Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 5, 2026

Russian Forces In Ukraine Scramble To Overcome Musk’s Starlink Restrictions. SpaceX’s sudden move to disconnect unauthorized Starlink terminals is playing havoc with Russian war plans with no remedy in sight.

China Secretly Testing Nuclear Weapons And Covering Its Tracks, U.S. Alleges

Bits about Money weighs in on Minnesota fraud drama: Responsible actors in civil society have a mandate to aggressively detect and interdict fraud. If they do not, they cede the field to irresponsible demagogues. They will not be careful in their conclusions. They will not be gentle in their proposals. They will not carefully weigh consequences upon the innocent. But they will be telling a truth that the great and the good are not. The public will believe them, because the public believes its lying eyes.

Statins do not cause the majority of side effects listed in package leaflets, large-scale analysis finds

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 4, 2026

Middle East Preparing For War Ahead Of U.S.-Iran Negotiations

Europe’s Folly. Issuing joint debt without a broader fiscal plan is a bad idea and will undermine further EU integration

South Korea and China are among the standout accelerators. Both countries are expected to see their 65+ population shares more than double between 2020 and 2040. In South Korea, this figure is projected to surge from 15.8 percent (2020) to 33.8 percent (2040), while in China, it is expected to rise from 12.7 percent to 26.6 percent.

The FBI believes that a years old bio lab in California and a newly-discovered biolab in Las Vegas are both tied to a CCP-linked Chinese fugitive currently awaiting a fraud trial.

When 38% of students at America’s most elite university claim disability status, the system isn’t broken—it’s working exactly as designed. For example, Stanford requires undergrads to purchase an $7,944 annual meal plan—unless they claim a religious dietary restriction the cafeteria can’t accommodate. So some students claim to be devout members of the Jain faith, which rejects any food that may cause harm to living creatures—including insects and root vegetables. They spend their meal money at Whole Foods instead, enjoying freshly made salads while their honest classmates eat “burgers made partly from mushroom mix.”

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 3, 2026

Taiwan military capabilities in jeopardy as defense budget row deepens

California gas prices expected to soar as Valero shutdown worsens oil crisis

Staff at Youth Prison Recount Lockdowns, Turmoil, 24-Hour Shifts. State-run youth prisons are severely understaffed. A Rochester-area facility has regularly operated with only a tenth of the staff it’s supposed to have available to supervise youth. Incarcerated youth at state-run facilities are often locked in small cells for upwards of 23 hours a day, according to staff and a recent lawsuit. They’ve missed out on school and programs.

F-35 From USS Abraham Lincoln Shoots Down Iranian Drone

X office raided in France’s Grok probe; Elon Musk summoned for questioning.

Turkish F-16 Vipers Seen Operating Out Of Mogadishu’s International Airport. Turkey and Israel have long jostled for influence in the Middle East, and now it appears this competition has spread to the Horn of Africa, where Turkey continues to expand its footprint.

Trump Signs Bill Ending Partial Government Shutdown. 21 Democrats broke from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and 21 Republicans voted no on the bill.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 2, 2026

As food prices surge, Russians stop buying fruit, ignore expiration dates, and brace for more hikes

Washington-Tehran Talks Planned As U.S. Military Buildup Continues

New Jersey’s New Governor Declares State of Emergency on Energy

On three individuals who had wildly different impressions of the United States with world-changing consequences

I think it is only recent because a lot of people got two year trade degrees and decided trades where not for them (I know a lot of guys like that). The fact that even with those dragging down the average that they are now more employed then the 4 year counterparts is what is new. Plumbers, electricians and pipe fitters with a two-year degree are more likely to be employed than four-year college graduates, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s a very new trend, reports Taylor Telford in the Washington Post.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 1, 2026

With President Donald Trump setting a deadline for Iran to negotiate, the regime is removing the nuclear cache trapped in sites damaged in the Israeli and U.S. strike during the 12-Day War last summer.

The Australian government is overreaching already

Berlin hospitals struggle to treat hundreds of slip-and-falls after repeated snow and ice storms because environmental laws forbid the use of melting agents on stairs and sidewalks

Democrat Wins Texas Special Election, Eroding GOP’s Slim House Majority

Fungus could be the insecticide of the future