Willie Colon, a key creator of urban salsa and a longtime social activist, has died.

The Trump administration rolled back restrictions on toxic pollution from power plants, including limits on the release of mercury and lead.

2026 basically

What’s wrong with Trump’s plan to make Americans provide identification to register to vote and/or to vote? @staceyabrams.com & I explain how these benign-sounding proposals are being used to suppress the right to vote. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Welp H/T @bluegeorgia.bsky.social @jaredshult.bsky.social

Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now and Godfather star, dies aged 95

UPDATE: Remember when Monty Fritts confirmed to us women who get abortions should face execution? —> x.com/thetnholler/... Now Jody Barrett & Pody have a bill to make it the law in Tennessee😳: www.newschannel5.com/news/tenn-bi...

Add another 🇺🇸 citizen to ICE’s kill list. Ruben Ray Martinez (23) www.newsweek.com/ice-agent-fa...

My review of the #AllCreaturesPBS Season 6 regular season finale, "Our Hearts Are Full is" up. This is a phenomenal hour of television! We'd love to read your reactions to the review on the @ladygeeksmedia.bsky.social post or website. (PS: Am I the only one who got some LOTR vibes?)

BTW, Anne was Tom Chapman's grandmother. Her death while he was away at war explains some of his emotional journey in "Our Hearts Are Full." #AllCreaturesPBS

They locked up a Colombian child coming to go to Disney World with her family. What the hell are we doing? And why in the world would anyone come here for the World Cup/Olympics? www.miaminewtimes.com/news/immigra...

In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with CBP officers at the airports he frequented. Epstein emailed and texted with six CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling

I covered cross-border human trafficking for years and I'm not sure a headline has ever made me madder

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. n.pr/46PHPVX

“They will use those records to challenge voters, to intimidate them and to preemptively disqualify them, because Georgia has one of the preeminent Senate races in 2026,” says Stacey Abrams on the Trump FBI seizing Georgia’s 2020 ballots.

"We are behind… How do I guarantee that if you show up to work today nothing's going to happen to you?" Construction company owner says ICE raids are decimating her workforce — After 15 years, she fears this will be her last year as projects fall weeks behind. (From @wcconews.bsky.social )

The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.

We had to make sure this is real. This is real. www.richlandsource.com/2026/02/18/b...

Actor and advocate Eric Dane, best known for his roles on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Euphoria,’ died Thursday after a battle with ALS. He was 53

Corporate media executives are selling out the First Amendment to curry favor with corrupt politicians. This is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture — the kind that comes from the top. The real fight in this country is not left vs right; it’s top vs bottom.

NASHVILLE: “They used a permanent marker on his skin because they were keeping score.”😕 Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social lets loose after this horrific report about @TNHighwayPatrol & ICE blatantly racial profiling and terrorizing immigrants: nashvillebanner.com/2026/02/19/i...

“We’ve gotta give ‘em the mark of the beast. Team 6.” Nashville banner with VIDEO of @TNHighwayPatrol & ICE “Hunting” immigrants and writing in MARKER on their skin as they compete for who arrests more. (Few with criminal records) Full: nashvillebanner.com/2026/02/19/i...

For years, MAGA said, “Come here legally if you want to be in the United States.” But even immigrants who followed the rules are now facing new uncertainty.

Moon and Mercury setting next to the Griffith Observatory just moments ago. Found a good spot to take photos. #Photography #Astrophotography

$413,000 per bed. Insanity. While they cut health care, food assistance, etc.

The feds do not share how many agents are still in Minnesota or how many arrests are taking place, but anecdotal accounts show their activities moving from the Twin Cities (where they encountered strong opposition) to suburbs, exurbs & small towns. (3) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help. “A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Attorney John Hayden: “This whole campaign of just going out and finding vulnerable people, good people, people who are following rules, it's just another example of blowing the pretext of this whole operation.” (2) share.google/6jLXKUEtusHJ...

Texans: After nearly three decades in charge, “we can fix it” sounds like a confession.

FBI refusing to share Alex Pretti shooting evidence with state investigators. "BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said Monday that the FBI formally notified the state on Friday that it won’t grant the access." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

The SAVE Act includes restrictive documentation requirements that could falsely block eligible voters from the ballot box. Legislation should remove barriers to access—not build them. Tell Congress to vote NO: https://civilrights.quorum.us/campaign/155074/

Democracy dies in lies! We don’t have a voter fraud problem. We have a voter suppression problem. Try to earn our votes rather than trying to make it harder for voters! #votingrights.

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Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says reut.rs/4rpxDfl

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/

Corporate landlords shouldn’t be able to muzzle military families from talking about terrible housing conditions.

Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.

Today the Minnesota House gaveled into session for the first time since we lost Speaker Hortman, Mark, and Gilbert. In the spirit of Melissa, we commit to doing our work with humility, grace, and compassion.

Minnesota lawmakers paid tribute to former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were shot and killed in June. 📸: Renée Jones Schneider and Alex Kormann

America has lost a titan in the struggle for civil rights and racial justice. From his days at the side of Dr. King, to his moral leadership in this century, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. spent his life pushing our nation closer to its own ideal.

Fascism is here. 🇺🇸 CBS is dead. ☠️ More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀

CBS told Stephen Colbert he couldn't have James Talarico on his show, so he did it anyway. "This is the party that ran against cancel culture. They're trying to control what we watch, what we say, what we read." Watch it on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7D...

NEWS: CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr. Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway. “He was supposed to be here, but… 1/

FCC and CBS blocked this interview from airing on tv. Please watch it on YouTube. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

Major update: Trump’s FCC censors Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico and CBS complies immediately. Massive investigation opened into Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico. More fallout from the Epstein Files as powerful people continue to resign.

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ

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