February 2026

US Treasury To Allow Resale Of Venezuelan Oil To Cuba to Ease Island’s Fuel Crunch Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced a new licensing policy to streamline the resale of Venezuelan oil to Cuba, with the goal of supporting the island’s private sector and […]

Trump Advisers Want Israel To ‘Attack Iran First’ For Better Optics: Politico Politico is out with a crazy story on Thursday, but which will make sense to those following the trajectory of US foreign policy over the past couple decades plus. Senior US officials want Israel to strike Iran before Washington launches a renewed assault

“You’re Not Alone”: Reporters Comfort Those Triggered And Traumatized By Scenes Of Patriotism Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, most Americans found a moment of rare unity in our pride over the performance of our athletes in the Winter Olympics. After years of rage politics, there was a brief respite as we joined in cheering

“Squatty Potty” Millionaire Charged With Possession Of Child Porn Hoard Robert Edwards, the inventor of the “Squatty Potty” and a contestant on the show “Shark Tank”, has been charged with the possession of a digital hoard of child pornography materials including videos and images.  Edwards, 50, was arrested for allegedly buying and receiving countless images

Hillary Clinton Says She Knew Nothing About Jeffrey Epstein’s Crimes Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Hillary Clinton told members of Congress on Feb. 26 that she does not have knowledge about crimes carried out by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Average 7Y Auction Stops On The Screws Amid Stock Rout After yesterday’s mediocre 5Y auction, we had just one coupon sale left: 7Y paper at 1pm today. And with today’s wholesale post-Nvidia, risk-off move it was expected to be an easy sale, which is more or less what it was. The Treasury sold $44 billion

Travel Stocks In Focus After Cartel Chaos Erupts In Mexico The U.S. State Department has lifted its “shelter in place” alerts for Americans after Mexican special forces, aided by U.S. intelligence, killed a top drug cartel boss, sparking cartel-related chaos across at least one key tourism town in the third-world country just south of the