Mike

FUBAR - Tankers burning in the Gulf. Oil prices spiking again. The Trump regime looks like pathetic amateurs, way over their head, Epstein desperate, and easy “take the win and go home” options getting harder to see. https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trump-is-a-titanic-vainglorious-fck?publication_id=1223483&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

California AG Rob Bonta was out with this statement, sent to the Prospect and others: “Paramount/Warner Bros is not a done deal. These two Hollywood titans have not cleared regulatory scrutiny—the California Department of Justice has an open investigation, and we intend to be vigorous in our review.”
https://prospect.org/2026/02/27/states-can-block-paramount-warner-deal/

Trump’s tariffs are enormously unpopular. As G. Elliott Morris noted in Strength in Numbers yesterday, an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll taken before the Supreme Court decision found that 64% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of tariffs. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-23-2026?publication_id=20533&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-prepares-for-his-state-of-the?publication_id=1250616&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

There’s been a brewing story in Texas involving Rep. Tony Gonzalez and a former staffer, Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, who allegedly had an affair with the congressman before committing suicide by self-immolation.
https://truthandcons.substack.com/p/everybody-hates-donald?publication_id=220565&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

I took a week off from writing about politics and I've come back to find that most Americans still hate Trump. https://truthandcons.substack.com/p/everybody-hates-donald?publication_id=220565&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

I took a week off from writing about politics and I've come back to find that most Americans still hate Trump. https://truthandcons.substack.com/p/everybody-hates-donald?publication_id=220565&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

In fact, they’re giving less to charity now than they have in years. And when they do, they get big tax breaks which you and I are paying for. Billionaire philanthropy is worse than an oxymoron. It’s a sham. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/billionaire-philanthropy-is-a-sham?publication_id=365422&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

The FBI has said it was not a personal trip & any personal portion would be reimbursed. If that is true, then provide the itinerary. Detail the meetings. Clarify the security purpose. Document any reimbursement. Transparency is not complicated when everything is on the level. https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/from-fiscal-hawks-to-celebrity-politics?publication_id=1910658&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

The FBI has said it was not a personal trip & any personal portion would be reimbursed. If that is true, then provide the itinerary. Detail the meetings. Clarify the security purpose. Document any reimbursement. Transparency is not complicated when everything is on the level. https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/from-fiscal-hawks-to-celebrity-politics?publication_id=1910658&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

I was shocked by Rice’s comment. She’s among the most cautious & pro-corporate members of the Democratic establishment, so if she’s demanding investigations of big business, that’s a sign the center & center-left believe they have to create an incentive for corporations to stop cooperating with [tRUMP] https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-a-tariff-loss-highlights?publication_id=11524&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/jeffrey-epstein-files-howard-lutnick-email-cantor-fitzgerald/

It is about time someone reminded Congress of its constitutional duties. Trump’s executive overreach can be stopped, as demonstrated by this Supreme Court decision. It will take more decisions like this one and more members of Congress stepping up and telling the president no.
https://steady.substack.com/p/supreme-court-finally-checks-trump?publication_id=247881&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

Before Donald Trump tries to convince you otherwise on Tuesday night, the state of our union is appalling. That’s not just me saying so; a majority of the American people say so too. https://steady.substack.com/p/supreme-court-finally-checks-trump?publication_id=247881&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

Everyone in power, both here and abroad, knew the Republicans were going to be shattered in the midterm elections, and that Trump has lost his popular support. Now he can’t even pretend to wield instant and unlimited IEEPA tariffs. https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-a-tariff-loss-highlights?publication_id=11524&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

Contact the bill sponsors and make clear that criminalizing women and exposing them to capital punishment for seeking abortion care is unacceptable. Below I provide their publicly available contact numbers, address, emails, and a script to help guide your remarks. https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/tennessee-gop-intro-bill-to-kill?publication_id=2550223&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

Contact the bill sponsors and make clear that criminalizing women and exposing them to capital punishment for seeking abortion care is unacceptable. Below I provide their publicly available contact numbers, address, emails, and a script to help guide your remarks. https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/tennessee-gop-intro-bill-to-kill?publication_id=2550223&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

This is not only a Tennessee issue. It is a national test case. If these bills advance in one state, others will follow. You can act right now. Contact the bill sponsors
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/tennessee-gop-intro-bill-to-kill?publication_id=2550223&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

This is not only a Tennessee issue. It is a national test case. If these bills advance in one state, others will follow. You can act right now. Contact the bill sponsors
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/tennessee-gop-intro-bill-to-kill?publication_id=2550223&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

When a state with the highest maternal mortality rate in America proposes legislation that would treat abortion as homicide, it is not “pro-life.” It is reckless governance.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/tennessee-gop-intro-bill-to-kill?publication_id=2550223&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

When a state with the highest maternal mortality rate in America proposes legislation that would treat abortion as homicide, it is not “pro-life.” It is reckless governance.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/tennessee-gop-intro-bill-to-kill?publication_id=2550223&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

Here’s what you need to know about this bill, the five white Republican men behind it, and how you can do your part to help stop this bill from advancing. https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/tennessee-gop-intro-bill-to-kill?publication_id=2550223&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
– Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning