Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Rhode Island, & Wisc do not officially observe "Presidents' Day". Virginia, Illinois, & NY recognize "Washington's Birthday." California & Connecticut hold separate, specific observances for Lincoln's birthday on Feb 12.

"When it gets to Election Day, that we’ve been proactive to make sure that we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country." Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested that her department has a broad role in election security

Other than a $20,000 donation to her NY Senate campaign in 1999, Hillary Clinton had no personal ties to #Epstein. So while Bill Clinton had documented, high-profile ties to Epstein, there is no evidence, including in the released Epstein files, that Hillary was personally involved with him.

There seems to rampant Tu quoque/whataboutism going on these days: Saying something isn’t wrong because others do wrong too. Saying #Trump can’t be wrong because someone else once did something similar. Another person’s wrongdoing doesn’t make this action right or immune from criticism.

41 DUI arrests made by TN Highway Patrol Trooper Asa Pearl have been dismissed, with 22 of those cases involving no alcohol/drugs. In a stunning double down, despite evidence to the contrary, head of the THP believes the drivers who had neither drugs nor alcohol in their system were not sober.

Mexico is the world's largest Spanish-speaking country by population, with over 130 million speakers as of 2025. Other top countries include the United States, followed by Colombia, Spain, and Argentina. Overall, 21 countries and territories have #Spanish as an official language.

Achieving statehood on February 14, 1912, Arizona is the 48th state to be admitted to the Union. About 1/4 of the state is made up of reservations that serve as the home of 27 federally recognized Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation, the largest with more than 300,000 citizens.

Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859. Founded as a refuge from disputes over slavery, Oregon had a "whites only" clause in its original state Constitution. While rendered unenforceable by the 14th Amendment in 1868, the official removal occurred by voters in Nov. 2002.

"I've heard it said 'who gives a shit who owns Greenland?' The 55,000 indigenous people who live there give a shit about who owns Greenland." US Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) seemingly, in response to Lindsey Graham at the Munich Security Conference #MSC26

"Who gives a shit who owns Greenland?" US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at the Munich Security Conference

#Bondi #Noem #Leavitt #Gabbard #Epstein #Maxwell

"For more than 30 yrs, I've been a journalist, & the power and protection of the 1st Amendment has been the underpinning of my work. The 1st Amendment, freedom of the press, is the bedrock of our democracy." Don Lemon pleads not guilty to Minnesota church protest charges

The rules-based world order "no longer exists...our freedom is not guaranteed" in an era of big power politics, and Europeans must be ready to make "sacrifice..(there is)a deep divide has opened between Europe and the United States". German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Munich Security Conference

Among a few women on the 1963 MLK "I have ADream Speech" platform, Dorothy Height was the “godmother of the women’s movement.” She was a leader in the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and the president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) for more than 40 yrs. #BlackHistoryMonth

Mark Landon, a physician, professor, chair of the obstetrics & gynecology department at Ohio State Univ received quarterly payments of thousands of dollars from Jeffrey #Epstein in the early 2000s, Department of Justice files show. Wonder what a gynecologist was doing for a child sex trafficker?

“I don’t get how you’re at the top of DOJ; you don’t seem good at your job.” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) to AG Pam Bondi

Attorney general #PamBondi finding anything and everything more interesting than looking at the #Epstein victims who have been ignored by the #DOJ #Overheard

"You don't tell me anything, you washed-up loser lawyer.” Attorney General Pam Bondi to Rep. Jamie Raskin, a former constitutional law professor and the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, during a 5hr hearing to discuss the Jeffrey Epstein files release, among other controversies

“I don’t know if race made it more difficult, but it certainly made me stronger. Maybe I won’t be accepted by a white person. But if I’m better, they have no choice.” French skater Surya Bonaly, landed an illegal backflip in the 1998 games, called “The most elaborate expletive in Olympic history"

Alexandria councilman R. Kirk McPike decisivly won VA House of Delegates 5th, filling the vacancy created by Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, who voters concurrently elected to outgoing State Sen. Adam Ebbin’s 39th District seat. #VAElections

Jesse Owens was a track-and-field athlete who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, including 100m, 200m dashes, 100m relay, & a world record in the long jump. In 1976, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom & posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal in 1990. #BlackHistoryMonth

“We’ve advocated for measles vaccines all along. Secretary Kennedy has been at the very front of this.” TV Dr. Mehmet Oz and Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “Oh, come on!” an incredulous Dana Bash, @Cnn responded as measles has spiked in red states

¿A qué hora es el concierto de Bad Bunny? Every American Woman to her husband today... #SuperBowlLX #SuperBiwl #HalfTime

Selma, Alabama, native Annie Lee Cooper played a crucial part in the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement. And while she was lauded for punching Alabama Sheriff Jim Clark in the face, she really deserves to be celebrated for fighting to restore and protect voting rights. #BlackHistoryMonth

"Is that true? That’s surprising because people like him. Well, he is in a foreign country. He doesn’t get booed in this country." Trump Responds To JD Vance Getting Booed At Winter Olympics

So a few times, yeah? Yes, definitely a few times. #Epstein #Trump #EpsteinFiles

Before Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin. In 1955, at just 15-years-old, Colvin touted her constitutional rights to remain seated near the middle of the vehicle and challenged the driver. She was subsequently arrested and was the 1st woman to be detained for her resistance. #BlackHistoryMonth

"If you put democrats in, you'll end up with open borders again. You'll have crime all over the place. We don't have any crime anymore." Trump reacts to a Democrat flipping a Texas State Senate seat (1st time in 30 yrs, a Ft Worth district Trump won by 17pts)

Reminder: The #Constitution gives authority to states ‒ not the federal government ‒ to set "the times, places and manner" of holding federal #elections, but it empowers Congress to "make or alter" rules.

Bayard Rustin organized (w/ MLK Jr.) the March on Washington in August 1963. As a gay man, he was considered to be one of the most brilliant minds of the Civil Rights Movement, and served his community tirelessly while pushing for more jobs and better wages. ##BlackHistoryMonth

Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress, representing New York's 12th District from 1969 to 1983, and in 1972, she became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Her campaign slogan "Unbought and unbossed" was epic. #BlackHistoryMonth

"There is a shadow here on my ground, six more weeks of winter abound." Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow. A**hole.

“You know, he obviously disagrees with my assessment of the job that Secretary Noem is doing, and ultimately it’s his call as to who he keeps in this position.” US Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in response to Trump calling her a "loser" over her criticism of DHS Sec Kristi Noem

"I am thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be Homeland Security secretary and senior adviser to the president." Thom Tillis (R-NC) when asked about Trump calling him a "loser"

"They're lying. We saw it. And that's how brazen they lie, when they know we've seen the truth. That's how they lie when they know we know. Imagine how they lie when there's no evidence to contradict them?" Jon Stewart, the Daily Show host unpacked the ICE Minneapolis shooting

27 days into 2026. ICE has managed to unalive 9 people...

Overheard at Georgetown Starbucks: "So, we expect 3rd grade teachers to defend our kids from active school shooters, but supposedly trained ICE agents can't tell the difference between a cell phone and a gun?"

The way #ICE #immigration enforcement operations are being carried out makes all of us less safe because the the goal overrides any other commitments: to order, to protect, to due process, to fairness. Pay attention to what is lost at the expense of the supposed gains.

Man the NRA has to be up in arms over this tweet this morning....

NRA's rather unhelpful statement on Minnesota shootings. One might have thought they would be on the side of the law abiding, permit holding legal gun owner. It's almost like they're biased...

White people were upset about illegals. White boys are joining ICE. White people in a White House are denying what we are all seeing. At some point, one has to wonder...

Jannik Sinner overcomes cramps to defeat Eliot Spizzirri at tennis during Australian Open. Meanwhile, women everywhere get on with their lives. 🙄

"How many more?" Neil Young, of CSNY, in the song "Ohio" protesting the deaths of 4 Kent State students shot by National Guardsmen on May 4, 1970.

“Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word on this...The federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation.” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, after Federal Agents Kill a 37-Year-Old Minneapolis Man

“Across all 3 branches of govt, 75 yrs—you’re out. Clean it up, all of Washington, & when you’re 75, you can’t do that in the military, you can’t do it in corporate America, you should not be in govt at all. Thank you for your service, up &out.” Rahm Emanuel, fmr Chicago mayor & ambassador to Japan

Trinity Rodman has signed a new three-year contract with the Washington Spirit. Rodman's new multi-million dollar makes her the highest paid women's soccer player in the world, according to her agent.

DMV Catholics: mass at your own risk this weekend. Godspeed.

"Once this board is completely formed, we can do pretty much whatever we want to do. And we'll do it in conjunction with the United Nations." Trump launching his Board of Peace in Davos, Switzerland

Many of the countries signed on to Trump’s “Board of Peace” to stabilize #Gaza are also temporarily banned from immigrant visas by the State Department. Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Morocco, Mongolia, Pakistan and Uzbekistan are among the 75 countries.

Ryan Wedding, former Olympian turned FBI Most Wanted fugitive, was arrested after turning himself in to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. FBI Director Kash Patel happened to be in Mexico City on a preplanned trip when Wedding was apprehended.