Redacted morning Email:
    Paying Kids to Test Puberty Blockers?

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    The U.K.’s National Health Service is preparing to test puberty blockers on children, and it plans to pay them to participate. According to The Telegraph, the NHS will recruit more than 200 minors under 16 into a clinical trial of puberty-suppressing drugs and offer vouchers worth up to £500 for completing study requirements, including cognitive testing and brain scans. These drugs are restricted from routine use after a major independent review questioned the strength of the evidence behind them. The NHS said that it would review puberty blockers after more data was available but now they are apparently doctoring that data. If children are incentivized with money and vouchers to take these harmful drugs, won’t they be more likely to continue using them, therefore skewing data? Also, does this make up for the high risk that comes along with these drugs? The government knows that puberty blockers are associated with chronic headaches, hot flashes, fatigue, reduced bone mineral density, low IQ, infertility, and more. And they still want to pay kids to try it out? I’m starting to think they don’t really want to produce real-world data about puberty blockers.

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  • The Liberty Conspiracy Audio Pod, for 2-17-26!
    Welcome, fellow Conspirators!

    Hi! We have a great group of people who join us to look into the news and derive long-standing principles from them. I want to thank everyone, and thank the journalists and commentators/researchers we featured tonight! Thank you, all, and God bless you for being so dedicated to truth! Here are some of the key issues we explored tonight…

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    WARUKRAINE

    While Donald Trump and Marco Rubio gaslight with their fake claims to be working for “peace” between Russia and Ukraine, a new report from a French publication reveals that US pilots are flying f-16s for Ukraine. Headline: ‘US and Dutch pilots flying F-16s for Ukraine – media — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK

    -And the EU political elites are disconnected from European manufacturers who WANT Russian steel and know that the EU trying to block the product will make them less and less productive and less and less competitive, worldwide. Headline: “‘High-stakes fight’ erupts in EU over Russian steel – Euronews — RT World News” Link

    IRAN

    The peace talks in Geneva between US and Iranian envoys just ended, and Daniel McAdams, of the Ron Paul Liberty Report has the breaking news LINK
    Daniel Davis and Douglas MacGregor Cover other aspects, including Tom Kean’s insane warmongering and lying.

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    IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

    -Not cool… Headline: ‘DHS orders tech giants to unmask anti-ICE accounts’ LINK
    -Not cool… Headline: ‘DHS has shot 13 people during immigration enforcement since September, report finds” LINK
    -Not cool. Headline: ‘FBI refuses to share evidence in Alex Pretti killing, Minnesota investigators say’ LINK
    -This has been obvious, but it’s good to see the revelation of the internal documentation of their policy.

    -And this is another major story that is not getting much attention. Astoundingly anti-constitutional. Headline: “US secretly deports migrants to African state – media — RT Africa” LINK
    -But, thank goodness, it looks like Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s long torture at the hands of ICE might be drawing to a close. Headline: ‘Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities” LINK!

    -More Trump Admin attacks on foreign-born, non-citizen truckers working in the US LINK
    -This is an interesting and important fight, between the state-level, and the local-tied-to-feds-unconstitutionally level “Dem governor in deep-red state calls for ICE pullout, triggering clash over enforcement authority” LINK
    -And others are beginning to sound the alarms about the US feeding money-hungry states with cash to convert vacant warehouses into corrals for the ICE kidnap victims LINK
    -And another nightmare. Headline ‘Teen girl whose Chicago father was detained in an immigration case dies from a rare cancer’ LINK

    US ECONOMY - TARIFFS, THE US BUDGET

    -This is key to remember… Rent seeking is amplified under tariff-heavy regimes

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    -MI loses lots of jobs Headline: ‘20,000 jobs vanish in Michigan during worst January since 2009 as hiring hits record low’ LINK
    -David Stockman offers a pithy insight about the Trumpers and Congress - They are snake-like, slithering past most popular desires to TRULY lower spending. But Mr. Stockman’s observation also could be expanded to note two more dimensions, which are that the list of these agencies is a list of anti-constitutional carbuncles on the body of the so-called “confederation/union” and that, on a more fundamental level, the entirety of the state is immoral, and no group of men can claim power over other people, regardless of the pieces of paper they write to claim that power is theirs.

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    The percentages in the New York Times chart, as referenced in David Stockman’s post, represent actual year-over-year changes in funding levels compared to the FY2025 enacted budget—not adjustments relative to a projected baseline that assumes automatic increases for inflation or other factors.For the EPA specifically:

    • The FY2025 enacted budget was approximately $9.14 billion.

    • The Trump administration (White House) proposed roughly $4.16 billion for FY2026, a genuine 54% reduction in total dollars from the prior year.

    • Congress ultimately enacted about $8.8 billion for FY2026, a real 4% (or approximately 3.7%) aggregate reduction in dollars spent compared to FY2025—not an increase that fell short of some planned baseline projection.

    Similar logic applies to HUD:

    • The FY2025 enacted budget was around $77-89 billion (depending on whether gross or adjusted figures are used, as the chart excludes certain items like disaster funding and receipts).

    • The White House proposed about $43.5 billion for FY2026, a true 44% cut.

    • Congress enacted approximately $91 billion (gross) or $77.3 billion (program-specific), resulting in a 9% increase over FY2025 levels.

    VACCINE MANUFACTURERS - LIABILITY

    Rand Paul is trying to remove the federal block against tort suits that has prevented them from entering federal courts, state to state. Headline: ‘Sen. Rand Paul unveils bill to end nationwide liability protections for vaccine manufacturers’ LINK

    CLIMATE CULT

    CA and UK - a “Memorandum of Understanding” that expands fascist green fraud from govt, and might pit CA windfarm plans against Trump on a state-v-feds level. Headline ‘Trump slams energy deal between California and Britain, Politico reports’ LINK The MoU focuses on advancing what they call “clean energy cooperation,” with a particular emphasis on offshore wind and other inefficient and government-pushed technologies. It was signed in London by California Governor Gavin Newsom and UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband (widely disliked in Scotland for his push to destroy forests and turn away from North Sea oil drilling) during Newsom’s European trip, which included the Munich Security Conference. The non-binding pact will use fascist, rather than market means, to connect businesses, researchers, and institutions across the Atlantic.

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  • The Liberty Conspiracy Audio Pod, for 2-16-26!

    Greetings, fellow Conspirators!

    It was a blast to hang out with the fellow Conspirators tonight as we dug into the breaking news and highlighted work by great journalists! Join the program, live, m-f at 6 pm on Rumble, or on X “at” Gardgoldsmith, get the daily News Notes and audio Pod here! And here are some of the big matters we dug into tonight.

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    SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

    (As John Cleese oft said on Monty Python’s Flying Circus)…
    Here is where the pro-free-speech writer, actor, comedian stands when it comes to the warmongering technocratic, censorious, menacing, VD Vance, and Thomas Massie. As Liberty Conspiracy viewers know, the state, itself, is an immoral construct filled with goon squads that do the bidding of numerous groups of goons (from local to international), but Massie is much closer to a pro-liberty man and actually displays a belief in truth. And referring to media figures typically distracts from core learning and lends to the “centralizing fixation” of idolatry, but once the stardom is stripped away — something Mr. Cleese goes to great lengths to do, opening conversations and forums on religious discussions, doing interviews, and behaving with comity and neighborliness towards others, this blip of info lets us know how one person who has shown a strong anti-authoritarian spirit looks at the difference btwn the two politicians.

    WAR

    The Munich Security Conference: As we wrote in the Sunday News Assembly, Marco Rubio this past weekend spewed a noxious speech lamenting the demise of colonialism and calling for more (the key being the fact that colonialism never ended, it just took on a new form, utilizing local warlords and paid proxies, corporate feedback loops going back to politicians from mining, oil, agriculture, drugs, and arms). Rubio appeared to push even more, calling for renewal of western empires (again, pretending that the US is not one right now and that the EU is not, in essence, an empire over its subject citizens in each nation). His Valentine’s Day speech championed a “new Western century,” invoking “shared history, Christian faith, culture, heritage” to rally the U.S. and Europe against his bogeyman-list of threats. He decried post-Cold War “delusions” like borderless trade and mass migration, claiming they erode sovereignty (in other words, he praised tariff taxes, trade blockages, and all those trade wars that lead to kinetic warfare, and he decried freedom of movement and free association), while lauding U.S. militarism in attacking Iran “…to constrain the nuclear program of radical Shia clerics in Tehran. That required 14 bombs dropped with precision from American B-2 bombers.”
    In other words, he continued to portray the victim, IRAN, as the aggressor, and to pretend that Iran was making nuclear weapons, which it was not.
    Rubio evoked colonial glory, noting how Western “empires had entered into terminal decline” post-1945, but urged revival, framing global events as a clash between the “greatest civilization in human history” and barbaric foes like Iran’s “radical Shia clerics” or Venezuelan “narcoterrorists.”
    From a pro-peace, anti-imperialist standpoint, Rubio’s rhetoric is a brazen endorsement of neo-colonialism, weaponizing Christian supremacism and Islamophobic tropes to justify endless wars and exploitation. By portraying Islamic nations as existential threats to be bombed, he perpetuates imperial dominance, even as he pushes the idea of further subjugating the Global South under Western hegemony. This revanchist vision ignores colonialism’s atrocities, fueling xenophobia and resource grabs rather than mutual respect, trade, and prosperity. Peace requires dismantling such empires, not resurrecting them through militarized “renewal.” Equitable, decolonized cooperation must replace this civilized-versus-savage dichotomy.
    -Here is a good overview of the speech, this coming from entrepreneur Arnaud Bertrand

    Here is some of what we yesterday reported Here is his entire harangue

    - The Russian government has a few things to say about the mounting EU-US-NATO mania and fearmongering over Russia - HEADLINE: ‘Munich conference ignoring Kiev’s ‘hellish terrorism’ – Moscow — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union’ LINK
    -As we reported Friday, members of the EU and NATO (often they mix and mingle, of course) are pushing for more “military spending” for both an EU military, for NATO, and for Ukraine. We observed that this is the way these politicians use international conflict, contribute to it, and use the feedback of the conflict and their own bogeyman-pushing anti-Russian rhetoric to gain financially, and/or try to convince their local populations that industry is buzzing, as they syphon more and more money away from the taxpayers and plunk it into devices of death. This is not how to foster a flourishing economy. It is anti-productive, harms living standards, and also will require debt-financing from their central banks.

    Daniel Davis understands the problems they create for the people in their nations.

    Also at the Munich Security Conference, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) (a man whose own background deserves attention, since he hung out with Oleh Tyahnybok, of the Ukrainian Nazi Svodoba Party, in 2013-14, and since he was the co-sponsor of the Portman-Murphy Countering Foreign Propaganda Act of 2016 - an act that let the federal government fund any preferred US media outlets that pushed the preferred DC rhetoric, especially the false notion that Russia had hacked the DNC and the wider “Russian collusion” canard)… BUT, he makes a few close-to strong points here. He could be more explicit about the illegitimacy of Israel (and all political institutions, actually) and the fact that a two-state solution is, itself, a capitulation to Israel, the original thief of the land. Still, this is worth noting, not worth nothing…

    KimDotCom released this, but I don’t see any verification. That might begin appearing in bits and pieces. We’ll see…

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    ISRAEL

    Natali Morris, of Redacted, offers valuable comments about Trump’s insane, Kafkaesque “Board of Peace”…
    ‘Israel was named to the Board of Peace, the body tasked with rebuilding Gaza. So...the country that systematically destroyed Gaza will help oversee the rebuilding of it. Meanwhile, Israel is not upholding the peace deal in Gaza. Over the weekend, Israeli forces killed at least 12 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday. They were reportedly in a civilian tent for displaced people. Israel says that they were Hamas.
    Israel also approved a proposal to register large areas of the West Bank as “state property.” This means that Israel is moving forward with its plan to annex the West Bank, despite the Trump administration’s strong warnings that they had better not.
    Taking bets on what the Trump administration will do about this? My money is on “nothing.” So...this is the government that was named to the Board of Peace. What does that say about the Board of Peace?’

    Trump’s “Board of Peace” now sets its Trumpian eye on the final step towards Israeli-US occupation, that being the military force that they plan to push into all of Gaza. Here is the headline, from RT: ‘Trump’s Board of Peace rallies ‘thousands’ of troops for Gaza deployment — RT World News’ LINK
    -During the so-called “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel has killed nearly 600 people. Seventeen were added to their death campaign over the weekend.

    -And the Israeli’s just okayed illegal settling beyond the “barrier” of the “green wall” inside the Palestinian West Bank - the first step is the government seizing land, and then it will be sold or given to Zionist vulture occupiers ready to swoop in.

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    -More on this, from AntiWar - Headline: ‘Israel approves proposal to register West Bank lands as ‘state property’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera’ LINK
    -The British Museum has eliminated mention of PALESTINE as a nation

    -A head of the British Museum denies — kind of — this. Headline: ‘British Museum boss ‘disgusted’ with pro-Israel lawyers over false ‘Palestine’ claim — RT World News’ LINK
    -Israel continues to break the ceasefire, even going so far as to destroy small solar power arrays for he survivors in the rubble of Palestine.

    IRAN-ISRAEL-US

    -The US (Kushner and Witkoff) are supposed to meet with Iranian officials in Geneva, Switzerland, tomorrow, as the US and Iran demand an end to Iranian nuclear power refining, Iran disarmament from its ballistic missiles, and Iran stopping aid to other pro-independence Middle Eastern groups that resist Israeli encroachment. The Iranians have offered something that might be attractive to any average thug like most US thugs we have encountered in the last twenty years - they are offering for US oil companies to engage in commercial partnerships with Iranian oil facilities. It would be a big benefit, not too distant from what the US tried to instigate with the 1953 coup, actually. But Netanyahu likely will not allow the US to go for it. He wants regime change and is focused on the “Greater Israel Project”. They want the Shah’s son installed and they want Iran defenseless, a proxy of Israel and the US.
    -The Iranian Foreign Minister Abba Aragchi, is not breaking.

    -Lindsay and others tied to Trump and Biden are salivating for the blood.

    -The US is setting up naval and air force resources around Iran - even more than previously was typical ANTIWAR Headline: ‘Report: US Preparing for Sustained, Weeks-Long War Against Iran If Trump Orders Attack - News From Antiwar.com’ LINK
    -The CIA and Mossad already tried to run a color revolution in Iran two months ago, and failed. At least they are admitting to some of it.

    UKRAINE

    The US-Ukraine-Russia talks are supposed to happen in Geneva (a hopping spot, it seems) later this week. Headline: ‘Kremlin explains delegation shake-up for Geneva talks — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union’ LINK

    VENEZUELA

    More US aggression on the sea, pirating another oil tanker. Headline: ‘US seizes oil tanker for ‘defying Trump’s quarantine’ — RT World News’ LINK

    SYRIA

    Headline, from Anti-war: ‘US Says It Launched 10 More Strikes in Syria, Finished Transferring ISIS Detainees to Iraq - News From Antiwar.com’ LINK Here is a salient point, from the article: ‘The command said the attacks were part of “Operation Hawkeye Strike,” a military operation it launched against ISIS following the December 13 attack in Palmyra, central Syria, which killed three Americans, though the gunman was a member of the US-backed Syrian government’s security forces.”

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    IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

    This is getting more attention, a month after ICE did it, in mid-Jan.

    -Tom Homan tries to dance around this question. He mentions “internal affairs” investigations. Regardless of his attempt to block the line of inquiry, his involvement in this immoral predation is clear, and, even IF the ICE agents in question had behaved according to some promoted “operational norm” that people such as Homan or Noem or others promote as part of their never-ending spin, the very existence of ICE and the DHS are insults to the principle of Natural Rights, and they are utterly dismissive of their US Constitution. Tis an ongoing problem of life-or-death proportion. This particular report stems from a January 14, 2026, incident in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during a large-scale ICE immigration enforcement operation (part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Metro Surge” in the Twin Cities area). One of the agents shot and wounded a Venezuelan migrant named Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg during what was described as a confrontation.

    -And more evidence piles up regarding the DHS disdain for Due Process (which, of course, should not be a matter in the first place, since DHS and ICE should not exist, and immigration is a state issue AND since most other federal rationales for “catching bad guys and violent criminals” are examples of the feds arrogating the policing of crimes that should be policed on the state level, according to the US Constitution.

    -This tactic is disgusting, not surprising.

    -Kudos to ProPublica for getting out info on these kids

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    -Leqaa Kordia’s lawyer, Sarah Sherman, explains that the US tried to prosecute her client for “supporting terrorism” because she was sending money to Palestinian family in Gaza

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    THE US ECONOMY

    The WSJ is reporting that, of course, companies that include imports as part of their processes no longer can absorb the tariff costs, nor do they have much left of the stock they purchased juuuuust before Trump re-entered office.

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    And, in case anyone thought the tariffs were not hitting their grocery bills.

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    Effects

    This, as the SCOTUS readies to release some decisions…

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    EPSTEIN FILES

    This is strange

    As is this…

    And, since we are on the topic of dark doings tied to political figures. Let’s not forget the murder of Seth Rich

    -The great YT channel “Interesting Books Reviewed” just offered more of his excellent footage of Zorro Ranch that he took a few years ago (and he and his wife were overtly confronted at the border of the area, then, his personal business in TX was subtly attacked)

    And who now owns the ranch? A big GOP-Trump ally involved with politics himself. Then, there is this strange aspect of his work… From what I’ve researched, he does not use aborted babies.

    Don Huffines (also referred to as Donald Huffines) is currently running for political office. He is a Republican candidate in the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts primary election scheduled for March 3. Don Huffines’ son, Russell Huffines (his youngest son), works in the White House as part of the Trump administration. Specifically, he is listed in roles such as Associate Director of Agency Outreach in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs (starting around June 2025). (BTW, Ms. Belle’s designation of Huffines as “far right” created a distinction that doesn’t quite capture the entire gamut of collectivist-MAGA, collectivist Zionist, and collectivist others who might not fall into the category of “far right” but who still embrace statism/collectivism.

    -Robert Barnes notes this key tie between Epstein and the Rothschilds, but he does not mention the deeper ties to Kathryn Ruemmler (formerly of the Obama Admin and then of Goldman Sachs) who took over Epstein’s work for the Rothchilds, and the Rothschild ties to Ukraine’s finances.

    PRESIDENTS’ DAY - A DAY LIKE ALL OTHERS, TO BE AWARE OF THE EVIL OF THE POLIS AND SOME OF THE NEFARIOUS FIGURES WHO HAVE TAKEN OFFICES IN THE US POLITICAL GANGSTER SYSTEM

    -For self-described “constitutionalists” who also characterize themselves as fans of George Washington, this Mises piece from Ryan McMaken is a good place to start. Look into our piece on the Whiskey Rebellion (I will repost that tomorrow for all, including non-payers here at the Substack)… Headline: ‘Washington’s “Suppression” of the Whiskey Rebellion Betrayed the Revolution. And It Failed. | Mises Institute’ LINK

    Here is Tom DiLorenzo, now President of the Mises Institute, on the dictator, Lincoln. Tom has many more great videos (and many books and articles) about the demagogic and deadly Lincoln. Check them out and pass them to friends!

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  • Your Sunday News Assembly, for 2-15-26
    Welcome, fellow Conspirators!

    After Valentine’s Day, we send more loving thoughts to you and yours, and our thanks for being devoted to, and fighting for, freedom and peace. Today, we have 18 breaking stories, some revolving around core issues, some completely independent, or seemingly so. They all share the common thread of statism, gangs of politicians and their supporters and cronies, taking money, pushing people around, and being used by gangsters to gain at the expense of others. Take a look! As always, please feel free to read all, or just portions, to leave and return, and to SHARE the internal links and the whole release! Be sure to head to Rumble or Gardner’s X at 6 PM eastern each M-F for the news, from Liberty Conspiracy LIVE! We hope to provide as much big info for freedom fighters as we can!! ALSO, check out the new Former Star Trek Writing Fellow Channels - On YT, and on Rumble!

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    IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

    Let’s begin by way of some money matters. The US government is more than $38 TRILLION in debt — this, the government that sees its political lever-holders claim it’s run according to a “Constitution.” See if anything ICE, DHS, or Border Control do comports with any aspect of their “government-creating” document. Then, consider the fact that, even IF the Constitution were amended to allow for these kidnappings and trafficking of the victims all over the world, such activity would not be moral, and taking our money for it is not moral, either. Remember, this is just a drop in the bucket for the DHS, which used $302 BILLION in 2025 when aggregating regular “visible” budgeting and additional spending voted on or shifted to DHS - that is bigger than all the defense budgets on Earth save for China and the US. And this fiscal year the estimate is close to $320-$360 Bil.

    -This, another example of ICE/BP kidnapping gangsterism, is something that only a kid’s nightmares should see. It should not be real. It is, and kudos to the bus driver for trying to help the kids. This post ties to our next piece of information, showing how such federal behavior is inspiring many locals to take to the streets in protest.

    More, with testimony from one of the kids.

    -This has inspired this man to speak out, to rally against ICE

    -And all of this ICE insanity, while more publications are reporting on the stunning and rapid moves by the feds to buy warehouses to act as new detention centers for the people they kidnap.

    And, remember, the feds keep complaining that it’s the lack of LOCAL and STATE cops “assisting” ICE when its goons are violent after they invade states without any Constitutional or moral authority. Clearly, this family would agree (wink)…

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    -Local Minnesotans are citing ICE for trying to intimidate them at their homes

    -MORE LEGAL INFO

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    -The economy of Minneapolis is getting hammered by the ICE invasion and kidnappings

    -More real economics, tying to our Friday News Notes posts on the positive outcome of allowing people to be left alone and not claiming the power to take other people’s money to police immigration…

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    -and more, on the illegal ICE operations, from Cato’s David Bier.

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    -From the COURTS:
    First, in MN, headline: ‘Judge orders Homeland Security to give Minneapolis detainees swift access to lawyers’ LINK

    (here is the court document) LINK

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    -MORE CRIMINAL AGGRESSION FROM ICE

    -Headline: ‘Floodgates closed: 8 in 10 asylum seekers now booted by judges as Trump attempts to restore borders’ LINK
    -This is something to keep in mind.

    -ICE is adopting fake identities to interact with upset locals and monitor their plans. Headline: “ICE's chilling new social media strategy uncovered as expert slams 'insidious' policy” LINK Here is the original work, from Ken Klippenstein

    Ken KlippensteinExclusive: ICE Masks Up in More Ways Than OneI get leaked documents bigger media don’t because I’m not slowed down by corporate bureaucracy. But this also means I don’t have corporate money - I just have readers like you. Please become a paid subscriber so I can keep doing this work…Read more10 days ago · 573 likes · 19 comments · Ken Klippenstein

    -THIS - MORE on the LIES of ICE-DHS-BPS-CBP

    • HABEAS? WHAT IS THAT?

      -A return to one of the issues we explored Friday night on Liberty Conspiracy LIVE. The curious thing is that many of the politicians who are in this group have voted to fund the NSA, CIA, and overall DOJ that have spied on many of us… Headline: ‘DOJ faces bipartisan backlash for tracking lawmakers’ searches of Epstein docs’ LINK
      -And a reminder about the on-the-scene horror and DC terrorism of the murder of Alex Pretti

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    -Marco Rubio Saturday spoke at the “Munich" Security Conference” - a gathering of fearmongers and despots, brown-nosers and thieves, and he used the occasion to offer a not-so-subtle display of anti-Iranian, anti-Muslim, pro-war, pro-military spending song and dance routine. Here is his entire harangue

    - The Russian government has a few things to say about the mounting EU-US-NATO mania and fearmongering over Russia - HEADLINE: ‘Munich conference ignoring Kiev’s ‘hellish terrorism’ – Moscow — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union’ LINK
    -As we reported Friday, members of the EU and NATO (often they mix and mingle, of course) are pushing for more “military spending” for both an EU military, for NATO, and for Ukraine. We observed that this is the way these politicians use international conflict, contribute to it, and use the feedback of the conflict and their own bogeyman-pushing anti-Russian rhetoric to gain financially, and/or try to convince their local populations that industry is buzzing, as they syphon more and more money away from the taxpayers and plunk it into devices of death. This is not how to foster a flourishing economy. It is anti-productive, harms living standards, and also will require debt-financing from their central banks.

    Daniel Davis understands the problems they create for the people in their nations.

    ISRAEL

    This is curious…

    VENEZUELA

    Shockingly, one of the biggest GOP supporters juuuuuust got a big chance to refine VZ crude! Lookie! MONEY-MONEY! Headline: ‘Exclusive - US refiner Valero to import up to 6.5 million barrels of Venezuelan crude in March, sources say” LINK
    Valero’s corporate PAC and related contributions overwhelmingly favor Republicans:

    • In the 2023-2024 election cycle, Valero Energy PAC contributed $595,000 to federal candidates, with 97% ($577,500) going to Republicans and only 3% ($17,500) to Democrats.

    • This pattern holds in breakdowns: House candidates received 96.71% to back Republicans, and Senate candidates 100% Republican.

    • Valero has donated significantly to GOP entities like the National Republican Congressional Committee (e.g., over $100,000 in recent cycles) and figures such as Steve Scalise and other Republican leaders.

    • In some tracking for 2026 cycles, company-related donations (PAC + employees) showed 100% to Republicans in certain reports.

    UK-EU-US v FREEDOM OF SPEECH

    Re UK censorship, Matt Taibbi follows-up on what Max Blumenthal reported Friday

    Here is Max’s info:

    AND HOW ABOUT THAT GREAT TEAM AT BLOOMBERG? They just hired Canada’s TOP VIPER AGAINST FREE SPEECH, the pro-Nazi, crackdown, lockdown, bank-account-freezing Chrystia Freeland! You read that right.

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    THE US ECONOMY

    Not good.

    More, on Trump’s Tariff Insanity

    Leading to this reminder…

    -For those who tell you the economy showed greatness in January, here’s some reality. Headline: ‘January job cuts hit 17-year high’ LINK
    -Wendy’s closes more locations LINK

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    The EPSTEIN FILES

    MTG speaking with Owen S

    ANOTHER TRUMP OFFICIAL - Kept in close touch with Epstein, long after his criminality was known Headline: ‘Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in contact with Epstein for years, files show” LINK

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    LITTLE LEVIATHAN

    -Another example of the problems of collectivism, this time in a government-controlled cemetery, and a controversy over a HEADSTONE. Seriously. Headline: “Family told to remove 'inappropriate' tombstone from cemetery” LINK

    That’s it for mainly text-based links! Now, a SINGLE VIDEO suggestion!

    I would like to offer you this, which actually is five months old, but it is worth watching many times, worth the viewer taking notes, and worth sharing, then re-watching months later! Well done Mike Benz and Glenn Diesen! See in this the great research Benz has conducted into the US overthrow of Ukraine and the use of NGOs, the ties to Soros in many intelligence ops, and more. This is a great class-level exploration and might inspire viewers to get books and read more on the numerous dark intel ops mentioned.

    That’s it for now, all! Thank you for believing in freedom!

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  • The Liberty Conspiracy Audio Pod, for 2-13-26

    Greetings, fellow Conspirators!

    Big thanks, to all the fine Conspirators who joined us tonight, and to all the excellent journalists whose work we got to discuss!- Join the Conspiracy for freedom, m-f, 6 pm on Rumble or on X, and sub to this here Substack for Daily News and research! - The Audio Pod is free, here at Substack, or via Spotify! Here are some of the key elements we explored tonight!

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    EPSTEIN FILES

    Trump makes a greater fool of himself than he already has, by trying to DEFEND Bondi and attack Massie. Check out this one:

    And this…

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    And the Epstein file fallout continues, and should represent only a fraction of the appropriate fallout to follow. Kathy Ruemmler, formerly White House Counsel for Obama, now a top lawyer for Goldman Sachs — is resigning due to the exposure of her ties to Epstein. Headline: ‘Ex-Obama counsel quits Goldman Sachs over ‘Uncle Jeffrey’ — RT World News’ LINK
    -Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate are alerting the public to the fact that Bondi’s DOJ was spying on Congress-members and staff who were searching the Epstein files. Perhaps they might want to apply that standard of umbrage to the US spying on us re our earnings, travel in and out of the nation, between states, our phone calls, social media accounts, bank accounts, and more… Headline: ‘US lawmakers accuse DOJ of ‘spying’ on Epstein file searches — RT World News’ LINK
    -And this, regarding the good people at The GrayZone being targeted by McSweeney in the UK

    -Bassem’s sarcasm is perfect here, as he mocks the MI6-Zionista delusion that Epstein was a Russian SPYYYYY!

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    TRUMP RESCINDS NUMEROUS BIDEN-OBAMA EOs + “Regulations” RE ENERGY (MORE ECONOMIC NEWS CLOSES OFF THE NEWS NOTES, AS WELL!)

    -Trump discusses the moves, w Lee Zeldin by his side. LINK
    -Trump’s EPA through “regulatory revisions” yesterday pulled back numerous approaching Bidenista mandates on car “emission levels” and he opened land and market avenues for coal and oil exploration and energy-creation. Here is the way NBC framed it, taking the Climate Change hysteria line and calling government threats “regulations”: “EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions’ LINK The latest official report on Trump’s EPA changes is the EPA’s own press release announcing the repeal of the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and related vehicle emission standards. This was finalized and announced on February 12, 2026 (with the page last updated February 13, 2026), making it the most recent primary source within the past 24 hours. Here’s a LINK: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/president-trump-and-administrator-zeldin-deliver-single-largest-deregulatory-action-us
    This document details the “single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history,” including the elimination of the endangerment finding, all subsequent federal GHG emission standards for vehicles and engines (model years 2012–2027 and beyond), off-cycle credits, and related incentives. It claims over $1.3 trillion in taxpayer savings and emphasizes restoring consumer choice for affordable vehicles.
    The repeal was finalized through an EPA rulemaking process—a final rule issued by the agency after proposals, public comments, and legal reviews—rather than a new presidential executive order on that date. President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced it jointly at the White House, calling it the “single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history,” with claimed savings of over $1.3 trillion by eliminating GHG standards for vehicles (model years 2012–2027 and beyond), off-cycle credits, and features like start-stop technology. This action stems from earlier executive directives, primarily Executive Order 14154 (”Unleashing American Energy”), signed on January 20, 2025 (Trump’s inauguration day). That order directed federal agencies, including the EPA, to review and remove barriers to domestic energy production, specifically tasking the EPA within 30 days to submit recommendations on the “legality and continuing applicability” of the 2009 Endangerment Finding. Subsequent steps included:

    • March 12, 2025: EPA announcement of formal reconsideration.

    • July 29, 2025: Proposal to rescind the finding and related regulations.

    This new February 2026 finalization built on that initial EO and followed Supreme Court decisions (e.g., Loper Bright and West Virginia v. EPA) that influenced the deregulatory approach and pulled back the so-called “Chevron Doctrine.”
    -Aaron Rupar might not agree with this policy change, but I appreciate him posting the clip with Lee Z. (We have recorded this and will amp the volume in our production unit to present tonight on Liberty Conspiracy Live)

    -And, again, many leftists who have been very good on Due Process, the ICE invasion, and the genocide are unfortunate members of the group that believes the anthropogenic climate change canard and want a central command and control structure to impose edicts about it. Within this post, however, we can see Trump offering some words

    -Meanwhile, Bessent continues to spout nonsensical snake-oil pablum Bessent Note this:

    He doesn’t want people to look at the UN-employment figures, the CPI, or to think about the $350 BILLION in taxes he and Trump extracted from our market choices, extracted via their tariffs. He won’t discuss the increased costs on us due to their insane aggression against Iran and their various embargoes and blockages/redirects of petro fuel. Additionally, he talks about new construction - that is one of the things Trump artificially is trying to pump via his infusion of cash into Fannie and Freddie. Giving them $200 Billion each facilitates them to offer more to buy bundled bank-offered mortgages, which, in turn, incentivizes the banks to hand out more construction loans.

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    IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

    -David Bier of Cato offers the pro-crackdown Sen Kennedy REAL information on not just the duplicitous DHS delaying or not acting at all on honest and legal immigration applications (Rubio is in this, as well), but that the US govt TOOK THE APPLICATION CASH and has refused to engage in the process the feds created as part of their “claim” to control immigration. Centralized, bureaucratic, venal, corrupt.

    -This is a major development, for these men, and for the growing body of evidence revealing ICE-Border-Patrol-DHS criminality.

    -The Trump Admin (shocker!) just made a deal with PETER THEIL’s “Clearview” to collect facial-biometric ID info and tag people as part of the feds’ immigration terror campaign

    -More ICE malfeasance

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    WARUKRAINE

    As you likely know if you watch Liberty Conspiracy videos, we have been discussing the money-grubbing and corrupt nature of the EU majority push to continue funding Ukraine and to maneuver into positions of money-feedback for weapons and “cleanup” after Ukraine capitulates to Russia. Here, Daniel Davis and Alistair Crooke get into just that. Note what Alistair observes about the Ukraine money ties to the Rothschild’s bank (thus, to Epstein’s management arms and Kathy Ruemmler. This is a great conversation!

    IRAN

    Pelosi wants to continue to harm innocent people there and back up the blockade with threats of US military attack. It’s always backed by violence

    Judge Napolitano, Larry Johnson, and Ray McGovern offer key thoughts re Lindsay Graham’s bloodlust

    VZ-CUBA

    This shows us what the Rubio mindset is doing to Cubans as the US stops Venezuelan fuel from going to Cuba LINK

    ECONOMY

    -Take a look at this…

    -Johnson’s not making friends by trying to allow Trump to continue imposing tariffs. The statute Trump uses, claiming an “emergency” allows him to tax us further, is utterly unconstitutional, and Johnson keeps making things worse. Headline: “Three reasons the latest failure for Trump and Mike Johnson was ‘seismic’” LINK
    - Trump’s tariffs and claim to impose them will remain in place until June, or UNTIL THE SCOTUS FINALLY DOES THE RIGHT THING and decides they are unconstitutional.
    -And Trump creates his own fantasy world, rather than acknowledge the his bogeyman “trade deficit” grew

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  • The Liberty Conspiracy Audio Pod, for 2-12-26!
    Welcome, fellow Conspirators!

    I want to thank the members of Knights of the Storm and Angry Tiger, of The Tiger's Den - both on Rumble - for joining me tonight for our Mind Meld! We got to talk about the economy, the fake MAGA claims of "recovery" and how people can save money in their personal lives, disconnect from the central banking monster, and more. Big thank yous, also, to all the great reporters we included for their fine journalism and the work we got to feature on the program tonight. Join us, m-f 6 PM on Rumble or X, and get the audio pod via Spotify or here at Substack! - Here are some of the key matters we got to discuss tonight…

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    EPSTEIN FILES

    BREAKIN’!

    Let’s begin with a good nod to Natali Morris, of Redacted, who offered something interesting and valuable about Dr. Oz and Epstein. Of course, it’s possible that Dr. Oz was ignorant of Epstein’s FLA conviction, but TRUMP hiring Dr. Oz after this? That indicates a genuine lack of perspicacity and sagacity.
    ”Happy Thursday
    Since we don’t do a newsletter on Friday, we wanted to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day. Apparently Dr. Oz throws fun Valentine’s Day parties. We know because he invited Jeffrey Epstein to one in 2016. Nothing says “love is in the air” like inviting the world’s most famous convicted sex offender to mingle with your family and friends.

    ” - Thank you, Natali, and Clayton Morris, and I hope readers will watch Redacted, M-Thurs 4 pm on Rumble or YT, and that folks will sign up for Natali’s morning emails!
    -The aftershocks of Bondi’s implosion are spreading. Next, let’s explore public schools (and perhaps some private schools) and their ties to an Epstein associate, via “picture day”…
    Yep. Parental backlash against Lifetouch, a major school photography provider, is leading to canceled picture days in multiple U.S. districts, stemming from its indirect ties to Jeffrey Epstein through former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black, who paid Epstein $158 million for financial advice and appears in unsealed Epstein documents. Lifetouch is owned by Shutterfly, a subsidiary of Apollo, co-founded by Black in 1990.

    -More, on Leon Black…

    -More, a closer look at that document, which was created in 2023 as the US government got all the Epstein files — Bondi held onto this info and did not prosecute or even mention an investigation into him.

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    -The French Government has possessed Epstein’s emails for many years, and kept the information secret.

    -The possibility that we never will see the entirety of the files presents numerous hurdles when deciding whether one posts speculation or statements about their content. Here is a member of Congress who offers something that might play on assumptions, presumptions, and prejudgment. However, I think that the revelations already offered trend towards looking at her statement as credible, if possibly never to be confirmed by any final release of all the info.

    -KATHY RUEMMLER: More on this Obama-Biden-Sachs cheesy chess-piece… Emails from newly released Epstein docs show Kathy Ruemmler, Obama’s White House counsel, seeking Jeffrey Epstein’s advice on a potential Attorney General role, including discussions on her $10,000/month NYC apartment rent and strategies to retain it.

    • The exchanges are dated long after Epstein’s FLA conviction. These are from around 2014-2015, and reveal Epstein suggesting Ruemmler consult Eric Holder for a “baseline” on the position while offering to find a payer for her housing, amid her role defending Epstein post-conviction and managing his estate as an executor.

    • These ties, confirmed in 2026 Justice Department releases and reported by outlets like The Wall Street Journal and CNN, have sparked scrutiny at Goldman Sachs, where Ruemmler serves as top lawyer, highlighting Epstein’s influence over elite legal and political networks.

    • Kathy Ruemmler also sought Jeffrey Epstein’s advice and coaching during her pursuit of a senior role at Facebook (now Meta) in 2018 and 2019. This included emailing him a draft letter to Sheryl Sandberg in July 2018 and discussing meetings with Meta executives in 2019, with Epstein providing guidance throughout the process. The effort ultimately did not result in her joining Meta; she instead joined Goldman Sachs in 2020. Beyond Ruemmler’s own well-documented professional and personal ties to Epstein (including thousands of emails, gifts, and career advice exchanged between 2014 and 2019). Other connections include Epstein maintaining a personal account at Goldman Sachs, as revealed in a suspicious activity report filed by JPMorgan Chase shortly after his death in 2019. Epstein was also viewed as a “gatekeeper” for a client account involving the Swiss bank Edmond de Rothschild Group, which was transferred to Ruemmler around 2014 via another lawyer’s introduction.

    Ruemmler (also known as Kathryn Ruemmler) was closely tied to President Barack Obama through her senior legal roles in his administration.

    • She joined the Obama administration in January 2009 as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice.

    • In January 2010, she became Principal Deputy White House Counsel, serving under White House Counsel Bob Bauer.

    • On June 30, 2011, President Obama appointed her as White House Counsel (the president’s chief lawyer), a position she held until June 2, 2014. Obama described her as having “impeccable judgment” and praised her leadership of the Counsel’s office.

    • She was Obama’s longest-serving White House Counsel, advising him on all legal matters related to domestic and foreign policy, national security, significant litigation (including key Supreme Court cases), and other high-stakes issues.

    Obama personally announced her appointment as White House Counsel in 2011, highlighting her role in managing the office’s responsibilities alongside Bauer. Sources like her Wikipedia page, Goldman Sachs bio, official White House archives, and multiple news reports (e.g., CNN, WSJ) consistently describe her as one of Obama’s most trusted senior advisors during his presidency.

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    -THE UK FACETS CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY - This news implicates the Queen being involved with paying Virginia Giuffre to settle with Andrew.

    -More on Ehud Barak, Israel, their spying and censorship complexes, and our ability to speak.

    IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

    MN AG Keith Ellison today is speaking to Congress about the US federal invasion of the state, the murders by ICE, and more. He offers key points re the federal government getting in the way of state and local investigators and the prosecution of the killers (who get their salaries off our backs)…

    -This bizarre exchange brought to you by taxation, lies, breaches of their US Constitution, hubris, and arrogance…

    -Here is the Substack story, with embedded video

    Status Coup NewsICE RAMS Into Car, Demands VICTIMS Show Their Papers: “We're Citizens!”Read more9 days ago · 867 likes · 78 comments · Jordan Chariton

    -More Bondi insanity from her appearance before Congress yesterday.

    -The woman ICE shot five times is suing LINK
    -A reminder from Truthstream Media

    -More, on ICE malfeasance…

    And MORE - as we previously have noted, ICE swept through the witnesses to their murder of Alex Pretti and violated many of their rights as well.

    And a reminder

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    ECONOMICS

    The Tariff Terror continues to hit US businesses. This time, it’s Goodyear Tires

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    -The CBO offers another dose of economic reality - if Trump would bother to look

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    -Multi-family mortgage delinquencies are surging.

    Some internet-ers are claiming that this revelation of one of the negotiating positions of Russia means the end of BRICS. I must differ with them, and here is Pete St Onge to show where we differ.

    This is a good piece, from Pepe Escobar: “How the China-Iran strategic partnership really evolves – Judge Andrew Napolitano – Judging Freedom” LINK

    “JOBS REPORT”

    MIRAGE - The January 2026 jobs report showed a net increase of 130,000 nonfarm payroll jobs over the month, which exceeded economists’ expectations (ranging from 55,000 to 80,000 based on various forecasts). This marked what Trumpistas are calling a “rebound” from the weak job growth seen throughout 2025, where total nonfarm payroll additions were revised downward to just 181,000 for the full year (an average of about 15,000 per month).
    Keep in mind, the “gain in new hires” does not mean an increase in the employed. The unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted, from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics household survey) was 4.0% in January 2025. It was 4.4% in December 2025. For January, the unemployment rate was virtually unchanged, 4.3%.
    The key for the January “jobs report” is that it only goes into “positive” territory because of medical care jobs, which typically are tied to government subsidies.
    Health care led the gains with 82,000 new jobs, followed by social assistance (42,000) and construction (33,000) (also subsidized by government, as we saw a DECLINE in new home starts and a flatline in office construction last year). In January 2025, total housing starts were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of approximately 1,358,000 to 1,366,000 units (sources vary slightly due to initial vs. revised figures, but consistently around 1.36 million SAAR).

    • By late 2025, the pace had trended lower in many months, with October 2025 (the latest detailed monthly figure available as of early 2026) at 1,246,000 SAAR — a notable decline from earlier in the year.

    Here is more, specifically looking at the job numbers when taking the health care sector into account

    WAR

    The Europeans are shoveling more cash to Ukraine, so that Ukraine can buy arms and other things from the Europeans and US - Headline: ‘EU Approves Massive $100 Billion Loan for Ukraine | The Libertarian Institute’ LINK
    Kaja Kallas claims Ukraine is “winning” - seriously.

    A judge just shut down (for now) Sec Def Pete Hegseths’s attempt to discipline through the military retired Navy Capt, now US Senator Mark Kelly Headline: LINK

    And Max Blumenthal and Judge Napolitano offer very valuable, timely, observations about the Netanyahu visit and the potential that Trump will back down from an attack on Iran.

    VENEZUELA

    This is important. “US holds secret indictment of Delcy Rodriguez, top opposition journo claims - The Grayzone: LINK

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