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Steve Bannon calls for armed federal agents to 'surround the polls' during midterms

'Layers of irony' as Trump’s Board of Peace plots war

Red state governor (OK) rips GOP for 'not getting anything done'
February 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Trump’s policy already cost 100,000 manufacturing jobs — and experts say worse to come

Jesuits say Olympians are more Christian than Trump and his ungodly lies

Trump repeatedly struggles to stay awake during live broadcast of Board of Peace summit
February 19, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Trump says he 'almost terminated' Rubio after sec’s rousing Munich speech that was met with a far better reception than the speeches by Trump or Vance to European statespeople. At the same time, critics felt it did not undo the damage caused by Trump’s previous foreign policy actions.
February 19, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Tillis 'thrilled' over Trump calling him a loser: 'Makes me qualified to be DHS secretary'

MAGA proposal to have ICE "swarm the polls" could doom Republicans in key swing state:
February 19, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Trump no longer 'comfortable' with how 'far' top advisor (WH dep chief staff Stephen Miller) has gone. "The pres, aware of polls showing his immigration agenda isn’t popular said that bus officials are calling and complaining to him about longtime workers being thrown out of the country."
February 19, 2026 at 7:13 PM
'More is going to come out': GOP senator said Trump's Commerce Sec Lutnick 'lied like a dog'
February 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Another private company capitulates to Trump — without even fighting back: Gallup admitted it would no longer survey Americans’ sentiments on how Trump is faring. Their barometer, in December, placed Trump’s approval rating an
February 19, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Witness behind Maxwell conviction reported 'graphic' assault from Trump: “The allegations and FBI interview are landmark revelations, undermining the WH’s claims that Trump hasn’t been accused of wrongdoing and showing instead that the U.S. gov has been aware of a credible Trump accuser.”
February 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The New York Times is back on its Democrat-smearing bullsh-t--this time, AOC

Epstein fallout rocks Europe – and it’s 'just getting started'

DC golfers 'profoundly depressed' as Trump dumps 'mystery mud' at public course--crap from the East Wing, not on private courses, but on public, of course.
February 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
U2 has release a song: American Obituary
February 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
DOJ Removed Record of Multiple FBI Interviews with Underage Trump Accuser, Epstein Data Shows

JD: Back before he sold out

Russian army described as a 'gangster supermarket'
February 19, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Researchers at MS have created a data-storage system that can remain readable for at least 10,000 years, probably much longer. The team used a high-energy laser to imprint deformations into a 3D chunk of borosilicate glass, the kind used in ovenware.
Nature
February 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Scientists have identified a giant virus that can hijack a host cell’s protein-making machinery to churn out copies of itself — the first evidence that viruses can co-opt this particular system, which is typically assoc with cellular life. To take control, the virus attaches

Nature
February 19, 2026 at 6:27 PM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unveiled nuclear-capable rocket launchers, part of efforts to tout Pyongyang’s military capabilities ahead of an upcoming meeting of the ruling communist party.
February 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM
US President Donald Trump will convene the inaugural meeting today of his Board of Peace, an organization ostensibly focused on rebuilding Gaza but that critics fear has ambitions of unseating the UN as the main forum for global diplomacy.
February 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Nearly 7 in 10 people polled by Reuters said that the Epstein files controversy shows that powerful Americans “are rarely held accountable for their actions.”

The EPA is also planning to loosen regs on coal plants, allowing them to emit more harmful pollutants including mercury. — NYT
February 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Oil prices have surged above $70/barrel over rising odds of US strikes on Iran.

A liberal group is spending $650,000 on TV and digital ads in Maine hitting Sen. Susan Collins for voting against a Dem-only bill that allowed Medicare to negotiate drug prices and
February 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Who pays? Who cares?: Econs are pushing back on WH econ adviser Kevin Hassett’s criticism of a NY Fed study showing American consumers and companies are bearing the cost of tariffs. It doesn’t matter: Even if foreigners eat the cost, they’ll have less money to spend on US goods and everybody loses.
February 19, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Dinosaurs demoted: One of the world’s biggest consulting firms will weigh employees’ use of AI tools when deciding on promotions.
February 19, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Bottomless pit: OpenAI is in the opening stages of another funding round, this time for the record-breaking sum of $100B, as the AI giant and other major tech companies prepare to pour billions into developing the infrastructure needed to power the AI boom.
February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Bono. U2 unexpectedly dropped its first new album in nine years, a politically charged collection touching on ICE raids, Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on allegations he sent Jeffrey Epstein confidential documents when he was working as a trade envoy for the UK.
February 19, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Apple removed an “ESG modifier” from its exec comp packages, eliminating a mechanism that allowed the board to adjust annual bonuses based on performance on environmental measures since the environment no longers matters. No one breathes, drinks water, eats uncomtaminated food. No worries.
February 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Battery storage prices dropped more than a quarter last year to a record low, a boon for grids straining under rising electricity demand
February 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM