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Mom. Reader. Author. Traveler. Ajay Devgn fan. Blue Dot. Never give in. Never give up. #Resist! 🔵♿️📚🌊🕊👊🇺🇲
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The president insisted he was "totally exonerated" by the latest Epstein files release, but not everyone is buying it.
Trump's Latest Epstein Denial Has Critics Asking New Questions
The president insisted he was "totally exonerated" by the latest Epstein files release, but not everyone is buying it.
www.huffpost.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Two Polish airports closed temporarily over military operations, air agency says reut.rs/4rTSQO2
Two Polish airports closed temporarily over military operations, air agency says
Authorities in Poland have temporarily closed airports in Rzeszow and Lublin because of military aviation operations, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) said on Tuesday.
reut.rs
February 17, 2026 at 6:25 AM
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⚫ Mort du documentariste Frederick Wiseman, l’Amérique en profondeur

L’inlassable et prolifique documentariste autodidacte, immense portraitiste de la société américaine, n’a jamais voulu se réclamer du cinéma vérité
Mort du documentariste Frederick Wiseman, l’Amérique en profondeur
L’inlassable et prolifique documentariste autodidacte, immense portraitiste de la société américaine, n’a jamais voulu se réclamer du cinéma vérité, préférant rapprocher son travail du théâtre. Il est mort à 96 ans.
www.liberation.fr
February 17, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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Les socialistes ne voteront pas le projet de loi constitutionnelle sur la Nouvelle-Calédonie
Les socialistes ne voteront pas le projet de loi constitutionnelle sur la Nouvelle-Calédonie
La position adoptée par le PS et ses parlementaires bloque la réforme envisagée par le gouvernement qui souhaite appliquer l’accord de Bougival malgré l’opposition du FLNKS.
www.lemonde.fr
February 17, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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I spent Presidents Day defending the Constitution along with lots and lots of others - today it was to protest the planned ICE Concentration Camp in Roxbury. The conversations warmed my heart and the advocacy of the people lifted my spirit.
February 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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"Canadian-based pro-Israel group that has been organizing trips to Israel for Canadian right-wing media personalities and influencers was quietly approved for funds worth nearly $175,000 CAD by Israel."
#Canada #Israel #Iran #Gaza #Palestine #Media #Nonprofit #Education #Genocide
Group Sending Canadian Right-Wing Media Personalities on Free Trips to Israel Quietly Funded by the Israeli Government
Israeli foreign ministry granted Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring ‘Canadian influencers and policymakers’ to Israel, documents show
pressprogress.ca
February 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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The US president's comments come ahead of a second round of high-stakes talks in Geneva on Tuesday.
Trump says he will be involved ‘indirectly' in Iran nuclear talks
The US president's comments come ahead of a second round of high-stakes talks in Geneva on Tuesday.
www.aljazeera.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Earlier this evening, two people were killed, and three others were wounded in a shooting at an ice rink in Rhode Island, where a high school hockey game was taking place.

Young people need to be able to live and experience life without the threat of being shot and killed. This is not inevitable.
Live updates: 2 victims, suspect dead, 3 others injured in mass shooting at Rhode Island hockey rink
Two victims and the gunman are dead and three others have been hospitalized following a shooting Monday at an ice rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The shooting took place at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena,...
www.nbcboston.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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So, that's a "No" then...
Trump Was Asked If He'll Accept The Results Of The Midterms If Republicans Lose—And His Response Was Peak Trump
www.comicsands.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Heaps of things shall make up A. Albanese's legacy, Amy.

Gaza Genocide
Human rights abuses of asylum seekers/refugees
Entertaining genocidal war criminals
Keeping millions in poverty
AUKUS billions for non-existent submarines
More coal mines
More gas fields ...

Heaps and heaps of things. #auspol
At the end of this week, Anthony Albanese will become Australia's longest serving prime minister since John Howard. He's on track to rival Fraser and Hawke in time in the top job. But to leave what legacy?
“If Orwell wrote 1984 by following the threads of what politicians were sewing in 1948, then the ‘social cohesion’ our leaders are threading now are only forming a tighter net to trap us all,” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/46H1NSI
February 17, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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"For the second time since the start of the year, police have charged a Kentucky woman with homicide, abuse of a corpse, and concealing a birth after a pregnancy loss."
#Kentucky #USA #Healthcare #Policing
Second Kentucky Woman in 6 Weeks Charged With Homicide After Pregnancy Loss
Both women were criminalized after they sought medical care, one for a miscarriage and one for self-managed abortion.
www.autonomynews.co
February 17, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Extreme rainfall is worsening algal blooms along South Korea's coast

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Extreme rainfall is worsening algal blooms along South Korea's coast
Extreme rainfall is reshaping coastal waters along South Korea's shoreline, flushing nutrients from land into the sea and fueling the growth of algal blooms. A new multi-year study, published in Front...
phys.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Amazon deforestation raises surface temperature by 3°C during dry season, satellite data show

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Amazon deforestation raises surface temperature by 3°C during dry season, satellite data show
Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%. The loss of vegetation leads to an increase in surface temperature, a decr...
phys.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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Please comment by February 21!

The National Park Service's new Visitor Use Management Plan plan seeks to maximize visitor numbers and recreation at the expense of the Cumberland Island Wilderness and its wild inhabitants.

Talking points and details >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/cumberland-v...
February 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Rhode Island shooting: 2 killed, 3 critically injured at Pawtucket ice rink https://aje.news/5iewcm
February 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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"Universities have [..] always deeply enmeshed in settler-colonial and capitalist projects."

"These affiliations [..] are so important to universities that [administrators] are willing to attack their own students."
#Canada #Vietnam #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Protest #Policing #Education #Genocide
Trampling student movements: a growing trend at Canadian universities
Suppression of Palestine protests highlights a new and dangerous context for campus activism.
briarpatchmagazine.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Goldman Sachs plans to drop diversity factors from board candidate criteria, WSJ reports reut.rs/3MMEkc4
Goldman Sachs plans to drop diversity factors from board candidate criteria, WSJ reports
Goldman Sachs is preparing to remove race, gender identity, sexual orientation, and other diversity factors from the criteria its board uses to evaluate potential candidates, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
reut.rs
February 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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What cold-water geysers on Earth reveal about the habitability of ocean worlds

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What cold-water geysers on Earth reveal about the habitability of ocean worlds
In the eastern Utah desert, carbon-dioxide-saturated water bubbles, sprays and foams from the ground. These cold-water geysers, sometimes called soda pop geysers, are a new and reliable Earth-based an...
phys.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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"Nuestra América flotilla [will] sail to Cuba with food, medicine, and other essential supplies."

"The flotilla is set to sail next month from ports across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico."

"[A]im of reaching Cuba in March."
#Cuba #USA #Food #Healthcare #Water #FossilFuels #Military
As the Nuestra América Flotilla Attempts to Defy the U.S. Blockade, Let's Build an Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with Cuba
The Nuestra América flotilla is setting sail to attempt to challenge the U.S. blockade on Cuba as Trump's imperialist aggression tries to strangle the island. From the heart of imperialism, we must stand in active solidarity with the Cuban people and the Latin American masses.
www.leftvoice.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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The Epstein fallout continues to haunt Trump as his polls sink, Democrats step into a global leadership vacuum in Munich, Canada forges new alliances, Ukraine updates, Obama takes the spotlight, and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast live at 8p ET/5p PT!
LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 2/16/26
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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"Why Is Trump Strangling Cuba?"

How Miami elites may be behind the current blockade causing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba.

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Why Is Trump Strangling Cuba?
How Miami elites may be behind the current blockade causing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba.
zeteo.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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Anderson Cooper has decided to nope out of '60 Minutes' and will not return next season, according to Breaker's Lachlan Cartwright.

www.breakermedia.com/p/scoop-ande...
🔎 SCOOP: Anderson Cooper To Depart 60 Minutes
Legendary Newsman Will Focus on CNN And Family
www.breakermedia.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM