Virginia Giuffre’s family has called Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest a “stain” on the royal family and said they hoped the moment would lead to a “cultural change” where powerful people are held to account.
Giuffre’s allegations of abuse by Andrew more than a decade ago paved the way for a substantial US civil lawsuit settlement, the loss of his royal titles and patronages and his removal from public life.
They couldn’t do it.
It was hoped their cause would make more of an effort than just burping up daily hysteria fuelled by social media.
But they couldn’t resist. And so we get to experience another eruption of phoney outrage.
President Donald Trump says the world will find out “over the next, probably, 10 days” whether the US will reach a deal with Iran or take military action.
At the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington DC, Trump said of negotiations with the Islamic Republic about its nuclear programme: “We have to make a meaningful deal otherwise bad things happen.”
In recent days, the US has surged military forces to the Middle East, while progress was also reported at talks between American and Iranian negotiators in Switzerland.
Steven Spielberg has said goodbye to Hollywood and joined the growing list of billionaires fleeing California ahead of a hefty new proposed wealth tax as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) remains committed to taxing the state into prosperity.
… “Today, I will sign an order to impose a 10 per cent global tariff under Section 122, over and above our normal tariffs already being charged,” he said, during a press conference at the White House. “And we’re also initiating several section 301, and other investigations to protect our country from unfair trading practices of other countries and companies.”
Good news, Washington, D.C.
Sure, you may have your river water more, um, feces-enriched than before thanks to the failure of the Potomac Interceptor rupture. Sure, the sewage pipe’s failure is so massive that the media is calling it the “Pooptomac” disaster. (USA Today’s phraseology, not mine; I’d never be so juvenile as to say that, I’d just repeat it.) Sure, aging infrastructure is apparently to blame for the disaster, which has led to the spillage of roughly 240 million gallons of untreated sewage flowing into the Potomac River — the biggest spill in U.S. history.
h/t kiki9
Carney government shifts advertising budget to more patriotic messaging
The federal government reallocated its advertising budget after Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet was sworn in last year, recently disclosed figures show, shifting its priorities to patriotic and economic messages and purchasing pricey television airtime during major sporting events like the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics.
The Treasury Board Secretariat’s proactive disclosure of spending from its central advertising fund for the third quarter of 2025-26 itemizes how advertising resources were distributed across government departments, allowing for comparisons with the first two quarters of this year, as well as earlier fiscal years when Justin Trudeau was at the helm.
Members of Congress have urged the US government to take action against associates of Jeffrey Epstein, following the arrest in the UK of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
“Prince Andrew was just arrested,” Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman who co-sponsored the law that compelled the justice department to release the Epstein files, wrote on X. “Now we need JUSTICE in the United States.”
The King’s brother, who was stripped of his titles last year due to his ties with Epstein, has consistently and strenuously denied any wrongdoing.
A human rights tribunal has ordered a salon just outside of Montreal to pay a non-binary customer $500 because its list of services lacked a gender-neutral option. The tribunal’s ruling: discrimination based on gender identity. If the salon doesn’t pay, it risks being sued.
Apparently, everything is discrimination now.
Serial complainer.
OFFS. 🙄@fancypants_s https://t.co/PbxdNnP0Tl
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) February 19, 2026
h/t Auntie Polly
Biden’s border chaos wasn’t accidental—it was a political strategy to reshape America’s electorate and expand left-wing power.
Why would any president destroy the U.S. southern border?
The Left typically “pounces” on anyone daring to suggest that the Biden administration had green-lighted illegal immigration to gain new constituents for agendas that otherwise were without broad public support.
The Left smears critics of open borders as racist conspiracists spreading the “Great Replacement Theory.”
Yet for years, Democrats and leftists themselves had written triumphalist books with titles like “The Emerging Democratic Majority.” And often they crowed that “Demography is Destiny.”
As Canadian fury grows against Donald Trump with each new outrage, Mark Carney has found a sweet-spot.
As long as Carney keeps his elbows up, signalling his defiance of the menacing U.S. president, Canadians have mostly given the prime minister a free hand in running the country.
And Carney has used this considerable leeway to quietly consolidate corporate power in Canada — with dangerous consequences that are receiving insufficient media attention.
The anti-immigrant Pro-Germany Alternative for Germany (AfD) party holds a commanding lead in the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as voters across several regions are set to cast their ballots in a bumper election year.
The AfD topped a representative survey by pollsters Forsa in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with 37%, followed by the Social Democrats (SPD), who lead the current state government, with 23%.
‘Enough is enough’: Canadian intelligence experts to focus on extortion crime, federal minister says
The federal finance minister visited Mississauga, Ont., Thursday to announce dedicated financial intelligence experts who will focus on extortion crime targeting Canadian businesses and households.
The move comes as Brampton and Caledon, Ont., mayors called on the federal government to help create a multi-jurisdictional strategy to combat what they say are rising extortion threats towards businesses in their cities, particularly South Asian ones.
It also follows a pair of summits in Brampton and Surrey, B.C., to hear about how threats of violence are affecting communities.
On Friday morning, the Supreme Court ruled against Donald Trump’s broad tariffs, which he imposed through a series of executive orders, under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), declaring that the 1977 law does not authorize the president to unilaterally impose sweeping import duties as a tool for addressing trade deficits, national security, or emergencies like fentanyl flows.
CBC – U.S. Supreme Court finds Trump overstepped authority in imposing tariffs under emergency law
BBC – Trump’s sweeping global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
Telegraph – Trump tariffs illegal, rules Supreme Court
Premier Danielle Smith wants to hold a referendum in October on measures to limit immigration to Alberta and changes she believes would give the province more rights under the Constitution.
In a 13-minute televised address Thursday evening, Smith said she wants Albertans to vote on nine questions on Oct. 19. She said the subject of each question was based on what the Alberta Next Panel heard the most when consulting with Albertans during town halls and through written submissions last year.
“The fact is, Alberta taxpayers can no longer be asked to continue to subsidize the entire country through equalization and federal transfers, permit the federal government to flood our borders with new arrivals and then give free access to our most-generous-in-the-country social programs to anyone who moves here,” Smith said.
I am honoured to speak directly with Albertans about the road ahead for our province, the choices we face together, and how you will have the final say in shaping Alberta’s future within a strong and united Canada. pic.twitter.com/rAyK0awCvM
— Danielle Smith (@ABDanielleSmith) February 20, 2026
Contrast Smith with Doug “My Buddies Need Cheap Labour from 3rd World Dumpsters” Ford.
Coyne gets his ass kicked as always.
This is utterly unhinged. https://t.co/Lo7ADE4ZS0
— Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 (@acoyne) February 20, 2026
