Critical Thinking and Reasoning

 [MAY 31, 2025 (10:30 AM PDT)] Again, a crazy newscycle, critical thinkers,   CNBC:  SUPREMES REVOKES PROTECTED STATUS FOR 500,000 IMIGRANTS PENDING APPEAL In an 8/2 decision, the court is being criticized as "upending" the lives of these half-million people by using a stay which should be used to minimize the damage of those involved, according to dessenting justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson. She said that the Supreme Court’s ruling, which did not explain the grounds for the decision, “undervalues the devastating consequences of allowing the Government to precipitously upend the lives and livelihoods of nearly half a million noncitizens while their legal claims are pending.” “While it is apparent that the Government seeks a stay to enable it to inflict maximum predecision damage, court-ordered stays exist to minimize — not maximize — harm to litigating parties,” Jackson wrote.   CT&Reasoning has tried to not micromanage our reporting on many of these rulings due to...

  [May 27, 2025 (11:30 AM PDT)] Finding underreported news for you, critical thinkers, When looking around at these ongoing air traffic control failures, another chemical plant fire in China, and Zelensky ordering a drone swarm on Putin's helicopter--it seems clear that we are witnessing an escalation in what many believe is asymmetric hybrid warfare. Image Credit: Getty Images VAXX FOR ELDERLY & AT RISK GROUPS STILL RECOMENDED Having predicted this news would be suppressed--I now stand corrected as Fox network radio just led with the RFK news at the Top-of-the-hour newsbreak; obviously, I have little faith in Bay Area local TV affiliates or radio outlets--like KCBS--but we will have to wait and see. Also, after now going to CNN's Website, the story is buried in this health section way down the page. CNN HEALTH:  RFK Jr Says Covid-19 Shot No Longer Recommended for Healthy Children Pregnant Women “As of today, the Covid vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant wome...

  [May 24, 2025 (Noon)] Happy long-deserved weekend, critical thinkers, Scouring the newscycle and being a site which specializes in military maneuvers, hardware, and force readiness, I found The Telegraph  article both informative--yet contrarian. WSJ: Finland Watching Russian Build-up on Europe's Longest Border with Russia While some of the deployments are going back into former Soviet bases and airfields, the article barely touches on recent and ongoing NATO exercises and establishment of forward bases in Finland, Romania, and Poland. Meanwhile, if you thought the tariff uncertainty was behind us, here is an overview of where things stand regarding The EU and Apple products being pressured to bring manufacturing back to the US. EPOCH TIMES: Trump Announces 50% EU Tariff & 25% on iPhones This dovetails into a Wall Street Journal Article on other troubles at Apple and the firms growing AI ambitions. WSJ: Tim Cooks Bad Year Keeps Getting Worse [non-threatening pink sweater...

  [May 20, 2025 (Noon) A ruckus has erupted in multiple DC venues, critical thinkers, WND:  TRUMP: THE GOVERNMENT WAS ILLEGALLY RUN FOR 4 YEARS Be sure to listen to the just over a minute sound bite where the president ups-the-ante on what is developing to be the biggest scandal in decades; just for laughs, Trump uses one of his trademark phrases claiming the country was being run by, "Radical Left Lunatics." Over the last few days since the news of Biden's cancer revelation, there has been a meltdown among lawmakers and administration officials and a lot of finger pointing. Meanwhile this morning, on the other-side of the house chamber, Secretary of State, Mark O' Rubio, defended USAID cuts of $ 227,000 for Big Cats of YouTube, $14 Million for social cohesion in Mali, and $10 Million for circumcisions in Mozambique, and so on. O' Rubio, goes on to accuse [oh, this is the Senator who went to the notorious prison where some of the deported are incarcerated in El Sa...

  [MAY 18, 2025 (14:45 PDT)] Sad & disturbing news, critical thinkers,  This afternoon, walking into the CT&Reasoning newsroom, I thought I heard 740 AM/106.7 FM KCBS report on Biden's prostate cancer having been given a medical severity rating of 9--the cancer having spread to his bones. Already Looking to be Holding on for Dear Life. . . Now We Know He Was Image Credit: CBS News Dementia-gate Scandal Now Widens to Who Knew What When on Cancer  Obviously, I am not a STEM grad--let alone have any medical background--possessing a mass media degree with an emphasis on newsgathering and analysis of World affairs; first, immediately I thought, "Routinely, men are screened every two-years once reaching the age of fifty." Second, if caught early, it is common knowledge prostate cancer is one of the most survivable cancers.  Oftentimes, men live an additional five, six--even eight years after diagnosis. Now, I'm a little sketch, but I recall hearing people in their ...

  [MAY 15, 2025 (18:30 PDT)] We did not see this clip of RFK Jr's testimony before a house committee on your nightly fake news outlet, did we? Image Credit: banned.video DNA TESTING REINSTATED HUNDREDS OF KIDS FOUND MULTIPLE GANG MEMBERS HANDED OVER 100 CHILDREN EACH Infowars:  The Cartels Used Fake Name and Phone Numbers as Border Patrol Told to Hand Over Kids  [11:21m] I will be monitoring multiple news outlets and the Fox streaming talkers and can guarantee zero- coverage on this story; according to Kennedy these children were not "lost," but ". . . facilitated in trafficking" by the Biden administration. You know how I like to say, "I am not good at predications--but? I have a feeling if this administration is successful and Trump remains unassassinated, the 911 Truthers will be vindicated, and we will have revealing of what many of us believe was an inside job. Remember, there is video of Trump on The Howard Stern Show and others saying it ". . .l...

  [MAY 12, 2025 (11:30 AM PDT)] Had enough 24-7 news of the Pope, yet, critical thinkers? Finally, this morning the press--hopefully--has moved on; yesterday, I was intrigued when news surfaced of a video purporting to show illicit drug use by 3-European leaders letting the press into their cabin on a train headed to Ukraine for peace talks with Zelensky. For many years it has been rumored that Zelensky was a cocaine addict and indeed many of his comedic TV skits portrayed the actor in drug situations; however, in this day of AI eclipsing deepfakes, I sat on the InfoWars story when it broke some 20-hours-ago. This morning, scrolling through The Drudge Report, I found the story buried near the bottom of the third column; accordingly, state-run deep-state media mouthpiece Newsweek pooh-poohed the story which tells me it is most likely true! Image Credit: Drudge NEWSWEEK: EMMANUEL MACRON COCAINE CLAIMS ERUPT AFTER KYIV MEETING First, the headline is inaccurate because the three were ...

  [MAY 8, 2025 (10:00 AM PDT)] CBS NEWS LIVE: SOON NEW POPE TO APPEAR ON ST PETER BALCONY First US Pope and they are calling him a moderate . From Chicago, he does not support the idea of women priests, but is supportive of LGBT+ and has pronouns. Okay, he is now to speak. BTW: Going by Pope Leo XIV DD

  [MAY 6, 2025 (13:30 PDT)] A plethora of news to cover, critical thinkers, As usual, there is scant or zero coverage on stories which are not hard to find and all over what we used to call the alternative=largely electronic media. Earth Shattering: FBI Opens 250 Investigations of Child Predator Network ABC NEWS:  MULTIPLE FED AGENCIES INVESTIGATING '764' ONLINE TARGETING CHILDREN Okay, I will walk back my opening statement--to some extent--as I am seeing Yahoo & ABC now added to the mix; it will be of interest if the broadcast Radio & TV will jump into the fray. Here is a link to the Supreme Court decision which came-down a couple hours-ago. NBC NEWS: SUPREMES ALLOW TRUMP TRANSGENDER BAN Note: This is allowing the ban while a lower court considers the ban's merit; my understanding is a federal district court and then the 9th Circuit will be taking the case. Since Friday, there has been a lot of chatter and multiple shows we monitor in the CT&Reasoning newsroom ...

[MAY 5, 2025 (10:15 AM PDT)] Last night, it was announced that Trump ordered the US Bureau of Prison to prepare to house prisoners at Alcatraz. Closed in 1963 by then Attorney General, Robert F Kennedy, the facility was deemed too dilapidated and expensive to maintain; seriously, as someone who took the tour a few years-ago, the idea sounds like a money-pit for many of the reasons outlined in the several articles read this morning.  CNN: US BUREAU HEAD TO EXECUTE ORDER TO REOPEN ALCATRAZ On Monday, the US Bureau of Prisons Director William K. Marshall III said his agency will “pursue all avenues” to implement Trump’s plans for reopening Alcatraz. “I have ordered an immediate assessment to determine our needs and the next steps. USP Alcatraz has a rich history. We look forward to restoring this powerful symbol of law, order, and justice. We will be actively working with our law enforcement and other federal partners to reinstate this very important mission,” Marshall said in a state...