Canada picked up another gold medal in freestyle skiing. The medal count now stands at 2 gold, 4 silver, and 5 bronze for a total of 11.

To be resumed when we can celebrate decency in the presidency…

Yikes

Not to state the obvious but when a sitting member of Congress has to assure us he’s not suicidal bc there is a chance our government might have him assassinated to prevent him from publicly disclosing names of high-ranking, powerful figures involved in a child sex abuse ring—THIS IS A BAD SIGN ⚠️‼️

[Note: Neither national nor local NBC reports linked to the opinion, so I am presenting it this way, but the local affiliate, KING-TV (K5), did report the news of his release and included an interview so I am linking to that.]

So sorry

JFC

Judge rules ICE medical neglect made detention unconstitutional, Filipino man released A Filipino man was begging for months to go to the hospital after a "stabbing" pain in his stomach. He ended up with a bone infection and an amputation.

The man, Greggy Sorio, was released on Friday, per local reporting: www.king5.com/article/news...

A. Petitioner's Physical Deterioration at NWIPC 8 Petitioner alleges, and Respondents do not dispute, that he was in good health when he 9 entered ICE detention. See Dkt. No. I-9 (DHS Form I-213) at 2 ("The subject claims good 10 health"). Eighth months later, hospital records show that Petitioner's health has declined to 11 include two partial foot amputations, a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (a type of inflammatory 12 bowel disease ("IBD")),? acute blood loss anemia, a kidney injury, a severe vitamin D deficiency 13 and dramatic unintended weight loss. Dkt. No. 16 at 3.

While Respondents largely do not address the conditions of Petitioner's confinement in responding to this claim, they argue elsewhere that "the medical care [Petitioner] has received is constitutionally adequate." Dkt. No. 22 at 15. But the record here compels a finding that, on the preponderance of the evidence, Petitioner's medical care, and denial of medical care, included objectively unreasonable failures of care that more likely than not resulted in permanent disability, including the loss of his toe and part of his foot. The Court bases this finding on the following facts:

Respondents have made no showing that the extreme restrictions on Petitioner's liberty and health created by his custodians' decisions, ineptitude, and denial of care are not excessive in relation to its asserted purpose of "protecting the public and enforcing U.S. immigration laws." There is no indication that these interests could not have been just as easily served without ignoring his cries of pain for hours, or without declining to see him as his bone was eaten away by infection. There is no indication that these interests could not have been served while bringing Petitioner to the hospital for imaging when a GI appointment could not be scheduled quickly (or contracting with additional external providers), while filling his prescriptions, or while treating him with appropriate medication based on his actual diagnosis. And finally, there is no indication that these interests cannot be served by subjecting Petitioner to alternatives to detention under appropriate conditions of release while he pursues outside treatment— an argument raised in the habeas petition but completely ignored by Respondents. Dkt. No. 1 9 61. In sum, the length of Petitioner's detention does not support a finding that it is excessive in relation to its purpose, but the conditions of his detention do. Under the unique facts of this case, the extreme consequences of Respondents' unreasonable treatment of Petitioner constitute deprivations so excessive that the conditions of detention alone take Respondents' detention of Petitioner out of the realm of constitutional civil detention and render it punitive.

A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of a man who had been in immigration detention due to "objectively unreasonable failures of care that more likely than not resulted in permanent disability, including the loss of his toe and part of his foot."

Lawyer -- please help him sue the shit out of the government

WTF

Raw America (@rawstory) 🚨 THIS IS BIG: A new UK investigation finds that Trump has released just 2% of the material the FBI seized from Epstein’s properties. Epstein’s hard drives and servers are largely missing from the fil...

The stuff the DoJ put out could be as little as 2% of what they're sitting on of the #EpsteinFiles

2%?? And they're 'done releasing files'?

No, there's no coverup happening, not at all, esp since it's not like the DoJ has dragged its feet & been shady all along. Oh wait, they have,🤬pedo protectors

Daily Beast: Republican election officials in six states are pushing back against Trump’s demand for detailed voter data. They have declined to hand over non-public voter information, including Social Security numbers, driver’s license IDs, and addresses.
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Witness Slips — Illinois Coalition for Human Rights

Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid has introduced HB2723 to put an end to this law undermining free speech and shielding Israel from accountability.

Follow this link to act: www.ilchr.org/slips

IL is one of 38 states that criminalize free speech on Israel. IL’s anti-BDS policy prohibits state pension funds from investing in foreign companies that boycott Israel - enabling its ongoing genocide in Gaza.

But you can do something about it.

#nopresidentsday #presidentsday

We’re launching the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit this year so more Canadians have more in their bank account.

Obama: "When I was president, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate, or cut off funding, but that's contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work. We shouldn't get discouraged by the fact we have a tougher job"

Some thoughts on the money machine behind DHS and their expansion of concentration camps. Seriously, who are they building these for?
#ICE #DHS #closethecamps

Screenshot of a Dallas Morning News “Breaking News” alert dated February 16, 2026 (1:06 PM CST) with the headline: “Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center.” Subhead explains that the owners of a Dallas County warehouse planned for use as a mega detention center announced they will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.

Great news from Dallas!

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Massive cheers and standing ovation for President Obama and Michelle at the NBA All Star Game.🙌🏾😃

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As a congressional candidate in California, I am a signatory to the Purge Palatir pledge to "reject any and all campaign contributions from Palantir Technologies, its PAC, and any C-Suite Palantir employees."

Palantir is an intensely dangerous company.

People, if you’re able to, please deny their traitorous employees service in your businesses. They should be mocked and shunned. Find them on LinkedIn.

Do the same for staff at any companies that publicly align with Trump.