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Butler, Ohio Republican Mayor Wayne Dingus was charged with voyeurism after he was caught sniffing an underage girl’s underwear.

In unhinged brief, Wisconsin GOP compares not giving the Trump DOJ voters' personal data to Jim Crow The Wisconsin GOP delivered a culture war-addled screed complete with typographical errors, segregation-era comparisons, anti-immigrant panic and ad hominem attacks.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin filed a disturbing amicus brief Tuesday urging a federal court to force the Wisconsin Elections Commission to hand over the state’s unredacted voter rolls to Trump’s Justice Department www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.

1/2 🧵Here's one thing I see happening. For millions of Americans...fear of Donald Trump is rapidly fading. People understand what actions he can't take against them..BUT..where fear used to reside...there's now a steely resolve. An indestructible sense of, "F*ck you, Motherf*cker! Democracy..."

Conservatives Play Musical Chairs to “Cement” Majority on Arkansas High Court How seat-switching, plus a new state law, is helping gubernatorial appointees reap the benefits of incumbency before they’ve earned it from voters.

The drafters of Amendment 29 to Arkansas’ state constitution sought to constrain the governor’s influence. Officials appointed by the governor are working around the provision by playing a game of political musical chairs.

Wait! The public face of nationwide immigration enforcement, Gregory Bovino, said in a newly discovered email that his boss wasn’t the head of CBP. He reported to Corey Lewandowski instead.

He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.

NASHVILLE: “They used a permanent marker on his skin because they were keeping score.”😕

Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social lets loose after this horrific report about @TNHighwayPatrol & ICE blatantly racial profiling and terrorizing immigrants: nashvillebanner.com/2026/02/19/i...

Surprise ICE warehouse could house up to 10,000 detainees for months at a time, new documents show After weeks of speculation about what the 400,000-square-foot warehouse in Surprise might be used for, the documents confirm it will be retrofitted as an ICE detention center, potentially housing 7,00...

We must stop every single proposed concentration camp. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

NORTH CAROLINA, SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT...

Picture via a CNN reporter of a banner with Trump’s face going up on outside of DOJ building

Biden would’ve been instantly impeached in a bipartisan vote if he put his face on the freakin’ Department of Justice building

There's two minutes of missing videotape at the exact time of Epstein's murder.
Trump went into a hospital with a gunshot wound and released a report from a doctor who wasn't there, one week later

Journalists, what the fuck is wrong with you?

RFK Jr/MAHA disciples, you got PLAYED.

And everyone else saw it coming except you.

A man claims his grandmother in Colombia—a former housekeeper at Epstein’s Manhattan home—kept hidden memory cards, photos, and tapes when she was fired. He says it includes child abuse evidence, and both ABC and Fox refused to release it. If true, she may be holding what investigators searched for.

My recommendation to every one of my readers is that you find Tad Stoermer everywhere he can be found online—for instance YouTube and TikTok—and watch every one of his videos.

He is providing a real-time education to everyone on what America is heading into. You will be floored.

Jes Staley, a former JPMorgan and Barclays executive, was a close confidant of Jeffrey Epstein. This extensive log proves a deep, personal bond, not a professional one. The constant, cryptic check-ins and travel coordination place Staley squarely inside Epstein's orbit.
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Text on Image - Questions about the Rental Ripoff Hearings? We have answers.    

Text on Image - What's the difference between 311 and Rental Ripoff Hearings? For immediate habitability or health and safety issues, call 311. You can also request the Tenant Support Unit. The Rental Ripoff Hearings are focused on bigger-picture reforms – like shaping how the City tracks and responds to all 311 calls. Hearings will also have an on-site resource fair where agencies can help with individual issues.   Can I sign up if I live in a NYCHA building? Everyone is welcome to attend and share their experiences. NYCHA senior staff will be on site to answer questions and help public housing residents file service requests. The topic of these hearings, & the subsequent report with recommendations, focuses on issues under HPD, DOB, and DCWP’s jurisdictions — agencies that oversee privately owned housing and the relationship between landlords and tenants as consumers. In the coming months, our administration will release a housing plan to improve housing quality across the City — including public housing.    

Text on Image - What kind of issues should I testify about? Testify about challenges getting issues in your home addressed and any "junk fees" you've experienced as a tenant. Rental junk fees can include charges for amenities, pets, services, payment systems, and more.   How will the hearings help my situation? Your story becomes data → Hundreds of stories reveal patterns → We compile an official report with policy recommendations → Those recommendations can drive new laws and stronger tenant protections. That's how your testimony helps your situation — and every renter’s across the city.    

Text on Image: Where do I sign up? rentalripoff.nyc.gov   Do I have to attend in the borough I live in? No, you can attend any upcoming hearing across the five boroughs. If one location is at capacity, we encourage you to sign up for a hearing in another borough.   Brooklyn: February 26 Queens:  March 5 Bronx: March 11 Manhattan:  March 28 Staten Island:  April 7

You have questions, we have answers.

This is flying under the radar:

Donald Trump FIRED the DOJ official in charge of suing Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolizing ticketing and hiking prices.

Then, their stock jumped.

If Trump's DOJ takes it easy on Ticketmaster, it'll be a slap in the face to every American.

Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.

And you know why?

Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.

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Epstein files reveal a data center on Little St. James, the same island visited by powerful figures across finance, politics, and tech including Sergey Brin and his ex wife, who survivors named as people they met on the island. The public deserves to know the purpose of that data center.

‘Please come back’: Minnesota restaurants brace for a long recovery after ICE surge With no official bailout on the horizon, the restaurant community tries to save itself.

Recovery will not happen overnight, but we will rebuild. We can all make an impact by continuing to shop local.

We will help stabilize these businesses, protect jobs, and ensure Minnesota’s economy rebounds.

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Part of the US effort under Trump to push Europe further to the right and create instability within surviving democracies. It’s a 4chan world now. We just live in it.

Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program

"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)

Text: MIGHTY PURSUIT: LIVING IN THE U.S. SHORTENS YOUR LIFE BY 8 YEARS. | image: person wrapped in American flag, lying face down in a coffin

Text: It's weird, isn't it? The United States is the world's top superpower. It spends $5 trillion on health care each year. And yet if you live in America, you could lose as much as eight years of your life. Just by being here. | image: person wrapped in American flag, lying face down in a coffin

Text: Japan's average lifespan is 85. The United States bottomed out at 77 a few years ago. And yet Japan spends a third on healthcare than the United States. Translation... You're more likely to die sooner AND pay far more for it. | image: person wrapped in American flag, lying face down in a coffin

But it gets worse. The U.S. is the only developed country where the majority of adults are chronically ill. 60% of adults live with at least one chronic disease. Cancer. Diabetes. Heart disease. So it's not just lifespan that's shorter. It's your healthy years too.

Thinking of leaving? Here’s another reason:

Living in the United States will shorten your life span, by EIGHT YEARS

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Today’s deposition made one thing clear: There would be no Epstein Island, no Epstein plane, and no money to traffic girls without the financial assistance of Les Wexner.

We are committed to ending this White House cover up, which protects criminals and billionaire benefactors.

Communities nationwide push back against proposed ICE facility sites A proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Merrimack is continuing to spark strong reactions from residents and local officials.

25 years ago, a bunch of libertarians moved to NH to take over state government. Jason Osborne, one of those "Free Staters," has since risen to be majority leader in the state house.

How is he fighting for "liberty?" By helping Stephen Miller build a 324,000-foot prison for migrants and refugees.

Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline Damage was minimal but police are investigating.

Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.

NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.

NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...

Tony Gonzales had affair with aide who set herself on fire, ex-staffer says Months before her death, Regina Santos-Aviles texted a fellow Gonzales staffer saying she had an affair with the congressman. He has ducked questions about it.

A staffer for TX GOP Rep Tony Gonzales said she was having an affair with the congressman before she set herself on fire outside her home last year.