Great idea, Bari! Bari Weiss’s CBS News Welcomes Contributor With Epstein Ties newrepublic.com/post/206623/... #BariWeiss #CBS #LarryEllison #DavidEllison #UnivOfAustin #EpsteinFiles #USPol

White House Marks Presidents Day With Dark Threat to Trump’s Enemies Source: TheDailyBeast share.newsbreak.com/hawn88l2?s=i16

A win! A federal judge has instructed the Interior Department to restore signage and video exhibits at George Washington’s former Philadelphia residence that explain his ownership of enslaved people.

A measure giving Congress the power to block Trump pardons draws Republican backing - Axios apple.news/AMySwBuuRSpW...

Epstein ranch in New Mexico bought by family of ‘Trump Republican’ candidate - The Guardian apple.news/AJQ4XttbbSmO...

Top secret: Bad Bunny’s big bash at Bay Area restaurant after Super Bowl - San Francisco Chronicle apple.news/A-q-W__eTTbm...

Black activists fought for slavery exhibits 24 years ago. The fight returned under Trump.

Trump administration formally denies Minnesota access to Alex Pretti evidence - The Minnesota Star Tribune apple.news/A_oEN5W52S5O...

The EPSTEIN ADMINISTRATION: Despite Epstein’s Toxicity, Steve Bannon Stood by Him, Texts Indicate Bannon developed a seemingly chummy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of sex trafficking. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison. Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water. Our priorities are so fucked.

Happy unindicted co-conspirator day.

Trump threatens death penalty for Nancy Guthrie kidnappers after Savannah’s desperate plea Source: The Independent share.newsbreak.com/havc4gq3?s=i16

“Unprecedented”: Trump administration losing credibility with judges and grand juries Source: Salon share.newsbreak.com/hau0otbi?s=i16

The legacy media keeps getting this wrong. Trump didn't say "nationalize the election." He said We should take over the VOTING in at least many—15 places.' The Republicans ought to nationalize the VOTING." There is a big difference.

Minnesota needs impartial investigations into the shootings of American citizens on our streets. Trump’s left hand cannot investigate his right hand. The families of the deceased deserve better. www.keyc.com/2026/02/16/f...

Republicans and Democrats unite to condemn Trump’s attacks on allies Source: The Guardian share.newsbreak.com/hatox3m4?s=i16

Daines gains federal support to strip wilderness potential from Montana sites montanafreepress.org/2026/02/12/d... #mtpol #mtsen Stabbing Montana in the back!

Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!) This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

Donald Trump Says He’ll Make TVA CEO’s Life ‘Miserable’ share.newsbreak.com/haruv4fi?s=i16

Trump cut $168 million from school funding, leaving kids to return to schools gutted of key care programs Source: We Got This Covered share.newsbreak.com/halydeb9?s=i16

At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files. #EpsteinFiles

Lies.

Ty Cobb: Top Trump officials “should be impeached,” including Trump himself Source: Salon share.newsbreak.com/hallpe8o?s=i16

This flew under the radar, but it shouldn’t have. When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.

U.S. military intercepts Venezuela-linked oil tanker in Indian Ocean Source: UPI News share.newsbreak.com/hajknw4n?s=i16

Helena commission votes to restrict local police work with ICE #mtpol montanafreepress.org/2026/01/27/h...

The astonishing amount of fraud, deception, and graft that will be associated with the so-called Board of Peace is going to BLOW YOUR HAIR BACK. I doubt humanity has ever encountered as dark and diseased an operation as this one will be, if it even survives the decade.

Very telling that Hillary is being held accountable for Bill's connection to the files but Melania gets to stay mute on her husband's clear complicity. Something about an Epstein visa?

The Epstein files have hundreds of emails to, from and referencing Tom Barrack, Trump’s friend and current US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, a key player in a fast-changing Middle East. How embarrassing for him and for the U.S. He should resign in shame.

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration. Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net. This is what oligarchy looks like.

So the United States will only use empty warehouses to house people it wants to terrorize, not people it wants to shelter from the cold. We really are not a very good-natured country.

Health care group wants RFK Jr. to 'resign' after cocaine confession Source: USA TODAY share.newsbreak.com/haenkt3j?s=i16

Regretful Trump voters say their lives are 'getting worse by the day' Source: Alternet share.newsbreak.com/haem0hxh?s=i16

'Miss u': Trump's 'longtime confidant' exposed over intimate emails with Epstein www.rawstory.com/tom-barrack-...

Kristi Noem says she will ensure the ‘right people’ vote in midterms and elect ‘the right leaders’ Source: The Independent Extreme Right share.newsbreak.com/haclv9o0?s=i16

More, please.

“You have to vote for us,” Trump told the troops .. The guardrails that have kept America safe are now his playthings. Like a baby with a rattle. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump privately lashes out at GOP lawmakers over racist video blowback, sources say share.newsbreak.com/hac483dr?s=i16

News of the Noem/Lewandowski extramarital affair are rocking Washington as insiders struggle to process the idea that someone would choose to marry Corey Lewandowski.

Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal: “Nearly a year after we won, the same Israeli settler who attacked me after I returned from LA again led an attack against my family. 4 of my family members are currently arrested, one in the hospital… we call the police, they do nothing.”

ICE conducted 37 investigations into officer misconduct in last year www.npr.org/2026/02/12/g...

<<taps sign>> Harming someone and demanding gratitude for it is what abusers do.