Iran/Ukraine Using Same [DS] Tactic, Trump Will Unite The Country With A Stroke Of The Pen – Ep. 3843
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Economy
Canada's tariff policy with the USA is crushing their own country. It is not hurting the USA at all.
Canada's economy growth is 1%
The USA economy is at 3% to 4%Trade negotiations will be interesting. Mark Carney doesn't have any cards to play. pic.twitter.com/t6E7SpZZET
— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) February 18, 2026
GENIUS: Vermont Spent Millions on Electric Buses That Turned Out to be ‘Unreliable’ in Cold Weather
- Behold the genius of liberalism.
- Like so many blue states, Vermont decided to ‘go green’ and spent millions on electric buses. There’s just one little problem. It turns out that they’re not reliable in cold weather.
- It’s a good thing they never get cold weather in Vermont, right? Except for maybe just six months out of the year, of course.
The Vermont Daily Chronicle reports:
Vermont EV buses prove unreliable for transportation this winter
Electric buses are proving unreliable this winter for Vermont’s Green Mountain Transit, as it needs to be over 41 degrees for the buses to charge, but due to a battery recall the buses are a fire hazard and can’t be charged in a garage.
Source: thegatewaypundit.com
🔥 A young Black man thanked President Trump after being hired for a construction job on the spot, saying he believes recent immigration policies helped create the opportunity.
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 17, 2026
BREAKING: The President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, is expected to resign before the end of her 8-year term, per FT. pic.twitter.com/LClwBLl12s
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) February 18, 2026
- The Internal Revenue Service is taking longer to process tax refunds than it did a year ago, but the average size of refund checks that have already been issued to taxpayers is up by nearly 11 percent from those received through the same period in 2025.
- Millions of taxpayers are expected to see an increase in their refunds in the 2026 tax season due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which brought widespread changes in the tax code. Chief among the major provisions expected to benefit taxpayers is an increase to the standard deduction to $16,100 for individual filers and $32,200 for married couples who file a joint return.
- In addition, a new exemption of up to $12,500 ($25,000 if married and filing jointly) for qualified overtime pay, along with a deduction of up to $25,000 for income derived from tips, and a new $6,000 deduction for seniors ages 65 and older, could lead to significantly higher tax returns.
Source: zerohedge.com
Are the Fed’s Economic Models Wrong? Future Rate Moves Depend on the Answer.
- The Trump White House and its allies have shown little confidence in the Fed’s economic models, insisting that the central bank’s forecasts are wrong. The criticism underlies President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for lower interest rates, and shaped the president’s lengthy search for a successor to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May.
- Officials close to Trump, including Fed Governor Stephen Miran, a recent appointee and former White House official, have argued that the Fed is relying excessively on backward-looking data, overstating housing inflation and underestimating productivity gains from artificial intelligence and deregulation. Former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nominee for chair, has made similar claims. As a result, these officials say, interest rates are higher than they should be, and the Fed can afford to ease sooner and more aggressively.
Source: barrons.com
Political/Rights
DEI: DC Water dumped 240M gallons of sewage into the Potomac in one month. After 2 years purging white staff to meet diversity goals, DC Water Manager David Gadis celebrated that there he had ousted every experienced white executive based on the color of their skin. Today DC… pic.twitter.com/mXksv0aJYH
— @amuse (@amuse) February 18, 2026
Water claims that 70% of its employees are people of color – no mention of their qualifications.
So it turns out this was all a scam to help
Democrats get the white guy elected over the black lady.Some things never change. https://t.co/MJv6FZ4LTy
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) February 18, 2026
Called it. https://t.co/rQeGjVCltt pic.twitter.com/snRYXg7IZJ
— 🐺 (@LeighWolf) February 17, 2026
🚨BREAKING — Mustang High School (Oklahoma) Superintendent Dr. Charles Bradley SUSPENDS 122 students for TRUANCY, after they walked out of class in protest to ICE enforcement raids; Oklahoma Governor Stitt applauds the action pic.twitter.com/qfD4qjirqM
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) February 18, 2026
Hey, look. A whole bunch of illegal aliens have quit applying for benefits that Dems swore to us they didn't have access to. https://t.co/o5tsHqobHe
— AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ (@AwakenedOutlaw) February 17, 2026
🚨 BREAKING: Katie Zacharia, a lawyer and STAUNCH advocate for President Trump’s deportation policies, will be taking over as DHS Spokesperson following Tricia McLaughlin’s departure
Katie has been a VERY vocal advocate for ICE, exposed how illegals are BANKRUPTING states like… pic.twitter.com/XUoJwlRdXW
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 17, 2026
California, and has repeatedly outlined steps which could be used to DEFUND sanctuary cities across the country. Just recently, Katie was on Fox SLAMMING California’s attempts to force ICE agents to demask, and called out Newsom and LA Mayor Bass for their brazen violations of the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.
- Democrats in and out of Congress were whining for more oversight of the actions of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), but now the partial government shutdown that Democrats voted for and caused has curtailed the very department that was carrying out that oversight – the Department of Homeland Security.
- Yes, that’s right: Democrats just got beaten over the head with the Unintended Consequences stick.
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) internal watchdog has been forced to pause a significant chunk of its oversight of immigration enforcement as Democrats continue to withhold support for funding the Cabinet-level agency.
Democrats have called for stricter oversight of ICE since President Donald Trump surged federal law enforcement agents to blue cities across the country in a bid to crack down on illegal immigration.
- Democrats, once again, voted for this shutdown. It’s theirs. They own it, they own all that goes with it, and much good may it do them
Source: redstate.com
- A few weeks ago, the news broke that Whoopi Goldberg’s name appears in the Epstein files. Today on The View, they finally addressed this.
- Of course, after harping on the Epstein files and Trump for months, the hosts of The View are completely downplaying the relevance of Whoopi’s name being in the files. Suddenly, it’s no big deal. Suddenly, anyone’s name can appear in these files.
- It’s amazing how these hypocrites can shift like this because it’s one of them.
- From NewsBusters:
Goldberg proceeded to read the contents of the request. Co-host Sunny Hostin immediately brushed off the request by pointing out that Jeffery Epstein rejected it:
GOLDBERG: My is in the files. Yes. And what does it say? It says, ‘Whoopi needs a plane to get to Monaco. John Lennon’s charity’ — it should say ‘Julian Lennon’s charity is paying for it. They don’t want to charter so they looking for private owners. Here’s the info.’ And they give all the information, and they’re saying, ‘do you want to offer your GII?’ Okay.
HOSTIN: It looks like they said ‘no thanks.’
“In other words, anybody can be on this list,” co-host Joy Behar dismissed the facts, before trying to whatabout her way back to Trump: “But Trump is on the list 38,000 times. Come on!”
- See how it works? Trump’s name in the Epstein files would be automatic proof of some kind of guilt. Whoopi’s name in the Epstein files means nothing. Heads they win, tails you lose.
Source: thegatewaypundit.com
Epstein visited the Clinton White House 17 times. pic.twitter.com/IA4JTH3zP7
— X22 Report (@X22Report) February 18, 2026
Reid Hoffman set up an encrypted signal chat with Jeffrey Epstein and discussed some sort of $40 million financial arrangement https://t.co/eTbPLNuzuq
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 17, 2026
I need someone to pinch me.
MSM outlets like Reuters are now reporting on Epstein’s transnational criminal enterprise, engaging in “crimes against humanity”.
The broader public are now getting disclosure on the Deep State.
It’s real. And Epstein was part of it. https://t.co/kHuul03v1z
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) February 18, 2026
DOGE
Geopolitical
🇫🇷 Macron:
"Free speech is a pure bullshit if nobody knows how you are guided through this so-called free speech…
especially when it is to be guided from one hated speech to another hated speech."
Well, the masks are off.pic.twitter.com/kZj4tzbEnq https://t.co/bCEALka1TO
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 18, 2026
Rand Paul and Thomas Massie always claim to be experts on the Constitution, but still think Congress has more authority than the president, when it comes to “national security.”
Notice they haven’t been able to stop Trump from doing anything?
These corrupt charlatans have lost… https://t.co/ohXJoBPnPm
— JoeLange (@JoeLang51440671) February 17, 2026
have lost all credibility with everyone except ConInc media. Now they get mocked and lambasted on social media instead of celebrated. It’s deserved. TDS is real and it allows the people to clearly see, who really wants to make America and the world great again and who is trying to protect the status quo.
War/Peace
DELAY
DELAY
DELAY
IT’S THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC WAY https://t.co/c8xDFn0vuR— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) February 17, 2026
The distance from the US military base on Diego Garcia to Iran is approximately 3,800 kilometers (around 2,360 miles). This strategic location in the Indian Ocean serves as a key operating base for U.S. aircraft, such as B-2 and B-52 bombers, putting them within range to strike Iran while remaining outside the range of most Iranian missiles or drones.
🇸🇰🇭🇺🇺🇦 Slovakia and Hungary completely halt diesel exports to Ukraine
No more fuel until Kiev restores oil flow through the Druzhba pipeline
Slovakia has even vowed to cut electricity supplies as well if Ukraine continues blocking transit via Druzhba pic.twitter.com/SbYSoriTk0
— The Other Side Media (@TheOtherSideRu) February 18, 2026
🛢️ The Ukrainians’ decision to block oil deliveries through the Friendship pipeline to Hungary is blatant political blackmail. They’re trying to pressure us to support their EU membership & hand over funds belonging to Hungarian families. In response, Hungary has decided to stop… pic.twitter.com/Sv9jw4lFDX
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) February 18, 2026
diesel fuel deliveries to Ukraine. Thankfully, Hungary has a government that doesn’t bow to blackmail. We have taken all necessary steps to secure our supply and we will not give in.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Russia of trying to drag out negotiations to end the war, after trilateral talks that included the U.S. abruptly ended after two hours.
- Zelensky said the meetings that took place over two days in Geneva were “indeed difficult” and said he gave directions to his team “to do everything” so that talks are productive.
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- President Trump has in recent days put pressure on Ukraine to “come to the table fast.” Russia’s war against Ukraine will hit its four-year mark next week. Trump has made it a priority to settle the war, and routinely put the blame on Zelensky as an obstacle to peace despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its rejection of ceasefire offers.
Source: thehill.com
Under Intensifying US Pressure To Reach Deal, Zelensky Explodes: No Time “For All This S**t”
- Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has increasingly made his frustrations with the Trump administration public, but he may have just crossed the line with the US President, who Zelensky admits can be tough and unbending.
- Zelensky has newly complained amid the latest Geneva trilateral talks that the US delegation could pressure him to make “unsuccessful decisions” and he is urging Washington to back off, even using expletives to make his point.
- For starters, he claims that the Ukrainian public won’t let him cede territory to Russia for the sake of peace even if he wanted to, as we highlighted previously.
- Medinsky has argued – along with numerous Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin – that the conflict’s historical roots must be addressed as part of any settlement, especially given the bulk of the Ukrainian population in the east (Donbas) has always been Russian speaking and looked to Moscow historically.
- Zelensky dismissed that approach outright:
“We don’t have time for all this shit,” he told the outlet. “So we have to decide, and have to finish the war.”
Source: zerohedge.com
🚨 BREAKING:
🇻🇦🇺🇸The Vatican will not participate in the Trump's Board of Peace.
Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin:
"There are clearly some points that leave us somewhat perplexed.
There are critical issues that would need clarification."pic.twitter.com/W8wDtlOFWL https://t.co/LPN10MV7tN
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 18, 2026
Medical/False Flags
[DS] Agenda
Mamdani brings back homeless encampment sweeps – turning on campaign promise after backlash over cold weather deaths https://t.co/0XmSTW7o2E pic.twitter.com/WtHcyuI4H2
— New York Post (@nypost) February 18, 2026
Mayor Mamdani: "We are forced to raid our rainy day fund, retiree benefit fund, and to increase property taxes" pic.twitter.com/g6IJAI9J4o
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 17, 2026
BREAKING: Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis just ruled that gang member and alleged human trafficker Kilmar Garcia CANNOT be re-detained by ICE.
Activist judges are forcing us to have foreign criminals freely roaming our country.
Pure insanity pic.twitter.com/vLA0Bh4614
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 18, 2026
The presiding judges of the FISA Court just appointed Jennifer Daskal to advise the secretive court. She helped create the Biden Admin’s Disinformation Governance Board.
Insane.
Yet another reason for reform. pic.twitter.com/oyO5E5EFWB
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) February 17, 2026
This is a shockingly corrupt appointment, though hardly unique in the history of FISA court whitewashes. The court once put David Kris, Hillary Clinton’s campaign national security advisor, in charge of fixing the FISA abuses that were themselves created by the Clinton campaign. https://t.co/lMFgwc8jHH
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) February 17, 2026
Jennifer Daskal was appointed as an amicus curiae advisor to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) by the presiding judges of the FISC and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (FISCR). The presiding judge of the FISC at the time of her appointment was Anthony J. Trenga (appointed to his district court position by George W. Bush), and the presiding judge of the FISCR was Stephen A. Higginson (appointed to his circuit court position by Barack Obama).
This joint designation process for eligible amici curiae is outlined in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
DOGE is tracking ALL the money.
And now, they are making ALL the data transparent.Transparency and then prosecution.
There is simply no other way. https://t.co/gFRgLR08Fl— JoeLange (@JoeLang51440671) February 18, 2026
President Trump’s Plan
NEW: Indivisible, the country's largest protest organizer, is gearing up for No Kings 3.0, their next big national day of action. (I told y'all about this back in October 2025.)
As of today, there are over 600 individual protest events being organized. It will almost certainly… pic.twitter.com/Wlpwzo9eMX
— Mike Shelby (@grayzoneintel) February 17, 2026
grow to 1,200-1,500+ events nationwide for Saturday, 28 March. You should attend your local protest and see who’s out there. Let me know if you want some tips on how to gather information of intelligence value. You SHOULD be documenting these groups and individuals in your AO. It will be on the test.
🚨BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel reveals on Dan Bongino that a MAJOR DISCOVERY has been made regarding the FUNDERS of Antifa terrorists
"Wait until you see what's coming in the next month or two on the FUNDING STREAMS related to this."
LFG! 🔥
"You and I had launched a… pic.twitter.com/Lp3o8Jls22
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 18, 2026
serious investigation. We said, ‘these organizations don’t operate alone, don’t operate in silence. They operate with a heavy, heavy stream of funding.'” “And we started looking into it, and guess what, Dan, we FOUND them.” I can’t WAIT. Expose it all,
SOTU: Democrats have their own national anthem, their own flag, and now they’re have an alternative State of the Union. The left is tearing the republic apart on purpose. https://t.co/5i4naGU6Cy pic.twitter.com/uETNjn2vXv
— @amuse (@amuse) February 18, 2026
You might not have noticed it, but Trump and his team have been giving the public a crash course on the Deep State.
The JFK files were Deep State 101. The message was that JFK was killed for trying to expose the “monolithic and ruthless conspiracy”, that had embedded itself… pic.twitter.com/FfL2xqXd9y
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) February 18, 2026
within our government. JFK was assassinated because he was trying to expose and destroy the Deep State. Then a few months later, Tulsi came out with the bombshell report that Obama, and his intelligence heads, manufactured the Russia hoax as part of a “treasonous conspiracy”. This was the next phase of disclosure for the public. First they were shown that a Deep State exists via the JFK files, then they were shown that the Deep State STILL EXISTS today, and is trying to get rid of Trump, just like they got rid of JFK. Now we are onto the Epstein files. Now the public are being shown that Epstein was connected to the DEMOCRATS, and he was also connected to the global elite, like the Rothschilds and House of Saud. Now we are wading into expert territory, like a 300-400 level class. Now we are onto transnational criminal organizations and crimes against humanity. Understanding this phase of disclosure would not have been as feasible without the other steps first. In conclusion, I think we are being briefed in a calculated fashion, not a random one. I think the public are slowly being downloaded on the depth of the corruption. I think we are methodically going deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole of disclosure. I think there is method to the madness. We are on a timeline, which means the timeline has a projected end point. Patience. It’s working.
Mitch McConnell is a no vote on the SAVE ACT.
Over 90% of his constituents would vote yes.
But his owners don’t want it.
Can’t barely walk.
Has no clue where he is.Everything wrong with politics.
Congress was not meant to be a crooked nursing home.pic.twitter.com/iBI3PB2Pt2
— C3 (@C_3C_3) February 18, 2026
This is patently false, and indicates that you simply don’t understand the subject matter. Lee and others are not arguing for any rules changes.
They are arguing for the opposite: using the *existing rules* to force an actual filibuster and exhausting the opposition by requiring… https://t.co/xmgOoGZjng pic.twitter.com/104totAy1y
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) February 17, 2026
them to talk to maintain the filibuster, as opposed to allowing them to obstruct without doing any work. It’s okay if you don’t actually understand Senate rules, precedents, and procedures—most people don’t—but you owe it to yourself and your readers to do a better job on the topic going forward. Happy to connect you with actual experts any time you’re interested.
A talking filibuster doesn’t automatically end in passage at 51. It *can,* and this is what the rules allow if you’ve exhausted all speeches through physical tiredness or application of the 2 speech rule. But what usually happens is that a political process plays out, a…
— Rachel Bovard (@rachelbovard) February 17, 2026
It’s a long post; here are some highlights.
The pollster and strategist Tony Fabrizio presented with about 25 slides on the data on what voters care about — the demographics, the issues, what messages resonate and what do not.
The economy will be THE issue in the election, he said. Messages that break through: Banning stock trading for Congress, transparency on health insurance data (including on pricing and claims reimbursement), lowering prescription drug costs, the Trump tax cuts.
- The economy is always THE issue in the election. It’s THE issue in every election. People vote their economic interests first and foremost, and messaging can only take one so far if people aren’t feeling a little extra weight in their britches from a well-padded wallet.
Source: redstate.com
https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2024133358368813085?s=20
costs
– Tax cuts
– Banning stock trading for Congress Per
, pollster Tony Fabrizio recommended focusing on podcasts and social media TRUMP will be running his own instincts-driven 2024-style BLITZ, while everyone else needs to “stay on message” driven by the data THAT’S THE GAMEPLAN!
Time to win and keep the House and Senate
I spend exactly 0.00 seconds caring about projections from Polymarket, Kalshi, etc.
What the public think will happen, and what actually happens, are two completely different things.
Trump told us there will be voter-ID, either via the SAVE America Act, or via EO. If this is… pic.twitter.com/PGtfsonFPd
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) February 17, 2026
true (it is), then the Dems are going to lose the midterms in a catastrophic landslide, to the point where the public will have no choice but to accept that the Dems’ support is largely manufactured via election fraud and manipulation of public perception. The Dems manage perception with phony polls and projection sites. Everything is fake. Perception and reality are not the same. The GOP will win the midterms by a landslide, because things are now in motion that cannot be undone. Trump has already fully committed to saving the Republic, and this is what must happen for the public to wake up. Once the public see how the Dems are engaged in widespread election fraud, the veil will be lifted, and Trump will have not just the ability, but the RESPONSIBILITY, to hold the Dems accountable for hijacking our nation. It must be done.
Trump is telling us, that he is going to expose the entire fraudulent election system, so that he can transform it and safeguard the American people’s Constitutional right to vote.
It’s incoming! https://t.co/G05CXpqFWU
— JoeLange (@JoeLang51440671) February 18, 2026

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