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Women: If you are getting married and thinking about changing your name, don't.

It’s time for soft secession How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required.

The text on the center flyer reads:

ICE goons:
You will face justice in this life and the next.
You will rot in jail, and burn in hell.
Resign. Repent. Repay.

The other fliers simply say ICE OUT with a flower.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

"They’re taking Shirly": An Army sergeant thought his family as safe. Then ICE deported his wife. For tens of thousands of US service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from immigration raids.

For tens of thousands of US service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from immigration raids.

The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state can put a redistricting plan on the ballot this spring that could add as many as four more Democratic seats in Congress.

The referendum will take place on April 21.

Welcome to the Plutocracy

We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.

Excellent advice and what I’ve tried to tell my daughters

Senior US health official Oz invited Epstein to Valentine's Day party, documents show Mehmet Oz sent the invite almost a decade after Epstein's first sex crime charges became public.

Dr. Oz emailed an invite to a Valentine's Day party in 2016 to Jeffrey Epstein.

Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.

Is there anything more "MAGA Morality" than being mad at Steven Bannon for being Jeffrey Epstein's best friend because [checks notes] they is trying to take fellow pedophile Donald Trump down, not because all three men are vile pedophiles?

A @dailybeanspod.com listener went for a run in our neighborhood the other day.

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The Friday Brief, February 13, 2026 Pam Bondi Is Going To Jail

Pam Bondi Is Going to Jail

The Friday Brief, February 13, 2026

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We. Are. The. Shithole. Nation.

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕

(From @andertoon.bsky.social )

Voting: A Right, Not A Privilege, For Now Republicans want to change that with the SAVE Act

First, read this and learn about the SAVE Act. Then call your senators. We can’t afford to let them impose a poll tax on our right to vote. joycevance.substack.com/p/voting-a-r...

Instead of trying (and failing) to raise birth rates, we should mitigate the consequences of low fertility. Welcoming immigration policy. Make parenthood easier for those who want to have children. Build infrastructure to support aging population.@karenguzzo.bsky.social
thehill.com/opinion/heal...

"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, which was deeply discouraging.

Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

"A jury in Florida found the man guilty of five charges, including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16...

"He tried to silence one victim by claiming he would receive $10 million from the Trump administration as restitution for Jan. 6 defendants...

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Kansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mounts Federal officials first toured the building in January, sparking speculation over whether the owners had sold the building to the U.S. government. Media reports suggested the sale was part of a push t...

Look!

"News of a potential immigrant detention center in Kansas City sparked fierce public backlash over the past month. At rallies and protests, many people called on Platform Ventures to not sell the building to the federal government..."

And now:

www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...

Pete Hegseth used an untested laser system powerful enough to down drones, blind pilots & damage planes without notifying the FAA, forcing Sean Duffy to shut down airspace over El Paso, all because they thought we were under attack by what turned out to be… party balloons?!

Are you f’ng kidding me?

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.

They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

The U.S. government and Europe provided illegal thermal weapons to Israel that *evaporated* nearly 3,000 Palestinians according to an Al Jazeera investigation. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

In a moment that calls for courage, we get this:

Grandma Groyper Strikes Again This is how “very stupid” becomes “the new middle ground.”

Megyn Kelly is back at it again—because of course she is. In “Grandma Groyper Strikes Again,” I break down how her newest meltdown fits the same old pattern: white grievance, cruelty as content, and the constant need to drag the moral floor lower for clicks.

American brain drain We used to be the world's safe haven for science, but now scientists are fleeing.

American brain drain, by @daylightatheism.bsky.social

We used to be the world's haven for science, but now scientists are fleeing the U.S. for safer shores. China, the EU, Canada and other nations will benefit from our losses.

onlys.ky/american-bra...

#science #antiintellectualism

Is there any daylight at all in between Donald Trump’s saggy underballs and MAGA Mike’s lackey lips?

Rachel Maddow: “The Trump economy is not going great. Whatever the opposite is of great, that's how it's going — in just the first month of this year, 2026, the total number of layoffs in this country was more than 108,000 — that's more layoffs in any January since 2009, since the Great Recession”