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February 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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A 2-month-old baby cruelly held with his mother without bail for weeks at an ICE facility in south Texas was rushed to the hospital due to poor medical care including no doctor on duty at the time. They have a pending asylum case and obviously pose no threat. Why needlessly detain them without bail?
2-month-old held at Dilley detention center taken to hospital amid health concerns
A 2-month-old held at an immigration detention center in Dilley was taken to the hospital on Monday night after falling ill, according to the Frio County Sheriff’s Office.
www.ksat.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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The Republican powers that be -- including the wealthy GOP donors who now control many forms of media -- don't want to let @jamestalarico.bsky.social gain momentum. Why? Because he stands a good chance of flipping a Senate seat blue in red Texas.

Let's support James Talarico and make it happen.
February 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.

His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.

Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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@cbsnews.com interesting that your network is not covering the flap over your network ordering Colbert not to air an interview with a Texas democrat and his reaction that that order. Seems like news to me. Exactly how discredited are you aiming for?
February 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Trump Admin Planning to Spend Over $38 Billion to Buy Warehouses and Convert Them into ICE Jails
Trump Admin Planning to Spend Over $38 Billion to Buy Warehouses and Convert Them into ICE Jails
The Trump administration is planning to spend more than $38 billion to acquire warehouses across the U.S. in order to retrofit them into new ICE jails with capacity for tens of thousands of prisoners.
www.democracynow.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
 
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
 
Not one dime for this cruelty.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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"A new ruling from the Trump administration says that when the sun disappears at night, we don’t know where it goes. All remaining top scientists have been taken from their positions and tasked with getting to the bottom of this."

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night
After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Tech companies are helping DHS infringe on your First Amendment rights 🙃
February 14, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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February 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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The “evidence” cited in search warrant affidavit for Fulton County turns out to be unconfirmed reports of human error that have already been debunked, with no allegations of criminal intent, in a matter where the statute of limitations has long since expired. It’s slow-motion election interference.
February 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Attorney General Pam Bondi tells a member of a co-equal branch of government during a public hearing: “You don’t tell me anything, you washed-up loser lawyer.” The disdain for our own government is appalling. This administration is destroying our democracy.
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Dr. Rob Davidson, an emergency physician in western Michigan, criticized a closed-door hearing with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary and U.S. Senate Republicans, airing concerns about the attempts to limit access to the medication.
In wake of FDA hearings on mifepristone, Michigan doctor raises alarm on limiting access • Michigan Advance
After a closed-door hearing with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, U.S. Senate Republicans are renewing calls to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone.  Dr. Rob Davidson...
michiganadvance.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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We live in challenging times. But these are also clarifying times, where the choices are clear, and we have examples to admire.

All honor to the Epstein survivors.

All honor to the people of Minneapolis.

All honor to the people of Ukraine.
February 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Julie has been covering this longer than most. The DOJ is not following the law. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Pam Bondi has been a complete and total failure at her job. The Epstein survivors showed more courage just by being in that room than she did under oath. She refused to answer questions and chose complicity.

America deserves better.
February 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Pirro should be impeached just for attempting to get an indictment against members of Congress for speech.

Her incompetence is actually useful right now because it negates her malevolence.
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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James Comer spent years and millions of taxpayer dollars trying and failing to prove that there was a policy connection between Hunter’s appointment to the Burisma board in 2014 and his VP dad. But Comer won’t spend a day or a dollar investigating this.
February 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Trump is threatening to extort Canada by holding up opening of Gordie Howe Bridge. The losers will be the American people and US businesses, particularly in Michigan.
www.mlive.com/politics/202...
Trump threatens to block Gordie Howe Bridge opening unless Canada pays up
In a 290-word post on Truth Social Monday, the president aired a list of grievances about the U.S.'s economic relationship with its northern neighbor.
www.mlive.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Also it’s a halftime show at a football game. Get a grip. People are acting like they went to an emergency room and couldn’t get anyone to speak to them in English.
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM