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👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics.

"It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Mamdani to Use New Power to Speed Up Housing Development in the Bronx Projects that used to take as much as seven months to get approved can now move forward in as little as 90 days. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking advantage.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to announce on Friday that an 84-unit affordable housing development on an empty, New York City-owned lot in the Bronx. It will be 100% affordable and include 30 units for formerly homeless New Yorkers.

The Research All Points in the Same Direction: Adding More Homes Curbs Rents for Low-Income Tenants - Metropolitan Abundance Project The Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law made a surprising and contrarian argument in a new paper: adding more homes does not benefit low-income tenants. Three recent separate analyses o...

"Housing shortages are regressive, hurting low-income tenants most, while areas that have added the most homes have not just seen improved affordability, but when rents have fallen, low-income tenants have reaped the largest rent declines."
www.metroabundance.org/adding-more-...

Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs, rebuking president's signature economic policy Trump, as recently as Thursday, has talked up the consequences of the Supreme Court striking down his tariffs prior to the seismic ruling.

Big victory for the American people.

And another crushing defeat for the wannabe King.

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/s...

Liberation Day: 2/20/2026

Neal Katyal: "In America, the chief justice said only Congress can impose taxes on the American people, and that's what tariffs are. Tariffs are taxes."

A 6-3 Court tells Trump he lacks the power to impose tariffs under IEEPA

SHE’S SO GOLDEN 🥇

Alysa Liu wins GOLD and becomes the first U.S. woman to medal in figure skating since 2002.

Alysa Liu celebrating figure skating gold

ICONIC

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 19: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was captured using a remote camera positioned above the field of play.) Megan Keller #5 of Team United States scores the game winning goal in overtime against Claire Thompson #42 and Ann-Renee Desbiens #35 of Team Canada to win the gold medal during the Women's Gold Medal match between the United States and Canada on day 13 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on February 19, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

put it in the Louvre

"People sometimes talk about homelessness as separate from housing supply...the cities that have the worst homelessness problems are also the most supply restricted." -Fiscal Policy Institute's Chief Economist Emily Eisner

Mikaela Shiffrin wins slalom gold to break 8-year Olympic drought Shiffrin put in two dominant runs in gorgeous conditions amid the jagged peaks of the Dolomites to show, again, why she is regarded by many as the greatest Alpine skier of all time.

Mikaela Shiffrin put in two dominant runs in gorgeous conditions amid the jagged peaks of the Dolomites to show, again, why she is regarded by many as the greatest Alpine skier of all time. https://to.pbs.org/4kEi0xQ

This morning in New Rochelle, Governor Hochul made clear that New York will not allow critical community projects to fall apart because of shifting federal priorities. Her $16 million commitment keeps the LINC Project alive and moving forward.

New York City police officers rescued a bald eagle in distress during a patrol along the Hudson River. The authorities took the injured bird to a rehabilitation center in New Jersey, which is working to stabilize it to allow for further testing and treatment. nyti.ms/3OQvGtC

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

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People who immigrate to the U.S. come here to find safety and opportunity and contribute to our communities.

We should be welcomed with dignity, not demonized.

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...

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.

Credit: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, center, winner of an alpine ski, men's giant slalom race, jumps in celebration on the podium flanked by second placed Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, left, and third placed Switzerland's Loic Meillard, at the 2026 Winter Olympics.(AP)

What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.

interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”

The 19th: House passes elections overhaul bill that could make it harder for married women to vote

Are you one of nearly 70 million American women who changed their names when they got married? 🙋‍♀️

Republicans in Congress want to make it harder for you to vote.

Tell your senator to oppose the SAVE Act. indivisible.org/actions/stop...

A patriotic judge who will fight to defend our Constitution:

"The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights."

Before meeting with Mayor Zohran Mamdani Thursday to discuss immigrant protections amid a federal crackdown, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told NY1 constitutional rights are "getting trampled."

Great to see the new House Oversight Democrats’ report on the schemes behind DOGE's creation, the benefits it offered the billionaire class, and the harms it brought to taxpayers, federal workers, and public services. 🧵
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/do...

Homeland Security Shutdown Draws Nearer as Democrats Block Funding

Good. Well done, Senate Dems.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

NEW: Monthly data are out on rents in NYC

Avg for market rate units, as of Jan 31 (w/ increase over past year)

Manhattan: $5,711 (+11.3%)—All-time high

Brooklyn: $4,264 (+7.5%)

NW Queens: $3,997 (+10.6%)—All-time high

We urgently need to build vastly more housing, especially affordable housing.

New York Could Lose Seats in Congress Because It Won’t Build Housing As housing construction booms in red states, blue states are falling behind. That will likely boost Republicans in federal politics.

NEW: The next US Census likely won’t be good for New York. The state is projected to lose two congressional seats, and with them, two electoral votes for president.

One reason why blue states are losing ground: The red states build far more housing than they do.