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View More NewsNA I did a Society for the Rule of Law podcast about the Supreme Court’s ruling in our tariff case. Greg Nunziata, Executive Director of the Society, interviewed me. We covered all major aspects of the decision, its implications for the future, and also potential litigation over Trump’s new Section 122 tariffs. The video is embedded below: I have also written several articles and blog posts about these issues, in recent days: “How the Supreme Court Spared America,” The Atlantic, Feb. 21, 2026 (non-paywalled link here). “The Supreme Court Spurns a Presidential Power Grab,” The Dispatch, Feb. 23. 2026 (non-paywalled…
from the dear-leader dept Most of Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr’s time lately has been split between destroying all consumer protection oversight and threatening media companies with fake investigations if they’re not appropriately deferential to our mad idiot king. The latter has tended to overshadow the former, but it’s all been an ugly combination of authoritarianism, regulatory capture, and rank corruption. But every so often Carr pauses to do other stuff to show daddy Trump he’s a very good boy. Like his latest announcement that he’s creating a new “Pledge America Campaign” ahead of the country’s 250th birthday this July…
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The Middle East—indeed much of the world—is currently waiting with bated breath to see whether the United States will attack Iran or whether it will agree to prolong the negotiations in the hope of achieving a peaceful resolution. Back in early January, President Donald Trump assured the Iranian masses protesting against their totalitarian rulers that help was on the way. But that help was not forthcoming, and, on the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the regime’s security forces, led by the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Basij militia, proceeded to mow down some 32,000 protesters and arrest…
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