🎯 Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Ukrainian tightrope. From: American Greatness. Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022 because he saw weakness in the West, but now both he and the world want an end to the war Trump may be the only one willing to cut an imperfect but necessary deal.
Zelenskyy ‘regrets' what happened during Oval Office meltdown. From: Zero Hedge. Ukrainian officials “desperate" to get deal back on track. Trump not interested.
👉 ‘Living in a bubble’: How Zelensky miscalculated Trump. From: Philip Wegmann/Real Clear Politics. Now, his alliance with the United States, if not the fate of his country, is imperiled.
In Oval Office temper tantrum, Zelenskyy blows up peace talks. From: Breccan F Thies/The Federalist. Trump and Vance told Zelenskyy he is in no position to make demands of the U.S. government after the Ukrainian leader attempted to strong-arm the United States.
⭐️ DOGE: Bringing standard business scrutiny to government. From: Lydia Mashburn Newman/The Daily Economy. Zero-based budgeting is a proven method of finding waste and ineffective programs. That’s exactly why spending-addicted Congress hates it so much.
No sympathy for fired apparatchiks. From: Eric Peters. Sob stories about federal apparatchiks – workers is an inappropriate term in that it suggests something worth doing is being done – are all over the Internet, social media and the dinosaur media.
🔎 Why it’s time for Kash to go after the rogue FBI. From: David Stockman/International Man. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is a rogue institution of the Washington Swamp steeped in a lifetime of ignominy and disdain for constitutional liberty and democracy.
US troops bolster border security to curb illegal crossings. From: Diane Duenez/ Straight Arrow News. According to CPB numbers, about 29,000 attempted crossings were detected in January 2025, nearly 77% fewer than January 2024.
🚩 Trump tries to carve out a First Amendment exception for ‘fake news.’ From: Jacob Sullum/Reason. The president's portrayal of journalism he does not like as consumer fraud is legally frivolous and blatantly unconstitutional.
The press falls to another record low in public trust. From: Jonathan Turley. The only institution with a lower level of public trust is Congress, and that says a lot.
☝️AG Pam Bondi warns 3 states over transgender sports rules. From: Jack Phillips/Epoch Times-Zero Hedge. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday warned Minnesota, California, and Maine that they need to comply with federal law to keep “men out of women’s sports.”
The corruption of the New England Journal of Medicine. From: Leor Sapir/City-Journal. A leading medical journal has capitulated to transgender activists.