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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. speaking to a crowd (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

AOC on Randy Fine: “This is genuinely one of the most disgusting statements I have ever seen issued by an American official — It should not stop shocking us that the Republican Party openly embraces this — Fine should be censured & stripped of committees. To ignore this is to accept & normalize it”

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Top Trump Homeland Security spokesperson to depart with immigration crackdown under scrutiny U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin will leave the administration, an agency spokesperson said on Tuesday, a move that comes as public support for President Donald Trump...

A win! DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin is set to step down at the end of the month.

Spectacular!! How beautiful!

This is Emigrant Lake, Mokolumne Wilderness, California.

Another cover-up, trump regime is notorious for cover-ups.

Corrections Officers and ICE goons have started patrolling the Dilley, Texas ICE Concentration Camp, confiscating children’s drawings, letters, and arts and crafts materials to prevent further leaks of the abhorrent conditions in the camp (February 17, 2026).

Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.

#BrutalButAccurate

“Overediting photos to make them look like nightmare fuel” should be a bigger genre of thing to do

(Taken today in Windsor, WI)

Color photograph of British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves (1962–1995), pioneering alpine climber and the first woman to summit Mount Everest solo without supplementary oxygen or Sherpa support. She stands smiling broadly at the camera on a snowy high-altitude mountainside, with dramatic jagged peaks and glaciers rising behind her under a clear blue sky. She wears a bright green Sprayway expedition jacket with a prominent 'SPRAYWAY' patch on the chest, a dark neck gaiter or collar, a purple inner layer, and a dark blue or black headband. Sunglasses hang from a strap around her neck, and she has short, wind-tousled brown hair, conveying strength, joy, and determination amid a vast, rugged alpine landscape.

Alison Hargreaves was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest solo, unaided, and without bottled oxygen (1995).

She was also the first person (man or woman) to solo the six "great north faces" of the Alps in a single summer season (1993). She was born #OTD in 1962. #mountaineering

Summit
8”x8” Oil on cradled wood panel

Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate! Wishing you health, prosperity, and a joyful Year of the Fire Horse 🐎🧧

New Orleans #MardiGras
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Bad Bunny Continues Winning Streak with First Solo Number One on 'Billboard' 100 With 'DtMF' Bad Bunny has secured his first solo Number One on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 with 'DtMF.'

Bad Bunny‘s winning streak continues.

The Puerto Rican superstar has officially received his first solo Number One song atop the Billboard Hot 100 with the nostalgic plena track “DtMF.”

Color photograph from February 17, 1998, on the ice at the Big Hat arena in Nagano, Japan, capturing the triumphant celebration of the United States women's ice hockey team after winning the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport with a 3-1 victory over Canada. The large group poses joyfully together on the rink, wearing their navy blue, red, and white Team USA jerseys with gold medals around their necks, many holding bouquets of flowers and small American flags. Players kneel and stand in multiple rows, some raising one finger in victory, others flashing peace signs or thumbs-up, with goaltender gear visible including large pads and a blocker marked 'LOUISVILLE' on the ice in front. A massive American flag drapes across several players in the center. Behind them, a crowd fills the arena stands, and a row of smiling dignitaries, coaches, officials, and celebrities in suits, ties, casual attire, and winter jackets (including men with Olympic credentials) stand arm-in-arm along the back row. Handmade signs are held up, including one reading 'US WON the real Dream Team' and another with 'US WON' amid flowers. The scene radiates pride, unity, and historic achievement in a packed Olympic venue with blue dasher boards and 'NAGANO' branding visible.

The first year women's ice hockey was a sport in the #WinterOlympics was 1998.

#OTD in 1998 in Nagano, Japan, the United States beat Canada 3-1 to become the first country to win gold in women's ice hockey at the Winter Olympics.

#Icehockey #firsts

Epstein survivor tells CBS News how she was trafficked, and assaulted Juliette Bryant says not long after meeting Jeffrey Epstein, he assaulted her, and she realized, "this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped."

“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."

CBS again bent the knee to Trump and blocked Stephen Colbert from hosting Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico.

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Happy Lunar New Year! 🔥🐴

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Breaking:

WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan.

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Good morning @ruspugs.bsky.social !!

iconic profile .. Milvus milvus aka Red Kite perched high in an ash tree today calling for attention .. north Hampshire, England 17/02/2026

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Thought for the Day…

Hey can we maybe have these things do laundry and load the dishwasher first for a while or do we really need to jump RIGHT to deadly martial arts?!

I think one of our big problems is that we’re limiting Dickensian villain ghost visits to just one night a year like clearly the market can sustain some expansion

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

The government is routinely committing crimes.

At the direction of trump.

This is anti-Constitutional.

I'm remembering how Apple gave a huge finger to the Biden administration when they sought crucial information from a single phone.