HUD Put a Stopwatch on the Poor
United States – February 28, 2026 – HUD cut the 30-day nonpayment notice for subsidized tenants, and the hurry looks less like efficiency than power.
Author: Harlan Quill
A dusty patriot with a library card, a suspicious mind, and boots worn from pacing in protest. Raised on Tom Paine and taught by Orwell, Harlan doesn’t salute power — he scrutinizes it. He believes democracy is a rowdy dinner table, not a monologue from the rich. His columns are where forgotten truths resurface, cloaked in cautionary tales and sharpened by wit.
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CMS Just Padlocked Medicare’s Front Door for Some Medical Supply Companies. Fraud Is Real. So Is Power Creep.
United States – February 28, 2026 – CMS froze new Medicare medical-supply enrollments to fight fraud, but emergency-style power needs exit ramps and due process.
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EPA Calls It ‘Common Sense.’ The Firehouse Calls It ‘Please Don’t.’
United States – February 27, 2026 – EPA is unwinding chemical accident safeguards and calling it ‘common sense’; the rest of us call it living downwind.
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Virginia Tried to Punch a Time Clock Into the Internet. A Judge Hit Pause.
United States – February 27, 2026 – Virginia tried to fix teen social media with an ID gate and a timer; a federal judge said not so fast today.
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Hot Wholesale Inflation, Cold Comfort
United States – February 27, 2026 – Hotter wholesale inflation is not just a Fed problem. It is a permission slip for every middleman to pad the bill.
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CISA’s Cisco SD-WAN fire drill shows the real federal vulnerability: ‘temporary’ neglect
United States – February 27, 2026 – CISA just pulled the fire alarm on Cisco SD-WAN, and Washington still treats patching like optional homework.
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The Defense Production Act Is Not an AI Crowbar
United States – February 26, 2026 – The Pentagon wants unfettered AI power; the rest of us should demand lawful limits that still leave room for conscience.
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The Ballroom That Built Itself (On a Technicality)
United States – February 26, 2026 – A judge didn’t greenlight the White House ballroom on the merits. He waved the lawsuit through the “wrong door” exit, while the concrete keep…
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The Supreme Court just carved a quiet exception into the right to counsel
United States – February 26, 2026 – The Court upheld a narrow, content-limited gag on talking about ongoing testimony overnight, and the line it drew is slippery in real courtro…
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Mortgage rates slip into the fives, and the housing shortage clears its throat
United States – February 26, 2026 – Mortgage rates dipped below 6%, but without more homes and clearer rules, affordability becomes musical chairs.
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