It will no longer be sufficient to simply drain the swamp, we must now be prepared to flush the toilet that is the Trump administration.

The WSJ scoop, titled “‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company,” detailed UAE Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s half-a-billion-dollar purchase of 49% of Trump’s cryptocurrency company World Liberty Financial – just four days before Trump became president for a second time.

Tech stocks fell in Asia after a similar sell-off in America. It began after Anthropic, a privately-held artificial-intelligence firm, launched an AI tool that can automate some legal work. Legal- and data-services companies suffered first: shares in Thomson Reuters, for example, sank by... 1/2

Walmart’s market value rose above $1trn for the 1st time. Investors have been impressed by the retail giant’s efforts to develop new technology to take on e-commerce firms such as Amazon. Walmart recently signed deals with Alphabet & OpenAI that allow its customers to use AI to buy goods.

Trump signed a bill to end the partial government shutdown, after it narrowly passed the House of Representatives by 217-214 votes. The measure will fund several agencies until September and the Department of Homeland Security until February 13th, allowing lawmakers to continue negotiating... 1/2

The navy shot down an Iranian drone that it said “aggressively approached” the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft-carrier in the Arabian Sea, with “unclear intent”. Last week Donald Trump sent an armada to the Middle East, and has repeatedly threatened to strike Iran if it does not agree to new... 1/2

The latest cache of Epstein emails “remind us that the weaknesses of the all-powerful are identical to those of everyone else, with one crucial difference: [those people] concentrate power,” wrote the editorial board of Diario Libre, a newspaper from the Dominican Republic . “There’s no ... 1/2

Trump’s net approval rating fell to -18 last week, but has since risen to -15. The increase may just be noise. But it may also be people think Trump is doing a better job on inflation & prices. Though it is still negative, his net rating on this has risen from -34 in October to -23.

A federal judge seemed sceptical of the Defence Department’s attempt to demote Mark Kelly, a Democratic senator and retired navy captain, and garnish his military pension. Mr Kelly participated in a video in which he and other lawmakers told service members to refuse illegal orders. The judge... 1/2

Kevin Warsh’s confirmation could take a while. Several Republicans—including some on the Senate Banking Committee, which vets nominations—have refused to consider any nominations to the Fed’s board while the Department of Justice investigates Jerome Powell, the current chair, on what seem to... 1/2

Stephen Miran resigned as an economic adviser to the White House in order to continue to serve on the Federal Reserve’s board. He had been on leave from the administration since his appointment to the Fed in September. Miran’s Fed term expired on January 31st, but he is permitted to stay on... 1/2

A judge temporarily prevented federal agents from using “chemical or projectile munitions” on peaceful protesters demonstrating in front of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, and the journalists covering them. Protests have occurred there since early last... 1/2

The partial government shutdown ended after the House of Representatives passed a package of bills by 217-214 votes. They will fund several agencies until September and the Department of Homeland Security until February 13th. That gives lawmakers very little time to bridge the gap between the... 1/2

The closest the new documentary “Melania” comes to a revelation is a scene in which, worried about safety, Mrs Trump repeatedly objects to the traditional First-Couple routine of stepping out of the presidential limousine to walk a bit during the inaugural parade (in the end, citing the cold... 1/2

Donald Trump’s net worth has increased significantly following a controversial $500 million investment from a UAE royal into the World Liberty Financial crypto platform. This geopolitical analysis investigates potential conflicts of interest and the reported links between these private funds... 1/3

Stop saying underage women. They are children.

Trump is stupid. How much intelligence is required to lie and claim that everything is fake news or a witch hunt?

While Trump was taking credit for a ceasefire on energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia, Russia sent over 1,100 missiles and drones to destroy Ukraine's energy infrastructure and to murder Ukrainian civilians. A war crime that has been repeated over and over by Putin and his military.

I miss the times when we didn't have an imbecile in the White House.

This report analyses Russia’s escalated drone strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and the impact of Chinese support on Vladimir Putin’s military production. Key developments include the destruction of Russian Buk missile systems by Ukrainian HIMARS and the devastating drone strike on a... 1/3

WE BELIEVE THE WOMEN !.......

Trump says that Republicans ought to "nationalize elections" because Stephen Miller told him to say that, Trump is not smart enough to come up with words like this but he is aware that he will be indicted, found guilty, and imprisoned for the rest of his life unless he can remain president.

Trump said he would create a stockpile of strategic critical minerals, worth around $12bn, to reduce US reliance on China. He intends to finance it with a $10bn loan from the US Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that provides credit to exporters, and $1.7bn in private capital. China enjoys... 1/2

The DOJ reportedly demoted Ed Martin, a Trump ally, from his job leading the “Weaponization Working Group”, an effort to investigate the president’s perceived enemies. Martin, a right-wing activist and lawyer with no prosecutorial experience, oversaw investigations into James Comey, former... 1/2

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will not release labor-market data for December, due today, because the Labor Department, which oversees the BLS, is closed during the government shutdown. January employment figures will also not be published on Friday. The publication of September jobs data... 1/2

A judge prevented DHS from ending temporary protected status for Haitians, which was due to expire today. The designation allows people from unstable countries to remain and work in America. DHS has ended TPS for people from several other countries. A number of lawsuits are in progress... 1/2

Kristi Noem said that body cameras would be given to “every officer” in Minneapolis. She added that cameras would be sent to ICE agents elsewhere “as funding is available”. If the House of Representatives passes a bill to end the partial government shutdown today, DHS will be funded for two... 1/2

Donald Trump has proposed a federal takeover of the US election system following a series of significant Republican defeats in special elections across Texas and the South. This strategic shift towards nationalizing voting comes as Democratic candidates flip key seats with massive swings... 1/3

🇵🇱Unknown drone crashes into the territory of military unit in Poland, Polish media reports. The incident occurred last Wednesday - a drone of unknown origin crashed into a military unit in Przasnysz, namely on the territory of the 2nd Radio-Electronic Center.

Trump has expressed a desire to lead a movement to end mail-in voting & voting machines, suggesting Republicans should take stronger control over election processes. Legal experts say the president does not have the authority to nationalize elections, this power is reserved for state legislatures.

"Everybody is a candle, true. But not everybody is lit." - Harbhajan Singh Yogi "Many who are 'lit' are not candles." - me (again)

The midterm elections will flush the toilet that is the Trump administration. - me 02/03/2026

Congress was warned that Gabbard was a serious risk to National Security.

A sensitive whistleblower report concerning DNI Tulsi Gabbard is reportedly locked away. Gabbard's office claims the report is politically motivated & would harm national security. Lawyers for the whistleblower are urging for its release to Congress. The intelligence community acknowledges... 1/2

Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, is facing a whistleblower complaint that has been kept classified & away from Congress for 8 months. The complaint reportedly involves serious allegations that impact national security, but Gabbard's office insists there has been no wrongdoing.

"Prejudice is more violent the blinder it is." —Elizabeth Blackwell

China’s foreign ministry called the Dalai Lama’s Grammy award for best audiobook “a tool for anti-China political manipulation”. Tibet’s spiritual leader won for “Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama” at a ceremony on Sunday. China described the aged Nobel peace... 1/2

Bill & Hillary Clinton agreed to testify in a congressional investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein affair. Lawmakers planned to vote on holding the couple in contempt of Congress after they initially refused to answer questions on the government’s handling of cases involving Epstein. The Economist

Palantir reported revenue of $1.4bn for the 4th quarter of 2025, up 70% on the previous year. Revenue from US government contracts rose by 66% over the period. The data-surveillance firm has drawn criticism from anti-ICE protesters for helping the Trump administration to crack down on... 1/2

Russia again broke its word & struck Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, ending a pause on such attacks requested by Trump because of freezing temperatures. Ukrainian authorities said the strikes hit power facilities (a war crime) in the capital, Kyiv, as well as several other regions. The... 1/2

America said it will lower tariffs on Indian imports and India has agreed to stop buying Russian oil. Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, confirmed that tariffs would fall, but not that India would buy less Russian oil or more American goods. America will scrap a 25% tariff surcharge... 1/2

Elon Musk announced that SpaceX would acquire xAI, his artificial-intelligence startup. Musk suggested that the merger—estimated to be worth $1.3trn—would enable the construction of “space-based data centers” to train AI models. SpaceX is considering an initial public offering this year.

This report examines the escalating Tulsi Gabbard whistleblower scandal & the alleged national security risks currently impacting US intelligence operations. It analyses claims of a coordinated executive cover-up involving the suppression of highly classified complaints from Congressional... 1/3

"If a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who’s been arrested." - Tom Wolfe

TACO Trump said the US & Iran will “hopefully” make a deal to avoid conflict. The TACO was responding to the warning of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that US military action would spark a “regional war”. TACO has sent naval forces to the region & threatened to attack Iran if... 1/2

Gold and silver prices dropped further. Gold fell by as much as 9% on Monday, before recovering slightly. Silver dropped to $72, from a high of more than $120 in January. Investors had bought the metals because of rising geopolitical tensions and worries about Donald Trump’s attacks on the... 1/2

"We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans." —Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican megastar, uses his Grammy music-award acceptance speech to excoriate ICE. The crowd gave him a standing ovation.

Everybody, except Trump, knows... “Every tariff dollar collected is a dollar taken out of an American family’s purchasing power,” wrote the editorial board of Ya Libnan, a Lebanese news outlet. Tariffs did not protect American workers in the 1930s, and “they will not protect them now.” 1/2

The newly renamed “Trump-Kennedy Centre” will be closed for two years from July 4th for renovations. Trump claimed the cultural institution is “tired, broken, and dilapidated”. The physical refurbishment follows an organizational one. The president has replaced the Centre's board members with... 1/2

A firm run by a member of the United Arab Emirates’ royal family agreed to pay $500m for 49% of World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s crypto company, days before the president’s inauguration, according to the Wall Street Journal . A spokesman for WLF said that there was nothing unusual... 1/3