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Date Sent: 2026-02-23
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Monday, February 23, 2026
 
$845 Trillion Derivative Crisis as U.S. Banks Prepare for Bail-Ins

Mar-a-Lago shotgun-wielding madman ID'd as Austin Tucker Martin, a North Carolina golf course ar -- Inside Epstein's Zorro Ranch 'where paedophile looked to carry out human experiments... -- Saudis Lead Arab Fury After Huckabee Floats 'Greater Israel' Vision -- US Intel Aided Mexican Special Forces In "El Mencho" Kill As Spillover Risks Rise -- Joe Rogan Show: If we declare war on the cartel, these dudes (Cartel fools) are not gonna... -- Israel plans 'unprecedented strikes' in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq as part of US-Iran war: Report -- Mexican Resort Towns Burn As Special Forces Kill Jalisco New Generation Cartel Boss "El Mencho* -- War With Iran on Hold… But for How Long? -- Interview 2004 - USrael vs. The World on KLA TV -- She ran out of options at 12. Then her own cells came back to save her. -- A cardiovascular revolution is silently unfolding in cardiac intervention labs. -- Epstein Files: An Opportunity for Libertarians -- Elon Musk's Jesus comment sparks theories that 'something really bad is coming' -- China building a different AI future than the West -- Why Trump is sticking to his tariff guns -- The Baltic States Plan To Form Their Own "Military Schengen" -- Trump 2.0's Grand Strategy Against China Is Slowly But Surely Coming Together -- Renewables Now Make Up 1/4 Of US Electricity Generation -- Fourteen Countries Condemn Huckabee's Support for Israel Taking Over Most of the Middle East -- Bondi Strikes Out -- H100 GPUs that cost $40,000 new are now selling for around $6,000 on eBay, an 85% drop. -- We finally know exactly why spider silk is stronger than steel. -- DARPA chooses two to develop insect-size robots for complex jobs like disaster relief... -- Whitney Webb Comments on the Epstein Files, Les Wexner and Israeli Networks -- I would vote for this guy if I could. -- Alberta And Switzerland To Vote On Immigration Control Amid Growing Backlash -- Trump Orders Hospital Ship to Greenland -- Slovakia Gives Ukraine Monday Deadline to Restore Oil Transit -- Next Generation Fighters and Drones With Europe Still Junior Partner --


 

$845 Trillion Derivative Crisis as U.S. Banks Prepare for Bail-Ins News Link  â€¢  Central Banks/Banking
$845 Trillion Derivative Crisis as U.S. Banks Prepare for Bail-Ins
02-23-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by ITM Trading 
The global derivatives market: $845 trillion, according to the BIS.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Mar-a-Lago shotgun-wielding madman ID'd as Austin Tucker Martin, a North Carolina golf course ar News Link  â€¢  Investigations
Mar-a-Lago shotgun-wielding madman ID'd as Austin Tucker Martin, a North Carolina golf course ar
02-23-2026  •  By Joe Marino, Anthony Blair and Ryan King 
The crazed gunman who was shot dead after trying to enter Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and a gas can has been identified as a North Carolina artist who was reported missing by his mom.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Inside Epstein's Zorro Ranch 'where paedophile looked to carry out human experiments... News Link  â€¢  Investigations
Inside Epstein's Zorro Ranch 'where paedophile looked to carry out human experiments...
02-23-2026  •  https://www.dailymail.co, By TARYN KAUR PEDLER 
Inside Epstein's Zorro Ranch 'where paedophile looked to carry out human experiments and create super-race breeding facility' and 'buried girls who were strangled during sex'   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Saudis Lead Arab Fury After Huckabee Floats 'Greater Israel' Vision News Link  â€¢  Israel
Saudis Lead Arab Fury After Huckabee Floats 'Greater Israel' Vision
02-23-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden 
Blowback was swift across the Arab world after US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee declared it would be "fine" if Israel took over the entire Middle East, words featured in a Tucker Carlson interview from Jerusalem published days ago.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
US Intel Aided Mexican Special Forces In News Link  â€¢  Mexican United States Relations
US Intel Aided Mexican Special Forces In "El Mencho" Kill As Spillover Risks Rise
02-23-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden 
The Sunday killing of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)...  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Joe Rogan Show: If we declare war on the cartel, these dudes (Cartel fools) are not gonna... News Link  â€¢  Drug War
Joe Rogan Show: If we declare war on the cartel, these dudes (Cartel fools) are not gonna...
02-23-2026  •  https://generaldispatch.whatfinger.com 
Joe Rogan Show: If we declare war on the cartel, these dudes (Cartel fools) are not gonna understand what the f*ck is going on.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Israel plans 'unprecedented strikes' in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq as part of US†News Link  â€¢  Israel
Israel plans 'unprecedented strikes' in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq as part of USâ€"Iran war: Report
02-23-2026  •  https://thecradle.co, News Desk 
Axis of Resistance members have vowed to fight Israel if it attacks Iran  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Mexican Resort Towns Burn As Special Forces Kill Jalisco New Generation Cartel Boss News Link  â€¢  Mexico
Mexican Resort Towns Burn As Special Forces Kill Jalisco New Generation Cartel Boss "El Mencho*
02-23-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden 
Update (1656): Mexico's Ministry of Defense announced on X that a military operation targeting the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in the Tapalpa area resulted in the death of cartel leader Nemesio "Mencho" Oseguera.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
War With Iran on Hold… But for How Long? News Link  â€¢  Iran
War With Iran on Hold… But for How Long?
02-23-2026  •  https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Larry C. Johnson  
Trying to figure out what Trump and Netanyahu are going to do vis-a-vis Iran is like trying to read tea leaves in a monster hurricane. Let me start with the facts, i.e., what we know to be true:   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Interview 2004 - USrael vs. The World on KLA TV News Link  â€¢  Corbett Report
Interview 2004 - USrael vs. The World on KLA TV
02-23-2026  •  James Corbett - Corbett Report 
James Corbett appears in two separate interviews for KLA.TV. In the first, he discusses how the US/Israeli relationship explains Uncle Sam's moves in the Middle East and how technocracy explains the so-called "Donroe Doctrine." In the second, h  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
 She ran out of options at 12. Then her own cells came back to save her.
News Link  â€¢  Science, Medicine and Technology
She ran out of options at 12. Then her own cells came back to save her.
02-23-2026  •  Linkedin 
A girl in Ho Chi Minh City with high-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Chemotherapy failed. Then her father gave half his bone marrow. That failed too.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
 A cardiovascular revolution is silently unfolding in cardiac intervention labs. 
News Link  â€¢  Science, Medicine and Technology
A cardiovascular revolution is silently unfolding in cardiac intervention labs.
02-23-2026  •  Linkedin 
Patients with 90% blocked arteries are regaining full blood flow without surgery - thanks to DNA-origami nanobots that physically eat cholesterol deposits.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Epstein Files: An Opportunity for Libertarians News Link  â€¢  Ron Paul Says...
Epstein Files: An Opportunity for Libertarians
02-23-2026  •  Ron Paul Liberty Report - YouTube.com 
Those who have examined the Epstein files have seen information about how connected Jeffrey Epstein was to members of the political, business, and academic elites.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Elon Musk's Jesus comment sparks theories that 'something really bad is coming' News Link  â€¢  Worlds Wealthiest People
Elon Musk's Jesus comment sparks theories that 'something really bad is coming'
02-23-2026  •  https://www.dailymail.co, By STACY LIBERATORE 
Elon Musk's brief comment about Jesus Christ has ignited waves of speculation across social media.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
China building a different AI future than the West
News Link  â€¢  Robots and Artificial Intelligence
China building a different AI future than the West
02-23-2026  •  https://asiatimes.com, by Jan Krikke 
Western debates focus on AI replacing humans; in China, emphasis is on functional reorganization toward a predictive state  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Why Trump is sticking to his tariff guns
News Link  â€¢  Trump Administration
Why Trump is sticking to his tariff guns
02-23-2026  •  https://asiatimes.com, by Noah Smith 
Trump defies Supreme Court ruling with 15% blanket tariff, underscoring his dogged commitment to a failing policy  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
The Baltic States Plan To Form Their Own News Link  â€¢  World News
The Baltic States Plan To Form Their Own "Military Schengen"
02-23-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Andrew Korybko 
This will one day link with the existing "military Schengen" between the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland, which Belgium and France plan to join, for creating a contiguous zone of free military movement between the Pyrenees and the approach to St  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Trump 2.0's Grand Strategy Against China Is Slowly But Surely Coming Together News Link  â€¢  China
Trump 2.0's Grand Strategy Against China Is Slowly But Surely Coming Together
02-23-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Andrew Korybko 
Casual observers are convinced that Trump is a madman with no method behind his madness, but the reality is that he and his team â€" collectively known as Trump 2.0 â€" are slowly but surely implementing their grand strategy against China.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Renewables Now Make Up 1/4 Of US Electricity Generation News Link  â€¢  Energy
Renewables Now Make Up 1/4 Of US Electricity Generation
02-23-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden 
In 2025, the share of renewables in U.S. electricity generation has surpassed 25 percent.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Fourteen Countries Condemn Huckabee's Support for Israel Taking Over Most of the Middle East News Link  â€¢  Israel
Fourteen Countries Condemn Huckabee's Support for Israel Taking Over Most of the Middle East
02-23-2026  •  https://news.antiwar.com, by Dave DeCamp 
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, the US ambassador said it would be 'fine' if Israel took over the land between the Euphrates River and the Nile  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Bondi Strikes Out
News Link  â€¢  Trump Administration
Bondi Strikes Out
02-23-2026  •  By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. 
On February 11, Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the House Judiciary Committee.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
H100 GPUs that cost $40,000 new are now selling for around $6,000 on eBay, an 85% drop. News Link  â€¢  Technology: Computer Hardware
H100 GPUs that cost $40,000 new are now selling for around $6,000 on eBay, an 85% drop.
02-23-2026  •  Linkedin 
The math on why is straightforward: it costs about 11x as much to run an H100 for inference as a B300. Anyone running H100s needs to charge dramatically more than competitors on newer hardware.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
 We finally know exactly why spider silk is stronger than steel.
News Link  â€¢  Science, Medicine and Technology
We finally know exactly why spider silk is stronger than steel.
02-23-2026  •  Linkedin 
Using advanced structural modeling and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, researchers discovered that the secret lies in a specific "molecular handshake." Two amino acids â€" arginine and tyrosine â€" interact in a way that acts like microsco  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
DARPA chooses two to develop insect-size robots for complex jobs like disaster relief... News Link  â€¢  Darpa
DARPA chooses two to develop insect-size robots for complex jobs like disaster relief...
02-23-2026  •  MilitaryAerospace.com 
...and hazardous inspection  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Whitney Webb Comments on the Epstein Files, Les Wexner and Israeli Networks News Link  â€¢  Investigations
Whitney Webb Comments on the Epstein Files, Les Wexner and Israeli Networks
02-23-2026  •  Need to Know 
She said that the goal of actions taken by Epstein was to create a global cartel. She said that Epstein-style blackmail is no longer necessary as it can be accomplished digitally through Palantir, which is a re-branding of the Bush-era 'Total Infor  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
I would vote for this guy if I could. Feature Article  â€¢  Social Engineering
I would vote for this guy if I could.
Donna Hancock
  
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Alberta And Switzerland To Vote On Immigration Control Amid Growing Backlash News Link  â€¢  Canada
Alberta And Switzerland To Vote On Immigration Control Amid Growing Backlash
02-23-2026  •  https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden 
As the world watches unchecked immigration fundamentally transform the West, a growing backlash has gained a foothold - and it's made it to the ballot box.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Trump Orders Hospital Ship to Greenland
News Link  â€¢  Greenland
Trump Orders Hospital Ship to Greenland
02-23-2026  •  https://libertarianinstitute.org, by Kyle Anzalone 
President Donald Trump said the US is sending a hospital ship to Greenland. Denmark responded that Greenlanders are not in need of additional medical assistance.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Slovakia Gives Ukraine Monday Deadline to Restore Oil Transit News Link  â€¢  Ukraine
Slovakia Gives Ukraine Monday Deadline to Restore Oil Transit
02-23-2026  •  https://libertarianinstitute.org, by Kyle Anzalone 
Prime Minister Robert Fico said that if Kiev does not allow Russian oil to flow to Slovakia by Monday, Bratislava will halt energy transfers to Ukraine.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Next Generation Fighters and Drones With Europe Still Junior Partner News Link  â€¢  European Union
Next Generation Fighters and Drones With Europe Still Junior Partner
02-23-2026  •  https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian Wang 
European Procurement of US-Made Fighter Jet Wingmen, NGAD Successors, High-End Drones & Response to Starship Dominance   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Americans TRAPPED in Mexico - Aaron Day Interviewed by Mike Adams from Secure Location News Link  â€¢  Mexico
Americans TRAPPED in Mexico - Aaron Day Interviewed by Mike Adams from Secure Location
02-23-2026  •  Brighteon - Mike Adams - The Health Ranger 
... as Cartel Wars Rage. Update from Puerto Vallarta, Discovery of Cartel Violence, Impact on Conference Attendees, Lack of Information and Hotel Response  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
Ernest Hancock provides perspective on the chaos that has erupted in Mexico... Feature Article  â€¢  Mexico
Ernest Hancock provides perspective on the chaos that has erupted in Mexico...
Donna Hancock
   ...over the death of Jalisco New Generation cartel leader at the hands of Mexican Security Forces
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Travel Chaos Erupts In US East As Blizzard Slams Major Cities News Link  â€¢  Weather News - Links - History
Travel Chaos Erupts In US East As Blizzard Slams Major Cities
02-23-2026  •  Zero Hedge 
"These are blizzard conditions. New York City has not faced a storm of this scale in the last decade."   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
The Glyphosate E.O.
News Link  â€¢  Agriculture
The Glyphosate E.O.
02-23-2026  •  By Dr. Sherri Tenpenny 
The Moment of Reckoning America Cannot Avoid  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
US Plans To Build a 5,000-Person Military Base in Gaza for International Force News Link  â€¢  Israel - Palestine
US Plans To Build a 5,000-Person Military Base in Gaza for International Force
02-23-2026  •  https://news.antiwar.com, by Dave DeCamp 
President Trump said on Thursday that the US will also contribute $10 billion to the so-called 'Board of Peace'  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Trump Raises Global Tariff to 15%
News Link  â€¢  Tariffs
Trump Raises Global Tariff to 15%
02-23-2026  •  https://www.infowars.com, by RT 
US President Donald Trump has announced an increase in his new global import tariff from 10% to 15%. The move came a day after the US Supreme Court struck down most of the tariffs he had imposed earlier.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
Is America an independent country or Israel's puppet state? News Link  â€¢  Israel
Is America an independent country or Israel's puppet state?
02-23-2026  •  https://paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Roberts 
The end of World War II was only the beginning of the destruction of Germany.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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