Wholesale Inflation Pops, and the Tariff Bill Shows Up in the Profit Margins
United States – February 27, 2026 – Today’s hot wholesale inflation print is a warning label: tariffs and markups are squeezing workers while Wall Street shrugs.
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PPI Pops, Wallet Sizzles: Producer Prices Hit the Grill Again
United States – February 27, 2026 – The BLS PPI print came in hot, services did the pushing, and the inflation priesthood is already lighting incense over your grocery bill.
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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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SCOTUS Gets a Smoking Hot Syria TPS Burger: Read the Statute, Not the NGO Menu
United States – February 27, 2026 – The Supreme Court is staring down an emergency fight over whether DHS can end Syria TPS on the timeline it set, or whether lower-court blocks…
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Tunheim Said No: Trump DHS Tried To Turn Legal Refugees Into Pretrial Detainees
United States – February 27, 2026 – A federal judge just blocked DHS from yanking lawful refugees into custody, because the cruelty was the point.
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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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