Countries that do not use Fritos as currency could be "left behind," says Frito-Lay CEO Ken Biddleman

Now that’s a headline. 🤡 @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/c39d...

Leavitt: "The president is committed to deporting illegal aliens and those are not lawfully present in the United States, which he has done at a record pace, which has led to the falling of rents"

"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma

I need folks to understand what this looks like in reality. I worked in “entry level” roles for almost two decades before I could get into a career that paid me enough to cover my loan bills and living expenses (note living, not thriving). Working full time, going to school full time. 1/3

U2 drops six surprise ‘songs of defiance’ in response to ICE shootings

OPINION: "This issue has become particularly acute as housing costs have risen sharply across the country over the past decade. Why become a teacher if it means you’ll struggle to put a roof over your head?" Jeff Kruth and Tammy Schultz write. www.mississippifreepress.org/opinion-subs...

You need to show ID to buy a beer. Why shouldn't you have to carry papers with you at all times to avoid being sent to ICE concentration camps?

New: Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes Susan Collins is #50 for SAVE America Act, per sponsor Mike Lee. House passed it. Trump supports it. The 60-vote rule is now the only thing preventing it from becoming law. Democrats promise to filibuster it. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?” High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!

Avalanche hazard spikes across Colorado as biggest snowstorms of the season land this week

Les Wexner — Ohio’s wealthiest man who has donated to many politicians — is being deposed by members of Congress on Wednesday about his relationship with convicted child sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/18/o...

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No, Donald Trump cannot implement voting changes via Executive Order. He may try but if he does, he we will sue and we will win.

Does the CBO also need to be disciplined? 🤓

Vivek, From your plan to skyrocket the sales tax, to your education plan that will raise property taxes, to your promise to dismantle Medicaid and Medicare and make healthcare even more unaffordable, you will raise costs on everyday Ohioans while your fellow billionaires do fine.

Colorado Democrats want to protect the civil rights of students with disabilities

Argentina expected to start 2026 with trade surplus, continuing trend reut.rs/3ZE9qWl

This answer - from one of the president’s key economic advisors - is disgraceful. And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent

Obama and his entourage were so out of touch & entitled, they literally couldn’t believe promising hope & change — and then bailing out their bank donors who were throwing 10 million families out of their homes — might create the kind of backlash FDR warned about. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...

Hey history friends! We'll be talking about PragerU this morning on NPR's On Point at 10 eastern. Yes, the folks who brought you "slavery was not that bad;" the "woke" teacher test, and Frederick Douglass explaining why the Founders were...the real abolitionists. www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

Elon posted this yesterday. Just for fun I did it with my before/after cancer PET scans that I had already posted online. In the "before" scan Grok missed the massive tumor lighting up my liver, and in both scans it flagged a non-existent "area of concern" in my chest. Other than that, works great!

Timely read on how to do democracy when authoritarian regimes control elections. >>

Hassett on new study from NY Fed showing 90% of tariff burden is being shouldered by US firms & consumers: "The paper is an embarrassment. It's I think the worst paper I've ever seen in the history of the Fed system. The people associated with this paper should presumably be disciplined."

Colbert has truly had a great relationship with CBS, even after he was told his contract wasn’t going to be renewed. So let me say: It’s stunning to me that, as he explains here, nobody at CBS told Colbert about the statement today. This is a must-watch: youtu.be/OQIljje2B_Q?...

People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.

FOX: Ds are winning congressional vote preference by 6. We've got a long way to go, but obviously that number would not be good. VANCE: That would not be good. I will say, as much as we love Fox News, we always think Fox has the worst polling FOX: I could show you other ones that are very similar

DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas. Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe. This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.

“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.” @pcgamer.com #DRAM www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...

fascinating @cprnews.bsky.social story about people whose parents don't get them birth certificates (yep, it's a thing)...it's especially difficult to resolve in Colorado.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Wow.

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

My favorite DHS statistic is the “cocaine seizure effectiveness rate” and it measures how good the U.S. government believes it is at stopping cocaine brought through land ports of entry, and the answer is “extremely bad.” Most recent available data below.

Bari Weiss built her career in part by whining about how the left was supposedly censoring conservatives. “The Free Press” - the unironic title of her publication - ran numerous pieces about a “censorship-industrial complex.” Now, under her watch, we get to see real censorship - and hypocrisy.

Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.

Colorado’s prisons unconstitutionally coerced labor by levying severe punishments — including solitary confinement — against prisoners who refused to work, Denver District Court Judge Sarah Wallace ruled

DAY AHEAD: Amid purge at Justice Dept, some of the best attorneys in US are now lining up AGAINST Trump Admin. youtube.com/shorts/pqrSk...

Jesse Jackson reading "Green Eggs and Ham" is so wonderful. RIP

Atlanta teacher killed in car crash after ICE chases after undocumented immigrant with no criminal history. Local police say there was no reason for ICE to start a dangerous car Chase www.fox10tv.com/2026/02/16/t...

So…the Bari Weiss-led CBS News loses Anderson Cooper from 60 Minutes after 20 years but keeps Peter Attia, the health contributor whose name appears in documents connected with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein over 1,700 times. So far, she’s covering the institution in glory. https://loom.ly/fI7qA9o

We came in with a full proposal, fully prepared to bargain, and they started off with a presentation of telling us how bad we were doing,” said UAW Local 2359 president and plant worker Robert Hines. “To go publicly on CNBC to support the Trump administration’s positive views …..

Minnesota's top investigative agency says federal government has formally refused to hand over evidence and information in the killing of Alex Pretti www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Today's furcast pet is 7-10 year old greyhound Jessie! Jessie is a super sweet + funny, cat-safe, velcro dog who loves being around his people. He has some issues with new places that we're working through, but he's very loving once he gets to know you! Jessie's adoption info -> #COwx

the thing about mcsweeney's is the more carefully you read, the funnier it is

ATTENTION MOTHERFUCKS WE'VE GOT A CLASSIC COLORADO WEATHER HAZARD MAP UP IN HERE FEAST YOUR EYES WE'VE GOT WINTER WEATHER WE'VE GOT SUMMER WEATHER WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.” You can’t trust chatbots.