Friday, October 23, 2026

Trump administration narrows Endangered Species Act protections by removing habitat destruction rule

The administration has eliminated a decades-old definition of “harm,” making it more difficult to use the Endangered Species Act to stop projects that destroy critical wildlife habitat.

Does Russia have Donald Trump’s sex tape?

Trump is the only U.S. president who doesn’t see Putin as a threat to the United States.
Reporters raise their hands in the White House briefing room. Photo: The White House from Washington, DC (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

CNN, Politico and MS NOW sue Trump administration over White House ban

The dispute echoes a 2018 fight over a White House press pass that CNN won in court.

Sanders proposes 50% public stake in leading AI companies

New legislation would create a sovereign wealth fund funded through equity transfers from major artificial intelligence firms, aiming to distribute AI-generated wealth beyond Silicon Valley investors.

The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco

ProPublica revealed how a rushed effort to arm Ukraine with artillery shells wasted half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding. Here are the biggest takeaways from that reporting.
A U.S. election sign. Photo: Lars Plougmann / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Crystal Mason’s belief in democracy was shaken — but not destroyed

For 10 years, Texas prosecutors accused her of voter fraud after she cast a provisional ballot that was never counted in the 2016 election. That changed Thursday.

Hormuz: China oil demand tapped out, heavy truck EVs rise

Because petroleum and fossil gas are now so unstable as energy sources, wise governments are plotting to escape their use in favor of reliable, clean, local energy sources such as solar, wind, water and battery for electricity generation and batteries for electric vehicles.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage at Landing Zone 1. Photo: SpaceX (CC0)

The first trillionaire – no big deal?

Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse

US tech leaders are urgently calling for rules on AI – China already has...

China has already implemented many rules governing the use of artificial intelligence.
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The Five Principles of Patriotism

True patriots seek to confirm and strengthen and celebrate the “we” in “we the people of the United States.”