The Fed Runs on a Coin Flip, and You Still Owe the Mortgage
United States – February 23, 2026 – Waller says March hinges on one jobs print, and that is exactly how households get whipsawed by data politics.
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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Live Nation’s record year, and the old trick of telling the referee to go home
United States – February 21, 2026 – Live Nation posts record 2025 revenue while urging DOJ to “move on” just as an antitrust trial date nears, a familiar choreography when overs…
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A ‘Clean’ Extension of Section 702 Means Dirty Work Gets a Longer Lease
United States – February 21, 2026 – The White House wants a clean Section 702 extension into 2027, and your inbox gets drafted without a warrant.
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DHS Wants One Biometric Search Box. Liberty Is Not a Search Filter.
United States – February 21, 2026 – DHS is shopping for a unified biometric matcher; if oversight is optional, so is the Fourth Amendment, too.
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The Court Closed the Emergency Tariff Trapdoor. Congress Should Bolt It.
United States – February 21, 2026 – SCOTUS clipped tariff-by-emergency, and the White House reached for a new lever. Congress: reclaim the purse strings.
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The Supreme Court Just Reminded Washington Who Gets to Tax You
United States – February 21, 2026 – SCOTUS said emergency tariffs are not a presidential piggy bank, and the workaround scramble is the real verdict.
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Public Housing, Paperwork, and the New Loyalty Test
United States – February 21, 2026 – HUD’s new citizenship-verification rule turns housing aid into a document hunt, and families will pay the rent with fear.
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FDA’s “No Artificial Colors” Loophole: When a Label Stops Speaking English
United States – February 20, 2026 – FDA broadened the “no artificial colors” label by discretion, leaving shoppers to decode loopholes while brands cash in.
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Roundup, War Powers, and the Fine Print That Bites
United States – February 20, 2026 – Washington stamped glyphosate as ‘national defense’ and tucked industry immunity into the margins.
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The Antitrust Clock Ran Out. The Questions Did Not.
United States – February 20, 2026 – A merger review ended in silence, and silence is how regulators train the public not to believe them anymore.
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