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In case you missed it…here’s the facts-only version of SOTU

"The men implicated in the Epstein files reinforces that I spend half my life explaining to men that their simplified, optimistic view of other men doesn’t line up with the experience of women and girls trying to dodge sexual harassment, assault and abuse attempts." - Leslie Morgan Steiner

"Show what you looked like before you joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine."

Ukrainian Defenders share photos from before they joined the military and after.

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I my experience, people who ask this question are the same ones that think being poor, or homeless or even disabled is something you actively choose to be.

With a two-hour delay, the BBC could’ve removed the N-word slur from its BAFTA coverage, and chose not to.

Meanwhile, it cut Akinola Davies Jr saying “Free Palestine”.

A clear editorial decision driven by fear of pro-Israel lobby groups. Shame on them.

What is Trump going to sell to the country in the State of the Union on Tuesday? Tariffs, ICE, and a slower economy?

Let's look at some data. First, the tariffs are wildly unpopular. 1/

Playing the percentages, I would say that they were lying then, lying now, and lying every moment of every day between then and now.

And they'll lie every moment of every day about everything until Congress does its job and stops them.

So, there WAS fraud in the 2020 election and it WAS committed by an immigrant: Elon Musk.

The Trump administration is warehousing pregnant child rape victims in a Texas facility, away from adequate medical care, in a state with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the US, so that these child rape victims won’t be able to get abortions.

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Which party is leading early primary turnout in each metro area?

Week 1 comparison: 2022 → 2026

DFW: 🔴 R +25.2 → 🔵 D +14.2
Houston: 🔴 R +25.1 → 🔵 D +5.8
Austin: 🔵 D +6.5 → 🔵 D +40.3
San Antonio: 🔴 R +13.9 → 🔵 D +26.1
RGV: 🔵 D +54.0 → 🔵 D +60.4

Double Hungarian veto thwarts Ukraine loan and Russia sanctions "We should not tie together things that are not connected to each other at all," High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Monday amid a new crisis caused by back-to-back Hungarian vetoes. #EuropeNews

Double Hungarian veto disrupts the European Union's response to Russia's war on Ukraine on the eve of the fourth anniversary.

Here's where we are now.

People need to understand what’s happening in Washington state because it’s outrageous and barely being covered by the news media. But I think it matters, and I think you’ll agree.

The state is facing growing legal & public scrutiny over widespread sexual abuse of juveniles in state custody.
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Activists from the anti-billionaire campaign group "Everyone Hates Elon" went to the Louvre museum in Paris where they hung a framed photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble on February 19.

Kemi Badenoch getting irritated and talking over Martin Lewis as he calmly tries to explain why her student debt plans will only help the richest graduates

Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting.

She had some things she needed to get off her chest

To recap in light of breaking news out of the UK:

The French found a way to prosecute former presidents.

The South Koreans did the same.

Our British cousins now literally are prosecuting members of the Royal Family.

But U.S. presidents remain above the law.

After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

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." newrepublic.com/article/2065...

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I'm convinced that the botchy redactions in the Epstein files are the result of some FBI agents using the tactics of the CIA Simple Sabotage field manual.

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.

Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.

Our priorities are so fucked.

What’s the best song lyric in history?

A child is born with no state of mind
Blind to the ways of mankind
God is smilin' on you but he's frownin' too
Because only God knows what you'll go through

Just take a look at this and remember, Pam Bondi's concern here was not with any of the victims of these crimes but with the nosy Democrats who actually gave a shit about them.

MAGAs getting conned again!😂

If I got this right, the sensitive souls that like to run foxes literally and metaphorically into the ground then watch them torn apart by hounds - find the presence of Chris Packham harassing….bless them.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...

Think of all of the people from that have collaborated with Trump Regime to make this insane cruelty happen.

There will come a point in time wherein historians will describe our ample use of "it's a feature not a bug" in this current period, as, in fact, a feature not a bug.

Inside the resistance with Will Stancil "It's something I could do to keep them from stealing my neighbors."

"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."