Top O’ the Briefing Happy Monday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Ephemesae was known to rage-whistle Flock of Seagulls B-sides when her blood sugar got a little wonky. There’s still gold in them thar hills, but it’s running out. The Low-T doyens of the Never Trump movement who’ve been […]

President Trump has signed a memorandum that will impose tariffs on countries that levy digital taxes on U.S. technology companies. The memorandum directs the U.S. Trade Representative Office to resume digital service tax investigations that were initiated under Mr. Trump’s first term and investigate countries that use a digital tax that cost American companies billions […]

President Donald Trump is involved in every aspect of the White House’s communications strategy, press secretary Karoline Leavitt says. “He’s the president of United States. He’s also the communications director of the White House, because he dictates the message. He executes the agenda,” she said Friday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. “One of […]

I support Trump’s efforts to end the Ukraine war. I supported the initial efforts to defend Ukraine against the Russian invasion, although I never bought the “democracy vs tyranny” argument. I agree that the war was unnecessary, at least partly caused by a failure of the West to understand that Ukraine membership in NATO […]

Earlier this week the caskets of elderly peace activist Oded Lifshitz, young Israeli mother Shiri Bibas and her two sons Kfir and Ariel were paraded on stage by Hamas before they were released to the Israeli government. All were captured alive on October 7, 2023 – the Bibas family by Gazan “civilians” not Hamas fighters […]