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The Tulsi Secret

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On February 8, 2026
Adam Silverman, over at Balloon Juice, puts together what we know about a whistleblower complaint to Tulsi Gabbard. It’s not a lot: generalities that have been widely reported, and a Guardian article with a bit more. Adam has picked out the meat of the Guardian...

Week 55

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On February 7, 2026

Brave Minnesotans continue to resist the occupation. The mini-Nazi has been replaced by someone who tries to look like a normal bureaucrat until he opens his mouth and makes the.

And Again

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On February 6, 2026

Not quite a month ago, we were told that DHS had acquired a mechanism that may be behind "Havana syndrome." it looked like what psychologists call "priming" to me. Priming.

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Negotiate Over What?

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On February 4, 2026
DePetris's post encapsulates the problem with The Discourse, which is getting worse as we all continue to pretend. https://bsky.app/profile/dandepetris.bsky.social/post/3me2lbfxdsk25 News stories are written this way because the doddering old fool in the White House clings to the fiction that he once was a maker of...

Week 54

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On January 31, 2026

Luca considers the week's events. It’s hard to believe that it’s only a week since CBP killed Alex Pretti. Around Wednesday, I became confused whether it had been last Saturday.

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The End Of Arms Control

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On January 30, 2026
An employee at Los Alamos National Laboratory prepares to cast plutonium. DOE Photo Next week, on February 5, the last of the historic nuclear arms control agreement lapses. The New START Treaty preserved the regime for a few more years, but the thinking that drove...
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Iran Again

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On January 28, 2026
This isn't the Abraham Lincoln on its way to the Persian Gulf, but close enough. US Navy photo. Fresh off his victories in Greenland and Minnesota, Donald Trump has decided to get Iran into line. He is moving an aircraft carrier group into position to...
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