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Monthly Archives: February 2026

An obvious point

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling holding Trump’s tariffs unconstitutional. There is, of course, a fact about this that the mainstream press will not report, or only hint at. There was no question about the unconstitutionality of Trumps tariffs. The constitution is clear. Yet 3 justices ignored the obvious in order to support […]

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A glimmer of hope

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Let me start by saying that I completely understand that the Republicans intend to try to steal the upcoming mid term elections. This post will assume that they will not be successful in doing so. I know that’s not exactly a safe assumption, but bear with me. The special elections that have been held since […]

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My State Senator loves her some ICE

Thursday, February 5, 2026

This from the Hartford Courant: Several Connecticut Republican senators called Tuesday for the resignation of Connecticut Education Association President Kate Dias following a statement she posted on the teacher’s union website. The post, in response to the shootings of two civilians in Minneapolis, refers to ICE agents “operating in and around schools, disrupting learning, shattering […]

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In Defense of Trump (to a limited extent)

Monday, February 2, 2026

At first I got a kick out of this article at Crooks & Liars, in which we read the following: Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m happy about the results in Texas. But as I thought about it, it occurred to me that there’s plenty of reasons to think that Trump didn’t know about the […]

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