@nickdoodles.bsky.social
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The FCC voted Wednesday to advance sweeping reforms to its Lifeline program, tightening eligibility requirements and procedures for the nearly $3 billion phone and internet subsidy for low-income households.
FCC Overhauls $2.9 Billion Lifeline Subsidy Program to Curb Improper Payments
Regulators vote to tighten vetting for the phone and internet subsidy after investigation found millions went to dead subscribers.
on.wsj.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:33 PM
The FCC voted Wednesday to advance sweeping reforms to its Lifeline program, tightening eligibility requirements and procedures for the nearly $3 billion phone and internet subsidy for low-income households.
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If it’s a tax on them, elites make it sound like a tax on you. If it’s a tax on you, they make you wonder if it’s a tax at all.
When you understand that, you can see how the news media actually created conditions in which some middle-class Americans unknowingly voted for their own immiseration.
When you understand that, you can see how the news media actually created conditions in which some middle-class Americans unknowingly voted for their own immiseration.
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
If it’s a tax on them, elites make it sound like a tax on you. If it’s a tax on you, they make you wonder if it’s a tax at all.
When you understand that, you can see how the news media actually created conditions in which some middle-class Americans unknowingly voted for their own immiseration.
When you understand that, you can see how the news media actually created conditions in which some middle-class Americans unknowingly voted for their own immiseration.
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US EPA plans to loosen mercury rules for coal plants this week, NYT reports reut.rs/3ZGliXV
US EPA plans to loosen mercury rules for coal plants this week, NYT reports
The Trump administration plans to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants this week, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
reut.rs
February 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
US EPA plans to loosen mercury rules for coal plants this week, NYT reports reut.rs/3ZGliXV
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WATCH: “That’s not America. That’s not Tennessee. I’m ashamed of those sons of bitches.”
A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”.
(Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)
A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”.
(Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)
February 17, 2026 at 11:29 PM
WATCH: “That’s not America. That’s not Tennessee. I’m ashamed of those sons of bitches.”
A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”.
(Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)
A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”.
(Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)
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Marco Rubio visits Slovakia and Hungary, and suddenly they behave in a manner that's openly pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine. This is no coincidence.
February 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Marco Rubio visits Slovakia and Hungary, and suddenly they behave in a manner that's openly pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine. This is no coincidence.
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notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
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It seems nuts to me that CNN has partnered with an online gambling site (Kalshi) and hypes their betting lines as “news” to report.
February 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It seems nuts to me that CNN has partnered with an online gambling site (Kalshi) and hypes their betting lines as “news” to report.
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Brutal new polling finds Trump's net approval is -16 — down 22 points from inauguration day.
Every authoritarian action he's taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
Every authoritarian action he's taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
February 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Brutal new polling finds Trump's net approval is -16 — down 22 points from inauguration day.
Every authoritarian action he's taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
Every authoritarian action he's taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
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"Of people booked into ICE custody since October 1, 2025, 73 percent had no criminal conviction, and only 8 percent had a violent or property criminal conviction." You would not know that if you listen to Tricia McLaughlin.
Tricia McLaughlin’s Top Five Lies
The outgoing Homeland Security flack’s pattern of mendacity.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
"Of people booked into ICE custody since October 1, 2025, 73 percent had no criminal conviction, and only 8 percent had a violent or property criminal conviction." You would not know that if you listen to Tricia McLaughlin.
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So....the Fourth Reich?
February 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
So....the Fourth Reich?
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Love actually is all around – and those who think that cruelty can destroy it are incapable of understanding the power of a nation moved by it.
February 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Love actually is all around – and those who think that cruelty can destroy it are incapable of understanding the power of a nation moved by it.
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"Just today, U.S. Southern Command announced it struck three boats in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean yesterday and killed 11 people it claims were smuggling drugs, bringing the total of such strikes to more than 40 and the number of dead to more than 130."
We still have no proof.
We still have no proof.
February 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
"Just today, U.S. Southern Command announced it struck three boats in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean yesterday and killed 11 people it claims were smuggling drugs, bringing the total of such strikes to more than 40 and the number of dead to more than 130."
We still have no proof.
We still have no proof.
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This is a family that stole money from their charity that was suppose to be given to kids with cancer & committed one of the biggest cases of fraud in American history btw.
EISEN: The critics say everyone is here to curry favor
ERIC TRUMP: The great irony is they didn't give us much of a choice
DON JR: They created this monster
ERIC: They were pulling these accounts from us like we were absolute dogs
ERIC TRUMP: The great irony is they didn't give us much of a choice
DON JR: They created this monster
ERIC: They were pulling these accounts from us like we were absolute dogs
February 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is a family that stole money from their charity that was suppose to be given to kids with cancer & committed one of the biggest cases of fraud in American history btw.
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Kristi Noem’s argument for why she needs absolute power is that it will create order — and safety.
Instead, she’s a chaos monster who has made everyone less safe.
But this is standard for fascists.
www.salon.com/2026/02/18/k...
Instead, she’s a chaos monster who has made everyone less safe.
But this is standard for fascists.
www.salon.com/2026/02/18/k...
Kristi Noem’s law-and-order pitch is collapsing
The DHS secretary and her semi-official aide Corey Lewandowski are to blame for the shutdown
www.salon.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Kristi Noem’s argument for why she needs absolute power is that it will create order — and safety.
Instead, she’s a chaos monster who has made everyone less safe.
But this is standard for fascists.
www.salon.com/2026/02/18/k...
Instead, she’s a chaos monster who has made everyone less safe.
But this is standard for fascists.
www.salon.com/2026/02/18/k...
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So many people leaving MAGA…there is a new country song about it. Let’s make it #1.
February 18, 2026 at 1:15 PM
So many people leaving MAGA…there is a new country song about it. Let’s make it #1.
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Why the @jamestalarico.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social kerfuffle matters? It has to do with keeping Talarico’s message of what it means to be a Christian away from MAGA. @hcrichardson.bsky.social goes into detail around the 45:57 mark.
This Week in Politics | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Why the @jamestalarico.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social kerfuffle matters? It has to do with keeping Talarico’s message of what it means to be a Christian away from MAGA. @hcrichardson.bsky.social goes into detail around the 45:57 mark.
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Go through HRC substack. She interviewed him!
www.youtube.com/live/h8VFcBm...
www.youtube.com/live/h8VFcBm...
American Conversations: Representative James Talarico
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Go through HRC substack. She interviewed him!
www.youtube.com/live/h8VFcBm...
www.youtube.com/live/h8VFcBm...
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BREAKING: MeidasTouch and MoveOn are hosting the People’s State of the Union on the National Mall as Dems boycott Trump’s address.
Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies.
Watch on our YouTube.
Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies.
Watch on our YouTube.
February 18, 2026 at 4:07 PM
BREAKING: MeidasTouch and MoveOn are hosting the People’s State of the Union on the National Mall as Dems boycott Trump’s address.
Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies.
Watch on our YouTube.
Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies.
Watch on our YouTube.
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I guess the reason why they treat their supporters as gullible rubes is because it works. Scare the white people has always been a lucrative formula.
February 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I guess the reason why they treat their supporters as gullible rubes is because it works. Scare the white people has always been a lucrative formula.
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No, Donald Trump cannot implement voting changes via Executive Order. He may try but if he does, he we will sue and we will win.
BARTIROMO: Could the president just implement an executive order to get the SAVE Act across the finish line going into the midterms?
REP. MARK HARRIS: That's a great question. I don't know the answer to that, quite frankly.
REP. MARK HARRIS: That's a great question. I don't know the answer to that, quite frankly.
February 18, 2026 at 1:39 PM
No, Donald Trump cannot implement voting changes via Executive Order. He may try but if he does, he we will sue and we will win.
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BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
February 17, 2026 at 9:47 PM
BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
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Politics Chat, February 17, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.
“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.sunjournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.
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Imagine doing this with your one precious life. Other people are out there teaching children and curing cancer and you decide to spend your time telling outrageous, laughably unbelievable lies about a dementia-addled rapist and fraud whose legacy will be nearly ending US democracy
Leavitt: "I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit. He left a life of luxury and a life of running a very successful real estate empire for public service."
February 18, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Imagine doing this with your one precious life. Other people are out there teaching children and curing cancer and you decide to spend your time telling outrageous, laughably unbelievable lies about a dementia-addled rapist and fraud whose legacy will be nearly ending US democracy