Epstein files allegations may amount to ‘crimes against humanity’: UN experts The Hill thehill.com/policy/inter...

“‘I am begging my fellow politicians, my fellow Americans to realize that right now in this country we are not fighting over policy or political party,’ Pritzker said. ‘We are fighting over whether we are going to be a civilization rooted in empathy and kindness—or one rooted in cruelty and rage.’”

Trump is putting enormous pressure on Zelensky because Russia is losing the war. The Russian economy is crumbling and Putin has asked Trump to put pressure on Zelensky. Zelensky must remain strong and defiant. All he has to do is buy time. Both Trump and Putin are on the way out.

Really interesting to listen to the tween boys I am watching with, as they comment again and again on how much better the hockey is when the players haven't grown up with fighting as part of the game. No goons, all skill.

Canada scores on a US power play!

I think they killed Epstein, but if it had gone down a few years later, they would've instead given him a cabinet position.

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.

The reality of more women now DYING NEEDLESSLY in OUR country due to anti-abortion/anti-women laws is UNCONSCIONABLE! The fact that GOP anti-abortion beliefs played a part in obscene insurance premiums may now kill the rest of us!👀 Why Congress failed to reach an Affordable Care Act deal - POLITICO

BREAKING: A new poll found that 97% of Democrats support converting Alligator Alcatraz into a prison for everyone in the Epstein Files.

If you're anywhere near Lebanon, please get over there tomorrow, Tues Feb 17

The decrease in Canadian travellers to the US has cost the United States over $4.5 billion this past year. - Forbes #cdnpoli

This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.

The Economist does an amazing breakdown by volume as well as profession who had the most contact with Epstein post conviction. It’s a must see IMO. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP893oUPa/

Your data will be used against you. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

I’ve noticed that ICE backs off places where they know folks are armed.

I really hope that when midterm elections roll around everyone that can vote DOES VOTE. No more of the stupid excuse there is nobody that I like. I don't wana vote. Everybody pull your adult pants up and figure out how not voting already screwed everything up once. So let's not make it twice.

In the war on communicable diseases, the US Department of Health and Human Services has gone all in on the side of communicable diseases. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...

Other countries can do it, why can’t we? www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Researchers have found that 6 of 10 abortion restrictions — bans on Medicaid funding for abortion, mandated waiting periods, 2nd-trimester abortion bans, ACA marketplace insurance coverage bans, biased counseling laws, and ultrasound requirements — were linked to higher rates of maternal mortality.

The stock market is not the economy. 🤷

One of the worst things a leader of a country at war can hear is when the commander of the air defense forces says that missile stocks are empty because they were used to repel the previous Russian attack.

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

"Donald Trump is not the disease of our politics, he’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows big corporations to buy and sell politicians in ways that leave them rigging the system against us."

NFL franchise owners in the EPSTEIN e-mails & assorted docs Partial list: *Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots *Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants *Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins *Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings *Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons

"The consequences are on display in South Carolina, where a measles outbreak has affected more than 900 people, including at least 19 who were hospitalized with complications including pneumonia and brain swelling." I see this as a form of child abuse. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...

Americans, is there no red line? First, we have kids practicing shooter drills. Then survivors of mass school shootings. Now we have them doing drills at school to escape from our own government ICE agents. Hundreds of kids are detained in adult concentration camps, separated from their families.

IS THIS WHAT 2ndAMENDMENT MEANS?more then398.5million guns inU.S.more guns than people. Everyday,125people are killed from guns each day12 children die and 32are shot.4.6Million live in a home,with 1gun,kept loaded andUNLOCKED.We have more gun dealers than McDonald's.Strong STATE Laws like MA. Help!

“On the heels of the news that WestJet slashed more flights to the U.S., Air Transat has followed—cancelling all its flights to the U.S. including its popular Snowbird Florida routes.” We are not coming. #Canada #Boycott

"But if we prosecute everyone in the Epstein files, the entire system will collapse" Yeah, that's the aim

There are non US citizens influencing our elections, they’re called corporations. The establishment wants us to not focus on this.

It's still a cover-up Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from Epstein files release. DEATH? The truth is probably far worse than anyone can imagine.

I don’t think there’s much of a chance of a deal with Iran at this point. We’ve spent hundreds of millions getting hardware in place for a potential attack, and we’re sending more. This is shaping up to be a multi-week campaign in Iran, if Trump green lights it. Bibi always riles Trump up.

I’m very skeptical that an air campaign alone could do it, even with Israel and France joining. That’s the biggest issue with regime change in Iran - we don’t know who the heir apparent would be in a forced change. Look at all the chaos in Syria right now. These things never work out like we want.

End of the decade? No, I seriously doubt that. It’s going to take at least a full Democratic administration to clean up this mess. We could be CLOSER to normal by the end of the decade, but that depends on who takes the mantle of chief jackass on the right when Trump isn’t around anymore.

He should, but I don’t think he has enough shame to resign, and I don’t think Trump will force him. They have a policy on not giving the ‘media’ any ‘scalps’ this time around, so no matter how awful they are, they’re likely to stay. Only real exception is for embarrassing Trump directly.

The latter for sure, but it’s not clear to me that most of them could change their laws prior to the midterms. The ID executive order would just be laughed at.

He can’t. Old man yelling at cloud shit. If Congress doesn’t pass the SAVE act, there’s nothing Trump can do to force it down our throats unilaterally.

That’s one reason I generally don’t like public hearings - it’s all grandstanding and soundbites. That being said, I think Dems did a good job making Bondi defend Epstein and obfuscate during the hearing - MAGA is lighting her up on social media. She looked really, really bad, but had no options.

That’s my concern. They aren’t building all these detention centers just for immigrants, I fear. I don’t think that’s going to work out the way they want it to, though. As far as to what end, the cruelty is always the point with these people.

Is it safe for us to release balloons during my grandsons birthday party? He'll be turning six.

Probably about 10 seconds after the SAVE act passes, if it does. I thought we were past the blatant disenfranchisement of women voters thing, though I guess I should have seen it coming after reproductive rights.

💥🎉 Drone threat in temporarily occupied Crimea, in Moscow, Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Ryazan, Voronezh regions and in temporarily occupied Luhansk region.

Welcome to the Plutocracy

“If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country” - The New Yorker

ZELENSKYY: Today, we are at the first German-Ukrainian joint venture, which is already producing drones for the Ukrainian army. Today, I received the first jointly manufactured strike drone. We saw the production line and the first flight of the drone. This is modern Ukrainian

Pregnant immigrants in Minnesota have been postponing their abortions, skipping aftercare, and delaying birth control visits and urgent cancer screening follow-ups to avoid coming in contact with federal immigration agents.

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