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Trump destroys any last lingering vestigial pretense of Kavanaug’s legitimacy by singling him out for a public belly rub for dissenting against the constitution.

Is this a “canary-in-the-coalmine” moment, similar to August 2007?
This will be on the mind of some investors and policymakers as they assess the news that, quoting the FT,the “private credit group Blue Owl will permanently restrict investors from withdrawing their cash from its inaugural private...

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So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.

Live Updates: U.K. Police Arrest Former Prince Andrew Over Epstein Ties, BBC Reports

In a country not unstrung by John Roberts and his sick rogue scotus even members of an actual royal family remain beholden to the law

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

U2 releases Renee Good tribute song 'American Obituary' "These songs were impatient to be out in the world," singer Bono said of the band's surprise new EP, "Days of Ash."

U2 became the latest high-powered musical act to condemn the federal immigration raids with the surprise release Wednesday of a six-track EP that kicks off with a song for Renee Good.

www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

Key NIH research institute told to remove references to 'pandemic preparedness' Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website, a Nature investigation finds

Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website

Extremist rhetoric is often found in government messaging. Who's the target? In a rare move, the White House recently took down a racist post from one of President Trump's social media accounts. Extremism researchers say it fits a pattern of mainstreaming extremist ideas.

In a rare move, the White House recently took down a racist post from one of President Trump's social media accounts. Extremism researchers say it fits a pattern of mainstreaming extremist ideas. n.pr/4tIwocA

Imagine doing this with your one precious life. Other people are out there teaching children and curing cancer and you decide to spend your time telling outrageous, laughably unbelievable lies about a dementia-addled rapist and fraud whose legacy will be nearly ending US democracy

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Palantir Pays Zero Federal Income Tax Despite Explosive Growth, Largely Due to Trump Tax Law Palantir reported $1.5 billion of U.S. income but paid exactly zero federal income tax in 2025. Despite explosive growth, tax breaks from the Trump tax law helped Palantir avoid paying even a dime of...

Last year, surveillance giant Palantir (who got an 8-figure contract from ICE) paid $0 in federal income tax despite making $1.5 BILLION, partly due to new tax cuts in Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill.

They cut Medicaid & SNAP to pay for this.

This monstrosity must be reversed.

Thank you. This has been a point of vigorous debate in my house!

ICE agents are still out there this morning, photographing schools from unmarked vehicles and then quickly leaving after being confronted. Keep your heads up.

Not to kick a possible hornets nest here, but can anyone explain to me the real benefit of double touching the stone the way Marc was accused of doing in the Sweden match?

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…

Trump’s FCC pressured CBS into not airing Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico.

Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.

youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

Tell that to Ann Richards. 😉

This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.

His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.

Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

Army Veteran Deported Despite Pending Appeal: 'He Served This Country' “He served. He did what he was supposed to do. And now he’s not even here.”

Here’s a story about him with no paywall: www.military.com/daily-news/h...

Guys, the URL and variations are still available. Just sayin...

Just a thought: How about we nix Presidents’ Day and make Election Day a national holiday instead?

‼️ Russia: “For the first time in 16 years, Russians began spending almost 40% of their total income on food.”

According to Rosstat data. (So the reality may be worse)

ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/16/r...

FBI will not provide the BCA access to evidence gathered from Pretti shooting, BCA says Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.

Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.

Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?

Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.

Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.

The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.

Obama compares ICE’s ‘rogue behavior’ in Minnesota to dictatorships | CNN Politics Former President Barack Obama said that the behavior of ICE agents in Minnesota over the past few months was “deeply concerning and dangerous.”

Former President Barack Obama criticized ICE agents’ conduct in Minnesota as dangerous, saying “the rogue behavior” is akin to what “we’ve seen in authoritarian countries” and “in dictatorships.”

Yeah…

They were dialed in!

This is concerning, that a rep feels they must post this. A lot in our coalition has felt the same way and worried about it, but didn’t think we’d be here publicly.

The cruelty of this regime in a nutshell.