Forbes - Why The SAVE America Act Could Create New Obstacles For Millions Of Voters Here are some reasons why the SAVE America Act could harm election integrity rather than help it.

Shit I Read Yesterday - February 13, 2026 Dispatches from the Shit Show

ProPublica - What Meetings Among Trump Lawyers Reveal About the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia

NYT - ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say Protesters in Minneapolis and St. Paul said in sworn statements that they were singled out by agents who demonstrated that they knew where they lived.

Good morning my lovelies. Happy Valentine's Day!

NBC Nancy Guthrie live updates: DNA from someone other than Guthrie was collected from her property

Yeah, we will spend billions in hardware to go after dust. bsky.app/profile/atru...

The cruelty is the point 🤬 Read on for more.

Same, Charles. Same.

Was she fired or is she leaving on her own? We may never know the truth. NBC - Justice Department's antitrust chief says she's leaving, effective immediately Gail Slater is stepping down at a critical moment for corporate mergers in America.

Guardian - US paid $32m to five countries to accept about 300 deportees, report shows Some of the world’s most corrupt countries have received huge payments in third-country deportation scheme.

NBC - Trump administration working to expand effort to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials focused on denaturalization were sent to offices nationwide, sources say.

CBS - Tom Homan says federal agents found thousands of missing children in Minnesota. Here's a fact check

ProPublica - “Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.

CNBC - Dubai’s DP World replaces CEO after Epstein links emerge Dubai’s DP World announced Essa Kazim was the new chairman of its Board of Directors and Yuvraj Narayan was its new Group Chief Executive Officer, replacing Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.

Oh please do fuck all the way off. AP - Professors in the Epstein files say they hoped friendship would lead to research funding

Seems fair.

Mother Jones - I’m a Minneapolis Postal Worker. This Is What I Saw. Come rain, shine, tear gas, or ICE shootings, postal worker Bianca Sonnenberg is delivering the mail.

AP - Prosecutors move to dismiss charges against men accused of hitting ICE officer with broom and shovel

ABC 7 - Immigration authorities had surveilled Chicago woman shot 5 times during 'Midway Blitz': CBP Report

Daily Beast - ICE Barbie’s Mile-High Privacy With Alleged Lover Exposed Noem and Lewandowski aren’t going out of their way to hide their rumored relationship, according to a new report.

Word of the Day 02.13.26 -- Aperçu (noun | a-per-SYU): A comment or brief reference that makes an illuminating or entertaining point (French). "The article provides a valuable aperçu of the current market trends."

Eeeewww! AP - Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to resign after emails show close ties to Jeffrey Epstein

WTF?! CNN - CIA pitches Chinese military officers on helping the US in new video, amid officer purge in China

AP - Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...

They're only doing this because they got caught. Watch, Trump will demand that Bezos reverse the decision. NBC - Amazon no longer working with controversial police tech company after backlash over Ring doorbell Super Bowl ad

Another great episode! Beans Talk | Whiskey Pete Loses Again Featuring @muellershewrote.com and @dgcomedy.bsky.social

Was she drunk at the time? How do you just not see something that big? AP - Jeanine Pirro files a $250,000 negligence suit in New York over a trip-and-fall

Shit I Read Yesterday - February 12, 2026 Dispatches from the Shit Show

Good morning and happy Friday! 🤣

Random Fandom

My fav broke sadly.

CNN - Judge says Pete Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

In the middle of typing a post about how happy I was to get to spend a day with my dude tomorrow, I get a call from him. ::sigh:: Poor dude. I'll make him tacos stuff so he can have at least a good nomnom when he gets home.

NGL...I had a similar back in the day. Shut up. Gold spandex were the bomb back then in the 1900s. www.instagram.com/reel/DUq4mRh...

And what was the bulge under his suit on the right side?

Oh I remember. My parents didn't go to church, but they used it as a babysitter for me. I learned this fucking lesson inside and out. And now...well...here we are.

Consequences. Who knew! BBC - Norway's former PM charged with gross corruption over Epstein links

Clay Bennett - It wasn't the handshakes www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

AP - Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.

HAYES: “Things are so dire they’re soliciting DM’s and walking around with a sandwich board saying come work for the DOJ.” Prosecutors are quitting the lawless Trump regime and nobody wants to work for them.

Guardian - ‘Casey should resign’: Ex-USWNT star Abby Wambach leaves Wasserman agency over Epstein files Wambach is first major sports figure to depart agency. Agency founder had emailed with Ghislaine Maxwell. LA 2028 Olympics board says it backs chairman.

KRIS 6 News - Border agent charged with hiding person in country illegally

I don't trust him one bit. They'll still be there hiding around corners. MPR News - Border czar Tom Homan: Immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota coming to an end

Word of the Day 02.12.26 -- Heyday (noun | HEY-dey): The stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc. "In their heyday in the early 1900s, there were thousands of these parks across the U.S., with major cities sometimes having several venues." — WSJ

Cowards Guardian - Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years

AP - Gabbard ends intelligence reform task force after less than a year of work

::sigh::

Barbaric!

CNBC - Yale bars David Gelernter from teaching classes amid review of Epstein emails