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Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs

Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...

You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.

From joining Sanders on the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour to endorsing Mamdani to her comments in Munich, Ocasio-Cortez keeps showing prescience and depth. Perhaps the right woman is staring right in front of us, and we should embrace her leadership. trib.al/meBekRF

Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."

Emmer: "It's a false herring for these guys to suggest, 'Oh, we now we need a judicial warrant,' because they know that that's going to delay any enforcement of the actual administrative warrant."

Emmer on SAVE America Act: "Let's not treat women - they are brilliant, smart - why do you suggest they don't know how to prove their citizenship by bringing a passport or birth certificate or a marriage certificate and/or the new Social Security card that gets issued right after they get married?"

BRIAN TYLER COHEN: Last question -- is Tupac alive?

OBAMA: He's alive on my playlist

Richard Ottinger, 97, Dies; Fought for the Environment in Congress

Richard Ottinger, 97, Dies; Fought for the Environment in Congress www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

You may soon need a passport to vote. Trump is making it harder to get one. Have you been feeling like you need to rush to get a passport in case the SAVE Act voter suppression jamboree becomes law? What if, somehow, President Donald Trump signing a piece of paper means ...

You may soon need a passport to vote. Trump is making it harder to get one. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

'Resign or be impeached': Watch AOC wreck Pam Bondi on the world stage Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continued to command the world stage , providing at least one sane emissary from the United States amid the rise of Donald Trump’s chaotic, autocratic movement.� In ...

'Resign or be impeached': Watch AOC wreck Pam Bondi on the world stage www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Obama: "Ethically speaking, it's an atrocity in a country this wealthy we have people just on the streets, & we should insist on policies that recognize their full humanity. But we should also recognize the average person doesn't want to have to navigate around a tent city in the middle of downtown"

Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...

"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.

“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...

www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

Protesters marched in NE Minneapolis on Sunday under the banner of “ICE Out—No Compromises! Stand with Immigrants! Justice for the Minneapolis Community!”

“Real safety does not come from press conferences & photo ops. It's fought for by people like us who continue to show up every day” -M. Zambrano

ICE is just a a tentacle of the war on terror that’s been turned against the American people, armed with new technology. People are slowly waking up to the dystopian nature of these arrangements.

But there’s another awakening happening in cities and towns across the U.S. ... trib.al/9gr7HBI

Hakeem Jeffries Refuses to Answer Question on Abolishing ICE Democratic leaders are beating around the bush when it comes to the future of ICE.

Hakeem Jeffries Plays Dumb on Abolish ICE: “I Don’t Understand” newrepublic.com/post/206617/...

The Only Solution Capitalism Has Is to Sell Us More Useless Junk Ad makers will never say the quiet part loud, but they increasingly know that we’re unhappy and looking for solutions.

"Commercials clinically diagnose the painful side effects of living under a despotic capitalist regime, only to prescribe meaningless placebos of Doritos and Pepto-Bismol."

⚡️UPDATE - JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP’S PHILLY SLAVERY EXHIBIT REMOVAL, citing Orwell: “As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984 now existed…”

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Protesters gather at the Batavia ICE detention center on Sunday Protesters gathered at the ICE detention center in Batavia this afternoon to speak out against the agency. News10NBC's Declan Stablow reported from the scene.

Batavia NY:

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Henderson group holds protest against federal agents’ actions A community group in Henderson held a “Stand Up Sunday” protest Sunday, staging what organizers described as a peaceful public demonstration.We the People of H

Henderson, Nevada

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The Original Oceti Sakowin 7 Council Fires at Mini Owe Sni - Ft. Snelling #LandBack Occupation Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation…

Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building--headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge--establishing an occupation demanding #LandBack in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Vid from Day 1 & 2]

Kushner acknowledges use of private email account in White House If Clinton's emails deserved to be the most dominant issue in the 2016 race, what kind of attention should be paid to similar email practices on Team Trump?

Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff to lead high-stakes U.S. nuclear talks with Iran

www.ms.now/news/kushner-

‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Is Ted Cruz a pair of $800 Ferragamo boat shoes? Because Tucker Carlson OWNED him

The 2026 agenda has left GOP lawmakers more fixated on the advertising efforts of their individual campaigns than working as a party to pass more legislation that addresses the cost of living.

“Are we doing enough? We’re not doing anything. Everybody’s working on getting elected.” trib.al/GHAUKki

GOP struggles big time to find electable candidates The Republican Party has recently suffered a string of bad news in candidate recruitment that could further hamper the party's sagging odds in the November midterms, with candidates dropping out or .....

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Oh, look! The New York Times mocks the intelligent and articulate AOC for how she spoke while is constantly covers for the loopy, incoherent Donald Trump.

Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"

ICE purchases facility in Romulus, agency spokesperson says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased a facility in Romulus, Michigan, a spokesperson for the federal agency told CBS News Detroit on Sunday afternoon.

Romulus, Michigan

"Romulus Mayor Robert A. McCraight said he was telling lawmakers 'at all levels' that a detention center is not permitted and will be opposed by the city..."

www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...

AG Bondi claims the administration has released everything—but a new analysis suggests it's only 2%. trib.al/vjXcnXW

Investigators seized massive amounds of data from Epstein’s properties in Palm Beach, NYC, and of course, “pedophile island”—also known as Howard Lutnick’s favorite vacation spot.

Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.

"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."

www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...

🔔 INBOX — WILSON COUNTY: Tuesday 7PM is a county commission meeting where folks will have a chance to speak out against the planned ICE DETENTION CENTER

Betsy Phillips: “Hell is here.”

More: www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...