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As a Virginian, I thank you!

Trump officials finally admit what I've been saying for a year: "officials in the Commerce Department and US Trade Representative’s office believe [Trump's] tariffs [a]re hurting consumers by raising prices."

My bill would halt these tariffs immediately:
beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

"The Supreme Court of Virginia has taken over the redistricting amendment case — and refused to stop the April 21 referendum. The Court denied the motions to stay, meaning the constitutional amendment vote will go forward before the Court decides the merits. In short: Virginians will vote first. The Supreme Court will rule later. Or for a bunch of fancy legal words: this sucks." - Fmr. VA Del. Tim Anderson (R)

"In short: Virginians will vote first. The Supreme Court will rule later. Or for a bunch of fancy legal words: this sucks." - Fmr. VA Del. Tim Anderson (right-wing Republican) bluevirginia.us/2026/02/brea...

BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.

The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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YouTube video by City of Alexandria, VA The Venerable Monk’s Walk for Peace visits Alexandria, Virginia

We were honored to host the Walk for Peace and Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara, whose words reminded us that when we lead with compassion, kindness, and a commitment to our shared humanity, we all move forward together. Their message found a true home in Alexandria.
https://youtu.be/pqUOKQwgue8

Hatfields and McCoys?

Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.

Breaking WSJ:

The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

You know he was just announcing this in the hopes that the Senate Democrats would fall for it and fund DHS without requiring significant reforms to ICE and CBP

That time we played Rasa outside in the fine Breton air 🌬️🎶 global grooves

#GlobalSoundDUB

Aoife Kelly, vocals & fiddle
Éamonn de Barra, vocals & flute
Koushik Chandrashekar, mridangim
Robbie Harris, bodhrán
Éamonn Galldubh, uilleann pipes
Mark Murphy, guitar

@joshrogosin @globalsoundconcerts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARK KELLY, Plaintiff, Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL) V. PETE HEGSETH, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2] United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these issues. Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!

Worse still, Secretary Hegseth contends that this Court is not yet competent to decide the issues in this case. He and his fellow Defendants argue that military personnel 1 Case 1:26-cv-00081-RJL Document 37 Filed 02/12/26 Page 2 of 29 decisions are exempt from judicial review and, in any event, that Senator Kelly should first be required to go through the military appeals process so the military can have the first crack at adjudicating his First Amendment rights. I disagree. This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees. After all, as Bob Dylan famously said, "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." To say the least, our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it! Senator Kelly's First Amendment claim is not only justiciable; he is likely to succeed on the merits. He has also shown irreparable harm, and the balance of the equities fall decidedly in his favor. As such, his motion for a preliminary injunction on his First Amendment claim is hereby GRANTED.

BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.

"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...

"Along with food, Parikh said he is concerned about soda and claimed he always mixes it with alcohol “to sanitize it.”"

I wonder how many sodas Parikh drinks in a day....

@heathergtv has a response for Bondi 👏🏼 🤣

#CulverCity

Ohh that's RICH
@ohhthatsrich.bsky.social

So, it was CBP that shot down an armada of four party balloons and threatened commercial air space?

U.S. HOUSE APPROVES RESOLUTION TO END TRUMP’S CANADA TARIFFS BY 219–211

The rot is spreading

It was truly beautiful!

BREAKING: A federal court ordered ICE to improve the abusive conditions inside its largest detention center in California.

A court-ordered external monitor will be appointed to ensure ICE provides appropriate medical care.

Just in case there was anyone anywhere left in this country that needed evidence that we are being governed by idiots

As it should.

Rep. Kennedy: "Do you believe your agency has a legal obligation to follow court orders?"

ICE Director Lyons: "Yes."

Rep. Kennedy: "You have a very strange way of showing it, with a federal judge finding that your agency is in violation of 96 orders in one month alone."

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

In the full report, we evaluate the effects of low-skilled immigrants, noncitizens, illegal immigrants, and children of immigrants. www.cato.org/white-paper/...

oh so the jobs report is going to be BAD bad

Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.

Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in Trump's first year back had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal DHS document obtained by CBS News — undermining the admin's claim that they're primarily targeting dangerous and violent criminals.

The Sordid Story of Trump, the Trump–Witkoff Family Business, and the UAE | National Review Even if crypto makes your head hurt, you’re going to be hearing a lot about this in the months to come.

Whoa! Longtime conservative columnist, professional Dem hater, and spittle-flecked Obama/Biden critic Andrew McCarthy has a new piece in National Review ... absolutely taking Trump to task for corruption. Openly acknowledging it's far worse than anything Biden was even accused of.