[Fuusm-l] Today's Issues Group Meets this Sunday, tariff refunds, war with Iran and other topics...

[Ted Goertzel]

The Today’s Issues group will meet Sunday, February 22, 2026, 9:30 to 10:50
am, to discuss current issues including but not limited to:


   -

   The Supreme Court striking down Trump’s tariffs, just announced.
   There’s coverage in all the media including:  Warren calls for tariff
   refund for consumers after Supreme Court ruling
   <https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5747530-elizabeth-warren-supreme-court-trump-tariff-refunds/>
   -

   The imminent likelihood of war with Iran.  This is an emerging story,
   there is coverage in all the news media including The Uncontainable
   Consequences of a War with Iran
   <https://gulfif.org/the-uncontainable-consequences-of-a-war-with-iran/#:~:text=The%20prospect%20of%20a%20renewed,%2C%20economic%2C%20and%20political%20consequences.>.

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   The revelations from the Epstein files.  An interesting reading here is: The
   Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/politics/epstein-files.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NVA.9ZEx.0zuFKENJU3ww&smid=url-share>.
   This is interesting in part because of the wide range of people involved
   including Noam Chomsky and Woody Allen as well as many Democratic and
   Republican politicians and business and academic leaders.  (And,
   incidentally, my son)
   -

   The upsurge in Democratic voting and prospects for the midterms.  An
   interesting reading here is: The Democrats’ Texas Fever Dream Might
   Actually Come True This Time
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/opinion/texas-election-rehmet-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NVA.mQ_g.loFRJidmu771&smid=url-share>
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   The race for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.  Here is one
   list: (1) Newsom; (2) Ocasio-Cortez; (3) Buttigieg; (4) Gretchen Whitmer;
   (5) Ruben Gallego; (6) Josh Shapiro; (7) Wes Moore; (8) Harris; (9) Cory
   Booker; (10) Raphael Warnock; (11) Jon Ossoff; (12) Mark Kelly; (13) Jon
   Stewart; (14) J.B. Pritzker; (15) Andy Beshear; (16) Ro Khanna; (17) Amy
   Klobuchar; (18) Chris Murphy. For details see The 2028 Democratic
   Presidential Contenders, Ranked by Nate Silver
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MjoqFqPptfPyMD4FayU8bXKwjqS5Yz3YcsDCOAVswtU/edit?usp=sharing>


The Today’s Issues discussion group meets on occasional Sunday mornings at
9:30  in the parlor of the Religious Education building next to the
Unitarian Universalist Church at 232 Third St. in Marietta or you can join
us on Zoom.  Click on this link if you wish to join the discussion on Zoom.

https://zoom.us/j/92505235702?pwd=RmUyN1FOUjhBVHRYSDBWY2dUZWxFQT0
<https://zoom.us/j/92505235702?pwd=RmUyN1FOUjhBVHRYSDBWY2dUZWxFQT09>
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