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Padres add another starter candidate

The DOJ is hiding Epstein files

So we @democracydefendersfund.org sued under FOIA & are moving for summary judgment

It's a democracy 2 step: Art. I Congress leans in while we step forward in Art. III courts

Explained on @ms.now 👇

A sprawling international network of wealthy men trafficking and raping children without consequences seems like the kind of moral issue that would justify panic.

Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)

This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.

The idea is to trade Tua and the Dolphins will pay most of his salary, just to get rid of him. If I were a GM, I'd just play the waiting game until he is released.

Dave Hyde: Releasing Hill, Chubb was predictable — now, new Dolphins’ decisions get tougher The Miami Dolphins released some veterans who didn’t fit into their rebuild on Monday. Coming up, new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan will have to show us who does fit.

"Now it’s [new Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric] Sullivan’s turn to make some tough decisions. They won’t just show us his style of management. They’ll set the tone for how business is done in this new regime and lay the direction of this team’s latest rebuild."

More accountability! Thomas Pritzker steps down.

www.wsj.com/business/tho...

Tom Pritzker, Citing Epstein Connection, Steps Down as Hyatt’s Executive Chairman

The beat goes on...it really is amazing how many rich guys wanted sex without fingerprints and consequences and went to Eptstein to get it for them.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

San DIego Padres chairman John Seidler update on sale of team The San Diego Padres are up for sale. Team chairman John Seidler gave an update on the process and assured fans the team will not move to another city

The San Diego Padres - up for sale - will not be moving anywhere if the Seidler family gets its with. But I'm wary of a couple of the potential bidders, who might not be worthy of our trust. Salt Lake City, San Antonio and Charlotte are among the cities that are dying to lure a baseball team.

[Pelissero] Releasing Tyreek Hill, Bradley Chubb, James Daniels and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine clears $66.98 million and over $56 million in 2026 cap space. One or more could be held until March 11 for additional cap savings. Roster reset underway in Miami. twitter.com/tompelissero...

Did you expect this?

[Pelissero] The Dolphins have released WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, per source. twitter.com/tompelissero...

The drama queen is gone. Thank goodness. Now watch him go to the Bills.

BREAKING NEWS: The Miami Dolphins are releasing wide receiver Tyreek Hill.

Padres, A.J. Preller agree to multi-year contract extension President of baseball operations to begin 12th season in charge; has been architect of the most successful stretch in team history.

BREAKING NEWS: The San Diego Padres sign GM A.J. Preller to a long-term contract extension.

Another Big Lie from the DOJ and the tRUmp administration.

Castellanos embracing possible move to 1B in 'fresh start' with Padres PEORIA, Ariz. -- Early Sunday morning, hours before the Padres held their first full-squad workout of Spring Training, Nick Castellanos retreated to a back field at the Peoria Sports Complex. He’d arr...

The San Diego Padres are offering Nick Castellanos a "second chance" and he is being welcomed by his new teammates.

Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton said in Munich that Trump “has betrayed the West, he’s betrayed human values, he’s betrayed the NATO charter, the Atlantic Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” and warned he is modeling himself after Putin.

Marco Rubio’s version of history echoes that of the Nazis during World War II and ignores the strength of the real multicultural history of the United States. European leaders wanted no part of it.

The end of equal rights for migrants will enable white Christian men to dominate society and pass laws that reinforce traditional religious and patriarchal hierarchies.

Trump administration and their media allies have embraced the Great Replacement theory that says Brown and Black migration to Europe and the U.S. is destroying “western civilization.” Such migration must be stopped, they argue, and Brown and Black people purged from the U.S. and Europe.

Trump building a world based on private transactions that privilege a global elite and replace international cooperation with a few powerful countries. Report: “Ironically this would be a world that privileges the rich and powerful, not those who have placed their hopes in wrecking-ball politics.”

"... at least $50 trillion moved upward from the bottom 90% to the top 1% between 1975 and 2020." - Heather Cox Richardson in her "Letters from an American" substack column on 15 Feb 2026.

Doesn't this save a ton of money, too?

Oh shit, the purge begins.

Barack Obama almost never jumps into the chaos. The fact that he’s speaking out now — repeatedly and urgently — is a warning. Something is deeply wrong. America needs to listen.

Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.

Padres star Manny Machado pushes for A.J. Preller’s contract extension Padres star credits A.J. Preller will building recent teams on a budget, says it’s “kind of weird” that he has yet to receive a new deal.

It is absolutely ridiculous that the lame-duck owners of the San Diego Padres have not given a long-term contract extension to GM A.J. Preller, among the best in baseball. They stand to make billions on the team's sale, so why not spend someone else's money?

Wikipedia provides a handy guide to look up the people who are named in the Trump-Epstein Files.