Let’s be honest about something from the start. The story of Mexico’s cartel crisis and the United States border debate has never really been about border security. It has always been about power — who has it, who wants it, and who profits when the system stays broken. What happened this past Sunday, February 22, 2026, just ripped the curtain...
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Is Mexico’s Economy on the Edge? The El Mencho Killing Just Made a Fragile Situation Much Worse
The images coming out of Puerto Vallarta this weekend look like something from a war film — burned-out vehicles blocking highways, plumes of black smoke rising over what was, just days ago, one of Mexico’s most beloved tourist destinations. American tourists were dodging charred cars to get to the airport. Airlines including Delta, American, Alaska, and Air Canada cancelled flights...
JEFFREY EPSTEIN EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE
JEFFREY EPSTEIN EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE By Presidential Administration Based on DOJ Epstein Files Release (Jan. 30, 2026) & House Oversight Committee Documents (Nov. 2025) Prepared: February 23, 2026 IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: Appearance in the Epstein files does not constitute evidence of wrongdoing. The DOJ itself noted the files include unverified tips, unvetted submissions, and news clippings. No individual listed below, other than...
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- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypseby Julie Bort on February 26, 2026 at 1:59 am
Salesforce reported a solid […]
- Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emergingby Jagmeet Singh on February 26, 2026 at 12:00 am
Gushwork has raised $9 […]
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Mexico on Fire: El Mencho’s Death, the Asylum Question, and the Money Nobody Wants to Follow
Let’s be honest about something from the start. The story of Mexico’s cartel crisis and the United States border debate...
Is Mexico’s Economy on the Edge? The El Mencho Killing Just Made a Fragile Situation Much Worse
The images coming out of Puerto Vallarta this weekend look like something from a war film — burned-out vehicles blocking...
JEFFREY EPSTEIN EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE
JEFFREY EPSTEIN EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE By Presidential Administration Based on DOJ Epstein Files Release (Jan. 30, 2026) & House Oversight Committee...
America’s $64 Trillion Problem: Who’s Holding the Bag?
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Voter ID Laws: Is It Really About Illegal Immigrants — Or Is Something Else Going On?
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The Shutdown Charade: How Congress Turned Budget Deadlines Into Political Hostage-Taking
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- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypseby Julie Bort on February 26, 2026 at 1:59 am
Salesforce reported a solid year-end earnings and then pulled out all the stops to ward off more talk of the death of its business to AI.
- Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emergingby Jagmeet Singh on February 26, 2026 at 12:00 am
Gushwork has raised $9 million in a seed round led by SIG and Lightspeed. The startup has seen early customer traction from AI search tools like […]
- Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its foundersby Julie Bort on February 25, 2026 at 11:49 pm
Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person […]
- Nvidia has another record quarter amid record capex spendsby Russell Brandom on February 25, 2026 at 11:04 pm
"The demand for tokens in the world has gone completely exponential," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said about the company's earnings.
- The White House wants AI companies to cover rate hikes. Most have already said they would.by Tim Fernholz on February 25, 2026 at 8:42 pm
Many hyperscalers have already made public commitments to cover electricity cost increases.
- US cybersecurity agency CISA reportedly in dire shape amid Trump cuts and layoffsby Zack Whittaker on February 25, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Under the first year of the Trump administration, the U.S. cyber agency CISA has faced cuts, layoffs, and furloughs, as bipartisan lawmakers and […]
- Welcome to the post-hype crypto marketby Theresa Loconsolo on February 25, 2026 at 8:22 pm
Crypto is creeping back into the startup conversation, but at ETHDenver last week, the buzz was as much about Washington as it was about tokens. […]
- Alphabet-owned robotics software company Intrinsic joins Googleby Rebecca Szkutak on February 25, 2026 at 8:00 pm
Nearly five years after graduating into an independent Alphabet company, Intrinsic is moving under Google's domain.
- Snapchat announces ‘The Snappys,’ its first-ever creator awards showby Aisha Malik on February 25, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Snapchat is the latest social media platform to launch awards for creators, joining TikTok and Instagram.
- An accountant won a big jackpot on Kalshi by betting against DOGEby Julie Bort on February 25, 2026 at 7:36 pm
A tax accountant saw Elon Musk fans bidding up a Kalshi prediction market and saw a sure bet to make easy money.
- Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russiaby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on February 25, 2026 at 7:30 pm
The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker. This is how we first […]
- Samsung shows off new display tech that adds a privacy screen to apps and notificationsby Sarah Perez on February 25, 2026 at 7:23 pm
The new privacy tech uses different types of pixels to let you block certain apps and notifications from being viewed by others.